{"id":7139,"date":"2017-05-25T12:45:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T17:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2017-05-25T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T17:45:28","slug":"pervis-staples-and-carla-thomas-its-unbelievable-how-you-control-my-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7139","title":{"rendered":"Pervis Staples and Carla Thomas – It’s Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Pervis Staples and Carla Thomas – It’s Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul) MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The end of the week is here, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>, which drops each and every Friday with finest in soul, funk, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the Stitcher and TuneIn apps. Check it out on Mixcloud, or gran yourselves an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com<\/p>\n

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I am in the process of gearing up for this year’s fundraiser, as well as a reassessment of blogging\/podcasting workload.<\/p>\n

All podcasts, Funky16Corners Radio Show, Iron Leg Radio Show<\/strong> and my weekly live bag, Testify! on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio<\/strong><\/a> will continue going forward.<\/p>\n

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We close out the week with the groovy version of song first recorded by Jeanne and the Darlings<\/strong> (on Volt) in 1968.<\/p>\n

This version of the song \u2018It\u2019s Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)\u2019 was recorded by the duet of Pervis Staples and Carla Thomas<\/strong> as part of the massive (and quite good) Stax project \u2018Boy Meets Girl\u2019, issued as a 2-LP set in 1969 and featuring the cream of the Stax\/Volt stable.<\/p>\n

Most of the duet pairings were new, i.e. no long standing pairings were included, but the results were always interesting.<\/p>\n

Both Pervis and Carla were second-generation singers, Pervis as part of the Staple Singers<\/strong> (along side his father Roebuck,<\/strong> aka Pops, and his sisters Mavis, Cleotha and Yvonne<\/strong>) and Carla the daughter of Stax legend Rufus Thomas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting to hear Pervis outside of the framework of the Staples sound, and to realize how mush his voice sounds like his father.<\/p>\n

Carla, of course, had had solo hits prior to this session, and had duetted with both her father and the mighty Otis Redding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Their version of \u2018It\u2019s Unbelievable\u2026\u2019 is very cool. The song was co-written by Homer Banks<\/strong> (a big fave hereabouts) and Don Davis<\/strong>, and the session was co-produced by Davis and Al Bell.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sound is a little more restrained than the Jeanne and the Darlings version (also produced by Davis), but I attribute that to the difference in the vocals, which are much harder-edged in the latter.<\/p>\n

The pair duet on one other song (\u2018I\u2019m Crying\u2019) and participate in the group opening of \u2018Soul-a-Lujah\u2019.<\/p>\n

That said, it is an excellent number, and I recommend the \u2018Boy Meets Girl\u2019 LP very highly. The original vinyl isn\u2019t terribly expensive or hard to find, and some of the CD reissues truncate the track list significantly.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PS Head over to Iron Leg too. <\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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