2008 release. It used to be said that there are eight million stories in the Naked City. Here are twenty four such stories, depicting the happiness and hardships, the highs and lows of 1960s city life. All human life is here - from the anticipation of arrival in a Metropolis; the hardships of employment and unemployment; the finding and losing of love; and the escapes from reality that can be found 'Up on the Roof'. Although many of these songs are set in and around New York, their message is pan-American and could just as easily apply to Chicago, Detroit or any other city where not all the inhabitants found that summertime meant that the living (or the loving) was easy. A host of soul music's most revered artists are assembled to tell this story, from Arthur Alexander to Aretha Franklin. Almost all of those who tell it sing from personal experience of having lived it. 24 tracks. Ace.

Tracklist:

Big New York - Chuck Jackson
On Broadway - The Cookies
I Love New York - Marva Josie
In My Apartment - Dee Clark
Concrete Jungle - Arthur Alexander
Second Window, Second Floor - Clyde McPhatter
No Pity (In The Naked City) - Jackie Wilson
I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore - Jerry Butler
Quiet Place, A - Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters
Three Rooms - Audrey Freeman
In My Tenement - Jackie Shane
Upotwn - Little Eva
I Found A Daisy (In The City) - Barry Darvell
Nights In New York City - Jan Bradley
Song Of The Street - Donald Height
Strange Neighbourhood - Imaginations
Up In The Streets Of Harlem - The Drifters
Those City Lights - Wayne Bartlett
That Old Neighbourhood - Eric Williams
Street Talk - The Tymes
No Butterflies - Walter Jackson
City Of Fools - Colette Kelly
Medley: Up On The Roof/Some Kind Of Wonderful - Ralfi Pagan
Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin

UPC: 029667229920
Label: Kent Records Uk
Release Date: 5.27.08
Format: CD

In The Naked City - In The Naked City / Various (CD)