One of the most popular recent postings here was the soul compilation, "Down and Out." A highlight of that compilation were the powerful and soulful vocals on "A Shell of a Woman." by a certain obscure vocalist by the name of Doris Allen. Fortunately, Soulscape Records helped to rescue Doris Allen from almost complete obscurity several years back with this fine CD compilation that includes (I believe) most of her recordings: 23 tracks in all. To the degree that Doris Allen became known during her career, it was primarily as a duet singer with Big John Hamilton. But her solo efforts here speak for themselves.
The booklet for this CD also contains very detailed biographical information. Unfortunately, I am not with my CD collection at the moment and cannot access it. I can therefore fill in some biographical details in August when I am united with my CDs.
The majority of tracks here date from the 1960s, and were produced by Finely Duncan at Duncan's Playground Studios. It was Finely Duncan who again recorded Doris in the 1980s, including a remake of A Shell of a Woman. Those are the final tracks on this collection.
