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Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show/ A Modern Day Version of Love

Here's a beautiful copy of one of Diamond's most loved classics... one of the nicest I've yet offered in the store! FYI, the single is slightly shorter than the 3:27 album track. Note: This copy has a drillhole and comes in a vintage Uni Records factory sleeve. It has Mint-looking vinyl and pristine-sounding audio.

It's interesting to note that this authentic-sounding Southern Soul number was produced by the legendary team from American Studios in Memphis, including Chips Moman. Moman was one of the most significant writer/producers of the 1960s, starting with Stax Studios and then forming American Studios later on. Among the soul artists—nearly all from the South—the produced or co-produced/engineered were:\r\n

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  • William Bell ("You Don't Miss Your Water")\r\n
  • James & Bobby Purify ("Shake A Tail Feather")\r\n
  • Joe Simon ("(You Keep Me) Hangin' On", "No Sad Songs")\r\n
  • Bobby Womack ("What Is This," "More Than I Can Stand")\r\n
  • King Curtis ("Foot Pattin'")\r\n
  • Jamo Thomas ("Bahama Mama"), and\r\n
  • Oscar Toney, Jr. ("For Your Precious Love")\r\n
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His other contributions to soul music was as a songwriter, usually with fellow, and equally legendary Memphian Dan Penn. Three of his credits are in Dave Marsh's list of the 1,001 greatest singles of Rock 'n' Soul:\r\n

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  • "The Dark End of the Street" (James Carr)\r\n
  • "Do Right Woman-Do Right Man" (Aretha Franklin), and\r\n
  • "Making Love (At The Dark End of the Street" (Clarence Carter)\r\n
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His work at American Studios became a signature, clean sound with a washing of soul. Among the artists he produced heavily are:\r\n

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  • Box Tops\r\n
  • Sandy Posey\r\n
  • B.J. Thomas\r\n
  • The Gentrys, and\r\n
  • Merrilee Rush\r\n
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"Brother Love" was the only single he produced for Neil Diamond.\r\n

Condition
Overall Label Sleeve Vinyl Audio
M M- (dh) M M
Disc Details
Label Year Chart
Uni 55109 1969 #22p in February
Song Details

A-side

B-side

Artist

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond

Title

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show

A Modern Day Version of Love

Track Time

3:08

2:49

Songwriter

N. Diamond (A&B)

N. Diamond (A&B)

Producer

Tommy Cogbill-Chips Moman (A), Tom Catalano-Neil Diamong (B)

Tommy Cogbill-Chips Moman (A), Tom Catalano-Neil Diamong (B)

Category

Deep Soul

Deep Soul

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