LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Desperately collectable Southern Soul from the early 70s, produced and mostly written by genre giant Jerry Williams a.k.a. Swamp Dogg.

The Sandra Phillips tracks - originally released as a long-unavailable Canyon album, 37 years ago, have long been rated alongside those that Swamp produced on Doris Duke (hear them on CDKEND 242) and Irma Thomas (CDKEND 260). This is their first appearance on UK CD for many years, and the first time that they have been mastered from pristine sources.

Some of the tracks by the terminally obscure Bette Williams were released as 45s, while others were scheduled for a completed, but never issued, 1971 album. This is their first appearance on CD, anywhere.

Recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL and Macon, GA with A-list musicians in attendance, this is deep soul from a woman's viewpoint that will take you where most soul music fears to go.

Our other Swamp Dogg related releases have sold massively and we predict that this will do likewise.

Track listing:

1. SANDRA PHILLIPS
2. RESCUE SONG
3. I'VE BEEN DOWN SO LONG
4. MY MAN AND ME
5. TO THE OTHER WOMAN (I'M THE OTHER WOMAN)
6. NOW THAT I'M GONE (WHY ARE YOU LEAVING?)
7. SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER
8. AFTER ALL I AM YOUR WIFE
9. GHOST OF MYSELF
10. IF YOU GET HIM (HE NEVER WAS MINE)
11. SHE DIDN'T KNOW (SHE KEPT ON TALKING)
12. PLEASE DON'T SEND HIM BACK TO ME
13. SOME MOTHER'S SON
14. HE TOOK MY HAND
15. NOW THAT I'M GONE (WHY ARE YOU LEAVING)?
16. IF SHE'S YOUR WIFE (WHO AM I)
17. CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING
18. A FEELING (FOR SOMEONE ELSE HAS GROWN)
19. ANOTHER MAN TOOK MY HUSBAND'S PLACE
20. IF YOU GET HIM (HE NEVER WAS MINE)
21. GOT TO TRAVEL ON
22. ROBIN RIGHT ON (Instrumental)