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EDDIE KENDRICKS-GOIN’ UP IN SMOKE.

EDDIE KENDRICKS-GOIN’ UP IN SMOKE. For Eddie Kendricks, hooking up with Norman Harris for his seventh album He’s A Friend had rejuvenated his flagging career. Just three years before He’s A Friend, the future looked a lot brighter for Eddie Kendricks. Eddie had made his commercial breakthrough with his third album Eddie Kendricks, released in …

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FIRST CHOICE-ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

FIRST CHOICE-ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Next year, 2013, marks the fortieth anniversary of First Choice’s debut album Armed and Extremely Dangerous. First Choice were one of the most successful of Philly Soul’s female groups, releasing six albums between 1973 and 1980. The story of how First Choice made their commercial breakthrough is very different to …

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SALSOUL NATION-COMPILED AND MIXED BY LUKE HOWARD.

SALSOUL NATION-COMPILED AND MIXED BY LUKE HOWARD. Two of my favorite labels are Philadelphia International Records and Salsoul Records. Both labels were hugely important during the seventies, producing some of the greatest music of the decade. Even forty years later, the Philly Sound’s inimitable sound is still as popular and influential. Similarly, Salsoul Records’ music …

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