Dude had an IMMENSE voice
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...not some pussy falsetto sensitive shit, but a man's voice.
And even getting old and croaky, he could still pull a lusty high note from his locker and bark it out at his woman. 
And even getting old and croaky, he could still pull a lusty high note from his locker and bark it out at his woman.
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a couple years ago I found an acetate of a funk track cut at TCB studios in Detroit - the paperwork with it indicated it was intended for Chuck Jackson, but his vocal wasn't on it unfortunately - shame
his Motown albums were sort of a missed opportunity for him - logically him & Motown should have been a good fit - but he just didn't achieve the level of success there that he did on Wand
Still cuts it IMHO
btw props on the Carbon Copies
My pc blew up a minute before bidding ended
I picked up an LP of some really early stuff (late 50s era) and while most of it is Nat King Cole/crooner type stuff, there is one really strong R&B track...pity it is pressed liked crap and pretty much unplayable in a DJ context.
IN TOUCH WITH HIS FEMININE SIDE
no but srsly, sometimes you just wanna hear a manly man.... don't you? (no homo)
manly man (No homo)????
Actually, during the 1961-64 era he was right on time with his uptown soul style. There were others around that same period who had a similar sound - Ben E. King, Brooks O'Dell, Tommy Hunt, and, repping for the females, Maxine Brown. And at the time this was considered deep soul. Wasn't till Stax and Motown exploded around 1965 that this sort of thing was considered passe.
And if you love Chuck Jackson, then you should hear Freddie Scott. Not that he was a Chuck Jackson imitator, but he had a voice that made comparisons unavoidable. He, too, had his first hits in the "uptown soul" era, but I think his best stuff came later on, in the mid-late sixties on the Shout and Probe labels.
Is it the self-titled reissue on the Archives label, which included songs like "Hula Lula" and "Ooh Baby," and had a black & white drawing of Chuck on the cover?
I have an incredible single on ABC, "I Can't Break Away," but I've never heard the album it came from.
yeah, thats the one
I meant his uptown style of singing was too late for his Motown-era which started in 66 or 67, I believe...
I was just listening to that the other week, and had more or less the same reaction you did. At least two of those songs sound like they weren't by Chuck at all (and one of those is an instrumental).
thats chuck brown
thats off this one
honestly though, that album is pretty shitty to me. maybe 3 good songs IMO
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"braeks."
if that's the best thing you can say about it, then it's about as useful as tits on a bull
http://greatlakessoul.com/ebay_clips/tcbinstrumentalacetate.mp3
as is, it's a cool Dave Hamilton rhythm section track - would have been interesting to hear Chuck singing over it + vibes & a subtle string arrangement or something - perhaps it did come to fruition & I'm just totally overlooking it?
Few crackles on there though; US VG-, UK NM
ps If your carbon copies buyer flakes out I'll take it on
Honestly, how does 3 good tracks qualify an album as 'shitty'?
'Through All Times': a sizeable two step/modern play BITD
'Rollercoaster': powerful blaxpo vibes with an underlying brutality
Srsly, what's not to like?
btw: the CC's was paid immediately - a certain well known sister funk loving chap
btw the reish is.... unextraordinary.
I'll miss it!
i mean, there are 11 songs on the album. if theres 3 good songs its a shitty album
One of the best voices in all of soul.