Showing posts with label soul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soul. Show all posts

Friday, January 25, 2019

Merl Saunders ‎– Merl Saunders (1974)

1. Aunt Monk
2. It's Cheaper To Keep Her
3. Wondering Why
4. Easy Evil
5. Bolinas Brown
6. An't No Woman Like The One I've Got
7. When I Die
8. Righteousness

Merl Saunders- vocals, organ, clavinet, electric piano
Billy Fender, Joel Cohen, Michael Howell - guitar
Bill Upchurch, John Kahn - bass
Tony Saunders - bass, backing vocals
Martin Fierro - saxophone
King Errisson - congas
Kenneth Nash - percussion
Gaylord Birch, Eccleston W. Wainwright, Jimmy Nelson - drums

Friday, December 29, 2017

The Joe Cuba Sextet ‎– Bustin' Out (1972)

1. What A Baby
2. Pud-Da-Din
3. Ain't It Funny What Love Can Do
4. Ohh! Ah
5. Do You Feel It?
6. A Thousand Ways
7. Joe Cuba's Madness Part 1
8. Joe Cuba's Madness Part 2

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Charles Earland - Intensity (1972)

Sorry for the delay in posts! I had to get a new computer and transfer all my music but I am back. Here's more Earland which includes Lee Morgan's last recording before his death.

1. Happy 'Cause I'm Goin' Home
2. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
3. 'Cause I Love Her
4. Morgan
5. Lowdown (not on original release)
6. Speedball (not on original release)

Charles Earland - organ
Jon Faddis, Virgil Jones, Lee Morgan, Victor Paz - trumpet
Dick Griffin, Jack Jeffers, Clifford Adams - trombone
Hubert Laws - flute, piccolo flute
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
William Thorpe - baritone saxophone
John Fourie, Greg Millar, Maynard Parker - guitar
Billy Cobham - drums
Sonny Morgan - congas

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Charles Earland - Black Drops (1970)

1. Sing a Simple Song
2. Don't Say Goodbye
3. Lazy Bird
4. Letha
5. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
6. Buck Green

Charles Earland – organ
Virgil Jones – trumpet
Clayton Pruden – trombone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Maynard Parker – guitar
Jimmy Turner – drums

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Charles Earland - Living Black! (1970)

Live at the Key Club in New Jersey

1. Key Club Cookout
2. Westbound No. 9
3. Killer Joe
4. Milestones
5. More Today Than Yesterday (not on original release)
6. Message from a Black Man (not on original release)

Charles Earland - organ
Gary Chandler - trumpet
Grover Washington Jr. - tenor saxophone
Maynard Parker - guitar
Jesse Kilpatrick - drums
Buddy Caldwell - congas

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Tony Camillo's Bazuka - Dynomite (1975)

1. T.C.'s Inferno
2. Side Dish
3. Come To Me
4. Bazuka Limited
5. I'm Gonna Love Lovin' You
6. Love Explosion
7. Shark Bite
8. Walkin' Tall
9. Dynomite
10. Earthquake
11. T.C.'s Inferno (Reprise)

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Funky Mix

Hey followers!!! New posts will be coming soon but in the meantime, check out this mix I created full of grooves, funk and jazz!!! Thanks to everyone who has visited this blog!!

https://soundcloud.com/africaine/get-loose

here's the setlist:

The Temptations - Treat Her Like a Lady
Grand Popo Football Club - Men Are Not Nice Guys (UK Version)
The Soul Searchers - If It Ain't Funky
Donald Byrd - Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
Sister Sledge - You're a Friend To Me
Stanley Turrentine - Sister Sanctified
Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
Edwin Starr - Easin' In
Bob James - Dream Journey
Alvin Cash - Keep on Dancing
Grant Green - Wind Jammer
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Cannonball Adderley - Taurus: Wampus Cat
Horace Silver - Acid, Pot or Pills
Idris Muhammad - Baia (Boogie Bump)
Ike and Tina Turner - I Idolize You
James Brown - In The Middle, Pt. 1
Kurtis Blow - Rappin' Blow (Part 2)
Tom Tom Club - Under the Boardwalk
Teddy Pendergrass - Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
Kashmere Stage Band - Take Five
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
Herbie Hancock - Butterfly
Tim Maia - Leva O Meu Blue

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)

1. Quiet Storm
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy
3. Baby That's Backatcha
4. Wedding Song
5. Happy – Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues
6. Love Letters
7. Coincidentally

Smokey Robinson – vocals
Melba Bradford – background vocals
Joseph A. Brown – drums, percussion
Carmen Bryant – background vocals
Gary Coleman – percussion
Shawn Furlong – sound effects, sopranino
Michael Jacobsen – electric cello
Gene Pello – drums
James Alibe Sledge – bongos, conga, background vocals
Fred Smith – horns, woodwind
Russ Turner – musical arrangements, keyboards, background vocals
Marv Tarplin – guitar

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)

1. Harlem
2. Ain't No Sunshine
3. Grandma's Hands
4. Sweet Wanomi
5. Everybody's Talkin'
6. Do It Good
7. Hope She'll Be Happier
8. Let It Be
9. I'm Her Daddy
10. In My Heart
11. Moanin' and Groanin'
12. Better Off Dead

Bill Withers – guitar, vocals
Stephen Stills – guitar
Booker T. Jones – guitar, keyboards
Chris Ethridge - bass
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
Bobbye Hall Porter – percussion

Monday, October 19, 2015

Richard "Groove" Holmes ‎– Night Glider (1973)

1. Night Glider
2. Flyjack
3. It's Going To Take Some Time
4. Pure Cane Sugar
5. Go Away Little Girl
6. One Mint Julep
7. Young And Foolish

Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
Lloyd Davis - guitar
Horace Ott - electric piano
Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone
Garnett Brown - trombone
Paul Martinez - bass
Kwasi Jayourba - congas
Bernard Purdie - drums

Friday, October 9, 2015

George Benson - Giblet Gravy (1968)

1. Along Comes Mary
2. Sunny
3. What’s New?
4. Giblet Gravy
5. Walk on By
6. Thunder Walk
7. Sack O’ Woe
8. Groovin’
9. Low Down and Dirty
10. Billie’s Bounce
11. What’s New (alternate)
12. What’s New (alternate 2)

George Benson – Guitar
Pepper Adams – Baritone sax
Ron Carter – Bass
Bob Cranshaw – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums
Eric Gale – Guitar
Carl Lynch – Guitar
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Johnny Pacheco – Conga, Tambourine
Alan Raph – Bass Trombone
Jimmy Owens – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ernie Royal – Trumpet
Snooky Young – Trumpet
Lois Winter – Vocals
Eileen Gilbert – Vocals
Albertine Robinson – Vocals

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Willie Mitchell - Solid Soul (1968)

1. Prayer Meetin'
2. Grazing in the Grass
3. Windy
4. Sunrise Serenade
5. The Horse
6. Groovin'
7. San-Ho-Zay
8. Up Hard
9. Monkey Jump
10. Strawberry Soul
11. Hideaway
12. Willie Wam

Willie Mitchell - Trumpet
Charles Hodges - Organ, Keyboards
Leroy Hodges - Bass
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - Guitar
Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith - Blue Bash! (1963)

1. Blue Bash
2. Travelin'
3. Fever
4. Blues For Del
5. Easy Living
6. Soft Winds
7. Kenny's Sound

Kenny Burrell - guitar
Jimmy Smith - organ
Vince Gambella - guitar
Milt Hinton, George Duvivier - bass
Bill English, Mel Lewis - drums

Produced by Creed Taylor

includes alternate takes

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Trojan Records Soulful Reggae Box Set

Disc 1

1. The Chosen Few – Tears of a Clown
2. Joy White – My Guy
3. Mike Dorane – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
4. Ken Boothe – Let’s Get It On
5. The Chosen Few – I Second That Emotion
6. Jay Boys – I Can’t Get Next to You
7. The Gaylads – It’s All in the Game
8. Barry Biggs – I’ll Be There
9. John Holt – Touch Me in the Morning
10. Teddy Brown – Midnight Train to Georgia
11. Ken Boothe – Ain’t No Sunshine
12. The Chosen Few – You Are Everything
13. The Chosen Few, Derrick Harriott – Since I Lost My Baby
14. Barry Biggs – One Bad Apple
15. Pat Rhoden – Living for the City
16. Lloyd Charmers – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
17. Pat Rhoden – Boogie on Reggae Woman

Disc 2

1. Shark Wilson and the Basement Heaters – Make It Reggae
2. Soul Messengers – Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)
3. Matumbi – Reggae Stuff
4. The Chosen Few – Children of the Night
5. Messengers – Crowded City
6. The Chosen Few – Theme from Shaft
7. Bruce Ruffin – Ooh Child
8. Lloyd Parks – Stop the War Now
9. Matumbi – Law of the Land
10. The Chosen Few – Am I Black Enough for You?
11. Derrick Harriott – Brown Baby
12. The Chosen Few – Do Your Thing
13. The Chosen Few and Derrick Harriott – Message from a Black Man
14. The Chosen Few – People Make the World Go Round
15. Mickie Chung – Breezin’
16. The Pioneers – Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Disc 3

1. The Chosen Few – Everybody Plays the Fool
2. B.B. Seaton – Lean on Me
3. Leroy Sibbles – Break Up to Make Up
4. Inner Circle – Homely Girl
5. The Chosen Few – You’re a Big Girl Now
6. Zap Pow – If You Don’t Know Me by Now
7. Joe White – Me and Mrs. Jones
8. Lloyd Parks – Kung Fu Fighting
9. The Chosen Few and Derrick Harriott – Have You Seen Her?
10. Inner Circle – Rock the Boat
11. The Chosen Few – Stoned in Love
12. Boris Gardiner – You Make Me Feel Brand New
13. The Lewis Sisters – Love on a Two Way Street
14. Matumbi – Brother Louie
15. The Chosen Few – In the Rain
16. Inner Circle – T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
17. Al Brown – Love and Happiness


1 : 2 : 3

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Nina Simone - Emergency Ward! (1972)

According to the booklet with The Complete RCA Albums Collection Boxset, track 1 was recorded November 18, 1971 at Fort Dix and tracks 2-3 were recorded at the RCA Studio in New York City.

1. Medley: My Sweet Lord/Today Is a Killer
2. Poppies
3. Isn’t It a Pity

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The Supremes - A' Go-Go (1966)

1. Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart
2. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)
3. You Can’t Hurry Love
4. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)
5. Baby I Need Your Loving
6. These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
7. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
8. Get Ready
9. Put Yourself in My Place
10. Money (That’s What I Want)
11. Come and Get These Memories
12. Hang on Sloopy

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Ike & Tina Turner – Feel Good (1972)

1. Chopper
2. Kay Got Laid (Joe Got Paid)
3. Feel Good
4. I Like It
5. If You Can Hully Gully (I Can Hully Gully Too)
6. Black Coffee
7. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
8. If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)
9. You Better Think of Something
10. Bolic

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Young-Holt Unlimited - Mellow Dreamin' (1970)


1. The Devil Made Me Do Dat
2. Going In Circles
3. Witchita Lineman
4. Mellow Dreamin'
5. Trippin'
6. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
7. The Creeper
8. There'll Be A Greater Day
9. Black And White