Inspired the the Marvin Gaye thread.

From a certain point of view the question there boils down to do you prefer 60s or 70s soul music?

My answer is the same as it is for the Marvin Gaye question

It depends on the day

I love both and it's hard to choose between them

A very quick and informal look at a small portion of my CD collection revealed about at 60-40 split in favor of the 70s and if I had to guess I'd say that it would be about that if I looked at my whole music collection

I will also say when it comes to 60s soul - I don't really care for the early 60s say 60-64 there are some songs from that period that I really like but as a general rule I much prefer the 2nd half of the decade

And as far as the 70s even though it's not as strict I prefer the 1st half of the 70s

Which decade do you prefer?

As a side note the term "classic soul" to me always means the 60s and 70s, even though the music is nearly 40 years old I never refer to 1980s soul music as anything other than 80s soul