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Over the course of ten spectacular years, J&C morphed into soul music with a aspect order of funk, and have become the soundtrack to a social revolution. The riveting story of that unimaginable decade is advised in full for the primary time on Bear Family’s Sweet Soul Music collection. Some document corporations have compiled anthologies from their very own vaults, however Bear Family has gone the additional mile… after which some, licensing basic recordings from nearly each report label on the epicenter of 60s soul to compile the best hits with the best sound high quality.
The second 5 volumes, obtainable now, cowl the years 1966-1970. Though gospel remained the bedrock of soul music, the sound was reworking quick, because of Motown, Stax, the regional improvements of Chicago, New Orleans, and Muscle Shoals, and the funk revolution, led by James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone. The civil rights and antiwar actions have been now rolling full velocity forward, and the messages on the coronary heart of the music have been typically as highly effective and invigorating because the grooves themselves. The second half of this unimaginable story is simply as fascinating as the primary. Bill Dahl’s monitor-by-monitor commentary supplies in depth biographical information on each artist on each disc.
The prelude to this collection, Blowin’ The Fuse, definitively coated the historical past of S&B from 1945- 1960, garnering awards and basic acclaim. The first 5 volumes of Sweet Soul Music earned the identical enthusiastic response. This is likely one of the different 5 jam-packed volumes of Sweet Soul Music, compiled with love by Dave ‘Daddy Cool’ Booth.
