Instrumentals Soul Style i hear you say ?.... What do you mean Soul Instrumentals ?.. How can an instrumental be soul ? Hold on a minute, what’s the line-up ? James Brown, Ray Charles, Allen Toussaint, Junior Walker, Booker T & the MGs, King Curtis, Ike & Tina Turner. What have we got here ? Great Club Sounds. A bit of funk, a Latin groove, a slow jazz walk, uptown/northern dancers, late night smoochers. Instrumentals Soul-Style. Got it ? Now here’s a cracker of a compilation with a lot of relatively rare instrumentals of a soul bias alongside many genre classics. This is a wisely selected, carefully sequenced and beautifully presented collection of late 50s/early 60s instrumentals with a soulful feel and an informative and attractive booklet thrown in for good measure. You’re really going to enjoy this. And the great thing is that apart from making several wonderful new finds, this is such a superb album for listening right through. Anyone who has any of the History of R&B or History of Soul label releases will be well aware of their quality and the care that goes into them and Instrumentals Soul-Style is a real gem for instrumental hounds, i love it..but then again i am totally biased!....vol 2 to follow on so stay tuned !
AMM
The Tasters!
26 comments:
Those instrumentals are a nice change from the usual soul music. Thanks for review, P.
Thanks AMM - count me as someone who questions how instrumental can be soul?
Brilliant music and a fantastic review my friend.
Rocco
A big selection here and looks like more to come on Vol 2! Count me in!
Awesome 2CDs of Instrmenal soul AMM,Thank You
A cracking comp, thanks for the review
Nice lineup.
Fantastic
I love soul instruments. I loved " you got to pay the price" by Al Kent, also the fantastic four " I love you madly" Shirly Scott and others. Thank you for this one AMM.
Instrumental (instro-mental?) soul always piqued my interest.
Thanks, AMM!
For me soul is all about feeling. It's the phrasing and expression of the music be it vocal or instrumental. Can't say that back in the 60's at 3 oclock in the morning I was swooning to the lyrics. If I sat down and read the lyrics to "money" by Barrett Strong I'd stay seated but if I heard the song I'd get up and dance! I did no sitting down with Willie Mitchell, The Meters,
The Markeys, Booker T, Jnr. Walker and many more. Xlnt comp. Thankyou
Yeah I Love Soul And I Love Instrumentals Can't Go Wrong With This
A fantastic album that I like, but missing from my collection. Thank you AMM.
Pierre
Intrigued as always, so yes please, AMM.
Do'nt mind a few instrumentals Thanks AMM
Cheers Pedro
they omit "Green Onions" on purpose but still on top of them all for me anyway thanks for this great review AMM
Uh oh. Car blasting music. Thanks, AMM.
Thanks for the review AMM looking forward to it
great review of some seriously unknown grooves here, thanks AMM!
Thanks AMM what a great looking collection. looking forward to taking a listen this morning, while surfing the net
Reb
Oh i do love an instrumental & theres some belter on this cd .
Curious about this one. Thanks AMM
Thanks AMM. I can't understand how anyone could question instrumentals being soul. Just listen to any great soul song and imagine it without the vocals! These songs were cut by the same musicians in the same studios with the same beat and timing.
I must have missed this one earlier, so went searching after seeing Vol.2
Many thanks for the review AMM
BigD
Love it, many thanks MM.
cheers,ELtel
Many thanks for the review
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