The Isley Brothers spent a year at RCA Records, during which time they only had one hit -- "Shout" -- which barely scraped the charts. Of course, Joey Dee & the Starliters would later take the song into the Top Ten, but at the time it was an inauspicious beginning to a long, illustrious career. "Shout" and the rest of the recordings
the Isleys made for RCA Records are collected on
Shout: RCA Sessions. Although it's only a single-disc collection, the material is too uneven to be a thoroughly compelling listen, although it is certainly valuable as a historical compilation. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine