昔からマニアに絶大な人気のあったシングル・オンリー曲をふんだんに盛り込んだ世紀の傑作コンピ 「THE LOST SOUL GEMS 2CD(SONY SICP 1776-7)'08」
の続編といえるコンピ「ファビュラス・ソウル・ジェムス」が発売されるようです。今回はEMI系のレーベル音源編で、前回ほどの派手さは無いものの、やはりソウル史上に残る歴史的な名コンピと呼べそうなもの凄いラインナップ。
海賊盤の「SOUL FROM THE VAULT RARE SWEET DYNAMITE VOL.11」にも収録されていた人気のダンサー1-1、U.S.BDG #76で高沢仁氏に「シングル盤中のシングル盤」と言わしめた1-5、甘茶ソウル百科事典P.16「私の甘茶自慢」掲載の極甘子守唄の1-15(どこかのコンピに既収録だったはず)、上品で穏やかな味わいが良い1-26、こってり甘いディープソウルの2-14などなどが一同に介する事は奇跡的とさえ思わせますね。
1. Don't Take Your Sweet Lovin Away - Ghetto Children 2. It's Not Easy To Say Goodbye - Ghetto Children 3. Love Song - Simon Said
5. This Feeling Of Loneliness - Cliff Nobles 6. Dance,Dance,Dance - Liquid Smoke 7. Where Is Our Love - Liquid Smoke 8. Look In The Mirror Of My Eyes - Percy & Them 9. Don't Let Him Get The Best Of You - Whirlwind 10. Something,I Can Feel Something - Whirlwind 11. Full Time Thing - Whirlwind 12. You To Me Are Everything - Real Thing 13. What Price - Nathan Williams 14. Reachig Higher - Nathan Williams 15. Lover's Lullabye - Dynamic 5
17. You Can Make It - Mike Jameison 18. I Don't Need Half A Love - Z.Z. Hill 19. Let's Live And Let Live - Robinhood 20. It's For Real - Sound 70's 21. Time Look Away - Troiel
23. Peace Of Mind - Skip Jackson 24. Don't Go To Strangers - Skip Jackson 25. How Can I Go On Without You - Corey Blake 26. Your Love Is Like A Boomerang - Corey Blake 27. Life Is What You Make It - Tapestry 28. The Soul Of A Woman - Margo Thunder
DISC.2
1. Nothing Can Help You Now - Lenny Curtis 2. Who You Gonna Run To - Lenny Curtis 3. Mama's Got A Bag Of Her Own - Anna King 4. Seven Days Too Long - Chuck Wood 5. Let's Talk It Over - Sam Williams 6. Love Slipped Through My Fingers - Sam Williams 7. Great Big Thing - Carroll Lloyd 8. Miracle Walker - Sam Williams 9. One Day Love - Tommy Dodson 10. Mind? Reader - Tommy Dodson 11. Lucky Guy - Elbie Parker 12. Please Keep Away From Me - Elbie Parker 13. Here Comes The Heartache - Cicero Blake 14. I'm Sorry - Cody Black 15. Stop Trying To Do What You See Your Neighbor Do - Cody Black 16. Let's Face Reality - Billy Frazier 17. I Want It All - Ike Lovely 18. You're My Bad Habit - Ike Lovely 19. Try A Little Tenderness - Michael Lizzmore 20. Promise That You'll Wait - Michael Lizzmore 21. Finders Keepers - Zircons 22. You Ain't Comin Back - Zircons 23. I Surrender - Ann Dequesney 24. Consider The Source - Leon Haywood 25. No More Dreams - Alexander Patton 26. A Lil Lovin Sometimes - Alexander Patton 27. Have A Little Mercy - Frederick Knight 28. If You Can Feel - The Metros 29. You Gonna Reap It - Pat Peterman 30. Trying To Make It Home - Rudy Ludaway 31. That Ain't My Wife - Raw Spitt