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Joe South
So the Seeds Are Growing / A Look Inside
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. So the Seeds Are Growing
2. No Fence Around Me
3. I've Got to Be Somebody
4. Revolution of Love
5. United We Stand - Joe South,
6. The Other Side of Life - Joe South, Gates, David [1]
7. Drown in My Own Tears - Joe South, Glover, Henry
8. Lady Moon Walker - Joe South, Bonfire, Mars
9. Rolling On
10. Motherless Children
11. Coming Down All Alone
12. Imitation of Living
13. It Hurts Me Too
14. Real Thing
15. One Man Band
16. Misunderstanding
17. Misfit
18. Save Your Best
19. I'm a Star
20. All Nite Lover, All Day Friend
21. Why Does a Man Do What He Has to Do [*] - Joe South, Randi, Don
22. Be a Believer [*]
23. Riverdog [*]
24. Oprah Cried [*]

CD Details

All Artists: Joe South
Title: So the Seeds Are Growing / A Look Inside
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Raven [Australia]
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 5/4/2010
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 612657031421

Synopsis

Album Description

Raven presents for the first time ever on CD two outstanding albums by legendary Grammy winning singer / songwriter / sessionman JOE SOUTH on this great value 2-for-1 release. So the Seeds are Growing (1971) and A Look Inside (1972), the fifth and sixth albums South recorded for Capitol Records, bring his solo career into sharp focus and showcase his unique talents. During the 1960s South made a name for himself as a sessionman for Simon & Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan and influential songwriter of hits for Billy Joe Royal ('Down in the Boondocks'), Deep Purple ('Hush'), Lynn Anderson ('Rose Garden'), Johnny Rivers ('These are Not My People') etc. This CD follows Raven's previous 2-for-1 releases of Introspect / Don't It Make You Want To Go Home? (RVCD-175) and Games People Play / Joe South (RVCD-228) plus the essential Anthology 1968-1975 (RVCD-94). South continued to mine his electrifying blend of country, soul, swamp rock and meaningful lyrics on these two rollicking and passionate albums. His song writing remained of a high standard, as 'So the Seeds are Growing', 'Revolution of Love', 'Motherless Children', 'It Hurts Me Too', 'Real Thing' and 'I'm a Star' so brilliantly emphasize. With four bonus tracks INCLUDING 'OPRAH CRIED', JOE'S FIRST NEW STUDIO RECORDING IN 35 YEARS, plus 3 non-LP singles. Superb quality audio, detailed notes and color booklet make this excellent release is a must for fans of sophisticated Southern country-soul and pop-rock.

CD Reviews

Absooutely esssential Joe South

Kevin D. Rathert | Carbondale, IL | 05/22/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This, the third two on one of Joe South's Capitol recordings, released on the Australian reissue Raven label. Represented here are South's fifth and sixth and final albums on the Capitol label, originally released in 1971 and 1972. The first album features work by The Believers, South's backing band which included his brother, Tommy on drums, and Tommy's wife, Barbara, on keyboards. As per usual with South the song quality is wonderful, from the lament to lost dreams in the title track to the slide guitar driven "Revolution of Love." The album also includes cover versions, a rarity in South's catalog due to his songwriting skills. South said he performed the covers because they were songs he liked. Unfortunately, South's personal world was falling apart and before the recording of "A Look Inside" Tommy died of a drug overdose, and Joe had issues of his own. "A Look Inside" is the dark side of South showing itself from the onset of the guitar driven lament "Coming Down All Alone" and throughout the album. The songs are even darker than on the previous album. But this time around there are no covers, but a batch of South originals, The pain of South's personal life cries throughout. The song titles reflect the album's focus, such as "Imitation of Living," "It Hurts Me Too," "Misunderstanding," "Misfit" etc. This was to be South's last album before a self imposed 3 year hiatus from music. South cut a one-off album on Island Records in 1975. South's talent in the singer/songwriter/guitarist genre is truly on display here, despite the darkness of the tracks. The guitar work on "It Hurts Me Too" is worth the price of admission here. In fact the entire album is filled with South's guitar prowess. With South's 6 Capitol albums now all in print on Raven, and the career spanning "Anthology" released by Raven in 1999, it is doubtful any more South recordings are released in the near future. All of South's works are absolutely essential to any collector's collection. This collection also contains South's first new recording in 35 years, "Oprah Cried." Unfortunately the new song is a pretty straight forward country western ballad. But this disc is an absolute must, documenting the talented South's personal trip to and through (?) hell."