R&B

There has been a long running tradition in soul music regarding the area of Philadelphia and it's surrounding towns. The "Philly Soul" sound has never really gone away - certain vocalists or bands may come and go, but it seems like someone is always...

There are few record collecting experiences more enjoyable than discovering a great, long lost & forgotten gem, on the B-side of a classic, much-loved hit. This collection features 32 such killer flips, adorning various U.S. R&B hit 45s between 1954-1962...

Their partnership lasted barely four years and just over 50 songs - but between 1965 and 1969 Isaac Hayes and David Porter penned some of soul's most enduring anthems of their era, many of which are still being regularly performed and recorded to this...

Their Mercury debut, Skin Tight, was a classic. What came next was even better, as Fire shot to #1 in late '74. The wicked title cut snagged the top spot, too, and the slow-but-funky I Want to Be Free gave these Players another big hit. A classic!1. Fire...

Their 1979 album 'Enlightened Rogues' was a great comeback for The Allman Brothers Band. The group had conclusively ground to a halt three years earlier, after a string of personal tragedies (brother Duane Allman and Berry Oakley's crushing deaths). By...

THEE SACRED SOULS For Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The band's first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label; their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in a year and garnered attention from...

THE?BOBBETTES, from?Manhattan, were still schoolgirls aged between eleven and thirteen when they cut the self-penned, million-selling 'Mr. Lee' in 1957. It became the first record by an all-girl vocal group to become a Top 10 Pop hit and also top the US...

The Zircons (also known at times as The Zirkons) were a vocal sextet from the Bronx consisting of Mario Ibanez, Carlos Infante, Leo Perez, Robert McInerney, Neal Stuart and Barry Zakar. The group's (I Hear) Silver Bells backed with You Are My Sunshine...

The youngest band signed to Adelia Records, a subsidiary label of Creative Funk Enterprises, New Horizon hailed from the town of Laurelton in Queens, New York and it's collective members were barely 20 years old. The music for the single "True Love...

The young James Hunter's LP debut from 1986, just goes to show that he was always a great singer - a natural. Released under the pseudonym of Howlin' Wilf & the Vee-Jays, this is the first time it has been released on CD. Hunter recorded his first solo...

The writer/producer/singer extraordinaire returns with his newest release. Tracks: "I Wish," "MF's Enjoy," "Comic," "R&B Thug," "A Woman's Threat," "Like a Real Freak," "TP-2 (12 Play 2000)," "To the Homies That Were Lost" and many more.1. TP-2 2. Strip...

The word Babble brings two things to mind: A person pouring out their thoughts with reckless abandon, or a gentle sound coming from water cascading over rocks as it flows past. In the case of this reissue from Kendra Morris, Babble is a sublime melding...