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Features Disc of the day
Evie Sands
Any Way That You Want Me
(A&M, 1970; Reissued Rev-Ola, 2005)
Brooklyn soulstress beats bad luck to produce country-soul gem...
I stumbled across Evie Sands a few years ago while wading through videos on YouTube. The link to the title track of her 1970 debut LP was sandwiched between The Carpenters’ Superstar and Bonnie Tyler’s Faster Than The Speed Of Night. I wasn’t looking for either, but I must salute both for lighting the path to this exuberant album of country-soul anthems. Chip Taylor has called Sands “the hard luck girl of the late ‘60s”. The catalogue of legal wranglings, label disputes and near misses that coloured her early endeavours provide ample support for Taylor’s statement, but the songs contained on Any Way That You Want Me paint a very different picture indeed. Huge choruses, swathes of orchestral warmth and a life-affirming spirit fill the big-hearted '60s soul ballads (I’ll Never Be Alone Again, But You Know I Love You), while the stripped-bare, paisley grooves of One Fine Summer Morning and Until It’s Time For You To Go are all eloquently led by Sands’ super-strength, crystalline holler. Even the moments of longing and frustration are couched in those ‘60s analogue sonics that feel so inclusive and welcoming. The top-notch session players unashamed drive towards a chart-bothering, pop sound might well have something to do with it. The fact that the record still manages to hold onto its soul credentials is a testament to the careful production skills of Taylor and Al Gorgoni and, most importantly, to the vocal prowess of the woman Dusty Springfield often dubbed her "favourite female singer".
Ross Bennett
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 29/07/2008
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Merrilee Rush – Angel Of The Morning (Rev-Ola, 2006)
Billie Davis – Tell Him: The Decca Years (Commercial Marketing, 2005)
P.P. Arnold – The First Cut (Sanctuary, 2008)
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Evie_sands.. Awful :)
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