One of the best -- and certainly one of the most unsung -- soul and R&B vocalists of the 1960s was
Maxine Brown, who recorded several impressive singles during the decade for
Florence Greenberg's New York-based Wand Records imprint, a subsidiary of
Greenberg's Scepter Records, as well as a string of duets with
Greenberg's other big R&B star,
Chuck Jackson. This generous set collects the six EPs
Brown released for the label in the 1960s, including four duet cuts with
Jackson. Given the EP setting, there is a bit of filler, but that's a relative term with a singer as good as
Brown, and this anthology is as good a place as any to discover this fine artist.
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Steve Leggett, Rovi