Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Dexter Wansel. With such line up no wonder this turned a sweet soul classic. Listen to Born On Halloween for a feel of direction. Clean EX vinyl, cover with cut and a tear to front.

Unfortunately some soul live records does not turn out good but this is not one of them. The sound is great and the gang really get going Keeper Of The Castle, Ain't No Woman, Midnight Flower and more.

Nothing rare but a brilliant album with Are You Man Enough from Shaft In Africa and Whenever There's Blue both top tunes. US original in decent EX shape, cover solid VG+ with light aging.

Shame On The World, Girl Blue and the amazing cover of Leon Ware's Instant Love pave the way here. Looking for sample material or clubby soul this is a great release. Cover is seriously damaged however record is crisp...

Gotta give credited to the Floaters for living up perfectly to their group name. The 10 min plus title track is a wonderful free floating soul groove. Their take of The Time Is Now is excellent as well. Disc is clean,...

Soul classic with the extended 11:49 min masterpiece Float On. Even if you are not into sweet soul music per say this is still an essential track. Flipped by Big Daddy Kane, Daddy O and others. Soft marks but good pla...

Unplayed archive copy of a somewhat overlooked soul funk record by Blacksmoke on Chocolate City. Produced by Wayne Henderson it holds several quality dancefloor movers in What Comes Around Goes Around and There It Is ...

New York soul unit with an excellent modern soul album, not hyped enough. Sweet Music Soft Lights And You will match a top Barry White or Norman Harris production any day. Check the clip and judge by yourself... US or...

Strong jazz infused affair by Ben Sidran backed by Phil Upchurch, Randy Brecker and notably David 'Fathead' Newman. Sunday Kind Of Love and The Cuban Connection are my favorites. Arista US original with tiny cut out a...

Close The Door is one fine moment in modern soul history. Don't Miss When Someone Loves You Back. Overall a strong album by the Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes lead singer on a solo tip. US original in very decent VG+ ...

Sadly underrated affair by Detroit soul group Dramatics. She's A Rainmaker and Just Shopping are sweet soul harmonies begging to be looped. If you skip to Dramatic Theme you are in for some brilliant disco jazz fusion...

Raw opening break on Sweet Misery used by J. Dilla on Thunder. Lovely soulful cover of Many Rivers To Cross as well. German original from '73 with gatefold cover.

Always liked her cover of Uptight and with You've Got Your Troubles on here as well you are in for a safe pick. US original on Pickwick in strong EX condition.

Nice soulful disco vibes on this '76 Atco release by Impact out of New York with Bobby Eli involved. Famous for the Taboo and Happy Man that were released as 45s but the best track to me is Give A Broken Heart A Break...

Classic Motown material with Diana hosting The Jackson 5 and Bill Cosby for some Saturday night television entertainment. Good live version of Ain't No Mountain High Enough and Call Me while MJ and crew perform a soli...

Fascinating just how pioneering Motown and notably Berry Gordon Jr was, not only in musical terms, but also in pushing business. They certainly were not shy of pushing business through TV, sponsorship deals and promot...

Raw rhythm and blues with a crazy cover of Shout that last forever and the guys take off completely. I really dig the deep Blues Get Off My Shoulders as well.

British 5 piece gospel / folk unit with good feel covers some of big classics. A-side is the strongest, B-side all mellow but with some useful sample elements. Original UK press with flipback cover.

Excellent Norman Whitfield production with the almost 14 minuttes downbeat funkster Zoom as my personal highlight. Good soul dancer in Let Your Hair Down and You've Got My Soul On Fire. Perfectly clean record except f...

Underrated Temptations release including the DJ friendly Happy People instrumental and the AZ flip of I'm A Bachelor for the Hip Hop heads. James Gadson and Eddie Hazel among others are jammin on this one. Rare Gimmix...