Irma Thomas - Down At Muscle Shoals '67(1984)Chess P-Vine Japan-Rare Soul

Irma went down to Muscle Shoals for two sessions in June and July '67,which were
produced by Rick Hall.She was backed by the usual bunch of Muscle Shoals players in
those days,Jimmy Johnson(guitar),Roger Hawkins(drums),Spooner Oldham(keyboards),
David Hood(bass)and of course The Muscle Shoals horns.
Thomas' brief liaison with Chess in 1967 saw her,like labelmates,record in Muscle
Shoals' Fame studios to tap into the southern/deep soul grooves that were one of
the hottest tickets in soul music at the time.Commercially,these sessions weren't
a success.
In those days Irma also had many female rivals at Chess,Etta James,Mitty Collier,
Laura Lee,Fontella Bass.
She said "I don't consider them as rivals.There were just a lot of females out at
the time.I never consider another artist my rival,because that artist does what he
or she does and I do what I do.We're all in the business, and as far as the
competition goes we don't feel like we're competing with anyone,because the market
is there and if it's produced and promoted properly,the general public will decide
who they're gonna buy."... Shame they did not release this at the time ?...Wonderful Soul!

AMM

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