Fresh out today (and with a review to follow from us soon) is Hard To Handle – Black America Sings Otis Redding.
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Eddie Holland – It Moves Me The Complete Recordings 1958-1964 (Ace)
Eddie Holland will be more familiar to many as one third of Motown’s stella song writing team – Holland/Dozier/Holland, but this two-CD collection amassing no less than 56 tracks will go some way to changing the public’s perception.
Various Artists – King New Breed R&B Volume 2 (Kent)
A well travelled and knowledgeable black music fan, and club regular once came up to me and thanked me and the Hideaway Club’s playlist for putting him onto a wealth of hitherto unknown 45s from the King/ Federal labels.
Out now: King New Breed R&B Volume 2 on Ace
We’ll have a review soon enough, but if you want to dive in, the King New Breed R&B Volume 2 album is out now on Ace.
Various Artists – Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Soul (Kent)
Little did the team at Ace realise when they first got access to Dave Hamilton’s library of studio tapes back in the mid ’90s that it would result in a 15 year journey.
Various Artists – Great R&B Duets (Ace)
Some of the great names in jumpin’ 50’s R&B are featured on Great R&B Duets, which is just released on Ace.
Various Artists – Funkin’ The Ghetto (Ace)
Any compiler that is hip enough to include Yusef Lateef’s ‘Bishop School’ has obviously got it goin’ on – making Funkin The Ghetto an album to check out.
Muscle Shoals in The Independent
Not all doom, gloom and Cheryl Cole in the morning papers, there's a rather tasty feature on Muscle Shoals in The Independent. It celebrates 50 years since the studio was set up, as well as looking at the man behind it, Rick Hall. There's also a few words from Dean […]
