You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972

by Carl Hall

Overview

Carl Hall was one of the unsung heroes of soul music, a vocalist with a broad four-octave range who used his background in gospel music to fill his performances with a passion and fervor that set him apart from his peers. While Hall never scored anything approaching a hit record, he developed a cult following among soul music fans for the handful of singles he released in the '60s and '70s (especially among British followers of Northern soul), as well as for his work in movies (the 1979 film adaptation of the musical Hair) and on the Broadway stage (the original production of The Wiz, as well as the 1984 revival). You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972 is a collection that brings together the two singles Hall recorded for Warner Bros. soul music subsidiary Loma Records and the one he cut for Atlantic, all three produced by noted songwriter and studio man Jerry Ragovoy. In addition, this collection includes 13 unreleased performances that further testify to the strength of Hall's voice and his ability to bring a song to life. While this is a bit short of a definitive Carl Hall collection -- it doesn't include any of his early gospel work or his secular material for Mercury, Columbia, or Martru -- the strength of these performances makes it clear he was a first-class talent who fell afoul of poor marketing, and selections like "The Dam Busted," "Need Somebody to Love," "Time Is on My Side," and the title cut are thrilling, boasting great studio arrangements and ovation-worthy vocals as Hall demonstrates the power of his high register. Hall died in 1999, and this is the first album-length collection of his work; it's a marvelous tribute to an artist more than worthy of rediscovery. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/2015
Label:	Omnivore
UPC:	0816651015276
Rank:	85553

Tracks

1. You Don't Know Nothing About Love
2. Mean It Baby
3. Just Like I Told You
4. He'll Never Love You
5. It Was You (That I Needed)
6. The Dam Busted
7. I Don't Wanna Be (Your Used to Be)
8. Dance Dance Dance
9. What Kind of Fool Am I?
10. Sometimes I Do
11. The Long and Winding Road
12. It's Been Such a Long Way Home
13. Time Is on My Side
14. Need Somebody to Love
15. Change with the Seasons
16. Just Like I Told You [Take 7]
17. It Was You (That I Needed) [Take 12]
18. The Dam Busted [1971 Remake]
19. Time Is on My Side [Takes 1 & 2]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Carl Hall   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Rosario Pellegrino   Composer
Cheryl Pawelski   Compilation Producer
Carl Hall   Composer
Greg Allen   Design,Art Direction
Gavin Lurssen   Mastering
John Lennon   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Van McCoy   Composer
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer,Original Recording Producer
Richard Poindexter   Composer
Norman Meade   Composer
Darby Slick   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Brian Kehew   Compilation Producer
Anthony Newley   Composer
Reuben Cohen   Mastering
Lee Lodyga   Project Assistant
Mike Johnson   Compilation Producer
Robert Poindexter   Composer
Eileen Lucero   Editorial
Bryan George   Licensing
Audrey Bilger   Project Assistant
David Ponak   Project Assistant
Dutch Cramblitt   Project Assistant
Nikki Nieves   Project Assistant
Brad Rosenberger   Project Assistant
Ted Springman   Project Assistant
L.A. Charles Harper   Composer
Jacqueline Members   Composer
Evan Shafferman   Project Assistant
Elliot Lune   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Bill Dahl   Liner Notes