The art above is by Matte Stephens, his Etsy can be found by clicking the link in the caption. I am partial to his Manhattan print and the rest of his city themed prints. I am also partial to dancing in Tiny bubble rooms.
The newest soul mix is the perfect fodder for tiny bubble room dancing. At least towards the end. It starts out slow like most of my mixes seem to do. Then it delves into some slow, doo-wopish, falsetto type songs. They are almost more doo-wop/oldie than soul, but it's a fine line and they are good songs so they get the nod. After that it breaks on through to the other side with a handful of more upbeat tunes. Some of them are even newer songs that have been released within the last couple of years.
Do you have your smoking jacket on and a drink with an umbrella in it, no homo? Then settle in and get ready for Soul mix 4. Being totally unbiased it's the audio form of everything that is right in the world. Someone named me likes it.
This mix has the Helene Smith version of, "Pain In My Heart," off of Eccentric Soul Vol 7: Deep City Soul Label. I highly recommend purchasing it on vinyl, it's a solid collection. Deep City was a seriously dope label out of Miami, there are a bunch of nice tracks in their catalog. A little bit about them and the Eccentric Soul collection. "Possibly the most influential of all the 60s Miami soul label's, the Deep City sound not only changed the Metro-Dade area, but set the tone for disco powerhouse TK's impressive run in the 70s.
The singles on Willie Clark and Johnny Pearsall's Lloyd and Deep City label's are Florida's rarest of the rare, and we've collected the best of their four year run here. Includes Betty Wright and Paul Kelly's first sides, the can't-miss-but-did diva Helene Smith, obscure work by Frank Williams & the Rocketeers, as well as a previously unreleased acetate by the Moovers."
Eccentric Soul Vol. 7 and Otis playing peek-a-boo.
Back to Helene's cover, I was in a record shop in the city and this came on and I had to do that thing where you stop what you are doing, walk up to the counter and demand they give you the name of the artist singing or you will start breaking things. Of course they coughed up the name immediately and that's just one of the many reasons they call me Jack Bauer. It's not the fact that I get drunk and tackle Christmas trees, it's the way I make people talk...and I also happen to be 3' 11." Apparently Helene has a Myspace Who knew?
Helene Smith- Pain In My Heart
Here is one more sample. The James Brown track, "Prisoner of Love." That's some old school James, it's amazing how long this man was good. From slow smooth grooves to rock your face off funk fantasticness this dude could do it all. This one of the slower jams, but dude could SANG!!
James Brown- Prisoner Of Love
The rest of the mix has music, with instruments and singers. If you like music and instruments and also singers then it might make sense for you to download this, but that's just like my opinion maan.
