Showing posts with label soul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soul. Show all posts
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12 March 2011
Fantastic rare groove of this 70s Diva, written by Grey & Hanks, produced and arranged (once again) by Bert de Coteaux!
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Backing Vocals - Brenda White , Gwen Guthrie , Ullanda McCullough
Bass - Bob Babbitt
Congas - Jimmy Mallin
Drums - Jimmy Young
Engineer [Mastering] - Joe Gastwirt
Engineer [Recording] - Douglas Epstein , Godfrey Diamond , Harvey Goldberg , Neil Ceppos
Guitar - Jeff Mirinov, Kenneth Hatfield , Lance Quinn
Keyboards - Bert Keyes , Bert deCoteaux , Leon Pendarvis
Producer, Arranged By - Bert deCoteaux, Brad Shapiro
Thelma Jones - How long (Columbia records 1978)
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19 February 2011
16 January 2011
Superb instrumental version of this legendary 70s track. Many nice loops here!
Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label. The song was originally recorded by The Temptations in 1971. Producer Norman Whitfield had the song re-recorded by The Undisputed Truth the same year, resulting in a number-three Billboard Hot 100 position for the group. "Smiling Faces" was the only Top 40 single released by the Undisputed Truth, and was included on their debut album The Undisputed Truth.
Bobbi Humphrey - Similing faces sometimes
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30 September 2010
Hi folks. I gathered here some nice piece of 70s music to warm your home (and soul) now that cold is coming. I am listening a lot of soul jazz lately, some nuggets are included here. I hope you will enjoy this set and the cover.
Sounds of the 70s present
INTERIOR GROOVES
a compilation for home and soul
1 - Eddie Harris - That Is Why You're Overweight (Soul jazz)
2- Gwen McCrae - I Got Nothing To Lose But The Blues (Soul)
3- The Dynamic Superiors - Leave It Alone (Soul)
4- Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Show Us a Feeling (Soul jazz)
5- Alton McClain & Destiny - Sweet temptation (Disco)
6- George Soule - Get Involved (Soul)
7- The 107th Street Stickball Team - Tell her I love her Latin (Boogaloo)
8- Cal Tjader - Gimme Shelter (Soul jazz)
9- Horace Silver - The Jody Grind (Soul jazz)
10- Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin - Wrong Number (Soul jazz)
11- George Duke - Bring It On Home (Jazz - Funk)
12- Charles Earland - Asteroid (Soul jazz)
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Teaser from the SOUNDSOFTHE70S INTERIOR GROOVES compilation.
I love this track from the monster intro to the chorus, so funky...
Eddie Harris
This is why you're overweight (1976)
download on the arrow
17 July 2010
Times are changing...
I felt like like compiling 70s tracks talking about changes, all sorts of changes, sentimental, cultural and social...
Past only become past when changes occur, individuals, people and nations must constantly evolve (and learn from their mistakes). The idea of progress, change, is actually what defines History and gives it a direction either good or bad.
Only dumbs and loosers never change their mind and opinions. Anyone should reconsider its lifestyle, opinions etc on a regular basis and embrace C.H.A.N.G.E.S.
C.H.A.N.G.I.N
Soundsofthe70s.blogspot presents 70s rare groove made of change
1 Marlena Shaw - Pictures and memories - Disco
2 Esther Phillips - Changin' - Modern Soul
3 Clydie King - Long Road Ahead - Soul
4 James Brown - New Breed - Funk
5 Betty Lavette - Waiting For Tomorrow - Soul
6 Lonnie Smith - It's Changed - Jazz
7 Charles Kynard - Change up - Acid Jazz
8 Ralph Robles - Yesterday - Latin
9 Jimmy Sabater - Times Are Changin' - Latin
10 Black Sugar - The Dawn Of My Madness - Latin
11 High Inergy - We Are The Future - Soul
12 Brown sugar - I'm Going Through Changes Now - Disco
13 The Eight Minutes - Looking For a Brand New Game - Disco
14 Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Change - Funk
15 Janinha - Amanhã - Brasil
16 Balança Povo - Novo Dia - Brasil - Funk
17 Brazilian Singers - Um Frevo Novo - Brasil - Samba
Teasers :
Marlena Shaw - Pictures and memories (1977)
p.s.: I know we are all very busy and short of time, but take some to share comments. I appreciate to understand what is behind the thousands of downloads of the individual tracks or compilations.
05 June 2010
Another majestic production by Gene Page for Nancy Wilson, dated 1974, is the track Streetrunner from the LP All in love is fair. Nancy wilson is at her pick again here, backed by really deep strings arrangments that give her energy to release profound vibes
A very beautiful piece of 70s music...
Nancy Wilson - Streetrunner
from the 1974 RCA LP All in love is fair
Original vinyl rip - 320 Kbps EAC mp3
21 March 2010
One of the best labels in re-edition of super-hard-to-find 60s/70s music (ace records) has strike again with a splendid compilation of material composed by the trio Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Josephine Armstead.
These 3 genius met in NY in the mid-60s (they were 20 years old) before they separate and that Ashford and Simpson left to Detroit for Motown (you know the rest of their success, check my previous posts). Nick, Valerie and Josephine had all started writing music in Church Gospel groups, Valerie had learnt the Piano by ear (isn't it genius?..). Each had joined NY in search of a fertile ground for work, Nick was inicially homeless for a time in the Big Apple (a bench in Bryant Park Manhattan says "Nick was here").
During 3 years (1964-1967) the trio scored superb compositions for a big number of chart-busting groups like the Shirelles, Betty LaVette, Aretha Franklin from R&B labels as VJ, Scepter Records, ATCO, Wand.
This compilation is a must-have for any 60s/70s collectors, it is absolutely good from track 1 to 24, great remastered sound and the notes are really well documented. I will post one teaser track but of course do not count on me to go further, this is great work by the guys at Ace Records /Kent soul and and it needs to be respected.
The Diplomats - Love ain't what it used to be (Wand 1965)
Ashford, Simpson, Armstead
from the Compilation
The Real Thing - the songs of ASHFORD, SIMPSON & ARMSTEAD
(Ace Records 2009)
download of the track with the right arrow in the box
12 December 2009
Sounds of the 70s Christmas compilation is ready to go!..
I hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as I did gathering these 15 great tracks as a tribute to all the 70s divas who, like diamonds, are eternal.
1 Brenda Russel - A little bit of love
2 Phyllis Hyman - If You Ever Change Your Mind
3 Rena Scott - We can make it better
4 Donna Washington - Going for the glow
5 Patti York - He's comin' in the morning
6 Betty Wright - Smother Me With Your Love
7 Margaret & Carol - He's my Guy
8 Inez Foxx - Let Me Down Easy
9 Zulema - I love you baby
10 Mary Wells and Motown-Jamaica - My guy
11 Diane Tell - Les Mauvais Numero
12 Doris Monteiro - Regra tres
13 Zaira - Fogo de palha
14 Simone - Para Lennon e McCartney
15 Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco - Quimbara
Extracts:
05 December 2009
Given the justified success of the previous post I will go on with with the 70s Divas series
Nancy Wilson's name naturally shows up in the 70s ladies hall of fame
I chose I'm in love, a splendid track from her 1978 Lp Music on my mind on Capitol, a rather hard to find record, never released on CD.
This track is deep, you will understand what I mean as of the intro, which is itself a amazing piece to sample...
freshly ripped on Accuphase 1978 hifi system into mp3 320k
enjoy:
(to download click on the arrow on the right bar below "info")
14 November 2009
Among 70s divas, Marlena Shaw stands high. Her out of print Just a Matter of Time LP (1976) is a shiny demonstration of her talent.
I thought I needed to share this opinion with this splendid track, Think about me, which I discovered in a Dj Muro mix recently. Definitely splendid.
Marlena Shaw - think about me (1976)
Accuphase original LP rip, 320kbps mp3 Lame encoding
enjoy (to download click on the arrow on the right bar below "info")
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