Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Dedication Of Love

 

Year :  2015/1976

Label : Jazzman Records/Phinal Sound

Genre : Soul

Style : Funk/Soul, Soul Jazz

Impossible to find as original issue, "Dedication Of Love" was unnoticed at its output and sought-after today over $2000 on the rare soul market, finally reissued by Jazzman Records. Bobby Moore was an amercian saxophonist, singer and  bandleader who formed the first line-up of The Rhythm Aces in 1952 with members of the Fort Benning marching band. The band supported on stage some iconic soul singers featuring Etta James, Wilson Pickett, Sam Cooke or Otis Redding. This second album was recorded ten years after his previous "Searching For My Love" released in 1966. Members of The Rhythm Aces are : Bobby Moore (ts), Larry Moore (as), Chico Jenkins (vo, eg), Marion Sledge (eg), Joe Frank (eb), Clifford Laws (org) and John Baldwin Jr (ds).

Alice Clark

 
Year : 2019/1972

Label : Wewantsounds/Mainstream Records

Genre : Soul

Style : Funk/Soul

Alice Clark's highly sought-after record finally reissued by french label Wewantsounds, is an absolute must-have for all the soul-jazz diggers and aficionados. Recorded in 1972 at the famous Record Plant studio in New York, this unfamiliar soul-jazz classic of the Mainstream Records label was a commercial failure. Produced by Bob Shad, owner of the label, arranged and conducted by Ernie Wilkins, it features the hottest jazz american session musicians among Cornell Dupree (eg), Bernard Purdie (ds), Joe Newman (tp), Ernie Hayes & Paul Griffin (ep, org).  Titles include three songs written by Bobby Hebb (Charms Of The Arms Of Love, Don't You Care, Hard Hard Promises), Jimmy Webb's "I Keep It Hid", the single "Never Did I Stop Loving You", and Petula Clark's "Looking At Life".

Bop or Not Session #13 For Radio RAPTZ ~ Boogie by Night

The Be Hard Bop's show #13 for Parisian webradio RAPTZ, including Boogie & Samba Funk from Brazil to US featuring Kool & The Gang, Banda Black Rio, Jorge Ben, Cortex, Sound President Odion Iruoje, Plunky & The Oneness Of Juju, The Magic Disco Machine and many more... Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop for Radio Raptz

TRACKLiST : Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging - Cristina Camargo - Moral Tem Hora - Tim Maia - Do Leme Ao Pontal - Miss Lene - Sinal De Desejo - Ambolley - Simigwa - Banda Uniao Black - Black Rio - Banda Black Rio - Chega Mais - Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal - Robert Charlebois - Je Rêve A Rio - Frank Gérard - Comme Une Samba - Cortex - L'enfant Samba - Emma Baloka - Funky Down - Brenda - Natureza Viva - Sound President Odion Iruoje - Alhaja And Obiageri - Plunky & The Oneness Of Juju - Every Way But Loose - Kyohei Tsutsumi And His 585Band - Hit Machine - The Magic Disco Machine - (I Could Never Make) A Better Man Than You

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Bop or Not Session #12 For Radio RAPTZ ~ Super Afro Soul

The Be Hard Bop's show #12 for Parisian webradio RAPTZ, including Afro to Soul expressions by Hip-Hop & Reggae Rocker featuring Eagles Lupopo 77, Noriel Vilela, Edson Frederico, John Holt, The Meditations, Alice Clark, Soul Square, War Featuring Eric Burdon, DJ Muro, Nitro Microphone Underground and many more... Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop for Radio Raptz

TRACKLiST : Eagles Lupopo 77 - Mrembo Pesa - Edson Frederico E A Transa - O Gas - Noriel Vilela - Se O Ome - Gyedu Blay Ambolley And Zantoda Mark III - Mercy Kae Dabi - Ambolley - Cut Your Coat - Junior Ross & The Spear - Judgement Time - Michigan - Eye Of Danger - The Meditations - Tricked - John Holt - Oh What A Day - Shin-Ski - Asteroid's Belt - Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine - Eleanor Rigby - Queen Of Losers - Billy Garner - Brand New Girl - Alice Clark - Never Did I Stop Loving You - Specifics - Intro - DJ Mitsu The Beats Feat. ELZHI - Get'em Up - Soul Square Feat. Blezz - Take It Back - DJ Muro Feat. JBM, KGE, Mikris, B.D. - Rock Baby Rock - Nitro Microphone Underground - Coming Soon

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Bop or Not Session #11 For Radio RAPTZ ~ Another Funk Party

The Be Hard Bop's show #11 for Parisian webradio RAPTZ, the big funky time party including funk/soul classics, disco and Boogie Funk performed by worldwide artists from US to Brazil featuring Ann Peebles, Spanky Wilson, Syl Johnson, Tim Maia, Joe Tex, Marvin Gaye and many more... Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop for Radio Raptz

TRACKLiST : Pierre-Alain Dahan - Rythmiques No. 3 - The Sisters Love - Gimme Your Love - Ann Peebles - It's Your Thing - Marilene - Sinal Vermelho - Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love - Syl Johnson - Ode To Soul Man - Fontella Bass - Hold On This Time - Jo Bisso - Give It Up - The Fatback Band - Street Dance - The PAZANT BROS. & The Beaufort Express - Toe Jam - Bebeto - Princesa Negra De Angola - Tim Maia - O Balanço - Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Robson Jorge - Tudo Bem - Lee Fields - Wanna Dance - Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1 - Emma Baloka - Can I Stay With You - Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos Feat. Kayoko Ishu & Time Five - Sasukatchi - Pierre-Alain Dahan - Rythmiques No. 2

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War Featuring Eric Burdon - Love Is All Around

Year : 1976
Label : ABC Records/Far Out Productions
Genre : Soul
Style : Funk/Soul, Rhythm & Blues

"Love Is all Around" isn't the return of Eric Burdon in WAR band, but a collection of epic b-sides & unrealeased songs recorded from 1969 to 1970, and gathered in a compilation released during a WAR break in 1976, between the "Why Can't We Be Friends" & "Galaxy" albums. Most of the songs were recorded during the year 1970, including "Love Is All Around" & the Beatles reprise "A Day In A Life", both extracted from the Eric Buron Declares War's recordings sessions at the Wally Helder studio, San Fransisco. Other titles include first studio recording by WAR, the original version of "Tobacco Road" from 1969, the "Magic Mountain" b-side of the WAR massive hit, "Spill The Wine", the blues "Home Dream" and "Paint It Black", in a live performance at the Whiskey, Los Angeles in 1969. All tracks produced by Jerry Goldstein.

MUSICIANS : Eric Burdon - lead vocal, percussion - B.B. Dickerson - bass - Papa Dee Allen - congas, bongos -Harold Brown - drums, percussion - Charles Miller - flute, saxophones, percussion - Howard Scott - guitar - Lee Oskar - harmonica, percussion - Lonnie Jordan - organ, piano

TRACKLIST : Love Is All Around (Unreleased) - Tobacco Road (First Version) - Home Dream (Unreleased) - Magic Mountain (B-Side) - A Day In The Life (Unreleased) - Paint It Black (Live)

The Magic Disco Machine - Disc-O-Tech

Year : 1975
Label : Motown
Genre : Funk/Soul
Style : Disco

The Magic Disco Machine was a collective of Motown's own producers including Jesse Boyce (of The Fame Gang, Dillard & Boyce) and Freddie Perren (the man behind the hit of Gloria Glaynor "I Will Survive"). Disc-O-Tech explores the disco movement nascent and reminds some of the best soundtracks from the Blaxploitation, featuring the Motown's studio musicians and its backing vocals bands : The Devastating Affair and The Sisters Love (formed on the Raelettes' ashes, the vocal group of Ray Charles). The collective produced two albums which seem especially designed for nightclubs & DJs. Some of the tracks were sampled many times, including the popular "Scratchin" by Hip-Hop artists such as RUN DMC in "Jam Master Jay" (1984) & DJ Shadow in "Lesson 4" (1991).

Spanky Wilson - Doin' It

Year : 2017/1969
Label : Soul Brother Records/Mothers Records
Genre : Jazz, Soul
Style : Soul Jazz, Funk/Soul

The reissue of the "most wanted" album recorded by Spanky Wilson in 1969, including Soul Jazz tunes (Don't Mess With Bill), funk classics (You, Then I'll Be Happy), the DJ favorites "Sunshine Of Your Love" (cover of Cream) and "Light My Fire". Spanky Wilson is an american Soul & Jazz songtress from Pittsburgh who was backing vocalist for some great jazz names among others Duke Ellington, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy McGriff or Funk/Soul artists as Marvin Gaye and Sammy Davis Jr. After a long absence, she's back under the spotlights with the album "I'm Thankful". Released in 2006,  the album was produced by the famous British DJ, Will Holland, and supported by The Quantic Soul Orchestra. 

Edwin Starr - War & Peace

Year : 1970
Label : Gordy
Genre : Soul
Style : Funk/Soul, Psychedelic Soul

The Edwin Starr's masterpiece comprising the american counterculture anthem, the anti-war song about the Vietnam conflict. Released on Motown Records in 1970,  "War & Peace" is a magnum opus of Soul Music, an essential  record, a classic among the classics from the Berry Gordy's productions. From the beginning to the end, "War & Peace" contains no dead time, as evidenced the future standards included in the album, such as "Running Back And Forth" & "Time" (both composed by Edwin Starr), the cover songs "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", "California Soul" (Ashford & Simpson), and of course, the timeless "War", originally recorded by The Temptations and composed by the hitmakers duo : Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong.

Betty Davis - The Columbia Years 1968-1969

Year : 2016
Label : Light In The Attic
Genre : Jazz, Rock, Soul
Style : Jazz Rock, Funk/Soul

Betty "Davis" Marbry presents her recordings sessions for Columbia, during the 1968-1969 period featuring Miles Davis as arranger and Teo Macero as producer. The first six songs were recorded in 1969 at Columbia Studios, New York with the famous Jimi Hendrix musicians Billy Cox from Band of Gypsys) & Mitch Mitchell from Jimi Hendrix Experience, Harvey Brooks from Super Session and the giants of Jazz : Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Larry Young and Wayne Shorter. The last three tracks were recorded in 1968 at Columbia Studios, Hollywood, with Hugh Masekela and featuring The Crusaders. Titles include unrealeased tracks, demos and alternate takes, written by Betty Davis except "Born On The Bayou" by John Forgety and  "Politician Man" by Jack Bruce.

MUSICIANS : Betty Davis - vocal - Billy Cox - drums - Mitch Mitchell & Harvey Brooks - bass - Herbie Hancock - keyboard - Larry Young - organ - John McLaughlin - guitar - Wayne Shorter & Wilton Felder - saxophone - Joe Sample - piano - Wayne Henderson - trombone

TRACKLIST : Hangin' Out (demo) - Politician Man (demo) - Down Home Girl (take 4) - Born On The Bayou (demo) - I'm Ready, Willing & Able (take 1) - I'm Ready, Willing & Able (take 9) - It's My Life (take 8) - Live, Love, Learn (take 12) - My Soul Is Tired - (take 9)

Lee Moses - Time And Place

Year : 2016/1971
Label : Future Days Recordings/Maple Records
Genre : Soul
Style : Funk, R&B

Lee Moses was a american R&B, Soul singer and guitarist from Atlanta. After a singles serie recorded for Musicor in the late sixties (whose the famous "Bad Girl" in 1967), Lee Moses released this unique album on Maple Record in 1971. This lost "Holy Grail" Soul record was unfortunately a commercial failure and was only first reissued in 2006. Recorded with his own backing group "The Deciples" featuring some members of The Ohio Players, "Time And Place" includes some heavy funk songs & beautiful tunes : "Got That Will", "Free At Last", "Hey Joe" and the magnificent version of the Flower Power hit "California Dreaming" from The Mamas & The Papas.

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

Year : 1973

Label : Talma Motown

Genre : Soul, Jazz

Style : Funk/Soul, R&B, Jazz Funk

Innervisions is the third album from the most creative period of Stevie Wonder, initiated with the Music of Mind album in 1972, the first milestone of a five serie acts which concludes in apogee with "Songs In The Key Of Life" in 1976. Innervisions is representative of a one-man band using a large panoply of instruments, likewise supported by great musicians featuring Jazz Funk guitarist David T. Walker & producer Malcolm Cecil (inventor of TONTO synthesizer). The nine songs of Innervisions are entirely composed by Stevie, gathered in a wide range of styles, from Jazz to Soul by Funk & Latin music (Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing). Stevie put into songs his thoughts and his feelings on the American social context, including political ethic ("He's Misstra Know It All", a acerbic criticism of Richard Nixon's policy), afro-american identity (the racism on "Living for the City") and spiritual language on "Jesus Children of America". Titles include also "Higher Ground", the reminiscence of groove from his previous big hit "Superstition", the both ballads "All in Love Is Fair" & "Golden Lady", and "Too High" dealing with drug abuse.

MUSICIANS : Stevie Wonder - lead vocal, keyboards, drums - Clarence Bell - organ - Malcolm Cecil - bass - Scott Edwards & Willie Weeks - bass - David T. Walker - electric guitar - Dean Parks & Ralph Hammer - acoustic guitar - Larry "Nastyee" Latimer - congas - Sheila Wilkerson - bongos - Yusuf Roahman - shaker - Tasha Thomas & Jim Gilstrap - background vocals

A Soul Flavor Vol. 2 ~ Deep Soul & Funk Relics

Rare Deep Soul & Funk Relics released from 1966 to 1974, featuring Archie Bell & The Drells, Mary Jane Hooper, Stevie Wonder, Fontella Bass, Norma Jean, Joe Tex, Eddie Bo & many more... All tracks compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Universal Togetherness Band - Universal Togetherness Band

Year : 2015

Label : The Numero Group

Genre : Jazz, Funk/Soul, New Wave

Style : Jazz Funk, Disco

The first issue of Chicago jazz funk band "The Universal Togetherness Band" lead by songwriter/producer Andre Gibson and released, at last, after over thirty years by The Numero Group label. This compilation brings together some of their best session recordings,  from 1979 to 1982, under the Columbia College audio engineering program. In spite of the many hours passed in the studio, neither album based on UTB's own material has been released, the band never had the opportunity to sign a record deal. UTB fuses Funk, Soul & Disco rhythms with Jazz breaks, offers a kind of synthesis between P-Funk & the New Wave nascent. A catchy music as the Nile Rodgers' Chic band (the reminiscence of the bass line from Bernard Edwards), Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang or Prince, have could produce during the late seventies till the edge of the eighties.

  

MUSICIANS : Andre Gibson - vocals, guitar, vibes - Leslie Misher - lead guitar - Fred Misher - bass, backing vocals - Paul Hanover - harmonica, piano - Arnold Gibson - drums, bass - Louis Sanford - percussion

TRACKLIST : Ain't Gonna Cry (1979) - Real Thrill (1979) - Try Try Try (1980) - My Sentiment (1982) - Once In A Lifetime (1981) - Taken By Love  (1979) - Call For Love (1980) - I Want You (1979)

Norma Jean & Ray J. ‎- Raising Hell

Year : 2015/1974
Label : Superfly Records/Hep-Me
Genre : Soul
Style : Funk/Soul

Norma Jean is a gospel songstress associated with the arranger/producer Raymond Jones from New Orleans, both "outsiders" of the Soul Legends. “Raising Hell” is a rare dynamite deep-soul record out from the southern soul scene which was first released on the Hep-Me label in 1974. This "Holy Grail" was finally reissued 40 years later, by parisian record store Superfly Records, in collaboration of the japanese label Disques Dessinée. Titles include originals and covers from Dr. John (Right Time-Wrong Place) or Stax songwriter Joe Broussard (Everlasting Love), solos & duets with heavy funk (Raising Hell, I've Taken Over) and beautiful love songs (We Love Each Other).

MUSICIANS : Norma Jean - vocal - Ray J. - piano, trumpet, vocal - Walter Payton - bass - Herman Ernest - drums - Alvin Thomas - flute - Teddy Royal - guitar - Alvin Thomas - tenor saxophone - Clyde Kerr Jr. &  John Longo - trumpet

Be Hard Bop for Mascarade Records ~ Sunday Roast # 4 by Be Hard Bop

Be Hard Bop's show for Mascarade Records, fourth chapter of the Sunday Roast broadcast on mixcloud Sunday, November, 15, 2015. From Brazil, USA to Japan by Africa, discover this amazing selection of International Funk Music including rare soul grooves recorded between 1964-1974, featuring Roberto Carlos, Eddie Boe, Jimmy Takeuchi, Spanky Wilson, Peter King, Gilberto Gil, The Isley Brothers, Gal Costa & many more...

The Blackbyrds - The Blackbyrds

Year : 1974
Label : Fantasy
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk

The debut album of an american rhythm section produced by Larry Mizell, formed & supervised by Donald Byrd for six students of music department from the Howard University, playing Jazz Funk fusion. It's a typical Mizell Brothers production, a music conceived for dancefloor based on Funk/Soul arrangements, as was done for for the Donald Byrd & Bobbi Humphrey (Fancy Dancer) albums, recorded during the seventies. Most of the tracks include original compositions of Donald Byrd such as "Do It, Fluid" or "Funky Junkie", Larry Mizell's contribution with "Life Styles" and Allan Barnes with "Summer Love".

MUSICIANS : Allan Barnes - soprano & tenor saxophone - Kevin Toney & Orville Saunders - keyboards, melodica, synthesizer - Steve Johnson - sax, flute - Joe Hall & David Williams - bass - Keith Killgo - drums - Oscar Brashear - trumpet, flugelhorn - Ray Armando & Perk Jacobs - percussion

SUPERSOUND

This is Super Sound ! A collection of some incredible catchy beats and insane groovy sounds including heavy funk & crossover jazz, featuring Manu Dibango, The Fatback Band, Kool & The Gang, Betty Davis, Oliver Nelson, Earth Wind And Fire, Oneness Of Juju, O'Donel Levy, The Sisters Love, Incredible Bongo Band, Eric Burdon & War, Jimmy Castor Bunch and many more... All tracks recorded between 1968-1976, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop​.

A Soul Flavor

Rare Deep Soul & Funk Relics released from 1966 to 1971, featuring Sly & The Family Stone, Spanky Wilson, Freda Payne, Billy Garner, Kool & The Gang, Marie Queenie Lyons, Ann Sexton, Nina Simone & many more... All tracks compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

King Curtis - Live At Fillmore West

Year : 1971
Label : Atlantic
Genre : Soul, Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz, Funk/Soul

Recording from live performance at Fillmore West by Soul star saxophonist King Curtis featuring Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie, Cornell Dupree and organist Billy Preston, session musician of The Beatles. Curtis started in jazz and blues in the early sixties before to become a session musician in demand working for Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. "Live At Filmore West" was last performance of King Curtis before his death in 1971, supported by the famous Atlantic brass band, The Memphis Horns and his backing band, The Kingpins. Curtis revisits the Soul, Pop and Rock standards including "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", "I Stand Accused", "Whole Lotta Love", "Signed Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours". Titles include also his 1967 massive hit "Memphis Soul Stew".

MUSICIANS : King Curtis - saxophone - Jerry Jemmott - bass - Cornell Dupree - guitar - Billy Preston - organ -  Truman Thomas - piano - Bernard Purdie - drums - Pancho Morales - congas