Definitive Falcons Collection (The Complete Recordings)

Who knows: if Eddie Floyd, Mack Rice, Wilson Pickett/Joe Stubbs, Willie Schofield and Lance Finnie had stuck together, they may well have rivalled other Detroit super groups such as the the Temptations and Four Tops for success. This 4 CD set brings to-gether all known recordings by the original Falcons, along with alternate takes guest appearances, cover versions and songs musically supervised or written by members of the group. Solo recordings by group members are also included from 1956 to 1963, the time they were recording together. The set is also, in a sense, a history of soul itself, showing how the genre develops from it's early stirrings in doo-wop, taking in R&B and gospel along the way and culminating in two of the very first records that can definitively be described as soul: The Wilson Pickett-led tracks Take This Love I've Got and I Found a Love, the first two tracks on this compilation. Sleeve notes by Keith Rylatt (author of Groovesville USA)