Paul Weller: Paul Weller helps out with soul compilation

Paul Weller has come together with DJ Keb Darge to release a compilation called 'Lost & Found; Real R'N'B & Soul'. The double album will feature forgotten soul tracks from the '50s and '60s, and will be released on January 18 next year. Darge has picked the songs on the 'A' side of the record, while Weller has chosen the tracks for the 'B' side.In the liner notes for the record, Darge writes about how he first met Weller in a urinal at a birthday party for Weller's sister Nicky's boyfriend. he said: "Paul walked in as I was relieving myself and said he was enjoying the tunes. I later found out from Nicky that he was also an avid collector, and had been for as long as myself."

Side A Tracklisting:

Keb Darge’s Choice

Big Mama Thornton - 'They Call Me Big Mama'

The Brothers Of Soul - 'Come On Back'

The Tempos - '(Countdown) Here I Come'

Epitome Of Sound - 'You Don’t Love Me'

Daddy Cleanhead & The Chuck Higgins Band -

Something’s Going On In My Room'

The Casanova - 'Two We Got To Keep On'

The Creations - 'A Dream'

Elsie Wheat - 'Tippin'

Sarah Dean With Freddie Mitchell Orchestra - 'Long Lean Daddy'

Billy Fair & Orchestra - 'I’ll Be True To You'

The Cadets - 'I Want You'

Velma Cross & Her High Steppers - 'I’ll Be Oh So Good'

Big T Tyler - 'King Kong'

The Flirtations - 'Stronger Than Her Love'

The Great Experience - 'Don’t Forget To Remember'

Side B Tracklisting:

Paul Weller’s Choice

The Intruders - 'Hang On In There'

Major Lance - 'Rhythm'

Margie Joseph - 'One More Chance'

Tammi Terrell - 'All I Do Is Think About You'

The Dells - 'Wear It On Your Face'

Bobby Bland - 'Honey Child'

The Radiants - 'Aint No Big Thing'

Albert King - 'Crosscut Saw'

Jimmy Witherspoon - 'Money Is Getting Cheaper'

Billy Watkins - 'The Ice-Man'

Eddie Giles - 'Losin' Boy'

Emmitt Long - 'Call Me'

Slim Harpo - 'I Got Love If You Want It'

Room 7½, Dot Allison

There’s validation here that Pete Doherty hasn’t lost his way with words. Not so much on his guest appearance, where he sings “I wanna be your man”, a line some old 1960s band already used, but in his description of Dot Allison as “like some gifted child locked in the attic of the music industry”. It’s a attractively expressed image to describe one of those singers who never quite look to have the resources, ambition, thickness of skin or sheer bloody mindedness necessary to habitus up real career momentum. Allison understandably has the talent, and Room 7½’s band, including the PJ Harvey collaborator Rob Ellis and some former Bad Seeds, create a lovely setting for her burly but bewitching voice. Doherty’s guest slot, and one by Paul Weller, add enough variety to counter Allison’s lack of a vocal second gear.

Paul Weller-featuring album online

Dot Allison has made her extroverted album, 'Room Seven And A Half', useable to listen to in full online before its official release.The album, out on Monday (September 7), features Pete Doherty on the songs 'I Wanna Break Your Heart' and 'Portrait Of The Sun', which he co-wrote. Paul Weller seem on 'Love's Got Me Crazy'.To hear the album in full, made available to NME.COM via music streaming site We7, click below. Users exterior the UK can hear 30 second clips of each song.