 | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 by Various Artists
Buy new: £83.19 / Used from: £70.00 The complete Stax singles including many b-sides, this 9 disc set has now been released as single disc cds. A lot of it isn't realy that good, but there are several worthy rarities to be found here.
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 | Get Low Down!: The Soul of New Orleans, '65-'67 by Various Artists
Buy used from: £64.02 Often overlooked, some top New Orleans soul/R&B- the next place to go after the Instant/Minit boxset. One of the best places to get your fix of sixties new orleans music.
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 | Sixty Smokin' Soul Senders by Wardell Quezerque
Buy new: £16.09 More New Orleans soul from the guy behind barefootin'. The original Soul Train and top artists like Earl King and Eddie Bo, but unfortunately the sound quality isn't the best.
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 | Hi Records: River Town Blues by Various Artists
Buy used from: £34.69 Memphis soul and a wide selection of blues and soul. This contains both 60's and 70's songs unfortunately, but the sixties tracks are very rare and this is the best place to pick up these tracks.
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 | Looking for My Baby! Soul Treasures from the Vaults of Amy-Mala-Bell by Various Artists
Buy used from: £34.99 An excellent 2-cd package; a collection of smaller US soul labels, and so it doesn't have any real distinctive sounds. But there a number of great uptown and funky songs that can only be found here
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 | Lost & Found: The Blue Rock Records Story by Various Artists
Buy used from: £15.99 This is the stuff- soul music from Mercury, including the original Mustang Sally and names such as Otis Leavill, Dee Dee Warwick, Chi-Lites and the Shirelles. Only sixties, and no 70's rubbish.
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 | Soul Time: Best of by Various Artists
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.49 A number of obscure sixties sides (although there are a few dodgy 70's tracks sadly) but a number of well-known greats as well.
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 | The Northern Soul of Dore by Various Artists
Buy used from: £12.98 Another 2-cd compilation, from another obscure 60's soul label.
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 | The Original Northern-Soul Selection by Various Artists
Buy used from: £3.75 Forget the flashy packing, this is a surprisingly good soul compilation, even though most of this isn't actually northern soul. Classic treats include nothing but a heartache, the snake and be young.
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 | UK Sue Label Story: The World by Various Artists
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £20.76 Not to be confused with the American Sue label, UK Sue distributed several obscure US labels- making this a great mod collection.
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 | Groovesville Review by Various Artists
Buy used from: £5.94 This stuff doesn't really grab you at first listen as it lacks the production values of the motown studios, but these tracks are real growers and they include several rare ric-tic classics.
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 | Land of 1000 Dances Vol.1: the Ultimate Compilation of Hit Dances 1958-1965 by Various Artists
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £9.00 There are two volumes (the third isn't sixties music) which include the most popular dance records from the late-50's to mid-60's.
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 | Soul Satisfaction by Various Artists
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £1.06 Another great northern soul cd, includes the original tainted love.
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 | Curtis Mayfield's Chicago Soul by Curtis Mayfield
Buy used from: £8.90 Some great early chicago soul, much of this sounds like the work he did with the impessions and shows what an all round talent mayfield was.
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 | At the Club by Various Artists
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £6.03 A mod album, with classic floorfillers that are very hard to locate on their own. Most tracks are real gems, including mel torme's all time classic comin' home baby
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 | Blues & Soul Power by Various Artists
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £5.98 R&B/soul artists had a profound influence on British and US guitar bands, who incorporated these sounds with the guitar at the forefront. These tracks show how this in turn influenced r&b/soul.
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 | Big City Soul, Vol. 2: The Verve Story by Various Artists
Buy used from: £30.00 Pick this up if you see it for under a tenner- the Verve label is top quality and tracks such as Stop and Think it Over can't be found anywhere else.
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 | La Happening: the Mid-60s Soul Sides of Vault, Fat Fish & Autumn Records by Various Artists
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £7.00 A load of Sly- Stone produced mid-to-late 60's sides. Leon Haywood is the biggest name here, but this is some very good stuff.
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 | Brunswick's Jammin' Oldies: The Ultimate Radio Selection of Classic Soul an by Various Artists
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £3.00 The best collection of Brunswick's 60's songs around; this has all of the essentials, unlike several of the 2-cd compliations out there.
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 | Right Track - the Best of Okeh Northern Soul by Various Artists
Buy new: £3.98 Ace have got 2 Okeh albums, but this is a good starting point with some of the best highlights from the Okeh catalogue.
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 | A Cellarful of Motown by Various Artists
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.19 Back to the big daddy of sixties soul; 1 of 3 volumes, with unreleased should-have-been hits. The Gladys, J.J Barnes and the Originals tracks stand out.
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 | Soul Satisfaction Vol.5 by Various Artists
Volumes 2-5 in the Soul Satisfaction series are exclusively Motown tracks, including b-sides, album tracks and rare singles from 60'sto 70''s in chronological order.
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 | Sought After Soul by Various
Buy used from: £24.99 For once a good Northern Soul boxset. For some reason spread over 4 discs, but all are original tracks. Some rare detroit soul, all of it is good.
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