Tag: SoulMusic Records

  • Magazine Sixty Music Review with Loleatta Holloway

    Magazine Sixty Music Review with Loleatta Holloway

    Greg Fenton reviews Loleatta Holloway – We’re Getting Stronger – SoulMusic Records (SMR) Catching up on some summer releases not to be missed. Let’s begin with this brilliant compilation from the singer who needs little or no introduction. Her soul-saving voice has graced a string-filled array of classic numbers across the Disco cannon featured on…

  • The Spinners – No Price On Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings – SoulMusic Records

    The Spinners – No Price On Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings – SoulMusic Records

    The Spinners, I’ll Be Around is one of my favourite songs. That cool combination of hazy melancholy, coupled with its breezy grooves, talk up lost summer nights like an intimate conversation of times past. Specifically 1972. Which is what brings me to this collection from SoulMusic Records in the first place. Their sound produced throughout…

  • Cheryl Lynn – Got To Be Real: The Columbia Anthology – SoulMusic Records

    When the opening chords of Georgy Porgy wash over you in a tingle of anticipation, and then the voice of Cheryl Lynn arrives, you’re right back where you started from. Its moments like these that transcend time. This double CD compilation of the singers Columbia Records releases’ spans the years between 1978 to 1985, covering…

  • Phyllis Hyman – Deliver The Love: The Anthology – SoulMusic Records

    It is an easy thing to do. To get lost in the warm glow of the late, great Phyllis Hyman’s beautiful vocals. This new collection concentrates on her Buddah Records and Arista Records output plus charted tracks released between 1976-1985 and was compiled by the label founder David Nathan. The accompanying sleeve notes spell out…

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    Pete Dafeet Family Affair Lost My Dog The third in the series of compilations from Lost My Dog’s catalogue of Deep House, and other imaginings, sees one of the label heads Pete Dafeet mix together a smooth blend of moods into one altogether very satisfying experience. As with previous editions this features old and new…