Various Artists - Voyage a Paris (Live) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Soul Stirrers were one of the most important and influential of the gospel quartets, their career spanning many decades, and their style helping to shape secular doowop and soul music in the post-war decades. This collection focuses on a key decade or more in their career, during which the great soul singer Sam Cooke was a member of the group, not only learning his own trade as a vocalist, but also making a highly distinctive contribution to the group's sound. He was succeeded in the group after he went solo in 1957, by another future major soul start Johnnie Taylor, who contributes to the later titles on the collection. This great value 54-track 2-CD set includes the A and B sides of all the Specialty singles released during the period plus the A and B sides of their releases on Sam Cooke's own SAR tag through 1960 and into 1961 accommodating as many as we could within the 2-CD . It charts a progression from pure gospel through to a style which has much in common with '60s soul, reflecting the impact which the two great vocalists had on their creative approach, and it's a hugely entertaining collection, complete with a substantial booklet with full discographical and chart information.

Who but Dario Moreno could have succeeded so well in France by incarnating the Golden Age of operetta and Latin rhythms? He had Turkish and Mexican origins, and he was an artist of delicate sincerity - as well as being a wonderful showman, with an unrivalled sense of humor that made everyone love him. The songs he left us have come down through the ages to form part of our national heritage. This album brings together some of the singer's greatest moments in concert between 1957 and 1960, when he was at the peak of his fame. The Live in Paris collection by Michel Brillié allows listeners to hear previously-unreleased recordings (made at concerts and private- or radio-sessions) by the great 20th stars in jazz, rock & roll and song. These InchliveInch takes, and the artists' rapport with their audiences, gives these performances an additional soul and sensibility in counterpoint to the rigorous demands of studio recordings. Particular care was taken when restoring the sound of these tapes in order to meet today's standards while preserving the original colors of the period.

Stephan McNicoll - Foncer [COMPACT DISCS] Canada - Import date 10/28/2016