Summer of soul (- or, when the revolution could not be televised) : original motion picture soundtrack

"Best New Reissue" - "The soundtrack to Questlove's excellent documentary on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival tells a nuanced story of Black creativity and perseverance at the end of a transformative decade".

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"The soundtrack for Questlove's acclaimed music-festival doc shows the way R&B and soul were moving in inspired new directions by the end of the Sixties".

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"Mens Woodstock-festivalen i august 1969 er gået over historien, er det utvivlsomt de færreste, som har hørt om samme sommers Harlem Cultural Festival. Desto større var den glædelige overraskelse, da vi sidste år fik filmen Summer of Soul - et par timers sammenklip fra koncertrækken i Mount Morris Park, New York, hvor man over flere weekender i sommeren '69 kunne opleve nogle af tidens største, afroamerikanske (hedder det stadig det?) navne ... og også her på soundtracket, som nu fornuftigvis er udkommet og således kan nydes som livealbum i egen ret".

"Soundtrack to the Questlove documentary and one of the all-time great live albums: Seventeen performances taken from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festical, bookended by The Chambers Brothers' exultant "Uptown" and Nina Simone's insurrectionist "Are You Ready". Like the film they soundtrack, they provide both compelling social, cultural, and political history and an extraordinary in-concert experience. The best bits alongside the forenamed: a Tempations-transitioning David Ruffin reclaiming "My Girl; Gladys and her Pips socking it to 'em with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples' "Precious Lord, Take My Hand", the sound of freedom through exhortation; and the conscience-awakiening power of Sly And The Family Stone's "Everyday People"".