14 Oct 2015
The Stylistics – 1975 – Thank You Baby

“Thank you Baby”, 1975, from the Hugo & Luigi times is hardly remembered in that numberless and impersonal collections. “Sing Baby Sing“, “I’d rather be hurt by you” and “Can’t Give You Anything” you, maybe, will find around, but, quite sure, you’ll will not find...
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05 Mar 2024
Barbara Acklin – 1973 – I Call It Trouble

Barbara Acklin is a true rags-to-riches story. This one-time back-up singer for Chess Records was working as the receptionist at Brunswick Records’ Chicago office when she began co-writing songs for other artists, including Jackie Wilson’s “Whispers (Gettin’ Louder)”. This success behind the scenes quickly grew...
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06 Dec 2023
Phyllis Hyman – 1983 – Goddess Of Love

When Phyllis Hyman signed with Buddah Records, each party had the mutual understanding—and goal—to work together in getting her music into the marketplace. Phyllis Hyman (1977) got the ball rolling and though its commercial receipts were limited, her eponymous debut established Hyman as a promising...
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01 Dec 2023
Sweet Sensation – 1975 – Sad Sweet Dreamer

“Sad Sweet Dreamer” is a song by Sweet Sensation, which was a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart for one week in October 1974. The second single from the British soul group, a soaring soul ballad heavily influenced by the Stylistics (and led by lead vocalist Marcel King’s falsetto), “Sad Sweet Dreamer” became...
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29 Sep 2023
The Chi-Lites – 1975 – Half A Love

Half a Love was the group’s final album for Brunswick, which was in serious financial trouble by 1975. Half a Love contains only six new tracks, supplemented by four tracks from earlier Chi-Lites albums. Brunswick’s problems meant that the album received minimal promotion in the US, where it...
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16 Mar 2022
Michael Jackson – 1972 – Ben

Although having just entered his teens, pop prodigy Michael Jackson‘s star was still very much on the ascent, circa his second full-length release, Ben (1972). This LP should not be confused with the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the Phil Karlson-directed “thriller” of the same name, and while...
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02 Jul 2020
Ingram – 1977 – That’s all

The multi-talented Ingram was a self-contained group of sisters and brothers from Camden, NJ, consisting of – Norman (bass and trumpet), James or Jimi (vocals, keyboards, sax, flute), Barbara (vocals), Billy (guitar, bass, trombone), John (lead vocals, drums, tuba), Timmy (drums, percussion, trumpet) and Francis,...
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