 | Sky High by The Mizell Brothers
Buy used from: £34.10 Great starter if you have never heard of these guys before, this will whet your appetite for more of the same ... if you have then you will just be happy to have Rance Allen on CD !!!
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 | Gears by Johnny 'Hammond' Smith
Buy used from: £11.99 6 tracks, all 5 stars, probably one of the most complete Jazz/Funk albums ever released. My favorite Mizell album.
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 | Gambler's Life by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £12.99 Wonderful, this took me 10 years to find on LP then Soul Brother re-released this classic. Erykah Badu used this LP for her inspiration behind 'Mamas Gun'
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 | The Best of Donald Byrd by Donald Byrd
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.99 Donald Byrd .... classic material, all the greats are on this CD ... one glaring omission was Love So Far away, confined to the LP version only !! Tragic.
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 | Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.00 The all-time classic, Mizells were at their peak for this one. Awesome.
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 | Black Byrd by Donald Byrd
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £3.82 The one that started it all off... Love So Far Away makes this CD an essential purchase...
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 | Street Lady by Donald Byrd
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.78 My personal favourite Donald Byrd LP, Lansana's Priestess still gives me the shivers even now. Got this LP when I was 10 years old, on the same day as Johnny Hammond Gears. Changed my life forever ...
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 | Stepping into Tomorrow by Donald Byrd
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.19 Under-rated, but essential. Gary Bartz inclusion makes it all the more special...
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 | The Best of Bobbi Humphrey by Bobbi Humphrey
Buy new: £18.59 / Used from: £6.52 This is Essental because Fancy Dancer has never been released, all the classics on this one.
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 | Blacks and Blues by Bobbi Humphrey
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.58 The 2nd Mizell Release was just as awesome as the first and Bobbi and the Mizells fuse in pure harmony.
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 | Satin Doll by Bobbi Humphrey
Buy new: £10.29 / Used from: £4.54 The follow up was not as good, but had some hidden gems like 'My Little Girl' ... still waiting for Fancy Dancer !!
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 | Fancy Dancer by Bobbi Humphrey
Buy used from: £46.80 And here it is ... finally available in 2006 after its release back in 1975 ... absolutely essential piece of Mizell Magic ... Includes the classic Uno Esta and Please Set Me At Ease. Awesome !
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 | Music Is My Sanctuary by Gary Bartz
Buy used from: £10.60 All-time classic album, but released at a point when the Mizell's grip on the market was starting to fade. Includes the classic Carnival De L'Espirit. Shame that "The Shadow Do" is now deleted ...
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 | Caricatures by Donald Byrd
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £4.98 This was the begining of the end unfortunately, but still includes a few gems like 'Onward Till Morning'
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 | Blackbyrds/Flying Start by The Blackbyrds
Buy used from: £10.50 Includes two Early Mizell Tracks "Lifestyles" and "Reggins"... Essential
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 | City Life/Unfinished Business by The Blackbyrds
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £15.06 Includes the superb "Hash & Eggs" written and produced by the Mizell Brothers
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 | Love to the World by L.T.D.
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £3.72 Very unknown album which they produced entirely. Includes some nice touches, not a classic but it is all essential ...
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 | Capitol Rare: Funky Notes from the West Coast by Various Artists
Buy used from: £4.95 Needed for the classic rare groove Taste of Honey - "I Love You" with its lush string arragement ...
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 | Anthology by A Taste of Honey
Buy used from: £23.52 This was it for me, they crossed over, made some money, the edge went and they drifted off into obscurity ... 'Dance' has some trade mark strings
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| Jazz Collective by Various Artists
Buy used from: £4.72 Includes a rare track off the Roger Glenn LP 'Reachin' which they produced in its entireity.
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 | Blue Note Revisited by Various Artists
Buy used from: £1.99 You must check track 7. Young Warrior ... Classic unreleased Mizell production, and offcut from the Satin Doll sessions ... out of this world ... we need to hear more unreleased gems like this one.
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 | Ain't It the Truth: The Best of Mary Wells 1964-1982 by Mary Wells
Buy used from: £6.52 Includes the come back track from 1981 called 'Gigolo'
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 | Modern Soul Connoisseurs by Various Artists
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.00 The great Richard Searling has included the hidden gem by Brenda Lee Eager ... features Bobbi Humprey on flute
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 | The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye by Marvin Gaye
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £1.89 Early Mizell - vocal version of the 'Where Are We Going' recorded by Donald Byrd
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 | Mizell by The Mizell Brothers
The latest release with 2 great bonus cuts ... NR TIME is a masterpiece featuring the vocals of Syreeta ... Incredible!
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