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Who out there likes Bobby Womack? Hey, us too! And, wouldn't you know it, the Cleveland-born soulman is set to issue a brand new best-of. Entitled The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years, the collection is due May 27 on CD and at your standard digital retailers from Capitol/EMI.

So, who out there likes Bobby Womack a whole hell of a lot? If you answered in the affirmative on that count, well, you're probably already counting down the days before the Womack onslaught of May 27. In addition to The Best Of, Capitol/EMI will issue seven of Womack's classic LPs digitally for the first time: 1968's Fly Me to the Moon, 1969's My Prescription, 1971's The Womack Live, 1973's Lookin' for a Love Again, 1975's Safety Zone, 1975's I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To, and 1976's BW Goes C&W.

What's more, May 27 will also see the digital release of recently unearthed recordings of a previously unavailable 1972 Womack gig under the title Live at the Apollo.

The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years:

01 Across 110th Street
02 Woman's Gotta Have It
03 I'm a Midnight Mover
04 That's the Way I Feel About Cha
05 You're Welcome, Stop on By
06 Lookin' for a Love
07 I'm in Love
08 I Left My Heart in San Francisco
09 Communication (single version)
10 Fact of Life/He'll Be There When the Sun Goes Down
11 Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
12 Harry Hippie
13 I Can Understand It
14 The Preacher/More Than I Can Stand (live single version)
15 I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You
16 It's All Over Now [ft. Bill Withers]
17 California Dreamin'
18 How I Miss You Baby
19 Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
20 Daylight
21 Check It Out (single version)
22 Fire and Rain