Soul City New Orleans presents records which served to establish
the musical direction of the city in the early 1960s, at the dawn of the
soul era. Perhaps the most glowing testimony to the city came from
songwriters Frank Guida and Joe Royster in their 1960 smash hit New
Orleans for Gary U.S. Bonds: "Where the magnolia blossoms fill the air,
you ain t been to heaven if you ain t been there". New Orleans is also
known as the Crescent City for its geographic shape, or the Big Easy for
the city s atmosphere and pace of life, largely driven by the high
humidity and the general cheerful & friendly nature of the people of that area. The music
of New Orleans has tended to match the lifestyle; an easy tempo with
gently insistent rolling beats and a rhythm driven either by a thumping
on beat (Mardi Gras marching bands and second-line parades) or a
laid back off beat. While the formative talent from the city s rhythm
& blues years were all signed to remote labels, by the end of the
Fifties things were beginning to look up in the local industry, and
there was a relative wealth of labels active in the city. This superb 60 track 2 x CD
set, came with a great booklet,..........if anyone has it please send it on as mine destroyed .... Soul City New
Orleans features significant releases on local labels like Minit,
Instant, Ric, Ron, Bandy and AFO, as well as NOLA-related recordings for
other labels both large and small. Venerable soul stalwarts, Lee
Dorsey, Aaron Neville, and the Soul Queen of New Orleans herself, Irma
Thomas, rub shoulders with lesser known but equally sumptuous material
from Barbara Lynn, Earl King, Huey Piano Smith, Eddie Bo, Barbara George
and Ernie K-Doe. Here we have the finest
from the dawn of the soul era in the Big Easy. There was a limited edition
28-track 2 x LP vinyl set issued, but now deleted from stock, and copies of this also scarce. Wonderful album across the N.O.Board.!
AMM
**********REQUEST**********The Tasters!
22 comments:
I have this in mp3, thanks for reviewing it in flac AMM
And only for Irma I would request this one, many thanks AMM!
You're more to me than gold!
Thanks, AMM!
Thanks AMM. Let's hope someone has booklet.
Wonderful stuff thanks AMM
Many thanks for the review.
Great upgrade , thanks AMM .
Another excellent Comp from this fine label-Thanks
WOW!The soundtrack to my formative years and then some!!What a great collection!
YES PLEASE AMM!
Many thanks for this review AMM
Goin' down ta Nawlins. Thanks.
Thank you AMM for this fine NOLA compilation.
Another awesome collection... many thanks indeed AMM :)
BigD
Thank you mate, love the review
thanks for the review
More sounds from New Orleans - wonderful, as always! Thanks for review, P.
great review AMM thanks for an upgrade
wonderful stuff, thanks for reviewing this one AMM
Geat review AMM!! Appreciated
New Orleans and it great music. So many artist that I have heard here and there. Thank you AMM.
Thanks AMM wonderful review
A crackin comp and a great review as always thanks for the flac version AMM
Cheers Pedro
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