【レーベル型番 / JASMINE JASCD782】
新品輸入盤2CDです。1960-62年のソウル・ミュージック誕生前夜のリズム・アンド・ブルースを全53曲収録した二枚組秀逸コンピレーション。ガール・グループやドゥーワップ・グループ、ソロ・シンガーやデユオなどアーリー・ソウルの旨みがタップリ楽しめる逸品だ！
【収録曲目】
CD1
1.UNTRUE LOVE/THE BOBBETTES
2.I WANT TO KNOW/LLOYD SIMS
3.GEE WHIZ/CARLA THOMAS
4.I COUNT THE TEARS/THE DRIFTERS
5.I NEED LOVE/BABY LLOYD
6.WAIT AND SEE/BABY LLOYD
7.CAUSE I LOVE YOU/CARLA AND RUFUS
8.LOVERS PLEA/SAMMY FITZHUGH
9.I FEEL ALRIGHT/SAMMY FITZHUGH
10.SPANISH HARLEM/BEN E KING
11.ANYONE BUT YOU/RUTH BROWN
12.IT TEARS ME TO PIECES/RUTH BROWN
13.WRITE ME/ISLEY BROTHERS
14.YOUR OLD LADY/ISLEY BROTHERS
15.(MAMA, MAMA)WISH ME GOOD LUCK/CARLA THOMAS
16.TAKE IT LIKE IT COMES/JIMMY JULES
17.TALK ABOUT YOU/JIMMY JULES
18.JUST OUT OF REACH/SOLOMON BURKE
19.STAND BY ME/BEN E KING
20.GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS/THE COASTERS
21.MY GIRL I REALLY LOVED HER/TEE TUCKER
22.I'M BLUE(THE GONG GONG SONG)/THE IKETTES
23.ECSTASY/BEN E KING
24.SAVED/LAVERN BAKER
25.SWEETS FOR MY SWEET/THE DRIFTERS
26.JUST ONE MORE TIME/ISLEY BROTHERS
27.DO THE HULLY GULLY/KING COLEMAN PT 1
CD2
1.DRIVE IT HOME/CLOVERS
2.DON'T PLAY THAT SONG/BEN E KING
3.TROUBLES ON MY MIND/THE IKETTES
4.WHAT WENT WRONG/BARRETT STRONG
5.SEVEN SINS/BARRETT STRONG
6.TOO BAD/BEN E KING
7.THE CLIMB/THE COASTERS
8.PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE/JUNIOR LEWIS
9.TUMBLING DOWN/JUNIOR LEWIS
10.I HAD A DREAM THE OTHER NIGHT/THE IKETTES
11.CRY TO ME/SOLOMON BURKE
12.I KINDA THINK HE DOES/CARLA THOMAS
13.WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL IS SMILING/THE DRIFTERS
14.MY HEART WENT DO DAT DA/BARBARA LEWIS
15.SOME OTHER GUY/RICHIE BARRETT
16.TRICKY DICKY/RICHIE BARRETT
17.STRANGER ON THE SHORE/THE DRIFTERS
18.DOWN IN THE VALLEY/SOLOMON BURKE
19.I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW/SOLOMON BURKE
20.MY MAMA TOLD ME/BARBARA LEWIS
21.MY MAN HE'S A LOVIN' MAN/BETTYE LAVETTE
22.UP ON THE ROOF/THE DRIFTERS
23.I'LL BRING IT ON HOME TO YOU/CARLA THOMAS
24.COMIN' HOME BABY/MEL TORME
25.SEE SEE RIDER/LAVERN BAKER
26.GO ON BACK TO HIM/SOLOMON BURKE