Barbara & Ernie – Prelude To… Original release 1971 Atlantic Reissue, 2013 Real Gone Music I almost headed off to bed without posting Day 11 of this 12 Days of Xmas thing. It’s only the fifth day of the year and I’m already exhausted with stress. Too tired and strapped for time to give this…
Fat Larry’s Band – Off The Wall Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Funk, Soul, Disco 1977 Stax Records STX-41303 Two words: Peaceful Journey… I mean, the lead-off song Sparkle is fantastic: it’s about getting it on with an alien, so how could it not be? I like…
Joe Bataan Gypsy Woman Fania Records SLP 340 Original release, 1967 1990’s CD reissue Emerging out of the hybrid crossroads of boogaloo, R&B, Latin Soul, and the nascent salsa scene, Joe Bataan was defying categorization and bending genres long before it was hip. The first album I heard by him was “Subway Joe”, but it…
100 Proof Aged In Soul – 100 Proof 1972 Hot Wax HA 712 Vinyl transfer at 24-bit / 192 khz Classic soul here, on an album that has only been reissued on CD in Japan. Nice and warm northern soul arrangements and production values, pure pleasure from start to finish. The group was put together…
Ned Doheny – Hard Candy Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | Art scans at 300 dpi 1.4801GB (24/192) | 714MB (24/96) + 238 MB (16/44) | 2014 Be With Records BEWITH003LP | Genre: Soul, Funk, Rock I’m not sure that the release of Ned Doheny’s 1973 album sold enough copies to inculcate anything…
Helio Matheus – Matheus Segundo Matheus (1975) Original release, RCA-Victor, Brazil 2018 Reissue, Athens Of The North, AOTNLP017 A short-and-sweet Friday post for you to get your weekend started on point. Scottish label Athens Of The North (or AOTN) serves up a reissue of this cult classic that, thanks to a collector’s market gone mad,…
