9 am - 10 am

9 A.M. The guitar and tender falsetto of Curtis Mayfield lead The Impressions in "I'm So Proud" and "Keep On Pushing". If you can't find Big 16 (HMV) or 28 Originals (ABC) on vinyl, then The Ultimate Collection (Hip-O) will spin you out of doors or across tiled floors.
Men of leisure and Victorian-minded are inclined to answer their mail at this hour. The distraction of Aretha Franklin's I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (Atlantic) will save on postage. Mighty singers still walk among us. Solomon Burke's mid-2002 release, Don't Give Up On Me (Fat Possum), is all the proof you need. I must declare an interest in this one, having co-written one track, "The Judgement", with my wife, Cait. Songs from Dan Penn, Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Bob Dylan, and the album's producer, Joe Henry, recrown the King Of Rock And Soul. Now it is time to do some housework. 

1. The Impressions - Gypsy Woman (2:19)
2. The Impressions - Talking About My Baby (2:31)
3. The Impressions - Keep On Pushing (2:32)
4. The Impressions - You Must Believe Me (2:33)
5. The Impressions - People Get Ready (2:39)
6. The Impressions - Woman's Got Soul (2:18)
7. The Impressions - Meeting Over Yonder (2:22)
8. The Impressions - You've Been Cheatin' (2:35)
9. Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman - Do Right Man (3:17)
10. Aretha Franklin - Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business) (3:21)
11. Aretha Franklin - Soul Serenade (2:36)
12. Aretha Franklin - Respect (2:27)
13. Aretha Franklin - Drown In My Own Tears (4:05)
14. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (2:44)
15. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me (3:45)
16. Solomon Burke - Flesh And Blood (6:07)
17. Solomon Burke - The Judgement (3:30)
18. Solomon Burke - None Of Us Are Free (5:29)