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Another choon about important things..The Supremes, Bill, When are You Coming Back?, Issued in 1970 as the B side of Up The Ladder To The Roof with Jean Terrell in absolutely stunning form.
Why Motown never issued this as an A side defeats me, there were millions of Bills in the US at the time, and millions of their wives and girlfriends too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKAwjCUkYg
I'm a fan of late '70s/early '80s soul/R&B, which was trying to morph into a different direction than disco. For a while, it was hard to tell the difference between the two, which is why a lot of people think the hate toward disco was largely rooted in racism [[as well as homophobia). There was still a lot of fun music that was distinctly urban without the repetition of disco beats. That era saw a few bands that rose up for a short period of time but had songs that I still like and play. This is one of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anJKrBiRc_8
And here is another one [[although it was a big hit at Black discos):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pszdlc4_x-A
One of the most underrated songs of the period was D-Train's "Keep On". This song sounds like a New York song to me. It charted but I don't think it did as well nationally as I think it should have. Like the Sun song, it probably did better in the Black discos than in other clubs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IqS3U2GUos
But if I need to get back to truly "classic soul", I don't think anybody will argue with that this one is as soulful as it gets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU
And I'm not sure if "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" has been posted yet, but in my personal opinion, it is easily one of the greatest soul records ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULuHJgCos7A
Oh, and "Didn't I Blow Your Mind". I'm probably in the minority around here in believing that early '70s soul built upon and improved the foundation laid in the '50s and '60s. Somewhere around 1976 or so, it went off the rails and never came back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4lSjIl96Sc
Memories of the Fall of 1982! I use to argue with friends that this sounded an awful lot like "Watching Ladies" by Slave from 1980:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkvzmVrX50
No I am with you on that! Every song brings a memory for me. This one makes me remember right around Christmas 1969 and the start of 1970. Some of the best days when I was a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry Oz
Classic, classic, classic!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry Oz
Jerry you weren't messin' around were you? These are all KILLER tracks! LOL!!!! Loved this song.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry Oz
That's from the end of my senior year in H.S.!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry Oz
Not can you get to this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK3CGdyJBrI
From the Fall of 1977. She could sing to me anytime......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDKyQk8A3Dk
Then there were these girls here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QTqKfl2c64
The songs in this thread are the most incredible playlist!!!
A totally underrated classic by one of the classiest groups....The Supremes! I call it "The Supremes Sing the Blues":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1r_yFKcnKU
Waynesville, this song "Bill When Are You Coming Back" was played on Detroit and Toledo radio as if it were a new single. That's how excited everyone was over "The New Supremes". They could not wait for a new single that they flipped "Up The Ladder to the Roof" over and started playing this weeks after "Up the Ladder...." had been released.Quote:
Originally Posted by waynesville
Here's another then, from the Queen.
Angel, from the otherwise badly flawed album Hey Now Hey [[1973). Possibly the most personal and heartfelt song Aretha ever did, and by repute one she did every time she performed. [[certainly did when I saw her). Written by Carolyn Franklin, who sang background vocals with her sister Erma.
Absolutely beautiful.....
Personal note - I used the listen to a late night soul station in early 1970s Leicester - and this was the first Aretha track I ever heard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJS6aF5FqrE
From the Fall of 1968....The Impressions - This is My Country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_esbRoOeR0
Choon!!! Curtis Mayfield really was the greatest chronicler of the black experience in americaQuote:
Originally Posted by marv2
Especially in the sixties. He laid the foundation for what was to come after, namely Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On?" as well as some of Donny Hathaway's work.Quote:
Originally Posted by waynesville
Now here's one that's been sampled a lot by Hip Hop artists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU6aYuHI-5g
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Brenda and The Tabulations with That's The Price You Have to Pay. Released on Dionn Records 1969, but never made it to an album release. Brenda Payton died tragically young, aged just 46 in 1992.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Nok_63zhc
This is the one song I know that has been playing on New York City radio since the 70s. It was released in 1979 and they never stopped playing it in the City. I can count on hearing it at least once every week till this very day! First Choice and " Love Thang"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzMHg8MilEI
Michael Henderson from Detroit and the Summer of 1980!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPjQd3TPYCA
An underrated gem from Slave [[feat. Steve Arrington) that has been in my head all day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu5IdUJPr28
And here is my favorite Michael Henderson cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojJLbTgeco
I'm not sure if I added this one earlier, but this is one of my favorite bass lines from the '70s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSB_tbHb6Q
HA HA Jerry! I bought that album out in Denver where I went to college. I thought it was so cool at the time. This brings back some good memories. Thanks man!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry Oz
Talk about underrated! Also I dug "Take Me I'm Yours" which was his duet with Rena Scott .Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry Oz
Two of my favorite O'Jays songs...Survival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_8xIz9lVo&list=WL&index=3
The O'Jays - Give The People What They Want [[Plus Cholly Atkins interview)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoypx-0_U1M&list=WL&index=4
What is life-the softones
Here we go JAIQuote:
Originally Posted by arr&bee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5hu3SRrVU0
Marv,you got them vinyl elves workin!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by arr&bee
Man I like that song. Send some more good ones our way!
I'll be there-gene chandler
As long as i live-the fantastic four
The Moments [[aka Ray, Goodman & Brown) with this great classic. A #1 for them in 1970 for 5 weeks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyYB5Oc4SXw