
On September 6th, the Harmless label – which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year – unleashes a second batch of titles in its ‘Backbeats’ series. There are ten fresh new compilations in this latest clutch, which draws on the Demon Music Group’s extensive catalogue and focuses on various types of soul, funk and disco music. Each set is expertly compiled and annotated by renowned crate diggers like Dean Rudland, Ian Dewhirst and Sean Hampsey.
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Here’s the full album and track rundown:
‘Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah – 70’s New York Disco’ (Compiled by Ian Dewhirst)
1 Moment Of Truth- Helplessly / 2 First Choice – The Player / 3 Eddie Holman -This Will Be A Night To Remember / 4 Ultra High Frequency – We’re On The Right Track / 5 Loleatta Holloway – Hit & Run / 6 Players Association – I Like It / 7 Lucy Hawkins – Gotta Get Out Of Here / 8 Ripple – The Beat Goes On & On / 9 Gary’s Gang- Keep On Dancin’ /10 TJM – Am I Dreaming / 11 Jackie Moore – This Time Baby
‘Love & Jealousy – The Deeper Side Of Southern Soul’ (Compiled by Sean Hampsey)
1 Quiet Elegance – Do You Love Me / 2 Barbara Lynn – This Is The Thanks I Get / 3 Otis Clay – I Die A Little Each Day /4 Syl Johnson – Could I Be Falling In Love / 5 George Jackson – I’m Gonna Wait / 6 Jean Plum – You Ask Me / 7 Al Green – One Woman / 8 Ronnie Lovejoy – Until You Get Enough Of Me / 9 Fontella Bass – I’m Leaving The Choice To You/ 10 Bobby McClure – To Get What You Got / 11 The Patterson Twins – Back In Love Again / 12 Oscar Perry – I’ll Take Care Of You / 13 Willie Walker- I Love Her / 14 Quiet Elegance -Will You Be My Man In The Morning / 15 Syl Johnson – Anyway The Wind Blows / 16 James Fry – Tumbling Down / 17 Ann Peebles – Give Me Some Credit / 18 Bobby Patterson – Take Time To Know The Truth / 19 O.V.Wright – Let’s Straighten It Out / 20 The Masqueraders – Wake Up Fool / 21 Bobby Powell – When You Move You Lose / 22 Don Bryant – I’ll Go Crazy / 23 Jean Plum – Back To You/ 24 Otis Clay – It Was Jealousy
‘Gimme That Beat”– 70’s Sophisticated Funk’ (Compiled by Dean Rudland)
1 The Chi-Lites – (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People / 2 Satisfaction Unlimited – Somebody Else’s Woman / 3 African Music Machine – Blackwater Gold / 4 Chairmen Of The Board – Finders Keepers / 5 Laura Lee – If I’m Good Enough To Love (I’m Good Enough To Marry) / 6 Chairmen Of The Board – Skin I’m In / 7 The Politicians – Free Your Mind / 8 New York Port Authority – I Got It / 9 Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces / 10 Ann Peebles – It’s Your Thing / 11 Smith Connection – I’m Buggin’ On Your Phone / 12 El Dorados – Loose Booty Pt1 / 13 The Memphians – Sliding
In And Out / 14 Jackie Wilson – Love Uprising / 15 Gregory James Edition – Shaft /
16 Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken Pt 1 / 17 Honey Cone – Don’t Count Your Chickens
(Before They Hatch) / 18 Holland Dozier – I’m Gonna Hijack Ya, Kidnap Ya, Take What I Want / 19 Natural High – Bump Your Lady (Pt1) / 20 8th Day – Cheeba / 21 Parliament – Breakdown / 22 Red Holt Unlimited – Do It Baby / 23 Rynell Wynglass – Bar B Q Ribs
‘Motor City Soul – 70’s Soul From Detroit’ (Compiled by Ian Dewhirst)
1 Chairmen Of The Board – Everything’s Tuesday / 2 Freda Payne – You Brought The Joy / 3 The Barrino Brothers – I Shall Not Be Moved / 4 The Honey Cone – While You’re Out Looking For Sugar / 5 The Silent Majority – Colors Of My Love / 6 Flaming Ember – Westbound No.9 / 7 100 Proof Aged In Soul – Somebody’s Been Sleeping (In My Bed) / 8 Freda Payne – Bring The Boys Home / 9 The 8th Day – You’ve Got To Crawl (Before You Walk) / 10 Holland & Dozier – New Breed Kinda Woman / 11 Laura Lee – (If You Want To Try Love Again) Remember Me / 12 The Politicians ft McKinley Jackson – Love Machine / 13 Flaming Ember – I’m Not My Brother’s Keeper / 14 Brian Holland – I’m So Glad / 15 100 Proof Aged In Soul – One Man’s Leftovers (Is Another Man’s Feast) / 16 The Honey Cone – One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show / 17 Tyrone Edwards – Can’t Get Enough Of You / 18 The Hi-Lites – That’s Love / 19 New York Port Authority – I Guess I’m Gonna Cry / 20 Scherrie Payne – V.I.P. / 21 The Honey Cone – Want Ads / 22 Melvin Davis – You Made Me Over / 23 Tyrone Edwards – You Took Me From a World Outside / 24 Eloise Laws – Stay With Me / 25 Holland & Dozier – Why Can’t We Be Lovers
‘Philly Freedom – 70’s Dance Floor Anthems From The City Of Brotherly Love’
(Compiled by Ian Dewhirst)
1 First Choice – Armed & Extremely Dangerous / 2 The Delfonics – I Told You So / 3 The Trammps – Where Do We Go From Here / 4 Archie Bell & The Drells – I Could Dance All Night / 5 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Wake Up Everybody / 6 The O’Jays -This Time Baby / 7 Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine / 8 Dee Dee Sharp Gamble – Nobody Could Ever Take Your Place / 9 Bunny Sigler – Can’t Believe That You Love Me / 10 Billy Paul I Trust You / 11 The Trammps – Trusting Heart / 12 Archie Bell & The Drells – Where Will You Go When The Party’s Over / 13 First Choice – Smarty Pants / 14 Teddy Pendergrass – The More I Get The More I Want / 15 The Futures – Party Time Man / 16 Frantique – Strut Your Funky Stuff / 17 Lou Rawls – See You When I Git There / 18 The Philadelphia Int All-Stars – Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto / 19 The Jones Girls – You’re Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
‘Soul Time – Soul Classics 24 Hours A Day’ (Compiled by Ian Dewhirst)
1 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle / 2 Alvin Cash – Twine Time / 3 Willie Mitchell – That Driving Beat / 4 Barbara Lynn – You Left The Water Running / 5 Jackie Wilson – Whispers (Getting’ Louder) / 6 The Capitols – Cool Jerk / 7 Jackie Lee – The Duck / 8 Erma Franklin – Gotta Find Me A Lover / 9 Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me / 10 Lee Charles – Wrong Number / 11 Billy Watkins – The Ice Man / 12 The Artistics – I’m Gonna Miss You / 13 Barbara Acklin – Love Makes A Woman / 14 Young Holt Unlimited – Soulful Strut / 15 The Lost Generation – You’re So Young, But You’re So True / 16 Otis Leavill – Love Uprising / 17 Barbara Acklin & Gene Chandler – From The Teacher To The Preacher / 18 Major Lance – Sweeter As The Days Go By / 19 Jackie Wilson – I Get The Sweetest Feeling / 20 Tyrone Davis – Can I Change My Mind / 21 Lavern Baker – I’m The One To Do It / 22 Walter Jackson – Let Me Come Back / 23 Average White Band – Put It Where You Want It / 24 Syl Johnson – Back For A Taste Of Your Love / 25 Al Green – Take Me To The River/ 26 Quiet Elegance – Mama Said / 27 Tyrone Davis – If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time / 28 Deon Jackson – Love Makes The World Go Round
‘The Big Apple Bites Back – New York House And Remix Culture’ (Compiled by Ian Dewhirst)
1 Double Exposure – Everyman – Joe Claussell Remix / 2 First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder – Frankie Knuckles Remix / 3 Inner Life – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Larry Levan Remix / 4 First Choice – Doctor Love – Kerri Chandler Remix / 5 Skyy – Call Me – Blaze DJ Vocal Remix / 6 CandidoJingo – Mount Rushmore Remix / 7 The Todd Terry Project Bango (To The Batmobile) / 8 Black Riot – A Day In The Life / 9 Hardhouse – Check This Out / 10 Afrikali – Out Of The Jungle – The Truth Mix / 11 The Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You
‘Crate Diggin’ Fever– The Cult Of Rarity’ (Compiled by Dean Rudland)
1 The Futures – Ain’t No Time Fa Nothing / 2 Jean Carn- Don’t Let It Go To Your Head / 3 Laura Lee – Crumbs Off The Table / 4 Average White Band – Work To Do / 5 Al Green – Love Ritual / 6 African Music Machine- Tropical / 7 Maryan Farra and the Satin Soul – Stoned Out Of My Mind / 8 Jackie Wilson – Shake A Leg / 9 Alvin Cash – Ali Shuffle / 10 Tyrone Davis – Something You Got / 11 Barbara Acklin – Just Ain’t No Love / 12 Honey Cone – Sittin’ On A Time Bomb / 13 Archie Bell & The Drells – Don’t Let Love Get You Down / 14 The Jones Girls – You Can’t Have My Love / 15 MFSB – Picnic In The Park / 16 Ann Peebles – Beware / 17 Holland & Dozier – Don’t Leave Me (inst) / 18 Bobby Marchan – Push The Button / 19 Tommie Young -That’s All A Part Of Loving Him / 20 Strutt – Front Row Romeo / 21 Satisfaction Unlimited – Seeing Through The Eyes Of A Blindman
‘I Get My Groove – Crossover Soul From The Deep South’ (Compiled by Sean Hampsey)
1 Syl Johnson – We Did It / 2 Gloria Edwards – Don’t Mess With My Man / 3 Fontella Bass – Now That I’ve Found A Good Thing / 4 Bobby McClure – Was It Something I Said / 5 Eddie Mcgee – What Made You Change Your Mind? / 6 Imported Moods – What Have You Done With My Heart / 7 The Montclairs – I Need You More Than Ever / 8 Oscar Perry- Let Me Grow Old With You / 9 Al Green – I Tried To Tell Myself / 10 Ronnie Lovejoy – You Got To Know / 11 The Patterson Twins – Looking For A Lover / 12 Little Johnny Taylor – How Are You Fixed For Love / 13 Bobby Patterson – Everything Good To You (Don’t Have To Be Good For You) / 14 Jean Plum – Here I Go Again / 15 Ann Peebles – I Didn’t Take Your Man / 16 Henry Shed – Something’s Drastically Wrong 17 Bobo Mr. Soul – Hitch-Hike To Heartbreak Road / 18 Pat Brown – Love On Loan /
19 Barbara Lynn – Nice And Easy / 20 Otis Clay – Brand New Thing / 21 Bobby Patterson – I Get My Groove From You / 22 Ted Taylor – I Want To Be A Part Of You Girl / 23 Phillip Mitchell – Little Things / 24 James Fry – Still Around / 25 Ann Peebles – If This Is Heaven / 26 Jean Plum – Look At The Boy
‘Jazzy Vibes – Soulful Jazz Licks From The 70’s’ (Compiled by Dean Rudland)
1 Michael Pedicin Jr – Sneaky Return / 2 Norman Harris – In Good Faith / 3 Leon Huff – Latin Spirit / 4 Lou Rawls -Trade Winds / 5 Dexter Wansel – Latin Love (Let Me Know) / 6 MFSB -Metamorphosis / 7 Hysear Don Walker – Killing Me Softly / 8 Lionel Hampton – Them Changes / 9 Larry Willis – Out On The Coast / 10 Reuben Wilson – Cisco Kid / 11 Jimmy McGriff – Red Beans / 12 Mike Longo – Like A Thief In The Night / 13 Dexter Wansel – What The World Is Coming To / 14 Gamble & Huff Orchestra – Is It Something I Said / 15 Natural Essence – Killing Time / 16 Funk Incorporated – Give Me Your Love