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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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HONEY CONE - Take Me With You
Edna Wright, Carolyn Willis, and Shellie Clark made up Honey Cone. All had been in previous groups such as Ike & Tina’s back-up singers the Ikettes. |
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AUGER, BRIAN & JULIE TIPPETTS - Encore
Encore was just that, an encore performance by former band mates Brian Auger and Julie Tippetts (formerly Driscoll). |
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MABERN, HAROLD - Greasy Kid Stuff!
An all-star cast of Lee Morgan, Hubert Laws, Buster Williams, Idris Muhammad and Joe Jones joined pianist Harold Mabern on Greasy Kid Stuff! The record is a solid Prestige release like many from the period, good, but not spectacular. |
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COTTON, LOYCE - Try It, You’ll Like It/Everybody Wants To Be The President
Loyce Cotton recorded this 45 in Houston, Texas. First up is the grooving mid-tempo Try It, You’ll Like It with Ms. Cotton’s strong vocals over a funky Soul backing, and an organ solo in the middle. |
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CRUSADERS - Scratch
Scratch was a live album recorded at the Roxy in LA. The title track has a Sly Stone influence to it with a slap bass line. That’s followed by a long and airy version of Eleanor Rigby with some spacey sounds on the keys by Joe Sample. |
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STITT, SONNY - Tornado
This is yet again, another LP that O-Dub hipped me to way back when. Tornado was recorded in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Eddie Russ and produced by Bob Crawford. It gets off to a nice start with the title cut that builds in intensity. |
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HAYES, ISAAC - Shaft OST
Isaac Hayes had been one of the mainstays at Stax Records since the 60s, first as the sax player in the Mar-Keys, then as part of the hit making song writing duo with David Porter. |
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TURNER, IKE & TINA - Soul Of
Soul Of is another early release by the Turners. |
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