Joe Simon - Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon

SUNSET BLVD RECORDS

£29.50

Cat. no: CDSBR7015LE
Format: CD3
Barcode: 708535701521
Release Date: 15 Apr 2022
Genre: Soul/R&B

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. $1.00 from each unit sold will be donated to Minister Joe Simon Outreach Ministries.

Tracks: Too Many Teardrops / Travelin’ Man / Nobody But You / My Special Prayer / What Makes A Man Feel Good / That’s All I Want (From You) / Teenager’s Prayer / The Girl’s Alright With Me / Long Hot Summer / When A Man Loves A Woman / Miss You So / Too Many Rivers / (You Keep Me) Hangin’ On / No Sad Songs / I Worry About You / Nine Pound Steel / Put Your Trust In Me (Depend On Me) / In The Same Old Way / Can’t Find No Happiness / Come On And Get It / Misty Blue / It’s Too Late / Standing In The Safety Zone / In Reach Of Your Arms / I’m Going Home / Twinkle / Dreamin’ / Looking Back / Funny How Time Slips Away / She Went A Little Bit Farther / Baby, Don’t Be Looking In My Mind / (Sittin’ On The) Dock Of The Bay / Little Green Apples / Lonely Man / The Chokin’ Kind / Yours Love / Help Yourself (To All My Lovin’) / Wichita Lineman / Don’t Let Me Lose The Feeling / I’m Too Far Gone To Turn Around / In The Still Of The Night (I’ll Remember) / Silver Spoons And Coffee Cups / It’s Hard To Get Along / In The Ghetto / I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin’ / Wounded Man / Time And Space / Straight Down To Heaven / When / After The Lights Go Down Low / San Francisco Is A Lonely Town / Rainbow Road / Just A Dream / Moon Walk Part l / Moon Walk Part ll / Farther On Down The Road / That’s The Way I Want Our Love / Who’s Julie / Someone To Lean On / Today I Started Loving You Again / Oon- Guela (High Life) Part l