CARL HALL’S YOU DON’T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LOVE:
THE LOMA/ATLANTIC RECORDINGS 1967-1972, OUT JUNE 23, 2015,
IS
INTRODUCTION TO PROLIFIC, UNDER-THE-RADAR
NORTHERN SOUL
SINGER
Compilation’s 19 songs include hits
plus 13 unissued bonus tracks.
All were produced by Jerry Ragovoy, and not
previously available on album.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Carl
Hall’s four-octave range first came into prominence on the gospel
sides he cut in the 1950s for labels like Vee-Jay and Savoy.
His later acting work on Broadway (Inner City,
The Wiz, and Truly Blessed: A Musical Celebration of
Mahalia Jackson) and in the film version of Hair was
renowned. But it’s the soul sides he cut for the Loma and
Atlantic labels, with producer Jerry Ragovoy,
that are truly sought after. You Don’t Know Nothing About Love: The
Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972 not only fills that need, but
delivers in spectacular fashion.
This 19-track
CD, set for release on Omnivore
Recordings on June 23, 2015, collects the singles
from this era and adds an astonishing 13 previously unissued tracks, brand new
to soul collectors, who up until now have only had the aforementioned single
sides issued on the original 45s. In addition to the title track, “I Don’t Wanna
Be (Your Used to Be),” and Hall’s take on Jefferson Airplane’s
“Somebody to Love” (re-titled “Need Somebody to Love” for Hall’s version)
You Don’t Know Nothing About Love gathers unreleased
versions of hits from The Beatles (“The Long and Winding
Road”), Broadway’s Stop the World — I Want to Get Off
(“What Kind of Fool Am I”) . . . and even The Rolling Stones, who
themselves had a hit with their cover of Ragovoy’s “Time Is on My Side,”
represented here in a pair of unissued versions.
You
Don’t Know Nothing About Love acts as both
a primer and a definitive statement on Hall’s six years under the Warner Bros.
umbrella. The mystery of why so much of this music lingered in the vaults for so
many decades and a historical overview of both Hall’s and his colleagues’
careers are brought to life via an essay from musicologist Bill
Dahl.
From Dahl’s notes: “The stratospheric four-octave
vocal range of Carl Hall was truly a gift from on high. No less
an esteemed authority than Anthony Heilbut declared him the
finest male soprano in gospel. But after establishing himself in the sacred
field, Hall crossed over to the secular arena, cutting a series of mesmerizing
soul singles that showcased his uncanny vocal mastery just as vividly as those
spirituals had.”
Omnivore
Recordings is proud to present yet another set of recording that many
have talked about, but few have had the pleasure of hearing. You
Don’t Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972
guarantees you’ll know about Carl Hall. And, make you wish
it hadn’t taken so long to find out.
Track Listing:
1. You Don’t
Know Nothing About Love* 2. Mean It
Baby*3. Just Like I
Told You 4. He’ll Never
Love You 5. It Was You
(That I Needed) 6. The Dam
Busted* 7. I Don’t Wanna
Be (Your Used To Be)* 8. Dance Dance
Dance 9. What Kind Of
Fool Am I? 10. Sometimes I
Do 11. The Long And
Winding Road 12. It’s Been
Such A Long Way Home 13. Time Is On My
Side 14. Need Somebody
to Love* 15. Change
With The Season*
Alternate
Takes:
16. Just
Like I Told You
(Take 7)17. It Was
You (That I Needed) (Take 12)18. The Dam
Busted (1971 Remake) 19. Time Is
On My Side (Takes 1 & 2)
All selections
previously unissued except *
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