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Newly Remastered From Original Master Tapes And Pressed On Audiophile 180-Gram Heavyweight Vinyl.æTWO SIDES OF JOE SIMONÆ takes us back to his 1960s career with John RichbourgÆs Sound Stage 7 label. He was RichbourgÆs most successful artist with no less than fifteen hit singles to his credit between 1966 and 1977. These included the million-selling ôThe ChokinÆ Kindö (side two, track two) a No.1 hit record on the US Billboard R&B Chart, (#13 Hot 100). All of them were Nashville recordings, and mostly reflected a Southern Soul style which brushed up against Country Music on occasion. SimonÆs later disco hits for the New York based Spring label have, over the years, erased his earlier style from popular memory. In presenting our selection of Joe SimonÆs hits, ballads, and even a certain amount of funk, we seek to readdress the balance and spotlight his status as a leading exponent of Sixties Soul. Side One shines the light on several up-tempo tracks that form a body of work recognised, particularly in the U.K., as Northern Soul. These have been largely ignored in the past and prove that Joe Simon could point to the dance floor years before his disco heyday! Taken as a whole, æTwo Sides Of Joe SimonÆ reveals him to be a supreme talent with a fabulously soulful recording history hewn from the County capital of the world, Nashville, Tennessee!