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At The Club

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This CD is a collection of Atlantic and "blue label" Stax songs covering soul in a rocking style. The original version of "Some Other Guy" by Richard Barrett is a particular highpoint! This is a great collection for dancing, and unlike some of these "Northern Soul" collections, vary tempo and rhythm. If you bought "Chess Club Rhythm and Soul" this makes a fine companion volume.

I have had this CD for a few years and it still holds up well - an eclectic mix of 1960's R&B groups and singers ranging Don Covay to Mel Torme (!). The sound quality is superb, as you expect from Kent. Although some tracks are available on many other CDs, such as "Poison Ivy" by The Coasters, there also are hard to find cuts such as "Que Sera, Sera" by The High Keys. I bought this great 45RPM record when it first came out in 1961(?), and have been looking for a CD version for many years. Now if I could find a CD version of "Shake Shake Sherry" by The Edsels, I would really be content.

At The Club is a great collection of overlooked soul sides by famous and not so famous artists. Each track the drenched in soul goodness (even Mel Torme).

For me, it's the little details that make each track here special. The way the guitar comes in on the second verse of Clarence Carter's Looking For A Fox, Rufus Thomas's soul scream on Memphis Train, the tinkle of piano on Leon Helm's He Don't Love You, etc.

The exictement, power and sound of these tracks cannot (and will never) be replicated.

[DW]