O.V. Wright Discography (Soulful Kinda Music Link) 

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Let's kick in with the gruff and lo-down solid slab of Northern:

Out of his many great tracks Lets Straighten It Out is doing for me at the moment , a wonderful artist.

Edited August 7, 201113 yr by shinehead

Out of his many great tracks Lets Straighten It Out is doing for me at the moment , a wonderful artist.

Agreed, a wonderful artist. Up there in my all time top three and some days he's number one.

IMO his more uptempo tracks are the his worst recordings, but that's me.

Rightly known as one of the absolute greats.

'Lets straighten it out'

OO.

ATB

Jim

Agreed, a wonderful artist. Up there in my all time top three and some days he's number one.

IMO his more uptempo tracks are the his worst recordings, but that's me.

Rightly known as one of the absolute greats.

Must say i prefer Otis Clay's version of Nickel and a nail

'Lets straighten it out'

OO.

ATB

Jim

If theres anybody out there whos not aware of this great track, purchase the Sean Hampsey compiled cd Love And Jealousy which contains the track plus about 20 others in the same vein all for about 4 quid from Amazon amongs others.

Must say i prefer Otis Clay's version of Nickel and a nail

They're both great. I can listen to either without preference, depends if I'm havin' an Otis day or an OV day

His five gospel 45s with the Sunset travelers on Peacock are also very nice:

(The 5th is Peacock 1848 - Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray / You Are Blessed)

Good tune !! perhaps a tad to long imo

Thats the album version , the 45 has a much shorter intro

Here's an early one (his first solo?)

And a few UK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ZNAtyv9_E

Drop the first 47 secs and pitch up a touch.

Love it.

Doc

You have your wish Chris, my copy has only a 17 second intro before the music kicks in and it's 3.55 long. Must be at least two versions.

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On 07/08/2011 at 11:38, Jim Elliott said:

'Lets straighten it out'

 

OO.

 

ATB

Jim

 

On 07/08/2011 at 05:32, Anoraks Corner said:

Let's kick in with the gruff and lo-down solid slab of Northern:

 

 

Two I have always liked.

 

 

.... Have to say he's not one of my favourite artists (a lot of his material is a bit too raw. earthy, southern & bluesy for my taste but to each their own) .... What about his great version of Bobby Womack's - That's The Way I Fee About Cha From Bottom Line LP (only?) P.S. I notice this song was co-written by Joe Hicks (Don't It Make Me Feel Funky fame?)

 

Memphis Soul par excellence. OV was one of the greats. 

 

Great title - 

 

As an Apple fanboy I've always enjoyed this one, very happy when I got hold of the single, after encountering it on an LP compilation of his:

😂