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Soulful Pop

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[1]. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
[2]. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) - The Honey Cone
[3]. Let Love Come Between Us - James & Bobby Purify
[4]. Blame It On The Pony Express - Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon
[5]. Everlasting Love - The Love Affair
[6]. Keep The Ball Rollin' - Jay & The Techniques
[7]. Something Old, Something New - The Fantastics
[8]. I Know I'm In Love - Chee-Chee & Peppy
[9]. Melting Pot - Blue Mink featuring Madeline Bell
[10]. (You've Got Me) Dangling On A String - Chairmen Of The Board
[11]. L.O.D. (Love On Delivery) - Billy Ocean
[12]. Love It's Getting Better - The Groove
[13]. Baby, Now That I Found You - The Foundations
[14]. Don't Do It Baby - Mac & Katie Kissoon
[15]. O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps
[16]. Lost & Found - The Peoples Choice
[17]. Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

Remastered by the legendary Rhino engineer Bill Inglot, all the songs on Soulful Pop sound marvelous.
The producers rounded up a compilation whose name well defines the contents: Soul music with a strong pop edge.
One could make a case for reversing it and say it's more like pop music w/ a dash of soul.
A standout jewel: The rare Jay & The Techniques hit - "Keep The Ball Rolling"

Lots of the singles here were much bigger hits in the UK than stateside, so for many, the songs will be unfamiliar. It's quite a fascinating study to compare the two countries response to different songs!
(How could the classic "Ooh Child" by the 5 Stairsteps completely bomb in the UK, but be such a smash in the US?
...and how could we have missed such a cool #1 UK cover hit of "Everlasting Love" by The Love Affair in America?)

For the half dozen Top 20 USA hits, they probably sound their very best on this disc.

I bought this CD for clean copies of "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations, and "O-o-h Child" by The Five Stairsteps. I hoped to find more hot tunes like them amoung the 17 total tracks, but only really found "Everlasting Love" by The Love Affair to be close in quality