Old School R&B

Munchies, thanks for the Al Green "Back Up the Train." It really pulled the heart strings. To me the background always sounded like a train.

Charles Bradley - Soul of America (Trailer)
http://youtu.be/uegzZWp6Y4w

http://youtu.be/zkfyMkvrOfw

http://youtu.be/2SREvW1GOEg

http://youtu.be/5gpA5UFQChc

http://youtu.be/i8JYWkc7JP8

Timmy Thomas - Why Cant We Live Together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrCMIG53XQ

@arnomation, nice to see another Numero Group fan. Regrettably, I haven't bough a collection since No.10. Where did the Kool Blues and Ebonites come from?

And thanks for the Timmy Thomas, hoops. Embarrassing how many years I once thought that was Steve Winwood's song.

hoops said:

Timmy Thomas - Why Cant We Live Together

It's funny that you posted that song because when I posted it back on Page 11 you commented on the video (which is different than this one) saying "well thats a fun song but that girl has zero rhythm. lol. "

DaveSchmidt said:

Where did the Kool Blues and Ebonites come from?

Eccentric Soul, Vol. 1: The Capsoul Label

arnomation said:

DaveSchmidt said:

Where did the Kool Blues and Ebonites come from?

Eccentric Soul, Vol. 1: The Capsoul Label

Figures. Went back and checked and I started at No. 3, the Bandit label. Got some gaps to fill. Thanks.

arnomation said:

hoops said:

Timmy Thomas - Why Cant We Live Together

It's funny that you posted that song because when I posted it back on Page 11 you commented on the video (which is different than this one) saying "well thats a fun song but that girl has zero rhythm. lol. "

I try not to duplicate, but the list is on page 23 and I just didnt double check. Page 11? I'm amazed this thread has gone on so long. Over 1000 songs. Amazing.

"If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" duet by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1967). Also featuring the legendary studio band, The Funk Brothers, the backbone of Motown. Great example of the big Motown sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZkOm_LogpI

Southside Movement - I've Been Watching You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ySC-_jIzJ0

Betty Wright, "Thank You For The Many Things You Do"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL49m-bg4YE

If you love old school soul/R&B, cmon down to BB Kings on Friday July 26th to see the Empro Express Big Soul Band. This is a 15 piece soul review that will knock yer socks off. We will have 7, count em 7 great singers who will bring you the best of Motown, Stax and some surprises. One of the singers, Danny Smalls was just written about by the NY Times and will be appearing in a movie coming out this fall with Forrest Whitticker and Angela Bassett. Our 4 piece acapella and band singers Spank just came back from performing on America's Got Talent in Las Vegas and our singer Sandra Taylor is a winner of Saturday Night at the Apollo multiple times. We will be playing at Lucille's so I believe there is no cover and we start at 8 and play 4 (oh my aching fingers) sets. Come down and dance your posteriors off and when your there say hey, I'll be the bass player.

You can check us out at
www.emproexpress.com

http://youtu.be/awKSaYK8488

http://youtu.be/Gqd7wNExd_4

My Mistake - Dianna Ross and Marvin Gaye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNtIOfuszg

Rufus & Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing
http://youtu.be/ZLaj4VMQfxc

Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
http://youtu.be/LEgxuE7WD6U

New Edition - Candy Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vL7HvCgVRA

http://youtu.be/ZVkAQUPGqpk

Not sure what made me think of it, but listeners here should enjoy this Nick Hornby essay, originally from a 1996 New Yorker: "Pain in My Heart."

One of the citations:

http://youtu.be/HKeY6zZ_0Ms

DaveSchmidt said:

Not sure what made me think of it, but listeners here should enjoy this Nick Hornby essay, originally from a 1996 New Yorker: "Pain in My Heart."

One of the citations:

http://youtu.be/HKeY6zZ_0Ms

LOVE Nick Hornby!!!! I've read all of his books, but as a record rat I don't think he will ever dazzle me again as he did with "High Fidelity".

I've got an ear worm that won't leave me alone. One remedy is to share it. I think it's because this week I am channeling the famed sound of Philadelphia producers, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and their great studio musicians, MFSB. I listened to Teddy Pendergrass and The Blue Notes' "Bad Luck" (1975) and realized that the song is basically a prayer; the way Pendergrass cries out to the heavens in the closing still makes the hairs stand on end. In the ways of life, his faith would be tested in ways he could not then imagine. But I digress. Here's the worm. All apologies if it's already posted:

The O'Jays: "Darlin', Darlin', Baby" 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zX938Fp3F8

I saw them recently at NJPAC. Great concert, they sound as good as ever.

DottyParker, you had me at "sound."

A lesser-known, relatively early Gamble-Huff gem from Camden's finest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnflCurQERs&sns=em

The Royalettes, "It's Gonna Take A Miracle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlYIibIi3gY&feature=share