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"...My Love Keeps On Growing..."
A clever one. You wouldn't credit Soul Artists doing Country cover versions – but of course a good song (especially a moaning ballad) is a good song – and Soul Music variants will bring an even deeper groove/feel to it. So before the next teardrop falls – here are the backdoor details…
UK released June 2012 – "Behind Closed Doors: Where Country Meets Soul" by VARIOUS ARTISTS on Ace Records/Kent Soul CDKEND 375 (Barcode 029667237529) breaks downs as follows (76:58 minutes):
1. The Grand Tour – AARON NEVILLE [George Jones cover] (1993, from the CD album "The Grand Tour" on A&M 540 100-2)
2. He'll Have To Go – SOLOMON BURKE [Billy Brown and Jim Reeves covers] (1964, USA 7" single on Atlantic 2218, A)
3. Take Time To Know Her – PERCY SLEDGE [Steve Davis cover] (1968, USA 7" single on Atlantic 2490, A)
4. I Saw Her – ESTHER PHILLIPS [George Jones cover] (1965, USA 7" single on Atlantic 2304, A)
5. My Elusive Dreams – MOSES & JOSHUA DILLARD [Curly Putnam cover] (1967, USA 7" single on Mala 575 and October 1967 UK 7" on Stateside SS 2059, A-side)
6. Hangin' On – ANN PEEBLES [Gosdin Brothers cover] (1974, USA 7" single on Hi 2265, A)
7. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You – BOBBY SHEEN [Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys] (1965, USA 7" single on Dimension D-1043, A)
8. Wings Upon Your Horn – TAMI LYNN [Loretta Lynn cover] (from the 1972 LP "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" on Cotillion SD 9052 (USA) and Mojo 2916 007 (UK))
9. Before The Next Teardrop Falls – THE LIMELITES [Duane Dee cover] (1975, USA 7" single on Creative Funk 12008, A)
10. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – AL GREEN [Hank Williams cover] (1973, from the "Call Me" LP on Hi Records XSHL 32077)
11. Life Turned Her That Way – JAMES CARR [Mel Tillis cover] (1968, USA 7" single on Goldwax 335, A)
12. He Called Me Baby – CANDI STATON [Harlan Howard/Patsy Cline cover] (1971, USA 7" single on Fame 1476, A)
13. The Chokin' Kind – Z.Z. HILL [Harlan Howard/Waylon Jennings cover] (1971, USA 7" single on Mankind 12007, A)
14. Yours, Love – JOE SIMON [Harlan Howard/Waylon Jennings song] (1970, USA 7" single on Sound Stage 7 2664, A)
15. Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad – COOKIE JACKSON [Tammy Wynette cover] (1967, USA 7" single on Okeh 4-7279, A)
16. Detroit City – ARTHUR ALEXANDER [Mel Tillis cover - "I Wanna Go Home"] (1965, USA 7" single on Dot 45-16737, A)
17. Gentle On My Mind – TONY BORDERS [John Hartford song/Glen Campbell cover] (September 1969 USA 7" single on Revue R 11054, B-side to "Polly Wolly")
18. Don't Touch Me – BETTYE SWANN [Garland Perry & Hank Cochran song – Jeannie Seeley cover] (January 1969 USA 7" single on Capitol 2382, A)
19. Set Me Free – CLARENCE CARTER [Curly Putnam cover] (1967, from his USA debut album "This Is Clarence Carter" on Atlantic SD 8192)
20. Behind Closed Doors – LITTLE MILTON [Kenny O'Dell song/Charlie Rich cover] (1974, USA 7" single on Stax STA-0210, A)
21. If You're Not Back In Love By Monday (Alternate Vocal) – MILLIE JACKSON [Merle Haggard cover] (first issued as a Bonus Track on the 2007 CD Reissue of "Feelin' Bitchy" (a 1977 album on Spring 6715) on Ace Records/Southbound CDSEWM 242)
22. Skip A Rope – JOE TEX [Henson Cargill cover] (1968, from the USA album "Soul Country" on Dial Records SD 8187)
23. She Even Woke Me Up To Saw Goodbye – BROOK BENTON [Mickey Newbury cover] (1971, from the USA album "Story Teller" on Cotillion SD 9050)
The 20-page booklet has amazingly detailed annotation by long-time Ace associate TONY ROUNCE – a man who’s liner notes have graced a huge number of quality Soul, Funk, Disco and Jazz Funk reissues. DUNCAN COWELL has handled all the remasters and done a typically bang-up job. The audio varies from period to period – but the 'feeling' is never compressed away – these songs breathe and many sound glorious.
"Behind Closed Doors..." opens with the relatively new – Aaron Neville doing a respectful version of "The Grand Tour" by George Jones (complete with pedal steel guitar and Eagles pacing). But things start to get more interesting when Solomon Burke does a Soul take on the classic third-man song "He'll Have To Go". Even better is Percy Sledge's "Take Time To Know Her" with its churchy organ and pleading 'mama says' vocals. Next is a rare Esther Phillips outing – sparse and slow – she puts in a great vocal on a 'picture of a fool' song. Moses and Joshua Dillard do their best Sam & Dave duet with Curly Putnam's "My Elusive Dreams" – a welcome upbeat dancer.
John Hartford's gorgeous and lilting love song "Gentle On My Mind" (made famous by Glen Campbell) gets tapped by Tony Borders – a 1969 US 45 you don’t see nor hear too often on Revue Records. Soul Siren and all-round vocal class act Bettye Swann brings her golden throat to a Hank Cochran tune Jeannie Seeley first aired - "Don’t Touch Me" – a cut from Bettye’s "The New Soul View!" album issued as a 45 in January 1969. Another very tasty pairing and brilliant compilation choices...
I raved about the Ann Peebles take on "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" on Hi Records – totally transforming the Gosdin Brothers classic into something Al Green soulful (lyrics above) – while the amazing vocals of James Carr does the same with "Life Turned Her That Way" by Mel "Don't Be Quick To Condemn Her" Tillis. Tempo picks up with "The Chokin' Kind" as Z.Z. Hill makes Waylon Jennings sound like a pleased-with-himself Bobby Womack. Joe Tex cleverly picks "Skip A Rope" about children playing - but it has marital breakdown lyrics (Mum and Dad fighting at night) and racial overtones about "...hate your neighbour for the colour of his skin..." Millie Jackson Alternate Vocal on "If You're Not Back In Love By Monday" is another heartache highlight.
"Behind Closed Doors" is a very clever Kent-Soul CD compilation from a reissue label (Ace Records) that keeps spotting connections we either missed or need to be woken up to. Woke me up for sure...
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