Soul
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To many people’s great surprise, Lambchop’s fifth album, Nixon, was a surprise European hit. In many ways it was a grand departure from the band’s previous work; lush and supple, much less “country” and much more R&B in nature, the album seamlessly flows from start to finish in one continuous groove. This was a newer, Read more
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Though he would become synonymous with grand, bombastic soul ballads, singer Billy Paul‘s career did not start out that way. His 1968 debut–an album long out of print–was a live-in-the-studio recording of Paul with his jazz trio. It is stunning, then, when one first hears introductory number “Billy Boy,” for his style is much more Read more
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Though The Five Stairsteps will forever be associated with their wonderful song, “Ooh Child,” their career began several years before, and they produced quite a number of perfect soul ballads under the tutelage of Curtis Mayfield–who signed them to his label Windy C–this number, taken from their debut album, highlights their talents. The video is rough, but Read more
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I just felt like hearing a little Peabo Bryson. Taken from his 1976 debut album Peabo, this is a fine little soul ballad. Read more
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Doris Svensson is a little-known 1960s-era Swedish pop singer, but her real claim to fame is her second and last album, Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby. This album today is known mainly for its funky feel; though its lack of success would damn it to obscurity, until crate-digging DJ’s discovered its Read more
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The four members New York’s Kleeer had spent the 1970s working in the funk and disco scene before finally coming together in 1978, signing to Atlantic, where they would release seven albums of funk/dance groove. Winners, their sophomore album, is an album resting firmly at the crossroads of black music: disco was on its way Read more
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1979’s Hold Your Horses was a major sonic departure for R&B trio First Choice. Up until the release of this, their fifth album, the band specialized in a pleasant, albeit atypical Soul sound. For this album, producer Tom Moulton and label Salsoul sent the three ladies to Germany to record. If one instantly thinks Read more
The Recoup 