All 28 songs from Carr's 1964-1970 Goldwax singles are here, which is enough to make it a fair bid for a good best-of compilation, although it doesn't have everything he recorded. About half of the songs on this British import are not on the most well-known American CD compilation of Carr's work, The Essential James Carr, and those tracks are consistent with the level of his other Goldwax recordings, although they don't include anything on the level of "The Dark End of the Street" or {&"P...   [ read more ]

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This CD reissue of Carr's first album, 1967's You Got My Mind Messed Up, doubles the length of that LP with no less than 12 bonus tracks, all of them rare and unreleased. You Got My Mind Messed Up is a fine '60s Memphis soul album, even if, in the manner of many LPs of the time, it's largely built around previously released singles. Indeed, ten of the 12 songs drawn from the original You Got My Mind Messed Up LP also show up on Carr's Ace compilation The Complete Goldwax Singles, th...   [ read more ]

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Expect a plethora of James Carr CDs to gut the market; the late singer was always idolized by deep soul lovers for his pure vocal style, unpolished but smooth without any slickness or gloss. The reluctant singer always had issues and often went into laconic states during conversations. But earthy soul lovers will treasure these tracks, which features a smattering of his biggest hits, "The Dark End of the Street" and "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man," and some not so common like {&"Memphis at...   [ read more ]

CD $16.13