I Can't Afford to Lose Him - Ella Washington, Womack, Bobby [1]
Starving for Love - Ella Washington, Kelly, Paul
I Done Made It Up in My Mind - Ella Washington, Hale, Willie
He Called Me Baby - Ella Washington, Howard, Harlan
You're Gonna Cry, Cry, Cry - Ella Washington, Ferguson, Mable
Stop Giving Your Man Away - Ella Washington, Tarleton, Karl
The Affair - Ella Washington, Orange, Allen
I Want to Walk Through This Life with You - Ella Washington, Lewis, Margaret
Fragile (Handle with Care) - Ella Washington, Orange, Allen
Doing the Best I Can - Ella Washington, Ferguson, Mable
Sweeter and Sweeter (Ray, Ray, Ray) - Ella Washington, Orange, Allen
All the Time - Ella Washington, Tillis, Mel
This Bitter Earth - Ella Washington, Otis, Clyde
Sit Down and Cry - Ella Washington, Otis, Clyde
He'll Be Back - Ella Washington, Jackson, Warren
I Don't Care About Your Past - Ella Washington, Drummond, Tim
It Must Be Love - Ella Washington, Beavers, Jackey
Too Weak to Fight - Ella Washington, Carter, Clarence [1
If Time Could Stand Still - Ella Washington, Washington, Ella
Nobody But Me - Ella Washington, Williams, Margaret
I'm Losing the Feeling - Ella Washington, Hale, Willie
Mission (That's Impossible) - Ella Washington, Williams, Margaret
What a Fool I've Been (For Loving You) - Ella Washington, Beavers, Jackey
Deeper - Ella Washington, Hale, Willie
I've Got to Have You (It's All Over) - Ella Washington, Unidentified
Pride - Ella Washington, Unidentified
We Paid the Price - Ella Washington, Unidentified
You Got It - Ella Washington, Kelly, Paul
Ella Washington is highly acclaimed by southern soul fans for the tracks she recorded with producer John Richbourg for Sound Stage 7. This album features almost all of those historic recordings which were cut in Memphis, N... more »ashville and Muscle Shoals from 1967-1972. 28 tracks including five previously unissued bonus tracks. All tracks have been remastered in mono and the album has informative liner notes by John Ridley.« less
Ella Washington is highly acclaimed by southern soul fans for the tracks she recorded with producer John Richbourg for Sound Stage 7. This album features almost all of those historic recordings which were cut in Memphis, Nashville and Muscle Shoals from 1967-1972. 28 tracks including five previously unissued bonus tracks. All tracks have been remastered in mono and the album has informative liner notes by John Ridley.
"This is an AMAZING album! Ella Washington is a little known Southern Soul singer who recorded one LP and a handful of singles for John Richbourg's Sound Stage 7 label from 1967 to 1971. If you haven't just clicked "BUY THIS" I guess you don't know yet- old JR was a white DJ who ended up producing some of the best music ever using African American singers with little but church training and recording them in front of bands arranged by some of Memphis' best country arrangers and musicians. ELLA WASHINGTON sounds like "Dusty in Memphis" might have sounded if Dusty had listened to a lot more Billie Holiday and Tammy Wynette. I've never heard a more beautiful, plaintive sound. I've loved this voice from the minute I first heard "He Called Me Baby" and never forgotten her. It had taken me over 20 years to find 22 of the 27 songs on this CD. Now Garry J. Cape- a British disc producer- has put out ALL of her known secular recordings on one disc from his Soulscape label, including three great songs previously unreleased. Soulscape is a small concern and this pressing is limited. If you love great singing, tight horn sections, buy this one right away."
Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
