ARTHUR CONLEY-SWEET SOUL MUSIC-RARE 1st PRESS UK MONO ATLANTIC LP-A1/B1-1967

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ARTHUR CONLEY - SWEET SOUL MUSIC - RARE 1st PRESS UK MONO ATLANTIC LP - A1/B1 - 1967

Arthur Conley’s Album

“Sweet Soul Music”

RARE

MONO

1st Press

Released on the Red/Plum Atlantic Label

POLYDOR Records Limited

MADE IN GT. BRITAIN

(P) 1967

587069

Matrix:

587 069 A//1

587069 B//1

“I think Arthur Conley is one of the most fantastic young singers in the entertainment business today.  Although he is only 21 years old, he sings with the assurance and maturity of many veteran performers.  And he pours more “sweet soul music” into his songs than most other soul singers around today.  As a performer he is one of the most exciting personalities I’ve ever seen.

If this seems like too much for one blues singer to say about another I can only say that’s the way it is.  I flipped about Arthur the first time I ever heard him.  That was back in 1965 in Baltimore, when a friend played me a demo record Arthur had made.  In fact I got so excited about that record that my friend decided I should meet him.  I did, and after talking to him a while I became his record producer.

The Arthur Conley record I heard that day was called I’m A Lonely Stranger.  With the help of Stax-Volt President Jim Stewart. I recorded Arthur Conley doing that song and issued it on my Jotis label.  It wasn’t a big hit, but it started Arthur on his way.  After that Jim and I recorded Arthur doing Who’s Foolin’ Who, a tune that Arthur wrote himself.  It moved him another step forward in his career.

The next two records by Arthur Conley were cut in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with the help of Rick Hall, the President of Fame Records.  The song were Take Me (Just As I Am) and I Can’t Stop (No, No, No).  They gave Arthur even more exposure throughout the country.

The first record I produced on my own was Sweet Soul Music,  That’s the one that did it.  Arthur’s fabulous performance on that record turned it into a smash hit.  It made Arthur Conley a big name on the soul scene.

Arthur Conley is an original.  Some people say he has a sound like Sam Cooke.  That’s partly true – but Arthur doesn’t try to imitate anyone, he’s his own man.  He’s dynamic and he’s an incredible showman.  That’s why he’s become so strong at the box-office in such a short period of time.

Being an A&R man is still a new thing for me.  Arthur makes the  job exciting through his great artistry.  I feel he’s in the early stages of a sensational career as a recording artist and in-person performer.  Listen to him on this new album and see if you don’t agree with me.

Sincerely,

OTIS REDDING”

The Track List is as follows:

SIDE 1

                                                                                  1.    SWEET SOUL MUSIC (By Otis Redding & Arthur Conley)

                                                                                  2.    TAKE ME (JUST AS I AM) (By Dan Penn & Linden Oldham)

                                                                                  3.    WHO’S FOOLIN’ WHO (By Arthur Conley)

                                                                                  4.    THERE’S A PLACE FOR US (By Arthur Conley)

                                                                                  5.    I CAN’T STOP (NO, NO, NO) (By Dan Penn & Roger Hawkins)

SIDE 2

                                                                                  1.    WHOLESALE LOVE (By Otis Redding)

                                                                                  2.    I’M A LONELY STRANGER (By Otis Redding & Arthur Conley)

                                                                                  3.    I’M GONNA FORGET ABOUT YOU (By Arthur Conley)

                                                                                  4.    LET NOTHING SEPARATE US (By Otis Redding)

                                                                                  5.    WHERE YOU LEAD ME (By Otis Redding & Arthur Conley)

Produced by Otis Redding

Supervision: Otis Redding, Jim Stewart & Rick Hall

The LP is in Very Good Condition with some surface marks and surface scratches

It plays well

The Sleeve is in Very Good Condition with hardly any scuffing and just a touch of laminate creasing, and on the back there is “32/8” pencilled top left and a small sticker “The Disc Shop” stuck centre top

It has been kept in a plastic cover

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