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• 3D set compiling 68 tracks from powerful women soul singers recorded between 1968 and 1982 - a period when soul music was experiencing a golden age dominating radio airwaves and charts. 

• Featuring Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Candi Staton, Esther Phillips, Baby Washington, Barbara Lynn, Dionne Warwick, Betty Wright, Betty LaVette, Mary Wells, Tina Turner, LaBelle, Pointer Sisters, Rose Royce, Sister Sledge and many more.  

• With an emphasis on big voices pouring out big emotions. 

Compiled by a true expert, “The Ambassador Of Soul” David Nathan who co-founded the Soul City record label in 1968, and was a contributing editor to Blues & Soul magazine in the 1970s. He wrote the book The Soulful Divas and in recent times has run the SoulMusic label.  

The selection is drawn from the vaults of Warner-owned labels: ATCO, Atlantic, Calla, Cotillion, Elektra, Reprise, Warner Bros. and more.  

Alongside rarities there are huge hits including Aretha’s ‘Rock Steady’, Chaka Khan’s ‘I’m Every Woman’, Candi Staton’s ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ and Rose Royce’s ‘Wishing On A Star’. There are Northern Soul gems such as Jackie Moore’s ‘Both Ends Against The Middle’, The  Pointer Sisters’ ‘Send Him Back’, Sister Sledge’s ‘Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me’ and Barbara Lynn’s ‘Take Your Love And Run’; Funky dancefloor workouts including Gwen McCrae’s ‘Keep The Fire Burning’ and Dee Dee Bridgewater’s ‘Bad For Me’.  

Most of all, the set features a whole lot of passionate soul and provides a deep dive into the soul genre, picking some of the greatest performances by both legendary and underrated singers. 

Tracklist

DISC ONE
1. Toby Lark - Shake A Hand  
2. Betty Wright - Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do
3. Baby Washington - I Can’t Afford To Lose Him  
4. Judy Clay – I Gotta Love Somebody’s Baby  
5. Baby Washington - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
6. Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles - Trustin' in You
7. Judy Clay – Savin’ It All For You 8. Dee Dee Warwick Backed By The Dixie Flyers - She Didn't Know (She Kept on Talking)  
9. Lorraine Ellison - You've Really Got a Hold on Me  
10. Dorothy Morrison – Rain 11. The Sweet Inspirations - Flash in the Pan 12. Carmen McRae With The Dixie Flyers - Just a Little Lovin'
13. Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers – Brand New Day
14. Little Sister – Somebody’s Watching You  
15. Dee Dee Warwick - Rescue Me 16. Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers - Catch Me I'm Falling
17. The Fuzz - I Love You for All Seasons  
18. Lulu With The Dixie Flyers – Goodbye My Love, Goodbye (Single Version)
19. Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (Alternate Mix) 
20. Barbara Lynn - Take Your Love and Run 
21. Betty Wright - Clean up Woman
22. Labelle – Time & Love
23. Margie Alexander – Can I Be Your Main Thing
24. Pointer Sisters – Don’t Try To Take The Fifth
25. Barbara Lynn – (Daddy Hot Stuff) You’re Too Hot To Hold
26. Betty LaVette – You’ll Wake Up Wiser
27.   Peggy Scott – Nobody’s Gonna Get Your Mama
 
DISC TWO
1. LaBelle - Moon Shadow (Album Version)
2. Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady
3. Pointer Sisters – Send Him Back
4. Tami Lynn - Ain't No Soul (Left in These Old Shoes)
5. Irma Thomas - A Song with No Name (aka Song for Jim)
6. Margie Joseph – It’s Growing
7. Barbara Lewis - I'm So Thankful
8. Betty Lavette – Your Turn To Cry
9. Lorraine Johnson – Can I Hold You To It
10. Sister Sledge - Mama Never Told Me 
11. Roberta Flack - No Tears (In the End)
12. Jackie Moore - Both Ends Against the Middle
13. Vivian Reed – Save Your Love For Me 
14. Mary Wells - Don’t Keep Me Hangin’ On
15. Bettye Swann – Kiss My Love Goodbye 
16. Jackie Moore – Joe
17. Candi Staton - As Long as He Takes Care of Home 
18. Mary Wells – Cancel My Subscription
19. Dionne Warwick - One Last Memory
20. Lorraine Ellison - No Relief
21. Dianne Steinberg – One More Time
22. Margie Joseph – Stay Still
 
DISC THREE
1. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
2. Sister Sledge – Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me
3. Dee Dee Bridgewater - He's Gone
4. Dionne Warwick - Move Me No Mountain
5. Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
6. Bettye Swann - I Want Sunday Back Again
7. Randy Crawford - Take It Away from Her (Put It on Me)
8. Roberta Flack - What a Woman Really Means
9. Tina Turner - Sometimes When We Touch
10. Etta James - Sweet Touch of Love
11. The Staples (a.k.a. The Staple Singers) - Unlock Your Mind 
12. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
13. Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Givin' 
14. Dee Dee Bridgewater - Bad For Me 
15. Chaka Khan - Some Love
16. Dee Edwards – Loving You Is All I Want To Do
17. Mavis Staples - Oh What a Feeling 
18. Randy Crawford – I Hope You’ll Be Very Unhappy Without Me
19. Gwen McCrae – Keep The Fire Burning