THE VAULTS / CD REISSUES : Various Artists, “Cheatin’: From a Man’s Point of View” and “Cheatin’: From a Woman’s Point of View,” Ichiban/Soul Classics. ***

So who turns in the best tales of romantic infidelity in these separate discs--the men’s team with such classics as Don Covay’s “I Was Checkin’ Out She Was Checkin’ In” or the women’s team with things like Dee Dee Warwick’s “She Didn’t Know (She Kept On Talking)”? Proves a pretty even contest.

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