Album
The Very Best Of Solomon Burke
1998 · Funk / Soul, Blues
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Very Best Of Solomon Burke is a Soul & Funk album by Solomon Burke, originally released in 1998. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
- 1Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)2:44
- 2Cry to Me (Single Version)2:34
- 3Down In the Valley2:26
- 4I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You3:06
- 5If You Need Me2:34
- 6Can't Nobody Love You2:33
- 7You're Good for Me2:51
- 8Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)3:22
- 9Everybody Needs Somebody to Love2:46
- 10The Price2:47
- 11Got to Get You Off My Mind2:33
- 12Tonight's the Night2:48
- 13Someone Is Watching2:52
- 14Take Me Just As I Am3:02
- 15I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)2:52
- 16Soul Meeting3:35
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Classic Soul
- gritty
- triumphant
- southern
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Many of Solomon Burke's singles were remixed or even rerecorded for his albums. Most of his 1965 "Greatest Hits" LP suffered this fate. As a result, some of the cuts on this disc may sound wrong, but actually they are right, because we didn't use the "Greatest Hits" album or any LP's masters as our sources. Yes, revising the revisionists is what we do best at Rhino, and in that spirit only the original mono single master tapes were used - at long last being represented here, available for the fi
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Bill InglotPRODUCER [SOUND PRODUCED BY]
- Bert BernsPRODUCER
- Bert BernsPRODUCER [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS]
- Chips MomanPRODUCER [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS]
- Dan PennPRODUCER [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS]
- Dan PennWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER
- Don CovayPRODUCER
- Don CovayPRODUCER [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS]
- Jerry WexlerPRODUCER
- Jerry WexlerPRODUCER [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS]
- Spooner OldhamWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER
- Tom DowdPRODUCER
Songwriting
- Alvertis Isbell
- Bert Russell
- Billy Taylor
- Delores Burke
- Dick Dallas
- Eddie Floyd
- Horace Ott
- J.B. Moore
- James Mitchell
- Jimmy Mitchell
- Joe Martin
- John Berry
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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