This 3-CD SoulMusic Records’ set celebrates the recordings that Solomon Burke made for the legendary Atlantic Records label between 1960 and 1968. Solomon is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest soul singers to emerge during the genre’s golden days. He signed to Atlantic before ‘soul music’ became a bona fide sub-genre of African-American music and it was Solomon who helped define this new movement and he was, in fact, one of the first artists to use ‘soul’ to describe his music. He would eventually be known the world over as ‘The King of Rock and Soul’.

His Atlantic recordings are presented in chronological order of recording across the three discs and each session is identified by date, location and all the musicians present are identified (where known). This celebratory definitive collection includes the content of all six of the LPs released during Solomon’s tenure with Atlantic plus all non-album tracks for a total of 78 soulful cuts.

CD1
1. This Little Ring
2. Be Bop Grandma
3. It’s All Right
4. Keep the Magic Working
5. Just Out of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms)
6. How Many Times
7. A Tear Fell
8. Cry To Me
9. I Almost Lost My Mind
10. Down In the Valley
11. Looking For My Baby
12. I’m Hanging Up My Heart For You (Stereo Alternate Take)
13. I’m Hanging Up My Heart For You
14. Baby (I Wanna Be Loved)
15. Gotta Travel On
16. I Really Don’t Want To Know
17. Tonight, My Heart She is Crying
18. Home In Your Heart
19. You Can Make It If You Try
20. Stupidity
21. Send Me Some Loving
22. Go On Back To Him
23. Words
24. I Said I Was Sorry
25. Can’t Nobody Love You
26. If You Need Me
27. Hard Ain’t It Hard
28. You Can’t Love ‘Em All

CD2
1. Won’t You Give Him (One More Chance)
2. Beautiful Brown Eyes
3. Beautiful Brown Eyes (Stereo Alternate Take)
4. You’re Good To Me
5. He’ll Have To Go
6. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
7. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) (Stereo Alternate Take)
8. Someone To Love Me
9. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
10. Yes, I Do
11. The Price
12. Tonight’s the Night
13. Got To Get You Off My Mind
14. Peepin’
15. Little Girl That Loves Me
16. Dance, Dance, Dance
17. Maggie’s Farm
18. Only Love (Can Save Me Now)
19. Someone is Watching
20. I Don’t Want You No More
21. (No, No, No) I Can’t Stop Loving You Now
22. Baby Come On Home
23. I Feel a Sin Coming On
24. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
25. Mountain of Pride
26. Suddenly

CD3
1. When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)
2. Keep Looking
3. Woman How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do
4. Time is a Thief
5. Presents For Christmas
6. Keep a Light In the Window (Till I Come Home)
7. Take Me (Just As I Am)
8. I Stayed Away Too Long
9. Need Your Love So Bad
10. It’s Just a Matter of Time
11. Detroit City
12. Party People
13. It’s Been a Change
14. Soul Meeting the Soul Clan
15. That’s How It Feels the Soul Clan
16. By the Time I Get To Phoenix
17. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)
18. Shame On Me
19. Save It
20. Meet Me In Church
21. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
22. Why, Why, Why
23. Get Out of My Life Woman
24. What’d I Say
25. Since I Met You Baby