Esther

A1 Use Me (3:50)

A2 Cherry Red (4:30)

A3 Let Me In Your Life (3:35)

A4 Alone Again (3:21)

A5 You And Me Together Forever (3:18)

B1 Georgia Rose (5:00)

B2 I Don't Want To Do Wrong (4:15)

B3 I've Never Found A Man (To Love Me Like You Do) (3:25)

B4 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (3:25)

B5 Let's Move & Groove (3:40)

Millie Jackson - It Hurts So Good '73

1. I Cry Listen Listen 2. Hypocrisy Listen Listen 3. Two-Faced World Listen Listen 4. It Hurts So Good Listen Listen 5. Don't Send Nobody Else Listen Listen 6. Hypocrisy (Reprise) Listen Listen 7. Good To The Very Last Drop Listen Listen 8. Help Yourself Listen Listen 9. Love Doctor Listen Listen 10. Now That You Got It Listen Listen 11. Close My Eyes Listen Listen 12. Breakaway (Reprise) Listen Listen

Keep Reachin' Up

1. Feeling Free Listen Listen 2. If This Ain't Love (Don't Know What Is) Listen Listen 3. Keep Reachin' Up Listen Listen 4. Blues Downtown Listen Listen 5. My Four Leaf Clover Listen Listen 6. A Perfect Kind Of Love Listen Listen 7. Invisible Man Listen Listen 8. Holdin' On Listen Listen 9. No One's Gonna Love You Listen Listen 10. Soul Investigators Theme

Jimi

1975

1. Message to Love

2. Over the Rainbow

3. Crash Landing

4. Come Down Hard on Me

5. Peace in Mississippi

6. With the Power

7. Stone Free Again

8. Captain Coconut

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - [1962]

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

1962

1. In A Sentimental Mood

2. Take The Coltrane

3. Big Nick

4. Stevie

5. My Little Brown Book

6. Angelica

7. Feeling Of Jazz, The
Notes
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Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); John Coltrane (tenor & soprano saxophones); Jimmy Garrison, Aaron Bell (bass); Elvin Jones, Sam Woodyard (drums).
Recorded at The Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 26, 1962.
DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE begins with a remarkable performance of "In A Sentimental Mood." Ellington's chattering, bell-like accompaniment sets off Coltrane's fulsome, rhapsodic interpretaion in sharp relief. For Johnny Hodges--one of Duke's main men, and an early employer of Coltrane--"In A Sentimental Mood" was a showpiece. The Rabbit practically owned the tune, and yet Hodges considered Coltrane's to be the finest version of the song he'd ever heard.
Which indicates how deeply rooted in the jazz and blues tradition Coltrane always was. DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE represented an opportunity for Trane to step back and reflect upon the elemental lyricism and swing that were at the heart of even his most adventurous flights--and to silence those nay-sayers who were carping about how his band with Eric Dolphy was "anti-jazz."
"Take The Coltrane" offers up one of Duke's great vamp tunes, and illustrates just how well the master knew how to accomodate Coltrane and play to his strengths, gently prodding him into fresh melodic directions. with its insistent bluesy hosannas and tart, off-center harmonies, "Take The Coltrane" is an improviser's delight, as the pianist offers elegant harmonic contrasts to Trane's backwoods preacher. "Big Nick" is Trane's tip of the hat to tenor man and raconteur Nick Nicholas, a tipsying, elusive little melody with a hint of Sidney Bechet (and Hodges) that allows the saxophonist to range up and down his soprano.
The remainder of the repetoire is from the Ellington/Strayhorn songbook, beginning with Duke's infectious minor blues, "Stevie." Ellington treats his keyboard as a mini-orchestra, and Coltrane rides Sam Woodyard's backbeat into the sun. Strayhorn's "My Little Brown Book" opens with a bell-like fantasia between piano and Elvin Jones' cymbals, as Coltrane demonstrates a variety of refined ballad inflections. "Angelica" offers an infectuous Afro-Cuban dialogue between Ellington and Woodyard, and an earnest, fervent Coltrane who doesn't rise to the tune's humor the way a Sonny Rollins would, but when Aaron Bell seats that 4/4 in the bass...look out. "The Feeling Of Jazz" is just that, closing things out with a classic blues that shuffles happily between swing and a hard rock.

Various

1989

A1 MC Slim & MC Short Cut Double Cross

A2 Icey Jaye Icey 'J' Is On Wax

A3 Yuggie First Lady Of Go Go Ma Butt

A4 Wee Papa Girl Rappers Rebel Rap

A5 L'Trimm Cuttie Pie

B1 Marla Mar You Know What I'm Sayin'

B2 Salt 'N' Pepa Spinderella's Not A Fella

B3 Hit & Run How Long

B4 Beatmasters, The Rok Da House Featuring - Cookie Crew, The

B5 Brandon Cooke Sharp As A Knife Featuring - Roxanne Shanté

C1 Dimples Tee Jealous Fellas

C2 DLR (2) Down To The Fullest

C3 She Rockers Give It A Rest

C4 Sweet Tee On The Smooth Tip

C5 Big Lady K Don't Get Me Started

D1 Real Roxanne, The Roxanne's On A Roll

D2 Kiss AMC Let Off Featuring - Ruthless Rap Assassins

D3 J.J. Fad Supersonic

D4 Queen Latifah Princess Of The Posse

D5 Lazy & Lisa Bad Young Sisters

One , Two

Pipe Dreams Gladys Knight & The Pips (Buddah 1976)

Gladys Knight starred in this Alaska-based love story. The album features a number of distinguished arrangers, including Michael Masser (also responsible for Diana Ross' underrated 'Mahogany' soundtrack), Bubba Knight and the great Dominic Frontiere (take a listen to the fabulous Brannigan main theme, sadly never issued on LP). Much of the album is standard Pips material and lacks depth, often descending into lounge jazz-tinged soul. The album features one stronger funk track, a slower guitar-based jam called 'Alaskan Pipeline'. An album for completists.

1. So Sad The Song 2. Alaskan Pipeline 3. Pot Of Jazz 4. I'll Miss You 5. Nobody But You 6. Pipe Dream 7. Find A Way 8. Follow My Dreams 9. So Sad The Song (Instr.)

Richard Popcorn Wylie - E.S.P.

A1 - Singing About You and Me
A2 - Georgia After Hours
A3 - How Did I Loose You
A4 - Lost Time
B1 - E.S.P
B2 - I Can Take the World On With You
B3 - Both Ends Against the Middle
B4 - Trust in Me
1974

The Whispers - Life & Breath (Janus 1972)

1)Here Comes Tomorrow
2)Somebody Loves You
3)I Love The Way You Make Me Feel
4)Live And Breath
5)Set This Happiness Inside Me
6)Can We Love Forever
7)Does She Care
8)Speak Softly Love
9)Give Me A Little Love
10)My Illusions

Shirley Brown

1974

1. It Ain't No Fun

2. Long As You Love Me

3. Stay With Me Baby

4. I've Got To Go On Without You

5. Woman To Woman

6. So Glad To Have You

7. Passion

8. I Can't Give You Up

9. I Need You Tonight

10. Between You And Me

Cold Blood

1 Visions (3:23)

2 Lo And Behold (4:12)

3 Down To The Bone (5:45)

4 You Had To Know (5:50)

5 My Lady Woman (4:04)

6 No Way Home (3:25)

7 Inside Your Soul (3:28)

8 All My Honey (3:31)

9 Valdez In The Country (3:44)
Props to CeetheChef for sharing this!

Various

Tracklisting:
1. Kathleen Emery
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (3:59)
2. Los Brasilios
Brasilian Heat (2:54)
3. Fred Johnson
A Child Runs Free (4:10)
4. Lorez Alexandria
Send In The Clowns (3:54)
5. Dee Felice Trio
Nightingale (2:31)
6. Freddy Cole
Brother Where Are You (4:48)
7. Keith Mansfield
Morning Broadway (2:06)
8. Vincent Geminiani
Ophis Le Serpentaire (2:38)
9. Carleen & The Groovers
Right On (2:14)
10. Frank Motley
Ya Ya (3:56)
11. Letta Mbulu
What's Wrong With Groovin' (2:53)
12. Bruno Spoerri
Les Electroniciens (2:57)

Various

West Wing 1975

A1 - I Got A Love For You

A2 - Have A Nice Weekend Baby

A3 - She Loves Me (That's What The Flower Said)

A4 - Gave Your Love, Gave All Of Your Love To Me

B1 - We Got A Perfect Love Together

B2 - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby

B3 - Look On The Brighter Side Of Love

B4 - I Wanna Thank You, Love
Stay Tuned!

Boz Scaggs - Moments

1971

Track Listings

1. We Were Always Sweethearts

2. Downright Women

3. Painted Bells

4. Alone, Alone

5. Near You

6. I Will Forever Sing (The Blues)

7. Moments

8. Hollywood Blues

9. We Been Away

10. Can I Make It Last

I don't know how you would categorize Boz Scaggs with moments of funk, soul , pop , and almost country at times...none of these songs quite do it for me like the opening track "We Were Always Sweethearts", which is a nice uptempo jammer , but that doesn't mean the rest of the album is not worth a listen . As I'm almost sure you sample headz out there are bound to find a snip or two to work with , ripped from my collection...ENJOY!

Michael Henderson

1. Make Me Feel Better

2. Time

3. Let Love Enter

4. Treat Me Like A Man

5. Solid

6. Be My Girl

7. You Haven't Made It To The Top

8. Valentine Love

9. Stay With Me This Summer

Her's another "Solid" treasure from the Buddah Records Label 1976.....Ripped from my personal vinyl collection ...enjoy!

Walter Heath

You Know You're Wrong Don't Ya Brother ;

LP (Item 3780)

Buddah, 1974

Obscure mellow midtempo soul LP on Buddah from 1973. The record's got an easy mellow feel that's quite nice and a bit folksy -- and Heath has a progressive righteous approach that reminds us a bit of Terry Callier. The songwriting's a bit varied, but the nicest moments have that kind of hip underground sound that makes you happy you still dig through old LPs. The album includes some nice lost cuts -- like "Put Your Love in My Hands" and "You Know You're Wrong", both of which have a nice late night feel -- plus the tracks "Every Fool On Earth", "Jamey", "Brother", "Made To Love", and "I Thought You Might Like To Know".

(there is an odd pop on the track "Jamey" (not my rip) , but it kinda throws off the entire tune, the rest of the album is very much Worth checking out, I'm sure this may already be out in circulation as I posted it here once before, as well as the original source , whom I couldn't say, as I've had this for quite awhile...ENJOY!)

Various

Various Artists - Booniay!! A compilation of West African Funk

1. Get Together - Bright Engelberts & The B.E. Movement

2. Akoko Ba - Guedu Blay-Ambolley

3. Good Samaritan - Matata

4. Body And Soul - William Onyeabor

5. Hot And Jumpy - George Danquah

6. Fa No Dem Ara - Quedy Blay-Ambolley

7. Tolambo Funk - Bright Engelberts & The B.E. Movement

8. Menyeckse - Atomic Bomb Zigoto

9. Susan Sue - Vis A Vis

10. This Hustling World - Gyedu Blay-Ambolley

The Pharaohs - Awakening 1972

Soul/Funk/Jazz
1. Damballa
2. Ibo
3. Tracks of My Tears
4. Black Enuff
5. Somebody's Been Sleeping
6. Freedom Road
7. Great House

Various

Here's yet another cover that does not paint an inviting picture

to the super nice rare grooves on this comp, I'm sure there are gonna be a couple there you may already know , but rest assure the others will knock your socks off so don't be misled by the cover or the title for that matter , they should have called it "Gettin' Groovy" (IMO)

check out the lineup

1. Hook & Sling (Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders)

2. Hector (Village Callers)

3. Break your Back (Willie Henderson)

4. Chick-A-Boom (Joe Bataan)

5. You're so right to me (Eastside Connection)

6. Gotta find me a lover (Erma Franklin)

7. Here comes the Judge (Pete Rodriguez)

8. Muere pequeña (Sexteto Electrónico Moderno)

9. Solar Heat (Cal T'Jader)

10. It don't make sense but it sure sounds good (Eddie Long)

11. Take more Candi (Candido)

12. Morris Park (Lenni Sesar)

13. The Oracle (Sabu)

14. Mess Around (Orchestra Harlow)

15. The Line Dance (Johnnie Colon)

16. Viva Peraza (Armando Peraza)

17. Es diferente (Cachao)

18. Viva Tirado (Fania All Stars)

19. The Good Doctor (Mongo Santamaria)

20. 38 1/2 (Irakere)

21. Squeeze it tight (Cossa Nostra)
Stay Tuned!

Shotgun IV

1980

A1 Come On With It (5:24)
A2 I Want You (4:54)
A3 You Deserve The Best (4:05)
A4 Go Head (5:04)
B1 Come On And Dance (3:52)
B2 Standing In Need Of Love (5:03)
B3 You Just Wanna Dance (4:57)
B4 Happy Feelin' (5:25)

Tom Brock

1974

Song Title

1. Have A Nice Weekend Baby

2. Love We Share Is The Greatest

3. There's Nothing In This World

4. I Love You More & More

5. Naked As The Day I Was Born

6. That's The Reason Why I Love You

7. Shake Me, Wake Me

8. If We Don't Make It, Nobody Can

Howard Tate - Reaction

1. Question

2. Have You Ever Had The Blues

3. Plenty Of Love

4. That's What Happens

5. Little Volcano

6. It's Too Late

7. Hold Me Tight

8. Come Into My Heart

9. What'll I Do

10. Chain Gang

11. My Soul's Got A Hole In It

12. These Are The Things That Make Me Know You're Gone

NOW

1968

Tracklisting:

A1 Think (2:15) Written-By - Aretha Franklin , Ted White

A2 I Say A Little Prayer (3:30) Written By - Burt Bacharach , Hal David

A3 See Saw (2:42) Written-By - Don Covay , Steve Cropper

A4 Night Time Is The Right Time (4:44) Written-By - Lew Herman

A5 You Send Me (2:25) Written-By - Sam Cooke

B1 You're A Sweet Sweet Man (2:14) Written-By - Ronnie Shannon

B2 I Take What I Want (2:30) Written-By - David Porter , Isaac Hayes , Teenie Hodges* B3 Hello Sunshine (3:00) Written By - King Curtis (2) , Ron Miller

B4 A Change (2:23) Written-By - Clyde Otis , Dorian Burton

B5 I Can't See Myself Without You (3:00) Written-By - Ronnie Shannon

Chain Reaction

1977

Tracklisting:

A1 Never Lose Never Win (4:15)

A2 Why Can't We Be Lovers (4:53)

A3 Quicksand (5:32)

A4 Think I'll Leave This Song Just Like It Is (4:00)

A5 Cold Steel (3:06)

B1 Miss Lovely Miss Beautiful (3:35)

B2 Hogtied (6:11)

B3 Indebted To You (4:04)

B4 Chase A Miracle (2:58)

FATBACK 1981

Fatback* - Tasty Jam Label: Spring Records

Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US

Released: 1981

Genre: Electronic Style: Disco Notes: Produced by Bill Curtis & Gerry Thomas.

Tracklisting:

A1 Take It Any Way You Want It (6:02)

A2 Wanna Dance (Keep Up The Dance) (5:00)

A3 Keep Your Fingers Out The Jam (6:13)

B1 Kool Whip (6:30)

B2 High Steppin' Lady (7:08)

B3 Get Ready For The Knight (3:57)

(ripped from vinyl, so its gotta couple pops at the beginning of each side of the record)

Alicia Myers 1984

12"

Tracklisting:
A
You Get The Best From Me (8:00)
B
I Want To Thank You (3:47)

Bobby Wilson 7"

Anything (That You Want) bw/Here Is Where The Love Is

1973 Chain Records

Roy "C"

Soul/Blues

Side A

I Found A Man (In My Bed)

Side B

I'm Falling In Love Again

(another one out of the 45 stack , bare with the fried chicken, and this would also be a nice album to find in full as well...)

MILTON MARSH - MONISM

1975
SIDE 1
"VONDA'S TUNE" (part 1 of "Earth home of the mortals")
COMMUNITY MUSIC
MONISM

SIDE 2
METAMORPHOSIS
ODE TO NZINGA
SABOTAGE, 3 PREPARATIONS

The Nineteenth Whole - Smilin' (1972)

1. You Caught Me Smilin' Again

2. Slippin' Into Darkness

3. Monkey Hips'n'Rice

4. Lookin' Through The Windows

5. Dark Clouds Rising
Jazz / Soul / Funk

Foxy Brown

Shared (December)

Bam-Bam

SisterNancy-Bam-Bam CD&P-Bam-Bam

SWEETNESS

Burner after burner , I know you Reggae headz out there will love this one, Beres Hammond's 1993 "Sweetnees"
1.Sweetness

2.Double Trouble
3.Step Aside
4.Preacherman
5.Sugar You Want
6.Come Back Home
7.One Dance
8.I'm So In Love
9.Putting Up Resistance - (with U Roy)
10.Tight Situation
11.You Could A Deal - (with Cutty Ranks)
12.Move Along

Superfly Deluxe!

DISC 1:
1.Little Child Runnin' Wild

2.Pusherman
3.Freddie's Dead
4.Junkie Chase - (instrumental)
5.Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
6.Eddie You Should Know Better
7.No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)
8.Think - (instrumental)
9.Superfly
10.Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly") - (single mix)
11.Superfly - (single mix)
DISC 2/:
1.Ghetto Child - (demo)
2.Pusherman - (alternate mix)
3.Freddie's Dead - (instrumental)
4.Junkie Chase - (instrumental, full-length version)
5.No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song) - (instrumental)
6.Militant March
7.Eddie You Should Know Better - (instrumental)
8.Radio Spot #1
9.Underground, The - (demo)
10.Check Out Your Mind - (instrumental)
11.Radio Spot #2
12.Interview (Curtis Mayfield On Superfly)

Black Merda - The Psyche Funk of Black Merda

Black Merda - The Psyche Funk of Black Merda

01 Cynthy-Ruth (Alt Take)

02 People Let Me Know [as Linnie Walker w_Black Merda]

03 Foxy lady [as The Soul Agents]

04 Got Me Running [as VC L. Veasey]

05 As Sisters and Brothers [as VC L. Veasey]

06 We've Got The Power [as VC L. Veasey]

07 Reality (Alt Take)

08 Darn Well [as Linnie Walker w_Black Merda]

09 Foxy Lady (instrumental) [as The Soul Agents]

10 Do Nothing Wrong [as VC L. Veasey]

11 The Original Man [as VC L. Veasey]
A collection of ultra rare material from the mighty Black Merda and affilliates -- including early work credited to The Soul Agents (a pre-cursor to Merda) and solo credits for lead singer VC L. Veasey! Psych Funk is a very apt description to pretty much all of the music in the set -- with that sinister guitar groove, funky bass and rollicking drums. The vocals range from the soul funk school -- especially the couple of tracks sung by Linnie Walker (the sister of Black Merda members Charles and Anthony Hawkins) -- to more psychedelia-learned phrasings -- not unlike early Parliament! Tracks include an alternate versions of the Black Merda tunes "Cynthy-Ruth" and "Reality", "People Let Me Know" and "Darn Well" featuring vocals by Linnie Walker, the Soul Agents excellent funk version of "Foxy Lady", and the VC Veasey tracks "Do Nothing Wrong" and "Original Man".
IMBACK!!!!!!