Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin - The Music Of Black Britain In The Sixties

Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin is the first box set to document the huge influence of Black musicin Britain in the 1960s. With 115 tracks, the deluxe long form box set includes sleevenotes including an essay from Fitzroy Facey (Soul Survivors). A four-CD compilation that pays tribute to a lost era. While many of the decades most successful UK bands (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones et al) were originally inspired and influenced by Black American soul and R&B, it could be argued that Black artists recording in Britain at the time werent given the exposure they deserved. The first two discs of Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin document the explosion of homegrown Soul and Rhythm and Blues which reflected the growing success of labels such as Motown and Stax/ Atlantic, which spearheaded the plethora of Black music emanating from the States. Artists such as Carl Douglas and Jimmy James were popular live draws, who later enjoyed chart success in the 1970s. Jackie Edwards, Owen Gray and Jimmy Cliff came to the UK from Jamaica after signing with Chris Blackwells Island Records while Geno Washington was an American GI who stayed here and continues to perform to this day. Clyde McPhatter was the legendary original singer in The Drifters and The Chants would eventually evolve into The Real Thing. However, Soul and R&B arent the only genres catered for here. While disc 3 is devoted to the homespun Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae from artists whod often been born in the Caribbean (chief among them Laur

Tracks

1~1~The Soul Brothers -Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin'
1~2~The Flirtations -Nothing But A Heartache
1~3~Carl Douglas -Serving A Sentence Of Life
1~4~Jimmy Thomas- Springtime
1~5~Jimmy James And The Vagabonds- This Heart Of Mine
1~6~Jackie Edwards- Come On Home
1~7~Chris Rayburn- One Way Ticket
1~8~Herbie Goins And The Night-Timers Coming Home To You
1~9~Jimmy Cliff- Waterfall
1~10~The Ferris -Wheel I Can't Break The Habit
1~11~Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band-Michael
1~12~Cleo Laine- Don't You Pass Me By
1~13~Danny Williams- Whose Little Girl Are You
1~14~Madeline Bell- Picture Me Gone
1~15~Watson T Browne And The Explosive-Some Lovin'
1~16~Ebony Keyes- If You Knew
1~17~Sugar Simone- Take It Easy
1~18~Kim D The Real Thing-Brothers Grimm Looky, Looky
1~19~Lucas And The Mike Cotton Sound Ain't-Love Good, Ain't Love Proud
1~20~The Fantastics- Ask The Lonely
1~21~Oliver Norman- Drowning In My Own Despair
1~22~Owen Gray -Gonna Work Out Fine
1~23~John L Watson And The Hummelflugs-Lookin' For Love
1~24~Kenny Lynch- Movin' Away
1~25~Root And Jenny Jackson- Let's Go Somewhere
1~26~Kenny Bernard -What Love Brings
1~27~Ram John Holder- Yes I Do
1~28~Hoagy Benson- Turn Me On
1~29~The Chants- A Man Without A Face
1~30~Marsha Hunt- Walk On Gilded Splinters
1~31~The Foundations- New Direction
1~32~Caleb -Baby You're Phrasing Is Bad
1~33~John Fitch And Associates -Stoned Out Of It
1~34~Simon K And The Meantimers- Bring Back Your Love (To Me)
1~35~The Sugarlumps -Can't We Be Friends 8 Flamma Sherman -Move Me
1~36~Jack Hammer -What Greater Love
1~37~The Shadrocks (Featuring Little John) -There Is
1~38~Clyde McPhatter- Only A Fool
1~39~Ronnie Jones- I'm So Clean
1~40~This 'n' That- Get Down With It / I Can't Get No Satisfaction
1~41~Jj Jackson And The Jeeps -But It's Alright
1~42~Ernest Ranglin And The Gbs -Swing A Ling Pt. I
1~43~Norma Lee -Hurt
1~44~The Corduroys -Too Much Of A Woman
1~45~Errol Dixon- I Don't Want
1~46~Sonny Childe- Giving Up On Love
1~47~Ray Gates -Have You Ever Ha

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 29 July 2022
Genre: Soul
Label: STRAWBERRY
Distributor: Rocket Group