Name: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 2
Brand: Kent (U.K.)
SKU: 160941
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Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures

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Album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 2
#	Song Title		Time
1)	How Was I to Know You Cared	More Info...	0:02
2)	I'm Not Gonna Give Up	More Info...	0:03
3)	The Sweeter He Is (Parts 1 & 2)	More Info...	0:06
4)	I Don't Want Nobody But My Baby	More Info...	0:03
5)	It Was a Lie	More Info...	0:02
6)	A Love That Never Grows Cold	More Info...	0:03
7)	It's All Over	More Info...	0:03
8)	I'm Sorry I Hurt You	More Info...	0:03
9)	What Will Tomorrow Bring?	More Info...	0:03
10)	Let Nothing Separate Us	More Info...	0:03
11)	These Four Walls	More Info...	0:03
12)	If I Could See You One More Time	More Info...	0:03
13)	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	More Info...	0:03
14)	Make It Me	More Info...	0:02
15)	Losin' Boy	More Info...	0:03
16)	A Shell of a Woman	More Info...	0:03
17)	Just One More Day	More Info...	0:03
18)	Go Now	More Info...	0:02
19)	Cryin' In The Street (Part 1)	More Info...	0:03
20)	How Much Can a Man Take?	More Info...	0:02
21)	Anyone But You	More Info...	0:03
22)	Stop! Look What You're Doing	More Info...	0:02
23)	Nothing Takes the Place of You	More Info...	0:03
24)	Hiding in Shadows	More Info...	0:03
25)	Let's Take a Chance	More Info...	0:02

Album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 2
#	Song Title		Time
1)	How Was I to Know You Cared	More Info...	0:02
2)	I'm Not Gonna Give Up	More Info...	0:03
3)	The Sweeter He Is (Parts 1 & 2)	More Info...	0:06
4)	I Don't Want Nobody But My Baby	More Info...	0:03
5)	It Was a Lie	More Info...	0:02
6)	A Love That Never Grows Cold	More Info...	0:03
7)	It's All Over	More Info...	0:03
8)	I'm Sorry I Hurt You	More Info...	0:03
9)	What Will Tomorrow Bring?	More Info...	0:03
10)	Let Nothing Separate Us	More Info...	0:03
11)	These Four Walls	More Info...	0:03
12)	If I Could See You One More Time	More Info...	0:03
13)	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	More Info...	0:03
14)	Make It Me	More Info...	0:02
15)	Losin' Boy	More Info...	0:03
16)	A Shell of a Woman	More Info...	0:03
17)	Just One More Day	More Info...	0:03
18)	Go Now	More Info...	0:02
19)	Cryin' In The Street (Part 1)	More Info...	0:03
20)	How Much Can a Man Take?	More Info...	0:02
21)	Anyone But You	More Info...	0:03
22)	Stop! Look What You're Doing	More Info...	0:02
23)	Nothing Takes the Place of You	More Info...	0:03
24)	Hiding in Shadows	More Info...	0:03
25)	Let's Take a Chance	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Twenty-five "deep soul" (the term used to refer to soul music that has a generally slow tempo and is seriously emotional) tracks from 1964-1975. There are a few stars here and there (Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Ben E. King, Arthur Conley and Irma Thomas, although none of them perform hits) and even a couple of cuts that have appeared on widely circulated compilations (Bessie Banks' original version of "Go Now," which was covered for a hit by the Moody Blues, and Toussaint McCall's "Nothing Takes the Place of You"). Generally, though, it's the kind of obscure material that the average Joe can't get access to without getting some rabid soul collector to make a tape for him. Dave Godin is such a collector, and his compilations have received glowing press notices in the U.K., though they don't match the summit of soul compilations (various ones on Rhino are better) that include better-known material. It's a decent assembly of good obscure soul, not much of which screams "overlooked masterpiece," and the constant slow grooves can get dull at times. It is better (and more craftily sequenced and annotated) than most obscure soul compilations (including some on the Kent label) that compilers trumpet as killer discs even though they're just anthologies of average soul tracks that happen to be very rare. If you're not a completist but are on the lookout for good cuts that have escaped your attention, check out Conley's "Let Nothing Separate Us," which didn't make it onto his Ichiban best-of comp; Ruby Johnson's "I'll Run Your Hurt Away," a 1966 Volt single that stands up to Redding's better tracks, albeit with appealingly raw female vocals; the Premiers' "Make It Me" which, like the Johnson cut, is a good mid-'60s Stax production written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes; George Perkins' quizzical "Cryin' in the Streets"; and Lisa Richards' "Let's Take a Chance," which is like '60s soul accented with the feel of doo wop groups like Rosie & the Originals. ~ Richie Unterberger