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| THE SOUL AGENTS-I Just Want To Make Love To You/Mean Woman Blues U.S. Interphon IN-77022 1964 |
British r&b band "The Soul Agents cut just three singles in Britain on the Pye label, only one of which, their debut, was released here.
Their cover of Muddy Waters " I Just Want To Make Love To You" was launched in the U.K. as Pye 7N 15660 in June of 1964 and was released here the following month (The Rolling Stone's version appeared on their debut U.K. album in April). Their interpretation is almost poppy and not the gritty r&b that you would expect musically, reminding me a bit of The Sorrows who melded beat with r&b.
The flip side, "Mean Woman Blues" was originally cut by Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison. The Soul Agents add a Bo Diddley beat to it (much like The Stones did with Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away") and transform it into a hip shaking R&b raver. It works but only just because like the A-side, what strikes me most is the incredible thin production which makes both sides sound weak and lacking power!
"I Just Want To Make Love To You" appeared eons ago on Sequel's "The R'N'B Era Volume 2:Preaching the Blues" and "Mean Woman Blues" was comped on Castle Music's "Doin' The Mod 3;Maximum R&B". Neither side is available on streaming as of yet.
Hear "I Just Want to Make Love To You":
Hear "Mean Woman Blues":
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