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school me on buddah records

inVrsinVrs 687 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
i have latley found some quite interesting stuff on buddah, especially feeling the norman conners LPs and the baby huey album. i know this is a big and well known label and that i am pretty late to discover some of the better titles. anyway, besides the obvious (big) titles on buddah, what else is there worth to get?

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  • GamleOleGamleOle 508 Posts
    This is what comes out my head right now. Not sure if you're looking for the sublabels as well?b,121b,121LP: Modulations "It's Rough Out Here"b,121b,12145s:b,121Barbara Mason & The Futures "Make It Last"b,121Charisma Band "Ain't Nothing Like Your LOve"b,121Al Perkins "Yes, My Godness Yes"b,121Vitamin E "Sharing"b,121Timothy Wilson "Just Another Guy"b,121Black Satin "Hey there little lady"b,121Chris Bartley "I'll Take the Blame"b,121J.J. Barnes "I'll keep Coming Back"
  • inVrsinVrs 687 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121LP: Modulations "It's Rough Out Here"b,121b,121 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121i had this but sold it. didnt think it was all that special.
  • milliondollarsmilliondollars 568 Posts
    I like the Barbara Mason - Transition LPb,121Found it in a dollar bin, some nier soul tunes on it...!
  • milliondollarsmilliondollars 568 Posts
    ...I forgot the Johnny K - Bills To Pay 45!b,121Actually this is one of my all time favourites!
  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts
    That's a big question but ignoring the subsidiary labels & top 40 stuff I rate:b,121b,121BDS 5035 - Yesterdays Folks - U.S. 69 [1969] b,121BDS 5046 - When I Die - Motherlode [1969] b,121BDS 5080 - Call Me Man! - Jules Blatner Group [1971] b,121BDS 5098 - Steve Kuhn - Steve Kuhn [1972] b,121BDS 5108 - Tapped Out - Motherlode [1972] b,121BDS 5129 - The Black Motion Picture Experience - Cecil Holmes' Soulful Sounds [1973] b,121BDS 5137 - Gordon's War (Soundtrack) - Horace Ott [1973]b,121BDS 5634ST - Sheba, Baby - Monk Higgins & Alex Brown [1975]b,121BDS 5636 - Blind Baby - New Birth [1975]b,121Black Ivoryb,121Norman Connorsb,121Michael Hendersonb,121Capitan Beefheart's on there as well if that's your bag.b,121b,121Obviously SS could go on for days with the subsidiaries (Sussex, Curtom, Hot Wax, Skye, T-Neck) img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121That's a big question but ignoring the subsidiary labels & top 40 stuff I rate:b,121b,121BDS 5035 - Yesterdays Folks - U.S. 69 [1969] b,121BDS 5046 - When I Die - Motherlode [1969] b,121BDS 5080 - Call Me Man! - Jules Blatner Group [1971] b,121BDS 5098 - Steve Kuhn - Steve Kuhn [1972] b,121BDS 5108 - Tapped Out - Motherlode [1972] b,121BDS 5129 - The Black Motion Picture Experience - Cecil Holmes' Soulful Sounds [1973] b,121BDS 5137 - Gordon's War (Soundtrack) - Horace Ott [1973]b,121BDS 5634ST - Sheba, Baby - Monk Higgins & Alex Brown [1975]b,121BDS 5636 - Blind Baby - New Birth [1975]b,121Black Ivoryb,121Norman Connorsb,121Michael Hendersonb,121b,121Obviously SS could go on for days with the subsidiaries (Sussex, Curtom, Hot Wax, Skye, T-Neck) img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I was going to touch on the subsidiaries too, but look at the list above. Some might seek the label for their bubble-gum and soul, but they had a lot of great stuff inbetween that. They were more than willing to try anything and everything, it was a mix of "let's try that" to "let's push that and make that a million seller". Not many labels were willing to release a song and say "let's just reverse it can call it our psychedelic A-side".b,121b,121a href="http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dialahitio5.jpg" target="_blank"1/a1b,121b,121With a list that has U.S. 69, Motherlode, Jules Blatner Group, Steve Kuhn, and New Birth (and let's not forget for a short time, Osibisa), they were doing something interesting before they closed down in the early 80's, formally introducing the world to the Disco 3 (a/k/a The Fat Boys).b,121b,121Here are the album discographies from Both Sides Now:b,121a href="http://www.bsnpubs.com/buddah/buddaha.html" target="_blank"1http://www.bsnpubs.com/buddah/buddaha.html/a1b,121a href="http://www.bsnpubs.com/buddah/buddahb.html" target="_blank"1http://www.bsnpubs.com/buddah/buddahb.html/a1b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121Capitan Beefheart's on there as well if that's your bag.b,121b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    i like "the gap sealer" by jimmy heath.
  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts
    This is gonna be a big thread come Monday me thinks.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Buddah has always been one of my favorite labels for the reasons Johmbolaya mentioned...they were obviously in the business of making hits, but they had a wild experimental streak, almost like Elektra (pre-1973) or Blue Thumb...here's a Buddah thread I started three years ago, and the first post should let you know how wide-ranging they were: a href="http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=309320&an=0&page=160#Post309320" target="_blank"1http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/show...=160#Post309320/a1b,121b,121b,121...in the meantime, here's another lost Buddah classic: Denny Greene's "Lonely Town, Lonely Street", a Buddah single...this is an uptempo cover of the Bill Withers song, with raw private-press production and a sax that sounds like it was electrified and run through a wah-wah pedal. Good stuff. Normally, Greene was a member of Sha Na Na, the campy "rock revival" band who recorded for Buddah's Kama Sutra imprint, but this single is 180-degrees different.
  • GnarliamentGnarliament 375 Posts
    Can't believe no one's mentioned curtdom yet.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Can't believe no one's mentioned curtdom yet. b,121b,121h,121
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Obviously SS could go on for days with the subsidiaries (Sussex, Curtom, Hot Wax, Skye, T-Neck) img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121
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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Can't believe no one's mentioned curtdom yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Well, the first post had a shoutout to Baby Huey...
  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Can't believe no one's mentioned curtdom yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121Me neither.b,121Was Curtdom the label run by Curtis' functionally retarded cousin Domenic?b,121b,121Anyway yes, I'm sure most of SS rides for most if not all of Curtom's output.b,121How's anybody gonna hate on The Impressions, Curtis, Leroy Hutson, & Natural Four?
  • pencilfacepencilface 674 Posts
    img src="http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/joeblakey/cover.jpg"1
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    img src="http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/s/spiritofatl_burningof_101b.jpg"1 b,121b,121Tommy Stewart Hotlanta sound from 1973 on Buddahb,121A personal favourite
  • TNGTNG 234 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Can't believe no one's mentioned curtdom yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Obviously SS could go on for days with the subsidiaries (Sussex, Curtom, Hot Wax, Skye, T-Neck) img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121All of these labels were independently owned and merely distributed by Buddah.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Can't believe no one's mentioned curtdom yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Obviously SS could go on for days with the subsidiaries (Sussex, Curtom, Hot Wax, Skye, T-Neck) img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121All of these labels were independently owned and merely distributed by Buddah. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Indeed. I was quoting what was said above, but nonetheless a lot of those tracks were owned by Buddah, I believe someone else now owns everything Buddah ever released.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Can't believe no one's mentioned curtdom yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Obviously SS could go on for days with the subsidiaries (Sussex, Curtom, Hot Wax, Skye, T-Neck) img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121All of these labels were independently owned and merely distributed by Buddah. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121What about Kama Sutra??
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121What about Kama Sutra?? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121That came first, then came Buddah. Kama Sutra was its own label, distributed through MGM, then when it had some troubles, one of the guys decided to form Buddah. When Buddah was gaining a lot of attention, Kama Sutra left MGM and hooked up with Buddah, and that became permanent. Unlike Sussex and Hot Wax, Kama Sutra was more closer to Buddah than anything. As Buddah climbed to the charts, that's when they and their connections (through Neil Bogart) would be able to obtain masters and distribute various labels that would become a part of their umbrella. By the time the Fat Boys released their first records on Sutra, it was still a part of Buddah. Sutra managed to last for awhile.b,121b,121Sony now owns the entire Buddah catalog, or at least the master recordings, not sure about publishing.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 img src="http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/joeblakey/cover.jpg"1 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121yuck
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121 img src="http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/joeblakey/cover.jpg"1 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121yuck b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Cover is wack (wack!), album is alright. Also check out the albums they did for Apple and Metromedia. a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/ElephantMemory3" target="_blank"1 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ss.gif" alt="" 21 /a1
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    So, is there a pressing of Baby Huey with a Buddah label?b,121b,121I was under the impression it was only on Curtom.b,121b,121Maybe the UK press?
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121So, is there a pressing of Baby Huey with a Buddah label?b,121b,121I was under the impression it was only on Curtom.b,121b,121Maybe the UK press? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I think some of the world pressings are, Discogs lists a French one. Here's one from Venezuela.b,121b,121a href="http://imageshack.us" target="_blank"1img src="http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1900/dsc02029fu2.jpg"1/a1
  • LoopDreamsLoopDreams 1,195 Posts
    I love this album: img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/2857401273_06cb7a3cf1_o.jpg"1
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts
    Yeah, there is a Buddha pressing of baby Huey LP with the other Buddha label - pretty sure it was a UK pressing, but I have only ever found a coverless copy of it.
  • LoopDreamsLoopDreams 1,195 Posts
    And this Monk Higgins piece: img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/2857453837_ea6f56bd87_o.jpg"1b,121b,121Pam, Pam, Pam, MMmmmhmmm
  • inVrsinVrs 687 Posts
    thanks for the heads up people. will check the mentioned records. b,121oh, and captain beefheart is img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hard2.gif" alt="" 21
  • Campag_RecordCampag_Record 238 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Yeah, there is a Buddha pressing of baby Huey LP with the other Buddha label - pretty sure it was a UK pressing, but I have only ever found a coverless copy of it. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Yep, UK press is black/silver Buddah label.b,121b,121Can't go wrong with 1910 Fruitgum Company - Hard Ride.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121Can't go wrong with 1910 Fruitgum Company - Hard Ride. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Can't go wrong with a 1910 best-of, either, but then again I dig their bubblegum stuff as well. But their Hard Ride LP is a really good attempt at psych, and I'll "ride hard" for that one as well.
  • CosmophonicCosmophonic 1,172 Posts
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121yuck b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Cover is wack (wack!), b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Inside foldout is pretty nice.b,121b,121"EATS SLEEPS ENJOYS"
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