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"…Love Power…"
Forty-seven Soul killers
across 2CDs and hardly a duffer amongst them - not a bad track record by any
reckoning for a decade long slew of hits. Ann Peebles knew how to milk a
groove. Here are the 'give me some' credits...
UK released June 2002 -
"The Hi Records Singles A's & B's" by ANN PEEBLES on Demon/Hi
Records HEXD 54 (Barcode 740155205423) is a 2CD set and breaks down as follows:
Disc 1 (67:47 minutes):
1. Walk Away
2. I Can't Let You Go (1969,
tracks 1 and 2 are the A&B of Hi 2157, B-side non album)
3. Give Me Some Credit
4. Solid Foundation (1969,
tracks 3 and 4 are the A&B of Hi 2165)
5. I'll Get Along
6. Generation Gap Between Us
(1970, tracks 5 and 6 are the A&B of Hi 2173)
7. Part Time Love
8. I Still Love You (1970,
tracks 7 and 8 are the A&B of Hi 2178)
9. I Pity The Fool
10. Heartaches Heartaches
(1971, tracks 9 and 10 are the A&B of Hi 2186, B-side non-album)
11. Slipped, Tripped And
Fell In Love
12. 99 Lbs (1971, tracks 11
and 12 are the A&B of Hi 2198)
13. Breaking Up Somebody's
Home
14. Trouble, Heartaches
& Sadness (1971, tracks 13 and 14 are the A&B of Hi 2205)
15. Somebody's On Your Case
16. I've Been There Before
(1972, tracks 15 and 16 are the A&B of Hi 2219)
17. I'm Gonna Tear Your
Playhouse Down
18. One Way Street (1973,
tracks 17 and 18 are the A&B of Hi 2232)
19. I Can't Stand The Rain
(1973, track 19 is the A of Hi 2248, B-side was "I've Been There
Before" (see 16))
20. (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
(1974, track 20 is the A-side of Hi 2265, US B-side was "I Pity The
Fool" (see 9))
21. Run, Run, Run (1974,
track 21 is the B-side of "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" in the UK on
London HLU 10468)
22. Do I Need You
23. A Love Vibration (1974,
tracks 22 and 23 are the A&B of Hi 2271)
24. Put Yourself In My Place
25. Until You Came Into My
Life (1974, tracks 24 and 25 are the A&B of Hi 2278)
Disc 2 (72:38 minutes):
1. Beware
2. You Got To Feed The Fire
(1975, tracks 1 and 2 are the A&B of Hi 2284)
3. Come To Mama
4. I'm Leavin' You (1975,
tracks 3 and 4 are the A&B of Hi 2294, B-side non- album)
5. Dr. Love Power (1975,
track 5 is the A-side of Hi 2302, the B-side was "I Still Love You"
(track 8 on Disc 1))
6. I Don't Lend My Mind
7. I Needed Somebody (1975,
tracks 6 and 7 are the A&B of Hi 2309)
8. Fill This World With Love
9. It Was Jealousy (1976,
tracks 8 and 9 are the A&B of Hi 2320)
10. If This Is Heaven
11. When I'm In Your Arms
(1977, tracks 10 and 11 are the A&B of Hi 77502)
12. Old Man With Young Ideas
13. A Good Day For Lovin'
(1978, tracks 12 and 13 are the A&B of Hi 78509)
14. I Didn't Take Your Man
15. Being Here With You
(1978, tracks 14 and 15 are the A&B of Hi 78518)
16. If You Got The Time (I
Got The Love)
17. Let Your Lovelight Shine
(1979, tracks 16 and 17 are the A&B of Hi 79528, A-side non-album)
18. Heartaches
19. I'd Rather Leave While
I'm In Love (1980, tracks 18 and 19 are the A&B of Hi 80533 - Single-only
release)
20. Be For Me (Alternate
B-side for "Heartaches" - track 19)
21. Mon Belle - Amour
22. Waiting (1981, tracks 21
and 22 are the A&B of Hi 81534, Single-only release, both sides feature
DONALD BRYANT)
The 12-page booklet features
track-by-track writer credits, catalogue numbers and chart placing.
Well-written Mick Patrick & Malcolm Baumgart liner notes give a detailed
history of her stay at Hi Records with Producer Willie Mitchell - and the
excellent mastering has been done by PETER RYNSTON at Tall Order in the UK.
Along with Al Green, Syl
Johnson, O.V. Wright and Otis Clay (her label mates at Hi) - Peebles had an
extraordinary 7" singles career on the American Billboard R&B charts -
eight in the top fifty (" Pity The Fool" and "I Can't Stand The
Rain" hitting 7 and 6 respectively) with the rest inside the Top 100. The
Missouri Gospel singer struck a chord with buyers when her gritty Soul songs
filled the airwaves - "Breaking Up Somebody's Home" and "I'm
Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" having since been covered by numerous
artists (many in the Rock sphere).
Tunes like Clay Hammond's
"Part Time Love" and George Jackson's "Slipped, Tripped And Fell
In Love" are typical of her groove - the Ann Peebles sound - gutsy vocals,
real world lyrics about heartache, lust and cheating backed up by tight guitars
and complimentary brass. But what's so cool about this compilation is getting
to hear those 'just as good' B-sides like the aching "I Still Love
You" and Don Bryant's "99 Lbs". And then there's those low end
chart songs you've forgotten about like Earl Randie's "Somebody's On Your
Case" and her superb Soulful take on the Gosdin Brothers country classic
"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On".
Like Al Green - the sides
Ann Peebles did at Hi Records never seem to date - but only get better as the
decades pass as more and more Soul searchers stumble on her musical legacy.
Start tearing your playhouse down right here...
