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The Temptations - The Best Of The Temptations Christmas (2001)

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The Temptations - The Best Of The Temptations Christmas (2001)

The Temptations - The Best Of The Temptations Christmas (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 326 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 112 Mb | Scans ~ 63 Mb
Label: Motown | # 440 014 594-2 | Time: 00:48:51
R&B, Soul, Pop, Christmas, Holidays

Best of Temptations Christmas features the popular Motown group performing a number of Christmas favorites. Most of the favorites are here: "Silver Bells," "The Christmas Song," "White Christmas," "Oh Holy Night," and "Silent Night." There are some playful moments here as well, such as the album-opening "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," making this a fun collection. Motown fans should adore this.

Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) [1986, Japan, 1st Press]

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Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) [1986, Japan, 1st Press]

Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) [1986, Japan, 1st Press]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop-Soul, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 36:03 | 425,93 Mb
Label: Arista Records/Nippon Phonogram (Japan) | Cat.# 32RD-71 | Released: 1986-09-21 (1983-09-29)

"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" is an album recorded by Dionne Warwick, her 6th for the Arista label. It was recorded during the spring of 1983 and was released that fall. The LP was originally issued as number AL 8-8104 in the Arista Catalog. Despite strong reviews, it was a commercial disappointment, stalling at #57 on Billboard's album chart. Two singles came from the album, "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye?" (a duet with album producer Luther Vandross) which hit #4 Adult Contemporary and #27 on Billboard's Hot 100 and "Got a Date" which hit #45 on Billboard's R&B chart.

Diana Ross - Diana Ross (1970) [2002, Remastered & Revisited Edition]

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Diana Ross - Diana Ross (1970) [2002, Remastered & Revisited Edition]

Diana Ross - Diana Ross (1970) [2002, Remastered & Revisited Edition]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop-Soul, Motown | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:10:26 | 681,84 Mb
Label: Motown Records/Universal Music (USA) | Cat.# 440 016 818-2 | Released: 2002-04-18 (1970-06-19)

"Diana Ross" (later reissued rarely as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough") was the debut solo album for Diana Ross. It reached #19 in the USA (#1 R&B) and sold over 500,000 copies. The album was the ultimate test to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act. With the help of the songwriting-producing team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Ross turned out a successful album. Ross did extensive work with other producers before settling with Ashford & Simpson, including Johnny Bristol, producer of her final single with The Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together". Bristol here produces "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" (which was a UK hit when originally recorded by The Velvelettes); the rest of the LP is fully written and produced by Ashford & Simpson.

Four Tops - 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1964-1972 [3CD] (2013)

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Four Tops - 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1964-1972 [3CD] (2013)

Four Tops - 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1964-1972 [3CD] (2013)
R&B, Soul, Pop-Soul, Motown | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Partial Scans (PNG) | 03:52:51 | 1,09 Gb
Label: Motown/Hip-O Select (USA) | Cat.# B0017484-02 | Released: 2013-04-02

No, here's the ultimate Four Tops singles collection. Like Motown Select's 50th anniversary releases for the Temptations, Diana Ross & the Supremes, and Martha & the Vandellas, this is a three-disc anthology packaged like a hardcover book. It features nearly 60 pages of images, sleeve scans, detailed track information, and in-depth liner notes - much of which is sensibly repurposed from those like-shaped Complete Motown Singles volumes. The A-sides and B-sides appear chronologically - a terminally impressive sequence that includes the Top Five R&B singles "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)," "It's the Same Old Song," "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)," "Reach Out I'll Be There," "Standing in the Shadows of Love," and "Bernadette."

The Temptations - Number 1's (Number Ones) (2007)

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The Temptations - Number 1's (Number Ones) (2007)

The Temptations - Number 1's (Number Ones) (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 514 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 160 Mb | Scans ~ 111 Mb
R&B, Soul, Pop-Soul | Label: Motown | # B0008670-02 | Time: 01:10:06

Released in early 2007 as part of Universal's extensive and cheaply packaged Number 1's: Temptations series (see also: volumes dedicated to James Brown and Marvin Gaye), this disc compiles 19 number one R&B singles from the Temptations. It's worth mentioning that some of the inclusions – "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "You're My Everything," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," "Ball of Confusion" – were number ones on the Cash Box chart, rather than the Billboard chart (the usual source), and 1998's "Stay" is a bit of a stretch since it topped Billboard's Urban Adult Contemporary chart. Nothing can argue against the set as a decent introduction to the group, even though several great singles – such as "Cloud Nine" – peaked below the top spots.

Dusty Springfield - Dusty Sings Soul (2022)

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Dusty Springfield - Dusty Sings Soul (2022)

Dusty Springfield - Dusty Sings Soul (2022)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop-Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:03:52 | 691,96 Mb
Label: Ace Records (UK) | Cat.# CDCHD 1612 | Released: 2022-04-01

From the very start of her solo career, it was Dusty Springfield’s intention to make records in the style of the black American artists that she admired, both professionally and personally. She recorded her version of a soul song at her first solo session and was still recording soul songs on all of her albums, singles and EPs throughout the 60s and into the 70s. "Dusty Sings Soul" is a long overdue and carefully curated collection of recordings from Dusty’s 60s singles and albums, designed to demonstrate that she was not only the UK’s finest female singer but also its finest soul singer of her era and, for many, of all time. There is no shortage of Dusty compilations out there, but this is the first one to exclusively concentrate on this particular side of this great artist’s work. These are not ‘covers’, in that Dusty never directly covered any record until the original had run its course. Dusty simply recorded songs that she loved herself, and that she hoped her fans would love.

Diana Ross - The Boss (1979) [1991, Reissue]

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Diana Ross - The Boss (1979) [1991, Reissue]

Diana Ross - The Boss (1979) [1991, Reissue]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 36:07 | 295,14 Mb
Label: Motown (USA) | Cat.# 3746351982 | Released: 1991 (1979-05-23)

"The Boss" is the 10th studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on May 23, 1979 by Motown Records. This album was written and produced by longtime Ross collaborators Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson and marked her return to Top 40 radio based on the strength of the title track, which peaked at #19 on the pop singles chart, and #12 on the US R&B Chart. In addition, all the LP tracks went to #1 on the dance charts, and the album itself peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (1969) Reissue 1991

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Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (1969) Reissue 1991

Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (1969) Reissue 1991
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 360 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 160 Mb | Scans included
Soul, Funk, Pop-Soul | Label: Apple/EMI | # CDP 7975802/CD SAPCOR 9 | 00:51:37

Billy Preston’s debut album for Apple Records was his vocal album debut too. Before this Billy was renowned merely as a wizard instrumentalist. Here, his impassioned vocals help create one of the best soul records of the 1960s. Produced by George Harrison, That’s The Way… expands Billy’s palette of gospel and R&B to embrace rock elements brought in by A-list players Keith Richards, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton.

The 5th Dimension - Portrait (1970) & Love's Lines, Angels And Rhymes (1971) [2007, Remastered Reissue]

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The 5th Dimension - Portrait (1970) & Love's Lines, Angels And Rhymes (1971) [2007, Remastered Reissue]

The 5th Dimension - Portrait (1970) & Love's Lines, Angels And Rhymes (1971) [2007, Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Pop-Soul, Easy Listening | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:15:01 | 497,57 Mb
Label: Collectors' Choice Music (USA) | Cat.# CCM-780 | Released: 2007-08-07 (1970/1971)

The purveyors of the past at Collectors' Choice Music deserve major props for their top-shelf restoration of the 5th Dimension's Soul City and Bell Records catalogs. Contained on this CD are the vocal quintet's fifth and six studio titles, 1970's Portrait and 1971's Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes. These projects find the 5D boasting the considerable talents of Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson, Billy Davis, Jr., Marilyn McCoo, and Florence Larue at the peak of their prowess, building upon a streak of pop hits that had already yielded such timeless entries as "Stoned Soul Picnic," "Wedding Bell Blues," and the definitive '60s anthem "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)."

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (1964) [1986, Reissue]

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The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (1964) [1986, Reissue]

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (1964) [1986, Reissue]
R&B, Soul, Pop-Soul, Motown | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 31:02 | 341,78 Mb
Label: Motown (USA) | Cat.# MOTD-5270 | Released: 1986 (1964-08-31)

"Where Did Our Love Go" is the second studio album by Motown singing group The Supremes, released in 1964. The album includes several of the group's singles and B-sides from 1963 and 1964. Included are the group's first Billboard Pop Singles number-one hits, "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", and "Come See About Me", as well as their first Top 40 hit, "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes", and the singles "A Breathtaking Guy" and "Run, Run, Run".

Tony Joe White - Black And White (1969) Reissue 1996

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Tony Joe White - Black And White (1969) Reissue 1996

Tony Joe White - Black And White (1969) Reissue 1996
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 291 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Scans included
Label: Warner Bros. | # 9362-46364-2 | Time: 00:41:48
Singer/Songwriter, Country Pop, Pop-Soul, Swamp Rock

When "Polk Salad Annie" blared from transistor radio speakers in the summer of 1969, the first thought was of Creedence Clearwater Revival, for Tony Joe White's swamp rock bore more than a passing resemblance to the sound John Fogerty whipped up on Bayou Country and Green River. But White was the real thing – he really was from the bayou country of Louisiana, while Fogerty's bayou country was conjured up in Berkeley, CA. Plus, White had a mellow baritone voice that sounded like it had been dredged up from the bottom of the Delta. Besides "Annie," side one of this album includes several other White originals. The best of these are "Willie and Laura Mae Jones," a song about race relations with an arrangement similar to "Ballad of Billie Joe," and "Soul Francisco," a short piece of funky fluff that had been a big hit in Europe in 1968. "Aspen, Colorado" presages the later "Rainy Night in Georgia," a White composition popularized by Brook Benton. The second side consists of covers of contemporary hits, with the funky "Who's Making Love" and "Scratch My Back" faring better than the slow stuff.

The Supremes - Meet The Supremes (1962) [1992, Reissue]

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The Supremes - Meet The Supremes (1962) [1992, Reissue]

The Supremes - Meet The Supremes (1962) [1992, Reissue]
R&B, Soul, Pop-Soul, Doo Wop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 29:50 | 280,95 Mb
Label: Motown (USA) | Cat.# 3746352232 | Released: 1992-02-10 (1962-12-09)

"Meet the Supremes" is the debut studio album by The Supremes, released in late 1962 on Motown. The LP includes the group's earliest singles: "I Want a Guy", "Buttered Popcorn", "Your Heart Belongs to Me" and "Let Me Go the Right Way". The earliest recordings on this album, done between fall 1960 and fall 1961, feature the Supremes as a quartet composed of teenagers Diane Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and Barbara Martin.

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Claudine (1974) & Still Together (1977) [1992, Reissue]

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Gladys Knight & The Pips - Claudine (1974) & Still Together (1977) [1992, Reissue]

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Claudine (1974) & Still Together (1977) [1992, Reissue]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop-Soul, Quiet Storm | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:11:11 | 463,27 Mb
Label: Sequel Records (UK) | Cat.# NEX CD 206 | Released: 1992-06-03 (1974/1977)

Sequel's Claudine/Still Together combines two albums Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded for Buddah in the early '70s on one compact disc. Each of these records has some bright spots, including hit singles, but they're too uneven to make this disc worthwhile for anyone outside of serious fans.

The Shirelles - All The Hits And More [3CD] (2009)

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The Shirelles - All The Hits And More [3CD] (2009)

The Shirelles - All The Hits And More [3CD] (2009)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop-Soul, Doo Wop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:29:14 | 486,26 Mb
Label: IMC Music Ltd. (EU) | Cat.# GSS 5480 | Released: 2009-03-13

The definitive girl group. Here are 3CDs of harmony-filled classics: The hits Soldier Boy; Will You Love Me Tomorrow; Dedicated to the One I Love; Mama Said; Foolish Little Girl; Baby It's You; Tonight's the Night; I Met Him on a Sunday; Big John; Welcome Home Baby; Stop the Music; Everybody Loves a Lover, and more!

Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come: The Very Best Of Ruby & The Romantics [2CD] (2003)

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Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come: The Very Best Of Ruby & The Romantics [2CD] (2003)

Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come: The Very Best Of Ruby & The Romantics [2CD] (2003)
R&B, Pop/Rock, Soul, Pop-Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (TIF) | 01:49:02 | 758,03 Mb
Label: RPM Records (UK & Europe) | Cat.# RPMD 247 | Released: 2003-01-27

Ruby & the Romantics have been poorly served by best-of collections, which are too brief and skimpy. This two-CD, 42-song set goes too far in the other direction, and not everything on here is exciting or worthy of multiple listens by any means. Still, too much is better than too little, and this does thoroughly cover the prime era of the original lineup at Kapp from 1963-1967. On the plus side, this convincingly demonstrates that there was more depth and quality than is commonly acknowledged to a group that is often remembered only for one song ("Our Day Will Come") or regarded as a lightweight pop-soul group.