In a message dated 10/26/99 3:35:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> << Here are some more soul instrumentals....
>
> Ike & Tina Turner - Cash Box Blues (Phillies)
> The Mar Keys - Sack O Woe (Stax)
> Alvin Cash & the Registers - No Deposit, No Return (President)
> Toussaint McCall - Shimmy (Ronn)
> Mr. Bloe - Curried Soul (DJM)
> Dave "Baby" Cortez - Fiddle Sticks (Chess)
> Joe Simon Band - Oonguela Pt. 1 (Sound Stage 7)
> Chuck Jackson Orch. - Just A Little Bit of Your Soul (Wand)
> Ray Charles Orchestra - Sidewinder (Tangerine)
> The Righteous Brothers Band - Rat Race (Verve)
> The Packers - Soul Time (Tangerine)
> The Bar Kays - Knucklehead (Volt)
> D Cordell Tea Time Ensemble - A Quick One For Sanity (Deram)
> James Brown - Shhhh (for a little while) (King)
> Phil Upchurch Combo - You Can't Sit Down (Boyd)
> Cash McCall - You Ain't Too Cool (Thomas)
> Googie Rene Combo - Chica Boo (Class)
> Brown Brothers of Soul - Cholo (Specialty)
> The Mohawks - Baby Hold On (Cotillion)
> The Martinis - Hung Over (Bar Records)
> The Bar Kays - Give Everybody Some (Volt)
> The Interpretations - Snap Out (Bell)
> The Hideaways - Hide Out (Mirwood)
> Dave "Baby" Cortez - Organ Shout (Chess)
> >>
There are many hundreds of soul instrumentals, of course, but a couple
of other honourable mentions spring to mind immediately:
Hank Jacobs - Elijah Rocking With Soul
Johnny Gibson Trio - Beachcomber
...and Earl van Dyke was responsible for one or two, "I Can't Help
Myself" being a favourite.
The Northern Soul scene was and still is very appreciative of
intrumental versions - as others have already said, frequently just the
same backing track with vocal missing. IMHO it's a very rare example of
this kind of instrumental which can hold a candle to a vocal version -
how often is a song with even a half decent vocal better than one with
none at all (eg. the already mentioned "Agent Double O Soul" - the
instrumental is OK, but better than a version with Edwin Starr singing
on it?).
Cheers,
Ed...
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