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While this monster 24-cut collection of Joe Simon's tracks recorded for Spring between 1970 and 1982 doesn’t contain any of his bona fide dancefloor smashes like “Downing in a Sea of Love,” "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)," and "Music in My Bones," it is loaded to the gills with more obscure, no less stellar vintage fare that will make you shake your ass and move your feet.. There’s 1972’s “Power of Love,” which is a pure, gritty, funky soul burner that was aimed straight for jukeboxes and the radio -- and got there in the Deep South and on the West Coast. Likewise the lithe “Who Was That Lady” with its proto-disco groove. The orchestral Southern-fried disco of the previously unreleased “(You Keep Me) Hangin’ On,” (no, not that one) carries both the Muscle Shoals feel and the Gamble & Huff (who produced it) sheen. Check the crazy “Step by Step” from 1973 with its funky bassline, strings, backing chorus, and a honky tonk upright piano amid handclaps and swirling grooves. Other stunners include the edited version of 1978’s “I.O.U.” with its Miles Davis-esque muted trumpet chart as the bassline bumps up the tempo. This is disco drenched in soul authenticity. All told, this collection from Great Britain’s Ace imprint is an essential purchase for anyone interested in Southern soul, and funk and/or disco. There isn’t a mediocre track in the bunch, and all of it serves to underscore Simon’s considerable reputation among fans of these genres.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Raeford Gerald, Composer - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Harland Howard, Composer - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Tree Publishing, MusicPublisher - Rightsong, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Kenneth Gamble, Composer - LEON HUFF, Composer - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Warner Chappell North America, MusicPublisher - Warner-tamerlane Publishing, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher - NDE Music Inc, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Kenneth Gamble, Composer - LEON HUFF, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Warner-tamerlane Publishing, MusicPublisher - Warner Chappell North America ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Tony Joe White, Composer - Donnie Fritts, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Combine Music Corp, MusicPublisher - Combine Music, MusicPublisher - Tennessee Swamp Fox Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Kenneth Gamble, Composer - LEON HUFF, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Warner Chappell North America ltd, MusicPublisher - Warner-Tamerlane, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Ron Tyson, Composer - Next Decade Music, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Helen Miller, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Rose MacCoy, Composer
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - Mainstreeters, FeaturedArtist - Bradley Shapiro, Composer - Sandbox Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
Norman Harris, Composer - Sony, MusicPublisher - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Ron Tyson, Composer - Six Strings Music, MusicPublisher - ATV Melody, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher - NDE Music Inc, MusicPublisher - Dajoye Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Shapiro Bernstein & Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Rightsong Music, MusicPublisher - King Sterling, Composer - NDE Music, MusicPublisher - NDE Music Inc, MusicPublisher - Aseneth Peek, Composer
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Raeford Gerald, Composer - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Rightsong Music, MusicPublisher - Next Decade Music, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Norman Harris, Composer - Sony, MusicPublisher - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Ron Tyson, Composer - State One Music America, MusicPublisher - Reservoir Media Management Inc, MusicPublisher - ATV Melody, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher - Dajoye Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Raeford Gerald, Composer - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Billy Kennedy, Composer - Next Decade Music, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Norman Harris, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Ron Tyson, Composer - Six Strings Music, MusicPublisher - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Melody, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher - Dajoye Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Raeford Gerald, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Andrew Smith, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Rightsong Music, MusicPublisher - GAUCHO MUSIC, MusicPublisher - Perry Boyd, Composer - NDE Music, MusicPublisher - Lecan Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Madeline Stone, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Norman Dolph, Composer - Unichappell Music Inc, MusicPublisher - Chappell & Co, MusicPublisher - Unichappell, MusicPublisher - Marc Gabriele, Composer
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Clare Bathe, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
Buddy Mize, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Ira Allen, Composer - ATV Music, MusicPublisher - Song, MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Music Pub (UK), MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
Raeford Gerald, Composer - JOE SIMON, Composer, MainArtist - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - Intersong Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Unichappell, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher - Dock Price, Composer
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
BUDDY BUIE, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - James Cobb, Composer - Sony Atv Songs, MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Music Pub (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Jerry Weaver, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing, MusicPublisher - Peermusic III Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2008 Ace Records
Phillip Mitchell, Composer - JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing, MusicPublisher - Peermusic III Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
JOE SIMON, MainArtist - Larry Neal, Composer - Three Cheers Music, MusicPublisher - Cape Ann Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Albumbeschreibung
While this monster 24-cut collection of Joe Simon's tracks recorded for Spring between 1970 and 1982 doesn’t contain any of his bona fide dancefloor smashes like “Downing in a Sea of Love,” "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)," and "Music in My Bones," it is loaded to the gills with more obscure, no less stellar vintage fare that will make you shake your ass and move your feet.. There’s 1972’s “Power of Love,” which is a pure, gritty, funky soul burner that was aimed straight for jukeboxes and the radio -- and got there in the Deep South and on the West Coast. Likewise the lithe “Who Was That Lady” with its proto-disco groove. The orchestral Southern-fried disco of the previously unreleased “(You Keep Me) Hangin’ On,” (no, not that one) carries both the Muscle Shoals feel and the Gamble & Huff (who produced it) sheen. Check the crazy “Step by Step” from 1973 with its funky bassline, strings, backing chorus, and a honky tonk upright piano amid handclaps and swirling grooves. Other stunners include the edited version of 1978’s “I.O.U.” with its Miles Davis-esque muted trumpet chart as the bassline bumps up the tempo. This is disco drenched in soul authenticity. All told, this collection from Great Britain’s Ace imprint is an essential purchase for anyone interested in Southern soul, and funk and/or disco. There isn’t a mediocre track in the bunch, and all of it serves to underscore Simon’s considerable reputation among fans of these genres.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:37
- Main artists: Joe Simon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ACE RECORDS
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records - This product is protected by a registered watermark patent. All copying prohibited.
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