Music from Gladys Knight & the Pips, King Curtis, Tarheel Slim, the Charts, Buster Brown, Rd Prysock, Lee Dorsey, Dr Horse, the Velvets, Wilbert Harrison, Les Cooper & more. CD
Music from The Alladins, The Romanairs, Rocky & The Millionairs, Clee-Shays, Exciting Avantis, The Graduates, Dale & The Cashmeres, The 5 Keys, and Maria & The Twilights. CD
22 tracks from the Imaginations, the Hollywood Saxons, the Fourcourts, the Vows, the Satans, the Cashmeres, the Startones, the Magicians, the Soul Procedures, the Young Mods, the Servicemen & more. CD
Great stuff! The folks at Goldmine always do a great job with their comps when they move away from the northern soul genre, and this one is no exception. The set compiles a stunning batch of 25 rare soul harmony tracks from the 60's, and they're all by obscure groups who only recorded 45s for ... read moreCD
20 tracks from Eddie Holland, Mickey Woods, Freddie Gorman, Bunny Paul, the Satintones, Kim Weston, the Lollipops, the Embers, the 4 Tops, Frances Nero, Marvin Gaye, the Vells & more. CD
Includes 25 tracks by Bobo Jenkins, Jo Jo Williams, Jerry Bradford & The Spades, Georgia Lane, Baby Washington, Otis Read, Frank Floyd, Little Cameron, Carl Simpson, and JJ Taylor. CD
Rare cuts from a variety of different sources – maybe presented without the deeper notes of compilations on labels like Ace or Numero, but with a musical quality that's totally great all the way through! We recognize some of these cuts from the Chicago and west coast scenes of the late 60s ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Music from the Teardrops, the Five Scalders, the Thrillers, the Twilighters, the Serenaders, the Gales, the Volinairs, the Imperials, the Fresandos, the Five Emeralds & the Dee Jays. CD
Chuck Berry may have been a hell of a hitmaker on his own – but he also helped lots of other folks hit the heights, too – thanks to the fantastic songs he penned over the years! Berry's original versions are the stuff of early rock and roll gold – but the tunes here take off in ... (Rock, Soul)read moreCD
Not rock and roll, but some great Savoy R&B – with work by Big Jay McNeeley, TJ Fowler, Little Esther, Hot Shots, Paul Williams, Heywood Henry, and Hal Singer! 27 cuts in all! CD
A massive amount of great groovers from the Groove Records subsidiary of RCA in the 50s – home to a hotbed of R&B, early soul, and other killer cuts from the postwar underground of the 45 rpm single! Nobody's ever dug so deeply into the Groove catalog before – and Bear Family have ... read moreCD
Includes tracks by The Five Thrills, Marvin Phillips, The Maples, Briley Guy, The Five Echoes, Lowell Fulsom, Lou Mac, Choclateers, and The Rockettes. CD
Includes tracks by The Dreamtones, Haven Knights, The Chestnuts, The Martels, The Timetones, Lillian Leach & The Mellows, The Orchids, and The Harptones. CD
Maybe not the deepest roots of gospel, but an excellent collection of killer cuts from the catalog of Hob Records – one of the coolest labels from back in the day! Most of these tracks are of 70s vintage, and have a style that draws heavily on secular soul currents of the time, while letting ... (Gospel, Soul)read moreCD
Saint Etienne have brought us a number of wonderful compilations over the years – both in this format for Ace Records, and their work on their own great Croydon Municipal label – yet as much as we've loved all those others, we may well love this one the best – as it's a sublime ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Salsoul mellow? Believe it or not, the famous disco label had some great chilled-out moments – still as funky as their best clubby tracks, but grooving in a nicely laidback way! The set's one of the most unique collections of Salsoul work we've ever heard – and one of the freshest ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Think you've heard everything on Motown? Think again – because this sweet little set is filled with unissued 60s recordings by some of the best male singers on the label! The collection is a soul fan's dream come true – as the music here represents some real lost corners of Motown, ... read moreCD
An amazing 8 CD collection of rare rhythm & blues, jump tunes, and gospel-tinged soul from the Nashville independent scene of the 40s and 50s! Long, LONG before "Music City USA" was churning product the way it does today, Nashville had a true working class ethic along with the ... read moreCD
A second batch of soulful rarities from Washington DC's Shrine Records label – a small imprint from the mid 60s who recorded some mighty fine singles! The company's output was quite small, and the label, as the title implies, never got much exposure at the time – but overall, Shrine's ... read moreCD
Those slow grinders are at it again – giving us a heady helping of their "popcorn noir" genre – a style they seem to have coined themselves! The groove here is every bit as great as previous volumes – bits of jazz, R&B, and more – all served up from a host of ... read moreCD
Smooth, Slow, and Easy gets it pretty darn right – as the set's a cool batch of classic harmony soul tunes, with a total of 25 rare singles that you'd be hard pressed to find on wax. The track selection is wonderful, and just about our only complaint is the fidelity of the package – as ... read moreCD
Includes tracks by Jimmy Gray, Roy Brown, Jimmy Fortune, Don French, Tony Harris, Dickey Lee, Tommy Ray Tucker, Wayne Cochran, The Traits, The Ad Libs, Bobby Norris, Richard Berry, Jean Shepard, Gene Brown, and Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers. CD
Totally cool! This CD contains a full original AM radio show from 1969 – broadcast by Sonny Hopson, aka "The Mighty Burner", one of the greatest east coast soul DJs of the 60s! Sonny's got a really wild style, and the show's a non-stop blaring blast of funky tunes, groovy ... read moreCD
A 70s soul collection beyond compare – one that features a huge amount of tracks that we might have missed otherwise, and which go way beyond the hits into a space of their own! The music here isn't disco, isn't pop, and isn't ballad soul – and instead, represents the always-creative, ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
20 beautiful tracks of rare soul! The great Brit DJ Keb Darge put together this one – and if you've gotten his fantastic funk sets, you know that he knows his business! The set is filled with some incredible rare soul sides – all pulled from very rare sources, mostly on 45s – ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
An untapped legacy of rare soul music from the California scene of the 60s – all issued by the GME and Musette labels in San Diego – the latter of which was operated only as a tax writeoff for a small group of doctors! That status didn't stop the companies from putting out some ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Music from the Flints, Earl & Jimmy & the Salesmen, the Splenders, the Strangers, Johnny Till & group, the Cousins, the Velvet Satins, the 4 Tones, the Embers, the Spaniels, the Viceroys & more. CD
A wonderful collection of lost soul singles from the south side of Chicago – produced by the legendary Clarence Johnson and featuring work by The Lovelites, Deniece Chandler, Jesse James, Heaven & Earth and many more – richly soulful tunes that go miles deeper than the more famous ... read moreCD
A totally great entry in one of our favorite-ever collections of Philly Soul – a series that goes way past the obvious, to uncover the kind of underground gems that made the Philadelphia scene interesting – even when they were turning out hits! Make no mistake, these aren't clunky cuts ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Funky genius from the legendary Stax studios! During the 60s, Stax was well known for their work in the soul music field – turning out hit singles by the likes of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and others – but after 1968, when the label finished their deal with Atlantic, they really ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
A mountain of funk from one of the greatest soul labels of all time! Stax is known round the world over for their soulful work – by singers like Otis Redding or Carla Thomas, and instrumental tunes by Booker T & The MGs – but the label was also quite a funky powerhouse – ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
More funky breaks than Evel Knevel after the Snake River Canyon jump! The groove hounds at BGP records were set loose on the Ace catalog – which includes holdings from Atlantic, Stax, Volt, Westbound, and other funky classic labels – and they managed to come up with a killer batch of ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Funky breaks from the Stax Records – the legendary Memphis label that's had as much of an influence on the sound of hip hop as any northern company! The set brings together 19 tracks that are immediately recognizable for their use in modern hip hop – all heavy funk numbers with a solid ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Killer cuts from one of the coolest indie labels on the east coast scene in the 70s – Mainstream Records, an imprint that may be best-remembered for its righteous jazz albums of the time – but a company who also cut a heck of a lot of stellar soul on funky 45s! This collection does a ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Rare funk from deep in the crates – and deep in the vaults, too – given that some of the tracks are issued here for the first time ever! The collection's a stunner from the folks at Ace Records – a label who've already been digging through the catalogs of rare soul labels for ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Sweet and smooth 70s soul – hand-picked with a freshness that should appeal to folks who found these sounds through the hip hop that these grooves laid the sonic groundwork for. The tracks on here aren't as beat or break-heavy as some of the material on other sample-driven collections – ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Rare work from the "tax scam" underground of the 70s – that side of the music business in which records were often produced as tax writeoffs by larger companies, and hardly ever got much circulation at the time! These records were designed as "guaranteed failures", but ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Includes 26 tracks by Eddie Clay, Hayward Lee, Mike Robinson, The Cocoas, Pearl Galloway, Bill Strickland, Choker Campbell, Dave Baby Cortez, and Duke Stevens. CD
The title says it all – as the CD features 24 classic group harmony tunes from those days when the doo wop sound was turning into soul! The track selection is great – especially as most of these tunes are ones that you'd only ever find on rare 45s, which is where it appears that most ... read moreCD
(Note: CD appears to have been mastered from vinyl sources – and although printed professionally, it's a bit low-budget in terms of the packaging. CD may not play well on all players. Out of print.)
29 tracks of music from artists such as the Capri Sisters, the Romeos, the Lexingtons, Linda Laurie, Danny & the Juniors, the Supremes Four, Pearline Caesar, the Angels, the Harps, the Limelighters, the Crest, the Dolphins & more. CD
Right from the start, the brothers Gibb were recognized as some of the most striking songwriters of their generation – a fact that's sometimes lost, due to the trio's later disco fame in the spotlight – which obscures their huge impact as songwriters from the early years! This set ... (Rock, Soul)read moreCD
A sweet set of tropics-infused disco cuts from the end of the 70s – not grooves recorded in the tropics, but American tracks that bring in a range of different flavors from south of the border! The mix here is a bit more upfront than some of the exotic disco of the time – as most of ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
The 12" single is a format that only makes a good thing better – as it often allows for a bit more space to let a track open up, especially when in the hands of the right producer! The 31 tracks on this set are a perfect illustration of that fact – as they represent a huge wave of ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
The 12" single was born in the 70s, and it instantly came of age in the disco generation – thanks to help from the sorts of wonderful grooves features in this set! The package is way more than just a batch of hit disco singles – as the range of material is nicely wide, and mixes ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
R&B, gritty blues, and some killer tenor talents – a wicked collection of vintage masters from legendary indie United Records! Musically, the package is very much on a par with Ace/Kent collections of this type – the sort that might feature material from King or Modern/RPM Records ... read moreCD
Lots of smooth mellow soul with an uptown feel, but recorded and produced by the southern Excello/Abet labels. Lots of good work here by ZZ Hill, Jerry Washington, Freddie North, The Avons, Marva Whitney, Skip Mahoaney & The Casuals, Bobby Powell, and Percy Wiggins – and a lot of tracks ... read moreCD
Raw funky Philly soul – all recorded at the tiny Virtue Recording Studios – a small place to work, but a great one too! Virtue has maybe more of a deep soul approach than you're used to hearing from Philly – no soaring strings, polished production, or crossover dance modes – ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
A great tribute to the concept of the "wants list" – that crumpled piece of paper that nearly every record collector carries around with them, a listing of hard to find recordings that they're always trying to track down! The set is a great mix of obscure 60s and 70s soul, with a ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
A great collection of work from the underside of the Chicago recording scene of the 60s – tracks from the rougher, bluesier west side scene of the time! The work on the set comes from the Federal/King catalog, and not from Chicago labels – and most of it was produced by Sonny Thompson, ... read moreCD
Rare funk from the vaults of Canyon Records – a label from the west coast, but one with a heart that's deep deep in the south! Swamp Dogg did a fair bit of work for Canyon, and turned in some of his best deep soul productions of the 70s for the imprint – and lots of the work on that ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Includes tracks from Five Satins, The Starlites, The Travelers, The Academics, The Bop Tones, The Sputniks, The Love Notes, Dreamlovers, The Four Buddies, and The Rainbows. CD
Kent Records takes on the Atlantic Records catalog of the 60s – and come up with a wonderful array of cuts that go way past the obvious hits from the famous label! The groove here is a mix of hard soul and funky numbers from both big names and lesser-knowns who recorded for the Atlantic ... read moreCD
Whoppers indeed – a killer collection of vocal group material from the 50s – issued here in a classic package with a great "juvenile delinquent" cover! The tracks here are almost pre-doo wop in their historicity – work done when the genre was just getting started, by ... read moreCD
The title says it all – as the set's a collection of rare group soul recordings from Chicago, either unreleased recordings by obscure groups, or a few alternate takes of more famous numbers (but we use that term loosely here, as the cuts are all pretty darn rare!) Obviously, the fidelity's ... read moreCD
An amazing document of the wide wide reach of Earth Wind & Fire at the end of the 70s – that joyous, righteous spirit that not only flowed through their own music, but seemed to touch most of the soul and jazz world as well! The set's a much-needed look at the way that energy from EWF ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Includes tracks by The Van Dykes, The Swinging Hearts, Richard Berry, The Checker Dots, The Cashmeres, The Whispers, The Twiliters, and The Cordells. CD
Not nearly as mellow as you might think from the title – given that most of these tracks have a gritty sort of edge! The work here is all pulled from the vaults of LA's Modern Records during the postwar years – and the collection features a number of previously unreleased tracks, as ... read moreCD
Girl soul galore – a massive collection of work from the Harlem-based production efforts of Zell Sanders – a lesser-known maestro of the girl group sound back in the 60s! Sanders issued most of this material on a few small labels – Zell, J&S, Baton, and Dice – but there' ... read moreCD
Great music in many modes -- northern soul, deep soul, harmony soul, modern soul, and group soul -- plus disco, funk, club, electro, rare groove, and more!
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