VA – (Black America Sings) – Here, There And Everywhere – Ace UK 2LP

Known for their shared love of black American music, the Beatles’ versions of songs by the likes of the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Arthur Alexander, Barrett Strong, the Isley Brothers and more provided an entry point into Soul for many young Brits in the early 1960s.

As their fame spread across the Atlantic ocean. It was inevitable that their music would start to impact on the musical worlds of soul and jazz in the shape of multiple covers of their hit singles and album tracks.

Ace has issued two previous highly acclaimed and strong selling collections featuring ‘Black America Singing The Beatles’, and “Here, There And Everywhere” is Ace’s third compilation of Soul and Jazz reinterpretations of classic Lennon, McCartney and Harrison copyrights – and the first to be issued on double vinyl, as well as CD.

This time we have extended the series’ remit to also include post-Beatles songs by John, Paul and George among our strong selection of goodies from the Fab Four’s golden decade.

All of the featured songs are exclusive to this volume, as are most of the featured artists. There’s an extended Motown contingent – appropriately enough, given the ‘Loveable Moptops’ early appreciation and promotion of Motown before the label had enjoyed even one UK hit – and the repertoire here spans almost a quarter of a century of Beatle and post-Beatle covers, from 1964 to 1988.

Ace Imagine’s that anyone who has purchased the previous two volumes will need no persuasion to add a third one to their collection! It’s also ideal as a stocking filler for Beatles fans arounds the world.

tracklist:
A01 Can’t Buy Me Love – Sam Fletcher
A02 You Never Give Me Your Money – Sarah Vaughan
A03 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Natalie Cole
A04 Michelle – Four Tops
A05 Taxman – Junior Parker
A06 Step Inside Love – Madeline Bell
B01 You Can’t Do That – The Supremes
B02 Here There And Everywhere – Carmen McRae
B03 Give Peace A Chance – Randy Crawford
B04 She’s Leaving Home – Syreeta
B05 He Loves You – Mary Wells
B06 Let Em In – Billy Paul
C01 Every Night – The Drifters
C02 Maybe I’m Amazed – Carleen Anderson
C03 My Love – Margie Joseph
C04 Isn’t It A Pity – The Three Degrees
C05 My Sweet Lord – The Chiffons
D01 Imagine – Keb’ Mo’
D02 Jealous Guy – Donny Hathaway
D03 We Can Work It Out – Stevie Wonder
D04 Yesterday – Marvin Gaye
D05 And I Love Him – Esther Phillips