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VARIOUS - Where Southern Soul Began (Repress) THE COUNTS and sometimes watercolourLP Black Vinyl (2026 Repress). Notes by John Ridley. The Golden Age of southern soul lasted from about 1964 to 1975, when disco ripped the heart out of it. And although it may seem as though the blend of country, gospel and R & B that emerged from the great studios in Memphis and Muscle Shoals in that decade was entirely fresh and new, like any other genre classic, southern soul picked up musical cues and absorbed influences from a whole variety of