One of the deepest digs into the 60s girl group scene we've ever seen – a package that not only gets way way past the big hits of the time, but also provides much better sound and way more context than the sorts of dodgy CDr collections that have spotted the market for years! It's great to ... (Rock, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Baton may not be as well-remembered as Chess, Vee Jay, Old Town, or King – but back in the 50s, the small company was one of the greatest indies working on the New York R&B scene – a treasure trove of music by a select group of artists. Baton was headed by Sol Rabinowitz (hence the ... read moreCD
Very rootsy blues from the Motor City scene of the postwar years – work that almost sounds more Delta than Detroit – thanks to the primitive recording setting in the back of Joe's Record Shop! The work here is a really unique representation of blues in a northern setting at the time ... (Blues, Soul)read moreCD
The beat goes on, and the groove does too – in this wonderful set of tracks that show the continued commitment of Atlantic Records to the realm of hard soul groovers! The package brings together a great blend of familiar numbers and lesser-known gems from three decades of the label's history ... read moreCD
With selections by The Moonglows, The Miracles, Jimmy McCracklin, The Corsairs, The Vibrations, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces, Jan Bradley, Billy Stewart, Little Milton, Tony Clarke, Mitty Collier, The Radiants, The Dells, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Sugar ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections from the Moonglows, Jimmy McCracklin, Etta James, Billy Stewart, Little Milton, Sugar Pie DeSanto, The Corsairs, and The Vibrations. CD
Nice one! This great compilation of tracks from the legendary Loma label is graced by a great set of notes, discographical information, and 50 lost tracks of hard soul from one of the most overlooked and underreissued labels in the business. Cuts include "Roll With The Punches" by ... read moreCD
(Out of print, promotional stamp on booklet cover.)
Includes 26 tracks from the Demens, Baltineers, Dolls, Isley Brothers, Links, Montereys, 4 Fellows, Trebelaires, Jolly Jax, Baby Ray, and Johnny Honeycut. CD
A fantastic tribute to one of the greatest soul labels of the 80s – the groundbreaking Uno Melodic imprint, started by soul legend Roy Ayers as a showcase for some of his more creative projects! The vibe here follows perfectly from Roy's classic late 70s work on Polydor – and his ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A special 50th Anniversary set of the legendary Wattstax Concert in 1972 – a magical music moment that had the Memphis soul powerhouse Stax Records filling the Los Angeles Coliseum with some of its best artists – all to celebrate the pride and power of the community in Watts! This set ... read moreCD
Music from Marvin Gaye, The Impressions, Randy Crawford, The Staple Singers, Billy Paul, The Temptations, Ann Peebles, Sam And Dave, Shirley Brown, Bobby Womack, and more. CD
Tracks by The Cookies, Little Eva, Carole King, The Ronettes, The Permanents, The Lullabyes, Patty Livingston, The Spandells, The Jewels, Caroline Day, Idalia Boyd, and The Cinderellas. CD
Music from The Moments, Sly & The Family Stone, The Jackson 5, Brook Benton, B.B. King, The Delfonics, Clarence Carter, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Tyrone Davis. CD
(Out of print, punch through barcode and promotional stamp inside booklet.)
Music from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Stylistics Feat. Russell Thompkins Jr., The Spinners, Al Green, Dramatics, Luther Ingram, Chi-Lites, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and Billy Preston. CD
The first volume of a really special series of soul compilations – titles that are specially chosen to look at those key years when the genre was first getting started – coming together out of strands of postwar jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel – into the kind of music that really ... read moreCD
A nicely rootsy set – one that mixes vintage work with new material done in a similar mode – all at a level that criss-crosses between rural blues, trad jazz, and a range of other older styles! The package is maybe less a full compendium of the roots of black music than it is a set ... (Blues, Soul)read moreCD
One of a handful of righteous classics issued on Motown's Black Forum imprint in the early 70s – and a set that's maybe even more righteous than the rest – as it features a whole host of message-oriented tracks put together by the poet Amiri Baraka! The set was recorded live at the ... (Spoken Word, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of a handful of righteous classics issued on Motown's Black Forum imprint in the early 70s – and a set that's maybe even more righteous than the rest – as it features a whole host of message-oriented tracks put together by the poet Amiri Baraka! The set was recorded live at the ... (Spoken Word, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original white label promo pressing. Cover has some splitting on the spine and surface wear, but looks nice overall.)
3rd volume, and the righteous 70's soul and funk tracks keep on coming! Titles include "World Is A Ghetto" by War, "Ike's Mood" by Isaac Hayes, "Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye, "Love TKO" by Teddy Pendergrass, "Breakout" by Johnny Hammond, "Ironsi ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
20 songs from Larry Davis, Johnny Copeland, Lowell Fulson, T-Bone Walker, BB King, Jimmy Nelson, Ray Charles, Saunders King, Jimmy Witherspoon, Mari Jones & more. (Blues, Soul)CD
Some nicely deep tracks from the Duke/Peacock catalog – work by Junior Parker, Larry Davis, Jackie Verdell, Little Frankie Lee, Bobby Blue Bland, Memphis Slim, Sonny Parker, Marie Adams, Johnny Ace, and Roscoe Gordon! (Blues, Soul)LP, Vinyl record album
(Later yellow label ABC/Duke pressing. Back cover has a small trace of a price sticker.)
A very cool volume of this excellent series of Louisiana sounds – one that mixes rare and unreleased tracks from the late 50s from equally great 70s sounds – all with a unified bluesy groove that really makes the whole thing come together nicely! The 70s tracks have a style that's much ... (Blues, Soul)read moreCD
An overlooked strand of southern soul – a range of great productions by Bob Holmes, who was kind of an underground figure on the Nashville scene – where he turned out great soul singles like these amidst the larger shadows of the country music industry! The work here not only bears no ... read moreCD
One of the greatest songwriting partnerships of the 60s – featured here in a great mix of soul, rock, and vocal numbers from the time – including a fair number of unusual versions of hits from the team of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil! Weil's got a style that's sometimes a bit deeper ... (Rock, Soul)read moreCD
A huge discovery in music – most of which we've never heard before, and which shows that the Boston scene was getting pretty busy during the classic club years – even if the city's grooves never reached the same fame as cuts from New York, Philly, and other points south! The package is ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Not so much Latin music, so much as soul that played big on the Latino scene in East LA – but a great batch of tracks that spans three decades, but is all united by a very strong sound. There's a total of 16 cuts in all – including "East Side" by Hank Jacobs, "Sitting In ... read moreCD
Classic soul that played big on LA's Hispanic East Side – with a range of tracks that spans the fifties, sixties, and seventies! The interesting thing about this series is that the music is less from LA, than it is music that played big in LA – so you get a range of tracks that ... read moreCD
An incredibly rich collection of work from the legendary Brunswick and Dakar Records labels – and one of the first to really get at the labels' rich legacy of 7" singles that were never issued on any sort of full length albums! The Brunswick sound was a powerhouse in the late 60s and ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Damn funky work from the west coast scene of the late 60s and early 70s – just the kind of tracks to dispel the idea that too much sun or cannabis might have left the Cali scene a bit weak! Instead, these cuts are right on the money, stone funky throughout, and light years from any sort of ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
8 tracks of modern Go Go, all nice long stretched out jams with huge bass, percolating percussion and party style call and response vocals to keep the party rolling! Old timers and new school heads are all represented, with Little Benny turning in his Go-Go-ed up version of Cisquo's "Thong ... read moreCD
A killer collection of upbeat soul and dancefloor grooves – and one that goes way way deeper than even the hippest collections of disco rarities! The Tramp label has given us plenty of great funk collections over the years – and with this set, they turn their well-trained ear towards ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
A soaring blend of rare club tracks from the glory days of the American disco underground – music that was cut in the deep shadows of the mainstream market at the time, and which has gone on to have a lot longer staying power too! The cuts here are all from very obscure releases on tiny ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
A long-overdue fifth entry in this amazing series – and like the previous volumes, a double-length set of rare material from the Motown vaults! 20 of the 43 tracks on the set are previously unreleased – and all of the material here goes way past the hits – to really show the full ... read moreCD
A brilliant testament to the righteous power of soul music in the civil rights era – and key proof that even a subtle message could do a lot back in the day! The package presents the work in roughly chronological order – starting from a time when politics had to be peddled softly, and ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Socking soul from the legendary Chess Records – presented in a format that always served the label best! This very limited box features seven 45s – each of which contains two great grooves from Chess – the kind of upbeat, uptempo soul that made the Chicago scene of the 60s second ... (Funky 45's, Soul)read more7-inch, Vinyl record
(Limited edition #0852/2200. Includes the booklet, download code, and Chess inner sleeves.)
Music from Chessmen, Etta James, Billy Stewart, Joe Cato, the Kittens, Bo Diddley, Jan Bradley, Andrea Davis, Albert Williams, Mitty Collier, Sugar Pie DeSanto and more. CD
A really great look at a special side of the Chess Records soul catalog of the 60s – tracks that were very big on Chicago airwaves in the label's home town, yet which hardly got much play at all in the rest of the country! The collection's put together by Robert Pruter – the man who ... read moreCD
This is the 3rd volume in Charly's great series exploring the huge independent soul legacy of the Chicago scene of the 60's – and this volume focuses exclusively on the M-Pac label, which was home to a number of Chicago's lesser-known (but still great) raw soul artists (most of whom also ... read moreCD
A pair of labels with an impeccable reputation on the LA scene of the 50s – represented here by some of the huge contributions they made to the world of west coast vocal groups! The material here gets the same impeccable production and presentation as the earlier R&B of the Class and ... read moreCD
Includes 20 tracks by the Mystics, Chiffons, Jarmels, Dion & the Belmonts, the Passions, Randy & the Rainbows, Dean & Jean, the Royal Guardsmen, and more. CD
Legendary work from one of the greatest soul labels ever – a tiny Alabama imprint that helped bring the Muscle Shoals sound to the masses – thanks to the work of producer Rick Hall, and his crack band of session players! The music here set a whole new standard for soul in the south ... read moreCD
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 – ... read moreCD
Legendary work from Goldwax Records – pulled from a stretch when the Memphis imprint was really going strong! By the time of these tracks, Goldwax was really coming into their own – picking up some of the best soul currents of the Memphis scene – and rivaling the Stax/Volt ... read moreCD
The second half of 1972 at Motown Records – a year so large, so productive for the label – the complete singles collection had to be cut in two! The sounds here really mark a special time for Motown – an increasing influence of the California sound on the soul of Detroit – ... read moreCD
More great soul music than we ever hoped to find in a single place – and a massive 6CD collection that looks at the key year of 1965 at Motown Records! The package is every bit as wonderful and thorough as the others in this series – with a whopping 166 songs collected in a lavish, ... read moreCD
(Out of print limited edition – in great shape with the replacement disc!)
Includes tracks by The Enchanters, The Explorers, Andy Rose & The Exotics, The Dimensions, The Escorts, The Bay Bops and The Billy Williams Quartet –25 cuts in all! CD
Includes the tracks "Love Bandit" by Patti & The Lovelites, "The Devil Made Me Do It" by Robert Upchurch, "Girl You're My Kind Of People" by Olympics, "Other Side Of Your Mind" by Joe Wilson, and "I Gotta Find A Way" by Bob & Gene. CD
Includes 30 tracks by Buck Rogers & His Jets, the Satans, Big Al Downing, Sleepy LaBeef, Dick Holler, Claude Robinson, Marlon Madman Mithcell, Kid Thomas, the Cyclones, Big Walter Price, Eddie Clearwater, and more! CD
Music from Vinny & The Visuals, The Dreamairs, The Interludes, Tommy Tomorrow & The Yesterdays, Donald Byron & The Montclairs, Felix & The Ideals, Danny & The Diamonds, Lenny & The Castels, The Exotics, The Sherwoods, and more - 28 tracks in all. CD
(Out of print, staples are missing from the booklet.)
A stunning overview of work from the small D-Vine Spirituals label in Memphis – a really homegrown imprint who were as important to the sound of the city's spiritual music as Stax Records was to soul in the 60s! In fact, the vibe here is often more 60s than 70s – maybe a testament to ... (Gospel, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes tracks by Gloria Jones, Maxine Nightingale, the Soul Sisters, Homer Banks, Garnet Mimms, the Isley Brothers, O'Jays, Clovers, Invitations, Dena Parrish, Billy Preston, Herbie Goins, and others. CD
Who's Dave Godin, you ask? Why Dave's one of the most important people in helping soul music attain greater recognition around the globe – thanks to his tireless efforts working on the UK scene from the 60s onward – as a fan, a writer, and even a record label and store owner – ... read moreCD
Deep soul is special soul – a certain breed of soul music that features extremely emotive vocal performances, and the kind of gut-level delivery of lyrics you'd find in the best work by legends like Otis Redding or James Carr! Yet despite the fame of those big names, the style is maybe best ... read moreCD
A stunning set of deep soul numbers – all hand-picked by one of the greatest authorities on the music ever! Dave Godin knows this stuff better than just about anyone else – and this 4th volume in his deep soul series may well be the best so far! Godin's experience with the music runs ... read moreCD
A long-overdue entry in this amazing series – a set of music that's gone on to be a genre unto itself, and which stands as a tribute to the song-picking genius of the great Dave Godin! The music here is a really special breed of soul – sounds that start out in the heart-worn style of ... read moreCD
Rare Detroit soul from the archives of Dave Hamilton – the vast majority from the fertile late 60s period, plus a couple of later cuts – soulful Hamilton productions and featuring wonderful numbers by Bobby Dee, Priscilla Page, The Moderations, Frenchy & The Chessmen, Harry Reid, ... read moreCD
Rare soul from the Detroit underground at the end of the 60s – most of it pretty darn funky too! The work here all comes from the hands of the legendary Dave Hamilton – a key Motor City talent who turned out a stunning array of music on many different labels back in the day – ... read moreCD
Music from The Markels, Will Wendel And The Aktones, The Embraceables, The Constellations, Henry Alston, The Del-Chords, Billy Carr & The High Five Type, The Ensenadas, The Dynamos, The Phantones & Combo, The King Crooners, The Equadors, The Cordials, The Spydels, The Del Royals, The Mar-Vel ... read moreCD
A really great collection of work from De-Lite Records – one that goes way way past the bigger hits on the label from Kool & The Gang and the Kay-Gees! Instead, this one really digs deep – and comes up with rare 45s for a host of artists that we didn't even know recorded for De-Lite ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Although the title would seem to sum up any number of compilations on the Goldmine label, this is an especially strong set of tunes that features some great Detroit singles by artists that may be better known for other tunes, and others who labored away in the city for years with little or no ... read moreCD
Funky soul from Detroit – the second foray into the uber-rare and unreleased funk treasures recorded at Dave Hamilton's Motor City studio – and an even deeper look at what's turning out to be one of the greatest long-buried funk catalogs to come to light in recent years! The collection ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
An excellent compilation – one that's still a key part of our collection, and a sampler of 60s Detroit soul produced by the fantastic Ollie McLaughlin, and released as singles under a variety of labels, including Moira, Karen and Carla. This set does a great job of showcasing the excellent ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has waviness and light staining on the bottom corners.)
A really great look at some of the coolest material issued by Motown in the early days of the label – tracks from a brief foray into jazz, from a time when the company was testing the waters with some very hip material from the Detroit scene! The cuts here have a nice sort of grit – ... (Jazz, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Goldmine's second great volume of rare Detroit soul, featuring extremely hard to find tracks like "Yes I Love You Baby" by The Dynamics, "We Still Have Time" by The Metros, "Candle" by Doni Burdick, "Looking For A Woman" by Brooks Bros, "Go Down" by ... read moreCD
Music from the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, the Miracles, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Holland, the Contours, the Marvelettes, the Valadiers, and more – 56 tracks in all. CD
1975 was a crucial year in the history of disco music – the moment when sounds that had been bubbling under on the east coast in the early part of the decade finally hit both the radio and the record racks in a really massive way! And while the music might soon be bogged down in ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
A cool collection of club and boogie edits – five tracks that include "Dirty Talk (1983 warehouse edit)" by MBO, "Bad Times (inst edit)" by Captain Rapp, "Diamond Girl (edit)" by NNW, "Spies (edit)" by Roni Griffiths, and "Eminence Front (ext ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small bit of splitting on the spine, but is great overall.)
Music from Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony, Shirley & Company, Gloria Gaynor, KC & the Sunshine Band, the Trammps, Diana Ross, Thelma Houston, Vicki Sue Robinson, a Taste Of Honey, and more. CD
Music from Norma Jean, Chic, Sister Sledge, Sheila & B Devotion, Diana Ross, Rene & Angela, KC & the Sunshine Band, Kool & the Gang, Inner Life, Change, the Peech Boys and more. CD
A different groove than usual from the mighty Snowboy – not the Latin you may know from his own records, or the funk you'll find on his other compilations – but instead a smoking batch of 60s soul, with a really wonderful batch of well-chosen cuts throughout! The album's a counterpart ... read moreCD
A motherlode of classics from one of the best guy/girl songwriting teams of the 60s – the legendary pairing of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, both names that appeared on countless hits during the decade! The pair had a great way with a tune – often coming up with a gentle groove that ... (Rock, Soul)read moreCD
A really hefty overview of vintage soul music – maybe the heftiest so far in this amazing series from Mississippi Records! Like the others, the package is beautiful – a huge booklet of notes and photos, in support of a great array of music that includes both classic and more obscure ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Although the Roulette label has always been well documented in terms of it's more famous catalog – 50's R&B, 60's Latin, Oldies Rock n Roll, etc – this is really one of the first compilations ever to look at the label's strong influence as a soul outlet during the 60s. Most of the ... read moreCD
Music from The Five Keys, The Clovers, The Larks, The Melo-Moods, The Robins, The Velvets, The Ravens, The Jubilaires, Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy, The Hollywood Flames, The Orioles, The Swallows, The Royals, and more. CD
Includes 28 tracks by the Equadors, Enchanters, Ensenators, Meadowlarks, Shallows, Five Crowns, Four Tops, Rudy West, Blends, Matadors, Norman Fox, and the Four Jokers. CD
Music from The Penguins, The Platters, The Platters, The Diamonds, The Coasters, The Reflections, The Crew Cuts, The Bobbettes, The Rivingtons, and The Cleftones. CD
(All tracks are NEW studio recordings by the original artist or one or more members of the original group.)
Music from the Casuals, the Counts, the Shields, the Four Dots, the Hallmarks, Jeff Stevens, the Roses, the Young Lions, the Blue Notes, Pearl Woods, and more – 24 tracks in all. CD
Music from the Dell Vikings, Van Guards, Hallmarks, Dickey Lee, the Chanteclairs, Five Playboys, Paramounts, Vogues, Belvederes, and Mystics – 24 tracks in all. CD
Includes 25 tracks by The Du Mauriers, The Glowtones, The Hurricanes, The Quinns, The Blenders, The Tunettes, The Baltineers, The Four Mints, The School Boys, The Mandellos, Dion & The Belmonts, The Tune Weavers, Carol Blades & The Harptones, The Turbans, The Federals, The Guytones, and ... read moreCD
Music from Jody Sticker, Arden Lo, Monique Ford, Eric Perkins, Mr Zay, Billy Ray Charles, Earl Duke, Cicero Blake, Big Ike, Beau Jocque, and Alfie Fraction. CD
Music from Big Mama Thornton, Marie Adams, Johnny Ace, Big Walter, Junior Parker, Bobby Bland, Norman Fox and the Rob Roys, the Original Casuals, the El Torros, James Booker, Joe Hinton, and more – 16 tracks total. CD
One of the most important indie labels of the postwar years – heard here in a flurry of great tracks that really show them at their finest! This excellent double-length set brings together magical moments from a time when the Flair imprint was really hitting on all burners – recording ... read moreCD
An unusual package – not a regular commercial compilation, but a set made for broadcasters, in the hopes that they would license Memphis soul for programs and ads! Features work by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, Booker T & The MGs, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The Numero Group takes a great step backwards – returning to the capital city of Ohio, Columbus – to mine the same soul and funk treasure trove of their Capsoul collection! The music here comes from the same scene – and often from Capsoul or related labels – and the set ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
An essential chapter of Miami soul – even if most of the work is appearing here for the first time ever! The set is a magnificent companion to Numero's Deep City collection of pre-TK Miami soul – but it's put together in such a way that it's almost a beautiful introduction to the south ... (Funky Compilations, Soul)read moreCD
Music from The Flamingos, The Five Satins, The Squires, The Summits, The Jesters, The Paragons, The Moondglows, The Mello-Kings, The Orchids, The Aquatones, and many more – 100 tracks in all. Also includes a massive 543 page book by Jay Warner filled with extensive notes, discographies, and ... read moreCD
Goldmine's 25 track sampler of the northern soul genre, with a great batch of cuts that were essential in shaping the UK northern soul scene. Tracks include "No One Else Can Take Your Place" by The Inspirations, "Because of My Heart" by Frankie Beverly and The Butlers, "I ... read moreCD
A deep dive into the vaults of the legendary Stax Records – the Memphis label who helped usher in a whole new sound in soul music during the 60s, and was still going strong in the early part of the 70s! In the final years, Stax was hitting big with a number of stars, but also recording a bit ... read moreCD
A massive celebration of the legendary Westbound Records – a Detroit record label started at the end of the 60s, and one that took the Motor City into much heavier territory than Motown! Westbound was the initial home of both Funkadelic and Ohio Players – and the imprint had a great ... read moreCD
Upbeat sounds from Muscle Shoals – music that's normally dubbed by the term of Northern Soul, but which was recorded in one of the best scenes in the American south! That confusion's easy to fix – as the "northern" in Northern Soul has always referred to the interest in a ... read moreCD
Music from Archie Bell & the Drells, Wilson Pickett, the Five Stairsteps, Eddie Holman, the Van Dykes, the Impressions, David Ruffin, Betty Everett, Barbara Acklin, James Brown and more. CD