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WANTS LIST 3 CD £12.95 DBL LP £14.95
Another 17 classic two step, rare groove and modern soul gems from the 70's. Inc Archie Bell 'Harder And Harder', William Bell 'Man In The Street', Michelle Wiley 'Feels Good', Gloria Scott's non album track Just As Long As We Are Together', Betty Wright 'Smoother Me With Your Love', Ernie Hines 'Electrified Love', Vernon Burch 'Lovely Lady', Ken Williams 'Soft Music Sweet Lights and You' , Charles Drain 'Is This Really Love', Carl Davis 'Show Me The Way To Love', Betty Everett 'Wandering', Fatback band 'Feed Me Your Love', C B Overton 'If I Cant Stop' , Modulations 'It's Rough out Here' and Arnold Blair's classic 'Trying To Get To You. Brilliant.
SUNDAY SOUL SELECTION
16 Great 70’s Modern soul classics heavily featured on Sean Robbins Sunday morning shows.
Inc the dancers Dells ‘Don’t trick Me Treat me’, Grace Jones ‘Sorry’, Caroline Crawford ‘Nice Feeling’ , Leon Thomas ‘Love Each Other’, Pulse ‘Sunshine’, Mac Davies ‘I’m Just In love’, Anthony White ‘Yes You Need Love’, Dramatics ‘No Rebate On Love’, Mary Mundy ‘You’re Putting a Hurt on me’ , Drifters ‘Put Your Little Heart Out’ , Tobi Kang ‘I Just Want To Love You’ , Major Lance ‘Don’t you Know I Love You’ and Presidents ‘Its All Over’, plus the mid tempo madness of Dynamics ‘We Found Love’, Ralph Graham ‘Aint No Need’ and Jean Plum ‘Here I Go again’. Classic 70’s Soul .Fantastic
TEARS FULL OF SOUL DBL CD £13.95
36 classic 70’s soul ballads. Highlights incl Marion Jarvis ‘hell Of A Fix’, Jean Carne ‘Do My Best’, Bobby Patterson ‘Right Place Wrong Time’, Jean Knight ‘Don’t Ask Me for 24 Hours’, Eleanore Mills ‘Telegram’, Lee Moses ‘I Cant Take no Chances’ , Susan Phillips ‘Hes Gone’, Odds And Ends ‘Talk That Talk’, Black Ivory ‘Time Is Love’, Ray Gant ‘Don’t Leave Me Baby’, Soul Generation ‘I Wonder What She’s Doing’ , Trumains ‘Girl Don’t Let Me Down’ and Tommy Keith ‘On The Real Side’
CELLARFULL OF MOTOWN VOL 3 DBL CD £13.95
Another 45 previously unreleased gems from the Motown vaults. Highlights are Brenda Holloway ‘Youre Walking Out With my Heart and ‘We’ll Keep On Rolling’, JJ Barnes ‘I’m Here Now That You Need Me’,
Rita Wright ‘Beware Of A Stranger’, Headliners ‘This IS Goodbye’, Spinners ‘Memeories Of Her Love Keep[ Haunting Me’, but everyones a winner. Incl tracks from San Remo Strings, Marvin Gaye, Fantastic Four, Contours, Temptations, Dennis Edwards, Jr Walker, Marvelletes, Bobby Taylor and much more.
SOUL TOGETHERNESS 2007 CD £12.95 DBL LP £14.95
The annual Soul Togetherness album featuring many of the big current Modern Soul dancers from the pas year. Inc Norman Hutchins singalong ‘I Really Love You’, Karl Frierson ‘Ten Minutes’, Kim English ‘It Makes A Difference’, Wahoo ‘Don’t Take It Personal’, Mo And Grazz ‘Some Things Never Change’ , Alicia Myers ‘Satisfied’, Darlene McCoy ‘Unity’, Tuomo ‘Don’t Take It Too Hard’ and Seven ‘Brother And Sister’ along side the brilliant Tassel And Naturel ‘Let Love Shine’and Rena Scott’s great Mtume and Lucas side ‘We Can Make It Better’. One of the best in the series
ECCENTRIC SOUL - TWINIGHTS LUNAR ROTATION DBL CD £22.95
40 great rare tracks from the Chicago label, from late 60’s to mid 70’s. Highlights incl the modern soul mid tempo Dynamic Tints ‘Package Of Love’ , Nate Evans ‘Main Squeeze’, the 2 step Mystiques ‘So Soon To Love Again’, Elvin Spencer ‘Lift This Hurt’, Modern Dancers Velma Perkins ‘Yes My Goodness Yes’,and Annette Poindexter ‘Wayward Dream’ the Northern JOanee Garrett ‘Goin Man Huntin’ and Johnny Williams ‘Breaking Point’ and ballads Bronzettes ‘Temptation Is Too Hard To Fight’ Kaldirons ‘To Love Someone’ plus tracks from Krystal Generation, Renaldo Domino, Notations etc. Great comp.
VARIOUS ARTISTS EAST COAST SOUL CONNECTION DBL CD £14.95
42 tracks of mainly 70's New York Soul. Gems include Brother To Brother's 'In The Bottle', Chicago Gangsters 'I Choose You, Bennt Troy 'I wanna Give You Tomorrow', 'Charen Cotton 'A little Bit Of love, Barbara Jean English 'He Knows My Key (Is in The Mailbox'and George Kerr's 'Takin It To The Max'. Also try Carstairs 'It Really Hurts Me Girl', Escorts 'All we Need Is Another Chance'. Good varied comp.
NIGHTIME LOVERS VOL 6 CD £14.95
6TH Vol of this 80's boogie series incl well know tracks like Curtis Hairston 'I Want Your Lovin (just A Little Bit), Komiko 'Feel Alright' , Gloria D Brown 'The More They Knock', Royalle Delite 'I'll Be A Freak For You', Real 11 Real 'Love Me Like This' Alfie Silas 'You Put The L in love' and Tavares 'Love Line' with rarities like Cutty 'Naughty Times', Lukk 'On The One' and Joy 'I Need Your Love.
Also available 'Nightime Lovers vol 1-5' £14.95 each 2 for £25
VARIOUS - PIR 12 COLLECTION 23 Classic Philly 12" inc McFadden & Whitehead 'Aint No Stopping Us Now' , Phil Int All Stars 'Lets Clean Up The Ghetto', Jean Carne 'Don't Let It Go To Your head' and 'Was That All It Was', Futures 'Party Time AMn' and 'Aint no Time Fa Nothing', Lou Rawls 'Let me Be Good To You', Jones Girls 'Nights Over Eygpt', O'Jays 'Put Our Heads Together', Jerry Butler 'Cooling Out', Frantique 'Strutt Your Funky Stuff'. Etc
POWER TO THE MOTOWN PEOPLE DBL CD £13.95 30 Civil rights/political soul tracks from the late 60's to mid 70's from Motown. Inc Marvin Gaye 'Whats Going On' (Detroit mix), Edwin Starr 'Stop The War Now' and 'Cloud nine', Temptations 'Plastic Man', 'Message From A Black Man' and 'Slave', Undisputed Truth 'Ball Of Confusion', 'Unite The World' and 'Smiling Faces', Eddie Kendricks 'People Hold On', plus tracks from David Ruffin , Willie hutch, Reuben Howell, Gladys Knight, Jr Walker and more. Powerful stuff.
VARIOUS - A MAN NEEDS A WOMAN – MAINSTREAM SOUL SURVEY CD £19.95
Excellent 26 Track comp featuring the soul side of Mainstream group of labels. Inc the modern dancers Jackie Beavers ‘Were Not Too Young To fall In love’ and Linda Perry ‘It’s All In The Back Of Me Now’,
The 70’s dancer ‘It Ain't Like It Used To Be’ by Randolph (randy) Brown the mid tempo Calvin Arnold ‘Satisfy Me Woman’ and Lee Bates ‘What Am I Gonna Say’ Roger Hatcher’s ballad ‘We’re Gonna Make It’ , Sandra Phillips funk classic ‘Miss Fatback’ and early LJ And Jeany Reynolds tracks.
VARIOUS - GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME –MAINSTREAM SOUL SURVEY CD £19.95
Another 17 Tracks from the Mainstream/Brown Dog/IX Chains labels. Inc the modern dancers Crystal Image ‘Gonna Have A Good Time’, Words Of Wisdom ‘You’re A Friend Of Me’, Raymond Smith ‘Seven Day Lover’, Stepstones ‘Let The People Take’, Chocolate Syrup ‘You’ve Got A lot To Give’ and Almetta Latimore ‘These Memories’, along with great tracks from JG Lewis, Spectrum, Nia Johnson, Last Crusade, Calvin Arnold, 2nd Verse, South Side Coalition amongst others. Another great comp.
ASHFORD AND SIMPSON SONGBOOK
16 Great covers of Ashford And Simpson songs. They are all good but special are Collins And Collins modern soul classic ‘Top Of The Stairs’, Chaka Khan ‘Clouds’, Gladys Knight ‘Bourgie Bourgie’ ,
Main Ingredient ‘Have You Ever Tried It’ , Marlena Shaw ‘California Soul’ , Sylvester’s disco epic ‘Over And Over’ (full 12” version),and the 2-steppers Stephanie Mills ‘Keep Away Girls’ and Dynamic Superiors ‘Hit And Run Lovers’. Also check the re-edit extended Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell ‘Aint No Mountain High Enough’. Classic Soul.
ALL PLATINUM GIRLS DBL CD £13.95
45 good tracks from the All Platinum labels mainly from the early 70's. Incl some unreleased material like Norma Jenkins modern dancers 'Cowards Way Out', and 'Where Does The Love Go' and Jean Carn's stepper 'Little bit Of Love'. Highlights are many incl Susan Phillipd 'He Knows the Key Is Always In The Mailbox', Linda Jones 'Im So Glad I Found You' and 'If Only We Had Met Sooner' , Brbara Jean English 'Im Living A Lie' and 'Breaking Up A Happy Home', Little Betty Baker 'Just What The Doctor Ordered' , Janette White 'Music', Elanore Mills 'How Can I Love You' and Sylvia 'Pillow Talk' . Excellent Comp.
SUPAFUNKANOVA DBL CD £13.95
25 funky disco boogie tracks from late 70's/early 80's. best tracks are Backlash 'Hang With The Gang' , Pied Piper Of Funkingham 'Clap Song' Ray Munning 'It Could Happen To You' , Legacy 'I'm So Glad', BLT 'Tighten It UP' , J Gayle Gaymon 'Study Long You Study Wrong', South Bronx 'We Rap More Mellow', VIP Connection 'West Coast Drive'
CAPITOL DISCO DBL CD £9.95
31 Tracks from capitol vaults although most of it isn’t disco. Inc Rance Allen ‘Peace Of mind’,
Barrett Strong ‘Man Up In The Sky’ and ‘Surrender’, Natalie Cole ‘Annie Mae’, Minnie Riperton
‘Adventures in Paradise’ and ‘Baby This Love I Have’, Maze ‘Southern Girl’ and Gene Dunlap ‘Party In Me’. Also check the Donna Washington, Gloria Jones and Tavares tracks.
ALL PLATINUM GIRLS DBL CD £13.95
45 good tracks from the All Platinum labels mainly from the early 70's. Incl some unreleased material like Norma Jenkins modern dancers 'Cowards Way Out', and 'Where Does The Love Go' and Jean Carn's stepper 'Little bit Of Love'. Highlights are many incl Susan Phillipd 'He Knows the Key Is Always In The Mailbox', Linda Jones 'Im So Glad I Found You' and 'If Only We Had Met Sooner' , Brbara Jean English 'Im Living A Lie' and 'Breaking Up A Happy Home', Little Betty Baker 'Just What The Doctor Ordered' , Janette White 'Music', Elanore Mills 'How Can I Love You' and Sylvia 'Pillow Talk' . Excellent Comp.
NIGHTIME LOVERS VOL 5 CD £14.95
Fifth volume of 80’s boogie tracks inc Barbara Mason ‘Another Man’, Chemise ‘She Cant Love You’, Evelyn King ‘Personal Touch’, Klymazz ‘Wild Girls’, Toni Smith ‘Ooh I Like The Way It Feels’, September ‘Are You Free Tonight’ along with another 6 tracks.
CHANGE IS GONNA COME VOICE OF BLACK AMERICA 64-73 23 tracks documenting how it feel to be a Black American in the late 60's/early 70's. Incl Otis 'Change Is Gonna Come', Oscar Brown 'Forty Acres And a Mule', Impressions 'Were A Winner', James Brown 'I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing', Homer Banks 'The Ghetto', Spinners 'Message From A Black Man', Temptations 'Run Charlie Run', Nina Simone 'To Be young Gifted And Black', Donny Hathaway 'Someday We'll All Be Free' , Gil 'Revolution Will Not Be Televised', plus les well known tracks from Patrice Holloway, George Perkins, JP Robinson , Nickie Lee and more. Inspirational Food for thought.
VARIOUS ARTISTS –GILLES PETERSEN DIGS AMERICA VOL 2 CD £13.95 3LP £14.95
Second instalment of this excellent series put together by Gilles, 18 cuts on the CD including a wicked take of ‘My Favorite Things’ from a young Al Jarreau, and Mary Lou Williams and Leon Thomas’ ‘You Know Baby’. Ramp contributes the previously unreleased ‘One Two’. Wicked tracks from Gap Mangione, Reverie, Lorez Alexander plus a Latin tinged take on Brass Construction’s ‘Movin’ by Ray Camacho. Vinyl incl extra track 18 min opus by Pyramids. Quality throughout.
VARIOUS ARTISTS CAROLINA FUNK CD £13.95 DBL LP £16.95
More heavy driving Funk from the Jazzman label, 'Carolina Funk' continues this superb series where Florida Funk and Midwest Funk left off, albeit heavier and stronger. There are 22 cuts including three unreleased gems. If you like James Brown style Funk this comp is for you. Tracks like The Soul Drifters 'Funky Soul Brother' and Dynamite Singletary 'Supergood' testify to the JB feel. Also try the in-demand 'Can We Rap' from Carleen and The Groovers and the lowdown sister Funk of Sundia's 'Stand Up And Be A Man'. Deep, obscure Funk that deserves wider appreciation; the production is raw but compliments the grooves perfectly. Those who love fluid basslines, blazing horns and tough drums need look no further.
VARIOUS ARTISTS SNOWBOY PRESENT AFRO CUBAN KALEIDOSCOPE
Excellent 14 track selection compiled by Snowboy that brings together Afro Cuban gems from the Fania, Alegre and Tico labels. Most of the tracks were popularised in the late 80's on the then burgeoning Jazz dance scene at venues like Dingwalls, and they retain an urgency and joi de vivre that is irrepressible. Sabu's 'The Oracle', Tito Puente's '110th Street And 5th Avenue', Bobby Valentin's 'Zip Zap' and Tico Alegre All Stars' 'Titos Oddessey' are just some of the delights on offer.
VARIOUS - FREE SOUL –MAINSTREAM CD £19.95
A slightly more varied comp of the Mainstream labels, featuring big soul tracks from Alice Clark ‘Don’t You Care’, ‘Never Did I Stop Lovin You’, ‘Hey Girl’ and Hard Hard Promises’, Ellerine Harding’s ‘I Know Something You Don’t Know’, Maxine Weldon’s ‘Make It With You’ . Also inc Sarah Vaughn’s great takes on ‘inner City Blues’ and ‘Just A little Lovin’ , Blue Mitchell’s cover of Cymande’s ‘The Message’, Afrique’ s ‘Soul Makossa’ and Bobby Shed’s instrumental of ‘I Want You Back’.
VARIOUS ARTISTS SISTER FUNK 2 CD £13.95 DBL £15.95
20 of the hardest to find Funk/Soul cuts from the 70's that will appeal lovers of Soul and Funk. For hard driving Funk look no further than the Hard Drivers' 'Since I Was A Little Girl' or Dolly Gilmore's Sweet Sweet Baby'. On the more soulful tip check Barbara Mason's 'You Better Stop It', Florence Trapp's impossibly rare modern soul 'Love Come Into My life' or Honey And The Bees' 'Love Addict'. Equally strong are Rhetta Hughes' 'You're Doing It..' and Keisa Brown's 'The Dance Man'. Compiled by legendary Funk DJ Ian Wright, this is probably the best selection of Rare Funk 45s you will find!
NEW YORK LATIN HUSTLE DBL CD £13.95 2 X DBL LP £13.95 (EACH)
Great Comp feat 23 latin tracks many fusing with Funk and disco. Best of the straight latin dance floor fillers Ismael Quinones 'Control' , Ray Barretto 'Abidjan', Tito Puente 'Para Los Rumberos' , Eddie Palmeieri ''Mi Mambo Conga' , and Mauricio Smith 'Doug's Room'. The latin disco tracks inc Louie Ramirez 'Do It Anyway You Wannna', Nature Zone 'Porcupine', La Charanga 76 'Aint No Stoppin Us now and J Walter Negro 'Shoot The Pump', whilst the latin funk inc Jonny Zalmot 'Soul Makossa' Al Escobar 'Tighten Up',and Harvey Averne 'Never Learned to Dance' . Really good varied comp.
PULP FUSION AFRICA FUNK 2CD £9.95
Great Afro funk comp featuring 20 Funk and afro-funk tracks. Highlights are Oneness Of Juju 'African Rhythms', LaFayette Afro Rock Band 'Malik' and 'Rucabah', Mombassa 'Niarobi', Matata 'I Feel Funky' , Funkees 'Ole', Pete King 'Ajo', Mulatu 'Yegelle', Manu Dibango 'African Boogie'. Funk-eee !!
THIS IS SOUL
The classic 12 track album that got us into Soul in the late 60’s is extended by another 17 tracks. All are highlights incl Wilson Pickett ‘Land Of 1000 Dances’ and ‘Funky Broadway’, Arthur Conley ‘Sweet Soul Music’ and ‘Funky Street’, Percy Sledge ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’, Eddie Floyd ‘Knock On Wood’, Sam And Dave ‘Hold On Im Coming’, Barkays ‘Soul Finger’, King Curtis ‘Memphis Soul Stew’,
Archie Bell ‘tighten Up’, Mad Lads ‘Get Out Of My Life’, Barbara Lynn ‘Youre Losing Me’, Johnnie Taylor ‘Aint That Loving You’ , Soul Brothers Six ‘Some Kind Of wonderful’. Classic 60’s soul
MASTERPIECE VOL 5 CD £14.95
Another 13 boogie tracks the best of which are Kerr 'back At Ya', Dante 'freak In Me', Brenda Watts 'Who Needs A Love Like That', and Lemelle 'You Got Something Special'. Also inc Conway Brothers 'Turn It Up', UK Players 'Love's Gonna Get You', Dayton 'Out Tonight' and Gwen Guthrie 'Outside In The Rain'.
Also available Masterpiece vol 1-4 CD £14.95 (each)
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