On the Ace website Ady Croadell writes Deep Southern Soul Ballads are not a marketing man's dream. It's hard to get upbeat about a downbeat subject. I beg to differ, When a Man Cries -the deep soul of Scepter/Wond and Musicor/vDynamo is a fantastic album and one I can very easily get upbeat to.
Ace/Kent have got picking obscure songs from relatively obscure labels which are true diamonds and fully deserving of a wider audience down to a fine art.
As the back of the CD says - predominantly Southern, male ballads from four big independent 60s R&B labels. Unsurprisingly varied styles but always of the deepest quality.
As is the case with pretty much all of the Kent Compilations I could have picked any of the 27 tracks on the CD and I suspect that most of you would not be disappointed Here are the three I have chosen today. Tomorrow it could well have been three others.
It made sense to start with the title track which is from Joe Wilson from 1971 and on the Dynamo label.
Joe is followed by The Masquerades with Let's Face Facts which is from 1967 and on the Wand label. A version of this song by James Carr appears on A Soldier's Sad Story which featured last week
Finally, despite the album's title some ladies get to cry too.Here is the great Judy Clay with He's the Kind of Guy on Scepter and from 1966.
Terrific stuff.
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