viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025

miércoles, 22 de octubre de 2025

Sensational Righteous Brothers "Sinner Man" LP full 70's gospel soul fro...

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In my early 20's, there was a Goodwill on Glenwood Avenue in Atlanta. Now we don't have the bins in Georgia like other states, but this Goodwill had a dollar store connected to it. Records were 10 for $1.00, so I snagged this one for a dime. I was in the practice of buying any privately issued records that looked interesting and a few years later would become an early adopter of the message board on Waxidermy (an important hub for many of us on the fringe of record collecting). It was a magic time for buying records. Pre-Discogs, so much uncatalogued music out there collecting dust. While ripping this one, i noticed the first song Sinner Man had a little more "love" to the grooves...probably because of listened to the song so many times over the last 20 years. This one speaks to the power of the ecstatic nature of religious music. I am not a believer in an anthropomorphic god, but "Sinner Man" makes me feel things that would be useless to explain. Beautiful washes of reverb...it feels like the church doors are open and people are coming and going. Maybe the band is rehearsing and people are cooking and smoking cigarettes outside. The back cover is such a powerful image. The tenderness of hands draped over each others shoulders. Some of the members smiling, some stern. It's such an encapsulation of life. Laughing with your boys, cutting up, but like just cutting up because your friend died last week and its all you can do to keep on. It's so sad, but it's beautiful and melancholy. And people are going to be born and die. And we are going to eat good and pay taxes and watch tv. Gonna start bands and write songs. Gonna have children and gonna go to war. That's just the way it is, but we are going to do some things along the way. Some beautiful things. This is the record I am grabbing if my house burns down. I paid a dime, but its worth more than anything to me. No date, but i'm guessing this is mid to late 70's. Recorded at Perfection Sound in Smyrna, Georgia, which if you dig in Atlanta you know the label. The Sensational Righteous Brothers were from Newnan, Georgia and were made up of: Ernest Melson (First Lead), Nathanal Russell (Second Lead), Joe H. Pope (Tenor, low bass on Sinner Man), Donnie Tuck (Second Tenor), Ricky Powell (Baritone, High Tenor on Sinner Man), Pete Reese (Bass Guitar), Lee A. Moss (Guitar), Danny Tuck (Drums), Melvin Talley (Rhythm Guitar).

Bobby Fulton, Bobby & Bobbie Fulton – Til I Fly Away (String and horn arrangements by Dr. Nathan Davis)

Joy Spring Jazz Quintet Sebago Full Album 1982

private press jazz from Portland Maine 1982. Band consists of

Will Bartlett Sax, whistle, bells

Terry Eisen pianos and maracas

Dave Thibodeau electric bass

Peter Runnells drums maracas

Mike Hansen vocals congas

Side A

Three Mile Runn

Between The Trees

A Night In Tunisia

Short Visit

Lady Leah

Side B

Solstice

The Only One

Tenor Madness

Sebago

Bethel Baptist Church , Cincinnati Ohio - The Legacy 1975 [Full Album]

martes, 7 de octubre de 2025

The Roberta Jackson Singers - My God Is Able (1977)

The Contemporary Gospel Choir - Recorded "Live" In Greenville, South Car...

Hugo - S/T (Private Press Soul) (Latin Funk Soul) (Chicago, IL)

Mari Stroup - Hello! Here I am - Full LP | Private Press Folk Psych Acou...

martes, 30 de septiembre de 2025

THE ODELL INSPIRATIONAL CHOIR OF PASSAIC [New Jersey] SINGS (rare privat...

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/geneva-perry-obituary?pid=178677191

Geneva Perry Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Sep. 14, 2011.

Geneva, (Hansford)Perry , was born in Forsyth, Georgia on May 22, 1931, the third of four children of Katie (Hanson) Hansford and Leo Hansford. She departed this life on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Migrating North like so many Southern blacks, Leo, Katie and their four small children settled in Passaic, NJ to a new life. Born in the rural South, during The Great Depression and growing up during WWII on Chestnut Street and later Burgess Place (Passaic). She moved to Middleton, DE 23 years ago. Geneva was shaped by her southern roots and northern experience. She took full advantage of brand new educational and work opportunities previously not available to blacks. Friendly and outgoing Geneva integrated the Passaic High School Yearbook Committee of 1951, making her own quiet statement for equality and civil rights for all. Graduating from PHS in '51 with only a handful of other blacks in the community, Geneva went on to complete business school, training for a career in office administration and management. Landing her first job with General Electric she worked for a number of years before changing to Kearfott Guidance & Navigation where she later retired. A roller-skating queen, Geneva in her late teens and early twenties spent most of her free time skating at what was billed "the most beautiful rink ever built", Gay Blades in NYC and The New Dream Arena & Lounge in Newark where she met her doting husband of 53 years, James Perry, Sr. An active member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church for decades, Geneva worked tirelessly for years chairing committees, serving on the Usher Boards, Youth department, and sang on every choir the church ever had, even the Odell Inspirational Singers, led by the late Ms. Odell. In the mid-to-late seventies, they toured area churches in and around the NY/NJ Metro area. The majestic Gospel choir even cut an album, which sold very well at their many area performances. Geneva (Hansford) Perry was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. She was a caring neighbor and dependable, hard working member of the community. Predeceased by her husband James Perry, Sr. who passed away on August 11, 2011, also her daughter, Yvette Perry; her sister Georgia Mae Axam; her brother, Sidney Hansford; and brothers-in-law, Willie Axam and Hartley Culp. She will be missed for her broad smile and her quick laughter. Geneva Perry leaves behind her son James Perry, Jr., granddaughter Christian Perry, sister Dearest Culp two brothers-in-law, Precious Perry and Robert Perry; one sister-in-law Lillie Beverett and many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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