Birth Of Soul - Los Angeles Special - VA- Kent Records CD

Birth Of Soul - Los Angeles Special - Various Artists 

CDKEND 496

Kent Records 

Format: Audio CD

Release Date 26th February 2021

Kent Records takes us all around the city of Los Angles recording studios during the early 60s era for this the 'The Birth Of Soul - Los Angeles Special' release.
A snippet of the release notes from Ady Croasdell follows below. 

The doo wop, gospel, blues, girl group and ballad scenes of Los Angeles fused to make it one major soul city.

Ace has very strong links with Los Angeles labels such as Modern, Combo, Flash, Flip, Mirwood, Money, Doré and Era, most of which had notable soul singles in their catalogues. Couple that with our many licensing deals of music made in that city and it is safe to say Los Angeles is just about our main area of expertise

We could have done a box set of the great music that came out of Los Angeles in these years – these are just two-dozen fascinating examples of how the city’s soul sound came about.

Tracks

1.    Don Wyatt - "But What About My Broken Heart"
2.    The Chesterfields - "Trouble"
3.    Richard Berry - "Everybody's Got A Lover But Me"
4.    The Imperialites - "You Better Watch Out Girl"
5.    Billy Watkins - "How About Me?"
6.    The Wonders - "With These Hands" (Alt vocal)
7.    The Composers - "I Had A Dream"
8.    The Soul-Mates - "I Want A Boyfriend (Girlfriend)"
9.    Ike & Tina Turner - "Lose My Cool"
10.    The Phillips Sisters - "Let Me Be Your Little Dog"
11.    The Rev-Lons - "Whirlwind" (edit)
12.    Darlene Love - "Let Him Walk Away"
13.    The Vows - "Have You Heard"
14.    The Classicals & The Rockets Band - "Help Me"
15.    Wilks & Wilkerson - "Young Lover"
16.    Vic Granton - "Let's Go Home"
17.    The Mandarins - "That Other Guy" (feat Jimmy Hayes)
18.    Ray & Bob - "Mama Told Me"
19.    Sylvester Stewart - "Help Me With My Broken Heart"
20.    The Question Marks - "Don't Drop It (That's My Love You've Got)"
21.    Esko Wallace - "Sneaking & Cheating"
22.    Dorothy Berry & Jimmy Norman - "I'm With You All The Way"
23.    The Numbers - "My Pillow"
24.    Joe Lover & The Gaylads Band - "Don't Leave Me Baby"

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