RossyBoy's Bleeding Hearts Vol 11

First off let me start by giving big props to OneEvilDog, the arte maestro, who, when I asked him for some assistance with a cover for this comp, took the theme and worried it like a juicy bone to come up with the cover background. Hope you find it as fine as I do. A big thx to you, OED ! All I had to do then was the titling for the cover and the selection of the rolas for this theme, which is “Hearts”. Note, “Hearts” and not the singular “Heart”, because you will find that while “Anyone Who Had A Heart” can find lots and lots of tracks with “Heart” in the title, seeking out “Hearts” is a much trickier proposition. So it has been harder work than I expected and I had to resort to using the theme in both titles and group names to come up with this set. And I had to cast the net wide across the soul genres to get the goods – but you know I usually throw a little bit of everything into the mix anyway! So you will find classic New Orleans southern soul from Betty Harris and a more recent track from Willy DeVille. I’m glad to be able to feature Willy here because unfortunately he passed away last month. His group Mink DeVille’s rola “Just To Walk That Little Girl Home” is a big favorite of mine – must feature it sometime soon as a memorial. There is nice country soul from Bobby Charles - a track from his great album “Last Train To Memphis”. A couple of blue-eyed tracks from Eddie Hinton and Len Barry who have also both featured for me recently. Motown is showcased courtesy of Hearts Of Stone. Plus a mixture of Northern soul, doo-wop and great gangster souldies. Behind the scenes, the TVD crew is really getting its act together on the collaboration front and I think you’ll find in future that the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. You can make up your mind on that; but right now it’s time to open up your hearts, and your ears ………

Track List

01 - The New Young Hearts - The Young Hearts Get Lonely Too
02 - Timothy Wilson - My Queen Of Hearts
03 - Hearts Of Stone - One Day
04 - Peace, Justice & Equality - Of All The Hearts
05 - The Heartstoppers - She'll Snatch Him
06 - Bobby Charles - String of Hearts
07 - The Hearts - I Feel So Good
08 - The Pretenders - Hearts Were Made To Love
09 - Eddie Hinton - Hymn for Lonely Hearts
10 - The Swinging Hearts - Please Say It Isn't So
11 - Doug Sham - Two Hearts In Love
12 - Lee Andrews & The Hearts - Try The Impossible
13 - Betty Harris - Lonely Hearts
14 - Fred Parris & Restless Hearts - Ain't No Use In Crying
15 - Len Barry - Hearts Are Trump
16 - The Sweethearts - No More Tears
17 - Homer Banks - Foolish Hearts Break Fast
18 - The Federals - While Our Hearts Are Young
19 - Johnny Nash - Town Of Lonely Hearts

20 - Willy DeVille - Gypsy Deck Of Hearts

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