Second Time Around
Vol. 10
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091 You better believe it (Warner Music UK)
subtitled as "Rare and modern soul gems from the vaults of Atco, Atlantic, Cotillion, Reprise and Warner Bros. 1967-1978", yes, believe it, it's really true!
Cool Sounds/Free,Aristocrats/Let's get together now, Bettye Swann/Kiss my love goodbye, The Enticers/Calling for your love, The Dynells/Let me prove that I love you, etc.
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092 Wigan Casino monsters (Goldmine)
for the memory of Wigan Casino, strictly northern!
International G.T.O.'s/I love my baby, The Twans/I can't see him again,Del Larks/Job opening, And the Echoes/Why wonder, Patti Williams/I'm doing the best that I can, etc.
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093 Rare soul heaven (Goldmine)
can you believe that the value of "C.O.D.'s/She's fire" is over 10000 pounds? 21 rarest northern soul sounds in one CD
The Brendels/You need love, The Utopias/I want to go back to my dream world, The Classics/So glad that I found you,Lynn Terry/I got a good thing going, etc.
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094 Masters of Soul / Rare & unreleased Texas soul 1968-1975 (Soul-Tay-Shus)
well done, Aaron Fuchs! 22 selections of my favorite group with detailed liner notes & rare photos
Love loves love,Sad face,Lovely little lassie,Count the time,I need you,Please wait for me(rehearsal version),Freaky love, etc.
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095 Pachuco-soul / A collection of vintage east-L.A. grooves from the vaults of Rampert records (Vampisoul)
more from Eddie Davis' vaults, lots of obscure Latin garage-soul, some interest for serious old &B listeners
Willie G with The Six Pak/Brown baby,The Blendells/Huggie bunnies, The Soul-Jers/Gonna be a big man, Sarah James & the Soul Babies/Takin' care of business, etc.
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096 Ann Sexton / Anthology (Passion Music)
female southern soul at its finest, 22 tracks taken from her albums & 45s, no new finds but still "must" item
You've been gone too long, You're gonna miss me,You got to use what you got, I'm his wife,I had a fight with love, etc.
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097 Irma Thomas / Straight from the soul (Stateside)
really nice singer from New Orleans, 24  good or obscure sides from Minit, Imperial vaults
Girl needs boy, Somebody told me, Break-A Way, Anyone who knows what love is, Some things you never get used to, etc.
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098 Groove on down (Soul Brother)
wow! what's gooood selection of SOULFUL DANCERS of late '70s/early '80s! all from in-demand 12 inch records
Melba Moore/Standing right here, Garfield Fleming/Don't send me away, James Perry/April lady, New Jersy Connection/Love don't come easy, etc.
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099 James Carr / The rest of : my soul is satisfied (Kent)
the balance of James's recordings for Goldwax, Atlantic, River City & SoulTrax, include some unreleased, unreleased alternate or previously Japanese only tracks
Pouring water on a drowning man(version 2),Love attack(version 2),What the world needs now is love(unissued),She's better than you (version 2),A woman is a man's best friend(atl. mix), etc.
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100 Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations / Joined together:The completestudio duets (Motown)
two original albums + 7 unreleased tracks + 10 unreleased mixes, not their best but what's gorgeous duets!
medley:You can't hurry love/You keep me hangin' on,Got to get you into my life,You gave me something,A house is not a home,If you should walk away, etc.
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