Goldwax Northern Soul [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Kent Records UK
• ASIN: B001UXJQFG
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Talk It Over - SPENCER WIGGINS

2. They Say - THE OVATIONS

3. A Losing Game - JAMES CARR

4. Call On Me - PERCY MILEM

5. Whatcha Gonna Do - PHILLIP & THE FAITHFULS

6. I Do - THE VEL TONES

7. So Hard To Get Along - THE LYRICS with THE TOPNOTES

8. To Me It's Storming - GEORGE & GREER

9. Every Little Bit Helped Me - IVORY JOE HUNTER

10. I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More - WEE WILLIE WALKER

11. You Got To Have Soul - GEORGE JACKSON

12. Love Attack - SPENCER WIGGINS

13. A Man Is A Mean Thing - BARBARA PERRY

14. The Well's Gone Dry - DOROTHY WILLIAMS

15. That's What I Want To Know - JAMES CARR

16. Qualifications - THE OVATIONS

17. It's My Life - TIMMY THOMAS

18. I Don't Want To Take A Chance - WEE WILLIE WALKER

19. Now Girl - THE LYRICS(?)

20. If You Love Her - PHILLIP & THE FAITHFULS

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Northern Soul fans may have missed out on Kent's two Goldwax Story CDs and our single artist releases due to the preponderance of ballads on them. This is a CD especially for them - all the Goldwax dancers on one disc.

Ady Croasdell's compilation includes half a dozen previously unreleased recordings that Goldwax completists will have to have. They are very classy ones too - both Phillip & The Faithfuls tracks are wonderful. In addition there are two Spencer Wiggins tracks recorded at Fame by Goldwax and never legally released before, including the sensational Let's Talk It Over which is an accepted Northern Soul anthem from acetate plays.

Other Northern favourites include Dorothy Williams' The Well's Gone Dry, Percy Milem's Call On Me and James Carr's A Losing Game and That's What I Want To Know. Other big soul names include George Jackson, Dan Greer, the Ovations, and Spencer Wiggins.

The master tape version of the Ovations' They Say is so much better than the popular vinyl cut that it almost sounds like a new record. Modern soul is represented by Wee Willie Walker's stunning I Don't Want To Take A Chance.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars UPTEMPO SOUL TRACKS -FOR REAL, August 14, 2009

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This review is from: Goldwax Northern Soul (Audio CD)

One disc 57 minutes approximately. The remastered sound is clean and warm sounding. The accompanying booklet is informative,with details on each track.

This is a great collection of dance music,popularly known as "Northern Soul". Every track is designed to get your feet (and your body) moving. The various artists represented are a good cross-section of Goldwax Records' stable of performers. This tiny label was second only to the mighty Stax Records in releasing this type of music in the sixties. However,this music is not in emulation of the bigger labels sound.

Artists range from well known (James Carr,The Ovations,and a few others) to lesser known singers (the great Spencer Williams,Barbara Perry) to a track by Ivory Joe Hunter. But the the overall consideration here is the music,which blends together seamlessly. Included are a number of previously unissued tracks ("Lets Talk It Over" by Spencer Wiggins,"A Man Is A Mean Thing" by Barbara Perry,"I Don't Want To Take a Chance" by Wee Willie Walker among others) that give this collection even more weight for soul lovers.

The folks at Kent Records have put together a nice little package of good,uptempo soul music-no ballads to slow things down. If your taste runs to sixties soul before it became bland,slick product-this is a good collection to own.