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Motown Soul & Disco Selections II

July 30, 2009
motown

As promised, here’s Part II consisting of a few more of my favourite soul & disco moments from Motown.

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Motown Soul & Disco Selections

July 13, 2009
hitsville

Part I of just some of my favourite soul & disco moments from Motown, the label celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this year.

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Michael Jackson – Rock With You

July 1, 2009
The Jackson Five

Still kinda stunned by the news that Michael Jackson has passed away….feels surreal, like the latter years of his career (post BAD).

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Stevie Wonder – Black Man

January 20, 2009

Things have been a little busy of late for everybody at the Love Unlimited, so with that in mind here we have a 3 in 1 post to mark the 50th Anniversary of Motown Records, the recent Martin Luther King Day and the inauguration of Barack Obama, who will make history today when he is [...]

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Norman Whitfield RIP

September 17, 2008

Sadly soul colossus Norman Whitfield has passed away this week. Well known for his work with Motown label during the 1960’s and credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, he was also instrumental in the sub-genre of psychedelic soul.
A truly talented writer and producer responsible for some amazing music from [...]

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Rick James – Fool On The Street

May 10, 2008

Rick James makes his debut appearance at the Love Unlimited with “Fool On The Street” released via Gordy in 1979 on the long player “Bustin’ Out Of L Seven” & as a 7″ single.
A great sounding crossover tune that was big on the Bank Holiday Do’s of yesteryear. To read more about Rick’s life & [...]

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The Undisputed Truth – ufos

December 29, 2007

Once described as the perfect cross between the 5th Dimension & Sly & The Family Sone The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques.
A number of their singles became minor hits, and many [...]

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Backstabbers – The O’Jays on Soul Train

June 28, 2007

Here we have a performance of the philly classic backstabbers, if you get chance check out Tailgate by 21st Creation on motown records for a killer piece of heavy disco that deals with the same subject matter.

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Gloria Gaynor – Never Can Say Goodbye

May 6, 2007

Never Can Say Goodbye was a 1971 hit for The Jackson 5. Covered by Gloria Gaynor towards the end of 1973, it became a major club hit, despite litttle support from label MGM. The follow-on long player Never Can Say Goodbye established Gloria as a disco artist. Produced by Tom Moulton the first side of [...]

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Jimmy Ruffin – Get On Up

April 29, 2007

Jimmy is the older brother of David vocalist from the Temptations. In the mid 70’s Jimmy was dashing from LA via Detroit to Philadelphia making the LP Love is All We Need. The usual suspects at Sigma Sound Studios helped out with strings & things on Get On Up.

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Tower of Power – Brick House

April 21, 2007

Formed in the late sixties and hailing from San Francisco the group Tower of Power have served up some real funk sizzlers during their lenghty career.
Originally penned by the Commodores here is their very tight (check out the horns) cover version of the popular funk tune Brick House.

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