Recommend me some Soul LPs

Sun_Fortune · January 2006

Allright, I admit it, Im not a soul afficionado and until a month ago I didnt care to have much more than the token pieces and all the basics (Otis Redding included.) But now I dig it and am looking for those semi-rare well known pieces. Here's what I like:I like mostly male vocalists, especially four part harmonies, call and response and whatnot.I like small bands, no major horn line thirty piece ensembles.I like shit before 1971, mostly. I think I sway closer to the north side of things.I dig dark shit as well.Im into album oriented things from fonky cuts to ballads. Ill hip you to some cool free and spiritual jazz, avante/concrete shit and synth pieces. Thanks in advance.

BigSpliff · January 2006

Jonny_Paycheck · January 2006

Dude come down to the shop and I'll give you a primer!

BigSpliff · January 2006

Dude come down to the shop and I'll give you a primer!

Don't pay him any attention until you checked my dollar bins!

PrimeCutsLtd · January 2006

hopefully it isn't an ass primer

magnetic · January 2006

Dude come down to the shop and I'll give you a primer[/b] !(a substance used to coat "wood")

Damn!!! i'm late

Swayze · January 2006

Joe Simon - No sad songs

pickwick33 · January 2006

I like shit before 1971, mostly.

Im into album oriented things from fonky cuts to ballads.

Know that even though soul LP's existed, the music was very much singles oriented in the pre-1971 era (and beyond...didn't really change until the disco era took off around '76 or so).

Jonny_Paycheck · January 2006

Yes, Th**, please come to the store so I can coat your ass in an opaque liquid that will harden and prepare you for a thorough coat of paint. Then we can trade psych records

Guzzo · January 2006

Yes, Th**, please come to the store so I can coat your ass in an opaque liquid that will harden and prepare you for a thorough coat of paint. Then we can trade psych records

if you don't do this to me when I come to NYC I will be very dissapointed

kidinquisitive · January 2006

Early Tyrone Davis is fuckin' rad and not too hard to find on LP (even easier on 45). I was way late to the party with this dude.
Also, make sure to peep the Lost Generation - harmony, northern-sounding and a bit funky too.

If you don't already realize it, learning about Soul is a bottomless well from which you may never emerge (I certainly don't want to).

Guzzo · January 2006

Carla Thomas had some amazing early output. All her pre '69 albums are hott to deff

jinx74 · January 2006

futures
natural 4
ballads
blue magic
whispers (dore label)
barrino bros
continental IV

PrimeCutsLtd · January 2006

Yes, Th**, please come to the store so I can coat your ass in an opaque liquid that will harden and prepare you for a thorough coat of paint. Then we can trade psych records

if you don't do this to me when I come to NYC I will be very dissapointed

How about some gray car primer?

Guzzo · January 2006

Yes, Th**, please come to the store so I can coat your ass in an opaque liquid that will harden and prepare you for a thorough coat of paint. Then we can trade psych records

if you don't do this to me when I come to NYC I will be very dissapointed

How about some gray car primer?

fuck that gray is a bitch color. I want that opaque rillness

PrimeCutsLtd · January 2006

Yes, Th**, please come to the store so I can coat your ass in an opaque liquid that will harden and prepare you for a thorough coat of paint. Then we can trade psych records

if you don't do this to me when I come to NYC I will be very dissapointed

How about some gray car primer?

fuck that gray is a bitch color. I want that opaque rillness

you could tape some leo sayer pics to your ass. Then cover it it with the opague liquid. It would be a true soul strut moment. Of course there must be pics. No homo.

motown67 · January 2006

Easy,

2 beginning groups that are easy to find and great to listen to:

Temptations

Four Tops

Went from the early Pop tunes to deeper Soul and Funk later on in their careers.

johnshade · January 2006

johnny nash's record "hold me tight" has some real nice and chilled-out cuts all the way through. it's mostly on the lovey-dovey/me and my baby tip, though, if you can dig that.

luck · January 2006

I could list names and names, but other than biggies like Sam and Otis and Al and Marvin (and DON'T overlook Sam), try these six to start (none of these are hard to cop, money-wise, except the James Carr. And they've been reissued):

Howard Tate - Get It While You Can (Verve)

Joe Simon - Drowning In The Sea Of Love (Spring)

James Carr - You've Got My Mind Messed Up / A Man Needs A Woman (Goldwax)

Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony (Amy)

King Floyd - Groove Me (Cotillion)

Joe Tex - Live and Lively (Atlantic)

It takes a man to ask for advice. I've only gotten deeper into Soul, speaking genre-wise, in the last 5 or 6 years. I've had to ask a lot of questions so far, and I need to learn a lot more. But learning is the best part.

EDIT: Whoops. I didn't see the "semi-rare" part. You might have all of these, then. If you don't, then I hope that I could help.[/b]

motown67 · January 2006

jaymack · January 2006

The Fuzz

motown67 · January 2006

The Fuzz

I've tried listening to that record several times, and besides the one tune that's on 45 (I Love You For All Seasons?) I just can't get into it.

parsec · January 2006

The Fuzz

cosign, what an amazing album...

Swayze · January 2006

edwin starr-- 25 miles (my top pick at the moment)
impressions -- any lp (though somr lp's may contain a large backing arrangement)
archie bell & the drells-- tighten up lp (though from the south- houston, tx)
some of the king curtis lp's are awesome, with some big breaks.

jaymack · January 2006

I've tried listening to that record several times, and besides the one tune that's on 45 (I Love You For All Seasons?) I just can't get into it.

instrumentally it's golden.

luck · January 2006

Additionally: I've recommended the Mandells on Trans World Sound for years now, but "Now I Know (I Love You)" would be right up your alley. Seriously: pick this 45 up now.

Also: Moments (Stang), Notations (Twinight), Superlatives (Westbound).

SexyBNyce · January 2006

you wanna hear soul buy 45s.

luck · January 2006

you wanna hear soul buy 45s.

From a man who knows.

pickwick33 · January 2006

you wanna hear soul buy 45s.

Or a good compilation album.

Not saying that there aren't any good regular soul LP's:
- Stairsteps, Stairsteps (the one with "Ooh Child" on it)
- Mike James Kirkland, Hang On In There[/i}
- Swamp Dogg, [i]Rat On!
- Swamp Dogg, Total Destruction To Your Mind
- Lorraine Ellison, Stay With Me (even though a few of these songs were already three years old when this LP came out in 1969)
- Syl Johnson, Back For A Taste Of Your Love
- O'Jays, Back Stabbers
- Syl Johnson, Dresses Too Short
- David Ruffin, Feeling Good
- Joe Tex, Happy Soul
- Israel Tolbert, Popper Stopper (obscure Stax LP from 1970; good luck finding this one)
- Clarence Carter, The Dynamic Clarence Carter
- Bobby Womack, Fly Me To The Moon
- Chairmen Of The Board, In Session

...but up until 1976, soul was still mainly singles music, so don't go judging by the albums (which contained a hell of a lot of filler, half the time).

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