Complete Fame Singles:1964-67 1 / Various (CD)

2014 two CD release, the first of a three-volume set of which tells the story of Fame Records and it's subsidiary labels from 1964 through until 1973. This first volume covers the 26 singles released by the label between 1964 and 1967. These bring US not just the very deepest of Southern Soul, but also attempts at Pop-Soul and Garage Rock by the local musicians who made up the studio's house bands. Included are some of the earliest recordings of Jimmy Hughes, Dan Penn and Clarence Carter, obscurities by June Conquest, the Villagers and Northern Soul classics by James Barnett and Art Freeman. Fame Studios was started in 1962 by Rick Hall. Rick has just received a Special Merit Award awarded at the Grammy's.