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The Arock - Serock - Sylvia Soul Story Continued - Reviewarticle image
This release is the second CD to focus on the labels owned by Al Sears, a renowned saxophonist of the 40’s and 50’s. The first CD was way back in 2002. This compilation has been a long time coming and continues were the first left off. Here we have unreleased masters, demos, flips sides of the previously featured 45s and more.
Without spoiling the reading of the liner notes a brief bit of background may be needed. Al, after writing the hit “Castle Rock” in the early 50’s set up two publishing firms, the first one named after taking the first two letters of his and his wife Ruth’s Christian names, the other was named after his daughter Sylvia...
Track Listing:
01 Love Is Such A Good Thing - The Corvairs
02 Get In My Arms Little Girlie - Sterling Magee
03 Take My Hand - Gene Burks
04 When The Going Gets Rough - Tutti Hill
05 I Can't Stay Away - Joan Moody
06 I'm Leavin' (For Parts Unknown) - Gary & Gary
07 I Really Love You - The Diplomats
08 I Keep Comin' Back For More - Garrett Saunders
09 I Don't Care - Freddie Solomon
10 Chained Am I - Ansler Montell
11 Hey Officer - Vivian Collins
12 This Is My Prayer - Theola Kilgore
13 Nobody But Me - Sinner Strong
14 It Ain't No Big Thing - Van McCoy
15 You Were All I Needed - The D.C. Playboys
16 Music To My Ears - Joan Moody
17 I Wanna Come In - Billy Washington
18 Something Else - Chet "Poison" Ivey & His Fabulous Avengers
19 Nothing In The World - Marie Knight with Junior Lewis
20 Easier Said Than Done - Garrett Saunders
21 It Won't Work Out - Junior Lewis
22 Where You Are - Junior Lewis
23 Did You Hear - Don Covay
24 Kindness, Love And Understanding - Eddie King
25 Another Sleepless Night - The Larks
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