Bill Coday - Right On Baby - The Crajon Recordings (2006) P-Vine - Rare Soul/Blues (MP3 102MB)

One of my fave Soul/Blues men who,s rare records on this label & others i,ve been collecting for years....A good pal refered to him as a second tier artist but i totally disagree with that, this man just oozes SOUL (& Blues....like ive always said is there a difference tween the two ?) Born in 1942 in Coldwater, Mississippi & passed in 2008. Bill was the second of twelve children & brought up in rural Arkansas with a strong religious Baptist background. Like many other great R&B singers, Bill was brought up singing gospel in church choirs and local quartets. Soon he crossed over to the Blues and began performing in juke joints around Blytheville, AK, with a band that included blues guitarist Son Seals Jr. He moved to Chicago in 1961 was spotted by Denise LaSalle while he was performing at the Black Orchid club. Denise owned Crajon Records. & signed him to her label, changing his name from "Chicago Willie" to "Bill Coday." LaSalle teamed Coday with Memphis soul icon Willie Mitchell (co-architect of the Al Green/Hi Records sound). Bill,s first singles for Crajon Productions were "Sixty Minute Teaser" and "I Get High on Your Love". They did fairly well, but it was the next record that would launch his career in the R&B field, that next single was "Get Your Lie Straight, that put Bill on the map when he charted at #14 on the R&B charts in 1971. The follow up single was leased to Galaxy Records and "When You Find a Fool, Bump His Head," (a LaSalle composition) reached #48 R&B in summer 1971. Most of the tracks were written by Denise LaSalle on the Superb Collection with legend Willie Mitchell arranging and co-producing with Denise, herself a legend with the Soul fraternity.In 1973 Coday was signed to Epic Records, resulting in the minor hit and a couple other singles including "A Man Ain't A Man" & "I Don't Want To Play The Game". Following this brief alliance Bill's recording days pretty much dried up for the next two decades. He still made a living on the road and may have recorded in Muscle Shoals in the late 70s (Bill doesn't remember). He was also briefly affiliated with Phil Walden, founder of Capricorn Records but they didn't see eye to eye so Bill parted ways and went back on the road. In 1984 it was LaSalle again that jump started Bill's career, hiring him as an opening act which eventually led to a recording contact with Ecko Records. So finally in 1995 Coday's second full length recording (if you count a 1978 collection of Crajon singles on Vivid records Japan LP Only) Five more albums followed for Ecko until he decided to start his own record label, B & J Records, with partner James Wolfe. His first release was "Jump Start". When Bill Passed in 2008 his widow, Anna, renamed the label Coday Records. I will get round to reviewing the rest of his output as again these CD,s have been re-discovered..But this collection is very highly recommended including a few rare Northern dancers!

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Sandra Wright - Wounded Woman (1989) Demon LP - Rare Soul (FLAC 181MB)

One of THE greatest soul Voices of all time, thats how i rate this incredible lady and album!!! Kept in the vaults for 15 years due to Stax Records going bankrupt at the time of its intended release, Sandra Wright’s 1974 album ‘Wounded Woman’ is one of those perfect hybrids the much troubled label was putting out in its last years,Pure Southern Soul with a dash of gloss and a hint of smoothness.I Did post This Album On on the Soulscape UK CD "The Broadway Sound Sessions"(SSCD 7007) she shared with James Govan On the old Blog. & this again in mp3 But here it is again for the 3rd time on the Demon Issue as an UPGRADE to flac. Sandra was Born in 1948 and raised in Memphis, she  began singing at age four and continued through school and church, eventually training to be an Opera singer at Tennessee State University. While attending TSU,Sandra was encouraged to enter a talent contest by fellow student 'Sweet' Charles Sherrelle (James Brown's Bandleader) and won singing Rhythm and Blues. Sandra remembers the blues and barbeque of Beale Street. Her first cousin was Blues legend Memphis Slim whom she adored. After college Sandra hit the road with the Canned Souls and in 1974, She recorded an album for Stax / Truth records, 'Wounded Woman'. After Stax was lost to the IRS ,Sandra sang at the New Modern Era club in Nashville for 17 years. It is there that B-3 master Moe Denham found her and she joined him and future SWB drummer Lloyd Herrman in a local band called Bordello. Sandra next joined Moe and Lloyd in Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown's band touring the U.S. and Canada. In late 1989,she returned to Nashville and with Moe,John,Lloyd and guitarist Pete Marriott,started the Sandra Wright Band. Sandra and the band moved to Vermont in 1992. Sandra Wright suffered a blood clot and died in 2010. Only recording 2 studio albums and 11 x 45,s her following in the soul fraternity has been obsessive and relentless not to mention muh loved. Her legacy was to leave us with one of the greatest Soul Albums Ever Recorded..near perfection it has it all!!!...Highly Recommended if you dont know her work!!!

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Various Artists - Get Your Lie Straight - A Galaxy Of Funky Soul (2004) BGP + Booklet - Rare Soul/Funk (FLAC)

This album is chronologically the last of releases dedicated to Galaxy Records. In case anyone needs reminding, Galaxy was the much maligned black music subsidiary of Fantasy Records. While Creedence was storming the charts in the late 1960s and earning the parent label buckets of overdue rock'n'roll kudos (not to mention cold hard cash), the earthy Galaxy imprint was quietly issuing one hot R&B record after another. Previous collections of Galaxy material from the late 1960s and 1970s have tended to focus on the label's handful of chart entries or local nostalgia, the latter mainly consisting of the sweet soul style that Bay Area fans are so enamoured of. But in recent years a new generation of collectors has become aware of the many rare grooves hidden in the Galaxy catalogue, those aimed at the dancefloor rather than the jukebox. The growing influence of rock in San Francisco soul and R&B, combined with Galaxy A&R prexy Ray Shanklin's preference for old fashioned blues, meant there was many a musical hybrid present in a Galaxy record, reflecting the fascinating emergence and divergence of styles that was occurring daily in the label's San Francisco Bay Area home region. The subtitle is A Galaxy of Funky Soul, 'cos that's what these cats deliver. The CD covers a five year period beginning with the company's move in late 1967 from San Francisco across the Bay to a new location at 1281 30th Street in Oakland, its walls pockmarked with bullet holes from a recent police shootout with the Black Panthers. Meticulous research in the Fantasy tape vault has resulted not only in a full complement of rare and unissued tracks, but upgraded sound quality on some Galaxy classics. Topping the list has to be the label's single funkiest item, "Foxy Girls In Oakland" by legend Rodger Collins' 1970 anthem to all the "true, fine mamas in the East Bay . . . strutting down East 14th", and a record so powerful that it caused even the whitebread Rolling Stone Magazine to sputter, "from every possible aspect, this disc is incredible". Collins is represented further by both sides of his underrated follow up, "I'm Leaving This Place" and "Your Love, It's Burning". The Memphis beat of Bill Coday's title tune verily leaps out of the speakers at you, and let's not forget the 'folk-funk' masterpiece "Chicken Heads" by Bobby Rush, here in an extended version where Bobby reveals that the only two things he cares about in life are "chicken heads and some . . . MONEY!" Fantasy staffer Jesse "Ozz" Osborne wrote and produced several cuts, including those by the Debonaires ( Not detroit group but local) and future Tower Of Power vocalist Lenny Willams. He also contributes two hot unreleased items that, had they been pressed on 45, would no doubt today be desirable items amongst the funk fraternity, Ben & Larry's "Manpower2 and Everyday People's "Try The Life". You've got blues/R&B legends JJ Malone and Tiny Powell, both of whose funky waxings for the label are represented here, along with instrumental grooves from Merl Saunders and the Right Kind, and obscure nuggets from further notables like The Debonaires, Bobby Eaton and Loleatta Holloway.Plus a second helping of Willie Mitchell produced Memphis masters on Bill Coday and the Sequins very rare version of Denise Lasalles "I get what i want". All Killer no Filler tracks & those northern dancers. Ive not played this in years and just come across it in the great sort out...SUPERB!....ps..i now make my own tasters when a track is not on youtube!

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Wolfmoon - Wolfmoon (1973) Fungus - Rare Soul + Bonus Northern Track (FLAC 259MB)

Tyrone Thomas was born in Richmond,Virginia DOB unknown....Swamp Dogg first encountered Tyrone Thomas in 1964, when Brooks O’Dell first brought him to his Philadelphia home after having worked with him live on stage. Brooks had given Swamp Dogg the hard sell about Tyrone & Swamp Dogg wasn’t disappointed. He was so impressed that he invited Tyrone into his house. This was the start of a tumultuous musical partnership. As partnerships go, it was more off than on. Somehow though, it lasted until 1973, when Tyrone using his Wolfmoon alias, released his debut & only album. It was in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia that Tyrone Thomas’ musical career began. He was just ten and known as Little Tommy. Not long after that, Tyrone formed The Teenagers with Major Harris. They quickly established a reputation as a talented quartet. So much so, that they found themselves opening for Sam Cooke, Jimmy Reed, Mary Wells and Fats Domino. Then when The Teenagers changed their name to Little Tommy and The Parakeets, they won the prestigious Amateur Night At The Apollo in harlem, New York. That wasn’t the group’s last name change, they became Little Tommy and The Out Of Sights. Soon, Little Tommy would be out of sight having enjoyed brief success with his various groups he decided the time was right to embark on a solo career. Aged just fourteen, he recorded "I’m Hurt", The popularity of his inital 45 resulted in him embarking on his first tour. He was opening for LC Cooke and The Upsetters....Northern Fans loved his next and final 45 " Baby cant you see" that was/still is a popular dancer on the scene, record collectors the world over have chased down virtually every known copy & its One of the most sought after records in Northern Soul circles, used copies consistently change hands for well over a thousand dollars even now. With all that being said, the record is noteworthy for more than just its steadfast demand. Mine is still in very good condition & this i would never part with.  Wolfmoon features ten tracks, seven of which were penned by Jerry Williams Jr. The other three tracks were cover versions. They were an interesting trio of tracks. Curtis Mayfield’s  People Get Ready,  John Fogerty’s Proud Mary and Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes’ If I Had A Hammer. These ten songs were recorded by Wolfmoon with Swamp Dogg and his band accompanying him at a studio in Macon, Georgia. Swamp Dogg also producer. As for "little Tommy" nothing else has benn heard about him since. Included as a bonus is his mega rare dancer in case any of you dont know it ripped also to flac listed under back cover.

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Various Artists - GSCD 003 - The Essential Detroit Soul Collection (1992) + Booklet - Goldmine Soul Supply - Rare Soul (FLAC 283MB)

Another long deleted from stock Detroit Compilation featuring all Northern classics from the "D" This is an Upgrade/Repost from the old blog

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Kent 923 - The Impressions - Definitive Impressions (1989 & 2002 + 2 Booklets) - Rare Soul (FLAC 624MB)

Such a great album kent issued it twice due to overwhelming demand. Does soul get any better than this! Even those with only a passing interest in soul music would have to agree that Definitive Impressions is a cornerstone to any serious collection of soul music. The proof, should you need any, is in the tracklisting, here you'll find Gypsy Woman, I've Been Trying, Keep On Pushing, You've Been Cheating, We're A Winner, I'm So Proud and People Get Ready, to name but a few of its unchallenged contenders for any musical Hall Of Fame. These, and the other 22 sumptuous, soulful songs featured have few equals in the annals of American music. There can be no questions about this that a quick scan of the remaining titles won't answer. There are many who will gladly tell you that the exquisite harmonies of Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden and Fred Cash make them the finest soul group of all time, I would be unwilling and unable to oppose any such assertion,  Here, then, are two dozen and four of the greatest recordings made by anyone, anytime and anywhere, Definitive and, unquestionably, Impressive....CLASS!...Just found my copy in the great sort out but my good pal OSR was kind enough to send me this ages ago!

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Sunday Rreview - Disco - Soundtrack of a Revolution - Series 1- 1. Rock the Boat (BBC 2023) 59 Minutes

Interesting 3 parter over the next few sundays.....From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world, its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy, In 1970s, in the aftermath of the Stonewall Riots, a sense of liberation fuelled a new sound from New York. In their quest for a safe space to meet, free from discrimination and violence, New York’s gay, black and minority ethnic communities started coming together in apartments and basement bars to dance. It was the beginning of a new kind of music and a pioneering dance floor culture that would sweep the world and change dance music forever...Contains strong language.

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Calvin Arnold Presents - Stevo - Musica Negra (Orignal LP 1978 Oliva Cantu Records - LP Reissue 2016 PMG) - Rare Soul/Funk (FLAC 216MB)

After yesterdays Kent offering on Calvin Arnold comes this long forgotten missing link Funk gem of the Atlanta Funk Music scene. The album is written and produced by Calvin Arnold with Tommy Stewart. The original LP was pressed as a sampler with only 50 copies meant to be a show case for the Atlanta Studios presenting new artists. The names of some young startups were placed on the original cover and they were said to be the musicians, in fact those youngsters had nothing to do with the origin of this amazing album. On this PMG reissue the real artists are named, these are basically Stevo Milner, Curt Mitchell, Tommy Stewart, J.D. Morris and Harry Case, plus a few guest musicians. The original copy sells now for over 1000 USD today and very rarely appears on the market. To the inner circle of the Atlanta Sound music factory, Calvin Arnold is a musical legend, a pivotal mastermind and musical wizard whose contributions helped make some of Atlanta Sound's most memorable and infectious grooves. His cunning sense of rhythm, extensive knowledge and experience in music production, arrangement and publishing make Him a household musical force to be reckoned with. Preferring the background grind to the limelight, Calvin delighted in nurturing aspiring new artists/musicians, honing the new talents, smoothing off their rough edges. His generosity and genius catapulted those who worked with him into inspirational new levels, pushing musical boundaries, daring to experiment and create refreshingly new, yet familiar sounds....Now regarded as a Soul/Funk masterpiece!

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Drums, Lead Vocals – Stevo Milner
Backing Vocals – Creme De Coco
Baritone Saxophone – Glen Barbour
Bass – Curt Mitchell
Guitar – Harry Case, J.D. Morris
Piano, Trumpet – Tommy Stewart
Tenor Saxophone – Charles Edwards
Written-By – Calvin Arnold, Tommy Stewart
Producers – Barney Conway, Calvin Arnold

Various Artists - Soul Diggers (2021) Wagram 2 x LP - Rare Soul (FLAC 428MB)

This really is a great double album of across the board soul music!..Some real tasty rare cuts indeed, mostly from southern soul artists!

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Albert King - Truckload of Lovin' (LP Utopia 1976 - CD Tomato 1989) - Rare Blues (FLAC 203MB)

With Stax Records, Albert King's home for nine years, having gone bankrupt in 1975, the 'Velvet Bulldozer' and his guitar Lucy were out on the street. As King had been a consistent hitmaker for the legendary Memphis company, not least due to the fluid fusion of Blues, Soul and Funk he had pumped out from there, it wasn't long before the master of the eternal bends and trills found a new label. Kevin Eggers, friend and manager of Townes Van Zandt, reeled the blues master in, and signed him to his Utopia label later renamed Tomato.

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Kent 528 - Calvin Arnold - Funky Way (2024) + Booklet - Rare Soul/Funk (FLAC 175MB)

Dropped through the door this morning in the post the latest Kent CD...This is the first album of Mickey Stevenson’s Venture material. ‘Funky Way’ was the label’s first release and a hit in 1967, despite limited airplay due to having the word “funky” in the title. It went on to become an early funk classic, covered by Rufus Thomas for Stax, Tommy Strand for Fame, Jimmy Bee for Kent, Ray Johnson and others. Though mainly recorded in Los Angeles, Calvin Arnold was a southern soul singer from Atlanta, Georgia and the material is in that vein, there are Mighty Hannibal produced tracks, recorded in Atlanta. Apart from the eight released sides, Mickey Stevenson’s tapes have provided five previously unreleased numbers including the up-tempo mover ‘Your Love Is Too Much’ and the superb southern funk grooves of ‘Trying To Fly My Kite (In Rainy Weather)’ and ‘Fool Me Baby’. The CD features never before seen photos and a 5,000 word biography of the revered singer from Atlanta musicologist Brian Poust in the Booklet,a great read!. The tracks are chronologically ordered by release. Those mega rare Northern Gems are included!

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Dancin' Cat Connoisseur Collection Vol.21 - The Soul & Blues Of Checker Records Part 3 - Rare Soul/Blues (MP3 166MB)

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Dancin' Cat Connoisseur Collection Vol. 22 - Twisted Wheel The Forgotten Sounds Part 1 - Rare Soul (MP3 173MB)

This concludes the Connoisseur series gentlemen, i hope you,ve enjoyed the Revamped versions of how these great records should have been presented in the first place. There are more Cats series to come!

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The Crests - The Best Of The Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro (1990) Ace + Booklet + Bonus Northern Track - Rare Doo-Wop/R&B/Soul (FLAC 316MB)

Just the one review today as ive been busy being chased to do jobs by the Boss, drove me nuts all day!...i,ve had a few requests for this which has surprised me & meant to review it ages ago...Johnny Maestro Only recorded one studio album with the crests but they recorded 30+ 45,s. But with the Brooklyn Bridge he recorded 3 albums. Johnny was born in Brooklyn New York to an Italian immigrant familty in 1939 and passed in 2010. He was one of the few artists who sold to Doo-wop/R&R/Soul lovers throughout his life...There,s a superb article/interview with him over HERE rather than me harp on. Ive included his best ever song IMHO the Northern Stepper as a bonus also in Flac. One of the great white voices of R&B/soul along with Dean Parrish,Frankie Valli, Len Barry et al....Bonus track under back cover.

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Kent 265 - Carolyn Franklin ‎- Sister Soul The Best Of The RCA Years 1969-1976 + Booklet (2006) - Rare Soul (FLAC 527MB)

Embarking on a career in soul music can’t have been easy for anyone whose sister is Aretha Franklin. Happily her middle sister Erma could boast a career song, in "Piece Of My Heart", that is easily the equal of anything big sis has ever made in her 45-years-and-counting recording career. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for their baby sister Carolyn, who despite writing several of Aretha’s biggest and best hits of the 60s and 70s plugged away at her own solo career for the best part of 12 years, without any more than a handful of small R&B hits of her own to show for her pains. Sadly, both Erma and Carolyn both died young. Erma was anthologised on CD a few years ago, when "Piece Of My Heart" was a deserved if belated UK hit in the 90s in the wake of its association with a jeans commercial. But Carolyn’s recordings for RCA Victor the label she was affiliated to from 1969 through 1976 have never been comprehensively reissued in any format since her four original vinyl albums were deleted in the 1970s. Happily Kent put that right with 22 tracks and nearly 78 minutes’ worth of the younger Ms Franklin’s best recorded work, under the wholly appropriate title of SISTER SOUL. Although she stood in some pretty big shadows from a musical standpoint, Carolyn was very much her own woman as a vocalist, and this is apparent on each of the tracks that have been selected from her four albums and 45s. Like Erma she was never in any danger of being seen as a younger clone of her sister. She always strove to assert her musical independence by working with a string of top flight arrangers and producers who had not worked with other members of her family. In Carolyn’s case, this meant collaborating with among others such soul arranger-producer heavyweights as Philadelphia’s Bobby Martin and the New York giants Buddy Scott and Jimmy Radcliffe. These redoubtable gentlemen poured their own magic on Carolyn’s fiery vocals and great songwriting to produce some thoroughly spellbinding recordings. Kent seem to have  included as many as will fit within the playing constraints of a single CD. As befits a singer of this level of passion and commitment, the CD focuses heavily on ballads. It takes a lot of nerve to try to beat the late Linda Jones at her own game, but Carolyn’s version of "Not On The Outside" has and is all that and more. Her church background is evident everywhere on this set, perhaps never more so than on the single "All I Want to Be Is Your Woman". And her southern roots are beautifully displayed on her revival of the Masqueraders " I Ain’t Got To Love Nobody Else" just a few of the highlights on offer in the department marked ‘slowies’.Carolyn could also get to grips with something faster, as shown by her long time Northern Soul floor fillers "Reality and Boxer" both of which still sound as fresh and exciting now as they did when i first danced to them, five decades ago. In fact, there was really very little that Carolyn Franklin could not do well. It’s just a shame that not enough people were ready to acknowledge that fact back in the day, nor to afford her a solo star status that once you hear these great recordings you will agree was fully deserved. I hope that it will bring her somewhat neglected talent to the kind of audience on here that will appreciate her.

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Dancin' Cat Connoisseur Collection Vol.19 - The Northern Soul Of Checker Records Part 1 - Rare Soul (MP3 158MB)

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Lew Kirton - Heaven In The Afternoon (1999) Expansion + Mini Booklet - Rare Soul (FLAC 356MB)

Another long deleted from stock re-discovery for me in my great "sort out" from the former member of The Invitations. I,m noticing more and more with a lot of CD releases that the times specified on the back covers does not always tally up with the actual times of the tracks ?..Some of the tracks on this great CD are shorter whereas a couple are longer compared to what the cover states ?..and Discogs follows suit as they take their info from the record companys/album covers...oh well i suppose its a case of "swings & roundabouts". I forgot what a gem this album is, originally released as "Just Arrived" On the Alston label minus a few tracks that are on here, i did review the Stateside copy a long time ago again which is different. Poor work from Expansion regarding the lack of a decent booklet and a few inside pages with brief info. But the music speaks louder than the inaccuracies of the record companys. So much like teddy Pendergrass a great artist!

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Clarence Carter - Have You Met Clarence Carter...Yet (1992) Ichiban - Rare Soul (FLAC 263MB)

 Fabulous Soul from Clarence Carter, one of the last soul men still doing it!

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O.C. Smith - Dreams Come True (1980) Family LP Release Only PROMO - Rare Soul (MP3 75MB)

Another one of OC,s albums that never saw a CD release and i sold it as i got a silly price for it.As usual with the man a classy album!

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Various Artists - Rare, Collectable And Modern (2009) Base Camp - Rare Soul (FLAC 411MB)

Extremely rare and long deleted CD of mega rare Modern Northern Soul Tracks played on the scene here in the UK from 1980 up till today. If you had all the 45,s it would run into the £1000,s!

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The Modulations - It's Rough Out Here (LP 1975 Buddah - CD 2012 (Expanded Edition) Funky Town Grooves) - Rare Soul - (FLAC)

Having only released 2 albums, one of those in japan & a handful of 45,s this group has had a very loyal following over the years because of the sheer top notch quality of their recordings. I,m sure i have everything they released on 45 but this Expanded Edition contains their most prized offerings. The Modulations were formed in Durham, North Carolina U.S.A. (Not to be confused with the Jacksonville, Florida based Modulations, which were a Gospel group led by Glenn Jones who i will review sometime). Originally known as the Pimps, The Modulations were singing together by 1970 and consisted of Nick Allen, Jr., Larry Duncan, Henry Channelle, and Hoyal Saunders. After cutting a debut record for the Mozel label out of New York, the Modulations came under the management of local entrepreneur Henry Bates and landed a deal with national concern Buddah Records. The results were a string of singles and an album that achieved national success. They recorded extensively with MFSB, the house band of the famed record label Philadelphia International. These sessions yielded this album and several singles such as Northern gem  “Your Love Has Got Me Locked Up.” Further recordings intended for a follow up album were never commercially released until the japanese released "Moving In the Right direction" in 1998. The group reached the pinnacle of its career with an appearance on Don Cornelius’ popular TV show, Soul Train, in early 1976. This is a little Philly gem, yet to be discovered by some, which well deserves its place in this great legacy of soul that these talented guys left us. This is sweet , classy soul at its Best!

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