Hangin' On
Released: Jul 31, 2001
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Released: Jul 31, 2001
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Variety will keep this CD spinning on your player. Sounding like Sam Cooke on some cuts (i.e., "Don't Let Me Lose This Feeling"); Tyrone Davis on others; and Mr. Joe Simon on "Chokin' Kind," "(You...
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Monument of Soul
Released: Apr 3, 2001
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Released: Apr 3, 2001
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Monument of Soul is a comprehensive collection of Joe Simon's 1966-1972 releases on the Sound Stage 7 label, including nearly everything that he put out on singles through the company during that...
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Love Vibrations/Happy Birthday Baby
Released: Jul 11, 2000
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Released: Jul 11, 2000
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In 2000, Southbound reissued Joe Simon's Love Vibrations/Happy Birthday Baby together for the first time on one disc. Love Vibrations originally was released in 1979 on the Spring imprint. ~ Rob...
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Easy to Love/A Bad Case of Love
Released: May 16, 2000
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Released: May 16, 2000
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In 2000, Southbound released Easy to Love/A Bad Case of Love, which contained two complete albums -- Easy to Love (1977, originally released on Spring) and A Bad Case of Love (1978, originally...
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The Chokin' Kind/Better Than Ever
Released: May 11, 1999
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Released: May 11, 1999
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This two-fer CD (which replicates a double-LP reissue from 1976) pulls together two strong albums Joe Simon recorded in 1969 onto one disc. While The Chokin' Kind sounds a bit more spare in terms...
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Music in My Bones: The Best of Joe Simon
Released: Nov 11, 1997
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Released: Nov 11, 1997
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Music in My Bones: The Best of Joe Simon is a superb 20-track collection that contains the best of the soul singer's recordings between 1966 and 1976. During those ten years, he recorded for Sound...
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Lookin' Back: The Best of Joe Simon
Released: Apr 7, 1994
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Released: Apr 7, 1994
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There is a certain weary, desperate edge to Joe Simon's voice that makes every song he sings feel like a plea for personal redemption, and no singer better bridges the thematic connections between...
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