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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Thanks AMM. Nice follow-up, 2 more discs of Minaret soul
Nice choice ! So many thanks for all !!
Soul, Soul... and more soul !
Many thanks for this review AMM
BigD
More firme reviews for the collection gracias
More Minaret soul! Thank you for the review
Definately My Kind Of Music!
Are There More Playground Sessions Other Than 'Soul Resurrection'?
Thank You Kindly.
Looking forward to checking out this post. Thank you again and again AMM
Great rare Gem Thank you AMM
thanks AMM me too this is my main interest!
almost all titles on cd1 were at FAME recs except Double Soul at AGP i think
Thanks
CD 01
01 Big John Hamilton - The Train 03:12
02 Big John Hamilton - Big Bad John 02:34
03 Big John Hamilton - I Have No One 02:34
04 Big John Hamilton - I Just Want To Thank You 02:32
05 Genie Brooks - Fine Time 02:48
06 Genie Brooks - Juanita 03:04
07 The Double Soul - Blue Diamonds 03:00
08 The Double Soul - I Can't Use You 02:37
09 Big John Hamilton - Big Fanny 02:09
10 Big John Hamilton - How Much Can A Man Take 02:47
11 Big John Hamilton - Pretty Girls 02:56
12 Big John Hamilton - Before The Next Teardrop Falls 02:17
13 Johnny Dynamite - The Night The Angels Cried 02:44
14 Johnny Dynamite - Everybody's Clown 03:04
15 Genie Brooks - Helping Hand 02:52
16 Genie Brooks - South Side Of Soul Street 02:27
17 Big John Hamilton - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 02:43
18 Big John Hamilton - Love Comes And It Goes 03:34
19 Leroy Lloyd & The Dukes - Sewanee Strut 02:52
20 Leroy Lloyd & The Dukes - A Taste Of The Blues 02:46
CD 02
01 Willie Cobbs - I'll Love Only You 02:26
02 Willie Cobbs - Don't Worry About Me 02:29
03 Big John Hamilton - If You're Looking For A Fool 02:20
04 Big John Hamilton - Take This Hurt Off Me Fool 02:19
05 Doris Allen - A Shell Of A Woman 03:00
06 Doris Allen - Kiss Yourself For Me 02:49
07 Gable Reed - I'm Your Man 02:54
08 Gable Reed - Who's Been Warming Your Oven 02:27
09 Big John Hamilton - A Place In My Heart 02:25
10 Big John Hamilton - Let A Little Love In 02:35
11 Willie Gable - Row, Row, Row 02:01
12 Willie Gable - Eternally 03:14
13 John Hamilton & Doris Allen - Them Changes 03:04
14 John Hamilton & Doris Allen - Bright Star 02:24
15 Big John Hamilton - Lift Me Up 03:26
16 Big John Hamilton - Just Seeing You Again 02:36
17 Count Willie with LRL & The Dukes - I've Got To Tell You 04:34
18 LRL And The Dukes - Double Funk 04:09
19 Big John Hamilton - I Got To Get Myself Somebody 02:51
20 Big John Hamilton - Free Me 03:16
If you don't have it already, try to get it - a must for soul fans. Thanks for review, P.
Thanks for another great review AMM
nice looking selection of tracks thanks Reb
YET ANOTHER that I`ve not seen before!Nice review!
Great review thank AMM
Tasty label that needs more reissues!
Thanks for the review All Music Man can't say I ever seen this in my neck of the woods some great tracks on this comp
Cheers PEDRO
More great stuff. Thanks.
Many thanks
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