Preview: Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham - Various Artists

Artist: Various Artists
Title: Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
Release Date:

• January 31, 2011 (U.K.)
• February 15, 2011 (Available in U.S. from Amazon)

Label: Ace
Format(s): CD, DD

Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham wrote some of the greatest songs in Southern Soul history and Ace Records is saluting the pair in the latest from their songwriter's series.

Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham contains 24 tracks performed by the original artists including Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, Arthur Conley, Patti LaBelle, Irma Thomas and Joe Simon.

Ace is also planning a follow-up album featuring some of Penn's compositions written with other songwriters.

Track List:

• Out Of Left Field - Percy Sledge 
• I'm Your Puppet - Dionne Warwick 
• Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations 
• A Woman Left Lonely - Charlie Rich 
• I Worship The Ground You Walk On - Etta James 
• I'm Living Good [Version 2] - The Ovations 
• Take Me (Just As I Am) - Solomon Burke 
• Cry Like A Baby - Arthur Alexander 
• It Tears Me Up - Jeanne Newman 
• Slippin' Around - Art Freeman 
• I Met Her In Church - Tony Borders 
• Are You Never Coming Home - Sandy Posey 
• Let It Happen [Alternate Take] - James Carr 
• Everything I Am - The Box Tops 
• Feed The Flame - Ted Taylor 
• Watching The Trains Go By - Tony Joe White 
• In The Same Old Way - Arthur Conley 
• Denver - Ronnie Milsap 
• Dreamer - Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles 
• Good Things Don't Come Easy - Irma Thomas 
• I Need Someone - The Wallace Brothers 
• He Ain't Gonna Do Right - Barbara Lynn 
• Wish You Didn't Have To Go - Tommy Roe 
• Let's Do It Over - Joe Simon