Daniel Trepat

If you are looking for inspiration or newmusic, this is where you will fi nd it.We give you the low down and the buzzon some of the new albums about tobe released in our occasional series.BEHIND CLOSED DOORS-WHERE COUNTRY MEETS SOULVarious ArtistsThe 23 tracks in this new compilation provide a superb illustrationof what can happen Behind Closed Doors...WhenCountry Meets Soul. Most of the artists featuredhere would have heard country music in theiryouth. Most of them recorded in the southernstudios and often used pickers from the pool ofmusicians who worked on country sessions inMemphis, Nashville and Muscle Shoals. It’s nosurprise that they all sounded as at home with a country song asthey did with a straight-ahead slice of soul. Here you’ll hear some ofthe biggest soul artists of their time on some of the biggest countryhits of the 60s and 70s. Candi Staton does Patsy Cline, James Carrcovers Mel Tillis, Millie Jackson sings Merle Haggard, Brook Bentontips his musical hat to Jerry Lee Lewis, Al Green pays homage toHank Williams, and so much more besides. Unlike similarly-themedcompilations, this CD features only 100% authentic country songsand 100% authentic soul singers. It may not be the first of its kindbut it is undoubtedly the best of its kind to date.NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A NO. 1Various ArtistsReleased to celebrate 60 years of the OfficialSingles Chart, Now That’s What I Call a No. 1features some of the biggest hits in pop musichistory. Highlights from this three-disc box setinclude tracks from Adele, Robbie Williams,Abba, Kylie Minogue, Celine Dion, Oasis,Coldplay, Rod Stewart and David Bowie.Spanning across the decades, it’s the perfect compilation for afamily get together or street party celebrations.LATINOMilosHaving won Gramophone Magazine’s “Young Artist of the Year” andachieved sales of over 150,000 copies worldwide with his secondalbum The Guitar, Milos will have high hopes forfollow up effort, Latino. The album includes newsolo guitar and string orchestra arrangementsof popular Latin hits such as Gardel’s ‘Por unacabeza’, Piazzolla’s ‘Libertango’ and ‘Oblivion’, andthe folk hit ‘Quizás, Quizás, Quizás’. With his newalbum Latino, Milos’ inspiration moves from theMediterranean to the sultry sounds and passion of Latin America ...TRULY YOURS-THEIR FIRST MOTOWN ALBUMSpinnersThe latest in a prestigious series of Motown collections spotlightsthe Spinners (or the Detroit Spinners, as they areknown in the UK), one of the most polished groupsto emerge from Berry Gordy’s fabled recordingempire. The first dozen tracks here comprisetheir debut album, The Original Spinners.Released in 1967, the LP featured the Spinnersfirst three hits That’s What Girls Are Made For,I’ll Always Love You and Truly Yours and pretty much served astheir best-of up to that point. Of the 14 contemporaneous bonustitles, 10 are previously unissued, all freshly transferred from theoriginal Motown masters. These include ballads such as Darling,which displays the Spinners doo-wop roots and a handful of topof-the-rangestompers. All in all, a must for Motown and soul fanseverywhere.UNCAGEDZac Brown BandTwo-time GRAMMY Award winners and multi platinum artists ZacBrown Band have become one of music’s most heralded acts.With a historic nine consecutive number onesingles, awe-inspiring musicianship and dynamiclive shows, the Georgia six-piece is definitely builtto last. This is their fourth studio album from theAmerican country rock band fronted by Brown.Uncaged features a new addition to the band’sline-up in the form of percussionist Daniel de losReyes, and includes guest vocals from Amos Lee.THE KINKS LIVE AT THE BBCThe KinksThe Kinks and the BBC are celebrated on this limited editioncollector’s 5 CD and DVD set. The release is collated from all ofthe BBC-owned Kinks recordings that still exist inthe archive and charts the inexorable rise of theband; from the first steps on the Pye label, to theirglory days as one of the world’s most successfulbands. The BBC gave the band a platform andsupport at crucial stages in their career and TheKinks at the BBC plays like an alternate GreatestHits, a musical growing up in public.www.linedancermagazine.com August 2012 • 81