Tony Joe White – This Guy´s In Love With You/Just Look At You b/w Keep On Movin’ Train/Mississippi Delta – Soul4Real ESP 7″

tracklist:

A01 This Guy´s In Love With You 3:25
A02 Just Look At You 2:27
B01 Keep A Movin´ Train 3:05
B02 Mississippi Delta 2:42

The music of Goodwill, Louisiana’s “Swamp Fox” Tony Joe White always had soul at its core.

A songwriter of timeless classics including “Rainy Night In Georgia” and “Polk Salad Annie”, TJW never shied away from ‘outside material’ that suited his style – as demonstrated by two of the four rarities in this Soul4Real release.

Of the 400+ versions of Bacharach/David’s “This Guy’s In Love With You”, just ten preceded TJW’s upbeat treatment, cut at Memphis’ Lyn-Lou Studio in October 1968 along with his own “Keep A Movin’ Train” during his Continued album sessions.

His gutbucket essay on Bobbie Gentry’s “Mississippi Delta” and another original “Just Look At You” were recorded in Paris during TJW’s 1969 European tour – although audibly they could have been tracked closer to home.

These recordings waited 35+ years for release on a now-deleted CD boxed set. This EP presents their 7-inch vinyl debut.

Between 1968 and his passing in October 2018, TJW released 16 studio albums. These rarities from his 60s Monument sessions are integral to that long-playing legacy…

TONY ROUNCE