SIMON,JOE
NINE POUND STEEL - THE BEST OF JOE SIMON (3CD) - CD

SUNSET BOULEVARD

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UPC: 708535701521
Label: SUNSET BOULEVARD
Format: 3CD
Release Date: March 25, 2022
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3 CDs/ 61 Tracks: Call Joe Simon the reluctant soul star. Despite his mountain of hits during the 1960s and ‘70s, his heart just wasn’t into his work, aural evidence obviously to the contrary. You’d never know it from listening to the contents of this collection, culled from his fabulous hit-loaded 1966-1970 stint with Producer Richbourg at the helm for Sound Stage 7 Records. His conviction sounds unshakable. Maybe that’s a large part of the reason why Simon scored 16 R&B chart entries during that timeframe for SS7, including a #1 seller. “I never wanted to sing rhythm and blues,” said Simon, who until his untimely death in December 2021, was a bishop and leader of his own ministries in south suburban Chicago. “My heart was never in it, but yet I could sing rhythm and blues. John Richbourg was my producer. And he used to ask me, how could I sing these songs so great and never knew ‘em? But I never had an interest to go in the studio and know a song. I just said, ‘Man, I just sing ‘em!’ Sunset Blvd Records is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of Joe Simon’s extraordinary work with Nashville Soul Label Sound stage 7. $1.00 from each unit sold will be donated to Minister Joe Simon Outreach Ministries.

1. Too Many Teardrops

2. Travelin' Man

3. Nobody But You

4. My Special Prayer

5. What Makes a Man Feel Good

6. That's All I Want (From You)

7. Teenager's Prayer

8. The Girl's Alright with Me

9. Long Hot Summer

10. When a Man Loves a Woman

11. Miss You So

12. Too Many Rivers

13. (You Keep Me) Hangin' on

14. No Sad Songs

15. I Worry About You

16. Nine Pound Steel

17. Put Your Trust in Me (Depend on Me)

18. In the Same Old Way

19. Can't Find No Happiness

20. Come on and Get It

21. Misty Blue

22. It's Too Late

23. Standing in the Safety Zone

24. In Reach of Your Arms

25. I'm Going Home

26. Twinkle

27. Dreamin'

28. Looking Back

29. Funny How Time Slips Away

30. She Went a Little Bit Farther

31. Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind

32. (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay

33. Little Green Apples

34. Lonely Man

35. The Chokin' Kind

36. Yours Love

37. Help Yourself (To All My Lovin')

38. Wichita Lineman

39. Don't Let Me Lose the Feeling

40. I'm Too Far Gone to Turn Around

41. In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember)

42. Silver Spoons and Coffee Cups

43. It's Hard to Get Along

44. In the Ghetto

45. I Got a Whole Lot of Lovin'

46. Wounded Man

47. Time and Space

48. Straight Down to Heaven

49. When

50. After the Lights Go Down Low

51. San Francisco Is a Lonely Town

52. Rainbow Road

53. Just a Dream

54. Moon Walk Part L

55. Moon Walk Part LL

56. Farther on Down the Road

57. That's the Way I Want Our Love

58. Who's Julie

59. Someone to Lean on

60. Today I Started Loving You Again

61. Oon-Guela (High Life) Part L