presents
ARTHUR CONLEY
Sweet Soul Music
The Best Of Arthur Conley
Ichiban / Soul
Classics CD & Cassette SCL 2105 (58:51)
Released September 26, 1995
Compiled by David Nathan and Harry Young
Liner Notes by Harry Young
Released March 25, 2008
Arthur Conley:
Soul Directions (26:42)
10 Tracks
CCM0913 2 (Stereo)
Remastering by Bob Fisher
Arthur Conley:
More Sweet Soul (30:42)
12 Tracks
CCM0914 2 (Stereo)
Remastering by Bob Fisher
Released February 25, 2008
Arthur Conley: Fantastic CD
Complication #4
on
Blame It On The Dogg
The Swamp Dogg Anthology
1968-1978
(Kent CDKEND 293)
Compiled And Annotated by Tony Rounce
Also includes
God Bless by Wolfmoon and
Stop Knocking by Ruth Brown
Cash Box
June 8, 1974
Released January 15, 2008
Arthur Conley:
01. Complication #4 (3:30)
02. Do We Need A Change (2:52)
03. I Want Your Love (3:09)
04. Stop Knocking (2:40)
(Peaches, Capricorn album PRO 588)
05. Bless You (3:17)
(Capricorn CPR 0047 B, May 1974)
06. It's So Nice (When It's Somebody Else's Wife) 2:42
(Capricorn CPR 0047)
07. Do It Shake Your Booty (2:57)
The above seven selections plus God Bless (Atco single 45-6747) appeared on Arthur Conley One More Sweet Soul Music (Japan P-Vine 12" 45rpm album PJP-122, 1988):
Jerry Williams, Jr also co-wrote, produced and arranged Arthur Conley's Walking On Eggs / More Sweet Soul Music (Capricorn single CPR 0001, 1972) and Rita (Capricorn single CPR 0006, Billboard review July 29, 1972, Cash Box R&B #58).
Released October 2, 2007
The Stax / Volt Revue Live In Norway April 7, 1967 DVD
With Electrifying performances of Sweet Soul Music and In The Midnight Hour by Arthur Conley plus Otis Redding, Sam And Dave, Booker T And The MGs, Eddie Floyd and The Mar-Keys
Released March 12, 2007
Arthur Conley & The Sweaters
Recorded Live At The Ganzenhoef
In Amsterdam January 6, 1980
A Tribute To His Soul Brothers
(Walboomers WBB 003)
Originally
Lee Roberts And The Sweaters
Soulin' (Blue Shadow 4703) 1988
Original Sequence:
01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 16,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 07
Track #s 08, 09 and 17 Previously Unreleased
CD
01. You Don't Know Like I Know
02. You Send Me
03. My Girl
04. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
05. I've Been Loving You Too Long
06. Another Saturday Night
07. Twisting The Night Away
08. I Thank You
09. Stagger Lee
10. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
11. Bring It On Home To Me
12. (What A) Wonderful World
13. 634-5789 (That's My Number)
14. A Change Is Gonna Come
15. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
16. Don't Fight It
17. Soul Man
DVD (PAL)
01. Atlantis Kunst Magazin (12:15)
Arthur Conley Documentary
by Erik Lieshout
Aired March 6, 1988
VPRO Television
02. Reiziger In Muziek (57:17)
Arthur Conley Interviewed
by Erik Lieshout
Aired March 25, 2001
Dutch Subtitles
VPRO Television
Released March 19, 2007
Arthur Conley
The Platinum Collection (56:45)
(Warner Platinum / Rhino UK 8122-79994-6)
All Tracks Stereo
Except 01, 08, 10, 16 & 20
01. Sweet Soul Music
02. Funky Street
03. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
04. Shake, Rattle & Roll
05. Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack
06. Hear Say
07. People Sure Act Funny
08. Who's Foolin' Who
09. I Got A Feeling
10. I Can't Stop (No, No, No)
11. Something You Got
12. Stuff You Gotta Watch
13. That Can't Be My Baby
14. Run On
15. Shing-A-Ling
16. I'm A Lonely Stranger
17. Is That You Love
18. Speak Her Name
19. Take A Step
20. Take Me (Just As I Am)
21. This Love Of Mine
22. Otis Sleep On
Released June 20, 2006
Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers
ARTHUR CONLEY:
Rhino 77625
ROME (Wasn't Built in a Day) Mono
(Sam Cooke - Betty Prudhomme - Beverly Prudhomme)
Master 12919 Assigned June 28, 1967
(Previously Unreleased)
Produced by Rick Hall
&
THE SOUL CLAN:
THAT'S HOW IT FEELS (Mono)
In The Basement
#26, May - July 2002
Monday November 17, 2003
Soul Legend Arthur Conley passed away at age 57.
Memorial Service Saturday, November 22, 2003, de Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Kerkplein 1 Ruurlo.
Funeral and burial de Algemene Begraafplaats, Kerkhoflaan in Vorden.
Billboard.com November 17, 2003
Rolling Stone
Malaysia
FOK.NL Nieuws
New York Times November 19, 2003
CNN
FOX News
The Independent
Arthur Conley Live 2002 Photos by Jack Peijzel
Original Sixties Soul Show
Motownhead.NL
Planet.NL
Liberation.FR
Mucker.AT
The Times, November 26, 2003
The Guardian, December 2, 2003
Roctober #37, December 2003
Entertainment Weekly #743 / 744, December 26, 2003 - Jauary 2, 2004
Goldmine #611, December 26, 2003
Rolling Stone #938 / 939, December 25, 2003 - January 8, 2004
MOJO #122, January 2004
Billboard November 29, 2003
SECTION: R&B/HIP-HOP; Rhythm & Blues; Pg. 22
BYLINE: GAIL MITCHELL
LET US REMEMBER: In the busy hustle of everyday living, I just want to take time to acknowledge two artists who each made R&B history.
Chic drummer Tony Thompson was an influential musician whose mesmerizing beats accompanying bassist Bernard Edwards and guitarist Nile Rodgers not only pumped up such crossover classics as "Le Freak" and "Good Times" but graced albums by Madonna, Diana Ross and David Bowie, among others. He passed away Nov. 13 at age 48.
Singer Arthur Conley was discovered by the legendary Otis Redding. Recording initially under the moniker Arthur & the Corvets, he scored two top 10 R&B hits as a solo artist: "Sweet Soul Music" and "Funky Street." He died Nov. 17 at age 57.
Billboard November 29, 2003
November 29, 2003
SECTION: DEPARTMENTS; Mileposts; Pg. 55
DEATHS
Yvonne Williams, 63, of bone marrow cancer, Aug. 28 in Northridge, Calif. Williams was the wife of R&B vocalist/writer/producer Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams. She began her career in the early '70s with the Long Island, N.Y.-based label Mankind Records. As a songwriter, Williams penned hits for Inez & Charles Foxx and Solomon Burke. She was also active in East Coast DJ pools in the '70s and served as CEO of the family label, SDEG Records. In addition to her husband, Burke is survived by her husband, five daughters, two granddaughters and four grandsons.
Arthur Conley, 57, of intestinal cancer, Nov. 17 in Ruurlo, Holland. Soul singer Conley was discovered and managed by Otis Redding, who produced his 1967 No. 2 pop and R&B hit, "Sweet Soul Music." He had eight more R&B hits on Atco before moving to Europe in the '70s, where he continued to perform under the name Lee Roberts.
Five (5) Dutch Arthur Conley Articles November 2003
Arthur Conley, Soulman Te Ruurlo
Apostel van Otis Arthur Conley
A southern Soul singer turned international Pop star,
Arthur Conley
racked up nine Billboard chart entries from 1967 to 1970. Strongly
influenced by Sam Cooke and closely associated with Otis Redding, Arthur
Conley was an accomplished songwriter, a talented interpreter and a
riveting live performer.
Arthur Lee Conley was born January 4, 1946 in McIntosh, GA. In 1958, he
joined The Evening Smiles, an otherwise all-female Gospel group that
regularly performed on Atlanta's WAOK radio.
Conley's band, Arthur And The Corvets, released three
singles on Bill Lowery's Atlanta-based National Recording Corporation:
Poor Girl 2:28 I Believe 2:21 Flossie Mae 2:29 In late 1964, Conley joined his father in Baltimore, MD and recorded
"I'm A Lonely Stranger" for manager / promoter / booking agent Rufus
Mitchell's Ru-Jac label.
In 1965, Mitchell passed a copy of the Ru-Jac single to Otis Redding
after a concert at the Baltimore Theater. Redding was thoroughly impressed
with "I'm A Lonely Stranger" and before long, Conley was summoned to
Memphis to re-record the song at Stax Studios. Jim Stewart produced the
session with arranging help from Booker T.
"I'm A Lonely Stranger" became the second release on Atco-distributed
JOTIS Records. Jotis, named for Atlantic promo man Joe Galkin (b. 1902; d.
August 27, 1978) and Otis Redding, issued four singles:
Billy Young: Arthur Conley: Loretta Williams: Arthur Conley: Cash Box August 7, 1965: At Redding's direction, Conley recorded two singles in Alabama at Fame Studios. Released on Atco-distributed Fame Records in July 1966,
the blazing "I Can't Stop (No, No, No)" was written by Dan Penn ("Out Of
Left Field") with drummer Roger Hawkins. The 'B' side, "In The Same Old
Way," was a brooding ballad composed by Penn with keyboardist Linden
Spooner Oldham.
Recorded October 3, 1966, Conley's second Fame single featured "I'm
Gonna Forget About You" and "Take Me (Just As I Am)." Ten months after
Conley's version, "Take Me (Just As I Am)" became a Top Fifty
Billboard Pop item for Solomon Burke (see The Very Best Of
Solomon Burke, Rhino R2 72972, 1998).
Contrary to the ghost-written liner notes of the Sweet Soul
Music album, Arthur Conley never met Otis Redding during the Jotis and
Fame periods. Otis Redding and manager Phil Walden dealt with Arthur
Conley through Rufus Mitchell. But when Conley finally did meet Redding in
early 1967, the chemistry was undeniable. Conley moved into the Redding
camp, prompting a lawsuit from Rufus Mitchell.
As manager and mentor, Redding helped Conley understand business
affairs, encouraged his songwriting and gave him a say in repertoire
selection. According to Conley, "Otis always asked what I wanted to do. He
never did tell me what I had to do. That's what I liked about him." "Sweet Soul Music," Conley's first Atco single, was recorded at Fame on
or slightly before January 20 and certified Gold on June 23, 1967. "Sweet
Soul Music" (Billboard #2; Billboard R&B #2; Cash
Box #4; Cash Box R&B #1) was a Top Ten record in Canada,
England, the Netherlands and The Philippines. "Sweet Soul Music" was
Billboard's #17 Pop record of 1967 & #9 R&B 45. The
December 30, 1967 Billboard also named Arthur Conley #11 Pop male
artist and #18 R&B singles artist.
In a June 1995 interview on the origins of "Sweet Soul Music," Arthur
Conley said, "Sam Cooke was a great inspiration for me. I bought all his
albums. And 'Yeah Man' was on his Shake album. When I met Otis
Redding, I told him I'd like to record 'Yeah Man.' Otis liked it very much
as well. So he got on guitar with me and said, Let's change it like so,
and we came up with 'spotlight on the artist' and all those kinds of
things. But it was originally Sam Cooke. My idea was just to record 'Yeah
Man.' But Otis changed it around and retitled it 'Sweet Soul Music.'"
"Sweet Soul Music" paid tribute to Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, James
Brown and Lou Rawls. Otis Redding's name was added to the list at Conley's
suggestion. In fact, Conley received composer credit on the record for
that contribution alone. But Sam Cooke, the song's true author, was not
mentioned in the lyrics or credited as composer, a glaring injustice
remedied only after complaints from Kags music chief J.W. Alexander,
composer of "Let's Go Steady," the non-LP 'B' side of "Sweet Soul Music."
"Sweet Soul Music," a #1 hit on Detroit's WKNR, was a southern Soul
manifesto. The "spotlight" did not shine on Motown artists. Ironically,
the song that kept "Sweet Soul Music" from Billboard's top spot,
"The Happening" by The Supremes, was Motown's sixteenth #1 hit.
Although Stax guitarist Steve Cropper cited Maxwell House coffee
commercials in Gerri Hirshey's Nowhere To Run, "Sweet Soul Music"'s
ear-grabbing horn introduction came from Elmer Bernstein's theme from the
1960 film The Magnificent Seven as featured in Marlboro Man TV ads.
Backed with "You Don't Have To See Me," "Sweet Soul Music" appeared as
a flexible, wafer-thin Philco-Ford 45rpm 3 7/8" Hip-Pocket record with
picture sleeve.
Released in April 1967, the Sweet Soul Music LP was mainly a
collection of Jotis and Fame sides; the title cut, "Let Nothing Separate
Us" and the true Stereo "Wholesale Love" were the only new songs. Written
by Otis Redding, "Wholesale Love" was identified with Conley for three
years; Redding's version was not released until the Tell The Truth
LP (1970).
Invited by headliner Redding, Arthur Conley joined the March-April 1967
Stax-Volt Revue tour of Europe / Scandinavia with Sam & Dave, Eddie
Floyd, The Mar-Keys & Booker T. and the MGs. Frequently, Conley
received second billing. Later in the year, Conley, advertised as the
Prince Of Sweet Soul Music, was back in Europe on the "Soul Explosion"
tour with Sam and Dave, and Percy Sledge. Conley also appeared on the
French LP Rhythm & Blues Panorama (Stax 3006, 1967) with Otis
Redding, Sam and Dave, Rufus Thomas, etc.
Arthur Conley was booked in the United States as a mainstream Pop act.
For example, when 13,000 fans attended the Big WAYS Birthday concert in
Charlotte, NC on June 8, 1967, they saw Arthur Conley, Percy Sledge, Bobby
Vee, Robert Parker, The Royal Guardsmen, Mrs. Miller and superstar Lou Christie.
Conley was back at Fame on or slightly before May 17, 1967, recording
"Shake, Rattle And Roll," the follow-up to "Sweet Soul Music." Conley's
"Shake, Rattle And Roll" (Billboard #31; Billboard R&B
#20; Cash Box #47; Cash Box R&B #18) was a cover of Sam
Cooke's version of the Big Joe Turner chestnut. "Whole Lotta Woman"
(Billboard Pop #73; Cash Box Pop #92), recorded October 3,
1967, was also drawn from the Sam Cooke catalog. In yet another mix-up,
some copies of the "Whole Lotta Woman" single incorrectly credited Conley
as composer. "Let's Go Steady," "Get Yourself Another Fool" and "They Call
The Wind Maria" were also drawn from the Sam Cooke catalog.
Arthur Conley was in Florida when he learned that his friend &
protector, Otis Redding, had been killed in a Wisconsin plane crash
(December 10, 1967). Conley was devastated. "I just couldn't believe it,"
he said.
Operating from the Redwal Building, 535 Cotton Ave., Macon, GA 31201,
Phil Walden quickly assumed managerial control of Conley's career. But
with Redding gone, Conley was increasingly subjected to record company
interference and a notable lack of assistance from more experienced
Atlantic / Stax artists.
Still, Conley rebounded. On or slightly before February 5, 1968, he
went into American Studios, Memphis, with producer Tom Dowd. The pivotal
session yielded six tracks on Conley's 1995 Ichiban CD, including "People
Sure Act Funny" (Billboard #58; Billboard R&B #17;
Cash Box #41; Cash Box R&B #41), "Get Yourself Another
Fool," "Run On" (Billboard #115), the emotion-laden tribute "Otis
Sleep On" and the stellar Conley original "Put Our Love Together." The
highlight of the session was Conley's mind-blowing tribute to Atlanta's
Auburn Avenue, "Funky Street" (Billboard #14; Billboard
R&B #5; Cash Box #19; Cash Box R&B #10).
As detailed in Peter Guralnick's Sweet Soul Music, on February
6, 1968, The Soul Clan (Solomon Burke, Arthur Conley, Don Covay, Ben E.
King and Joe Tex) cut "Soul Meeting" / "That's How It Feels."
But Conley claims he was a reluctant participant, adding his vocal to the
master tape at the last minute, alone in New York.
Atlantic single 45-2530
Soul Meeting (Stereo) on
Soul Meeting (Mono) on
That's How I Feel (Stereo) on
That's How It Feels (Mono) on
That's How It Feels (Mono?) on
That's How It Feels (Mono) on
That's How It Feels (Mono) on
On Monday, March 11, 1968, Conley and his seven-piece band began a
month-long tour of the UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Denmark.
In September 1968, Conley was back in Memphis with Dowd, cutting "Aunt
Dora's Love Soul Shack" (Billboard #85; Billboard R&B
#41; Cash Box #75; Cash Box R&B #31). "Aunt Dora's Love
Soul Shack" spawned Syl Johnson's "Going To The Shack" (1969) & The
Temptations' "Psychedelic Shack" (1970).
The Beatles ("white") LP was released in the US on November 25,
1968. On or slightly before December 6, 1968, Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd
had Arthur Conley cut "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" at Fame. As the liner notes of
the More Sweet Soul LP said, "This tune is part of the beginnings
of a new influence in music called 'Rock Steady' that originated in
Jamaica. Conley took the song and the beat, added a dash of his special
soul treatment and came up with the first 'Soul-Steady' recording." Many
of the musicians from Wilson Pickett's November 27, 1968 "Hey Jude" Fame
session, including intrusive lead guitarist Duane Allman, appeared on
"Ob-La-Di" (Billboard #51; Billboard R&B #41; Cash
Box #74). On March 1, 1969, Conley performed "Ob-La-Di" on ABC-TV's
American Bandstand.
In his final outing with Tom Dowd, Arthur Conley cut "Star Review" at
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in July 1969. Cash Box: "Returning to
the formula that produced his 'Sweet Soul Music' smash, Arthur Conley
turns his booming talent to a dance fan session with powerhouse prospects
on the teen & blues circuit." Allen Toussaint, the song's composer,
wrote many of Lee Dorsey's hits, including "Working In The Coal Mine."
Switching to producer Johnny Sandlin, Conley entered Phil Walden's
Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA in December 1969. "They Call the Wind Maria,"
the best known song from the Broadway show Paint Your Wagon, was
timely in light of the Fall 1969 film version. "God Bless"
(Billboard #107; Billboard R&B #33; Cash Box #91;
Cash Box R&B #42) evoked O.C. Smith's hugely successful "Little
Green Apples" (1968).
In his final Atco session, October 7, 1970, Conley recorded "Nobody's
Fault But Mine" in Miami with future Millie Jackson producer Brad Shapiro
and Dave Crawford. The song, which originally appeared on The Immortal
Otis Redding LP (1968), was released as the 'B' side of Conley's
questionable Belafonte cover "Day-O."
From May 1971 to 1974, Arthur Conley recorded for Phil Walden's
Capricorn label. Four singles were released:
"I'm Living Good" / "I'm So Glad You're Here" (Capricorn 8017, BB rvw June 5, 1971)
"Walking On Eggs" / "More Sweet Soul Music" (Capricorn CPR 0001, 1972)
"Rita" / "More Sweet Soul Music" (Capricorn CPR 0006, BB rvw July 29, 1972,
Cash Box R&B #58)
"It's So Nice (When It's Someone Else's
Wife)" / "Bless You" Conley's " Stop Knocking" (recorded in Macon, GA, January 1974)
appeared on the various artists LP Peaches (Capricorn PRO 588).
In the 1970's, Conley resided in England and Belgium. In 1980, he moved
to the Netherlands and legally changed his name to "Lee Roberts." (Roberts
was his mother's maiden name.) In 1988, Lee Roberts and the Sweaters
released the Soulin' LP (Blue Shadow 4703, recorded live in
Amsterdam January 6, 1980).
In 1995, Conley's Art-Con Productions boasted nine divisions, including
Sweat Records (w/ the Lang-Lang band, vocal by Lee Roberts), Upcoming
Artists Records (w/ Attila's excellent version of "Funky Street"), Charity
Records, Lee's Disc Shop, Happy Jack Publishing and the New Age Culture
Exchange radio station.
"Sweet Soul Music" remains one of the best-loved Soul Classics of the
sixties. Rod Stewart, Jose Feliciano, Sam & Dave, and Run C&W have
recorded it. Tom Jones and Bruce Springsteen perform it in concert. "Sweet
Soul Music" even served as the theme for the 1992 NBC-TV sitcom Rhythm
and Blues.
Spotlight on Arthur Conley, y'all.
~ revised February 1998
Sweet Soul Music: The Best Of Arthur Conley
Arthur Conley Albums
Sweet Soul Music Shake, Rattle & Roll
Soul Directions
More Sweet Soul
V/A: Soul Clan
V/A: The Muscle Shoals Sound V/A: Rubber Souled Best Of Arthur Conley
The Original 10 Track The Original 12 Track
Released November 23, 2004
Sweet Soul Music / Shake, Rattle & Roll 01. Sweet Soul Music
11. Shake, Rattle & Roll Released April 16, 2006
Sweet Soul Music
01. Sweet Soul Music
Sweet Soul Music: The Best Of Arthur Conley Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1996
The (Glasgow) Herald, Jan 27, 1996
Sweet Soul Music: The Best Of Arthur Conley
Billboard, Aug 26, 1995 (& ad) Arthur Conley / Lee Roberts in 2002:
by Harry Young
A Different
LOU CHRISTIE &
LOU CHRISTIE
JOE TEX TwiNight Records ~ Syl Johnson
VRIJ Nederland
22-12-2001
Door Sander Donkers
Dutch Interview & Photos
ARTHUR CONLEY
CD LINER NOTES (1995)
by Harry Young
(Arthur Conley)
(S-203-A 318) /
Darling I Love You 2:44
(Arthur Conley)
(S-203-B 318)
NA-R-CO single 203
(Eddie Davis)
(FC-232-A 240) /
Miracles 2:04
(Arthur Conley)
(FC-232-B 240)
NRC single 2781-232
Produced by Wallace Span(n)
(Arthur Conley)
(2871-341 CM 1076) /
Aritha 2:27
(Arthur Conley)
(2871-34-2 CM 1077)
NRC single 2871-34-1 / 2871-34-2
"The Sloopy" (Redding) (429-A) (9046) /
"Same Thing
All Over" (Redding) (429-B) (9047)
Jotis 469, Billboard review
July 17, 1965
Produced by Big O Productions
"I'm A Lonely Stranger" (9307) Copyright Sept 7, 1965
/
"Where You Lead Me" (9306)
Jotis 470,
masters assigned Sept
15, 1965
"Baby Cakes" (Redding) (JO-9482)
Copyright Jan 17,
1966 /
"I'm Missing You" (Redding-Williams) (JO-9481)
Copyright Jan
17, 1966
Jotis 471,
masters assigned November 5, 1965
Billboard review December 18, 1965
"Who's Foolin' Who" (Conley) (J-432-A) (9854)
Copyright Feb 1, 1966 /
"There's A Place For Us" (Conley) (J-432-B)
(9855)
Copyright Feb 1, 1966
Jotis 472,
masters assigned Jan 19,
1966
Variety review Feb 16, 1966
Billboard review March 5, 1966.
Otis Redding Forms Indie Production Firm: Big O Productions, Redwal Music & Jotis Records
THE SOUL CLAN:
Soul Meeting (13857) /
That's How It Feels (13858)
Masters Assigned February 6, 1968, Nashville
BB & CB Rvws June 29, 1968
BB ad July 13, 1968
Ent BB R&B July 20, 1968
Picture Sleeve
ATCO album SD 33-281 SOUL CLAN
The Very Best Of Solomon Burke (Rhino)
ATCO album SD 33-281 SOUL CLAN
ALI Soundtrack II
Another Day In Paradise Soundtrack
Beg, Scream & Shout (Rhino)
Sanctified Soul (Kent UK)
(Capricorn CPR 0047, May 1974).
Special Thanks to David Nathan
Ichiban / Soul
Classics CD & Cassette SCL 2105,
Compiled by David Nathan and Harry Young April 12, 1995
01. I'm A Lonely Stranger
(Arthur Conley-Otis Redding)
or (Arthur Conley-Rufus Mitchell)
Master 9307 Copyright Sept 7, 1965
Master assigned Sept 15, 1965 Stax
Jotis 470
02. Who's Fooling Who
(Arthur Conley) Copyright Feb 1, 1966
Master 9854 Jotis 432-A
Master assigned Jan 19, 1966, Stax
Jotis 472, Var Feb 16, 1966
03. In the Same Old Way
(Dan Pennington-Linden Oldham)
Copyright Jan 25, 1966
Master 10470 assigned July 12, 1966,
Fame Studios
Fame 1007 B
04. I Can't Stop (No, No, No)
(Dan Pennington-Roger Hawkins)
Copyright May 23, 1966
Master 10471 assigned July 12, 1966,
Fame Studios
Fame 1007, Billboard Aug 13, 1966
05. Take Me (Just As I Am)
(Dan Pennington-Linden Oldham)
Copyright May 4, 1965
Master 10886 assigned Oct 3, 1966,
Fame Studios
Fame 1009
06. Sweet Soul Music
(Sam Cooke-Arthur Conley-Otis Redding)
Copyright Jun 19, 1967
Master 11557 assigned Jan 20, 1967,
Fame Studios
Atco 45-6463, BB Feb 11, 1967
BB #2 BB R&B #2 CB #4 CB R&B #1
WCFL #4 WLS #7 WKNR #1 CKLW #1
CHUM #3 NME #9 MM #9 RR #7
07. Let's Go Steady
(James W. Alexander) Copyright Feb 9, 1959
Master 11558 assigned Jan 20, 1967,
Fame Studios
Atco 45-6463 B
08. Wholesale Love
(Otis Redding) Copyright Sept 5, 1967
Master 11874 assigned Mar 10, 1967,
Fame Studios
09. Shake, Rattle & Roll
(Jesse Stone)
Master 12436 assigned May 17, 1967,
Fame Studios
Atco 45-6494, BB Jun 3, 1967
BB #31 BB R&B #20 CB #47
CB R&B #18 WLS #37 CHUM #30
10. Whole Lotta Woman
(Sam Cooke~ so, BB rvw) or
(J.W. Alexander-Lowell Jordan)
Copyright Mar 1, 1961
Master 13122 assigned Oct 3, 1967
Atco 45-6529, BB & CB Oct 21, 1967
BB #73 CB #92
11. People Sure Act Funny
(Titus Turner-James McDougal)
Copyright May 8, 1963, Turner only
Master 13839 assigned Feb 5, 1968,
American Studios, Memphis, TN
Atco 45-6588, BB Jun 8, 1968
BB #58 BB R&B #17 CB #41
CB R&B #41 WLS #31 CHUM #33
12. Funky Street Stereo
(Arthur Conley-Earl Simms)
Copyright Apr 4, 1968
Master 13840 assigned Feb 5, 1968,
American Studios, Memphis, TN
Atco 45-6563, BB & CB Mar 9, 1968
BB #14 BB R&B #5 CB #19
CB R&B #10 WLS #8 WCFL #10
CHUM #37 RR #46
13. Get Yourself Another Fool Stereo
(Ernest Tucker-Frank Haywood)
Master 13844 assigned Feb 5, 1968,
American Studios, Memphis, TN
14. Run On Stereo
(Arthur Conley-Earl Simms)
Copyright Mar 17, 1969
Master 13845 assigned Feb 5, 1968,
American Studios, Memphis, TN
Atco 45-6661, BB & CB Mar 22, 1969
BB #115
15. Otis Sleep On Stereo
(Arthur Conley) Copyright Jun 24, 1968
Master 13848 assigned Feb 5, 1968,
American Studios, Memphis, TN
Atco 45-6640 B (Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da)
16. Put Our Love Together Stereo
(Arthur Conley) Copyright Apr 4, 1968
Master 13849 assigned Feb 5, 1968,
American Studios, Memphis, TN
Atco 45-6563 B (Funky Street)
17. Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack Stereo!
(Arthur Conley-
Ronald Cranston Grier-
Jackie Avery-
Earl Edward Simms)
Copyright Nov 4, 1968
Master 15283 assigned Sept 24, 1968,
American Studios, Memphis, TN
Atco 45-6622, BB & CB Oct 12, 1968
BB #85 BB R&B #41 CB #75
CB R&B #31
18. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
(John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
Master 15812 assigned Dec 6, 1968,
Fame Studios
Atco 45-6640, CB Dec 21, 1968
19. Star Review
(Allen Toussaint-Warren Lee)
Master 17397 assigned July 24, 1969,
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Atco 45-6706, BB & CB Aug 16, 1969
20. They Call The Wind Maria
(Frederick Loewe-Alan Jay Lerner)
Master 18325 assigned Dec 23, 1969,
Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA
Atco 45-6733, CB Feb 14, 1970
BB Feb 21, 1970
21. God Bless
(Jerry Williams, Jr.) Copyright Jan 17, 1969
Master 18327 assigned Dec 23, 1969,
Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA
Atco 45-6747, BB Apr 4, 1970
CB Apr 11, 1970
BB #107 BB R&B #33 CB #91
CB R&B #42
22. Nobody's Fault But Mine Stereo
(Otis Redding)
Master 20293 assigned Oct 7, 1970,
Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
Atco 45-6790 B (Day-O)
For Atlantic [Mono / Stereo compatible] CSG Stereo,
see Cash Box
April 6, 1968.
The CSG era began by Conley CD cut #11, People Sure Act
Funny.
Atco
SD33-215, CB Apr 29, 1967
BB #93 CB
#65
Atco
SD33-220, BB Aug 19, 1967
BB
#193
Atco SD33-243, BB & CB Jun 1, 1968
BB
#185
Atco SD33-276, CB Feb 15, 1969
BB Feb 22,
1969
Atco SD33-281, BB & CB Feb 22, 1969
w/
Sweet Soul Music & Funky Street
Rhino R2 71517, 1993
w/ Sweet
Soul Music
Risky Business AK53918, 1993
w/ poor
quality Stereo Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
UK Atlantic K 20062, 1973
Sweet Soul Music album (26:15)
German / Sweden Atlantic CD 7567-80284, July 2002
Mostly Mono CD with "Wholesale Love" and "Let Nothing Separate Us" in Stereo
More Sweet Soul album (30:43)
German Atlantic CD 7567-80768-2, July 20, 1998
All Tracks Mega-Stereo
Collectables COL CD 7632
Stereo Tracks 06, 09 and 11 - 20
Original Album Liner Notes
02. Take Me (Just As I Am)
03. Who's Foolin' Who
04. There's A Place For Us
05. I Can't Stop (No No No)
06. Wholesale Love
07. I'm A Lonely Stranger
08. I'm Gonna Forget About You
09. Let Nothing Separate Us
10. Where You Lead Me
12. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
13. Love Got Me
14. A Change Is Gonna Come
15. Hand And Glove
16. Ha! Ha! Ha!
17. You Don't Have To See Me
18. Baby What You Want Me To Do
19. I'll Take The Blame
20. Keep On Talking
Priceless Collection
Collectables COL CD 9983
Stereo Tracks 03 – 06, 09 – 10
Three Previously Unpublished Dezo Hoffmann Photos
02. Funky Street
03. Shake Rattle And Roll
04. I've Been Loving You Too Long
05. A Change Is Gonna Come
06. Let Nothing Separate Us
07. I Can't Stop (No, No, No)
08. Take Me (Just As I Am)
09. Baby What You Want Me To Do
10. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Ichiban / Soul
Classics CD & Cassette SCL 2105,
Compiled by David Nathan and Harry Young April 12, 1995
CD
& Cassette released September 26, 1995
The Vaults: CD
Reissues
**** Arthur Conley's Sweet Soul Music: The Best Of Arthur
Conley, Ichiban/Soul Classics. Conley is a soul singer from the 60s
who is best known today for the infectious hit Sweet Soul Music, whose
lyric salutes some of his vocal heroes, including his manager and mentor
Otis Redding. But there's much more to consider in this 22-song
collection, taken chiefly from his Atco recordings. Like Redding, Conley
was greatly influenced by Sam Cooke. You'd swear in a blindfold test, in
fact, that it was Cooke singing Let's Go Steady. Conley was devastated
when Redding, who also produced some of Conley's records, was killed in a
1967 plane crash, and wrote a highly personal tribute song, "Otis Sleep
On." The Tribute tune was released as the flip side of Conley's version of
the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." Both are included here. Though his
impact as a recording artist was pretty much over by the 70's, Conley
continues to perform in Europe.
~ ROBERT HILBURN
New albums are
rated on a scale of one star (poor),
two stars (fair), three stars
(good) & four stars (excellent)
"Come with me now down
to Funky Street, for this where the grooviest people meet. Their purpose?
To move it to the west and move it to the south prior to turning around
and kissing their partner on the mouth- dig? This 22-track CD is largely
based on the four Atco albums made by groovy street-funker Arthur Conley,
the cruelly-underrated protege of Otis Redding, between 1966 and 1969.
Arthur's smokey pleadings are well-served by top-notch songsmiths,
including Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, Allen Toussaint, and Jerry
Williams, as well as Otis himself. Sweet Soul Music and the
afforementioned Funky Street remain Arthur's best-known hits, but if you
like good music, Arthur Conley can provide plenty. Buy this collection,
and then write to its creator at his current place of European exile in
order to affirm your undying belief in the lure of soul-power."
--
DAVID BELCHER
Ichiban /Soul
Classics CD reviewed / mentioned:
ICE, Sept 1995
(& ad)
Goldmine, Dec 22, 1995
DisCoveries, Feb
1996
Riverfront Times, Jordan Oakes 1995
Record
Collector #201, May 1996
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Dec 15,
1995
Blue Suede News #34
Riverfront Times, Jan 8-14,
1997
Honorable Mention, Terry Perkins' Best of 1996
Living
Blues #126, Mar/Apr 1996
Yoni's Soul Of The Net
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Arthur Conley Atlantic Masters
9306 Where You Lead Me LP1
9307 I'm A Lonely Stranger LP1
assigned Sept 15, 1965, Stax, Memphis
~ Jotis 470
9854 Who's Fooling Who LP1
9855 There's A Place For Us LP1
assigned Jan 19, 1966, Stax, Memphis
~ Jotis 472
10470 In The Same Old Way
10471 I Can't Stop (No, No, No) LP1
assigned July 12, 1966, Fame
~ Fame 1007
10885 I'm Gonna Forget About You LP1
10886 Take Me (Just As I Am) LP1
assigned Oct 3, 1966, Fame
~ Fame 1009
11557 Sweet Soul Music LP1
11558 Let's Go Steady
assigned Jan 20, 1967, Fame
~ Atco 45-6463
11874 Wholesale Love LP1
11875 Love Got Me LP2
11876 Ha! Ha! Ha! LP2
11877 Let Nothing Separate Us LP1
11878 Give Me A Little Time
assigned Mar 10, 1967, Fame
12047 In The Midnight Hour
12048 Sweet Soul Music
12070 In The Midnight Hour
12071 Sweet Soul Music
12092 In The Midnight Hour
12093 Sweet Soul Music
12118 634-5789
12119 Sweet Soul Music
12202 In The Midnight Hour
12203 Sweet Soul Music
12226 In The Midnight Hour
12227 Sweet Soul Music
live w/ Stax / Volt Revue, Mar 1967, Olympia Theatre, Paris
12434 You Don't Have To See Me LP2
12436 Shake, Rattle & Roll LP2
~ Atco 45-6494
12435 Come On Over
12451 Hand And Glove LP2
12452 Little Piece Of Leather
12453 I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) LP2
12454 Keep On Talking LP2
12455 Baby What You Want Me To Do LP2
12456 I'll Take The Blame LP2
12457 A Change Is Gonna Come LP2
assigned May 17, 1967, Fame
12918 Country Boy
12919 Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
12920 A Year, A Month And A Day
Co-written by Arthur Conley
Cut by Jotis' Billy Young
Mercury 72769
Prod / Arr by Otis Redding
12921 Love Comes And Goes
assigned Jun 28, 1967
13122 Whole Lotta Woman
13123 Love Comes And Goes
~ Atco 45-6529
13124 Shout Bama Lama (2nd Version)
13125 Funky Street
13126 Come On / Let The Good Times Roll
13127 Shout Bama Lama (1st Version)
assigned Oct 3, 1967, American, Memphis
13839 People Sure Act Funny LP3
13840 Funky Street LP3
13849 Put Our Love Together LP3
~ Atco 45-6588
13841 This Love Of Mine LP3
13842 Burning Fire LP3
13843 One Night Is All I Need LP4
13844 Get Yourself Another Fool LP3
13845 Run On LP4
13846 You Really Know LP3
13847 Something You've Got LP4
13848 Otis Sleep On LP3
assigned Feb 5, 1968, American, Memphis
The Soul Clan:
13857 Soul Meeting
13858 That's How It Feels
assigned Feb 6, 1968, Nashville
~ Atlantic 45-2530
14355 Hear Say LP3
assigned Apr 25, 1968
14524 People Sure Act Funny (45 edit)
assigned Feb 5, 1968, American, Memphis
14556 Burning Fire
assigned May 10, 1968, American, Memphis
~ Atco 45-6588
( - ) Mister B. (Funky Street)
14355 Hear Say
~ Atlantic ATL-NP 03073 (Italy) Sept 1968
14675 (La Ragatsa) "Piu" Bellissima
14676 Il Fuoco Brucia
rec Jun 13, 1968, Atlantic NYC
~ Atlantic ATL-NP 03074 (Italy) Sept 1968
15281 Take A Step LP4
15282 Summer's Gone
15283 Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack LP4
15284 Is That You Love LP4
~ Atco 45-6622
15285 You Mis-use Me
assigned Sept 24, 1968 , American, Memphis
13848 Otis Sleep On LP3
assigned Feb 5, 1968, American, Memphis
15812 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da LP4
~ Atco 45-6640
15813 Shing-A-Ling LP4
15814 I Got A Feeling LP4
13845 Run On rec Feb 5, 1968 LP4
15815 Speak Her Name LP4
~ Atco 45-6661
15816 That Can't Be My Baby LP4
15817 Stuff You Gotta Watch LP4
assigned Dec 6, 1968, Fame
Intrusive Duane Allman, Guitar;
David Hood, Bass;
Barry Beckett, Keyboards;
Roger Hawkins, Drums;
Jimmy Johnson, Guitar
17397 Star Review
17398 Love Sure Is A Powerful Thing
rec Jul 24, 1969, Muscle Shoals Sound
~ Atco 45-6706
17521 Have Mercy
17522 Keep The Music Playin'
17523 He's Got It Bad
17524 She's Got It Bad
assigned Aug 14, 1969
18325 They Call the Wind Maria
18326 Hurt
~ Atco 45-6733
18327 God Bless
18328 (Your Love Has Brought Me) A Mighty Long Way
~ Atco 45-6747
assigned Dec 23, 1969, Capricorn, Macon, GA
19676 All Day Singing
~ UK Atlantic 2091 025
19677 If He Walked Today
assigned Jul 13, 1970
20232 Day-O
rec Sept 30, 1970, Electric Lady NYC
20293 Nobody's Fault But Mine
assigned Criteria, Miami Oct 7, 1970
~ Atco 45-6790
22003 I'm Living Good
22004 I'm Glad You're Here
rec Capricorn, Macon, GA
~ Capricorn C-8017, BB rvw June 5, 1971
28460 Love Is Here
rec July 11, 1967, Fame
29984 I'm Falling In Love With You
29985 I'm Gonna Love You
29986 What Do You Say If The Answer Is No
rec Fame
~~~
I Got You Babe
(Sonny Bono) /
Another Time
(L. Sayer - D. Courtney)
~ Holland CBS 4801, 1976
"Arthur Conley"
Running Shoes /
Run, Run Mon Automobile
Kameleon single KA 2301
THE TAMMYS:
EGYPTIAN SHUMBA:
THE SINGLES AND
RARE RECORDINGS 1962-1964
(RPM 330)
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THE VERY BEST OF
THE MGM RECORDINGS
(RPM 284)
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