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?