4 x CD-R in a Jewelbox that holds 4 discs
Plus 4 Covercards with tracklisting
The first Country Got Soul CD (never available on vinyl) was released in 2003 on the London Casual Records label. The second volume a year later. Also in 2004, the Country Soul Revue CD was released, which presented new studio recordings by the artists who were still active at the time.
The story of Country Got Soul began in the late 1960s in Muscle Shoals, a small town in Alabama, where a certain Rick Hall founded Fame Studio, where black and white musicians recorded hits together. Which wasn't easy in Alabama at the time because of racial segregation.
Rick Hall's studio band, four seasoned men called the Swampers, struck out on their own in 1969 and founded Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. And that was kind of the birthplace of this kind of music, where white musicians were making black music. “Our skin is white, but our soul is black!”
Some artists represented here belonged to the studio's inner circle such as Dan Penn, Travis Wammack, Donnie Fritts and George Soule. Others at least recorded their records in Muscle Shoals, and a few didn't have much to do with Alabama (like Jim Ford) but fit the mold perfectly.
Country Got Soul - Vol. 1
The original first volume compiled by Jeb Loy Nichols.Out of print for a long time and even the second hand CDs are getting scarce.
Country Got Soul - Vol. 2
Also compiled by Jeb Loy and even rare than Vol. 1..
Country Got Soul - Vol. 3
Parts of what was supposed to be volume 3 (but never materialized) - marked with a *, The others come from Love Rustler's selection. Tracklisting is different from the tin box that was done ages ago.
Country Got Soul - Vol. 4
Again tracks selected by the Love Rustler fitting the CountrySoul/Funk genre. All of them are spread over various Keep On Chooglin' CDs, but here put together with one particular sound in mind..
Volume one
01. Larry Jon Wilson - Sheldon Churchyard
02. Razzy - I Hate Hate
03. Charlie Rich - Hey Good Looking
04. Eddie Hinton - Running Back To You
05. Tony Joe White - Did Somebody Make A Fool Out Of You
06. Travis Wammack - You Better Move On
07. Donnie Fritts - Short End Of The Stick
08. Delaney And Bonnie - We Can Love
09. Reuben Howell - Funny How Time Slips Away
10. Jim Ford - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
11. George Soule - Get Involved
12. Sandra Rhodes - Where's Your Love Been
13. Johnny Daye - Stay Baby Stay
14. Bobby Hatfield - The Feeling Is Right
15. Dan Penn - If Love Was Money
Volume two
01. Tony Joe White - High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parish
02. Sandra Rhodes - Sowed Love And Reaped The Heartache
03. Wayne Carson - Soul Deep
04. Townes Van Zandt - Black Widow Blues
05. Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee River Bottomland
06.. Shirl Milete - Big Country Blues
07. Jim Ford - Harlan County
08. Bobbie Gentry - Fancy
09. Eddie Hinton -I Can’t Be Me
10. Travis Wammack - Easy Evil
11. Donnie Fritts - Muscle Shoals
12. Eric Quincy Tate - Stonehead Blues
13. Rob Gailbraith - Corner Of Spit And Whittle
14. Bonnie Bramlett - Your Kind Of Kindness
15. Dan Penn & Chuck Prophet - Heavy Duty
Volume three
01. Ken Matthews - The Mills On Fire *
02. Roy Head - Chickamauga
03. Larry Jon Wilson - Life Of A Good Man *
04. Eddie Hinton - Things Got To Get A Little Bit Salty *
05. Jeannie Greene - Only The Children Know *
06. Ronnie Milsap - Never Had It So Good
07. Donnie Fritts - Three Hundred Pounds Of Hongry
08. Turley Richards - You Might Need Somebody *
09. Sandra Rhodes - Double Dealing Woman
10. The Jesters - Funky Country
11. Bobby Hatfield - Messin’ In Muscle Shoals
12. Larry “Jinx” Alexander - Greenville Woman
13. Tony Joe White - Looking Back *
14. Bobbie Gentry - Big Boss Man
15. Charlie Rich - (Sometimes I Feel Like A) Motherless Child *
Volume four
01. Larry “Jinx” Alexander - Proud Mary
02. Billy Joe Thomas - I Get Enthused
03. Jerry Glenn Ward - Country Boy Blues
04. Artie Christopher - Hello L.A., By Bye Birmingham
05. Hoyt Axton - California Women
06. Charlie Rich - Can’t Get It Right
07. Lonnie Mack - Why
08. Rex Allen Jr. - Uncle Boogar Red And Byrdie Nelle
09. Milton Chesley Carroll - It’ll All Come Down In Time
10. Bill Wrick - One More Time
11. Buzz Clifford - Hawk Frog
12. Johnny K. Wiley - Mud Island
13. Montgomery Slade - Mama Said, Yeah
14. Alex Harvey - Louisiana River Rat
15. Tony Joe White - Lustful Earl And The Married Woman
