James Carr - The Complete Goldwax Singles
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Artist: James CarrEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-04-21
Music Label: Kent Records UK
Soundtracks:
- The Dark End Of The Street
- These Ain't Raindrops
- A Man Needs A Woman
- Life Turned Her That Way
- Freedom Train
- Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
- Everybody Needs Somebody
- That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me
- To Love Somebody
- You've Got My Mind Messed Up
- I'm A Fool For You
- A Losing Game
- Stronger Than Love
- Lovable Girl
- Forgetting You
- Love Attack
- She's Better Than You
- Coming Back To Me Baby
- That's What I Want To Know
- Talk, Talk
- I Can't Make It
- Only Fools Run Away
- You Don't Want Me
- Lover's Competition
- Row, Row Your Boat
- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
- Let It Happen
- A Message To Young Lovers
Music reviews of The Complete Goldwax Singles
Music Review: Southern Soul Perfection!
Rating: 5 Stars
James Carr never had a hit on the pop charts and didn't really have too many R&B hits either, but his signature song "The Dark End Of The Street" has become legendary over the years and kept his legacy alive. There are other excellent versions of this song by Aretha Franklin and Percy Sledge, but Carr's original still takes the cake. If there was nothing else of quality on here, this song alone would be worth the price of the disc, but Carr's legacy is much deeper than that. The 28 tracks on here are an embarrassment of riches- "Stronger Than Love", "Life Turned Her That Way", "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" and on and on, one great vocal performance after another. I'm not sure why he didn't evolve beyond cult status, but I have always felt that the music scene of the mid 60's to mid 70's were crammed with so many great artists and such classic songs that it was just impossible for all of them to be heard at once. I mean unless you had money to burn, how could you have kept up with the newest releases from James Brown, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Percy Sledge, O.V. Wright, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Solomon Burke, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding,Johnny Adams, Sam and Dave, not to mention all the great rock and pop music of the time. So unless you were really driven like James Brown or The Beatles and Stones to be number one, you kind of got lost in the shuffle, no matter how great your vocal ability. James also seemed to get sidetracked by drug and/or personality problems, but that never stopped a lot of other miscreants from going straight to the top. In the end, James Carr's great voice will live on longer than most of today's fly by night "artists" , thanks to this great and very complete collection. Rest in peace, my talented soul brother.
Description of The Complete Goldwax Singles
Regarded by many as the greatest soul singerof all time, Carr's major & best work was recorded in Memphis for Quinton Claunch's Goldwax Records between 1964 & 1970. He cut 14 great singles which amazingly enough have 28 (both A & B sides) different songs that vary in quality from good to stupendous. Here is the complete remastered set of sides on one CD. Includes 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes & photos. Ace/Kent Records. 2003.Blues CDs
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