Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 2

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Overview

Twenty-five "deep soul" (the term used to refer to soul music that has a generally slow tempo and is seriously emotional) tracks from 1964-1975. There are a few stars here and there (Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Ben E. King, Arthur Conley and Irma Thomas, although none of them perform hits) and even a couple of cuts that have appeared on widely circulated compilations (Bessie Banks' original version of "Go Now," which was covered for a hit by the Moody Blues, and Toussaint McCall's "Nothing Takes the Place of You"). Generally, though, it's the kind of obscure material that the average Joe can't get access to without getting some rabid soul collector to make a tape for him. Dave Godin is such a collector, and his compilations have received glowing press notices in the U.K., though they don't match the summit of soul compilations (various ones on Rhino are better) that include better-known material. It's a decent assembly of good obscure soul, not much of which screams "overlooked masterpiece," and the constant slow grooves can get dull at times. It is better (and more craftily sequenced and annotated) than most obscure soul compilations (including some on the Kent label) that compilers trumpet as killer discs even though they're just anthologies of average soul tracks that happen to be very rare. If you're not a completist but are on the lookout for good cuts that have escaped your attention, check out Conley's "Let Nothing Separate Us," which didn't make it onto his Ichiban best-of comp; Ruby Johnson's "I'll Run Your Hurt Away," a 1966 Volt single that stands up to Redding's better tracks, albeit with appealingly raw female vocals; the Premiers' "Make It Me" which, like the Johnson cut, is a good mid-'60s Stax production written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes; George Perkins' quizzical "Cryin' in the Streets"; and Lisa Richards' "Let's Take a Chance," which is like '60s soul accented with the feel of doo wop groups like Rosie & the Originals. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/1999
Label:	Kent
UPC:	0029667215824
Rank:	101126

Tracks

1. How Was I to Know You Cared  - Gary "U.S." Bonds  - Doris Duke  - Jerry Jr. Williams
2. I'm Not Gonna Give Up  - Eddie Holman
3. The Sweeter He Is, Pts. 1-2  - Isaac Hayes  - David Porter  -  Soul Children
4. I Don't Want Nobody But My Baby  - Isaac Bolden  - Tony Owens
5. It Was a Lie  - Bob Moore
6. A Love That Never Grows Cold  - Papa Don Schroeder  - Oscar Jr. Toney
7. It's All Over  - Ben E. King  - Mike Leander  - Bert Russell
8. I'm Sorry I Hurt You  - Nat Phillips
9. What Will Tomorrow Bring?  - Steve Cropper  - Mary Frierson  - Al Jr. Jackson  - Wendy Rene
10. Let Nothing Separate Us  - Arthur Conley  - Otis Redding
11. These Four Walls  - Lynne Farr  - Irma Thomas
12. If I Could See You One More Time  - Johnny Adams  - Wardell Quezergue  - Albert Savoy
13. I'll Run Your Hurt Away  - Isaac Hayes  - Ruby Johnson  - David Porter
14. Make It Me  - Isaac Hayes  - David Porter  -  Premiers
15. Losin' Boy  - Eddy "G" Giles
16. A Shell of a Woman  - Doris Allen  - Becki Bluefield  - Finley Duncan
17. Just One More Day  - Steve Cropper  - Otis Redding  - McElvoy Robinson
18. Go Now  - Bessie Banks  - Larry Banks  - Milton Bennett
19. Cryin' in the Streets (Pt. 1)  - Ted Harris  - George Perkins  -  Silver Stars
20. How Much Can a Man Take?  - Becki Bluefield  - Finley Duncan  - John Hamilton
21. Anyone But You  - Jeff Barry  - Barbara West
22. Stop! Look What You're Doing  - Eddie Floyd  - Alvertis Isbell  - Carla Thomas
23. Nothing Takes the Place of You  - Toussaint McCall  - Alan Robinson
24. Hiding in Shadows  - Charles Richard Cason  -  Eddie & Ernie
25. Let's Take a Chance  - Raymond Barnes  - Joseph Brown  - Lisa Richards

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Doris Duke   Primary Artist
Doris Allen   Primary Artist
Nat Phillips   Primary Artist
Otis Redding   Primary Artist
The Premiers   Primary Artist
George Perkins   Primary Artist
Arthur Conley   Primary Artist
Toussaint McCall   Primary Artist
Tony Owens   Primary Artist
The Soul Children   Primary Artist
Silver Stars   Primary Artist
Big John Hamilton   Primary Artist
Irma Thomas   Primary Artist
Barbara West   Primary Artist
Wendy Rene   Primary Artist
Ruby Johnson   Primary Artist
Lisa Richards   Primary Artist
Bob Moore   Primary Artist
Bessie Banks   Primary Artist
Eddy "G" Giles   Primary Artist
Ben E. King   Primary Artist
Eddie & Ernie   Primary Artist
Carla Thomas   Primary Artist
Eddie Holman   Primary Artist
Johnny Adams   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Doris Duke   Performer
Charles Richard Cason   Composer
Wardell Quezergue   Composer
Johnny Adams   Performer
Jerry Williams, Jr.   Composer
Nat Phillips   Composer
McElvoy Robinson   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer,Performer
Milton Bennett   Composer
The Premiers   Performer
Mike Leander   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
George Perkins   Performer
Arthur Conley   Performer
Toussaint McCall   Composer,Performer
Tony Owens   Performer
Steve Cropper   Composer
The Soul Children   Performer
Silver Stars   Performer
Irma Thomas   Performer
Barbara West   Performer
David Porter   Composer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Wendy Rene   Performer
Ruby Johnson   Performer
Mary Frierson   Composer
Oscar Toney, Jr.   Composer
Finley Duncan   Composer
Joseph Brown   Composer
Isaac Bolden   Composer
Bob Moore   Composer
Lynne Farr   Composer
Raymond Barnes   Composer
Papa Don Schroeder   Composer
Albert Savoy   Composer
Alan Robinson   Composer
Alvertis Isbell   Composer
Ted Harris   Composer
Bessie Banks   Performer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bobby Moore   Performer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Larry Banks   Composer
Becki Bluefield   Composer
Gary "U.S." Bonds   Composer
Ben E. King   Performer
Eddie Floyd   Composer
Carla Thomas   Performer
Eddie Holman   Composer,Performer
Doris Allen   Performer