1. Yucca Jump2. Peck Ya Neck
3. Wind On Horseback
4. Tee Vee
5. Solid
6. Stop & Go
7. Silk


Side one
A1. It Ain’t Easy (Ry Cooder : electric guitar)
A2. Sing With The Children (Ry Cooder : electric bottleneck guitar)
A3. Sister Angela
A4. Not At All (Ry Cooder : electric bottleneck guitar)
A5. Casey Jones
Side two
B1. Going Down
B2. From A Whisper To A Scream
B3. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
B4. What’d I Do Wrong
B5. Going Down (reprise)


Tracks
A1 This Is It 6:27
A2 Filled With Desire 3:45
A3 Me And My Gemini 6:25
B1 Lady Of The Evening 5:28
B2 I’ve Got You / No Room For Another 3:35
B3 Foxy Lady 4:06
B4 Let’s Make Love 4:08
Bonus Tracks
1. What Is Life 4.01
2. What About Me 3.16
3. The Beginning Of The End 3.31
4. Don’t Know What You’re Doing 3.27
5. Baby (So Glad I’ve Got You) 4.20
6. Give Him Up 3.12
7. I Do 3.24
8. Nothing You Can Do 3.31
The Controllers were among the most underrated and overlooked ’70s soul groups. They didn’t generate nearly as much publicity or have as much crossover success as fellow Alabama performers the Commodores, but their slow songs were far more earthy and explosive. Their reflective “Somebody’s Gotta Win” eloquently and passionately delivered by lead singer Reginald McArthur, stands tall amongst the set’s more Southern-flavored offerings. This album was a solid hit with R&B and Southern soul audiences, and still retains plenty of power. Collectables later reissued this album as part of their Golden Classics series.
Excellent North Carolina-based quartet on Holland-Dozier-Holland’s label.
Tracks
A1 I Had It All 4.16
A2 It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way 7.40
A3 Rain 6.39
B1 Try It, You’ll Like It 2.53
B2 I Can’t Believe You’re Gone 3.00
B3 Livin’ High Off The Goodness Of Your Love 4.02
B4 When Love Was A Child 3.44
B5 Well Worth Waiting For Your Love 3.31
A funky fusion classic from the 70s -- the one and only album from Chocolate Jam Company, a hip little group headed up by percussionist Leon Ndugu Chancler! The core sound is soul, but there's plenty of fusion touches as well -- thanks to a great lineup of players that includes Oscar Brashear on trumpet, George Duke on keyboards, David T Walker on guitar, and even Dorothy Ashby on harp! Chancler sings lead vocals on most cuts -- but he's also joined by Virginia Ayers and Leo Mille on some cuts too -- making for a really well-rounded sound that's easily one of the best jazz-into-soul sessions like this from the 70s -- almost topping the more famous work from folks like Lenny White or Mtume!
Conducted by a small local San Francisco band, Courtial was founded by guitarist Bill Courtial & conga man Pete "Coke" Escovedo, Errol Knwoles on vocals. LP including the famous song "Losing You" a fantastic soulful rock cut with great vocals. Super others jazz funk tracks too.
An early 80s classic from Richard Dimples Fields -- one of the most unique talents in soul music of his generation -- with an appeal that's both down home, and smoothly sophisticated at the time! In a way, Fields' music represents many changes his audience was going through at the time -- classing things up a bit, and heading into the mainstream -- yet still very much concerned about the same issues and challenges of years past. The approach is almost southern soul by way of southern California -- rough edges polished out, but still earthy enough to hang out with the crowd from back home. Almost all titles are originals, and Richard handled most of the production too -- on tracks that include "If It Ain't One Thing It's Another", "After I Put My Lovin On You", "Baby Work Out", "Mr Look So Good", "Taking Applications", and "A Freak On The Side".