Lovin' Blues: The Starday-King Years 1967-1973 (1999)

About this title: The years covered on WestSide's 1999 compilation Lovin' Blues: The Starday-King Years 1967-1973 are not necessarily among Earl Gaines' best-known or most-celebrated sides. The singles he cut in the late '50s and early '60s, primarily for Excello, form the core of his legacy, but this music is high-grade Southern soul all the same. It's in a similar vein as the Excello recordings, but it's clear that this is post-Stax material with the punchy horns and gritty rhythm section. The first part of the compilation is devoted to the 1969 album Lovin' Blues, which is a tight, passionate, unheralded ... read more

Tracks:

1. My Woman [Kilgore/Vickery]
2. The Things I Used to Do [Guitar Slim [Eddie]
3. Three Wishes for a Fool [Lee]
4. Fruit From Another Man's Tree [Riley]
5. From Warm to Cool to Cold [Dobbins]
6. It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) [Jarrett]
7. My Pillow Stays Wet [Duncan]
8. The Door Is Still Open [Jarrett]
9. The Meaning of a Sad Song (Medley): I'll Take Care of You/Eight Men, ... [Carter/Benton/Malon]
10. Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go) [Willis]
11. Every Day I Have the Blues [Memphis Slim]
12. Have Faith (In Me) [Bland/Wrencher]
13. Tell Me Tonight [Jarrett]
14. You Belong to Me [Jarrett]
15. Good Good Lovin' [Brown/Shubert]
16. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (Thrill on the Hill) [Ballard]
17. What in the World Can I Call My Own
18. Don't Deceicve Me (Please Don't Go) [Overdubbed Version] [Willis]
19. I'm the One You Need
20. House Full of Rooms
21. Sixty Minute Man [Ward]
22. Little Boy Blue [Harper/Robey]
23. Finger Lickin' (Instrumental)

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