Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Deep Beats 60's Northern Soul Vol. 1
Traclklist:
Purple Haze - Jones, Johnny & The King Casuals
Baby Boy - Hughes, Freddie
Tryin To Find My Woman - Courtney, Lou
There Was A Time - Chandler, Gene
Who Who Song - Wilson, Jackie
Marble And Iron - Douglas, Carl
Our Love Is Getting Stonger - Knight, Jason
What About The Music - Harner, Billy
Boc To Bach - Father's Angels
What Love Brings - Bernard, Kenny
Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Arnold, P.P.
Scrub Board - Trammps
Ton Of Dynamite - Crocker, Frankie 'Loveman'
Soul Improvisations - McCoy, Van
Goodbye Nothing To Say - Javells
Bring Him Back - Starr, Stella
Stop What You're Doing To Me - Playthings
What About The Music - Billy Harner
I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Wilson, Jackie
Love Makes A Woman - Acklin, Barbara
I'm Gonna Miss You - Artistics
Stay Close To Me - Five Stairsteps
Hold Back The Night - Trammps
Enjoy!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Deep Beats- 60's Northern Soul, Vol. 2
Thanks to Shane Cosgrove for this brilliant gem!
This one's for you, mate!
Track Listing:
First Choice - This Is The House Where Love Died
The MVP's - Turning My Heartbeat Up
Al Wilson - Help Me
Leon Young Strings - Glad All Over
Billy Harner - Sally Saying Something
Chris Farlowe - Don't Just Look At Me
Chuck Jackson - Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
Adam's Apples - Don't Take It Out Of This World
Wayne Gibson - Under My Thumb
The Charts - Livin' the Nightlife
Linda Jones & the Whatnaughts - I'm So Glad I Found You
Jackie Wilson - I'm So Glad I Found You
The Shirelles - Last Minute Miracle
Maxine Brown - One in A Million
Billy Thompson - Black Eyed Girl
The Devonnes - I'm Gonna Pick Up My Toys
Carmen Taylor - You're Puttin' Me On
Marvin Smith - Have More Time
Curtis Blandon - In The Long Run
Tony Lamarr - Just In The Nick Of Time
Young Holt Unlimited - California Montage
Enjoy!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
DAPTONE GOLD
I don’t care who you are, what this album represents is an impressive feat of talent and perseverance. By their own hand, recording their
blend of funk, soul, and afrobeat acts on vintage equipment, in a studio they built themselves out in Brooklyn’s Bushwick, this label elevates appreciation of classic sound to the level of worship.
Both the sheer amount of talent on the label and their ability to generate innovative and creative material shines through on the album. Stuffed with rare cuts and clocking in at over 80 minutes, each of the larger acts has three or more tracks, while less well-known combos/acts get some much-needed exhibition.
Their headliner, a powerhouse act that underlines this neuvo funk endeavor, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings continue to excite and produce mountains of memorable tracks, to say nothing of their shows. Having the most songs on the album, I was excited to hear the tracks that were new to me, while enjoying the selection of those cuts I had come across before.
The other acts are just as pleasing; Budos Band, an instrumental only funk and soul group with an impressive number of members is a local favorite, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens take soul out of church and to your ears, while Lee Fields’ hardest man workin’ vibe had me aching all the way alongside him. I was equally impressed with the Antibalas track, an act that I was happy to see settle at the label.