Soul CDs – Rhythm & Blues Records

SOUL FROM NEW YORK Vol. 3 1966 (no jewel case)
£6.00
The Big Apple had long been an important centre of Afro-American music, following on from its Tin Pan Alley status, and this trend continued after World War Two. Together with large independent labels like Atlantic and Jubilee, smaller labels jostled for sales in a crowded marketplace, recording almost all the black music styles: country blues, city R&B, gospel, doo wop – and everything in between.
By 1966, soul was the dominant musical genre throughout the US, and New York was THE recording centre, producing more records than anywhere else. This CD avoids the better-known hits, and you may not have heard of a lot of the singers, but these tracks, often from tiny labels, represent the sound of the city rather better than many big label productions. This is the sound from the streets and clubs - music that got heard and appreciated way below the radar.
We’ve brought together all the branches of the soul tree from funky R&B to sweet group soul, from pounding uptempo dancers to big city cry ballads. There’s something in these grooves for the feet and for the heart – what more could anyone want?
SOUL030 Includes original 28 page booklet by John Ridley and CD inlay. Produced as CD-R (recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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INSTRUMENTALS SOUL-STYLE VOL. 2 2CD-R
£6.00
Instrumentals Soul-Style
Club Sounds, a bit of funk, a Latin groove, a slow jazz walk, uptown dancers, late night smoochers. Plenty of organ. Plenty of soul. No twangy guitar. No swing jazz. No frantic honkin' and screamin'. Just Instrumentals Soul-Style.
20 page booklet SOUL028
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Soul Music: The History 1927 to 1963 3CD (Disc 3)
£4.00
Disc Three
Soothe Me The Sims Twins
Don't Cry Baby Etta James
Someday We'll Be Together Johnny & Jackey
Waiting At The Station Ernie K-Doe
Gin House Blues Nina Simone
Sweet Lovin' Mama Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
I Got To Get Away From It All Mitty Collier
She Put The Hurt On Me Prince La La
A Losing Battle Johnny Adams
Trick Bag Earl King
Every Little Bit Hurts Brenda Holloway
Land Of 1,000 Dances Chris Kenner
Make It Easy On Yourself Jerry Butler
Ninety Nine & A Half Won't Do Della Reese
She Put Me Down Paul Walters
No Headstone On My Grave Esther Phillips
Seat In The Kingdom Hightower Brothers
It Must Be Love The Contours
I'll Go Crazy James Brown
Sooner Or Later The Four Rivers
I'm The One Who Loves You The Impressions
Losing Hand Little Milton
I Found A Love The Falcons
Stubborn Kind Of Fellow Marvin Gaye
Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke
You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me The Miracles
If You Need Me Solomon Burke
Mojo Hanna Tami Lynn
29. It's Too Late Darling Bobby Parker
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Soul Music: The History 1927 to 1963 3CD (Discs 1 & 2)

£4.00

Disc One 1. Judgement Sister Mary Nelson 2. Lord I Just Can't Keep From Cryin' Blind Willie Johnson 3. Moan, You Moaners Bessie Smith 4. Oh, My Lord Mahalia Jackson 5. This Heart Of Mine Rev R V Gates 6. Gospel Train The Wright Brothers 7. If I Could Just Make It In Ernestine B Washington 8. I’m Waiting For Jesus Georgia Peach 9. Beams Of Heaven Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight 10. How Sweet It Is Professor J Earle Hines 11. Stand By Me Sister Mathews 12. There's A Place Cora Martin 13. Heaven Bound Train Jackson Gospel Singers 14. Do Something For Me The Dominoes 15. Please Send Me Someone To Love Percy Mayfield 16. I'm Sealed Dorothy Love Coates 17. Too Late Baby The Five Keys 18. I'll Be There Little Esther 19. Try A Little Tenderness Little Miss Cornshucks 20. Misery In My Heart Ray Charles 21. When He Spoke Ruth Davis 22. Crying All Night Long Bobby Bland 23. I'm Tired The Davis Sisters 24. Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lloyd Price 25. Just Another Day The Soul Stirrers 26. Baby Don't Do It The "5" Royales 27. Too Close To Heaven Alex Bradford 28. I'm Going To Move To The Outskirts The Dominoes 29. I've Got A New Home The Pilgrim Travelers

Disc Two 1. I've Got A Woman Ray Charles 2. The Angels Keep Watching The Caravans 3. Help Me The Aladdins 4. Jesus Brought Me/The Swan Silvertones 5. Directly From My Heart Little Richard 6. Ten Long Years B.B. King 7. The Way You Dog Me Around The Diablos 8. I Can't Linda Hopkins 9. Farther Up The Road Bobby 'Blue' Bland 10. Don't You Know The Ramblers 11. Be With Me Jesus The Soul Stirrers 12. Let's Call It A Day Billy Gayles 13. Fever Little Willie John 14. Uncloudy Day The Staple Singers 15. Hold My Baby's Hand James Brown 16. That's Enough Judy Clay/Drinkard Singers 17. Tell The Truth The "5" Royales 18. Something's Got A Hold Of Me The Soul Seekers 19. What'd I Say Ray Charles 20. I'll Weep No More Betty Everett 21. Working On The Building The Highway QC's 22. Going Back Where I Belong Sugar Pie De Santo 23. Money Barrett Strong 24. My Soul Looks Back The Meditation Singers 25. I Idolize You Ike & Tina Turner 26. Doggin' Around Jackie Wilson 27. Baby, One More Time The Drapers 28. Who Wouldn't Love A Man Like That Mable John 29. Cigarettes And Coffee Al 'TNT' Braggs

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Where Southern Soul Began Vol. 3 2CD (no jewel case)
£6.00
1957-1963
As Southern Soul reached its Golden Age around 1965-65, it was mining a rich seam of music that went back to blues gospel and country. In our third look at the music that went into Southern Soul, we have unearthed a shining array of rare gems from both male and female singers, who scream, cry and shout out their emotions. This elemental feel to the collection goes hand in hand with stunning arrangements and musicianship that will bring joy to anyone’s heart.
Soul 002 & 017 Where Southern Soul Began 1 & 2 'These two 2-cd volumes are a fine way to trace the roots of what we now call 'southern soul', beginning back in 1954 through to 1962,.I immediately want to deliver a 'star pick' rating to the first volume., ultimately, its clear that the two sets are highly complimentary, excellently presented and really should be sitting together on the record shelves.' STAR PICK***** x2. Bob Cole Basement Group Review
'Listening to the impressive tracks on these 2 CDs, and reading through the full colour 28 page booklet that accompanies it, these influences are mostly easy to identify and associate with. The overall standard of these 54 tracks is amazingly high and there are hours of fun to be had here, in the unlikely event that you ever tire of this collection, there is always the rest of the series to catch up with!' Red Lick Records
Designed by connoisseurs for connoisseurs, these amazing collections of rare sides have notes written by John Ridley, that great treasure hunter of soul music. Once you’re on the train it moves at breakneck speed. Houston, Nashville, New Orleans, Memphis, Chicago, the stations parade by, never stopping more than three minutes on the same artist, the time it takes to listen to one side of a 45. Some well-known faces sit alongside a genuine crowd of forgotten heroes of soul and rhythm and blues. Perfectly delightful and surprisingly varied. Julien Cure – Soul Bag (France) SOUL022 Includes original CD tray insert and 20 page booklet by John Ridley Produced as CD-R (professionally manufactured recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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SOUL CHRONOLOGY LIVE! – The Sixties 4CD DVD case (Discs 3 & 4)
£5.00
This box set is a companion piece to the 8CD set From Sacred To Secular: A Soul Awakening, which traced the history of soul music from its earliest antecedents in 1927 right up to the first true soul records released in 1962. Here we continue the story from 1962 up to the end of the decade, covering a large portion of soul music’s Golden Age with 100 tracks by soul’s greatest 60s superstars (from Aretha Franklin to Stevie Wonder) and a whole host of “lesser” names whose contribution to the musical genre shouldn’t be overlooked. The CDs cover all of soul’s many styles from early doo-wop and R&B influenced music to the funk grooves which were to prove so popular in the 70s. Other harbingers of the coming decade can be found here in the first sweet-soul Philly sounds from the Delfonics and Intruders, early funk rock (Sly & The Family Stone) and Chicago’s renaissance via Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. But this Soul Chronology differs from almost every other soul selection in that all the tracks on it are taken from live performances rather than vinyl sources. These sounds are both more immediate and more personal than the records that may well be more familiar to listeners. The production values may be lower than original recordings due to the technological limitations of the period but in their place come the vibrancy of a live act, its intimacy and its raw impact, factors that don’t usually come through via vinyl or CD. And there is no place to hide in a live environment - the musicians and singers are able to show just how talented they were without any added tricks or enhancements that studio producers could offer. So if you want to know just how good the soul musicians and singers in the 60s really were, just check out these CDs. You may be amazed but you certainly won’t be disappointed! These compilation CDs are a true 'must have'…this indispensable music history document…belongs in the record collection of everyone who is fond of music. Rootstime This 4 CD set has been really good to hear. We are treated to the original artists at the top of their game…What better way to spend nearly six hours…A fine release. Keith Scoffham Blues & Rhythm
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Chicago Soul Vol. 1 2CD (CD-R no jewel case)
£6.00
Part of the 'History of Soul' series but a pleasure in its own right, this CD bears witness to the creation of a distinctive, smooth soul sound made in Chicago in the early 1960s that we associate with such legendary figures as Curtis Mayfield, Betty Everett and McKinley Mitchell. Black music was transitioning between R&B and soul at this time, and vocal groups were introducing a new gospel sensibility into their songs.
The accompanying booklet is written by Robert Pruter, author of the acclaimed 'Chicago Soul'.
'Contains some absolutely stunning tracks and I applaud the compilers for their selection. To add icing on the cake, the booklet is in the Ace/Kent league when it comes to sheer size and quality written by no other than Robert Pruter.' Keith Rylatt – Manifesto Soul Magazine
This fine collection brings together the cream of Windy City soul from the years 1950 to 1962. As is often the case with these types of compilations, it's the obscure cuts that make them worthwhile and this one is no exception. Roots & Rhythm
SOUL001 Includes original 28 page booklet by Robert Pruter and CD inlay. Produced as CD-R (recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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FROM SACRED TO SECULAR – SOUL AWAKENING CD Promo
£4.00
Promo CD for the 8CD box set
In a comprehensive overview from 1927 to 1963, History of Soul Records’ 8CD anthology covers the genesis of soul music, tracing connections between R&B, jazz and blues, and gospel, the secular and the sacred. As popular black musical genres were adopted by white teenage audiences in the 1950s, black music reverted to more authentic, basic styles. By 1960, the sound of black popular music had turned away from a driving, largely uptempo rhythm and blues towards a more emotionally poignant style. The term ‘soul’ popped up here and there, but only became common parlance after the release of Ray Charles’s I Believe To My Soul at the end of 1959.
The growing Civil Rights movement, the rise of the 45rpm record and the introduction of the electric guitar all played their part in the creation of a new sound. Detroit had Berry Gordy’s Motown, Chicago had Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions and New York had Atlantic Records along with white songwriters Burt Bacharach and Jerry Ragavoy producing their uptown soul. Down south, Stax was setting Memphis alight, Fame were starting up in Muscle Shoals, and New Orleans was putting funk into the mix. By 1963, soul had gone mainstream. There were more soulful records in the charts in 1962 alone than there had been in the whole of the 1950s.
This collection of breathtaking blues and spiritual music brings you some of the most impassioned, compelling vocal performances ever to be recorded. The accompanying illustrated 36-page book sets out the historical background and explains some of the technical features that make these beautiful songs the precursors of soul music.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
This one is a corker...every bit as epic as it sounds... It’s hard to know where to begin with such a monumental and thorough anthology – especially one as full of highlights as this
Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music
Mammoth and magnificent anthology...While there can be no package large enough to represent all the players, Sacred To Secular has a worthy stab at it, excavating as close as possible to the core and acting both as a cultural document and an excellent crash course in one of music’s most epochal periods. Fiona Sturges Uncut
Embrace this journey through a lost era...the real thrill lies in discovering lesser names especially from the fringes of gospel, whose work is every bit as stirring Clive Davies Sunday Times
It’s common knowledge that soul developed largely from gospel; but that journey has never been as extensively mapped as on this eight-CD compilation 5 star review in The Independent
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MOTORCITY SCRAPBOOK – DETROIT SOUL Vol. 2 1960-63 2CD (CD-R no jewel case)
£6.00
The black music scene in post war America was dominated by the emerging urban, electrified R&B scene in Chicago. Nearby Detroit was musically dwarfed, with much of its talent being drawn to the Windy City, but as the 50s drew to a close, things began to change. Detroit’s population bulge coincided with the consumer boom, making its age profile younger than its neighbour’s. Thousands of southern black migrants were joined by many immigrants from Europe come to work in the automobile industry. Henry Ford’s pay was good, and with plenty of disposable income available for its inhabitants, Detroit became the goodtime capital of the USA.
Hundreds of bars, clubs and backroom record labels emerged, hosting a tidal wave of new talent. By 1960, although it was still too early for any definitive Detroit sound to be identifiable, the city was developing a lighter, more popular style than neighbouring Chicago. It was spearheaded by a young man from Gladstone Street, whose distinctive Motown sound went on to dominate the 60s pop charts.
The tracks on these CDs represent the cream of this transitional pre-Motown era, when various labels, artists and producers were putting out popular music that they hoped might get noticed and sell enough to make them rich and famous. In 1963, Detroit had by far the fastest growing black music industry in the USA, not just recorded music but a live gig scene just as prolific. Back then no one knew that Berry Gordy Jr would emerge victorious and define the Detroit sound for the decade that followed.
Sit back and enjoy another batch of Detroit gems.
In the 32 page booklet, each track is given a quarter-page with details of the release plus label shots, period photographs and interesting notes from Keith Rylatt...Overall this is terrific music with great presentation and is a real source for discovery...This compilation should appeal to all readers who have soul in their system... An excellent release and worth investigating. Blues & Rhythm Keith Scoffham
As with previous History Of Soul product reviewed on this site, the selection has been well thought-out and the presentation is top-notch, appeal here going well beyond the core niche of Detroit devotees.' Basement Group David Cole. STAR PICK*****
SOUL023 Includes original 28 page booklet by Keith Rylatt and CD inlay. Produced as CD-R (recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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SOUL TRANSFUSION – LET’S SOUL DANCE VOL. 2 2CD (no jewel case)
£6.00
Dance crazes have come and gone in America ever since the roaring twenties, but nothing quite compares to the epidemic of dance fever that hit the USA in the early 60s brought on by the twist and the rise and rise of soul music. The country was infected by wave after wave of catchy dance rhythms, each necessitating new moves on the dance floor. Everybody was getting a bit of that new soul bug! This collection brings you only a small proportion of the 100s and 100s of dance records produced between 1960 and 1965, before the soul industry got away from the promotion of dance records. There may have been dance rages in the next several decades, but nothing else comes even close to the 1960s for its sheer energy and diversity.
SOUL031 Includes original 28 page booklet by Robert Pruter and CD inlay. Produced as CD-R (recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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Chicago Soul Vol. 2 1962-65 2CD (no jewel case)
£6.00
Volume Two 1962-1965 African American popular music was mostly known as Rhythm and Blues in 1962, the beginning of the era covered in this collection. But by the end of the period, 1965, the music was universally called Soul. The Chicago music industry exploded with the growth of soul music in this period, producing thousands of records and dozens and dozens of new labels. The two biggest black music labels Vee-Jay and Chess led in the creation of the Chicago soul brand with names familiar and not so familiar: the former with Etta James and Tony Adams and the latter with Gene Chandler and Moss Tolbert. And yet it's the smaller labels that make up the bulk of the Chicago story: Conlo with Jamo Thomas, Blue Rock with Otis Leaville, Ja-Wes with Sandra Stephens and it's here that we explore some of the finest sounds of the era in this collection.
SOUL032 Includes original 28 page booklet by Robert Pruter and CD inlay. Produced as CD-R (recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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THE DEFINITIVE “5” ROYALES – HOME OF THE BLUES & BEYOND 2CD (CD-R no jewel case)
£5.00
The “5” Royales were one of the greatest of all the R & B groups. Their ground breaking sides for Apollo from 1951 – 55 are rightly highly regarded for being amongst the very first to marry the rhythms and instrumental stylings of the blues with the vocal fire of gospel music. This innovation was not just daring and controversial but also highly successful – the Royales had five top ten hits including two number ones in a very short space of time. SOUL014 CD-R including original 20 page booklet
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Soul Music: The History 1927 to 1963 3CD

£12.00

Disc Three 1. Soothe Me The Sims Twins 2. Don't Cry Baby Etta James 3. Someday We'll Be Together Johnny & Jackey 4. Waiting At The Station Ernie K-Doe 5. Gin House Blues Nina Simone 6. Sweet Lovin' Mama Johnny 'Guitar' Watson 7. I Got To Get Away From It All Mitty Collier 8. She Put The Hurt On Me Prince La La 9. A Losing Battle Johnny Adams 10. Trick Bag Earl King 11. Every Little Bit Hurts Brenda Holloway 12. Land Of 1,000 Dances Chris Kenner 13. Make It Easy On Yourself Jerry Butler 14. Ninety Nine & A Half Won't Do Della Reese 15. She Put Me Down Paul Walters 16. No Headstone On My Grave Esther Phillips 17. Seat In The Kingdom Hightower Brothers 18. It Must Be Love The Contours 19. I'll Go Crazy James Brown 20. Sooner Or Later The Four Rivers 21. I'm The One Who Loves You The Impressions 22. Losing Hand Little Milton 23. I Found A Love The Falcons 24. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow Marvin Gaye 25. Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke 26. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me The Miracles 27. If You Need Me Solomon Burke 28. Mojo Hanna Tami Lynn 29. It's Too Late Darling Bobby Parker

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Aretha Franklin Live in Cologne May ‘68 CD
£4.00
Play In
You Are My Sunshine
Satisfaction
Night Life
A Natural Woman
Baby I Love You
Feelgood
Since You've Been Gone
Good To Me As I Am To You
I Never Loved A Man
Chain Of Fools
Soul Serenade
Respect
Play Out
Interview
May 17, 1968, Swing In, WDR Studio Cologne Aretha Franklin, piano, vocal; Backing Vocals: Carolyn Franklin, Wyline Ivy, Charnessa Jones Baritone Saxophone: David Squire Trumpet: Donald Townes (conductor), Russell Conway, Ron Jackson, Little John Wilson Trombone: Rene Pitts Tenor Saxophone: Donald Waldon, Miller Brisker Piano: Gary Illingworth Guitar: Jerry Weaver Bass Guitar: Rodderick Hicks, Drums: George Davidson
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Instrumentals Soul-Style Vol. 3 – 1965-1966 2CD-R (no jewel case)

£5.00

Disc 1		Disc 2
Joe S. Maxey	Right On!	Monk Higgins	Ain't That Hateful
Clarence Gatemouth Brown	Summertime	The Soul Runners	Grits 'n' Corn Bread
Beverly Pitts	Just Some Soul	Righteous Brothers Band	Green Onions
Perry & The Harmonics	James Goes To Soulville	Kase Trio	Shug
Hank Marr	Marr's Groove	Mark III Trio	‎Blues For Elmer
Lorenzo Holden	The Wig	The Pop-Ups	Lurking
The Limas	Big Limas	World Famous Upsetters	Cabbage Greens
Oliver Sain	Jerk Loose	Little Sonny	The Mix Up
Johnny Hammond Smith	The Golden Thrush	Watts 103rd Street	Charley
Junior Parker	These Kind Of Blues (Pt. 2)	Hank Marr	White House Party
Boss Sounds	In The Midnight Hour	The Triumphs	Turn Out The Light
Mark III Trio	Good Grease	Jamo Thomas	Jamo's Soul
Dino & The Dell-Tones	Slapstick	James Rivers	Tighten Up
Bash Brannigan	Hunky Funky	Four Gents	Soul Sister
The Blendells	Get Your Baby	The Premiers	Get Your Baby
The Corky Wilkie Band	Something Swinging	The Registers	No Deposit No Return
Leon & The Burners	Whiplash	Tom Douglas	Haulin'
Chuck Rowan	Jerk Walk	Merle Saunders	Soul Roach
Booker T & The MG's	Bootleg/Green Onions Medley	The Buena Vistas	Hot Shot
Merle Saunders	How's That	Rudy Robinson	The Mustang
The Nu-Trons	Beat	George Semper	‎Collard Greens
The Dukeys	Sho-Nuf M.F.	The Four Steps	Same Old Beat
Gaynel Hodge	Follow the Fox	Ramsey Lewis Trio	Hang On, Sloopy
E Rodney Jones	R&B Time (Pt. 2)	John Adams	I Will Love You
Johnny Talbot	Never Make Your Baby Cry	Ric-Tic House Band	Agent Double-O-Soul
Dave Bartholomew	Wishbone	Charlie Earland	Yes-Suh!
Leon & The Burners	Crack Up	Leon Haywood	Soul On
The Wild Child	Down In The Chile	World Famous Upsetters	KP
Sammie John	Boss Bag	Gentleman June Gardner	Last Night
Harold Battiste Jr	How We Do It In New Orleans	Eddie Bishop	Call Me

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THE BIRTH OF FUNK – Low Down And Dirty 2CD (no jewel case)
£5.00
DISC ONE
Edgar Hayes Fat Meat 'n' Greens
Professor Longhair Tipitina
Chris Powell Mambo Gunch
Mose Allison The Seventh Son
Ahmad Jamal Trio Poinciana
Bill Doggett Hold It
Ernie Freeman Live It Up
Earl King Come On (Pts 1 & 2)
Drits & Dravy Talk That Talk (Pt. 1)
Ike & Tina Turner I Idolize You
Jack McDuff Brother Jack
James Brown And I Do Just What I Want
Roy Montrell Mudd
Sugar Pie DeSanto Can't Let You Go
Al Robinson I'm Leaving You Today
Earl King Trick Bag
Eddie Bo Check Mr. Popeye
The Isley Brothers Teach Me How To Shimmy
Gino Parks Fire
Joe 'Guitar' Morris The Git Back (Pt. 1)
Prince La La She Put The Hurt On Me
Stanley Turrentine Baia
Fabulous Playboys Honkey Tonk Woman
Vernon Harrel Slick Chick
DISC TWO
James Brown Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
Billy Stewart Fat Boy
Jimmy Pace Stop My Heart From Crying
Lee Dorsey People Gonna Talk
Ernie K-Doe I Got To Find Somebody
Marvin Gaye Hitch Hike
Pistol Keep On Lovin' You
Porgy & The Polka Dots Say Yeah
Ray Johnson Soul City
Shirley Raymond What a Wedding Day
Fred Lowery Goodbye
Spider Johnson Doin' The Popeye
Huey 'Piano' Smith Talk To Me Baby
Dolores Johnson What Kind Of Man Are You
Turquinettes Tell Me The Truth
Bob Bateman R B Special
James Booker Big Nick
Wallace Johnson Clap Your Hands
Roosevelt Fountain Red Pepper (Pts 1 & 2)
C. Davis Coolin' Out
David Rockingham Trio Joy De Vie
Bobby Mitchell You Got The Nerve
James Brown I've Got Money
Includes rear inlay and original printed booklet. Produced as CD-R (professionally manufactured recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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FROM SACRED TO SECULAR – SOUL AWAKENING 8CD Soul Chronology
£50.00
In a comprehensive overview from 1927 to 1963, History of Soul Records’ 8CD anthology covers the genesis of soul music, tracing connections between R&B, jazz and blues, and gospel, the secular and the sacred. As popular black musical genres were adopted by white teenage audiences in the 1950s, black music reverted to more authentic, basic styles. By 1960, the sound of black popular music had turned away from a driving, largely uptempo rhythm and blues towards a more emotionally poignant style. The term ‘soul’ popped up here and there, but only became common parlance after the release of Ray Charles’s I Believe To My Soul at the end of 1959.
The growing Civil Rights movement, the rise of the 45rpm record and the introduction of the electric guitar all played their part in the creation of a new sound. Detroit had Berry Gordy’s Motown, Chicago had Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions and New York had Atlantic Records along with white songwriters Burt Bacharach and Jerry Ragavoy producing their uptown soul. Down south, Stax was setting Memphis alight, Fame were starting up in Muscle Shoals, and New Orleans was putting funk into the mix. By 1963, soul had gone mainstream. There were more soulful records in the charts in 1962 alone than there had been in the whole of the 1950s.
This collection of breathtaking blues and spiritual music brings you some of the most impassioned, compelling vocal performances ever to be recorded. The accompanying illustrated 36-page book sets out the historical background and explains some of the technical features that make these beautiful songs the precursors of soul music.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
This one is a corker...every bit as epic as it sounds... It’s hard to know where to begin with such a monumental and thorough anthology – especially one as full of highlights as this
Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music
Mammoth and magnificent anthology...While there can be no package large enough to represent all the players, Sacred To Secular has a worthy stab at it, excavating as close as possible to the core and acting both as a cultural document and an excellent crash course in one of music’s most epochal periods. Fiona Sturges Uncut
Embrace this journey through a lost era...the real thrill lies in discovering lesser names especially from the fringes of gospel, whose work is every bit as stirring Clive Davies Sunday Times
It’s common knowledge that soul developed largely from gospel; but that journey has never been as extensively mapped as on this eight-CD compilation 5 star review in The Independent
SOUL021
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Instrumentals Soul-Style Vol. 3 – 1965-1966 2CD

£10.00

Disc 1		Disc 2
Joe S. Maxey	Right On!	Monk Higgins	Ain't That Hateful
Clarence Gatemouth Brown	Summertime	The Soul Runners	Grits 'n' Corn Bread
Beverly Pitts	Just Some Soul	Righteous Brothers Band	Green Onions
Perry & The Harmonics	James Goes To Soulville	Kase Trio	Shug
Hank Marr	Marr's Groove	Mark III Trio	‎Blues For Elmer
Lorenzo Holden	The Wig	The Pop-Ups	Lurking
The Limas	Big Limas	World Famous Upsetters	Cabbage Greens
Oliver Sain	Jerk Loose	Little Sonny	The Mix Up
Johnny Hammond Smith	The Golden Thrush	Watts 103rd Street	Charley
Junior Parker	These Kind Of Blues (Pt. 2)	Hank Marr	White House Party
Boss Sounds	In The Midnight Hour	The Triumphs	Turn Out The Light
Mark III Trio	Good Grease	Jamo Thomas	Jamo's Soul
Dino & The Dell-Tones	Slapstick	James Rivers	Tighten Up
Bash Brannigan	Hunky Funky	Four Gents	Soul Sister
The Blendells	Get Your Baby	The Premiers	Get Your Baby
The Corky Wilkie Band	Something Swinging	The Registers	No Deposit No Return
Leon & The Burners	Whiplash	Tom Douglas	Haulin'
Chuck Rowan	Jerk Walk	Merle Saunders	Soul Roach
Booker T & The MG's	Bootleg/Green Onions Medley	The Buena Vistas	Hot Shot
Merle Saunders	How's That	Rudy Robinson	The Mustang
The Nu-Trons	Beat	George Semper	‎Collard Greens
The Dukeys	Sho-Nuf M.F.	The Four Steps	Same Old Beat
Gaynel Hodge	Follow the Fox	Ramsey Lewis Trio	Hang On, Sloopy
E Rodney Jones	R&B Time (Pt. 2)	John Adams	I Will Love You
Johnny Talbot	Never Make Your Baby Cry	Ric-Tic House Band	Agent Double-O-Soul
Dave Bartholomew	Wishbone	Charlie Earland	Yes-Suh!
Leon & The Burners	Crack Up	Leon Haywood	Soul On
The Wild Child	Down In The Chile	World Famous Upsetters	KP
Sammie John	Boss Bag	Gentleman June Gardner	Last Night
Harold Battiste Jr	How We Do It In New Orleans	Eddie Bishop	Call Me

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THE DEFINITIVE “5” ROYALES – 6CD BOX SET (lower postage without jewel case)
£30.00
(shipped with booklets, slipcase and CD inlays but without jewel case for cheaper airmail and less problems with EU customs) Included on Disc One are four songs from a previously unreleased Home Of The Blues test tape from May 1961 – a real bonus to hear – all imbued with gospel fervour, the vital ingredient of solid soul. There are 20 additional previously unissued tracks & 17 related recordings by artists linked with the 5 Royales. These History of Soul releases are not your quickie PD issues as they have extensive notes by soul expert John Ridley, detailed discographies and loads of label shots and great photos. If you have the slightest interest in R&B, soul and the transition between the two, then you need some 5 Royales in your life. There are thirty-seven tracks on these three History of Soul ‘ Definitive 5 Royales’ 2CD sets that are not on the Rock Beat box set. Fred Rothwell Blues & Rhythm Although I own all their LP's I hadn't listened to the 5 Royales for quite some time. When I got your set I immediately put them on my CD player( the King sides first). I must confess you did an excellent job. The set is fantastic. The sound comes over clearly and the bass has profound depth almost more than on the original KING LP's. I never listened to them with more pleasure ever. Really fantastic. Atilla Oess SOUL025
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INSTRUMENTALS SOUL-STYLE Vol. 1 2CD (2nd edition) Just booklet & discs no jewel case
Original price was: £12.00.Current price is: £6.00.
Instrumentals Soul-Style? What do you mean Soul Instrumentals? How can an instrumental be soul? Hold on a minute - what's the line-up? James Brown, Ray Charles, Allen Toussaint, Junior Walker, Booker T & the MGs, King Curtis, Ike & Tina Turner. What have we got here? Club Sounds. A bit of funk, a Latin groove, a slow jazz walk, uptown dancers, late night smoochers. Instrumentals Soul-Style. Got it?
Now here’s a crackerjack of a compilation with a lot of relatively rare instrumentals of a soul bias alongside many genre classics. It’s February as I write these notes but already this must be a contender for best compilation of the year. Davy Peckett New Gandy Dancer
This is a wisely selected, carefully sequenced and beautifully presented collection of late 50s/early 60s instrumentals with a soulful feel and fronts an informative and attractive 28-page booklet. You’re really going to enjoy this. And the great thing is that apart from making several wonderful new finds, this is such a superb album for listening right through. Anyone who has any of the History of R&B or History of Soul label releases will be well aware of their quality and the care that goes into them and Instrumentals Soul-Style is a real gem for instrumental hounds – I love it! Alan Taylor Pipeline
SOUL012 Produced as CD-R (professionally manufactured recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered.
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THE BIRTH OF FUNK – Low Down And Dirty 2CD
£8.00
DISC ONE
Edgar Hayes Fat Meat 'n' Greens
Professor Longhair Tipitina
Chris Powell Mambo Gunch
Mose Allison The Seventh Son
Ahmad Jamal Trio Poinciana
Bill Doggett Hold It
Ernie Freeman Live It Up
Earl King Come On (Pts 1 & 2)
Drits & Dravy Talk That Talk (Pt. 1)
Ike & Tina Turner I Idolize You
Jack McDuff Brother Jack
James Brown And I Do Just What I Want
Roy Montrell Mudd
Sugar Pie DeSanto Can't Let You Go
Al Robinson I'm Leaving You Today
Earl King Trick Bag
Eddie Bo Check Mr. Popeye
The Isley Brothers Teach Me How To Shimmy
Gino Parks Fire
Joe 'Guitar' Morris The Git Back (Pt. 1)
Prince La La She Put The Hurt On Me
Stanley Turrentine Baia
Fabulous Playboys Honkey Tonk Woman
Vernon Harrel Slick Chick
DISC TWO
James Brown Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
Billy Stewart Fat Boy
Jimmy Pace Stop My Heart From Crying
Lee Dorsey People Gonna Talk
Ernie K-Doe I Got To Find Somebody
Marvin Gaye Hitch Hike
Pistol Keep On Lovin' You
Porgy & The Polka Dots Say Yeah
Ray Johnson Soul City
Shirley Raymond What a Wedding Day
Fred Lowery Goodbye
Spider Johnson Doin' The Popeye
Huey 'Piano' Smith Talk To Me Baby
Dolores Johnson What Kind Of Man Are You
Turquinettes Tell Me The Truth
Bob Bateman R B Special
James Booker Big Nick
Wallace Johnson Clap Your Hands
Roosevelt Fountain Red Pepper (Pts 1 & 2)
C. Davis Coolin' Out
David Rockingham Trio Joy De Vie
Bobby Mitchell You Got The Nerve
James Brown I've Got Money
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SOUL CHRONOLOGY LIVE! – The Sixties 4CD DVD case (Discs 1 & 2)
£5.00
This 4 CD set has been really good to hear. We are treated to the original artists at the top of their game…What better way to spend nearly six hours…A fine release. Keith Scoffham Blues & Rhythm This box set is a companion piece to the 8CD set From Sacred To Secular: A Soul Awakening, which traced the history of soul music from its earliest antecedents in 1927 right up to the first true soul records released in 1962. Here we continue the story from 1962 up to the end of the decade, covering a large portion of soul music’s Golden Age with 100 tracks by soul’s greatest 60s superstars (from Aretha Franklin to Stevie Wonder) and a whole host of “lesser” names whose contribution to the musical genre shouldn’t be overlooked. The CDs cover all of soul’s many styles from early doo-wop and R&B influenced music to the funk grooves which were to prove so popular in the 70s. Other harbingers of the coming decade can be found here in the first sweet-soul Philly sounds from the Delfonics and Intruders, early funk rock (Sly & The Family Stone) and Chicago’s renaissance via Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. But this Soul Chronology differs from almost every other soul selection in that all the tracks on it are taken from live performances rather than vinyl sources. These sounds are both more immediate and more personal than the records that may well be more familiar to listeners. The production values may be lower than original recordings due to the technological limitations of the period but in their place come the vibrancy of a live act, its intimacy and its raw impact, factors that don’t usually come through via vinyl or CD. And there is no place to hide in a live environment - the musicians and singers are able to show just how talented they were without any added tricks or enhancements that studio producers could offer. So if you want to know just how good the soul musicians and singers in the 60s really were, just check out these CDs. You may be amazed but you certainly won’t be disappointed! These compilation CDs are a true 'must have'…this indispensable music history document…belongs in the record collection of everyone who is fond of music. Rootstime This 4 CD set has been really good to hear. We are treated to the original artists at the top of their game…What better way to spend nearly six hours…A fine release. Keith Scoffham Blues & Rhythm
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THE DEFINITIVE FALCONS COLLECTION 4CD Long Box Size
£20.00
24 page booklet by Keith Rylett including track by track annotation The sub-title of the set is the Definitive Falcons Collection – The Complete Recordings – and that’s just about right. This is the complete deal for Falcons fans! - Fred Rothwell Blues & Rhythm To this day, tracks come out on the Falcons that I had no idea existed. The last set I heard about managed to compile four CDs worth of various Falcons and Robert West recordings. We never see any money from these releases, but I figure there can’t be that many people looking to buy a four-CD box set on the Falcons, and putting together such a package can’t come cheap either. It’s good to know people still care. And I appreciate that Robert West has finally received some of the credit he deserves for all that he did for the Detroit music scene. - Eddie Floyd (from his biography My Life in Soul)
Goodies abound across all four cds, whether flat-out group recordings or by way of guest appearances and/or the many collaborations...'I Found A Love' appears in a number of guises and I particularly liked the distaff treatment by Maxine Davis and the truly fervent rendition by the wailing Joe Woods (so good that the less than pristine reproduction couldn't spoil the enjoyment) - but you really have to put this release high up on your shopping list and listen for yourselves. - David Cole In The Basement
Mid 50s Detroit was a hotbed of teen talent, all aspiring to sign a recording contract, get famous and buy a big car. Scores of young black vocal groups practiced their harmonies in stairwells or under street lamps, dreaming that one day their time would come. The Falcons were one of these but because of their gospel background and thanks to the guiding influence of manager and mentor, Robert West, they went on to become the first soul group. Who knows: if Eddie Floyd, Mack Rice, Wilson Pickett/Joe Stubbs, Willie Schofield and Lance Finnie had stuck together, they may well have rivalled other Detroit super groups such as the Temptations and Four Tops for success.
This 4CD set brings together all known recordings by the original Falcons, along with alternate takes, guest appearances, cover versions and songs musically supervised or written by members of the group. Solo recordings by group members are also included from 1956 to 1963, the time they were recording together.
The set is also, in a sense, a history of soul itself, showing how the genre develops from its early stirrings in doo-wop, taking in R&B and gospel along the way and culminating in two of the very first records that can definitively be described as soul: the Wilson Pickett-led tracks Take This Love I've Got and I Found A Love, the first two tracks on this compilation.
SOUL020 Produced as CD-R (professionally manufactured recordable CD printed for short run) as opposed to CD-P (professionally manufactured pressed CDs made in quantities of 500+). All CDs whether CD-R or CD-P are 100% guaranteed error free. Discs will always be replaced if any problems are encountered. INCLUDES 24-page original printed booklet
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SOUL CHRONOLOGY LIVE! – The Sixties 4CD jewel case
£10.00
This box set is a companion piece to the 8CD set From Sacred To Secular: A Soul Awakening, which traced the history of soul music from its earliest antecedents in 1927 right up to the first true soul records released in 1962. Here we continue the story from 1962 up to the end of the decade, covering a large portion of soul music’s Golden Age with 100 tracks by soul’s greatest 60s superstars (from Aretha Franklin to Stevie Wonder) and a whole host of “lesser” names whose contribution to the musical genre shouldn’t be overlooked. The CDs cover all of soul’s many styles from early doo-wop and R&B influenced music to the funk grooves which were to prove so popular in the 70s. Other harbingers of the coming decade can be found here in the first sweet-soul Philly sounds from the Delfonics and Intruders, early funk rock (Sly & The Family Stone) and Chicago’s renaissance via Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. But this Soul Chronology differs from almost every other soul selection in that all the tracks on it are taken from live performances rather than vinyl sources. These sounds are both more immediate and more personal than the records that may well be more familiar to listeners. The production values may be lower than original recordings due to the technological limitations of the period but in their place come the vibrancy of a live act, its intimacy and its raw impact, factors that don’t usually come through via vinyl or CD. And there is no place to hide in a live environment - the musicians and singers are able to show just how talented they were without any added tricks or enhancements that studio producers could offer. So if you want to know just how good the soul musicians and singers in the 60s really were, just check out these CDs. You may be amazed but you certainly won’t be disappointed! These compilation CDs are a true 'must have'…this indispensable music history document…belongs in the record collection of everyone who is fond of music. Rootstime This 4 CD set has been really good to hear. We are treated to the original artists at the top of their game…What better way to spend nearly six hours…A fine release. Keith Scoffham Blues & Rhythm
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