581 Lorraine Ellison / Sisyer love : the Warner Bros. recordings (Rhino Handmade) do you belive this? 65 tracks (including 24 previously unissued) in 3 CDs set by this "Stay with me" fame singer! gospel tinged singings with Jerry Ragovoy sound , some Muscle Shoals ecordings also, detailed liner-notes Stay with me(mono single version),Ain't that peculiar,Have'nt I been good to you,Woman loose my ma,Let me love you,Dear John,You've got a friend,When you count the ones you love,Sister love,Sweet years,True love,I need your love,etc. (****/*****)

582 The Birmingham sound / The soul of Neal Hemphill vol. 1 (The Rabbit Factory) what's fantastic "reissue" album! really the treasure chest of southern soul! the compiler/producer John Ciba carefully put a spotlight on a rather overlooked producer Neal Hemphill and selected 23 tracks (issued and unissued) from his vaults! well-done, John! Eddie Steele/Groove me mamma,Little Lois Baker/Specify,David Sea/Let's just get together,Frederick Knight/You've never really lived,Chuck Strong/I thought it over,Ralph "Soul" Jackson/Set me free,Roscoe Robinson/Two heart accident,Sam Dees/Train to Tampa,etc. (*****/*****)

583 Chuck Armstrong / Shackin' up (P-Vine) the straight reissue of "one of the greatest '70s deep soul album", once fetched elusive prices in the market because of its rarity, lots of gritty southern midtempo songs with ultra soulful singings I'm a lonely man,Goodness gracious,Nightmare,.She had the right,You got to deal with it,Coming home,Misleading information,Give me all your sweet lovin',Sweet foxy woman,etc. (***/*****)

584 Lost group harmony oldies vol. 1 (Lost Soul) 19 "group harmony" goodies from now-hard-to-find old 45s, half are from the end of doowop era and other half  from the trandition days from doowop to soul, all beautiful melodies with romantic lyrics & tight harmonies Miles & Andrew/Til the end of time,The Heartbeats/Darling I want to get married,The Harps/Daddy's going away again,The Ideals/Don Juan,The Gladiolas/We're lovers,The Tic Tocs/True by you,The Carousels/You can come if you want to,The Diadems/I'll do anything,etc. (**/*****)

585 Roscoe Robinson / Hevenly soul music (P-Vine) wow! wow! well-thought compilation of Roscoe Robinson's gospel'n soul recordings from Jewel/Paula vaults, 2 Gerri tracks (on '65), 11 Paula tracks, 1 previously unreleased tracks (except P-Vine album) and whole tracks from his '72 album "He still lives in me" (on Jewel), "gospel meets soul" at its best! That's enough,One more time,Without you,Let me be myself,Yesterday is gone,I'm satisfied,Prove it,Trust me,Don't set me free,We're losing it baby,You and me,etc. (****/*****)

586 Northern soul ...rare as hen's teeth (Goldmine) you know well that a number of "northern soul"records are known from only handfulof copies, this is the collection of such "super rarities", liner notes told that this compilation (22 tracks) would require at least US$26500 to buy original copies of the tracks included! Matthew Barnett/If your love is real,Videls/Ain't gonna do you no good,Drek Martin/Show me that you miss me(unissued),Sidney Hall/The weekend,Tobbi Bowe/I can feel him slipping away,Artie Feldman/Wave a banner,Clifford Binns/It was only yesterday,Jimmy Delphs/Dancing a hole in the world,etc. (***/*****)

587 Gangster soul harmony vol. 3 (Sons of Soul) 24 well-chosen "harmony soul ballads" from obscure 7 inch vinyl records, you'll love all the tracks here even if you're not barrio or "gangster", soulful singings with romantic or sentimental lyrics, minumum informations only on jacket Phoenix Express/You make my life a sunny day,Jive/Love,Fabulous Moonlighters/Uh huh uh huh oh yeah,King Soleman's Advisors/Back of my mind,Four Dudes/My heart is broken,Del-Tours/Blind girl,Dynamic Five/Baby I need you,Burnt Toast and Coffee/I love you girl,etc. (***/*****)

588 Soul vocal group treasures volume 4 (Wendi) compilation of 20 more "group harmony ballads" by this Australian label, some well-known some lesser-known for collectors, anyway all guaranteed for their sweetness/mellowness (CD-R) Ascots/Love,Ballads/Treat me like your woman,Blue Velvet/Spring for you and me,Brotherhood/Expressing my love,Tonny Bullard and Group/So glad I'm in love,Committee/You are my wonderfullness,End Results/Reminiscing,Herman George and Group/What have you got,etc. (***/*****)

589 Confessing / Deep soul from New Orleans (Grapevine) well-compiled "deep soul" collection from New Orleans area , no catchy good-time R&B or northern/popcorn soul but full of emotional ballads in southern style! nice liner notes by John Ridley God's Gift to Women/Stop to think it over,C.P.Love/You call the shots,Calvin Lee/Love is like fire,David Robinson/I care for you,Earl King/A part of me,Philharmonics/Will you marry me girl,Zilla Mayes/I love you still,Eldridge Holmes/Now that I've lost you,etc. (****/*****)

590 Southern fried funk (Grapevine) subtitled as "22 funky soul grooves from New Orleans and the deep south", in other words compilation album of "funk"er sides in New Orleans soul music (from '69 to '73), funky funky second-line beats plus "deep soul" flavors, some unreleased till later times Warren Lee/Underdog backstreet,Tony Borders/Lonely weekend,Diamond Joe/The ABC song,Ted Ford/Real soul,Daid Batiste/Funky soul,David Robinson/I'm a carpenter,Eddie Bradford/Can you handle it,The Basic/Milk,etc. (****/*****)