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Dave Godin’s Deep Soul Treasures: Volume 3
(Kent Soul, 2000)
Peerless mix-tape of southern rarities from the UK’s Soul Brother Number One…
“Deep Soul records will be just what their name implies,” read the 1969 manifesto of the late Dave Godin’s then-new label: “non-commercial recordings, but recordings which are of such sterling quality it would be a sad loss to the artistic development of the whole soul scene not to make them available to the minority who are hip enough to appreciate them now and not at some indefinite date in the future.” In the end, the imprint only proffered six singles, but Godin’s unending passion for the sanctified sounds of the American South has ensured the sub-genre of Deep Soul – a place where gospel holler meets R&B sass - remains a refuge for troubled minds and broken hearts to this very day. Of the four brilliant volumes of rarities and classics compiled by Godin and released on the Kent Soul label, this is the one I’ve found myself returning to the most.
Among tried and tested humdingers from Bobby Womack, Irma Thomas and James Brown lie unearthed gems from Toussaint McCall (I’m Undecided), Rozetta Johnson (Who Are You Gonna Love (Your Woman Or Your Wife)) and Robert Ramsey (Like It Stands) – the latter propelled by a Stax-esque groove that would sit happily among Booker T. & The MG’s most celebrated arrangements. Here are tales of the down-and-out and the emotionally scarred; people whose spirits may be smashed, but somehow, through the phalanx of horns, the country-twang of the guitar and the testifying power of the vocals, can still lift themselves out the darkness (check out the mournful strains of Doris Duke’s He’s Gone for a real wallop of heavy drama). From Etta James to Rick James, the gritty side of soul doesn’t get much better than this.
Ross Bennett
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/02/2009
Further Listening
Various Artists - Dave Godin’s Deep Soul Treasures – Volume 1 (Kent Soul, 1997)
James Carr – You Got My Mind Messed Up (Goldwax, 1966)
Barbara & The Browns – Can’t Find Happiness: The Sounds Of Memphis Recordings (Kent Soul, 2007)
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