Vinyl Record

Queenie Lyons - Soul Fever

Queenie Lyons - Soul Fever album cover

Queenie Lyons - Soul Fever on LP vinyl. A 1970 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP ยท 1970

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1970 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Soul Fever is the 1970 one-album flash from Marie Queenie Lyons, a Louisiana-born singer whose scarcity of biographical detail only makes the music feel more startling. Issued on DeLuxe, a label tied into the King Records orbit and James Brown's wider soul infrastructure, the album has the feel of a working singer finally being given a concentrated studio moment. It mixes covers and originals with a band that can move from deep soul pleading to funkier, gospel-charged attack without losing the human grain of Lyons' voice. Fever and Try Me connect the record to live-repertoire standards, while See and Don't See, Daddy's House and Your Key Don't Fit It Anymore let her sound tougher, stranger and more individual than a simple soul belter. Pianist Don Pullen's involvement in co-writing and directing the session players adds another layer: the album has discipline, but it also has odd angles and sudden heat.

Soul Fever matters because it is one of those rare soul LPs where a brief recorded footprint carries real force. Its 1970 setting, DeLuxe connection and mix of grit, vulnerability and funk edge make Queenie Lyons feel like a lost major voice rather than a curiosity.

For collectors of deep soul and funk-era discoveries, Soul Fever is exactly the kind of record that earns its reputation through performance rather than myth alone. It is a first-and-only album, but the material is strong enough to make that absence feel frustrating, not decorative.

Deep southern soul with funk pressure, gospel heat, tough lead vocals, sharp rhythm-section movement, bluesy pleading and a raw early-1970s studio charge.

Recommended for: Collectors of rare 1970s soul albums with real vocal fire; Fans of DeLuxe and King Records-adjacent funk-soul history; Listeners who like deep soul singers with grit and mystery.

What year was Soul Fever released? Soul Fever was released in 1970. Was Soul Fever Queenie Lyons' only album? Yes, it is widely treated as her only full-length album, which is part of its collector appeal. Which tracks introduce Soul Fever well? Fever, Try Me, See and Don't See and Your Key Don't Fit It Anymore show the album's mix of standards, grit and individual soul character.