Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) - Jackie Wilson
2. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
3. Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
4. Wack Wack - Young-Holt Trio
5. Wrapped, Tied and Tangled - LaVern Baker
6. Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler
7. I'm Gonna Miss You - Gene Chandler
8. Hold On - Marvin "Smitty" Smith
9. (I'm Just A) Fool for You - Gene Chandler
10. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
11. Girl I Need You - The Artistics
12. Hang on Sloopy - Count Basie
13. Come on Over to My Side - Billy Butler
14. Who Who Song - Jackie Wilson
15. Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - Little Richard
16. I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson
17. Love Makes a Woman - Barbara Acklin
18. I'll Bet You - Billy Butler
19. From the Teacher to the Preacher - Barbara Acklin, Gene Chandler
20. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Jackie Wilson
21. To Sir With Love - Barbara Acklin
22. There Was a Time - Gene Chandler
23. You Brought About a Change in Me - Jackie Wilson
24. Anywhere But Nowhere - Barbara Acklin, Gene Chandler

Disc 2:

1. I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Erma Franklin
2. Follow the Leader - Major Lance
3. Son of a Preacher Man - Erma Franklin
4. Baby Boy - Fred Hughes
5. I Love You - Otis Leavill
6. Am I the Same Girl - Barbara Acklin
7. Sweeter as the Days Go By - Major Lance
8. Light My Fire - Erma Franklin
9. Sly, Slick and the Wicked - The Lost Generation
10. Turn Back the Hands of Time - Tyrone Davis
11. Turn Back the Hands of Time - Lionel Hampton
12. Funky Chicken - Willie Henderson & The Soul Explosions
13. Love Uprising - Otis Leavill
14. (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People - The Chi-Lites
15. Have You Seen Her? - The Chi-Lites
16. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites
17. Homely Girl - The Chi-Lites
18. Too Good to Be Forgotten - The Chi-Lites
19. Pimp Walk - Hamilton Bohannon
20. Disco Stomp - Hamilton Bohannon
21. You Don't Have to Go - The Chi-Lites

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #186603 in Music
• Released on: 2002-10-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

Album Description
Two CDs of pioneering R&B stompers & sweet soul, from the 60s to the 70s, including classics such as Jackie Wilson's '(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher', The Chi-Lites 'Have You Seen Her', Barbara Acklin's 'Am I The Same Girl', Young-Holt Trio's 'Wack Wack' & many more. Slipcase. Metro. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Move over, Motown
The Brunswick label seems to have approximately the same major hit-span as Motown (late '50s into the mid-'70s, pundits correct me if I'm wrong) but when it comes to Soul-Pop or Pop-Soul, the Chicago team can match the much-heralded Detroit team title by title, if not by sales then by artistic triumphs. Consider the work of Jackie Wilson, the Chi-Lites, Gene Chandler, and many others in the Illinois line-up, and you realize that perhaps this label (along with Vee Jay, et. al) has not quite gotten its' due historical recognition - in the broadcasting and literary realm - not that their Michigan competition did not deserve its' global status. And 1950s legends even took their turns at bat in the sixties, namely Lavern Baker (with the Drifters' style "Wrapped, Tied, And Tangled") and Little Richard (with a rockin' update of a familiar blues melody [reference Walter Coleman's "Mama, Let Me Lay It On You" and Lightin' Hopkin's "Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes] called "Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes").
Here we have a two CD set, beautifully mounted, taking us from Jackie's "Reet Petite" to the Chi-Lites' "You Don't Have To Go". Two interesting entries come from Mr. Hamilton Bohannon, "The Pimp Walk", a great instrumental suggesting a possible influence on a later Bee Gees' smash, and "Disco Stomp", another creative entry - incorporating a "Hey, Bo Diddley" sound with the then-current trend.
"Wack Wack" by the Young-Holt Trio is not the novelty you might expect by the title, it's a gem worthy of rediscovery; "The Who Who Song", a "lost" hit if there ever was one by JW; a near-smash by the same genius called "I Get The Sweetest Feeling"; "Turn Back The Hands Of Time", the Tyrone Davis classic, gets a crystalline pressing for the golden oldies radio staple. Barbara Acklin, Erma Franklin also contribute to this important collection.
Perhaps in the imagined "The Story Of Brunswick, Volume Two" the producers could include a few (reportedly) unreleased numbers by Richard Penniman, "Sugar, Sugar, Sugar", and something from the rumoured live session from 1968.
By the way, Ian McCann's track notations are excellent.

Soul Explosion
This double CD set is great! In addition to providing a wealth of songs in a single collection, included is the only CD available with "Funky Chicken" by Willie Henderson. "Funky Chicken" is a legendary soul song.