Best-known for producing some of the greatest southern soul from their Muscle Shoals, Alabama studios, FAME was successful at any type of music they turned their hands to. The young writers and musicians were as keen to replicate the sound of Motown as they were to follow the innovative sounds of Stax.This CD spotlights uptempo southern grit with club classics like Clarence Carter’s ‘Looking For A Fox’ and Arthur Conley’s ‘I Can’t Stop; No, No, No’, but the label was also capable of chasing on-the-fours dance appeal, with James Barnett’s ‘Keep On Talking’ and Linda Carr’s ‘Everytime’. They could also ape the big city soul sounds of New York and LA with tracks such as Jimmy Hughes’ ‘I’m Getting Better’ and June Conquest’s ‘Almost Persuaded’. When the more produced sounds of the 70s arrived, they were more than adept as with George Soule’s ‘Midnight Affair’ (issued at the time by Sandra Wright) and their whole string of hits for Candi Staton.
- 1. Keep On Talking - James Barnett
- 2. A World of My Own - Billy & Clyde
- 3. It's Not Safe To Mess Over Me - George Jackson
- 4. Slippin' Around With You - Art Freeman
- 5. It Ain't What You Got - Jimmy Hughes
- 6. Looking For a Fox - Clarence Carter
- 7. In the Heat of Love - Marjorie Ingram
- 8. One More Hurt - Candi Staton
- 9. I'm At the Breaking Point - Spencer Wiggins
- 10. You Really Know How To Hurt a Guy - Ralph "Soul" Jackson
- 11. Almost Persuaded - June Conquest
- 12. I'm Getting Better - Jimmy Hughes
- 13. A Stone Loser - Ben & Spence
- 14. Holding On (To a Dying Love) - Spencer Wiggins
- 15. Midnight Affair - George Soule
- 16. Your Love Lifted Me - James Govan
- 17. I'm Qualified - Otis Clay
- 18. Love Light - Herman Moore
- 19. The Door To My Heart - Dan Brantley
- 20. I Can't Stop (No, No, No) - Arthur Conley
- 21. Come Back Baby - Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces
- 22. Everytime - Linda Carr
- 23. Ten Miles High - David & the Giants
- 24. Love is a Wonderful Thing - Prince Phillip
