This, the first of 3 volumes, features the story of Joe Evans, who started out playing jazz saxophone (he played first alto to Charlie Parker's third alto in the legendary Jay MeShann band of 1942!) and wound up with his own 60s and 70s soul label Carnival. Always at the cutting edge of Black music, Joe filled the years in between working as a support musician with Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton and Sil Austin, acting as National Promotions Director for Ray Charles' outfit Tangerine Records and becoming a record producer for the tiny Cee Jay label. Seeing the future in soul music (long before many of his contemporaries), he set up Carnival in 1962. The label attracted a red-hot 'house' band of young talent - guitarists Eric Gale and 'Snaggs' Allen, drummer Bernard Purdie and bassist Jimmy Tyrell (later a vice president of Columbia Records), among them - and together they forged a distinct new sound. One of the singers Joe recorded was Barbara Brown and she was instrumental in bringing The Manhattans to Carnival. Joe shaped the group's raw talent and by their third single I Wanna Be, they had charted high (the song leached No 12 R&B, No 68 Pop, and was to be the label's biggest hit). They would chart another 8 times for the label and this CD (and Volumes 2 & 3 -CDKEND 118 &124) tell their story, as well as that of Joe Evans and all the other fine soul talent he recorded.
Track listing
ShowSide 1
- 01 Preview Wishes - The Metrics
- 02 Preview She's So Fine - The Topics
- 03 Preview All I Need Is Your Love - The Manhattans
- 04 Preview Me, Myself And I - Norma Jenkins
- 05 Preview I Need A Guy - The Lovettes
- 06 Preview Forget Him - Barbara Brown
- 07 Preview Nobody Loves Me (Like My Baby) - Harry Caldwell
- 08 Preview I Love You More - Lee Williams & The Cymbals
- 09 Preview I'll Keep Holding On (To You) - Kenneth Ruffin
- 10 Preview Nothing Will Ever Change (This Love Of Mine) - Jimmy Jules
- 11 Preview My Love Is Yours Tonight - The Turner Brothers
- 12 Preview It's Everything About You (That I Love) - Lee Williams & The Cymbals
- 13 Preview I Wanna Be (Your Everything) - The Pretenders
- 14 Preview Love Has Passed Me By - Phil Terrell
- 15 Preview I Say Yeah - The Pets
- 16 Preview I'll Catch You On The Rebound - Leon & The Metronomes with The Kool Kings Band
- 17 Preview Can I Come In - Phil Terrell
- 18 Preview Come Home To Daddy - Curby Goggins
- 19 Preview I Can Tell - Little Royal
- 20 Preview I'm Gonna Be Missing You - Rene Bailey
- 21 Preview My Baby's Gone - The Tren-Teens
- 22 Preview I Call It Love - The Pretenders
- 23 Preview 'Til You Come Back To Me - The Manhattans
- 24 Preview Go Right On - Three Reasons
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