981 Jump back (Rua Alvaro Rodrigues) subtitled as "Imitations, interpolations & the inspiration of James Brown", yes, this is tribute album to J.B. funk! 19 J.B. funk remakes culled from various obscure sources, some from Mexico, Italy, Nigeria or Canada, Portugal release? Os. Incriveis/I feel good,Jr. and The Preludes/Papa's got a brand new bag,Showmen/Voglio restare solo,Kashmere Stage Band/Super bad,Victor Olaiya & His International All Stars/There was a time-Cold sweat,Big Boe and The Nighthawks/My thing,Harrison High School/Get on the good foot,etc. (***/*****)

982 Nighttime lovers volume 8 (Vinyl Masterpiece) 13 more '80s dance floor monsters from varopus labels, all soulful vocals with dancable beats Krystol/After the dance is through,Cool Runners/Play the game,Legion/Guarantee,Margie Joseph/Knockout,Carl Anderson/Magic,Rome Jefferies,Karen Young/You don't know what you got,Caviar/Never stop loving you,etc. (***/*****)

983 A Darlene Love anthology 1958-1998 / So much love (Ace) 24 goodies & rarities from the long recording career of queen bee session singer turned Broadway star Darlene Love, featuring solo sides, songs fronting The Blossoms in their various guises, movie soundtrack and 3 previously unissued tracks, you'll easily understand how great singer she was/is, I7m fully impressed her remake of "A change is gonna come" in '98! extensive liner notes That's when the tears start,Too late to say you're sorry,So much love,The gospel truth,Good good loving,The Search is over,Ooh-wee baby,What are we gonna do in '64?,TV commercials,Let him walk away,All alone on Christmas,A change is gonna come,etc. (****/*****)

984 Brotherman / OST by The Final Solution (Numero) his is a blaxploitation film set to hit screens in '75, prior to the script being finished the producers commissioned an original sound track to be performed the Chicago's westside vocal group named "The Final Solution", this film was finally and actually cancelled and now salvaged from the vaults, sounds as good '70s soul vocal group, liner notes with lots of rare vintage photos Brotherman,Never coming back again,I don't care,Girl in my life,Gotta get through to you,One day,I'm ready for love,To see you again,We can work it out,Where there's a will,Theme from Brotherman,etc. (****/*****)

985 Take me to the river / A southern soul story 1961-1977 (Ace) fine selection of 75 songs that tell the story of the golden era of "southern soul" in 3 CDs, really "who's who" of "southern soul" from very popular Otis Redding, James Carr or Al Green to obscure Jarvis Jackson, Thomas Bailey or Paul Thompson! absolutely MUST for any "southern soul" lovers, 72 page booklet, 3 CDs set William Bell/You don't miss your water,O.V. Wright/You're gonna make me cry,Al Johnson/Bless your little sweet soul,Don Bryant/I'll go crazy,Clay Hammond/I'll mke it up to you,Z.Z. Hill/Faithful and true,Jimmy Braswell/I can't give you my heart,etc. (*****/*****)

986 Roscoe Robinson / Why must it end (Soulscape what a veteran singer! he has been making music for over 55 years, these 20 tracks from his own Gerri label and John Richbourg's Sound Stage 7 label are all fine examples of deep'n southern soul, nice notes by deep soul specialist John Ridley One more time,That's enough,Darling please tell me,Why are you afraid,Let me know,You don't move me no more,How many times must I knock,You're all I need,My pride won't let me know,Don't forget the soldiers,That's it,Oo wee baby I love you,etc. (****/*****)

987 Soul Galaxy / Gambling to sweet harmony (Universal) 20 well-chosen "sweet" harmony tracks from various soul 45s in the '70s, good sound quality with extensive notes (but written in Japanese only), Japanese release Richmond Extension/Let's get into something,Five Special/The more I get to know you,Tomorrow's Promise/Never take your love away,Ambition/Whisper a love chant,Mojoba/Say you will,The Gaslight/It's just like magic,Sam Dees/My world,Prime Cut/I'm so glad,Chapter One/Let me down easy,etc. (****/*****)

988 Nighttime lovers volume 9 (Vinyl Masterpiece) now the 9th release! what a long run series! 13 more soulful '80s dance floor classics and rarities from various labels, all in-demand boogie dancers Funk Deluxe/Tender lovin',Michael Lovesmith/Ain't nothing like it,Zushi/Say goodnight,Private Joy/Cooling out,Xavier/What goes around,Alfie Silas/Communicate,Finess/Feel it,Futura/Feelin' hot,Sunrize/Who's stickin' it?,etc. (***/*****)

989 Arnie Love & The Lovelettes / Invisible wind : The TAP recordings (P-Vine) Japanese P-Vine digs deeper into the vaults of obscure TAP label, later "Arnie's Love" singer, 7 very SOULFUL modern soul/boogie/garage/house tracks including previously unreleased, sometimes rough but still waorth listening if you like "modern soul" on independent label Breakout,Stop and make up your mind,Heaven really knows,We had enough,Me myself & I,Invisible wind,Lover's quarrel (****/*****)

990 Jackie Stoudmire / Guilty : The TAP recordings (P-Vine) along with above Arnie Love album, P-Vine did a fine job to compile her 9 songs in one album, includes 6 previously unreleased, try her monster "Invisible man " or "Guilty", groovy and dancable with New York garage'n soul sound Invisible wind,Run away hide from love,Half step closer,Flying high,Running,Guilty,The two of us,Dancing,I know that you will be there (****/*****)