Second Time Around
Vol. 71
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P&P Records presents Red Greg / The sounds of Gregory Carichael (P&P)
Gregory was the legendary man who was as important to the sound of the New York underground as Patrick Adams and Peter Brown! compilation of 13 tracks from his Red Greg label, spacy and funky New York disco classics, 2 disc set
Universal Robot Band/Dance and shake your tambourine,Tony Aiken and Future 2000/Unity sing it shout it,Sammy Gordon and The Hip Huggers/Making love,The Invitations/We don't allow,Conversion/I can't stop dancin,Bumblebee Unlimited/Lady bug,Inner Life/I'm caught up,Shirk/Finders keepers,etc.
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Sister funk 2 / The sound of the iunknown soul sisters (Jazzman)
20 well-chosen funk rarities by obscure female singers, almost unknown names to you? don't worry! all tracks guaranteed for its funkness & rarity, liner notes with many label scans
Rhetta Hughes/Doing it with her,Dolly Gilmore/Sweet sweet baby,Barbara King/What I did in the street,Coletta Woodson/Follow the wind,Big Ella/The queen,Barbara Trent/Heartbreak hotel,Keisa Brown/The dance man,Hard Drivers/Since I was a little girl,Florence Trapp/Love came into my life
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Sisters of soul / The sweeter voices of soul (Latin Soul)
19 tracks by The Lovelites, 7 by The Fuzz and one by very obscure The Passionettes, all lovely charming and soulful songs from hard-to-get 45s, lots of labels scans but sadly NO liner notes, all "must" for "lady singer" lovers
The Lovelites:How can I tell my mon and dad,This love is real,I'm in love,My conscience,My baby loves me,Gotta let you go,The Fuzz:I love you for all seasons,Like an open door,Ooh baby baby,It's all over,I'm so glad,The Passionettes/Stand by your man,etc.
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The Ballads / The gift love love (P-Vine)
still remember their ultra rare album named "The gift of love" on Venture label?  this Japanese CD includes all the tracks from that legendary album plus 9 bonus tracks from Wee, Soul Trip, Bay-View labels including 3 previously unissued songs or take, full of northern soul sounds & harmoy ballads, detailed notes but sadly written in Japanese only
God bless our love,You're the one,Forever,Wish I knew,My baby know how to love her man,I can't see your love,Right track,I love you yeah(prv.unissued take),I hope I never fall in love(prv.unissued),Do it now(prv.unissued),etc.
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The Ballads / Confessing the feeling (P-Vine)
16 more songs carefully chosen from obscure 45 rpm records on various tiny labels such as Happy Fox, Kimberly, Music City, Soul Beat and Balja, includes 2 previously unissued songs, more "harmony" than above "The gift of love" CD, this is "must" album if you're '70s soul group buff, detailed liner notes by Japanese language
Wait,Where we go from here,Baby I'm for real,Three times,Your love,Loving you isn't enough,Butterfly,Don't touch that dial,Treat me like your woman,Dizzy world,Will you be here(prv.unissued),Sure feel like love(prv. unissued),Angel baby,etc.
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The great collectror's funky music vol5 (Boogie Times)
13 in-demand tracks from rare modern soul/boogie scene, all SOULFUL vocals with dancable '80s beat, possibly you can't stop dancing even in your room! sadly almost no notes, French release
Transmission/Mystery lady,Flashback Band/The real deal,Legacy/Monday blues,Benny Rose/It's only you,Bliss/Groovin,Brenda Hilliard/Give me all of your love,The Latest/Starting over,James Cobin/It's music,etc.
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The great collector's funky music 80ies vol6 (Boogie Times)
nicely selected 13 songs from now-hard-to-find '80s soulful dance music, you should pay very big amount of money to get their original 12 inch/7 inch records, minimum liner notes written by French, French release
Monofide/Never get rid of me,Flight/Flying high,Pierre/Loving you,Benny Rosa/You're mylady(inedit track,never released before),J.P.'s Force/Shake what you got,Clockwork Band/Feelin' free,Kick/Right thing,Starbound/Party in the city,etc.
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The other side of the Motor city tracks volume one (D-Town)
subtitled as "a collection of mega rare sixties soul", yes that's true, 15 nice selections from heyday of Detroit soul, nothing "new" to serious collectors but very glad to hear those northern rarities in one album, some song details but no linernotes (CD-R)
Lee Rogers/Cracked up over you,Dee Edwards/All the way home,Cody Black/Mr Blue,Fabulous Peps/Love of my life,Don Heart/Lovers hideaway,Buddy Lamp/Save your love,The Magictones/How can I forget you,Melvin Davis/Find a quiet place,International Kansas City Playboys/Everybody's going wild,etc.
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Stax 50th anniversary celebration (Concord Music Group)
50 (fifity) great "Stax soul" songs in 2 CD box set, all well-known and very popular songs by legendary Memohis greats, no rarities, detailed booklet written by Rob Bowman including a lot of artist pictures or labels scans, recommended if you're the beginner to Stax or Memphis soul music
Carla Thomas/Gee whiz,Rufus Thomas/Walking the dog,Otis Redding/I've been loving you too long,Sam & Dave/Hold on I'm comin',The Bar-Kays/Soul finger,Albert King/Born under a bad sign,Johnnie Taylor/Who's making love,Jean Knight/Mr. Big stiff,Frederick Knight/I've been lonely for so long,etc.
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The Elgins / The Motown anthology (Universal-Island)
you can easily understand how great (greater than I expected) this Motown group was, can you believe that there's 50 (FIFITY) songs in this 2 CD set?!  13 previously unreleased + 6 single versions + 12 songs by The Downbeats + 5 by Saundra Mallett, the incredible reissue album with detailed notes
 
It's a man's man's man's world,For your precious love,I still love you,That's the night the love died,Love,It's been a long long time,All for just lovin' you,Thank you love,Let's give love another chance,Another hurt like this,When you are available(all previously unreleased)etc.
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