Various - Soul Serenade (Kent 041)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
Soul Serenade
1985
256+ VBR LAME mp3
Vinyl rip & scans from Kent 041

The Diplomats - Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

Brooks O'Dell - Soul Serenade


Still on the succinct side of things, here's another comp from our fave Northern Soul slingers. Maybe not my favourite Kent, but definitely holds some of my all-time favourite tracks to be found on any of their (or any other soul-diggin' outfit for that matter) compilations I've heard. Case in point: The Sheppards' Your Love Has Got A Hole In It, for my money it's hands-down one of the best conscious soul tracks to ever grace wax. You'll note that, as with most of the tracks listed, it's linked to a vid on YouTube so you don't have to wait for the whole LP to download if you wanna call BS on that claim. It's hard to believe it was collecting dust for almost 20 years before the boys plucked from it the void of the vault.

Other highlights include the eminently sample-worthy Porgy & The Monarchs, upbeat grooviness from The Esquires and a chugger from the latter-day Platters. BTW, on a new day the Diplomats would all of a sudden turn their back on love and be better known as your pimps, the Skull Snaps!



1 Porgy & The Monarchs - That Girl vid
2 The Just Brothers - Carlena vid
3 Chuck Jackson - Good Things Come To Those Who Wait vid
4 Nella Dodds - I Just Gotta Have You vid
5 The Shirelles - Look Away
6 The Platters - Doesn't It Ring A Bell
7 The Diplomats - Can't Get You Out Of My Mind
8 Porgy & The Monarchs - If It's For Real vid
9 The Esquires - My Sweet Baby vid
10 Brooks O'Dell - Soul Serenade
11 The Jive 5 - Crying Like A Baby vid
12 Judy Clay - Haven't Got What It Takes vid
13 Maxine Brown - Gotta Find A Way vid
14 The Sheppards - Your Love Has Got A Hole In It vid
15 Lenny Miles - Don't Believe Him Donna vid
16 Marie Knight - A Little Too Lonely


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