Customer Reviews

Caveat Emptor - By: David Miller, 06 May 2008
The understandable reaction to this release would be one of enthusiasm. After all, who would not be intrigued by the prospect of morein the vein of Otis Redding's masterly interpretation of My Girl. Sadly the Stax that one imagines is not the one on offer here. This is Stax as distribution company with much of what is on offer here recorded away from Memphis with barely a Bar-Key or an MGin sight. The result is a series of mostly seventies cuts, string laden, & lacking that taut, sparse, rhythmic sound which one would have hoped for. Hence we get Billy Eckstine's classy but hardly soulful take on My Cherie Amour & other syrupy efforts from Barbara Lewis & Margie Joseph. Mavis Staples' version of Chained is excellent & David Porter's voice is used to good effect on I Don't Know Why but fans of Deep Soul may well feel themselves short changed.