Steve Winwood - Soulful Cover Songs, Volume 1 (1989-2005)

I find it interesting that most of my Steve Winwood albums in my music collection are albums I've put together instead of the official studio albums. I tend to find his studio albums too slick and predictable for my tastes. I like it better when he goes off the beaten track.

This album is a good example of that. These are all non-album track cover songs, and since the vast majority are soul songs, I'm calling this "Soulful Cover Songs." There's enough music for two volumes; this is the first.

There are only three officially released songs here. "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" is from a Ruby Turner album. "I'm Ready" is from a Jools Holland album. "It's All Right" is from a tribute album to Curtis Mayfield.

The rest are all from concert bootlegs. However, I've edited them to get rid of the crowd noise. Generally speaking, the sound quality is excellent, with the vast majority of these coming from soundboard boots. One exception is the first track. That's from an audience boot, and sounds rougher. It was a tough call, but I decided it just barely made the cut of not being a bonus track.

The vast majority of these songs are well-known classics. Winwood nails them with his extraordinary voice. It's a real shame he's never put out an all-covers studio album, because he was born to sing this kind of music.

This album is an hour long, not including the bonus track.

01 Night Time Is the Right Time (Otis Grand Band & Steve Winwood)
02 When Something Is Wrong with My Baby (Ruby Turner & Steve Winwood)
03 It's All Right (Steve Winwood)
04 Hound Dog (Steve Winwood)
05 I'm Ready (Steve Winwood with Jools Holland)
06 How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved by You] (Stevie Winwood & the Funk Brothers)
07 Shotgun (Stevie Winwood & the Funk Brothers)
08 What's Going On (Stevie Winwood & the Funk Brothers)
09 Why Can’t We Live Together (Steve Winwood & Santana)
10 Hey Joe (Steve Winwood with Slash)
11 Crossroads (Steve Winwood)
12 Cissy Strut [Instrumental] (Steve Winwood)

Function at the Junction (Stevie Winwood & the Funk Brothers)

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The cover photo is a publicity photo from 1988.