The Headhunters - "God Made Me Funky" (2:47)
The I. B. Special - "Spanish Twist" (2:31)
The Valentines - "Breakaway" (2:32)
Collins & Collins - "Top Of The Stairs" (3:33)
The Spinners - "Dont Let The Green Grass Fool You" (3:59)
Syl Johnson - "Black Balloons" (2:37)
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson - "Soulshake" (2:23)
Richie Havens - "I Can't Make It Anymore" (2:49)
The Exits - "You Got To Have Money" (2:41)
The Joneses - "Pull My String (Turn Me On)" (2:57)
The Dells - "Run For Cover" (3:02)
O.C. Smith - "On Easy Street" (2:28)
The Radiants - "It Ain't No Big Thing" (2:55)
Billy Stewart - "Summertime" (2:41)
Brother To Brother - "In The Bottle" (3:14)
Baby Huey - "Hard Times" (3:21)
Johnny Williams - "Maggie" (2:26)
Joe Simon - "When" (2:19)
James Carr - "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" (2:36)
Roscoe Robinson - "That's Enough" (2:47)
Blackrock - "Blackrock Yeah Yeah" (2:54)
American Gypsy - "Golden Ring" (4:24)
Jon Lucien - "Search For The Inner Self" (3:46)
The Mist - "Life Walked Out" (2:26)
Betty Davis - "In The Meantime" (2:45)
Darrell Banks - "Beautiful Feeling" (3:27)
Review: Paul Weller of The Jam pens an unlikely soul missive in 4xLP compilation form, released through Ace. The British new wave and mod revivalist naturally grew up listening to soul music, though the likes of 'That's Entertainment' and 'Going Underground' hardly bear their imprinting marks. Having hassled Weller for years to compile such a thing, Ace now finally, happily deliver this biographic brain-pick. From James Carr's 1966 'Pouring Water On A Drowning Man' to 'Life Walked Out' by The Mist, we've a somewhat obscure selection here; but it's only natural for a man so immersed in 60s soul as a teenager that he'd go so far as to buy a Lambretta and vow never to take off his mohair!
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