Sweet Inspiration
Sweet Inspiration
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Ace, 1965-2011
- Bestellnummer: 3879963
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.1.2011
Als weiteres Highlight muss man diese weitere Compilation aus der von Kritikern umjubelten Songwriter / Producer-Reihe bezeichnen. Dieser längst überfällige Salute an zwei Songwriting-Partner deren Meriten von Southern Soul über Country, Pop bis hin zu Southern Roch reichen, punktet wieder einmal mit 24 ausgesuchten Tracks. Als die beiden in den 1960er Jahren für die renommierten ’Muscle Shoal Studios’ in Lohn und Brot standen, schrieben sie eine Reihe außergewöhnlicher R&B und Soul-Hits von denen die meisten ’Hall Of Fame-Klassiker’ wurden. Erstaunlicherweise entstanden die meisten der hier aufgeführten Songs in etwas mehr als zwei (!) Jahren. Im gleichen Zeitrahmen fand man darüber hinaus noch Zeit mit anderen Songwritern zu schreiben. Die Qualität
dieser Songs, und die Künstler die sie interpretieren, verdeutlicht, dass wo heute Casting-Shows und Plastik-Pop-Mechanismen greifen, damals top Songs in Serie geschrieben und produziert wurden, die bis heute nachhallen. Und dabei sind ’Do Right Woman’ (Aretha Franklin) oder ’Dark End Of The Street’ (James Carr) hier noch nicht mal enthalten. Dafür aber Percy Sledge – ’Out Of Leftfield’, Solomon Burke – ’Take Me (Just As I Am)’, Box Tops – ’Everything I Am’, Etta James – ‘I Worship The Ground You Walk On’, Art Freeman – ‘Slippin’ Around’, Patti Labelle & The Bluebelles – ‘Dreamer’, Joe Simon – ‘Let’s Do It Over’ u. v.a. Booklet
und Linernotes sind wie immer über jeden Zweifel erhaben!
Sweet Inspiration: The Songs Of Dan Penn And Spooner Oldham
We have received many requests to add Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham to our songwriter series. It’s never really been about if we would, so much as when. With 2011 being something of a “Year Of Southern Soul” for Ace and Kent, what better way to kick it off than with a genius gathering of 24 of the best songs ever to bear their names below the title.
“Sweet Inspiration” does a bang-up job of assembling the key songs Dan and Spooner wrote together during the 1960s and early 1970s. A quick look at the track listing will show prospective buyers that my co-compiler Bob Dunham and I have tried hard to make sure that there’s a version of every major Penn and Oldham composition included. We haven’t always chosen the obvious versions, so there will be some nice surprises here for even the most avid collectors. It was difficult to bring what started out as a massive wish list down to just 24 selections, but we think our choices do justice to the performers of the songs and, most importantly, the writers.
Everyone will have their own highlights. Mine would include Arthur Conley’s Fame recording of ‘In The Same Old Way’ (which was originally written as a straight ahead country song) and country thrush Jeanne Newman’s riveting, previously unissued Goldwax recording of ‘It Tears Me Up’, one of the earliest songs Penn and Oldham wrote together. I’m also very partial to the Southern sincerity of the Box Tops’ ‘Everything I Am’ (a UK Top 3 hit for Plastic Penny in late 1967) and Tommy Roe’s little-known 1966 take on ‘Wish You Didn’t Have To Go’, a number made more famous a year later by James and Bobby Purify. But greatness abounds from beginning to end of this set, and it’s unlikely that any prospective purchaser will not be totally impressed by everything it contains.
A companion volume – which will also include songs co-written by Dan and / or Spooner with collaborators such as Donnie Fritts, Rick Hall, Marlin Greene and Chips Moman – will hopefully see the light of day next year. In the meantime, here’s over an hour of the sweetly inspired songwriting of Wallace Daniel Pennington and Lindon Dewey Oldham. Oh, what a power!
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Sweet Inspiration: The Songs Of Dan Penn And Spooner Oldham
We have received many requests to add Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham to our songwriter series. It’s never really been about if we would, so much as when. With 2011 being something of a “Year Of Southern Soul” for Ace and Kent, what better way to kick it off than with a genius gathering of 24 of the best songs ever to bear their names below the title.
“Sweet Inspiration” does a bang-up job of assembling the key songs Dan and Spooner wrote together during the 1960s and early 1970s. A quick look at the track listing will show prospective buyers that my co-compiler Bob Dunham and I have tried hard to make sure that there’s a version of every major Penn and Oldham composition included. We haven’t always chosen the obvious versions, so there will be some nice surprises here for even the most avid collectors. It was difficult to bring what started out as a massive wish list down to just 24 selections, but we think our choices do justice to the performers of the songs and, most importantly, the writers.
Everyone will have their own highlights. Mine would include Arthur Conley’s Fame recording of ‘In The Same Old Way’ (which was originally written as a straight ahead country song) and country thrush Jeanne Newman’s riveting, previously unissued Goldwax recording of ‘It Tears Me Up’, one of the earliest songs Penn and Oldham wrote together. I’m also very partial to the Southern sincerity of the Box Tops’ ‘Everything I Am’ (a UK Top 3 hit for Plastic Penny in late 1967) and Tommy Roe’s little-known 1966 take on ‘Wish You Didn’t Have To Go’, a number made more famous a year later by James and Bobby Purify. But greatness abounds from beginning to end of this set, and it’s unlikely that any prospective purchaser will not be totally impressed by everything it contains.
A companion volume – which will also include songs co-written by Dan and / or Spooner with collaborators such as Donnie Fritts, Rick Hall, Marlin Greene and Chips Moman – will hopefully see the light of day next year. In the meantime, here’s over an hour of the sweetly inspired songwriting of Wallace Daniel Pennington and Lindon Dewey Oldham. Oh, what a power!
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Percy Sledge: Out of left field
- 2 Dionne Warwick: I'm your puppet
- 3 The Sweet Inspirations: Sweet inspiration
- 4 Charlie Rich: A woman left lonely
- 5 Etta James: I Worship The Ground You Walk On
- 6 The Ovations: I'm living good
- 7 Solomon Burke: Take me (Just as I am)
- 8 Arthur Alexander: Cry like a baby
- 9 Jeanne Newman: It tears me up
- 10 Art Freeman: Slippin' around with you
- 11 Tony Borders: I met her in church
- 12 Sandy Posey: Are you never coming home
- 13 James Carr: Let it happen
- 14 Box Tops: Everything I am
- 15 Ted Taylor: Feed the flame
- 16 Tony Joe White: Watching the trains go by
- 17 Arthur Conley: In the same old way
- 18 Ronnie Milsap: Denver
- 19 Patti LaBelle: Dreamer
- 20 Irma Thomas: Good things don't come easy
- 21 The Wallace Brothers: I need someone
- 22 Barbara Lynn: He Ain't Gonna Do Right
- 23 Tommy Roe: Wish you didn't have to go
- 24 Joe Simon: Let's do it over