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Rare 70s funky soul from The Equatics -- just the kind of record that keeps us digging and still excited after all these years -- resurrected by the like minded diggers at Now Again! You know the kind of album we're talking about, the ones you come across with enigmatic cover art, no names on the ...

Heavy, soul-baring lyricism delivered with spiritual resonance and wise authority by Gil Scott-Heron -- his first album shot in far too many years, and a direct hit -- essential listening for longtime listeners and neophytes alike, and well worthy entry in a legendary life! Scott-Heron is ...

A smoothly soulful set from Sade -- with a bit more heartbreak and sometimes a bit heavier moodiness in the compositions -- changing up the groove just enough on her first album in 8 years and reminding us how much we miss her in her years between albums! The first couple of tunes on the album, ...

An amazing package of heavy female soul -- one that features all the cuts from the three Hot Wax albums by Laura Lee, plus some rare bonus tracks as well! Lee's got a really incredible style -- kind of an early 70s heir to the 60s groove of Fontella Bass -- no surprise, at some level, given that ...

Heavy, soul-baring lyricism delivered with spiritual resonance and wise authority by Gil Scott-Heron -- his first album shot in far too many years, and a direct hit -- essential listening for longtime listeners and neophytes alike, and well worthy entry in a legendary life! Scott-Heron is ...

Kellee Patterson's amazing first album for the Shadybrook label -- a total killer all the way through, and much harder and heavier than any of her later sides for the label! The record's got a nice jazzy vibe that's a good bridge between her earlier work on Black Jazz, and her later, straighter ...

Some of the hippest Detroit soul of the 60s -- a wealth of wonderful recordings done by legendary producer Don Davis! In the 70s, Don would make some huge marks in the mainstream with groups like The Dramatics, Dells, and others -- but these sides represent the initial flowering of the Davis' ...

Titles include "New Love", "Safe & Warm", "Magic Touch", "Show Me", "You're So Fine", and "Long Distance Love Affair". ...

The title track to the film and LP that was supposed to do for Go Go what films like Breakin' and Rappin' did for hip hop. Not the hardcore go Go that put these guys on the map, but still very respectable stuff. ...

Smoking 60s soul from the Memphis scene -- and quite possibly the best collection so far in this Goldwax series! The cuts here come from a point when the Memphis sound had really come together -- grown in earlier years by labels like Goldwax and Stax on the local scene, now spilling out strongly ...

Key years in the Bert Berns story -- that magical mid 60s period when Berns was coming up with some killer soul sides, and a few famous rockers too! The sound here is tremendous -- kind of a "wall of sound" to New York soul -- that marvelous style that's also known as uptown soul, for ...

A surprisingly great set of new recordings from Bill Curtis, founding member of Fatback -- done here in a style that nicely links together a few different strands of the Fatback sound! Some cuts have the funky groove of the early years, especially the Event Records era -- while others have that ...

Killer stuff -- and probably the best record ever by this Chicago soul group! The record's got a full batch of original tracks written and produced by the group's mentor, Curtis Mayfield -- including their amazing, funk steeped version of "Don't Change Your Love", with a breakbeat that ...

Excellent heavy funk from Stax! Black Nasty were one of the heaviest groups on the label -- with a rock-solid guitar-based groove that went even farther than the Bar-Kays, who were no slouch in the guitar department themselves! The grooves are all slow to midtempo, with the band coming down hard ...

Although the Stax label has always been primarily associated with the soul sound of Memphis, in 1969, they put out two fantastic albums of soul from Detroit -- Rare Stamps, by J.J. Barnes and Steve Mancha, and Here To Stay, by the great Darrell Banks. This trio of artists were among some of the ...

The near-complete Stax recordings of Ollie & The Nightingales -- one of the few important vocal groups on the classic Memphis scene! The arrangements are classic Stax -- handled by Isaac Hayes, David Porter, and Booker T -- and The Nightingales sing with a sound that's both sweet and deep at ...

A killer collection of work by The Dramatics -- featuring their greatest tracks from the early Stax years -- seminal work that helped redefine the group soul sound of the 70s! There's a great blend of southern and east coast harmony modes here -- and the package is filled with the group's best ...

Funky soul from Johnnie Taylor -- a set that mixes tight core grooving with some larger arrangements from Bert Keyes and Rudy Robinson -- a perfect blend that shows why Taylor easily stood out from some of his bluesy contemporaries! It's clear that Johnnie's just the right guy to handle a setting ...

Early-to-mid 70s southern soul majesty from George Jackson -- excellent material from one of the great songwriters from the era, and a singer who conveyed deep soul and genuine emotion with the very best of them! The tracks here are the first ever compilation of singles Jackson released in the day ...

Sublime soul by one of the 70s most overlooked artists! Rance Allen was a powerhouse -- born out of the gospel scene, and picked up by Stax records during its hip post-Atlantic years. Rance recorded for the label's Truth subsidiary, where he crafted a unique blend of gospel and soul that was some ...

2 lesser-known albums from William Bell -- back to back on one CD! Phases Of Reality has a headier 70s approach than some of Bell's earlier work for Stax -- with a set of themes that clearly pick up on the socially conscious vibe of the time, set to arrangements that include a bit more keyboards ...

2 incredible albums from The Blackbyrds -- back to back on a single CD! First up is the self-titled Blackbyrds record -- a funky jazz treasure, and the band's landmark first album! The Blackbyrds were a legendary 70s combo that were discovered by Donald Byrd while he was teaching at Howard ...

A jazz funk masterpiece, and THE record by the legendary Don Blackman -- the only one issued under his own name for many many years, and a famous little set that's been sampled endlessly over the years, and for good reason! The vibe here is one that's barely been matched again -- a blend of 70s ...

One of the coolest covers of Johnnie Taylor's early years on Stax Records -- and some pretty great music to match! The album's got a wicked funky blues groove -- with production by Don Davis that hangs nicely on both the hard edges and mellower moments -- really showing Taylor's development as a ...

Nice one -- a 2CD set that brings together 2 of Melvin Van Peebles' wildest soundtracks! First up is Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song -- one of the most fantastic soundtracks of the 70's -- and of all time! For this, his masterpiece film, Melvin Van Peebles composed a non-stop collage of crazy ...

Classic club from Webster Lewis -- and much more of an all-out disco affair than some of his later work! The record introduces Lewis' all-encompassing style -- as he writes, arranges, and produces the album at a level that easily matches that of Barry White -- who would later emerge as a mentor ...

Some of the greatest funky work you could ever hope to find by Johnny Otis! The package brings together tracks recorded by Johnny in his fantastic post-R&B years -- the late 60s and 1970s, when he was scrappling around a variety of small labels, but also getting the chance to use that freedom ...

One of the greatest blacksploitation soundtracks of the 70s -- and one of the rarest too! The album's a crowning achievement for the mighty Don Julian -- an artist who's best known for his earlier LA soul with The Larks, but who steps out here with a hip, hard-grooving sound that's really amazing - ...

Amazing grooves from the Jack Sass Band -- a really under-discovered gem from the New York scene at the end of the 70s! The group often played as a backup combo behind bigger acts, but they've got a really rich sound of their own -- a slightly righteous version of club soul that echoes some of the ...

The groove here is a lot less fragile than glass -- a hard, sharp set of rhythms that's pretty darn heavy on 80s keyboards too! The group have a sound that's almost a distillation of mainstream soul of the Kleeer generation -- taken into more stripped-down indie modes that come off with plenty of ...

Soul, blues and rock selected as nuggets spun by Charlie Gillett on his influential Honky Tonk show for Radio London! Gillett's selections of proto rock and r&b from the 50s, to 60s & 70s southern soul & funk, raw and raucous roots rock are uniformly excellent -- seemingly ...

A near-lost chapter in the Stax Records catalog -- and an album recorded by The MGs in the years after Booker left Memphis and the group for the California scene! The album features organist Carson Whitsett at the keys -- doing a pretty good job of filling Booker's place -- but the real strength ...

Some of the most godlike soul music to be recorded on this planet, and two of the best-ever albums by this amazing Chicago collective that included the late Minnie Riperton, and who were arranged and produced by the great Charles Stepney! Both albums feature swirling complex arrangements, filled ...

Phyllis Hyman's nicely balanced here between the two key sides of her early career at its best -- working with straight soul production from Chuck Jackson, and slightly more complicated grooves handled by Norman Connors! The pair really bring a nice sense of balance to the record, and in a way the ...

A beautiful mix of gospelly soul and heavy Memphis production -- and the kind of heavy soul album that made Rance Allen one of Stax's best new artists during the 70s! David Porter produced and arranged, and the album has some great electric keyboard work by Rance that provides a perfect ...

Amazing work by The Delfonics -- their first 2 albums, back to back on a single CD! La La Means I Love You is a landmark album in harmony soul -- one of those records that pushed the genre to a whole new level! The Delfonics emerge fully formed here as one of the most compelling groups of their ...

Soul folk in style, soul folk in identity -- this early Stax album has The Staple Singers working in a style that perhaps owes a bit more to their gospel roots than some of their other work from the mid 70s. Steve Cropper produced, and the record's got plenty of nice Memphis soul licks to keep the ...

Some of the funkiest female soul ever recorded -- the near-complete work of James Brown diva Vicki Anderson, compiled here officially for the first time ever! Vicki was one of the first female singers to work with James -- replacing the sweeter style of vocalist Anna King in the James Brown Revue ...

Smooth modern soul from Leroy Burgess -- one of the best underground talents of the 70s/80s east coast scene! Leroy's probably best known for his early work with the harmony group Black Ivory -- but after the breakup of that ensemble, he moved out on his own to work on a number of excellent ...

Late 70s dancefloor soul from Soiree -- a rare disco set featuring clubby revisions of huge hits of the day and earlier, with massive talent in the group! The sound is bright and grooving, and heck of a lot more endearing than so many of the disco era remake projects, and most impressively, ...

A great back-to-basics set for the Sweet Inspirations -- now working here as the trio of Estelle Brown, Myrna Smith, and Sylvia Shamwell -- and working with David Porter in a strongly Memphis mode! The arrangements on the set are a bit more ambitious than usual for Stax at the time -- and feature ...

Mad homegrown soul from the enigmatic Darondo -- a brief Bay Area star back in the 70s, and also host of TV comedy and children's shows! Darondo only ever recorded 3 singles, but they're all pretty darn great -- a weird mix of funk, soul, and sly slinky grooves -- very unique in conception, and ...

Mad homegrown soul from the enigmatic Darondo -- a brief Bay Area star back in the 70s, and also host of TV comedy and children's shows! Darondo only ever recorded 3 singles, but they're all pretty darn great -- a weird mix of funk, soul, and sly slinky grooves -- very unique in conception, and ...

Upbeat dancefloor soul from Winners -- an ensemble funk combo who resonate with some of the same styles as other groups on the Roadshow label at the time -- bumping basslines and compressed instrumentation that slide in alongside the vocals in a smooth approach to club! There's no standout singles ...

Some of the earliest work ever recorded by the mighty Memphis-based Goldwax Records -- material that shows the roots of the label's famous deep soul style, and a wide variety of other modes as well! From the start, it's clear that the ears at Goldwax really knew what they were doing -- as even the ...

The title's a bit misleading -- as the set's not exactly the stuff of hits -- but it is a wicked collection of material that ZZ Hill recorded for United Artists Records in the early 70s -- sublime southern soul, finally getting its due in this reissue package! Hill's style here owes a lot to some ...

Some of the greatest work ever by The Main Ingredient -- a selection of their singles for RCA records from the late 60s and early 70s -- but one that goes way past just the hits, in order to fully trace the evolution of their heavenly vocal style! The trio started out as an already-great harmony ...

Heavy funk from the glory years of Average White Band -- three albums on a single 2CD set! Cut The Cake is a killer -- and if you need to own one album by Average White Band, this may be it! The album features the band at their funky best -- playing hard and chopping away with a strong crossover ...

2 masterpiece records from Philly soul maestro Dexter Wansel -- stepping out here in a beautiful blend of jazz and soul! Life On Mars is a fantastic bit of space age funk, easily the best album that Wansel ever recorded -- and a sublime blend of Wansel's Philly grooving sensibility with some of ...

Amazing funk from one of the greatest deep soul singers of the 70s -- the legendary Lyn Collins, heard here on a 20 track set of tunes all produced by James Brown! James worked with a number of female vocalists in the 60s and 70s -- but Collins was arguably the strongest, and the one with the ...