Denise Lasalle - My toot toot

Denise LaSalle “My Toot Toot – An Anthology”

Denise is undoubtedly one of the longest serving Ladies of soul having made her first recordings in the 60’s for the legendary Chess label and she hasn’t stopped singing yet. Her initial successes were in the 1970’s when she was signed to the Westbound label and was being produced by the inimitable Willie Mitchell. During this period she had 10 R&B hits, 4 of which, “Trapped By a Thing Called Love”, “Now Run and Tell That”, “Man Sized Job”, and “Married, but not to each other” crossed over to the billboard pop charts. These are of course featured on this album. After leaving Westbound she had a relatively quiet period at ABC Dunhill, before signing 1982 to Malaco Records in her home state of Mississippi. There her success was re-established and in fact it was with this record company that she scored her major international hit “My Toot Toot” (a.k.a “My Tu Tu”)
 

This anthology, compiled by the guru of black music Ian Dewhirst, brings together all the great recordings from Denise Lasalle and for anyone who like to here their music performed with passion, intensity and soul is going to love this collection of her best works.

Track-Listing - CD1

1.   Trapped by a Thing called Love
2.   Now run and tell that
3.   Man sized Job
4.   Do me right
5.   Married, but not to each other
6.   Lady in the Street
7.   I was not the best woman
8.   Come to Bed
9.   Don’t Mess with my Man
10. Right Place, Right Time
12. Why does it feel so Right
12. Keep your pants on
13. Bump and Grind
14. Caught in your own mess
15. You Gotta Pay to Play
16. Bring it on Home to me
17. Don’t cry no more
18.  Don’t mess with my Toot Toot
19. If you can do me Right
20. Write this one off (as a loss)

Track-Listing - CD2

1.   Love and Happiness
2.   Trapped…..1990
3.   Drop that Zero
4.   Wet Match
5.   Paper Thin
6.   I’m Loved
7.   When we’re making Love
8.   Love me Right
9.   Don’t pick it up
10. Fast Hands and a Dirty Mind
11. Three People
12. Dial 1-900-Get-Some
13. No Supervision
14. Child of the Ghetto
15. A Woman needs to be Loved
16. Blues Party Tonight

Dorothy Moore - “Misty Blue - The definitive anthology”

Dorothy Moore is one of those exceptions; a loyal artist who spent almost her entire career signed to Malaco Records in Jackson, Mississippi. In fact it was her international hit “Misty Blue” which provided the impetus for Malaco to move from a production company to a bona fide record company. Ironically the fact that they couldn’t place the recording of Misty Blue with an established label led them to press and distribute the record themselves. Of course it went onto to become an international hit reaching no. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the U.K. charts. Dorothy then went on to have another 10 R&B hits  with “Funny How Time Slips Away” (the Willie Nelson song,) “”I believe you” and “With Pen in Hand” all crossing over to give her pop hits.

These hits are all on this double album, once again compiled by Ian Dewhirst the founder and compiler of the Master Cuts series, who has brought together a wonderful collection of her most beautiful soul ballads from the Malaco archives. Her pure emotion is just a joy to listen to and “Misty Blue” has to one if the songs of the century.

Track-Listing - CD1

1.The Only Time you ever say you Love me
2.Misty Blue
3.Funny how Time slips away
4.I don’t want to be with Nobody but you
5.For old Time’s sake
6.I Believe you
7.With Pen in Hand
8.Love me
9.Special Occasion
10.Girl Overboard
11.Dark end of the Street
12.Ain’t that a Mother’s Luck
13.Let the Music Play
14.Enough Woman left (to be your Lady)
15.Talk to me
16.All Night Blue
17.Too Blind to see
18.Feel the Love
19.He Thinks I still care

Track-Listing - CD2

1.   If you’ll give me your Heart
2.   Ain’t nothing changed
3.   More than just another Hurt
4.   Your Body’s here with me
5.   Be strong enough to hold on
6.   Seein’ You Again
7.   Blues in the Night
8.   I betcha didn’t know that
9.   You Can’t blame Love
10. What you wpnt do for Love
11. You should have been good to me
12. Why Is leavin’ you so hard to do
13. Daydreamin’
14. Till the end of time
15. It’s rainin’ on my side of the bed
16. Knee deep in a River
17. It ain’t over ‘til your Heart says Goodbye
18. I’ll spend my life Loving you

Anita Ward - Ring my Bell - The definitive anthology

Written and produced by Frederick Knight, Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" was one of the most distinctive disco sounds of 1979 (and one of the first records to feature a synth drum), played in clubs around the world throughout that summer and becoming an international smash hit.  Ironically it had been recorded as a last-minute filler for an album of considerably different sounding mid-tempo songs and ballads and so, at the time, Anita's turn in the spotlight more or less began and ended with that one hit.  In retrospect, it is perhaps fortunate that the 15 other pleasing southern soul recordings on this compilation are of varied moods and tempos, displaying a broader aspect of Ms Ward's singing talent

Track-Listing

1.Ring My Bell
2.Don't Drop My Love
3.Cover Me
4.Make Believe Lovers
5.Can't Nobody Love Me Like You Do
6.Forever Green
7.Someday We'll Be Together
8.Caught Between A Good Thing And Good-Bye
9.If I Could Feel That Old Feeling Again
10.I Won't Stop Loving You
11.Sweet Splendor
12.You Lied
13.I Go Crazy
14.Spoiled By Your Love
15.There's No Doubt About It
16.Forever Love You More

Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful- The definitive anthology

29 track double CD anthology of a true southern soul diva who unfortunately is most often cast as a 'one-hit wonder', in the USA for "Groove Me" (1979), in the UK for "Together We Are Beautiful" (1980), both included here.  As this collection, compiled by soul buff Ian Dewhirst, demonstrates however, there was more to Kinney than met the charts.  Here are her complete recordings for Malaco Records, featuring several sultry covers of familiar songs such as Sylvia Robinson's "Pillow Talk", Frederick Knight's "I've Been Lonely For So Long" and Toussaint McCall's "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" as well as all of Fern's subsequently released singles, which include "I Want You Back", "Beautiful Love Song", "I'm Ready For Your Love", "Movie Show" and "Sweet Music".

Track-Listing - CD1

1.   Together we are Beautiful
2.   Groove Me
3.   Pillow Talk
4.   Angel on the Ground
5.   Movie Show
6.   Under Fire
7.   Baby Let me Kiss you
8.   Sun, Moon & Rain
9.   (I’ve been) lonely for so long
10. I want you Back
11. Love me tonight
12. Let me Entertain you
13. Let the Good Times Roll
14. There’ll Never be another Night like this

Track-Listing - CD2

1.   It’s Alright
2.   No one but you
3.   Tonight
4.   Most Girls
5.   Pipin’ Hot
6.   Sweet music Man
7.   I’m Ready for your Love
8.   Beautiful Love Song
9.   Boogie Box
10. Easy Lovin’
11. Nothing Takes the Place of you
12. Don’t make me wait
13. If Tomorrow Never Comes
14. It’s alright my Love