Monday, June 26, 2023

Willie And West - At Their Best (LP 1971 Stang) (CD 2011 Outta Sight) + Bonus Tracks + Mini Booklet - Rare Soul (FLAC)

This is one of the best soul albums ever to hit vinyl. From the original 10 tracks 4 became Northern Soul legendary dancers.This was their only album release under the name Willie & West. The guys were Willie feaster & John West hailing from Augusta, Georgia. Friends from school, they joined the local Gospel Choir at their church to hone in their skills and talent like most black music artists. They craved the bright lights and stardom so they moved to New York and joined Joe & Sylvia Robinsons STANG/ALL PLATINUM/TURBO stable in New Jersey where they went on to change their name to Willie & the Mighty Magnificents and record 2 more studio albums & more northern dancers. i have those lined up with bonus tracks also.  Too say this album is good is an understatement, its a classic!

AMM


                                                       Those legendary Northern Tasters!





Tracks

01 Can You Hear The Voices
02 You And Me
03 The Will
04 One Beautiful Party
05 Deep Down In Your Soul
06 Key To My Happiness
07 Love Bug
08 Always Lovers
09 Get Away From Me Girl
10 Watch Yourself
11 Bonus - Attica Massacre
12 Bonus Previously Unreleased - Nobody's Fault But Mine


33 comments:

Carlos Uria said...

Great duo!!, thank for the review!!

oldsoulrebel said...

Got to have this for the bonus tracks, great review AMM

gmortars said...

This blog is one beautiful party. 🥳
Thanks, AMM!

pmac said...

Quickly read the lp title and thought it was by old buddy, Willie West - but having listened to the teasers, I need this one!!! Many thanks, AMM!

Little Bill said...

Thanks for this nice upgrade AMM!

Guy said...

An LP that is new to me, thanks for your review

PeterH said...

Another wonderful and rare find. Thanks for review, P.

deadwoodie said...

Excellent LP Thanks

AMM said...

willie west coming up soon pmac!

soultime said...

Nice one thanks for this great review AMM .

RMstorm said...

Thanks AMM for including the bonus as well.

Tel said...

New One On Me, Only Got One Track "Get Away From My Girl"
This Should Be Good
Cheers
Tel

UNKNOWN said...

New to me ...review convinced me to give it a whirl (please!)
Cheers!
Bill

Lordchester said...

Thanks for another rare to find review AMM

PhilN said...

Thanks for the review and tasters.

tsi&hrjs said...

Thank you, very nice. Stang had some great releases

richsoul said...

Taking a little time to comment on these artist. I definitely remember Willie and the Mighty Magnificents. I enjoyed the review and the tasters. Thank you AMM.

bigcravings said...

Nice rarity. Thanks.

soul quinquin said...

Unknown to me and therefore you know what to do..... Thanks AMM.
Pierre

Bill Pritchard said...

The samples were very good, especially liked "Deep Down"

Bob Mac said...

Good one, many thanks for the review.

Simon said...

this is a rare one, so yes PLEASE!

Kenji said...

SOOO GOOOD PLEEZE

Anghellic67$ said...

Thank you AMM For this Album

hakase said...

thanks much for this i had only P-Vine vinyl and will wait for other half!

reb.jukebox said...

Thanks AMM for another great review, looking forward to taking a listen
Reb

trinity said...

Thank you kindly mate.... Great review indeed!

Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities said...

Many thanks for the bonus tracks & review

ELtel said...

Many thanks MM for this rare soul review.
cheers,ELtel

Rush said...

Great review from the Stang stable thanks AMM

BillyMac said...

You're killing me, Amm. Love this label.

pedro B said...

Great review for this gold set from Willie and West AMM

Cheers Pedro

KansasJoe said...

Thanks for the info about this duo. I already have the lp and am glad to ad the two bonus tracks.