Name: Sister Love : The Warner Bros Recordings
Brand: Lorraine Ellison

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

8122777172

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2006-12-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Warner Music Group

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Lorraine Ellison

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

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individually numbered limited edition (300 copies only in the uk) - 65 tracks / 24 unreleased over 3 cds. r 'n' b singer lorraine ellison had exactly three entries in the r 'n' b charts, but she was far more prolific than that would indicate. in addition to two 1965 mercury singles, she recorded 48 sides and three albums for warner bros. records between 1966 and 1973. with an incredible vocal power, range, and intensity that was perhaps too heavy for the record-buying masses, ellison never made it big, except of course in the hearts of committed soul fans-and the occasional rock and pop buyer. ellison was born in north philadelphia and began singing gospel with her family at age six. she sang professionally with a local group named the sylvania singers before forming the family group the ellison singers in the late '50s / early '60s. a self-penned 1963 single, 'open up your heart,' was her first solo release, appearing on sharp records. shortly thereafter ellison launched her secular career in earnest, signing to mercury records and releasing 1965's 'i dig you baby,' which made it to number 22 on the us r 'n' b chart. warner's jerry ragovoy-who'd penned the rolling stones hit 'time is on my side' under the pseudonym norman meade-brought ellison to the label and began writing and producing for her. their first session produced the immortal number 11 us hit 'stay with me,' which has since been covered by everyone from bette midler to jimmy witherspoon to natalie cole. the resulting album, 1966's 'heart and soul', was tailored to a jazz and pop crossover audience but never caught fire. returning to straight r 'n' b, ellison delivered 1969's 'stay with me', which contained her final us chart entry, 'heart be still'. in 1973, after some aborted sessions at muscle shoals, ellison, along with producer ted templeman, began work on what would become her final album, 'lorraine ellison'. funky and gospel inspired, the album, according to the singer, "contains more of what i'm all about." after her final sessions in june 1973, ellison retired from recording to spend time with her ailing mother. she continued to sing in church until her death from ovarian cancer in 1983 at the young age of 51. this remastered three-disc box contains all three of ellison's warner bros. albums, as well as 24 previously unreleased tracks, including 14 demos from 1972.

Sister Love : The Warner Bros Recordings

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