Various Artists - Down in the Basement - Soul from New York Vol. 2 (2014) - 2 X CD - History Of Soul Digital - Rare R&B/Soul (MP3 330MB)

We reviewed vol 1 back in march this year so here are some real steamers from the big apple. Several artists on this compilation are very well known, Ray Charles, Little Willie John and Ike & Tine Turner for example, but many others less so. It speaks volumes about the wealth of talent in the Big Apple around the turn of the 1960s that gifted singers such as Ruby Roberson, Bobby Long and Betty O’Brien never quite made the grade. There is considerable variation in styles here too, from rough, untutored voices like King Coleman and Vernon Harrell to consummate stylists such as Chuck Jackson, Gladys Knight, Sarah Vaughn and of course Aretha Franklin. But alley blues and sophisticated uptown ballads alike played their part in the development of soul music. Every genre of soul catered for R&B,Deep & sweet,Northern.

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