Trick Bag The Meters $12.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
Side 1
DISCO IS THE THING TODAY
FIND YOURSELF
ALL THESE THINGS
I WANT TO BE LOVED BY YOU
SUITE FOR 20 G
Side 2
DOODLE LOOP) THE WORLD IS A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER
TRICK BAG
MISTER MOON
CHUG-A-LUG
HANG 'EM HIGH HONKY TONK WOMAN
Groovin' With Jug Richard "Groove" Holmes $34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
Import
Ironically, Gene "Jug" Ammons tended to be critical of organists; he was quoted as saying that "organ players don't know any changes." However, as critical as the Chicago tenor saxman might have been of organists, he did some of his best work in their presence. When you united Ammons with Jack McDuff, Johnny "Hammond" Smith and other B-3 masters in the '60s, the sparks would fly. They certainly fly on this excellent album, which finds Gene Ammons and Richard "Groove" Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz/hard bop organ combo that also includes guitarist Gene Edwards and drummer Leroy Henderson. The quartet is heard in two settings on August 15, 1961; three of the eight selections were produced by Richard Bock in a Los Angeles studio in the afternoon, while the other five were recorded several hours later at an L.A. club called the Black Orchid. Ammons and Holmes prove to be a strong combination in both settings, although their playing is somewhat looser at the Orchid, where the delights include some slow blues (Ammons' "Hittin' the Jug"), a smoky ballad ("Willow Weep for Me") and a lightning-fast barnburner (Ammons' "Juggin' Around").
Richard Holmes & Gene Ammons Groovin' With Jug Track Listing
1. Good Vibrations
2. Willow Weep For Me
3. Juggin’ Around Side
4. Groovin’ With Jug
5. Morris The Minor
6. Hey You, What’s That?
1. Skate Now
2. I've Got Just The Thing
3. The Man Is Lonely
4. Another'n Like The Other'n
5. Me And You
Side Two
1. Do The Thing
2. Psychedelic Shing-A-Ling
3. I Need You Now
4. I Can Always Tell
5. I Don't Wanna Leave You
Cloud Nine The Temptations $19.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
Released in February of 1969, Cloud Nine was The Temptations’ first album to feature vocalist Dennis Edwards, following David Ruffin’s departure from the group the previous year. The album was a Top Ten U.S hit and went on to win a Grammy Award. Cloud Nine displays a noticeable shift from the group's traditional Motown sound into more psychedelic territory, influenced by new artists such as Sly And The Family Stone. Features the hit singles "Run Away Child, Running Wild" and the title track, as well as their classic re-interpretation of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine."
The Temptations Cloud Nine Track Listing
1. Cloud Nine
2. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
3. Runaway Child, Running Wild
4. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
5. Hey Girl
6. Why Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go)
7. I Need Your Lovin'
8. Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
9. I Gotta Find A Way (To Get You Back)
10. Gonna Keep On Tryin' Til I Win Your Love
With a string of # 1 singles throughout the 1960s, The Supremes were instrumental in bridging the gap between the soulful sound of Motown and mainstream pop. The title track was the group’s sixth #1 which along with "My World is Empty Without You" helped propel the 1966 release I Hear A Symphony into the Billboard Top Ten. Produced by Norman Whitfield in association with the Motown powerhouse of Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland, and backed by the Funk Brothers, the album also features stirring renditions of The Righteous Brothers’ "Unchained Melody" and The Beatles’ "Yesterday."
The Supremes I Hear A Symphony Track Listing
1. Stranger In Paradise
2. Yesterday
3. I Hear A Symphony
4. Unchained Melody
5. With A Song In My Heart
6. Without A Song
7. My World Is Empty Without You
8. A Lover's Concerto
9. Any Girl In Love
10. Wonderful, Wonderful
11. Everything Is Good About You
12. He's All I Got
This double LP from 1976 spent 14 of its impressive 80 week chart run at the Top of the U.S. Billboard 200, where it debuted in October that year, also reaching #2 in the U.K. Featuring a huge ensemble supporting cast, including George Bensen, Herbie Hancock and Michael Sembello, Songs In The Key of Life produced no less than six hit singles, with "Another Star," the frequently sampled "Sir Duke," "I Wish," "Isn’t She Lovely," "As" and "Knocks Me Off My Feet." The highly ambitious and experimental album became the best-selling and most critically acclaimed of Stevie's career and it went on to win Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal and Album of the Year. This vinyl version from Universal Records also includes A Something Extra 7" EP.
Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life Track Listing
1. Love's In Need Of Love Today
2. Have A Talk With God
3. Village Ghetto Land
4. Contusion
5. Sir Duke
6. I Wish
7. Knocks Me Off My Feet
8. Pastime Paradise
9. Summer Soft
10. Ordinary Pain
11. Isn't She Lovely
12. Joy Inside My Tears
13. Black Man
14. Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
15. If It's Magic
16. As
17. Another Star
A Something's Extra 7" EP
1. Saturn
2. Ebony Eye
3. All Day Sucker
4. Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)
A Quiet Storm Smokey Robinson $19.99
Vinyl LP Reissue -Sealed
A Quiet Storm was the legendary Smokey Robinson’s third solo album for Motown, following his departure from The Miracles. Released in 1975, the album’s influential smooth R&B produced three hit singles with "Baby That’s Backatcha," "The Agony And The Ecstasy," as well as the title track.
Smokey Robinson A Quiet Storm Track Listing
1. Quiet Storm
2. The Agony And The Ecstasy
3. Baby That's Backatcha
4. Wedding Song
5. Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sing the Blues)
6. Love Letters
7. Coincidentally
Reach Out Four Tops $19.99
Vinyl LP Reissue -Sealed
Lead by Levi Stubbs, and backed up by the Funk Brothers, this was The Four Tops’ last album to be produced by Motown’s Holland/Dozier/Holland team. Half of Reach Out’s 12 cuts were Top 20 singles, including the number one title track. Released in 1967, the LP also features the hits "Standing in the Shadows of Love," "Bernadette," "7-Rooms of Gloom," "If I Were a Carpenter" and "Walk Away Renée," as well as the covers of The Monkees’ "Last Train To Clarksville" and "I’m A Believer."
The Four Tops Reach Out Track Listing
1. Reach Out (I'll Be There)
2. Walk Away Renee
3. 7-Rooms Of Gloom
4. If I Were A Carpenter
5. Last Train To Clarksville
6. I'll Turn To Stone
7. I'm A Believer
8. Standing In The Shadows Of Love
9. Bernadette
10. Cherish
11. Wonderful Baby
12. What Else Is There To Do (But Think About You)
Diana Ross Diana Ross $19.99
Vinyl LP Reissue - Sealed
Diana Ross' 1970 self-titled release was her debut as a solo artist and it served as the ultimate test as to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could hold her own without the talents of her former group. With the help of the songwriting-production team of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the exception being the song "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" which was produced by Johnny Bristol, her eponymous release became a great success and arguably the best full-length album Ross ever released. Highlighted by Ross' legendary cover of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" which peaked at number one and garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Diana Ross Diana Ross Track Listing
1. Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
2. Now That There’s You
3. You’re All I Need To Get By
4. These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
5. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
6. Something On My Mind
7. I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is
8. Keep An Eye
9. Where There Was Darkness
10. Can’t It Wait Until Tomorrow
11. Dark Side Of The World
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United Marvin Gaye $19.99
Vinyl LP Reissue - Sealed
The first of three duet albums to feature Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (followed by You’re All I Need in 1968 and Easy a year later), United was released in August of 1967 on Motown’s Tamla label. The album includes their most famous duet, "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough" as well as the hits "Your Precious Love" and "If I Could Build My Whole Life Around You." Marvin Gaye withdrew from music for two years following Tammi’s tragically premature death at the age of 24, to emerge in 1971 with the groundbreaking What’s Goin On.
Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell United Track Listing
1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
2. You Got What It Takes
3. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
4. Somethin' Stupid
5. Your Precious Love
6. Hold Me Oh My Darling
7. Two Can Have A Party
8. Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl
9. If This World Were Mine
10. Sad Wedding
11. Give A Little Love
12. Oh How I'd Miss You
1. Ice Cold Daydream
2. Strawberry Letter 23
3. Sweet Thang
4. Me And My Woman
5. Someone's Always Singing
Side 2:
1. Purple
2. Freedom Flight
Street Songs Rick James $19.99
Vinyl LP Reissue - Sealed
The late Rick James was as notorious for his wild lifestyle as he was for his music, mixing pop, rock, R&B and sleazy funk. Street Songs, his 1981 album for Motown features his most enduring hit, "Super Freak," sampled most famously on MC Hammer’s Grammy Award winning "U Can't Touch This," as well as by Jay-Z on the track "Kingdome Come." Boasting cameos by Stevie Wonder on harmonica and The Temptations on backing vocals (who included Rick’s uncle, Melvin Frank), the album is loosely a concept piece about ladies of the night. Other highlights include "Give It to Me Baby," "Fire and Desire" (a duet with Teena Marie) and "Ghetto Life."
Track Listing:
1. Give It To Me Baby
2. Ghetto Life
3. Make Love To Me
4. Mr. Policeman
5. Super Freak
6. Fire And Desire
7. Call Me
8. Below The Funk (Pass The J)
Love Oh Love Leroy Hutson $11.99
Vinyl LP Reissue - Sealed
Track Listing:
Side 1
1. So In Love With You
2. Love Oh Love
3. When You Smile
4. Getting It On (Theme For The "Jay Johnson Affair")
Side 2
1. Time Brings On A Change
2. I'll Be There, I'll Still Care
3. I'm In Love With You Girl
4. As Long As There's Love Around
Big Legal Mess is proud to announce that they've secured the rights to release the entire Designer Records back catalog. Designer Records Presents Together is the first release from this classic soul gospel catalog. Together features tracks by the Jubilee Humming Birds, Union Gospel Singers, Madam Andrews and the Heavenly Echos and the Mosby Family Singers. Produced by Designer Records label head Style Wooten.
Track Listing:
1. Will The Lord Be With Me - Jubilee Humming Birds
2. I Love the Lord - Jubilee Humming Birds
3. Beautiful Thought - Jubilee Humming Birds
4. If You Miss Me From Singing - Union Gospel Singers
5. Jesus on the Line - Union Gospel Singers
6. New Burying Ground - Union Gospel Singers
7. Somebody Help Me - Madam Andrews and the Heavenly Echos
8. Service For the Lord - Madam Andrews and the Heavenly Echos
9. Nobody Could Do It (Madam Andrews and the Heavenly Echos)
10. Come We That Love the Lord - The Mosby Family Singers
11. Eternal Life - The Mosby Family Singers
12. The Life I Enjoy - The Mosby Family Singers
An Evening With Diana Ross Diana Ross $64.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - 2 LPs Sealed
PRE-ORDER
An Evening With Diana Ross is a live double album originally released in 1977. The recording comes from Ross' one-woman show on Broadway which received a special Tony Award. The album showcases Ross' live performances of tunes celebrating the Motown story, The Supremes and songs made famous by Billie Holiday, Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith and much more!
Track Listing:
LP 1
1. Overture
2. Here I Am
3. I Wouldn't Change a Thing
4. The Lady Is a Tramp
5. Touch Me in the Morning
6. Smile / Send In the Clowns
7. Love Hangover
8. Girls
The Point
9. Everybody's Got 'Em
10. Me and My Arrow
11. Lifeline
12. Everybody's Got 'Em (Reprise)
The Working Girls
6. Lady Sings the Blues
7. T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
8. I Cried For You
9. Aux Iles Hawaii
10. Stormy Monday
11. Jump In the Pot (And Let's Get Hot)
12. I Need a Little Sugar In My Bowl
13. My Man
LP 2
The Motown Story
1. Motown Overture
2. Money (That's What I Want)
3. Please Mr. Postman
4. I Want You Back
5. Fingertips
6. You Keep Me Hanging On
7. Baby Love
8. Someday We'll Be Together
The Supremes
9. Stop! In the Name of Love
10. You Can't Hurry Love
11. Reflections
12. My World Is Empty Without You
13. I Hear A Symphony
Reach Out
14. Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
One Giant Step
15. The Music In the Mirror
16. What I Did For Love
17. Improvisations
18. Dance: Ten; Looks: Three
19. Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
20. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Dance Party Martha and the Vandellas $34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - Sealed
PRE-ORDER
One of the top girl groups of all time and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas dominated the female side of Motown in the mid-'60s. Unlike The Supremes, led by the breathy and demure Diana Ross, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas had a stronger, more soulful sound, which made Top 10 hits of the Holland-Dozier-Holland creations "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave," "Nowhere to Run," "Honey Chile" and their anthem, "Dancing In The Street." This classic 1965 release is one of their best full-length albums and not only does it feature the hits, it's also packed with Motown dance standards of the day including "Hitch Hike" and "The Jerk."
Track Listing:
1. Dancing in the Street
2. Dancing Slow
3. Wild One
4. Nowhere to Run
5. Nobody'll Care
6. There He Is (At My Door)
7. Mobile Lil the Dancing Witch
8. Dance Party
9. Motoring
10. The Jerk
11. Mickey's Monkey
12. Hitch Hike
The '70s was a vibrant musical period universally and the scene in Nigeria was no exception. Bands sprang up all over the country, free to fuse their traditional music with genres such as soul, funk and pop. In the midst of this creative turmoil, an effervescent style innovator called Fred Fisher, famed trombonist, vocalist, composer, songwriter, hit the world with his high energy dance grooves and catchy melodies.
This fabulous compilation, African Carnival, collects the best songs from Fred Fisher's albums: Say The Truth (1979), No Way (1981), Wahala Dey For Town (1988) and Ogiza (1990), complete with liner notes by Nigerian specialist Samuel Kayode.
Track Listing:
1. Say The Truth
2. Asa-Sa
3. Iye-Ye-Mu/Elediamisise
4. Let Love Free
5. W.T.F.S.
6. No Way
7. Beautiful Dancer
8. Ehimedede (Ogiza No.1)
9. Baba Jo O
10. Ibhagbe
11. Ebi-Lolo
Like many gospel and R&B singers, Naomi Davis Shelton learned to sing at an early age in the church where she was baptized in Alabama. She began her professional career with a gig as the house singer at a little club called the Night Cap in Brooklyn, NY. It was there where she would meet the man who would become her producer, mentor, and friend for life.
Cliff Driver and his band were just off the road backing Baby Washington as part of the James Brown Revue, and had taken a job as the house band at the Night Cap. It would be a number of years before they would meet up again, but Cliff took an instant liking to Naomi's voice. "I liked her cause she had a different type voice, a raspy sound like Mavis Staples."
In 1999, Cliff and Naomi were doing a club set with legendary James Brown bassist Fred Thomas at Flannery's in Manhattan, when then Desco Records label man Gabriel Roth approached them about doing a recording. Naomi and Cliff cut "41st Street Breakdown." The record made some noise on the then budding deep funk scene, getting heavy rotation at overseas funk parties.
Over the next few years, Roth formed and developed Daptone Records with partner and saxophonist Neal Sugarman. It took three sets of sessions over three years before Roth and Driver finally found the right combination of singers, songs, and musicians to cut Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens' full length. The final result, What Have You Done, My Brother?, is a testament to the singular sound of gospel and soul music.
Track Listing:
1. What Is This
2. What More Can I Do
3. I'll Take the Long Road
4. What Have You Done?
5. I Need You To Hold My Hand
6. Trouble In My Way
7. Jordan River
8. He Knows My Heart
9. Am I Asking Too Much
10. By Your Side
11. Lift My Burdons
12. A Change Is Gonna Come
Victor Olaiya is certainly one of the legendary foundation stones of modern Nigerian music, yet he has never received much acknowledgment or really had his albums released or promoted in any quantity outside of Nigeria. So this Vampisoul release is a step in the right direction for the 77 year old who was probably Nigeria’s leading star of the 50's and early 60's. Dr. Victor Abimbola Olaiya, the evil genius of Highlife, is still sockin’ it to them after 60 years on stage. If you’re lucky you can catch him blowing that trumpet and singing his heart out at his own celebrated Stadium Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria.
This album from 1970 is from Olaiya’s Highlife/Funk phase, but its worth taking a trawl through his back pages to see how he became the Evil Genius, before you roll back the rug and get down with the Highlife-Funk.
Track Listing:
1. Let Yourself Go
2. There Was A Time
3. Okere Gwonko
4. I Feel Alright
5. Soro Jeje Fun Arogbo
6. Cold Sweat
7. New Nigeria
8. Things Got To Get Better
9. Everybody Needs Love
10. Magic Feet
11. Onuro
12. Mother Popcorn
1. Kool & The Gang
2. Breeze & Soul
3. Chocolate Buttermilk
4. Sea Of Tranquility
5. Give It Up
6. Since I Lost My Baby
7. Kool's Back Again
8. The Gang's Back Again
9. Raw Hamburger
10. Let The Music Take Your Mind
Disco Heat Various Artists $11.99
Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. In The Bush - Musique
2. You And I - Rick James Stone City Band
3. Come On Dance, Dance - Saturday Night Band
4. Dancing In My Feet - Laura Taylor
5. Fancy Dancer - Gregg Diamond
Side 2:
1. On Fire - T-Connection
2. You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) - High Energy
3. Get Off - Foxy
4. Don't Hold Back - Chanson
Side 3:
1. Love Is In The Air - Martin Stevens
2. Dance With Me - Peter Brown
3. Music Fever - Michael Zager
4. Come Into My Heart - USA-European Connection
5. Ain't That Enough For You - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
Side 4:
1. My Claim To Fame - James Wells
2. Wonder Woman Theme - The Wonderland Disco Band
3. I'm A Man - Macho
4. Instant Replay - Dan Hartman
Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
Track Listing:
Don't Make Me Wait (Too Long)
Neosoul's Bring Back The Love Mix
Neosoul's Lovedubb
Third Album Jackson 5 $19.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed PRE-ORDER
On their appropriately titled Third Album, the Jackson 5 continued in the trend of its two predecessors with their fourth consecutive #1 single "I'll Be There" to go along with the Top 5 single "Mama's Pearl." Third Album is considered to be one of the legendary group's best efforts and it stands as their most successful release.
Track Listing:
1. I'll Be There
2. Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)
3. Oh How Happy
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water
5. Can I See You in the Morning
6. Goin' Back to Indiana
7. How Funky Is Your Chicken
8. Mama's Pearl
9. Reach In
10. Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
11. Darling Dear
Maybe Tomorrow Jackson 5 $19.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed PRE-ORDER
1971's Maybe Tomorrow was the Jackson Five's fourth studio offering in less than a two year period. Released after the success of the hit ballad "I'll Be There," most of the tracks on the album are in a similar vein, along with a few dance numbers. Features the hit singles "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Maybe Tomorrow."
Track Listing:
1. Maybe Tomorrow
2. She's Good
3. Never Can Say Goodbye
4. Wall
5. Petals
6. Sixteen Candles
7. (We've Got) Blue Skies
8. My Little Baby
9. It's Great to Be Here
10. Honey Chile
11. I Will Find a Way
1972's Lookin' Through the Windows was the Jackson 5's seventh release on the Motown label since 1969 and it spawned the two hit singles "Little Bitty Pretty One" and "Lookin' Through The Windows." The album also features the impressive opener, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" which was a Motown hit for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell four years prior.
Track Listing:
1. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
2. Lookin' Through the Windows
3. Don't Let Your Baby Catch You
4. To Know
5. Doctor, My Eyes
6. Little Bitty Pretty One
7. E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ne-Moe
8. If I Have to Move a Mountain
9. Don't Want to See Tomorrow
10. Children of the Light
11. I Can Only Give You Love
The live/soundtrack release Goin' Back To Indiana was culled from the Jackson 5's prime time 1971 ABC-TV special which featured comedians Bill Cosby and Tommy Smothers, singers Bobby Darin and Diana Ross, football players Roosevelt Grier and Ben Davidson, and basketball stars Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor and Elvin Hayes. Features energetic live cuts of Sly & the Family Stone's "Stand!," Dave Mason's "Feelin' Alright" and the title track "Goin' Back to Indiana."
Track Listing:
1. I Want You Back
2. Maybe Tomorrow
3. The Day Basketball Was Saved
4. Stand!
5. I Want to Take You Higher
6. Feelin' Alright"
7. Walk On/"The Love You Save
8. Goin' Back to Indiana
Get It Together Jackson 5 $19.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed PRE-ORDER
The Jackson 5 moved increasingly toward dance music with their 1973 release Get It Together when producer Hal Davis matched the group with some of Norman Whitfield’s earlier material for the Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Undisputed Truth. The result was a danceable groove that proved very popular in 1973, especially the title track which become a favorite of the television program Soul Train.
Track Listing:
1. Get It Together
2. Don't Say Goodbye Again
3. Reflections" (originally by Diana Ross & the Supremes)
4. Hum Along and Dance" (originally by The Temptations and Rare Earth)
5. Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)
6. It's Too Late to Change the Time
7. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
8. Dancing Machine
Dancing Machine Jackson 5 $19.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed PRE-ORDER
The title track of the 1974 release Dancing Machine was the Jackson 5's best up-tempo hit since "ABC" and it put the group back on top of the R&B charts for the first time in three years. The well received disco concept album briefly restored the group and Motown to prominence in the pop and R&B community at a time when they desperately needed it.
Track Listing:
1. I Am Love
2. Whatever You Got, I Want
3. She's a Rhythm Child
4. Dancing Machine
5. The Life of the Party
6. What You Don't Know
7. If I Don't Love You This Way
8. It All Begins and Ends With Love
9. The Mirrors of My Mind
This Triple LP volume accounts for Fela Kuti's career between 1963 and 1969, drawing a line before we get to his Africa 70 days. Consequently, the compilation might be viewed as taking a less politicized approach to Kuti's career and deliberately sidestepping the music that coincided with his activism against the Nigerian military dictatorship during the '70s. The benefit of this is that it gives an insight into Kuti's purely musical innovations, this is afterall the musician behind what we now term as Afrobeat, and it was during this period in the '60s that his signature musical style developed from its roots in highlife, jazz and soul.
Fela Kuti Lagos Baby Track Listing
1. Signature Tune
2. Highlife Time
3. Lagos Baby
4. Omuti
5. Olulufe
6. Arabas Delight
7. Wa Dele
8. Lai Se
9. Mi O Mo
10. Obinrin Le
11. Omo Ejo
12. Bonfu
13. Fere
14. Onifere No 2
15. Oyejo
16. Oluruka
17. Awo
18. Yese
19. Egbin
20. Orise
21. Eke
22. Great Kids
23. Amaechis Blues
24. VC7
25. I Know Your Feeling
26. Onidodo
27. Alagbara
28. Ajo
29. Abiara
30. Se E Tun De
31. Waka Waka
32. My Baby Don Love Me
33. Home Cooking
34. Everyday I Got My Blues
35. Moti Gbrokan
36. Waka Waka
37. Ako
38. Ororuka
39. Lai Se
For the past 25 years Def Jam has been one of the leading record labels in the music industry and to commemorate its anniversary they compiled 25 albums to be released throughout the year. Volumes 1 & 2, entitled DJ Bring That Back, features selections of hit songs representative of each year retracting back to when it all began. Volume 1 reflects 1997-2008 and Volume 2 reflects 1984-1996 including hits from artists such as Rihanna, Kanye West, Ludacris, DMX, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Young Jeezy and many more. Limited Edition 4 piece gatefold vinyl LP set!
Def Jam 25: DJ Bring That Back Volume 1 & 2 Track Listing
Volume 1 (2008 – 1997)
1. Disturbia – Rihanna (’08)
2. I Luv Your Girl – The-Dream (’07)
3. Hustlin’ – Rick Ross (’06)
4. Go Crazy – Young Jeezy (’05)
5. Jesus Walks – Kanye West (’04)
6. Splash Waterfalls – Ludacris (’03)
7. Foolish – Ashanti (’02)
8. Put It On Me – Ja Rule featuring Vita (’01)
9. Just Friends (Sunny) – Musiq Soulchild (’00)
10. What’s My Name – DMX (’99)
11. Money Ain’t A Thang – Jay-Z featuring Jermaine Dupri (’98)
12. Big Bad Mama - Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill (’97)
Volume 2 (1996 – 1984)
1. Whateva – Redman (’96)
2. This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan (’95)
3. Bring The Pain – Method Man (’94)
4. Slam – Onyx (’93)
5. Deeper – Boss (’92)
6. Hip Hop Junkies – Nice & Smooth (’91)
7. 911 Is A Joke – Public Enemy (’90)
8. Pop Goes The Weasel – 3rd Bass (’89)
9. Children’s Story – Slick Rick (’88)
10. I Need Love – LL Cool J (’87)
11. The Rain – Oran Juice Jones (’86)
12. My Radio – LL Cool J (’85)
13. T La Rock – It’s Yours feat. Jazzy Jay (’84)
Between 1967 and 1981 Detroit’s downriver neighbor Ecorse, Michigan had its very own Harry Smith. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, Felton Williams chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse’s citizens and issued them on the Solid Rock, Compose, and Revival labels. Compiled here are 24 of Williams’ most fascinating recordings, covering gospel, group soul, garage-punk, northern, jazz, and funk.
Also included is a DVD with over 200 sound recordings pulled from his archives and compiled into a digital tape vault. This allows you to dig deep into the endless hours of jam sessions, demos, sermons, rehearsals and studio outtakes. The DVD also has an engaging 30 minute documentary on the making of Downriver Revival and gives you further insight into Felton and the artists he recorded at Double-U-Sound.
Track Listing:
1. Shirley Ann Lee — There's A Light
2. Gospel Supremes — Sinner Man
3. Coleman Family — Peace On Earth
4. Calvin Cooke — Walk With Me
5. Shirley Ann Lee — I Shall Not Be Moved
6. Revelations — Take Care Of us
7. Bobby Cook & The Explosions — Untitled Jam
8. Organics — Foot Stomping (Alternate)
9. Combinations — While You Were Gone
10. Apostles Of Music — Wade In The Water
11. Deliverance Echoes — Heaven
12. Bobby Cook & The Explosions — On The Way
13. Shirley Ann Lee — How Can I Lose You
14. Young Generation — Running Mod
15. Burgess Band — Untitled
16. Bobby Cook Quater — Ridin' High
17. Mighty Voices Of wonder — Every Year Carries A Number
18. Shirley Ann Lee — Please Accept My Prayer
19. Calvin Cooke — What Happens To People
20. Coleman Family — People Has It Hard
21. Junior Mays Group — Round N' Round
22. Pilgrim Wonders — He Never Failed
23. Mighty Walker Brothers — He'll Make A Way
24. Voices Of Deliverance — The Power Of God
1. Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby
2. The Pinocchio Theory
3. Rubber Duckie
4. Preview Side Too
5. What's a Telephone Bill?
6. Munchies for Your Love
7. Can't Stay Away
8. Reprise: We Want Bootsy
The mid-sixties were the era of the girl group: the Supremes, the Ronettes, the Marvelettes, the Shirelles, the Shangri-Las…the girls ruled the charts like never before, but while the Supremes, dressed in shimmering evening gowns, breathlessly wooed listeners to the tune of “Baby Love”, the Shangri-Las stormed stages across the USA in tight pants and leather biker boots, singing about motorcycles and runaways. They were the voice of teens living on the margins of society…the original bad girls, and according to legend, they lived up to their status off stage as well as on. Rumours of the Shangs potty mouths, extreme pranks, drinking, drug use and gun toting, not surprisingly, soon ruffled the feathers of finger-wagging moralists on both sides of the Atlantic (who, as usual, tried to end all the fun by calling them “depraved” and getting them banned), but most teens, present and future, could not get enough! In fact, punk rockers for decades to come would cite them as a major source of inspiration.
But it was not only their bad girl image that turned these four teenagers from the wrong side of town (Cambria Heights, Queens) into major pop icons overnight, their lyrics and lyrical delivery were a work of pure genius. Their songs, produced by the legendary Shadow Morton (who, a decade later, was producing the New York Dolls), were melodramatic teen epics of love lost, social alienation, and death, a bit heavy for the pop charts, perhaps, but for two short years, from 1964 to 1966, they were the “Sophisticated Boom Boom” on your dial. Lines like, “When I say I’m in Love, you best believe I’m in love L-U-V!” and “He’s good bad, but he’s not evil” are now remembered as classic moments in pop history, and the Shangri-Las as one of the greatest girl groups of all time. This extensive retrospective brings back the essential work of these proto-riot grrrls, including all their superb hits: tunes like, “Leader Of The Pack,” “Give Him A Great Big Kiss,” “Right Now And Not Later,” “Out In The Streets” and more!
Track Listing:
Side One
1. Leader Of The Pack
2. What Is Love?
3. Remember (Walking In The Sand)
4. Wishing Well
5. Hate To Say I Told You So
6. It's Easier To Cry
7. Simon Says
8. Simon Speaks
9. So Much In Love
10. Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams
Side Two
1. Right Now And Not Later
2. Never Again
3. Give Us Your Blessings
4. Sophisticated Boom Boom
5. I'm Blue
6. Heaven Only Knows
7. I Can Never Go Home Anymore
8. Give Me A Great Big Kiss
Side Three
1. The Train From Kansas City
2. Out In The Streets
3. What's A Girl Supposed To Do
4. The Dum Dum Ditty
5. You Cheated, You Lied
6. The Boy
7. Twist And Shout
8. Shout
Side Four
1. Love You More Than Yesterday
2. Maybe
3. Bulldog
4. Past, Present and Future
5. Long Live Our Love
6. He Cried
7. Dressed In Black
8. Paradise
9. Give Hime A Great Big Kiss
On 1964's Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington, the Queen of Soul pays homage to the just recently passed Queen of the Blues, an exemplary artist who was a major influence on Aretha Franklin as well as a great supporter. Franklin delivers her highly personalized takes on songs made famous by Washington, backed by the cream of New York’s finest session musicians.
Track Listing:
1. Unforgettable
2. Cold, Cold Heart
3. What a Diff'rence a Day Made
4. Drinking Again
5. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
6. Evil Gal Blues
7. Don't Say You're Sorry Again
8. This Bitter Earth
9. If I Should Lose You
10. Soulville
Reach Out Four Tops $34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - Sealed
Lead by Levi Stubbs, and backed up by the Funk Brothers, this was The Four Tops’ last album to be produced by Motown’s Holland/Dozier/Holland team. Half of Reach Out’s 12 cuts were Top 20 singles, including the number one title track. Released in 1967, the LP also features the hits "Standing in the Shadows of Love," "Bernadette," "7-Rooms of Gloom," "If I Were a Carpenter" and "Walk Away Renée," as well as the covers of The Monkees’ "Last Train To Clarksville" and "I’m A Believer." 180g audiophile vinyl from Speakers Corner.
Track Listing:
1. Reach Out (I'll Be There)
2. Walk Away Renee
3. 7-Rooms Of Gloom
4. If I Were A Carpenter
5. Last Train To Clarksville
6. I'll Turn To Stone
7. I'm A Believer
8. Standing In The Shadows Of Love
9. Bernadette
10. Cherish
11. Wonderful Baby
12. What Else Is There To Do (But Think About You)
Where I'm Coming From Stevie Wonder $34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - Sealed PRE-ORDER
Originally released in 1971, just shy of Stevie Wonder's 21st birthday, Where I'm Coming From was groundbreaking in that it was the first in which Stevie had complete control of its production. From the love ballad "Think of Me as Your Soldier" to the funky "Do Yourself a Favor" to the Top Ten pop hit "If You Really Love Me," Where I'm Coming From has something for everyone and it remains a distinctive presage in the development of the music legend.
Track Listing:
1. Look Around
2. Do Yourself A Favor
3. Think Of Me as Your Soldier
4. Something Out of the Blue
5. If You Really Love Me
6. I Wanna Talk To You
7. Take Up a Course in Happiness
8. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
9. Sunshine In Their Eyes
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