Paul Weller Presents That Sweet Sweet Music

Soul music has always been in Paul Weller's blood from early Jam covers of Martha & the Vandellas 1963 classic 'Heatwave'. Along with other forms of music, soul found its way into Paul's record collection, nourishing his ears and informing his own songwriting. 

This 2-LP set open the curtains on 26 tracks that are some of Paul's favourite soul records most of which nestle on vinyl in his own collection. He can still recall paying £70 for his copy of Jon Lucien's 1971 'Search For The Inner Self' 7" at a record shop in Leicester in the 90s. 

Some of these tracks are soul classics like James Carr's 1966 'Pouring Water On A Drowning Man' and Brother to Brother's brilliant take on Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson's 'In The Bottle' from 1974. Others are deliciously obscure wonderous gems like the A-side of Blackrock's sole 1971 single 'Blackrock "Yeah, Yeah"', 'Life Walked Out' from the same year by the Mist or Syl Johnson's 'Black Balloons' taken from his 1970 album "Is It Because I'm Black?".

Tracklist

A1.   The Headhunters - God Made Me Funky.   2:46
A2.   The I.B. Special - Spanish Twist.   2:29
A3.   The Valentines - Breakaway.   2:31
A4.   Collins & Collins - Top Of The Stairs.   3:32
A5.   Spinners - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You.   4:00
A6.   Syl Johnson - Black Balloons.   2:36

B1.   Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson - Soulshake.   2:22
B2.   Richie Havens - I Can't Make It Anymore.   2:47
B3.   The Exits - You Got To Have Money.   2:40
B4.   The Joneses - Pull My String (Turn Me On).   2:57
B5.   The Dells - Run For Cover.   3:02
B6.   OC Smith - On Easy Street.   2:26
B7.   The Radiants - It Ain't No Big Thing.   2:53

C1.   Billy Stewart - Summertime.   2:38
C2.   Brother To Brother - In The Bottle.   3:16
C3.   Baby Huey - Hard Times.   3:19
C4.   Johnny Williams - Maggie.   2:24
C5.   Joe Simon - When.   2:17
C6.   James Carr - Pouring Water On A Drowning Man.   2:39
C7.   Roscoe Robinson - That's Enough.   2:45

D1.   Blackrock - Blackrock "Yeah, Yeah".   2:52
D2.   American Gypsy - Golden Ring.   4:22
D3.   Jon Lucien - Search For The Inner Self.   3:46
D4.   The Mist - Life Walked Out.   2:26
D5.   Betty Davis - In The Meantime.   2:44
D6.   Darrell Banks - Beautiful Feeling.   3:27