George Jackson : Let The Best Man Win - The Fame Recordings Volume 2

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Sell date: 9/2012
Label: Kent - UK
Mfg's Catalog#: 380
CDC Part#: 1678977
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Full title is: Let the Best Man Win: The Fame Recordings, Vol. 2


UK release, the second collection from this Southern Soul great. George Jackson is one of the great writers of Southern soul and this volume includes the original versions of classic hits written for, among others, Wilson Pickett ('Mini Skirt Minnie' and more), Candi Staton - ('I'm Just A Prisoner'), Bettye Swann ('Victim Of A Foolish Heart', later a hit for Joss Stone). On hearing George Jackson's demos for him, Wilson Pickett told Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler to sign Jackson as an artist as he was a star in the waiting. Such was the depth and quality of his work that there are songs that have not been issued until now. 'I Lived Through A Losing Battle' is a song that plunders the depths of despair; there is the simply stunning 'I Bit Off More Than I Can Chew' and the uptempo 'Soul Lovin' and 'It's Not Safe To Mess On Me'. On hearing I am confident several of these will now be classed as Southern soul classics. Kent Soul.

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   
 
Mini Skirt Minnie - 2:35 Play the Windows Media clip
Get It When I Want It - 2:31 Play the Windows Media clip
I'm Just a Prisoner - 2:55 Play the Windows Media clip
Victim of a Foolish Heart - 3:03 Play the Windows Media clip
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right - 2:47 Play the Windows Media clip
I Bit Off More Than I Can Chew - 2:46 Play the Windows Media clip
Let Me Comfort You - 2:45 Play the Windows Media clip
Forbidden Love - 2:52 Play the Windows Media clip
Looking for Some Action - 2:51 Play the Windows Media clip
Save Me - 2:37 Play the Windows Media clip
Let the Best Man Win - 2:59 Play the Windows Media clip
Hit & Run - 3:03 Play the Windows Media clip
I Lived Through a Losing Battle - 4:06 Play the Windows Media clip
Hold That Feeling - 2:38 Play the Windows Media clip
My Nerves Fail - 2:24 Play the Windows Media clip
Love Came Knocking at Your Door - 3:35 Play the Windows Media clip
Pollution - 3:03 Play the Windows Media clip
It's Not Safe to Mess on Me - 3:04 Play the Windows Media clip
Soul Lovin' - 2:07 Play the Windows Media clip
Your Love Lifted Me - 2:01 Play the Windows Media clip
I'm Living Good - 2:57 Play the Windows Media clip
Darkest Hour Is Before Dawn - 2:08 Play the Windows Media clip
You Got a Lot to Like - 3:11 Play the Windows Media clip
Ain't That Some Good Lovin' - 2:43 Play the Windows Media clip
 
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