R&B

2011 collection that spotlights the influential catalog of this legendary label. Vee-Jay Records was founded in Gary, Indiana in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken (later that year, Mr. & Mrs. Bracken), who used their first initials for the...

2011 collection of upbeat rare Soul sides from the archive of Gold Coast maverick Henry Stone. Stone, a veteran of the music industry, pioneered the sound of Miami, "The Sound of Sunshine", in a career that spanned five decades and took him to the top of...

2011 collection of tracks penned by New Orleans songwriting great Dave Bartholomewith Between the late 1940s and the mid 1960s, the songs of Bartholomew and, most frequently, his prot?g? Fats Domino were never off the R&B and Pop charts. Besides Fats,...

2011 collection of tracks from the overlooked Soul/Rock/Funk sax player spanning the years 1965-67. In the vast netherworld of Soul, there are countless characters that reside on the fringe, their significant contributions to American music history long...

2011 collection from this under-rated Bay Area Soul outfit. The Two Things In One were a band that should have been huge. The precociously-talented, soulful quintet were popular in the early '70s in their native San Francisco Bay Area with three local...

2011 collection from the Detroit Soul legends. All tracks are mastered from fresh transfers of the original Motown ? inch tapes and all are presented exactly how you would have heard them almost half a century ago. With notes by universally-acknowledged...

2011 collection from the cult Soul vocalist, sister of R&B veteran Brenda Holloway. The Holloway sisters were the first West Coast artists to be signed by Berry Gordy to Motown in 1963. Brenda scored immediately with 'Every Little Bit Hurts', released...

2011 collection from the American Soul diva. This career-spanning anthology takes US from her debut single, released as Doris Payne in 1960, through to a super Bobby Bland-style duet with James Hunter recorded in 1996. The collection kicks off with...

2011 album from this Funk/Soul outfit formerly known as the Family, a project initiated by Prince after the success of the movie Purple Rain. Their only album, titled the Family, released in 1985, spawned a Top 10 R&B hit ('Screams of Passion') and...

2010 two CD compilation from the legendary Soul singer/songwriter. Features 34 tracks including the classics 'Ain't No Sunshine' and 'Lean on Me'. Sony.1. Ain't No Sunshine 2. Use Me 3. Lean on Me 4. Harlem 5. Kissing My Love 6. Grandma's Hands 7. Do It...

2010 two CD collection. What can be said about James Brown that hasn't been said before? He was the most influential artist in Black Music history and this compilation of his earliest recordings helped usher in the Soul music ere of the '60's. On this...

2010 two CD collection. The Five Keys were highly respected and arguably one of the finest R&B/Doo Wop vocal groups of their time. Here for the first time we have compiled all of the a and B sides of their released singles in one package including their...