Recommended vinyl & CD cheapies recently acquired
Dec 24, 2023 21:09:57 GMT
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Post by DJMelismo on Dec 24, 2023 21:09:57 GMT
This EMS thread "Recommended vinyl & CD cheapies recently acquired" is so far more or less a duplication of one of the photo albums on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/mats.olofsson.984/photos_albums
- here on the forum with text and audio links, but without the FB photos where I show the actual record or cd that I've recently purchased.
Post 1:
Launching a new series where I will post pictures of newly acquired cheapies and my 1st recommendation is the Dee Dee Warwick 45 "Girls Need Love"/"It's Not Fair" from 1968 on Mercury Records - and I prefer the B-side. Dee Dee, who passed away in 2008, was the sister of Dionne Warwick, cousin of Whitney Houston, and niece of Cissy Houston.
Post 2:
Here's my 2nd recommendation. Bought this cheapie about a week ago. Already had the Cecil Parker LP "Chirpin´" featuring my alltime favourite "Get On Up" on Tec Records. Although this 12-inch single is from the same year (1980), it's a non-album track on the EMI label - quality modern soul tune "Really Really Love You". Audio link posted below.
Post 3:
Among a number of CD compilations I picked up a couple of weeks ago was this one by Tyrone Davis - from 1968 to 1976 this great artist recorded for the Chicago label Dakar, a subsidiary of the New York-based independent Brunswick Records - and this collection contains Tyrone Davis' "20 Greatest Hits" from that period. "Was I Just A Fool" (see/hear below) was a moderate hit, but a lovely ballad, and a bit different from some of his other biggies that had a chunkier, more driving rhythm. Davis later went on to record for other labels and was blessed with a long career that can de divided into different phases...
Post 4:
The previous post was about Tyrone Davis and Chicago soul. Now it's time for Detroit soul and some recording sessions in which Berry Gordy's Motown musicians were secretely moonlighting to earn extra cash! Purchased this J.J. Barnes CD collection last month and though it mainly features his Northern Soul uptempo recordings I prefer the somewhat slower and smoother "Got To Get Rid Of You" from 1969 - link provided in my comment below. Barnes passed away last year and was performing until the very end. He recorded for many different labels and although a very talented singer and songwriter his only major hit was "Baby Please Come Back Home", but like his friend Edwin Starr he became one of the true heroes of the UK Northern Soul scene - both Starr and Barnes actually moved to England.
Post 5:
Jamaican artist and reggae pioneer Delroy Wilson! Bought this CD comp last month and haven't read the entire booklet yet since it encompasses 12 pages, but I've listened to all 20 tracks and via the audio link below you can hear Wilson's 1972 cover of "(It's) The Same Old Song", originally made famous by The Four Tops and also recorded by The Supremes at about the same time.
Post 6:
I had some of Vickie Winans' later albums, but did not own her 2 albums from the late 80´s - Be Encouraged and Total Victory - so I bought them both last month from the same seller. Vickie Winans is the mother of singer/producer Mario Winans and it was by marrying singer Marvin Winans that she entered into the Winans family of gospel music fame and launched her own recording career as well. A very talented lady! I've opted for "Stay With Me" (audio below!), which is very much in the Anita Baker vein.
To EMS members:
FEEL FREE TO CONTRIBUTE WHEN YOU'VE BOUGHT SOME INTERESTING ITEMS!
My recommendations continue in the following posts...
- here on the forum with text and audio links, but without the FB photos where I show the actual record or cd that I've recently purchased.
Post 1:
Launching a new series where I will post pictures of newly acquired cheapies and my 1st recommendation is the Dee Dee Warwick 45 "Girls Need Love"/"It's Not Fair" from 1968 on Mercury Records - and I prefer the B-side. Dee Dee, who passed away in 2008, was the sister of Dionne Warwick, cousin of Whitney Houston, and niece of Cissy Houston.
Post 2:
Here's my 2nd recommendation. Bought this cheapie about a week ago. Already had the Cecil Parker LP "Chirpin´" featuring my alltime favourite "Get On Up" on Tec Records. Although this 12-inch single is from the same year (1980), it's a non-album track on the EMI label - quality modern soul tune "Really Really Love You". Audio link posted below.
Post 3:
Among a number of CD compilations I picked up a couple of weeks ago was this one by Tyrone Davis - from 1968 to 1976 this great artist recorded for the Chicago label Dakar, a subsidiary of the New York-based independent Brunswick Records - and this collection contains Tyrone Davis' "20 Greatest Hits" from that period. "Was I Just A Fool" (see/hear below) was a moderate hit, but a lovely ballad, and a bit different from some of his other biggies that had a chunkier, more driving rhythm. Davis later went on to record for other labels and was blessed with a long career that can de divided into different phases...
Post 4:
The previous post was about Tyrone Davis and Chicago soul. Now it's time for Detroit soul and some recording sessions in which Berry Gordy's Motown musicians were secretely moonlighting to earn extra cash! Purchased this J.J. Barnes CD collection last month and though it mainly features his Northern Soul uptempo recordings I prefer the somewhat slower and smoother "Got To Get Rid Of You" from 1969 - link provided in my comment below. Barnes passed away last year and was performing until the very end. He recorded for many different labels and although a very talented singer and songwriter his only major hit was "Baby Please Come Back Home", but like his friend Edwin Starr he became one of the true heroes of the UK Northern Soul scene - both Starr and Barnes actually moved to England.
Post 5:
Jamaican artist and reggae pioneer Delroy Wilson! Bought this CD comp last month and haven't read the entire booklet yet since it encompasses 12 pages, but I've listened to all 20 tracks and via the audio link below you can hear Wilson's 1972 cover of "(It's) The Same Old Song", originally made famous by The Four Tops and also recorded by The Supremes at about the same time.
Post 6:
I had some of Vickie Winans' later albums, but did not own her 2 albums from the late 80´s - Be Encouraged and Total Victory - so I bought them both last month from the same seller. Vickie Winans is the mother of singer/producer Mario Winans and it was by marrying singer Marvin Winans that she entered into the Winans family of gospel music fame and launched her own recording career as well. A very talented lady! I've opted for "Stay With Me" (audio below!), which is very much in the Anita Baker vein.
To EMS members:
FEEL FREE TO CONTRIBUTE WHEN YOU'VE BOUGHT SOME INTERESTING ITEMS!
My recommendations continue in the following posts...
