Sneelock
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Post by Sneelock on Jun 28, 2021 22:29:11 GMT
it took me a long time to come around on "Hot Buttered Soul" I found it Barry White-ish when I had expected it to be more Shaft-tastic.
now, I manage to enjoy that it IS rather Barry-White-ish but in a subtly Shaft-tastic sort of way.
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Post by oleandermedian on Jun 28, 2021 22:49:16 GMT
It’s at the folky-jazzy end of the soul spectrum. Produced by Eumir Deodato, with generous slatherings of autoharp.
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fange
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Post by fange on Jun 28, 2021 23:17:05 GMT
Eddie Holman - I Love You Freda Payne - Band of Gold Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care Sam Cooke - Night Beat Great calls there, ernie, especially the less well-known Eddie H album.
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Post by rayge on Jun 28, 2021 23:50:21 GMT
Whole lot of R&B albums nominated. but you all knew I was going to say that. Very few soul albums made as albums, mostly singles collections, or singles plus filler. Lots of great single artist comps, though.
Irma Thomas Wish Someone would Care Irma Thomas Take a Look The Fabulous Sound of Maxine Brown Lorraine Ellison Stay With Me
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2021 7:33:13 GMT
Any of the first four of Lee Dorsey's albums. The Yes We Can album is tremendous too
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Post by fange on Jul 8, 2022 10:51:58 GMT
I had a hankering for this album today, so I've been playing it on HIGH rotation all afternoon.
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (Volt, 1971)
Now, i know this is a strong statement, but for my money the quality of this album is every bit as good as anything that came out around this time by ANYBODY. The group's performances, and the work by Don Davis and Tony Hester, are absolutely peak.
Is it a perfect album? Maybe not, but it is pretty fucking close, and the mood and performances carry even the slightly weaker songs. The highs are stratospheric.
Do your ears and toes a favour - dig in and play them again today.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2022 11:04:01 GMT
The cliche 'soul artists didn't produce great albums' ceases to be true after about 1969, as this thread patently shows.
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Post by rayge on Jul 8, 2022 14:42:42 GMT
I had a hankering for this album today, so I've been playing it on HIGH rotation all afternoon. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (Volt, 1971) Now, i know this is a strong statement, but for my money the quality of this album is every bit as good as anything that came out around this time by ANYBODY. The group's performances, and the work by Don Davis and Tony Hester, are absolutely peak. Is it a perfect album? Maybe not, but it is pretty fucking close, and the mood and performances carry even the slightly weaker songs. The highs are stratospheric. Some nice sounds there, Ange, I agree, but 'soul'? Nah, not in my universe.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jul 8, 2022 19:53:08 GMT
an intense personal exorcism of blues soul and rock, a one of a kind
Lee Moses - Time and Place
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