UK compilation of US funk/soul '45 cuts released 1968-69, including two posthumous from Otis Redding. One of many UK collections of American sixties music back then. Around this time the British pop band invasion to US had petered and new genres like English glam rock and Europrog didn't make it on the other side of the Atlantic. Instead there was an effort by American companies to turn the flow and increase their sales in England and on the continent. Part of that drive from a number of different labels was compilations like this. The aim wasn't to make a profit on the issues themselves, but serve teasers and evoke curiosity. I didn't ponder much about corporate strategies back then, just saw it as a blessing. As a poor student I couldn't afford all LP:s or singles, so twelve top tracks at budget price was welcome. And it's still a boon having so much good music in one place on vinyl. Apart from legends as Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett I get oddities from Billy Vera & Judy Clay, Clarence Carter and Sweet Inspirations that probably never would have hit me otherwise. All cuts in true stereo with very good audio. To my knowledge issued in UK only. First had label as shown here, thick vinyl and laminated cover. (SÄM*)(ÄTHP*)
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