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RHYTHM & BLUES, SOUL & DOO-WOP
Various Artists Collections - Kent Label Soul & R&B - 1
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 239 | 6T's Rhythm & Soul Society - In The Beginning | ● CD $18.98 |
| The first in a series of CDs paying trubute to Britain's
longest running R&B club "6T's" founded in 1979 by Ady Croasdell and Randy
Cozens. This volume features some of the most popular tunes from the first
18 months of the club's existence selected by Croasdell and demonstrating
the wide range of material played.The booklet includes
extensive notes, memorabilia of the club and photos of many of the original
DJs. HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS: The Hoochi Coochi Coo/ BIG MAYBELLE: Oh Lord, What Are You Doing To Me/ BOBBY BLAND: Shoes/ GARY "US" BONDS: Workin' For My Baby/ MAXINE BROWN: Since I Found You/ JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES: Tell Me What You're Gonna Do/ JOHNNY COPELAND: It's Me/ CAROLYN CRAWFORD: Forget About Me/ LOWELL FULSON: My Aching Back/ TUTTI HILL: He's A Lover/ BRENDA HOLLOWAY: When I'm Gone/ CHUCK JACKSON: Two Stupid Feet/ ETTA JAMES & THE PEACHES: The Wallflower (roll With Me Henry)/ THE JEWELS: Opportunity/ BERT KEYES: Do-do Do Bah-ah/ THEOLA KILGORE: Chain Gang (the Sound Of My Man)/ LITTLE JOHNNY: Zig Zag Lightning/ JIMMY MCGRIFF: All About My Girl/ THE GOOGIE RENE COMBO: Chica Boo/ MONGO SANTAMARIA ORCH: Yeh, Yeh!/ HUEY “PIANO™ SMITH & THE CLOWNS: Don't You Just Know It/ THE TEMPTATIONS: Girl (why You Wanna Make Me Blue)/ IRMA THOMAS: What Are You Trying To Do/ JUNIOR WALKER: Tune Up/ DANNY WHITE: One Little Lie |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 226 | A Soldier's Sad Story | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks, highly recommended Powerful and moving collection of soul songs recorded between 1966 and 1973 showing the anticipation, action and aftermath of the years of the Vietnam war, as seen through the eyes of Black America. The mood ranges from resignation and patriotism in the earlier sides to anger and opposition as the war raged on and the casualties increased and the realizaton came upon many African-Americans that they were being asked to fight and die for country that had oppressed and abused them for hundreds of years. The recordings are arranged chronologically starting with The Monitors 1966 recording of Greeting (This Is Uncle Sam) and ending with Swamp Dogg's chilling 1973 rendition of John Prine's Sam Stone. Other artists featured include William Bell, Big Amos, Joe Tex, Jimmy Holiday, Zerben R. Hicks & The Dynamics, Tiny Watkins, Gloria Edwards, The O'Jays, Edwin Starr, Carla Whitney, Bill Withers (the powerful I Can't Write Left Handed), Curtis Mayfield and others. The 16 page booklet includes essays by Tony Rounce and James Maycock discussing the music and the situation of African-Americans in the conflict. (FS) RICHARD BARBARY: When Johnny Comes Marching Home/ WILLIAM BELL: Marching Off To War/ BIG AMOS: Going To Vietnam/ BRILLIANT CORNERS: Three Lonely Guys/ JAMES CARR: Let's Face Facts/ SWAMP DOGG: Sam Stone/ GLORIA EDWARDS: Something You Couldn't Write About/ EDDY G. GILES: While I'm Away (Baby Keep The Faith)/ ZERBEN R. HICKS AND THE DYNAMICS: Lights Out/ JIMMY HOLIDAY: I'm Gonna Help Hurry My Brothers Home/ JOHNNY AND JON: Christmas In Vietnam/ EMANUEL LASKY: A Letter From Vietnam/ CURTIS MAYFIELD: Back To The World/ MEL AND TIM: Mail Call Time/ THE MONITORS: Greetings This Is Uncle Sam/ THE O'JAYS: There's Someone (Waiting Back Home)/ FREDA PAYNE: Bring The Boys Home/ THE PLAYERS: He'll Be Back/ EDWIN STARR: Stop The War Now/ JOE TEX: I Believe I'm Gonna Make It/ TINY WATKINS: A Soldier's Sad Story/ THE WHISPERS: P.O.W-M.I.A/ MIKE WILLIAMS: Lonely Soldier/ BILL WITHERS: I Can't Write Left Handed |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 168 | At The Club | ● CD $24.98 |
| 25 track collection of 60s soul drawn from the vaults of
Atlantic and Stax. RICHIE BARRETT: Some Other Guy/ BOOKER T & THE MGS: Slim Jenkins' Place/ SOLOMON BURKE: Keep Lookin'/ CLARENCE CARTER: Looking For A Fox/ THE COASTERS: Poison Ivy/ DON COVAY & THE GOODTIMERS: 40 Days-40 Nights/ KING CURTIS: Green Onions/ THE DRIFTERS: At The Club/ EDDIE FLOYD: Holding On With Both Hands/ THE GOODTIMERS: Chain Of Fools/ THE HIGH KEYS: Que Sera Sera (what Ever Will Be, Will Be)/ JIMMY HUGHES: It Ain't What You Got/ MABLE JOHN: Able Mable/ BEN E. KING: Young Boy Blues/ LEVON & THE HAWKS: He Don't Love You (and He'll Break Your Heart)/ TAMMI LYNN: I'm Gonna Run Away From You/ THE MAR-KEYS: Last Night/ WILSON PICKETT: Three Time Loser/ RAY SHARPE WITH THE KING CURTIS ORCHESTRA: Help Me (get The Feeling) (pt. 1)/ SOUL BROTHERS SIX: Some Kind Of Wonderful/ WILLIE TEE: Walkin' Up A One Way Street/ CARLA THOMAS: Something Good (is Going To Happen To You)/ RUFUS THOMAS: The Memphis Train/ MEL TORME: Comin' Home Baby/ DORIS TROY: Just One Look |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 164 | Ben-Lee's Philadelphia Story | ● CD $18.98 |
| Mid-60s sides
JOYCE BENNETT: The New Boy/ ANN BYERS: I'm Happy Without You/ THE COLT 45S: Lady, Lady/ THE COMPANIONS: Be Yourself/ Help A Lonely Guy/ SONNY FULTON: Here She Comes Now/ KENNY GAMBLE: What Am I Gonna Say To My Baby/ THE INSPIRATIONS: I Can Feel It/ I'm Cuttin' In/ Treat Myself To A New Love/ THE INTRUDERS: You're My One And Only Baby/ THE MARVELLS: Please Don't Go/ THE MONIQUES: Love So Wonderful/ JOHNNY PARKER: Must Have Been Out Of My Head aka What Do You Do/ PATTY AND THE EMBLEMS: He Said, She Said/ I'm Gonna Love You A Long Long Time/ Love Will Come/ You Took Advantage Of A Good Thing/ THE PERSIANETTES: It Happens Every Day/ THE ROCKMASTERS: Pretty One/ CINDY SCOTT AND THE COUSINS: What Are You Doin' To Me/ THE SYMBALS: Don't Go, He Don't Love You/ TIMMY AND THE EMPIRES: Got No Time/ TIMMY AND THE PERSIANETTES: I Want My Lovin' From You |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 129 | Big In Wigan | ● CD $18.98 |
| 20 tracks, 52 min., very good What we have here is 20 Northern soul tracks taken from 15 different labels, mostly released in the 1960s. Highlights include tracks taken from Joe Evans' Carnival label - I Wanna Be (Your Everything) (The Pretenders) and Little Miss Soul (The Lovettes). Other name artists include Millie Jackson (My Man, A Sweet Man), Bobby Freeman (I'll Never Fall In Love Again), Leon Haywood (Baby Reconsider) and The Showmen (Our Love Will Grow). (EL) J.J. BARNES: Sweet Sherry/ WILLIAM BELL: Happy/ JOHN EDWARDS: Ain't That Good Enough/ FLOWER SHOPPE: You've Come A Long Way Baby/ BOBBY FREEMAN: I'll Never Fall In Love Again/ THE GYPSIES: It's A Woman's World/ LEON HAYWOOD: Baby Reconsider/ LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY: Mother Of Shame/ MILLIE JACKSON: My Man, A Sweet Man/ MICKEY LEE LANE: Hey Sah-lo-ney/ LORRAINE AND THE DELIGHTS: Baby I Need You/ MARY LOVE: You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet/ THE LOVETTES: Little Miss Soul/ SKIP MAHONEY & THE CASUALS: Running Away From Love/ BOBBY PATTERSON: Till You Give In/ THE PRETENDERS: I Wanna Be (Your Everything)/ THE SHOWMEN: Our Love Will Grow/ JEAN WELLS: With My Love And What You've Got/ PERCY WIGGINS: That's Loving You/ MEL WILLIAMS: Can It Be Me |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 123 | Birth Of Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| 28 tracks, 75 min., recommended As with all compilations attempting to document the birth of soul music, the songs on this one (cut between 1957-65) could easily have been a bunch of others. Ear of the beholder sort of thing. Yet this generous helping of R&B's transition to soul is full of hits and little knowns well worth putting into your ears. About 1/3 of the selections will be well known to even casual listeners (e.g., Jerry Butler's He Will Break Your Heart, Garnet Mimms' Cry Baby). A third are lesser known songs from major artists, of which William Bell's Any Other Way and Gloria Lynne's You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength are prime examples. A third are numbers known to serious students of soul and relatives of the artists--Ann Cole's Have Fun and Claudine Clark's The Telephone Game come to mind. A fine v.a. soul comp.; expect further volumes. (JC) ERNESTINE ANDERSON: You're Not The Guy For Me/ LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS: Goin' Out Of My Head/ J.J. BARNES: She Ain't Ready/ WILLIAM BELL: Any Other Way/ BOBBY BLAND: Ain't Nothing You Can Do/ JAN BRADLEY: Mama Didn't Lie/ JERRY BUTLER: He Will Break Your Heart/ CLAUDINE CLARK: The Telephone Game/ ANN COLE: Have Fun/ SAM COOKE: I'll Come Running Back To You/ INEZ & CHARLIE FOXX: Mockingbird/ JOE HENDERSON: Snap Your Fingers/ JIMMY HOLIDAY: How Can I Forget/ JIMMY HUGHES: I'm Qualified/ THE IMPRESSIONS: Gypsy Woman/ ETTA JAMES: Something's Got A Hold On Me/ MARV JOHNSON: Merry-Go-Round/ THEOLA KILGORE: The Sound Of My Man/ BARBARA LYNN: You'll Lose A Good Thing/ GLORIA LYNNE: You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength/ DEREK MARTIN: Daddy Rollin' Stone/ THE MARVELOWS: I Do/ GARNET MIMMS AND THE ENCHANTERS: Cry Baby/ OTIS REDDING: Pain In My Heart/ FREDDIE SCOTT: Hey Girl/ THE TAMS: Hey Girl Don't Bother Me/ LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR: Part Time Love/ BERTHA TILLMAN: Oh My Angel |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 147 | Birth Of Soul, Vol. 2 | ● CD $18.98 |
| Complementing Kent 123 this is another great collection of
28 sides showing the transition from R&B to soul. BIRDLEGS & PAULINE AND THEIR VERSATILITY: Spring/ MAXINE BROWN: All In My Mind/ SOLOMON BURKE: Down In The Valley/ THE CARAVANS: Walk Around Heaven All Day/ GENE CHANDLER: Man's Temptation/ RAY CHARLES: What'd I Say/ THE COOKIES: I Never Dreamed/ THE DIPLOMATS: Here's A Heart/ THE DRIFTERS: There Goes My Baby/ EDDIE & ERNIE: Time Waits For No-one/ THE FALCONS: I Found A Love/ THE FREEMAN BROTHERS: I'm Counting On You/ KENNY GAMBLE: Standing In The Shadows/ BETTY HARRIS: Cry To Me/ VERNELL HILL: Long Haired Daddy/ BRENDA HOLLOWAY: I'll Give My Life/ THE INVINCIBLES: Heart Full Of Love/ THEOLA KILGORE: This Is My Prayer/ MARIE KNIGHT: Come Tomorrow/ MAJOR LANCE: Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um/ THE MANHATTANS: Call Somebody Please/ JOHNNY NASH: It's No Good For Me/ THE SERENADERS: Two Lovers Make One Fool/ THE SHOWMEN: The Wrong Girl/ BENNY SPELLMAN: Lipstick Traces (on A Cigarette)/ WILLIE TEE: Always Accused/ THE WALLACE BROTHERS: Lover's Prayer/ JAY WIGGINS: Sad Girl |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 189 | Birth Of Soul, Vol. 3 | ● CD $18.98 |
| Complementing Kent 123 and 147 this presents 29 more tracks
from 1959 through '64 showing the transition from rhythm and blues to soul. RICHARD BERRY & THE PHAROAHS: Have Love Will Travel/ BIG SAMBO & THE HOUSE WRECKERS: Rains Came/ THE BLENDERS: Big Lover/ ANN COLE: Don't Stop The Wedding/ CAROLYN CRAWFORD: When Someone's Good To You/ THE DC PLAYBOYS: You Were All I Needed/ THE DIPLOMATS: Help Me/ THE ENCHANTERS: I Wanna Thank You/ THE FALCONS: Teacher/ DON GARDNER & DEE DEE FORD: I Need Your Loving/ THE IMPRESSIONS: Shorty's Got To Go/ CHUCK JACKSON: I Will Never Turn My Back On You/ PAT LUNDY: Play It Again/ BOBBY MARCHAN: There's Something On Your Mind (part 2)/ GARNET MIMMS & ENCHANTERS: Quiet Place/ THE MIRACLES: If Your Mother Only Knew/ BROOKS O'DELL: Watch Your Step/ WILSON PICKETT: It's Too Late/ PRINCE LA LA: She Put The Hurt On Me/ JAMES RAY: If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody/ JIMMY RUFFIN: Don't Feel Sorry For Me/ THE SPINNERS: That's What Girls Are Made For/ SUNNY & THE SUNLINERS: Talk To Me/ THE SUPERBS: Baby Baby All The Time/ THE TAMS: Untie Me/ THE TAYLOR BROTHERS: People In Love/ IKE & TINA TURNER: It's Gonna Work Out Fine/ THE WANDERERS: You Can't Run Away From Me/ CHUCK WRIGHT: Palm Of Your Hand |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 108 | Carnival Of Soul Vol 1 | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks, 66 min., essential Jazz saxophonist Joe Evans' capitalized on the burgeoning soul market of the early to mid-1960s by starting Carnival Records. Along the way to discovering his label's financial wheel horse, The Manhattans, he recorded some truly wonderful acts, though most were unfortunately destined for the footnotes of soul history. Most notably, the super fine Barbara Brown, who, as the story goes, left the music biz because of a jealous and possessive boyfriend, had talent to spare, as her Forget Him will attest. Norma Jenkins' Me Myself And I and Lee Williams & The Cymbals' 1966 gem I Love You More may be counted as 2 of the 3 miracles Evans needs to attain sainthood. (Fans should also be advised that of the 3 Manhattans Carnival singles that do not appear on their LPs, one is here, one on vol. 2, and one on vol. 3.) (JC) RENE BAILEY: I'm Gonna Be Missing You/ BARBARA BROWN: Forget Him/ HARRY CALDWELL: Nobody Loves Me (Like My Baby)/ CURBY COGGINS: Come Home To Daddy/ NORMA JENKINS: Me Myself And I/ JIMMY JULES: Nothing Will Ever Change (This Love Of Mine)/ LEON AND THE METRONOMES WITH THE KOOL KI: I'll Catch You On The Rebound/ THE LOVETTES: I Need A Guy/ THE MANHATTANS: All I Need Is Your Love/ Til' You Come Back To Me/ THE METRICS: Wishes/ THE PETS: I Say Yeah/ THE PRETENDERS: I Call It Love/ I Wanna Be (Your Everything)/ KENNETH RUFFIN: I'll Keep On Holding On/ PHIL TERRELL: Can I Come In/ Love Has Passed Me By/ THE THREE REASONS: Go Right On/ THE TOPICS: She's So Fne/ THE TRUE-TEENS: My Baby's Gone/ THE TURNER BROTHERS: My Love Is Yours Tonight/ LEE WILLIAMS AND THE CYMBALS: I Love You More/ It's Everything About You (That I Love) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 118 | Carnival Of Soul, Vol 2 - Feelin' Good | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks, 69 min., recommended Volume 2 of New Jersey's Carnival/Chadwick Records' story features more outstanding mid- to late-'60s soul sides sweeter than your kid sister. The Manhattans' success left Carnival financially solvent enough to take chances on local unknowns with abundant talent and limited polish. And that's as it should be. Lee Williams & The Cymbals excellent tale of obsession, Peepin' Through The Window, had everything a hit record needed but sales. Lesser-knows Phil Terrell, The Symphonies, The Topics, and Curby Goggins turn in performances sharp enough to cut yourself on. Besides a pair of tracks by The Manhattans, one of which is the superfine Love Is Breaking Out All Over, better-knows include The Lovette's (Little Miss Soul/ I'm Afraid) and Barbara Brown (Sometimes I Wonder/ So In Love). And there's a volume 3, too. (JC) RENE BAILEY: Warm And Tender Love/ BARBARA BROWN: So In Love/ Sometimes I Wonder/ HARRY CALDWELL: A New World Is Just Beginning/ Please Come Back/ THE CARNIVAL KINGS: Feelin' Good/ CURBY COGGINS: Leave Me If You Want To/ HAROLD AND CONNIE: Boogaloo Party/ NORMA JENKINS: Need Someone To Love/ JIMMY JULES: Don't Let Yourself Go/ THE LOVETTES: I'm Afraid To Say (I Love You)/ Little Miss Soul/ THE MANHATTANS: Love Is Breaking Out All Over/ There Goes A Fool/ THE METRICS: I Found You/ THE PRETENDERS: Broken Heart/ I'm The One Love Forgot/ THE SYMPHONIES: That's What Love Will Do/ PHIL TERRELL: Don't You Run Away/ I'm Just A Young Boy/ THE TOPICS: Hey Girl (Where Are You Going)/ I Don't Have Time To Cry/ LEE WILLIAMS AND THE CYMBALS: Lost Love/ Peeping Through The Window |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 124 | Carnival Of Soul, Vol 3 - I Wanna Be | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 tracks, 73 min., recommended The third and final installment of the Carnival Records story offers more first-rate '60s soul, some second-rate mid-'70s disco, and even a a little something from 1982. Among the many sides of interest to collectors are the rare cut of Curly Mays' Oh Why (CAR 505), one surface of Chadwick 102 (The Topics' If Love Comes Knockin'), and the previously unissued hunk of southern soul Just One More Time by Jimmy Jules. The booklet notes include the complete discography of Carnival Records and associated labels. A classy job of documenting a fascinating label. (JC) RENEE BAILEY: It's Too Late For Tears/ WILBUR BASCOMB AND THE BLUE ZODIACT: Groove In G/ BARBARA BROWN: Send Him To Me/ DELORES JOHNSON: Try Me One More Time/ DOLORES JOHNSON: What Kind Of Man Are You/ JIMMY JULES: Just One More Time/ LEON AND THE METRONOMES WITH THE KOOL KI: Buy This Record For Me/ THE LOVETTES: Lonely Girl/ THE MANHATTANS: I Don't Wanna Go/ I Wanna Be (Your Everything)/ CURLEY MAYS: Oh Why/ NEW JERSEY: Love Don't Come Easy/ JAMES PERRY: April Lady/ THE PRETENDERS: I Call It Love/ Just Be Yourself/ LITTLE ROYAL: You Made Me Love You/ KENNETH RUFFIN: Cry Cry Cry/ MAURICE SIMON AND THE PIE MEN: The Git Go/ PHIL TERRELL: I'll Erase You From My Heart/ THE THREE REASONS: Take Me Back/ THE TOPICS: If Love Comes Knockin'/ THE TREN-TEENS: Your Yah-Yah Is Gone/ THE TURNER BROTHERS: I'm The Man For You Baby/ LEE WILLIAMS AND THE CYMBALS: I Need You Baby/ I'll Be Gone |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 134 | Chess Club Rhythm & Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 track compilation of blues, jazz, R&B and soul from
Chess, Checker and Argo. STEVE ALAIMO: Every Day I Have To Cry/ KIP ANDERSON: A Knife And A Fork/ MITTY COLLIER: Get Out/ SUGAR PIE DESANTO: I Don't Wanna Fuss/ BO DIDDLEY: Ooh Baby/ DON AND BOB: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl/ LOU DONALDSON: Musty Rusty/ FRED HUGHES: Can't Make It Without You/ ETTA JAMES: Mellow Fellow/ Do I Make Myself Clear/ THE KOLETTES: Who's That Guy/ RAMSEY LEWIS: Function At The Junction/ LITTLE MILTON: All Around The World/ BOBBY MAC AND THE RHYTHM: Hey Mr DJ/ PIGMEAT MARKHAM: Here Comes The Judge/ MAURICE & MAC: You Left The Water Running/ BROTHER JACK MCDUFF: Ain't It/ MARLENA SHAW: Let's Wade In The Water/ KOKO TAYLOR: Fire/ JAMO THOMAS: Must I Holler/ TOMMY TUCKER: Hi Heel Sneakers/ LITTLE WALTER: My Babe/ BILLY WATERS: Summertime/ MUDDY WATERS: Messin' With The Man/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: Help Me |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 140 | Chess Uptown Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 soul cuts from the mid 60 from Chicago's premier label. FONTELLA BASS: Soul Of A Man, The/ JAN BRADLEY: Mama Didn't Lie/ GENE CHANDLER: I Won't Need You/ THE CHESSMAN: Nothing But You/ TONY CLARKE: The Entertainer/ MITTY COLLIER: I Had A Talk With My Man/ SUGAR PIE DE SANTO: Here You Come Running/ THE DELLS: Wear It On Our Face/ EDDIE AND ERNIE: I Believe She Will/ DONNIE ELBERT: Everything To Me/ ETTA JAMES: Pushover/ THE KNIGHT BROTHERS: Temptation 'Bout To Get Me/ RAMSEY LEWIS: Hurt So Bad/ LITTLE MILTON: Believe In My Baby/ ANDY MACK: Do You Wanta Go/ MAURICE & MAC: So Much Love/ BOBBY MOORE & THE RHYTHM ACES: Searching For My Love/ JOHHNY NASH: Love Ain't Nothin'/ JAMES PHELPS: Oh What A Feeling/ THE RADIANTS: It Ain't No Big Thing/ JACKIE ROSS: Jerk And Twine/ MARLENA SHAW: Go Away Little Boy/ SPOONER'S CROWD: Two In The Morning/ BILLY STEWART: Sitting In The Park |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 133 | Chicago Radio Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| 26 tracks, 75 min., highly recommended Compiled (& noted) by Chicago soul scholar Robert Pruter, this set includes songs that were local Chicago radio favorites--WVON was owned by Chess--but failed to make the national leap. Fontella Bass' superb Rescue Me stands as a notable exception, as it went to #1 on the R&B charts. More typical of the fare here, though, is The Radiants' One Day I'll Show You, which backed their 1962 national hit Father Knows Best and bettered it, except in popularity. Other infrequently compiled songs of undeniably high quality include A Love Reputation, an early Denise LaSalle track; Mitty Colliers' stone smooth No Faith, No Love; James Phelps' Love Is A Five Letter Word, which bears a certain resemblance to Bobby Bland's Ain't Nothin' You Can Do; Lonely Girl by Andrea Davis; an early (1962) Dells bit of dance floor fervency called The (Bossa Nova) Bird; The Radiants' (Don't It Make You) Feel Kinda Bad; and heaps more. (JC) FONTELLA BASS: Rescue Me/ Don't Mess Up A Good Thing/ TONY CLARKE: This Heart Of Mine/ MITTY COLLIER: No Faith, No Love/ Sharing You/ ANDREA DAVIS: Lonely Girl/ THE DELLS: The Bossa Nova Bird/ JOANN GARRETT: A Thousand Miles Away/ Stay By My Side/ THE GEMS: Happy New Love/ I Can't Help Myself/ ETTA JAMES: Only Time Will Tell/ DENISE LASALLE: A Love Reputation/ LITTLE MILTON: We Got The Winning Hand/ BOBBY MCCLURE: Peak Of Love/ BOBBY MOORE & THE RHYTHM ACES: Try My Love Again/ JAMES PHELPS: La De Da, I'm A Fool In Love/ Love Is A 5-letter Word/ THE RADIANTS: (Don't It Make You ) Feel Kinda Bad/ Heartbreak Society/ One Day I'll Show You/ Shy Guy/ FREDDY ROBINSON: The Creeper/ JACKIE ROSS: Selfish One/ Take Me For A Little While/ BILLY STEWART: Strange Feeling |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 106 | Dancing 'Til Dawn | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 up tempo tracks from Scepter/ Wand. MAXINE BROWN: One In A Million/ THE CAMP: Marching/ CANDY AND THE KISSES: Out On The Streets Again/ THE CHARTS: Desiree/ JUDY CLAY: You Busted My Mind/ WALLY COX: This Man/ NELLA DODDS: Come Back Baby/ THE ESQUIRES: Get On Up/ GROOVE: Love, It's Getting Better/ TOMMY HUNT: Work Song/ CHUCK JACKSON: Chains Of Love/ EARTHA KITT: There Comes A Time/ BOBBY MARTIN: Tightrope/ RONNIE MILSAP: Ain't No Soul Left In These Old Shoes/ JACK MONTGOMERY: Do You Believe It/ CLARENCE REID: I'm Your Yes Man/ THE SHIRELLES: Last Minute Miracle/ STEMMONS EXPRESS: Woman, Lover, Thief/ DARRYL STEWART: Name It And Claim It/ B.J. THOMAS: I Don't Have A Mind Of My Own/ GEORGE TINDLEY: Ain't That Peculiar/ LESLIE UGGAMS: Love Is A Good Foundation/ SANDY WADDY: Everything Is Everything/ AL WILSON: Help Me/ MEL WYNN AND THE RHYTHM ACES: Stop Sign |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 143 | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 1 | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 tracks from the mid 60s. BESSIE BANKS: Try To Leave Me If You Can (i Bet You Can't Do It)/ LARRY BANKS: I'm Not The One/ REUBEN BELL & THE CASANOVAS: It's Not That Easy/ KENNY CARTER: Showdown/ BRENDETTA DAVIS: I Can't Make It Without Him/ EDDIE & ERNIE: I'm Going For Myself/ PEARLEAN GRAY & THE PASSENGERS: The Love Of My Man/ DORI GRAYSON: Try Love/ ZERBEN R HICKS & THE DYNAMICS: Lights Out/ JIMMY HOLIDAY: The Turning Point/ THE INCREDIBLES: Standing Here Crying/ JAIBI: You Got Me/ JUST BROTHERS: She Broke His Heart/ THE KNIGHT BROTHERS: I'm Never Gonna Live It Down/ Tried So Hard To Please Her/ LEE MOSES: How Much Longer (must I Wait)/ RAW SPITT: Songs To Sing/ SAM & BILL: I Feel Like Cryin'/ JEAN STANBACK: I Still Love You/ IRMA THOMAS: Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (will Understand)/ THE UNTOUCHABLES: You're On Top/ VAN & TITUS: Cry Baby Cry/ JEAN WELLS: Have A Little Mercy/ TIMMY WILLIS: Easy As Saying 1-2-3/ BILLY YOUNG: Nothing's Too Much (nothing's Too Good) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 158 | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures, Vol. 2 | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 tracks, 79 min. highly recommended Ace Records and music journalist Dave Godin - the man who coined the term 'Deep Soul' - have done it again. As I'm a longtime soul fan, what I aways look for in this music is that 'C' word -conviction when it comes to the vocal performance : it has to be direct, honest and communicative. As with Vol. 1 (CDKEND 143), the selections meet these criteria. A few of the tracks should be familiar to serious soul fans. Highlights include the full unbroken performance of The Sweeter He Is (by The Soul Children) featuring the intro lead of Anita Louis, and Shelbra Bennet's impeccable harmonies. The complete 45 rpm take of Nothing Takes The Place Of You (by Toussaint McCall) is reissued here for the very first time. Al McLoud's guitar & harmony vocals on the Stax recording of Stop! Look What You're Doing (by Carla Thomas) I find particularly refreshing. The original version of Go Now (by Bessie Banks) should interest all fans of The Moody Blues, as it was their version that was a major pop hit. It's All Over (by Ben E. King) I find very rewarding, especially the arrangement by the late Philip Medley, who's soul credentials date back to the days when the prototype soul group The Five Royales recorded one of his songs for Apollo Records! Other highlights include Eddie Lee Holman's 1968 falsetto vocal on I'm Gonna Give Up (one side of his only Bell Recording); Eddy Giles' original version of Losin' Boy which can now be compared to the 1971 STAX re-recording, and lastly - as I could just keep going - If I Could See You One More Time, the flip side of Johnny Adams' 1969 R&B hit Reconsider Me - the side I always played! It's one of Wardell Quezerque finest arrangements & songs. (EL) JOHNNY ADAMS: If I Could See You One More Time/ DORIS ALLEN: A Shell Of A Woman/ BESSIE BANKS: Go Now/ ARTHUR CONLEY: Let Nothing Separate Us/ DORIS DUKE: How Was I To Know You Cared/ EDDIE & ERNIE: Hiding In Shadows/ EDDY GILES: Losin' Boy/ BIG JOHN HAMILTON: How Much Can A Man Take?/ EDDIE HOLMAN: I'm Not Gonna Give Up/ JIMMY & LOUISE TIG AND COMPANY: A Love That Never Grows Cold/ RUBY JOHNSON: I'll Run Your Hurt Away/ BEN E. KING: It's All Over/ TOUSSAINT MCCALL: Nothing Takes The Place Of You/ BOBBY MOORE & THE FORMOSTS: It Was A Lie/ TONY OWENS: I Don't Want Nobody But My Baby/ GEORGE PERKINS & THE SILVER STARS: Cryin' In The Streets Part 1/ NAT PHILLIPS: I'm Sorry I Hurt You/ THE PREMIERS: Make It Me/ OTIS REDDING: Just One More Day/ WENDY RENE: What Will Tomorrow Bring?/ LISA RICHARDS: Let's Take A Chance/ THE SOUL CHILDREN: The Sweeter He Is (Parts 1 & 2)/ CARLA THOMAS: Stop! Look What You're Doing/ IRMA THOMAS: These Four Walls/ BARBARA WEST: Anyone But You |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 200 | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures, Vol. 3 | ● CD $18.98 |
| 25 cuts, 75 minutes, essential Britain's Mojo mag rated this the #3 reissue or boxset of 2000 (behind Bowie & Hendrix) - I put it ahead of Bowie. Godin has again assembled a wonderful selection combining the known (James Brown - Lost Someone, Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind, Rick James & Friend (Smokey Robinson) - Ebony Eyes), the legendary (Baby Washington - Breakfast In Bed (later redone by Dusty Springfield on "Dusty In Memphis"), Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care, Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black), & the unknown -(Eddie & Ernie - Thanks For Yesterday, Barbara & the Browns - I Don't Want To Have To Wait, JR Bailey - Too Far Gone To Turn Around). Not a bum cut on here, & I haven't even mentioned tunes by The Impressions, Bobby Bland, Maxine Brown, Dee Clark, or the rare Loretta Williams cut written by Otis Redding & cut for his Jotis label! CD has full liner notes & plenty of rare pics! (GM) BARBARA & THE BROWNS: I Don't Want To Have To Wait/ J. R. BAILEY: Too Far Gone To Turn Around/ BESSIE BANKS: It Sounds Like My Baby/ BOBBY BLAND: I'm Too Far Gone (to Turn Around)/ JAMES BROWN: Lost Someone/ MAXINE BROWN: All In My Mind/ DEE CLARK: In These Very Tender Moments/ DORIS DUKE: He's Gone/ EDDIE & ERNIE: Thanks For Yesterday/ THE ENCHANTERS: I Paid For The Party/ RAY GANT & ARABIAN KNIGHTS: Don't Leave Me Baby/ THE IMPRESSIONS: My Deceiving Heart/ ETTA JAMES: I'd Rather Go Blind/ RICK JAMES & FRIEND: Ebony Eyes/ ROZETTA JOHNSON: Who Are You Gonna Love (your Woman Or Your Wife)/ SYL JOHNSON: Is It Because I'm Black/ BETTYE LAVETTE: Let Me Down Easy/ TOUSSAINT MCCALL: I'm Undecided/ JEAN PLUM: Look At The Boy/ ROBERT RAMSEY: Like It Stands/ CARLA THOMAS: I Can't Take It/ IRMA THOMAS: Wish Someone Would Care/ BABY WASHINGTON: Breakfast In Bed/ LORETTA WILLIAMS: I'm Missing You/ BOBBY WOMACK: Baby I Can't Stand It |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 230 | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures, Vol. 4 | ● CD $18.98 |
| The latest volume of classic deep soul recordings chosen by
Britain's deep soul connoisseur Dave Godin. 25 tracks including well known
classics like I Pity The Fool by Bobby Bland, Slip Away by
Clarence Carter, The Tracks Of My Tears by The Miracles and Time
Is On My Side by Irma Thomas and others, along with rarities and
obscurities from Eddie & Ernie, Ruby Andrews, Paul Kelly, Roosevelt
Matthews, Barbara Brown and others. Superb sound as usual from Kent and 16
page illustrated booklet has notes on all the songs by Godin. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 154 | Dave Hamilton's Detroit Dancers | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks recorded in Detroit in the mid and late 60s, some
previously unissued, for the obscure Temple, Topper, TCB and Demoristic
labels and produced by Dave Hamilton. THE BARRINO BROTHERS: I'll Take My Flowers Right Now/ GIL BILLINGSLEY: That's All She Wrote/ JAMES CARPENTER: (Marriage Is Only) A State Of Mind/ CHICO AND BUDDY: You Won't Miss The Water/ DOTTIE AND MILLIE: Nothing In This World/ THE EBONETTES: Just A Mistake/ DAVE HAMILTON: Blue Funk/ Shoop Doop/ The Deacons/ Who Are You Trying To Fool/ TOBI LARK: Happiness Is Here/ Sweep It Out In The Shed/ Talking 'Bout Love/ JAMES LATELY: Love, Friends And Money/ LITTLE ANN: Deep Shadows/ Lean Lanky Daddy/ What Should I Do/ THE MARK-KEYS: Heavenly Thing/ PRISCILLA PAGE: I'm Pretending/ You Did/ THE RAVINS: Your Love Is What I Want/ J.T. RHYTHM: My Sweet Baby/ O.C. TOLBERT: All I Want Is You/ I'm Shooting High (I Reach For The Sky) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 177 | Dave Hamilton's Detroit Dancers, Vol. 2 | ● CD $18.98 |
| More from the Hamilton archives. THE ADDITIONS: We're In Love/ THE BARRINO BROTHERS: Just A Mistake/ GIL BILLINGSLEY: I'm Me Just Me/ DANNY COBUS: Spoken intro to 'The Two Of Us'/ The Two Of Us/ RICHARD COOMBS: Tammie/ JACKIE DEE: Who/ DOTTIE AND MILLIE: Talkin' About My Baby/ DAVE HAMILTON: Pisces Pace/ THE DAVE HAMILTON BAND: Ain't That Groovy/ SUE ANN JONES: I'll Give You My Love/ TOBI LARK: Challenge My Love/ JAMES LATELY: Tears Running And Falling From My Eyes/ LITTLE ANN: One Way Street/ The Smile On Your Face/ Who Are You Trying To Fool/ THE MARK-KEYS: My Sweet Baby/ THE RAVINS: No One Can Take The Place Of You/ J.T. RHYTHM: All I Want Is You/ I'm Going Back Home/ THE TOKAYS: Falling In Love/ O.C. TOLBERT: Give It To Glory/ That's All She Wrote/ That's Enough/ You Got Me Turned Around |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 115 | Deep In The Philly Groove | ● CD $18.98 |
| First ever collection of sides from Stan Watson's Philly
Groove label. BEN AIKEN: Follow The Lamb/ Handle With Care/ I Want To Be Your Lover/ Not Goin' To Let You (Talk To Me That Way)/ One And One Is Five/ When The Bottom Falls Out/ BILLY BASS: I Need Your Love So Bad/ BROADWAY EXPRESS: Didn't We Make It/ Puff Puff, You're Gone/ THE COUPE DE VILLES: Face The Future/ Goodbye Pain/ So Long, Goodbye, It's Over/ When Times Are Bad/ THE DELFONICS: Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)/ La La Means I Love You/ FIRST CHOICE: Armed And Extremely Dangerous/ Smarty Pants/ The Player/ THE PHILLY GROOVE ORCHESTRA: The Delfonics Theme/ When The Bottom Falls Out/ NAT TURNER: Can't Go On Living/ Handle With Care/ Ruby Lee/ You Are My Sun Sign |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 167 | Deeper In The Philly Groove | ● CD $18.98 |
| Second collection of sides from Stan Watson's Philly Groove
label. BEN AIKEN: Our Anniversary/ THE CRUSADERS: You Pay For Love/ THE DELFONICS: I Don't Want To Make You Wait/ I Told You So/ Lying To Myself/ Think It Over/ You'll Get Enough/ THE FINISHING TOUCH: Don't Put Me Down/ Second Best (Is Never Good Enough)/ Sunshine And Promises/ Your Love Has Put A Spell On Me/ FIRST CHOICE: Gonna Keep On Lovin' Him/ Gotta Get Away (From You Baby)/ Let Him Go/ MAJOR HARRIS / ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY: Saddest Smile In Town/ MARY HOLMES: I Need Your Lovin'/ I'll Make It Up To You/ DAVID LASLEY: Merry-Go-Round/ NAT TURNER REBELLION: Laugh To Keep From Crying/ THE QUICKEST WAY OUT: I Don't Want To Lose Your Love/ TAPESTRY: Big Stone Wall/ NAT TURNER REBELLION: McBride's Daughter/ Never Too Late |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 238 | Double Shot Of Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| 26 tracks of R&B and soul recorded between 1967 and 1970 for
the Los Angeles based independent Double Shot label and its subsidiary Whiz.
The label is best known for the rock it Psychotic Reaction by Count
Five but the majority of its catalog was R&B and soul and this collection
features sides by Foxy, The Georgia Prophets, Kent & The Candidates, The Doo-Rights,
Shirley (of Shirley & Lee fame), Bobby Freeman, The Real Thing, Maurice
Rodgers (now known as Mighty Mo Rodgers he wrote and produced a number of
the titles here) and others. Most of the tracks are making their first
appearance on CD and four tracks are previously unissued. THE BAGDADS: Green Power/ Jelly/ Livin' In Fear/ Love Has Two Faces/ Push Me Baby/ THE DOO-RIGHTS: You're My Girl/ FOXY: Trouble/ BOBBY FREEMAN: Can You Stand The Pressure/ Do It/ Do You Wanna Dance 70/ Everybody's Got A Hang Up/ Four Piece Funky, Nitty Gritty Junky Band/ Oughta Be A Law/ Put Another Dime In The Parking Meter/ THE GEORGIA PROPHETS: For The First Time/ Loving You Is Killing Me/ THE INVINCIBLES: Nobody/ KENT & THE CANDIDATES: The Neck/ Trouble/ THE REAL THING: It's My Life/ The International Love Song/ What Is Soul?/ MAURICE RODGERS: Coming In Out Of The Rain/ Gotta Keep On Talkin'/ SHIRLEY: Sugar Sugar/ LOUISE WHITNEY: Gotta Keep On |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 171 | Even Mo' Mod Jazz | ● CD $18.98 |
| 23 hip jazz-R&B cuts from 1963-75. AARON (CHICO) BAILEY & THE FAMILY AFFAIR BAND: The Point (Part 1)/ AARON (CHICO) BAILEY AND THE FAMILY AFFAIR BAND: The Point (Part 2) (Eclipse 5-24-75)/ COUNT BASIE: Hang On Sloopy/ BOBBY BLAND: Honey Child/ THE CALS: Another Plan For School Mix Up/ SHARON CASH: Fever/ LOU DONALDSON: Musty Rusty (Part 1)/ JEAN DUSHON: Feeling Good/ ELLA FITZGERALD: Get Ready/ ERMA FRANKLIN: Light My Fire/ FRANK FROST: My Back Scratcher/ DAVE HAMILTON: Ain't It A Groove/ WOODY HERMAN: Hush/ KAREN HERNANDEZ: I Heard It Through The Grapevine/ EDDIE JEFFERSON: Psychedelic Sally/ LEE JONES AND THE UNFORGOTTEN TWO: I Got To See My Baby (Part 2)/ TRINI LOPEZ: Unchain My Heart/ TOUSSAINT MCCALL: Shimmy/ GOOGIE RENE: Caesar's Pad/ BILLY STEWART: Secret Love/ ANDY WILLIAMS: House Of Bamboo/ JACKIE WILSON AND COUNT BASIE: Uptight (Everything's Alright)/ YOUNG-HOLT: Ain't There Something That Money Can't Buy |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKENM 218 | Fatback's Soul Shop | ● CD $13.98 |
| 16 tracks recorded for Bill Curtis's Fatback label out of
New York in the mid-late 60s. THE FOUR PUZZLES: Especially For You/ MARY DAVIS: Get Up And Dance/ Stop Pretending/ You're My Everything/ THE FOUR PUZZLES: Right Or Wrong (Good Or Bad)/ GERRY & PAUL AND THE SOUL EMISSARIES: Little Bit Of Soul/ Quiet Waters/ The Cat Walk/ MARY KING: Who Will It Be/ JOHNNY KING & FATBACK BAND: Keep On Brother Keep On/ Put It In/ JOHNNY KING & THE FATBACK BAND: Peace Love And Not War/ THE PUZZLES: I Need You/ My Sweet Baby/ JIMMY WILLIAMS: Got To Find A Way/ Why Don't You Let My Love Go |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 196 | For Connoisseurs Only | ● CD $18.98 |
| 28 tracks, recommended Strong collection of soul sides from the Bihari Bros. Kent/Modern labels '64-71. Though the tunes may be a bit obscure, most of the artists aren't, & even includes Lowell Fulsom's Make A Little Love that's been part of Alex Chilton's sets. Also includes rarities by Ike & Tina Turner, The Ikettes, Johnny Copeland & His Soul Agents, even ZZ Hill's cover of Bettye Swan's Make Me Yours. Plus there's some lesser names well known to soul collectors including The Marvellos, The Sims Twins, Clay Hammond, Gene Taylor, plenty of obscurities, even a few unreleased sides by The Other Brothers & Johnny Adams (NOT the New Orleans singer). (GM) ARTHUR K. ADAMS: Gimme Some Of Your Lovin'/ Z.Z. HILL: Make Me Yours/ JOHNNY ADAMS: One Day (you Gonna Come My Way)/ CLIFF CHAMBERS: Just For You/ JOHNNY COPELAND and HIS SOUL AGENTS: Soul Power/ JACKIE DAY: I Dig It The Most/ FOXFIRE featuring JOHNNY ADAMS: A Star In The Ghetto/ LOWELL FULSOM: Make A Little Love/ VERNON GARRETT: Something Went Wrong/ JOHNNY GILLIAM: Baby Take Me Back/ CLAY HAMMOND: I'm Gonna Be Sweeter/ BILLY HARNER: Honky Dory/ THE IKETTES: It's Been So Long/ MARY LOVE: Let Me Know/ THE MARVELLOS: Down In The City/ DANNY MONDAY: Good Taste Of Love/ THE OTHER BROTHERS: I Got Love/ THE SAINTS: The Sun Don't Shine (everyday)/ THE SIMS TWINS: I've Got To Win Your Love (for Me)/ THE STYLES: Baby You're Alive/ THE SWEETHEARTS: Eddie My Love/ GENE TAYLOR: The Hunch/ IKE & TINA TURNER: I Need A Man/ THE UNIVERSALS: New Lease On Life/ VERNON and JEWEL: That's A Rockin' Good Way/ BOBBY WHITE: Just Another Week Behind/ JOHNNY WILLIAMS: You've Got It/ TAMI YOUNG: Come Back Baby |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 100 | For Dancers Forever | ● CD $18.98 |
| Kent does Kent; that is, Kent UK releases a 25-song package
of joyous uptempo soul (1965-69) taken largely from 3 LP's on the US Kent/
Modern labels - the best of the best. Great numbers from well-knowns include
Mary Love's You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet, Z.Z. Hill's You Cheat
And Lie, Clay Hammond's My Jealous Girl, The Ikette's I'm So
Thankful, Lowell Fulson's My Aching Back, and Ike & Tina's I
Don't Need. Some less than famous but more than soulful performances
like The Intentions' Dancing Fast, Dancing Slow, Peggy Woods' You
Better Be Good and the obscure Brilliant Corners singing Three Lonely
Guys make the collection more inviting. This Man Wants You by
Wally Cox and Love Is Gonna Let You Go by Woods are previously
unissued. Soul shoes on. (JC) YVONNE BAKER: My Baby Needs Me/ THE BRILLIANT KORNERS: Three Lonely Guys/ JOHNNY COPELAND: No Puppy Love/ WALLY COX: This Man Wants You/ JACKIE DAY: Before It's Too Late/ Oh What Heartaches/ LOWELL FULSOM: My Aching Back/ VERNON GARRETT: If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time/ CLAY HAMMOND: My Jealous Girl/ Z.Z. HILL: What More/ You Just Cheat And Lie/ WILLIE HUTCH: Your Love Has Made Me A Man/ IKE & TINA TURNER: I Can't Believe What You Say/ I Don't Need/ THE IKETTES: I'm So Thankful/ THE INTENTIONS: Dancing Fast, Dancing Slow/ MARY LOVE: I'm In Your Hands/ Lay This Burden Down/ You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet/ DANNY MONDAY: Baby Without You/ THE SWEETHEARTS: This Couldn't Be Me/ FELICE TAYLOR: I Can Feel Your Love/ MEL WILLIAMS: Can It Be Me/ PEGGY WOODS: Love Is Gonna Get You/ You'd Better Be Good To My Baby |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 181 | Gettin' To Me ... | ● CD $22.98 |
| 25 tracks of uptown soul from the vaults of Atlantic and
Atco recorded between 1962 and 1972 including the previously unissued title
song from 1966 by Ben E. King. DARRELL BANKS: Here Come The Tears/ JAMES BARNETT: Keep On Talking/ ARCHIE BELL: A Thousand Wonders/ JOHNNY COPELAND: Sufferin' City/ THE DRIFTERS: In The Land Of Make Believe/ THE EMBERS: Where Did I Go Wrong/ ART FREEMAN: Slippin' Around/ BEN E. KING: Cry No More/ Gettin' To Me/ BETTY LAVETTE: You'll Never Change/ MARVA LEE: If You Can't Be True/ BARBARA LYNN: This Is The Thanks I Get/ TAMI LYNN: You My Love/ DEREK MARTIN: Sly Girl/ JOHNNIE MAE MATTHEWS & THE WONDERETTES: Lonely You'll Be/ JACKIE MOORE: Both Ends Against The Middle/ NAOMI & HARRIS: Come On Baby And Hurt Me/ JOHNNY NEWBAG: Got To Get You Back/ CLIFF NOBLES: My Love Is Getting Stronger/ LENNY O'HENRY: Across The Street/ THE PARLIAMENTS: A New Day Begins/ ESTHER PHILLIPS: Just Say Goodbye/ SOUL BROTHERS SIX: I'll Be Loving You/ WILLIE TEE: Thank You John/ BOBBY WOMACK: Find Me Somebody |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 179 | Golden State Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| BLONDELL BREED AND THE IMPORTS: When I See My Baby/ WALLY COX: I Need A Love/ I Want To Dance With You/ My Heart And Soul/ THE GENERATION: Dwindlin'/ I'm A Good Woman/ GEORGE AND TEDDY: Lover/ Oh Yeah/ THE IMPORTS: I'm Not Ashamed Of Loving You/ JEANETTE JONES: Cut Loose/ Dreams All Come True/ Jealous Moon/ LEON'S CREATION: Sightless ( Part 1 )/ THE SAN FRANCISCO TKOS: Make Up Your Mind/ Ooh Baby Baby/ Send My Baby Back/ THE SAVONICS: I Had A Girl/ THE SPYDERS: I Can Take Care Of Myself/ I Don't Care/ Some People Are Happy/ THE VARIATIONS: Ooh Baby Don't Leave Me/ Time Will Pass, Love Will Last/ Will You Be Mine/ You're Still On My Mind | |||
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 163 | Hotlanta Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| 26 rare sides from the 70s from the Hotlanta, Moonsong,
Clintone and Aware labels. JEAN BATTLE: Unsatisfied Woman/ C.L. BLAST: Left Over Love/ LEE BRACKETT: I Saw You Standing In The Dark/ BILL BRANDON: Good Guys (Don't Always Win)/ I'm A Believer Now/ The Streets Got My Lady/ Whatever I Am, I'm Yours/ CHOICE OF COLORS: Love Is Gone/ THE COUNTS: Since We Said Goodbye/ SAM DEES: It's Over, Nobody Wins/ JOHN EDWARDS: Walls That Separate Our Love/ DEE ERVIN: Love Is Good (Good To Me)/ KING HANNIBAL: It's What You Do/ LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY: I'll Be Gone/ ROZETTA JOHNSON: I've Come Too Far With You/ Who You Gonna Love (Your Woman Or Your Wife)/ FREDERICK KNIGHT: It Ain't No Fun/ JIMMY LEWIS: Get A Little, Give A Little/ DOROTHY NORWOOD: There's Got To Be Rain In Your Life/ RIPPLE: You Were Right On Time/ PEGGY SCOTT: Don't Hurt Yourself |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 183 | Hotlanta Soul, Vol. 2 - Full Time Groovers | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 Southern soul ballads and groovers recorded in Atlanta,
GA and Birmingham, AL.
ALPACA PHASE III: Someone To Run To/ C L BLAST: Husband In Law/ BILL BRANDON: It's All Wrong But It's All Right/ Let's Get It Back Together Again/ Tag Tag/ Let Me Be Your Full Time Groover/ EULA COOPER: Beggars Can't Be Choosey/ SAM DEES: Anything Is Fair In Love And War/ DILLARD & JOHNSON: Here We Go, Loving Again/ JOHN EDWARDS: You're Messing Up A Good Thing/ RON HENDERSON AND CHOICE OF COLOUR: I'll Be Around/ JOE HINTON: Hanna's Love/ Take My Hand In Your Hand/ LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY: Something About The Way I Feel/ DANNY JOHNSON: How Could You Run Away/ ROZETTA JOHNSON: How Can You Lose Something You Never Had/ It's Been So Nice/ KING HANNIBAL: Same Ole Fool Again/ FREDERICK KNIGHT: Time/ You Need A Friend Like Mine/ JIMMY LEWIS: Three Into Two Won't Go/ DOROTHY NORWOOD: What A Beautiful World This Would Be/ UNKNOWN: I Count The Minutes |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 208 | If Loving You Is Wrong - 20 Cheatin' Heartbreakers | ● CD $18.98 |
| Collection of 20 soul sides from the late 60s through the
early 80s on the ever popular subject of adultery including Woman To
Woman by Shirley Brown, I'm Gonna Have To Tell Her by Isaac
Hayes, Who Are You Gonna Love (Your Woman Or Your Wife) by Rozetta
Johnson, She'll Never Be Your Wife by Irma Thomas, Dark End Of The
Street by James Carr, If We Get Caught, I Don't Know You by
Phillip Mitchell, Suspicious Minds by Candi Staton and more from
Johnnie Taylor, Millie Jackson, Loleatta Holloway, Bobby Patterson, Carla
Thomas, Eddie Thomas and others. SHIRLEY BROWN: Woman To Woman/ JAMES CARR: Dark End Of The Street/ SAM DEES: Mess On Your Hands/ EDDIE FLOYD: Stealing Love/ ISAAC HAYES: I'm Gonna Have To Tell Her/ MILLIE JACKSON: (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right/ ROZETTA JOHNSON: Who Are You Gonna Love (Your Woman Or Your Wife)/ DENISE LASALLE: Married, But Not To Each Other/ MEL AND TIM: BackField In Motion/ PHILIP MITCHELL: If We Get Caught, I Don't Know You/ (MISS) JACKIE MOORE: Part Time Lover, Full Time Fool/ BOBBY PATTERSON: I Can't Help You Get Even With Him (aka If He hadn't Slipped Up And Got Cau/ ANN PEEBLES: Breaking Up Somebody's Home/ LLOYD PRICE: Mr and Mrs Untrue/ SOUL CHILDREN: I'll Be The Other Woman/ CANDI STATON: Suspicious Minds/ JOHNNIE TAYLOR: We're Getting Careless With Our Love/ CARLA THOMAS: Some Other Man (Is Beating Your Time)/ IRMA THOMAS: She'll Never Be Your Wife |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent 205 | Impressed - 24 Groups Inspired By The Impressions & Curtis Mayfield | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 track compilation of groups inspired by the genius of
Curtis Mayfield and his fellow group mates. Many of these tracks are making
their first appearance on CD and and some have never been reissued before.
Includes The Expressions, Masters, Poets, Larks, Saints, Mad Lads, Dontells,
Notations, Manhattans and others. THE ASTORS: Just Enough To Hurt Me/ THE BRILLIANTS: What'cha Gonna Do About It/ THE CLIMATES: Breaking Up Again/ THE DETROIT EMERALDS: Admit Your Love Is Gone/ THE DONTELLS: I'm Gonna Tell The World/ THE ENJOYABLES: 'Bout My Baby/ THE EXPRESSIONS: Out Of My Life/ THE FALCONS: Love You like You Never Been Loved/ THE FOUR PUZZLES: Especially For You/ THE LARKS: Heavenly Father/ THE MAD LADS: Make This Young Lady Mine/ THE MANHATTANS: Sweet Little Girl/ THE MARVELLOS: In The Sunshine/ THE MONITORS: A New Day/ THE PACESETTERS: What About Me, Baby/ THE PLAYERS: He'll Be Back/ THE POETS: I'm Stuck On You/ THE PRESIDENTS: I Want My Baby/ THE REALISTICS: Too Shy/ THE SAINTS: I've Been Taken For A Ride/ THE SONICS: Comin' Home Baby/ THE TOPICS: Hey Girl (Where Are You Going)/ THE VOICE MASTERS: In Love In Vain/ LEE WILLIAMS AND THE CYMBALS: Please Say It Isn't So |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 219 | In Perfect Harmony - Sweet Soul Groups, 1968-77 | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks from the golden age of "group soul" - 75% of the
tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. ACT ONE: Friends Or Lovers/ THE BROTHERS OF SOUL: I Guess That Don't Make Me A Loser/ THE EL DORADOES: Looking In From The Outside/ THE EPSILONS: The Echo/ THE EQUATIONS: If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now/ THE FLOATERS: I Am So Glad I Took My Time/ GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN: Let Your Heart Be The Judge/ THE JACKSON FIVE: Big Boy/ THE LTG EXCHANGE: My Love/ THE MASQUERADERS: Baby It's You/ THE MAYBERRY MOVEMENT: What Did I Do Wrong?/ THE NEW HOLIDAYS: Maybe So, Maybe No/ THE NEWCOMERS: Manish Boy/ THE PONDEROSA TWINS PLUS ONE: You Send Me/ THE PRETENDERS: Hearts Were Made To Love/ REGGIE SADLER REVUE: I've Been Trying/ THE SILENT MAJORITY: Frightened Girl/ THE SMALLWOOD BROTHERS: One Last Memory/ THE SMITH CONNECTION: (I've Been A Winner, I've Been A Loser) I've Been In Love/ TEACHER'S EDITION: I Wanna Be Loved/ THE TEMPREES: Love...Can Be So Wonderful/ TUXEDO: Please Don't Leave/ LEE WILLIAMS AND THE CYMBALS: What Am I Guilty Of |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kent CDKEND 138 | Just Keep On Dancing - Chess Northern Soul | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks, 64 min., recommended Another one of Ace's imaginative compilations taken from Chess & it's sister labels, Argo, Cadet & Checker Records. As with previous Ace Chess sets, most of the 1963-1971 titles are rare tracks except for 2 that entered the R&B charts, Hold On (The Radiants, '67) and After The Laughter (Gene Chandler, as the flip side of the R&B hit To Be A Lover). Of the 9 vocal group sides, 2 of the tracks are gospel sides by The Gospel Classics (More Love, That's What What We Need with Wilson DeShields on lead) and The Kindly Shepherds (Lend Me Your Hand). The Dells' track, Thinkin' About You (with a Marvin Junior lead), comes from their 1st Cadet single, appearing here for the 1st time since the August 1966 release. The name artists include Gene Chandler (1), Etta James (1), Maurice McAlister (ex | |||