IN MEMPHIS/180 GR

Description

During the 1970’s George Jackson made a series of sublime Southern Soul recordings at the Sounds Of Memphis studios. This LP brings together singles and rare unissued sides to highlight this golden period in the soul singer-songwriters career.Recorded using many of the Hi House band players, who at the time were prominent on Al Green and Ann Peebles recordings.Four tracks make their first appearance on vinyl, whilst the compilation features both sides of his rare 1975 Chess single ‘Macking On You’ b/w ‘Things Are Getting’ Better’ and his ER single ‘Talking About The Love I Have For You’, which regularly sells for over $1000 at auction.Jackson had a long career that saw him writing hit records for artists such as Candi Staton, Clarence Carter, the Osmonds and Bob Seeger, whilst covers of his songs were UK hits for Yazz and Joss Stone. However, his success as a writer has somewhat obscured his talent as a performer, something our focused series of releases has sought to rectify.