Includes tracks by The Jacksons, Whispers, Shalamar, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Spinners, Carrie Lucas, Isaac Hayes, Commodores, Smokey Robinson, GQ, Teddy Pendergrass, and more! (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout notch.)
Freddie Hubbard —
Super Blue ... LP Columbia, 1978. Sealed ...
$4.99
A sweet late 70s set from Freddie Hubbard – a slight move away from some of his highly-electric sides of the CTI years, yet one that still has some of the most soulful qualities of that work! Freddie's trumpet has a nicely spacious quality throughout – one that's flowing, and almost ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Pretty stunning work from the team of Richard Harris & Jimmy Webb – a shining point in both of their careers! Harris wasn't much of a singer, and was mostly known as an actor before these two albums. He teamed up with Jimmy Webb as the perfect foil for some of Webb's late sixties song-st ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Cy hits the funky 70s – grooving with some bigger orchestrations, and playing both acoustic and electric keyboards – in a mode that's kind of easy meets jazz meets disco! The sound is actually nice for Coleman – who was better off in a tighter studio session than a smaller freer ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Strange to see a gospel album on the mostly-disco Prelude label – but the album's a good one, with a strong modern soul approach, similar to crossover work from the time by The Clark Sisters. The closest to the usual Prelude groove is the cut "Shine A Light", which has a righteous ... (Gospel) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and a sticker spot.)
Royal Shakespeare Company —
Tell Me Lies ... LP Gregar, 1967. Sealed ...
$1.99
Wonderful work from Champaign – a really self-contained group, and one who really rise above the rest of the early 80s soul scene! The album's got a tightness that's hard to beat – yet a sound that's never too slick or commercial either – kind of that best balance you'd find more ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the lyric sleeve. Cover has a promo stamp.)
Tom Scott —
Desire ... LP Elektra, 1982. Near Mint- ...
$0.99
An early 80s set from Tom Scott, and proof that he could still make an electric jazz album sound more soulful than most of his mainstream contemporaries! There's a really great sense of balance here – production that's certainly polished, but instrumentation that's never sleepy at all – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The cover of this one sports an image that's almost rockish – especially given that the "night birds" on the image are pterodactyls – but the sound is as smooth and jazzy as you'd expect from Shakatak at their best! The group were a leading light in 80s fusion, and with ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A mighty collaboration between Stanley Clarke & George Duke – working here in a pairing that refueled both of their careers for the 80s! In previous years, both Clarke and Duke had a penchant for really stretching out in complex, experimental modes – but here, they're playing in a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The keyboards are up a bit more than before on this one – but that core Chic groove is still very firmly in place – snapping, clapping, and rapping the dancefloor with an undeniably catchy sound! There's a sound here that almost shows the team of Niles and Rodgers picking up some tips ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Given the fashions on the cover, the "look" is pretty darn silly – but the music is plenty darn great! The album's one of the best from the point when Shalamar could still serve things up with the best – a lean, mean, pop-focused approach to 80s groove that's produced with ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
A key album in the legendary 80s run of Shalamar – and a set that gets a tremendous amount out of a very stripped-down sound! The sound of Shalamar builds from a bit of bass, some snapping drums, waves of keyboards, and especially great vocals – warm and sweet, but never too commercial ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Not a bad little soundtrack – filled with sleazy 70s soul tunes! Given that the movie features Diane Keaton trawling her way through the singles underground of the time, the music goes pretty darn well with the film – and in fact is almost better, as it keeps a sunny optimism, without ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Yipes! This one made everyone a bucket of money – especially Quincy Jones, whose new Qwest imprint the record was one of the first to grace. George has come a long way from his roots with Jack McDuff here – but in a way that kind of has us impressed, as he's grooving away slickly on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of many projects headed up by Alec Costandinos – a briefly successful producer/arranger during the late 70s, with a real penchant for overly complicated disco! Given the huge amount of instruments in this project (strings, brass, percussion, guitar, and lots more), Costandinos must have ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The first album by Gregg Diamond's Bionic Boogie group – and a cooker of a set that follows strongly from Gregg's previous Hot Butterfly gem! Luther Vandross isn't on board this time around, but the overall groove is still totally great – upbeat, soaring, and put together with a jazzy ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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 ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some wear & a large name in marker on both sides.)
Titles include "Everybody's Out Of Town", "What Does It Take", "Everybody's Talking"," Oh Me Oh My", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole. Cover has a very light mark in one spot.)
BJ Thomas —
Most Of All ... LP Scepter, Late 60s. Sealed Gatefold ...
$4.99
Titles include "Hello Love", "Circle Round The Sun", "Most Of All", "No Love At All", and "Table For Two For One". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
With "Europa & The Pirate Twins", "Flying North", "Weightless", "Leipzig", "Windpower", "She Blinded Me With Science", "Commercial Breakup", "Urges", "Airwaves", "Radio Silence" and "Cloudbur ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A surprisingly nice solo set – with the classic "Rough Boys", plus "Cat's In The Cupboard", "Let My Love Open The Door", "Jools & Jim", "A Little Is Enough", and "I Am An Animal". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a promo stamp and tracklist sticker.)
Natalie Cole —
Happy Love ... LP Capitol, 1981. Near Mint- ...
$1.99
Titles include "Only Love", "You Were Right Girl", "Nothin But A Fool", "When A Man Loves A Woman", "Love & Kisses", and "Across The Nation". (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a cutout hole.)
June Christy —
Impromptu ... LP Interplay, 1977. Very Good- ...
$1.99
An obscure moment in June Christy's career, but a great one too – a rare later recording, done many years after her time at Capitol Records – in a laidback setting with a hip group of west coast players! June's voice definitely shows a bit of age, but she's still head and shoulders ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has wear, peeling along the bottom seam & a name in marker on both sides.)
The Trammps are still burning strong at the end of the 70s – never losing their Philly groove despite a run on the charts and much bigger fame than most of their contemporaries – and in a way, the album's almost a back-to-basics affair that's pure Philly all the way! Arrangements here ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The first record by Lighthouse – a strange band that's always incredibly hard to peg, but who have a sound that we always end up liking a lot! The group mix together folk rock styles with a touch of soul and funk – going for some nice grooves that build up from lots of drum work and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing in the metallic cover, which has a cut corner with waviness & stains due to moisture along the bottom 4 inches. Label has some moisture stains.)
A smooth batch of modern soul from this great 70s vocal group! By this point in their career, Tavares have already had great fame on both the radio and dancefloor charts – moving effortlessly between sweet harmony tracks and more strident disco ones. This set has the group working in a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the lyric sleeve. Cover has a cutout hole.)
Fantastic funky jazz from the Crusaders! The set includes some of their best cuts from their years at Blue Thumb – when they were slicking things up a bit, but still staying pretty true to their soul jazz roots. There's a lot of nice electric funky numbers, and more than a few hip hop ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An obscure album of uptempo funk – with a pretty straight dancefloor groove, and lots of bass pedal and keyboard work. The record's not as p-funky as the group's first, but it's not without some nice moments – as the record's got work by some good funky jazz players like Paul Jackson, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the better Wu projects from 1998, includes "Fake MCs", "Cross My Heart", "Tai Chi", "If You Don't Know" & "Science Project", plus Killah Priest's version of the GZA classic "BIBLE (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)". (Hip Hop) LP, Vinyl record album
One of the greatest Yusef Lateef albums on Atlantic Records – and that's saying a lot, given the high level of quality he was hitting at the label! The album's a perfect blend of the newly-funky Lateef style with some hipper, more sophisticated touches – a mode that hints at his bigger- ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really hard groover from Illinois Jacquet's later years on Chess – a solidly smoking session that features plenty of organ and guitar! There's a gutbuckety groove here that's a lot like some of Willis Jackson's best work on Prestige at the time – a style that's based around the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A sweet sweet set of electric 70s funk – recorded by Booker T during a brief, but well-needed reunion with the MGs! The sound here is quite different than Stax-era MGs – as Booker plays a range of keyboards, not just organ – and the grooves have these great jazz funk touches at ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classic fusiony jazzy soulful vocals from Al, with the bright kind of LA groove that brought Al into millions of living rooms during the 70s. Tracks include "I'm Home", "Brite & Sunny Babe", "Fly", "I Do", "Thinkin' About It Too", and his ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a promo sticker.)
The big cuts here include Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five's full 12-inch version of "Beat Street Breakdown", Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force's "Frantic Situation", and Arthur Baker's "Breaker's Revenge". (Hip Hop) LP, Vinyl record album
A real classic by Cal – one of the trademark albums of his time at Verve, and a unique blend of jazz, Latin, and other groovy influences! The tunes have that lightly jazzy approach that made Cal a hit with the radio and jukebox crowds at the time – a bossa-influenced mix of vibes, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some wear with a name in marker on both sides.)
(White label promo. Cover has light wear, a promo stamp, tracklist sticker, and a bit of pen on back.)
Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours —
On Tour ... LP Decca, Early 60s. Very Good- ...
$5.99
Ernest Tubb & The Troubadours at the height of their powers – playing live in Tulsa, on tracks that include "Old Love New Tears", "Steel Guitar Rag", "Drivin Nails In My Coffin", "Redskin Rag", "Women Make A Fool Out Of Me", and "Watch ... (Folk/Country) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nicer work than usual for Elmer – at least for this period – a sweet 70s score that mixes some groovy vocal numbers, upbeat action themes, and more standard orchestral tunes. There's a sense of space to the work that's quite nice – almost as if Bernstein had been taking tips from ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great mix of funk, Latin, jazz, and abstract dancefloor grooves – all pulled from the ever-growing catalog of the Ubiquity/Cubop/Luv N Haight labels! The set features a number of tracks that are now out of print or hard to find – and titles include "Citizens" by Dark Leaf, ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of Ubiquity's brightest new acts serves up a hip batch of remix tracks – featuring work by Kirk Degiorgio, Ashley Beedle, Nubian Mindz, I:Cube, and Opaque. The vibe is jazzy electronica – in the spirit of the Compressed Light LP – the difference being the participation of so ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A nice 2LP 70s reissue, pulling together the tracks from 2 sessions in 1957, but issued on 3 separate albums for Savoy. Jazz Mood, Jazz For Thinkers and Dreamer feature the great multi-reed player amidst a tight group of Detroit players Curtis Fuller, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow, Louis Hayes and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The first album ever by Steve Marcus – a key player trying to mix rock and jazz at the end of the 60s! Marcus plays some really wild sax on the set – a bit of soprano and tenor, mixed with guitar and electric keys in a wonderfully fuzzy sound! The approach has lots of funk in the mix ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Metronome All Stars/International Jazzmen/Just Jaz —
All Star Sessions ... LP Capitol, Late 40s/Early 50s. Very Good+ ...
$2.99
Features material from sessions recorded in 1945, 1947, 1951, and 1951. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Norma was plenty popular in her day, the peak years of the Nashville Sound era – but, she was often presented inappropriately, and she's largely forgotten by the mainstream all these years later. She's best known for her years with Porter Wagoner (pre-Dolly) – and she was sold to the ... (Folk/Country) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing.)
Diana Ross —
Boss ... LP Motown, 1979. Very Good+ ...
$3.99
Diana Ross gets some great assistance on this set – the club classic team of Ashford & Simpson, who help give Diana a groove that's very much like their own great work of the time! Tunes are long and clubby, but never throwaway pop disco – and with Ashford & Simpson at the helm ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Our favorite album ever from Johnnie Taylor – an incredible set from the late 70s that really has Taylor reinventing his sound – and coming across as a great talent for a mellow groove! The album has a wonderful smooth soul vibe all the way through – and starts with the classic ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A legendary album from the great Eddie Kendricks – a set that not only has the singer soaring on the kind of sublime old school vocal numbers he always did so well – but one that also has Eddie stepping out into some great dancefloor modes that would have a huge impact for years to come! ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A near-lost genre – the JFK comedy album – which was quickly suppressed in favor of the many "tribute" records after his early death! Music by Manny Albam, too! (Comedy/Spoken) LP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed, and supposedly includes a song sheet – but we can't tell for sure.)
A classic from Johnny Mathis' second run at Columbia! Up Up & Away is Mathis' first set back at the label after a brief hiatus – a record that shows a newly mature style that's wonderfully suited for Johnny's amazing voice! Mathis tones are every bit as perfect as before – but he's ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Columbia Limited Edition reissue pressing. Shrinkwrap has a hole in front.)
Various —
Winners – Produced By Frankie Crocker ... LP 
