Ruth Brown – Secret Love (2025) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Ruth Brown – Secret Love (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:57:48 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Soul
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Obscure 70s work from the great Ruth Brown – best known for her postwar R&B work on Atlantic Records, but heard here on two rare sets from the 70s! CD1 is billed as the “soul side”, and features the album Brown Black & Beautiful – a record that takes off nicely from the newly sophisticated sound of Brown’s similarly-titled album from a few years before – in a mode that’s quite different than the Atlantic years, and which has Ruth singing in a beautifully mature style – taking on some real adult themes in her music! Instrumentation has a bit of electricity in the keyboards and bass – never too much so to sound too slick or modern – and Brown’s vocals, while different, really come off nicely in the setting. Titles include “My Ol Bed”, “I Love My Man”, “I Want To Sleep With You”, “Brown Sugar”, “Ain’t No Piece Of Cake”, and “Stop Knocking”. CD2 is billed as the “jazz side”, and features the album You Don’t Know Me – an obscure little set from Ruth Brown – cut during some of her lesser-known years, and handled as a batch of straight jazz tunes – a nice change from her sound in the early days! The set’s got Ruth singing with a nice small combo that includes Lou Levy on piano – working in a relaxed west coast groove that’s a bit like some of the Lorez Alexandria sides from LA from the same period – steeped in R&B, but presented in a jazz mode with a bit more decorum than on earlier records!

Tracklist:

1-1. Ruth Brown – Brown Sugar (03:48)
1-2. Ruth Brown – You’re Gonna See A Lot More Of Me Leaving (04:11)
1-3. Ruth Brown – My Old Bed (02:53)
1-4. Ruth Brown – Old Fashioned Good Time Loving You (04:32)
1-5. Ruth Brown – I Want To Sleep With You (04:06)
1-6. Ruth Brown – Stop Knocking (05:00)
1-7. Ruth Brown – Sugar Babe (03:15)
1-8. Ruth Brown – On Your Way (04:45)
1-9. Ruth Brown – I Love My Man (02:46)
1-10. Ruth Brown – Seven Days (05:38)
1-11. Ruth Brown – What Color Is Blue (03:56)
1-12. Ruth Brown – Life Ain’t No Piece of Cake (04:15)
2-1. Ruth Brown – If I Were A Bell (02:45)
2-2. Ruth Brown – Skylark (04:06)
2-3. Ruth Brown – Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You (02:49)
2-4. Ruth Brown – Miss Brown’s Blues (02:57)
2-5. Ruth Brown – Smile (04:07)
2-6. Ruth Brown – Secret Love (04:03)
2-7. Ruth Brown – You Don’t Know Me (04:04)
2-8. Ruth Brown – Almost Like Being In Love (03:21)
2-9. Ruth Brown – Willow Weep For Me (04:23)
2-10. Ruth Brown – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (04:22)
2-11. Ruth Brown – What’ll I Do (04:19)
2-12. Ruth Brown – After The Lovin’ (04:22)
2-13. Ruth Brown – Touch Me In The Morning (08:13)
2-14. Ruth Brown – Everybody’s Talking (03:25)
2-15. Ruth Brown – The Way You Look Tonight (03:43)
2-16. Ruth Brown – The Best Thing That Ever Happened (07:44)

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