- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
It's well known that UK Sue's A&R guru Guy Stevens always intended to compile and issue a fourth vinyl volume of "The Sue Story". Now, just 39 years after the original Volume 3 found its way into record stores and by genuine popluar demand, Ace and Kent have further honoured Guy's visionary A&R policy by putting our own spin on things, with a Volume 4 that brings together a bunch of rarities - all originally released in the UK on Sue - that may well have formed that core of Guy's own 'wish list' for a fourth vinyl instalment.
The CD features many artists whose names will - for UK soul and R&B collectors, at least - be indelibly associated with the familiar yellow and red imprint. It also features many extremely obscure acts whose repertoire took an extra amount of tracking down, but who we're extremely glad to have on board alongside the more familiar names.
The featured repertoire ranges from Chicago R&B to Big City Soul, from stomping rockers to the deepest Southern Soul from the Stax studios - all totally reflective of the catholic tastes and A&R policy of the late, great Guy S. Around a third of the tracks have never been reissued on CD or LP!
Meticulously mastered from the best available sources, and lovingly annotated by UK R&B journalist and UK Sue obsessive Mike Atherton, this is as compelling a collection of truly great 60s soul and R&B as you'll find anywhere
Track listing:1. Good Time Tonight - THE SOUL SISTERS
2. A Fool In Love - IKE & TINA TURNER
3. La De Da I Love You - INEZ & CHARLIE FOXX
4. I Put A Spell on You - SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS
5. Down The Aisle - PATTI LaBELLE AND THE BLUEBELLES
6. Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1 - HUEY PIANO SMITH AND HIS CLOWNS
7. Odds And Ends - JIMMY REED
8. Doodlin' - BABY WASHINGTON
9. Steal Your Heart Away - BOBBY PARKER
10. Lost In A Dream - BUSTER BROWN
11. Pork Chops - THE DORSETS
12. Lenny Goofed - THE NATURALS
13. Knocking At Your Door - ELMORE JAMES
14. Love Call - GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS
15. So Far Away - HANK JACOBS
16. The Strength To Be Strong - CLAUDINE CLARK
17. Stepping Stone aka You're Fooling Me - THE ANGLOS
18. I Stand Accused - JERRY BUTLER
19. THE WHIP aka FLEA POT - ALEXANDER JACKSON AND THE TURNKEYS aka LALA WILSON BAND
20. Warm And Tender Love - JOE HAYWOOD
21. Find Out What's Happening - THE SPIDELLS featuring BILLY LOCKRIDGE
22. Dance What You Wanna - LITTLE RICHARD
23. I'm Dedicating My Life - DANNY WHITE
24. You Make Me Feel So Good - TARHEEL SLIM AND LITTLE ANN
25. Goin' Home - ROSCO GORDON
26. Round Midnight - JIMMY McGRIFF
