Si Wilson Pickett, un des plus célèbres screamers de la soul music, est généralement associé à ses enregistrements pour Atlantic Records dans les années 1960, son passage chez RCA entre 1973 et 1975 est largement moins documenté. Le 18 septembre, le label Real Gone Music publiera Mr. Magic Man–The Complete RCA Studio Recordings, un coffret 2-CDs regroupant les albums Mr. Magic Man (1973), Miz Lena’s Boy (1973), Pickett in the Pocket (1974) et Join Me and Let’s Be Free (1975).
42 titres (dont quatre plages uniquement parues en single) et 148 minutes de musique remasterisée constitueront un ensemble qui s’annonce wickedly good !
CD1
Mr. Magic Man (1973)
1. Mr. Magic Man
2. Only I Can Sing This Song
3. Love Is Beautiful
4. I Sho’ Love You
5. Baby Man
6. Sin Was the Blame
7. What It Is
8. If You Need Me
9. I Can’t Let My True Love Slip Away
10. I Keep Walking Straight Ahead
Miz Lena’s Boy (1973)
11. Take a Closer Look at the Woman You’re With
12. Memphis, Tennessee
13. Soft Soul Boogie Woogie
14. Help Me Make It Through the Night
15. Never My Love
16. You Lay’d It On Me
17. Is Your Love Life Better
18. Two Women and a Wife
19. Why Don’t You Make Up Your Mind
20. Take The Pollution Out of Your Throat
21. Take A Closer Look at the Woman You’re With (Mono Promo Version)
22. Soft Soul Boogie Woogie (Mono Promo Version)
CD2
Pickett in the Pocket (1974)
1. Iron It Out
2. Isn’t That So
3. Take A Look
4. I Was Too Nice
5. Don’t Pass Me By
6. What Good Is a Lie
7. Young Boy Blues
8. Take Your Pleasure Where You Can Find It
9. You’re the One
Join Me and Let’s Be Free (1975)
10. Join Me & Let’s Be Free
11. Let’s Make Love Right
12. I’ve Got a Good Friend
13. Smokin’ In the United Nations
14. Gone
15. Good Things
16. Higher Consciousness
17. Bailin’ Hay on a Rainy Day
18. Mighty Mouth
19. Isn’t That So (Mono Promo Version)
20. Take Your Pleasure Where You Can Find It (Mono Promo Version)
Thanks François G !