Whether Billy Price is normally a soul singer I do not know, but this is the third album he has recorded at Jeree Records in New Brighton, PA. His voice is sympathetic to the genre, he sings in a genuine Southern style and the backings are totally authentic.

The "Soul Collection" is Price's tribute to " ...artists who, through some combination of fate, lost opportunity, and bad luck remained in the second line behind James, Aretha, Otis and Al." These alleged second-liners include James Carr (Let it happen), Darrell Banks (Beautiful Feeling), Joe Simon/ Betty Lavette (Your Time To Cry), O.V. Wright (Gonna Forget About You), Arthur Alexander (You Got Me Knocking), The Soul Sisters/Linda Jones (I Can't Stand It), Frederick Knight (I Betcha Didn't Know That), Don Covay (It's In The Wind), Syl Johnson (Let Yourself Go), Latimore (Something Bout 'Cha), Lamont Dozier (Why Can't We Be Lovers), and Eddie Hinton (Dangerous Highway). Then there are three numbers recorded by Otis Clay, "I Didn't Know the Meaning of Pain," "I Die a Little Each Day," and "That's How It Is," the latter having Otis actually dueting with Billy in call and response mode. So you know the qualtiy of the songs is high and of the 16 tracks, I would rate 11 as excellent - and the others ain't bad.

Praise must go to the Billy Price Band to which is added Don Garvin who plays wonderfully appropriate guitar on every number. He also engineered and mixed the CD and even built the recording studio.

Billy Price deserves praise for this project which came as a very pleasant surprise to me. Oh by the way, he is white!