Celebrating 60 years of Atlantic Records, this 21-album bonanza is a low-budget way to catch up with some of the best soul and R&B music ever – or to replace those worn-out 45s.
From the pioneering rock’n’roll of Joe Turner, LaVern Baker and Ruth Brown, through the classic 60s soul of Eddie Floyd and Arthur Conley, to the 70s sounds of the Detroit Spinners and Betty Wright, each album offers 20, 21 or 22 tracks of pure gold. Rivalled only by Motown as a ‘guaranteed quality’ label, Atlantic and its associated brands, such as Atco and Stax, were the gatekeepers of a seemingly endless flow of great
