An obscure soul group, but a great one – equally at home with a fragile harmony tune as they were with more uptempo groovers for the dancefloor! This one and only album from Act One is a perfect illustration of the best two sides of the east coast indie soul scene of the early 70s – ... (Soul) read moreCD
Beats, bass, and a whole lot more – the perfect evolution of Fatback into a street funk combo for the 80s! The sound here is more early 80s than some of the group's classic work, but it's still very much in the best mode of its generation – almost coming across with the old school ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a small torn and bent portion at the opening.)
Fatback are plenty fired up and kicking here – setting the scene for countless funky imitators in years to come, but still doing it better than anyone else! The group is bigger and the sound is fuller than before – but still plenty focused on the instrumental jamming of the group, and ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has an unglued seam, but looks nice overall.)
Fatback —
Hot Box ... LP Spring, 1980. Very Good+ ...
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Man, it must have been something to hear this record blasting out of a boombox back in the old days – especially if it was the magenta-hued one on the cover! The groove here is strong and loud – plenty of bass and beats at the bottom, and even a few surprising early electro touches ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A bit of history! "King Tim III" is arguably the first-ever rap vocal on record – often cited as the first in histories of the music, and also not a bad bit of funk from Fatback! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(In a Spring sleeve. A nice copy.)
Fatback Band —
Night Fever ... LP Spring, 1976. Near Mint- ...
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A key turn in the groove for The Fatback Band – one that has the group getting a good dose of "night fever", and smoothing out their funk for the 70s disco crowd! Yet although clubby, the record's still plenty funky – a refinement of the groove first started on Yum Yum, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Millie Jackson —
Caught Up ... LP Spring, 1974. Very Good- ...
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Seminal 70s southern soul from Millie Jackson – a record that's head and shoulders above most of what she recorded in later years! Before she got all naughty and raunchy, Millie Jackson was one of the best female soul singers to come out of the south – and this album's a work of ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Seminal 70s southern soul from Millie Jackson – a record that's head and shoulders above most of what she recorded in later years! Before she got all naughty and raunchy, Millie Jackson was one of the best female soul singers to come out of the south – and this album's a work of ... (Soul) read moreCD
Millie Jackson's feelin bitchy – and letting a whole new side of her talents show! After the sweet southern soul sound of her early recordings, the Jackson style takes a sharp shift here – letting a bitchier side show up more strongly, and really setting the tone for the next great ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some edge wear and a small center split in the spine.)
Millie Jackson's feelin bitchy – and letting a whole new side of her talents show! After the sweet southern soul sound of her early recordings, the Jackson style takes a sharp shift here – letting a bitchier side show up more strongly, and really setting the tone for the next great ... (Soul) read moreCD
Millie Jackson —
For Men Only ... LP Spring, 1980. Very Good+ ...
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Titles include "This Is Where I Came In", "This Is It", "If That Didn't Turn You On", "Despair", "Ain't No Comin Back", and "Not On Your Life". (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "I'm Free", "House For Sale", "Bad Risk", "Feel Like Making Love", "Solitary Love Affair", and "Do What Makes The World Go Round". (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
Millie Jackson —
Hard Times ... LP Spring, 1982. Very Good+ ...
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One of Millie's great early Spring LPs, with a deep hard soul sound that she never matched on later releases. Despite claim of the big hit on here "I Got To Try It One Time", Millie sounds like she's tried it a lot more than that, and you can hear the proof on tracks like "My Love ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "The Rap 81", "I Ain't No Glory Story", "Loving Arms 81", "Ladies First", "You Owe Me That Much", and "Fancy This". (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, but looks great overall.)
Millie Jackson —
It Hurts So Good ... LP Spring/Southbound (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)...
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An excellent early album from Millie Jackson – recorded in a southern soul style in New York and Muscle Shoals, but a lot hipper than most of the rest of the female soul that was coming out of the south at the time! Millie was a bit different than the rest – as although she's got a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An excellent early album from Millie Jackson – recorded in a southern soul style in New York and Muscle Shoals, but a lot hipper than most of the rest of the female soul that was coming out of the south at the time! Millie was a bit different than the rest – as although she's got a ... (Soul) read moreCD
An excellent early album from Millie Jackson – recorded in a southern soul style in New York and Muscle Shoals, but a lot hipper than most of the rest of the female soul that was coming out of the south at the time! Millie was a bit different than the rest – as although she's got a ... (Soul) read moreCD
Nice and nasty work from Millie Jackson – a great illustration of the way her live shows were always rated-X compared to her studio work! Titles include "Lovers & Girl Friends", "Ugly Men", "This Is It", "Don't You Ever Stop Lovin Me", and "I ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light ringwear, some edge wear, and lightly bent panels.)
Uncensored is right! Millie's live shows during the 70s were a lot raunchier than any of her records – and were usually filled with profanity, off-color jokes, and plenty of frank and foxy references to sex. She'd built her name on record through sweet heartbreaking southern soul sides ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The tremendous debut of the great Millie Jackson – a new standard-setting deep soul record for the 70s, and one that's quite different than some of Jackson's work from later years! The record's got a heartbreaking southern female soul approach – similar to work by underground favorites ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The tremendous debut of the great Millie Jackson – a new standard-setting deep soul record for the 70s, and one that's quite different than some of Jackson's work from later years! The record's got a heartbreaking southern female soul approach – similar to work by underground favorites ... (Soul) read moreCD
The tremendous debut of the great Millie Jackson – a new standard-setting deep soul record for the 70s, and one that's quite different than some of Jackson's work from later years! The record's got a heartbreaking southern female soul approach – similar to work by underground favorites ... (Soul) read moreCD
A side of Millie Jackson that we really really love – her ballads and mellow tracks – a style that Millie did unlike anyone else back in the day! Jackson's sometimes best remembered for her sassier side, but we love it when she kicks back and moves slowly into a groove – drawing ... (Soul) read moreCD
A great follow up to Mille Jackson's classic Caught Up album – but one that's also a key turning point too! The theme here is the same as the album before – with tunes that have a woman "caught up" in love and all of its tangles – but the sound is also bolder, more ... (Soul) read moreCD
An oft-quoted, classic old school track from one of rap's pioneering MC's, with an early appearance by Russell Simmons as producer. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(In a Polygram sleeve.)
Joe Simon —
Get Down ... LP Spring, 1975. Very Good+ ...
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Joe's up in New York, working with producer Raeford Gerald in that early 70s "southern goes disco" mode that pushed Joe further up the charts than might have been expected. Joe's vocals still have that strong down-home honesty, but most of the tracks on the album have a mid 70s east ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and light waviness from moisture.)
By this point in his career, Joe's a long way from the country soul of "The Chokin' Kind" – and is working here with Norman Harris in a set of strident club-oriented tracks designed to keep him fresh for the 70s. This approach doesn't always work with Joe, largely because of his ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An instant party in a single package – a set that brings together a whole host of rare singles from back in the day – all work that's almost an equal blend of old school funk and early hip hop! The work here comes from the Spring label and related Posse imprint – a company who ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An instant party in a single package – a set that brings together a whole host of rare singles from back in the day – all work that's almost an equal blend of old school funk and early hip hop! The work here comes from the Spring label and related Posse imprint – a company who ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
A great slice of work from the New York underground of the post-disco years – served up by a family of labels that had been making things happen through most of the 70s! The set focuses strongly on the singles issued by the Posse and Spring Records labels – the former a new offshoot of ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD