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Gene Chandler There Was a Time 7 inch 7 inch 2013/1968 new Chandler, aka the Duke of Earl, hit a million seller out of Chicago in 1961. He bought himself a cape and a monocle for his stage act & toured constantly. All decade long he...	Fryers	$8.00 Add:
Grady Tate Windmills of my Mind cd cd 2005/1968 new Jazz session drummer who went to college for English lit, accidentally landed the drum chair under Quincy Jones, helped carve out the funky edge of Jimmy Smith, kept & played in the...	El	$14.00 Add:
Hector Rivera At the Party lp lp 2011/1966 new Bouncy uptempo boogaloo record with an obscure vocalist (David Coleman) who sends bright northern soul vocals spiraling & soaring over the top. Pianist Rivera had long been a sideman...	Barry	$11.00 Add:
Here's Larry Williams lp lp 2011/1959/1957-59 new Uptempo R&B from Los Angeles by way of New Orleans that shrieks & raves as hard as Little Richard, who Larry went to high school with. They stayed friends for life, even...	Rumble	$20.50 Add:
Ike & Tina Turner Live Volumes 1 & 2 cd cd 2006/1965 new Live & on fire in Texas nightclubs. Tina & Ike both get their share of the spotlight. Shake that fringe hangin from yer ass and shout it out one time. 2 lps on 1 cd. Tracklisting:...	DBK	$17.00 Add:
Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm A Black Man's Soul lp lp 2007/1969 new Hot funk instros dripping with nasty distorted brass & greasy slick licks from the baddest of all bad men. A well known breakbeat record, & Billy Preston (aka the 9th Beatle after...	Pompee	$11.00 Add:
Ike Turner Real Gone Rocket cd cd 2012/1951-59 new Turner struts across 1950s Memphis like a goddamn boss. He could play boogie piano as easily as brain-melting R&B guitar. He put together/produced most of the sessions he played...	Jerome	$16.00 Add:
Ike Turner Real Gone Rocket lp lp 2012/1951-59 new Turner struts across 1950s Memphis like a goddamn boss. He could play boogie piano as easily as brain-melting R&B guitar. He put together/produced most of the sessions he played...	Jerome	$18.50 Add:
Impressions The Young Mods' Forgotten Story lp lp 2012/1969 new Their best, and considering how drop dead gorgeous their catalog is, it's a feat. Two of their most successful politically-themed songs ('Choice of Colors', 'Mighty Mighty Spade &...	Curtom	$11.00 Add:
Impressions This Is My Country lp lp 2010/1968 new Some records are so beautiful they stupefy, and this one'll just ruin your life. Only matched by 'The Young Mod's Forgotten Story', this 1st on Curtdom shows the Impressions just...	Curtom	$11.00 Add:
Irma Thomas In Between Tears cd cd 2013/1973 new Soul Queen of New Orleans gets produced by the everlovin one & only Swamp Dogg, and the resulting sock-knockin groovers define southern soul. Thomas sang with a Baptist choir and by...	Alive	$15.50 Add:
Ironing Board Sam 10 inch 10 inch 2012/1965-70 new Sam can, according to him anyhow, convert a car engine from gas to diesel, get you free electricity for your house, or build you a holder for your baby's bottle. He's also...	En Avant La Zizique	$20.00 Add:
James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume II 2lp 2lp 2010/1968 new The first volume of 'Live at the Apollo' was Brown's declaration of independence. Proof that he was larger, smarter, faster & funkier than his whitey label head Syd Nathan. 'Volume...	Polydor	$20.00 Add:
James Brown Slaughter's Big Rip Off lp lp 2011/1973 new Brown's 2nd soundtrack starts off more orchestral and/or classy than you might expect, courtesy of some Fred Wesley arrangements which were originally slated to be on a solo album of...	Polydor	$13.50 Add:
James Knight & the Butlers Black Knight lp lp 2009/197x new Gritty & right-on Florida funk that's been cropping up on Soul Jazz & Numero Group reissues in the last few years. Almost no info about Mr. Knight out there, but the guy coulda been...	Cat	$11.00 Add:
Joe Bataan Saint Latin's Day Massacre lp lp 2010/1972 new With a cover concept this good, & the band obviously enjoying the shit out of it, Joe could've put out a recording of his car backfiring and I'd love it just the same. Look at that...	Fania	$11.00 Add:
Joe Bataan Subway Joe lp lp 2011/1968 new Bataan was always the real thing. After a stint in a teen gang, he went to prison for stealing cars. Upon getting out, he decided to lead a band. News was some neighborhood heavy was...	Fania	$10.50 Add:
Johnny Otis The Greatest Show on Earth 2lp 2lp 2010/1945-51 new Otis' early sides matched the satin Ellington sound of 5 or 10 years earlier with jump blues singing & blue material. Proto-R&B, in other words. As big band tours became...	Doxy	$28.00 Add:
Jombo Pure Pleasure lp lp 2013/1982 new Completely neon-drenched Nigerian synthboogie with unbelivably cheap production, tons of popping bass & tiny drum pads. The opening tune also sports way off-pitch falsetto singing...	Tembo	$21.50 Add:
Kashmere Stage Band Zero Point lp lp 2011/2005/1971-72 new Outside of the Langley kids, the Kashmere Stage Band is the best known recording of school-age musicians. Teach went to an Otis Redding concert & was so blown away, he spent...	Kram	$11.00 Add:
KG Band Disco Train 12 inch + 7 inch 12 inch + 7 inch 2012/1980 new Freebase-fueled disco 12 inch by Ghana's Kiki Gyan. No strings, and fairly hard edged for radio-ready disco. Nice falsetto vocals that don't take over, so it's a good...	Hot Casa	$17.50 Add:
Kiki Gyan 24 Hours in a Disco cd cd 2012/1978-82 new Kiki ran away from home to be a soul organist in Accra at age 14, and became Osibisa's 2nd keyboard player a year later. Suddenly immersed in a world of planes, hotels, studio...	Soundway	$15.00 Add:
Last Poets lp lp 2011/1984/1970 new Utterly enraged kill-whitey group poetry over conga bonks. Anti-bourgeoisie, anti-drugs, anti-hippie, and explicitly wishing that white people everywhere would choke on their...	Celluloid	$11.00 Add:
Levert Allison 10 inch 10 inch 2012/1964-70 new Levert's brother Gene had a one-shot-wonder Billboard hit in 1957, and used his success to open a soul food joint. Both fellas had grown up singing in church, and Levert got...	En Avant La Zizique	$20.00 Add:
Little Beaver Party Down lp lp 2011/1974 new The only competition Parliament's Eddie Hazel ever really faces for consummately smoked psychedelic funk guitar comes from Florida in the form of Willie 'Little Beaver' Hale. Hale's...	Cat	$11.50 Add:
Little Esther Phillips Hollerin and Screamin 7 inch 7 inch 2011/1951 new Here's Esther's first single after winning a Johnny Otis talent contest, cut when she was all of 16 years old. After some great R&B tunes on Modern & Savoy her career stalled a...	Fryers	$8.00 Add:
Little Willie John It Only Hurts A Little While 7 inch 7 inch 2013/1963-64 new Willie put some fine trash on the R&B charts all through the late 50s, especially with the original version of the soon-to-be-standard 'Fever'. He was a hard drinker with a...	Jazzman	$10.50 Add:
Los Miticos del Ritmo cd cd 2012 new I don't care how stupid it sounds on paper, the cumbia version of Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust' on this record is a one hunnerd percent stone slayer. Contemporary band put together...	Soundway	$15.00 Add:
Los Miticos del Ritmo lp lp 2012 new I don't care how stupid it sounds on paper, the cumbia version of Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust' on this record is a one hunnerd percent stone slayer. Contemporary band put together...	Soundway	$23.00 Add:
Marva Whitney It's My Thing lp lp 2011/1969 new Backup singer for James Brown, soul sister number one, and official owner of the best blond afro of all time. Sick sock-it-to-em funk in the pared-down, JBs rave-up style that is so...	Polydor	$11.00 Add:
Marvin Peterson and the Soulmasters In Concert cd cd 2010/1968 new Peterson is mostly known for funk jazz albums that he put out on MPS & Enja in the 70s under the nickname Hannibal. He also played on the wacky 'Gil Evans Plays the Music of Jimi...	Jazzman	$16.00 Add:
Melvin Davis Detroit Soul Ambassador cd cd 2011/1961-66 new Davis' writing is behind a fortune's worth of Detroit's northern soul sides, including the rarity 'Find A Quiet Place'. But he was also Dennis Coffey's drummer, toured with the...	Vampisoul	$15.50 Add:
Melvin Jackson Funky Skull lp lp 2007/1969 new Bass player for Eddie Harris lights up his lava lamp by putting his bass through a bunch of ridiculous electric guitar pedals. Guests on this one include Roscoe Mitchell, Lester...	Dusty Groove	$10.00 Add:
Melvyn Price Rhythm and Blues lp lp 2008/1974 new Conga/trombone playing civil rights protester who moved to Sweden to avoid the draft & made this slick jazzfunk lp after becoming a ballet class accompanist. Tracklisting: Voodoo...	Wax Poetics	$18.00 Add:
Michi Sarmiento Aqui Los Bravos 2lp 2lp 2011/1967-77 new Lightning fast descargas by the motorcycle-riding bandleader whose cover of Louie Ramirez' 'Rush Hour in Hong Kong' lit up Soundway's 1st Colombian collection. Truly jaw dropping...	Soundway	$22.50 Add:
Mickey Murray People Are Together cd cd 2012/1969 new Signed to King after they lost James Brown, as his replacement/knockoff. And Murray nails Brown's singing style perfectly, with just a pinch of sly Georgia worrying of his phrases....	Secret Stash	$14.00 Add:
Mighty Sparrow Sparrowmania 2cd 2cd 2012/1962-74 new Sparrow will forever be one of calypso's giants soley on the laurels of the huge hit he wrote 'Jean and Dinah'- a song about how the despondent local hookers were all dropping...	Strut	$17.50 Add:
Mike James Kirkland Hang On In There lp lp 1996/1972 new Luscious California soul, clearly & happily inspired by the then-recent release of Marvin Gaye's 'What's Goin On'. Warm electric bass & sweet strings, plus a really clever rework of...	Luv N Haight	$14.50 Add:
Mohawks The Champ cd cd 2008/1968 new Best record by Alan Hawkshaw, UK library songwriter & undisputed Brit Hammond king at the great KPM, along with some ever-nameless session musicians. Rumor has it that Hawkshaw put...	Vampisoul	$16.00 Add:
Mongo Santamaria Mucho Mongo cd cd 2004/1973-80 new Smokey jazz beats and firey Latin funk from the king bongocero and conguero. Mongo learned percussion attending Santeria ceremonies as a child & is best known for his 60s work...	Vampisoul	$16.00 Add:
Night Train Making Tracks cd cd 2010/197x new Dashing & fun organ-driven soul instros, with one track that's closer to reggae & has tight vocal harmonies. Stylish whiter-shade-of-pale organ riffs over sunny & laid back funk...	Trans Air	$16.50 Add:
Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble Hard Luck Soul cd cd 2012/1971 new Here in America we just go ahead & lock up everyone who's black, so it's not so surprising when jazz or soul bands formed in prisons turn out to be pretty good ones. Recorded in the...	Jazzman	$16.00 Add:
Otis G Johnson Everything God Is Love lp lp 2013/1978 new Outsider gospel soul from Deetroit, featuring Otis wailing away on God's lousiest keyboard while singing non-sequiturs about his great love for all things heavenly. A Hammond with...	Numero	$15.50 Add:
Owen Marshall Captain Puff in the Naked Truth cd cd 2012/1975 new Stoner organ instros. Marshall lived in Philly in the 50s, playing trumpet & hobnobbing with Lee Morgan & Chet Baker, who played a couple of songs he wrote. But in 1963, he lost his...	Jazzman	$16.00 Add:
Pete Rodriguez El Rey Del Boogaloo cd cd 2003/1966-69 new Puerto Rican boogaloo from the Bronx with diamond-hard piano lines. 'I Like It Like That' is one of the most famous songs of Latin soul. It was even remixed & turned into a movie...	Vampisoul	$11.50 Add:
Prophets of Soul Gregory James Edition lp lp 2012/1972 new Swishy & hot organ instros from Chicago with both farfisa & fender rhodes. Mostly covers, but they do really sparkle, & arrangements are complex enough to hide the song's identities...	Dakar	$11.00 Add:
Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical Ranil's Jungle Party lp lp 2010/197x new Chichadelica para todos! Chipped, tight surf guitar notes race over hard clip-clops of claves & tuned percussion. Steamy, stinky melodies weave & bob. Ranil's band is from Belen, a...	Masstropicas	$15.00 Add:
Rev. Johnny L Hurricane Jones Jesus Christ From A to Z lp lp 2009/1960 new Atlanta Baptist preacher who combines singing, sermonizing, & heavy breathing in the style of CL Franklin (Aretha's dad, the varsity star of shouting preachers). During the 70s, he...	Parlortone	$14.00 Add:
Rodriguez Cold Fact cd cd 2008/1969 new Dirty Detroit fuzz guitar licks & Hendrixisms are gloriously mismatched with Dylan-whining about the establishment, minor key ghetto anger, bongos & acoustic guitars. Dennis Coffey...	Light in the Attic	$14.50 Add:
Rodriguez Coming From Reality lp lp 2009/1972-73 new Rodriguez' 2nd album, an even worse seller than the undeniably odd 'Cold Fact'. Recorded in the UK with some fuzz, but a good chunk of acoustic country-tinged vamping. Some tracks...	Light in the Attic	$28.00 Add: