Vol. 1-Story Rockin' Soul

Product description Title: The Isley Brothers Story - Volume 1: Rockin' Soul (1959-68) Label: Rhino Records (2) Format: CD Country: US Released: 1991 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Rhythm & Blues, Soul 1 Shout - Pts. 1 & 2 2 Respectable 3 Rock Around The Clock 4 Open Up Your Heart 5 Your Old Lady 6 Twist And Shout 7 Twistin' With Linda 8 Nobody But Me 9 She's Gone 10 You'll Never Leave Him 11 Who's That Lady 12 Testify - Pts. 1 & 2 13 The Last Girl 14 Move Over And Let Me Dance 15 This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) 16 Take Some Time Out For Love 17 I Guess I'll Always Love You 18 Got To Have You Back 19 Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) 20 Behind A Painted Smile Barcode and other identifiers Barcode 081227090821 Matrix / Runout R270908 3/91 1DA2X Matrix / Runout R270908 3/91 1DA3X Amazon.com There are several collections that cover the Isley Brothers' early years, but this is the one to own because it pulls tracks from several labels and mixes major hits and obscurities in an interesting way. Seminal cuts such as "Shout," the frantic "Nobody But Me," and "Twist and Shout" (later copied almost note for note by a little group in England called the Beatles) belong in every record collection. So do "Testify" (which contains the efforts of a young guitarist named Jimmy James, a.k.a. Jimi Hendrix), "Who's That Lady" (the prototype for the group's '70s smash "That Lady"), and some of the group's efforts from their Motown years, such as "This Old Heart of Mine" (later a hit duet for Ronald Isley and Rod Stewart) and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)." --Daniel Durchholz