Essential Sweet Soul LPs & 45s
drewnice
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Okay peoples, I hope you're not too sick of these yet, cause we got one more. Now we're talking sweet soul, the most saccharine of the bunch.
Rare or Common (you know how I get down)
Here are some favorites to start us off:
The Moments - My Thing
The Moments - Not On The Outside...
J.R. Bailey - Just Me N' You
The Montclairs - Dreaming Out Of Season
Dorando - Didn't I (45)
What else do you recommend?
Rare or Common (you know how I get down)
Here are some favorites to start us off:
The Moments - My Thing
The Moments - Not On The Outside...
J.R. Bailey - Just Me N' You
The Montclairs - Dreaming Out Of Season
Dorando - Didn't I (45)
What else do you recommend?
Comments
K.
Barbara Mason - Oh How it Hurts LP
Chris Bartley - Sweetest Thing this Side of Heaven LP
all i can think of off the top of my head.
Whatnauts - Message from a Black Man (+ probably everythin' that George Kerr produced durin' his run in the '70s)
The Fuzz - I Love You for All Seasons
5 Stairsteps - Ooh Child
Persuaders - Thin Line b/w Love & Hate (or the Pretenders' cover if you prefer - or even the Rick James-produced Process & The Doo Rags interpretation)
Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love? (or the UK David Grant + Jaki Graham cover, but that may fall under 'modern soul' so we'll have to refer to the Venn diagrams and see if the overlap is allowed...
Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long/In My House (or does that qualify as 'modern soul' - see above)
And not soul, but sweet nonetheless -
Nightcrawlers - Little Black Egg...
...Congos - Heart of the Congos
See also:
The Superlatives' "I Don't Know To Say I Love You/Don't Walk Away."
The Moments' "Sexy Mama"
Bettye Swann's "My Heart Is Closed (For The Season)"
Steve Parks' "Still Thinking of You"
and of course:
Dorando's "Didn't I"
Not realy Sweet soul but very good ...
-Betty Everett's "I Can't Say No To You"
-Billy Butler on OKeh
-Five Flights Up, "Do What You Wanna Do"
-any Mandells on Trans World Sound (Luck is tellin' you right)
-Temprees
-Black Society's "Look Around You" b/w "Happy Human People" on Stax
-Almost any Walter Jackson prior to 1976 (anything during and after is "modern soul")
-Angelo Bond's entire Bondage album on ABC (slightly edgier, 'cause he's not above a li'l social commentary every now & then, but still fits the "sweet soul" profile)
-Detroit Emeralds (esp. from the 1971-73 era, although their sixties recordings aren't bad)
-J.J. Barnes
Aleit - does that Continental 4 album contain "How Can I Pretend"? Heavy tune.
Presidents 5-10-15-20-35-30 YEARS OF LOVE album is pretty tight.
WORD. The definition of "criminally slept on."
yes.
GUZZO- the top 3 lp's you posted, do you have them? if so.....cdr????? lemme know, they look like good ways to spend the summer.
yeah, i think it does. can't quite remember though. Just an amazing soul Lp. You should track it down, worth every cent. Recently reissued as well.
Is this an early self-titled album?
What label?
what youre looking at here is an 80s compilation on the collectables label.
this same photo was used for the cover of their debut album, back in '66 or '67 - just called THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS. it was on the windy c label (owned by curtis mayfield).
i think i have a 45 off that lp. label is windy-c
check your PM's
WORD. The definition of "criminally slept on."
According to the first Rolling Stone Record Guide, there was a second A.B. album called Free Spirit. Anybody heard it?
Tomorrow's Promise "He Don't Love You Like I Do" (Capitol)
The CQC's "Wake Up (You're Sleeping A Little Too Late)" (Funk Factory)
Desciples of Soul "Peek A Boo" (GV)
Shades of Sensation "But Then You Left Me" (Summit)
Windy City "If By Chance" (Innovation II)
The Whatnauts "She's Gone To Another" (Stang)
Kickin Mustangs "It's Gonna Take A Miracle" (Plato)
The Determinations "Got To Get You Off My Mind" (Dolphin)
Young Mods "Who You Gonna Run" (Everblack)
Ice Cold Love "Sheer Magic" (Tammy)
Jus Us "Don't Stop Smiling" (Verdam)
The Hypnotics "Girl You Know That I Love You" (Reprise)
.......................today.
Tenth Dymensions "My Love For You Is Growing Wild"
Congenial Four "You Played The Part Of A Loser"
Scientists Of Soul "It Be's That-A-Way Sometimes"
Archie Bell & the Drells "Love Will Rain On You"
Otis the 3rd "Walk On By" (not the Dionne Warwick song)
Independents "Let This Be A Lesson To You"
Independents "Baby, I've Been Missing You"
Independents "Just As Long As You Need Me'
Independents "Leaving Me"
Lovelites "Bumpy Road Ahead"
Carla Thomas "Pick Up The Pieces"
Sons Of Robin Stone "Got To Get You Back"
Magnificent Men "Peace Of Mind"
Classic Sullivans "Paint Yourself In A Corner"
Classic Sullivans "I Don't Want To Lose You"
Conservatives "That's All"
yes... I love thissen here...
Nice bedsheets.
When this CD dropped, it was over...
Wrekonize!!!!!
Yes - I have to admit I have some aesthetic criteria for which pix to jack from eBay, when given multiple choices...
Don Julien- Soul Kaleidescope lp
Continental 4 -Dream World lp
MAster Plan- Clinton Park
Charlie Harris- Gee It's Nice
T&E corp- Mystical Lover
Joneses- Pretty Pretty
Voice Masters- If A Woman Catches A Fool
Will King- Sunshine Please
Temprees- You Make The Sun Shine
Moments - Love On a Two Way Street lp
Numonics- you Lied
more info plaese
For an introduction or just general listening pleasure, check out the "Hey Love" 3-LP set that used to be advertised on TV back in the 1980s. ("No, my brother, you got to get your own "Hey Love.") That and the two follow-up compilations, "Dream Merchant" and "Always and Forever" contain a lot of great mainstream sweet soul.
Other no-brainers that haven't been mentioned:
The Chi-Lites: Give More Power to the People (Brunswick)
The Impressions: Young Mod's Forgotten Story (Curtom)
Black Ivory: Baby, Won't You Change Your Mind (Today)
Black Ivory: Don't Turn Around (Today)
Those who like Patrick Adams's arrangements on the Black Ivory LPs should also check out the Top Shelf's "Let Them Keep on Talking."