Amazon 11/16 MP3 album Daily Deal: "Daptone Gold (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)" by Various Artists, $2.99

The Amazon MP3 Daily Deal for Monday, November 16, 2009 is: Daptone Gold (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version), by Various Artists, for $2.99. A.mazon says this new release is available now 8 days in advance (official release date is Nov. 24).

Over 1.3 hours of soul from Daptone Records (the track sample for track #1 describes the contents, if you listen to it). In brief: if you like the Motown sound and/or 70's soul but are tired of hearing the same old hits recycled, you should check this one out.

Reviews, track-samples and purchase-link here.

Track-list: 

 1. Introduction  Binky Griptite    0:51
 2. I'm Not Gonna Cry  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings    3:21
 3. Up From The South  The Budos Band    3:28
 4. What Have You Done?  Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens    3:28
 5. How Long Do I Have To Wait?  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings    4:04
 6. Could Have Been  Lee Fields    3:31
 7. Che Che Cole Makossa  Antibalas featuring Mayra Vega    4:09
 8. Budos Rising  The Budos Band    4:49
 9. Got A Thing On My Mind  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings    2:52
10. The World (Is Going Up In Flames)  Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band    3:22
11. Make It Good To Me  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings    4:39
12. Stand Up  Lee Fields and Sugarman & Co.    3:53
13. What Is This  Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens    3:13
14. A Lover Like Me  Binky Griptite with The Sugarman Three    2:38
15. Make The Road By Walking  Menahan Street Band    3:03
16. Tell Me  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings    2:46
17. Down To It  Sugarman & Co.    4:13
18. Nervous Like Me  The Dap-Kings    3:07
19. Giving Up  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings    3:08
20. Ghostwalk  The Budos Band    2:11
21. I Need You To Hold My Hand  Cynthia Langston & the Gospel Queens    3:20
22. The Stroll Part 2  Binky Griptite & the Mellomatics    2:10
23. Stranded In Your Love  Sharon Jones & Lee Fields    5:48
24. Money Don't Make The Man (Amazon MP3 Exclusive)  The Dap-Kings featuring Neal Sugarman    3:28

P.S. BTW, about Sharon Jones, who is represented by several tracks (Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings)--an interesting story of a singer who started young but only found success later in life--Sharon Jones' Wikipedia page.

Thanks. Great find!