Songcircle’s Summer of Soul (to Soul)!

Hosted by: 
Jeff Rosenberg
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
The Songcircle
Air date: 
Fri, 06/23/2023 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Highlights from three classic concerts from 1969-1972.

Today on The Songcircle, it’s my last show of June (DJ Dan S. guest-hosts next week) so we’re closing out Black Music Month — and the week of Juneteenth — with a program drawn from three great concert documentaries and their soundtracks: the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, as belatedly immortalized in Questlove’s 2021 Oscar winner Summer of Soul; American artists performing in Ghana for 1971’s Soul to Soul; and the legendary Wattstax concert from Los Angeles in 1972. We’ll hear dynamic performances by Sly & the Family Stone, Nina Simone, Santana, Ike & Tina Turner, The Staple Singers, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and others.

Topic tags: 
Movement for Racial Justice, African American, Film, History, Music, Race
Genre(s): 
Blues, Eclectic, Rock and Roll, Soul

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    1:32
    Artist
    The 5th Dimension
    Song
    Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In
    Album
    Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969]
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    1:39
    Artist
    David Ruffin
    Song
    My Girl
    Album
    Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969]
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    1:45
    Artist
    Gladys Knight & The Pips
    Song
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
    Album
    Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969]
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    1:51
    Artist
    Sly & The Family Stone
    Song
    Sing a Simple Song
    Album
    Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969]
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    1:56
    Artist
    Sly & The Family Stone
    Song
    Everyday People
    Album
    Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969]
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    1:59
    Artist
    Nina Simone
    Song
    Backlash Blues
    Album
    Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969]
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    2:02
    Artist
    Nina Simone
    Song
    Are You Ready
    Album
    Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969]
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    2:13
    Artist
    The Kumasi Drummers
    Song
    Introduction
    Album
    Soul to Soul (soundtrack)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:14
    Artist
    Ike & Tina Turner
    Song
    Soul to Soul
    Album
    Soul to Soul (soundtrack)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:18
    Artist
    Ike & Tina Turner
    Song
    River Deep - Mountain High
    Album
    Soul to Soul (film)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:21
    Artist
    Ike & Tina Turner
    Song
    I Smell Trouble
    Album
    Soul to Soul (soundtrack)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:29
    Artist
    Santana
    Song
    Black Magic Woman
    Album
    Soul to Soul (film)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:35
    Artist
    Les McCann & Eddie Harris
    Song
    Price You Gotta Pay To Be Free
    Album
    Soul to Soul (film)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:38
    Artist
    Mavis Staples
    Song
    Slave Castle (dialogue)
    Album
    Soul to Soul (film)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:39
    Artist
    The Staple Singers
    Song
    When Will We Be Paid
    Album
    Soul to Soul (film)
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:44
    Artist
    The Staple Singers
    Song
    I Like the Things About Me
    Album
    Wattstax '72 Soul'd Out (The Complete Wattstax Collection)
    Label
    Craft Recordings
  • Time
    2:50
    Artist
    The Staple Singers
    Song
    Respect Yourself
    Album
    Wattstax '72 Soul'd Out (The Complete Wattstax Collection)
    Label
    Craft Recordings
  • Time
    2:55
    Artist
    The Staple Singers
    Song
    I'll Take You There
    Album
    Wattstax '72 Soul'd Out (The Complete Wattstax Collection)
    Label
    Craft Recordings

Comments

Submitted by Jeff Rosenberg on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 3:04pm

The 1971 film Soul to Soul was restored and reissued in 2008, on DVD with an accompanying soundtrack CD. Tracks from the CD are labeled “soundtrack;” tracks I digitally extracted from the DVD are labeled “film.” Sadly, the release is now out of print, though used copies can be found online.

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