ONE-DERFUL COLLECTION: ONE-DERFUL RECORDS / VAR

The first installment of the One-derful! Collection focuses on the namesake imprint of this legendary Chicago label group - to be followed by compilations of the Mar-V-Lus, M-Pac!, Halo, Midas and Toddlin Town sub-labels. It marks the first in-depth study of what was once one of Chicago's most prominent African-American run labels. One- derful! Records is available in 2xLP and CD formats, and within the grooves of these 25 tracks lie orchestrated soul classics from McKinley Mitchell and Betty Everett, raucous mid-1960s R&B dancers from the Five Du-Tones which shake every bone, superb deep soul ballads from Otis Clay, and extraordinary group harmony sides from the Sharpees and the Admirations, plus 12 tracks that have never been issued!