jeudi 31 juillet 2014

Lee Fields

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Problems (1973/2002)

Lenny White

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Venusian Summer (1975) 1999

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The Adventures of the Astral Pirates (1977) 2002

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Big City (1977) 2006

Earth Wind & Fire

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Dance Trax (1988)

01. - September [03:38]
02. - Evil Roy (12' Mix) [05:30]
03. - Let's Groove [05:38]
04. - Boogie Wonderland (12' Version) (With The Emotion) [08:22]
05. - System Of Survival (12' Version) [07:36]
06. - Serpentine Fire [03:52]
07. - Fantasy (Full Length Version) [04:39]
08. - Jupiter [03:13]
09. - Magnetic (Extended Dance Remix) [06:21]

Nolan Porter

http://uploaded.net/file/pzhov2ea
No Apologies (1970)

Lee Dorsey

http://uploaded.net/file/g28j7k3f
The EP Collection...Plus (2000)
Genre: New Orleans R&B, Funk, Soul

01. Ya Ya (1961) 2:27
02. Do-Re-Mi (1962) 2:13
03. Ride Your Pony (1965) 2:49
04. Can You Hear Me (1965) 2:40
05. Work Work Work (1965) 2:28
06. The Kitty Cat Song (1965) 2:07
07. Get Out Of My Life Woman (1966) 2:24
08. Here Comes The Hurt Again (1966) 2:33
09. Shortnin' Bread (1966) 2:52
10. Hello Mama (1966) 2:30
11. You're Breaking Me Up (1964) 2:13
12. Messed Around (1964) 2:26
13. Working In The Coal Mine (1966) 2:45
14. Mexico (1966) 2:04
15. Confusion (1966) 2:24
16. Neighbour's Daughter (1966) 2:37
17. Organ Grinder's Swing (1964) 2:23
18. I Gotta Find A New Love (1964) 2:18
19. Holy Cow (1966) 2:29
20. Rain Rain Go Away (1967) 2:48
21. Gotta Find A Job (1967) 2:26
22. A Mellow Good Time (1966) 2:15
23. Love Lots Of Lovin' (with Betty Harris) (1967) 2:52
24. Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On) (1969) 3:11
25. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley (1970) 2:53

VA - Rare

http://uploaded.net/file/dijzx54r
Funk 9-12 (1996-2000)

Vol.9 - Junk Funk
01. Red Holt — Flo
02. Bob Dorough — 3 Is The Magic Number
03. Eric Burdon — Magic Mountain
04. Jesse Anderson — Mighty Mighty
05. Patti Jo — Hard To Handle
06. Sheeba — Jungle Fever
07. Soul Brothers — Get On The Goodfoot
08. Constelations — Hot Pants Road
09. C.K. Mann — Funky Highlife
10. Inganda Kenya — Shalode
11. Vulcans — Star Trek
12. Phil Catherine — Give It Up & Turn It Loose
13. Funk Factory — Rien Ne Va Plus
14. Dust Bros. — 33 13 God
15. Dust Bros. — And What You Give
16. Cozy Powell — Let There Be Skin

Vol.10 - Mo' Female Funk
01. Wally Badarou — Mambo
02. Sandra, Fela Kuti & Africa '70 — Upside Down
03. Vibrettes — Humpty Dump
04. Erma Franklin — Light My Fire
05. J.B.S — Use Me
06. Betty Davis — Anti Love Song
07. Christine Mcvie — That's Saying A Lot
08. Jane Birkin — Love For Sale
09. A Taste Of Honey — Rescue Me
10. Dawn Penn — No No No
11. Armando Trovaioli — Sesso Matto
12. Clarence Wheeler — Right On

Vol.11 - Creole Funk
01. Blue Jays — What Do You Want
02. Cimmerons — Street Walk
03. Sound Studio Band — Give Me Some
04. Dave And Ansel Collins — Doing Our Ting
05. Apostels — Soulful
06. Boris Gardiner — Ghetto Funk
07. In Crowd — Mango Walk
08. Tornadoes — Do Your Thing
09. Wild Magnolias — Ho No Se
10. Organization — Smokey Feeling
11. Lever Brothers — Blackmans Cry
12. Ray Munnings — Funky Nassau
13. Naturals — Funky Rasta
14. Jon Lucien — Ghetto Song

Vol.12 - Latin Funk
01. St. Vincent Latinaires — Broasted Or Fried
02. Ray Barretto — Right On
03. Hammer — Tuane
04. Harvey Averne — Cucaraca Macara
05. Jimmy Castor — It's Just Begun
06. Los Sobrinos Del Juez — Harina De Maiz
07. Apache — Liberte
08. Antonio & Jocafi — Sequiser Vallier
09. Reality — Acapulco Gold
10. Wilson De Neves — Pick Up The Pieces
11. Joe Cuba — Latin Hustle
12. Los Reyes — Adeo Y
13. Walter Branco — Mango Walk
14. Jade — Viva Tirado

VA - Jazz Cuts

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Jazz Funk Reaction (1995)

01. Lonnie Liston Smith / Space Princess [0:06:59.45]
02. The Kay Gees / Space Disco [0:06:23.40]
03. Aquarian Dream / East Of 6th Street [0:04:44.55]
04. Rhythm Makers / Zone [0:05:31.38]
05. Al Hudson & Partners / Spread Love [0:06:27.50]
06. Jimmy McGriff / Tailgunner [0:05:08.67]
07. Lonnie Smith / Funk Reaction [0:05:48.73]
08. Light Of The World / Time [0:10:58.65]
09. Joe Sample / There Are Many Stops Along The Way [0:05:54.42]
10. The Crusaders / Sweet & Sour [0:08:53.13]
11. Rodney Franklin / The Groove [0:03:26.15]

mercredi 30 juillet 2014

VA - Step

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Inside My Soul: Rare '70s and Modern Soul (2014)

1. Mojoba – Say You Will
2. Reason Why – Step Inside My World
3. Crystal Clear – Stay With Me
4. Vaneese and Carolyn – The Goodbye Song
5. Checkmates, Ltd. – All Alone By The Telephone
6. Creative Source – Pass The Feelin’ On
7. Alvarez – Sooner Or Later
8. Peter Warner – I Just Want To Spend My Life W
9. Enchantment – Call On Me
10. Tyrone Thomas – You’re Hardly Gone
11. New World – We’re Gonna Make It
12. Moorish Vanguard – Sunshine Of Your Love
13. Sam Dees – Say Yeah
14. Ernie Shelby – Right Here Where You Left Me
15. J.J. Williams – Love Market
16. Taylor, Debbie – I’ve Learned To Do Without You
17. Johnson, Jules and The Dynamic – I Just Want To Thank You
18. Prime Cut – I’m So Glad

War

http://uploaded.net/file/akaybcbc
All Day Music (1971) 1995

mercredi 30 juillet 2014

George Benson Discography [50 Albums] (1963-2006)

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George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician, and that frustrates to no end critics who would paint him into a narrow bop box. He can play in just about any style -- from swing to bop to R&B to pop -- with supreme taste, a beautiful rounded tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, always, an unquenchable urge to swing. His inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery -- and he can do dead-on impressions of both -- but his style is completely his own. Not only can he play lead brilliantly, he is also one of the best rhythm guitarists around, supportive to soloists and a dangerous swinger, particularly in a soul-jazz format. Yet Benson can also sing in a lush, soulful tenor with mannerisms similar to those of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway, and it is his voice that has proved to be more marketable to the public than his guitar. Benson is the guitar-playing equivalent of Nat King Cole -- a fantastic pianist whose smooth way with a pop vocal eventually eclipsed his instrumental prowess in the marketplace -- but unlike Cole, Benson has been granted enough time after his fling with the pop charts to reaffirm his jazz guitar credentials, which he still does at his concerts.

Miles in the Sky
Benson actually started out professionally as a singer, performing in nightclubs at eight, recording four sides for RCA's X label in 1954, forming a rock band at 17 while using a guitar that his stepfather made for him. Exposure to records by Christian, Montgomery, and Charlie Parker got him interested in jazz, and by 1962, the teenaged Benson was playing in Brother Jack McDuff's band. After forming his own group in 1965, Benson became another of talent scout John Hammond's major discoveries, recording two highly regarded albums of soul-jazz and hard bop for Columbia and turning up on several records by others, including Miles Davis' Miles in the Sky. He switched to Verve in 1967, and, shortly after the death of Montgomery in June 1968, producer Creed Taylor began recording Benson with larger ensembles on A&M (1968-1969) and big groups and all-star combos on CTI (1971-1976).
Breezin'
While the A&M and CTI albums certainly earned their keep and made Benson a guitar star in the jazz world, the mass market didn't catch on until he began to emphasize vocals after signing with Warner Bros. in 1976. His first album for Warner Bros., Breezin', became a Top Ten hit on the strength of its sole vocal track, "This Masquerade," and this led to a string of hit albums in an R&B-flavored pop mode, culminating with the Quincy Jones-produced Give Me the Night. As the '80s wore on, though, Benson's albums became riddled with commercial formulas and inferior material, with his guitar almost entirely relegated to the background. Perhaps aware of the futility of chasing the charts (after all, "This Masquerade" was a lucky accident), Benson reversed his field late in the '80s to record a fine album of standards, Tenderly, and another with the Basie band, his guitar now featured more prominently. His pop-flavored work also improved noticeably in the '90s. Benson retains the ability to spring surprises on his fans and critics, like his dazzlingly idiomatic TV appearance and subsequent record date with Benny Goodman in 1975 in honor of John Hammond, and his awesome command of the moment at several Playboy Jazz Festivals in the '80s. His latter-day recordings include the 1998 effort Standing Together, 2000's Absolute Benson, 2001's All Blues, and 2004's Irreplaceable. Three songs from 2006's Givin' It Up, recorded with Al Jarreau, were nominated for Grammy Awards in separate categories.
Songs and Stories
Benson began to see numerous reissues of his catalog material from his years with producer Creed Taylor on Verve, A&M, and CTI, from 2008 on. In 2009, he signed to Concord and released Songs and Stories for the label, and followed it up with his first primarily instrumental album in 35 years entitled Guitar Man in 2011. Two years later, in 2013, Benson released Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole, featuring arrangements by Nelson Riddle and Randy Waldman, and at the age of 70, it was one of Benson's finest albums.

Twennynine with Lenny White

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Just Like Dreamin' (1981) 2007

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

http://uploaded.net/file/16c42zzo
Bustin' Loose 1979 (1992)

Solomon Burke

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Cool Breeze [Soundtrack] (1972)

01. Cool Breeze
02. PSR 1983
03. The Bus
04. Love Affair
05. Icbyatht W.T.?
06. Get Up And DoSomething For Your Self
07. Love's Street And Fool's Road
08. It Must Be Love
09. Fight Back
10. Then I Want To Come Home(Instrumental)
11. Then I Want To Come Home(Vocal)
12. We're Almost Home

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

http://uploaded.net/file/b3tqcu11
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)

Billy Preston

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Encouraging Words 1970 (2010)

01 Right Now
02 Little Girl
03 Use What You've Got
04 My Sweet Lord
05 Let The Music Play
06 The Same Thing Again
07 I've Got A Feeling
08 Sing One For The Lord
09 When You Are Mine
10 I Don't Want You To Pretend
11 Encouraging Words
12 All Things (Must) Pass
13 You've Been Acting Strange

Bonus Tracks
14 As Long As I Got My Baby
15 All That I Got (I'm Gonna Give It To You)
16 How Long Has The Train Been Gone

Billy Preston

http://uploaded.net/file/gw1w06vl
The Best of Billy Preston (1988)

1. Outa-Space
2. Will It Go Round in Circles
3. That's the Way God Planned It [Live]
4. Struttin'
5. You Are So Beautiful
6. Nothing from Nothing
7. Get Back
8. I'm Really Gonna Miss You
9. Space Race
10. I Wrote a Simple Song

Bobby Womack & J.J. Johnson

http://uploaded.net/file/8uan5uuo
Across 110th Street 1972 (2001)

A1 Across 110th Street 3:45
A2 Harlem Clavinette (Instrumental) 2:12
A3 If You Don't Want My Love 2:27
A4 Hang On In There (Instrumental) 2:45
A5 Quicksand 1:37
A6 Harlem Love Theme (Instrumental) 3:07
B1 Across 110th Street (Instrumental) 2:26
B2 Do It Right 2:59
B3 Hang On In There 2:23
B4 If You Don't Want My Love (Instrumental) 3:03
B5 Across 110th Street - Part II 2:52

Sharon Redd

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Redd Hott (1982)

1.Never Give You Up 7:00
2.You're The One 6:20
3.Send Your Love 6:57
4.Beat The Street 5:40
5.In The Name Of Love 6:30
6.Takin' A Chance On Love 5:02
7.We're Friends Again 4:43

Kleeer

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License To Dream 1981 (2006)

1 De Kleeer Ting 4:41
2 Running Back To You 7:22
3 Sippin' & Kissin' 4:15
4 Hypnotized 3:40
5 License To Dream 4:45
6 Get Tough 8:17
7 Say You Love Me 4:41
8 Where Would I Be (Without Your Love) 4:22

Betty Davis

http://uploaded.net/file/714funhh
Betty Davis 1973 (2007)

01. If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up [Davis] (5:00)
02. Walkin Up the Road [Davis] (4:31)
03. Anti Love Song [Davis] (3:08)
04. Your Man My Man [Davis] (5:12)
05. Ooh Yeah [Davis] (2:55)
06. Steppin in Her I. Miller Shoes [Davis] (3:39)
07. Game Is My Middle Name [Davis] (3:14)
08. In the Meantime [Davis] (2:43)
09. Come Take Me [Davis] (3:56)
10. You Won't See Me in the Morning [Davis] (3:49)
11. I Will Take That Ride [Davis] (4:43)

Ju-Par Universal Orchestra

http://uploaded.net/file/ix4pvp6k
Moods And Grooves (1976)

Labi Siffre

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Labi Siffre (1970) [Remastered 2006]

01] Too Late
02] Words
03] Something On My Mind
04] Maybe Tomorrow
05] You And I Should Be Together
06] I Don't Know What's Happened To The Kids Today
07] I Love You
08] Make My Day
09] A Little More Line
10] Maybe
11] River
12] Love Song For Someone
13] Why Did You Go, Why Did You Leave Me? (Bonus Track)
14] I Just Couldn't Live Without Her (Bonus Track)
15] Last Night Tonight (Bonus Track)
16] Maybe When We Dance (Bonus Track)
17] Ask Me To Stay (Bonus Track)
18] Here We Are (Bonus Track)

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The Singer And The Song (1971) [Remastered 2006]
01] There's Nothing In The World Like Love
02] You're Lovely
03] A Number Of Words
04] Who Do You See
05] Not So Long Ago
06] A Shadow Of Our Love
07] When I'm On My Own You Are On My Mind
08] Rocking Chair
09] Interlude
10] Thank Your Lucky Star
11] Talk About
12] Relax
13] Bless The Telephone
14] Summer Is Coming
15] Goodbye
16] Get To The Country (Bonus Track)
17] Till Nightime Comes Along (Bonus Track)
18] Fallin' For You (Bonus Track)
19] Oh What A Day (Bonus Track)
20] Just A Face (Bonus Track)
21] Seasons Come, Seasons Go (Bonus Track)

http://uploaded.net/file/zzrwal6o
Crying Laughing Loving Lying (1972) [Remastered 2006]
01] Saved
02] Cannock Chase
03] Fool Me A Goodnight
04] It Must Be Love
05] Gimme Some More
06] Blue Lady
07] Love Oh Love Oh Love
08] Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
09] Hotel Room Song
10] My Song
11] Till Forever
12] Come On Michael
13] You Make It Easy (Bonus)
14] Good Old Days (Bonus)
15] Pristine Verses (Bonus)
16] You'll Let Me Know (Bonus)
17] Oh Me Oh My Mr City Goodbye (Bonus)
18] For The Lovin' (Bonus)

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For The Children (1973) [Remastered 2006]
01] Somesay
02] Children Of Children
03] Entertainment Value
04] Odds And Ends
05] Prayer
06] Let's Pretend
07] Someday
08] If You Have Faith
09] For The Children
10] Give Love
11] So What! (Bonus Track)

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Remember My Song (1975) [Remastered 2006]
01] I Got The
02] Another Year
03] Down
04] Old Time Song
05] The Vulture
06] Dreamer
07] Sadie And The Devil
08] Turn On Your Love
09] Remember My Song
10] You've Got A Hold On Me (Bonus Track)
11] Hot And Dirty In The City (Bonus Track)
12] Solid Love (Bonus Track)
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So Strong (1988) [Reissue 1999]
01 Listen To The Voices
02 Nothin's Gonna Change (Remix – Kevin W. Smith)
03 I Will Always Love You
04 All I Wanna Do
05 And The Wind Blows
06 (Something Inside) So Strong (Remix – Kevin W. Smith)
07 Lovers
08 Hard Road
09 I'm Alright
10 When You're Lonely
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Man Of Reason (1991)
01 - City of Dreams
02 - Most People Sleep Alone
03 - A Matter of Love
04 - Lovers in Arms
05 - All Fall Down
06 - Reason
07 - When Lights Are On
08 - Sensible Betrayal in the City
09 - Wash Away Your Troubles in Love
10 - Schooldays
http://uploaded.net/file/zlfjqzaq
The Last Songs (1998) [Remastered 2006]

01] Everything
02] Samaritans
03] Face To Face (A Paper Regret)
04] This Is It
05] Lose Myself In You
06] Cling To The Ledge
07] The Life I Got
08] The Dead Don't Matter
09] A Kiss In The Mirror
10] Sparrow In The Storm
11] Little Boy Baby Blue
12] Rainbow Moon
13] Why Isn't Love Enough
14] The Song To Sing

Stanley Clarke and George Duke

http://uploaded.net/file/gq84y5bf
The Clarke / Duke Project 2 (1983)

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The Clarke / Duke Project 3 (1990)

VA - Tramp

http://uploaded.net/file/xs38uhy9
45rpm Single Collection Vol 1 (2014)


01. Soul Brothers Inc. - Pyramid (02:22)
02. Soul Brothers Inc. - Girl in the Hot Pants (02:31)
03. Jody Parsley - This Is Me (02:09)
04. Jody Parsley - I Don't Know (02:25)
05. Lee Fields - Funky Screw (03:32)
06. Lee Fields - The Bull Is Coming (03:29)
07. Aalon Butler & The New Breed Band - Gettin' Soul, Pt. 1 (02:46)
08. Aalon Butler & The New Breed Band - It's Got to Be Something (02:03)
09. Duffy Jackson Orchestra - I Feel Good (03:06)
10. Duffy Jackson Orchestra - Tamahawk (03:00)
11. Marvelle & the Blue Mats - Mellow Man (02:43)
12. Jimmy 'preacher' Ellis - Kiddio (02:38)
13. Jimmy 'preacher' Ellis - Baby I Love You (02:25)
14. Lil' Buck & The Top Cats - Cat's Back (02:43)
15. Lil' Buck - Don't Make Me Cry (feat. The Top Cats) (02:53)
16. Tornadoes - Won't You Forgive (02:22)
17. Allen Matthews - Allen's Party (02:38)
18. Allen Matthews - Good Loving Care (02:34)
19. Little Gregory & The Concepts - Look, And You'll See (02:46)
20. Little Gregory & The Concepts - Get Away!! (03:23)

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45rpm Single Collection Vol 2 (2014)


01. Soul Explosion - Barn Yard Pimp (03:26)
02. Soul Explosion - Love Is the Answer (02:56)
03. Lonnie Lester - So This Is Love (02:52)
04. Lonnie Lester - Ain't That a Shame (02:40)
05. Wayne Carter - Mad Mouth Woman (02:48)
06. Wayne Carter - Wahoo, Wahoo, Wahoo (02:55)
07. Len & the P.A.'s - Soul Block (02:39)
08. Len & the P.A.'s - Believe Me (04:23)
09. Rudy Lambert - Love (01:42)
10. Rudy Lambert - Let's Stick Together (02:19)
11. Filet of Soul - Do Your Own Thing (02:53)
12. Filet of Soul - Sweet Lovin' (02:41)
13. Marie Adams - That's the Way to Get Along (02:17)
14. Marie Adams - You Don't Know (02:17)
15. Bobby Allen & Exceptions - Soul Chicken (02:47)
16. Bobby Allen & Exceptions - Lonely Christmas Tears (03:17)
17. Roy Porter Sound Machine - Party Time (03:47)
18. Roy Porter Sound Machine - Out on the Town Tonight (03:25)
19. Bob French's Storyville Jazz Band - Y'er Comes the Funky Man (02:34)
20. Bob French's Storyville Jazz Band - St. James Infirmary (03:24)

Waltel Branco

http://uploaded.net/file/o8en6yg4
Meu Balanco (1975)
Genre: Jazz, Latin, Funk

City Limits

http://uploaded.net/file/fthi0q1n
Circles (1975)

White Heat

http://uploaded.net/file/mnbebtlx
White Heat (1975)

VA - Ghana

http://uploaded.net/file/yuhup825
Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81 (2009)

CD1
01 Mercury Dance Band - Kai Wawa (3:01)
02 T. O. Jazz Owou - Adaadaa Me (2:52)
03 Christy Azuma & Uppers International - Din Ya Sugri (7:03)
04 The Barbecues - Aaya Lolo (3:48)
05 Ohiani Sua Efir - Asaase Ase (4:02)
06 St Peter & The Holymen - Bofoo Beye Abowa Den (3:15)
07 City Boys Band - Nya Asem Hwe (4:51)
08 Hedzolleh Soundz - Edina Benya (3:17)
09 The Cutlass Dance Band - Hwehwe Mu Yi Wo Mpena (3:18)
10 Dr. K Gyasi & His Noble Kings - Sei Nazo (3:02)
11 Kyeremateng Atwede & His Kyermateng Stars - I Go Die For You (5:23)
12 Vis A Vis - Obi Agye Me Dofo (9:51)
13 Ebo Taylor - Twer Nymae (5:22)
14 The Big Beats - Mi Nsumoo Bo Donn (3:39)
15 Pa Steele's African Brothers - Odo Mmera (3:01)
16 The Ogyatanaa Show Band - You Monopolise Me (3:14)

CD2
01 The African Brothers International Band - Wompe Masem (4:19)
02 Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & His Creations - Akoko Ba (5:26)
03 The Sweet Talks - Akampanye (4:27)
04 Houghas Sorowonko - Enuanom Adofo (3:10)
05 Oscar Sulley's Nzele Soundz - Bukom (3:28)
06 Bokoor Band - You Can Go (3:22)
07 K. Frimpong & His Cubanos Fiestas - Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'Awu (6:57)
08 Basa Basa Soundz feat. Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Dr Solutsu (3:22)
09 Pagadeja - Tamale (3:11)
10 Hedzoleh Soundz - Omusus Da Fe M'Musu (4:58)
11 The Uhuru Dance Band - Yahyia Mu (4:11)
12 Dr. K. Gyasi & His Noble Kings - Noble Kings (Yako Aba) (5:46)
13 The Wellis Band - Bindiga (3:25)
14 Boombaya - Boombaya (3:39)
15 Sawaaba Soundz - Owuo (4:20)
16 The Cutlass Dance Band - Them Go Talk Of You (3:30)
17 Honny & The Bees Band - Sis Mbon (6:48)

VA - Rare

http://uploaded.net/file/mrp6bs9h
Funk 1-8 (1993-96)

Heartbeats: Expanded Edition - Yarbrough & Peoples


Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples were childhood friends from Dallas, Texas who went on to have great chart success as an R&B duo through the 1980's. While on tour as a backing vocalist with Leon Russell in the late 1970's Cavin met the Wilson Brothers from The Gap Band, who in turn introduced Cavin to their collaborator Lonnie Simmons and his Total Experience Recording Studios who produced the duos debut album and later signed them to his Total Experience label, joining The Gap Band on the roster.

•    Yarbrough & Peoples second album, HEARTBEATS was released through Total Experience Records in 1983, due to producer Simmons securing a distribution deal with Polygram for his label during the previous year. Commercially Heartbeats perhaps suffered from "second album syndrome” because of the great success of debut LP "The Two Of Us” (CDBBRX0195) and the three year gap between releases. Peaking at #25 R&B the album, which also provided 2 R&B hit singles, picked up from where the debut had left off with Simmons trademark slick, mid-tempo production style.

•    The first single released was the title track and album opener ‘Heartbeats.’ Charting at #10 R&B and #101 Pop ‘Heartbeats’ is an intense slice of electronic soul with a pulsing synth bass line and unwavering beat allied to progressive synth lines, vocoder vocal effects and the rhythmic phrasing of Cavin and Alisa's passionate vocals. Second single ‘Feels So Good’ peaked at #20 R&B in the spring of 1983 and is closely related to their debut hit ‘Don't Stop The Music’ with its solid mid tempo expansive groove, dynamic synth work and the response "when the music feels so good I don't wanna' stop.”

•    Other stand out tracks on this superb  album are the playful soul groove ‘You Love Me, You Love Me Not,’ the feel good dancer ‘Party Night’ and the more traditional, piano led R&B balled ‘What About Me’ which closes the record.

•    BBR is very proud to present HEARTBEATS, expertly remastered and complete with extensive liner notes and bonus tracks. HEARTBEATS completes BBR's re-master series of all four of Yarbrough & peoples studio albums and is absolutely essential listening for all R&B, Soul, Funk and Disco fans. 

Guilty- Expanded Edition - Yarbrough & Peoples

YARBROUGH & PEOPLES first set airwaves alight when their futuristic hit, Don’t Stop The Music shot to #1 on the R&B charts. Following the success of their first single they recorded numerous hit singles on Total Experience Records throughout the 80’s.
YARBROUGH & PEOPLES consisted of childhood friends Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples. Cavin Yarbrough started as a singer and keyboardist for a group called Grand Theft and one night at a gig, the Wilson brothers, founders of The GAP Band, were in the audience and offered Cavin a job as a background singer on the Leon Russell tour they were a part of. Soon after returning to Dallas, Alisa Peoples sang with Grand Theft and once again at a gig in Dallas, The Gap Band, now signed to Total Experience Records, introduced them to label owner and producer, Lonnie Simmons. The Result of this introduction? Four hit albums and numerous hit singles until the labels demise in the late 80s.

Billy Paul - Lately / CD Expanded

Billy Paul - Lately **

01. Fire in Her Love 4:25
02. Sexual Therapy 4:34
03. Lately 4:04
04. I Search No More 3:42
05. I Only Have Eyes for You 4:22
06. Hot Date 4:17
07. Get Down to Lovin' 4:30
08. Let Me in 3:51
09. Me and You 4:23
10. On a Clear Day 4:28
Bonus Track
11. Lately (Single Version) 3:41

Pleasure - Give It Up (PTG CD)

Pleasure - Give It Up

Jazz-Funk band Pleasure are Bruce Carter on drums, Sherman Davis and Randy Hall on vocals, Donald and Michael Hepburn on keyboards, Douglas Lewis on guitar and Nathaniel Phillips on bass. Guests are Pat Gleeson and Kashif on synthesizers, Pete Escovedo Jr. and Jimmy Maelen on percussion, plus background vocals. The album was first released in 1982 on RCA Records and produced by Robert Wright and Pleasure.

Never released on CD before. Digitally remastered from original mastertapes