Soul & The City

Average White Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cc Ent / Copycats
• ASIN: B0011BJPVM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #324,886 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The aged but still great AWB, July 9, 2008

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G. E. Williams "Nunah" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul & The City (Audio CD)

This great live set is perfomed with the guys in the group that still hit the Jazz clubs all over the world, and while it is not as great as my old favorite "Person To Person" from the 70's, it is a very solid set from the much smaller AWB of the new millenium. In this CD the AWB fan will find sevral funky remakes of old favorites including "Cloudy" and "If I ever lose this Heaven" as well as "The Jugglers", which only long, long time fans are likely to remember, as it came from their first LP the CD for which has been long out of print and unavailable. Mine got burgled out of my truck, and I haven't found a replacement yet. But in any case as these gents pass from middle age into the next phase of life, they still have that funky edge, and the newer members of the group fill in quite nicely.

So here's the deal, If you don't have any of the old stuff, get it first, (the "Pickin' up the Pieces" anthology has almost everything you could want on it), but if you have the old stuff already pick up this set (Soul of the City) that shows the "Lords of Northern Soul" still have the goods!

5.0 out of 5 stars All-around excellent, December 14, 2008

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Charles Platt (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul & The City (Audio CD)

While it's true that this AWB is not *quite* the same as the old AWB of decades past, still, it is tight, funky, versatile, accomplished, and a great mix too, so much better than the studio versions of these songs. Some slow tunes here as well as the rockers, but always soulful. Superb vocals, excellent solos. I never get tired of listening to it.

Note that this CD has the exact same recordings as on "Standing Room Only" (which was on a different label) but with three additional tracks (all from the live same session).

2.0 out of 5 stars AWB?, August 18, 2008

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G. Meredith (Erie, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul & The City (Audio CD)

Is this really AWB or impostors? I expected a lot more. AWB was the bomb back in the day. My rating of two is only because of the memories but this attempt at these songs sound terrible. If it wasn't for the memories the rating would be lower. The only song here that made me tap my foot was "School Boy Crush". This is my personal opinion. Take a listen and decide for yourself.