1 People Get Ready Reuben Wilson / Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie / Grant Green Jr. 6:13 The Godfathers Of Groove

2 South Side Soul John Wright 5:02 South Side Soul

3 Mali Cuba AfroCubism 5:38 AfroCubism

4 Take Five New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble 5:04 Step Forward

5 Baltimore Nina Simone 4:42 Baltimore

6 I Almost Lost My Mind Willis Jackson 3:51 Gator Tails

7 A Day in the Life Wes Montgomery 5:49 A Day in the Life

8 Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom) Mulatu Astatke 4:14 Ethiopiques Vol. 4

9 Third World Revolution Gil Scott-Heron 4:19 Secrets

10 Afro-Harping Dorothy Ashby 3:01 Afro-Harping

11 The Loop Johnny Lytle 2:18 The Loop

12 Midnight Rider Maynard Parker 4:03 Midnight Rider

13 Back Home The 3 Sounds 3:27 Black Orchid

14 I'll Keep My Light In My Window Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro 5:41 Look Around The Corner

15 Galatea's Guitar Gabor Szabo 5:39 Dreams

16 Easy living Hank Crawford 5:28 The soul clinic

17 Alyo Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 3:05 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

18 QUE RICO LES MCCANN 2:56 MCCANNA

19 Taxman Tok Tok Tok 2:56 Revolution 69

20 Back At The Chicken Shack Brass Fever 7:23 Brass Fever

21 Mercy Mercy Mercy Standard Roots 3:35 The Time Is Now Vol.2

22 Last Fair Deal Gone Down Pyeng Threadgill 3:55 Sweet Home- The Music Of Robert Johnson

23 Congolese Children RANDY WESTON 2:38 Highlife

24 Sweetback Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones 7:44 Sweetback

25 Home Groovin' Junior Mance 3:42 With A Lotta Help From My Friends

26 Dolphin Dance Jazz Jamaica Allstars 8:48 Massive

27 Crazy Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy 5:23 Avant Pop

28 One Goodbye Kylie Auldist 3:57 Made Of Stone

29 Everyday A Dream Menahan Street Band 3:53 The Crossing

30 Jive Township African Jazz Pioneers 4:03 Shufflin' Joe

31 Foregone Misled Children And Odean Pope 3:53 The Misled Children Meet Odean Pope

32 Superstition Ahmad Jamal 4:08 '73

33 Bambol New Cool Collective 6:33 Trippin'

34 Slinky Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom 6:12 After Midnight Grooves

35 Higga-Boom Gene Harris 5:57 Astral Signal

36 Lou-E-Zee-YANAA The Apples 5:54 Buzzin' About

37 1960 What Gregory Porter 12:27 Water

1 Hector The Village Callers 2:47 "Live"

2 I Shall be Released Marion Williams 4:33 The New Message

3 Down By The Riverside Snooks Eaglin 2:39 Fire In My Bones - Raw Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-2007)

4 Pick Myself Up Peter Tosh 3:55 The Best of Peter Tosh

5 Get It While You Can Howard Tate 2:44 Get It While You Can: The Legendary Sessions

6 She Don't love You Laura Lee 2:40 Love More Than Pride

7 A Nickel and a Nail O.V. Wright 3:45 The Complete Backbeat and ABC Records Box-Set

8 Scratch My Back Otis Redding 2:42 The Soul Album

9 Expressway To Your Heart Sandra Feva 3:30 The Need To Be

10 Kak-A-Poo Sir Lattimore Brown 2:52 The Funk Project: How Good Is Good

11 Funky Black Man Earnest Jackson 2:53 45

12 What Good Is A Castle (Pt 2) Joe Bataan 6:07 Afrofilipino

13 Plastic Man The Temptations 5:59 The Temptations: Psychedelic Soul

14 The World (Is Going Up In Flames) Charles Bradley 3:22 No Time For Dreaming

15 Nobody wants you brother tyrone 4:47 unreleased

16 For The Love Of Money The O'Jays 7:18 Philly Sound 2: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & The Story Of Brotherly Love (1966-1976)

17 Heritage feat. Anthony Joseph Mop Mop 4:55 Mop Mop

18 Shot Gun Joe Hot 8 5:32 Tombstone

19 Na So We See Am Femi Kuti 4:21 No Place for My Dream

20 Blessings Saritah 4:07 Ancient Forward

21 If There's a Hell Below (We're All Gonna Go) Lubriphonic 5:58 The Gig Is On

22 Trouble Man Martha High & Speedometer 4:17 Soul Overdue

23 Hope Glen Anthony Henry 3:54 Stay On The Groove Vol 4

24 If You Don't Give A Doggone About It James Brown 6:27 Mutha's Nature

25 Steam Laura Vane & The Vipertones 2:38 Laura Vane & The Vipertones

26 Bootzilla Bootsy's Rubber Band 5:41 Bootsy? Player Of The Year

27 Revenge Of The Funky Drummer Clyde Stubblefield 3:35 Funk Food 2

28 Blood Is Thicker Than Water William DeVaughn 7:14 Be Thankful For What You Got

1 Soul Serenade Jimmy Castor Bunch 3:10 12"

2 Going To Glory The Lee Boys 3:49 Testify

3 I Know I've Been Changed Leela James 2:05 A Change Is Gonna Come

4 This Is Not a Dream Willie Wright 6:23 This Is Not a Dream

5 Loop de Loop Happy Junior/I.Q.S 2:56 Muzik City: The Story of Trojan Disc 3

6 i'm gonna start a war Barbara & The Browns 2:14 Southern Soul Stock 2 (Chess Soul)

7 All Strung Out Over You Chambers Brothers 2:28 The Time Has Come

8 Go Go Power Sugar Pie DeSanto 2:51 Go Go Power:Chess Records

9 The Ghetto (There's No Way Out) The Soul Immigrants 4:17 digital single

10 Riverside Drive slim moore and the mar-kays 3:57 Introducing

11 Big Brother Macy Gray 3:41 Talking Book

12 Living For The City Ray Charles 6:06 Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 5]

13 Blue Shades Shaolin Temple Defenders 4:07 From the Inside

14 Brothers on the Slide Cymande 4:10 The Best of Blaxploitation Disc 1

15 Blues Defunkt 3:07 Defunkt

16 Tombstone Intro Hot 8 3:35 Tombstone

17 Tanty Lynn Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band 6:07 Rubber Orchestras

18 El Mundo Cambiara B-Side Players 4:55 Revolutionize

19 11.Where is All the Money Going Cody ChesnuTT 2:46 Landing on a Hundred

20 There's a Riot Going On Monophonics 3:54 In Your Brain

21 Overtime Youngblood Brass Band 4:16 20 Questions

22 Nothin' Else To Beat Me Kylie Auldist 4:08 Still Life

23 Fallin' In Debt Derobert & The Half-Truths 1:57 Contemporary Funk

24 Who Will the Next Fool Be Little Jimmy Tyson & The Highlites 3:06 The Funk Project: How Good Is Good

25 Stick Wit Me Martha Redbone 4:38 Skintalk

26 Aydkmn The Original 7Ven 5:13 Condensate

27 Your Mama Wants Ya Back Betty Davis 3:24 This Is It

28 Little Miss Funky Sole Breakestra 4:38 SoulShaker Volume 5

29 Turn Me On Meshell Ndegeocello 3:08 For A Sovereign Soul

1 I Turned You On Dave "Baby" Cortez 2:45 The Isley Brothers Way

2 Spirit In The Dark Aretha Franklin 8:14 Queen Of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 4]

3 Good Book 8th Day 4:09 I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby Get Lonely)

4 I'll Be Doggone SOLOMON BURKE 2:55 Proud Mary

5 Get Out Of My Life Woman Junior English 3:26 The Dynamic Junior English

6 Don't Look Back Bettye Swann 2:50 The Money Recordings

7 Down Home Publicity Apple And The Three Oranges 2:57 Free And Easy

8 A Child Is Born Aggregation 2:51 Eccentric Soul: Omnibus

9 Small Folk Reservation Toro 3:02 Toro

10 Everyday People Charles Wright & the 103rd St. Rhythm Band 2:29 In the Jungle Babe

11 Harlem Creative Source 4:52 Migration

12 War Is Coming War 6:50 Barrio Nuevo: Latin Funk, Rock

13 Push Into The Night THE SOUL OF JOHN BLACK 3:58 Black John

14 I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is In - sharon jones & the dap kings 3:36 Daptone 7 Inch Singles Collection Vol. 2

15 The Raft Fat Freddy's Drop 7:13 Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW

16 Nothing to Show for It Femi Kuti 3:36 No Place for My Dream
17 Lost Baggage Kinny 3:44 Can't Kill a Dame With Soul

18 Milwaukee Fat (Radio Edit) Hot 8 Brass Band 3:53 Milwaukee Fat 45

19 Southern Breeze Samenakoa 4:10 The March

20 Funky Southern The Funk Ark feat. Mustafa Akbar 5:36 High Noon

21 Am I Your Woman ? Speedometer feat. Ria Currie 3:09 New Funk Voices

22 Cut Me Loose PUSH 3:38 Retrospective 1987 – 2004. Return of the Rare Groove

23 Love me good LES_EXPRESS 3:00 45rpm

24 Ug Ug Aah The Grits 4:10 The Grits

25 Battle ft. Afika Bambaataa, Charlie Funk & King Kamonzi The Mighty Mocambos 3:24 The Future Is Here

26 Mother Popcorn (Part 1) James Brown 3:16 It's A Mother

27 He's Gone Doris Duke 4:37 Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 3

1 Rhodesian Girl The Pan-Atlantics 4:22 More Original Raw Soul

2 it was written down Toots & The Maytals 3:05 Slatyam Stoot '72

3 Stealin' in the Name of the Lord Paul Kelly 3:37 Dirt

4 Everybody's Got A Little Devil In There Soul Tommie Young 3:40 Shreevport Soulstress

5 Bip Bam Thank You Mam Ann Peebles 3:12 St. Louis Woman/Memphis Soul Disc 2

6 Evidence George Jackson 2:45 Don't Count Me Out: The Fame Recordings Volume 1

7 Watch Yo Step Jimmy Nelson 2:38 Soul Resurrection - The Playground Series Vol. 1

8 Superjock Reuben Bell 2:54 Sound City Soul Brothers

9 Won't Get Fooled Again Labelle 4:46 Moonshadow

10 The Pusher's Thang Bobby & Deborreh Williams 2:57 Ancestors Of Rap

11 Ain't Got Time Curtis Mayfield 5:04 Sweet Exorcist

12 Light Years Ahead Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators 4:27 Tortured Soul

13 Corruption (Man's Self Destruction) The Escorts 3:39 3 Down 4 To Go

14 Stand Up Part 1 The Mask Man And The Agents 2:23 45

15 Across 110th Street Part II Bobby Womack 2:55 Across 110th Street

16 In The Bottle Brother To Brother 3:27 In The Bottle

17 The World Is Chancing Femi Kuti 6:06 No Place for My Dream

18 Seeds Of Life Harlem River Drive Featuring Eddie Palmieri & Jimmy Norman 5:09 What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves

19 Fly Through the Lightning to Speak with the Sun Family Atlantica 2:58 Family Atlantica

20 Uptown Top Ranking Dub Colossus 6:01 Addis Through The Looking Glass

21 Boe Money Galactic Feat. Rebirth Brass Band 3:16 Ya-Ka-May

22 Working Woman The Mighty Mocambos & Gizelle Smith 3:06 Chateau Soulbeats

23 There It Is (Part1& 2) James Brown 5:50 There It Is

24 Funkin' Brian Culbertson 5:16 Bringing Back The Funk

25 Cut Your Loose Kylie Auldist 3:49 Just Say

26 Burning Up Mutiny 4:06 Mutiny On The Mamaship

27 Old Songs Betty Wright & The Roots 5:39 Betty Wright: The Movie

1 Chili Mac Preston Love 3:38 Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q

2 I Remember, I Believe LIZZ WRIGHT 5:30 Fellowship

3 Greedy Greedy Emporer Val 2:44 45

4 Nobody wants you when you're down an out Bobby Womack 2:56 It's All Over Now

5 I Can Take Care Of Business Syl Johnson 3:02 Dresses Too Short

6 Set The Record Straight (Bonus Alternative Mixes) Quiet Elegance 3:38 The Complete Quiet Elegance On Hi Records

7 Send Me Back My Money Clarence Reid 2:21 Dancin' With Nobody But You Babe

8 Wedlock Is A Padlock Laura Lee 3:10 The Hot Wax-Invictus Anthology

9 baby boy Fred Hughes 2:49 Baby Boy

10 Troubled People The Heads of the Family 2:21 Strange Breaks & Mr Thing

11 Hard Times Curtis Mayfield 3:47 There's No Place Like America Today

12 Take It All In And Check It Out Bill Withers 2:36 Still Bill

13 Walk Tall Esther Marrow 3:44 Newport News, Virginia

14 Compared To What Jerry Jones 4:09 Studio One LP

15 Freedom The Isley Brothers 3:35 Get Into Something

16 law of the land undisputed truth 4:23 Law of the land

17 Put Your Gun Down Brother Riot 4:33 Riot

18 If 6 Was 9 Axiom Funk 5:59 Funkcronomicon

19 Squatt 55 archie pool 3:08 R.A.P.P Presents Wicked City

20 African Soldier Seun Anikulapo-Kuti & Egypt 80 5:16 From Africa With Fury:Rise

21 Reach For The Bottle Belleruche 3:07 Rollerchain

22 Seven Nation Army Brass Roots 4:00 Good Life

23 It's A New Day Kokolo 3:00 Heavy Hustling

24 Sex Machine Fred Wesley 3:53 Let It Flow

25 What Goes Around Comes Around (Part 1) Arthur Monday 2:52 California Funk

26 Pop That Thang Bernard Fowler 3:36 Friends With Privileges

27 The Archipelago Osaka Monaurail 4:47 State Of The World

28 Greenbacks (Featuring Shirley Davis) Deep Street Soul 2:51 Deep Street Soul

29 I Like It, I Love It Lyrics Born 3:42 Everywhere At Once

30 Hot Pants Xingu 3:23 El Combo Xingu

31 Just One More Day Clarence Carter 5:41 Hard to Handle: Black America Sings Otis Redding

1 Church The Politicians 3:17 Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic
2 A2 - Stop The Train Chambers Brothers 5:58 Right Move
3 02 unhappy people Carl bean & universal love 4:50 All we need is love
4 Dada Beg Your Pardon Stanley & The Turbines 3:01 Africa
5 Heart Of Gold Betty LaVette 2:21 Child Of The Seventies
6 Monkey Dog O.V. Wright 2:23 The Complete Backbeat and ABC Records Box-Set
7 Soul Hoe Down Bad Bascomb 4:01 Black Grass Music
8 God Bless Conchita Riot 3:21 Riot
9 I'm Serving Time (Galaxy) Roger Collins 2:53 45
10 It Sipple Out Deh Max Romeo and Tribu Acustica 4:38 In This Time
11 Lord Help Me Amnesty 3:38 Free Your Mind
12 Ka Ka Da Kofi African people 3:02 Stop pushin
13 Get Down War 4:32 All Day Music
14 Hear No Evil Buddy Miles 4:43 Chapter VII
15 Soul Strut Lady Daisey 3:03 In My Pocket
16 Life Feat. Linda Bloemhard Aiff 5:25 Afro Soul System
17 Can't Say Nothin' Curtis Mayfield 5:15 Back to the World
18 Redeemer (Ft Deva Mahal) Sola Rosa 4:44 Move on
19 Milwaukee Fat (Radio Edit) Hot 8 Brass Band 3:53 Milwaukee Fat
20 Tajir Waa Ilaah Dur-Dur Band 6:50 Volume 5
21 Stretchin' Out (In A Rubber Band) Bootsy's Rubber Band 6:53 Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band
22 Pushin' On (Feat Alice Russell) The Quantic Soul Orchestra 3:19 Pushin' On
23 Funky Superfly (Pts. I & II) Bobby Williams 5:39 Funky Superfly
24 I've Been Bad The Transatlantics 5:18 The Transatlantics
25 Here Comes the Law Kenny Smith & the Fox Fire Band 3:13 Kenny Dope & the Undercover Brother Pres Dopebrother Studio A
26 He Called Me Baby Ella Washington 3:02 Dirty Laundry
27 Aretha, Sing One For Me - George Jackson George Jackson 2:55 Hi Records: The 45's Collection (Disc 2)

1 Get It (Aphrodisiac) Wilmer Alexander Jr. & The Dukes 2:40 45
2 Let It Be Bill Withers 2:35 Just As I Am
3 Be Thankful For What You Got William DeVaughn 7:12 Be Thankful For What You Got
4 Standing On The Pier Baby Washington 2:54 The Sue Singles
5 Hold Down Miss Winey Glen Adams 3:04 The Bunny Lee Rocksteady Years
6 The Ducks The Larks 2:20 The Soul Of Money Records Vol 2
7 My Thing Is Your Thing (Come Get It) Bobby Patterson 3:11 Soul is my music (Best of Bobby Patterson)
8 Get on Back on the Right Track Mary Gresham 2:11 The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 12
9 Having My Glory (SSS International) Jo Jo Benson 2:10 45
10 Jesse James Rosco Gordon 2:09 Lost Soul 3 Treasures
11 #NAME? S.O.U.L. 3:43 VA Funk Bumps and Soul Shots Vol. 1
12 Brother Where Are You Ralfi Pagan 3:24 El Barrio Gangsters Latin Soul
13 The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh Makes You Cry) Sly & The Family Stone 2:35 Back on the Right Track
14 ALL THE WAY DOWN Esther Phillips 6:09 1976 CAPRICORN PRINCESS (Kudu)
15 Move on Up The Dynamics 5:58 Version Excursions
16 What's Going On The Undisputed Truth 9:20 Face To Face With the Truth
17 What Happened Bim Sherman 3:48 What Happened
18 Pull the Catch Fat Freddy's Drop 5:17 Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW
19 Let Go (Breakdown) Alice Russell 3:15 To Dust
20 African Kings Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra 7:24 Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra
21 Gtfa Hackney Colliery Band 3:47 Hackney Colliery Band
22 The Itch Belleruche 3:19 Turntable Soul Music
23 I'm Not Gonna Cry Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings 3:21 Daptone Gold
24 School boy crush average white band 4:58 Cut the cake
25 Matt the Mack's Theme Big Pimp Jones 2:59 Bad Bad Jimmy Ruckus
26 Hard Times Kurtis Blow 4:41 The Best Of Kurtis Blow
27 I'm Shook James Brown 2:50 It's A Mother
28 Tippie Toes Killer Meters 2:29 Tribute To The Meters
29 Here Come the Girls feat. Flomega Lefties Soul Connection 3:34 Have Love Will Travel
30 i can't stand the rain Graham Central Station 6:08 The Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Anthology Disc 1

1 Walk Like A Dragon Keith & Ken With The Jamaican Steel Band 2:34 Jamaica
2 The Same Thing It Took The Inspirational Gospel Singers (Lead: Jean McInnis) 3:21 7" on Fine Records
3 Those Were The Days LaVice & Company 3:05 Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
4 Have a Talk with God Stevie Wonder 2:44 Songs in the Key of Life
5 Monkey Man Toots & the Maytals 2:53 Unplugged On Strawberry Hill
6 goodbye so long Ike & Tina Turner 2:06 The Soul Of Ike & Tina Turner
7 I'm A Fool For You James Carr 1:59 The Complete Goldwax Singles Vol. 3 1967-1970
8 Take Up The Slack The Soul Children 2:25 Best Of Two Worlds
9 Don't Let My Baby Ride O.V. Wright 3:04 The Complete Backbeat and ABC Records Box-Set
10 I'm A Believer Lim Taylor 2:53 You Hear Me Knocking
11 The Blacker The Berrie (aka Black Berries) The Isley Brothers 5:53 The Brothers - Isley
12 Shake The Ovations 3:42 Memphis 70: The City's Funk And Soul In The Decade After Otis, 1968-1978
13 Sorry Rebecca Dry 3:41 Sings Soul
14 Push Come To Show Freddie McGregor 3:39 Ras Reggae Box Set
15 Whose Cadillac Is That? War 4:59 The Best Of War
16 Super Shine (vocals by Sister Goose and the Ducklings) Badder Than Evil 2:45 Gordon's War - OST
17 Supernatural Thing Ben E King 4:10 Sampled Volume 4 (Disc 1)
18 Billy Jack Junior English 5:08 Jack The Ripper
19 My Dear Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics 3:39 It's About Time
20 Because Of Money 3Rd Generation Band 5:54 Africa 100
21 Let I Go feat. Anthony Joseph Mop Mop 5:18 Mop Mop
22 Good Life BrassRoots 3:56 BrassRoots
23 Think Kokolo 3:13 Heavy Hustling
24 If It Ain't Funky Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers 6:04 Bustin' Loose
25 Who'd She Cool? Ohio Players 4:32 Gold
26 Cum 'Round (Parts I & II) Foley 5:22 7 Years Ago...Directions In Smart-Alec Music
27 Funk Is Ruling My Head Pitch & Scratch 2:57 Together
28 Hit The Floor Breakestra 5:05 Hit The Floor
29 Breaking Down Slow Candi Staton 4:16 Who's Hurting Now?
30 Chained and Bound Otis Redding 2:38 The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

1 rivers of babylon Herbie Mann & the Tommy Mc Cook band 4:43 Herbie Mann & the Tommy Mc Cook band

2 Reality (alt take) Black Merda 2:00 The Psyche Funk of Black Merda

3 Across 110th Street Calvin Richardson 3:54 Facts Of Life: The Soul Of Bobby Womack

4 Something's Got A Hold On Me Leela James 3:20 Loving You More... In The Spirit Of Etta James

5 Midnight Rider Charlie Whitehead 2:31 Songs To Sing: The Charlie Whitehead Anthology 1970-76

6 Fire Saravah Soul 3:35 Cultura Impura

7 Inner City Blues Makes Ya Wanna Holler Chicago Afrobeat Project 4:12 Nyash UP!

8 Dos Lucecitas Ondatrópica 3:30 Ondatrópica

9 Padre Ichiro ft Malik Moore The Lions 3:51 This Generation

10 Su Suzy Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro 5:04 Look Around The Corner

11 Unhooked Generation J-Funk Express 6:18 This Is Rare Groove

12 Bingo Bango Hot 8 Brass Band 5:12 The Life And Times Of The Hot 8 Brass Band

13 La Cadena (Feat Chico Mann) Professor Wouassa 5:23 Dangerous Koko!

14 Stoned Part II Lewis Taylor 4:13 Stoned, Vol. 2

15 Is It Because I'm Black slim moore and the mar-kays 5:21 Introducing

16 Life's Gone Down Low The Lijadu Sisters 4:49 The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria

17 Money I$ King Lee Fields & The Expressions 3:18 My World

18 Got No Money, Get No Respect Sila And The Afro Funk Experience 4:13 Funkiest Man in Africa

19 Subterranean Homesick Blues Sizzla 2:28 Ras Reggae Box Set

20 Prescription Angela Latti 3:14 Angela Latti

21 Black On Black Nona Hendryx 4:34 Mutatis Mutandis

22 8.Under The Spell of the Handout Cody ChesnuTT 4:09 Landing on a Hundred

23 Culture in the Ghetto The Soul Rebels 4:58 Let Your Mind Be Free

24 See The last poets 4:03 Scatterap / Home

25 Politiks Kills People (radio edit) The Impellers 4:00 promo single

26 Bring Me Home Sade 4:08 Soldier Of Love

Titles with no time listed are 45 rpm

1 Don't Stay Out Late Rico Rodriguez 3:43 Rising In The East

2 Roy Shirley – white label – Soul Beat

3 Deh Pon Dem Hopeton Lewis! 2:36 Take It Easy

4 Clancy Eccles – Bag A Boo – Duke

5 Money Girl Larry Marshall 2:52 Bang Bang Lulu (Pama PMLP4)

6 Jesus Acosta and the Professionals – Adios Tony – CES

7 Go Home Girl Arthur Alexander 2:44 Warner Bros:Rainbow Road

8 Isley Brothers – Work To Do – T Neck

9 Feet Start Walking Doris Duke 2:29 I'm A Loser

10 Micki Lynn – I’ve Got The Blues – Capitol

11 Creation The Latinaires 3:21 45

12 Ricardo Ray – Ya Ya – Alegre

13 Ramona Toro 4:08 Toro

14 Orquesta Andy Harlow – La Loteria – Melser

15 Don't Lay Your Funky Trip on Me Senor Soul 3:31 What it is, y'all The best of Senor Soul

16 Los Titanic’s – El Cigarrito – DoReMi

17 El Alegron Rosendo Martinez y su Orquesta 2:59 Cartagena!

18 Ralfi Pagan – Stray Woman – Wand

19 Cowboys To Girls Joe Bataan 2:33 El Barrio Dream

20 Otis Rush – Homework – Duke

21 Jealous Kind James Govan 3:47 The Broadway Sound Sessions

22 Bobby Patterson – It Takes Two To Do Wrong – Paula

23 Ain't That Peculiar Jim Gilstrap 3:47 Its the same old song

24 Dan Greer – Bless You – MGM Sounds Of Memphis

25 The Only Thing that Saved Me O.V. Wright 2:34 Memphis Unlimited

26 Tommy Ridgley – In The Same Old Way – Ronn

27 I Want You Back David Ruffin 2:48 David - Unreleased LP & More

28 Lee Moses – Got That Will – Maple

29 Blofonyobi Wo Atale The Psychedelic Aliens 2:58 Psycho African Beat LP

30 Little Joey Vespe – Conservative Twist – Parkway

31 Drums A-Go-Go Hollywood Persuaders, The 2:29 Swing For A Crime - 1958-1961

32 Donald Austin – Crazy Legs – Eastbound

33 The Horse Cliff Nobles (& Co) 2:27 The Horse (plus bonus tracks)

34 Johnny Adams – You Made A New Man Out Of Me – Watch

35 Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone Johnnie Taylor 3:03 Lifetime: A Retrospective 1956-1999

36 Earl King – Mama & Papa – Listening Post

37 Look At Granny Run Run Howard Tate 2:11 Get It While You Can: The Legendary Sessions

38 Bob & Earl – Uh Uh Naw Naw Naw - Uni

1 Granville Williams Orchestra Popeye Ska 2:29 King Size Ska

2 Shake It Lucy Baby Johnny Otis 5:16 Rock 'n' Roll Revue

3 Ride On Josephine Bo Diddley w/The Moonglows 3:00 Bo Diddley & His Groups

4 Standing On The Pier Baby Washington 2:54 The Sue Singles

5 The Fat Man Fats Domino 2:32 ABC-Paramount 1963-1964

6 Junco Partner Freddy Fender 2:28 Out Of Reach

7 Sweet Dreams Bettye Swann 3:04 Part II - The Capitol Years

8 what is this i see? Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 2:20 What You Get When The Gettin' Gets Good

9 shimmy shimmy (Cameo) The Orlons 2:19 45

10 Think The 5 Royales 2:35 Monkey Hips And Rice: The "5" Royales Anthology [Disc 2]

11 Somebody Have Mercy Sam Cooke 3:06 The Man Who Invented Soul - Disc 3

12 Before I Grow To Old Millie Small 2:42 Millie sings Fats Domino

13 The Watusi The Vibrations 2:40 The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1960-1961) (Disc 9)

14 Rip It Up Little Richard 2:20 Jazz & Blues Collection n°57

15 Get Back Roy Head & The Traits 2:14 Treat Me Right

16 Shakin' Time Candy & The Kisses 2:31 Do The 81 and Other Soul Classics

17 36 24 36 Bobby Bland 2:50 Here's The Man!!!

18 This Time Clarence "Frogman" Henry 2:40 The Dial Records Southern Soul Story CD2

19 Don't Leave Me Baby The Camelots 1:33 The Doo Wop Box II [Disc 4]

20 Blue On Blue The Ikettes 2:43 Fine Fine Fine

21 Flat Foot Sam TV Slim 2:10 The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1957-1959 Part One) (Disc 7)

22 Run Red Run The Coasters 2:58 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]

23 Early In The Mornin' Ray Charles 2:48 The Genius Sings The Blues

24 One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee Hortense Ellis 2:29 Music Get To Your Brain

25 cuttin in Johnny "Guitar" Watson 3:11 With Orchetra And Strings

26 Roller Coaster Little Walter 2:49 45

27 I Got A New Car Big Boy Groves 2:41 45

28 Twistin' In The Hospital Ward Chick Willis 2:40 Soul Gems

29 Long Tall Girl Carnations 2:10 Night Train Of Oldies

30 Big Mamou Daddy Carmen Taylor 2:40 Let The Boogie Woogie Rock And Roll

31 No Particular Place To Go Chuck Berry 2:44 St. Louis to Liverpool

32 Roberta Frankie Ford 2:27 O0h-Wee Baby!

33 Don't Dog Me (unreleased alt take) Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 2:51 Don't It Sound Good Disc 1

34 pack your clothes Harmon "Hump" Jones 2:35 45

35 i'm sorry Ernie K Doe 2:54 Duke 450

36 voodoo voodoo Laverne Baker 1:52 Real Gone Gal

37 shake a tail feather James & Bobby Purify 2:08 100% Purified Soul

38 Agent Double-O Soul Little Bob And The Lolllipops 3:02 I Got Loaded

39 Too Small To Dance Lilttle Ernest Tucker 2:00 45

40 Pleadin' Mercy Baby 2:20 45

41 Rama Lama Ding Dong The Edsels 2:29 Holy Toledohio Doo Wops

42 looking for my baby The Emperors 2:25 Karate ('66-'67)

43 sweet potato The Bill Parker Band 2:27 Bayou Rhythm & Blues Shuffle 2

44 pass the biscuits please Andre Williams 3:18 Detroit Grease Vol. 2

45 cottonhead joe Leon Peels 2:07 45

46 What A Guy Little Beverly 2:29 Pama Soul

47 drivin' wheel little mac sims 2:03 Chicago Rock With Jump Jackson And Friends

48 Last Laugh Blues Little Esther & Little Willie 2:45
Fine Gals, Fast Women& Wailin' Daddies CD 1

49 Woman's Got Soul The Impressions 2:23 It's All Right

50 I'm Shakin' (King) Little Willie John 2:28 45

51 Shattered Dreams Lowell Fulsom 2:36 Soul

52 Ride Paul Revere Mr. Wiggles 2:50 Mr. Wiggles & Friends

53 Mixed Up Shook Up Girl Patty & The Emblems 2:04 Golden Classics

54 Oh Babe! T.N.T. Tribble 2:30 The Best Of Washington D.C. R'nB

55 Your Wire's Been Tapped Pigmeat Markham 2:22 45

56 Hi-Heel Sneakers Jackie Shine 4:06 Jackie Shane Live

57 Teenage Rock Ronnie Jones & His Classmates 2:30 45

58 Ala-Men-Sy Quotations 2:12 Doo Wop comp

59 Wine Wine Wine The Nightcaps 2:26 45

60 oo-wee baby The Ivy Tones 2:05 Dangerous Doo-Wop

61 jenny take a ride Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels 3:24 Take A Ride

62 Foot Stomping (Part 1) THE FLARES - 2:16 45

63 Stormy Monday Big Joe Turner 10:32 Stormy Monday

1 Just A Closer Walk With Thee Billy Preston 2:40 Hymns Speak From The Organ

2 Last Mile of the Way Kings Messengers Quartet 2:24 Soul of Africa

3 Walk Around Heaven All Day The Caravans 3:46 Going Home:Vee-Jay 62-65

4 Trouble Of This World The Clefs Of Calvary 3:08 Golden Age Gospel Quartets: Volume Two (1954 - 1963)

5 Shining Light The Gospel Singers 2:09 Man From Galilee

6 Dragnet For Jesus Sister Wynona Carr 2:51 Dragnet For Jesus

7 Somebody's Missing The Ziontones 2:24 Hope Ahead

8 Dipped In The Water (featuring Syleena Thompson) Syl Johnson 4:27 Back In The Game

9 My God Is Real Al Green 2:45 The Immortal Soul of Al Green

10 I Don't Know What You Come To Do The Arc Gospel Choir 3:21 Bound For The Promised Land

11 Beautiful Stars Isaac Freeman 5:53 Beautiful Stars

12 Never let go James Austin 3:23 Great Black Gospel Music

13 Shout It Out Roy Tyler & New Directions 4:40 Three Way Calling

14 People Get Ready Ryan Shaw 3:28 It Gets Better

15 Sweeping Through The City Black Grass 2:45 Black Grass

16 You Gotta Move Sista Monica Parker 4:11 Sweet Inspirations

17 God's Radar The Dixie Hummingbirds 4:04 Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary

18 I'm Going Home (To Live With God) O.V. Wright 2:44 The Complete Backbeat and ABC Records Box-Set

19 Mary Don't You Weep Pee Wee Ellis 5:44 Ridin' Mighty High

20 Packing a Grip Golden Echoes 3:34 Good God: Born Again Funk

21 Look Where He Brought Me From #2 Five Blind Boys of Alabama 3:37 Deep River

22 Spirit In The Sky Dorothy Morrison 3:36 Brand New Day

23 The Truth Will Set You Free Mighty Clouds Of Joy 4:05 Truth Is The Power

24 Never Alone Johnny Adams 4:54 Man of My Word

1 Theme from Shaft Prophets of Soul 5:23 Prophet of Soul Gregory James Edition

2 I'll Keep My Light In My Window Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro 5:41 Look Around The Corner

3 Love and Happiness Al Green 5:12 The Immortal Soul of Al Green

4 Baby Come Back (Feat. Lenny Williams) Betty Wright & The Roots 4:38 Betty Wright: The Movie

5 You're The Right Kind Of Girl Lee Fields & The Expressions 3:59 Faithful Man

6 Rocket to the Moon Mamas Gun 2:56 The Life and Soul

7 Safe From Harm Massive Attack 5:18 Blue Lines

8 Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) Sly Johnson 3:15 74

9 When Ya Gonna Stop Opensouls 3:53 Standing in the Rain

10 Callin' Soulive 4:07 No Place Like Soul

11 The Nod Fat Freddy's Drop 8:41 Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW

12 UpSideDown Kinny 4:17 Can't Kill a Dame With Soul

13 Southern Breeze Samenakoa 4:10 The March

14 Higher Ground Larry Graham & Graham Central Station 4:57 Raise Up

15 Nobody Loves You Like Me Leela James 3:00 Loving You More... In The Spirit Of Etta James

16 One Goodbye Kylie Auldist 3:57 Made Of Stone

17 I want you back Jazz Jamaica 4:47 Motorcity Roots

18 Sunshine (Feat Black Cracker) Professor Wouassa 6:08 Dangerous Koko!
19 Ain't That Peculiar (Feat. Sly Stone, El Debarge & The P-Funk All-Stars) George Clinton 4:35 George Clinton & His Gangsters Of Love

20 King Comforter feat. Dionne Charles The New Mastersounds 3:51 Plug & Play

21 Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) Earth, Wind & Fire 1:20 All 'N All

22 Trippin on You Casbah 73 3:19 Groovadelia 2 21st Century Spanish Groove Vol.2

23 A Woman Like Me Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra 3:37 I'm Thankful

24 think (about it) The Lions 4:33 Jungle Struttin'

25 Wonderful World Rico Rodriguez 4:52 Reggae Jazz Attack

(Un)Locking D.C. Go-Go with Thomas Sayers Ellis and DJ Soul Sister on the Soul Power Show, WWOZ New Orleans, December 1, 2012, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

On this very special edition of Soul Sister's Soul Power show on WWOZ, guest Thomas Sayers Ellis discussed the politics, people, and music of Washington D.C. go-go, the indigenous, soulful music of the nation's capital, started by Chuck Brown in the 1970s, and featuring a non-stop beat built around African and Latin percussion.

Ellis, who lives in Brooklyn and was born and raised in Washington, D.C., is an award-winning poet, photographer, and co-founder of The Dark Room Collective (in Cambridge, Massachusetts). He is also an Assistant Professor of Writing at Sarah Lawrence College, a faculty member of the Lesley University low-residency M.F.A Program, and a Cave Canem faculty member.

His photography of the D.C. go-go music culture has been featured in his solo exhibition, ((Un)Lock It: the Percussive People in the Go-Go Pocket), and in his upcoming project The Go-Go Book: People in the Pocket in WDC, which documents the "History of Go-Go and Black Folk Culture in Washington, D.C." His debut book,The Maverick Room (2005), is described as "the testing ground of determination and serendipity, where call and response becomes Steinian echo becomes hip-hop becomes a bootlegged recording hustled out a DC go-go club. "

Not only a highly respected documenter of the culture, Ellis was also an active participant as a percussionist and former member of the legendary Petworth go-go band in the early 1980s, having also performed with Rare Essence and other classic groups in the genre.

Enjoy this fascinating conversation about D.C. go-go culture with Ellis and Soul Sister, plus rare recordings from both of their personal collections.

Soul Sister would like to thank Thomas Sayers Ellis, WWOZ, and the Melanated Writers Collective for hosting a poetry reading with Ellis in New Orleans. A special go-go style shoutout goes out to Natalie Hopkinson, Kelly Harris, Jarvis DeBerry, Martha, Allan "Alski" Laskey, and to all who tuned in and called up from all over the world during the show. With love to SE, NE, SW, and NW DC, and to all the wards in New Orleans. "Wall to wall, two times tall, 17th Ward out-funks 'em all."

Links and Resources:

Thomas Sayers Ellis: tsellis.com

Go-Go in Nola, published November 30 on Washington DC's Roll Call and "Heard on the Hill" blog:
hoh.rollcall.com/go-go-in-nola/

WWOZ New Orleans: wwoz.org

DJ Soul Sister: facebook.com/djsoulsister

Go-Go Radio: gogoradio.com

Take Me Out to the Go-Go Magazine: tmottgogo.com

Chuck Brown - the Godfather of Go-Go: windmeupchuck.com

Go-Go Live: the Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City / Natalie Hopkinson:
nataliehopkinson.com/projects/go-go-live/