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SOUL RECORDINGS The Blackwell Guide to Soul Recordings Edited by Robert Pruter Soul music has burgeoned from its origins in the 1950s and 1960s as an offshoot of Rhythm and Blues to become one of the most fundamental parts of popular music and culture. In this book, eight of the world’s leading experts on soul music chart the story of soul music on record, and out-line the basis of a collection of the best soul recordings. They answer the questions: What are the essential recordings that should form the heart of any collection? Where do these discs fit in the history and development of soul? What are the best recordings to supplement and enrich each area of soul? Each of the book’s ten chapters suggests a core collection of five to fifteen releases, augmented by up to thirty supplementary selections. Because the development of soul was a regional phenomenon, the chapters focus on key areas where distinctive styles and musicians flourished. There are also sections on the roots of soul, and on its current development into funk and other modern styles.

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You can almost hear the old godfather James Brown moaning on the dust-cover: a must for music, public and funky academic libraries. Reference Reviews A generally excellent bargain discography. Recommended for academic and public libraries. Library Journal This guide will give you all the information you require about Aretha and every other important rhythm and blues singer, from '50s groundbreakers like Little Richard, Roy Brown and the Five Royales to all the influential Motown artists and major stars like James Brown and Michael Jackson. Sunday News Journal An excellent core discography of some 400 soul music recordings... Recommended for academic, music, and large public libraries. Choice Eight top music writers provide an essential history of the genre and recommend a library of almost 400 LPs and CDs upon which they based this readable work. The Flint Journal

"You can almost hear the old godfather James Brown moaning on the dust-cover: a must for music, public and funky academic libraries." Reference Reviews "A generally excellent bargain discography. Recommended for academic and public libraries." Library Journal "This guide will give you all the information you require about Aretha and every other important rhythm and blues singer, from '50s groundbreakers like Little Richard, Roy Brown and the Five Royales to all the influential Motown artists and major stars like James Brown and Michael Jackson." Sunday News Journal "An excellent core discography of some 400 soul music recordings... Recommended for academic, music, and large public libraries." Choice "Eight top music writers provide an essential history of the genre and recommend a library of almost 400 LPs and CDs upon which they based this readable work." The Flint Journal

Author Information

Robert Pruter has been a columnist and feature writer for Goldmine since 1977, more recently becoming its R & B editor. He has written widely for other blues and soul magazines, and is the author of the prize-winning Chicago Soul (1991). He is also senior editor of social sciences for the New Standard Encyclopedia in Chicago. The Blackwell Guides are short reference books intended to bring specialist help and guidance to those building a library of recordings. Written and edited by the world’s leading authorities, they can be relied upon for balanced and comprehensive information. Contributors: Geoff Brown, Bill Dahl, Peter Grendysa, Jeff Hannusch, Randal C. Hill, Wayne Jancik, Dan Nooger, Robert Pruter. Other titles in the Blackwell Guides series The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Blues edited by Paul Oliver The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz edited by Barry Kernfeld The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record Kurt Gänzl Forthcoming Titles The Blackwell Guide to Country Music edited by Bob Allen The Blackwell Guide to Contemporary Composition on Record Brian Morton

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