Take Away the Pain Stain [Original recording remastered][Import]

Patti Austin

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2001)
• Original Release Date: August 28, 2001
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Body & Soul
• ASIN: B00000JZZ0
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #499,562 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. This Thing Called Love

2. A-Tisket, A-Tasket

3. Million to One

4. Leave a Little Love

5. My Lovelight Ain't Gonna Shine No More

6. Take Your Time

7. Take Away the Pain Stain [Unabridged Version]

8. Got to Check You Out

9. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes

10. Oh How I Need You Joe

11. Only All the Time

12. He's Good Enough for Me

13. Earl

14. Loosen Up Your Heart

15. I Wanna Be Loved

16. Someon's Gonna Cry

17. Most Unusual Boy

18. You'd Better Know What You're Getting

19. Why Can't We Try Again

20. You're Too Much a Part of Me

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

22 Pure Soul Music Gems by Fifteen Year Old Patti Austin. These Little Known Singles have Never Been Reissued Before! 12 Page Booklet Laded with Memorabilia and Information. Mastered Directly from the Original Stereo Tapes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 22 pure soul gems by a fifteen-year old Patti, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

The record releases all the sides Patti's done for Coral Records between 1965-67, with two tracks previously unissued, and none of them ever available on CD. They are a pure joy in the best Motown or Stax class, and already reveal a lot of what was going to come. It is clear that they were trying to push her into directions that were en vogue at the time but her unique artistry, her drive and her sense of humor are obvious.

The re-release is very carefully produced by a new French record company and contains a 12-page booklet with beautiful memorabilia reproductions, informative liner notes and a discography.

I recommend it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Patti Austin: Teenage Singing Star, November 8, 2000

By	James A. Allio "aheyheynow" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Patti Austin was born into a musical family: her father, Gordon Austin, played trombone in several major orchestras, Dinah Washington was her godmother and Quincy Jones her godfather, and she demonstrated precocious singing talent, debuting onstage with Washington at the age of four and cutting her first single at six. By her early teens, Jones had enlisted her to sing back-up for his teen singing discovery, Lesley Gore, and Coral Records signed Patti and began issuing singles by her. This CD gathers all the extant material cut for Coral, and it is a delight for Patti Austin historians and fans of mid-60s girl group and Motown sounds. Austin is only occasionally recognizable as the quintessential Quiet Storm balladeer on these 22 enjoyable tracks; she sounds more like Martha Reeves than anything else. There are quite a few faux-Motown riffs here, like the funky "This Thing Called Love," the unintentionally hilarious title song, "Got to Check You Out" and "Only All the Time," which evidently burned up the dance floors in England's Northern Soul club scene. She covers her godmother ("What A Diff'rence A Day Makes") as well as essaying a florid version of "A Million to One" sung with earnest and youthful sincerity, turns in the original performance of Lulu's "Leave A Little Love" and, in "He's Good Enough for Me," perfect mid-60s teen girl pop. What emerges in these lightweight but thoroughly enchanting sides is a young singer who was already a vocalist of uncommon power and expressiveness, able to handle a wide range of emotions and moods, and giving hints of the sophisticated jazz/r&b star she is today.