Various Artists – The South Side Of Soul Street The Minaret Soul Singles 1967-1976(2013)Omnivore - Rare Soul & Blues

For decades, Memphis and Muscle Shoals have been praised to the skies as premier Southern soul recording capitals, and rightly so. But any comprehensive list of important R&B studio destinations should also include Valparaiso, located on Florida’s Panhandle, not far from the Alabama state line. That’s where Finley Duncan established Playground Recording Studio in 1969, producing a series of stunning singles for his Minaret Records label that inexplicably avoided the charts but stand treetop-tall with a legion of R&B aficionados.The South Side Of Soul Street: The Minaret Soul Singles 1967-1976. This 2 CD, 40-track collection gathers all of the A-s and B-s of Minaret’s soulful sides for the very first time. Many of these tracks have been out of print for decades, commanding top dollar on the collector’s market.Continuing On from the previous post.

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