Name: Two Sides Of Joe Simon
Brand: Joe Simon

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Bonus disc: No

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CHARLYL340

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Black

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Download code: No

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Extended format: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-05-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Proper

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

803415834013

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Joe Simon

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

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Charly

Charly Records, also known as Charly, is a British label specializing in reissuing old music from iconic catalogs such as Sun Record Company and Chess. Founded by Jean-Luc Young in France in 1974 and later moved to England in 1975, Charly Records has become a renowned name in the industry.

Throughout its history, Charly Records established various associated companies for licensing and rights, including Charly Records International APS based in Denmark and Charly Holdings Inc. registered in the USA. In the 1990s, they collaborated with Movieplay Portuguesa for CD releases, resulting in the presence of SPA rights society on those releases.

Despite being dissolved in 2001, Charly Records underwent new management and became part of the Snapper Music group. Today, it continues to distribute its reissued music through their extensive network.

Joe Simon (born 7 September 1936, Simmesport, Louisiana, USA – died 13 December 2021) was an American soul and R&B singer, record producer, and songwriter. He began his professional career in Oakland, California with the release of "My Adorable One" in 1962. Joe met a Nashville-based disc jockey who guided his musical path and helped him find success on the R&B charts. His smooth delivery and poignant songs like "Teenager's Prayer" and "The Chokin' Kind" solidified his place in the industry.

In the early '70s, Joe moved to a new label where he continued to have hits with songs like "Drowning In The Sea Of Love" and "Step By Step." However, as disco gained popularity in the late '70s, Joe shifted towards dance music which received mixed reviews. In 1980, he returned to Nashville and focused on local labels.

During the '80s, Joe made a return to country soul when he joined another label. He later signed with a different label in the mid-1980s. After losing his longtime collaborator Richbourg, Joe turned away from secular music and became an evangelist preacher devoted to Christianity.

Two Sides Of Joe Simon takes us back to his 1960s career with John Richbourgs Sound Stage 7 label. He was Richbourgs most successful artist with no less than fifteen hit singles to his credit between 1966 and 1977. These included the million-selling The Chokin Kind (side two, track two) a No.1 hit record on the US Billboard R&amp;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. Simons later disco hits for the New York based Spring label have, over the years, erased his earlier style from popular memory. 

In presenting this selection of Joe Simons 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 recognized, 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, Two Sides Of Joe Simon reveals him to be a supreme talent with a fabulously soulful recording history hewn from the County capital of the world, Nashville, Tennessee!

Two Sides Of Joe Simon

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