At the Club (1999)

About this title: These songs seem to be packaged as soul cuts ideally suited for clubs, either in the '60s when they were originally released, or later, when the perennial soul cult among the British still thrives. For those of us who are just regular old soul fans without a particular yen for club culture, it's better to think of it as a fine collection of '60s soul from Atlantic Records, most of it not very easy to get on reissues. A few hits dot the 25-track program, like the Mar-Keys' "Last Night," Doris Troy's "Just One Look," and the Coasters' "Poison Ivy." There are also relatively underexposed items ... read more

Tracks:

1. Help Me (Get the Feeling), Pt. 1 [Sharpe/Dupree/Ousle]
2. It Ain't What You Got
3. Some Other Guy [Barrett/Leiber/Stol]
4. Looking for a Fox [Carter/Daniel/Hall/]
5. Some Kind of Wonderful [Ellison]
6. Something Good (Is Going to Happen to You) [Hayes/Porter]
7. I'm Gonna Run Away from You [Berns]
8. At the Club [Goffin/King]
9. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) [Evans/Livingston]
10. Poison Ivy [Leiber/Stoller]
11. Chain of Fools
12. Able Mable [John]
13. Holding on With Both Hands
14. Last Night [Axton/Newman/Smith]
15. The Memphis Train [Rice/Sparks/Thomas]
16. Three Time Loser [Covay/Miller]
17. Keep Lookin'
18. 40 Days-40 Nights
19. Green Onions [Cropper/Jackson/Jon]
20. Comin' Home Baby [Dorough/Tucker]
21. He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)
22. Slim Jenkins' Place [Cropper/Dunn/Jackso]
23. Just One Look [Payne/Carrol]
24. Walking Up a One Way Street [Johnson]
25. Young Boy Blues [Pomus/Spector]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.