this is in many ways the great lost Pickett album, and one which stacks up favourably against any of his official Atlantic releases of the period.

Between 1966 and 1968, soul great Wilson Pickett recorded no less than 17 songs written by a young, up-and-coming singer/songwriter with whom he had much in common stylistically. As well as the 17 Womack compositions, by way of a bonus it includes Pickett’s version of Womack’s mentor Sam Cooke’s classic ‘Bring It On Home To Me’ and both sides of Womack’s own lone Atlantic 45, recorded during the same period as these tracks. it was Recorded in Memphis and Muscle Shoals with the leading studio musicians of the day, including Womack on guitar and backing vocals on many of the tracks.