VA — One of These Days: The Anna Records Story 1959-1961 (2014)

Artist: VA
Title: One of These Days: The Anna Records Story 1959-1961
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: One Day Music
Genre: Soul, R&B, Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:43:44
Total Size: 250 / 446 MB

Tracklist:

1. David Ruffin — One of These Days (2:33)
2. Barrett Strong — Money (That\’s What I Want) (2:39)
3. Paul Gayten — The Hunch (2:45)
4. Joe Tex — All I Could Do Was Cry, Pt. 1 (2:38)
5. Johnny & Jackey — Let\’s Go to a Movie Baby (2:15)
6. Lamont Anthony — Let\’s Talk It Over (2:11)
7. The Voice Masters — Needed (2:38)
8. The Falcons — Just for Your Love (2:14)
9. Herman Griffin — Do You Want to See My Baby (2:20)
10. The Cap-tans — I\’m Afraid (2:24)
11. The Hill Sisters — Hit and Run Away Love (2:28)
12. Ty Hunter — Everything About You (2:50)
13. Ruben Fort — I Feel It (2:12)
14. Bob Kayli — Peppermint (You Know What to Do) (2:34)
15. Joe Tex — Baby You\’re Right (2:16)
16. Barrett Strong — You Knows What to Do (2:49)
17. The Voice Masters — Hope and Pray (2:24)
18. Lamont Anthony — Popeye (The Sailor Man) (2:43)
19. Johnny & Jackey — No One Else but You (2:40)
20. Ty Hunter — I\’m Free (2:43)
21. Joe Tex — Ain\’t It a Mess (2:36)
22. Johnny & Jackey — Lonely and Blue (2:05)
23. Barrett Strong — Yes, No, Maybe So (2:18)
24. Paul Gayten — Hot Cross Buns (2:31)
25. The Cap-tans — Tight Skirts and Crazy Sweaters (2:30)
26. Ty Hunter — Orphan Boy (2:48)
27. Bob Kayli — Never More (2:11)
28. Ruben Fort — So Good (2:47)
29. Johnny & Jackey — Hoy Hoy (2:43)
30. Ty Hunter — Everytime (2:22)
31. The Falcons — This Heart of Mine (2:59)
32. Paul Gayten — Beatnik Beat (2:31)
33. David Ruffin — I\’m in Love (3:01)
34. Joe Tex — I\’ll Never Break Your Heart, Pts. 1 & 2 (4:57)
35. The Voice Masters — Oops I\’m Sorry (2:22)
36. Barrett Strong — Oh! I Apologize (2:25)
37. The Hill Sisters — Advertising for Love (2:41)
38. Wreg Tracey — Take Me Back (I Was Wrong) (2:24)
39. Larry Darnell — I\’ll Get Along Somehow (3:03)
40. The Voice Masters — Needed (For Lovers Only) (2:36)

Detroit was and still is a hotbed of American music. The city is known for producing some of music\’s greatest artists including Diana Ross and Jackie Wilson, to name but two. The label you\’d most associate with Detroit? Motown, of course. One you might not is Anna Records but you should. The Detroit-based label was a precursor to Motown and was born of the same stock. Sisters Anna and Gwen Gordy, siblings of Motown founder Berry, founded the label in 1958 along with singersongwriter Billy Davis and, although it was only in existence for less than half a decade, it provided a platform for a number of artists, some of which would go on to sit among America\’s greatest. The Gordy family\’s legacy speaks for itself, but Anna is a lesserknown foundation on which one of the biggest dynasties in US music was built. This two-disc collection includes 50 building blocks of the Motown empire.