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The Isley Brothers Story, Vol. 1: Rockin' Soul (1959-68)

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Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers Story, Vol. 1: Rockin' Soul (1959-68)

 
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Label: Rhino Records
Rating: 4.5
 
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Description: There are several collections that cover the Isley Brothers' early years, but this is the one to own because it pulls tracks from several labels and mixes major hits and obscurities in an interesting way. Seminal cuts such as "Shout," the frantic "Nobody But Me," and "Twist and Shout" (later copied almost note for note by a little group in England called the Beatles) belong in every record collection. So do "Testify" (which contains the efforts of a young guitarist named Jimmy James, a.k.a. Jimi Hendrix), "Who's That Lady" (the prototype for the group's '70s smash "That Lady"), and some of the group's efforts from their Motown years, such as "This Old Heart of Mine" (later a hit duet for Ronald Isley and Rod Stewart) and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)." --Daniel Durchholz
 
 

 
Tracklist of The Isley Brothers Story, Vol. 1: Rockin' Soul (1959-68)

Disc 1
1 Shout, Pts. 1-2   no lyrics yet - submit it
2 Respectable  2:11 no lyrics yet - submit it
3 Rock Around the Clock  2:18 no lyrics yet - submit it
4 Open up Your Heart  2:11 no lyrics yet - submit it
5 Your Old Lady   no lyrics yet - submit it
6 Twist and Shout  2:30 view lyrics
7 Twistin' With Linda  2:31 no lyrics yet - submit it
8 Nobody But Me  2:11 no lyrics yet - submit it
9 She's Gone   no lyrics yet - submit it
10 You'll Never Leave Him   no lyrics yet - submit it
11 Who's That Lady   no lyrics yet - submit it
12 Testify, Pts. 1 & 2   no lyrics yet - submit it
13 Last Girl   no lyrics yet - submit it
14 Move over and Let Me Dance  2:44 no lyrics yet - submit it
15 This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)  2:47 no lyrics yet - submit it
16 Take Some Time Out for Love  2:22 no lyrics yet - submit it
17 I Guess I'll Always Love You  2:47 no lyrics yet - submit it
18 Got to Have You Back   no lyrics yet - submit it
19 Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)  2:38 no lyrics yet - submit it
20 Behind a Painted Smile  2:47 no lyrics yet - submit it

Reviews:

Now wait a minute!

This CD features Isley Brothers recordings from the years before they started their own record label, T-Neck Records. It spans ten years and seven record labels. The Isley Brothers had limited success during these years, which may explain why they changed record labels so often. But they still managed to record many great songs which have come to be regarded as classics. The best known songs are "Shout", "Twist and Shout" and "This Old Heart"; but all the songs are great. Even their cover version of "Rock Around the Clock" rocks! This is the definitive CD of the Isley Brothers early years.

OK, but...

What happend to "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"? Damn it! Don't they always find a way to screw up these anthologies?

The Isley story starts here!

This prize compilation explores the Isleys early years from their first hit "Shout" to their Motown years. Three big hits are here ("Shout", "Twist and Shout" and "This Old Heart Of Mine"), along with original versions of "Respectable" (later a top-20 pop hit for the Outsiders), "Who's That Lady" (remade by the Isleys ten years later), "Your Old Lady" (later recorded by the Steve Miller Band) and "Nobody But Me" (a top-10 pop hit for the Human Beinz). However, the real finds on this collection are the lovely Burt Bacharach-ish "The Last Girl" (written and produced by the Isleys themselves)and of course "Testify", a wild ride featuring a then unknown Jimi Hendrix. All this and great liner notes and sparkling sound by Grammy winner Bill Ingot. What more can you ask for?