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29.4.25

BARBARA ACKLIN — The Best Of Barbara Acklin (2009) Priceless Collection Series | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Barbara Acklin is one of the great lost soul singers of the late '60s/early '70s. Her biggest hit, the sultry "Love Makes a Woman," only made a tiny splash on the charts. The rest of her work was doomed to be heard only by soul fanatics and collectors. Brunswick has done a fine job keeping her work in the public eye by releasing her original albums and a couple of collections. EMI Special Markets' The Best of Barbara Acklin: Ten Best Series attempts to take her work to a larger audience, but at only ten tracks falls short of capturing the soul of Acklin. "Love Makes a Woman" is here along with her other semi-hit, the sunny "Am I the Same Girl," as are her lush duet with Gene Chandler, "Show Me the Way to Go," and a song Acklin wrote with Eugene Record, the finger-popping "After You." The collection is let down, however, by the inclusion of her pedestrian covers of "The Look of Love" and "What the World Needs Now Is Love." Adding a couple of her own fine compositions would have been much more satisfying. Still, if all you care about is getting hold of Acklin's two best-known songs and don't need much else, this collection is OK. Tim Sendra
Tracklist :
1. Love Makes A Woman 2:57
 Carl Davis / Eugene Record / William Sanders / Gerald Simms
2. Am I The Same Girl 2:58
 Eugene Record / Sonny Sanders
3. Show Me The Way To Go (With Gene Chandler) 2:34
 Barbara Acklin / Carl Davis / Eugene Record
4. After You 2:29
 Barbara Acklin / Cole Porter / Eugene Record
5. Just Ain't No Love 2:47
 Carl Davis / Eugene Record
6. I Did It 2:39
 Eugene Record
7. You've Been In Love Too Long 3:04
 Ivory Joe Hunter / Ivy Jo Hunter / Clarence Paul / William "Mickey" Stevenson
8. What THe World Needs Now Is Love 2:27
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
9. The Look Of Love 2:25
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
10. Fool, Fool, Fool (Look In The Mirror) 2:41
 Rudy Clark

23.3.18

BARBARA ACKLIN – The Complete Barbara Acklin On Brunswick Records (2004) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Favoring a supple, sophisticated approach quite distinct from the grittier sound of her Chicago rivals, soul diva Barbara Acklin cut some of the finest records to come out of the Windy City in the late '60s, most notably "Love Makes a Woman" and "Am I the Same Girl." She also cut her fair share of overbaked dross, which renders The Complete Barbara Acklin on Brunswick Records such a generous but frustrating listen. Assembling all five of the LPs Acklin cut for Brunswick between 1968 and 1973 -- an output totaling 45 songs -- the set offers the kind of all-inclusive, respectful treatment rarely afforded to artists of Acklin's limited commercial stature, but given the abundance of inferior material, listeners without completist impulses will be far better served by more focused best-of collections. That said, diligent listeners will find some classic performances outside of the familiar hits, most of them originating from the pen of the Chi-Lites' Eugene Record, whose nuanced melodies and sublime arrangements (in particular the transcendent "Here Is a Heart") fit Acklin's soulful vocals like a glove. Jason Ankeny
Tracklist :
Love Makes A Woman
1-1 What The World Needs Now Is Love 2:26
1-2 The Look Of Love 2:23
1-3 The Old Matchmaker 2:54
1-4 Come And See Me Baby 2:57
1-5 I've Got You Baby 2:14
1-6 Love Makes A Woman 2:57
1-7 Please Sunrise, Please 2:50
1-8 Your Sweet Loving 2:37
1-9 Yes I See The Love (I Missed) 2:34
1-10 To Sir, With Love 2:23
1-11 Be By My Side 2:37
Bonus Track
1-12 Fool, Fool, Fool (Look In The Mirror) 2:41

Seven Days Of Night
1-13 A Raggedy Ride 2:36
1-14 Go With Love 2:15
1-15 Seven Days Of Night 2:43
1-16 Just Ain't No Love 2:48
1-17 Where Would I Go 2:42
1-18 Am I The Same Girl 3:02
1-19 Until You Return 3:08
1-20 This Girl's In Love With You 4:26
1-21 Here Is A Heart 2:41
1-22 Mr. Sunshine (Where Is My Shadow) 2:38
1-23 Love Had Come To Stay 3:05

Someone Else's Arms
2-1 Someone Else's Arms
2-2 After You
2-3 Is It Me
2-4 Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
2-5 What's It Gonna Be
2-6 More (Theme From "Mondo Cane")
2-7 He's Just A Little Guy
2-8 More Today Than Yesterday
2-9 Spinning Wheel
2-10 More Ways Than One
2-11 You've Been In Love Too Long

I Did It
2-12 I Did It
2-13 I Can't Do My Thing
2-14 I'm Living With A Memory
2-15 Make The Man Love You

I Call It Trouble
2-16 I'll Make Me A Man
2-17 I Call It Trouble
2-18 Lady Lady Lady
2-19 Portrait Of A Broken Heart
2-20 Stop, Look And Listen (To Your Heart)
2-
21 It's A Groovy Idea
- BONUS TRACKS -
2-22  Love You Are Mine Today

AHMAD JAMAL — Pittsburgh (1989) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

On Pittsburgh, an ambitious tribute to his late mother and his hometown, Ahmad Jamal enlists the help of Chicago-based arranger Richard Eva...