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70s soul with synth work?

pookeyblowpookeyblow 406 Posts
edited April 2006 in Strut Central
Can anyone here recommend me some good 70s soul (non 80s) with synth solos, laser gun synths etc.. love that gritty 70s soul with synth work!!!Is it synth I hear on Pages - Heartaches & Pain? DOPE!!!

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  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


    Weird keys on this joint.
  • spivyspivy 866 Posts
    classic= for the love of you: Isley bros. (one of the classiest synth tracks ever).
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    I think Billy Paul on Chariot of the Gods (?) really gets spacy inspired by Erich Von Daniken books.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Can anyone here recommend me some good 70s soul (non 80s) with synth

    youve just described stevie wonder (ca. 1971-79)
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Can anyone here recommend me some good 70s soul (non 80s) with synth

    youve just described stevie wonder (ca. 1971-79)



    T.O.N.T.O.
  • BusCrates78BusCrates78 159 Posts
  • kilogramkilogram 152 Posts
    one of the ultimates.

    synthy soul is some of my favourite kind of stuff.
    off the top, i can think of
    turner brothers - cause i love you
    kool and the gang - light of the worlds
    syreeta
    striplin and other roy ayers productions
    more to come...
    side note : why do moogs and african music sound like they were meant for each other?
  • BreakSelfBreakSelf 2,925 Posts
    Can anyone here recommend me some good 70s soul (non 80s) with synth solos, laser gun synths etc.. love that gritty 70s soul with synth work!!!

    Is it synth I hear on Pages - Heartaches & Pain? DOPE!!!



    The flip is pretty good too:



    Couple others from Detroit area:

    Michael Orr - "Spread Love"
    Clifford McClain - "I Can't Fight It"
    Percy & Them - "Shake It"
    And some weird purple label thing on Fu-Ja.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts


    Classed as fusion rather than soul but the title track is definitely on the soulful tip.

    Leaving This Planet - Charles Earland
  • anders_sthlmanders_sthlm 23 Posts
    My first post here @ soulstrut:

    Leroy Hutson's LPs is filled with beautiful synth backgrounds and solos.
    Check his selftitled LP : http://www.worldsoul.com/datas/pics/3315.jpg
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts


    Classed as fusion rather than soul but the title track is definitely on the soulful tip.

    Leaving This Planet - Charles Earland

    If were going the crossover jazz route, then "Turn Off The Lights" from

    would definetely fit the description. Khalid Yasin fires up the detuned oscillators and Laura 'Tequila' Logan sings somewhere between a purr and a scream. Classic.

    Love that C. Earland choon too. Thanks for the mp3, Junior.
  • HawkeyeHawkeye 896 Posts
    It is more funky than soulish but I heard of a band called Imperial Breed. They got one 7" whith some nice synth sounds on it.


    Peace
    Hawkeye
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts


    Classed as fusion rather than soul but the title track is definitely on the soulful tip.

    Leaving This Planet - Charles Earland

    If were going the crossover jazz route, then "Turn Off The Lights" from

    would definetely fit the description. Khalid Yasin fires up the detuned oscillators and Laura 'Tequila' Logan sings somewhere between a purr and a scream. Classic.

    Love that C. Earland choon too. Thanks for the mp3, Junior.

    My pleasure. Rest of the album's worth checking out as well, though more on the jazz tip his version of Red Clay is superb.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Love that C. Earland choon too. Thanks for the mp3, Junior.

    My pleasure. Rest of the album's worth checking out as well, though more on the jazz tip his version of Red Clay is superb.

    I've got the album, but I'm too lazy to digitize all my favorites, so it's always nice when someone else has undertaken that tedious task .

    My copy doesn't have the cover you posted, though. This is how mine looks:



    Which one is the OG?
  • phatmoneysackphatmoneysack Melbourne 1,124 Posts
  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts
    Love that C. Earland choon too. Thanks for the mp3, Junior.

    My pleasure. Rest of the album's worth checking out as well, though more on the jazz tip his version of Red Clay is superb.

    I've got the album, but I'm too lazy to digitize all my favorites, so it's always nice when someone else has undertaken that tedious task .

    My copy doesn't have the cover you posted, though. This is how mine looks:



    Which one is the OG?

    that one.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Love that C. Earland choon too. Thanks for the mp3, Junior.

    My pleasure. Rest of the album's worth checking out as well, though more on the jazz tip his version of Red Clay is superb.

    I've got the album, but I'm too lazy to digitize all my favorites, so it's always nice when someone else has undertaken that tedious task .

    My copy doesn't have the cover you posted, though. This is how mine looks:



    Which one is the OG?

    Yeah it's your gatefold version - far nicer than the CD reissue cover I posted up (couldn't find a copy of the OG in google). As far as I know it's never been reissued on vinyl
  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts
  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts


    everything you could want right there: moog, melotron, echoplex and a big ass retarded drum break.
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