【レーベル型番 / SOUL035】
新品輸入盤7CD-BOXです。息を呑むほどソウルフルなブルーズとスピリチュアル音楽を集めた凄コンピレーション！1927年から73年までの包括的な概要を網羅したアンソロジーといえる内容で、ソウルミュージックの誕生の軌跡を辿る！最初の3枚は、R&B、ジャズ、ブルーズ、ゴスペル、そして世俗と聖なるものの初期の繋がりをコンパイル！残りの4枚で、60〜70年代のソウルの偉大なスターによるテレビやラジオでの貴重なライヴ音源を多数収録！付属のブックレットでは、歴史的背景とソウルミュージックの先駆者達の詳細を解説！価格も手頃な豪華セットなのだ！マストアイテム！
【収録曲目】
CD1
1.Sister Mary Nelson/Judgement
2.Blind Willie Johnson/Lord I Just Can't Keep From Cryin'
3.Bessie Smith/Moan, You Moaners
4.Mahalia Jackson/Oh, My Lord
5.Rev R V Gates/This Heart Of Mine
6.The Wright Brothers/Gospel Train
7.Ernestine B Washington/If I Could Just Make It In
8.Georgia Peach/I’m Waiting For Jesus
9.Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight/Beams Of Heaven
10.Professor J Earle Hines/How Sweet It Is
11.Sister Mathews/Stand By Me
12.Cora Martin/There's A Place
13.Jackson Gospel Singers/Heaven Bound Train
14.The Dominoes/Do Something For Me
15.Percy Mayfield/Please Send Me Someone To Love
16.Dorothy Love Coates/I'm Sealed
17.The Five Keys/Too Late Baby
18.Little Esther/I'll Be There
19.Little Miss Cornshucks/Try A Little Tenderness
20.Ray Charles/Misery In My Heart
21.Ruth Davis/When He Spoke
22.Bobby Bland/Crying All Night Long
23.The Davis Sisters/I'm Tired
24.Lloyd Price/Lawdy Miss Clawdy
25.The Soul Stirrers/Just Another Day
26.The 5 Royales/Baby Don't Do It
27.Alex Bradford/Too Close To Heaven
28.The Dominoes/I'm Going To Move To The Outskirts
29.The Pilgrim Travelers/I've Got A New Home
CD2
1.Ray Charles/I've Got A Woman
2.The Caravans/The Angels Keep Watching
3.The Aladdins/Help Me
4.The Swan Silvertones/Jesus Brought Me
5.Little Richard/Directly From My Heart
6.B.B. King/Ten Long Years
7.The Diablos/The Way You Dog Me Around
8.Linda Hopkins/I Can't
9.Bobby 'Blue' Bland/Farther Up The Road
10.The Ramblers/Don't You Know
11.The Soul Stirrers/Be With Me Jesus
12.Billy Gayles/Let's Call It A Day
13.Little Willie John/Fever
14.The Staple Singers/Uncloudy Day
15.James Brown/Hold My Baby's Hand
16.Judy Clay-Drinkard Singers/That's Enough
17.Gene Phillips/Steelin' The Blues
18.The 5 Royales/Tell The Truth
19.Ray Charles/What'd I Say
20.Betty Everett/I'll Weep No More
21.The Highway QC's/Working On The Building
22.Sugar Pie De Santo/Going Back Where I Belong
23.Barrett Strong/Money
24.The Meditation Singers/My Soul Looks Back
25.Ike & Tina Turner/I Idolize You
26.Jackie Wilson/Doggin' Around
27.The Drapers/Baby, One More Time
28.Mable John/Who Wouldn't Love A Man Like That
29.Al 'TNT' Braggs/Cigarettes And Coffee
CD3
1.The Sims Twins/Soothe Me
2.Etta James/Don't Cry Baby
3.Johnny & Jackey/Someday We'll Be Together
4.Ernie K-Doe/Waiting At The Station
5.Nina Simone/Gin House Blues
6.Johnny 'Guitar' Watson/Sweet Lovin' Mama
7.Mitty Collier/I Got To Get Away From It All
8.Prince La La/She Put The Hurt On Me
9.Johnny Adams/A Losing Battle
10.Earl King/Trick Bag
11.Brenda Holloway/Every Little Bit Hurts
12.Chris Kenner/Land Of 1,000 Dances
13.Jerry Butler/Make It Easy On Yourself
14.Della Reese/Ninety Nine & A Half Won't Do
15.Paul Walters/She Put Me Down
16.Esther Phillips/No Headstone On My Grave
17.Hightower Brothers/Seat In The Kingdom
18.Contours/It Must Be Love
19.James Brown/I'll Go Crazy
20.The Four Rivers/Sooner Or Later
21.Impressions/I'm The One Who Loves You
22.Little Milton/Losing Hand
23.The Falcons/I Found A Love
24.Marvin Gaye/Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
25.Sam Cooke/Bring It On Home To Me
26.Miracles/You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
27.Solomon Burke/If You Need Me
28.Tami Lynn/Mojo Hanna
29.Bobby Parker/It's Too Late Darling
CD4
1.Isley Brothers/Shout
2.Jackie Wilson/That's Why(I Love You So)
3.Tina Turner/A Fool In Love
4.Ben E. King/Stand By Me
5.Aretha Franklin/Runnin' Out Of Fools
6.Rufus Thomas/Walking The Dog
7.Mary Wells/My Guy
8.Marvin Gaye/Can I Get A Witness
9.Booker T & The MG's/Bootleg-Green Onions
10.Ketty Lester/Love Letters
11.Sam Cooke/Blowing In The Wind
12.Ray Charles/Georgia On My Mind
13.Brenda Holloway/When I'm Gone
14.James Brown/Out Of Sight
15.Tommy Tucker/Hi Heel Sneakers-Long Tall Shorty
16.Ronettes/Be My Baby
17.Etta James/Something's Got A Hold On Me
18.Barbara Lewis/Baby I'm Yours
19.Chuck Jackson/Since I Don't Have You
20.Dionne Warwick/You Can Have Him
21.Betty Harris/Cry To Me
22.Johnnie Taylor/Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
23.Shirelles/Will You Love Me Tomorrow
24.Vibrations/My Girl Sloopy
25.Contours/Do You Love Me
CD5
1.Four Tops/Ask The Lonely
2.Supremes/Come See About Me
3.Evie Sands/Take Me For A Little While
4.Jackie Wilson/Baby Workout
5.Fontella Bass/Every Day I Have To Cry
6.Dobie Gray/The "In" Crowd
7.Kim Weston/Take Me In Your Arms
8.Temptations/My Girl
9.Billy Stewart/Summertime
10.Shirley Ellis/The Clapping Song
11.Jr. Walker & The All Stars/Shotgun
12.Little Anthony & The Imperials/Hurt So Bad
13.Joe Tex/Hold What You've Got
14.Stevie Wonder/Uptight
15.Major Lance/The Monkey Time
16.Gene Chandler/(Gonna Be)Good Times
17.Dusty Springfield & The Vandellas/I Can't Hear You
18.Drifters/Under The Boardwalk
19.Freddie King/Have You Ever Loved A Woman
20.Bettye Swann/The Man That Said No
21.Dells/Oh, What A Night
22.Ikettes/Camel Walk
23.Robert Parker/Barefootin'
24.Willie Mitchell/Bootleg
25.Sam & Dave/You Don't Know Like I Know
CD6
1.Lou Rawls/Dead End Street
2.Ray Charles/I Don't Need No Doctor
3.Aretha Franklin/(You Make Me Feel Like)A Natural Woman
4.Maxine Brown/Oh No Not My Baby
5.Garnett Mimms/I'll Take Good Care Of You
6.Maurice & The Radiants/You've Been Cheating
7.Cleo Randle/The Best Man I Ever Had
8.Earl Gaines/Best Of Luck To You
9.Otis Redding/Pain In My Heart
10.Otis Redding/I Can't Turn You Loose
11.Barbara Lynn/You'll Lose a Good Thing
12.Delfonics/He Don't Really Love You
13.Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell/Ain't No Mountain High Enough
14.Carnations/I'm So Glad To Be In Love
15.Arthur Conley/Sweet Soul Music
16.Patti LaBelle/Over The Rainbow
17.Percy Sledge/When A Man Loves A Woman
18.Mitty Collier/My Party
19.Kelly Brothers/I'm Falling In Love Again
20.Rodge Martin/Lovin' Machine
21.Gerri Taylor/Empty Arms And Bitter Tears
22.Intruders/(You'd Better)Check Yourself
23.Bobby Powell/It's Getting Late In The Evening
24.James Brown/Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
CD7
1.Nina Simone/Ain't Got No
2.Lee Dorsey/Get Out Of My Life, Woman
3.Four Tops/Reach Out I'll Be There
4.Otis Redding/Try A Little Tenderness
5.Eddie Floyd/Knock On Wood
6.Billy Preston-Ray Charles/Agent Double O-Soul
7.Chambers Brothers/People Get Ready
8.Gladys Knight/I Heard It Through The Grapevine
9.Meters/Cissy Strut
10.James Brown/Cold Sweat
11.Wilson Pickett/Land Of 1000 Dances
12.Ike & Tina Turner/Proud Mary
13.Joe Tex/Show Me
14.Sly & The Family Stone/Dance To The Music
15.Sly & The Family Stone/I Want To Take You Higher
16.Curtis Mayfield/Choice Of Colors
17.Smokey Robinson/The Tears Of A Clown
18.P.P. Arnold/The First Cut Is The Deepest
19.Mar-Keys/Philly Dog
20.Joe Simon/Crying In The Chapel
21.Little Milton/We're Gonna Make It
22.Stevie Wonder/For Once In My Life
23.Aretha Franklin/I Say a Little Prayer
24.Jackie Wilson/Higher & Higher
25.Isley Brothers/It's Your Thing