NOW PRESENTS: CLASSIC SOUL

TRACKLIST A 1. Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer 2. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By 3. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 4. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her 5. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me 6. The Temptations - My Girl 7. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears 8. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) the Dock Of The Bay 9. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted B 1. The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love 2. The Ronettes - Be My Baby 3. The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman 4. The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' 5. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave 6. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 7. Sam & Dave - Soul Man 8. Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music 9. Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood 10. Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour C 1. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High 2. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 3. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) 4. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) 5. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) 6. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 7. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 8. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love 9. Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions D 1. Ben E. King - Stand By Me 2. Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman 3. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness 4. Mary Wells - My Guy 5. Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over 6. Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia 7. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy 8. James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World 9. Nina Simone - Feeling Good E 1. Aretha Franklin  Respect 2. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me 3. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold 4. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown 5. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street 6. The Supremes - Baby Love 7. The Toys - A Lover's Concerto 8. The Drifters - On Broadway 9. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain 10. Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart F 1. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone 2. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair 3. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up 4. Isaac Hayes - Theme From "Shaft" 5. Edwin Starr  War 6. Marlena Shaw - California Soul 7. William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got, Part 1 8. The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love G 1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 2. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 3. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine 4. Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones 5. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now 6. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New (Let's Put It All Together Version) 7. The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 8. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together H 1. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song 2. Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You 3. Deniece Williams - Free 4. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 5. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia 6. The Floaters - Float On 7. Jackson 5 - I'll Be There I 1. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 2. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything 3. Earth, Wind & Fire  Fantasy 4. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze, Pt. 1 5. The Tymes - Ms. Grace 6. The O'Jays - Love Train 7. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby 8. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way J 1. Commodores - Three Times A Lady 2. Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star 3. Peaches & Herb - Reunited 4. Heatwave - Always And Forever 5. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me 6. George Benson - The Greatest Love Of All 7. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It ON INFO LP1 opens with ˜I Say A Little Prayer™ from the šQueen of Soul›- Aretha Franklin, the peerless ˜Walk On By™ from Dionne Warwick and followed by massive hits from Marvin Gaye with the #1 ˜I Heard It Through The Grapevine™ and Stevie Wonder™s ˜I Was Made To Love Her™, plus classic tracks from The Temptations and Otis Redding. Flip to the other side for legendary groups  The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Marvelettes, The Velvelettes and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. LP2 begins with the powerhouse vocals of Tina Turner (with Ike) on ˜River Deep, Mountain High™. Top tracks from the Jackson 5 & the Four Tops give way to a run of Northern Soul classics from Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons with ˜The Night™, ˜Tainted Love™ from Gloria Jones, Frank Wilson™s legendary ˜Do I Love You™, and ˜Green Onions™ from Booker T. & The M.G.'s. Side 2 begins with the superb vocals of Ben E. King with ˜Stand By Me™ and Percy Sledge with ˜When A Man Loves A Woman™. Another Otis Redding classic alongside the genius of both James Brown and Nina Simone brings this LP to a close. The A-Side of LP3 kicks off with the signature smash from Aretha Franklin ˜Respect™ before the first UK #1 for the Motown label from The Supremes with ˜Baby Love™, and there™s still room for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Drifters, and another #1 from Freda Payne. Side B begins with one of the most iconic and funky baselines ever on ˜Papa Was A Rollin™ Stone™ from The Temptations and the classic grooves ˜Move On Up™ from Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes™ ˜Theme from šShaft›™, the emphatic ˜War™ from Edwin Starr and the cool sophistication of ˜California Soul™ from Marlena Shaw lead to the closing track ˜Could It Be I™m Falling In Love™ from The Spinners. LP4 begins with a run of beloved tracks from iconic artists opening with the politically charged masterpiece ˜What™s Going On™ from Marvin Gaye, followed by Al Green, Bill Withers and Billy Paul, plus The Stylistics and The Delfonics to add to the selection of celebrated groups on this release. The second side begins with the exceptional ˜Killing Me Softly With His Song™ from Roberta Flack, before the stunning vocals of Minnie Riperton™s ˜Lovin™ You™ and Deniece Williams, The Three Degrees and Gladys Knight. The Jackson 5 bring this disc to a close with their timeless ballad ˜I™ll Be There™. LP5 contains a run of 1970s favourites beginning with ˜Ain™t No Mountain High Enough™ from Diana Ross and ˜You're The First, The Last, My Everything™ from Barry White. ˜Fantasy™ from Earth, Wind & Fire, ˜Summer Breeze, Pt. 1™ from The Isley Brothers and ˜Love Train™ from The O™Jays all feature before the Commodores kick off the final side with ˜Three Times A Lady™. Rose Royce, Peaches & Herb and a second selection from Gladys Knight & The Pips feature along with George Benson, before the šPrince of Soul› Marvin Gaye brings this essential collection home with ˜Let™s Get It On™. 85 tracks across 5 stunning LPs, NOW Presents Classic Soul... Out September 22nd!