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Ty Karim
The Complete Ty Karim - Los Angeles' Soul Goddess
Genres: Pop, R&B

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. All At Once
2. All In Vain
3. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
4. I Ain't Lying
5. Lightin' Up
6. You Just Don't Know
7. You Really Made It Good To Me
8. Keep On Doin' Whatcha Doin' Part 1 - Ty Karim & George Griffin
9. Keep On Doin' Whatcha Doin' Part 2 - Ty Karim & George Griffin
10. Wear Your Natural, Baby - Towana & The Total Destruction
11. Later For You
12. Lighten Up Baby
13. It Takes Money
14. Only A Fool
15. Natural Do
16. Take It Easy Baby
17. Ain't That Love Enough
18. Help Me Get That Feeling - Towana & The Total Destruction
19. Lighten Up Baby
20. Instrumental

CD Details

All Artists: Ty Karim
Title: The Complete Ty Karim - Los Angeles' Soul Goddess
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Kent Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 12/16/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, R&B
Style: Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 029667230827, 0029667230827

Synopsis

Album Description

2008 release. Ty Karim was a stunning looking, tall and elegant LA Soul singer with a raw emotive vocal delivery. She recorded from the mid '60s to early '80s, mainly under the auspices of her second husband Kent "Boo-Ga-Loo" Harris.Her recordings were mainly original dancefloor-inspired numbers, very dynamic and great vehicles for her husky voice. The '60s tracks are Northern Soul at its best. The crossover funk of 'Wear Your Natural' presaged the '70s Soul sound that Ty also mastered and she worked through that decade with great acclaim for 'Lightin' Up' and then into the '80s when her 12" collaboration with George Griffin 'Keep On Doin' Whatcha Doin'' gained her new overseas fans. Kent Harris has given us complete access to all his master tapes and we have found some great alternative takes on some of Ty's songs, including a great blues version of 'Lighten Up Baby'. The tape clarity is particularly good too, given the dubious sound quality of the previous bootlegs. 20 tracks. Kent.

CD Reviews

Soul out of LA

Phil S. | USA | 01/01/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A whole lotta '60s Soul from Ty Karim and a great Producer, Kent Harris.

The, shall we say, "signature" song of the collection is "Lighten Up Baby", pressed in four variations, sassy and swingin' at the same time.

We have another late sixties opus, "All At Once" here in two variations: the "alternate vocal" is much rougher but makes the cut just as strong - octave-leaping wails drop the cherry right on top of the tasty entry.

Something especially interesting for Little Richard in that "Only A Fool" is a new vocal and melody over a Wally Long arrangement of the Platters' "Only You". There's another track called "I Ain't Lying" which sounds to this Reviewer as the same treatment applied to another Richard 1964 cover, "Memories Are Made Of This".

Not necessary to run for the Chart Books - Ty has triumphed without those "numbers". Some real, raw Soul on the distaff side, with sounds that collectors of Brunswick and King records will not turn away from."