A much needed Black Music thread.

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PART III (3-1)

The cream of the crop so to speak.

#3 is The Four Tops "Reach Out (I'll Be There)". Released in 1966. For years it was "Baby I Need Your Loving" but the bass on this track just won me over. Deep, rich and soulful....just exquisite. Plus Levi's vocals are just plain

#2 which I've seen listed on several Best of Motown lists as the GOAT is Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "The Tracks of My Tears". Released in 1965. Such a gorgeous composition, you can visualize the vocals.

And #1 for me, and has been for as long as I can remember, is "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" by none other than the best Motown group ever, The Temptations. Released in 1971 and featuring Eddie Kendricks on lead vocal, his finest performance of his career. This song simply speaks to my soul I get chills up my spine every time I hear it. Can't explain why, it just does.

Great selection of Motown songs, K.

Motown was my first exposure to "soul" music, and inspired my journey into searching for all the different styles of soul and R&B that existed at the same time and grew from them. And later into the styles that pre-dated Motown.

 

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Here is my last Gospel post, and is my favourite gospel recording of all time:

From Wikipedia:

Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of the 1755 hymn by clergyman Philip Doddridge. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching No. 4 on the US Singles Chart, No. 1 in France, Germany, and the Netherlands and No. 2 on the Canadian Singles Chart, UK Singles Chart, and Irish Singles Chart. It has since become a gospel music standard, selling over 7 million copies worldwide, making it the second best-selling gospel song of all time.

The recording begins with a muted piano, drum, and bass, backing lead singer Dorothy Combs Morrison on the left-hand stereo channel, then alternates twice with a full-throated chorus that includes a large ensemble, rising to a crescendo with handclaps, and ending with a return to the muted sound as at the beginning. The track is notable for its clear sound given the powerful vocals and the modest equipment used to capture them. It was made at Hawkins' church, the Ephesian Church of God in Christ in Berkeley, California.

 

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A couple from Darlene Love...

 

[eddie kerr]

nice compilation Dougie....well thought out
my fav is Baby Im For Real...The Originals

All great songs. Think I still have many of all the above in my library. I will have to search through my 300 cassettes and my Teac tape deck still works. LOL.

 

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[K Douglas]

All great songs. Think I still have many of all the above in my library. I will have to search through my 300 cassettes and my Teac tape deck still works. LOL.

Nice Eddie. I have quite a number of cassette tapes (approx.80) and no place to play them. So my goal in the near future is to put together a retro component hi-fi stereo system - tape deck, cd player, receiver and amplifier. I already have two turntables although I may want to upgrade.

 

[K Douglas]

 

[K Douglas]

I love this group - Loose Ends. British r&b/soul from the 80's.

 

[K Douglas]

This is from A Tribe Called Quest's 4th studio album 'Beats, Rhymes & Life'. Released in 1996. A lot of fans were disappointed with this effort and while it doesn't stand up to 'Midnight Marauders' or 'The Low End Theory' it was still dope.
"1nce Again" feat. Tammy Lucas

"The Hop"

And my favorite "Get a Hold" one of J. Dilla's best productions

 

[K Douglas]

Chairmen of the Board "Pay to the Piper" (1970)

 

[K Douglas]

Serious funkiness from Rose Royce
"Do Your Dance"

 

[K Douglas]

"Firecracker" by Mass Production

The SAMPLE to 2 Live Crew's "Me So Horny"

"Ahh so horny, ahh so so horny. Me luv u long time"

 

[K Douglas]

Oh my gosh listen to that bass.
"Strut Your Stuff" by Young & Company

 

[K Douglas]

Just came through my YT feed this am. I like it
The Dynamites "I Know She's Mine"

 

[Bucktee]

And my favorite "Get a Hold" one of J. Dilla's best productions

Great video about J. Dilla's approach and impact by composer David Bruce:

 

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