An ingenious mix of 28 pivotal tracks from 1957-1965, mostly from the early '60s, that
helped lay the groundwork for soul music. Some heavy-duty collectors may have wished these were all rarities, rather than a blend of hits and rarities. ...
Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations recorded some very popular Christmas albums, setting
the paradigm for other soul/pop artists. The songs get played each season, and you never tire of their unique versions of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ...
Universal's Martha Reeves & the Vandellas collection contains the majority of their hits recorded in
the '60s for Motown. Among the 17 tracks are radio classics Dancing in the Street, Nowhere to Run, Jimmy Mack, (Love Is Like A) Heat ...
Those who loved the rootsy amalgam of Southern sounds on Jimbo Mathus' 2013 offering White
Buffalo may be startled -- at least initially -- by the gritty rock and R&B that run through the veins of Dark Night of the ...
Capsoul, short for Capitol City Soul, was a small independent label from Columbus, OH, that
was extant from 1970 to 1974 and rolled out a small number of singles in that time. Columbus may have been the base of operations, ...
Nickel and Penny were two Chicago-based soul labels that existed in the late '60s, labels
that never had a hit outside of the Great Lakes but nevertheless amassed a pretty impressive roster of regional hits and soul curiosities, most rounded ...
The Numero Group is expert at finding, compiling and annotating the output of obscure independent
R&B and soul labels, and they've done it again with this collection of tracks recorded between 1969 and 1973 at Clem Price's Columbus, OH-based Harmonic ...
Two good Impressions albums from the mid-'60s, combined onto one CD, making them handier to
collect in this fashion than hunting down good-quality copies of the rare original vinyl editions. As usual, the singles (Keep on Pushing, People Get Ready, ...