Jean Wells - With My Love And What You've Got (We Could Turn This World Around)
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Channel: bbemusic · 2016 · Music
Taken from the album 'Soul On Soul (Deluxe Edition), available here: http://geni.us/JeanWells Vinyl/CD available here: https://www.bbemusic.com/downloads/soul-on-soul-deluxe-edition/ Jean Wells’ story is not an extraordinary one in the world of soul, although her voice certainly was. Her biggest hit ‘Have A Little Mercy’ from 1967 was a glorious slice of deep soul, a plea to a lover, whom she is addicted to, but who doesn’t seem to notice. Her gospel-trained voice perfectly encapsulating those feelings, whilst a stark arrangement dominated by an ethereal organ and dramatic horn stabs heightens the unbearable effect this man is having on Jean’s life. Yet at the time this record only reached number 25 in the R&B charts, just another bit of genius amongst many, thrown out by the black American music industry at one of its most creative and profligate periods.
