What does "American soul" mean here? The link there wrongly jumps to United States.
Context:
Direction Records (British label)
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The Direction record label was a subsidiary label established by CBS Records in the UK in spring 1967. It primarily
released American soul and R&B recordings in the UK, but also issued records by British and Jamaican artists. Among its most successful releases were those by Sly & the Family Stone, The Bandwagon, and The Chambers Brothers.[1][2]
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