Although he worked in funk and blues bands early in his career, Seal is by no means a classic soul singer. He's been virtually everything else, starting with house music in his native London, and later turning to various flavors of adult contemporary and pop music. But the power and sincerity of his voice is indisputably great, which makes him a natural to sing soul music -- where passion and conviction are prerequisites. Soul, his tribute album to the great soul songs of all time, is a sincere, well...   [ read more ]

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Guy Stevens, the noted British producer, record collector, and all-around mad genius, ran the U.K. branch of Sue Records between 1963 and 1967, and used it as a soapbox for championing classic R&B obscurities and U.S. soul hits that had somehow failed to cross the Atlantic. During Stevens' tenure with Sue, three UK Sue Label Story LPs were issued, collecting some of his fave rave sides released by the label, and a fourth album had been promised before Stevens parted ways with the fi...   [ read more ]

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