Various Artists - King Northern Soul 3 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Baby Rose makes healing music for the aimless and heartbroken. The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and producer's uniquely rich voice naturally lends itself to her powerful, smoke-filled ballads lamenting lost loves and broken futures. InchI make music to help myself get through things,Inch she says. The piercing honesty and vulnerability she brings to her lyrics in turn helps others process their feelings and find a place of healing. For Rose, it's a journey that's still ongoing. InchIf I'm going to leave anything behind, it's going to be getting people back to themselves,Inch she says. InchAs I get back to myself, it's a constant reset Remember who you are, remember who you want to be.InchYou can hear the impact of this approach in Baby Rose's upcoming second album, Through and Through. Take the hypnotic InchFight Club.Inch Over the track's simmering baseline and crashing cymbals, she declares, InchI don't need no one else to show me the way.Inch She describes the song as a Inchbreaking of the shell. It encourages me to just go for it and not care about what anyone else thinks.Inch Therein lies Baby Rose's strength a determination to live, love, and create on her own terms. InchI'm not just a singer with a unique voice,Inch she says. InchI'm somebody that has something to say.InchIn the years since releasing her last album, To Myself, Rose has been painstakingly piecing together it's sequel. Started almost immediately after it's , her new body of work finds her in a state of musical and personal transition. It's a subtle merging of new sounds-stirring rock, upbeat r&b, psychedelic funk, pop, and soulful ballads-, all mastered through analog tape to make the music feel warmer and all-encompassing. It's also a journey inward as she battles past fear and self-doubt to finally discover-and love-who she is, where she is. Finishing an album with such peace and firm

2008 , the third installment in this successful series of Northern Soul rarities for the connoisseur collector. This volume features super rarities from Ty Karim, the Flowers, Al McCarther and Don & Ron. Hard-to-find dancefloor fillers come from Darrow Fletcher, the Servicemen and Lou Roberts. The collectors' choices are represented by the Quotations, Tommy Smiley, Larry Atkins and Ann Hodge, all from previously unheard master tape plus a previously unreleased Eddie & Ernie track. 24 tracks. Ace. Album Tracks 1. Ain't That Love Enough 2. I Don't Have to Worry 3. You Really Made It Good to Me 4. Cry It Out Baby 5. I'm So So Sorry 6. Glamour Girl 7. His True Love for You 8. What Have I Got Now 9. You Fooled Me 10. Long Boots 11. Got to Get to Know You 12. Together Forever 13. Connie 14. I Won't Cry 15. Can't Break the Habit (Of Your Lov) 16. Don't Make Promises (You Can't Kee) 17. Stop and Think About It Baby 18. The Same Identical Thing 19. Baby You've Got It 20. Later for You 21. You're Welcome Back 22. I'll Run 23. The Heartless One 24. Indication

UK collection of hip Northern Soul stompers from the Era Records tag. Includes classic tracks as well as previously unissued gems. Including the HB Barnum-arranged 'Dance with Me' by Billy Watkins and excellent alternate readings of 'Stand There Mountain' and 'The Blue Shadow' that Herb Newman had cut on pop acts previously. There are Popcorn classics from the very colorful Bruce Cloud (check out the sleeve notes on him!) and the glamorous Carol Connors, while Steve Flanagan's Stafford monster 'I've Arrived' sounds great alongside Melvin Boyd's killer version of 'Exit Loneliness, Enter Love'. Album Tracks 1. A Slice of the Pie - Bernie Byrd 2. Awaiting Ted - Jewel Akens 3. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' - the Turn Arounds 4. Boomerang - the Lovemates 5. Come on Home - Othello Robertson 6. Dance with Me - Billy Watkins 7. Echoes in the Night - Tommy Moseley 8. Exit Loneliness, Enter Love - Melvin Boyd 9. Gonna Hang on in There, Girl- Jesse Davis 10. I Ain't Gonna Take You Back - Brenda Holloway 11. I Get a Feeling - the Soul-Mates 12. I Need to Be Loved So Bad - Steve Flanagan 13. I Want a Boyfriend (Girlfriend) - the Soul-Mates 14. The Ice Man - Billy Watkins 15. I've Arrived - Steve Flanagan 16. Meet Me at Midnight- Unknown Artist 17. My Book - Bruce Cloud 18. Run Away and Hide - the Turn Arounds 19. Sir Galahad - the Elites 20. So in Luv - Othello Robertson 21. Stand There Mountain - Unknown Artist 22. The Blue Shadow - Unknown Artist 23. I Wanna Know - Carol Connors 24. What Can I Do Now - Jimmy Lewis