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Hammond has 16 of the 26 tracks on this split-artist compilation, which also includes ten songs recorded by Z.Z. Hill for the same label (Kent) during the same era (the mid-to-late 1960s). Hammond's 16 cuts include both sides of all four of his 1966-69 Kent singles, as well as four from the same period that did not surface until a 1988 LP, and four more from the same time that were previously unissued until this CD. He was a minor but a worthy Southern soul-style vocalist who sounded much like a gentler Sam Cooke, writing all of his material on this disc. On his Kent sides (he had previously recorded for other labels), he adeptly crossed soul with shades of blues and gospel, although the arrangements were not as lugubrious and brassy as much soul actually produced in the South was. Occasionally he used pop-style production to good effect, as on the 1966 single "You Brought It All on Yourself," with its swinging, slightly jazz horn lines. Interestingly, his 1968 B-side "Do Right Woman" is not the famous Chips Moman/Dan Penn song, but a different song (albeit with some similarities to the more famous one), recorded at Moman's studio, no less. The eight songs that were not released in the 1960s are good by outtakes standard. "Togetherness" has something of the ballad feel of Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," while "My Sweet Baby Is Coming Home," with only an electric guitar as backup, anticipates the sound of fellow Cooke acolyte Ted Hawkins. The ten songs that follow from Hill, incidentally, are average period soul that also have some stronger blues elements than many recordings from the genre, combining a few of Hill's 1966-69 singles with four previously unissued numbers.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub Intl MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CAREERS, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Hammond, Composer - Clay Hammond, MainArtist - Powerforce Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Clay Hammond Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Clay Hammond Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Clay Hammond Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Clay Hammond Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Clay Hammond Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Stanley Lewis, Composer - Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Mcs Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Clay Hammond, Composer, MainArtist - Clay Hammond Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Z.Z. Hill, MainArtist - EMI UNITED PARTNERSHIP LTD, MusicPublisher - Arzell Hill, Composer
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Z.Z. Hill, Composer, MainArtist - PUBLISHER(S) UNKNOWN, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Z.Z. Hill, Composer, MainArtist - PUBLISHER(S) UNKNOWN, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Z.Z. Hill, Composer, MainArtist - PUBLISHER(S) UNKNOWN, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Tim Hardin, Composer - Z.Z. Hill, MainArtist - Bmg Rights Management (uk) Ltd, MusicPublisher - EMI Music Pub Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Jimmy Holiday, Composer - James Lewis, Composer - Z.Z. Hill, MainArtist - Clifford Chambers, Composer - Metric Music Pub Co, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Z.Z. Hill, MainArtist - Aaron Collins, Composer - Universal Music Pub MGB Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Allen Toussaint, Composer - Z.Z. Hill, MainArtist - Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Fred Jay, Composer - Art Harris, Composer - Z.Z. Hill, MainArtist - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Jimmy Holiday, Composer - Z.Z. Hill, MainArtist - EMI UNITED PARTNERSHIP LTD, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Albumbeschreibung
Hammond has 16 of the 26 tracks on this split-artist compilation, which also includes ten songs recorded by Z.Z. Hill for the same label (Kent) during the same era (the mid-to-late 1960s). Hammond's 16 cuts include both sides of all four of his 1966-69 Kent singles, as well as four from the same period that did not surface until a 1988 LP, and four more from the same time that were previously unissued until this CD. He was a minor but a worthy Southern soul-style vocalist who sounded much like a gentler Sam Cooke, writing all of his material on this disc. On his Kent sides (he had previously recorded for other labels), he adeptly crossed soul with shades of blues and gospel, although the arrangements were not as lugubrious and brassy as much soul actually produced in the South was. Occasionally he used pop-style production to good effect, as on the 1966 single "You Brought It All on Yourself," with its swinging, slightly jazz horn lines. Interestingly, his 1968 B-side "Do Right Woman" is not the famous Chips Moman/Dan Penn song, but a different song (albeit with some similarities to the more famous one), recorded at Moman's studio, no less. The eight songs that were not released in the 1960s are good by outtakes standard. "Togetherness" has something of the ballad feel of Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," while "My Sweet Baby Is Coming Home," with only an electric guitar as backup, anticipates the sound of fellow Cooke acolyte Ted Hawkins. The ten songs that follow from Hill, incidentally, are average period soul that also have some stronger blues elements than many recordings from the genre, combining a few of Hill's 1966-69 singles with four previously unissued numbers.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:12
- Main artists: Clay Hammond Z.Z. Hill
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ACE RECORDS
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records - This product is protected by a registered watermark patent. All copying prohibited.
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