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Record Label: Cherry Red Style: Soul

Record Label: Makin' Moves Records Style: R&B/Soul

Style: Soul

Style: Soul

The CD version includes 5 bonus tracks and new liner notes penned by Swamp Dogg. Though Charlie Whitehead is actually the singer on Raw Spitt, it's hard to shake the feeling that he's pretty much acting as a mouthpiece for Jerry Williams, Jr. aka Swamp Dogg. Williams, after all, not only produced and arranged the album, but wrote or co-wrote all of the songs but two. Whitehead, in contrast, didn't write any of the material. It's an interesting, mildly offbeat early-'70s soul record, with the kind of slightly off-kilter songs that were Swamp Dogg's stock-in-trade. There were songs about race, like "Call Me Nigger," which is, contrary to what you might expect from the title, a statement of pride rather than anger. There's lust that factors in a little black pride as well with "I Dig Black Girls." And there are generally thoughtful speculations on injustice and self-respect/determination, such as "Who Do They Think They Are" and "Excuses," sometimes (as in "Sweet Bird of Success") leavened with witty wordplay. The arrangements cook along in an earthy if somewhat easygoing manner, bringing in touches of hard rock guitar and oddness (such as the jew's-harp on "The Freedom Under Certain Konditions Marching Band"), though the funk only really heats up with "This Old Town." Whitehead/Raw Spitt's vocal style is more genial and less penetrating than Swamp Dogg's, however, leaving one to wonder whether this might have been a better record had Swamp Dogg himself done the singing. As it is, it's a little like listening to a Swamp Dogg record that's less penetrating and idiosyncratic than his more hard-hitting stuff of the era." allmusic.com Style: Soul

Style: R&B/Soul

Artist: Peabo Bryson Label: Capitol

Artist: O'Jays Label: Capitol

In this second volume, we once again showcase classic 60s girl pop, girl groups and Northern Soul. Featuring some mega obscurities from the vaults of both small and big labels. Most of these selections make their CD debuts. Featuring 26 tracks with a great 12 page booklet containing informative liner notes of each selection, rare label scans and rare artists pics. A must for the 1960's girl group, pop and soul collector. Record Label: Teenbeat Style: Pop/Soul

Record Label: Cherry Red Style: Soul

Steve Gunn's first album with a band, featuring John Truscinski and Justin Tripp - His most affecting, accessible, and articulate work of pure songcraft to date, with a new emphasis on vocals - Available on virgin vinyl, in a deluxe, limited edition, as well as on CD and digital formats - Vinyl edition features matte, tip-on jacket, full-color inner sleeve, and digital download coupon - CD housed in heavy matte gatefold wallet - Package features artwork by Anthony Campuzano, Constance Mensh, and Justin Tripp In the city we're all angling for Quittin' Time, laboring along and among the hours, searching and scheming for the sweet sound of those two easy words: Time Off. It's something you take-or sometimes steal, like a thief or a baserunner-but seems you can never get enough of it. It's regulated, rationed, and billed by volume, like water or electricity or ice cream. Sometimes you have to beg the boss for more, or even for a trifling taste. So let's make time! Let's roll the dice and get these old bones out on the road again. Steve Gunn's new album imagines the fugitive moments afforded us during time off, out, and away as occasions for dilatory investigations into our immediate environments and interiors. Time Off (PoB-08) showcases the virtuosic guitarist and songwriter's oblique character sketches and story-songs, some of which, like "Lurker" and "Street Keeper," portray specific denizens of his Brooklyn neighborhood. "Old Strange" celebrates Jack Rose, a dear and departed friend and muse. Those contemplative studies frame Gunn's most affecting, accessible and articulate work of pure songcraft to date. His definitive statement as a songwriter, Time Off represents the culmination of nearly fifteen years of stylistic experimentation as a solo artist, a member of GHQ and the Gunn-Truscinski Duo, and more recently, as a guitarist in fellow Philadelphia-bred troubadour Kurt Vile's touring band the Violators. Gunn's first eponymous album with a full band, Time Off harnesses a core trio format to launch his compositions into new, luminous strata; the songs have evolved through disciplined trio interplay with longtime collaborator John Truscinski on drums and Justin Tripp (formerly of Aspera and Favourite Sons) on bass and guitar. Helena Espvall (Espers) also guests on cello. Steve's keen baritone voice features more prominently than ever before on these tunes, each of which feels both more rigorous and expansive than previous efforts. Here, Gunn the guitarist masterfully deploys the discursive, deconstructed blues style, at once transcendent and methodical, that has become his signature. Close listening reveals the influence of Delta and Piedmont country blues, ecstatic free jazz, and psych, as well as Gnawa and Carnatic music, on the continually unfolding compositions. The fresh emphasis on narrative, characters in counterpoint, and those heavy-duty vocals likewise recall the finest work of Steve's friend and sometime touring partner, Michael Chapman. Building on his established penchant for charting musical travelogues that ramble through city and wilderness alike, these dispatches about home are not merely descriptive but corporeal. Gunn's evocative writing and ductile instrumental phrasing, buttressed by the band's intuitive playing, carries the listener along bodily for the "Trailways Ramble." It's a real collection of foot-tappers and head-nodders, perfect for summer sessions. The album opens with the sublime, meditative "Water Wheel"-a paean to "the water wheel's constant turn/open views and days to burn"-and indeed Time Off sounds as if Steve has swum full circle to reach the headwaters of his musical practice. This is Gunn at the top of his game, utterly unique but steeped in traditions both vernacular and avant-garde. Jump in. Record Label: Paradise Of Bac Style: Soul/Funk

Best Of compilation on 3 CDs of this great R&B and Gospel performer. Includes Hits like Freeway Of Love, Jumpin’ Jack Flash & Gimme your Love. Record Label: Flashback Style: R & B

Artist: Earth Wind & Fire Label: Sony

CD Debut for Funkified 1978 Album by R&B Pioneer Larry Williams. Features Fred Wesley & Maceo Parker on Horns and Rudy Copeland on Keyboards. Liner Notes by Gene Sculatti. Record Label: Real Gone Music Style: Soul

Record Label: Funkytowngrooves Style: Soul/Funk

Record Label: Funkytowngrooves Style: Soul/Funk

Mavis Staples has announced One True Vine, out June via Anti-. It was once again produced by Tweedy, and nearly every instrument on it was played by Tweedy and his son Spencer. It features a cover of Funkadelic's "Can You Get to That". The album, recorded at Wilco's Loft in Chicago, also features a cover of Low's "Holy Ghost". That track appeared on the band's album The Invisible Way, which was also recorded by Tweedy at the Loft. It also features tracks written by Nick Lowe ("Celestial Shore") and Tweedy ("Jesus Wept") specifically for Staples. Style: Soul

Record Label: Funkytowngrooves Style: Soul/Funk

Record Label: Funkytowngrooves Style: Soul/Funk