PEEBLES,ANN - STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART Vinyl LP
Expected: 9/4/26
Ann Peebles climb up the career ladder was rather more conventional than spectacular in the tough, rough days of
rhythm and blues. She was first discovered when she appeared in Memphis nightclubs, was given a break by the big-band
leader Gene 'Bowlegs' Miller, and landed her first top hit with the celebrated song "I Can't Stand The Rain". Towards
the end of the Seventies she made a well-timed retreat just before the outbreak of the highly commercialized disco
wave, only to return many years later with a revival of her old songs.
Her album from the early '70s has certainly not mellowed with age. Her singing is sharp and soulful, and comes right
from the heart ("Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love"). The beat is powerful, throbbing, young and fresh ("What You Laid
On Me") or surging and groovy ("How Strong Is A Woman?"). The arrangements come across as sophisticated and well
balanced, yet do not baulk at harsh attacks from the winds nor from the use of Hammond and Hohner keyboards, which
were so popular at that time. Melody, singers and big band are airy and finely interwoven ("Somebody's On Your Case"),
while a fusion of soft swing and snappy acerbity ("I Pity The Fool") rounds off this album which is filled with pure
emotion, heart and soul.
"A lean, tough set that was not only a triumph for Peebles, but illustrated how the Hi label had surpassed its
crosstown Stax rival for quality Memphis soul in the early '70s..."
- Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com
Recorded August 1971 at Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, TN, by Willie Mitchell.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.
Tracks:
Side One:
1. Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love
2. Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness
3. What You Laid On Me
4. How Strong Is A Woman
5. Somebody's On Your Case
Side Two:
1. I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home Tonight
2. I've Been There Before
3. I Pity The Fool
4. 99 Pounds
5. I Take What I Want
Label: Speakers Corner
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Expected: 9/4/26
Ann Peebles climb up the career ladder was rather more conventional than spectacular in the tough, rough days of
rhythm and blues. She was first discovered when she appeared in Memphis nightclubs, was given a break by the big-band
leader Gene 'Bowlegs' Miller, and landed her first top hit with the celebrated song "I Can't Stand The Rain". Towards
the end of the Seventies she made a well-timed retreat just before the outbreak of the highly commercialized disco
wave, only to return many years later with a revival of her old songs.
Her album from the early '70s has certainly not mellowed with age. Her singing is sharp and soulful, and comes right
from the heart ("Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love"). The beat is powerful, throbbing, young and fresh ("What You Laid
On Me") or surging and groovy ("How Strong Is A Woman?"). The arrangements come across as sophisticated and well
balanced, yet do not baulk at harsh attacks from the winds nor from the use of Hammond and Hohner keyboards, which
were so popular at that time. Melody, singers and big band are airy and finely interwoven ("Somebody's On Your Case"),
while a fusion of soft swing and snappy acerbity ("I Pity The Fool") rounds off this album which is filled with pure
emotion, heart and soul.
"A lean, tough set that was not only a triumph for Peebles, but illustrated how the Hi label had surpassed its
crosstown Stax rival for quality Memphis soul in the early '70s..."
- Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com
Recorded August 1971 at Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, TN, by Willie Mitchell.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.
Tracks:
Side One:
1. Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love
2. Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness
3. What You Laid On Me
4. How Strong Is A Woman
5. Somebody's On Your Case
Side Two:
1. I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home Tonight
2. I've Been There Before
3. I Pity The Fool
4. 99 Pounds
5. I Take What I Want
Label: Speakers Corner
