Name: Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities 3
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SKU: 161076
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Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities 3

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Album: Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities 3
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Ain't That Love Enough	More Info...	0:02
2)	I Don't Have to Worry	More Info...	0:03
3)	You Really Made It Good to Me	More Info...	0:03
4)	Cry It Out Baby	More Info...	0:02
5)	I'm So So Sorry	More Info...	0:02
6)	Glamour Girl	More Info...	0:03
7)	His True Love For You	More Info...	0:02
8)	What Have I Got Now	More Info...	0:02
9)	You Fooled Me	More Info...	0:02
10)	Long Boots	More Info...	0:03
11)	Got to Get to Know You	More Info...	0:02
12)	Together Forever	More Info...	0:02
13)	Connie	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Won't Cry	More Info...	0:02
15)	Can't Break The Habit (Of Your Love)	More Info...	0:02
16)	Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)	More Info...	0:02
17)	Stop And Think About It Baby	More Info...	0:02
18)	The Same Identical Thing	More Info...	0:02
19)	Baby You've Got It	More Info...	0:02
20)	Later for You	More Info...	0:02
21)	You're Welcome Back	More Info...	0:02
22)	I'll Run	More Info...	0:02
23)	The Heartless One	More Info...	0:02
24)	Indication	More Info...	0:03

Album: Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities 3
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Ain't That Love Enough	More Info...	0:02
2)	I Don't Have to Worry	More Info...	0:03
3)	You Really Made It Good to Me	More Info...	0:03
4)	Cry It Out Baby	More Info...	0:02
5)	I'm So So Sorry	More Info...	0:02
6)	Glamour Girl	More Info...	0:03
7)	His True Love For You	More Info...	0:02
8)	What Have I Got Now	More Info...	0:02
9)	You Fooled Me	More Info...	0:02
10)	Long Boots	More Info...	0:03
11)	Got to Get to Know You	More Info...	0:02
12)	Together Forever	More Info...	0:02
13)	Connie	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Won't Cry	More Info...	0:02
15)	Can't Break The Habit (Of Your Love)	More Info...	0:02
16)	Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)	More Info...	0:02
17)	Stop And Think About It Baby	More Info...	0:02
18)	The Same Identical Thing	More Info...	0:02
19)	Baby You've Got It	More Info...	0:02
20)	Later for You	More Info...	0:02
21)	You're Welcome Back	More Info...	0:02
22)	I'll Run	More Info...	0:02
23)	The Heartless One	More Info...	0:02
24)	Indication	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel: Denny Randell (strings).
Directors: Frank Beaty Wilson; Vance Wilson.
Photographers: Charles Drain; Gilles P‚tard.
Arrangers: Miles Grayson; Arthur Wright.
For the Northern Soul club attendees and collectors to whom this 24-track collection of 1960s soul rarities is obviously targeted, these are the kinds of jewels that make life worth living, the original 45s trading hands for incredibly high sums. For many others -- even soul fans -- the attraction's a little mystifying. For while most of these cuts are pleasant at the least and pretty enjoyable on some occasions, it's a little hard to get excited about them, and not just because there are only a few artists (Z.Z. Hill, Brooks O'Dell, Eddie & Ernie) who will be even mildly familiar to general soulsters. There's just not too much originality on display, though competent Motown-ite tunes are rampant, right from the leadoff cut, Larry Atkins' "Ain't That Love Enough." If you want a spin on that general idea, the Quotations' "I Don't Have to Worry" is likewise a fair mimic of the Impressions; Don & Ron is kinda close to Major Lance; and Tommy Smiley's "I Won't to Cry" is very much inspired by the productions of the Temptations, right down to the way the guitar twangs on the opening bars. Give some credit where it's due: Al McCarther's "His True Love for You" (co-written by a young Chip Taylor) is one of the very best early-'60s Jerry Butler imitations ever, one so well done that it overcomes its obvious debts to outside influence. You can't say the same about the rest of the CD, where the overall "doing the best we can to sound as good as the hits" vibe might both amuse and annoy by the end of the disc. The collectors who are pleased by such finds, however, will appreciate the detailed annotation that sheds light on the origins of these extremely obscure tracks (one of which, Eddie & Ernie's "Indication," was previously unreleased). ~ Richie Unterberger