THE PUSSYS RETURN FOR MORE SOUL MILK!
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FOR FANS OF SOUL, 60,s MOD,JAZZ, JAZZ FUSION,REGGAE AND BLUES MUSIC.....ONLY THE BEST QUALITY OF REVIEWS AVAILABLE! NOW A SUBSCRIBED BLOG AND REVIEWED FOR THE LOVE OF THE MUSIC - NO LINKS AVAILABLE ON THIS BLOG AND NO SHARING REVIEWS WHAT SO EVER PLEASE WITHOUT CONSENT..OR YOUR GONE.....HAVE RESPECT AND ENJOY YOUR VISITS ENQUIRIES OR REQUESTS TO allmusicman2@protonmail.com OR BACK UP EMAIL allmusicman22@yahoo.com
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Dancin' Cat Volume 143 - Crossover & Modern Soul From The Vaults of Motown Part 2-rare Soul
Dancin' Cat - Vol. 144 - Northern Soul Collective Volume 12-Rare Soul
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Dancin' Cat Volume 145 - Northern Soul Collective Volume 13-Rare Soul
ARTISTS AND TRACKS LISTED ON BACK COVER BELOW AND LABELS TAGGED TO TRACKS
Casiopea - Casiopea Alfa(1979)-Japanese Jazz Fusion(Flac)-REPOST
JAPANESE SUPER GROUP IN THE JAZZ FUSION GENRE,VERY FUNKY AT TIMES.
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Tracks(Flac)
| 01 Time Limit |
| 02 Tears of The Star |
| 03 Space Road |
| 04 Midnight Rendezvous |
| 05 Far Away |
| 06 Swallow |
| 07 Dream Hill |
| 08 Black Joke |
Line Up
Bass – Tetsuo Sakurai
Drums – Takashi Sasaki
Guitar,Vocals – Issei Noro
Piano,Synthesizer – Minoru Mukaiya
GUESTS
Alto Saxophone - David Sanborn
Tenor Saxophone - Michael Brecker
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Strings – Tomato
ALL MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT
Issei Noro
Kiyomi Otaka
Yoshihiro Naruse
Akira Jimbo
Hidehiko Koike
Tohru "Rika" Suzuki
Minoru Mukaiya
Tetsuo Sakurai
Takashi Sasaki
Masaaki Hiyama
Noriaki Kumagai
Casiopea - Super Flight - Alfa(1979)-Japanese jazz Fusion(Flac)
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Tracks(Flac)
| 1 Take Me |
| 2 Flying |
| 3 Dune |
| 4 Asayake |
| 5 I Love New York |
| 6 Sailing Alone |
| 7 Olion |
| 8 Magic Ray |
| 9 Mighty Mouse |
Line Up
Drums,Handclaps – Takashi Sasaki
Electric Bass,Fretless Bass – Tetsuo Sakurai
Electric Guitar,Fretless Guitar,Handclaps,Arranged By – Issei Noro
Electric Piano,Piano Acoustic,Organ,Synth Pedal Bass,Synthesizer,Handclaps – Minoru Mukaiya
GUESTS
Alto Saxophone – Jake H. Concepcion
Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara
Drums – Kanya Kazama
Percussion – Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama
Strings – Tomato Strings
Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka
Trombone – Eiji Arai
Trumpets – Toshio Araki,Yukitsugu Hatori
Vocals – Debrah Correll
Conductor – Jun Fukamachi
Casiopea - Make Up City - Alfa(1980)-Japanese Jazz Fusion(Flac)
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Tracks(Flac)
| 01 - Gypsy Wind |
| 02 - Eyes Of Mind |
| 03 - Reflections Of You |
| 04 - Ripple Dance |
| 05 - Life Game |
| 06 - Make Up City |
| 07 - Pastel Sea |
| 08 - Twinkle Wing |
Line Up
Guitar – Issei Noro
Keyboards – Minoru Mukaiya
Bass – Tetsuo Sakurai
Drums – Akira Jinbo
Arranged By – Issei Noro,Minoru Mukaiya(Track 3)
Producer – Shinsuke Miyazum
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
AFTER 60 YEARS .....ENGLAND 2 GERMANY 0...........YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AFTER A WAIT OF 60 YEARS WE FINALLY BEAT OUR OLD FOOTBALL ENEMY GERMANY!
YOU,D THINK WE HAVE WON THE COMPETION!..A LONG WAY TO GO.I COULD NOT WATCH THE GAME AND LEFT MY WIFE TO IT.THE LAST TIME I SAW ENGLAND WIN AGAINST GERMANY WAS 1966 AS A YOUNG TEENAGER WHEN WE WON THE WORLD CUP.
THE COUNTRY IS CELEBRATING TONIGHT!!!!
Jasmine 1092 - The Dreamers To The Blossoms-Evolution Of A Girl Group(2021)-Doo Wop/R&B
FAMOUSLY DESCRIBED BY ROCK WRITER JAY WARNER AS 'THE MOST SUCCESSFUL UNKNOWN GROUP
OF THE 60S,' THE BLOSSOMS EVOLVED OUT OF THE DREAMERS,VIA THE ROLLETTES,AND THE PLAYGIRLS.
NONETHELESS JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY HAS ACTUALLY HEARD THEM, BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO
CUTTING THEIR OWN RECORDS,THEY SANG EITHER UNBILLED OR UNDER PSEUDONYMS ON A NUMBER
OF BIG HIT RECORDS OF THE ERA.
THIS COMPILATION PRESENTS ALL THEIR OWN 45s,STARTING IN 1954 AS THE DREAMERS,TO 1962
WHEN THEY HAD BECOME THE BLOSSOMS,MOST OF WHICH ARE AS RARE AS HENS' TEETH.
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Various Artists - Sweet Inspiration - The Songs Of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham(2011)(FLAC)
SWEET INSPIRATION” DOES A BANG-UP JOB OF ASSEMBLING THE KEY SONGS DAN AND SPOONER
WROTE TOGETHER DURING THE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S A QUICK LOOK AT THE TRACK LISTING
WILL SHOW PROSPECTIVE BUYERS THAT THE COMPILERS HAVE TRIED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE’S A VERSION OF EVERY MAJOR PENN AND OLDHAM COMPOSITION INCLUDED.THEY HAVEN’T
ALWAYS CHOSEN THE OBVIOUS VERSIONS,SO THERE WILL BE SOME NICE SURPRISES HERE FOR
EVEN THE MOST AVID COLLECTORS.IT WAS DIFFICULT TO BRING WHAT STARTED OUT AS A
MASSIVE WISH LIST DOWN TO JUST 24 SELECTIONS,BUT KENT THINK THEIR CHOICES DO JUSTICE
TO THE PERFORMERS OF THE SONGS AND,MOST IMPORTANTLY,THE WRITERS.
EVERYONE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN HIGHLIGHTS.MINE WOULD INCLUDE ARTHUR CONLEY’S FAME
RECORDING OF ‘IN THE SAME OLD WAY’(WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AS A STRAIGHT AHEAD
COUNTRY SONG) AND COUNTRY THRUSH JEANNE NEWMAN’S RIVETING,PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED
GOLDWAX RECORDING OF ‘IT TEARS ME UP’,ONE OF THE EARLIEST SONGS PENN AND OLDHAM
WROTE TOGETHER.I’M ALSO VERY PARTIAL TO THE SOUTHERN SINCERITY OF THE BOX TOPS’
‘EVERYTHING I AM’(A UK TOP 3 HIT FOR PLASTIC PENNY IN LATE 1967)AND TOMMY ROE’S
LITTLE-KNOWN 1966 TAKE ON ‘WISH YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO GO’,A NUMBER MADE MORE FAMOUS
A YEAR LATER BY JAMES AND BOBBY PURIFY.BUT GREATNESS ABOUNDS FROM BEGINNING TO END
OF THIS SET,AND IT’S UNLIKELY THAT ANY PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER WILL NOT BE TOTALLY
IMPRESSED BY EVERYTHING IT CONTAINS.
A COMPANION VOLUME – WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE SONGS CO-WRITTEN BY DAN AND/OR SPOONER
WITH COLLABORATORS SUCH AS DONNIE FRITTS,RICK HALL,MARLIN GREENE AND CHIPS MOMAN FOLLOWS
ON FROM THIS ONE.IN THE MEANTIME,HERE’S OVER AN HOUR OF THE SWEETLY INSPIRED SONGWRITING
OF WALLACE DANIEL PENNINGTON AND LINDON DEWEY OLDHAM.OH, WHAT A POWER!
AMM
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Various Artists - Happy Times - The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham Vol. 2(2020)(FLAC)
ANOTHER TWO-DOZEN STELLAR COLLABORATIONS BY THESE MAGNIFICENT SONGWRITERS PERFORMED
BY ARTISTS FROM THE WORLDS OF SOUL,POP AND COUNTRY MUSIC,MANY RELEASED ON CD FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
THE SUCCESS OF “SWEET INSPIRATION” NOT TO MENTION CONSTANT CUSTOMER REQUESTS TO ACE
FOR A FOLLOW-UP HAS MORE THAN WARRANTED A SECOND DIP INTO THE SONGWRITING CATALOGUE
OF DAN PENN AND SPOONER OLDHAM.IT’S TAKEN A WHILE TO COME TOGETHER,“HAPPY TIMES” BRINGS
YOU ANOTHER TWO-DOZEN STELLAR COLLABORATIONS AND GOES EVEN DEEPER INTO THEIR SHEAF
OF COPYRIGHTS THAN THE PREVIOUS VOLUME DID.
HERE ARE FEATURE TRACKS FROM THEIR TIME WORKING TOGETHER IN MUSCLE SHOALS AND MEMPHIS,
WITH A BROAD SPREAD OF REPERTOIRE THAT EMBRACES DEEP SOUL,SOUTHERN POP,SWEET SOUL AND
COUNTRY.STAR NAMES INCLUDE DAN’S PET PROJECT THE BOX TOPS,SANDY POSEY,WILSON PICKETT,
RONNIE MILSAP,DEE DEE SHARP,B.J. THOMAS,THE OVATIONS AND MANY OTHERS WHOSE CAREERS
INTERSECTED IN THE 60S WITH THOSE OF DAN AND SPOONER.
THE COLLECTION FINISHES OFF WITH A RARITY IN THEIR CATALOGUE,AN INSTRUMENTAL,
FEATURING SPOONER ON PIANO.THIS QUIET,REFLECTIVE TUNE IN WALTZ-TIME WAS CUT AT
FAME IN 1966 AND LEASED TO CHESS AS THE FLIPSIDE TO THE GROOVY ‘TWO IN THE MORNING.’
THE TAPE BOX FOR BOTH TUNES CREDITS THE ARTIST AS THE LEN SPOON TRIO,ALTHOUGH THAT
HAD BECOME SPOONER’S CROWD BY THE TIME THE RECORD WAS ISSUED.EVERY SOUL FAN WITH THEIR
SALT WILL KNOW ‘TWO IN THE MORNING’ BUT ‘I’LL BE YOUR BABY’ HAS NEVER BEEN REISSUED
IN 54 YEARS.IT PROVIDES AN UNUSUAL AND DELIGHTFUL CLOSER.
ALMOST NONE OF THE RECORDINGS FEATURED HERE HAVE BEEN ON ANY PREVIOUS ACE CD.MANY
HAVE NEVER BEEN ON CD AT ALL.WITH A BOOKLET CHOCK-FULL OF INFORMATION AND ILLUSTRATIONS,
AND THE USUAL ACE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE ANNOTATION “HAPPY TIMES” IS ANOTHER
SALUTE TO THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF THESE MAGNIFICENT SONGWRITERS.
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kend 503 - Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford - Early Years and Unheard Pearls 1970-1973(2021)-Rare Soul(FLAC)
HODGES,JAMES,SMITH AND OFTEN CAROLYN CRAWFORD WERE SO SOULFUL IN THEIR EARLY YEARS
THESE UNRELEASED GEMS WILL CEMENT THEIR FINE REPUTATION.
HODGES,JAMES,SMITH (& CRAWFORD) ARE ONE OF THE LAST GREAT 70S GIRL GROUPS TO BE
COMPILED.THE REASON FOR THE STRANGE BILLING IS THAT THEY WERE FORMED IN 1970,HAD A
RELEASE AS HODGES,JAMES & SMITH,THEN AS LOVE ‘N’ STUFF.EX-MOTOWN STARLET CAROLYN
CRAWFORD JOINED IN LATE 1971 FOR TWO SINGLES BEFORE DEPARTING AMICABLY IN LATE 1972,L
LEAVING PAT HODGES,DENITA JAMES AND JESSICA SMITH TO CONTINUE AS A TRIO.
THE EARLY 45S ARE EXCELLENT AND HAVE LONG BEEN ADMIRED,BUT THE TRACKS FOUND IN THE
VAULT ARE SUPERB AND MAKE THIS A MUST-BUY FOR LOVERS OF THE GIRL SOUL GROUP SOUND. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE TWO M’PINGO 45S WHEN THEY WERE A QUARTET AND THE UNISSUED DANCERS ‘WISHFUL THINKING’, ‘WHAT MADE YOU THINK’, ‘NOTHING SPECIAL IN YOU’ AND THE SEXY ‘IN MY FANTASY’. PRE-RELEASE PLAYS OF THESE AT THE 100 CLUB AND ON ON-LINERS HAVE BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED INDEED.
THE GIRLS WERE ALSO GREAT PURVEYORS OF POWERFUL BALLADS SUCH AS IN ‘BABY MY LOVE IS
SHOWING’,‘I’M A WOMAN’AND ‘NEVER MEANT TO BE’.THE SONGS AND PRODUCTION ARE FROM
MICKEY STEVENSON,CLARENCE PAUL,RONNIE MCNEIR,LEON WARE, ERNIE SHELBY AND OTHER
TALENTED MUSICIANS FROM THE DETROIT AND LOS ANGELES SCENES OF THE EARLY 70S.
CAROLYN CRAWFORD HAS ALSO SUPPLIED THE ONLY KNOWN PHOTO OF THE GROUP AS A FOURSOME.
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Tracks(FLAC)
| 01 - Wishful Thinking |
| 02 - Let's Pick Up the Pieces |
| 03 - Somewhere a Valley |
| 04 - Write Me a Letter |
| 05 - What Made You Think |
| 06 - Nothing Special in You Boy |
| 07 - I'm in Love |
| 08 - Ain't That Right |
| 09 - Nobody |
| 10 - In My Fantasy |
| 11 - I'm a Woman (Who Loves You) |
| 12 - (It Was) Never Meant to Be |
| 13 - (I Wanna Be A) Hang Up to You |
| 14 - Let It Out, Let It In |
| 15 - Right On, Brothers, Right On |
| 16 - It Cracks Me Up |
| 17 - (Baby) Don't Leave Me |
| 18 - Baby My Love Is Showing |
| 19 - Again |
| 20 - I've Gotta Be Me |
| 21 - If You Wanna Love Me |
Monday, June 28, 2021
PIXELDRAIN MAY BE BLOCKED IN SOME COUNTRYS...SO USE VPN GUYS TO OVERCOME!
IF YOU DONT HAVE A VPN...EASY TO SOLVE..DOWNLOAD THE OPERA BROWSER AND WHEN INSTALLED GO TO THE URL/ADDRESS BAR AT THE TOP AND TO THE LEFT OF THE SMALL PADLOCK ICON IS THE VPN ICON.IF IT IS NOT BLUE CLICK IT TO ENABLE.ITS BUILT IN TO THEIR BROWSER..ONCE ENABLED YOU HAVE 3 CHOICES OF VIRTUAL LOCATION..EUROPE,ASIA,& THE AMERICAS.I HAVE FIREFOX AS MY DEFAULT BROWSER AND OPERA AS MY BACK UP.ON A PERSONAL NOTE I STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGE AND CHROME BROWSERS AS THE CENSORSHIP IS UNBELIEVABLY RIDICULOUS!
HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS
AMM
Lil Bob and the Lolipop’s - Nobody But You - (2017)Mississippi Records-Rare Soul(FLAC)
CAMILLE BOB(BORN 1937 – DIED 2015),ALSO KNOWN AS LIL' BOB OR LITTLE BOB,WAS A SINGER
AND MUSICIAN FROM LOUISIANA WHO LED THE DANCE BAND LIL' BOB AND THE LOLLIPOPS.
HE RECORDED FOR SEVARAL LABELS ALL OVER THAT STATE.THIS ALBUM REPRESENTS GREAT
RETROSPECTIVE OF LIL BOB AND THE LOLIPOP’S DISCOGRAPHY.CLASSIC LOUISIANA SWAMP SOUL
/ R&B,RECORDED IN THE EARLY TO MID 1960’S.INCLUDES THE POPULAR DANCE FLOOR FILLERS
“I GOT LOADED” AND “STOP” AS WELL AS SOME REAL BEAUTIFUL OBSCURITIES,BALLADS AND
STOMPERS FOR YOU TO ENJOY.SOUTHERN SWAMP SOUL AT ITS BEST!
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Various Artists - You Gotta Move!(2021)Mojo-Soul/Pop
MOJO UK RAID THE VAULTS FOR A GREAT COMPILATION OF TRACKS LAID DOWN AT THE FAME AND
MUSCLE SHOALS SOUNDS STUDIOS.THERES A FEW NON SOUL TRACKS ON HERE BUT SOME NICE RARE TRACKS.THE ORIGINAL HOUSE BAND AT FAME WERE THE SWAMPERS.BUT 3 OF THEM WENT THEIR OWN WAY AFTER DIFFERENCES WITH RICK HALL,WENT ACROSS TOWN AND OPENED UP MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND STUDIOS,CONCENTRATING ON ROCK MAINLY BUT WITH SOME SOME ARTISTS GOING IN TO RECORD,BUT THE BULK OF OUR HEROES WENT TO RICK HALLS FAME STUDIOS.LIKE ALL SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISES THEIR UNIQUE SOUND COULD ONLY BE CREATED IN ALABAMA.
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Jasmine 3180-Barbara George - I Know - The A.F.O. & Sue Years(2021)-R&B/Soul(FLAC)
BARBARA GEORGE IS,ALONGSIDE FATS DOMINO,LEE DORSEY,AARON NEVILLE AND ERNIE K. DOE,
ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN SINGERS TO COME OUT OF NEW ORLEANS.
SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE EARLY SUCCESS OF THE A.F.O. LABEL,SET UP AS AN ARTIST'S
CO-OPERATIVE IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1961.
HER SELF-PENNED HIT 'I KNOW' WAS THE LABEL'S ONLY BIG HIT,REACHING NUMBER 3 ON
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S HOT 100 AND SPENDING 4 WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE ON AMERICA'S R&B
CHART.IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL THE RECORDS PRODUCED IN NEW ORLEANS.
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Friday, June 25, 2021
NO POSTS SUNDAY GUYS FROM NOW ON
I NEED A REST AND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH MY LONG SUFFERING WIFE BEFORE SHE DIVORCES ME....SO I,M TAKING SUNDAYS OFF..I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.....ENJOY YOUR SUNDAYS!....I WILL!
THANKS
Kend 253 - Heavy Soul - Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides(2005)-Various Artists-(FLAC)
CONTINUING ON FROM YESTERDAYS POST FROM THESE 2 GREAT LABELS, WE DELVE INTO THE DEEP SOUL SIDE AND ARE YOU IN FOR A TREAT!..DEEP DOWN & DIRTY PURE SOUL!
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REPOST-Various Artists - Black Is Soul - The PAMA Singles Collection - Vol 1 - (2000)Wah Wah Records(FLAC)
THE LABEL WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED IN 1967 BY THE PALMER BROTHERS - HARRY,JEFF AND
CARL.BORN IN THE BACK OF ROOM OF THE BROTHERS’ HARROW BASED REAL-ESTATE OFFICE,PAMA
RECORDS WAS A PIONEER IN BRINGING JAMAICAN AND UK SKA,SOUL,ROCKSTEADY AND REGGAE TO
THE CHARTS.THEY ALSO GOT THE RIGHTS TO RELEASE SOUL MUSIC FROM VARIOUS LABELS IN THE
STATES.IN 2000 A SPANISH RECORD LABEL WAH WAH,BASED IN BARCELONA AND OWNED BY SOUL
FANATIC JORDI SEGURA LEASED SOME SINGLES AND RELEASED 2 VOLUMES ON VINYL ONLY IN SPAIN.
WHY SOMEONE WITH SOME FORESIGHT NEVER RELEASED THESE IN THE UK & USA IS A MYSTERY ?
THE LABEL IS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF UK BLACK MUSIC HISTORY.
AMM
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Repost-Various Artists - Black Is Soul - The PAMA Singles Collection - Vol 2 - (2000)Wah Wah Records(FLAC)
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REPOST-Various Artists - Memphis 60 - Soul, R&B And Proto Funk From Soul City USA(2009)BGP(FLAC)
KENT LOOKED INTO THE WORLD OF POST-OTIS REDDING MEMPHIS SOUL IN “MEMPHIS 70”. THERE THEY SAW
HOW MEMPHIS BLACK MUSIC ADAPTED TO THE DEATH IN DECEMBER 1967 OF ITS TALISMATIC
SUPERSTAR.WE FOUND THAT IT HAD GROWN AND ADAPTED,THROUGH FUNK TO A SWEETER FORM OF
SOUL AND THE RISE OF IMPORTANCE OF ISAAC HAYES AND AL GREEN.AFTER THAT STUDY KENT
FELT THAT THERE WAS A BACK STORY THAT NEEDED TO BE TOLD OF THE GRITTY,DIRTY AND DOWN
RIGHT FUNKY GROOVES OF MEMPHIS IN THE 1960S.KENT WANTED TO LOOK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS
AND THE EXPLORE THE LESS WELL KNOWNS AND OBSCURE.SO THEY HAVE DELVED INTO THE DEPTHS
OF THE STAX AND GOLDWAX TAPE VAULTS AND ROUNDED UP SOME UNUSUAL MASTERPIECES.
AT STAX WE HAVE LIFTED SUCH DANCEFLOOR CLASSICS AS ‘THE HAWG’ BY EDDIE KIRK WHO WAS
THEN PART OF THE OTIS REDDING REVUE.A STORMING FUNKY HARMONICA-LED ALMOST INSTRUMENTAL
(IT INCLUDES SOME DISTORTED SHOUTS FROM MR K HIMSELF,RECORDED THROUGH HIS HARMONICA
MICROPHONE).GENIUS LIKE THIS MEANS THAT THIS RECORD WILL COST SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS,
PARTICULARLY AS IT WAS NOT RELEASED OUTSIDE MEMPHIS.THEN KENT WENT WITH THE AMAZING
EDDIE PURRELL’S ‘THE SPOILER’ THAT HAS RECENTLY PROVED ITSELF AN INSPIRATION ON A
UK TOP 40 HIT.PRINCE CONLEY’S ‘I’M GOING HOME’ IS A SOUGHT-AFTER 45 ON THE MOD SCENE
FROM THE DAYS BEFORE THE LABEL HAD BEEN NAMED STAX.OTHER AMAZING STAX RECORDINGS IN
CLUDE THE TWO DIXIE NIGHTINGALES SINGLES THAT CAME OUT ON THE SHORT-LIVED GOSPEL
SUBSIDIARY,CHALICE,AND THE FIRST EVER SINGLE BY ISAAC HAYES.
SET UP IN THE WAKE OF STAX’S SUCCESS GOLDWAX COULD NEVER MATCH ITS ACHIEVEMENT BUT
DID CREATE MUSIC EVERY BIT AS GOOD.INCLUDED IS PERCY MILEM’S GLORIOUS TAKE ON ‘SHE’S
ABOUT A MOVER’,EVERY BIT A MEMPHIS SOUL CLASSIC.THE MORE OBSCURE ARTISTS INCLUDE WEE
WILLIE WALKER WITH A TAKE ON THE BEATLES’‘TICKET TO RIDE’ AND AN UNRELEASED GEM BY
AN UNKNOWN ARTIST LIBERATED DIRECTLY FROM THE TAPE VAULT.KENT ALSO RETURNED TO THE
XL VAULTS TO BRING FORTH THE SOARING VOICE OF BARBARA & THE BROWNS,AND THERE’S WILLIAM
BOLLINGER’S ‘SHAKE, SHAKE SHAKE’ PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED,THAT COULD QUITE EASILY SHAKE DANCEFLOORS.
IN THE RARE CORNER WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE PACKY AXTON/JOHNNY KEYES MASTERPIECE ‘DOUBLE UP’,
WHICH WALKS ALL OVER CL BLAST’S VERSION ON STAX.WILLIE COBBS’ SUPERB ORIGINAL OF
‘YOU DON’T LOVE ME’IS A SONG THAT BECAME A ROCK HIT WHEN COVERED BY THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
AND,WHEN RE-TITLED ‘NO NO NO’ FOUND REGGAE FAME FOR DAWN PENN.JUNIOR KIMBELL PROVIDES
A SERIOUSLY TWISTED VERSION OF ‘TRAMP’ PROVING THAT HE HAD ALWAYS HAD A COMPELLING
AND UNIQUE STYLE LONG BEFORE HIS 1990S REDISCOVERY ON THE FAT POSSUM LABEL.
SO HERE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO 1960S MEMPHIS SOUL AND R&B THROUGH A LEFT-FIELD ROUTE.
PROVING WITHOUT DOUBT MEMPHIS WAS MOST DEFINITELY THE REAL MUSIC CITY USA.
AMM
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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Teddy Vann – Adventures Of Coloredman - Capitol(1966)-Rare OST(FLAC)
TEDDY VANN WAS A PROLIFIC PRODUCER,WRITER,& ARRANGER MAINLY FOR CAPITOL RECORDS.HE DID THE OST FOR THE MOVIE"COLORED MAN"BACKIN 1966.THE NORTHERN SCENE JOCKS PICKED UP THE ALBUM FOR 1 TRACK THAT WAS/HAS BEEN POPULAR FOR YEARS.INCLUDED WITH THIS ALBUM IS THE ORIGINAL FULL ACETATE THAT WAS PLAYED ON THE SCENE WHICH YOU WONT FIND ON YOUTUBE OR ANYWHERE ELSE,ITS THAT RARE.THE MOVIE WAS ABOUT A COLORED GUY COMING TO EARTH TO DO GOOD WORKS.BIT OF A NOVELTY ALBUM BUT STILL FETCHING BIG BUCKS WITH COLLECTORS.PRESENTED HERE IN FLAC FOR THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE ON THE WEB.
ALLMUSICMAN
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PLUS BONUS TRACK 9.THEME FROM COLOREDMAN ACETATE FULL VERSION
Sly(Stone) & The Viscaynes - Yellow Moon The Complete Recordings 1961-1962(2021)Ace-Doo Wop/R&B
THEIR ENTIRE OUTPUT IN UPGRADED SOUND FROM THE CORRECT MASTER SOURCES,INCLUDING
RECENTLY DISCOVERED TAPES AND UNISSUED DEMOS.
60 YEARS AGO,IN THE SPRING OF 1961,A VOCAL SEXTET FROM VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL ENTERED
A REGIONAL TALENT CONTEST IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA,AND QUICKLY ROSE THROUGH
THE HEATS TO SNAG FIRST PRIZE,A RECORD CONTRACT AND A TRIP TO HOLLYWOOD.THE TEENAGERS
MADE A HANDFUL OF SINGLES AND ENJOYED SOME LOCAL AIRPLAY,BUT WERE TO BECOME SWIFTLY
DISILLUSIONED BY THEIR BRIEF EXPERIENCE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS,AND WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
YES,ANOTHER ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR ACCOUNT OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE IN MID-CENTURY
AMERICA,SMALL TOWN DREAMS,BIG CITY TRUTHS,AND THE LESSONS INTRINSIC TO THE PATH OF
EVERY FRESH-FACED NEOPHYTE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT
ONE OF THOSE TEENAGERS WAS SYLVESTER STEWART,SOON TO TRANSFORM HIMSELF INTO THE HUGELY
SUCCESSFUL,WIDELY ADMIRED AND INCALCULABLY INFLUENTIAL SLY STONE.
IT’S TEMPTING TO VIEW THE VISCAYNES’ FRESH-FACED IRIDESCENCE AS A DRY RUN FOR THE
PARITY OF RACE AND GENDER SYNONYMOUS WITH SLY’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT,THE INCOMPARABLE
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE.YET,THE MAKE-UP OF THE YOUNG OUTFIT CELEBRATED IN “YELLOW
MOON:THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1961-1962” IS NOT ONLY EMBLEMATIC OF THE CONVIVIALITY
OF ITS MOST FAMOUS MEMBER,BUT ALSO AN INSPIRATIONAL AND HEARTWARMING TALE OF
YOUTHFUL FRIENDSHIP AND CAMARADERIE,MARKED ONLY WITH A BITTERSWEET CODA,GIVEN THAT
THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES THEY ENCOUNTERED IN VALLEJO,CALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY 1960S
NOT TO MENTION THE CONTINUED DECEITS OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS STILL EXIST TODAY.THE
GROUP ENDURED THEIR OWN PICARESQUE PARADE OF OPPORTUNISTS IN PETE MARINO,GEORGE
MOTOLA AND VIC LUCAS,BUT EMERGED RELATIVELY UNSCATHED,WITH ONLY GOOD MEMORIES TO SHARE.
INCREDIBLY,WHILE THE VISCAYNES WERE TOGETHER IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR THE BEST
PART OF THREE YEARS,THE MUSIC ON THIS COLLECTION COVERS BARELY SIX MONTHS IN THE
MEMBERS’ LIVES.NO-ONE WOULD SUGGEST THEIR LEGACY IS AS GROUNDBREAKING AS SLY STONES
FUTURE WORK OR EVEN AN EARLY INDICATOR OF THE DIZZY HEIGHTS HE WAS ABOUT TO SCALE.
BUT VIEWED IN CONTEXT, THIS IS STATE-OF-THE-ART POP MUSIC FOR ITS TIME AND PLACE,
EXHIBITING VESTIGES OF THE WANING VOCAL GROUP AND TEEN IDOL ERAS, ALONG WITH THE
OCCASIONAL FLASH OF THAT MERCURIAL PERIOD WHEN R&B WAS SLOWLY MUTATING INTO SOUL.
THE VISCAYNES’ SURVIVING RECORDINGS HAVE REAL WARMTH, AND EXHIBIT OBVIOUS POTENTIAL
ON THE BEHALF OF ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.
FOR DECADES,SLY’S JUVENILIA HAS BEEN TREATED WITH CYNICAL DISDAIN BY A PARADE OF
DISINGENUOUS COLLECTIONS,MOST WITH LOW-FIDELITY SOUND,ARTIFICIALLY EXTENDED VERSIONS,
AND MATERIAL BY UNRELATED ARTISTS.EVEN RECENT RELEASES HAVE CONTINUED TO USE THE
WRONG VERSIONS OF TRACKS FIRST HEARD ON THESE EXPLOITATIVE RELEASES.THIS COMPILATION
RECTIFIES THAT INJUSTICE BY OFFERING UP THEIR ENTIRE OUTPUT FROM THE CORRECT
MASTER SOURCES.THE EARLIEST CUTS ARE DRAWN FROM RECENTLY DISCOVERED TAPES AND
INCLUDE THE EXTREMELY RARE B-SIDE ‘REAL, TRUE LOVE’,THE VERY FIRST DISC ON WHICH
SLY SANG LEAD.THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL UNISSUED DEMO TRACKS PRODUCED BY TEEN IDOL
GARY STITES,AS WELL AS THE SOUGHT-AFTER JASPER WOODS 45,FEATURING AN INCOGNITO RICH
ARD BERRY WITH THE VISCAYNES ON VOCAL SUPPORT.AND FINALLY A CLUTCH OF CUTS THAT
CONSTITUTE SLY’S FIRST OFFICIAL SOLO RELEASES,UNDER THE NAMES DANNY (SLY) STEWART
AND SYLVESTER STEWART,THE LATTER THE ONLY TIME HIS REAL NAME WOULD EVER GRACE A
RECORD LABEL.
ALLMUSICMAN
ARTISTS AND TRACKS ON BACK COVER BELOW
A VERY YOUNG SLY STEWART STONE
Kend 111 - Old Town & Barry Soul Stirrers(1994)-Various Artists-Rare Soul
I WAS LONG INTRIGUED BY THESE GREAT LOOKING 45,S POPPIN UP FROM NEW YORK ON THE
OLD TOWN & ITS SUB LABEL BARRY.OLD TOWN RECORDS WAS A RECORD LABEL SET UP BY HY
& SAM WEISS IN NEW YORK CITY.IT OPERATED BETWEEN 1953 AND 1966,AND WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR SEVERAL R&B AND DOO-WOP HIT RECORDS.
THE WEISS,S WHO WAS BORN IN ROMANIA,LIVED IN THE BRONX FROM THE 1920S,AND HY BEGAN
WORKING AS A FURRIER.IN THE MID-1940S,WITH HIS BROTHER SAM,HE STARTED DISTRIBUTING
RECORDS PRODUCED IN CALIFORNIA BY LEON RENÉ,SOON EXPANDING INTO DISTRIBUTING RECORDS
BY OTHER COMPANIES INCLUDING MODERN AND APOLLO.IN 1953,HE SET UP HIS OWN LABEL,OLD
TOWN,TAKING ITS NAME,AND ITS EARLY STATIONERY,FROM THAT OF A WHOLESALE PAPER BUSINESS
IN BROOKLYN FOR WHOM WEISS WORKED.
HY WEISS TOOK SOLE CONTROL OF THE LABEL IN 1956.HE WAS PRIMARILY A PRODUCER OF VOCAL
GROUPS,AS WELL AS BLUES MUSIC.OLD TOWN HAD ITS FIRST HIT WITH THE 1958 SINGLE "WE
BELONG TOGETHER" BY ROBERT & JOHNNY,AND HAD FURTHER HITS BY BILLY BLAND ("LET THE LITTLE
GIRL DANCE"),THE SOLITAIRES ("WALKING ALONG "),THE FIESTAS ("SO FINE"),THE CAPRIS
("THERE'S A MOON OUT TONIGHT") THE EARLS ("REMEMBER THEN"),AND OTHERS.ARTHUR PRYSOCK
WAS THE LABEL'S PRIMARY ALBUM ARTIST,AND THE LABEL ALSO RECORDED BLUES MUSICIANS IN
CLUDING SONNY TERRY.IN ADDITION,OLD TOWN RELEASED MANY VOCAL RECORDS THAT WERE
SUCCESSFUL IN THE NEW YORK AREA,BUT DID NOT BREAK NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY.
THE OLD TOWN CATALOG WAS SOLD BY WEISS TO ATLANTIC RECORDS IN 1970.THE LABEL
RE-EMERGED BETWEEN 1973 AND 1978,ISSUING SEVERAL ALBUMS BY ARTHUR PRYSOCK.HY WEISS
DIED IN 2007.THE BARRY LABEL WAS SET UP IN 1980 AND NAMED ASTER HY,S SON RELEASING ITS LAST 45 IN 1968.
THE 2 LABELS WOULD HAVE SUNK WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANSE UNTIL THE NORTHERN SOUL JOCKS
ALWAYS ON THE HUNT FOR NEW RECORDS REDISCOVERED THE JOYS OF BOTH LABELS CATALOGS.
THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY!
ALLMUSICMAN
A TASTER BELOW!
ARTISTS AND TRACKS ON BACK COVER BELOW
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
RARE NORTHERN SOUL VOL 85
A TASTER BELOW!
Tracks
| Alex Brown - I'm Not Responsible - Sundi |
| Alice Swoboda - I Think It's Time (You Were Mine) - Roulette |
| Baby Ray - The House On Soul Hill - Imperial |
| Barbara Greene - I Should Have Treated You Right - Renee |
| Bobby King & The Relation - Don't Give Up Hope - Lunar |
| Buster And Eddie - There I Was - Class |
| Carol Fredrick - I Couldn't Care Less - Stonel |
| Choice Of Colour - Your Love - Apt |
| Clovers - Too Long Without Some Loving - Josie |
| Clyde McPhatter - Baby You've Got It - Deram |
| Continental 4 - What You Gave Up - Jay Walking |
| Don & Ron - Girl I Hope To Find - White Cliff |
| James Govan - Uphill Climb - Envelope |
| Jamo Thomas - Snake Hip Mama - Thomas |
| Jimmy Holiday - Shield All Around - KT |
| Johnny Maestro & The Crests - I'm Stepping Out Of The Picture - Scepter |
| Johnny Williams - Your Love Controls My World - Bashie |
| Leaders -Its Funny How Fast Your Forgot Me - Blue Rock |
| Lee Rogers - Go Go Girl - D-Town |
| Lloyd W Williams - Be Mine Tonight - Soul Beat |
| Margaret Williams - My Love - Downey |
| Marvin Holmes & Justice - You Better Keep Her - Brown Door |
| P W Cannon - Hey Hey - Hickory |
| Paul Stuart Davies - Tomorrow's Love - Robyn |
| Robin Wilson - Better Use Your Head - A&M |
| Roy Hamilton - Crackin' Up Over You - Rca |
| Shorty Long - Don't Mess With My Weekend - Motown |
| The Epitome Of Sound - You Don't Love Me - Sandbag |
| The Festivals - Music - Smash |
| The Four Tops - Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile) - Tamla Motown |
| The Gay Jays - Chicken Back Part 1 - Agon |
| The Ronettes - Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love - Phil Spector |
| The Soul Shakers - You're Turnin - Teri De |
| The Symphonics - No More - Brunswick |
| The Willows - Such A Night - Heidi |
| Tommy Tucker - Chewin Gum - Checker |
| Tommy Williams - From Me - Bback Beat |
| Tony Owens - You Got To Pay The Price - Listening Post |
| Viola Wills - I've Got News For You - Supreme |
| Willie & The Handjives - Gotta Find A New Love - Veep |
The Story of Major Lance Vol.1 - Marginal(FLAC)1999
THE MAJOR,S NEVER SOUNDED BETTER AS HE DOES HERE RIPPED TO FLAC.THESE 2 VOLUMES JUST ABOUT COLLECT ALL HIS SINGLES OUTPUT AND NORTHERN DANCERS!..VERY RARE TO FIND AND PURCHASE
THE TASTER BELOW!
TRACKS ON BACK COVER BELOW(FLAC)
The Story of Major Lance, Vol. 2 - Marginal(FLAC)1999
THE TASTER BELOW!
TRACKS ON BACK COVER BELOW(FLAC)
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Various Artists - Lost Deep Rolas Vol.1-Private Collection-Mexico
I,M POSTING SOME DYNAMITE DEEP SOUL FROM ANOTHER NEW MEMBER FROM MEXICO,THESE ALBUMS ARE QUITE STUNNING IF YOU LOVE YOUR SOUL! MY NEW FRIEND Wicked Souldies (Gto Town) KNOWS HIS STUFF!..CHECK OUT HIS SUPERB BLOG ON THE BLOG LIST FOR DEEP SWEET SOUL!!!
ALL ALBUMS COURTESY OF Wicked Souldies (Gto Town) MEXICO
A TASTER BELOW!
TRACKS
1-Ural Thomas - I Love You [Live LP] (Revue RS 7203)
2-Mighty Sam - Talk To Me, Talk To Me (Amy 984)
3-Obrey Wilson - She Used To Be Mine (Epic 5-9764)
4-The Northern Lights - This Time Around (Traveller Records 027)
5-Lee Williams & The Cymbals - Get It Together (Black Circle 6001)
6-Marvin L Sims - (Nina) Have You Seen My Baby [Part 1] (Mellow 1004)
7-Joe Perkins - I Know What You're Up To (Taurus 100)
8-Bobby Powell - Hold My Hand (Whit 716)
9-Jackey Beavers - Ooh, I Love You (Seventy 7 SV-901)
10-Jimmy Jules - I Should Have Listened (Gamble 4018)
11-Jimmy Braswell - I Can't Give You My Heart (Gene 222)
12-The Capitols - Hello Stranger (Karen 1524)
13-The Zircons - You Ain't Coming Back (Capitol 2667)
14-TSU Toronados - I Still Love You (Ovide 243)
15-Skorpio - Escalofrio de Amor (Taboga 500)
16-Winfield Parker - I'm Wondering (Wand 11218)
17-Bill Brandon - Since I Fell For You (Quinvy 7007)
18-Roscoe Robinson - Lonesome Guy (Wand Unissued)
19-Eldridge Holmes - What's Your Name (Deesu 305)
20-Bobby Williams & His Mar-Kings - You're My Baby (Nor-Mar -2569)
21-Willie Hightower - Too Late (Enjoy 2019)
22-Laura Lee - Since I Fell For You (Hot Wax 7201)
23-The Jackey Beavers Show - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Jaber 7112)
24-Barbara & The Browns - Pity A Fool (Sounds Of Memphis 709)
25-The Artistics - Being In Love (Brunswick 55477)
26-Brothers Of Soul - Candy (Shock 1314)
27-The Naturals - Crystal Blue Persuasion (Shout 307)
28-Bobby Patterson - If A Man Ever Loved A Woman (Baby I Love You) (Jetstar 119)
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