VA - Rock Instrumental Classics Volume 4 (Soul) (1994)@flac torrent

While the material on volume four of Rhino's rock instrumentals set chronologically preceded what was on the third volume, no soul, R&B, or even soul-jazz and funk fan should mind these 18 genuine classics, including two superb numbers from Booker T. and the MGs, seminal tracks by the Mar-Keys, Bar-Kays, and Cannonball Adderley, and great Latin tunes from Ray Barretto and Mongo Santamaria.
There's absolutely no fluff, and the presence on CD of rare cuts like the Young Holt Trio's "Wack Wack" and Alvin Cash & the Crawlers' "Twine Time" is most welcome. (AMG)
The most consistently enticing disc in the Rock Instrumental Classics series, this is both a great party and driving record and a window on the rhythms that powered soul music in the '60s (and early '70s, in two cases).
In addition to some obvious choices (the four Booker T. & the MG's tracks, the Mar-Keys' 'Last Night' ), it also offers some left-field picks, such as the varied approaches to Latin music offered by Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria, and El Chicano.
The stock of virtuoso performances here is all but endless: the bass-and-drums breakdown on Cliff Nobles and Co.'s 'The Horse,' the glinting guitar solo on the Bar-Kays' 'Soul Finger,' Hugh Masekela's questing trumpet on 'Grazing in the Grass.' Rickey Wright (Amazon)
01. Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions [2:56]
02. Hugh Masekela - Grazing In The Grass [2:40]
03. Cliff Nobles & Co. - The Horse [2:42]
04. King Curtis & The Noble Knights - Soul Twist [:50]
05. Mar-Keys - Last Night [2:39]
06. Ramsey Lewis Trio - The 'In' Crowd [3:19]
07. Bar-Kays - Soul Finger [2:23]
08. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa [4:31]
09. Alvin Cash & The Crawlers - Twine Time [2:25]
10. Young-Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut [3:02]
11. Booker T & The MG's - Hang 'em High [3:56]
12. 'Cannonball' Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy [3:11]
13. Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna - El Watusi [2:44]
14. Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man [2:28]
15. El Chicano - Viva Tirado (Part 1) [4:44]
16. Booker T & The MG's - Hip Hug-Her [2:26]
17. The Young Holt Trio - Wack Wack [2:59]
18. Booker T & The MG's - Time Is Tight [3:14]
Label: Rhino
Original Release Date: March 22, 1994
Catalogue: R2 71604
Codec: Flac
Compression Level: 5
Quality: High
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Covers Included (400dpi)
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