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CAIN, HENRY - Funky Organization of Henry Cain
During the David Axelrod craze this was a 2nd or 3rd tier record collectors would check for because Axelrod produced it. I thought The Funky Organization of Henry Cain would be your typical run of the mill organ Jazz album, and in many ways it is, but there are a couple times when Cain surprised me. |
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CHANDLER, GENE - Situation
Gene Chandler is best known for his 1962 Doo Wop classic Duke Of Earl. His career was much longer than that one song. Chandler was a mainstay of the Chicago Soul scene, and Situation was one of his more successful albums because of the hit Groovy Situation. |
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CHARLES, RAY - A Message From The People
Ray Charles recorded A Message From The People with his longtime friend Quincy Jones. Charles gets off to a great start with a completely re-arranged and soulful version of Lift Every Voice And Sing. Two mellower numbers, Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong and Heaven Help Us All, follow that. |
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GAYE, MARVIN - Marvin Gaye And His Girls
This album collects together Marvin Gaye’s recordings with Tammi Terrell, Mary Wells and Kim Weston. There are four tracks with each female artist. The songs with Wells are a little too mellow. It Takes Two with Weston finally kicks things off with its fast pace. |
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CASH, ALVIN - Saddle Up/Getaway
Alvin Cash had a long and storied carrier mostly recording 45s. This one was for Chess and starts off with Saddle Up. The song is basically a Funk instrumental with Cash talking over the top. |
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GALLANT, PATSY - Upon My Own
Patsy Gallant was a Canadian singer who started off in a family group called the Gallant Sisters. Upon My Own was her first solo performance. |
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BARRABAS - Barrabas
This of course, is Barrabas’ second self-titled album, released two years later on the ATCO label. |
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BROWN, JAMES - A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads/The Drunk
This is a James Brown 45 on Bethlehem, which was a subsidiary of King. I think the label was known mostly for Jazz releases. The A-side is a mellow mid-tempo song with strings that’s from the Super Bad album. |
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HOLMES, RICHARD "GROOVE" - Welcome Home
Jazz organ players like Richard “Groove” Holmes use to be a trend in collecting that I was into when I first got started. Welcome Home represents Holmes’ earlier Soul-Jazz sound from the mid-60s with tunes like Oklahoma Toad. |
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ISLEY BROTHERS - Get Into Something
Get Into Something saw the Isley Brothers firmly entrenched in their new funky Soul sound with tunes like the upbeat title track that builds in intensity as it progresses, topped off by a drum break before everything slows down and finally ends. |
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ROBINSON, FREDDIE - At The Drive-In
Freddy Robinson was a blues-jazz guitarist that worked with Monk Higgins. The whole first side is blues based with only I Found My Soul Last Night standing out because of its RnB overtones. |
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WRIGHT, O.V. - A Nickel And A Nail/Pledging My Love
A Nickel And A Nail is a great southern Soul tune with a pleading, soul wrenching mood to it, all accentuated by O.V. Wright’s singing. That sounds probably due to the fact that Willie Mitchell produced the 45. |
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