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Joe Simon - Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon [Digipak]

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the album cover for Joe Simon - Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon [Digipak]

First City Records

Joe Simon - Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon [Digipak]

SKU 276703
$32.99
the album cover for Joe Simon - Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon [Digipak]

Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon 3 CDs/ 61 Tracks: Call Joe Simon the reluctant soul star. Despite his mountain of hits during the 1960s and '70s, his heart just wasn't into his work, aural evidence obviously to the contrary. You'd never know it from listening to the contents of this collection, culled from his fabulous hit-loaded 1966-1970 stint with Producer Richbourg at the helm for Sound Stage 7 Records. His conviction sounds unshakable. Maybe that's a large part of the reason why Simon scored 16 R&B chart entries during that timeframe for SS7, including a #1 seller. "I never wanted to sing rhythm and blues," said Simon, who until his untimely death in December 2021, was a bishop and leader of his own ministries in south suburban Chicago. "My heart was never in it, but yet I could sing rhythm and blues. John Richbourg was my producer. And he used to ask me, how could I sing these songs so great and never knew 'em? But I never had an interest to go in the studio and know a song. I just said, 'Man, I just sing 'em!' Sunset Blvd Records is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of Joe Simon's extraordinary work with Nashville Soul Label Sound stage 7.

Tracklist:

  1. Too Many Teardrops
  2. Travelin' Man
  3. Nobody But You
  4. My Special Prayer
  5. What Makes a Man Feel Good
  6. That's All I Want (From You)
  7. Teenager's Prayer
  8. The Girl's Alright with Me
  9. Long Hot Summer
  10. When a Man Loves a Woman
  11. Miss You So
  12. Too Many Rivers
  13. (You Keep Me) Hangin' on
  14. No Sad Songs
  15. I Worry About You
  16. Nine Pound Steel
  17. Put Your Trust in Me (Depend on Me)
  18. In the Same Old Way
  19. Can't Find No Happiness
  20. Come on and Get It
  21. Misty Blue
  22. It's Too Late
  23. Standing in the Safety Zone
  24. In Reach of Your Arms
  25. I'm Going Home
  26. Twinkle
  27. Dreamin'
  28. Looking Back
  29. Funny How Time Slips Away
  30. She Went a Little Bit Farther
  31. Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind
  32. (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay
  33. Little Green Apples
  34. Lonely Man
  35. The Chokin' Kind
  36. Yours Love
  37. Help Yourself (To All My Lovin')
  38. Wichita Lineman
  39. Don't Let Me Lose the Feeling
  40. I'm Too Far Gone to Turn Around
  41. In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember)
  42. Silver Spoons and Coffee Cups
  43. It's Hard to Get Along
  44. In the Ghetto
  45. I Got a Whole Lot of Lovin'
  46. Wounded Man
  47. Time and Space
  48. Straight Down to Heaven
  49. When
  50. After the Lights Go Down Low
  51. San Francisco Is a Lonely Town
  52. Rainbow Road
  53. Just a Dream
  54. Moon Walk Part L
  55. Moon Walk Part LL
  56. Farther on Down the Road
  57. That's the Way I Want Our Love
  58. Who's Julie
  59. Someone to Lean on
  60. Today I Started Loving You Again
  61. Oon-Guela (High Life) Part L

UPC: 708535701521
Label: Sunset Blvd Records
Release Date: 3.25.22
Format: CD

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