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BCD 16882 - Sweet Soul Music 1972


The 1972 volume of Bear Family's Sweet Soul Music opens up with a blast from Joe Tex -- the wild "I Gotcha," whose gonzo rhythms don't exactly set the pace for the rest of the 25-song disc. Even with the inclusion of Otis Clay's "Trying to Live My Life Without You" and Joe Simon's "Power of Love," there's a distinct downturn on Southern soul on Sweet Soul Music: 1972, and although James Brown has a heavy presence -- his "Get on the Good Foot, Pt. 1" is here, along with "Gimme Some More" from the J.B.'s and Lyn Collins' "Think" -- funk doesn't rule the roost, either. By and large, the soul on Sweet Soul Music: 1972 is nice and smooth, whether it comes in the form of exuberant, highly decorated pop (the Main Ingredient's "Everybody Plays the Fool," the Soul Children's "Hearsay," Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose's "Too Late to Turn Back Now"), or the flood of romantic harmony groups (the Stylistics' "Betcha by Golly, Wow," the Chi-Lites' "Oh Girl") or songs that fall somewhere outside of these realms (the free-floating paranoia of the O'Jays' "Back Stabbers," Bill Withers' well-tailored "Use Me," and Bobby Womack's spacy "Woman's Gotta Have It"). Much of this is due to the rise of Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International -- the O'Jays, Billy Paul's "Me & Mrs. Jones," and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' "If You Don't Know Me by Now" all came from that label -- but when Memphis titan Al Green turns toward such purely seductive material as "I'm Still in Love with You," there's a definite sense that the era of gritty Southern soul is over. Sweet Soul Music: 1972 charts this change quite effortlessly and quite entertainingly, too.


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   1. Joe Tex - I Gotcha                                      [02:27]
   2. Soul Children - Hearsay                                 [03:35]
   3. Stylistics - Betcha By Golly Wow                        [03:17]
   4. JB's - Gimme Some More                                  [03:04]
   5. Denise Lasalle - Now Run and Tell That                  [03:19]
   6. Dramatics - In the Rain                                 [04:33]
   7. Bobby Womack - Woman's Gotta Have It                    [03:32]
   8. Staple Singers - I'll Take You There                    [03:14]
   9. Laura Lee - Rip Off                                     [03:16]
  10. Billy Preston - Outa-Space                              [04:09]
  11. Luther Ingram - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right[03:34]
  12. Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays the Fool              [03:24]
  13. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Too Late to Turn Back Now[03:20]
  14. Chi-Lites - Oh Girl                                     [03:29]
  15. O'Jays - Back Stabbers                                  [03:07]
  16. Lyn Collins - Think (About It)                          [03:21]
  17. Joe Simon - Power of Love                               [02:56]
  18. Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again                     [04:07]
  19. Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You                   [03:13]
  20. Betty Wright - Baby Sitter                              [02:53]
  21. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now[03:26]
  22. James Brown - Get On the Good Foot (Part 1)             [05:14]
  23. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs Jones                           [03:37]
  24. Otis Clay - Trying to Live My Life Without You          [02:47]
  25. Bill Withers - Use Me                                   [03:43]


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