noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 21 Dec 2024 08:44:11 -0500Blogger http://www.blogger.com57125http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/en-usnonoreply@blogger.comhttp://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/08/pointer-sisters-having-party.html70s SoulABC RecordsBlue ThumbCaliforniaoaklandPointer SistersStevie Wondernoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:08:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-8721656319729845106 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }.table-br tr td br { display: inline } Hello 2 all!!This is becoming way too often an occurance around here, yet another huge lapse in time between posts. Despite my best efforts, it just couldn't be avoided. I mentioned it some weeks back, Baby Slay'd touched down on April 24, 2009 and since his homecoming 3 days later, Mama & Papa are 2http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/06/rip-michael-jackson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:26:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-7414025695463109542There are no words.0http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/04/gichy-dans-beechwood-9-st.html70s SoulAfro-cubanAugust DarnellBeechwood #9Dr. Buzzard's Savannah BandGichy DanKid CreoleRCARCA Victornoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-8521814259292674114 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }.table-br tr td br { display: inline } I've had this thing (pics & audio) ready to go for quite some time now but just couldn't get the write-up done. Well, I found a few free moments today and tried to knock it out. N-joi!Have you ever had a song stuck in your head, yet you didn’t know the artist, didn't know the title, didn't know the 20http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/04/update-coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:37:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-4340702766948390539I know I've said it before, but I'm really sorry it's taken me so long to get a new post up. I've been juggling a lot lately while gettin' ready for a new arrival at the Slay'd household. That's right folks, I'm happy to announce that "Lil' Slay'd" is expected to touch down any day now. To the visitors who've stopped thru and were kind enough to leave comments, I thank you all and promise new 1http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/03/we-are-experiencing-techincal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:41:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-36051452616133972470http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/02/ms-sharon-ridley-full-moon.html70s SoulCBSClarence AvantDiscoLarry LevanSharon RidleySussexTabuVan McCoynoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-517323272535250347 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } I wish I had more to tell y'all about the artist featured in today's post. Sadly, there's no bio information or anything of the sort floating around anywhere where I could find it. All I was able to drum up was a very generic-sounding blurb from her booking agency. Observe... "Sharon Ridley has 6http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/02/marlena-shaw-just-matter-of-time.html70s SoulBlue NoteCadetChessChicagoColumbiaDiscoMarlena Shawnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:59:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-4924324647635728842 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Born Marlina Burgess in 1942, Valhalla, New York. Marlena Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music crossed genre boundaries and was enjoyed by people of all races. Her strongest fan base was in the African American community. Her music has reached out and 3http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/01/stovall-sisters-st.html70s SoulfamilyGospelPhillip BaileyRepriseWarnernoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-1028140456137054639 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Sorry it's been so long since my last post, my 2K9 got off to a hectic start, but I'm not gonna bore you good people with the details. Let's just get into this post. For a brief moment in 1971, Warner Bros.Records' Reprise imprint took sometime out from promoting Frank Sinatra,Sammy Davis, Jr., and 3http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2009/01/jose-feliciano-and-feelings-good.html70s SoulJose FelicianoLatin SoulRCA VictorSteve CropperStevie Wondernoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-5694408202246675466 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Happy 2009 everybody, here's hoping the new is a damn sight better than the old. Lemme kick off the new year with a new post. Read, listen and enjoy!!! One of the most prominent Latin-born performers of the pop era, singer/guitarist Jose Feliciano, was born September 10, 1945, in Lares, Puerto Rico.8http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/12/rip-freddie-hubbard.html50s Jazz60s Jazz70s JazzAtlanticBlue NoteColumbiaCTIElektraFreddie HubbardMilt JacksonTrumpetnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:37:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-2932738533719848795 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } I really wasn't planning on putting up another post for 2008 but in this case, I felt duty-bound to make this exception so that I could acknowledge the loss of another legendary artist.Jazz luminary Freddie Hubbard has passed away.According to spokesman Don Lucoff, the 70 year old musician died at 0http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/12/quickie-ohio-players-happy-holidays-pts.html70s SoulChristmasMercuryOhioOhio Playersnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 8 Dec 2008 07:16:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-4484537837322163427You know how sometimes you feel a little tickle in your throat, and in the back of your mind you know it's probably a warning sign that you're about to be sick? Well I had that feelin' this past Friday morning and stupidly let it go, unchecked and untreated, all weekend long. As a result, I submit this Monday morning post from a sick bed as I shove copious amounts of over-the-counter cure-alls 1http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/12/dizzy-gillespie-soul-salvation.html60s JazzAfro-cubanDizzy GillespieJames MoodyTributenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:51:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-5658579449748397363 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Okay, now that Thanksgiving '08 is out of the way I've got a small window to get a few posts in before I get knee deep in prep for Dec. 25th. I pulled this one from the crates a few weeks ago but didn't get around to ripping & cleaning it up until tonight. Dizzy Gillespie's 1969 Soul & Salvation album3http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/11/silk-midnight-dancer.html70s SoulAnglo Saxon BrownAtlanticKenny GambleLeon HuffMFSBPhiladelphia InternationalPhillysigma soundSilknoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:30:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-7673194819468964189 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } What's good people? This week, as promised, I bring you part 2 of last week's Anglo Saxon Brown/Silk post. Not gonna get too wordy on this one since I covered the bulk of the info on this band in Part 1. As of this writing, Midnight Dancer is loooong out of print, but If you want a copy to call your 4http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/11/anglo-saxon-brown-songs-for-evolution.html70s SoulAnglo Saxon BrownAtlanticKenny GambleLeon HuffMFSBPhiladelphia InternationalPhillysigma soundSilknoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 6 Nov 2008 06:24:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-109264119822332176 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Originally formed in Philadelphia, PA as Anglo Saxon Brown, the group released their first LP, Songs For Evolution on the Atlantic label in 1976. After a few personnel changes, the outfit reinvented themselves as Silk releasing their 1979 follow-up album, Midnight Dancer, for Gamble & Huff's 10http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/11/everybody-rejoice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:41:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-2980771530619490595 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } "Everybody look around, 'cause there's a reason to rejoice you see..."1http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/11/11-04-08americavoice-your-choice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-2879751359443235472 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Poster design: Josh Higgins, San Diego, CA Get out and VOTE!http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/10/quickie-sweet-thunder-everybodys-singin.html70s SoulAtlanticBooker NewberryDiscoFantasyOhioWMOTnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:11:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-2951278068516200402Who said you can't get discovered by mailing out a tape? That's how Sweet Thunder, a four man band from Youngstown, OH landed their deal with Philadelphia's WMOT (We Men Of Talent) Productions in 1976. The members were Charles Buie (vocals/lead guitar), Rudell Alexander (bass), Booker Newberry (vocals/keyboards), and John Aaron (drums). They didn't have a name when they submitted their tape to 2http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/10/quickie-diana-ross-muscles-extended.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:27:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-5770388185220359116After "Mirror Mirror" from her 1981 debut RCA LP, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, this is possibly my favorite RCA-era Diana Ross cut. Penned and produced by Michael Jackson, "Muscles" was the lead single from Ross' 1982 Silk Electric album. I yanked this one from a $2 bin a years back, I own the LP, cassette & 45 but never heard the 12" version. The vinyl was kinda beat up but after a few minutes 2http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/10/rip-dee-dee-warwick.html70s SoulAtcoAtlanticDionne WarwickRCAWarwicknoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:12:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-1899040996229706980 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } *SIGH* More bad news to share, I was shocked and saddened to hear that we've lost one more soul legend. The phenomenal Dee Dee Warwick has passed away. Dee Dee Warwick, a soul singer who won recognition for both her solo work and her performances with her older sister Dionne Warwick, has died. She was 0http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/10/rip-levi-stubbs-four-tops-still-waters.html60s SoulAristaBrian PotterCasablancaChessColumbiaDennis LambertFour TopsFrank WilsonLevi StubbsMotownRiversideWorkshop Jazznoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:00:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-1581090689571084998 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Sad news yet again, Levi Stubbs, former lead singer of the mighty Motown vocal group, The Four Tops has passed away. Levi, born June 6, 1936 as "Levi Stubbles", began his professional singing career with friends Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton to form the Four Aims in 19540http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/10/milt-jackson-with-ray-brown-big-band.html70s JazzABC RecordsFunkyImpulseRay BrownVibraphonenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:26:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-7313797005587219674 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } It's been a while since my last offering, I've been bogged down with work and other trappings of life and haven't been had the time to work on any new posts. To add to that, the place where I used to do most of my updating / post & prep work has decided to block access to blogger.com making it that 10http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/09/goodbye-to-norman-whitfield.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:30:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-7963789559060536599Yet another tremendous talent has slipped away. The legendary Norman Whitfield passed away at the age of 68 due to complications with diabetes. RIP Norman, thank you for the gifts you've given. You will be missed.I'll leave you with this Whitfield treasure. The Temptations classic; "Masterpiece"0http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/09/s4l-showdown-iii-tamiko-jones-vs-myrna.html70s Reggae70s SoulAristaClive DavisCoxsoneJohnny BristolLove TripMelody LifeMyrna HagueSoul JazzStudio Onenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:51:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-5318183017150843933For the third round of my "vs." series, I thought I'd shine the spotlight on a tune penned by Johnny Bristol, "Touch Me Baby (Reaching Out For Your Love)," and masterfully performed for you by two vocal heavyweights. In the left corner, out of Kyle, West Virginia, with an uppercut from her Arista LP, Love Trip, it's the tantalizing temptress, Tamiko Jones!!! In the right corner, hailing from 2http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/09/stanley-turrentine-always-something.html60s JazzBlue NotecoversHerbie HancockmodShirley ScottStanley Turrentinenoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 8 Sep 2008 21:00:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-3166343088760828729 .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } A legend of the tenor saxophone, Stanley Turrentine was renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone, an earthy grounding in the blues, and his ability to work a groove with soul and imagination. Turrentine recorded in a wide variety of settings, but was best-known for his Blue Note soul-jazz 0http://originalsoul4life.blogspot.com/2008/08/puter-problems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:46:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-4628143905783723571We are Experiencing Technical Difficulties, please stand by.I'm goin' thru it with this confounded machine at the moment so bear with me while I get my rig back up and running. New posts are coming soon.--1,Slay'd0