Second Time Around
Vol. 03
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021 The best of Charles Mintz (Up-Look)
Philly's most underated singer, now minister, only 8 tracks with unissued
Candy baby(unissued), Give a man a break, Lucky guy, Running back, etc.(CD-R)
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022 Masterpieces of modern soul (Kent)
22 floorshakers - some famous some unknown some unissued
Debra Johnson/To get love you've got to bring love(unissued), The Mayberry Movement/Two wrongs don't make a right, Idris Muhammad/I'm a believer, The Pretenders/I call it love, etc.
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023 O.V.wright / Soul classics (MCA Japan)
not the very best of O.V. Wright but one of the greatest deep soul classics album, no rarities, 24 tracks
Born all over, Ace of spade, I can't take it, Afflicted, When you took your love from me, etc.
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024 Cash / Greatest hits (Executive Hits Entertainment)
Do you remember the kid group named Cash from Ohio on Greedy or Casbar label? originaly Danny & Dennis Roberson & Jimmy Fleming (later replaced Darwin Lawrence), then expanded to "Danny, Dennis & their baby brother Jef‚†rey ( Smooth Approach) Roberson + Darwin + Tony Thomas", from Jackson 5 type to romantic & sexy harmony ballads (CD-R)
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025 Soul togetherness 2003 (Expansion)
15 recent modern soul biggies, from independent in-demander such as Unified Tribe, Kelli Saeor The Chestnut Brothers to late '70s unknown dancers as Renee Geyer or Melody Stewart
Tower of Power/Nothing like it, Gift of Dreams/Feel it, Denise Tichenor/There's no me without you, The Frank Popp Ensemble/Breakaway, etc.
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026 Latin soul / New york barrio grooves 1966-1972 (Demon)
dancefloor shakin' latin soul from Archie Bell inspired first track to Joe Bataan's "Cowboys to girls", almost sung by Spanish
TheTnT Boys/Musica del alma, Ray Barretto/Hard hands, Bobby Valentin/Keep the faith, etc.
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027 Barbara Randolph / The collection (Spectrum)
complete collection of Barbara's solo recordings made for Motown, many unissued tracks, not just Brenda Holloway follower
I got a feeling, You got me hurtin' all over, Can I get a witness, (I'm a)Roadrunner, etc.
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028 A soldier's sad story (Kent)
interesting & well-thought compilation of Vietnam-war related soul tracks, over half are deep emotional ballads
Zerben R Hicks/Lights out, Mike Williams/Lonely soldier, Emmanuel Lasky/A letter from Vietnam, Johnny & Jon/Christmas in Vietnam, etc.
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029 Bay area funk (Ubiquity)
ideal compilation from obscure "bay area" funk 45s, many instrumental tracks
Sugar Pie DeSanto/Git back, Jeannie Tracy/Trippin on the sounds, Eugene Blacknell/The trip etc.
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030 Motortown group sounds vol.1 / The early years 1959-1961 (Moonshine)
title says all, 30 selection with 6 previously unissued (CD-R)
The Temptations/My pillow, The Creationsa/Say say baby, The Andantes/That's a funny way, The Satintones/Fine son-in-law etc.
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