New Kent Cd - Can I Be A Witness - Stax Southern Groove - Out Today

Can I Be A Witness - Stax Southern Groove - Various Artists (Stax) Kent CD 507

Out today from Kent

A brand-new collection gathered from the Stax catalogue of southern-flavoured dancers, from soul to funk and in between.

Can I Be A Witness offers 20 tracks in total, 11 being previously unreleased.

The release notes from Kent tell the story better.

“Can I Be A Witness: Stax Southern Groove” features 11 previously unreleased tracks from such illustrious names as the Soul Children, Little Milton, the Emotions, the Sweet Inspirations, the Nightingales and Frederick Knight, amongst others.
 
The other nine tracks from artists such as Eddie Floyd, R.B. Hudmon, the Rance Allen Group and Eric Mercury delve deep into the archive, bringing you B-sides, obscure album cuts, dancefloor favourites and originally unissued tracks.

Full info including images and purchase options can be had via https://acerecords.co.uk/can-i-be-a-witness-stax-southern-groove

Booklet Preview

The booklet is well illustrated and comes with an in-depth essay from compiler Dean Rudland.

Tracks

01   Bad Water - Little Milton
02   Can We Talk This Over - Eddie Floyd
03   How Can I Be A Witness - R.B. Hudmon
04   Love Is Taking Over - Eric Mercury
05   Burning On Both Ends - The Nightingales
06   Forever And A Day - Mel & Tim
07   I Wanna Make Up (Before We Break Up) - Major Lance
08   You Ain't Playing With No Toy - The Soul Children
09   I Got To Be Myself - The Rance Allen Group
10   Passing Thru/World Keeps Turning - Frederick Knight
11   Ain't Enough Hours - The Emotions
12   Changes - Jeanne & The Darlings
13   Slow Down - The Nightingales
14   Soul Groove - Art Jerry Miller
15   Don't Fight The Feeling - The Sweet Inspirations
16   Three's A Crowd - The Temprees
17   Helping Man - Jean Knight
18   True Love Don't Grow On Trees (Demo) - Veda Brown
19   The Natural You - Ollie & The Nightingales
20   Leaning On Your Undying Love - Shack

Availability 

Available now at all your usual soul stockist including your own Source Store here...

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/store/product/419-can-i-be-a-witness-stax-southern-groove-va-kent-records-cd/

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