ARTHUR CONLEY SWEET SOUL MUSIC NEAR MINT 1967 SOUTHERN SOUL

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Grading: Vinyl/Jacket

Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music Atco 33-215 NM/VG+

Arthur Conley, none other than the King of Soul's protégé himself, is vastly underrated in my humble opinion. Yes, "Sweet Soul Music" is on here, but there was much more to the man who was believed to be Otis Redding's crown prince.

His first LP proves how versatile Conley actually was. Aside the stupidly rocking, deathless "Sweet Soul Music" - which deserves all the credit it gets - Arthur proved he was no mere gimmick,  doing so by simply belting out the delicate, powerful "Take Me (Just As I Am)". And that's only the second cut here...

"Who's Fooling Who", with its sassy sax solo, is every bit as funky as "Sweet Soul Music". Arthur's voice is greased in deep-down-dirty Delta Mud on this incredible romp... one he wrote himself, as he did the wistful ballad "There's a Place For Us", an exercise in 'let-it-all-out' testifyin' that, to me, is on par with such all-time nuggets as "Dark End of the Street" and "Try a Little Tenderness". Oh yeah, it is that awesome.

The groove juices start flowin' again on the brass-drenched "I Can't Stop (No No No)", a frenzied uptempo jam that goes places you wouldn't expect. Interesting too is how Arthur provides his own backing vocals. Written by Dan Penn and Muscle Shoals drummer Roger Hawkins.-write up hijacked from soulmakossa, and it describes this album perfectly!

Otis penned the marching, strutting "Wholesale Love", with its infectious horns, and his own recording of the tune wound up on one the posthumously released 'The Immortal Otis Redding' set.

Conley dipped pens in ink with the Big O for "I'm a Lonely Stranger", a low-key, haunting little gem of a ballad, immersed in a soggy wash of bass-stewed despondency. While Arthur wails on, that shimmering, constantly brooding Hammond slides gently behind him.

After a great, rollicking take on Sam Cooke's "I'm Gonna Forget About You", the pace slows down significantly on Redding's "Let Nothing Seperate Us", a lowdown, low-fi, slow grindin' tune that's propelled by a jaunty, incessant guitar lick.

The LP finishes with another soulful stomper, another Redding/Conley collaboration, the persistent "Where You Lead Me".

A great album featuring both sweaty romps and goosebump inducing ballads

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