Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (40th Anniversary Edition) (Remastered) (1972/2012)

One of the few surviving links to the pre-Soul/R&B era, Bobby Womack, discovered as a teenager singing gospel music by the late Sam Cooke - nowadays enjoys full-blown "Living Legend" status. Blessed with one of the warmest, most readily-identifiable voices in Soul music, he carved out his reputation with a series of classic albums and singles in the early 70s. This 2 disc deluxe digibook set package is built around his iconic, award-winning original soundtrack to Across 110th Street (1972), the critically-acclaimed - albeit violent, bloodthirsty and disturbing - Blaxploitation movie. Perhaps Womack's most celebrated album, this compelling OST remains the most important soundtrack of the genre, the powerful title song later featuring heavily in both Quentin Tarantino's 1997 homage to Blaxploitation, 'Jackie Brown', and Ridley Scott's 2007 opus, 'American Gangster'. The bonus disc features Womack's two subsequent LPs, Facts Of Life (1973) and Looking For A Love Again (1974). These three LPs include some of Womack's biggest hit singles, notably 'Across 110th Street', 'Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out', the million-selling 'Lookin' For A Love', and 'You're Welcome, Stop On By'. Also featured are a number of Bobby's famously eccentric, unlikely cover versions, including Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower', the Goffin & King classic, 'A Natural Man', and Bacharach & David's 'The Look Of Love'.
Tracklist
Disc: 1 Across 110th Street
1 Across 110th Street
2 Harlem Clavinette (instrumental)
3 If You Dont Want My Love
4 Hang On In There (instrumental)
5 Quicksand
6 Harlem Love Theme (instrumental)
7 Across 110th Street (instrumental)
8 Do It Right
9 Hang On In There
10 If You Dont Want My Love (instrumental)
11 Across 110th Street (part 2)
Disc: 2 Facts Of Life & Lookin' For A Love...

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