good CD comp recommendations
The_Hook_Up
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the radio station is doing an article for the radio show shingaling and I do and we have to make a list of recommended listening, but the list has to be CDs currently in print. Since the radio show features mainly 45s, I gotta list some comp CDs and I am drawing a blank...60s and early 70s RnB/Soul/Funk...I havent purchased many CD comps over the years...I think I will list the "Goldwax Story" CD, and a Jazzman comp but other than that ???? suggest some titles por favor...
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Cold Heat
Chicago Soul maybe?
I think there's one called "Midwest Funk" also.
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Working in a record store like you do, you couldn't just go through the bins or some kind of online catalog like Amazon? (Is Schwann still around? I know Tower was still using that system - computerized - in their last days...)
At any rate, here's something I THINK might be up your alley: One-Derful, Mar-v-lus Northern Soul, on Goldmine Soul Supply. Don't be scared off by the "northern" designation, this is actually some hard-hitting soul from the vaults of One-Derful Records in Chicago...a longtime favorite of mine.
our comp selection is small at the shop...we have jazzman comps and memphis comps out the wazoo, but the lesser known ones are the ones I need help with...also, a lot of the stuff I see online as well as the website for our one-stop doesnt always list tracklists...so I figured I would just go with folks recommendations and then look those up....
I've always been a fan of those bootleg sweet soul comps with the atrociously great covers:
The SuperFunk series
FunkSoulSisters (plus Return of ...)
Johnny Otis & Friends: Watts Funky
Westbound Funk
Instrumental Explosion
(those may all be compiled by Dean Rudland)
The Absolute Funk series (1-4) on Body & Soul records out of France .. all quite good. Though they may or may not be legitimate issues.
Barnyard Soul on Deep Groove is a strong collection (though, again, not sure about the legitimacy).
In general, I would say Jazzman's comps (Texas, Midwest, Florida), Egon's comps (Funky 16 Corners, Cold Heat), and the Dean Rudland comps on BGP are about as good as legitimate funk compilations get.
They have some alternate takes not available on vinyl, plus some raer.
cosine on those. Volume 1 is excellent as well.
yeah, Im gonna rep Dean's comps as he is a good customer at our shop(forgot he put stuf out! )..an an O-Dub comp because he hooked a dude up with a string beat many moons ago! also that bay area v2 since Jinx got me the easiest $500 gig I have ever had...
I heard the Dawn & Sunset track "Move in a Room" from that comp in Applebee's last week.
The Action Speaks Louder Than Words[/b] comp is good too.