19 Mar 2024
Sam & Dave – 1968 – I Thank You

  Issued in 1968 after the mega hits, “Hold On, I’m Comin‘” and “Soul Man“, Sam & Dave became interested in the emerging funk sounds happening throughout the R&B scene. Thankfully, so was the writing team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, who wrote one...
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11 May 2022
Sam & Dave – 1966 – Hold On, I’m Comin’

When the Northern soulsters of Motown were employing strings and pop elements, Sam & Dave rejected pop wholesale and made sure they kept their Memphis soul simple and raw. Their albums never sounded heavily produced, and therein lies much of the appeal of Hold on, I’m Comin’ (their first...
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16 May 2019
Sam & Dave – 1967 – Soul Men

Sam & Dave, the Black Gladiators, had upstaged the music scene with blasting gutbucket Soul anthems such as “Hold On! I’m Comin‘”, “You Got Me Hummin‘” and “Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody” in 1966… A year later, riding high on the success of the...
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26 Jul 2019
Booker T. & Priscilla – 1972 – Home Grown

Priscilla Coolidge was an American recording artist and sister of singer Rita Coolidge. Between 1969 and 1979, she was married to Booker T. Jones, who produced Coolidge’s first solo album, 1970’s Gypsy Queen. Then the pair collaborated as a duo on three albums: 1971’s Booker T. & Priscilla; 1972’s Home Grown; and...
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07 Jan 2023
Logg – 1981 – Logg

    The undisputed Godfather of boogie, Leroy Burgess’ Logg project is his masterpiece. Logg is one of the greatest albums of the post-disco era. With all the touchstones of Burgess’s finest work – breezy grooves, undulating synths, funk-drenched bass, and life-affirming lyrics – delivered...
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