Second Time Around
Vol. 59
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Bill Coday / Right on baby : the Crajon recordings (P-Vine)
at long last every deep soul/funk collector's dreams come true! the great collection of 7 inch singles from Bill Coday on Crajon label including previously unreleased, his gutsy & ultra soulful voice with Willie Mitchell/Bow Legs Miller's Memphis backing will knock you out! Japanese rele
Get your lie straight,You're gonna want me,Sixty minute teaser,Keep it coming,A woman rules the world,What cha laid on me,High on your love,I got a thing,Jury of love,Everything gotta change,etc.
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592
Northern soul of Texas (Goldmine)
collection of 22 "northern soul" favorites from Houston, Dallas or San Antonio area, the talented producers like Don Robey, Major Bill Smith or Heuy P. Meaux produced vast amount of gutsy floor-shaking soul dancers from late '60s to mid '70s, this is the nice sample of such Texas soul music scene
Commands/Hey it's love,Traits/Too good to be true,Oscar Perry/Face reality,Pic & Bill/Talk about soul,James Davis/Ain't it great,Bobby Conerly/Little girls go home,Melvin Carter/Teacher of love,Phillis Brown/I've got something on my mind,etc.
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Good God! / A gospel funk hymnal Numero)
wow! what's a unique idea! it's a well known fact that there's plenty of FUNKY nuggets hidden amidst 70s gospel recordings, 18 well-chosen tracks of such genre from obscure labels, very informative liner-notes, Numero is doin' really great job in "reissue" world
Preacher & the Saints/Jesus rhapsody,5 Spiritual Tones/Bad situation,Mighty Voices of Wonder/I thank the Lord,Gospel Comforters/Jesus will help me,Trevor Dandy/Is there any love,Brother John Witherspoon,That's enough,Shackleford Singers/God is all over me,etc.
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595 Nighttime lovers volume 4 (Vinyl Masterpiece)
12 SOULFUL disco-funk classics or rarities of the '80s, all typical '80s floor shakin' dancers with soulful vocals, try this if you like the sound of Prelude label
Meli'sa Morgan/Fool's paradise,Sybil Thomas/Rescue me,Melba Moore/Love's comin' at ya,Double Vision/Clock on the wall,Thunderstorm/Here's to you,Five Star/Hide and seek,Pink Rgythm/Can't get enough of you,Gwen Pressley & Portable Patrol/Running,etc.
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596 Northern soul southern style (Goldmine)
Tim Brown wrote that "one of the common misapprehensions amongst those on the outside of the northern soul scene is that the word "northern" actually refers to soul music made in the northern states of the USA......", please read more on the liner notes, this is the collection album of "dance-style" soul from southern states
Gladys Tyler with Ray Scott/A little bitty girl,Nancy Butts/I want to hold your hand baby,Underground Express/A man's temptation,Kalendars/It takes two,Neptunes/I don't cry any more,Charles Amar/I'm gonna get you yet,Jimmy Braswell/Some changes made,etc.
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597
The Brazilian funk experience (Nascente)
compelling collection of classdic Brazilian funk tracks from EMI-Odeon catalogue, mixture of American funk'n R&B, samba, bossa nova & other local Brazilian music‚“, almost all are "new" to me but sounds fascinating, helpful liner-notes
Meirelles/No baixo do sepateiro,Os Devaneios/Embalo diferente,Som Tres/Homenagem a mongo,Elza Soares/Chove chuva,Marcos Valle/Garra,Doris Monteiro/Maita,Claudia/Baoba,Djavan feat. Mariazinha/Nereci,etc.
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598 Sensacional soul (Vampi)
subtitled as "37 groovy Spanish soul & funk stompers 1966/1976", almost all are "new" to me but filled with goodies sung in English or Spanish, ultra informative liner notes with lots of rare labels scans and artist photos, 2 CDs set
Els5 Xics/Raising your hand,Los Jovenes/Simpatia en soul,Los Dixies/Black cat,Los Grimm/Want my love again,Z-66/Trying to get yo,Jesse & James/Change,Augusto  Alguero/Laugh laugh,Koldo/Disc man,etc.
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599
Absolute funk vol.3 (Body & Soul)
20 more funk rarities from '67 to '76 are here with detailed liner notes, gutsy heavy and tuff FUNK plus soulful vocals! really nice selection!
Communicators & Black Experience Band/Is it funky enough?,5 Miles Out/Super sweet girl of mine,Mary Davis/Danger,The Visitors/Changes,Sammy Gordon and The Hiphuggers/Upstairs on Boston Road,Con-Funk-Shun/Clique,Billy Wade and The 3rd degrees/Tear it up,Cliff Gober/A poor wayfaring stranger,etc.
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600 The Mirwood soul story volume 2 (Kent)
UK's most respectabel "reissue" label presents the second half of L.A.'s Mirwood label story, 24 stompin' floor shakers including some previously unreleased, as always with very detailed & helpful liner notes by Ady Croasdell
The Olympics/Mine exclusively,Jimmy Conwell/Cigarette ashes,Jackie Lee/Would you believe,The Performers/The day when she needed me,The Darlettes/Sweet kind of loneliness,The Sheppards/How do you like it,Richard Temple/Could it be,The Belles/Cupid's got a hold on me,etc.
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