LET'S GET IT ON! It's the ~~~ 1970s SOUL ALBUMS POLL ~~~ NOMINATIONS AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD

All right. I have some free time on my hands, and I feel like doing something nice. So here's the official ILM 1970s SOUL ALBUMS POLL!

I have used Rateyourmusic's 70s soul chart to compile a master list of 1000 albums. You get 10 nominations to add your favorite albums to this list. 70s soul is a genre I don't know very much about, so I will have to trust you on your word about what counts as soul and what doesn't. All albums released between 1970 and 1979 are eligible. I'll put the list in the next post.

The nomination process ends whenever I turn on my PC on Monday morning, October 7. So for one full month this thread will be the place to let the world know about your favorite 1970s soul albums. In the meantime, feel free to spread the word and let's listen to a lot of good music!

The Master List:

100 Proof (Aged in Soul) – Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed (1970)
100% Pure Poison – Coming Right at You (1974)
24-Carat Black – Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (1973)
The 3 Pieces – Vibes of Truth (1975)
The 5th Dimension – Portrait (1970)
The 8th Day – The 8th Day (1971)
The 8th Day – I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby Get Lonely) (1973)
The 9th Creation – Bubble Gum (1975)

A
Ace Spectrum – Inner Spectrum (1974)
Afro-American Ensemble – Free the Black Man's Chains (1972)
Al Green – Al Green Gets Next to You (1971)
Al Green – I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
Al Green – Let's Stay Together (1972)
Al Green – Call Me (1973)
Al Green – Livin' for You (1973)
Al Green – Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974)
Al Green – Al Green Is Love (1975)
Al Green – Full of Fire (1976)
Al Green – Have a Good Time (1976)
Al Green – The Belle Album (1977)
Al Green – Truth n' Time (1978)
Al Jarreau – We Got By (1975)
Al Wilson – Show and Tell (1973)
Al Wilson – La La Peace Song (1974)
Albert King – King Albert (1977)
Alice Clark – Alice Clark (1972)
Allen Toussaint – Toussaint (1970)
Allen Toussaint – Southern Nights (1975)
Allen Toussaint – Motion (1978)
Angela Bofill – Angie (1978)
Angela Bofill – Angel of the Night (1979)
Ann Peebles – Part Time Love (1970)
Ann Peebles – Straight From the Heart (1971)
Ann Peebles – I Can't Stand the Rain (1974)
Ann Peebles – Tellin' It (1975)
Ann Peebles – If This Is Heaven (1977)
Ann Peebles – The Handwriting Is on the Wall (1977)
Aretha Franklin – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
Aretha Franklin – This Girl's in Love With You (1970)
Aretha Franklin – The Gospel Soul of Aretha Franklin (1972)
Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Aretha Franklin – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
Aretha Franklin – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
Aretha Franklin – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
Aretha Franklin – Sparkle (1976)
Arthur Adams – It's Private Tonight (1972)
Arthur Alexander – Arthur Alexander (1972)
Asha Puthli – Asha Puthli (1973)
Ashford & Simpson – Gimme Something Real (1973)
Ashford & Simpson – I Wanna Be Selfish (1974)
Ashford & Simpson – Come as You Are (1976)
Ashford & Simpson – Send It (1977)
Ashford & Simpson – So So Satisfied (1977)
Ashford & Simpson – Is It Still Good to Ya (1978)
Ashford & Simpson – Stay Free (1979)
Assim Assado – Assim assado (1974)
Average White Band – Show Your Hand (1973)
Average White Band – AWB (1974)
Average White Band – Cut the Cake (1975)
Average White Band – Soul Searching (1976)

B
B.B. King – To Know You Is to Love You (1973)
B.B. King – King Size (1977)
B.T. Express – Do It 'Til You're Satisfied (1974)
Baby Huey – The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971)
Banda Black Rio – Maria Fumaça (1977)
The Bar-Kays – Black Rock (1971)
The Bar-Kays – Do You See What I See? (1972)
The Bar-Kays – Cold Blooded (1974)
The Bar-Kays – Flying High on Your Love (1977)
The Bar-Kays – Light of Life (1978)
The Bar-Kays – Money Talks (1978)
The Bar-Kays – Injoy (1979)
Barbara Jean English – So Many Ways... (1972)
Barbara Mason – Lady Love (1973)
Barbara Mason – Transition (1974)
Barbra Streisand – Stoney End (1971)
Barrabás – Wild Safari (1972)
Barrabás – Power (1973)
The Barrino Brothers – Livin' High Off the Goodness of Your Love (1973)
Barry White – I've Got So Much to Give (1973)
Barry White – Stone Gon' (1973)
Barry White – Can't Get Enough (1974)
Barry White – Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975)
Barry White – Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976)
Barry White – Let the Music Play (1976)
Barry White – Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977)
Barry White – The Man (1978)
Barry White – The Message Is Love (1979)
Bayeté Umbra Zindiko – Seeking Other Beauty (1972)
The Beginning of the End – Beginning of the End (1976)
Bemibem – Bemowe Frazy (1974)
Ben E. King – Rough Edges (1970)
Ben E. King – Supernatural (1975)
Ben E. King – Benny and Us (1977)
Benny Johnson – Visions of Paradise (1973)
Betty Padgett – Sugar Daddy (1976)
Betty Wright – I Love the Way You Love (1972)
Betty Wright – Hard to Stop (1973)
Betty Wright – Danger High Voltage (1974)
Bettye Crutcher – Long as You Love Me (1974)
Big Black – http://www.youtube.com/If You're Diggin' What You're Doin' Keep On Doin' What You're Diggin' (1971)
Bill Withers – Just as I Am (1971)
Bill Withers – Still Bill (1972)
Bill Withers – +'Justments (1974)
Bill Withers – Making Music (1975)
Bill Withers – Naked & Warm (1976)
Bill Withers – Menagerie (1977)
Bill Withers – 'Bout Love (1979)
Billy Couvson – Bongo Sensational Soul (Ching Chong China) (1977)
Billy Paul – Going East (1971)
Billy Paul – 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)
Billy Paul – War of the Gods (1973)
Billy Paul – Let 'Em In (1976)
Billy Preston – Encouraging Words (1970)
Billy Preston – I Wrote a Simple Song (1971)
Billy Preston – Music Is My Life (1972)
Billy Preston – Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music (1973)
Billy Preston – The Kids & Me (1974)
Billy Preston – It's My Pleasure (1975)
Black Grass – Black Grass (1973)
Black Heat – Keep On Runnin' (1975)
Black Ivory – Don't Turn Around (1971)
Black Ivory – Baby Won't You Change Your Mind (1972)
Black Merda – Black Merda (1970)
Black Nasty – Talking to the People (1973)
Bloodstone – Bloodstone (1972)
Bloodstone – Natural High (1973)
Bloodstone – Unreal (1973)
Blowfly – Zodiac (1975)
Blue Magic – Blue Magic (1974)
Blue Magic – The Magic of the Blue (1974)
Blue Magic – Thirteen Blue Magic Lane (1975)
Bo Diddley – Big Bad Bo (1974)
Bobbie Gentry – Patchwork (1971)
Bobby Bland – Dreamer (1974)
Bobby Bland – Reflections in Blue (1977)
Bobby Blue Bland – His California Album (1973)
Bobby Caldwell – Bobby Caldwell (1978)
Bobby Patterson – It's Just a Matter of Time (1972)
Bobby Womack – Communication (1971)
Bobby Womack – Understanding (1972)
Bobby Womack – Facts of Life (1973)
Bobby Womack – Lookin' for a Love Again (1974)
Bobby Womack – I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975)
Bobby Womack – Safety Zone (1975)
Bobby Womack – B.W. Goes C&W (1976)
Bobby Womack – Home Is Where the Heart Is (1976)
Bohannon – Stop and Go (1973)
Bohannon – Bohannon (1975)
Bonnie Pointer – Bonnie Pointer (1978)
Booker T. & The M.G.'s – McLemore Avenue (1970)
Booker T. & The M.G.'s – Melting Pot (1971)
Boscoe – Boscoe (1973)
Breakwater – Breakwater (1978)
Brenda Russell – Brenda Russell (1979)
Brick – Brick (1977)
Brother to Brother – In the Bottle (1974)
Brothers Unlimited – Who's for the Young (1970)
Brownstone – Brownstone (1973)
Buddy Miles – We Got to Live Together (1970)
Buddy Miles – All the Faces of Buddy Miles (1974)

C
Camille Yarbrough – The Iron Pot Cooker (1975)
Candi Staton – I'm Just a Prisoner (1970)
Candi Staton – Stand by Your Man (1970)
Candi Staton – Candi Staton (1972)
Candi Staton – Candi (1974)
Cane and Able – Cane and Able (1972)
Cane and Able – Relating a Message to You (1972)
Carl Sherlock Holmes – Investigation No. 1 (1972)
Cassiano – Imagem e som (1971)
Cassiano – Apresentamos nosso Cassiano (1973)
Cassiano – Cuban Soul: 18 kilates (1976)
Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – The Black Motion Picture Experience (1973)
Chairmen of the Board – Give Me Just a Little More Time (1970)
Chairmen of the Board – In Session (1970)
Chairmen of the Board – Bittersweet (1972)
Chairmen of the Board – Skin I'm In (1974)
Chaka Khan & Rufus – Street Player (1978)
The Chambers Brothers – New Generation (1971)
Charles Wright – Doin' What Comes Naturally (1973)
Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Express Yourself (1970)
Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Band – You're So Beautiful (1971)
Charlie Rich – The Fabulous Charlie Rich (1970)
Charlie Whitehead – Charlie Whitehead & The Swamp Dogg Band (1973)
Cheryl Lynn – Cheryl Lynn (1978)
Cheryl Lynn – In Love (1979)
The Chi-Lites – (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People (1971)
The Chi-Lites – A Lonely Man (1972)
The Chi-Lites – A Letter to Myself (1973)
The Chi-Lites – Chi-Lites (1973)
The Chi-Lites – Toby (1974)
Chubby Checker – Chequered! (1971)
Clarence Carter – Patches (1970)
Clarence Carter – Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter (1973)
Clarence Carter – Loneliness and Temptation (1975)
Clarence Reid – Running Water (1973)
Claudia Lennear – Phew (1973)
Clydie King – Direct Me (1971)
Commodores – Hot on the Tracks (1976)
Commodores – Midnight Magic (1979)
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (1972)
The Counts – What's Up Front That Counts (1971)
The Counts – Love Sign (1973)
Creative Source – Creative Source (1973)
Creative Source – Migration (1974)
Curtis Mayfield – Curtis (1970)
Curtis Mayfield – Roots (1971)
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly (1972)
Curtis Mayfield – Back to the World (1973)
Curtis Mayfield – Got to Find a Way (1974)
Curtis Mayfield – Sweet Exorcist (1974)
Curtis Mayfield – Let's Do It Again (1975)
Curtis Mayfield – There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Curtis Mayfield – Give, Get, Take and Have (1976)
Curtis Mayfield – Never Say You Can't Survive (1977)
Curtis Mayfield – Short Eyes (1977)
Cymande – Cymande (1972)
Cymande – Second Time Round (1973)

D
Dan Penn – Nobody's Fool (1973)
David Porter – Into a Real Thing (1971)
David Porter – Victim of the Joke? An Opera (1971)
David Ruffin – David Ruffin (1973)
David Ruffin – Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay (1974)
David Ruffin – Who I Am (1975)
Debbie Taylor – Comin' Down On You (1972)
Dee Dee Bridgewater – Just Family (1977)
Del Jones' Positive Vibes – Court Is Closed (1972)
The Delfonics – The Delfonics (1970)
The Delfonics – Tell Me This Is a Dream (1972)
The Delfonics – Alive & Kicking (1974)
The Dells – Sweet as Funk Can Be (1972)
Demon Fuzz – Afreaka! (1970)
Deniece Williams – This Is Niecy (1976)
Denise LaSalle – Trapped by a Thing Called Love (1972)
Denise LaSalle – On the Loose (1973)
Detroit Emeralds – Do Me Right (1971)
Detroit Emeralds – You Want It, You Got It (1972)
Detroit Emeralds – I'm in Love With You (1973)
Di Melo – Di Melo (1975)
Diana Ross – Diana Ross (1970)
Diana Ross – Everything Is Everything (1970)
Diana Ross – Surrender (1971)
Diana Ross – Last Time I Saw Him (1973)
Diana Ross – Touch Me in the Morning (1973)
Diana Ross – Diana Ross (1976)
Diana Ross – Baby It's Me (1977)
Diana Ross – Ross (1978)
Diana Ross – The Boss (1979)
Dionne Warwick – Very Dionne (1970)
Dionne Warwick – Dionne (1972)
Dionne Warwick – Just Being Myself (1973)
Dionne Warwick – Track of the Cat (1975)
Dionne Warwick – Dionne (1979)
Dionne Warwicke – Then Came You (1975)
Dobie Gray – Drift Away (1973)
Dom Salvador e Abolição – Som, sangue e raça (1971)
Don Covay – Different Strokes for Different Folks (1971)
Don Covay – Super Dude I (1973)
Don Covay – Hot Blood (1975)
Don Julian – Savage! (1973)
Don Nix – Living by the Days (1971)
Donna Summer – Lady of the Night (1974)
Donna Summer – Love to Love You Baby (1975)
Donnie and Joe Emerson – Dreamin' Wild (1979)
Donny Hathaway – Everything Is Everything (1970)
Donny Hathaway – Donny Hathaway (1971)
Donny Hathaway – Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
Donny Hathaway – Extension of a Man (1973)
Doris Duke – A Legend in Her Own Time (1971)
Doris Duke – Woman (1975)
Doris Troy – Doris Troy (1970)
Dorothy Moore – Misty Blue (1976)
Double Exposure – Ten Percent (1976)
The Dramatics – Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (1972)
The Dramatics – A Dramatic Experience (1973)
The Dramatics – Dramatically Yours (1974)
The Dramatics – The Dramatic Jackpot (1975)
The Dramatics – Joy Ride (1976)
The Dynamic Superiors – Pure Pleasure (1975)
The Dynamic Superiors – The Dynamic Superiors (1975)

E
Earth, Wind & Fire – Earth Wind and Fire (1971)
Earth, Wind & Fire – The Need of Love (1972)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Head to the Sky (1973)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Open Our Eyes (1974)
Earth, Wind & Fire – That's the Way of the World (1975)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Spirit (1976)
Earth, Wind & Fire – All 'n All (1977)
East of Underground – East of Underground (1971)
The Ebonys – The Ebonys (1974)
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (1974)
Eddie Floyd – California Girl (1970)
Eddie Floyd – Down to Earth (1971)
Eddie Floyd – Baby Lay Your Head Down (1973)
Eddie Floyd – Soul Street (1974)
Eddie Hinton – Very Extremely Dangerous (1978)
Eddie Holman – I Love You (1970)
Eddie Kendricks – All By Myself (1971)
Eddie Kendricks – People... Hold On (1972)
Eddie Kendricks – Eddie Kendricks (1973)
Eddie Kendricks – Boogie Down (1974)
Edwin Starr – War & Peace (1970)
Edwin Starr – Involved (1971)
Edwin Starr – Hell Up in Harlem (1974)
Eleanore Mills – This Is Eleanore Mills (1974)
Elis Regina – ...Em Pleno Verão (1970)
Elis Regina – Ela (1971)
Elkie Brooks – Two Days Away (1977)
Elkie Brooks – Live and Learn (1979)
Emotions – Rejoice (1977)
The Emotions – So I Can Love You (1970)
The Emotions – Untouched (1972)
The Emotions – Flowers (1976)
The Emotions – Sunbeam (1978)
Eric Burdon and War – Eric Burdon Declares 'War' (1970)
Eric Burdon and War – Love Is All Around (1976)
Eric Mercury – http://www.youtube.com/Funky Sounds Nurtured in the Fertile Soil of Memphis That Smell of Rock (1972)
Ernie Hines – Electrified (1972)
The Escorts – All We Need (Is Another Chance) (1973)
Essra Mohawk – Primordial Lovers (1970)
Essra Mohawk – Essra Mohawk (1974)
Esther Phillips – Alone Again, Naturally (1972)
Esther Phillips – From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues (1973)
Esther Phillips – Performance (1974)
Esther Phillips – What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1975)
Esther Phillips – All About Esther Phillips (1978)
Etta James – Etta James Sings Funk (1970)
Etta James – Losers Weepers (1971)
Etta James – Etta James (1973)
Etta James – Come a Little Closer (1974)
Etta James – Etta Is Betta Than Evah (1976)
Etta James – Deep in the Night (1978)
Eugene McDaniels – Outlaw (1970)
Eugene McDaniels – Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse (1971)
Evelyn 'Champagne' King – Smooth Talk (1977)

F
The Fatback Band – Feel My Soul (1974)
Faze-O – Riding High (1977)
First Choice – Armed and Extremely Dangerous (1973)
Fontella Bass – Free (1972)
The Four Seasons – Chameleon (1972)
Four Tops – Changing Times (1970)
Four Tops – Still Waters Run Deep (1970)
Four Tops – Keeper of the Castle (1972)
Four Tops – Nature Planned It (1972)
Four Tops – Main Street People (1973)
Four Tops – Meeting of the Minds (1974)
Frankie Dymon Jr. – Let it Out (1971)
Fred Hughes – Baby Boy (1970)
Freda Payne – Band of Gold (1970)
Freda Payne – Contact (1971)
Freddie North – Friend (1971)
Freddie North – Cuss the Wind (1975)
Frederick Knight – I've Been Lonely for So Long (1973)
Funkadelic – America Eats Its Young (1972)
Funkadelic – Cosmic Slop (1973)
The Futures – Castles in the Sky (1975)
The Fuzz – The Fuzz (1971)

G
The Gap Band – The Gap Band II (1979)
Geater Davis – Sweet Woman's Love (1971)
Gene Page – Blacula (1972)
Gene Page – Hot City (1974)
General Johnson – Generally Speaking (1972)
George McCrae – Rock Your Baby (1974)
Gerson King Combo – Gerson King Combo (1977)
Gil Scott-Heron – Pieces of a Man (1971)
Gil Scott-Heron – Free Will (1972)
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Winter in America (1974)
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Bridges (1977)
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Secrets (1978)
Gladys Knight – Miss Gladys Knight (1978)
Gladys Knight – Gladys Knight (1979)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – If I Were Your Woman (1971)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Standing Ovation (1971)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – All I Need Is Time (1973)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Imagination (1973)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One of Us (1973)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Claudine (1974)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – I Feel a Song (1974)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Knight Time (1974)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – 2nd Anniversary (1975)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – A Little Knight Music (1975)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Pipe Dreams (1976)
The Glass House – Inside the Glass House (1971)
Gloria Jones – Share My Love (1973)
Gloria Scott – What Am I Gonna Do (1974)
Greg Perry – One for the Road (1975)
Greg Perry – Smokin' (1977)
Gregg and Duane Allman – Duane & Greg Allman (1973)
The Grodeck Whipperjenny – The Grodeck Whipperjenny (1970)
Guitar Red – Hard Times (1976)
Gwen McCrae – Rockin' Chair (1975)

H
Harlem River Drive – Harlem River Drive (1971)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – I Miss You (1972)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Black & Blue (1973)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – To Be True (1975)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Wake Up Everybody (1975)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Reaching for the World (1976)
The Headhunters – Straight From the Gate (1977)
Heatwave – Central Heating (1978)
Heatwave – Hot Property (1979)
High Voltage – High Voltage (1972)
Honey Cone – Soulful Tapestry (1971)
Honey Cone – Sweet Replies (1971)
Hot Chocolate – Cicero Park (1974)
Hot Chocolate – Hot Chocolate (1975)
Hot Chocolate – Man to Man (1976)
Hot Chocolate – Every 1's a Winner (1978)
Howard Tate – Howard Tate (1972)
The Human Zoo – The Human Zoo (1970)
Humble Pie – Eat It (1973)
Hyldon – Na rua, na chuva, na fazenda (1975)

I
Ike & Tina Turner – Come Together (1970)
Ike & Tina Turner – Workin' Together (1970)
Ike & Tina Turner – 'Nuff Said (1971)
Ike & Tina Turner – Feel Good (1972)
Ike & Tina Turner – Sweet Rhode Island Red (1974)
Impact – Impact (1976)
The Impressions – Check Out Your Mind (1970)
The Impressions – Times Have Changed (1972)
The Impressions – Preacher Man (1973)
The Impressions – Three the Hard Way (1974)
Inez Foxx – At Memphis (1973)
Irma Thomas – In Between Tears (1973)
Isaac Hayes – ...To Be Continued (1970)
Isaac Hayes – The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Isaac Hayes – Black Moses (1971)
Isaac Hayes – Shaft (1971)
Isaac Hayes – Joy (1973)
Isaac Hayes – Tough Guys (1974)
Isaac Hayes – Truck Turner (1974)
Isaac Hayes – Chocolate Chip (1975)
Isaac Hayes – Groove-A-Thon (1976)
Isaac Hayes – Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) (1976)
Isaac Hayes – New Horizon (1977)
Isaac Hayes – HotBed (1978)
Isaac Hayes – Don't Let Go (1979)
Isis – Isis (1974)
Isis – Ain't No Backin' Up Now (1975)
The Isley Brothers – Get Into Something (1970)
The Isley Brothers – Givin' It Back (1971)
The Isley Brothers – Brother, Brother, Brother (1972)
The Isley Brothers – 3 + 3 (1973)
The Isley Brothers – Live It Up (1974)
The Isley Brothers – The Heat Is On (1975)
The Isley Brothers – Harvest for the World (1976)
The Isley Brothers – Go for Your Guns (1977)
The Isley Brothers – Showdown (1978)
The Isley Brothers – Winner Takes All (1979)

J
J.J. Johnson – Across 110th Street (1972)
J.R. Bailey – Just Me 'n You (1974)
Jackie Wilson – This Love Is Real (1970)
Jackie Wilson – You Got Me Walking (1971)
Jackie Wilson – Beautiful Day (1973)
Jackie Wilson – Nobody but You (1976)
Jackson 5 – ABC (1970)
Jackson 5 – Christmas Album (1970)
Jackson 5 – Third Album (1970)
Jackson 5 – Maybe Tomorrow (1971)
Jackson 5 – Lookin' Through the Windows (1972)
Jackson 5 – Skywriter (1973)
Jackson 5 – Moving Violation (1975)
Jackson Sisters – Jackson Sisters (1976)
The Jacksons – The Jacksons (1976)
The Jacksons – Goin' Places (1977)
The Jacksons – Destiny (1978)
James Brown – It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In (1970)
James Brown – Soul on Top (1970)
James Brown – Get on the Good Foot (1972)
James Brown – The Payback (1973)
James Brown – Hell (1974)
James Brown – Reality (1975)
James Brown – Hot (1976)
James Brown – Bodyheat (1977)
Jean Carne – Jean Carn (1976)
Jean Carne – When I Find You Love (1979)
Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff (1971)
Jean Terrell – I Had to Fall in Love (1978)
Jerry Butler – http://www.youtube.com/Sings Assorted Sounds With the Aid of Assorted Friends and Relatives (1971)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Southern Roots (1973)
Jimmy Cliff – Struggling Man (1973)
Jimmy Lewis – Totally Involved (1974)
Jimmy Smith – In a Plain Brown Wrapper (1971)
Joe Bataan – Mr. New York and the East Side Kids (1971)
Joe Bataan – Saint Latin's Day Massacre (1972)
Joe Bataan – Salsoul (1973)
Joe Cuba Sextet – Bustin' Out (1972)
Joe Simon – The Sounds of Simon (1971)
Joe Simon – Drowning in the Sea of Love (1972)
Joe Simon – The Power of Joe Simon (1973)
Joe Tex – From the Roots Came the Rapper (1972)
Joe Tex – I Gotcha (1972)
Johnnie Taylor – One Step Beyond (1970)
Johnnie Taylor – Taylored in Silk (1973)
Johnnie Taylor – Super Taylor (1974)
Johnnie Taylor – Eargasm (1976)
Johnnie Taylor – Rated Extraordinaire (1977)
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson – Listen (1973)
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson – I Don't Want to Be Alone, Stranger (1975)
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson – Ain't That a Bitch (1976)
Johnny Bristol – Hang On in There Baby (1974)
Johnny Bristol – Feeling the Magic (1975)
Johnny Pate – Brother on the Run (1973)
Johnny Pate – Shaft in Africa (1973)
Johnny Robinson – Memphis High (1970)
Johnny Sayles – Man on the Inside (1973)
Jon Lucien – Rashida (1973)
Jon Lucien – Mind's Eye (1974)
The Jones Girls – The Jones Girls (1979)
Jorge Ben – Fôrça bruta (1970)
Jorge Ben – Negro é lindo (1971)
Jorge Ben – A Banda do Zé Pretinho (1978)
Jr. and His Soulettes – Psychodelic Sounds (1971)
Junior Parker – Love Ain't Nothin' but a Business Goin' On (1972)

K
Kim Tolliver – Come and Get Me, I'm Ready (1973)
Kimberley Briggs – Passing Clouds (1972)
김정미 [Kim Jung Mi] – Now (1973)
King Curtis – Everybody's Talkin' (1972)
King Floyd – King Floyd (1971)
King Floyd – Think About It (1973)
King Hannibal – Truth (1973)
Krystyna Prońko – Deszcz w Cisnej (1978)

L
L.T.D. – Togetherness (1978)
La Clave – La Clave (1973)
Labelle – Gonna Take a Miracle (1971)
Labelle – Labelle (1971)
Labelle – Moon Shadow (1972)
Labelle – Pressure Cookin' (1973)
Labelle – Nightbirds (1974)
Labelle – Phoenix (1975)
Labelle – Chameleon (1976)
Labi Siffre – Remember My Song (1975)
Lamont Dozier – Out Here on My Own (1973)
Lamont Dozier – Black Bach (1974)
Lamont Dozier – Love and Beauty (1974)
Lamont Dozier – Peddlin' Music on the Side (1977)
Larry Graham and Graham Central Station – My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me (1978)
Larry Jon Wilson – New Beginnings (1975)
Larry Jon Wilson – Let Me Sing My Song to You (1976)
Larry Jon Wilson – Loose Change (1977)
Larry Saunders – Free Angela (feat. Others) (1973)
Latimore – Latimore (1973)
Latimore – Let's Straighten It Out - More, More, More Latimore (1974)
Latimore – III (1975)
Latimore – It Ain't Where You Been... (1976)
Laura Lee – Love More Than Pride (1972)
Laura Lee – Two Sides of Laura Lee (1972)
Laura Lee – Women's Love Rights (1972)
Laura Nyro – Smile (1976)
Laura Nyro – Nested (1978)
Lee Dorsey – Yes We Can (1970)
Lee Dorsey – Night People (1978)
Lee Fields – Let's Talk It Over (1979)
Lee Moses – Time and Place (1971)
Lenny Williams – Spark of Love (1978)
Leon & Mary Russell – Wedding Album (1976)
Leon Haywood – Come and Get Yourself Some (1975)
Leon Thomas – Blues and the Soulful Truth (1972)
Leon Ware – Musical Massage (1976)
Leon Ware – Inside Is Love (1979)
Leon's Creation – This Is the Beginning (1970)
Leroy Hutson – Love Oh Love (1973)
Leroy Hutson – The Man! (1974)
Leroy Hutson – Hutson (1975)
Leroy Hutson – Feel the Spirit (1976)
Leroy Hutson – Hutson II (1976)
Letta – Letta (1970)
Letta Mbulu – Naturally (1973)
Linda Lewis – Lark (1972)
Little Beaver – Joey (1972)
Little Johnny Taylor – Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (1972)
Little Johnny Taylor – Open House At My House (1973)
Little Milton – If Walls Could Talk (1970)
Little Milton – Waiting for Little Milton (1973)
Little Milton – Blues 'n' Soul (1974)
Little Richard – The Rill Thing (1970)
Little Richard – King of Rock and Roll (1971)
Little Sonny – Black & Blue (1971)
Little Sonny – Hard Goin' Up (1973)
Loleatta Holloway – Cry to Me (1975)
Loleatta Holloway – Loleatta (1976)
Lorraine Ellison – Lorraine Ellison (1974)
The Lost Generation – The Sly, Slick and the Wicked (1970)
Lou Bond – Lou Bond (1974)
Lou Courtney – I'm in Need of Love (1974)
Lou Johnson – With You in Mind (1971)
Lou Ragland – He Says 'Understand Each Other” (1977)
Lou Rawls – A Man of Value (1972)
Lou Rawls – All Things in Time (1976)
Lou Rawls – Unmistakably Lou (1977)
Lou Rawls – When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All (1977)
Love Unlimited – Love Unlimited (1972)
Love Unlimited – Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited (1973)
Love Unlimited – In Heat (1974)
Love Unlimited – He's All I've Got (1977)
Love Unlimited – Love Is Back (1979)
Love Unlimited Orchestra – Rhapsody in White (1974)
Love Unlimited Orchestra – Together Brothers (1974)
Love Unlimited Orchestra – White Gold (1974)
Love Unlimited Orchestra – Music Maestro Please (1975)
Love Unlimited Orchestra – My Sweet Summer Suite (1976)
Lowrell – Lowrell (1979)
Luiz Melodia – Pérola negra (1973)
Luther Ingram – I've Been Here All the Time (1971)
Luther Ingram – (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right (1972)
Lyn Collins – Think (About It) (1972)
Lyn Collins – Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me by Now (1975)

M
Maarit – Siivet saan (1978)
Maceo & All the King's Men – Funky Music Machine (1972)
The Main Ingredient – Bitter Sweet (1972)
The Main Ingredient – Afrodisiac (1973)
The Main Ingredient – Euphrates River (1974)
Major Harris – My Way (1975)
Major Harris – Jealousy (1976)
The Mamas & The Papas – People Like Us (1971)
The Manhattans – The Manhattans (1976)
Marcos Valle – Garra (1971)
Margie Joseph – Margie Joseph Makes a New Impression (1970)
Margie Joseph – Phase II (1971)
Margie Joseph – Margie Joseph (1973)
Margie Joseph – Sweet Surrender (1974)
Margie Joseph – Feeling My Way (1978)
Maria Muldaur – Southern Winds (1978)
Marie Queenie Lyons – Soul Fever (1970)
Marku Ribas – Marku (1973)
Marlena Shaw – Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? (1975)
Marsha Hunt – Woman Child (1971)
Martha Reeves – Martha Reeves (1974)
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Black Magic (1972)
The Marvelettes – The Return of The Marvelettes (1970)
Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (1971)
Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man (1972)
Marvin Gaye – Diana & Marvin (1973)
Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (1973)
Marvin Gaye – I Want You (1976)
Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear (1978)
Marvin Gaye – Love Man (1979)
Mary McCreary – Butterflies in Heaven (1973)
Mavis Staples – Only for the Lonely (1970)
Mavis Staples – A Piece of the Action (1977)
Maxayn – Maxayn (1972)
Maxayn – Mindful (1973)
Maxayn – Bail Out for Fun (1974)
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly – Maze (1977)
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly – Golden Time of Day (1978)
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly – Inspiration (1979)
Melissa Manchester – Don't Cry Out Loud (1978)
Melvin Van Peebles – What The....You Mean I Can't Sing?! (1974)
Mer-Da – Long Burn the Fire (1972)
Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter (1970)
Merry Clayton – Merry Clayton (1971)
Merry Clayton – Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (1975)
Messengers Incorporated – Soulful Proclamation (1970)
MFSB – Love Is the Message (1973)
MFSB – MFSB (1973)
MFSB – Philadelphia Freedom (1975)
MFSB – Universal Love (1975)
The MG's – The MG's (1973)
Miami – The Party Freaks (1974)
Michael Franks – Sleeping Gypsy (1977)
Michael Henderson – In the Night-Time (1978)
Michael Jackson – Ben (1972)
Michael Jackson – Got to Be There (1972)
Michael Jackson – Music & Me (1973)
Michael Jackson – Forever, Michael (1975)
Miguel de Deus – Black Soul Brothers (1977)
Mike James Kirkland – Hang On in There (1972)
Mike James Kirkland – Doin' It Right (1973)
Millie Jackson – Millie Jackson (1972)
Millie Jackson – It Hurts So Good (1973)
Millie Jackson – Caught Up (1974)
Millie Jackson – Millie (1974)
Millie Jackson – Still Caught Up (1975)
Millie Jackson – Free and in Love (1976)
Millie Jackson – Lovingly Yours (1976)
Millie Jackson – Feelin' Bitchy (1977)
Millie Jackson – Get It Out'cha System (1978)
Millie Jackson – A Moment's Pleasure (1979)
Milton Wright – Friends and Buddies (1975)
Milton Wright – Spaced (1977)
Minnie Riperton – Come to My Garden (1970)
Minnie Riperton – Perfect Angel (1974)
Minnie Riperton – Adventures in Paradise (1975)
Minnie Riperton – Stay in Love: A Romantic Fantasy Set to Music (1977)
Minnie Riperton – Minnie (1979)
The Miracles – Renaissance (1973)
The Miracles – Do It Baby (1974)
The Modulations – It's Rough Out Here (1975)
The Montclairs – Dreaming Out of Season (1972)
Montgomery Express – The Montgomery Movement feat. the Montgomery Express (1974)
Moonlyte – Better Late Than Never (1974)
Mother's Finest – Mother Factor (1978)

N
Nancy Wilson – All in Love Is Fair (1974)
Natalie Cole – Inseparable (1975)
Natalie Cole – Natalie (1976)
Natalie Cole – Thankful (1977)
Natalie Cole – Unpredictable (1977)
Natural Essence – In Search of Happiness (1973)
The Natural Four – Heaven Right Here on Earth (1975)
New Birth – Birth Day (1973)
New Birth – Blind Baby (1975)
The Next Morning – The Next Morning (1971)
Nina Simone – Here Comes the Sun (1971)
Nina Simone – Baltimore (1978)
Nino Ferrer – Nino and Radiah (1974)
Noir – We Had to Let You Have It (1971)
Nolan Porter – No Apologies (1971)
Norma Jean – Norma Jean (1978)

O
O.V. Wright – A Nickel and a Nail and Ace of Spades (1971)
O.V. Wright – Memphis Unlimited (1973)
O.V. Wright – Into Something (Can't Shake Loose) (1977)
O.V. Wright – The Bottom Line (1978)
O.V. Wright – We're Still Together (1979)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
The O'Jays – Ship Ahoy (1973)
The O'Jays – Family Reunion (1975)
The O'Jays – Survival (1975)
The O'Jays – Message in the Music (1976)
The O'Jays – Travelin' at the Speed of Thought (1977)
The O'Jays – So Full of Love (1978)
Odetta – Odetta Sings (1970)
Odyssey – Odyssey (1977)
Ohio Players – Honey (1975)
Ohio Players – Angel (1977)
Oscar Brown Jr. – Movin' On (1972)
Otis Clay – Trying to Live My Life Without You (1972)
Otis Clay – I Can't Take It (1977)
Otis Redding – Tell the Truth (1970)

P
Papa John Creach – Filthy! (1972)
Parliament – Osmium (1970)
Pastor T.L. Barrett – Like a Ship... (Without a Sail) (1971)
Patrice Rushen – Pizzazz (1979)
The Patterson Singers – The Patterson Singers (1972)
Patti Austin – End of a Rainbow (1976)
Patti Austin – Havana Candy (1977)
Patti LaBelle – Patti LaBelle (1977)
Paul Kelly – Dirt (1972)
Paul Kelly – Don't Burn Me (1973)
Paulo Diniz – Quero voltar p'ra Bahia (1970)
Peaches & Herb – 2 Hot! (1978)
People's Choice – Boogie Down U.S.A. (1975)
The Persuaders – Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1972)
The Persuaders – The Persuaders (1973)
The Persuasions – Street Corner Symphony (1971)
The Persuasions – Chirpin' (1977)
Phyllis Hyman – Phyllis Hyman (1977)
Phyllis Hyman – You Know How to Love Me (1979)
Pleasure – Dust Yourself Off (1975)
Pockets – Come Go With Us (1977)
The Pointer Sisters – The Pointer Sisters (1973)
The Pointer Sisters – Steppin' (1975)
The Pointer Sisters – Having a Party (1977)
The Pointer Sisters – Energy (1978)
The Politicians – The Politicians featuring McKinley Jackson (1972)
Prince – For You (1978)
Prince – Prince (1979)
Prince Phillip Mitchell – Make It Good (1978)
Purple Image – Purple Image (1970)

Q
Quincy Jones – Sounds ... And Stuff Like That!! (1978)

R
The Rance Allen Group – A Soulful Experience (1975)
The Rance Allen Group – Say My Friend (1977)
Randy Crawford – Raw Silk (1979)
Rare Earth – Ecology (1970)
Rare Earth – Ma (1973)
Raw Soul Express – Raw Soul Express (1976)
Ray Charles – Volcanic Action of My Soul (1971)
Ray Charles – A Message From the People (1972)
Ray Charles – Renaissance (1975)
Ray, Goodman & Brown – Ray, Goodman & Brown (1979)
Raydio – Raydio (1978)
Raydio – Rock On (1979)
The Reflections – Love on Delivery (1975)
Renée Geyer – Moving Along (1977)
Renée Geyer Band – Ready to Deal (1975)
Rick James – Fire It Up (1979)
Rita Coolidge – The Lady's Not for Sale (1972)
Roberta Flack – Chapter Two (1970)
Roberta Flack – Quiet Fire (1971)
Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly (1973)
Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin' Love (1975)
Roberta Flack – Blue Lights in the Basement (1977)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)
Ronnie McNeir – Ronnie McNeir (1972)
Rose Royce – Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom (1977)
Rose Royce – Strikes Again (1978)
Rose Royce – Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection (1979)
Rotary Connection – Hey Love (1971)
Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (1976)
Ruby Andrews – Everybody Saw You (1970)
Ruby Andrews – Black Ruby (1972)
Ruby Jones – Ruby Jones (1971)
The Ruffin Brothers – I Am My Brother's Keeper (1970)
Rufus – Rufus (1973)
Rufus – Rags to Rufus (1974)
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan – Rufusized (1974)
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan – Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (1975)
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan – Ask Rufus (1977)
Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Chicken (1970)
Ruth Copeland – Self Portrait (1970)

S
S.O.U.L. – What Is It (1971)
S.O.U.L. – Can You Feel It (1972)
Sam & Dave – Back at 'Cha! (1975)
Sam Cooke – The 2 Sides of Sam Cooke (1970)
Sam Dees – The Show Must Go On (1975)
Sammy Davis, Jr. – Now (1972)
Sandra Phillips – Too Many People in One Bed (1970)
Shalamar – Big Fun (1979)
Shirley Bassey – Something (1970)
Shirley Brown – Woman to Woman (1974)
Shirley Brown – Shirley Brown (1977)
Shirley Nanette – Never Coming Back (1973)
Shuggie Otis – Freedom Flight (1971)
Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information (1974)
Simtec & Wylie – Getting Over the Hump (1971)
Sister Sledge – Circle of Love (1975)
Sister Sledge – We Are Family (1979)
Skull Snaps – Skull Snaps (1973)
Sly & The Family Stone – There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
Sly & The Family Stone – Fresh (1973)
Sly & The Family Stone – Small Talk (1974)
Sly & The Family Stone – Back on the Right Track (1979)
Smoke – Risin' (1976)
Smokey Robinson – Smokey (1973)
Smokey Robinson – Pure Smokey (1974)
Smokey Robinson – A Quiet Storm (1975)
Smokey Robinson – Smokey's Family Robinson (1976)
Smokey Robinson – Where There's Smoke.. (1979)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – A Pocket Full of Miracles (1970)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – One Dozen Roses (1971)
Solomon Burke – Electronic Magnetism (1971)
Solomon Burke – Cool Breeze (1972)
Solomon Burke – We're Almost Home (1972)
The Soul Children – Best of Two Worlds (1971)
The Soul Children – Genesis (1972)
The Soul Children – Friction (1974)
The Soul Children – Where Is Your Woman Tonight? (1977)
The Soul Searchers – We the People (1972)
The Soul Searchers – Salt of the Earth (1974)
Sounds of the City Experience – Sounds of the City Experience (1976)
The Southside Movement – The South Side Movement (1973)
Spanky – Doin' It (1970)
Special Delivery – The Lonely One (1976)
The Spinners – 2nd Time Around (1970)
The Spinners – Spinners (1973)
The Spinners – Mighty Love (1974)
The Spinners – New and Improved (1974)
The Spinners – Pick of the Litter (1975)
The Spinners – Happiness Is Being With The Spinners (1976)
Spirit of Atlanta – The Burning of Atlanta (1973)
Stairsteps – 2nd Resurrection (1976)
The Staple Singers – We'll Get Over (1970)
The Staple Singers – The Staple Swingers (1971)
The Staple Singers – Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)
The Staple Singers – Be What You Are (1973)
The Staple Singers – City in the Sky (1974)
The Staples – Pass It On (1976)
Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
Stevie Wonder – Where I'm Coming From (1971)
Stevie Wonder – Music of My Mind (1972)
Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972)
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Stories – About Us (1973)
The Stylistics – The Stylistics (1971)
The Stylistics – Round 2 (1972)
The Stylistics – Rockin' Roll Baby (1973)
The Stylistics – Thank You Baby (1975)
Sugar Billy – Super Duper Love (1975)
The Supremes & The Four Tops – The Magnificent 7 (1970)
The Supremes – New Ways But Love Stays (1970)
The Supremes – Right On (1970)
The Supremes – Touch (1971)
The Supremes – Floy Joy (1972)
Swamp Dogg – Total Destruction to Your Mind (1970)
Swamp Dogg – Rat On! (1971)
Swamp Dogg – Cuffed, Collared and Tagged (1972)
Swamp Dogg – Gag a Maggott (1973)
Swamp Dogg – Have You Heard This Story? (1974)
Sweet Charles – For Sweet People From Sweet Charles (1974)
The Sweet Inspirations – Estelle, Myrna and Sylvia (1973)
Switch – Switch (1978)
Syl Johnson – Is It Because I'm Black (1970)
Syl Johnson – Back for a Taste of Your Love (1973)
Syl Johnson – Diamond in the Rough (1974)
Syl Johnson – Total Explosion (1976)
The Sylvers – The Sylvers (1972)
The Sylvers – The Sylvers II (1973)
Sylvester – Sylvester (1977)
Sylvia – Pillow Talk (1973)
Sylvia Robinson – Sylvia (1976)
Syreeta – Syreeta (1972)
Syreeta – Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Syreeta – One to One (1977)

T
T.N.T.H. – Let's Go Children of the Country (1972)
Taj Mahal – Music Keeps Me Together (1975)
Tami Lynn – Love Is Here and Now You're Gone (1972)
Tamiko Jones – Love Trip (1975)
Tavares – Check It Out (1974)
Tavares – Hard Core Poetry (1974)
Tavares – In the City (1975)
Tavares – Sky High! (1976)
Tavares – Madam Butterfly (1979)
Ted Taylor – Taylor Made (1972)
Teddy Pendergrass – Teddy Pendergrass (1977)
Teddy Pendergrass – Life Is a Song Worth Singing (1978)
Teddy Pendergrass – Teddy (1979)
The Temptations – Psychedelic Shack (1970)
The Temptations – Sky's the Limit (1971)
The Temptations – All Directions (1972)
The Temptations – Solid Rock (1972)
The Temptations – 1990 (1973)
The Temptations – Masterpiece (1973)
The Temptations – A Song for You (1975)
The Temptations – House Party (1975)
The Temptations – The Temptations Do The Temptations (1976)
The Temptations – Wings of Love (1976)
Terry Callier – Occasional Rain (1972)
Terry Callier – What Color Is Love (1972)
Terry Callier – I Just Can't Help Myself (1973)
Terry Callier – Fire on Ice (1978)
Terry Callier – Turn You to Love (1979)
Thelma Houston – Thelma Houston (1972)
Thelma Houston – Any Way You Like It (1976)
The Three Degrees – Maybe (1970)
The Three Degrees – The Three Degrees (1973)
The Three Degrees – International (1975)
Tim Maia – Tim Maia (1970)
Tim Maia – Tim Maia (1971)
Tim Maia – Tim Maia (1972)
Tim Maia – Tim Maia (1973)
Tim Maia – Racional vol. 1 (1975)
Tim Maia – Racional vol. 2 (1975)
Tim Maia – Tim Maia (1976)
Tim Maia – Tim Maia (1977)
Tim Maia – Tim Maia (1978)
Timmy Thomas – Why Can't We Live Together (1972)
Tina Turner – Tina Turns the Country On! (1974)
Tina Turner – Acid Queen (1975)
Tom Brock – I Love You More and More (1974)
Tom Jones – I (Who Have Nothing) (1970)
Tommie Young – Do You Still Feel the Same Way (1973)
Toni Tornado – BR-3 (1971)
Toni Tornado – Toni Tornado (1972)
Tower of Power – East Bay Grease (1970)
Tower of Power – Bump City (1972)
Tower of Power – Tower of Power (1973)
Tower of Power – Back to Oakland (1974)
Tower of Power – Urban Renewal (1975)
Tracy Nelson – Tracy Nelson (1974)
The Trammps – The Legendary Zing Album (1975)
The Trammps – Trammps (1975)
The Trammps – Where the Happy People Go (1976)
Turner Bros. – Act 1 (1974)
The Tymes – Trustmaker (1974)
Tyrone Davis – Turn Back the Hands of Time (1970)
Tyrone Davis – I Had It All the Time (1972)

U
The Undisputed Truth – The Undisputed Truth (1971)
The Undisputed Truth – Face to Face With the Truth (1972)
The Undisputed Truth – Law of the Land (1973)
The Undisputed Truth – Down to Earth (1974)
The Undisputed Truth – Cosmic Truth (1975)
The Undisputed Truth – Higher Than High (1975)
The Undisputed Truth – Method to the Madness (1976)

V
Valerie Simpson – Exposed (1971)
Valerie Simpson – Valerie Simpson (1972)
Various Artists – Gordon's War (1973)
Various Artists – Wattstax 2: The Living Word (1973)
Velvert Turner Group – Velvert Turner Group (1972)
Vicki Sue Robinson – Never Gonna Let You Go (1976)
The Voices of East Harlem – Right On Be Free (1970)
The Voices of East Harlem – The Voices of East Harlem (1973)

W
WAR – All Day Music (1971)
WAR – War (1971)
WAR – The World Is a Ghetto (1972)
WAR – Deliver the Word (1973)
WAR – Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)
Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy – Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy (1970)
Wee – You Can Fly on My Aeroplane (1977)
William Bell – Wow... (1971)
William Bell – Phases of Reality (1972)
William Bell – Coming Back for More (1977)
William DeVaughn – Be Thankful for What You Got (1974)
William S. Fischer – Akelarre (1972)
Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken (1970)
Willie Hutch – Fully Exposed (1973)
Willie Hutch – The Mack (1973)
Willie Hutch – Foxy Brown (1974)
Willie Hutch – The Mark of the Beast (1974)
Willie Wright – Telling the Truth (1977)
Wilson Pickett – Right On (1970)
Wilson Pickett – Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia (1970)
Wilson Pickett – Don't Knock My Love (1971)
Wilson Pickett – Miz Lena's Boy (1973)
Wilson Pickett – Pickett in the Pocket (1974)
Wilson Pickett – Chocolate Mountain (1976)
Wilson Simonal – Simonal (1970)

Y
Yvonne Fair – The Bitch Is Black (1975)

Z
Z.Z. Hill – The Brand New Z.Z. Hill (1971)
Z.Z. Hill – The Best Thing That's Happened to Me (1972)
Z.Z. Hill – I Keep on Lovin' You (1975)

Oooh!!! I'll be in on this!

I think you will know what I want to nominate too

oh, only 10 noms :(

there's 7 funkadelic albums at least I'd want to see on there
then parliament then the spin offs

i don't know if it's too "disco" to count (meh) but "off the wall" is suspiciously missing from the mj run.

Yes, I noticed that. But when I included disco in the RYM chart I got far too many false results. I mean, Moroder is awesome, but not exactly soul.

Oh, and CS, I accept bribes :)

haha

Could you please add all the missing 70s Funkadelic & Parliament & Ohio Players albums then? They are big albums in funk/soul.

Spin offs are more niche and im sure the rest of us could add them between us :)

Funkadelic Albums:

Funkadelic
Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
Maggot Brain
Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
Let's Take It To The Stage
One Nation Under A Groove
Uncle Jam Wants You

Parliament Albums:

Up For The Down Stroke
Chocolate City
Mothership Connection
The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein
Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome
Motor Booty Affair

Ohio Players Albums:

Pain
Pleasure
Ecstacy
Skin Tight
Fire
Contradiction

I've heard like 1% of that list, so I'm not sure I'll be able to vote, but this sounds awesome. I would love to get deep into 70s soul.

70s soul and country have been my biggest digging projects over the past few years, so I'm totally down for this.

Is there a rule on live albums and/or '70s recordings released in later decades? Because I'd nominate James Brown's Love Power Peace.

Also, Aretha's Amazing Grace.

Great list. So many of my favourites are already covered. I'm ready to campaign hard for Syreeta and Minnie Riperton.

Donnie and Joe Emerson – Dreamin' Wild (1979)

Jesus fuck! Can we institute a ban on this album?!

I don't really think of P-Funk as a soul act. The Parliaments, yeah, but that was the 60s.

I mean, have 'em on the list and all, but they're a soul outlier at best.

Eddie Hazel - Games, Dames And Guitar Thangs
Graham Central Station - Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It
Graham Central Station - Release Yourself
Mandrill - Composite Truth
Mandrill - Just Outside Of Town
Mandrill - Is
Mandrill - Mandrill
Mutiny - Mutiny On The Mamaship
Quazar - Quazar
Sweat Band - Sweat Band

funk is a sub-genre of soul!

you would need to lose half the noms if you dont allow funk!

got some nominations for you

Barbara Pennington - Midnight Ride
Evelyn Thomas -I Wanna Make It On My Own
Randy Crawford - Miss Randy Crawford

3/10

look at the master list and all the funk that's in there

OK, I asked the mods to update the original list with the P-funk albums and correct a few errors.

Is there a rule on live albums and/or '70s recordings released in later decades?

I added Amazing Grace and the nominations from Cosmic Slop and soref to the list (offline, will post an update every few days).

Will definitely vote in this--first poll that's interested me in a while--but I'm sure I'll have the same problem as a few other people: almost all my favourite '70s soul albums are compilations. But I understand why you wouldn't want to include them.

Hmm, another side poll?

Oh, Sweat Band was released in 1980, so you get an extra nom, Slop.

(xpost) Good idea.

That RYM list is pretty deep. Every rare/underappreciated album I initially thought of was already accounted for except for these:

Leon Ware - Leon Ware (1972)
Dee Dee Warwick - Turning Around (1970)
Nolan Porter - Nolan (1972)
Paul Kelly - Hooked, Hogtied & Collared (1974)

Is it ever easy to predict the winner of a big genre poll? I would think this one would be, although maybe I'm wrong.

Prob either What's Going On or Songs in the Key of Life, but who knows.

There's so many funk albums I want to nominate!

The Brothers Johnson:

Look Out for #1
Right on Time
Blam!

Bo Diddley – Big Bad Bo (1974)

Checking this out now. I didn't know there was this side to him. It's great stuff.

JF: I was thinking Riot, which won't vote-split.

the omnipresence of that Donnie joe album is starting to scare me... is there backmasking involved or something?

if you change the title btw to soul/funk then there will be no arguments :)

I dont know the Donnie and Joe Emerson – Dreamin' Wild (1979) what have i missed?

Rita Coolidge and Charlie Rich on this list seems weird, but eh (I like both of those albums, too).

I dont know the Donnie and Joe Emerson – Dreamin' Wild (1979) what have i missed?

It's a "long lost" (read: private press album nobody ever heard until a few years ago) that's some pseudo-Hall & Oates shit hipsters love.

What do others think about Elis Regina, Larry Jon Wilson and Stories? I wouldn't call any of them "soul" myself, but maybe I'm missing something.... Fantastic list!

Nominations:
Howard Tate Reaction 1970
Esther Phillips Burnin' 1970
Esther Phillips Confessin' the Blues 1976
Allen Toussaint Life, Love and Faith 1972
The Dells Like It Is Like It Was 1970
Mel & Tim Starting All Over Again 1972
The Miracles City of Angels 1975
Clarence Reid On the Job 1976
Charlie Whitehead Raw Spitt 1970
Junior Parker I Tell Stories Sad and True, I Sing the Blues and Play Harmonica Too, It Is Very Funky 1972

Rita Coolidge and Charlie Rich on this list seems weird
Good call, I removed them from the list.

It's a "long lost" (read: private press album nobody ever heard until a few years ago) that's some pseudo-Hall & Oates shit hipsters love.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 17 September 2016 22:25 (fourteen minutes ago

ahhhh, ilxors

Updated nominations up to here.

What do others think about Elis Regina, Larry Jon Wilson and Stories? I wouldn't call any of them "soul" myself, but maybe I'm missing something....

If something really sticks out I can always remove it, no problem. On the other hand, if it doesn't feel like soul you can just ignore it when voting starts.

The RYM chart was just an easy way to get this poll started.

Discovering Southern Nights last year was a revelation.

yeah that list has just about anything you could want, really. only thing i can think of to add is "mystic syster" by the equals which is, you know, not something i expect to get a hell of a lot of votes.

if we're talking about culling the list, i love that kim jung mi album but it's _not_ when i think of when i think "'70s soul". but if anyone else was planning on voting for "ga na da ra ma ba, my loving korean alphabet", you know, pipe up.

I have one nom left then but got loads I'd like to nominate but I guess we need some Cameo in here

Cameo - Cardiac Arrest

Hope somebody will nominate James Brown's Sex Machine since I managed to miss it.

Could we not have 25 noms or something? you said you could be bribed..... :)

Hold on, I'll PM you my Amazon wishlist.

Why don't you post some YouTubes? They might inspire someone else to nominate your stuff!

Well I'm pretty sure the Betty Davis albums will get nommed at least

is it really necessary to have nominations when you've already curated a list from which people can choose?

just have people vote for their 25 or however-many favorite from this list (or, if they really want to, another record) and count the votes

nominations are needed so everyone has the same correct spellings of the albums otherwise tabulating is a nightmare

Will follow this thread closely I think. I finally read Turn The Beat Around early this year and the chapter on 70s soul (as a precusor to disco) was maybe my favourite section.

it's not a nightmare, it's just ... There are ways to make it not a big deal. But it's more fun to list

How hard could it be to just look out for misspellings, it's not like there are hundreds of ballots, argh why do I care

*whispers* also the list of albums the voters are going to copy and paste from is right at the top of this thread

why does it bother you?

People have their own faves they want to vote for.

Having nominations allows discussion on albums before voting and might lead to people discovering albums to vote for.

the reason why people need to nominate albums is because a.) this list doesn't contain "off the wall," b.) it does contain "osmium" which is like the most psychedelic and rock-oriented album in the p-funk universe that isn't actually by funkadelic and it's also the ONLY parliament album, c.) rate your music is not an infallible source (you got a buncha jorge ben albums on there and no milton nascimento...so which '70s m.p.b. artists are "soul" and which aren't? etc etc), and d.) come on, now.

I finally read Turn The Beat Around early this year and the chapter on 70s soul (as a precusor to disco) was maybe my favourite section.

Lol same here

What book is that?

i misunderstood k3vin k's post + my posts were stupid, forgive my shitposting

jorge ben doesn't make sense on here to me, either

xp T

xp Turn The Beat Around by Peter Shapiro

Yeah, I'll definitely vote for this.

Having nominations allows discussion on albums before voting and might lead to people discovering albums to vote for.

^ this! I put the word CAMPAIGNING in the title for a reason, you know. I'd love to see videos of deep cuts or cool tracks you discovered from the album list.

Just by randomly searching for names and titles I already found these gems that I wouldn't have heard otherwise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypFbS5pJc1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUD4KSnR5v8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_9lZG91cyY
(see, nominations DO work!)

Now That's What I Call Poll!

Of course this board has jumped on all the big cracks in the master list already, I would struggle with 10 new nominees at this point but I've got one off the top of my head that I will gleefully embed selections from presently

Edwin Birdsong - Supernatural (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WhlUYCqCMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5r2fTKASY

if you only have a minute and twenty-one seconds to spare please spend it on that first cut, the chorus will convince you otherwise

wow @ mystic syster just upthread, wtf eddy grant who knew

This is legit one of my favorite songs of the 70s in any genre by any artist, and it's completely unheralded...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba8_E_WRN2w

(Feel free to listen to and fall in love with Black Ruby, and then vote for it.)

Would be better if everyne used the shortened urls so they dont embed otherwise this thread will be impossible to open for some

Baby Huey - Hard Times
https://youtu.be/FFZ58rJiE4k

Linda Jones - Your Precious Love

https://youtu.be/ZY7fZ95XfMY

Prophecy fulfillment:

Betty Davis - Betty Davis
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
Betty Davis - Nasty Gal

3/10

I'm curious as to how rigidly "soul" is being defined here. As with Off the Wall, I'm wondering how Donna Summer's first two records count as "soul" but her disco ones do not. I (or someone else) could easily nominate them, I suppose, but how strictly do *we* want to enforce a definition of "soul," is basically what I'm asking.

would it be disappointing if, hypothetically, a disco or funk record won the soul poll?

Yeah, maybe it should be a 1970's r'n'b albums poll?

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
Elvis Presley - That's the Way It Is
Chic - Risqué
The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas

5/10

xp

Short answer, yes.

Longer answer, both disco and funk were offshoots of r&b and soul, and by a certain point in the decade, no label was really concentrating on soul records anymore and not many artists were really recording soul records anymore, so if a disco or funk record were to win it's only because it would've been the result of soul having such a diminished presence for at least the last third of the 70s.

Rasputin's Stash - Rasputin's Stash
Commodores - Zoom
Dusty Springfield - Cameo
Brick - A Good High
Michael Henderson - Solid

5/10

if you ban funk then that means no Curtis Mayfield, Isley Brothers etc not just parliament/funkadelic or ohio players.

You would need to remove half of the nominated albums.

Why not just make it a soul & subgenres poll and enjoy listening to some albums

yeah, there is no point in not including funk/disco...ojays "love train" is basically a disco template, still soul

no curtis, james brown, isley brothers, funkadelic, parliament, stevie wonder - innervisions, sly & the family stone and loads of others would be daft

What is soul?
I don't know, huh!
Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes, yeah

What is soul? Hehhehheh
I don't know
Huh
Soul, soul is the ring around your bathtub

What is soul?
I don't know
Huh, uh
Soul is a joint rolled in toilet paper

[Repeat: 3X]
Lalalala, ladada

Boo, boo, boo, bom, bom, bom

What is soul
Man, I don't know, huh
Soul is rusty ankles and ashy kneecaps

What is soul
Man, I don't know
Soul is chitlins foo yung

What is soul
Man, I told ya, I don't know
Huh
Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes
Oh, get on down now!
Yeah

I'm not advocating banning disco or funk, but at what point does this stop being a poll about soul records and start becoming a poll about "music black artists made in the 70s"?

Matthew Larkin Cassell - Pieces
Ray Charles - True to Life
Double Exposure - Fourplay
Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine
Chic - C'est Chic
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am

even if there was a soul poll then a funk poll just imagine the fighting over what should be eligible for either poll

Look, if you think soul is such a vague/broad category than you can't identify a soul record when you hear it, then sure...vote for P-Funk or Donna Summer. I ain't gonna.

I have to agree with Cosmic Slop; but Johnny Fever also OTM earlier about the evolution of soul music in the latter part of the decade. So funk and disco are OK, but a country record with a soul cover buried on the second side is not OK, even it is for some reason included on the master list (not that anyone was going to vote for that record anyway...)

if you just say its a Soul/Funk/Disco poll then problem solved

I'm not advocating banning disco or funk, but at what point does this stop being a poll about soul records and start becoming a poll about "music black artists made in the 70s"?

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever)

when we cut larry jon wilson from the list. :)

hard to exclude funk and disco from the poll - but the results won't really be "ILX's ultimate soul records" I guess

that's for a different poll/discussion maybe, most soulful records of the 70s or smth

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall
Donny Hathway - Live
Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude

Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out in
Rick James - Bustin' Out Of L Seven
Sly Stone - High On You

Bernie Worrell - All The Woo In The World
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy Player of the Year
Brass Construction - Brass Construction
Brothers Johnson - Right On Time
Meters - Fire On The Bayou
Slave - Slave
Slave - The Concept
Slave - Just a Touch of Love

^ awesome choices!!!

Hall &Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette

This sounds like my type of poll, here's my nominations:

Nina Simone - Emergency Ward!
Nina Simone - Black Gold
Andy Bey - Experience and Judgment
A Taste of Honey - A Taste of Honey
Patti Austin - Havana Candy
The Jones Girls - The Jones Girls
Crown Heights Affair - Dream World
Leon Thomas - Full Circle
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Just Family
Kimiko Kasai - Butterfly

~~~Nominations updated~~~

I didn't include Elvis Presley's That's the Way It Is unless someone can make a good case about this album.

D.A.M: Right on Time was nominated before, so you get an extra slot.

Tuomas, three of your picks were already on the list, so you get three more.

James Brown - Revolution of the Mind

Nina Simone - Emergency Ward!
Nina Simone - Black Gold

Just got into these recently; absolutely stunning stuff.

did you realise Humble Pie were on the list?

Here is a collaborative Spotify playlist for everyone to add their nominated albums/subscribe

https://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/5R8i82XYP9T7f6HnpUsDv1
or paste this in your search bar
spotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:5R8i82XYP9T7f6HnpUsDv1
and click on subscribe/follow

I made an online spreadsheet with all the nominations (never used Zoho before, let's see how that works out).

Nominations list

Added James Brown, deleted Humble Pie.

anyone can add their nominations to the spotify playlist so get on it!

Tuomas, that Andy Bey album is gorgeous!

Okay, here's three more:

Ramp - Come into Knowledge
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
George Duke - Don't Let Go

(xxxxpost)

Tuomas, that Andy Bey album is gorgeous!

It is indeed, it's my favourite foreplay music of all time.

lol @ Streisand being on the list

A bit too slow for actual fucking, but awesome for some sensual loving!

(xpost)

xp - Do you mean this 1972 Flack/Hathaway album? AllMusic says the 'featuring' album was released in 1980.

I meant the "Featuring" album... My copy of it says 1979, and so does Wikipedia. Don't know why Allmusic would say it's from 1980.

Allmusic is increasingly unreliable and of questionable use.

johnny fever: Shirley Bassey is on it too (she's the UK megastar of Streisand stature on the list, is she known in the US?)

Can I make a suggestion? For those worried about funk in the poll, it would be fairer if say only albums with vocals on it should be allowed? (Not Kool & The Gang style chanting of the early jazzy funk albums)

also here is Rate Your Music's funk of the 70s. I dont think the jazz-funk stuff like herbie hancock or miles davis should be allowed, but all of this is purely up to arch carrier of course!

http://tinyurl.com/RYM-Funk-70s

re: Bassey - is she known in the US?

Sure, though for most people here she's just known for Bond themes and that Propellers song from the 90s.

xp - Let's not make it too complicated. I don't want the final voting thread to be something like 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS BY BLACK ARTISTS WITH VOCALS POLL!!!

BTW, Shirley Bassey's cover of 'Light My Fire' from that Something album is pretty good. I'm leaving it on the list. Streisand has to go, though.

Last one for tonight...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcL8SvyKtE4

I'm mostly going to sit and watch and learn I think - and try and work out how the hell to put a ballot together.

For the record that Andy Bey album is the nuts. And, tangentially, his cover of River Man is a thing to behold.

Will think about this for a bit, this is all I have so far:

Caston and Majors - Caston and Majors
Carol Douglas - Midnight Love Affair

with so many nominees already it might be fun to give everyone 10 or 20 de-nominations as well, see if we can't cull the herd a bit

If you spot another Streisand-level anomaly, just let me know and I'll delete it from the list. No need for de-nominations - I don't want to get into a fight with Cosmic Slop because one of you wanted to remove one of his beloved funk albums!

If you don't like something, just don't vote for it.

~~~Nominations updated~~~

Can we have:

Them Changes by Buddy Miles.

dunno if I'll bother voting in this but imo fwiw the term/genre descriptor "soul" is 100% derived from marketing + commercial segregation (ie that wonderful American intersection of racism and commerce), so I have no problem with accepting the "music black artists made in the 70s" definition of "70s soul". There's no aesthetic criteria that you can credibly apply to delineate genre boundaries.

Well, obv this is for another thread and another time and level of discourse, but aren't there aesthetic boundaries between soul and funk and funk and slick American black music in the '70s? Between Isaac Hayes and Allen Toussaint, and weren't musicians aware of the boundaries when they made the music to fit the expectations of their audience and their own aesthetic standards? I don't think it's all about marketing, myself, though of course that enters into it. Chic isn't even "black music" in some ways, actually, though the rhythm section attack and the vocal blend derives from certain black models. I'm just advocating keeping musicians' intentions in mind when you're talking about slippery genre classifications/taxonomies.

aren't there aesthetic boundaries between soul and funk and funk and slick American black music in the '70s

they're pretty porous, is the problem - especially when we're talking albums that in many cases (Hayes and Toussaint being good examples) actually contain a range of aesthetic styles.

Which is not to say that your point about musicians' intentions and approaches is not a good one - but it would open the poll up to accepting, say, certain jazz artists' certain 70s records as being classified as soul (Eugene McDaniels? Les McCann?) and then people would bitch about that because those guys are JAZZ guys, that's the circuit and milieu they came out of.

So what matters more: the way the record sounds (taken in the context of other similar-sounding records)? Or the way the record was marketed, distributed, broadcast, etc.?

Yeah, I'm really not advocating any change in the poll itself. The poll already has for example Minnie Riperton. Come to My Gardenisn't a "soul" record; it's a pop jazz record. She doesn't sing in a gospel or blues style and the songs and arrangements derive from jazz and sophisticated '60s pop, like Bacharach and David. But the same producer, Charles Stepney, also made records with the Dells, which have some of the same oddball pop characteristics, but they're identifiable as "soul" because the Dells sing in a gospel-derived manner. I see this as a good example of the intention Stepney had for each project. The question of "sounds like" vs. "marketed, distributed, broadcast" is a good one. A lot of great Southern soul never got outside the South, but that doesn't mean that someone who liked Les McCann and Terry Callier might not also like Jimmy Hughes or Eddie Floyd and would take them as variants on a spectrum of sounds that would register as "soulful." I'd go with "sounds like." You're right, the boundaries are porous but only become so...in the late '60s and into '70s; in the '60s "soul" meant down-home stuff, Aretha and Otis, and only later, with the Stylistics and the Chi-Lites, and the Four Tops' later stuff and the Temptations, does it show the influence of Sly Stone and psychedelic music and the so forth. Seems that way to me, at least. But in the case of McCann or Eugene McDaniels, it's kinda like talking about Wes Montgomery on A&M--he was consciously remaking himself in the image of another kind of music so he could be marketed more profitably....

YESSSSSSS!!!! excited about this!

Glad someone nomed Caston and Majors. imo Frank Caston was one of the finest producers of the period, mostly working with Kendricks. Here's my fave from the C&M album which contains one of my favorite jamerson basslines:

https://youtu.be/6o1q1QIp110

The Blackbyrds - The Blackbyrds
The Blackbyrds - Flying Start
The Blackbyrds - City Life
Commodores - Machine Gun
Commodores - Caught in the Act
Commodores - Movin' On
Slave - The Hardness of the World
The Meters - Rejuvenation
Cameo - We All Know Who We Are
Cameo - Ugly Ego

~~~ Nominations updated ~~~

If The Stylistics and Otis Redding belong to the same genre than there's place for Sly and Chic in there too imo.

excellent nominations by turrican

*then obviously

It's hard to find albums that haven't been nominated and someone might conceivably vote for! Lou Bond, Margie Joseph, Undisputed Truth,...they're all there!

I got one:

The Supremes - High Energy

Can we do a tracks poll too at some point? I know we did disco a while back but...

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Van Morrison - Moondance
David Bowie - Station to Station

7/10

Some Delaney & Bonnie albums are probably worth discussing as well. Station to Station is pushing it but Boz and Van are legit imo.

Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer

i'm really anticipating others proselytizing for the noms on (presumably) the voting thread. besides stevie + (imo) the delfonics 3rd and (imo) dramatics "what you see", i'm pretty ignorant of other masterpieces. i know bits and pieces..

the meters' fire on the bayou is a recent discovery that made me go "wow!". only heard it once, though.

winter of america, too, that's a recent discovery that hit me hard.

i suppose i'm still in love with you is just about perfect, too.

I don't think I have ever knowingly heard a Boz Scaggs song

something about that name just makes me think... nope

you should check his first album out, self-titled, muscle shoals dudes, duane allman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlaOblu34Wk

sorry bout the embed, Cosmic Slop

My ballot will probably end up being just Thom Bell stuff.

To Bonnie from Delaney and Motel Shot are great '70s Delaney and Bonnie. Also in the white-soul dept., Frankie Miller's Toussaint-produced Highlife, 1974.

This has got me going back to Terry Callier's 70's albums and. . . holy hell, that guy was something else.

Occasional Rain will most likely be very high on my ballot.

I don't know that much about Eugene McDaniels but the Headless Heroes album is definitely soul and damn good at that.

I think the polemic about Jorge Ben is that he's not really 'soul' but 'Samba Soul', him and Tim Maia were pioneers in mixing funk and soul with Brazilian rhythms, it's still 'soul' I think but the latin rhythms makes it very distinct to the point it feels like a completely different genre than 'soul'.

There are other samba soul artists in the 70's influenced by both... top of my head: Marcos Valle, Di Melo, Banda Black Rio, Dom Salvador. Here's the albums (think all of these are on the noms list) if you want to take a side-dish to hear how soul and funk were appropriated down there.

Di Melo - s/t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7xwo7HW9g8

Luiz Melodia - Perola Negra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efg8Th__apc

Marcos Valle - Garra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMUkfEvaH80

Can we do a tracks poll too at some point? I know we did disco a while back but...

i'm really anticipating others proselytizing for the noms on (presumably) the voting thread.

Thanks for those Brazilian picks, Moka. I only discovered Jorge Ben a few weeks ago through Pitchfork's 70s list, and everything I've heard so far sounds great.

I always thought of a 1920s blues singer when I read the name Boz Scaggs :)

I will update the noms list after I take the kids to school, but Moondance? Really?

I woke up with Madeline Bell's 'Picture Me Gone' in my head. Too bad it was released three years too early. Is anyone familiar with her albums from the 70's? She's not yet on the list.

re: Terry Callier, AllMusic has a terrific Thom Jurek review of Occasional Rain:

(...)The other classic tune from this session is the title cut. This beautiful and startling psychedelic soul tune is unlike anything else in Callier's catalog. Stepney adds multi-channel sound effects, tiny little organ tones that float through each channel beginning at the end of certain lines seemingly randomly. As an acoustic guitar plays atop a church organ which swells in the middle eight to fill out a shelf underneath Callier's voice, it feels like an entire universe floating between one channel and the next (especially on headphones!). It can even be startling, as those sounds, even though they are expected, are kind of a shock -- you'll need to listen through it a couple of times to get the full meaning of the Callier's gorgeous songwriting.(...)

And if you need any more reasons to listen to this guy, here's the awesome cover of his next LP:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/924/MI0001924115.jpg

I always love it when I discover the source of a well-known sample by accident. I just found the "See what's happenin'" bit in the Beastie Boys' 'Get It Together', in Eugene McDaniels' 'Headless Heroes'.

~~~ Nominations updated ~~~

Moondance is pretty uncontroversially described as a blue eyed soul landmark no?

Well, all Van Morrison albums are blue-eyed soul albums, mostly all good.
There are also a lot of Brazilian records from the '70s that are influenced by soul. Jorge Ben's stuff is more like samba mildly flavored with something approximating American funk rhythms, but really they have little to do with North American music. He's like the Brazilian Richie Havens but more melodic--plays the same guitar lick in every song.

Edd, did you listen to the Di Melo album Moka posted upthread? The vocals make it sound exotic, but otherwise it's almost pure soul.

And I'll add Moondance to the list in my next update.

Dusty Springfield - A Brand New Me

I don't think Ben really belongs in this poll, but "the Brazilian Richie Havens" is a pretty outrageous characterization

Best discoveries of the day for me:

The Human Zoo - 'Gonna Take Me a Ride'
I've seen them described as 'garage soul', but on headphones this sounds like it was recorded in an attic, with the singer in the middle of the room, a transistor radio playing the backbeat on the far left and a few musicians on the right.

Lou Bond - 'For the Establishment'
One of those songs that could go on for hours and I wouldn't care. Those repeating four trombone(?) notes in the last five minutes, just massive.

Excellent picks Arch. This is going to be a hard poll, I think I'd actually prefer to have a tracks poll to highlight stuff in small doses. Too many great albums in here it's impossible to go through them all.

Btw fans of Terry Callier: The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier is probably one of my favorite albums from the 60's but I haven't listened almost anything he released in the 70's. Where should I start?

Shit had no idea he was still alive and making music that 2008 album is sounding great.

Oh wait he died in 2012. Still, had no idea he continued making music...

Listening to 'What Color Is Love" and it sounds very much like Nick Drake but cooler? The orchestration and rhythms are way better and there's some sexy vibe that Nick Drake never had, must be the soul.

The folk/soul and even opera elements are very original... any other artist that had this sort of sound back then?

Check out "Dancing Girl" from the same album, Moka.

Lovely Uncle Terry. I've got a print of What Colour is Love on my wall.

I think that and Occasional Rain are the two to go for, initially at least. The latter is more a suite and more abstract. It's got a pretty stellar cast - Minnie Ripperton's trills on the title track are quite astonishing. Damn the weather man...

this rym list looks good:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/antreas72heep/make_this_new_thang__funky_papa__my_100_fave_funk_soul_tracks_/1/

Great track from the second Mer-Da album, which is one of my favorite soul records of the '70s: https://youtu.be/Iz4w02ONYIo

"Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.," from the Miracles' awesome City of Angels:
https://youtu.be/1h6OVwvAiIs

I like those Black Mer-Da albums but I really wish they were better produced, they're just so dry and unadorned. Really would've benefited from some more creative engineering choices, reverb, etc.

Interesting to see everyone's idea of soul from this period. My picks will be straight from the charts mostly.... Smokey, Temptations, Chi-lites, Roberta Flack and such. Anyway this is maybe my favorite music ever.

Found the Trouble Man soundtrack recently. 10 minutes of Cleo's Apartment -> Theme from Trouble Man is heaven. I have no idea really how Marvin Gaye is appreciated since I live in his hometown, other than the praise for what's going on. he has such a deep catalog

you are everything is you ohohhhhh

this rym list looks good:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/antreas72heep/make_this_new_thang__funky_papa__my_100_fave_funk_soul_tracks_/1/

― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy),

This has inspired me to make a list of my own in case a tracks poll is ever run, I'm starting with the more obvious one so don't expect anything particularly interesting or deep cuts until I finish it (hopefully wont take me long... 100 soul/funk songs seems easy):

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/moteldemoka/mokas-top-100-funk-soul-tracks/

Guys, what about reggae soul? Alton Ellis per example was rocksteady but he was certainly related to soul. "I'm Still in Love With You", "What Does It Take?" per example.

I mean he doesn't have the best soul albums by a long shot but he deserves a namedrop so this is me namedropping him.

I will keep an eye on your list Moka. Have you heard the Creative Source cover of 'What Is He...'?
https://youtu.be/bSGLTbXh_JU

And unless I'm completely sick of numbers and spreadsheets after this poll, I'm definitely planning on doing a tracks poll right after we finish the album rollout.

So keep building those temp lists and posting YouTubes! :)

I know the Meshell Ndegeocello cover which is good but doesn't really change much from the original. I did not know this version you posted it's pretty good! Less Soul and more Funk and Disco, reminds me of what The Sisters Love did with Curtis' "gimme your love" (also Danny Krivitz 8 min extended edit from the 80's).

Real-life giggle at this piece of dialogue at the end of Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.:

- "Some of the finest women are in the gay bars."
- "Hey but dig, Bob, how do you know they women?"
- "Well uh..."

definitely anticipating the tracks poll because there are some great soul records by people who didn't get records (patti jo comes to mind first but also gloria ann taylor)

Are soundtracks allowed? If so I'd like to nominate The Wiz OST, if only for Michael Jackson's funky as hell 'You Can't Win'

Also I've just discovered 'Medley' on the 5th Dimension 'Portrait' album from the master list. This is spectacular - the funkiest version of the American Declaration of Independence(!) I have ever heard.

patti jo comes to mind first but also gloria ann taylor

OTM

One of my favourite albums on the list is Smokin' by Greg Perry. The last two songs are some of my favourite productions in music ever. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes the slicker side of 70s soul.

https://youtu.be/1ZtQivd797k

My favourite album on the entire list is Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta. I know she already has fans on here but if you don't know that record it's well worth hearing. Her voice is incredible and the songs every song is a winner. The second side is kind of like the soul Abbey Road, but without the filler.

https://youtu.be/t4Ug_-WYey8

Another gorgeous album on the list is 2nd Resurrection by Stairsteps. Again, the production is just so good. This song is as lush as soul music gets.

https://youtu.be/dZ-u_0-KiC8

Are soundtracks allowed?

Some Ohio Players
https://youtu.be/Y47G-Wa4qfs

Slave - Slide
https://youtu.be/y1tKTjRgJuE

Black Nasty - Talkin To The People
https://youtu.be/B1LV1OsD4cU

My fave piece of music from the 70s
Chairmen Of The Board - Life & Death
https://youtu.be/H0jDFLjJHdw

The best hit single/anthem that never was
Mandrill - Ape Is High
https://youtu.be/kr55GRDYpkg

Mutiny - Lump.
https://youtu.be/LuxIYhnapUs

Guaranteed to get your asses moving

~~~ Nominations updated ~~~

Paul Kelly's 1970 "509." I believe this was cut in Muscle Shoals.
https://youtu.be/zJDhfl3RpNU

xp We have exactly 1111 albums at the moment!

Howard Tate's "Little Volcano," from Reaction, not his best album, but this is a great track.
https://youtu.be/JpZ3bPZdtek

Awesome picks, everybody. My tip of the day:

Alice Clark - Charms of the Arms of Love

Cameo - Rigor Mortis
https://youtu.be/nQY1jCbrC2k

Maia and Ben live '81:
https://youtu.be/Sce1SSzuNzs

I don't care for the Meters' later albums because they lost the eccentricity that made the best of their Josie instrumentals so great, but this 1970 track is a master class in drumming and a great example of the interplay they had before someone convinced them they had to be a vocal group. Beefheart shoulda got Ziggy Modeliste to play with him.
"Rigor Mortis"
https://youtu.be/tgdKApyrtuA

Added a few more tracks to my list... I think I'm on 13 now. So want to ask some questions about 'Where Are We Going?', hopefully one of you is geeky enough to know the full story.... I've been in love with that song for the past years and adding it to the list I noticed a strange story. Here's the song:

Donald Byrd version: https://youtu.be/tTFFt8bimp4
Marvin Gaye version: https://youtu.be/56AgF4gSSZQ
Falcon Punch - Donald's Bird (nice remix of Donald Byrd's version): https://youtu.be/W7TCRdBE6Ns

So, this song was originally written by Marvin Gaye for his 'Let's Get It On' album in 1972 but the song was never released and got shelved like for 30 years. Donald Byrd loved it and released a version with some really smooth arrangements a year later. Question is: anyone knows the full story? Why was the song shelved when it could've been one of the best cuts in an already classic album. How come Donald Byrd got the song? Was he friends with Gaye? Just tell me anything you know about this song I love it.

Larry Mizell interview from 2006. I bet Motown had more than one set of producers trying to cut with Gaye, and perhaps Motown wasn't happy with the Mizells' results. I've never read anything about Donald Byrd and Gaye, and don't know if there's anything out there that goes into more detail on this. But there is a documentary in the works about What's Going On. The song was done after that album, not during the sessions--see below.

No, we made three cuts. It was three, right? Marvin only overdubbed only two of them with vocals. What happened was, Marvin was in a sophomore slump after What’s Going On. Berry Gordy thought it was too political, but when he put it out it influenced everybody, it just knocked everybody out. So Marvin had to come up with something else and he was tripping, he was in a creative slump. So Motown had meetings to bring in other producers to write tunes with Marvin, and Marvin’s perfectly capable of coming up with smash hits off the yin yang. But this time the procedure got started, Marvin agreeably went in and did the overdubs. And then we came to our senses; there were other politics happening, too, but the records got shelved. It ended up, this particular song and the other one, the one that got released on Marvin, "Where Are We Going," since we knew they weren’t coming out we cut those songs on Donald Byrd. If you notice on the Donald Byrd album the publishing is listed as Jobete, which is Motown’s publishing company. We were anticipating they would never come out but after Motown was sold to Universal "Where Are We Going" came out. Yeah, it was supposed to be the follow-up. After working at Motown we moved forward to start our own production company, Skyhigh Productions.

Thank you! Donald Byrd's version is amazing but it would be perfect with Gaye on vocals. Which I had the ability to mash em up.

Kitchen Person, have you heard Blue Magic? Possibly even lusher than the Stairsteps:

https://youtu.be/eamL5JBdcM8

ugh they lost me when they quoted fucik. hate fucik.

Kitchen Person, have you heard Blue Magic? Possibly even lusher than the Stairsteps:

― ArchCarrier

I have this song on a compilation but it's the only one I've heard by them. I'll check out the album before voting.

Two of their albums are on YouTube; I especially like this one from their self-titled:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv-2uus7Jhc

My favorite party radio stream just played 'The Groove Line', but this one is nice as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQdUCCeHekM

OK guys, I'm cancelling the poll. I just heard the first two Stylistics albums for the first time, and I won't accept the fact that something else might finish above these two masterpieces.

So thanks and enjoy yourselves while I go and listen to 'Children of the Night' once again.

lol

Also, if you really did want to cancel, that reason is valid.

I assume everyone will have those two in their top 5. The Stylistics are out of this world.

'Children of the Night' is amazing! I personally can't stand the Stylistics for more than three songs at a time tho, I find that specific kind of falsetto grating. They're mighty fine albums I agree, I just prefer them in small doses.

Pff, you sound like my wife. She just turned off You Make Me Feel Brand New! :(

so everything in that RYM list is going to be a choice in the poll (plus additional nominations) or do we have to nominate from that RYM list?

anyways just want to plug those gil scott heron albus w/ brian jackson, those are incredible

Marcos: The constantly updated RYM list is the longlist to vote from. No need to nominate the nominations :)

The voting period will be one week only (October 7-14), rollout soon after that.

cool thnaks!

The only GSH I've heard yet is a few songs off Pieces of a Man, but I felt the opening track >>>> the rest. Do you have any particular favorites from those albums?

the Bottle
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Lady Day and John Coltrane
Home is Where the Hatred Is
Did You Hear What They Said?

My favourite is the Midnight Band one - First Minute of A New Day. It doesn't look like it's listed as it goes. Can we add it please?

I'll do that tomorrow morning, off to bed now.

From South Africa to South Carolina is my favorite of the GSH-Brian Jackson albums

The only GSH I've heard yet is a few songs off Pieces of a Man, but I felt the opening track >>>> the rest. Do you have any particular favorites from those albums?

― ArchCarrier

You need this in your life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpNUqNe0U5g

Also Outic recommendations are pretty much his best songs.

I made a thread about my favorite soul from this period btw: lush post-1970 soul music from motown / tamala / atlantic is the best shit ever

I don't think there's any controversy regarding Tim Maia as a soul artist is there? If you don't know his Racional series you should take a listen it's pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPEbJ2nk16g

James Brown - There It Is

7/10

I made a thread about my favorite soul from this period btw

Am I the only one to consider The Delfonics debut sort of epochal? It is schmaltzy at places but that only undercuts how beautiful the stuff that works is. It's like hearing something new and amazing come out of the most unlikely places. Thom Bell made sterile, over the top soul heavenly for the first time imo. The Stylistics albums are better but they are fully formed. I find the tension in La La Means I Love You fascinating. Hope I can get into the self titled more by the time voting starts. It never grabbed me as much.

*underlines not undercuts obviously

~~~ Nominations updated ~~~

Rose Banks - Rose

James Brown - There It Is

YES!!! What a great record.

My favorite Brown.

Update: The Delfonics self titled is pretty af

xps pretty much all GSH albums from the 70s are excellent imo

Like the Delfonics but love the Stylistics. "People Make the World Go Round" is absolutely amazing.

I totally agree. It just keeps going, so great.

At the moment I'm completely (or should I say 'stone'?) in love with 'Peek-a-Boo'. From reading the lyrics of the chorus ("Peek-a-boo / Guess who's watching you?") you'd expect some Rockwell-type of cokey paranoia, but the sweetness of the Stylistics makes it even more creepier.

Oh, and rushomancy: the word about 'Mystic Syster' is spreading. From the Eddy Grant thread:

Mystic Syster: holy shit!
― hardcore dilettante, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 6:37 AM (nine hours ago)

I'm only listening to the namesake album for the first time, but this track is just gorgeous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HhV3Slqtvw

Best thing about 'Peek-a-boo' is the way they put the emphasis on 'boo-hoo' instead of on 'pea-heak', which is what you (or I at least) would expect.

Last night, I was just reading about Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in John A. Jackson's A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul. I liked this quote about how Gamble & Huff picked the right material for the groups the produced:

The surprise success of the Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes album stemmed from the stirring combination of the voices of the group, the arrangements of Bobby Martin and Thom Bell, and the production of Gamble and Huff. It was also due in part to Gamble and Huff’s uncanny knack of recognizing what type of music a certain artist, and a particular set of circumstances, warranted. In this instance, it meant eliciting an entire album of ballads from a group that thrived on the varied repertoire of song styles offered in their stage act. “Imagine that!” marveled Bernard Wilson thirty years later. “We wouldn’t have done it like that.” We Blue Notes, he said, “didn’t know we were a ballad group” and would have put several “fast tunes” on the album. Most surprising, Wilson claimed that if the group had chosen the album’s songs, “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” would not have survived the final cut. “Shows you how much we knew!” chuckled the singer.

That book comes highly recommended BTW.

After reading about the sad fate of Billy Paul I want to give a shout-out to the opening track of Going East:
https://youtu.be/lFIfzOy0v7Q
(unfortunately the rest of the album didn't grab me the way this one did).

I also really like his cover of 'Your Song':
https://youtu.be/DbgYUj3jQoI

"Oh, and rushomancy: the word about 'Mystic Syster' is spreading."

glad to hear it, though not surprised- once you hear the record it basically sells itself. :)

Soul and Funk is impossible to choose... I'm going through the 'deeper' cuts in my collection and everything sounds good... I don't think I'll ever complete a top 100... Top 500 mayhaps and that's without counting all the treasures in the genres which I don't know about.

I understand why there's so many house and techno tracks... it's usually a one man job and you don't need studio time to make and release music whenever you want, but how in the hell are there so many soul and funk singles in the 60s and 70s!? Distribution wasn't that easy back then and you definitely need a studio to record soul and funk. There's still lost albums and singles from the decade coming out today and they sound expensive! Thousands of garage rock gems being found doesn't surprise me, they might as well be demos that noone heard but when I hear a lost soul track from the 70's it rarely sounds cheap or homemade. I dont get it

Those Thom Bell groups are really special. Part of it is due to William Hart, Russell Thompkins and Bobby Smith being the best ad libbers in the game.

Album cover of the day:
http://i.imgur.com/tzpcquJ.jpg

And a few good full albums I found on YouTube the last couple of days:

Marlena Shaw ‎- Who Is This Bitch, Anyway

Atlas - Atlas (also an awesome cover!)

Marie Queenie Lyons - Soul Fever

Yvonne Fair - The Bitch Is Black

Roy C. - Sex And Soul

2nd Resurrection by the Stairsteps is pitched somewhere between Riot (murky and distant) and Talking Book (silly and pretty) but it might actually be better than both. Criminally underdiscussed.

I'll be voting for 2nd Resurrection. It's a masterpiece.

noms:

Free Life - s/t (1978)
Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle (1976)
Pleasure - Get to the Feeling (1978)
Pleasure - Future Now (1979)
Wood, Brass & Steel - s/t (1976)

5/10

I see I made a mistake in the date in my first post. The voting thread will open on Monday morning, October 10. So you have the whole weekend to sneak in any last-minute nominations.

Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Kool & the Gang - Spirit of the Boogie (1975)
WAR - Galaxy (1977)

8/10

Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)

9/10

Someone please campaign for an oddball hidden classic along the lines of 2nd Resurrection or Dr. Buzzard while there's still time. If there are any of course.

Some of my favourite oddball hidden classics.

Milton Wright – Spaced
Greg Perry - Smokin'
Lou Ragland – He Says 'Understand Each Other”
Brick - Brick
The Voices of East Harlem – The Voices of East Harlem
Ace Spectrum – Inner Spectrum
Bloodstone – Bloodstone
Leroy Hutson – Love Oh Love
Rasputin's Stash - Rasputin's Stash

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Sure. Also, I'm not sure if it counts as an oddball hidden classic as it is kind of well known, but if you don't know it I'd check out Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta. I already mentioned it earlier on this thread. It's likely to be my number one.

Couldn't see these on the nominations list:

The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
The Jimmy Castor Bunch featuring The Everything Man - E-Man Groovin'
Beautiful Bend - Make That Feeling Come Again!
USA-European Connection - Come Into My Heart
Caress - Caress
First Choice - So Let Us Entertain You
Pleasure - Accept No Substitutes
Pleasure - Joyous
Fern Kinney - Groove Me
Donna Summer - Bad Girls

xxp I always lump Syreeta in with Minnie Riperton as a sort of spiritual soul that's just not for me. But I will relisten to that album before voting for sure. Digging Lou Ragland and Ace Spectrum from that list. Inner Spectrum is moving up the ranks of my hyperfalsetto favorites.

~~~ Nominations updated ~~~

I've given up on trying to listen to everything, because there's just SO MUCH good music here. I'm happy to have found some great albums already because of this thread, and voting hasn't even started!

Speaking of voting: I'm thinking of ballots with a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 100 albums.
Would it be OK if the top 25 of every ballot was weighted (say, #1 gets 30 points #2 gets 29... all the way to 6 points for #25) and everything below that unweighted, so that all the other votes on a ballot get 5 points?

I'm not sure what the consequences would be for the final results, but it would make counting definitely easier for me. Any thoughts?

Fine with that. Ranking after 25 in genre polls usually is sort of random. I like voting only for core favorites so the initial plan was to go just top 10 but I can see now that core favorites in this case really is 25 at minimum.

On the other hand, larger ballots might mean boring results. Don't know.

Yeah, larger ballots mean people will put consensus "classic albums" in the lower ranks instead of just listing their personal favourites... And with votes from everyone the consensus albums will rise to the top, and #1 will probably be "What's Going On", which does sound boring (and wrong).

Well, that happens with every big poll: the bottom 75% is usually much more interesting than the top 25%. And by having a minimum of 25, the people who only own five classic soul albums won't be able to vote.

I'm going to set up the voting form right now. Nominations close in less than an hour!

It's going to happen... Here's the

~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~ VOTING THREAD

I feel bad that I didn't get back here to nominate James Brown's Hot Pants. Great album. :(

Three more days to send in your ballot! Voting closes Sunday night.

VOTE HERE

And we're rolling:

PEOPLE... HOLD ON. It's the ~~~ ILM 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL ~~~ results thread!

I know there were only a handful of original members there, but I really enjoyed the Valentines Soul Jam concert I saw February 12th with the Stylistics, Dramatics, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, and Intruders. Oh I got there a bit late and missed Cuba Gooding Sr.

Some great falsetto, harmonies and group choreographed dance moves. Stylistics and Blue Notes were the most impressive.

TRAX POLL

After the emo poll is done, OK?

sweet :)

And here it is:

Papa was a POLLING STONE: It's the 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ~~~ TRACKS POLL