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Thursday, September 30, 2021
RARE NORTHERN SOUL VOL 96
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Alma Cogan - I Knew Right Away - Columbia
Betty Everett - Too Hot To Hold - Vee Jay
Betty Wilson And The 4 Bars - I'm Yours - Dayco
Brenda & The Tabulations - Im In Love - Epic
Capitols - Afro Twist - Karen
Chris Clark - Love's Gone Bad - Vip
Christi Cummins - Get Together - Venett
Coasters - Soul Pad - Date
Dee Dee Warwick - When Love Slips Away - Mercury
0 Eddie Jones - Give Me Good Lovin' - Fairmount
Faye Carol - Lives - Hit
Gerri Taylor - I'm Satisfied With Your Love - Mica
Gloria Jones - Heartbeat Pt 1 _ Uptown
James Brown And The J B's - People Wake Up And Live - Polydor
Joe L - (I'm Not Gonna Be) Worried - Clissac
Little Anthony And The Imperials - Gonna Fix You Good (Every Time You're Bad) - Veep
Oscar Perry - (Love Me) Like It Was The Last Time - Back Beat
Otis Leavill - Right Back In Love - Columbia
Randolph Walker - Achin' All Over - Mala
Roscoe And Friends - Broadway Sissy - Tec
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home - Chess
Spencer Wiggins - What Do You Think About My Baby - Bandstand
Sugar Pie Desanto - I Want To Know - Veltone
Syl Johnson - Try Me - Twilight
Sylvia St. Claire - It Hurts To See You Happy - Brunswick
The Ad Libs - On The Corner - Blue Cat
The Capitols - Cool Jerk '68 Instrumental - Karen
The Dalton Boys - Something's Bothering You - Vip
The Drifters - Drip Drop - Atlantic
The Fascinations - I'm So Lucky He Loves Me - Mayfield
The Five Stairsteps & Cubie - Little Young Lover - Curtom
The Four Pro's - Just Another Girl - Carla
The Jades - Snatch N' Grab It - Virtue
The Jennings Brothers - Don't Rush - Soulville
The Rance Allen Group - Gonna Make It Alright - Gospel Truth
The Soul Brothers Six - What You Got - Atlantic
Third Party - Such A Soul Says - Soulhawk
Tobi Legend - Heartbreaker - Mala
Wil Collins & Willpower - Anything I Can Do - Bareback
William Bell - Happy - Stax
Willie Tee - Sweet Thing - Gatur
Various Artists - Sister Funk - The Sound Of The Unknown Soul Sisters(2000)BBE - Rare Soul/Funk
A flawless collection of female funk, rare 45 explosion! Another great funk reissue from BBE. Compiled by respected UK Funk DJ Ian Wright, this release is a flawless collection of female funk singers, largely from the mid-60s to mid-70s. For those "in the know" - the record collectors, DJs, the "Big Daddy" readers, and insanely voracious afficienados who populate the funk scene . I need only list the names involved. For the rest of us, who need a regular dose of heavy funk but who can't or don't take the time to track down the 45's, only a few of the following women will be familiar. But they're all worth hearing. Check this for a roll-call: Ruth Brown, Monica Chaffeur, Joyce Dunn, Shirley Vaughan, Ann Robinson, Pearl Dowell, Barbara Lynn, Deloris Ealy, Mary Love, Inell Young, Marie "Queenie" Lyons, Viola Wills, Dorothy Black, The Trinikas, Gloria Williams, Anna Raye, Dolores Ealy and The Kenyattas with Jimmy Liggins Guitar and Orchestra, Barbara and Gwen, The Aristocrats, and Big Ella. Phew! Some 'spotters will notice the odd sample or two, lifted by far less creative types, but we really need only concern ourselves with how vibrant and vital this music is. BBE subtitle it "the real sound of the undergound soul sister", and paraphrasing Ruth Brown, it's a stone groovy thing.heavy,heavy Funk for lovers of Rare & Obscure Funk.
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Tracks On Back Cover Below
Various Artists - Sister Funk 2-The Sound Of The Unknown Soul Sisters(2007)Jazzman - Rare Soul/Funk
A second great serving of all-female funk and a collection that's arguably better than the now-legendary first volume in the series! Ian Wright's definitely outdone himself here again and the selection of work here is really really wonderful , with hardly any familiar names at all , save for a few smaller soul stars who are represented by some pretty obscure tunes! The vibe is hard and gritty throughout , but also plenty soulful too , and Ian doesn't sacrifice quality of the tune in pursuit of a rare piece of wax, so that the work is all top-shelf all the way through , a collection of female soul and funk artists who easily rival the biggest names from their generations! As usual with Jazzman, the whole thing's done with careful track selection.Only for lovers of Hard Edged no frills Funk!
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Tracks On Back Cover Below
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Dyson's Faces - Dyson's Faces(1995)P-Vine Expanded Edition - Rare Soul(FLAC)
Dyson's Faces were one of those underground 70s groups that should have been huge! Hailing from washington D.C. they recorded only 2 Albums...now Extremely Rare ...thank god this CD came out in Japan in 1995 with both Albums included. Line up includes Clifton Dyson (vocals), Gretta Kent (second tenor), Walter Johnson (baritone), Michael Chandler (first tenor), Michael McBride (lead guitar), M.B. Colbert (keyboards), Anthony Moxley (bass), Michael Stanford (drums), Julio Miranda (congas), Darius L. Moss (organ).The set's got a soaring sound that's even more righteous than the group's debut a quality that glows wonderfully with the quartet's mix of male and female voices a sound that almost reminds us a bit of Voices Of East Harlem at times. Backing is by the Hard Times Band a tight combo who groove hard on the more uptempo numbers, and lay back nicely on the mellower ones just throwing in some licks here and there on guitar or keyboards next to the warmer harmony vocals. The voices are an especially great part of the record, and really sparkle with a sound that's even fresher than most other groups from the time. A sound that shows that Dyson's Faces wasn't just one of those funk groups who happened to also be able to sing but a strongly committed soul outfit who really put a lot of energy into their music! Clifton Dyson's discography is the only story he left behind following his death at the too-young age of 57. His first appearance on the D.C. scene came as a member of the Differences, who issued a lone 45 on the Mon'ca label in 1971. Both sides of the single were arranged by Eddie Drennon, who would ultimately introduce Dyson to Robert José Williams in 1974. Sessions commenced at db Sound shortly after, where the basics for his debut LP were laid down in short order. Without a name, Williams suggested Dyson's Faces, for the ever-evolving background players. The Faces on "Don't Worry About The Joneses" and "We're Two Fools In Love" included first tenor Michael Chandler, second tenor Gretta Kent, and baritone Walter Johnson. String arrangements were handled by Drennon, while the ever-present horns were worked out by Chuck Sayre. All other personnel remains unknown. With session time to spare and a few hundred unused feet of reel, Williams tracked the Educators Band's "Everybody's Doing Their Thing," which would come out on bandleader Eric Richardson's label Dy-Rich, which he co-owned with Clifton Dyson. A handful of other Dyson records would follow on Dy-Rich, including the next incarnation of the group, Dyson's Faces & Hard Times. A reissue of his failed debut would follow in 1977 before Dy-Rich closed up shop. Dyson's career took him west briefly, with "Body In Motion" coming out on L.A.'s All American label in 1979 before being leased to Motown the following year. It's unclear whether he owned the QS label, but a few singles escaped on that brand between 1980–1983. In between, Slow Your Body Down would find a home on both After Hour Records and the Los Angeles rooted Network label. Clifton Dyson's last appearance on wax would come via a duet with Rick Webb in 1988 on "I Can't Let You Go," released by the well-intentioned but falsely advertising Washington Hit Makers label.Clifton Dyson would spend the CD-era in the non-secular world before passing away in 2004.This really is a FANTASTIC RARE SOUL ALBUM TO TREASURE!...Dont miss your chance to grab this exceedingly Rare Northern Soul/Funk Masterpiece..Long,Long Forgotten!
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Tracks Listed Below On Back Cover(FLAC)
LP Back Cover 1975
LP Back Cover 1977
Joey Heatherton - The Joey Heatherton Album(1972)MGM-(2004)Hip-O Select - Pop/Neo Soul
I picked up the vinyl LP for peanuts years ago when i was going through a phase in collecting Demo Labels.Little did i know that years later the Northern Scene here in the UK would pick up a few "Hard to Obtain" tracks to make her name well known to collectors & dancers alike. Like Dusty Springfield,Sharon Tandy,& Chris Clark certain white femme singers have always appealed to the soul fraternity.I just kinda liked her voice and she was a looker!...lol! This is the expanded album with a host of bonus tracks(which is why i bought the album)for the 3 Northern dancers. Joey was born Davenie Johanna Heatherton in 1944 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA.Rat Pack-era sex kitten Joey Heatherton was the daughter of "Merry Mailman" actor/singer Ray Heatherton.She was predominantly known for her Vegas-style stage act. However, she became a media fixture in the mid-'60s with numerous TV appearances ranging from the teen/dance program "Hullabaloo", to being a permanent fixture on Bob Hope's variety specials and overseas all-star tours of duty entertaining American troops. Perhaps taking a page from cohorts Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin, This CD consists primarily of familiar pop standards. Heatherton's reading of the Gershwin classic "Someone to Watch Over Me" which concluded the original ten-song platter, is especially irresistible. Equally impressive are comparatively modern compositions including Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds (1966) era entry "God Only Knows" as well as Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil's "It's Not Easy," a criminally disregarded number cut by both Sandy Posey and Neil MacArthur. Somewhat less successful is "Shake-A-Hand," a remnant of the peace and love generation that shouldn't be confused with the R&B tune of the same name penned by Joe Morris and interpreted by the likes of Paul McCartney, Ike & Tina Turner, and Elvis Presley. Heatherton more than makes up for it with her take of Willie Nelson's "Crazy" and "I'm Sorry", the latter emotively besting Brenda Lee's hit version. In addition to The Joey Heatherton original Album, this CD containes eight non-LP tracks, most notably the May of 1965 "The Hullabaloo", a dance inspired by the TV show. The package was rounded out with three never-before-issued recordings, the highlight being a remake of "Till There Was You" from Meredith Willson's Music Man. Heatherton was involved in every aspect of the release including choosing the remarkable cover art and this CD was available in a limited edition of 5,000 copies exclusively.This wont appeal to everyone,s taste i get that but you know why i posted this album on this talented Singer/Actress/dancer...and not just for the cover (tennessee boy might not agree!...lol)...plus it was a request.
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Original LP Cover 1972
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Tracks Listed below
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Dancin' Cat Vol. 149 - Crossover Connection Volume 9 - Rare Soul
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Artists & Tracks On Back Cover Below And Record Labels Embedded On Tracks
Dancin' Cat Vol. 150 - The Northern Soul Of Fairmount Records - Rare Soul
Artists & Tracks On Back Cover Below And Record Labels Embedded On Tracks
Dancin' Cat Volume 151 - The Northern Soul Collective 15 - Rare Soul
Monday, September 27, 2021
Billy Hawks - The New Genius Of The Blues 1967......... Heavy Soul! 1968(2014)BGP - Rare Soul/Blues/R&B+++Full Artwork-FLAC
Thanks to BGP you get 2 Rare Classic Soul/Blues Albums together in Flac....When i was an excited kid(long time back...lol)who had just discovered the delights of Black Music,and the fact you could Dance to it also just overwhelmed my young head ! Billy Hawks’ ‘O’ Baby (I Believe I’m Losing You)’ is one of the best records To have graced the Mod Clubs Back in the day. Years later it has become a staple of the more discerning clubs, a clarion call to the dancefloor. It’s 53 years since I first heard the record, and I have never tired of it, yet until i started this Blog I knew very little about Billy Hawks,a little surprising, considering he recorded two entire albums for Prestige. This is where the research side of things comes in to play.There was a time in the latter part of the 80s when the great records Prestige released in the late 60s were rediscovered and almost all the musicians reappeared,appealing to the MOD/JAZZ Scene. Billy was a notable exception.I did post his "Heavy Soul"album up on the old blog in mp3 so its a joy to post both of these gems in the best sound quality Flac.But many of the leads for info hit a dead end. His albums, “The New Genius Of The Blues” and “Heavy Soul”, were produced by Cal Lampley, who is now dead, and Bob Porter, Cal’s successor at Prestige, never encountered Billy. Then someone pointed the guys at BGP in the direction of a website for Leroy Hawkes & the Hipnotics. It turned out Leroy is Billy’s brother.A singer in his own right who recorded two rare 45s for Philly labels, Leroy explained Billy had died in the early 80s, just too early to enjoy his rediscovery. Leroy also provided them with photos of his brother and his band and gave an interview about his and Billy’s lives. Thanks to Leroy’s co-operation, this is the most fully realised reissue of Billy Hawks’ work. But the core of the release is the music. The organ-led trio with voice was very popular in 1966 and 1967, Jimmy Smith added vocals to ‘Got My Mo-Jo Working’ and hit the charts – and Billy proved to be one of its finest practitioners. Self-written songs mingled with covers of old R&B hits, and all of those are topped by ‘O’ Baby (I Believe I’m Losing You)’, which would be worth the price of purchase of this great CD on its own. Billy Hawks,(William)was a US R&B/Jazz organist,for those who have never heard of him. Born in Richmond,Virginia,he grew up singing,playing piano and listening to the blues. In 1961 he joined Steve Gibson’s Red Caps,and the following year joined the Modern Flamingos.In 1964 under the guidance of manager Clifford Doubledee and together with guitarist Maynard Parker and drummer Henry Terrell he formed his own group,the Billy Hawks Organ Trio and together they performed along the East coast.Two years later he released his debut album,The New Genius of the Blues,for Prestige Records,with guitarist Boogaloo Joe Jones replacing Parker. The album was followed in 1968 by Heavy Soul! on which he,Parker and Terrell were joined on some tracks by tenor sax player Buddy Terry.This is the Album that featured,"O Baby (I Do Believe I’m Losing You)"and although the track appeared on the US pressing of this LP,it never made it to a US single release…hence its monster value now £1000!
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Tracks & Line Ups On Back Cover Below(FLAC)
Sunday, September 26, 2021
BACK TO THE OLD FORMAT GUYS COMMENTS FOR LINKS
Sadly The Auto Sending is not working out so if you are interested in an Album you know what to do.I,m done having to chase people up for comments...i do the work and some of you guys cant be bothered to comment,so back to before.Enjoy your Sunday....
SUNDAY DOCUMENTARY - Herbie Hancock - Possibilities(2006)
Herbie Hancock, the renowned jazz musician, has adapted to changing times by continually seeking out and embracing new challenges. For his latest album, "Possibilities," which was released(2006) he invited a variety of pop artists from all over the map, stylistically and geographically, to lend their talents.Cutting from studio scenes to the occasional live performance and regularly employing close-up and split-screen, Doug Biro and Jon Fine's documentary portrays the intense collaborative efforts that went into each track in a way that is both intimate and far reaching. (The film is on DVD by Magnolia Pictures). Christina Aguilera sets the film off on a slightly flat note because of her complete lack of charisma, but makes up for it with a voice of gold. And the artists that follow, including John Mayer, Sting, Carlos Santana and Annie Lennox, are engaging enough to carry movies of their own. (The only one who is out of place is Gina Gershon, who plucks on a jew's-harp during the end credits.)Even though the gifted performers occasionally borrow the spotlight, the true star always remains Mr. Hancock, a longtime practitioner of Buddhism who encourages his adoring colleagues to journey beyond their "comfort zones," resulting in some interactions and freestyle jamming that are truly infectious. Being a fan of this genius gives an insight into his working life & career.I have just about everything he,s recorded so i must post up more of his stuff.
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Saturday, September 25, 2021
WANTED BY MEMBER - The Eyes Of Reality – What You Waitin' On Girl(1969)Channel 1
If anyone has this please contact me...This is Sax Kari,now have the B side courtesy of Rossyboy.
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Various Artists – Cooler Than Ice - The Arctic Records Story - Arctic Records And The Rise Of Philly Soul(2012)Jamie Records - Rare Soul(FLAC)+++Artwork
The philly label Arctic Records is legendary With all Soul Fans.The Philadelphia Sound first gained traction in 1965 with “Yes, I’m Ready,” a song written in about 10 minutes in the Francisville neighborhood by a lovesick teenager named Barbara Mason. "I don’t even know how to hold your hand Just to make you understand.But I’m ready to learn,Yes, I’m ready to learn,To fall in love with you".Mason’s girlish voice drifts innocently, on the cusp of adulthood, on a deep pile of strings. The crossover hit put Arctic Records on the map, and ushered in Philly Soul.The entire output of Arctic Records was Released in 2012 This Box Set,a six-CD set that also includes six singles as vinyl 45s.
When Arctic Records launched in 1964 by Jimmy Bishop, it seemed the whole city was ready to learn. It was one of a handful of regional labels that mined local talent often scouting the city’s many high school talent shows and nurtured them into hit-makers. “That was like my training ground,” said Kenny Gamble, then a young songwriter with Arctic who would go on to found the legendary Philadelphia International label. “It was like going to school. Experimenting. Jimmy Bishop used to let me work in the studio, work on the board.”
Jimmy Bishop was both the brain and the brawn behind Arctic a prominent DJ and program director at WDAS, he freely leveraged his position to push his own roster of talent. He could pull together producers including Weldon McDougal, Johnny Stiles, and Luther Randolph to draw out lush harmonies. “Everybody was amazed by the Motown sound. Motown was the object of everyone’s attention trying to get that sound,” said Gamble. “In Philly, they were able to get their own sound. You can’t create the Motown sound in Philly.” The box set includes a few rare tracks with Gamble singing with the Romeos, a short-lived affair. “I liked writing songs better,” said Gamble. “I never liked performing on stage. That didn’t seem like my gift at all. It came hard.” Arctic Records also included a white soul group called the Temptones, a favorite of the Temptations, which featured a Temple University student named Daryl Hohl. Later he would join up with a guitarist named John Oates and change his name to Daryl Hall. In the early 1960s, a kid named Stephen Kelly relocated from North Philadelphia to West Philadelphia. He immediately started scouting his peers at John Bartram High School to get a band together: John Hart; Earl Young (who later became the drummer of the Philadelphia International House band MFSB); Eugene Jones (would would later record as Gene Faith); Stanley and Harold Wade (who would later record “Disco Inferno” as the Trammps); and Patti Edwards (who would later become Patti LaBelle). After LaBelle left in search of bigger waters, the rest of the band settled on The Volcanos. They recorded “Storm Warning” in 1965, showcasing Jones’ lead falsetto. Kelly remembers shopping the single around to the local jocks. “Hy Lit heard it. Jerry Blavat heard it. They were, like, ‘Who is this group?'” said Kelly. “When they heard that record, it took off. We sold 65,000 copies in Philadelphia alone.” The Volcanos erupted, appearing on the marquee of the Uptown Theater on Broad Street and touring extensively. All the while, Kelly never put both feet in the music industry. He always kept a day job. While with the Volcanos, he was a medical technician at Philadelphia General Hospital where he worked the operating room as a respiratory therapist. “I remember at the old Philadelphia General, performing an operation on a patient, the girls & the other technicians started laughing,” said Kelly. “The doctor, kind of PO’d, you know? ‘What’s so funny?’ ‘We just saw Steven on Jerry Blavat’s show last night.’ “‘Is that right?” Kelly remembers being asked by the doctor. ‘Yes, sir.'” “All right. Congratulations. Now let’s focus on the patient.'” The Volcanos lasted only until 1967. There were squabbles among the label’s management and producers, and Kelly says the Volcanos were not getting their due. He remembers being called in to Jimmy Bishop’s office to pick up the royalty checks for “Storm Warning,” and being given $100 apiece. “That was the first time we walked south on Broad Street, crying in harmony,” said Kelly. “We decided to sit on the record and the contract not do any more singing, not with Arctic. It was the fault of the manager Jimmy Bishop.” After about 60 releases all of them included in This Box Set Arctic Records called it quits. Eventually, Bishop more or less disappeared and the label’s assets fell to his partner and distributor, Harold Lipsius. His son, Frank Lipsius, arranged the box set under the Jamie/Guyden label. Every genre Of Soul Catered for in This Collection.Presented here in Flac ...NOTE LINK ONLY GOOD FOR 7 DAYS..SO ONCE ITS GONE ITS GONE!
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Tracks
1-01 The Tiffanys – Happiest Girl In The World
1-02 The Tiffanys – Love Me
1-03 Barbara Mason – Girls Have Feelings Too
1-04 Barbara Mason – Come To Me
1-05 The Volcanos - Baby
1-06 The Volcanos - Make Your Move
1-07 Cindy Gibson – Step By Step
1-08 Cindy Gibson – Whisper You Love Me,Boy
1-09 Barbara Mason – Yes,I'm Ready
1-10 Barbara Mason – Keep Him
1-11 The Volcanos - Storm Warning
1-12 Kenny Gamble & The Floaters – Down By The Seashore
1-13 Kenny Gamble & The Floaters – Down By The Seashore(Instrumental)
1-14 Barbara Mason – Sad,Sad Girl
1-15 Herb Johnson – Gloomy Day
1-16 Herb Johnson – Carfare Back
1-17 Lane Relations – Everything On Earth
1-18 Lane Relations – Cleaning Up Here
1-19 The Volcanos - Help Wanted
1-20 Barbara Mason – If You Don't(Love Me,Tell Me So)
1-21 Barbara Mason – You Got What It Takes
Tracks
2-01 Light Lunch & The Freeloaders – How Can I Win Your Love
2-02 Light Lunch & The Freeloaders – How Can I Win Your Love(Instrumental)
2-03 Kenny Gamble & The Romeos - Ain't It Baby
2-04 Kenny Gamble & The Romeos - Ain't It Baby(Instrumental)
2-05 The Volcanos - (It's Against)The Laws Of Love
2-06 The Volcanos - (It's Against)The Laws Of Love(Instrumental)
2-07 Barbara Mason – Is It Me?
2-08 Barbara Mason – Don't Ever Want To Lose Your Love
2-09 Mike & Ike - Ya Ya
2-10 Mike & Ike - Sax On The Track(I'd Rather Be Lonely)
2-11 Honey & The Bees – I'm Confessin'
2-12 Honey & The Bees – One Time Is Forever
2-13 Brockington Chorale Ensemble – How I Got Over (Part 1)
2-14 Brockington Chorale Ensemble – How I Got Over (Part 2)
2-15 Barbara Mason - I Need Love
2-16 Barbara Mason – Bobby,Is My Baby
2-17 Jack & Jill - Take Me For What I Am
2-18 Jack & Jill - There You Go Again
2-19 Kenny Rossi – Turn On Your Love Light
2-20 Kenny Rossi – Don't Lose This Love
Tracks
3-01 Kenny Gamble – Don't Stop Loving Me
3-02 Kenny Gamble – The Joke's On You
3-03 Lane Relations – If I Had A Hammer
3-04 Lane Relations – In The Dark
3-05 The Volcanos - A Lady's Man
3-06 Barbara Mason – Poor Girl In Trouble
3-07 Barbara Mason – Hello Baby
3-08 Kenny Gamble – Chains Of Love
3-09 Kenny Gamble – (I'll Just)Keep On Smilin'
3-10 The Volcanos - You're Number 1
3-11 Lane Relations – The Blood(Part 1)
3-12 Lane Relations – The Blood(Part 2)
3-13 The Temptones – Girl I Love You
3-14 The Temptones – Good-Bye
3-15 Kenny Hamber – Anything You Want
3-16 Kenny Hamber – Ain't Gonna Cry(Over One Girl)
3-17 Mary De Loach – Move This Thing(Part 1)
3-18 Mary De Loach – Move This Thing(Part 2)
3-19 Brockington Chorale Ensemble – I Feel The Spirit Moving
3-20 Brockington Chorale Ensemble – He's There
Tracks
4-01 Barbara Mason – You Can Depend On Me
4-02 Barbara Mason – Game Of Love
4-03 Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes – Go Away
4-04 Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes – What Can A Man Do
4-05 The Temptones – Say These Words Of Love
4-06 The Temptones – Something Good
4-07 Barbara Mason – Oh,How It Hurts
4-08 Barbara Mason – Ain't Got Nobody
4-09 Dee Dee Barnes – Do What You Wanna' Do
4-10 Dee Dee Barnes – I'm Yours And You're Mine
4-11 Kenny Hamber – Looking For A Love
4-12 Kenny Hamber – These Arms Of Mine
4-13 Barbara Mason – I Don't Want To Lose You
4-14 Barbara Mason – Dedicated To The One I Love
4-15 Honey & The Bees – (You Better)Go Now
4-16 Honey & The Bees – Why Do You Hurt The One Who Loves You
4-17 Barbara Mason – (I Can Feel Your Love)Slipping Away
4-18 Barbara Mason – Half A Love
4-19 Teddy & The Fingerpoppers – Soul Groove(Part 1)
4-20 Teddy & The Fingerpoppers – Soul Groove(Part 2)
Tracks
5-01 Della Humphrey – Don't Make The Good Girls Go Bad
5-02 Della Humphrey – Your Love Is All I Need
5-03 Billy Floyd – My Oh My
5-04 Billy Floyd – Time,Made You Change(Your Mind)
5-05 Barbara Mason – I'm No Good For You
5-06 Barbara Mason – Don't Ever Go Away
5-07 The Ambassadors – I Really Love You
5-08 The Ambassadors – I Can't Believe You Love Me
5-09 Barbara Mason – Take It Easy(With My Heart)
5-10 Barbara Mason – You Never Loved Me
5-11 Honey & The Bees – Love Addict
5-12 Honey & The Bees – I'll Be There
5-13 The Ambassadors – Ain't Got The Love Of One Girl(On My Mind)
5-14 The Ambassadors – Music(Makes You Wanna Dance)
5-15 Winfield Parker – Shake That Thing
5-16 Winfield Parker – Brand New Start
5-17 Honey & The Bees – Together Forever
5-18 Honey & The Bees – Dynamite Exploded
5-19 The Ambassadors – I Dig You Baby
5-20 The Ambassadors – Storm Warning
Tracks
6-01 Barbara Mason – You Better Stop It
6-02 Barbara Mason – Happy Girl
6-03 Della Humphrey – (Girls Have Feelings)Just Like The Boys Do
6-04 Della Humphrey – Over The Tracks
6-05 The Ambassadors – Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
6-06 The Ambassadors – A.W.O.L.(Away Without Love)
6-07 Jimmy Bishop – (If You Could See Through)The Eyes Of A Blackman
6-08 Jimmy Bishop – Mr. Charlie
6-09 Honey & The Bees – Sunday Kind Of Love
6-10 Honey & The Bees – Baby,Do That Thing
6-11 Della Humphrey – Will You Love Me Tomorrow
6-12 Della Humphrey – Let's Wait Until Dark
6-13 The Royal Five – Ain't No Big Thing(But It's Growing)
6-14 The Royal Five – Peace Of Mind(It's Just A Matter Of Time)
6-15 The Rotations(Featuring Richard Parker) – (Put A Dime On)D-9
6-16 The Rotations – (Put A Dime On)D-9(Instrumental)
6-17 The Three Strangers – Find My Baby(Part 1)
6-18 The Three Strangers – Find My Baby(Part 2)
6-19 The Rotations – A Changed Man
6-20 The Rotations – Heartaches
7 Inch Vinyl Singles
7-01 Barbara Mason – He's Got To Love Me
7-02 Barbara Mason – Catch Him, Love
7-03 The Tiffanys – No Doubt About It
7-04 The Tiffanys – Lover Boy
7-05 The Combo Kings – I'm At My Best When I'm Down
7-06 The Combo Kings – The Rock
7-07 Kenny Gamble – It Takes Two
7-08 Kenny Gamble (Featuring Paul Johnson) – Fat Daddy
7-09 The Ambassadors – Doctor Love
7-10 The Ambassadors – I Only Have Eyes For You
7-11 Winfield Parker – I Love You Just The Same
7-12 Winfield Parker – Fallin' Star
Friday, September 24, 2021
Kent 362 - Barbara Lynn - A Good Woman-The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979(2011) - Rare Soul(FLAC)
Barbara Linda Ozen was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1942. At school she mastered the piano and ukulele, so her parents bought her a guitar – a right-handed Gibson, which the young southpaw flipped upside-down and taught herself to play, Hendrix-style. In the mid-50s she was taken under the wing of blues singer Clarence “Bon Ton” Garlow, who allowed musically inclined youngsters to hang out and rehearse at his studio. By 1961 she was creating a buzz in local nightspots with her all-girl group Bobbie Lynn & the Idols.Her recording debut came in 1962 with ‘Dina & Patrina’, released on Eric, a small logo owned by colourful local producer Meaux, with whom she would remain under contract until the end of the 1970s. Sensing he was onto a winner, he brokered a deal for her next single, ‘You’ll Lose A Good Thing’, to be issued on Jamie, a label with superior distribution to his own. The plan paid off when the record knocked Ray Charles off the top of the R&B charts.After three years with Jamie, Meaux switched Barbara to his own Tribe label. Many of her compositions were what might be termed women’s songs, and one would be hard pressed to find a better example than her Tribe debut, ‘I’m A Good Woman’. Barbara followed up with the original version of Dan Penn and Rick Hall’s ‘You Left The Water Running’ and a bluesy reading of the Joe Tex-penned ‘Watch The One (That Brings The Bad News)’, the kind of strong narrative number at which she excelled. Her fourth and final Tribe 45 was ‘I Don’t Want A Playboy’, another corker. A brief stay at Atlantic Records in 1968 was followed by a quiet spell, during which newly married Barbara concentrated on family life. She resumed recording in the 70s, this time for Jet Stream. Her releases for the label were sporadic, but included great numbers such as ‘Movin’ On A Grove’ and ‘Give Him His Freedom’.She had a fear of flying but performed at Fleetwood In England in 1999 and a friend who went said she blew the place apart!
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Willie Clayton - Let's Get Together(1993)Ace(usa) - Rare Soul
The soulful Mississippi-born vocalist, Willie Clayton is known to his fans for his rich, passionate delivery that fuses the fierce emotions of the blues with a melodic style that honors vintage soul and rhythm & blues. If you dont know him your in for a treat! While some of his earlier efforts reflected the tastes of R&B radio of the '80s, as his career progressed his audience came to appreciate material that was more solidly rooted in soul and blues traditions, focusing on Clayton's favorite themes, love, romance, and seduction. The New Jack Swing-styled title track of 1989's Never Too Late was one of Clayton's biggest hits, 2002's The Last Man Standing typified the soulful, sexy (and sometimes funky) sound that helped propel his career into the 21st century, and 2011's Sings the Number Ones saw him honoring his influences with a set of cover tunes. Willie Clayton was born in Indianola, Mississippi on March 29, 1955. He grew up with ten siblings and got his start in music singing in church. By the time he was in his early teens, he was working with an R&B group called the Soul Blenders, and they released a single on Duplex Records, "That's What My Daddy Did," in 1969. Clayton moved to Chicago in 1971 and became a club and city favorite. After playing a show with Al Green, Clayton was introduced to Green's producer, Willie Mitchell, who signed him to a deal with Pawn Records, a subsidiary of Hi, in 1974. Mitchell produced some fine Clayton efforts, including "I Must Be Losin' You," "It's Time You Made Up Your Mind," and "Baby You're Ready," but none of them hit, and his deal with Pawn ended in 1976. Clayton spent time touring with Al Green, Barry White, and James Brown, and started his own Sky Hero label in 1980, but the song "Living with You, But My Heart Is Somewhere Else" had only marginal regional exposure.Clayton finally enjoyed a taste of soul success in 1984 when his "Tell Me" (produced by General Crook) and "What a Way to Put It" for Compleat Records nudged onto the lower reaches of the R&B charts. "Tell Me" was a regional hit and could be found on juke boxes across the United States and in England. After cutting a handful of singles for the Kirstee label (including "Where Has Love Gone"), he landed a record deal with Polydor, his first experience with a major label. Billed as Will Clayton, 1989's "Never Too Late" peaked at 52 on the R&B charts, and two more Polydor singles also charted that year, "Tell Me" and "I Wanna Be Where You Are." Polydor would issue an album, Never Too Late, but it was his only full-length release for the label. In the early to mid-'90s, Clayton would release albums for the British Ace label (Let's Get Together, Simply Beautiful) and the soul-centric U.S. independent company Ichiban Records (Feels Like Love, No Getting Over Me). After releasing several titles on independent labels, he decided to invest in himself and launched his own Endzone Entertainment label with 2002's The Last Man Standing.In 2005 Clayton jumped from Endzone to Malaco Records, a label that had enjoyed great success with artists performing in the vintage R&B style. Clayton cut four albums for Malaco -- Full Circle, Gifted, My Tyme, and Soul and Blues -- before making his way back to Endzone. This proved to be a good time for Willie Clayton; between 2001 and 2008, he landed six albums in the Top Ten of the Blues Albums chart, and in 2010, his song "We Both Grown" (a duet with Dave Hollister of Blackstreet from Clayton's album Love, Romance & Respect) made the R&B singles survey. Jerry Williams (aka Swamp Dogg) contributed vocals and production to 2011's If Your Loving Wasn't Good Enough to Keep Me … How in the World Do You Think It Can Bring Me Back? 2011 also brought the album Sings the Number Ones, where he interpreted some of his favorite blues and soul classics, as well as The Tribute: One Man, One Voice, which included Clayton's take on Marvin Sease's underground hit "Candy Licker." Clayton's original material took center stage on 2012's I Am Rhythm & Blues and 2015's Heart & Soul, and he was back in solid and seductive form on 2020's Born to Sing, as apt a title as one could ask for.I remember well buying his debut Album on the long gone Timeless label on Vinyl back in the 1980,s after hearing him on the Radio.If he had neen around in the 1960,s he would have attained superstar status...he,s that good!..I cant locate my copy of this superb album so my good friend Reb Jukebox Supplied his..nice one m8!....PURE SOUL!!!...from the Ace label in Mississippi not London.
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A Taster Below..Great Version Of David Ruffin,s Classic!
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Various Artists - Extended Pleasures-Classic Disco, Boogie And House Stompers In Their Full Length Versions(2011)WEA
Wonderful Double CD of Rare Tracks Still In Demand 10 Years On!...Still Out of Print & Very Difficult To Find Any For Sale!
Tracks
CD 1
01 New Birth - Deeper (12'' Mix)
02 Candi Staton - Victim
03 Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love
04 Phreek - Everybody Loves A Good Thing
05 Donald Byrd - Love Has Come Around (12'' Version).mp3
06 Wanda Walden - Don't You Want My Loving
07 Stacy Lattisaw - Screaming Off The Top
08 Five Special - You Can Do It
09 Steve Arrington - Way Out (Frankie Crocker Remix)
10 Attitude - Love Me Tonight
11 Serge Ponsar - Out In The Night (12'' Mix)
12 Patrice Rushen - Get Off (You Fascinate Me) (12'' Mix)
CD 2
01 Marcus Miller - My Best Friend's Girlfriend (12'' Mix)
02 Starpoint - Satisfy Me Lover
03 Patti Austin - Only A Breath Away (12'' Mix)
04 Ronnie Dyson - All Over Your Face (12'' Mix)
05 Nile Rodgers - Stay Out Of The Light (Lights Out Mix - Larry Levan)
06 Club Nouveau - Heavy On My Mind (12'' Mix By Junior Vasquez)
07 Ten City - Devotion (Extended Version)
08 CeCe Rogers - Forever (12'' Mix)
09 Jody Watley - Off The Hook (Kenlou Mix)
10 BeBe Winans - Thank You (12'' Mix)
The Presidents - 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Years of Love(1971)Sussex Records - Rare Soul
One of the Greatest & Most Under Rated Soul Groups With harmonies To Match Anybody!.....The Presidents were from Washington, D.C. The group's members were Tony Boyd, Archie Powell, and Billy Shorter. The group scored a hit in the United States in 1970 with the Van McCoy produced track, "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)", taken from the Sussex Records album of the same name. The album hit #158 on the Billboard Hot 200 and #15 on the R&B Albums chart, and the song peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and #5 on the R&B singles chart.....Later in the 1970s, the group changed its name to Trilogy, then ANACOSTIA, under which they recorded the similar-sounding single "On and Off" (later recorded by David Ruffin) and continued recording under this name into the 1980s.Great Album with a few Northern Dance Classics Included.
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Anacostia - Anacostia (1977)MCA-Unidisc - Rare Soul
The group formerly known as the PRESIDENTS return with a great blast of soul with this release.Taking their unique sound to another level with Van McCoy/Charles Kipps at the production helm.They should have been up there with the Stylistics..etc...
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Anacostia - Anacostia(1978)Tabu-Unidisc - Rare Soul
Anacostia make the move to Tabu Records for this sweet second set and they continue to produce top drawer soul! The same style as before are anchored in place with production by Charles Kipps, with supervision from Van McCoy but the sound is a bit more focused, with that modern soul feel that made Tabu a real up and coming soul label in the late 70s. A good all round album with up & down tempo tracks.If you like The Moments, The Main Ingreadient, Black Ivory or The Chi-Lites,you,ll love this.
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RARE NORTHERN SOUL VOL 95
Tracks
Bogis Chimes - I Think You'll Find - Champ
Case Of Tyme - Some Call It Love - Legend
Chapter One - Money Won't Do It Love Will - Heritage
Clifford Curry - You Turn Out The Light - Pama
Compliments - The Time Of Her Life - Congress
Eddie Ray - Glad I Found You - Prix
Elkie Brooks - The Way You Do The Things You Do - Decca
Eric And The Vikings - Hurting - Kool kat
Ernie And Eddie - Who's That Knocking At My Door - Checker
Ernie K-Doe -Little Bit Of Everything - Duke
Errol Dixon And The Good Time Band - I Need Someone To Love Me (I Want) - Rainbow
Fantaisions - Unnecessary Tears - Satellite
Flaming Emeralds - Have Some Everybody(Inst) - Fee
Flower Shoppe - You've Come A Long Way Baby - Spring
Gene Burks - Shirley Jean - Arock
Jerry O - There Was A Time - White Whale
Jesse James - If You're Lonely - 20th Century
Kell Osborne - Yaya Yaya - Revis
Landy McNeil - Counting on you baby - Columbia
Lee Harris - I'm Gonna Get Your Thing(Get You) - Forte
Little Caesar & The Empire - Everybody Dance Now - Cameo
Little Ray - I Been Trying - Atco
Little Sonny Warner - Bright Light - 4 Bees Productions
Meditations - I Feel It - Checker
Otis Leavill - Nobody But You - Smash
Phillip Mitchell - The World Needs More People Like You - Shout
Ray & The Bel-Aires - The Blame Is On You - Arv International
Second Resurrection - Don't Let The Daylight Catch You (Feat. Louis Johnson) - Stanson
Sonics - Crescent Walk - White Cliffes
Tee Fletcher - Thank You Baby - Josie
The Del Victors - Oh Lover - Hi-Q
The Platters - Devri - Musicor
The Ponees - Move It, Groove It - Scion
The Reflections - Like Adam And Eve - ABC
The Short Kuts(Feat. Eddie Harrison) - Letting The Tears Tumble Down - Pepper
The Soul Majestic's - Missing You - Al-Tog
The Soulville All-Stars - I'm Gonna Get To You - Soulville
Tommy Frontera - (You're My) Leading Lady - Hi-Lite
Tomorrow's Men - Who's That Lady - Congress
La Vice & Company,s - Two Sisters From Bagdad -1973(2017) Jazzman Records - Rare Gospel/Soul/Jazz(FLAC)+++ Full Artwork
Known in the record collecting world as an incredibly Rare album with just a handful of known copies, we have for the first time the full length album reissue of the 'Two Sisters From Bagdad' album as performed by La Vice & Co.Originally intended to be sold alongside performances of LaVice Hendrick's ambitious but ill-fated musical theatre production, the album's scarcity was swiftly ensured as 'Two Sisters From Bagdad' ran for just 2 weeks at Detroit's Bethel A.M.E. church amid poor attendances due to scant promotion. With only a handful of copies sold in that brief window, many of the remaining copies were subsequently destroyed in a basement flood, meaning that until now few people have ever heard the album in its entirety.A varied set of jazz and gospel infused funky soul, 'Two Sisters From Bagdad' was composed and orchestrated by two precocious young talents, E.J. Garrison and Rhodia McAdoo. It's an album full of surprises, and is notorious for the heavy funk workout 'Though's Were The Days'. Not only have Jazzman unearthed and faithfully reissued this true obscurity as the 26th part of their ongoing 'Holy Grail' series, but through interviews with Garrison and McAdoo themselves we have also uncovered the beguiling back story to the music, the play and the life and times of its original creator, the late LaVice Hendricks. A Very left field release indeed!
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A Taster Below!
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Saturday, September 18, 2021
Friday, September 17, 2021
kent 243 - Various Artists - Southern Soul Showcase - Crying In The Streets(2005)
This is the first in-depth look on CD of the high quality output of the SSS International Group run by Shelby Singleton out of Nashville, Tennessee. Shelby had his greatest commercial success with Jeannie C Riley's "Harper Valley PTA" so it comes as no surprise that his musical tastes veered towards the country side of soul, which, as any self respecting soul fan will know, is the essence of Southern soul. Revered soul artists like Bettye LaVette, Johnny Adams and Sam Dees were taken into the great studios of Muscle Shoals, Memphis and Nashville in the late 1960s/early 1970s and came up with many classic Southern and deep soul tracks.Miss LaVette is a Detroit bred, big city girl but the gritty downhome singing on the churning "He Made A Woman Out Of Me" gives the impression that she is a natural talent raised back in the southern backwoods. It should have been a much bigger hit than #25 On The Billoard R&B Charts. Johnny Adam's was a singer's singer who had the ability to astound with the incredible range and depth of his vocals, yet he rarely ventured outside his native New Orleans. Shelby saw his potential however and was rewarded when "Reconsider Me" went Top 10 R&B and Top 30 Pop. Sam Dees is at his best on his self-penned songs, but as the grooving "Lonely For You Baby" (his first ever recording) shows, he is well able to interpret material from other songwriters. Thankfully we don't get any of Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson's teen angst hits but instead are treated to their more adult cuts including a killer solo track by Scott, "You Can Never Get Something For Nothing".Artists like Big John Hamilton (a personal favourite), Doris Allen, Danny White, Eddie Giles and Reuben Bell are less known, but no less revered. Soul connoisseurs consider Hamilton's tortured vocals on "How Much Can A Man Take" and Allen's emotive "A Shell Of A Woman" classic examples of the Southern Soul genre. Also worth a mention is Hamilton's sublime "I'm Getting It From Her" which up to now was only available on a rare Japanese Album. Giles and Bell will be familiar to those wise enough to invest in "Shreveport Southern Soul - The Murco Story" Posted here a While back(CDKEND 178) and the cuts here probably failed to chart only because of the Multitide of talent around at that time.Compilation releases like this present an ideal opportunity to highlight tracks by artists who may have recorded only one or two 45s in their entire "career", and Gable Reed's sparse, bluesy "I'm Your Man" is one such solid outing worthy of your attention. Better still is the stirring "I Can't Use You" by mystery duo Double Soul, but best of the lot (and a contender for track of the CD) is the heart-wrenching "Everybody's Clown" with its great lyrics and suitably despairing vocals by the terminally obscure Johnny Dynamite. No commercial success was forthcoming. However, other shadowy singers did have hits, like George Perkins with the anguished civil rights anthem "Cryin' In The Streets" and Calvin Leavy's equally despairing soul-blues of "Cummins Prison Farm".It's not all suicidal stuff, though. For example, listen to the bright, stomping "Mama's Got The Wagon" by Mickey Murray and "Dancing To The Beat" by his brother Clarence Murray.I can't praise this release highly enough. The compilers spent months agonising over the track selections Apparently. It all adds up to a package that will appeal to the legions of fans of Dave Godin's "Deep Soul Treasures" series. I hear there is enough top quality material for at least one further SSS volume. Meanwhile, one to treasure for sure.
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Sugar Billy - Super Duper Love(1975)Fast Track - Rare Soul
Yet again we have another great unknown performer from ....you guessed it Detroit who was a very close friend of Dave Hamilton,s..a track by Billy was featured yesterday on the blog. Sugar Billy’s 1974 original recording of “Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin’ on Me)” released as a single Prior to his 1975 album Super Duper Love was made famous when English soul singer Joss Stone covered the song’s part one for her debut album, The Soul Sessions (2003). Not much is known about Sugar Billy Garner/Willie Garner other than he seems to have hailed from Detroit, where he laid down a couple of funky scorchers for Dave Hamilton on the New Day label in 1971. He recorded an entire albums worth of material for the FastTrack label in 1975, and then promptly disappeared. The album is a classic Soulful Masterpiece IMHO from Sugar Billy,Great all round Soul. The man had his own unique Style which was Raw & Funky. somewhat mellower than the funk of The Fatback Band or Kool & The Gang, but still with a nicely rough-edged feel overall, one that mixes snapping rhythms with Billy’s slightly raspy vocals, all in a bag that’s somewhat unique, and which is almost a Vocal Cousin of Southern Soul Styles. Arrangements are by Jimmy Roach, who definitely helps the group groove and a young Marcus Belgrave is actually in the group on Trumpet!..my fave track is the taster!
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The Funky Taster!
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