VARIOUS – Chicago Soul 62 (Repress) – LP – Vinyl [JAN 30]

LP – Black Vinyl (2026 Repress). Notes by John Ridley.

In 1962, Black Music was making its transition from R&B to soul and the Chicago music industry was exploding, producing thousands of records and dozens of new labels. The two biggest black labels Vee-Jay and Chess led in the creation of the distinctive, smooth, Chicago soul brand with names familiar and not so familiar: the former with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler and the latter with Mitty Collier, Etta James and Billy Stewart. And yet its the smaller labels that make up the bulk of the Chicago story: Hawk with Geraldine Taylor, Lu-Cee with Roberta, M-Pac with Dorothy Prince and it’s here that we explore some of the finest sounds of the era in this collection. Extensive liner notes written by Robert Pruter, author of the acclaimed ‘Chicago Soul’.

Tracklist:

A1 McKinley Mitchell The Town I Live In
A2 The Impressions I’m The One Who Loves You
A3 The Five Du-Tones Shake Your Tail Feather
A4 Jan Bradley Mama Didn’t Lie
A5 Jerry Butler Make It Easy On Yourself
A6 Etta James Seven Day Fool
A7 Tony Adams The Blues Don’t Like Nobody
A8 Mitty Collier Gotta Get Away From It All
A9 Geraldine Taylor How Much Longer
A10 Roberta I’m On The Prowl

B1 Billy Stewart Fat Boy
B2 Ted Taylor Can’t Take No More
B3 Walter Jackson I Don’t Want To Suffer
B4 Sugar Pie DeSanto Open Your Heart
B5 Dee Clark Shook Up Over You
B6 Etta James Something’s Got A Hold On Me
B7 Dorothy Prince Why Not Tonight
B8 Major Lance Delilah
B9 Moss Tolbert Money In My Pocket
B10 Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters Found True Love