Eddie & Ernie - Lost Friends (1972)

Eddie & Ernie were the Phoenix-based soul duo of Eddie Campbell and Ernie Johnson, issuing about 15 singles between 1963 and 1971. To make matters a little confusing, some of the singles were credited to Ernie & Eddie, the New Bloods, or Ernie & Ed. There were also 1967 solo releases by Campbell and Johnson. Running through about a dozen labels, they never got any significant chart action, though some of the singles appeared on relatively big imprints like Columbia, Chess, and Buddah. They were good soul singers, though, often recording their own material, sometimes sounding a little like Memphis or Alabama deep soul singers with a slightly less avowedly church overlay, sometimes going into more minor melodies and downbeat subject matter than most such soul performers did.

Although the records were average-to-above average soul and never less than competent, they lacked a solid unifying style or that one great song or two that would grab national airplay. In that respect they were like many of the uncounted soul also-rans of the 1960s, albeit ones that persevered and got to record more than most. Though some of their singles sounded as if they could have been done in Memphis or Muscle Shoals, they also did poppier sad ballads and dance tunes with a more Northern production feel, and in fact these are more distinctive than their churchier deep soul-ish recordings.

Tracks:

1. Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do - Eddie Campbell
2. I Cant Stop The Pain - Ernie Johnson
3. Lost Friends - Eddie And Ernie
4. Im Gonna Always Love You - Eddie And Ernie
5. A Man To Love A Woman (Prev Unissued) - Eddie And Ernie
6. You Make My Life A Sunny Day (Prev Uniss) - Phoenix Express
7. Doggone It - Eddie And Ernie
8. Outcast - Eddie And Ernie
9. We Try Harder - Eddie And Ernie
10. Thats The Way It Is - Eddie And Ernie
11. Bullets Dont Have Eyes (Prev Uniss) - Eddie And Ernie
12. In These Very Tender Moments - Ernie Johnson
13. Im A Young Man - Eddie And Ernie
14. Falling Tears (Indian Drums) - Eddie And Ernie
15. Standing At The Crossroads - Eddie And Ernie
16. Reaching Out (Previously Unissued) - Eddie And Ernie
17. Woman What You Be Doing - Eddie And Ernie
18. Lay Lady Lay (Previously Unissued) - Eddie And Ernie
19. The Groove She Put Me In - Eddie And Ernie
20. You Turn Me On (Previously Unissued) - Eddie And Ernie

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