Here is the second volume of ’60s soul tracks. Some of these songs are pretty well-known, but many others are hidden or forgotten gem. Eddie Holland’s track is as much a gem as it is a historical curiosity; it’s one of the few records he released on Motown before Berry Gordy decided that Eddie, with [...]
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Any Major 60s Soul Vol. 2
Posted in 60s soul, Mix CD-Rs, tagged Arthur Conley, Baby Washington, Bobby Tayor and the Vancouvers, Booker T and the MGs, Carla Thomas, Clarence Carter, Dee Dee Sharp, Don Covay, Eddie Holland, Fantastic Four, Gladys Knight, Irma Thomas, Isley Brothers, Kim Tolliver, King Curtis, Marlena Shaw, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Mitty Collier, OV Wright, Rita Wright, Sam Cooke, Shorty Long, Solomon Burke, Temptations, Wilson Pickett on June 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Revisiting ’60s Soul
Posted in 60s soul, Mix CD-Rs, tagged Five Stairsteps, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, The Delfonics, Dionne Warwick, Major Lance, Brenda Holloway, Archie Bell & the Drells, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler, Irma Thomas, Dee Dee Sharp, Carla Thomas, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, James Carr, The Tams, Jr Walker and the All Stars, Charles Wright, David Ruffin, Robert Knight, O.C. Smith, Bunny Sigler on November 29, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I don’t think I’ve so much fun putting together an Any Major Mix as I had with this one. So much great music to choose from, so much great music I hadn’t played in a while. As always, the mix is timed to fit on a standard CD-R.
This mix is not a representative overview of [...]
The Locomotion: 60s Soul – Vol. 3
Posted in 60s soul, tagged Ike and Tina Turner, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke on January 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The third and final part of the ’60s soul series opens the way for my real passion: the soul music of the ’70s, when the sharp suits, raw sexuality and growls of the ’60s gave way to afros, falsettos and flamboyant outfits. In the meantime, enjoy the final eleven classics of ’60s soul.
Ike & Tina [...]
The Locomotion: 60s Soul – Vol. 2
Posted in 60s soul, tagged Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Wilson Pickett on December 6, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Is everybody else feeling Christmas song overload in blogworld this year? If so, then for a bit of respite some more ’60s soul.
Marv Johnson – You Got What It Takes.mp3A bit of trivia: Marv Johnson was the artist appearing on Motown’s first ever single, “Come To Me”. Soon after, in 1959, he scored a translatlantic [...]
The Locomotion: 60s Soul – Vol. 1
Posted in 60s soul, tagged Temptations on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In the 1980s, the soul music of the ’60s – Motown, Atlantic, Stax et al – made a huge comeback in Britain, in large part fuelled by the Northern Soul scene, and giving rise to classics by the likes of Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Percy Sledge, BB King and Marvin Gaye hitting the top 3 [...]
