继Spinners乐队和O'Jays乐队之后，the Stylistics再度成为由Thom Bell成功包装的费城风格的乐队。70年期间，乐队共有12首单曲打入排行榜前十名，其中包括：You Are Everything，Betcha by Golly Wow，I'm Stone in Love With You，Break up to Make up和You Make Me Fell Brand New等。the Stylistics是70年代词曲最流畅和最甜美的乐队之一。所有的上榜歌曲均为情歌，经Russel Thompkins Jr.的假声的演绎后，歌声变得无比的优美和昂扬。这也是the Stylistics作品的印记。这些歌曲是Thom Bell的最优美的作品，也正是这些作品使the Stylistics成为了60年代末70年代初最成功的乐队之一。乐队至今已推出了22张专辑。

The Chi-Lites are an American R&B/soul vocal quartet from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Forming at Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1959, The group's original lineup consisted of singers Robert Lester, Eugene Record, Creadel Jones, Clarence Johnson, Burt Bowen, Eddie Reed and Marshall Thompson.

This is the debut of one of the greatest vocal groups of the early ’70s. One of the pioneers of Sweet soul.
Harder, more raw Chicago Soul, in the vein of Tyrone Davis’ recordings of the time. Not as slick as their following albums
Give It Away was the Chi-Lites first album for the Brunswick label and was named after their first hit single. A Soul tune, but “My Whole World Ended” is even better with its upbeat mood. There are also good covers of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” and “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”, but the best number is the cool “What Do I Wish For” with its little guitar intro and finger snaps before Eugene Record comes in with his trademark falsetto voice. “You’re No Longer Part Of My Heart” is another uplifting song.

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer.

After the awesome "28 Roses" and "One More Roses" selections, DJ Mitsu The Beats is back with another true head mix on the Show Tiku Bai label. This time Digg-Master Mitsu turns his fingers to the world of Library music hosting a sensational jazz-funk-afro-boogie romp through obscure pilot show theme tunes, radio jingles and product placement breakbeats; sliced and segued to perfection Bushido style. Man summed it up nicely when he said "To those who eat and sleep with their turntables, this is a must have"...Word up!

Havana Candy is the second album by American vocalist and songwriter Patti Austin recorded in 1977 and released on the CTI label.
The Allmusic review stated "Austin sang this undistinguished material with as much conviction as she could muster, but the general pallid air lingering over the production also affected her vocals".

This album marked the long-playing debut of Gwen McCrae, a sultry voiced singer who remains popular with soul music cultists today. Rockin' Chair collects the material that she had been recording for the Cat label, a subsidiary of disco giant TK Records. Despite the fact that it was not technically conceived as an album, all the material on Rockin' Chair hangs together nicely: everything here was produced by Miami soul stalwart Steve Alaimo, who strikes an effective balance between silky soul and gospel-tinged funk on all the tracks. The obvious standout is the title tune, a mid-paced invitation to romance that frames McCrae's seductive vocal with stately horns and churning, infectious percussion. The end result is downright hypnotic and it deservedly became a massive hit on both the R&B and pop charts during 1975. None of the remaining tracks are as instantly infectious as the title hit, but they all make for fine listening: "Move Me Baby" is a gently-loping funk jam built on some silky keyboard riffs, and "Your Love Is Worse Than a Cold Love" is a convincing declaration of frustrated passion that gets a gutsy, gospel-tinged treatment from McCrae. Trivia fans will also want to take note that Harry Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band lent a hand on the production of "Move Me Baby." However, the album's unsung gem is "90% Of Me Is You": this hypnotic tune is a grand showcase for McCrae's emotive skills, allowing her to unfold a tale of emotional enslavement over a sleek backing track that balances yearning strings with a moody funk groove. All in all, Rockin' Chair is an exciting collection that will appeal to any fans of 1970s soul.

Worldwide CD debut of New Orleans funk classic originally released in 1972. Includes two bonus tracks 'Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push And Shove) (Parts 1 & 2). 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Seventh album in the string of Meters reissues on Sundazed, 'Trick Bag' makes it's worldwide CD debut including 10 funk classics like 'Disco Is The Thing Today', 'I Want To Be Loved By You' and 'Honky Tonk Woman'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

2004 collaboration is a collection of computer folk songs featuring the voice of Momus accompanied on guitar & computer by Anne Laplantine. Features 13 tracks packaged in a digipak. Analog Baroque.

Reissue of 1970 album by this funky New Orleans-based r& b group led by Art Neville & produced by the mighty team of Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn. Contains all 12 cuts from when the Josie label originally issued it, plus two previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Funky Meters' Soul' & 'Meter Strut'. The album was their second record overall & their final one for the label. 1999 release.

Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs"). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, with three singles topping the R&B charts ("I'll Be Good to You", "Strawberry Letter 23", and "Stomp!").

Khruangbin is an American musical trio from Houston, Texas, with Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Ray "DJ" Johnson Jr. on drums. The band is known for blending global music influences, such as classic soul, dub and psychedelia.

Underground Philadelphia’s response to Amiri Baraka’s and Gil Scott-Heron’s indictments of the Black American experience: poet, proto-rapper and catalyst Del Jones’ call to action not just for his city, but for the nation.
Equal parts psychedelic rock and deep funk, the rarely heard 'Court Is Closed' saw only the scantest of issues before Jones overdubbed horns on the album, remixed and augmented it with additional music, and issued it as the better-known 'Positive Vibes'. Here we present both versions of the album, with Bandcamp customers also receiving bonus LP containing Jones’ rare 7” single tracks and rehearsals, including unreleased tracks heard here for the first time.
Jones’ story, and that of his family, is like his music: a loud, vital voice long silenced. Understanding it now is not just a visceral musical experience, but an essential dissection of racism and classism in America.
A detailed book - included here as a bonus PDF - delves into Jones’ music, milieu and life as an author, activist and orator, shining a light not only on his prescient awareness of hip-hop, but also on the struggles he confronted, and his urgent, current mandate.
This is the 23rd release in the deluxe Now-Again Reserve Edition, formerly a subscription service, and now offered as a la carte issues, with bonus material on vinyl available for Bandcamp purchasers.
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released March 10, 2023
This anthology produced by Eothen Alapatt
Licensed by Wayman Jones
Liner notes by Jeremeigh A.M. Kergylle (fka Jeremy Cargill), with contributions and editing by Eothen Alapatt
Restoration and remastering by Jason Bitner
Tape restoration and transfers by Dan Johnson for Audio Archiving
Vinyl transfers by Ben Lowrie
Art direction by Errol Richardson