Bloodstone - “The Traffic Cop (Dance)” (Unreal, 1973)
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I will post any music I deem as "GOOD." You can be the judge of how accurate I am. If you follow me, I only guarantee good times, riffs, dirty south, and probably a good dose of old worn out classic rock.
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Ronnie Marks - “Some Lonely Heart” (The Soul of Spanish Harlem)
Hidden Strength - “It Didn’t Have To Be This Way” (Hidden Strength, 1975)
Picked this up entirely based on the cover at work and it is blowing my mind right now. Everyone must hear their space-funk-jazz jams.
See also the next track on the album, though it has more flute solos and a chorus you’ll never be able to get out of your head: “Happy Song”
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Timmy Thomas - “Funky Me” b/w “Why Can’t We Live Together” (Glades Records 7”, 1972)
Both sides of this 45 are just a man and an organ. The production is kind of off. The drums are really just a selected preprogrammed drum beat in an electric organ. The first song being an upbeat jazzy-funk instrumental but I think the real gem is the flip side. “Why Can’t We Live Together” is lonely, simple, desolate ballad of being kind to each other and is one of those topics that never really goes out of style. It takes a while for the vocals to kick in but when they do (and not for long) they absolutely make the song.
Uploaded from my personal collection and purchased at the Carrboro Record Fair from the kind DJ Harley Lyles.
Billy Preston - “Thanks, But No Thanks” (Pressin’ On, 1982)
Billy’s going HARD on this one.
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Faithful Man
Maceo Parker & The James Brown Band - “Tighten Up” (Live)
1968 instrumental. Make it mellow!
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The Spinners - “A Message From A Blackman” (1967)
Uploaded from my personal record collection.
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Elijah & The Ebonites - “Sock It To Em Soul Brother” (Vinyl rip)
Uploaded from a rare 7” on Loren Records.
A funk-soul-brother-instrumental if there ever was one.
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The Bevins Specials - “If I Had A Hammer” (1971)
I found a stash of Nashboro Records 45s at my old place of work and this is one of the A-sides from said stash. Though the roster of Nashboro (out of Nashville, obv.) is technically all “gospel” it actually ranges from traditional gospel, blues, soul, and r&b and intermixes it all. They had a few offshoots like Nasco, Crescent & Mankind Records and they reached more into secular music. I’m always looking for that center label and even if I’ve never heard the artist, I’ll usually give it a whirl anyway.
And the 4th vocalist who has a solo…whoa, that shit is insane.
B-side will come later today if people seem to like this one enough.
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