Tag: Philadelphia International Records

  • The Spinners – No Price On Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings – SoulMusic Records

    The Spinners – No Price On Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings – SoulMusic Records

    The Spinners, I’ll Be Around is one of my favourite songs. That cool combination of hazy melancholy, coupled with its breezy grooves, talk up lost summer nights like an intimate conversation of times past. Specifically 1972. Which is what brings me to this collection from SoulMusic Records in the first place. Their sound produced throughout…

  • Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes – Be For Real – The P.I.R. Recordings (1972-1975) Soul Music Records

    Teddy Pendergrass remains for me one of the world’s most vital male vocalists. You couldn’t say the equivalent of Loleatta Holloway (although of the same stature) because his voice testified as to something very particular to him. A cross of pain, sorrow and also of joy from a uniquely soulful perspective which lent his vocals…

  • M.F.S.B. – The Definitive Collection – Robinsongs

    M.F.S.B. will always be synonymous with some of the most transcendent moments Disco ever reached. Truly cherished records like T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia) featuring the wonderful Three Degrees typified the breezy yet hard-hitting productions which they became most celebrated for. While perhaps the era’s most defining break, care of, Love Is The Message rightly…

  • Intruders Save The Children Big Break Records/ Philadelphia International Records bbr once again rise to the occasion with yet another classic re-release. This time in the shape of Intruders 1973 album which opens with the rather fine version of Gil Scott-Heron’s timely title track, finely honed in this version with typically soulful infused orchestration and…

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    Joel Alter Third Strike EP Bass Culture This latest and most excellent set of tracks from Joel Alter are my favourites from the producer to date. No Way captures a melancholy yet uplifting mood which not only pulls on the heartstrings but also hits you hard with a heavy-duty bottom end that is all but…

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    Scarlett Nina The End EP Turquoise Blue One of the reasons Dance have been so very exciting over the past number of years is down to the sheer breadth of music which reside within the House Music bracket. Not that that hasn’t always been the case of course, there’s just something particularly exhilarating about the…