Various - The Complete Goldwax Singles Volume 2 1966 - 1967

the second volume sees us hit the label's golden period, where classic southern soul 45s pour out at a rate of knots. james carr cements his place in the pantheon of great soul singers with a series of simply jaw-dropping singles. on this volume we have 'you got my mind messed up', 'love attack' and 'pouring water on a drowning man' before we get to 'dark end of the street', the song that not only defined him, but quite possibly the whole southern soul genre. volume two is not just james carr: the ovations made amazing 45s at this period of the label's history, as did soul man spencer wiggins, who serves up the sublime 'uptight good woman', among others. other brilliant slices of southern soul featured are from percy millem, eddie jefferson, george (jackson) and (dan) greer and barbara perry. as with volume one, part of the fun of a complete singles compilation are the oddities and one-offs. here are r&b dancers by oboe, ivory joe hunter and future hit-maker timmy thomas and fantastic memphis garage from the yo-yo's. we also see forays into the country market with carmol taylor, the terrys and kathy davis singles. they usually included one side of the sort of ballad that bear a close relationship to the deepest country soul.