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Thomas' brief liaison with Chess in 1967 saw her, like labelmates Laura Lee and Etta James, record in Muscle Shoals' Fame studios to tap into the southern/deep soul grooves that were one of the hottest tickets in soul music at the time. Commercially, these sessions (all recorded in June and July of '67) weren't a success. It's also fair to say that they don't rate as her finest work of the '60s; her early New Orleans sessions, along with her pop/rock sides of the mid-'60s, featured both stronger material and more suitable accompaniment. That's hardly a knock, though; these were solid soul performances paced by Thomas' habitual excellent, committed vocals. But there's a bit of a generic Stax/Volt feel, and not much of the material (which features several compositions by Otis Redding and the Spooner Oldham-Dan Penn team) leaps out and grabs you. It's still worth finding if you're an Irma fan, with 14 tracks that include several Chess singles and nine songs recorded for an unreleased LP that were previously unavailable in the United States.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Spooner Oldham, ComposerLyricist - Rick Hall, Producer - Dan Penn, ComposerLyricist - Irma Thomas, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Kelly, ComposerLyricist - Rick Hall, Producer - Clarence Reid, ComposerLyricist - Irma Thomas, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Otis Redding, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Julius Green, ComposerLyricist - The Muscle Shoals Horns, Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Maurice Dollison, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Linden Oldham, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Daniel Pennington, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Larry Hamby, ComposerLyricist - Terry Woolford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Otis Redding, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, ComposerLyricist - Irma Thomas, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Redding, Author - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Rick Hill, Producer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Oliver Sain Jr., Composer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc., 1967
Rick Hall, Producer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Unknown Writer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spooner Oldham, ComposerLyricist - Rick Hall, Producer - Dan Penn, ComposerLyricist - Irma Thomas, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Unknown Writer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Irma Thomas, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick Hall, Producer - Irma Thomas, MainArtist - Maurice Dollison, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Thomas' brief liaison with Chess in 1967 saw her, like labelmates Laura Lee and Etta James, record in Muscle Shoals' Fame studios to tap into the southern/deep soul grooves that were one of the hottest tickets in soul music at the time. Commercially, these sessions (all recorded in June and July of '67) weren't a success. It's also fair to say that they don't rate as her finest work of the '60s; her early New Orleans sessions, along with her pop/rock sides of the mid-'60s, featured both stronger material and more suitable accompaniment. That's hardly a knock, though; these were solid soul performances paced by Thomas' habitual excellent, committed vocals. But there's a bit of a generic Stax/Volt feel, and not much of the material (which features several compositions by Otis Redding and the Spooner Oldham-Dan Penn team) leaps out and grabs you. It's still worth finding if you're an Irma fan, with 14 tracks that include several Chess singles and nine songs recorded for an unreleased LP that were previously unavailable in the United States.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:45
- Main artists: Irma Thomas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues
© 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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