10 Oct 2016
Black Sugar – 1971 – Black Sugar

A latin funk classic Black Sugar, the brainchild of Victor “Coco” Salazar and  Miguel “Chino” Figueroa, was formed in 1969 under the name Los Far Fen, mainly because the group had a Farfisa and a Fender amplifiers as their only electronic amplification equipment. Los Far...
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16 Jun 2016
East Coast – 1973 – East Coast

An extremely rare soul album originally released in 1973, East Coast’s self titled album features drummer Larry Blackmon, who served as front man for the hit group Cameo; and a cast of session greats including Pat Grant (trombone); Gwen Guthrie (vocals); Michael Harris (percussion); Gregory...
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16 Apr 2016
Wee ‎– 1977 ‎– You Can Fly On My Aeroplane

Fantastic lost gem from the late 70’s.  Sexy as hell. Scoring the lives of small-time players, pimps, junkies, and prostitutes lurking around his simultaneously blessed and cursed existence, Wee mastermind Norman Whiteside lived in an entirely different Columbus than Capsoul’s Bill Moss or Prix’s Clem...
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29 Mar 2016
Bobbi Humphrey – 1972 – Dig This!

A stone killer from funky flute player Bobbi Humphrey – one of her early albums for Blue Note Records, and a set that’s a perfect summation of the best sides of her talents! The album’s got a slightly different feel than Bobbi’s work with Larry...
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16 Mar 2016
Rick James ‎– 1981 – Street Songs

Review by David O’Donnell Following on from the poorly received Garden of Love album, Rick James released the seminal Street Songs in 1981 to both critical acclaim and commercial success, showing that the king of punk-funk was back on top. What made Street Songs such a...
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09 Jan 2016
Bobby Hebb – 1970 – Love Games

The voice and pen that crafted the multi-format standard “Sunny” took four years to create as exquisite an album of adult contemporary R&B as you’ll find. This was recorded a full year before Lou Rawls would hit with the Bobby Hebb/Sandy Baron composition “A Natural...
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05 Dec 2015
Lee Garrett – 1976 – Heat for the Feets

Blind since his birth in Mississippi on September 1, 1948, R&B vocalist Lee Garrett is probably better known for the material he wrote or co-wrote than for his own contributions as a performer which, in the end, was quite modest – one lonely nationally charting...
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