Various Artists - Soul Of Spring, Vol. 2

Spring Records and it's Event and Posse offshoots were big NYC Soul labels from the late '60s to early '80s. This compilation contains 24 high-quality Soul tracks from artists including Philip Mitchell, Millie Jackson, Winfield Parker and Garland Green. The lesser-known artists like Act One, the Determinations, Ray Godfrey and Ronnie Walker provide some great individual soul sounds. There are '60s style dancers from Prince Harold, Vernon Brown, Richard Barbary and Leroy Randolph. The Joneses, Daltrey Martin and the Mayberry Movement provide exquisite '70s ballads and there are a handful of up-tempo pre-Disco tracks from that era, too. Very few of these songs have ever been out on CD before (a few came out on the long-deleted Safe Soul series) and some have not been released since their first pressing. 24 tracks. Kent. 2007.

1) Goodbye Love (We're Through) - Act 1
2) You and I Go Good Together - Garland Green
3) I'm a Lover - Vernon Brown
4) When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again - Richard Barbary
5) One Step at a Time - the Determinations
6) Once You Fall in Love - Eddie McLoyd
7) It's So Good to Know - Mayberry Movement
8) Just Can't Say Hello (Once You've Said Goodbye) - Ronnie Walker
9) You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me on) - Millie Jackson
10) Turn Yourself Around - Clare Bathe
11) It Takes Both of Us - Act 1
12) In My Baby's Arms - Joe Simon
13) Sherry Washington - Ray Godfrey
14) Good to the Last Drop - Leroy Randolph
15) Don't Turn Me on - Flower Shoppe
16) I'll See You in Hell First - Phillip Mitchell
17) Stay with Me - Daltry Martin
18) Baby (There's Nothing You Can Do) - the Joneses
19) Walk All Over God's Heaven? - Jackie Verdell
20) Dry Bones in the Valley - the Internationals
21) Mr Everything - Little Eva Harris
22) You Make Me Feel So Good - the Equations
23) Ain't It Amazing - Prince Harold
24) I'm on My Way - Winfield Parker