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Never mind crate digging, the new thing is archive digging, and soul is proving to be especially rewarding territory. These 1973 tracks, most previously unreleased, offer yet another sterling examp...read more
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If you're like me, then you took one look at this Canadian band's name a few years ago and dismissed them immediately as attention-hungry party-mooks. Well, as their third album, Latin, proves, the...read more
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Despite the fact that Not Music is purportedly the leftover stuff from their last album sessions, the baker's-dozen tracks here range from that classic 'Lab sound -- creamy, groovy stuff like "Lele...read more
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This live outing from Brown's seminal 1970 J.B.'s lineup features Bootsy Collins, Clyde Stubblefield, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, and many more. While it's a cut below Love Power Peace i...read more
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This is the Japanese Polydor CD replica of the original 1968 James Brown King album I Can't Stand Myself. Containing the album's 12-track original playing order and cover art including the Vox adve...read more
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After Isaac Hayes kicked his career into high gear with the popular and
influential score for Shaft, and Curtis Mayfield managed the same feat
with Superfly, seemingly every major soul star of ...read more
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James Brown recorded the pet project Gettin' Down to It
in Cincinnati, OH, at King Studios, between December 1968 and March
1969. Although you can't tell by the album's title, it reflects Soul ...read more
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James' third album (his first for King) features 1960-era James Brown,
moving from King's Federal subsidiary to the parent label with the hits
"Bewildered," "If You Want Me," "You've Got the Po...read more
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If "Cold Sweat" was a revolutionary single in 1967, clearly pointing the way to funk music, the Cold Sweat LP at least promised to be something new in James Brown's catalog as well. Where Brown's
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Although historical evaluations of James Brown's
work during the last half of the '60s tend to focus on the innovative
funk of his biggest hit singles, his repertoire -- both live and on
reco...read more
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Extended live "funkafizing" including a ten-minute version of the #1
R&B hit "Doing It to Death." Written, produced, and arranged by James Brown. - All Music Guide
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Bootsy Collins' debut solo album, Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band,
was an extremely tough act to follow, but thankfully, there are no
signs of a sophomore slump (either creatively or com...read more
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Original vinyl copies of Skull Snaps'
one and only LP continue to exchange hands on the rare groove market
for three figures. There are two reasons for this: one, it's rare, and
two, the drum br...read more
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A legendary set featuring a group of extremely controversial street poets. The Last Poets
used offensive language brilliantly, talked in graphic detail about
America's social and racial failure...read more
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Marvin Gaye turned to soundtracks in the early '70s, and came out with one that ranked right alongside the epic scores done by Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes. The film itself was a typical '70s "b...read more
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This unusual record from 1972 is Nina Simone's
statement on the Vietnam War. The cover is a collage of news clippings
from the conflict, and the song selection and arrangement, though
dealing...read more
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With music by Kool & the Gang, Rod recites a rhyming story of gamblers, pimps, and players. - All Music Guide
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In late 1964, Don Covay, then fronting Don Covay & the Goodtimers,
scored a Top 40 hit with "Mercy Mercy." He and the record label decided
to capitalize on the unexpected crossover success ...read more
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This sparkling debut, fueled by "Smiling Faces Sometimes," a number three pop hit, zoomed to #43 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart. Lead singer Joe Harris
had recorded as a teenager with Little...read more
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Don Covay
rides his most creative crest as a solo artist with this hearty
collection of songs. The settings are simplistic for Atlantic Records,
which recorded similar artists in lusher setti...read more
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Life must be good when you're Damon Albarn, once an angry young(er) man embroiled in a nonstop war of meaninglessness with the bushy eyebrows of Oasis about -- well, who really knows what, probably...read more
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