Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present Soul On The Corner on CD

Description

Following the acclaimed Jazz On The Corner compilation 2019 again sees Martin Freeman team up with Acid Jazz's renowned head honcho Eddie Piller to present a veritable and personal collection of tracks. Compiled from the pair's personal favourites, be it hearing on the radio, word of mouth or Dj-ing - Soul On The Corner represents the entire gamut of soul from the sixties and seventies right up to the present as illustrated by the likes of Tommy McGhee and the Acid Jazz recent signee Laville. Opening with the inimitable Bobby Womack and How Could You Break My Heart, as Piller explains; "I never tire of hearing this record and have used regularly to close my DJ set, it's a real hands-in-the-air moment." Further cuts from the renowned and less well-known seamlessly complement each other - the smooth sultry jam of Laville's Thirty One or the superbly nuanced slice of progressive soul in the shape of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 77's Love Music. Piller's selection transcends the rock / soul divide with Never Gonna Give You Up from former Impression Jerry Butler, adding: "I plumped for this because I recalled the incredible response from The Black Keys' version that I aired on the BBC's Funk and Soul show." No less varied is the choice of soul fan Martin Freeman, opening with the vintage '68 soul with a twist of something rockier, Barbara Acklin's A Raggedy Ride that he professes; "is an unexpected gem that's been a favourite of mine for forever." Other picks arrive in the form of Georgie Fam's cover of Bobby Womack's Daylight that has Freeman enthusing; "the original is a beaut. This is better." Further inclusions come from The Supremes and The Wisdom Of Time, representing the mid-nineties contemporary soul scene is Lewis Taylor with Lucky that as Freeman asserts is; "an epic tune." Meanwhile, taken from their first self-titled album Earth, Wind & Fire's Fan The Fire epitomizes the innovative nature of one of the most successful acts of all time and adds Freeman; "this is a funky-as-hell cry for peace and love. Good lord, they were SO good."

Tracks

Disk 1 - Track 1-How Could You Break My Heart
Disk 1 - Track 2-Lucky to Be Loved By You
Disk 1 - Track 3-Now That I Have You
Disk 1 - Track 4-Positive Forces
Disk 1 - Track 5-Thirty One
Disk 1 - Track 6-Love Music
Disk 1 - Track 7-Oooh Baby
Disk 1 - Track 8-Brother Louie
Disk 1 - Track 9-You and I
Disk 1 - Track 10-It'll All Come Around
Disk 1 - Track 11-Finally Made It Home
Disk 1 - Track 12-Like a Ship (Without a Sail)
Disk 1 - Track 13-If I Can't Fly
Disk 1 - Track 14-Just to Be With You
Disk 1 - Track 15-Can't Fight Your Love
Disk 1 - Track 16-Never Give You Up

Disk 2 - Track 1-A Raggedy Ride
Disk 2 - Track 2-Daylight
Disk 2 - Track 3-I Just Can't Help It
Disk 2 - Track 4-Passion
Disk 2 - Track 5-Fan the Fire
Disk 2 - Track 6-Lucky
Disk 2 - Track 7-I Like the Things About Me That I Once Despised
Disk 2 - Track 8-The Wisdom of Time
Disk 2 - Track 9-Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)
Disk 2 - Track 10-It Hurts So Good
Disk 2 - Track 11-I'm Goin' Left
Disk 2 - Track 12-Love to Keep You in Mind
Disk 2 - Track 13-Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)
Disk 2 - Track 14-Shoes
Disk 2 - Track 15-Hit and Run Lover
Disk 2 - Track 16-The Babysitter