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Shortly before the death of John Peel last year came the less widely reported death of Dave Godin. Even though he wasn’t as famous as Peel his influence was huge. He is one of the main reasons that soul music, despite being neglected for many years in its homeland, is kept alive in the UK. I wouldn’t usually cover reissues on here but the release of Deep Soul Treasures Volume 1 in 1997 is too big to ignore. Unlike most compilations they were put together with a reckless disregard for commercial potential. The artists are largely wilfully obscure (Zerben R Hicks anyone?) to the extent that even Godin knows little or nothing about some of them. Nevertheless, thanks to Godin impeccable taste, idiosyncratic liner notes and the extraordinarily intense songs, the albums began to sell and picked up a large cult following. Godin was a bit of an all-round nutcase. He was an anarchist, a vegetarian, a Jainist, a believer in Wilhelm Reich’s loopy orgone theory (which also found supporters in Patty Smith, Frank Zappa and, most famously, Kate Bush) and he once compared David Blunkett to Stalin. All this, as well as him looking like an anaemic geography supply teacher, made him an unlikely champion of the music of black America. But he was obsessed with soul music to the exclusion of all other genres – once he even claimed he couldn’t name a single member of The Beatles. This dedication lead to him becoming the leading authority and taste maker of soul music in Britain through his writing, his advice to record companies and his own record labels devoted to releasing rare soul records in the UK. He is also credited as being creator of the terms ‘Northern Soul’ and ‘Deep Soul’. But it is the Deep Soul Treasures series that represent Godin’s life’s work; he even referred to them as being his babies. Deep Soul is a subgenre of soul which is gritty, intensely emotional and uncompromising. Musically it is usually, although not exclusively, slow in tempo and heavily influenced by the blues and gospel. Godin, in his unique style, says, “Deep Soul strives to help us understand what our heads alone cannot always accommodate, and delineates the vicissitudes of the human heart as it searches for what it so desperately yearns for, and what it fears it may never find or secure.” The genre reached its peak in the late sixties and was shamefully killed off with the rise of disco in the 70’s. Jaibi’s You Got Me was Godin's favourite record of all time and it’s not difficult to hear why. He wrote of this song, “You Got Me is a Deep Soul side of almost indescribable beauty and poignancy. Mannered, stylised, and with a cascading and vertiginous unfolding, it is, quite simply, the ultimate expression of what Deep Soul music is all about at its most stunning and majestic, with a mood that is both ambivalent and mysterious, and an atmosphere that is suffused with all that is good and worthwhile about being human, and being capable of love for other human beings.” I think that means he likes it. Keep the faith – right on now! Jaibi – You Got Me Buy Dave Godin’s Deep Soul Treasures Volume 1
For compilation-o-philes, the Time-Life collections are the Holy Grail. The licensing muscle of Time-Life has more pull than any other collections, anywhere, at any price. I've listed the entries to the following series: Etron usb 3 driver download.
I've provided scans of the back covers of what I have. Download vidio bleac musim ke 6. They're in print-worthy PDF format. (The '70s series is scanned in black and white at 300 dpi and also includes the CD artwork and track credits. All others are just the back covers.)
The 'Sounds Of The Seventies' collections are the largest and best-sounding '70s collections I've ever run across, anywhere, ever. Very few tracks are mastered from vinyl, and you even get Bee Gees cuts! Needless to say, you should buy any of these if they turn up used; most are out of print (dang!). There are 48 CDs in this series, and they're all shown below. (You can use this as a checklist - it's complete.) The scans are all 300 dpi black and white pdf files, suitable for printing.
For those who like to quibble:
It's straight up-the-middle pop. On the whole, they're excellent, but there are some oddities, like the last note being cut off from The Power Station's 'Some Like It Hot', and inclusion of the too-long album version of 'Freeway Of Love'. All single CDs. Some of the levels are inconsistent, track-to-track. Vols. 14, 17, 18, 20, 22 and 23 are mastered by Dennis Drake. The Time-Life numbering scheme is R988-xx.
There are only 32 CDs in this series.
The definitive '60s set. Sound levels are a bit low, but the insanely thorough track selection makes up for it. Outstanding, all of them. Single discs, with about 22 tracks each. I'm not sure how many are in the series. The Time-Life numbering scheme is 2CLR-xx.
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The definitive '50s set. Sound levels are a bit low, but the insanely thorough track selection makes up for it. The single-artist collections are especially collectible. Single discs, with about 22 tracks each. I haven't seen higher than Vol. 50. The Time-Life numbering scheme is 2RNR-xx.
Very nice collections of, well, guitar rock. A little overlap with the 'Sounds Of The Seventies' pop series, but otherwise, strong collections. Single CDs, with 17-21 tracks each. Levels all pretty consistent, with no clipping at all. Graphics all the same, with lots of red. Vols. 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16-20, 24, 25 and 27 have some tracks that are digital clones of existing, earlier CDs. Vol. 3 has many tracks with their left and right channels reversed. Vols. 1-16 mastered by Steve Carr. Vols. 19-21 and 27 mastered by Dennis Drake. Vols. 17-18 and 22-25 don’t list a mastering engineer. I don’t have the liner notes to Vol. 26. The Time-Life numbering scheme is R968-xx.
Although the tracks are a little sleepy for my tastes, the collections are put together superbly. Similar in flavor to Rhino's 'Have A Nice Day' CDs, with a lot of overlap with other Time-Life series. All single CDs, with 21 or 22 tracks each. Later repackaged by Time-Life as the 'AM Gold' series; I have the first 21 in the series under the 'Superhits' name with the light-blue graphics, and I'm not sure how many are in the series. Especially noteworthy is the Carpenters collection, which was not repackaged as an 'AM Gold' disc. The discs released in 1996 and later sound especially good. The Time-Life numbering scheme is SUD-xx for 'Superhits' and AM1-xx for 'AM Gold'. Note that for the discs '1971', '1972' and 'Early '70s Classics' (and possibly others), the first pressings of the 'AM Gold' versions were identical to their 'Superhits' counterparts; later pressings swapped out one or two tracks and are identified with a reissue 'RE-1' in their matrix numbers.
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Very well-done series. Most of the 'Rhythm & Blues' discs were later reissued as 'Solid Gold Soul' discs, with a different track number but the same track listing.
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These are 2-CD sets, with 12 tracks per CD. I think these were Time-Life's answer to Rhino's 'Just Can't Get Enough' series. Sound quality is excellent overall; all of these were mastered by Dennis Drake. Most of the tracks are LP versions, unlike the Rhino series that has all-45 versions. I've seen only up to Vol. 21. The Time-Life numbering scheme is R828-xx.
The definitive mellow series. These are 2-CD sets, with 12 tracks per CD. The only negative thing I can think of is that no one (outside of slow-dance DJs) needs so much mellow music. Otherwise, superb track selection and sound quality. Vols. 7 and 13-22 are mastered by Dennis Drake. Outstanding! I've seen up to Vol. 22. The Time-Life numbering scheme is R834-xx.
Very much along the same lines as Rhino's 'Smooth Grooves' set. These are 2-CD sets, with 12 tracks per CD. I verified that Vols. 1-17 and 19-21 are mastered by Dennis Drake, but I don't know about most of the others. Vol. 28 ('Wedding Songs') is mastered by Scott Shuman, and was released in 2003.
These are 2-CD sets, except Vol. 31, 'Classics', which is a single CD released in 2001. Vols. 1-3, 5-7, 10 are mastered by Dennis Drake. Vols. 4, 8-9, 11-18 and 31 are mastered by Ron Rice. Sound quality is very good overall.
These are 2-CD sets, except Vol. 16, which is a single CD. There is no Vol. 15. This is a lot of Elvis, and includes just about all his Hot 100 singles except for about three later ones. All discs mastered by Dennis Drake. I suspect that many of the tracks are digital clones of the RCA 5-CD sets covering the '50s, '60s and '70s decades.
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