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Various artists Soul on Fire (The Detroit Soul Story 1957-1977) (Soul Time)

The history of one of the most important cities on the soul map is faithfully told across a three disc set covering a 20 year stretch which shaped the sound of the nation. Starting with late R&B and progressing through to modern soul, and taking in a long and respectable list of classic singers and lesser known artists along the way, this is the sound of a young Detroit that isn’t the somewhat sanitised sound of it’s most famous child, Motown. Often raw, and occasionally under produced, this is a more honest look at the music coming out of the motor city through this era. Drawing from a selection of smaller labels such as Lu Pine, Impact and Sidra, among others, this compilation manages to give an overview of

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