Sold Date: December 10, 2017
Start Date: November 17, 2017
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BETTYE SWANN 2 LP UK Import-22 TRACKS FROM HER CAPITOL YEARS-DEEP SOUTHERN SOUL






A MINT MINUS 2 LP SET ON HONEST JONES RECORDS

AN UNDATED U.K. IMPORT OF HER CAPITOL ALBUMS OF DEEP SOUTHERN SOUL

TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE BACK COVER PHOTO

BACKGROUND INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
If  is remembered by anyone other than soul obsessives, it is for her chart-topping hit "Make Me Yours" from 1967. Hopefully, this collection will open a few ears to the low-key, genre-bending singer who blended the full-bodied gritty sound of Southern soul and the smooth sheen of soul from the urban North. It covers the years 1968 to 1970, after she left Money Records and set up shop with Capitol and producer . The union did not provide any hits, but the body of work is quite impressive.  was equally adept at slinky, sassy uptown soul like "(My Heart Is) Closed for the Season," "Cover Me," and "You're Up to Your Old Tricks Again" as well as down-home, heartbroken ballads like "Little Things Mean a Lot," the bluesy "Don't Touch Me," and 's "These Arms of Mine," but also unique blends of styles like her Baroque soul take on ' "Words" and her countrified funk version of 's "Ain't It Peculiar." In fact, she often dipped into country music for material and came up with some impressive songs like her aching version of 's "Sweet Dreams," which comes darn close to the original in the heartbreak stakes. Her takes on "Stand By Your Man" and "Angel of the Morning" are beautiful and soulful reinterpretations, too. Unfortunately, her duet with  on "Today I Started Loving You Again" remains in the vault, but her solo version was released and is quite wonderful.  certainly deserves to be discovered; this disc is packed with original, soulful, and exciting music from beginning to end. Credit to Honest Jons for putting it out. First , now  -- first-class collections from a label that is doing things right.

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