Deep Soul City

 

Artist:   Various Artists

Origin:  USA

Genre:  Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul

Soul City Records by Dave Godin (former co-founder of Soul City) had a passion for the raw, undiscovered, sincere, Deep Soul of America, with emotional, ballad-driven performances. He saw captured the record buyers imagination and propelled Deep Soul into the Spotlight and the Charts!.

Title:  Deep Soul City (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul

Label:  Soul City Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:  Soul Brothers:

 1.  How Could My Baby (by Willie Hobbs) (6:22)

 2.  It's You Baby (by Bill Brantley) (3:11)

 3.  confessin' A Feeling (by Tony Owens) (3:33)

 4.  I'm Useless (by Charles Smith) (3:45)

 5.  Please Give Me Another Chance (by Ted Ford) (2:45)

 6.  Rainbow Road (by Bill Brandon) (2:49)

Side Two:  Soul Sisters:

 1.  Take The Weight Off Me (by Jackie Ross) (4:11)

 2.  I'm is Wife (You're Just A Friend) (by Ann Sexton) (2:54)

 3.  To The Other Woman (I'm The Other Woman) (by Doris Duke) (2:55)

 4.  Maybe (by Vivalore Jordan) (3:01)

5.  I Want To Walk Through The Life With You (by Ella Washington) (2:53)

 6. Do Right, Baby (by Margie Hendrix) (3:02)

Deep Soul City is the compilation and collection album by Various Artists, to celebrating Soul City historic association with Deep Soul of 60th Anniversary, released on January 30, 2026 by Soul City Records.  Limited Edition 140 Gram ,12" Black Vinyl.

Wilson Pickett

 

Artist:  Wilson Pickett
Born:  March 18, 1941.  Prattville,Alabama, USA
Origin:  Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died:  January 19, 2006 (Aged 64).  Reston, Virginia, USA
Genre:  R&B, Soul, Southern Soul, Rock & Roll, Deep Soul
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals

Wilson Pickett was an American R&B, Soul and Rock & Roll Singer and Songwriter.  He was a major in the development of American Soul Music.  His best-known hits are "In The Midnight Hour", "Land Of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally" and "Funky Broadway".  He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Title:  It's Too Late (Special Edition) (2025)

Genre:  R&B, Soul, Southern Soul, Rock & Roll, Deep Soul

Label:  Ermitage Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  If You Need Me (2:38)

 2.  I'm Gonna Love You (2:14)

 3.  Baby Don't You Weep (2:12)

 4.  Peacebreaker (2:40)

 5.  I'm Down To My Last Heartbreak (2:38)

 6.  R.B. Special (2:20)

Side Two:

 1.  I Can't Stop (2:33)

 2.  I'll Never Be The Same (2:40)

 3.  Baby Call On Me (2:26)

 4.  Give Your Lovin' Right Now (2:19)

 5.  It's Too Late (3:09)

Personnel:

Wilson Pickett:  Vocals

Others:  Unknown

It's Too Late is the debut studio album by Wilson Pickett, originally released in 1963 by Atlantic Records, remastered and reissued on June 27, 2025 by Ermitage Records.  Special Edition Yellow Vinyl.

Wilson Pickett

Artist:  Wilson Pickett
Born:  March 18, 1941.  Prattville,Alabama, USA
Origin:  Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died:  January 19, 2006 (Aged 64).  Reston, Virginia, USA
Genre:  R&B, Soul, Southern Soul, Rock & Roll, Deep Soul
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals

Wilson Pickett was an American R&B, Soul and Rock & Roll Singer and Songwriter.  He was a major in the development of American Soul Music.  His best-known hits are "In The Midnight Hour", "Land Of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally" and "Funky Broadway".  He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Title:  Land Of 1000 Dances:  The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1  (2016)
Genre:  R&B, Soul, Southern Soul, Rock & Roll, Deep Soul
Label:  Real Gone Music
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

 1.  I'm Gonna Cry (Cry Baby)  (2:20)
 2.  For Better Or Worse  (2:48)
 3.  Come Home Baby  (2:37)
 4.  Take A Little Love  (2:23)
 5.  In The Midnight Hour  (2:42)
 6.  I'm Not Tired  (2:58)
 7.  Don't Fight It  (2:11)
 8.  It's All Over  (2:21)
 9.  634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) (2:58)
10. That's A Man's Way  (2:24)
11. Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do)  (2:42)
12. Danger Zone  (2:11)
13. Land Of 1000 Dances  (2:27)
14. You're So Fine  (2:36)
15. Mustang Sally  (3:08)
16. Three Time Loser  (2:24)
17. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love  (2:20)
18. Nothing You Can Do  (2:18)
19. I Found A Love - Part 1  (2:34)
20. I Found A Love - Part 2  (3:04)
21. Soul Dance Number Three  (2:42)
22. You Can't Stand Alone  (2:52)

Land Of 1000 Dances:  The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 is the compilation album by Wilson Pickett, was released on August 5, 2016 by Real Gone Music, including 22 single sides that the great Wilson Pickett recorded for the Atlantic Label from the Original Mono Single mixes featuring "In The Midnight Hour", "Mustang Sally", "Land Of 1000 Dances" and other classics!.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Otis Redding

Artist:  Otis Redding
Birth Name:  Otis Ray Redding, Jr.
Born:  September 9, 1941.  Dawson, Georgia, USA
Died:  December 10, 1967 (Aged 26).  Monona, Wisconsin, USA
Genre:  Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, R&B
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Instruments:  Vocals

Otis Redding was an American Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer.  He is the one of the most influential Soul Singers of the 1960s and he is considered one of the Greatest Singers in the history of American Popular Music and a seminal artist in Soul Music and Rhythm & Blues.  The album The Dock Of The Bay was the first album to reach No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.  He received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the Songwriter Hall Of Fame.  He died on December 10, 1967 in a plane crash.

Title:  Lonely & Blue:  The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding  (2013)
Genre:  Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, R&B
Label:  Volt Records/Concord Music Group
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  I Love You More Than Words Can Say  (2:56)
 2.  Gone Again  (2:25)
 3.  Free Me  (3:08)
 4.  Open The Door (Alternate Take)  (2:29)
 5.  A Waste Of Time  (3:19)
 6.  These Arms Of Mine  (2:34)
 7.  I've Been Loving You Too Long  (3:15)
 8.  Everybody Makes A Mistake  (3:23)
 9.  Little Ol' Me  (3:13)
10. I've Got Dreams To Remember  (3:35)
11. Send Me Some Lovin'  (2:18)
12. My Lover's Prayer  (3:10)

Personnel:

Otis Redding:  Vocals
Booker T. Jones:  Keyboards, Piano
Steve Cropper:  Guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn:  Bass
Al Jackson, Jr.:  Drums
Isaac Hayes:  Keyboards, Piano
Wayne Jackson:  Trumpet
Andrew Love:  Tenor Saxophone
Floyd Newman:  Baritone Saxophone
John Jenkins:  Guitar

Lonely & Blue:  The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding is the best album and the first to focus on the most devastating of them from beginning to end by Otis Redding, was released on March 25, 2013 by Volt Records/Concord Music Group.