Lyn Collins - Think (About It) (1972)

The funkiest album ever recorded by Lyn Collins -- one of the few sock-soul divas working with James Brown who got a chance to cut a full LP! The album's got Lyn shifting between heavy funk numbers and mellower soul cuts -- really pushing things to the max with an incredibly deep take on a few older favorites, plus some killer new numbers -- all produced to funky perfection by James Brown, with dead-on backing by the JBs! Includes her great version of "Think", a funky sample cut that never gets old -- plus the cuts "Things Got To Get Better", "Women's Lib", and the funkiest version ever of "Fly Me To The Moon"

1 Think (About It) Brown 3:25
2 Just Won't Do Right Brown 3:03
3 Wheels of Life Terry, Valentine 3:05
4 Ain't No Sunshine Withers 2:50
5 Things Got to Get Better Brown, Ellis 3:26
6 Never Gonna Give You Up Butler, Gamble, Huff 3:05
7 Reach out for Me Bacharach, David 3:40
8 Women's Lib Brown 5:20
9 Fly Me to the Moon Howard 2:41
http://rapidshare.com/files/108199654/Lyn_Collins_-_Think__About_It___1972_.rar

Highly recommended album from the "Female Preacher" herself. I made sure the composers are included in the tracklist...reads like a who's who of great songwriters. This is some album!

Wayne Mcghie & The Sounds Of Joy - Same (1970)

Lost funky soul from Toronto -- receiving a proper release for the first time! Vocalist, guitarist and bass player Wayne McGhie recorded rock steady sessions with Studio One vets like Jackie Mittoo before pushing forward as a leader on this rare funk and soul album. It features six McGhie originals and a number of loose, hard soul/funk workouts of hits from the time. The standout track here is McGhie's centerpiece masterpiece "Dirty Funk" -- a straight up instrumental funk monster -- with these loose, funky guitar chordings, deeply grooving organ and tight, hard hitting drum breaks! Other tracks run the gamut from funk numbers, to loose, heavy soul covers. 12 musicians are credited, with back up horn section, piano and harpsichord and the ever present organ (Ike Bennet and L. Delpratt) and walloping drums (J. Joseph and Everett Paul). The large group never gets in the way of the loose, steady groove -- a style surely learned during McGhie's days playing calypso and rock steady.

1.) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
2.) When I Think Of Home
3.) Take A Letter Maria
4.) Woman Be Good
5.) Dirty Funk
6.) Going In Circles
7.) Fire (She Need Water)
8.) By The Time I Get To Phoenix
9.) Cool It
10.) I Can See Mother Nature
http://rapidshare.com/files/108186804/Wayne_Mcghie___The_Sounds_Of_Joy_-_Same__1970_.rar

VA - Bay Area Funk Vol 1

1. Git Back - Sugar Pie Desanto
2. Foxy Girls In Oakland - Rodger Collins
3. Plekin' Cotton - Johnny Talbot
4. Find Yourself - Marvin Holmes
5. Check Me Out - Little Denise
6. What It Is (Pts 1&2) - Jeannie Tracy
7. Trippin' On The Sound - Jeannie Tracy
8. The Trip - Eugene Blacknell & The New Breed
9. Funky Driver On A Funky Bus - Charles Leonard
10. Sad Song - Unforgettables
11. Herm - San Francisco T.K.O's
12. Break It Loose - Onyx
13. Fantasy - P-I-R Suare
14. Too Much Trouble - Unforgettables
15. Oomph - Marvin Holmes And The Uptights
16. The Feeling - Wylie Trass
http://rapidshare.com/files/108146963/VA_-_Bay_Area_Funk_Vol.1.rar

VA - Bay Area Funk Vol.2

1. Mary Love “Born To Live With Heartache”
2. Dawn and Sunset “Move in The Room”
3. Project Soul “Ebony”
4. Soft Touch “Plenty Action”
5. Sugar Pie DeSanto “Straighten It Out With Yo Man”
6. San Franciso T.K.O.’s “Acid Lady”
7. The International Ray Camacho Group “Si Se Puede”
8. The Windjammers “Poor Sad Child pt. 1”
9. Faye Marshall “Goin Home”
10. Little Denise Stevenson “Hip Breakin’”
11. Primevil “Stop Look Listen!”
12. Victor Green “Creole Girl”
13. Uptights Band “Devil’s On The Run”
14. The Relatives “Lenient With My Love”
15. Mike Selesia “Brute Strength”
http://rapidshare.com/files/108160492/VA_-_Bay_Area_Funk_Vol.2.rar

VA - Soul Uprising

1. Don Downing - Dream World
2 .Tyrone Davis - Come Get This Ring
3 .Wales Wallace - Somebody I Know
4 .Lyn Roman - Stop, I Don't Need No Symphy
5 .Barbrar Acklin - I Just Call It Trouble
6 .Lost Geration - You're So Young, But You're So True
7 .Lionel Hampton - There It Is
8 .Chi-Lites - Stoned Out Of My Mind
9. Otis Leavill - Love Uprising
10. Tyrone Davis - Turn Back The Hands Of Time
11 .Jackie Wilson - Because Of You
12 .Channel 3 - The Sweetest Thing
13 .The Promises - I Can Feel Those Vibrations
14 .The Independents - Just As Long As You Need Me, Pt. 1
http://rapidshare.com/files/107997942/VA_-_Soul_Uprising.rar

VA - Carolina Funk

Now-Again Records presents the domestic issue of Carolina Funk, the fourth CD in the UK-based Jazzman Records series that produced the landmark Midwest, Texas, and most recently, Florida Funk compilations. For this installment, we've moved up the Atlantic coast to look at the vibrant and original scene in the two rural states of North and South Carolina. Curated largely by resident North Carolina researcher and collector Jason Perlmutter, Carolina Funk presents 22 of the best, rarest and most sought-after heavy funk songs ever recorded, with breakbeats to spare. Without any large urban centers, much of the musical output of the Carolinas has been limited to single towns, with bands and their records seldom venturing further than the state line. From inspired percussive instrumentals to heartfelt slabs of soul; from rediscoverd tapes in the garages of retired musicians to funk 45s so raw that they were blessed by James Brown himself this is Carolina Funk! "First In Flight"... "First In Funk!"

TRACKLIST
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01 03:14 Primitive - Creation Of Music
02 02:52 Gamith - Darkness
03 02:46 Innersouls - Just Take Your Time
04 01:58 Dynamite Singletary - Super Good
05 03:55 Mongoose - King Cobra
06 03:55 Soul Impossibles - Interpretation- Soul Power No 1
07 02:12 Carleen & The Groovers - Can We Rap
08 03:37 Sundia - Stand Up and Be A Man Pt 1
09 02:18 The Tempos Band - Ease It To Me
10 02:57 Frankie & The Damons - Bad Woman
11 02:06 Roy Roberts - You Aint Miss It
12 03:23 Black Experience Band - The Road
13 05:56 The Soul Drifters - Funky Soul Brother
14 02:50 James Reese & The Progressions - Lets Go (Its Summertime)
15 03:54 Paul Burton - So Very Hard To Make It
16 05:46 Wally Coco - Message To Society
17 05:27 Anthony Burns - Doing What You Need To Do
18 03:25 The Black Exotics - Theme Of Blackbyrds
19 02:56 Donnie Brown - Funky Mind
20 02:10 George Campbell - Good Time
21 04:33 J.D.S - Funky Party Time
22 03:50 The Ultimates - Progressive Movement
http://rapidshare.com/files/107962362/VA_-_Carolina_Funk.rar

The Poets Of Rythm - Discern-Define

Long established as the band that duped so many funk enthusiasts in the early 90s with their authentic 45s and homage to original valve-recording techniques, the Poets of Rhythm realign after a recording hiatus for their Ninja debut, Define/Discern. Still underwriting their fascination with the "F"-word by means of agile musicianship and original motifs, Define/Discern mainly carries on where they left off. But, in a trendy push toward rare sources of inspiration, the band have invaded Africa (among other places); "Afrobeat", for example, is an acknowledgment of the dark continent mixed with well-worn funk and breaks. A good half of this album underpins itself with hallmark tribal accents, as the band take on Tony Allen and Fela Kuti for more inspiration. Discern/Define does stand its ground as an authentic piece, though it seems to lack some of the spontaneous energy and unreserved experimentation of their past releases. "Fondle Rock" and "Moira" are attempts at improvisation and layering (the latter a blast of early Marimba-led Earth Wind & Fire), though mostly, this is an album which reaffirms the Poets' commitment to knocking out steadfast funky and soulful grooves.

1. Discern / Define 4:07
2. Smilin' 6:00
3. Ham Gallery 3:21
4. Plus Plus 5:06
5. We 4:41
6. The Jaunt 3:10
7. Eulogize the Source 7:12
8. Fondle Rock 4:07
9. Moira 4:12
10. Guiding Resolution 3:34
11. Survival of the Freshest 3:51
http://rapidshare.com/files/107929620/The_Poets_Of_Rythm_-_Discern-Define.rar

The Soulful Strings - Groovin' With the Soulful Strings

The Soulful Strings' second album includes one of their few well-known tracks, the Richard Evans original "Burning Spear." But there are also superb arrangements of jazz (Miles Davis' "All Blues"), psychedelic pop (George Harrison's "Within You Without You"), top-40 (The Rascals' "Groovin'"), and much much more. Once again the strings swing and the non-stringed instruments really shine, with superb playing from Charles Stepney, Lenard Druss, Bunky Green, Phil Upchurch, Ronald Steele, Morris Jennings, Jr. and many others.

Side 1
Burning Spear (Richard Evans)
All Blues (Miles Davis)
What Now My Love (Becaud, Delanoe, Sigman)
Within You Without You (George Harrison)
Our Day Will Come (Garson, Hilliard)

Side 2
Soul Prelude (J.S. Bach, adpt. by Edwards)
Groovin' (Cavaliere, Brigati)
Alfie (Bacharach, David)
Comin' Home Baby (Tucker, Dorough)
(I Know) I'm Losing You (Whitfield, Holland, Grant)
http://rapidshare.com/files/107904248/The_Soulful_Strings_-_Groovin__With_the_Soulful_Strings.rar

Skeewiff - The Lost Masters EP

This winning EP contains four real block-rocking tunes which funk up hip-hop to such an extent that only the most hardy will fail to be floored.

1. Let's Have Scratch For Breakfast 2. The New Avengers
3. Bump Bump (feat Young MC)
4. Mucho Mambo
http://rapidshare.com/files/107892010/Skeewiff_-_The_Lost_Masters_EP__2007_.rar

VA - 70s Funk And Soul Classics

A really heavy duty collection featuring some of the biggest names in soul music. These are the grand masters of funk, the bandleaders and artist who provided the dynamic sound track for an exciting decade. When you've got James Brown singing 'I Got Ants In My Pants' you know you're in for an itchy night out. And when Isaac Hayes tells you to 'Do Your Thing' then you'd better believe it. All musical aspects of the genre are represented, from the driving dance rhythms of Sly Stone to the more introspective instruments work of Ripple.

01. B.T. Express - Do it ('til You're Satisfied)
02. Bobby Byrd - I Need Help (I Can't Do it Alone)
03. Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time
04. Fred Wesley & Jb's - Doing it to Death
05. Impressions - Check Out your Mind
06. Isaac Hayes - Do your Thing
07. James Brown - I Got Ants in my Pants
08. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
09. Rare Earth - Get Ready
10. Ripple - I Don't Know What it is, But I
11. Sly & the Family Stone - If you Want Me to Stay
12. Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
http://rapidshare.com/files/107885356/VA_-_70s_Funk_And_Soul_Classics.rar

Baby Charles - Baby Charles (2008)

For anyone who hasn't heard these guys, you gotta grab this. It's some of the best new funk I've heard recently and they do a superb cover of The Arctic Monkey's "Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"

1 Treading Water 4:11
2 Invisible 4:38
3 Comin' From A Higher Place 3:08
4 Life's Begun 4:51
5 No Controlling Me 3:52
6 Hard Man To Please 3:57
7 Step On 2:57
8 Indecision 3:39
9 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 4:28
10 Back Of My Hand 4:01
11 This Time 2:57
12 The Sphinx 3:48
http://rapidshare.com/files/111952609/BC.rar

Donnie Hathaway - Everything Is Everything

Landmark stuff, and a beautiful album that mixes soulful tracks with Donny's nascent jazz sensibility! The set's a key chapter in the history of soul music -- a record that has Donny emerging from shadows of the Chicago studio scene to become one of the most promising soul artists of the 70s. The album was recorded in Chicago, with a host of great players that had been gigging for years in the Chess studios -- and the record is the rich culmination of talents that had been brewing in the Windy City for years. Includes the monster hit "The Ghetto" -- one of Donny's best-known tracks and a rollicking funky number -- in a full extended version with a good instrumental breakdown. Also features a remake of "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)", which shows Donny's strong ties to the Earth, Wind, & Fire organization.

1. Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)
2. Je Vous Aime (I Love You)
3. I Believe To My Soul
4. Misty
5. Sugar Lee
6. Tryin' times
7. Thank You MAster (For My Soul)
8. The Ghetto
9. To Be Young, Gifted And Black
10. A Dream
http://rapidshare.com/files/107669261/Donny_Hathaway_-_Everything_Is_Everything.rar

Eddie Bo - Hook & Sling

From the Scram and Bo-Sound labels comes this supreme collection from a master of funk! Remixed from the original multi-track tapes, this release contains previously unreleased tracks and extended versions of the hits "The Hook and Sling," "Sissy Walk," and "If It's Good To You It's Good For You." Featuring George Davis on guitar, James Black on drums, and Fred Kemp on sax, this is an illuminating body of work that supplements what we know about New Orleans funk.

1. The Hook and Sling (Full) (Vocal) 3:40
2. Sissy Walk (Full) (Vocal) 5:07
3. If It's Good To You, It's Good for You (Full) (Vocal) 5:07
4. Check Your Bucket (Full) 4:53
5. How Sweet It Is (Vocal) 3:09
6. We're Doin' It (The Thang) (Part 1) 2:51
7. Funky Jam 2:54
8. Hey Mama Here Comes The Preacher 2:40
9. Funky Yeah 2:29
10. Eddie's Rubber Band 2:54
11. Love Has Been Good 2:34
12. Just Wonder 3:43
13. We're Doin' It (The Thang) (Part 2) 3:04
14. That Certain Someone (Original Mix / Vocal) 2:53
15. Come To Me 2:36
http://rapidshare.com/files/107246815/Eddie_Bo_-_Hook_And_Sling.rar

Spanky Wilson - Spankin Brand new - 1969

Lady needs no introduction whatsoever...I think the only person she's not sung with has to be the Pope ;-)

Youre Gonna Miss Me
Ive Waited A Long Long Time
Love Has Me By The Hand
The Other Girl
Mighty Great Feeling
Love Is Like An Old Old Man
On The Morning After
Sweetheart
Apartment 101
Tell Me Tonight
The Last Day Of Summer
http://rapidshare.com/files/107151236/Spanky_Wilson_-_Spankin_Brand_new_-_1969.rar

VA - Gettin' Soulful - A Swingin' Combination Of Vampisoul Records Smash Hits.

During the sixties, the traffic in both directions between Spanish Harlem and the other mythic Harlem, that of rhytym and blues, was intense. There wasn't a soulman or jazz funkateer who didn't have a conga player in their lineup. During this time, an exciting New York version of a danceable soul surfaced, represented by Latin record company, "Vampisoul". In spite of the "Latin" adjective, this is a type of afro-cuban jazz is genuinely open to psycadelic, bugaloo, and soul influences. A must-have, super-rare collection!

Tracklisting:

1. Hook & Sling - Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders (Eddie Bo Anthology)
2. Hector - Village Callers (Live Vampi 025)
3. Break your Back - Willie Henderson (Do the Funky Chicken)
4. Chick-A-Boom - Joe Bataan (Brand New Album)
5. You're so right to me - Eastside Connection (Pachuco Soul)
6. Gotta find me a lover - Erma Franklin (Super Soul Sister)
7. Here comes the Judge - Pete Rodriguez (El Rey del Boogaloo)
8. Muere pequeña - Sexteto Electrónico Moderno (Modern Electronic Sextet)
9. Solar Heat - Cal T'Jader (Solar Heat Sound Out)
10. It don't make sense but it sure sounds good - Eddie Long (S/T Vampi 4506)
11. Take more Candi - Candido (Bujerias)
12. Morris Park - Lenni Sesar (Lenni Sesar)
13. The Oracle - Sabu (Jazz Espagnole)
14. Mess Around - Orchestra Harlow (El Exigente y Mas Exitos)
15. The Line Dance - Johnnie Colon (Boogaloo blues)
16. Viva Peraza - Armando Peraza (Wild Thing)
17. Es diferente - Cachao (Descargos En Miniatura)
18. Viva Tirado - Fania All Stars (Hot Sweat - Best of Live)
19. The Good Doctor - Mongo Santamaria (Mucho Mongo)
20. 38 1/2 - Irakere (Checkere - Son)
21. Squeeze it tight - Cossa Nostra (Best of Cossa Nostra)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sugttr

VA - Tender Feelin's (Silky Cuts For Cool Cats selected by Blue Note)

Tender, sweet, and soulful -- and pretty nicely funky too! The package features some great tracks from the 70s -- all pulled from Blue Note and Capitol Records, and featuring the labels' unique approach to a mellow groove, from R&B-infused jazz funk, to vocal numbers with a really nice edge. Titles include "Annie Mae" by Natalie Cole, "Three Is The Magic Number" by Bob Dorough, "Places & Spaces" by Donald Byrd, "I Love You" by Taste Of Honey, "Doctor Doctor" and "Love a Love a Love a Love" by Labbi Siffre, "Me & Mrs Jones" by Ronnie Foster, "Feel Like Makin Love" by Marlena Shaw, "Light My Fire" by Minnie Riperton, "Before You Break My Heart" by Gene Dunlap, "You Made Me So Very Happy" by Lou Rawls, "It's a Pleasure" by Sheree Brown, "While I'm Alone" by Maze, "Peace Of Mind" by Gene Harris, and "Daylight" by Bobby Womack.


01 - light my fire - minnie riperton
02 - feel like makin' love - marlena shaw
03 - me and mrs jones - ronnie foster
04 - i'm a woman - minnie riperton
05 - doctor doctor - labi shiffre
06 - daylight - bobby womack
07 - it's a pleasure - sheree brown
08 - while i'm alone - maze
09 - peace of mind - gene harris
10 - places & spaces - donald byrd
11 - i love you - a taste of honey
12 - before you break my heart - gene dunlap
13 - three is the magic number - bob dorough
14 - annie mae - natalie cole
15 - you made me so very happy - lou rawls
16 - love-a-love-a - labi shiffre
http://rapidshare.com/files/107130557/VA_-_Tender_Feelin_s__Silky_Cuts_For_Cool_Cats_selected_by_Blue_Note_.rar

The T.S.U. Toronados - One Flight Too Many

“One Flight Too Many” contains previously unreleased & unreissued tracks from the vaults of Ovide Records. Featured prominently on Side B are instrumental versions of three singles (vocal versions available on “And Now”) remixed from the original multitrack session tapes - perfect for DJ’S. Also featured are two alternate takes of “Nee-Nee” & “The Toronado” containing solos/arrangements that are very different from the originals found on “And Now.” “One Flight Too Many” continues Tuff City’s series of reissues from the Ovide label.

1. Introduction
2. Toronado, The
3. Thousand Wonders, A
4. Blautche, The
5. Back After The News
6. Song For Princess
7. Work On It
8. Getting The Corners
9. What Good Am I
10. I Still Love You
11. My Thing Is A Moving Thing
12. In The Midnight Hour
13. Nee-Nee
14. Nothing Can Stop Me
15. Only Inside
16. Goose, The
17. Got To Get Through To You
18. One Flight Too Many
19. It's Your Thing
20. You're Mine
21. Thousand Wonders, A - (instrumental)
22. Work On It - (instrumental)
23. What Good Am I - (instrumental)
24. Nee-Nee - (alternate take)
25. Toronado, The - (alternate take)
http://rapidshare.com/files/107110141/The_T.S.U._Toronados_-_One_Flight_Too_Many.rar

Swamp Dogg - Cuffed, Collared, Tagged & Gassed (1972)

By the time 1972's self-produced, "Cuffed, Collared & Tagged" was released Swamp Dogg's career seemed to be headed in the right direction. Signed by Al Bennett's L.A. based Cream label, he finally seemed to have found a label with some money and industry know-how behind him. Recorded in Muscle Shoals with all-star cast of area studio musicians, Dogg was credited with penning seven of the ten songs, as well as producing and arranging. Musically the album was pretty standard Dogg, offering up a mixture of topical commentary (a nice cover of John Prine's anti-Vietnam statements 'Sam Stone' and 'Don't It Make You Wanta Go Home' and the weird nuclear war survivor lyric on 'Complication #5' - note the flip side photo showing the Dogg in a gas mask) and personal insights ('Your Last Dirty Trick' and 'Knowing I'm Pleasing Me & You'). Not quite as consistent or enjoyable as his two previous albums, it's still worth owning, with one of the highlights being the soul flavored 'Lady Madonna'. His meltdown scat segment at the end simply has to be heard. And then there's the weird side of the man ... check out his oddball tribute to Sly Stone 'If It Hadn't Been For Sly'.

Cream tapped the album for one single: 'Sam Stone' b/w 'Knowing I'm Pleasing Me And You' (Cream catalog number 1021)

"Cuffed Collared & Tagged" track listing:
(side 1)

1.) Sam Stone (John Prine) - 3:57
2.) Complication No. 5 (Jerry Williams Jr. - T. Davis) - 3:00
3.) Lady Madonna (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) - 3:50
4.) You Say You Trust Your Mother (Jerry Williams Jr. - T. Davis) - 2:36
5.) If It Hadn't Been For Sly (Jerry Williams Jr.) - 4:00

(side 2)

1.) Your Last Dirty Trick (Jerry Williams Jr. - D. Hollinger) - 2:45
2.) Knowing I'm Pleasing Me & You (Jerry Williams Jr. - C. Whitehead) - 2:35
3.) In My Resume (Jerry Williams Jr. - T. Davis) - 2:33
4.) Captain Of Your Ship (Jerry Williams Jr. - D. Hollinger) - 1:53
5.) Don't It Make You Wanta Go Home (Joe South) - 7:55
http://rapidshare.com/files/107090530/Swamp_Dogg_-_Cuffed__Collared__Tagged___Gassed__1972_.rar

VA - What Is Wrong With Groovin'

We started our 7" reissue series a few years back with one thing in mind; to make the rarest, most obscure and grooviest records available to all on beautiful 7" vinyl. Many of the recordings chosen were little known by music lovers but were so good that they deserved to be heard by the many people with an ear for the good stuff living around the world. This idea still stands to this day, and we continue to seek out great music that has long since been forgotten or has proved very difficult to find in the original format. Now our Jazzman 7" releases themselves have proven hard to locate by some, and have proved useless to those who do not own a turntable, so now the time has come to make some of the best cuts available on CD for the first time. This CD it chronicles the first 10 releases, and includes the elusive first Jazzman 7", now long out of print, 'Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child' by Kathleen Emery. As the first release on the label, we had to make sure it was a good one - it can't have been a bad choice as demand for the record continues to this day. The complete track listing is as follows:

1- Kathleen EmerySometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
2- Los Brasilios - Brasilian Beat
3 - Fred Johnson - A Child Runs Free
4 - Lorez Alexandria - Send in the Clowns
5 - Dee Felice Trio - Nightingale
6 - Freddie Cole - Brother Where Are You
7 - Keith Mansfield - Ophis le Serpentaire
8 - Vincent Geminiani - Ophis le Serpentaire
9 - Unknown 10 - Frank Motley - Ya Ya
11 - Letta Mbulu - What's Wrong with Groovin'
12 - Bruno Spoerri - Les Electroniciens
http://rapidshare.com/files/107081638/VA_-_What_Is_Wrong_With_Groovin_.rar

Lou Courtney - I'm In Need Of Love

A wonderful album of mellow soul tracks! The record is Lou Courtney's masterpiece -- and it's a jam-packed set filled with great tracks that rank right up there with classic 70s work by artists like Marvin Gaye, Leroy Hutson, or Leon Ware! Leon Pendarvis handled most of the arrangements -- and the record's got a wonderfully full soul sound -- with a mix of moody keyboard-driven groovers and ballads -- all topped by excellent vocals from Lou, miles ahead of any work he did in the early days! The best thing, though, is the songwriting, as these tracks rank right up there with the best underground mellow soul we can think of -- sophisticated yet not soppy, filled with soulful lyrics about love and losing it, never giving into cliches of other soul from the time. A real dream of an album

1. Common Broken Heart
2. Since I First Laid Eyes on You
3. What Do You Want Me to Do
4. Best Thing a Man Can Ever Do for His Woman
5. I Will, If You Will
6. Somebody New Is Lovin' on You
7. I'm Serious About Lovin' You
8. I Don't Need Nobody Else
9. Just to Let Him Break Your Heart
10. I'm in Need of Love
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3xfuot

Can't rate this highly enough...some seriously groovy mellow soul....it'll have you licking your lips as you listen to it!

Jackie Wilson - The Very Best Of Jackie Wilson

Among the greatest rock & roll singers ever, and maybe the most technically accomplished vocalist of the rock era, Jackie Wilson is an R&B legend. His sky-high range, intense emotionalism, and jaw-dropping stage presence have influenced nearly every significant R&B singer from James Brown to Michael Jackson. This 24-song collection ranges from his earliest hit, "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)"--as giddy an expression of pure joy as may ever have been put to vinyl--all the way up to later hits like the glorious Motown-style 1966 smash "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher and Higher)."

1. Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
2. Lonely Teardrops
3. To Be Loved
4. That's Why (I love you so)
5. I'll Be Satisfied
6. Doggin' Around
7. Lonely Life
8. Night
9. You Better Know It
10. Talk That Talk
11. Am I the Man
12. I'm Comin' on back to you
13. A Woman, A Lover, A friend
14. Baby Workout
15. Swueeze Her, Tease Her ( But Love Her)
16. No Pity (In the Naked City)
17. Whispers (Gettin' Louder)
18. I Get The Sweetest Feeling
19. Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy
20. Love is Funny That Way
21. Just Be Sincere
22. Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher
23. You Got Me Walking
24. This Love is Real ( I Can Feel Those Vibrations)
http://rapidshare.com/files/106886988/Jackie_Wilson_-_The_Very_Best_Of_Jackie_Wilson.rar

Great comp but whoever designed the cover art needs a slap!

VA - Stay On The Groove Vol.1

One of the funkiest collections we've heard in a long time and that's saying a lot, considering that most of the work is of recent vintage! The set was put together in support of the rich range of modern acts who've been picking up the older deep funk vibe in the past decade or so , artists from the Desco years onward who've not only been loving the sound set down by James Brown, but who also know how to play and produce records that bristle with the same depth as older work! Adrian Gibson of Jazz Cafe fame brought the whole thing together, and given his experience at the frontline of the scene, he's got a well-tuned ear to pick out the best of the bunch.



01. The New Mastersounds - Stay On The Groove
02. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes
03. Troubled Soul - Funky Me (Parts 1 & 2)
04. The New Process - Freedom
05. Jaguar - Battle Of Funk
06. Breakestra - Show And Prove (Part 1)
07. Lefties Soul Connection - Doin' The Thing
08. Cookin' On Three Burners - Gravel Rash
09. Poets Of Rhythm - Ham Gallery
10. Quantic Feat. Spanky Wilson - Don't Joke With A Hungry Man
11. MFOS - El Dios Padrino
12. Speedometer - Work It Out
13. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Hold It Down
14. Context - If I Had A Band
15. Ria Currie & The Deep Soul Messengers - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
16. The New Mastersounds - Two Note Brown
17. Lee Fields & The Dap-Kings - Give Me A Chance
18. Big Daddy Moochin' - No Rest For The Wicked
19. Sharon Jackson & The Soul Destroyers - Fakin' It
20. The Bamboos - Tighten Up
http://rapidshare.com/files/106865242/VA_-_Stay_On_The_Groove_Vol.1__Freestyle_2005_.rar

VA - The Funky Soul Survivors

10 killers from the vaults of Soul Patrol Records! If you know funky compilations, you know that these guys always deliver the goods -- serving up deep deep deep funk at a level that you'd only expect from a Keb Darge or Pure/Desco compilation. Loads of great jazzy playing steeped in the ensemble funk tradition -- and all on tunes that we've never seen on original wax! Titles include "Bumpin" by The Torques, "Black Bourgeoisie" by Raw Image, "Double Booty Bump" by Russell Gordon & Versatile Souls, "Tighten Up With Soul" by Tee N Cee, "Soul Heart Transplant" by Ebony Rhythm Band, and a great version of "Bumpin On Sunset" by Harold Young & The Magnificents.
http://rapidshare.com/files/106842772/VA_-_The_Funky_Soul_Survivors.rar

No tracklisting...you gotta take it and lose yourself in it...that way you'll appreciate it more, trust me!

Marlena Shaw - Live At Montreux

A classic! This is one of the best-ever albums by the great Marlena Shaw -- and it captures her in a free live setting that really lets her come into a righteous spiritual vibe. The album was cut with a small combo, and the overall feel is incredibly hip -- a mixture of jazz and soul, much more open-ended than some of Marlena's other albums, and with a more sophisticated feeling that was probably part of the way that she was presented to the crowd at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The highlight of the set is a 10 minute long re-working of her classic "Woman Of The Ghetto" -- done in an incredible way, with lots of extra lyrics, and a great jazzy groove that's been sampled more than once over the years.

A1 The Show Has Begun (3:50)
A2 The Song Is You (2:20)
A3 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (4:20)
A4 Twisted (3:45)
B1 But For Now (4:32)
B2 Save The Children (4:20)
B3 Woman Of The Ghetto (9:20)

Recorded Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland on July 5, 1973.
http://rapidshare.com/files/106831408/Marlena_Shaw_-_Live_At_Montreux.rar

This is right out the top drawer...seriously recommended and includes a couple of great Stevie and Marvin numbers too.

Doris Duke - A Legend In Her Own Time (1971)

Deep soul diva Doris Duke was born Doris Curry in Sandersville, GA, in 1945. After stints in a series of gospel units, including the Raspberry Singers, the David Sisters, and the Caravans, by 1963 she was settled in New York City, working as a session vocalist in addition to backup duties at the legendary Apollo Theater. Under her married name of Doris Willingham, she cut her debut solo single, "Running Away from Loneliness," for the tiny Hy-Monty label in 1966; "You Can't Do That" followed two years later on Jay Boy. Despite solid reviews, neither record made a commercial splash, and she returned to her session career, often commuting to Philadelphia to record with the production team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. When former Atlantic Records producer Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams Jr. struck out on his own, he signed the singer and renamed her Doris Duke, recording the 1969 LP I'm a Loser at Capricorn, Phil Walden's studio in Macon, GA.

Though considered the finest deep soul record of all time by no less than soul expert Dave Godin, I'm a Loser was rejected by dozens of labels before it finally surfaced on Wally Roker's Canyon label. Although the first single, "To the Other Woman," cracked Billboard's R&B Top Ten, Canyon soon spiraled into financial disaster, destroying the album's commercial momentum. Duke spent the next several years in creative limbo, finally reuniting with Swamp Dogg for 1975's Mankind label release A Legend in Her Own Time -- their partnership ended acrimoniously prior to its release, however, and the record received scant attention. Duke next resurfaced on the British label Contempo with Woman, a much-acclaimed set released stateside on the Scepter imprint. After 1981's Manhattan set Funky Fox, she retired from music, and at the time of this writing her whereabouts and activities are unknown.

1. I Wish I Could Sleep (3:42)
2. It Sure Was Fun (2:40)
3. I Don't Know How (To Fall Out of Love With You) (2:58)
4. He's Everything I Need (3:25)
5. I'd Do It All Over You (2:22)
6. If She's Your Wife (Who Am I) (3:58)
7. Since I Fell for You (2:52)
8. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You (2:21)
9. Let Love Touch Us Now (2:31)
10. Bad Water (3:22)
11. By the Time I Get to Phoenix (4:01)
http://rapidshare.com/files/106823877/Doris_Duke_-_A_Legend_In_Her_Own_Time__1971_.rar

A few of you are gonna want to kill me but resists the urge...the artwork in the RAR is wrong and so are the track numbers....I think I'd been smoking while I was trying to make sense of what I was doing...forgiven??