VA - The Last Soul Company, Malaco, A Thirty-Year Retrospective [1999] (6 x CDs)

MALACO RETROSPECTIVE

Previously posted February 6, 2020

VA - The Last Soul Company, Malaco, A Thirty-Year Retrospective [1999] (6 x CDs)

This was an incredible find. Amazing, hard-to-find soul music that comes excellently packaged with beautifully written and enlightening liner notes -a small book, actually - written by Rob Bowman (author of Soulville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records). Wonderfully done. I was simply just blown away, song after song, at the power of these songs, the arrangements, etc. Just one example: the Mississippi Fred McDowell track "Red Cross Store" on the first CD (there are 6 CDs, by the way), has to be one of the great blues-rock tracks of all time, in my humble opinion. I had to play it over and over. It makes your hair stand on end. I'm a big fan of McDowell and have most of his early 60's records on Arhoolie, so this was a major find. All of it, though, is top-notch, and as I mentioned well-documented with the accompanying booklet inside. I couldn't recommend this box set more. Your big loss if you don't check it out... The Last Soul Company is a fascinating listen. (Amazon)

===========================================================

ALL 

or

ALL 

===========================================================

Track Lists

CD1

01 Haran Griffin - Looking For My Pig 2:21

02 Cozy Corley - Warm Loving Man 2:26

03 Eddie Houston - I Can't Go Wrong 2:41

04 Jackie Dorsey - Sweetheart Baby 2:03

05 Betty & Charles - You Can't Find Love 2:57

06 Fred McDowell - Red Cross Store 4:35

07 Paul Davis - Mississippi River 3:09

08 Stefan Anderson - I Feel Better Now 3:25

09 George Soule - Talking 'bout Love 2:12

10 Unemployed - Funky Thing 3:03

11 King Floyd - Groove Me 3:00

12 King Floyd - What Our Love Needs 3:03

13 Bonnie & Sheila - I Miss You 3:13

14 Joe Wilson - When a Man Cries 3:05

15 King Floyd - Baby Let Me Kiss You 2:50

16 Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff 2:29

17 C. P. Love - I Found All These Things 3:50

18 Mighty Sam - Mr. & Mrs. Untrue 3:14

19 The Barons - Gypsy read Your Cards For Me 2:40

20 Golden Nuggets - Gospel Train 2:48

21 King Floyd - Woman Don't Go Astray 2:26

22 Chuck Brooks - Can't Be In Two Places at the Same Time 3:08

23 Richard Caiton - Superman 2:42

24 Carson Whitsett - Dog In The Night 2:39

25 Dorothy Moore - Don't Let Go 2:34

CD2

01 King Floyd, Dorothy Moore - We Can love 2:28

02 Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue 3:39

03 Jackson Southernaires - Travel On 3:30

04 Elliot Small - E Ni Me Ni Mi Ni Mo 2:23

05 Eddie Floyd - Somebody Touched Me 2:52

06 Dorothy Moore - Funny How Time Slips Away 3:48

07 Dorothy Moore\Eddie Floyd - We Should Really Be In Love 3:25

08 Billy Cee - Dark Skin Woman 3:25

09 Natural High - Flying Too High 3:10

10 McKinley Mitchell - Trouble Blues 3:30

11 Dorothy Moore - I Believe You 3:41

12 Willie Cobbs - You Don't Love Me No More 3:05

13 Joe Shamwell - I Wanna Be Your C.B. 3:35

14 Dorothy Moore - With Pen In Hand 6:01

15 McKinley Mitchell - The End of the Rainbow 3:36

16 Nolan Struck - Fallin' In Love With You 4:09

17 Fiestas - I'm Gonna Hate Myself 2:53

18 Ona Watson - Take This Job And Shove It 3:21

19 Natural High - The Whole World Is Dancin' 3:19

20 Jewell Bass - Let Your Love Rain Down On Me 3:56

21 Anita Ward - Ring My Bell 3:50

CD3

01 Freedom - Dance, Sing Along 3:19

02 Fern Kinney - Groove Me 3:15

03 Freedom - Get Up And Dance 3:31

04 Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful 3:55

05 Fern Kinney & Frederick Knight - Sweet Life 3:24

06 Z.Z. Hill - Please Don't Make Me Do Something Bad To You 3:48

07 Ruby Wilson - Seeing You Again 3:33

08 Z.Z. Hill - Down Home Blues 5:03

09 Z.Z. Hill - Cheating In The Next Room 3:34

10 Power - Groovin' 3:30

11 Sho-Nuff - Don't Be Lonely 5:32

12 Latimore - Bad Risk 4:42

13 Denise LaSalle - A Lady In The Street 3:37

14 G.C. Cameron - Let's Share 3:45

15 Z.Z. Hill - Someone Else Is Steppin' In 3:37

16 Z.Z. Hill - Get A Little, Give A Little 4:11

17 Denise LaSalle & Latimore - Right Place, Right Time 4:05

18 Z.Z. Hill - Shade Tree Mechanic 2:55

19 Denise LaSalle - Your Husband Is Cheating On Us 4:33

CD4

01 Little Milton - The Blues Is Alright 4:15

02 Johnnie Taylor - Lady, My Whole World Is You 3:23

03 Johnnie Taylor - This Is Your Night 4:23

04 Denise LaSalle - My Tu Tu 3:17

05 Formula V - Part Time Lover 4:31

06 The Rose Bros. - I Get Off On You 4:23

07 Bobby Blue Hand - Members Only 4:07

08 Mosley & Johnson - Rock Me 3:50

09 Johnnie Taylor - Wall To Wall 3:56

10 Latimore - Sunshine Lady 4:15

11 Little Milton - Annie Mae's Cafe 5:06

12 Little Milton - Cheatin' Is A Risky Business 5:18

13 Bobby Blue Hand - Get Your Money Where You Spend Your Time 3:46

14 Little Milton - Room 244 4:40

15 Johnnie Taylor - Everything's Out In The Open 3:49

16 Latimore - All You'll Ever Need 5:24

17 Johnnie Taylor - I Found A Love 4:35

CD5

01 Bobby Blue Bland - You Gotta Hurt Before You Heal 5:16

02 Shirley Brown & Bobby Womack - Ain't Nothin' Like The Lovin' We Got 4:44

03 Johnnie Taylor - Still Crazy 4:31

04 Bobby Blue Bland - Midnight Run 4:04

05 Denise LaSalle - Wet Match 3:19

06 Bobby Blue Bland - Take Off Your Shoes 4:49

07 Dorothy Moore - If You Give Me Your Heart 4:42

08 Latimore - I Need A Good Woman Bad 3:56

09 Mike Griffin - Working Is The Curse Of The Drinking Classes 4:32

10 The Beat Daddys - I'll Always Love You 4:40

11 Dorothy Moore - Stay Close To Home 4:47

12 Bobby Blue Bland - There's A Stranger In My House 4:45

13 Poonanny - Poonanny Be Still 6:02

14 Dorothy Moore & Z.Z. Hill - Please Don't Let Our Good Thing End 4:44

CD6

01 Keri Leigh - Here's Your Mop Mr. Johnson 3:40

02 James Peterson - Don't Let The Devil Ride 4:23

03 Ernie Johnson - Cold This Winter 4:57

04 Shirley Brown - You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man 5:09

05 Bobby Rush - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 4:14

06 Johnnie Taylor - Good Love 4:04

07 Artie White - Your Man Is Home Tonight 4:16

08 Johnnie Taylor - Last Two Dollars 5:15

09 Mel Walters - Got My Whiskey 3:48

10 Tonya - I Been Having An Affair 5:25

11 Tyrone Davis - Let Me Please You 4:08

12 Shirley Brown - Who Is Betty? 4:51

13 Stan Mosley - Don't Make Me Creep 3:55

14 Kristine - Tenderness 4:21

15 Carl Sims - Two Lumps Of Sugar 5:30

16 Little Milton - Big Boned Woman 3:27

=============================================================

=============================================================