Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Soul to Soul (2LP, 45RPM)
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Guitar and Vocals: Stevie Ray Vaughan [click here to see more vinyl featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan]
Bass: Tommy Shannon
Drums: Chris Layton
Keyboards: Reese Wynans
Arranged by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (all tracks)
Written by Stevie Ray Vaughan (A1-2, B1, C1, D1), Doyle Bramhall (A2, B1), Willie Dixon (A3), Buddy Guy (B2), Hank Ballard (C2), Ken Barker (D2)
2 LPs, Gatefold jacket
Limited Numbered Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Epic
Recorded in March–May 1985 at Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas
Engineered by Richard Mullen
Produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Richard Mullen
Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Design by Brad Holland
Photography by Robert M. Knight
Originally Released in September 30, 1985
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
- Say What!
- Lookin’ Out the Window
Side B:
- Look at Little Sister
- Ain’t Gone ‘n’ Give Up on Love
Side C:
- Gone Home
- Change It
Side D:
- You’ll Be Mine
- Empty Arms
- Come On (Part III)
- Life Without You
Reviews:
« By adding two members to Double Trouble -- keyboardist Reese Wynans and saxophonist Joe Sublett -- Stevie Ray Vaughan indicated he wanted to add soul and R&B inflections to his basic blues sound, and Soul to Soul does exactly that. It's still a modern blues album, yet it has a wider sonic palette, finding Vaughan fusing a variety of blues, rock, and R&B styles. Most of this is done through covers -- notably Hank Ballard's "Look at Little Sister," the exquisitely jazzy "Gone Home," and Doyle Bramhall's impassioned soul-blues "Change It" -- but Vaughan's songwriting occasionally follows suit, as well. Even if only the tortured blues wailer "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" entered his acknowledged canon, he throws in some delightful soul-funk touches on "Say What!," the instrumental wah-wah workout that kicks off the album, and the Curtis Mayfield-inspired closer, "Life Without You," captures Vaughan at his best as a composer and performer. It's such a seductive number -- such a full realization of his soul-blues ambitions -- that the rest of the album pales in comparison. In fact, for all of its positive attributes, Soul to Soul winds up being less than the sum of its parts, and it's hard to pinpoint an exact reason why. Perhaps it was because Vaughan was on the verge of a horrible battle with substance abuse at the time of recording or perhaps it just has that unevenness inherent in transitional albums. Still, he has good taste in covers, his originals are sturdy, and there's not a bad performance here, so Soul to Soul winds up enjoyable in spite of its flaws, and it clearly points the way to his 1989 masterpiece, In Step.» AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : 5 / 5