681 The sweeter side of ... latin soul volume II (Latin Soul) wow! title says all, 21 well-chosen "latin soul" sweeties from Fania, Ghetto, Cotique, Inca, ORC, SMC, Mio, Vaya or other labels, all sung with English with strong "east-coast latin" flavors, no liner notes but with credit of original releas details Ralfi Pagan/I can't see me wthout you,Orq. Dee Jay/Forget it,Brooklyn Sounds/Rain,Rey Davila/Falling star,Orq. La Fantastica/Latin blues,Eddie Labron/Oh love,Ralph Robles/Maybe,JoeAcosta and his Empresarios/Lonlieness,Orq. Soledad/I'll make you a queen,etc. (**/*****)

682 Miami soul sisters vol. 1 (Henry Stone Music) 15 songs selected from Henry Stone's associated labels in Miami such as Alston, Dade, Dash, Drive, Glades, Marlin, Cat and others, some relatively known but some very obscure tracks also, more volumes expected, sadly minimum linernotes only, no pictures of "soul sisters" (CD-R) Gwen McCrae/Your love is worse than a cold love,Betty Wright/If you love me like you say you love me,Audrey Royal/Come on playboy,Charmettes/Surrendering my love,Diamonettes/Don't be surprised,Helene Smith/U tried so hard to be good to you,Kitty Love/You gotta change,Lynn Williams/Tears in my eyes,Twans/I can't see him again,etc. (***/*****)

683 Johnnie Taylor / Live at The Summit Club (Stax) previously "unreleased" recordings which captured his very best "live" show at The Summit Club, Los Angels in Sep. 23, '72, he extended his hits and brought in a lot "more" to the songs for mainly black audiences, good sound quality, great reissue album, well-done, new Stax! Introduction by Rufus Thomas,Take care of your homework,Little bluebird,Steal away,I don't wanna love you,Who's making love,Hello sundown,Stop doggin' me,Jody's got your girl and gone,etc. (****/*****)

684 Anthony Hamilton / Southern comfort (Merovingian Music) 11 previously unreleased songs by one of the most SOULFUL singer in today's R&B scene, more "downhome" or more "loose" feel than his official albums but full of emotion on every songs! They don't know,Magnolia's room,Why,Don't say what you won't do,Glad u called,Fallin in love again,Trouble,Never give up,Better love,Please,Sailin away (***/*****)

685 Soul resurrection volume one (southernAmericana) you know the legendary recording studio of "southern soul" - Shelby Singleton and Finley Duncan's "The Playground Recording Studio"? no duplication with recent Sundazed albums butstill full of glorious southern soul songs -issued and unissued, helpful liner notes & rare pphotos Reuben Howell/Bad habit baby,Doris Allen/I'll keep on loving you,John Hamilton & Doris Allen/So good to be together,Jimmy Gresham/No way to stop it,Count Willie/The funky muscle,Len Wade/Everybody's crown,Johnny Soul/Sang this song,Johnny Lee Hamilton/Missin piece of me,etc. (***/*****)

686 Change is gonna come / The voice of Black America 1963 - 1973 (Kent) great compilation of songs about "Black America's human rights struggles of '63 - '73", some semi-known but many unknown tracks with one previously unreleased (Homar Banks on Stax), detailed linernotes of lots of interesting photos, I rate very highly Otis Redding/A change is gonna come,Patrice Holloway/Stay with your own kind,Nickie Lee/And black is beautiful,,Yaphet Kotto/Have you ever seen the blues,Parliament/Oh Lord why Lord,Ray Scott/The prayer.Jackie Day/Free at last,JP Robinson/George Jackson,Nina Simone/To be young gifted and black,etc. (*****/*****)

687 Eccentric soul : Twinight's lunar rotation (Numero) one of the very best compilation album from Chicago's Twinight/Twilight label, well-selected 40 tracks in 2 CD set, lots of rarities in good sound quality, yes .....this is THE CHI TOWN SOUL! very informative linernotes with many rare pictures Stormy The devastator,Annette Poindexter/Mama,Dynamic Tints/Package of love,Nate Evans/Main squeeze,Krystal Generation/Satisfied,Velma Perkins/Yes my goodness yes,Renaldo Domino/Not too good to ry,George McGregor/Temptationis hard to fight,Sidney Pinchback/Soul strokes,Notations/Lonely people,etc. (*****/*****)

688 Kenny Hamber / The best of (It's Soul Time) still remember his Arctic single "Ain't gonna cry"? tremendous deep soul classic! but very sadly this "best of" album does not include such very in-demand song, about 1/3 are '60s materials (from very obscure 7 inch records) and the rest newer recordings (from his two recent CDs and 7 inch/12 inch record), his vocals haven't dimmed a bit over years really, helpful notes Anything you want,I'm so proud,Pradise,Never found a girl,Looking for a love,Tears in my eyes,Walk away from love,Time, Can't let you go,Members only,Show me your monkey,The closer I get to you,After the show,etc. (***/*****)

689 An introduction to Chicago soul (Fuel) nicely chosen 16 Chicago soul goodies and rarites with Bill Dahl's informative liner notes, many lesser known tracks from various Chi town labels, try this album with Robert Pruter's famous book "Chicago soul" to understand how was made the Chicago soul music L.C. Cooke/Do you wanna dance,Harold Burrage/Got to find a way,Ricky Allen/Cut you a-loose,Jimmy Dobbins/What is love,The Steelers/The flame remains,Ray and Dave/Wrong wrong wrong,Bobby Jones and The Para-Mounts/Check me out,Roscoe Robinson/I'm satisfied,Casey Jones/Good thing,etc. (****/*****)

690 Frankie Firme presents 16 golden treasures from the vaults of Rampart records (Rampart) Rampart records started in LA in the early 60s, and released many records, mainly the sounds called Pachuco or the harmony group sounds for east L.A. listeners, 17 group slowies culled here from the vaults, sometimes too "old sounds" for soul music lovers? but try if you like "sweet soul""group soul" or "harmony soul", informative liner notes The Atlantics #1/Boo hoo hoo,Phil and Del/Don't play with love,The Atlantics #1 featuring Barry White/Home on the range,Little Roy/Come and swim with me,Thee Royal Checkmates/Get out of my life woman,Two Tons of Love/It's a bad situation in a beautiful place,Sarah James & The Soul Babies/Takin' care of business,etc. (***/*****)