Appearing first in the UK in 1968, This Is Soul was an immediate success. The compilation features the best of Stax and Atlantic artists, at a time when mainstream radio was not focused on soul music, and buying a compilation like this was UK’s first introduction to the great soul music from the US.
This reissue is a replica of the original release, in mono, starting and ending with Wilson Pickett and featuring the likes of Ben E. King, Sam & Dave and Percy Sledge.
TRACKLIST:
- Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
- Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
- Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
- Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
- Sam & Dave - I Got Everything I Need
- Ben E. King- What Is Soul?
- Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
- Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
- Solomon Burke - Keep Looking
- Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
- Percy Sledge - Warm And Tender Love
- Wilson Pickett - Land Of A Thousand Dances