Nothing But A House Party: The Birth Of The Philly Sound 1967-71 - Kent Records CD

Nothing But A House Party: The Birth Of The Philly Sound 1967-71 

Various Artists

CDKEND466

Kent Records 

Format: Audio CD

Release Date 26 May 2017

Classic 60s/70s soul from the City of Brotherly Love, recorded before the Philadelphia Sound went International.

A snippet of the release notes written by Tony Rounce follows below. 

For the whole of the 1970s, the Philly Sound was a leading and immediately identifiable component of black American music. A crack team of producers, songwriters and musicians raised worldwide awareness of Philadelphia soul to the level the Motown Sound had enjoyed during the previous decade. Anyone with half an ear for music could spot a Philly soul record by its opening bars, whatever the location of the label on which it appeared.

In the same way the Motown Sound really came together after the company started recording almost exclusively in its own premises, the Philly Sound quickly took shape once Joe Tarsia, the former chief engineer at Cameo-Parkway Studios, opened Sigma Sound in 1968. There had been other notable studios in the city, such as Virtue, where the sound had been coming together under the auspices of those who would later play increasingly significant roles in its creation. It took a short time for the Philly Sound to come together but a lot of great records were cut during its evolution. Spanning the period 1967 to 1971, shortly before the establishment of Philadelphia International Records and the complete realisation of the Philly Sound, this new Kent compilation contains two dozen of the very best examples.

Tracks

Side 1
01 Ain't Nothing But A House Party - The Show Stoppers
02   You've Been Untrue - The Delfonics
03   It's All Over But The Shouting - George Tindley
04   Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler
05   Help Me (Get Over My Used To Be Lover) - Honey & The Bees
06   Christine - Executive Suite
07   Love Is All Right - Cliff Nobles
08   Ain't Got The Love Of One Girl (On My Mind) - The Ambassadors
09   Peace To You Brother - Lou Jackson
10   My Balloon's Going Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
11   That's The Price You Have To Pay - Brenda & The Tabulations
12   Rainmaker - The Moods
13   Keep On Striving - Moses Smith
14   Piper Must Be Paid - Sonny Ross
15   You Better Stop It - Barbara Mason
16   Goin' Home To An Empty House - Sunshine
17   Every Day Is A Holiday - The Intruders
18   (You) Got What I Need - Freddie Scott
19   Girl You're Too Young - Len Barry
20   Your Fool Still Loves You - Oscar Weathers
21   What You Gave Up - The Continental 4
22   Let's Make A Promise - Peaches & Herb
23   I'm On My Way - Winfield Parker
24   Standing In The Darkness - The Ethics