California Soul [Original recording reissued]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Luv N Haight
• ASIN: B00006L87P
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,559 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Good-Un', January 26, 2006

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J. Frankel (CT , US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: California Soul (Audio CD)

Seems like (if you're looking in the right places) the marketplace is flooded with rare groove and underground funk compilations. It's hard to even know where to begin. You could do a whole hell of a lot worse than 'California Soul.' Distributed by Ubiquity, who guarantees all their albums - and always live up to the promise in my book - this one is wall to wall sound. Lots of variation too; from laid-back soul to mellow funk to righteous grooves and even a latin dip ("The Wobble Cha"). All culled from the best years of the 70's, the golden age of black music in America. If you dig soul and funk and you stumble on this one somewhere...pick it up and run.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent and a half, March 12, 2010

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Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber Print DJ ... (Mahwah, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: California Soul (Audio CD)

You could dissect soul aesthetically but what would be the point. Everyone who knows their music knows that soul is formula, but when it's on, man is it on.

This was particularly true in the 1970s--get a good writer, good players, cut a 45, and you could turn around very soon and find yourself on the radio.

California Soul has such buried treasure. The California in this title is important--in those days, soul sounded specific to region. Grit grooves in the south, sweet Phillie, and smoother groves on the west coast.

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This set has a great buffet of laid back but funky grooves and more solid funk. Think Kool And The Gang with more spice or a less ornate Earth Wind and Fire.

But next to these grooves, comparison and analysis are not worth a thing. Get this, and the companion, Super Cool California Soul 2, shake that big or small a-s of yours and enjoy. I'll be there in spirit.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The good stuff, June 21, 2007

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Rob Fox - See all my reviews

This review is from: California Soul (Audio CD)

An amazing collection of soul and funk music unparalleled in today's music. It's hard to find music this good, and here it is all packaged together for you. I listen to this album over and over again.