Frequently
compared to Aretha Franklin, singer Margie Joseph earned neither the
fame nor the critical success lavished upon the Queen of Soul, but a
series of excellent records for Atlantic during the 1970s nevertheless
won her a spot in the pantheon of soul cult favorites.
A great second generation southern soul singer
who really helped the label find a new sound in the 70s! Margie got her
start on Stax, but she sounds even better here -- a bit more mature,
slightly more urban.
Producer Freddy Briggs
took the helm for Joseph's , "Your Sweet Loving"; released in the
summer of 1970, the single proved a mi
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Above the Ruins was Tony Wakeford's band after parting with Death in June and before forming Sol Invictus. Raw, dark driving rock, with little hint of the folk style to come.
Fans of Sol Invictus: Get This!!! A fine compliment to the Against The Modern World material, in fact "Make Us Strong" and "Under Western Skies" wouldn't have sounded so out of place on that first Sol LP. Musically, this sounds like a cross between early DIJ, Joy Division and early Sol Invictus. Lyrically, more "political" than Tony's later works---though I often sense that political ideas remain, subtly or inadvertently, in some of Tony's la
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