Win Or Lose
BOBBY BLAND – FOR MEN ONLY
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BOBBY BLAND – THIS TIME IยดLL BE TRUE
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ETTA JAMES – CANยดT SHAKE IT
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ETTA JAMES – I NEVER MEANT TO LOVE HIM
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ETTA JAMES – ITยดS HERE FOR
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FONTELLA BASS – JOY OF LOVE
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THE VELVELETTES – YOUR HEART BELONGS TO ME
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BRENDA HOLLOWAY – LOVE WOKE ME UP THIS MORNING
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JOHNNY BRISTOL – TELL ME HOW TO FORGET A TRUE LOVE
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DAVID RUFFIN – ONE LUCKY DAY I FOUND YOU
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DAVID RUFFIN – YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ME
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MARVIN GAYE – I WISH I DIDNยดT LOVE YOU SO
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Welcome to Soul4Realโs second album, a collection of originally unreleased tracks which feature a whole host of soul royalty.
First off are two songs from the inimitable Bobby Bland, both of which hail from his prolific period at Duke Records.
Sandwiched between two stunning Chicago recordings by Etta James is the later โI Never Meant To Love Himโ, taken from a Philly session she recorded with Bobby Martin.
Fontella Bass brings this side to a close with a mysterious Chicago recording of which, to this day, hardly anything is known.
Side two transports us to Detroit, when Motown was at the peak of its output. 1966 was not a good year to secure the approval of quality control, as proven in the rejection of this wonderful Velvelettesยด version of โYour Heart Belongs To Meโ.
It was in that same year that Ashford and Simpson arrived at Hitsville as both singers and songwriters. Their โLove Woke Me Up This Morningโ was recorded by Brenda Holloway and produced by Norman Whitfield. Despite being overlooked at the time, its appeal was undeniable, and it later resurfaced on albums by Marvin & Tammi, Valerie Simpson, and the Temptations.
As an integral member of the Motown family for over 14 years, it is surprising that to date only three songs recorded by Johnny Bristol have surfaced. In collaboration with โMickeyโ Stevenson โTell Me How To Forget A True Loveโ was completed in May 1964.
โOne Lucky Day I Found Youโ was inexplicably not included in the โDavidโ project. Ruffinยดs later work with Van McCoy is also featured on this album.
From almost the start of his career, Marvin Gaye had endeavoured to project himself as a great balladeer, and nothing could illustrate this better than his rendition of โI Wish I Didnโt Love You Soโ, which brings this chapter to a perfect end.
(Chris Forrest)