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Title: solid soul set
Review: I was a big fan of the Staple Singers and have enjoyed the recent Mavis solo albums very much too. But these two early solo albums, now packaged together on a single disc, had escaped my notice until recently. Well, I'd seen them many years ago, but had never heard them. Not sure why it took me so long to discover these albums, but I'm sure glad I finally got this CD and heard them. Very solid collections of songs, particularly the first solo album. On that one she does scorching versions of "A House is Not a Home," "The Choking Kind," "Security," and "Son of a Preacher Man," among others. Soul power plus! The other album, "Only the Lonely," is more laid back and I don't like the song selection as much (I was never crazy about "You Send Me" or "Since I Fell for You"), but there is still a lot to like on that one too. Overall, many tunes worth a listen on this two-for collection. Mavis has one of the greatest voices in Soul/R&B.
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