This is an amazing compilation of some rare and hard to find soul. If you like good old classic soul at all then download this. It's right up there with Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol 1.
Various Artists - Blue Light Basement Party, Vol. 1
1. Jealous Kind of Fella - Garland Green2. Don't It Make You Feel Kinda Bad - The Radiants
3. Our Day Will Come - Ruby & the Romantics
4. I'm Still Here - The Notations
5. Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over) - Ruby Andrews
6. Under the Street - Exits
7. Stone Good Lover - Jo Armstead
8. Go On - United Four
9. Lovin You - Gifts
10. Oh Cindy - The Vibrations
11. What More Can I Ask For - Star-Tels
12. When Love Calls - Darrow Fletcher
13. Working on a Groovy Thing - Patti Drew
14. That's How Heartaches Are Made - Baby Washington
15. Third Cup, Pt. 1 - Eddie Fisher
16. You Better Go - Nancy Wilson
17. Think About Tomorrow - Ethics
18. Forget About Me - Carolyn Crawford
19. It's a Man Down There - G.L Crocket
20. You Say You Love Me - Dee Edward
21. Mighty Lover - The Ideals
22. The Touch of You - Brenda & the Tabulations
23. Temptations 'Bout to Get Me - Knight Bros
24. Now I Know I Love You - Mandells
25. Ain't No Big Thing - The Radiants
26. ????
4 comments:
Thanks for a great collection.
Found this review to be very interesting:
From AMG Reviews
Sure, you can't judge a book by its cover, but that old saw doesn't even take into account the longrunning Blue Light seriesmore often than not, the discs don't even come with cover booklets, and the halfassed track listings below the CD tray come complete with a ridiculous number of misspellings. With no label information or copyright data in sight, it's safe to assume the discs are bootlegsso why such a high rating? For one thing, they're available in some of Chicago's independent retail outlets; second, unlike the vast majority of pirated releases on the market, the sound is startlingly good; and third, the track selection is impeccable, focusing on the kind of rare mellow soul grooves so beloved on Chicago's Dusty Steppers scene. The series is clearly a labor of love for whoever's behind it, and given each disc's dirtcheap price point, they're definitely worth the investment if classic soul and doowop is your bag. The first volume sets up the basic ground rules: a few hits (Ruby the Romantics' ?Our Day Will Come," Baby Washington's ?That's How Heartaches Are Made"), a slew of obscurities (the Notations' ?I'm Still Here," the United Four's ?Go On," the Radiants' ?Don't It Make You Feel Kinda Bad?") and one leftfield ?bonus" surprise (figure it out for yourself). In short, a fine beginning to a series far better than it has any right to be.
- Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
A truly sweet set here.The Knight Brothers, Wow! A side my neighbours must be very familiar with now as it always gets a loud airing along with other heart wrenching big ballads when the wines been flowing!
I certainly can't figure it out - what/who is the mystery track?
glad you enjoyed the cd. It's such a great collection. This is the side of soul music I just love.
And I have no idea who/what the bonus track is. They do it on all their comps...
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