231 Luxury soul (Expansion) 36 tracks in 3 CD box set, culled from Expansion label catalog, sophisticated & cool but fully soulful tracks, unreservedly recommended for beginners, no liner-notes, reasonable (cheap) price Lonnie Hill/Cold winter in the ghetto, Frank McComb/Action speaks louder than words, Impromp2/All the woman, Jabari Glover/I can't help it, Fly away/Byron Woods, Renaizzance/Committed, etc. (***/*****)

232 Homer Banks/ Hooked by love : the best of (EMI) Homer Banks sadly died on April 4th 2003, this is his BEST album as a singer, lots of brilliant southern deep soul, 20 tracks (on Genie & Minit) including 10 previously unreleased! recommended! Do you know what, Fighting so hard to win, A poor man's son, I know you know I know, Foolish hearts break fast, Lucky loser, Lady of stone, etc. (*****/*****)

233 After hours 3 (Warner Music UK) 29 more "northern" soul masters from Atlantic, Atco, Loma, Reprise & W.B. labels, great selection as always, some known but many semi-known or unknown dancers from '65 to '74 Tony & Tyrone/Please operator, Cajun Hart/Got to find a way, Cliff Nobles/My love is getting stronger, Mary Wells/Can't you see, Life/Tell me why, James Barnett/Keep on talking, The Dynells/Call on me, etc. (****/*****)

234 Ol' Virginia soul part 2 (Arcania International) 27 more selections culled from very obscure Virginai 45s, now emphasis on "funky" sounds, detailed liner-notes, great pictures & label scans, "must" reissue for collectors Sir Guy/Funky Virginia, Bernard Smith/Man without a people, The Anglos/Small town boy, Art Ensley/Open the door to your heart, Ida Sands/You'll lose a good thing, Wilson Williams/I've got a whoke lot to be thankful for, Barbara Stant/My mind holds on to yesterday, etc. (****/*****)

235 Johnny Bristol / the MGM collection (HipO Select) Johnny sadly passed away on March 21, 2004, his 2 albums on MGM plus one bonus track, "Hang on in there" & "Feeling the magic", lots of mellow floating mid tempo magics! nice package & liner-notes Woman woman, Reachin' out for your love, Take care of you for me, Love me for a reason, Leave my world, Go on and dream, Lusty lady, All goodbyes ain't gone, etc. (**/*****)

236 Motown sings Motown treasures volume 1 + 2 (HipO Select) 45 hidden (previously unreleased) Motown treasures in 2 CDs set, "Motown sings Motown treasures : The ultimate Motown rarities collection vol. 1"plus 24 more!! detailed liner-notes Hattie Little/Money, Eddie Holland/It's you that need, Martha & the Vandellas/Contact on love, Kim Weston/Love, The Temptations/Ask the lonely, Tommy Good/Ask any man, etc. (*****/******)

237 Jerry Jemmott & Souler Energy / Make it happen! (Reel Souler Energy) do you remember this bassist of (King Curtis & ) The King Pins? very in-demand player in the studio or concert, compilation of obscure 15 tracks which he involved, some previously unreleased but some duplication with P-Vine CD "Bill Junior Linton & Jerry Jemmott", various styles from raw funk to deep soul (CD-R) In the moonlight(Connie Fredericks Malone vocal), City blues, Rat race(Bill "Junior" Linton vocal), Hey Jerry he treats me right (Connie vocal), You don't know nothing about love(Angel Rissof & Tony "Thunder" Smith vocals), etc. (**/*****)

238 The Notations / The very best of (Wendi) 23 selections of Clifford Curry's group, their Gemigo album plus obscure 45s tracks on Twinight, Cash, C.R.A. & Mercury, Chicago style at its finest! (CD-R) A new day, At the crossroads, I can testify, I can't stop, I don't want to be late, I'm losing, I'm still here, It only hurts for a little while, etc. (**/*****)

239 Free Angela (Golden Triangle) original album plus one track by Oscar Wright, do you still remember Angela Y. Davis? tribute album produced by August Moon & Larry Saunders, various song styles (northern, deep, southern, group etc.) including some now in-demand tracks (CD-R) Larry Saunders/Free Angela, Dickie Wonder/Nobody knows, Brother Love/I can be, Little Tommy/Baby can't you see, Judd Watkins/Paradise, Oscar Wright/Leave me alone, etc. (***/*****)

240 Where did peace go? (Sound of Soul) demanded title track was recorded by Larry Saunders in Muscle Shoals in '68, Mr. Wiggles compiled the spirits of that time, some later recordings (CD-R) Sterling Harrison/Children of God, Mr.Wiggles/Old Uncle Tom is dead, Larry Saunders/This world, Larry Saunders/All my friends call me a fool, Little Tommy/Fell in love, etc. (**/*****)