Pied Piper: Follow Your Soul

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Overview

Pied Piper: Follow Your Soul, Ace's 2015 sequel to 2013's Pied Piper Presents: A New Concept in Detroit Soul, covers the same ground as its predecessor, rounding up 24 tracks the production team of Pied Piper crafted during the glory days of 1965-1967. Pied Piper's membership was fluid but key members Jack Ashford, Mike Terry, Joe Hunter, and Herbie Williams were movers and shakers at Motown, so it's no surprise the singles their crew created do sound like the Motor City: grand arrangements underpinned by an insistent bounce, the kind of records that defined not only the brief, brilliant blast of the heyday of Motown but also Northern soul. Apart from clever flair -- the seductive spy undertones of Lorraine Chandler's "You Only Live Twice," the splashy compressed funk of the Pied Piper Players' party instrumental "Love Sick," a bit of fuzz guitar on Nancy Wilcox's "More Than a Memory" -- there aren't many surprises in terms of style or sound. All of this is straight-down-the-middle '60s Detroit soul, usually incandescent in its danceability but also occasionally slowing down to something shimmering and sweet (September Jones' "No More Love"), and if the songwriting is generally not as indelible as the tunesmiths from Motown, the real attraction of Pied Piper: Follow Your Soul is those gorgeous, ornate arrangements and passionate singers. They don't make music like this anymore and it's great to have this snapshot of how good things could be just outside of the spotlight. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/02/2015
Label:	Kent
UPC:	0029667242929
Rank:	143850

Tracks

1. Voo Doo Madamoiselle  - Lorraine Chandler  - Joseph Hunter  - September Jones  - Robert "Babbit" Kreiner
2. He'll Be Leaving You  - Jack Ashford  - Lorraine Chandler  - Joe Hunter  - Mike Terry  - Nancy Wilcox
3. You Only Live Twice [Alternate Version]  - Jack Ashford  - Lorraine Chandler  - Randy Scott  - Mike Terry
4. Could It Be You  - Jack Ashford  - Joseph Hunter  - Sharon Scott  - Herbie Williams
5. Ooh It Hurts Me [Alternate Version]  - John V. Allen  - Larry Banks  -  Cavaliers  -  Cavaliers  - Herman Kelley
6. I Need Your Love  - Jerome Averette  - Bobbie Croft  -  Dynamics  - Joe Hunter  - Keith Illidge  - Johnnie Williams
7. Watch Yourself  - Jack Ashford  - Tony Hester  - Mike Terry
8. Love Will Find a Way  - Harry Gates  - Tony Hester
9. They Say I'm Afraid (of Losing You)  - Freddy Butler  - Joseph Hunter  - Robert "Babbit" Kreiner  - Eddie Willis
10. Lost Without You  - Jack Ashford  - Billy Barberis  - Lorraine Chandler  - Teddy Randazzo  - Herbie Williams
11. Wait a Minute  - Jack Ashford  - Lorraine Chandler  -  Hesitations  - Joseph Hunter  - Randy Scott
12. Love Sick  - Fred C. Baker  -  Pied Piper Players  - Samuel Stevens
13. No More Love  - Jack Ashford  - September Jones  - Mike Terry
14. Set My Heart at Ease  - Mikki Farrow  - Gwen Smith
15. More Than a Memory  - Jack Ashford  - Joe Hunter  - Randy Scott  - Nancy Wilcox
16. Without Someone to Tell Me  - Jerome Averette  -  Cavaliers  -  Cavaliers  - Bobbie Croft  - Joe Hunter  - Keith Illidge  - Johnnie Williams
17. It's Right Now  - Harry Gates  - Joe Hunter  - Joseph Hunter  -  Metros
18. Love Is Not a Game  - Bob Schwartz  - Sam E. Solo  - Jack Thomas
19. What Can I Do  - Jack Ashford  - Lorraine Chandler  - Mike Terry
20. You Better Know Why  - Jack Ashford  - Lorraine Chandler  - Joseph Hunter  - September Jones  - Randy Scott
21. You Don't Know Me Do You  - Larry Banks  - Herman Kelley  -  Metros
22. Hold to My Baby  - Jerome Averette  - Bobbie Croft  - Joe Hunter  - Keith Illidge  -  Pied Piper Players  - Johnnie Williams
23. That's What Love Is  - Jack Ashford  - Fred C. Baker  -  Hesitations  - Zerben R Hicks
24. Give Me Lots of Lovin'  - Jack Ashford  - Freddy Butler  - Randy Scott  - Mike Terry

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nancy Wilcox   Primary Artist
The Metros   Primary Artist
The Dynamics   Primary Artist
Tony Hester   Primary Artist
The Pied Piper Players   Primary Artist
The Cavaliers   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Mikki Farrow   Primary Artist
Harry Gates   Primary Artist
The Hesitations   Primary Artist
Sharon Scott   Primary Artist
September Jones   Primary Artist
Sam E. Solo   Primary Artist
Freddy Butler   Primary Artist
Lorraine Chandler   Primary Artist
Joe Hunter   Conductor
Jack Ashford   Conductor
Herbie Williams   Conductor
John V. Allen   Conductor

Technical Credits

Eddie Willis   Composer
Nick Robbins   Mastering
Mike Terry   Composer
Ady Croasdell   Liner Notes
Billy Barberis   Composer
Jack Ashford   Arranger,Composer
Randy Scott   Composer
Lorraine Chandler   Composer
Jack Thomas   Composer
Herbie Williams   Arranger
Gwen Smith   Composer
Bob Schwartz   Composer
Samuel Stevens   Composer
Jerome Averette   Composer
Zerben R. Hicks   Composer
Johnnie Williams   Composer
Joe Hunter   Arranger
Larry Banks   Composer
Teddy Randazzo   Composer
John V. Allen   Arranger
Tony Hester   Composer
Keith Illidge   Composer
Joseph Hunter   Composer
Herman Kelley   Composer
Bobbie Croft   Composer
Harry Gates   Composer
Robert "Babbit" Kreiner   Composer
Matt Baker   Photo Courtesy
Tim Ashibende   Photo Courtesy
Fred C. Baker   Composer
Niall McCormack   Package Design