Barbara Mason - Lady Love ( Soul )

1. Me & Mr. Jones
2. Bed and Board
3. Who'd Ever Think
4. World War Three
5. Caught In The Middle
6. I Miss You Gordon
7. All In Love Is Fair


Barbara Mason (born 9 August 1947, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American R&B/soul singer best known for her 1965 hit song, "Yes, I'm Ready". In the early and mid 1970s, Mason toughened her persona considerably, singing about sexual love and infidelity with a frankness that was uncommon for a female soul singer in songs like "Bed and Board," "From His Woman to You," and "Shackin' Up." Sweet soul continued to be her groove, and she continued to write some of her material. But the production, as it was throughout soul in the '70s, was more funk-oriented, and at times Mason would interrupt her singing to deliver some straight-talkin' raps about romance.

Aquarian Dream - Fantasy ( Jazz, Funk )

1. You're A Star
2. Friends
3. It Ain't Whatcha Say
4. Yesterday (Was So Nice Today)
5. Play It For Me (One More Time)
6. Fantasy
7. Gentle Thoughts
8. Do You Realize

The second LP for Aquarian Dream, again produced by Norman Connors. The stand-out track on this LP is "You're a Star", which was also released on 12 inch single, and even made the lower reaches of the UK pop charts. The music varies between funk (Play It For Me..), disco and jazz-funk.

Billy Ocean - Nights Feel Like Getting Down ( Funk )

1. Are You Ready
2. Don't Say Stop
3. Whatever Turns You On
4. Another Day Won't Matter
5. Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)
6. Who's Gonna Rock You
7. Stay the Night
8. Everlasting Love
9. Taking Chances


Billy Ocean (born 21 January 1950) is a Grammy Award-winning British-based popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues-tinged international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the top British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the 1980s. He waited seven years after scoring his first four UK top 20 hits, before accumulating an impressive run of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones.

Maxi Anderson - Maxi ( Soul, Funk )

1. Let Him In
2. Dancin' To Keep From Cryin'
3. Walk Softly
4. The Perfect Day
5. This One's For You
6. Delta Road
7. Lover To Lover
8. Glory, Glory
9. By Your Side
10. Music On My Mind

Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love Is Back ( Soul )

1. I'm So Glad That I'm A Woman
2. High Steppin', Hip Dressin' Fella
3. When I'm In Your Arms, Everything's Okay
4. If You Want Me, Say It" 5:41
5. I'm Givin' You A Love Every Man Is Searchin' For
6. Gotta Be Where You Are
7. I'm His Woman

 

Love Unlimited Orchestra have been described as Barry White’s songstresses. Formed in 1969, this three-girl group included Barry White’s future wife, Glodean James, her sister Linda James and Diane Taylor. Their very first hit, “Walking in the Rain with the One I Love”, may be considered their best record but ‘Love’s Theme’ might also come a close second.
Their music has been described as champagne soul, including the strings and luscious melodies which Barry White put behind their tracks. "Love Is Back" is the fifth studio album by Love Unlimited Orchestra.

The Originals - The Very Best Of ( Soul )

1. Baby, I'm For Real
2. You're The One
3. I'll Wait For You
4. The Bells
5. We Can Make It Baby
6. Just To Keep You Satisfied
7. God Bless Whoever Sent You
8. I Like Your Style
9. Suspicion
10. I'm Someone Who Cares
11. Down To Love Town
12. Good Lovin' Is Just A Dime Away
13. Game Called Love
14. Once I Have You (I Will Never Let You Go)
15. Keep Me

 

The Originals languished on Motown's roster until Marvin Gaye took an interest in their career in 1968. Soon he'd produced and cowritten two Top 5 soul hits for the smooth quartet. The doo-wop-influenced "Baby I'm for Real" and "The Bells" are hardly the only highlights of this compilation, though--"God Bless Whoever Sent You" and the later disco smash "Down to Love Town" are near classics that deserve the new light that falls on them here. Most rewarding for Gaye fans will be an early, unreleased version of "Just to Keep You Satisfied," a song he later rewrote for Let's Get It On.

The Joneses – The Joneses ( Soul )

1. Who Loves You 
2. In Love Again 
3. (If I Could Have) Your Love For A Song 
4. All The Little Pieces 
5. Music To My Ears 
6. Lies 
7. Groovin On Ya 
8. Merry Go Round 
9. Universal Love 
10. Rat Race

The New Birth - It's Been A Long Time ( Soul, Funk )

8. It's Been a Long Time
9. Keep on Doin' It
10. Wild Flower  
11. Ain't No Change
12. I'd Spend My Whole Life Loving You  
13. Pains of Love  
14. Heaven Says  
15. Come on and Dream Some Paradise 

New Birth (originally The Nite-Liters) is an American funk and R&B band formed in Detroit, Michigan by former Motown songwriters and producers Vernon Bullock and Harvey Fuqua and music industry veteran Tony Churchill. The group is most notable for the hits "I Can Understand It", "It's Been a Long Time", "Wildflower" and "Dream Merchant" featured the Wilson brothers Melvin and Leslie, who sung lead on the group's most famed material