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 -- he produced or co-produced/engineered were:

• William Bell ("You Don't Miss Your Water")
• James & Bobby Purify ("Shake A Tail Feather")
• Joe Simon ("(You Keep Me) Hangin' On", "No Sad Songs")
• Bobby Womack ("What Is This," "More Than I Can Stand")
• King Curtis ("Foot Pattin'")
• Jamo Thomas ("Bahama Mama"), and
• Oscar Toney, Jr. ("For Your Precious Love")

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:

• "The Dark End of the Street" (James Carr)
• "Do Right Woman-Do Right Man" (Aretha Franklin), and
• "Making Love (At The Dark End of the Street" (Clarence Carter)

His work at American Studios became a signature, clean sound with a washing of soul. Among the artists he produced heavily are:

• Box Tops
• Sandy Posey
• B.J. Thomas
• The Gentrys, and
• Merrilee Rush

"Brother Love" was the only single he produced for Neil Diamond.