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| Like the Motown Sound of the mid-60s, the Philly Sound of the 70s did not suddenly appear overnight with the establishment of Philadelphia International Records and the rise to international stardom of acts such as the O'Jays, the Three [...]
1. Ain't Nothing But A House Party - The Show Stoppers 2. You've Been Untrue - The Delfonics 3. Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler 4. It's All Over But The Shouting - George Tindley 5. Help Me (Get Over My Used To Be Lover) - Honey & The Bees [...] |
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| With the publication of E. Mark Windle's book House Of Broken Hearts about the 60s soul of Nashville, that city's black music is being studied in detail for the first time since Kent issued the CDs "Music City Soul" and "Uptown [...]
1. The Hytones / Runaway Girl 2. Sandra King / Leave It Up To The Boys 3. The Avons / Got To Get Used To You 4. Peggy Gaines / Sweet Way Of Living 5. Roger Hatcher / I Dedicate My Life To You [...] |
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| To complement our collection of respected songwriter/arranger/producer Bob Holmes' work this month, Kent also brings to catalogue a long-overdue anthology by Holmes' fellow Nashville resident Freddie North.
1. Got To Go See If I Can Get Mommy / (To Come Back Home) 2. Love To Hate 3. Rainy Night In Georgia 4. Thank That Woman 5. I Loved Another Woman 6. From The Blind Side [...] |
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| | (P) 2017 | To commemorate the 50th anniversary this month of the ground-breaking Hit The Road Stax tour of the UK and Europe, Kent is delighted to bring you a second volume of previously un-reissued Stax recordings from the [...]
1. Eddie Floyd / Bad Love Good Love 2. Rufus Thomas / Fine & Mellow 3. The Premiers / You Make A Strong Girl Weak 4. William Bell / One Plus One 5. Rufus & Carla Thomas / Never Let You Go [...] |
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| | (P) 2017 | Detroit gave the world soul music through the success of Motown Records, who were scoring hits from 1959 onwards. Their latest sound would be studied and aped by hundreds of acts around the city.
1. The Sonnettes / I Cried For My Last Time 2. Barbara Lewis / Think A Little Sugar 3. La Wanda William / Come Back To Me 4. Timmy Shaw & The Sternphones / I'm A Lonely Guy [...]
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| | (P) 2017 | Scepter/Wand and Musicor/Dynamo records were quintessential New York soul labels. Their common link was Luther Dixon, who set Scepter on the right road with the Shirelles and followed up with success for Tommy Hunt, Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown. He split for Musicor in 1966 [...]
1. Dan & Clean Cuts / Open Up Your Heart (And Let Me In) 2. Sonny Turner & Sound Unlimited / Now That You're Gone 3. Johnny Moore / Haven't I Been Good To You 4. Ann Bailey / Fun City Woman [...] |
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| | (P) 2016 (2020) | Fame Records was an off shoot of the renowned FAME Studio, and this special vinyl-only compilation looks at the very best of the label's work during its first four years. Helmed by owner Rick Hall, aided and abetted by his team who included Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and the Swampers house [...]
1. Jimmy Hughes / Steal Away 2. James Barnett / It Tears Me Up 3. Clarence Carter / She Ain't Gonna Do Right 4. Arthur Conley / I Can't Stop (No, No, No) [...]
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1. You Only Live Twice - Lorraine Chandler 2. Hold To My Baby - The Pied Piper Players |
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1. Gettin' To Me - Ben E. King 2. I Need You - The Marvellos |
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1. Body Chains - Eddie Parker 2. Push On Jesse Jackson - The Pace-Setters |
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| | (P) 2016 | This compilation features 23 tracks new to CD, including seven previously unreleased. The music is top-quality soul, mainly from New York. The Serock label is featured along with tracks made for Arock and Sylvia.
1. The Corvairs / Love Is Such A Good Thing 2. Sterling Magee / Get In My Arms Little Girlie 3. Gene Burks / Take My Hand 4. Tutti Hill / When The Goin' Gets Rough [...] |
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| | (P) 2016 | R&B legend Hank Ballard's doo wop, R&B and funk recordings have been widely anthologised by Ace and others but the great recordings he made at the height of the 60s soul boom have been largely ignored in the CD era. This new Kent CD rectifies that omission by bringing together all 26 surviving masters [...]
1. Unwind Yourself 2. You're In Real Good Hands 3. Which Way Should I Turn 4. Funky Soul Train 5. Dance Till It Hurt'cha 6. Here Comes The Hurt 7. He Came Along 8. Get That Hump In Your Back [...] |
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| | (P) 2016 | 24 tracks of hip-shaking club soul, and vintage R&B compiled by Ady Croasdell and Dean Rudland. The selection would have filled mod dancefloors at any time in the culture's 50+ year history.
1. Chuck Jackson / Beg Me 2. King Carl / Everybody's Feelin' Good 3. Leroy Harris / I'm Gonna Get You 4. Ralph Ventsha & Red Julain Quarte / Listen To Me (Baby) [...] |
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| "One Track Mind!" - the second in our series of releases by the men of 1960s Motown - takes a tour through the vaults to discover some lost treasures of dance music.
1. Frank Wilson / I'll Be Satisfied 2. Ivy Jo / Where Are You 3. Marv Johnson / One Track Mind 4. The Spinners / Tell Me How To Forget A True Love 5. Edwin Starr / The Girl From Crosstown [...]
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| When Jack Ashford and Shelly Haimes' Pied Piper Productions folded in late 1967, Ashford continued to produce soul music in Detroit with Pied Piper artists and songwriter and artist Lorraine Chandler taking on a [...]
1. Al Gardner / I Can't Stand It 2. Al Gardner / Sweet Baby 3. Al Gardner / Watch Yourself 4. Billy Sha-Rae / Crying Clown 5. Billy Sha-Rae / I Found The One [...] |
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| | (P) 2001 (2016) | The next chapter in our comprehensive reissue programme of Fame recordings and the career of Clarence Carter, this 29-track CD features all of his first two albums "This Is Clarence Carter" and "The Dynamic Clarence Carter" plus five [...]
1. Do What You Gotta Do 2. Looking For A Fox / (Stereo Mix Without Backing Vocals) 3. Slipping Around With You 4. I'm Qualified 5. I Can't See Myself / (Crying About You) [...] |
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| | (P) 2016 | Kent kicks off 2016 with a special project that will gladden the hearts of all lovers of Memphis soul and, in particular, those who collect the recordings made at McLemore Avenue, the home of Stax Records.
1. Johnnie Taylor / Changes 2. Carla Thomas / Separation 3. Ivory Joe Hunter / This Kind Of Woman 4. Rufus Thomas / Sho' Gonna Mess Him Up 5. Barbara & The Browns / You Belong To Her [...] |
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| A much anticipated follow-up to Kent's first volume of 1960s South Texas soul and R&B from independent producer Huey Meaux.
1. The Traits / Too Good To Be True 2. Chet Mcdowell / I'm Losing You 3. Charles Berry / Half A Man 4. Warren Storm / The Bad Times Make The Good Times [...] |
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| Having been brought up as much on albums as singles, it is a natural progression for Kent to make a 12" version of our "Masterpieces Of Modern Soul" CD series. The Modern soul fan is used to wielding 12" of plastic in various forms and our [...]
1. Act I / It's The Same Old Story 2. The Mayberry Movement / Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right 3. Eddie Billups & The C.C.C.S / Shake Off That Dream 4. Gail Anderson / Just A Little Ugly [...] |
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| The cottage industry that was Dave Hamilton's studio has revealed more high quality soul tracks from the plentiful stash of tapes.
1. JT'S Rhythm Band / My Sweet Baby Inst 2. Jimmy Scott / Remember Me 3. Dave Hamilton / When I Say Groove 4. Dave Hamilton / Cracklin' Bread W Vocals 5. Bobbie Dee / Mister Fireman [...] |
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