Greatest Soul Albums (70s)

[Daved]

Blimey no mention of Gwen McCrae or Candi Staton yet ?

Cheers Paul

Yep, mentions of both.

[Soul Shrews]

Thank goodness ! And thanks for pointing that out DaveD

Cheers Paul

[Guest thebigvegetation]

There's a LOT isn't there! i've only included albums I would put on from start to finish and would be lost without them, no 1 or 2 trackers and very little if no filler for me...

both Dyson's Faces LP's (well one and a half albums really)

Mike James Kirkland 'hang on in there'

Gil Scott-Heron 'pieces of a man' and 'winter in America'

Temptations 'sky's the limit'

Sly & The Family Stone 'there's a riot goin' on'

Spaceark 'spaceark is' (2nd album)

Gloria Scott 'what am i gonna do'

RAMP 'come into knowledge'

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 'what love has joined together'

Shuggie Otis 'inspiration information'

Curtis Mayfield 'curtis' / 'curtis live' / 'roots' / 'superfly'

James Mason 'rhythm of life'

Jon Lucien - the 3 RCA albums

Al Johnson 'peaceful'

Willie Hutch 'ode to my lady'

Isaac Hayes 'black moses'

Leroy Hutson I and II

Donny Hathaway 'extension of a man'

Marvin Gaye 'whats going on' and 'let's get it on'

Garland Green 'jealous kind of fella'

Ted Coleman Band 'taking care of business'

Lou Courtney 'i'm in need of love'

Terry Callier 'what color is love'

James Brown 'the payback'

Roy Ayers 'he's coming'

cheers Sutty

great to read your little jazzy influence ..... great list all the way ...

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

How a good thread like this ended only at page number 2...? We, the Soul lovers, likes a lot also ALBUMS (Me, for example, I prefer the album format)

Betwen 1971 and 1980, there's a lot of albums I have, I have had (and finally lost) and some other that simply I have heard by Soul, Funk and Fusion styles...

I'll try to be exhaustive with the list of the ones I can't stop to hear (and I mean "to hear THE WHOLE ALBUM, non -stop!") since I discovered:

- The O'Jays: "Live In London", "Survival", "Ship Ahoy", "Message In The Music"

- The Dramatics: "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "Drama V", "Joy Ride"

- The Dells & The Dramatics: "The Dells Vs. The Dramatics"

- The Miracles: "Love Crazy"

- The Temptations: "All Directions", "Masterpiece", "Houseparty"

- Four Tops: "Keeper Of The Castle", "Catfish"

- The Intruders: "Super Hits" (are 60's hits, but reedited in 1974 and here in spanish PIR / CBS edition adding 70's tracks "I'll Always Love My Mama" and "She's A Winner")

- Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes: "Wake Up Everybody", "Reaching For The World"

- Spinners: "Mighty Love", "New & Improved", "Pick Of The Litter"

- Blue Magic: "Magic Of The Blue"

- Blue Magic, Major Harris & Margie Joseph: "Live At The Casino Lights" (2 x LP)

- The Stylistics: "Rockin'Roll Baby"

- Chi - lites: "A Letter To Myself"

- Mighty Clouds Of Joy: "Kickin'", "Truth Is The Power"

- People's Choice: "Boogie Down USA", "We Got The Rhythm"

- Trammps: "Disco Champs"

- Soul Survivors: "Soul Survivors"

- Jimmy Castor Bunch: "E-Man Boogie"

- Sly & The Family Stone: "There's A Riot Goin' On", "Fresh"

- Earth, Wind & Fire: "All 'N All", "I Am"

- Crusaders: "Chain Reaction", "Southern Comfort"

- MFSB: "Philadelphia Fredom", "Mysteries Of The World"

- Osibisa: "Woyaya"

- Richard Tee: "Main Ingredients"

- Herbie Hancock: "Secrets", "Feets Don't Fail Me Now", "Mr. Hands"

- Chic Corea: "Return To Forever"

- George Duke: "The Aura Will Prevail"

- Bob James: "Three"

- Tyrone Davis: "It's All In The Game"

- Joe Tex: "Rub Down"

- James Brown: "Soul Syndrome"

- Jerry Butler: "Love's On The Menu", "Suite For The Single Girl", "Nothing Says I Love You Like I Love You"

- Billy Paul: "War Of The Gods", "Let'em In", "Only The Strong Survive"

- Lou Rawls: "A Natural Man", "All Things In Time", "Unmistakably Lou", "When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All"

- Stevie Wonder: "Innervisions", "Songs In The Key Of Life" (2 x LP), "Music Of My Mind"

- Curtis Mayfield: "Roots", "Got To Find Away", "Never Say can't You Survive", "Something To Believe In"

- George Benson: "Livin' Inside Your Love" (2 x LP)

- Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson: "It's your World" (2 x LP, live)

- Isaac Hayes: "To Be Continued", "Discos Connection" (as "Isaac Hayes Movement")

- Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick: "A Man & A Woman" (2 x LP, live)

- Marvin Gaye: "Whats goin' On", "Let's Get I On", "I Want You", "Trouble Man", "Here My Dear",...

- Deodato: "Deodato 2", "The First Cookoo"

- Teddy Pendergrass: "Teddy Pendergrass", "Life Is A Song Worth Singing", "Teddy", "TP"

- Melba Moore: "A Portrait Of Melba"

- Dee dee Sharp: "What Color Is Love"

[Guest Spain pete]

Big up to all the album lovers josep 👍 , osibisa,   wow!   never thought l would see them  mentioned on this site , eclectic taste or what 👏👌🎶🎶🎶

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

13 hours ago, Spain pete said:

Big up to all the album lovers josep 👍 , osibisa,   wow!   never thought l would see them  mentioned on this site , eclectic taste or what 👏👌🎶🎶🎶

Thanks for your nice comment. I don't knows if is a matter of "Eclectical taste"; simply, from my teens on, I likes black music in the whole sense (specially soul vocal groups) but some of my first acquisitions were Temptations, O'Jays, Dramatics and some "fusion" stuff: I purchased Corea's "Return To Forever" and Ramsey Lewi's "Solar Wind" when I was aged 15 years - old. And I don't mention classical music and some experimental and symphonic rock ones favorites of mine (Mike Oldfield, Vagelis, Pink Floyd, Focus, Tys Van Leer, spanish flute and bagpipe player Carlos Núñez, classic jazz, latin jazz,...). About Osibisa, allways have seen this group tagged as an "afro-rock" band but also included in some FUNK 70's Compilation! (??). The track "Survival" on the LP mentioned impressed me highly from the first time.

 

I forget to mention: "We're Still Together" by O.V. Wright, "Magic Journey" by Salsoul Orchestra, "Don't It Feel Good" by Ramsey Lewis,... (those stuff only by the 70's!, before some things i likes a lot from the 80's and 90's as Guru, US 3, Incognito, some Roy Ayers and Lonnie Liston Smith stuff from the 80's or the 1987 O'Jays last PIR LP "Let Me Touch You",...)

[Guest Spain pete]

It's all good mate , diverse musical taste is what keeps me interested in this life long passion for something that l personally would liken to my religion .  just listened to Herbie Hancock's , Headhunter's album , now putting on  my treasured copy of the falcons, l'm a fool  , sure keeps it fresh for me ✌🎶🎶🎶

45 minutes ago, josep manuel concernau robles said:

Thanks for your nice comment. I don't knows if is a matter of "Eclectical taste"; simply, from my teens on, I likes black music in the whole sense (specially soul vocal groups) but some of my first acquisitions were Temptations, O'Jays, Dramatics and some "fusion" stuff: I purchased Corea's "Return To Forever" and Ramsey Lewi's "Solar Wind" when I was aged 15 years - old. And I don't mention classical music and some experimental and symphonic rock ones favorites of mine (Mike Oldfield, Vagelis, Pink Floyd, Focus, Tys Van Leer, spanish flute and bagpipe player Carlos Núñez, classic jazz, latin jazz,...). About Osibisa, allways have seen this group tagged as an "afro-rock" band but also included in some FUNK 70's Compilation! (??). The track "Survival" on the LP mentioned impressed me highly from the first time.

 

I forget to mention: "We're Still Together" by O.V. Wright, "Magic Journey" by Salsoul Orchestra, "Don't It Feel Good" by Ramsey Lewis,... (those stuff only by the 70's!, before some things i likes a lot from the 80's and 90's as Guru, US 3, Incognito, some Roy Ayers and Lonnie Liston Smith stuff from the 80's or the 1987 O'Jays last PIR LP "Let Me Touch You",...)

 

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

10 minutes ago, Spain pete said:

It's all good mate , diverse musical taste is what keeps me interested in this life long passion for something that l personally would liken to my religion .  just listened to Herbie Hancock's , Headhunter's album , now putting on  my treasured copy of the falcons, l'm a fool  , sure keeps it fresh for me ✌🎶🎶🎶

Hi again, mate! My "philosophy" about music I think is simply to hear music that got Feeling or in spanish, "música con DUENDE" (as says the flamenco musicians). The common denominator between Tys Van Leer, Marvin Gaye, Maurice Ravel, Eddie Palmieri, Vangelis, Herbie Hancock, Miracles and Camarón de la Isla is the fact they can made cry or make feel mellow or communicate an universal feeling despite the fact the music can be instrumental (whitout lyrics) or the fact that you don't understand the idiom.

 

[Mickey Finn]

So many great albums listed so far, will try not to duplicate those, but seeing Lou Courtney's several times reminds me of another great Jerry Ragovoy production:

Dionne Warwicke - "Then came you"

Also,

Bobby Womack, "Roads of life"

David Ruffin, "In my stride"

Roy Ayers, "No stranger to love" (among many others)

Barry White, "Is this whatcha wont?" (among many others, featuring the amazing "Your love - so good I can taste it")

Leon Ware, "Musical massage" (agree with earlier comment about this guy being up there with the very best)

Al Jarreau, "All fly home"

Chic, "C'est Chic"

Sister Sledge, "We are family" (both of these Chic productions proper albums that just happened to have great hit singles)

Choice Four, self-titled and "On top of clear"

The Dells, "Freedom means..." (among many others)

Earth Wind and Fire, "I am" (among many others)

Dee Dee Sharp, "What color is love"

The Crusaders, "Free as the wind" (among many others)

William Bell, "Relating"

Bill Withers, "Menagerie"

The Impressions, "First impressions"

Lou Rawls, "Let me be good to you" (among many others)

 

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

28 minutes ago, Mickey Finn said:

So many great albums listed so far, will try not to duplicate those, but seeing Lou Courtney's several times reminds me of another great Jerry Ragovoy production:

Dionne Warwicke - "Then came you"

Also,

Bobby Womack, "Roads of life"

David Ruffin, "In my stride"

Roy Ayers, "No stranger to love" (among many others)

Barry White, "Is this whatcha wont?" (among many others, featuring the amazing "Your love - so good I can taste it")

Leon Ware, "Musical massage" (agree with earlier comment about this guy being up there with the very best)

Al Jarreau, "All fly home"

Chic, "C'est Chic"

Sister Sledge, "We are family" (both of these Chic productions proper albums that just happened to have great hit singles)

Choice Four, self-titled and "On top of clear"

The Dells, "Freedom means..." (among many others)

Earth Wind and Fire, "I am" (among many others)

Dee Dee Sharp, "What color is love"

The Crusaders, "Free as the wind" (among many others)

William Bell, "Relating"

Bill Withers, "Menagerie"

The Impressions, "First impressions"

Lou Rawls, "Let me be good to you" (among many others)

 

Very good and (as my case, :-)) "eclectical" list. Your mention of Al Jarreau made me to see that I'm wrong on the Blue Magic, Major Harris & Margie Joseph 2 x LP title (the correct title is "Live! Musical Extravaganza at The latin Casino") that i've confused with one of my all time favorite fusion album "CASINO LIGHTS, Live in Montreaux" that features Al Jarreau in duet with Randy Crawfors, ex - Soul Survivors keyboardist Neil Larsen with Buzz Feiten, Mike Mainieri, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, Yellow Jackets... a big musical treasure!!P.D.: I see another wrong LP title on my list, "Main Ingredients" by Richard Tee is really titled "NATURAL ingredients" (I have the Main Ingredient, Cuba Gooding's vocal group on mind!)

[Peter99]

2 minutes ago, josep manuel concernau robles said:

Very good and (as my case, :-)) "eclectical" list. Your mention of Al Jarreau made me to see that I'm wrong on the Blue Magic, Major Harris & Margie Joseph 2 x LP title (the correct title is "Live! Musical Extravaganza at The latin Casino") that i've confused with one of my all time favorite fusion album "CASINO LIGHTS, Live in Montreaux" that features Al Jarreau in duet with Randy Crawfors, ex - Soul Survivors keyboardist Neil Larsen with Buzz Feiten, Mike Mainieri, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, Yellow Jackets... a big musical treasure!!P.D.: I see another wrong LP title on my list, "Main Ingredients" by Richard Tee is really titled "NATURAL ingredients" (I have the Main Ingredient, Cuba Gooding's vocal group on mind!)

Great list Josep

For some reason it reminded me of this - Mr Dimples

Where do you live by the way?

Pete

Edited January 10, 2018 by Peter99

[Peter99]

Teddy Pendergrass's first two albums - and lots of his others.

 

P 

[Shinehead]

The 2 John Edwards albums are essential

The O,jays - Family Reunion

 

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

27 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Great list Josep

For some reason it reminded me of this - Mr Dimples

Where do you live by the way?

Pete

Hi, Pete

I worked all my student years along as a barman, the last 6 years in a discotheque where this Dimples LP was played a lot (the little things interesting from a point of wiew of a soul lover they, the DJ's played, apart from stupid and "brain - less" disco and euro - disco are Trammp's "Mixin' It Up" LP, CJ & Co. Skyy, Dimples, Leon Haywood, Gene Chandler, GQ., Joe Bataan "Mestizo" whole album,... and some "ambient" music at the first half - one hour, smooth jazz as George Benson, Crusader's "Street life" - the whole album!-,...). This was between 1980 - 1986.

I lives in Valls (Tarragona) but have studied and working in Barcelona where there's a lot of music vynil stores and second - hand vynil stores. One of these stores was the "Raf Import" in Avinguda de Roma where, during the career and before, in the high school days, when I traveled to Barcelona for only a day, I purchased many import LP's do not published here in Spain as "Dee Dee" by Dee Dee Sharp (1980) or "Here To Create Music" by Leon Huff or "Dramatic Way" by The Dramatics.

[Shinehead]

These 3 still get plays by me and I ever tire of.

Roy C - Sex And Soul

Dramatics - A Dramatic Experience  

Swamp Dogg - Gag A Maggot

Edited January 10, 2018 by shinehead

[Guest Spain pete]

Doris duke , l'm a loser  . my starter for god knows how many ? .   proper SOUL MUSIC ! 👍👌🎶🎶🎶

[Shinehead]

8 minutes ago, Spain pete said:

Doris duke , l'm a loser  . my starter for god knows how many ? .   proper SOUL MUSIC ! 👍👌🎶🎶🎶

That album and Millie Jackson's  Caught Up lp  changed my direction in soul music , it was never just the beat after those two.

 

Edited January 10, 2018 by shinehead

[Tim Richmond]

'changed my direction in soul music', what a thought provoking angle........... the albums that did it for me, are the two Jerry Williams produced Doris Duke albums, along with his stunning 'In Between Tears' - Irma Thomas. Also, Bobby Bland's 'California Album' and Sam Dees "The Show Must Go On.

Have 'run in tandem' with uptempo stuff AND classy albums ever since!!

 

Tim.

[Peter99]

11 minutes ago, Tim Richmond said:

 Sam Dees "The Show Must Go On.

Definitely up there.,

 

11 minutes ago, Tim Richmond said:

 

 

 

[Mickey Finn]

4 hours ago, josep manuel concernau robles said:

Very good and (as my case, :-)) "eclectical" list. Your mention of Al Jarreau made me to see that I'm wrong on the Blue Magic, Major Harris & Margie Joseph 2 x LP title (the correct title is "Live! Musical Extravaganza at The latin Casino") that i've confused with one of my all time favorite fusion album "CASINO LIGHTS, Live in Montreaux" that features Al Jarreau in duet with Randy Crawfors, ex - Soul Survivors keyboardist Neil Larsen with Buzz Feiten, Mike Mainieri, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, Yellow Jackets... a big musical treasure!!P.D.: I see another wrong LP title on my list, "Main Ingredients" by Richard Tee is really titled "NATURAL ingredients" (I have the Main Ingredient, Cuba Gooding's vocal group on mind!)

Thanks Josep - eclectic is how I like it and it's part of the fun of attending weekenders or events where different styles are represented. Those albums I listed were mostly those that I had found second hand cheaply in the relatively small soul sections of record shops that were otherwise stuffed full of the usual suspect stuff. Found some real gems blind at silly prices and worked on the basis of following the producers, musicians and writers on the albums as a guide to the sort of quality that could be expected.

That Al Jarreau LP is particularly special for me - he did other great ones (esp his Warner Bros debut "We got by") but "All fly home" feels like such a complete album. It features Freddie Hubbard on a few tracks and has a quite haunting version of "Dock of the bay" to close. The Casino Lights LP deserves some kind of reissue or revival - surprising how relatively little known or played it is.

There are various others I could add to this list once I have a look through the collection but these came quickly to mind, along with many of the others previously listed.

Northern is relatively new to me and it's like having yet another dimension open up (and swallow lots of cash ... but it has to be done!). Not such an album sport, however, apart from the great releases from Kent especially.

[Back Street Blue]

Isleys - 3+3,  Temp's - 1990,  O'Jay's- Ship A'hoy,  Marvin - Trouble Man..........never off "the music centre" when I'za boy

[Shinehead]

3 minutes ago, back street blue said:

Isleys - 3+3,  Temp's - 1990,  O'Jay's- Ship A'hoy,  Marvin - Trouble Man..........never off "the music centre" when I'za boy

The Isleys is a great album , love listening to this on a hot summers day laid on the recliner in the garden

 

[Guest Spain pete]

Fully exposed,   Willie hutch ,   (  the master at work ) 👍👌👏🎶🎶🎶

[Back Street Blue]

17 minutes ago, shinehead said:

The Isleys is a great album , love listening to this on a hot summers day laid on the recliner in the garden

 

absobloodylutely........memories of the Summer of '76

[Back Street Blue]

12 minutes ago, Spain pete said:

Fully exposed,   Willie hutch ,   (  the master at work ) 👍👌👏🎶🎶🎶

......along with "the Mack" sound track album, battered by my mate Mick Malone 

[Shinehead]

Another one from me  -  Barbara Mason  '' Lady Love '' ( loves the thing ) .

Some nice modern dancers mixed with some lovely ballads.                  

Edited January 10, 2018 by shinehead

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

Some other 70's albums that I can't "survive" without hear it and I have forget to mentionn:

- Dexter Wansel "Life On Mars"

- Quincy Jones "Roots (OST from the TV Serie)"

- Cleveland Eaton "Bama Boogie Woogie"

- Solomon Burke "Music To Make Love By"

- CTI All - Stars "Live In L.A."

[Back Street Blue]

...........and Smokey Robinson - Deep in my Soul

[21 Again]

The Love Committee. Law And Order. Cheaters, Put in The Back of your Mind, Tierd of Being the Fool, all great dancers but so soulful. Picked this up for a pound at a market stall in Edinburgh only because Mr Searling was using the name as a cover up (think for Will Collins). Great bargain.

[Mickey Finn]

Have to add Melba Moore, "A Portrait of Melba", produced by McFadden & Whitehead with the full Philly ensemble. As well as "Standing right there", a beautiful version of Santana's "You are my river", "Promised land", "Is this the end", "Living free"... class from start to finish. Originally picked up on a bargain bin cassette, which got worn out just in time for the cd reissue a few years back.

Another bargain bin staple for many years was George Benson's "Living inside your love" - there's some terrific instrumentals on that as well as his peerless version of Skip Scarborough's "Love ballad", "Hey girl" and "Welcome into my world". For a double LP its quality level stayed very high.

 

[Johndelve]

Well, this is certainly a topic close to my heart and If I can please be forgiven for - again - plugging my book which covers this very subject:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spinning-Around-History-Soul-LP/dp/1526200724/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515662847&sr=1-1&keywords=spinning+around+a+history+of+the+soul+lp

I'm about three months away from publishing Volume 2 and here is a small list of 'not obvious' seventies albums in the new book about which I have been very complimentary:

Little Beaver – Joey

Lovelites – With Love From The Lovelites

Love, Peace & Happiness – Here 'Tis

Skip Mahoaney & Casuals – Your Funny Moods

Manhattans – There's No Me Without You

Curtis Mayfield – America Today

Mighty Clouds Of Joy – It's Time

Mirage – Princes Of Love

Jackie Moore – Sweet Charlie Babe

New Birth – Coming Together

Ollie Nightingale – Sweet Surrender

Freddie North – The Magnetic North

David Oliver – Rain Fire

Ralfi Pagan – I Can See

Together – Don't You Want To Go

Townsend, Townsend, Townsend & Rogers – same

True Reflection – Where I'm Coming From

Albert Washington – Sad and Lonely

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

12 hours ago, 21 again said:

The Love Committee. Law And Order. Cheaters, Put in The Back of your Mind, Tierd of Being the Fool, all great dancers but so soulful. Picked this up for a pound at a market stall in Edinburgh only because Mr Searling was using the name as a cover up (think for Will Collins). Great bargain.

Great vocal group, they started as The Ethics and were fronted with the great falsetto voice Ron Tyson (also writer, producer and session vocalist), after with The Temptations. I discovered it so later in a double CD, "Salsoul Essentials, II" edited by Charly Records that includes the gem "Just As Long As I've Got You" and more recently I acquired the 10 CD's pack "PIR 40th Aniversary" that includes some tracks from their years on the Golden Fleece PIR subsidiary.

[Guest MBarrett]

I don't know if this will appeal to people on here - but probably in my top 5 albums of all time. 

Street Corner Symphony by The Persuasions "This album contains no instruments other than the human voice"

One track here at random. If you like what you hear seek it out.

 

 

[Jimmy Disco D]

A few of my favourites have been mentioned - and a few might be too jazzy, but here goes....

Bill Withers - Still Bill

Gil Scott Heron - Pieces of a Man

War - The World is a Ghetto

Ann Peebles - I can't stand the Rain

Minnie Riperton - Come Into My Garden

Temptations - All Directions

Terry Callier - What Color is Love

New Rotary Connection - Hey Love

Ricardo Marrero & The Group - A Taste

Donald Byrd - Places & Spaces

Skull Snaps - Skull Snaps

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

4 hours ago, Mickey Finn said:

Have to add Melba Moore, "A Portrait of Melba", produced by McFadden & Whitehead with the full Philly ensemble. As well as "Standing right there", a beautiful version of Santana's "You are my river", "Promised land", "Is this the end", "Living free"... class from start to finish. Originally picked up on a bargain bin cassette, which got worn out just in time for the cd reissue a few years back.

Another bargain bin staple for many years was George Benson's "Living inside your love" - there's some terrific instrumentals on that as well as his peerless version of Skip Scarborough's "Love ballad", "Hey girl" and "Welcome into my world". For a double LP its quality level stayed very high.

------------------------

If you take a look to my LP's list, you can see both albums by Benson and Mss. Moore. GREATS! McFadden & Whitehead produced more stuff for Melba, I have a 7", "Love Is Coming At Ya" with a song in the B side writed and produced by them. "Standing Right There" always reminds me on "Sunin' & Funin'" by MFSB 8"Summertime" album), also writed by Gene & John... what a tandem of talent, equally to G & H!!... Also, another of my favorite albums, "Reaching For The World" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes contains some favorite tracks writed by them.

 

Edited January 11, 2018 by josep manuel concernau robles

[Mickey Finn]

20 minutes ago, Jimmy Disco D said:

A few of my favourites have been mentioned - and a few might be too jazzy, but here goes....

Bill Withers - Still Bill

Gil Scott Heron - Pieces of a Man

War - The World is a Ghetto

Ann Peebles - I can't stand the Rain

Minnie Riperton - Come Into My Garden

Temptations - All Directions

Terry Callier - What Color is Love

New Rotary Connection - Hey Love

Ricardo Marrero & The Group - A Taste

Donald Byrd - Places & Spaces

Skull Snaps - Skull Snaps

Too jazzy? Well not for me at least...

Add

Gene Harris, "Tone tantrum" (among many others, featuring great version of Stevie's "As" and Donald Byrd guesting on remake of his "Cristo redentor")

Joe Sample, "Carmel"

David Benoit, "Heavier than yesterday"

Michael Henderson, "Do it all"

Norman Connors, "You are my starship"

Santana, "Welcome"

Herbie Hancock, "Headhunters"

Lonnie Liston Smith, "Exotic Mysteries" (among many others)

Brass Construction, "II" (among many others)

Eddie Henderson, "Coming through" and "Mahal"

Charles Earland, "Perceptions" (among others, produced by Randy Muller)

Walter Jackson, "Good to see you" (for me his most consistent LP)

 

 

[Roburt]

5 hours ago, MBarrett said:

I don't know if this will appeal to people on here - but probably in my top 5 albums of all time. 

Street Corner Symphony by The Persuasions "This album contains no instruments other than the human voice"

One track here at random. If you like what you hear seek it out.

 

 

Can't beat this group's output from the 70's, my fave LP by them is also STREET CORNER SYMPHONY .... used to play this track on my Prestatyn Weekender radio show & folk would always ask who's version it was.

 

Edited January 11, 2018 by Roburt

[Amitwiirly]

On 01/10/2015 at 10:29, thebigvegetation said:

hello,

as a soul afficionados i am,, i have my best soul albums (mid, late 70s)

(20 best) :

• angelo bond - bondage
• chain reaction - indetded to you
• george & gwen mccrae - together
• gene page - hot city
• major harris - my way
• harold melvin - wake up everybody
• o'jays - ship ahoy
• morning noon night - s/t
• tom brock - i love you more
• johnny bristol - hang on it
• ace spectrum - inner sprectrum
• curtis mayfield - curtis
• natural four - s/t
• prince mitchell philipp - make it good
• michael orr - spread love
• bobby wilson - i'll be your rainbow
• lenny williams - choosing you
• princes of love - mirage
• ronn matloclk - love city
• lamont dozier - out here own

 

and yours ??

 

 

i think it's half to know your taste and half for discover some albums i/we can miss ....

i dont find any post similar in forum (via search) & sorry for my bad english ...

 

On 01/10/2015 at 10:29, thebigvegetation said:

hello,

as a soul afficionados i am,, i have my best soul albums (mid, late 70s)

(20 best) :

• angelo bond - bondage
• chain reaction - indetded to you
• george & gwen mccrae - together
• gene page - hot city
• major harris - my way
• harold melvin - wake up everybody
• o'jays - ship ahoy
• morning noon night - s/t
• tom brock - i love you more
• johnny bristol - hang on it
• ace spectrum - inner sprectrum
• curtis mayfield - curtis
• natural four - s/t
• prince mitchell philipp - make it good
• michael orr - spread love
• bobby wilson - i'll be your rainbow
• lenny williams - choosing you
• princes of love - mirage
• ronn matloclk - love city
• lamont dozier - out here own

 

and yours ??

 

 

i think it's half to know your taste and half for discover some albums i/we can miss ....

i dont find any post similar in forum (via search) & sorry for my bad english ...

Paul Kelly - Don't burn me and "the Facts of life - Sometimes (I think this has some Millie Jackson involvement)

[Guest MBarrett]

22 hours ago, Roburt said:

Can't beat this group's output from the 70's, my fave LP by them is also STREET CORNER SYMPHONY .... used to play this track on my Prestatyn Weekender radio show & folk would always ask who's version it was.

 

Right at the end . . . . . "I think we got the feel."

I should think they b****y well did! lol!

Around 1975 I was in a house share and a housemate turned up with this LP. We played it to death. Since then had my own vinyl and CD copies and just never tired of it.

I doubt you would ever see Jerry Lawson's name on a list of top soul vocalists. But it deserves to be.

 

[Guest Spain pete]

Roots . Curtis Mayfield. ( the ever evolving soul music super hero .) 👏👌👍🎶🎶🎶

[Guest Polyvelts]

Jerry Butler “Power of Love”

’Whatever goes around comes around’

 

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I think you get the general idea !!!

[Bunderthollox]

Only one I have is Roy Ayers Silver Vibrations that’ll do me it’s superb it’s an ep really tho

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

A little tribute to a song by Ramsey Lewis (from the "Don't It Feel good" LP) that reported me so many funny moments and laugh...! FISH BITE!

 

[mark]

Lot of good lps Cats like marvin,curtis,bobby,hutson,willie hutch rarely made bad albums in the 70s, heres one of my faves -

 

[mark]

you can pick up this Detroit legend's albums for buttons, Going places does it for me , production,arrangements,musicians its got the lot not a bad trak on this record £1box belter.

 

[Guest Spain pete]

In the night time. , Michael Henderson ,   (superb voice , lyrics , arrangements, production , )👍👌🎶🎶🎶

[Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles]

1 hour ago, Spain pete said:

In the night time. , Michael Henderson ,   (superb voice , lyrics , arrangements, production , )👍👌🎶🎶🎶

Great track, "In The Night Time". I purchased the CD compilation "The Best of Michael Henderson feat. Jean Carn & Phyllis Hyman" (The Buddah Collection, Sequel Records, 1990) and, honestly from the 15 tracks the only ones that I found feeling are this title and the one in duet with Jean, "Valentine Love". I knows he is a great bass player (fantastic on "Drama V" with The Dramatics) and a great songwriter (he did the original version, as writer and artist of "Be My Girl" before that The Dramatics one, much more successful). As a vocalist "In The Night Time" is one of my favorite mellow tracks!