"A Complete Introduction In Northern Soul" CD 3 + 4

voici la suite et fin ...A Complete Introduction To Northern Soul vol.3-4 .. et merci pour le partage ... - Anonymous

trax CD 3:
1. Hey Girl Don't Bother Me - The Tams 2. That's Not Love - Holly St James 3. Soul Self Satisfaction - Earl Jackson 4. I Got A Feeling - Barbara Randolph 5. Take My Hand - The Dalton Boys 6. He Who Picks A Rose - Jimmy Ruffin 7. Love, Love, Love - Bobby Hebb 8. I Got The Fever - The Prophets 9. Happy - William Bell 10. Friday Night - Johnny Taylor 11. Keep Stepping (Never Look Back) - Carolyn Crawford 12. Life Beats - The Supremes 13. Tainted Love - Gloria Jones 14. (Pick Me Up) Put Me In Your Pocket - Jeanette Harper 15. At The Discotheque - Chubby Checker 16. Girl Don't Make Me Wait - Bunny Sigler 17. Wear It On Our Face - The Dells 18. Sweet Was The Love - The Four Tops 19. I've Gotta Get Away - Tommy Good 20. Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin 21. Real Love - Drizabone 22. Breakaway - Frank Popp Ensemble 23. It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) - Don Covay 24. Just Want To Spend My Life With You - Pete Warner 25. You're My Everything - The Temptation & James Jamerson
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trax CD 4:
1. You Didn't Say A Word - Yvonne Baker 2. Night Owl - Bobby Paris 3. Country Girl - Vickie Baines 4. You Just Don't Know (What You Did To Me) - Chubby Checker 5. Angel Baby - The 3 1/2 6. Picture Me Gone - Evie Sands 7. Ordinary Joe - Terry Callier 8. I'm Orbit - Joy Lovejoy 9. I'm Gonna Love You A Long Time - Patti & The Emblems 10. Breakaway - The Lewis Sister 11. I Wanna Know - John E.Paul 12. Gotta Have Your Love - The Sapphires 13. Every Time I See You, I Go Wild! - J.J Barnes 14. Key To My Happiness - The Charades 15. I Can't Make It Anymore - Spyder Turner 16. Stop Her On The Sight (S.O.S.) - Edwin Starr 17. You Can't Count On Me - Sammy Davis Jr. 18. Seven Days Too Long - Chuck Wood 19. Dance Dance Dance - The Casualeers 20. Green Door - Wynder - K.Frog 21. I Feel So Bad - Jackie Edwards 22. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - The Funk Brothers 23. Long After Tonight Is All Over - Jimmy Radcliffe 24. Time Will Pass You By - Tobi Legend 25. I'm On My Way - Dean Parrish
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"ESSENTIAL GOSPEL ANTHOLOGY"

You need do no more than scratch the surface of American music to discern the huge influence of gospel. It's the choral harmonies on a Motown hit, the impassioned preaching of a Stax singer, the 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' imagery of Paul Simon...there's no escaping it. The fact remains that gospel is, was and will remain a cornerstone of American music for as long as it is recorded and performed. Here are fifty reasons why. (Amazon)

This really is a comprehensive collection including so many formative artists: Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1948; Aretha Franklin 1956; Mahalia Jackson 1954; Sam Cooke 1953 are just four but the 50 tracks clearly proclaim the gospel sound. The total running time for this set is approx 135 minutes and the recordings date from 1948 to 1957 and capture the diversity of the genre. The sound quality is very clear and this is a worthy addition to the genre. Attractively packaged and with liner notes by Joseph Adair. (Allmusic)

trax CD 1:
1. Will He Welcome Me There? - The Sensational Nightingales 2. This Train - Rev. Robert Ballinger 3. Never Grow Old - Aretha Franklin 4. Come And Go To That Land - Sam Cooke w\The Soul Stirrers 5. Living For My Jesus - Five Blind Boys Of Alabama 6. Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight 7. Jesus - Mahalia Jackson 8. The Life You Save May Be Your Own - The Pilgrim Travelers 9. Get Away Jordan - Dorothy Love Coates 10. Trouble In My Way - The Swan Silvertones 11. I'm His Child - Sister Ernestine Washington 12. J-E-S-U-S Spells Jesus - Brother Miller & The Milleraires 13. My God Is A Mighty Man - Anthony Butler 14. Leave It There - Clara Ward & The Ward Singers 15. Stop Right Now - The Bells Of Joy 16. I Want Jesus On The Road I Travel - Brother Joe May 17. Each Day - Sister Wynona Carr 18. Downward Road - The Selah Jubilee Singers 19. I Got A Witness - The Swan Silvertones 20. Didn't It Rain? - Cora Martin 21. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Sister Lottie Peavey 22. Packing Every Burden - The Fairfield Four 23. My Time Done Come - The Golden Gate Quartet 24. I'm A Rolling - Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi 25. You Grow Closer - Aretha Franklin
trax Cd 2:
1. Peace In The Valley - Sam Cooke w\The Soul Stirrers 2. My Journey To The Sky - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight 3. I Know I've Been Changed - The Dixie Hummingbirds 4. Step By Step - The Boyer Brothers 5. Great Day - The Sallie Martin Singers 6. My God Called Me This Morning - The Jubilaires 7. God Knows The Reason Why - Mahalia Jackson 8. My Rock - The Swan Silvertones 9. Heaven On My Mind - Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi 10. Milky White Way - The Trumpeteers 11. Touch Me Lord Jesus - Mairie Knight & Vivian Cooper 12. I'll Fly Away - Rev. B.C. Campbell & Congregation 13. Don't Rock The Boat - The Charioteers 14. How I Got Over - Clara Ward & The Ward Singers 15. Jesus Gave Me Water - Sam Cooke w\The Soul Stirrers 16. Gospel Train - Marie Knight & The Dependable Boys 17. Oh Lord, Stand By Me - Five Blind Boys Of Alabama 18. Mother Bowed - The Pilgrim Travelers 19. My Lord And I - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 20. Everyday Will Be A Sunday - Dorothy Love Coates 21. Go Devil Go Sister Lille - Mae Littlejohn 22. He'll Make A Way - Sam Cooke w\The Soul Stirrers 23. Jezebel - The Golden Gate Quartet 24. Let The Church Roll On - Mahalia Jackson 25. 99 1/2 Won't Do - Dorothy Love Coates
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Cub Koda "Let's Get Funky" 1983

This is a great and rare mini LP from Cub Koda!

Outsanding great reworks of HOUND DOG TAYLOR and TERRY NOLAND classics. Released in 1984 on New Rose Records in France.

Credits:
Bass – Slick Vick / Drums – Per "Casper" Hanson / Guitar – Cub Koda / Piano – Cub Koda / Rhythm Guitar – Mike Hayward (tracks: A1 to A3) / Saxophone – Jimmy "Squaw" Norris (tracks: A3) / Vocals – Cub Koda, Swamptones

trax:
01 Let's Get Funky 02 I've Had It 03 Henrietta 04 Come Back Home 05 If Only In My Dreams 06 The Lights Are On, But Nobody's Home

"Crescent City Soul Patrol" - 22 Dancefloor Sounds from New Orleans

This excursion into New Orleans soul singers features obscure & forgotten performers in the city that is forgotten... High quality southern soul, atypical of the style associated with the city, this cd features such gems as CP LOVE'S "Plenty Of Room For More" & the exquisite "It's Been So Long" By WILLIE WEST. (Bluebeat Music)

New Orleans had many independent records labels, mostly small concerns operating from the back room of clubs and private apartments. Most labels existed purely to serve the local market and few had any effective distribution. As such, many 45s were pressed in small quantities and unsold copies were often trashed. As soul fans and collectors from overseas began to show a deeper interest in New Orleans soul music, many flop records were suddenly in heavy demand and values surged as copies proved increasingly difficult to find. A further tragedy of hurricane Katrina is that many historic records, masters tapes and important documents have been lost forever. (Louisiana Music Factory)

trax:
1. You Got Me - Lee Calvin 2. Four Strong Winds - Daisy Burris 3. Baby Go Ahead - Wallace Johnson 4. When I'm Ready - Mill Evans 5. I've Never Considered - Inell Young 6. Oh Love, This Is Sonny - Sonny Fisher 7. I Need, I Need Your Love - Tony Owens 8. Plenty Of Room For More - C.P. Love 9. Lovely Woman - Eldridge Holmes 10. I Need, I Need Your Love - The Philharmonics 11. Tell Her That I Love You - Jimmy Hicks 12. I Miss You Girl - Wallace Johnson 13. (When Your're Wrong) You Got To Pay The Price - Tony Owens 14. I See Love Girl In Your Eyes - Richard Calton 15. Chained - Percy Stone & The Explosions 16. All That Matters - Tony Owens 17. It's Been So Long - Willie West 18. I Wish Our Love Would Last Forever - The Swiss Movement 19. Love Is Trying To Get A Hold On Me - Tavasco 20. Try Love Again - The Pro-Fascination 21. I Never Felt Like This Before - Cynthia Sheeler & The Brothers Inc. 22. You Know You Want To Be Loved - Premium
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EXCELLO RECORDS Vol 1 - "Sound Of The Swamp"

The Nashville-based Excello label specialized in obscure blues, R&B, and rock & roll from the '50s and early '60s. This first volume of Sound of the Swamp: The Best of Excello Records, Vol. 1 covers the best from Crowley, LA, producer Jay Miller's blues, rockabilly, and swamp-pop sides. (Allmusic)

Unlike Stax, and other venerable labels with star-studded rosters whose catalogs have been excavated recently, Excello Records boasts no names more familiar than Slim Harpo or Lightnin' Slim. But what these two collections of electric blues, R&B, and rockabilly from 1954 to 1966 can offer is a deep, satisfying dip into the muddy Southern waters of rock & roll's birth. Most of the Louisiana natives (including both blues-busting Slims) on Vol. 1 (Sound of the Swamp) serve up a gritty, impolite guitar-based response to the smooth New Orleans piano pop of folks like Fats Domino. Vol. 2 (Southern Rhythm & Rock) tracks the diverse stream of cosmopolitan R&B and vocal-group soul that issued from Excello's Nashville branch, music distinguished from Vol. 1 by relatively polished performances and ingenious songwriting. Vol. 2 is the more immediate pleasure, but both discs promise an ideal antidote for those who find today's chart fare heartless and contrived. GRADE A- (Ira Robbins, Trouser Press) (This collection is now out of print)

trax:
1. Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo 2. I Hear You Knockin' - Lazy Lester 3. Everybody Needs Somebody - Silas Hogan 4. Prisoner Song - Warren Storm 5. One More Chance - Carol Fran 6. My Home Is A Prison - Lonesome Sundown 7. Wild Cherry - Leroy Washington 8. Rooster Blues - Lightnin' Slim 9. This Should Go On Forever - Guitar Gable 10. I Would Be A Sinner - Charles Sheffield 11. Hey! Baby - Al Ferrier 12. Red Sails In The Sunset - Bobby Jay 13. Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable & The Musical Kings 14. Rainin' In My Heart - Slim Harpo 15. Havin' A Whole Lot Of Fun - Johnny Jano 16. Baby Give Me A Chance - Joe Hudson & His Rockin' Dukes 17. Bad Luck Blues - Lightnin' Slim 18. Don't You Wanna Man Like Me - Nelson
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Cub Koda "Cub Digs Chuck" 1989

Koda's tribute album to Chuck Berry, featuring blistering versions of "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," and others.

Although it wasn't released until years later, Cub's first solo project was a country / rockabilly collection called That's What I Like About The South. By aiming to "sound like a real good band at a VFW hall on a Saturday night," Cub's solo outings sound more real and full of energy than any pitch-corrected, Pro Tools- enhanced recordings I've heard. And although when they eventually began seeing the light of day, Cub was greeted with a new level of respect from the roots / collector crowd, to my mind he still hasn't received the recognition his talents merit as a singer, guitarist, and just a damn fine musician--let alone stylistic chameleon. Listen to his best-Jerry-Lee-Lewis-song-the-Killer-never-recorded ("Two Handed Love Affair") or tributes to Link Wray ("Ace of Spades"), Roky Erickson ("We Sell Soul"), Chuck Berry (Cub Digs Chuck), and Bo Diddley (Cub Digs Bo), and realize that the ass- kicking garage band you're hearing is one guy and his trusty Tascam 4-track "Buick." If you're still not impressed, stick an ad in the Recycler and try to find a drummer (or guitarist, let alone a drummer/guitarist) who can cover a fraction of the styles Cub embraced. The audition from hell: "Okay, all you've got to do is play a blues shuffle so deep you can hear the traffic on Maxwell Street, then some Detroit doo-wop with extra Royal Crown pomade, a little surf music, some Louis Prima cacophony, New Orleans second- line...." - from a review by "El Cheapo" Teisco Del Rey

Musican:
Cub Koda: Vocals, all instruments

traxfromwax:
1. Maybellene 2. Johnny B. Goode 3. Around & Around 4. Little Queenie 5. Memphis 6. Guitar Boogie 7. Back In The U.S.A. 8. School Day 9. Carol 10. It Don't Take But A Few Minutes 11. Roll Over Beethoven 12. Blues For Hawaiians
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THE CLOVERS "Jukebox Hits 1951-1955"

Collectors of Golden Oldie R&R, R&B and Country music hits are, I'm sure, well aware of the quality received from British outlets, especially Ace Records with their almost flawless sound reproduction and copious liner notes in series such as The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll.
Acrobat Music & Media Ltd. is almost as good with their Jukebox Hits series of individual artists and multi-artist compilations and, so far, they seem to be largely a secret in North America. My first experience with them was a Lucky Millinder compilation of his hits from 1942 to 1951, and my pleasure is outlined in a review of that CD.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg as I soon discovered. So far I have identified others in the series for: Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Johnson, Erskine Hawkins, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy; Ivory Joe Hunter, Ruth Brown, Count Basie, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Otis, Muddy Waters, Billy Eckstine; Jimmie Lunceford, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Nat "King" Cole, and Lionel Hampton (I have also found multi-artist year compilations as well for 1942 to 1944, 1947, 1953 and 1955 - and I'm sure there are others).
And, of course, this one for The Clovers covering their hits for Atlantic from 1951 {Don't You Know I Love You? - # 1 R&B) to 1955 (Nip Sip - # 10 R&B), presented in order in the CD. The liner notes provide details on each selection (although not to the same extent as does Ace), and the sound quality is excellent. Only one of their hits failed to make the Top 10 on what then passed for the R&B charts (Blue Velvet - # 14 in April 1955), and they had two more # 1 hits in addition to the first one mentioned above: Fool, Fool, Fool in September 1951 and Ting-A-Ling in August 1952.
Many of their hits were later covered by some of the giants of the industry, including One Mint Julep (Ray Charles), Ting-A-Ling (Buddy Holly & The Crickets), Lovey Dovey (Buddy Knox), Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash (Steve Miller), Blue Velvet (Bobby Vinton), and four that are not included here - Devil Or Angel (Bobby Vee) and its flipside Hey, Doll Baby (The Everly Brothers), both from early 1956, Love, Love, Love from summer 1956 and covered that year by The Diamonds, and Love Potion No. 9 from 1959, and covered later by The Searchers.
Truly one of the best of the early 1950s vocal groups, right up there, in my opinion, with the original Drifters and The Dominoes, and long, long overdue for recognition by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. (Amazon)

trax:
01 Don't You Know I Love You 02 Fool Fool Fool 03 One Mint Julep 04 Middle Of the Night 05 Ting A Ling 06 Wonder Where My baby's Gone 07 Hey Miss Fannie 08 I Played The Fool 09 Crawlin' 10 Good Lovin' 11 Comin' On 12 Lovey Dovey 13 Little Mama 14 Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash 15 I Got My Eyes On You 16 Blue Velvet 17 Love Bug 18 Nip Sip 19 Devil Or Angel 20 Hey Doll Baby
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"BLUESOUL BELLES" Vol. 4 - Judy Clay & Marie Knight - The Scepter and Musicor Recordings

A talented soul singer, Judy Clay joined the Drinkard Singers gospel group in the late '50s and, like many singers who started with gospel, she moved to soul in the '60s, releasing a string of non-hit singles for that are esteemed by soul fans today. The first of them was the La Vette single 'Let It Be Me' b/w 'I'm Uptight' (1963), one of the most intense ballads Judy would ever commit to tape. When the small La Vette company was taken over by Scepter Records, Judy opened her own account on Dionne Warwick's label with the stunning 'My Arms Are Strong Enough' b/w 'That's All', in 1964. The deeply torrid 'Lonely People Do Foolish Things' was paired with the rare Clay co-composition 'I'm Coming Home' to form Judy's second release of the year. As usual, the record featured Dee Dee, Cissy and company on background vocals. Judy re-emerged in 1966 with the stupendous ballad 'Haven't Got What It Takes' coupled with a spine-tingling version of 'The Way You Look Tonight'. The Stax-styled 'You Busted My Mind' b/w 'He's the Kind of Guy' marked the end of Judy's Scepter tenure and signalled the direction her career was about to take on Atlantic Records, where she would teamed with Billy Vera to form what may have been the first interracial recording duo. Meanwhile, Scepter scheduled a single pairing 'I Want You' and 'Your Kind of Lovin'', stompers cut by Judy in 1966. Other unreleased Scepter cuts, like 'Upset My Heart (Got Me so Upset)' and 'Turn Back in the Time' are featured on this collection. Further proof that the best singers are church-trained is Marie Knight, one of the few R&B gals who survived the period of transition from '50s R&B to soul. She recorded a Big New York soul version of the classic 'Cry Me a River' for Musicor, which was a modest hit in 1965. Taped at the same session were the mighty B-side 'Comes the Night' and the poppy number 'Hey, Tell Me Boy'. The thrillingly commercial 'That's No Way to Treat a Girl' b/w 'Say It Again' (an early effort by the young Ashford/Simpson/Armtead team) met a similar fate to 'Cry Me a River'. Likewise, even composing input by the great Jerry Ragovoy on the desperately atmospheric 'A Little Too Lonely' was insufficient to garner it or its coupling 'You Lie So Well' any action. Marie Knight's recordings must have been simply too good for the charts. Either hers or Judy Clay's talents lay in their powerful, straightforward approach to a song which, while failing to pay off big time, nonetheless left in its wake a wonderful catalogue of music for us to enjoy. Partially taken from the original liner notes.

trax:
JUDY CLAY
01 Let It Be Me 02 I'm Up Tight 03 My Arms Aren't Strong Enough 04 That's All (Mastr) 05 Lonely People Do Foolish Things 06 I'm Coming Home 07 Haven't Got What It Takes 08 The Way You Look Tonight 09 You Busted My Mind 10 He's The Kind Of Guy 11 Your Kind Of Lovin' 12 I Want You 13 Upset My Heart (Got Me So Upset) 14 Turn Back The Time 15 That's All (Alt. version)
MARIE KNIGHT
16 Cry Me A River 17 Comes The Night 18 That's No Way To Treat A Girl (Mastr) 19 Say It Again (Mastr) 20 A Little Too Lonely 21 You Lie So Well (Mastr) 22 Hey, Tell Me Boy 23 That's No Way To Treat A Girl (Full version - Alt.Tk.) 24 Say It Again (Alt. Tk.) 25 You Lie So Well (Alt. Tk)
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"A Complete Introduction In Northern Soul" CD 2

bonjour, si vous êtes toujours intéresser "A Complete Introduction In Northern Soul" CD 2 .. voici le lien .. les liens sont fiable .. quoique l'on dise svp .. - Anonymous

trax:
1. Ain't No Place Like Motown - The Velvelettes 2. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Gladys Knight & The Pips 3. Thank You - Frankie Valli 4. Tears At The End Of A Love Affair - Tammi Terrell 5. Baby Hit And Run - The Contours 6. Have A Little Faith - The Four Tops 7. (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet - The Reflections 8. The Day Will Come Between Sunday And Monday - Kiki Dee 9. You Can Come Right Back To Me - David Ruffin 10. I'm Learning To Trust My Man - The Sisters Love 11. Baby (Don't Leave Me) - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 12. My Love is Your Love (Forever) - The Isley Brothers 13. Think It Over (Before You Break My Heart) - Brenda Holloway 14. Suspicion - The Originals 15. This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It's Killing Me) - Marvin Gaye 16. I Gotta Find A Way To Get You Back - Tammi Terrell 17. I See A Rainbow - Edwin Starr / Blinky 18. Why When Love Is Gone - The Isley Brothers 19. One Way Out - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 20. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson 21. Why Am I Lovin' You - Debbie Dean 22. I Have Faith In You - Edwin Starr 23. All I Do Is Think About You - Brenda Holloway 24. If My Heart Could Tell The Story - Edwin Starr 25. No One There - Martha Reeves
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"BLUESOUL BELLES" Vol. 3 - Jean Plum & Veniece - The Hi Recordings 1965-1978

This is an outstanding 21-song excavation of Willie Mitchell's vaults for the masters of Hi Records obscure deep soul artists Veniece Stalks and Jean Plum. Chicagoan soul diva Jean Plum arrived at Hi Records in 1975. No newcomer, she had previously recorded using her real name Betty Jean Plummer for Checker in 1967. Singles for the Salem and Bell labels followed in the early ‘70s. With her appellations foreshortenend at the suggestion of new mentor Willie Mitchell, she debuted for Hi with the remarkable “soft-deep” double-header ‘Look at the Boy’ and ‘Back to You’. Talking to the British publication Blues & Soul the following year, the singer expressed her excitement at the completion of sessions for her first album. The inclusion of treasures like ‘Loneliness’ and her supremely soulful interpretations of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Today I Sing the Blues’ would surely have ensured a top quality se but, sadly, the LP was never released. The 1976 single ‘I Love Him’ was Jean Plum’s only other release until her final platter two years later. As for ex-fashion model Veniece Stalks, she joined Hi Records in 1965, released two singles pdq and promptly disappeared from the recording scene for six years. Minus her surname, she returned form that hiatus with the driving downhome saga ‘Stepchild’, prompting a trip to England, Germany and Switzerland supporting Wilson Pickett. A further three year silence preceded her next release ‘Every Now and Then’, the title of which seemed to sum up her career momentum. A revival of Otis Clay’s ‘Trying to Live My Life without You’ in 1975 proved to be Veniece’s farewell disc. Taken from the liner notes of Troubles, Heartaches & Sadness – Hi Records’ Deep Soul Sisters (1966-1976).
(If anyone has this in 320, please share)

trax:
JEAN PLUM
01 Look at the Boy 02 Here I Go Again 03 I Love Him 04 You Ask Me 05 I'm Gonna Stay 06 Are You Gonna Love Me 07 Friends Fallin' In Love 08 Today I Sing The Blues 09 Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me) 10 Loneliness 11 Back To You 12 Pour On The Loving
VENIECE
13 You Gotta Take The Bitter With The Sweet 14 What More Do You Want From Me? 15 Yesterday Man 16 Let's Stop 17 Stepchild 18 18 Days 19 Every Now And Then 20 Trying To Live My Life Without You 21 I Still Love You
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CHRIS KENNER "32 Greatest Hits From New Orleans"

Chris Kenner was a fairly unknown New Orleans R&B singer in the 1960s. Three of his songs are remembered, however. "I Like It Like That, Pt. 1" reached number two on the pop charts in 1961, "Something You Got" was a hit when Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown covered it in 1965, and "Land of 1,000 Dances" became a huge hit for Wilson Pickett in 1966 and Cannibal & the Headhunters turned it into a garage band anthem. (Bill Dahl, All Music Guide)

Chris Kenner wrote a number of enduring New Orleans R&B classics, although subsequent cover versions eclipsed all but "I Like It Like That," his Grammy-nominated greatest hit in 1961. Kenner co-wrote "Sick and Tired" with Fats Domino and charted with it in 1957 on Imperial, but Domino's version blew it out of the water. Signing with Joe Babashak's Instant label, Kenner's "I Like It Like That," "Land of 1000 Dances," and "Something You Got" sported Allen Toussaint's rolling piano behind Kenner's raw vocals. (Tom Sendra, All Music Guide)

trax:
01 I Like It Like That 02 You Can't Beat Uncle Sam 03 Land Of 1000 Dances 04 Don't Let Her Pin That Charge On Me 05 TrackNothing Will Keep Me From You 05 06 Grandma's House 07 Sick And Tired 08 Don't Make No Noise 09 Get On This Train 10 A Very True Story 11 I Have News For You 12 Something You Got 13 You Will Be Mine 14 Johnny Little 15 I'm The Greatest 16 Let Me Show You How To Twist 17 Packing Up 18 She Can Dance 19 That's My Girl 20 The Life Of My Baby 21 Shoo-Rah 22 Wind The Clock 23 They Took My Money 24 Fumigate Funky Broadway 25 Right Kind Of Girl 26 Life Is A Struggle 27 Rocket To The Moon 28 Fo Through Life 29 Stretch My Hand To You 30 Memories Of A King PT 1 31 Memories Of A King PT 2 32 I Like It Like That PT 2
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Cub Koda "That's What I Like About The South" 1983

"A great rockabilly record from the Cubmaster Cub Koda pays homage to 50's rockabilly and RnR!"

After a couple of bands in the late '60s that largely went unrecorded, Koda formed Brownsville Station in early 1969. After playing local Midwest gigs and releasing a handful of singles, the band released its first album in 1970. But it wasn't until "Smokin' in the Boys Room" that Brownsville had a genuine hit. Released as a single in the fall of 1973, "Smokin'" climbed all the way to number three, eventually selling over two million copies. But Koda began to back away from the group's loud, overdriven rock sound -- at least in private. He purchased a multi-track tape recorder and started producing one-man-band tapes, where he overdubbed all the instruments and vocals. For the next several years, Koda made home recordings of rockabilly, blues, R&B, country, jazz, and early rock & roll -- the exact opposite of Brownsville's heavy rock stance; the rockabilly tapes were eventually released as That's What I Like About the South in the early '80s, with other tracks showing up on compilations as late as 1993.
When Brownsville disbanded in 1979, Cub began writing a column called "The Vinyl Junkie" for Goldmine magazine, later published in DISCoveries. Through the column's success, Koda established himself as an expert record collector and critic -- eventually, Cub would compile and write liner notes for a number of projects, including three volumes in Rhino's acclaimed Blues Masters series. Koda died of kidney failure in 2001.

traxfromwax:
1) Hoy Hoy 2) Who Do You Love 3) Two Handed Love Affair 4) Beetle Bug Bop 5) Blues Stop Knockin' 6) Bottle To The Baby 7) My Baby Left Me 8) That's What I Like About The South 9) Ace Of Spades 10) Ten Little Women 11) Tight Jeans 12) Rattle Shakin' Mama 13) Chicken Walk 14) Split Personality
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"Black Diamond Express To Hell" An Amazing Ride Along The Railroads Of America Featuring Hot & Blue Tunes From The 1920's - 1960's

The icon of the locomotive and the train it pulls has been firmly embedded in artistic and popular culture since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th Century harnessed steam and encased it in metal to produce the first mammoths of power, movement, speed and beauty. These incredible machines opened up land, sea and, subsequently, air travel to an ever widening populace eager to exploit the New Century and its celebration of Modernism. Little wonder that the railroad has been the subject of setting for numerous stories in films, books and of course music. No more so than in the USA where the train has been used within a variety of musical forms and contexts: as a symbol of freedom - the means of escape from the hardships of the South to the Northern streets of gold - the way back home again; the means of getting to both Heaven and Hell - sexual metaphor; a free ride for the migrant escaping the Great Depression as well as the travelling songster and of course – disaster - the inevitable wreck with its incompetent driver (or brave engineer)! This 29-track compilation covers the above via an exciting mix of Pre- and Post-War Blues, Hillbilly, Jazz, R 'n' B and Rock 'n' Roll. It includes 2 previously unreleased tracks and a wealth of rare material, some of which has not been available re-mastered for digital audio. (Roots & Rhythms)

There are few more iconoclastic images of progress than the locomotive, preferably steam-powered. An obvious symbol of industrialization, the train replaced the chariot as the mode of transport to heaven or correspondingly to hell, brought lovers together or sped them apart, and offered a one-way ticket out of poverty to the promised land of freedom and prosperity. Its rail lines could be lonely or feted, its conductors and engineers idolized. Trains were the ultimate metaphor and the enduring image of a fast-growing and even faster-moving country. No wonder then so many artists memorialized the train in song. Black Diamond Express to Hell takes listeners on a scintillating journey back in time and across the musical landscape. 27 songs strong, bookended by the title track sermon, this set is a musical train spotter's dream come true. Stopping off to visit hillbillies and country stars, big-band legends and blues greats, and careening merrily from jazz to boogie, R&B to blues, mountain music to classic country, and speeding around the decades, this is one hell of a trip. Thankfully, Ozit Records has hired an expert conductor, Steve Hardstaff, for the journey. His exceptional liner notes not only annotate every song, but make sense of the seemingly jumbled sequencing, scattering nuggets of information for train enthusiasts along the way. Considering all the detail and knowledge he includes within, we may perhaps be seeing the beginnings of a fascinating book in the making. The music itself is equally riveting in its diversity and the myriad ways in which trains are addressed. A phenomenal trawl through the express lines to fame and the forgotten routes through forlorn pastures of Americana. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. Intro: Black Diamond Express To Hell - Rev. A. W. Nix 2. Hell Bound Train - Frank Hutchinson 3. Flying Crow Blues - Washboard Sam 4. Beyond Black Smoke - The Dixon Brothers 5. When The Train Comes Along - Norfolk Jubilee Quartet 6. Railroad Boogie - Pee Wee King 7. Wreck Of The Old 97 - Vernon Dalhart 8. Pullman Porter - Cousin Joe 9. Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey 10. Orange Blossom Special - The Drifting Cowboys 11. Train 45 - Grayson & Whitter 12. One Way Ticket - Bobby Crown 13. Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James 14. Daybreak Express - Duke Ellington 15. C. C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley 16. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest 17. Lonesome Frisco Line - Darby & Tarlton 18. Johnny B Goode - Al White & The Hi-Liters 19. Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill 20. Engine 143 - The Carter Family 21. Boxcar Shorty And Peter Blue - Sammy Price 22. Life's Railway To Heaven - The Blue Sky Boys 23. Late Freight - Sonny Thompson 24. The Brave Engineer - The Carver Boys 25. Sun Beam Blues - 'Billikin' Johnson & Fred Adams 26. Waiting At The Station - Cousin Leroy 27. Cannonball - Nora Lee King 28. Sinner's Dream - Eugene Fox 29. Outro: Black Diamond Express To Hell - Rev. A. W. Nix
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"BLUESOUL BELLES" Vol. 2 - Jean Knight & Barbara Lynn - The Tribe & Jetstream Recordings 1964-1976

Westside Records' Vol. 2 of the Blue Soul Belles series pairs Jean Knight and Barbara Lynn, a statuesque singer/guitarist from New Orleans, on 33 songs culled from Jet Stream and Tribe Records with Knight performing 19 numbers and Lynn 14. Both singers have that one big hit in common: Knight's ‘Mr. Big Stuff,’ not included but referenced on ‘(T'Aint It) The Truth’; ironically, Lynn's biggest hit, ‘You'll Lose a Good Thing,’ is included, but by Knight, not Lynn. Each also enjoyed a handful of smaller regional and local hits. Lynn, an accomplished songwriter, wrote much of what she sang, including three soulful up-tempo jams for the feet: ‘Club a Go-Go,’ ‘Movin' on a Groove,’ and ‘Disco Music.’ But it's the Southern/bayou blues numbers that make Lynn special (i.e., the aching ‘Until Then I'll Suffer’). And she sings plenty of those on this 33-song smorgasbord. Knight's song choices will please the most demanding Southern soul fan. She comes hard and real on ‘A Tear,’ ‘Please, Please, Please,’ and other tough selections like ‘Doggin' Me Around.’ The disc is more representative of Lynn's hits (though none of her Jamie sides are included) than Knight's; Knight's Stax recordings are not included. But overall this is a fine collection of feminine Southern soul from two of its most persistent purveyors. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
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trax:
JEAN KNIGHT
01 a tear 02 t'aint it the truth 03 my man, he's a lovin' man 04 i have none 05 i'm evil tonight 06 you'll lose a good thing 07 anyone can love him 08 please, please, please 09 start a new life 10 lonesome tonight 11 love 12 i'm glad for your sake 13 don't break my heart 14 the last one to his wedding 15 the man that left me 16 doggin' around 17 i don't want you no more 18 i have none 19 t'aint it the truth (1971 remix)
BARBARA LYNN
20 new kind of love 21 i don't want a playboy 22 you left the water running 23 until i'm free 24 i'm a good woman 25 running back 26 watch the one (that brings the bad news) 27 club a go-go 28 (until then) i'll suffer 29 take your love and run 30 you better quit it 31 nice and easy 32 disco music 33 movin' on a groove
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"A Handful Of Riffs" - Blues Guitar Pioneers

Fine collection of pre-war blues, this comp is now out of print.

trax:
1. Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 2. Rock Island Blues - Walter Lewis 3. Motherless Chile - Barbecue Bob 4. Nobody´s Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson 5. Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson 6. Stack O Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt 7. It´s Tight Like That - Tampa Red 8. Handful Of Riffs - Lonnie Johnson 9. Pony Blues - Charley Patton 10. Diddie Wah Diddie - Blind Blake 11. Travellin´ Blues - Blind Willie McTell 12. My Black Mama - Son House 13. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James 14. Mistreating Mama - Big Bill Broonzy 15. The Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold 16. Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson 17. Black Ace - Black Ace 18. Floating Bridge - Sleepy John Estes 19. Shake 'Em On Down - Bukka White 20. Jitterbug Blues - Blind Boy Fuller 21. Catfish Blues - Robert Petway 22. Cross Cut Saw - Tommy McClennan 23. Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
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BETTYE LAVETTE / CAROL FRAN "BLUESOUL BELLES" - The Complete Calla, Port & Roulette Recordings

The stellar Bluesoul Belles: The Complete Calla, Port & Roulette Recordings spotlights Betty Lavette and Carol Fran, two of the more criminally underrated singers from soul music's mid-'60s golden era. Unearthing two dozen tracks from the Calla, Port, and Roulette vaults, many of them previously unreleased alternate takes, the set offers a persuasive argument that, while never earning the critical respect or commercial kudos of their contemporaries, both women deserve consideration alongside the greats of the period. Lavette's opening "Let Me Down Easy," a staple of the Northern soul scene and the countless anthologies it's yielded, is far and away the most recognizable cut here -- the song is her masterpiece, a blisteringly poignant requiem for romance gone bad distinguished by its unique, tango-like rhythm and sweeping string arrangement. The remaining seven tracks don't reach the same peaks, but from the Motown-inspired stomp of "What I Don't Know (Won't Hurt Me)" to the gospel-inflected "Cry Me a River," Lavette's versatility and raw power ring through loud and clear. Although Lavette receives top billing, Fran's contributions comprise fully two-thirds of the disc; best known for her latter-day blues efforts with guitarist husband Clarence Holliman, the aching beauty of her mid-'60s soul sides is revelatory. Though rooted in the blues, her crystalline vocals were nevertheless ideally suited to the uptown style and sophistication of her Port dates; the chart failure of these recordings is baffling, and in particular the remarkable "Any Day Love Walks In" merits the label of lost classic. (Allmusic)

trax:
BETTYE LAVETTE
01 Let Me Down Easy 02 Only Your Love Can Save Me 03 Stand Up Like A Man 04 What I Don't Know (Won't Hurt Me) 05 Cry Me A River (Take 1) 06 She Don't Love You Like I Love You (Take 5) 07 I Feel Good All Over (Take 1) 08 I'm Just A Fool For You (Take 2)
CAROL FRAN
09 A World Without You 10 It's My Turn Now 11 Just A Letter 12 Any Day Love Walks In 13 C'Mon Let's Make Up 14 So Close 15 Roll With The Punches 16 My Runaway Heart 17 You're My Pleasure 18 A Woman In Love 19 I Was Such A Fool 20 Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind 21 You Can't Stop Me 22 I Know 23 I'm Gonna Try 24 Crying In The Chapel
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"STILL STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY"

Originally released as a mail order only cassette and a very limited vinyl edition by NME, Stompin' At The Savoy is widely acknowledged as being instrumental in helping spark the UK jazz danced movement in the early eighties: mixing everything from doo wop to be bop and all points inbetween. Released for the first time on CD in expanded form. (Blues Beat)

Subtitled "Screamin' R & B Saxmen, Broadway Be Bop, Uptown Doo Wop, Big City Blues Belters, Sepia Sinatras and Sophisticated Ladies, almost everything you need to know about the scope of this enjoyable collection is contained within the title. The collection was originally issued as a cassette by the NME, and is sometimes credited as contributing to the renewed interest in jazz as a form of dance music that briefly became a movement of sorts in the UK during the 80's. Titles that are well known to bebop scholars (mainly those drawn from Bird's Savoy years) rub shoulders with novelty pieces which, it must be remembered, were just as representative of the sounds of that era. The Johnny Otis Orchestra: Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Joe Turner, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Slim Gaillard, Helen Humes. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. Stompin’ At The Savoy - Erroll Garner 2. Mambo Boogie - Johnny - Otis Orchestra 3. My Brown Frame Baby - H-Bomb Ferguson 4. We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll - Wild Bill Moore 5. Milk Shake Stand - The Three Barons 6. And The Angels Swing - Stan Getz (aka The Be Bop Boys) 7. Howlin’ Winds - Big Joe Turner 8. Brown Gold - Art Pepper 9. Romance Without Finance - Tiny Grimes & Charlie Parker 10. Cupid’s Boogie - Little Esther w/Mel Walker & Johnny Otis 11. I Ain’t Mad At You! - Gatemouth Brown 12. All Night Long - Johnny Otis Show 13. Spinal - Fats Navarro & Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis 14. Ornithology - Babs Gonzales 15. The Birdland Story - Eddie Jefferson 16. Barbados - Miles Davis & Charlie Parker 17. The Jam Man - Slim Gaillard & Bam Brown 18. Sweet Man - Miss Rhapsody & Slam Stewart 19. Rock Me To Sleep - Helen Humes 20. Write Me A Letter - The Ravens 21. Now’s The Time - Charlie Parker 22. The Hucklebuck - Paul Williams 23. Turkey Hop - Johnny Otis Show, The - feat The Robins
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VEDA BROWN & JUDY CLAY "Private Numbers" (Stax)

Excellent compilation divided between two less-known but sensational voices: you listen Judy Clay hitting those deep notes and it makes you think she's the best singer in the world,that's how good she is. Her classic duet with William Bell ("Private Number") is here, along with several other rare singles that sound like "Stax" at its best. Veda Brown is worthy partner on this compilation - not as thundering as Clay (who is really in top class when it comes to soul singers) but very good nevertheless. Her early 1970's funk material is strong, well produced and always well-sung. In fact, she has her own version of "If Loving You Is Wrong,I Don't Want To Be Right" (titled differently here) some good two years before Millie Jackson who basically copied her version almost note by note and made it a centerpiece of her "Caught Up" album in 1974. "I Can See Every Woman's Man But Mine" is old gospel number dressed up like a soul ballad (Ruth Brown did same with this song back in 1955.) and old Little Willie John/Peggy Lee number "Fever" is presented like a full-blown "Shaft" wah wah number out of some early 1970s blaxploitation movie. Shame it is such a short CD because these ladies deserve full retrospective or at least double CD divided between them,very very good music. (Amazon)

trax:
1. Private Number - Judy Clay & William Bell 2. Love-Eye-Tis - Judy Clay & William Bell 3. Bed Of Roses - Judy Clay 4. Remove These Clouds - Judy Clay 5. My Baby Specializes - Judy Clay & William Bell 6. Left Over Love - Judy Clay & William Bell 7. It Ain't Long Enough - Judy Clay 8. Give Love To Save Love - Judy Clay 9. It's Me - Judy Clay 10. Children Don't Get Weary - Judy Clay 11. Living A Life Without Love - Veda Brown 12. Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me) - Veda Brown 13. I Know It's Not Right (To Be In Love With A Married Man) - Veda Brown 14. Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Veda Brown 15. Short Stopping - Veda Brown 16. I Can See Every Woman's Man But Mine - Veda Brown 17. Don't Start Loving Me (If You're Gonna Stop) - Veda Brown 18. Fever - Veda Brown
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"A Complete Introduction In Northern Soul" CD 1

bonjour gyro 1966, voici un lien pour les amateur de la northern soul… merci pour le partage - Anonymous

trax:
1. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins 2. Just Walk My Shoes - Gladys Knight & The Pips 3. Little Darling (I Need You) - Marvin Gaye 4. I Want To Go Back There Again - Chris Clark 5. I 'll Always Love You - The Detroit Spinners 6. I 'll Turn To Stone - The Four Tops 7. There's No Stopping Us Now - The Supremes 8. These Things Will Keep Me Loving You - The Velvelettes 9. Helpless - Kim Weston 10. Just A Little Misunderstanding - The Contours 11. The Night - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 12. I Ain't Going Nowhere - Jr. Walker & The All Stars 13. 6 By 6 - Earl Van Dyke & The Motown Brass 14. Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You) - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 15. There's A Ghost In My House - R. Dean Taylor 16. Tell Me It's Just A Rumour Baby - The Isley Brothers 17. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 18. Festival Time - San Remo Golden Strings 19. Real Humdinger - J.J. Barnes 20. Uptight (Everything 's Alright) - Stevie Wonder 21. He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' - The Velvelettes 22. I 'll Keeping Holding On - The Marvelettes 23. What More Could A Boy Ask For - The Detroit Spinners 24. When I'm Gone - Brenda Holloway 25. California Soul - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
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"OVERCOME" Vol. 2

The second volume in the Overcome! series concentrates more on choirs than preachers, more on community-oriented deep gospel and praise music. It's no less funky or raw than the first, but it's wider rather than weirder. In fact, on the first track, as the Millenium Celebration Choir whips the crowd into a frenzy on "Breakthrough" with wide-open funk & roll, an electric guitar takes a three-minute Jimi Hendrix-style solo just to get things going, before Inez Andrews brings her Memphis soul roots home to roost on "Talk to Me." If the first volume's emphasis was on preaching, then this one is on praise and worship. This is where the real gospel music is made in America today, in the arena of praise music. These first two tracks demonstrate how firmly engaged with everyday life their God is. In "Breakthrough," the singer lists her money troubles, her children's troubles, and the difficult stresses in her life, and brings them all to the Lord's table, knowing that just by doing this, she can cope no matter what. Andrews speaks with the voice of Jesus when she sings, "Talk to Me." The two-way communication is enough to make her worship a God who provides every answer to every question no matter how insignificant. He wants to talk and the singer is grateful unto the heavens. The Rance Allen Group indulges in full James Brown/Maceo Parker slipped disk funk on "Hot Line to Jesus," complete with chopped backbeat and guttural "HUH!" as the groove washes over Allen. Like the first disk, there isn't a dud in the joint, but there are some truly psycho standouts like Aubrey Ghent's "Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus." A preached intro gives way to an organ-driven choir accompanied by drums, bass, and pedal steels singing this well-known song in the spirit it was intended -- perhaps for the first time in modern recorded history. Clocking in at over eight minutes, if you aren't on your feet as this thing shakes your house, church, bar, shooting gallery, factory, car, or whatever, then you are truly dead, my friend. Both the volumes in this series are absolutely necessary for anybody interested in both modern and early gospel music, certainly. But the records in this series go so much deeper than that; they should be of interest to anybody who moans about the death of Memphis soul, Motown, true funk, or Delta blues. This music is all that and so much more. (Thom Jurek, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Breakthrough - The Millenium Celebration Choir 2. Talk To Me - Inez Andrews 3. Hot Line To Jesus - The Rance Allen Group 4. Call On Jesus - The Modulations 5. Courage Lord - Inez Andrews 6. Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus - Aubrey Ghent 7. When The Gates Swing Open - Otis Clay 8. He Rose From The Grave - Rev. T.L. Barrett 9. If I Could Make The World Better - The Rance Allen Group 10. Jesus Is Right On Time - The New Jersey Mass Choir 11. Solid Ground - The Jasper St. Company
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"Sound City Soul Brothers" The Untold Story Of Shreveport Soul

A selection of 24 southern soul classics recorded at Sound City in Shreveport for their Alarm label subsidiary. The emphasis is on early-to-mid 1970s deep soul with tracks produced by Wardell Quezergue, Bobby Patterson and Allen Orange. The 12-page booklet has in-depth liner notes by Paul Mooney.

Incredible southern soul work from Sound City – a lesser-known studio operating out of Shreveport in the 70s, with a groove that's a bit different than some of its bigger contemporaries on the scene! The Sound City approach is a bit leaner than Hi, Jewel, Malaco, or other outfits running at the time – and this collection of tracks issued on its tiny Alarm label show a growing sophistication that moves past some of the more familiar southern soul modes. There's a bit of funk on some of the tracks – almost more New York influenced in approach than down south –and there's also some more personal, mature ballad numbers too – really great tracks that make great use of the more heartbreaking qualities of the vocalists featured here – Ted Taylor, Reuben Bell, and Eddie Giles. The set has a really unified sound – given that there's only these three singers featured on the set – and that all vocalists have a good way of hitting both high notes and rootsier modes. Titles include "Somebody's Getting It", "Steal Away", "I'm Gonna Hate Myself In The Morning", "Looking Back", and "Everybody's Stealing" by Ted Taylor; "I'll Be Your Woman", "Superjock", "One Sided Love Affair", and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" by Reuben Bell; and "Swearing Out A Want", "There Must Be A Place", "You're My Sweet Inspiration", "How Many Times", "I Can't Get Over You", and "Married Lady" by Eddie Giles. © 1996-2012, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

trax:
Ted Taylor
01 Somebody's Gettin' It 02 Steal Away 03 Standing In The Wings Of A Heartache 04 Caught Up In A Good Woman's Love 05 I'm Gonna Hate Myself In The Morning 06 It Takes A Fool (To Be A Fool Again) 07 Everybody's Stealing 08 Looking Back
Reuben Bell
09 I'll Be Your Woman 10 I Still Have To Say Goodbye 11 Asking For The Truth 12 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 13 Meet Me Half Way 14 One Sided Love Affair 15 Superjock
Eddie Giles
16 Are You Living With The One You're Loving With 17 Baby I Care 18 How Many Times 19 I Can't Get Over You 20 Married Lady 21 It Takes Me All Night 22 Swearing Out A Want 23 There Must Be A Place 24 You're My Sweet Inspiration
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"OVERCOME" Vol. 1

Germany's Trikont is one of the most exciting record labels on the planet. They are certainly among the most eclectic, issuing compilations of everything from field recordings of music in Vietnamese street markets to hillbilly music, German music in Texas to killer gospel, blues, and klezmer music. All packages are handsomely done with well-detailed liner notes in German and English. What's more, these records are available from many sources on the internet and in stores -- though they may have to be special ordered. They don't carry import prices, either. The first volume of Overcome! Preaching in Rhythm and Funk features familiar names and some only hardcore gospel geeks will be familiar with, but no matter: the music is all certifiably killer. First there's the moaning, groaning, punch-drunk gospel of Rev. Cleophus Robinson. A well-known gospel singer in that circle lays out his sermon-style singing by bringing the blues in deep in his moan on "Morning and Evening." Next up is the early Staple Sisters with a snare drum and Roebuck "Pops" Staples' snaky guitar doing "Going Away," which sounds more like a John Lee Hooker boogie than a gospel tune until the vocals kick in. Mavis and Cleotha, Pervis and Pops drive the beat and the message home with a seductive bluesy funk. And speaking of the funk, it is impossible to forget the Campbell Bros. With Katie Jackson's "I Feel Good," driving the sexy vocal into the greasy with their pedal steel guitars choogling through an off-tempo backbeat and a bassline that comes out of Motown's Funk Bros. But the best cut on a compilation that also includes Prince Dixon, the Crownseekers, Rev. Julius Cheeks, Sensational Harmonizers, the Gospel Hummingbirds is by the Reverend James Overstreet. "Prayer, I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord" is a sermon in the great Southern Baptist tradition with a full choir clapping and chanting their assent to Overstreet's growling preaching while playing the hell out the blues on an electric guitar accompanied by washboards and a drum kit's bass drum from his sons. This sounds as if Overstreet is playing the "Devil's Music" as a way of stealing it from Satan and giving it to the Lord. And the man can play the guitar like Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. This is one of the most exciting, soul-drenched, deeply grooved gospel collections ever issued. (Thom Jurek, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Morning And Evening - Rev. Cleophus Robinson 2. Going Away - The Staple Singers 3. I Feel Good - The Campbell Bros. Feat. Katie Jackson 4. Prayer I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord - Rev. Louis Overstreet 5. He Brought Me Out - Prince Dixon 6. Keep On Trusting In The Lord - The Crownseekers 7. Pray On - The Gospel Hummingbirds 8. Keep On Praying - The Southern Gate Singers 9. Get Right Church - Prince Dixon 10. Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers 11. By And By - The Campbell Bros. Feat. Katie Jackson 12. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Rev. Julius Cheeks 13. He Never Lost A Battle - The Sensational Harmonizers
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SANDRA WRIGHT / JAMES GOVAN "The Broadway Sound Sessions"

Deep Soul from the QUINN IVY STUDIO

trax:
SANDRA WRIGHT
01 Wounded Woman 02 The Sha-La Bandit 03 I'm Not Strong Enough To Love You Aain 04 I Come Running Back 05 Lovin' You Lovin' Me 06 A Man Can't Be A Man (Without A Woman) 07 Midnight Affair 08 I'll See You Through (I'll Be Your Woman) 09 Please Don't Say Goodbye
JAMES GOVAN
10 Jealous Kind 11 Uphill Climb 12 Tell You About My Girl 13 Starting All Over Again 14 Oh What A Price 15 Help Me, I'm In Need 16 Love (I Thought I Would Never Find Love) 17 Don't Give Up The Ship 18 You Left The Water Running 19 We Had It All
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"It's Amazing" - The Glorious Female Gospel 1947-1952

Truly Amazing. For Black Gospel collectors/fans this is a very good album to have. The songs and the interpretations are worth a careful hearing. Many of the arrangements (versions) are more spare than later versions. Accompaniment is piano, guitar, occasionally bass. I particularly liked the songs by the Gospel Silhouettes, which sounded a lot like Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes to me. Their "Rock in a Weary Land" really rocks. I liked "My Trouble is Hard" by the Southern Revivalists also: very plain but effective singing by soloist and backup group. (Amazon) (This P-Vine is now out of print and hard to find)

trax:
1. The Hope Of This World Is Jesus - Rev. W. Herbert Brewster & His Camp Meeting Of The Air 2. Give Me That Old Time Religion - Rev. W. Herbert Brewster & His Camp Meeting Of The Air 3. These Are They! - Queen C. Anderson & The Brewster Singers 4. Jesus Is The Perfect Answer - Queen C. Anderson & The Brewster Singers 5. When I Shall Meet Him Face To Face - The Brewsteraires Of Memphis 6. So Glad I've Got Good Religion - Rev. W. Herbert Brewster & His Camp Meeting Of The Air 7. It's Amazing - The Brewsteraires 8. So Glad - The Brewsteraires 9. He Is Able - The Songbiirds Of The South 10. What Could I Do - The Southern Harps 11. Depending On The Lord - The Southern Harps 12. I'm Thinking Of The Lord - The Southern Revivalists 13. My Trouble Is Hard - The Southern Revivalists 14. He Walks With Me - The Southern Revivalists 15. Shake My Mother's Hand - Sister Bessie Griffin 16. Heaven's Radio - Sister Bessie Griffin 17. Trust And Obey - The Gospel Silhouettes 18. Tell It To Jesus - The Gospel Silhouettes 19. When I Wake Up In Glory - The Gospel Silhouettes 20. Rock In A Weary Land - The Gospel Silhouettes 21. The World Can't Do Me No Wrong - Ethel Davenport 22. I'm Tired - Ethel Davenport 23. Each Day - Ethel Davenport 24. I Will Wait Till My Change Come - Ethel Davenport 25. Heavenly Express - Ethel Davenport 26. Steal Away And Pray - Ethel Davenport 27. Something Has Happened To Me - Ethel Davenport 28. Show Me The Way - Ethel Davenport
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HERBERT & RUFUS HUNTER "The Sound Of A Crying Man"

Nashville Soul and R&B Sounds from the 60's and 70's.

trax:
HERBERT HUNTER
01 Happy Go Lucky 02 Push Away From The Table 03 The Sound Of A Crying Man 04 Isn't Wonderful To Dream 05 Love Has Taken Over Me 06 Dr. Feelgood 07 I Gotta Sit Down 08 Twistin' USA 09 Don't Pity Me 10 I'm So Satisfied 11 Slow Twistin' 12 Make Me Know You Love Me 13 Diddlin' & Daddlin' 14 The Twist 15 La La La La
RUFUS HUNTER
16 Hold On 17 Win Or Loose 18 Clean With Your Dirty Work #1 19 Things Are Never As Bad As They Seem 20 These Are My People 21 Clean With Your Dirty Work #2
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HANK BALLARD "You Can't Keep A Good man Down"

"YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN", produced by JAMES BROWN in 1968 and the funkier tracks have BROWN's sound written all over them (while the other cuts are classic late 60's soul). Includes several funky re-incarnations of his earlier hits written for JAMES BROWN's PEOPLE label.

Mindblowing work from the legendary Hank Ballard – a set cut years after his initial fame with The Midnighters, when he was working with James Brown in some very hip, funky, territory! James produced the record, and penned most of the tunes – and he does a really great job of bringing out the nasty, sinister qualities in Hank's vocals – sharper here than even in the 50s R&B era, and perfectly suited for the mix of politics and personal themes in the tunes! Backings are by the James Brown Band of the late 60s – and the whole thing's one of the funkiest albums The Godfather ever had a hand in! LP reissue is a special mix of original album tracks and funky singles – with tunes that include "How You Gonna Get Respect", "Funky Soul Train", "Unwind Yourself", "Blackenized", "From The Love Side", "Butter Your Popcorn", "Come In Wit It", "With Your Sweet Lovin Self", and funky remakes of "Annie Had A Baby" and "Finger Poppin Time". © 1996-2012, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

trax:
01 How You Gonna Get Respect (Part 1) 02 Teardrops On Your Letter 03 You're So Sexy 04 Funky Soul Train 05 Slip Away 06 Which Way Should I Turn? 07 With Your Sweet Lovin' Self 08 Are You Lonely For Me Baby? 09 Thrill On The Hill 10 Woman Is A Man's Best Friend 11 Unwind Yourself 12 Come In Wit It 13 Butter Your Popcorn 14 Blackenized 15 How You Gonna Get Respect (Part 1) (7_ Version) 16 Annie Had A Baby (1972) 17 Finger Poppin' Time (1972) 18 From The Love Side
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LINDA HOPKINS "Rock And Roll Blues" (1951-1957)

An extremely versatile singer and performer with extensive stage credentials alongside her vocal skills, Linda Hopkins has been a major artist since the early '50s. She has recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, done R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes, all with distinction and style. In the '50s, Hopkins recorded for several prominent independent R&B labels - including Savoy, Federal, and Atlantic - without getting a hit. She would never get a hit as a solo artist, in fact, though she did have a medium-sized charter (# 42 pop, # 21 R&B) with a 1963 duet with Jackie Wilson, 'Shake a Hand.' This compilation, however, concentrates solely on recordings she cut between 1951 and 1957, including performances with bandleader Johnny Otis, tracks done with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, then rocking blues from Kansas City and New York - the latter featuring ace guitarist Mickey Baker - and rock 'n' roll sides from 1957 featuring drummer Panama Francis. Otis himself introduced Linda Hopkins to Herman Lubinsky, the owner of Savoy Record in Newark, NJ, and she was signed to Savoy, where she made her first blues recordings in 1951, 'Doggin' Blues' b/w 'Living and Loving You' and 'Warning Blues' b/w 'I'll Ask My Heart', backed by the Otis aggregation. She didn't stay long with Otis, however, and by 1953 she was recording with Leiber & Stoller for the small Forecast ('Is This Goodbye' b/w Get Off My Wagon) and Crystalette labels ('Three Time Loser' b/w 'Tears of Joy'). She did two sessions for Federal, in 1954 and 1956, resulting in three singles, produced by Ralph Bass. These included 'Come Back Baby' b/w 'I'm Going to Cry Right Out of Mind' and 'My Loving Baby' b/w 'I Can't.' Next came a stint at Atco, then still run by Herb Abramson, who produced 'Rock and Roll Blues' b/w 'Shiver and Shake,' in 1957. A long, moderately successful stay at Brunswick Records (1960-65) followed. Her first record for the label was 'I Diddie Dum Dum', recorded in 1960, a poppy, but catchy rock 'n' roll tune in the style of LaVern Baker. 'Happiness' b/w 'I Don't Know You Anymore' and 'My Mother's Eyes' b/w 'Mama's Doin' the Twist' followed in 1961 and 1962, respectively. A year later she recorded an entire LP of duets with Jackie Wilson, featuring the old Faye Adams hit. Her last releases for Brunswick were in 1964-65, including 'The Magic Song' and 'If You Walk Away.' Meanwhile, Linda had been taking acting lessons, and from the '70s onwards she concentrated more on acting, though she still made occasional recordings. She won awards for her performances in Broadway musicals in the '70s, and toured the USA and Europe with blues musical revues in the '80s, still performing and recording into the new century. (Allmusic)

trax:
01 Doggin' Blues 02 Living And Loving You 03 Warning Blues 04 I'll Ask My Heart 05 Walkin' And Talkin' Blues 06 Sad And Lonely 07 Me And Dirty Blues 08 Baby Please Come Home 09 Is This Goodbye 10 Get Off My Wagon 11 Three Time Loser 12 Tears Of Joy 13 Come Back Baby 14 Mama Needs Your Lovin' Baby 15 I'm Going To Cry Right Out Of My Mind 16 Danny Boy 17 My Loving Baby 18 I Can't 19 Shiver And Shake 20 Rock And Roll Blues
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GEATER DAVIS "I'll Play the Blues for You" The Legendary House of Orange Sessions

By all rights, Geater Davis should have been a star -- the man had a strong and emotionally eloquent voice, he was a solid songwriter, and also a fine guitar player. But Davis never connected with a record label that had the muscle to make him heard outside of a few markets in the South and West, and his smooth but bluesy style was not what radio was looking for during the early 1970s. Davis enjoyed his greatest success working with producer Allen Orange for his House of Orange label, and I'll Play the Blues for You features 16 selections from Davis' tenure with Orange. Davis clearly owed a debt to Bobby "Blue" Bland in his vocal style, but there was a rough edge and an understated but potent emotional urgency in Davis' delivery that set him apart from his influences, and when he was allowed the space for a grand scale performance, like the extended versions of "Cry Cry Cry" and "For Your Precious Love" that appear on this set, Davis made it clear he was a performer with the talent and ambition to make it to the top. Sadly, his record label didn't quite have the juice to take him there, and the story in Jeff Kuhn's fine liner notes is one of missed opportunity following missed opportunity until 1984, when heart failure claimed Davis' life at the age of 38. A cross-licensed compilation of material from the various labels that David worked with during his abbreviated career would be welcome, but I'll Play the Blues for You is a fine sampler from his most creatively fruitful period, and fans of classic Southern-style soul will find this to be very satisfying stuff. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)

trax:
01 Sweet Woman's Love 02 Don't Marry A Fool 03 My Love Is So Strong For You 04 I Can Hold My Own 05 For Your Precious Love (Album version.) 06 Wrapped Up In You 07 Cry, Cry, Cry 08 I Love You 09 St. James Infirmary 10 I Know (My Baby Loves Me) 11 Best of Luck To You 12 I'll Play The Blues For You 13 Cold Love (Long version) 14 I'll Play The Blues For You (Second version) 15 Breath Taking Girl 16 I'll Get By
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"CALIFORNIA COOL CLUB BLUES"

This excellent 27-song compilation brings together an assortment of the finest swingin' pre-rock-&-roll R&B from the fertile Hollywood club scene of the late 1940s and early '50s. Among the legends featured on this collection are Nat King Cole, Charles Brown, and Johnny Moore. (Blues Beat)

Another fascinating collection of half-century old nuggets from the indefatigable doyen of selection compilers, Roy Carr. This one, subtitled "The Ultimate Chill-Out" documents West Coast Blues and R & B. Carr, in a characteristically informative liner note, traces the phenomenon to the rapid expansion of the US defense industry, and points out that one of this compilation's standout tracks, Cecil Gant's charmingly laconic "I Wonder" was responsible for kick-starting the commercial viability of the genre by selling over a million copies in 1945. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. A New Shade Of Blue - Johnny Moore & The Three Blazers (Featuring Lee Barnes) 2. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - Nat King Cole Trio 3. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Ray Charles 4. Fine Brown Frame - Nellie Lutcher 5. I Wonder - Private Cecil Gant 6. I Almost Lost My Mind - Ivory Joe Hunter 7. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield 8. Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat King Cole 9. The Jumpin' Jack - Johnny Moore & The Three Blazers featuring Billy Valentine 10. Central Ave Blues - Pee Wee Crayton 11. Midnight on Central Ave - Private Cecil Gant 12. L.A. Blues - Johnny Moore & The Three Blazers featuring Billy Valentine 13. Let's Rock A While - Amos Milburn (Featuring Maxwell Davis) 14. Driftin' Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Featuring Charles Brown 15. Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis Orchestra featuring Little Esther, Mel Walker 16. Black Night - Charles Brown 17. Chica Boo - Lloyd Glenn 18. For You My Love - Nellie Lutcher & Nat King Cole 19. Tired Broke and Busted - Floyd Dixon 20. I'm A Night Owl - Lowell Fulson 21. If That's The Way You Feel - Billy Eckstine 22. Slim's Jam - Slim Gaillard featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Jack McVea 23. This Is Always - Earl Coleman (Featuring Charlie Parker, Erroll Garner) 24. Don't Cry Baby - Mabel Scott (Featuring Charles Brown) 25. Popsicle - Maxwell Davis 26. Life Is Too Short - T-Bone Walker 27. Blues for the Night Owls - Sonny Thompson
...served by Gyro1966...

"CASINO CLASSICS" Vol. 1 - The Forgotten Floorshakers

voici le lien casino classics vol 1 et merci beaucoup pour le partage! - Anonymous

trax:
1. That's What You Do To Me - Deon Jackson 2. Jeanette - Wade Flemons 3. Rules - Gil Blanding 4. I Couldn't Take It - Edith Little 5. Stop - Bobby Diamond 6. Do It To It - Funky Sisters 7. Trying To Get To You - Feathers 8. Walking Up A One Way Street - Melody Makers 9. I Loved You Once - Willie Mason & The Fred Martin Revue 10. I Carefully Checked Your Heart - Bob Moore 11. What Are You Trying To Do Me - Bonnie Miller 12. Help Me - Towanda & The Total Destruction 13. I Gotta Make It - Divines 14. Sugar - Isonics 15. Take Me As I Am - Freddie Hughes 16. Lord What's Happening To The People - Kenny Smith 17. Slice Of The Pie - Jewel Akens 18. I'm Drowning - Viki Adams 19. Haunted - Azic Mortimer 20. Somebody (Somewhere Needs You) - Herb & Dawn 21. Love's Gone Bad - Clay Hunt 22. Darling Darling - Pat Thomas & Archie Powell 23. It's All Over Me - Otis Blackwell 24. Make Up Your Mind - Dave Newman 25. Thunder - Lord Thunder 26. Spreadin' Honey - Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band 27. I'll Be Around - Davie Parkinson
...served by Anonymous and Jillem...

"CASINO CLASSICS" Vol. 2

24 gems that set the legendary Wigan Casino dancefloor alight.

"there were clubs for purists, for innovators, for collectors - but if what you really wanted was a club for dancers, then Wigan Casino was the place to go."(Chris Hunt - Mojo Collections Spring 2002)
the second part of Casino Classics presents you another 24 floorfillers from the legendary "Heart of Soul". start dancing to powerful and catchy tunes, like Jeanette Williams "All Of A Sudden", the Reflections "Like Adam & Eve" or Mitchell Braithwaite's "You've Been A Long Time Coming".
(If anyone has Casino Classics, Vol. 1, please share here)

trax:
1. Up And Over - Jay Traynor 2. We Go Together - August & Deneen 3. All Of A Sudden - Jeannette Williams 4. You Got Me (Sittin' In A Corner) - Barbara English 5. Weddings Make Me Cry - The Exciters 6. It Ain't Necessary - The Embers 7. Nobody Can Save Me - The Adventurers 8. Like Adam And Eve - The Reflections 9. Just In The Nick Of Time - Toni Lamaar 10. Love My Love - The Four J's 11. She Don't Deserve You - The Honey Bees 12. I Lost A True Love - Danny Wagner 13. I Can't Let Him - Cheryl Ann 14. Happy Without You - The Sound Judgment 15. Please Don't Run From Me - George Clinton 16. (I Can Feel Him) Slipping Away - Mamie Lee 17. Wall To Wall Heartaches - Bobby Jason 18. What About The Music - Billy Harner 19. Stop Girl - The Seven Dwarfs 20. Sweet Talkin' Willie - Terri Nelson 21. Loving On The Losing SIde - Tommy Hunt 22. You've Been A Long Time Coming - Mitchell Braithwaite 23. Evil - The Posse 24. Look What I've Got - Gerri Thomas
...served by Gyro1966...

"I Always Remember"

Cream of the Gotham vocal groups. - Jillem

A selection of contrasting vocal group sides from the Ivin Ballen’s Gotham label. There’s rockin’ R&B from the Gazelles, teen torment from The Capris and smooth harmonies in the early vocal group style from The Cap-Tones.

trax:
1. Pretty Baby, Baby - The Gazelles 2. Honest - The Gazelles 3. Milk And Gin - The Capris 4. Let's Linger Awhile - The Capris 5. I Love You So - The Cap Tones 6. I Always Remember - The Cap Tones 7. Waiting At The Station - The Cap Tones 8. Yes - The Cap Tones 9. Be Grateful - The Cap Tones 10. We're Getting Married - The Whispers 11. Are You Sorry - The Whispers 12. Don't Fool With Lizzie - The Whispers 13. Fool Heart - The Whispers 15. I've Been Your Dog - The Moonglows 16. I Hear Those Bells - The Kings 17. Creation - The Kings 18. Surrender - The Kings 19. God Made You Mine - The Kings
...served by Jillem (FLAC, 2 parts)...

"Black & Proud" The Soul of the Black Panther Era, Vol. 2

Although not quite as uniformly strong as the first volume in the series (and there's still no Sly Stone in sight), the second volume in the Black & Proud series is another impressive entry -- equal parts time capsule and monster funk collection -- the disc further explores music's role as both a catalyst behind and product of the militant Black Power movement of the late 1960s. Outside of the Staple Singers' "Respect Yourself," there's little here that earned significant radio exposure, but even if their messages didn't reach quite as far, efforts like Marlena Shaw's "I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)," and Gil Scott-Heron's "Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?" resonate with comparable conviction and righteous anger, not to mention deep, ferocious grooves. In a modern era where popular music is so often disposable and mindless, these 19 tracks recall an era when records were like reports from the frontlines -- the times may have changed, but the passion and power haven't diminished. (Jason Ankeny, Allmusic)

trax:
1. I'm Talkin' Bout Freedom - Syl Johnson 2. Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? - Gil Scott-Heron 3. Malcolm X - Earl Sixteen 4. Something's Wrong With This Picture - Galactic 5. 2000 Years - Cipher Jewels 6. Walk Tall - Cannonball Adderley 7. Black Seeds - The Main Ingredient 8. Brown Baby - Derrick Harriott 9. Sounds Of Black - The Sounds Of Black 10. Blackenized - Hank Ballard 11. What We Need - The Tribe 12. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers 13. Don't You Know You're Wrong Brother - Walter Heath 14. Wake Up - Larry Williams 15. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) - Marlena Shaw 16. Lady Day And John Coltrane - Gil Scott-Heron 17. Down To Now - The Last Poets feat. Chuck D. 18. Reluctant Warrior - Assata Shakur w/Asian Dub Foundation
...served by Gyro1966...

"THE FUNK PROJECT" Vol. 2 - How Good Is Good?

Here are volumes 2 and 3 128 kp.bs but maybe better than nothing. Sounds quiet enjoyable to me. - The ROCKIN' BANDIT

trax:
1. Get Down Brother - Mickey & The Soul Generation 2. Funky Walk (the monkey walk) - Walt Jenkins 3. Dancing Shoes - The Chymes 4. Rover Or Me - Good Time Charlie 5. Sister Funk - Gloria Williams 6. Trust Your Child (part 1) - Patrizia & Jimmy 7. Shake A Hand - Jeannie Dee 8. Phoney People - Lou Pride 9. My Word - The Barons Unlimited 10. Whole New World - Cook E Jarr & The Krums 11. Party Time - Clarence Jackson 12. Super Stuff - Shirlene King 13. Doin' It - Richard Berry 14. The Bump (part 1) - The Everyday People 15. African Bump - The United Image 16. Plastic People (inst) - Living Color
...served by The ROCKIN' BANDIT...