Sandra Phillips & Bette Williams

I have mentioned this great CD from Ace/Kent before - just reminded while listening to Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on BBC Radio 6 after he played a Sandra Phillips track.

The first half of the CD features the rare Canyon album Too Many People In One Bed by Sandra Philips -- a heck of a great singer, and even though she only got a chance to cut this one album, it's more than enough to make her tops in our book! Jerry (Swamp Dogg) Williams produced, and the set's got a sweet southern style that puts it right up there with the best work of Ann Sexton, Tommie Young, or other obscure southern females from the same generation -- a great mix of heartbreaking soul and more righteous modes -- definitely enough to show that despite her deep feelings, Sandra's no pushover! Williams wrote most of the songs as well -- but they're quite different from his usual fare, quite sensitive stuff without any of the Swamp Dogg jokes or political moments you might expect. Titles include "After All I Am Your Wife", "Please Don't Send Him Back To Me", "Some Mother's Son", "My Man & Me", "Rescue Song", and "To The Other Woman (I'm The Other Woman)". The second half of the CD features some equally great work by Bette Williams -- another singer who worked with Swamp Dogg during the same time, but with a style that was almost funkier overall! Most of the Williams material here was issued on singles for the Gregar label, but the set also features some unissued tracks too, plus 2 numbers from the Swamp Dogg Presents label. Titles include "Got To Travel On", "He Took My Hand", "Now That I'm Gone", "If She's Your Wife", "Can't Win For Losing", "A Feeling", and "Another Man Took My Husband's Place". CD also features the bonus track "Robin Right On". Dusty Groove