Kent 372 Various Artists - Hall Of Fame Vol 1 Rare And Unissued Gems From The FAME Vaults + Booklet (2012) (FLAC)

The series focuses primarily on unreleased gems from the studio’s vaults, but will also make room for unreissued sides along the way. Most recordings are finished masters, although Kent also included some demos to give the listener a glimpse behind the scenes at Avalon Avenue. Many will be early recordings of acknowledged classics, as is the case here with Clarence Carter’s demos of ‘Tell Daddy’ and ‘Too Weak To Fight’. The quality is never less than first rate and is really quite staggering at times. Even allowing for the vast quantity of great Southern soul that was around at the time, it beggars belief that Rick Hall was unable to find takers for so many great performances, many of them proving to be more than a match for any of FAME’s readily acknowledged classics. Many of FAME’s major players get a look in,numerous of the songs will be familiar to collectors in recordings by others who plied their trade at the studio, but the versions here are mostly previously unheard by anyone other than those who participated in the sessions. The CD abounds with highlights, for e.g. Ralph “Soul” Jackson’s fantastic take on Jimmy Hughes’ ‘You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy’ and for Jimmy’s own riveting version of Etta James’ ‘I Worship The Ground You Walk On’, also June Conquest’s Motown style rendition of Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham’s ‘I Do’ and Prince Phillip Mitchell’s chunky remake of James Barnett’s ‘Keep On Talking’ one of only three tracks on here to have been previously issued in any format. But really I can recommend literally everything on a CD for which the phrase all killer, no filler applies big time!..These 3 CD,S really do have all genres of SOUL COVERED!...READ ALL 3 BOOKLETS ALL THE INFO IN THERE ABOUT THESE SUPERB ALBUMS!...Most of these tracks are not on youtube especially the Northern Dancers!

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