Product Description

As time marches on and proper recognition has started coming toward Brit soulsters like Dusty Springfield, this collection is the first entry in reassessing the Northern Soul movement in England in the mid-'60s and how the British attempted to come up with their own version of it. This fat-cat, 30-track collection brings together artists black and white, British, West Indian, and American, all cutting soulful sounds for the British Pye label. Rather than carbon copies of the legendary soul hits, what we have here -- with a few notable exceptions -- is a collection of strong original material performed in a solid approximation of an American style. Highlights are numerous, including Jimmy James' , Jason Knight's , Ebony Keyes' , Kenny Roberts' poppish , Lorraine Silver's , and Petula Clark's , the biggest hit on here. Interesting covers also abound in Sounds Orchestral's 100-mph rendition of , Geno Washington's , Helen Shapiro's , Jackie Trent's and Tammy St. John's . The other side of the British Invasion that didn't make it to American shores. - Cub Koda, allmusic.com