Defining exactly what constitutes deep soul might not be the easiest thing to do in a few words, but you'll know it when you hear it, and there's plenty of that stuff to go around on this sharply selected and sequenced single-disc set from Time Life Records. Every track is a highlight, but any collection that can find room for
Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood,"
Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally,"
Lee Dorsey's "Ride Your Pony" and
James Carr's "The Dark End of the Street," not to mention
James Brown,
Sam & Dave,
Otis Redding,
Aaron Neville and several other equally as dynamic soul performers, is obviously doing something right.