My Heart Cries Oh: Rare Soul from the 60s and 70s

       In the liner notes to the cd (see my post from several years back)  that accompanied the publication of his sublime book Sweet Soul Music, Gurlanick talks about interviewing a dj named Skippy White who told Guralnick not to overlook all of the less well-know soul acts in his book, as they were an equally important part of the history of soul music.  Now, I realize there are a lot of folks who know are far more knowledgeable about soul music, especially the rare stuff.  But, that's never stopped me before and more importantly, there's so much great overlooked material from the 60s and 70s.   And even if some of the acts were just one hit (well non-hit), there's a lot more folks who were just victims of bad luck, bad deals, historical circumstances like Little Ben of Little Ben and the Cheers (pictured at the left) going to fight in Vietnam.   So here's the first two volumes of my four volume set.

Volume I

Beggar of Love	Little Ben and the Cheers
Too Late to Cry	The Commands
Love Don't Love Nobody	Ella Brown
I Am Controlled By Your Love	Helene Smith
Trying My Best To Find Her	The Notations
Sweatin'	Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
Go Go Train	Eddy G. Giles
Bui Bui	L. Hollis & the Mackadoos
Groove Me Mamma	Eddie Steele
Gotta Find My Man	Linda Mackey
Girls Girls Girls	The Young Disciples Co.
One Heart	The Emanons
A Woman's Love	Joe Valentine
Have Fun	Ann Cole
I've Lived The Life	Marva W. Taylor
Love Game (From A To Z)	The Royal Jokers
Can't See Myself Doing You Wrong	Milt Matthews Inc
I've Got To Cry	Chris Hamilton
Darling Please Do Not Take My Love	Moody Scott
Self Preservation	Bill Brandon

 Volume II

There's Gonna Be Some Crying	Small Paul
Count to Ten	Frankie & The Spindles
Smalltown Girl	Jimmy Tig &The Rounders
My Heart Cries Oh	Fred Hughes
A Lady's Man	The Volcanos
I'm Gone	Eddie Parker
Instrumental #1	Richard Terry & Company
The Funky Judge	Bull & the Matadors
Wait	Bobbie Smith
Caught Making Love	Roger Hatcher
Sam Stone	Swamp Dogg
I Paid For The Party	The Enchanters
Meet Me In Church	Don Varner
Wouldn't It Be A Pleasure	Jay Rhythm
Down In the Country	Tee Fletcher
Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother	Black On White Affair
That Thing Is Green	Bob Smith and the Boo-Koos
Say You Will	Willie Small
When a Boy Loves a Girl	The Vows
Dreamers Hall of Fame	Jeb Stuart