Atlantic Soul Classics

Atlantic Label (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Special Products
• ASIN: B000002LV0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,151 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Soul Man - Sam & Dave

2. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

3. Respect - Aretha Franklin

4. I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding

5. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

6. Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley

7. Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells

8. On Broadway - The Drifters

9. Yakety Yak - The Coasters

10. What'd I Say - Ray Charles

11. Just One Look - Doris Troy

12. Make Me Your Baby - Barbara Lewis

13. Stand by Me - Ben E. King

14. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge

15. Shake, Rattle & Roll - Joe Turner

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Collection of Soul Music, February 13, 2000

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D.L. (Hamilton, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Atlantic Soul Classics (Audio CD)

There could not be a better representation of the "Soul Era" than this. The biggest songs, from the biggest artists in that genre, are found on this cd. If you could pick one song from each of these artists it would probably be the tunes on this disk. Examples: If you were to choose one song from Aretha (Respect), one song for Sam and Dave( Soul Man) Wilson Pickett( Midnight Hour). Get the picture. Very nice cross section of music without being an overbloated collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The First Indeed, August 27, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Atlantic Soul Classics (Audio CD)

As one reviewer points out this CD has been around since the advent of the CD format and is STILL one of the best such compilations to be found. When outfits like Curb and EMI-Capitol were giving us 10-selection albums, some with questionable sound quality, the people at Warner Special Products were turning out 15- to 20-selection sets at comparable prices and with excellent sound reproduction.

All 15 are original analog recordings digitally re-mastered, and they even contrive to give you both Parts 1 and 2 of the Ray Charles classic What'd I Say (# 1 R&B/# 6 Billboard Pop Hot 100 for Part 1 in late summer 1959 on Atlantic 2031).

The insert provides original production dates for each track as well as where each was produced - but no original label numbers nor chart performance information. A single page of notes provides an interesting insight into the reproduction techniques used, and three paragraphs on the instrumentalists involved on the tracks.

As the label "Classic" what else can you call these?: Soul Man by Sam & Dave - # 1 R&B for SEVEN weeks/# 2 Hot 100 in the fall of 1967; In The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett (# 1 R&B/# 21 Hot 100 in July/August 1965); Respect by Aretha Franklin (# 1 R&B for EIGHT weeks/# 1 Hot 100 for two week in early summer 1967); I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) by Otis Redding (# 2 Hot 100 and R&B in June 1965); Green Onions by Booker T & The MG;s (# 1 R&B for four weeks/# 3 Hot 100 in the fall of 1962); Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley (# 2 Hot 100 and R&B in the spring of 1967); Tighten Up by Archie Bell & The Drells (# 1 Hot 100 and R&B for 2 weeks each in the spring of 1968); On Broadway by The Drifters (# 7 R&B/# 9 Hot 100 in May/June 1963); Yakety Yak by The Coasters (# 1 R&B for SEVEN weeks/# 1 Hot 100 in August 1958); Just One Look by Doris Troy (# 3 R&B/# 10 Hot 100 in July/August 1963); Make Me Your Baby by Barbara Lewis (# 9 R&B/# 11 Hot 100 in late 1965); Stand By Me by Ben E. King (# 1 R&B for four weeks/# 4 Hot 100/# 10 Adult Contemporary in summer 1961); When A Man Loves A Woman by Percy Sledge (# 1 R&B for four weeks/# 1 Hot 100 for two weeks in June 1966); Shake, Rattle & Roll by Joe Turner (# 1 R&B for three weeks in 1954).

Pretty hard to call them anything BUT classics. One of the first, and still one of the best such compilations on the market.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Can't Afford to Be Without This Collection, July 13, 2000

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C. Manson (Destin, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlantic Soul Classics (Audio CD)

From Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" and Arthur Bell & the Drells' "Tighten Up" to the better known hits by Aretha, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, et. al., this is my favorite "oldies" collection ever. One of the first CD-only compilations I can recall, I vividly remember being blown away by the sonic richness of these classics. It still blows me away.