Soul of a Bell [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

William Bell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 18, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1967
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Stax
• ASIN: B00006878Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,914 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Everybody Loves A Winner

2. You Don't Miss Your Water

3. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

4. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

5. Nothing Takes The Place Of You

6. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

7. Eloise (Hang On In There)

8. Any Other Way

9. It's Happening All Over

10. Never Like This Before

11. You're Such A Sweet Thang

12. You Don't Miss Your Water (alternate version)

13. Any Other Way (alternate version)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For whom the Bell souls (ouch...sorry), January 30, 2001

By 

David Kinney (San Francisco, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul of a Bell (Audio CD)

William Bell must have felt like the best light heavyweight on a label of heavyweights. Stax in the mid to late sixties was like a GTO firing on all cylinders and William Bell who helped build the machine was left standing in the driveway. Heres a great way for southern soul fans to hear the underappreciated talent of William Bell. "You Don't Miss Your Water" is a country soul standard having been covered by The Byrds, Taj Mahal, and Gram Parsons. This was one of the earliest releases on Stax and hearing Booker T. play country tinged piano is worth the price of the CD alone. Bell is a smooth soulful singer for the most part although he can pull off a rougher Otis Redding sound when it's called for. Somehow, back in the sixties, I missed out on hearing "Everybody Loves A Winner", the standout cut here. Churchy and soulful, heartfelt and moving, Van Morrison might well have used it as a blueprint for the Moondance album. It's that powerful. This music is, alternately, gritty and ethereal, deeply sad and joyful, filled with the exuberance of youth and the dignity of adulthood. All that is my way of saying that the man has soul. He does'nt mind sharing it either.

5.0 out of 5 stars This Bell tolls for you, October 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Soul of a Bell (Audio CD)

"Everybody loves a winner" and "Eloise" are just two standouts on this great comp by also-ran soul crooner William Bell. Fans of Don Covay, James Carr, OV Wright, et al. should take special note. Not growly or fierce like them, but great songs and delivery. Sort of like Joe Tex without the perpetual GRIN throughout, more melancholy and heartfelt. Beautiful soul classic.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Click on; Give A Listen to Heartfelt Tunes, February 21, 2005

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul of a Bell (Audio CD)

William Bell never really hit the big time; his biggest hit was "You Don't Miss Your Water" in 1961. I can't be sure the one on this package is even the original of that one but it matters not. These sparse lean recordings come from a very special place in time. They deserve a listen; in fact, anything with the name "Stax" on it should not be ignored.