One of soul music's foremost singer-songwriters for
over 40 years, the late George Jackson is always a
favourite among those who buy their southern soul
music on Kent.
Over the past 10 years, we have put out five strong-
selling CDs of George's work from between 1966 and
1974 - all of them containing material that has mostly
never been available commercially.
It's been some while since we last brought you
anything from George but after a lengthy and
exhaustive trawl of the Fame tape inventory, with many
long hours spent identifying tapes on which no
vocalists were credited, Kent is delighted to bring you a
fourth and final volume of George's wonderful Fame
recordings.
"Leaving Your Homework Undone" brings together 24
previously unheard and unissued tracks that were
recorded between 1968 and 1971. Some are demos,
most feature the classic second FAME rhythm section
that is generally known as 'The Swampers'; all are
pretty great.
Even the most ardent Jackson completist will never
have heard most of these songs before. Among the
more familiar tracks are George's original versions of
'A Man And A Half', 'Never In Public' and 'I'm Gonna
Hold On', songs that were later cut commercially by
Wilson Pickett, Candi Staton and George himself.
In the years since Volume 3 of George's Fame
recordings appeared, we have frequently been asked if
there would be a fourth volume. We are sure that all
southern soul fans will find that the lengthy archival
research that went into "Leaving Your Homework
Undone" has been worthwhile.
