Soul And Funk Music Album Reviews, Reissues and New Releases Of Various Labels
80s Album Reissue Switch by Switch on Vinyl Masterpiece
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Bobby DeBarge (keyboards), Greg Williams (keyboards) and Jody Sims (drums) collaborated in the Ohio-based funk band White Heat in the early 70s. After recording an album in 1975 produced by Barry White, the trio left the band, enlisting Philip Ingram (vocals),Bobby and Tommy DeBarge (bass) and Eddie Fluellen (guitar) to form First Class. Jermaine Jackson discovered the band and helped them to secure a contract with Motown Records and produced their first album titled Switch, for which they were renamed to Switch. |
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Freddie Lee released his new Single 'Searching'
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The American soul singer Freddie Lee released his first album about 3 years ago. Freddie Lee is back with a taste of smooth summer soul with his new single 'Searching'. 'Searching' goes on sale on ITunes, Amazon and Nokia Music on May 1st 2011. The single is taken from the forthcoming album 'My Soul Intentions' and which is earmarked for release in October 2011. Once again the single and album have been produced by Tony Bean and Colin Bassett of 5am Productions known best for their work with Tyrese, Kelly Rowland, Justin Timberlake and UK Soul Star Lemar. |
Bootsy Collins is back with a brand new album 'Tha Funk Capital of the World'
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Funkateer Bootsy Collins is back after nine years with a brand new studio album which contains seventeen funk tracks. Collins Collins and his pals (including Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Bela Fleck and Samuel L. Jackson). Even Bobby Womack sings his longs out on 'Don’t Take My Funk' which is my favourite track on this album. This CD will be released on May 3, 2011. Read more for sound snippets. |
The Best Of Enois by Enois Scroggins
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If you have missed the previous three albums by Old School Brother Enois Scroggins then this is the chance to be funkafied. Be Aware you will be funkafied even if you don't want it. This CD consist the best tracks from his previous albums 'One For Funk & Funk For All' 'International-E' and 'Funk-E'. All the tracks have the real eighties sounds like the bass, guitar and of course the typical synthz. Goosebumps. If you want some attention in a traffic jam then you have to put this CD on ;-) |
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CD Reissue by the Seventies group Silk - Midnight Dancer
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Silk is from Philadelphia USA. There are some excellent tracks on it like "I Can not Stop Turning You On" (entry in the Billboard charts), and other groovy tracks that are more uptempo such as "Midnight Dancer" (also available as 12 inch bonus track), "Get On Up", "Keep Dancin "and "Love's Gonna Get You In The End. The recordings of Silk can only be found as rare Northern Soul collectors items. Click on Read More to listen to this great CD. | |
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Tokyo Dawn's first lady Amalia! 'Art Slave
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Spotlight on for the long awaited debut album by Tokyo Dawn's first lady Amalia! 'Art Slave' is a colorful manifesto for the passion of art, the strength of heart and the need for funk in all stages of life.
This time, Amalia bravely commands her own starship and pays homage to the strong women of soul who catalyzed her ingenuity such as Chaka Khan, Sheila E, Eartha Kitt and Betty Davis. Produced by the Swedish funk extraordinaire Opolopo, 'Art Slave' is sonically and musically influenced by late 80s/early 90s New Jack Swing and Boogie, but definitely sets its own standards. AD Bourke, Atjazz & Son Of Kick deliver the bonus remixes for this release. Check 'Welcome to Me' and 'Luxurious' both are absolute killers! |
Album Review Between You And I - Donald Sheffey - Weezie Productions
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This week I received a promo CD from Donald Sheffey titled 'Between You And I' on Weezie Productions. The CD consist of twelve tracks with mainly a mix of down, mid and up tempo adult contemporary R&B songs. This album starts with a great tune 'Good Times', a smooth track with the well-known 808 hi-hat. The first bars of 'Loving You Today' does sound familiar. This track have a very catching keyboard riff in it above a jazzy rhythm. It could be Maze song with the all the strings. |
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Lamar Thomas: I Found Love and Baby Tell Me from new CD No Rain No Rainbow
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| A return to real ,true soul, R & B , and Pop music for songwriters/producers, Lamar Thomas and Judy Thomas. | ||
New Reissue Howard Johnson: Doin' It My Way on Vinyl Masterpiece
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Great Album Re-Issue by a great eighties artist Howard Johnson. You probably know the well known tracks 'Let's Take Time Out' and 'Let This Dream Be Real'. This album is the follow up on 'Keepin' Love New' a Kashif, Paul Laurence production.
Doin' It My Way is completely produced by Mic Murphy and David Frank of The System. This is a must have album.
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