VA - The Girls With Soul - Five Classic Albums Plus (Saved / Gee Whiz / The Electrifying / The One Who Really Loves You / Release Me!) (2024)

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Artist: Various Artists, Lavern Baker, Carla Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Mary Wells, Little Esther Phillips
Title: The Girls With Soul - Five Classic Albums Plus (Saved / Gee Whiz / The Electrifying / The One Who Really Loves You / Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: AVID R&B
Genre: R&B, Soul
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:31:05
Total Size: 726 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. LaVern Baker – Saved (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:54)
2. LaVern Baker – For Love of You (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:13)
3. LaVern Baker – Manana (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:09)
4. LaVern Baker – My Time Will Come (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:23)
5. LaVern Baker – Shadows of Love (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:19)
6. LaVern Baker – Must I Cry Again (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:34)
7. LaVern Baker – Bumble Bee (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:26)
8. LaVern Baker – Shake a Hand (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:48)
9. LaVern Baker – Don Juan (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:26)
10. LaVern Baker – Wheel of Fortune (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (01:59)
11. LaVern Baker – Senor Big and Fine (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:14)
12. LaVern Baker – Eternally (Lavern Baker: Saved) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (01:56)
13. Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz, Look at His Eyes (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:19)
14. Carla Thomas – Dance with Me (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:23)
15. Carla Thomas – A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:34)
16. Carla Thomas – Your Love (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:10)
17. Carla Thomas – Fools Fall in Love (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:23)
18. Carla Thomas – To the Aisle (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:40)
19. Carla Thomas – The Masquerade Is over (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:39)
20. Carla Thomas – A Love of My Own (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:27)
21. Carla Thomas – Promises (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:19)
22. Carla Thomas – It Ain't Me (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:25)
23. Carla Thomas – For You (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (01:50)
24. Carla Thomas – The Love We Shared (Carla Thomas: Gee Whiz) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:45)
25. Maxine Brown – All in My Mind (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:32)
26. Aretha Franklin – You Made Me Love You (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:16)
27. Aretha Franklin – I Told You so (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:41)
28. Aretha Franklin – Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:22)
29. Aretha Franklin – Nobody Like You (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:20)
30. Aretha Franklin – Exactly Like You (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:34)
31. Aretha Franklin – It's so Heartbreakin' (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:38)
32. Aretha Franklin – Rough Lover (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:44)
33. Aretha Franklin – Blue Holiday (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:50)
34. Aretha Franklin – Just for You (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:18)
35. Aretha Franklin – That Lucky Old Sun (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:17)
36. Aretha Franklin – I Surrender Dear (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:44)
37. Aretha Franklin – Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:15)
38. Mary Wells – The One Who Really Loves You (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:27)
39. Mary Wells – Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:46)
40. Mary Wells – You Beat Me to the Punch (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:42)
41. Mary Wells – I've Got a Notion (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:13)
42. Mary Wells – The Day Will Come (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:05)
43. Mary Wells – Strange Love (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:39)
44. Mary Wells – You're My Desire (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:16)
45. Mary Wells – I'll Still Be Around (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:20)
46. Mary Wells – She Don't Love You (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:30)
47. Mary Wells – Drifting Love (Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:25)
48. Little Esther Phillips – Release Me (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:17)
49. Little Esther Phillips – I Really Don't Want to Know (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:00)
50. Little Esther Phillips – Am I That Easy to Forget (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:44)
51. Little Esther Phillips – Why Should We Try Anymore (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:06)
52. Little Esther Phillip – I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:09)
53. Little Esther Phillips – I'd Fight the World (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:48)
54. Little Esther Phillips – I Can't Help It (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:03)
55. Little Esther Phillip – Be Honest with Me (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:08)
56. Little Esther Phillips – After Loving You (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:08)
57. Little Esther Phillip – Just out of Reach (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:05)
58. Little Esther Phillips – No Headstone on My Grave (‘Little’ Esther Phillips: Release Me!) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:17)
59. Timi Yuro – What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:44)

For our first artist on this superb five album set, we welcome back the first artist to appear on our Avid R&B label (AMSC1258), Rock n Roll Hall of Famer, Miss LaVern Baker. LaVern Baker signed to Atlantic Records in 1953 and had a series of R&B hits over the next few years including “Tweedle Dee”, “Bop Ting A Ling” and the all-time classic, “Jim Dandy” which would sell a million copies and go on to be voted Number 343 in Rolling Stones Top 500 All Time Greatest Songs as well as being voted as one of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame’s greatest songs to have shaped Rock N Roll! Next up Carla Thomas, queen of Memphis soul to Otis’ king! Here we feature Carla’s very first album which includes the smash hit she wrote when she was only 15 years old “Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)”. Our next artist really needs no introduction at all, the fabulous Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Recorded at Columbia studios in July 1962 our selection finds Aretha in fine form in the hands of legendary producer John Hammond. Mary Wells of course is best known for her massive 1964 hit ‘My Guy’ on Tamla Motown. However we have gone for her fine second album release featuring the songwriting talents of Motown stalwart Smokey Robinson. The break-out single, Smokey’s “The One Who Really Loves You” became Mary’s first hit while her next smash, another Smokey classic and a number 1 single, “You Beat Me To The Punch” was nominated for a Grammy in 1963 making Mary the first Motown star to ever be nominated. We conclude our survey of the girls with soul with the unique voice of Miss Esther Phillips. Esther, born in 1935, found early success in the 1950s with a string of hits which were sadly to dry up by the mid ‘50s partly due to her drug habit. She was re-discovered in 1962 by none other than Kenny Rogers singing in a Houston club and would go on to record our featured album “Release Me” for Rogers’ brothers record label Lenox Records in the same year. Sadly her career was undoubtedly affected by her long term drug abuse and she would pass away at 48 years of age. Esther did have a career resurgence in the 1970s with a couple of absolute classic songs, Gil Scott Heron’s “Home Is Where The Hatred Is” and a remake of the Dinah Washington hit, “What A Difference A Day Makes”. As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy this classic set and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across R&B, Pop, Easy Listening, Rock n Roll, Jazz, and many other musical genres.

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