Hi Harris My name is Carl. I live in New Zealand. I love 1960s/70s Soul and Funk music. Firstly I like Sam Cooke, and I particularly like his gospel singing. The group War i was into back in the 70s, songs such as Low Rider, Cisco Kid, Galaxy are favorites of mine. The Isley Brothers are cool. They were popular in the 1970s with a string of hits. Stax label put out great soul music, I liked the Staple Singers who recorded on that label. I'm listening to Sly and the Family Stone in the background while I'm checking out your video. I'm in my sixties and I started going to the Discos back in the late 70s. I remember dancing to KC and the Sunshine bands hits, and the lovely Donna Summers tracks too. Thanks for posting your video.
hey Carl, thanks for that comment. Yes Sam Cooke’s gospel stuff is amazing ‘Touch The Hem Of His Garment’ is just wonderful. I love Sly. ‘Everybody Is A Star’ ia an all time favourite of mine! .Thanks for watching Carl!
Im so happy to see that Al Green album in your collection. All his albums are beautiful and Belle is a gorgeous song, your exactly right. Absolutely amazing That Isley Bros record is an absolute classic !!!!!!! And Shirley Brown…ugh 😍 I love all the diversity in your collection.
Teddy is fantastic, and Luther Vandross isn't too shabby either.. Love that Stax Comp !! Blasted The Supremes earlier this evening while cooking dinner.. Sean likes Diana Ross and their version of " Mickeys Monkey" .. the Smokey penned tune. Think " Papa Was A Rolling Stone" was first an Undisputed Truth single.. I love " Cloud Nine" album by the Temptations. Great batch of records Harris... SWEET. !!
Hey Harris! Man this was fantastic! My friend and I were talking about the killer Soul R&B classics just the other night and I made a conscious effort this weekend to seek out some Soul and Funk in the record shop! And you’re right for some reason most of the stuff is sold at lowball prices! Man I see Isley Bros everytime I go to the RS! KC&SB are absolutely amazing! He’s one of the funkiest white dudes I’ve ever heard! Great stuff HP! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
Hey Brian, good to hear from you!Just watched a video about your new place.Phonomenal..we don’t really have basements in the U.K much..that looks incredible Can’t wait to see what you do with the place.We’re so squashed in over here, my apartment is tiny. Yeah I imagine you can get a lot of cheap soul in America.Ernie Isley is such an awesome guitar play.Thet guitar on ‘That Lady’ is just so iconic! Speak to you soon mate!
Hi Harris, you are a soul man! Sam Cooke excellent singer and excellent songs, nice pick. War’s greatest hits I love it. I picked that up a few months ago, brilliant. Barry White, I saw him at Portsmouth Guildhall in late 70’s, never seen so much sweat in all my live, the man was dripping, he was 28st when the gig started and 8st when it finished 😁 keep dancing! 🕺💃Mike
Wow Mike, I would love to have seen The Love Walrus in the 70’s..that’s Iconic! Yes I imagine that he needed a squirt of the Lynx Africa by the end! So many of his tracks he just waffles on for about 6 minutes..but ‘Stone Gone’ is great! Yeah Sam Cooke probably has the greatest voice ever. Cheers Mike!
Good to see you give a heads up to The Belle album. Isleys 'Fight the Power' was on 'The Heat is on' - not a self-titled album and yes I am nit-picking. lol.
Hey ho, lets go Harris. Now those were super solid suggestions for the money. I have seen some of these in the Goodwill's over the years. Definitely have seen various other albums from 75% of the artists that you showed. One suggestion from me would be this one. I love the band War. A great album of theirs's to find is All Day Music. The title track alone is worth grabbing. But the rest of the album is worth hearing too. >< That Stax Soul Explosion looks cool. I do not see many original Stax recordings around here that often. The one album that I always look for in the charity shops is 'Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica'. ♫ I was listening to the Chic album not to long ago. Fabulous choices Harris. An 11 out of 10~ Rob/Boston
Hey Rob! I need to check that track out! My favourite ever war track is ‘War Is Coming’ which is a Latin funk banger ! Really worth listening too. I do love a it of Chic. In the U.K. finding ‘The Faboulous Ronettes’ would be a long shot..that’s normally marked up at £70.00 plus I do have a comp that has all the tracks from the first album on it, huge influence on U.K. indie that one, The Jesus & Mary Chain knicked that drum beat for so many tunes..’Some Candy Talking’ is the best known. Hope your looking forward to Autumn in Boston Rob, always looks amazing!
I have that Sam Cooke ! Out of 4 LP's I have by him.. its my favorite. I've been into Al Green for a very long time, he always had plenty of radio play, all the way back to the early 1970's. War was huge over here, we all loved it, and Eric Burdon's War ( first album ) is equally good !
Yeah JT, Sam Cooke’s voice is killer. Someone has left a comment on this video saying they like my contemt but I should watch JT’s Record Room to get tips on my presentation & audio! I couldn’t agree more! War do a great track called ‘War Is Coming!’ it’s a Latin funk monster. Cheers JT, good to hear from You!
@@Harrispilton22 What !! AllI do is film from my phone, and I'm in a corner, more or less, so there isn't much echo, and I make sure I turn up the volume before filming.. oh, and take a deep breath ! Hehe.. Man.. I don't know. we all have different styles. and ways... it's all good to me.. that is a nice compliment. though.. Always good to see you, and I love it when your funny.. there are many times you had me rolling !! Love your channel Harris !
Totally agree on some of the pricing when it comes to soul stuff. Lotta phenomenal albums for like $10 and below all over the place, but let's hope that secret stays kept! Great vid.
Yeah,I’ve probably skimmed the surface here. I bet there’s loads of decent funk/soul/boogie from the 70’s/80’s that I haven’t heard of that goes cheap. I imagine there a lot in America, people are often just put off investigating it. Cheers mate!
Yesterday I played a 3 record set of Sam Cooke that I bought for a dollar years ago. It was a set that someone would have purchased through a TV ad in the early 70s. The album sounds better than most of the stuff they put out today on some great looking colored vinyl. Problem with those is the look of the record is better than the sound! If you love that Barry White style watch the movie titled Love Serenade. A sleazy DJ who plays lotsa Barry etc shows up in a backwater Aussie town and gets involved with a pair of sisters and...
never heard of Love Serenade Ed, cheers. Will check it out! Sam Cooke was always hit & miss as they gave him a lot of pop fluff, but this comp is 80% great..especially for £3-4 . His album ‘Night Beat’ is very good.
Some really nice Soul/Disco stuff there, and I can only agree, those are pretty cheap to pick up even over here and are really well spent money for some good music. Cheers
Cheers Mate. Yes good to hear that these are still cheap in Europe. I think it some parts of the world some of these are becoming quite expensive Thanks Janne, I hope all is well.
Hi Harris, great selections there for under £10. Love that Isley Brothers album. In the 80’s I used to buy the Streetsounds comps & then source a lot of artists. Thinking of Soul/R&B I just picked up a spare copy of “This is Niecy”.. Deniece Williams if you’ve not already got.
Hi Ed! yes definately up for the Denice Williams album. Big fan. Yes those Soul street sounds comps are still pretty cheap...the electro ones are starting to go for £20 plus, getting collectible. yeah anytime you about Ed ping me a message, happily take that off your hands!
Hello Harris, so cool you liked the stream. And yes there will be more the next will be on October the 15th. The soul and disco records are getting up in price as well. I was in the Netherlands this week and pricing of beaten up records was insane. Really like your channel.
Hi Nadine, thanks! Look forward to watching it. Yes sadly I think records from all genres will continue increase, just supply & demand with more & more people getting into vinyl. Thanks again🙂
Excellent video, Harris. Nadine’s livestream was great until about an hour in when I turned up late 🤦♂️. There’s so much cheap heat soul out there. I might try to do a response. Anyway, we need to sort out a pub video. When’re you free? 🍺👍
Ha,ha, thanks .I think you turning up late was brilliant..but I think you got away with it..nobody noticed! Yes I’ve probably scratched the surface EWF is an obvious omission, but there’s probably some more Leftfield stuff I haven’t considered/heard of. Often it’s about finding the right shop, I find if you can find a traditional old school record shop, that lives off Zeppelin ,Floyd & Beatles often they will bung this stuff out for a fiver. Will let you know when I’m free for a pub video! Look forward to it! Yes a response vid would be great!
Under a tenner is probably $50 over here! All the big guns Harris. If you're only going to have one Sam Cooke, that comp is a ripper. So who did Al choose in the end? God or the missus? You're not wrong about the Isley's I snapped up a stack of their late 60's/70's records cheap about 10 years ago. Love that you brought up Homer's walk on music. So funny! I think I totally agree with you that the only reason these are a decent price is because the artwork is atrocious 😂I only knew of Teddy Pendergrass for years because of an Eddie Murphy impression. Yes more cricket chat!!! Beautiful stuff Harris. Cheers...Ben
Ha,ha, my dad was a very talented cricketer, & I was supposed to be named after Richie Benaud (His Hero) ..but my mum stepped in.Warney actually signed for Hampshire so I got to see him every week for 5/6 years. Great times. The vinyl market must be pretty fierce if these are $50.00 plus, because I could probably buy this lot tomorrow for £100.00 the lot (bar The Vandellas album) The cost of living crisis is definately cooling the market..it’s about to get brutal over here. I’ve just watched that Simpsons clip..on the back of Homer’s robe it says ‘Opponent’ 🤣 Hope you’re good mate!
@@Harrispilton22 You probably saw more great Australian cricketers up close playing county cricket than I ever did over here. Everything has just suddenly sky rocketed in price this year. Our food & power bills are getting ridiculous. So look out. Cheers...Ben
Ah, a wonderful topic! Most mainstream R&B bands’ bestselling LPs and especially Greatest Hits can be had for $5 or less, and everyone should take advantage! The Greatest Hits packages are easy to find. I gotta hunt for a good Northern Soul comp…
Hi M! Thanks. I thought I’d be able to give you a good Northern Soul recommendation Because over here there are literally thousands of compilations..then I saw how much they sell for in America! Clearly there aren’t many comps in America. One of my favourites is ‘Northern Soul ‘The Soundtrack’ (there was a northern soul film that came out a few years ago)which is a good mix of better known stuff and more Leftfield picks. I always think the comps work better on CD. Thanks as ever M Hope things are good with you!
Great video - Like everything else, the tide will change and all of the classics that you have shown will increase in price. So much great music, Al Green being the finest of the bunch. His recordings lost some of their warmth after he split with Willie but they are still great. Except for Al, I've sold all of the albums that you have shown for between $5.00 and $7.00 in nm- condition. Soul compilations have always been undervalued. Lucky for those of use who love the music. I'm surprised that early 80's rap has not shot up in price. Cheers.
Yes agree! Certainly 90’s rap is big right now (particulaly cassettes) You don’t see a lot of 80’s rap in the U.K. second hand, But the 87-88 era stuff hasn’t gone nuts yet. Yes the production on Belle is it’s only weakness..although I think he had to get away from Willie Mitchell as it was such a distinctive sound he was in danger of sounding samey imo.At least by selling them you’ve proved my point in respect of price! Cheers mate!
Hi Harris. Your thumbnail attracted me; 'The Belle Album' is one of my favourites ... I picked up a near-mint still-in-shrink vinyl LP yesterday at a charity shop for just £1.50 - The Staples' 'Pass It On' from 1976, produced by Curtis Mayfield and arranged by Rich Tufo. Mayfield plays lead guitar and Tufo plays keyboards ... Sam Cooke is a candidate for greatest soul voice of all-time ... George McCrae 'Rock Your Baby' used to be a car boot sale regular. It must have sold by the truckload back in the day.
Listening to Belle as I type, really great. Even with the occasional naff synthetic synth sound. Wow what a great find With The Staple Singers, I actually don’t own an album by them. Sam Cooke is my favourite vocalist along with Smoky Robinson & Al Green..who were both huge fans of his. Thanks for watching Carl.
@@Harrispilton22 Yes, those synths are really terrible ... My only other purchase yesterday, in another charity shop, was 'You Are Not Alone' by Mavis Staples on CD. A very strange coincidence ... I bought a budget-priced LP of Sam Cooke's gospel recordings with the Soul Stirrers when I was about 20, and I've loved him ever since. Nice video. All the best, Carl
Hello Harris. Chic can still be found for cheap, incredible beats. It is hard to find soul, even in Detroit. I rarely see much in the way of soul and funk. Barry White Greatest Hits, I,portent album in college when you brought a lady back to the room. Fire up Barry White. Love the king version of Love to Love You Baby, see the previous comment for what to do with it haha.
Hi Steve! Yes I’m sure the Love Walrus was responsible for a few babies in the 70’s! I’ve just played that KC & The Sunshine Band Part 3 album again & it really is magnificent.. They’re like tThe Ramones of Funk.One idea, hammer it into the ground. Yes Chic were incredible between 79-81. Thanks for watching Steve.
Chic are one of the most influential bands ever & they deserved all the success & accolades. One of the last great R&B bands along with SOS Band. Both , still active. I Feel Love ( the original version) is still fresh. Getting ready for Qatar 🇶🇦 ..
Yes David Chic, certainly left a huge footprint on disco/soul, that’s heard today! Looking forward to you bantering me after USA destroy us Qatar after ripping our apart our defence consisting of Luke Shaw & Harry McGuire! Thanks David!
Hi Harris. There are some naff sleeves on 70s soul records, which I admit causes me to flick past them when I've got no idea about the music. I've seen lots of Motown Chartbusters but never Vol1. I should definitely find a copy of Watchout! and several others you showed. Atlantic's 'This is Soul' is a great soul comp and should be less than £10. Cheers Dale
Hi Dale, yes that Atlantic Comp was a repeated listen for me during my youth! Great introduction to the label. Watchout is a great pop album, maybye my favourite group 60’s Motown album.The trouble with those Chartbusters albums is they’ve normally they’ve been ragged by the previous owner, decent copies hard to find!
Nice one HP....as HOT CHOCOLATE would say ...Everyones a Winner!!.....I am on a funk/disco GROOVE myself,having scored some great sounding CD comps lately
Hot Chocolate didn’t make the cut! Even I have my limits! Yes tbh, I could have made this video a lot shorter by saying, just buy them on CD! Hope to see some of those CD’s.I notice this video has already lost me some subs..probably streamed that KC & The Sunshine album that I announced was ‘Mind Altering’ & thought ‘ This blokes talking shite!’
Great video. Check out Rufus and Chaka Khan., Jr Walker and the all Stars, Baby Huey, Old Ike and Tina Turner. Just picked put Otis Redding and Little Joe Curtis today. Going on the table shortly.
Hi Greg! Yes I could have shown my Jr Walker Comp, Shotgun used to get played over here a lot, as well as ‘What Does It Take’ Funnily enough I’m hit & miss with Otis, but his live albums are where it’s at with me, & ‘Try A Little Tenderness’ is a top ten song of all time Need to get a Rufus & Chaka Khan album..& Little Joe Curtis is totally new to me..will investigate. Cheers Greg!
al greens belle, why is tthere so many sealed copys aand saw cut/holepunch versions of that record? it is a classic!!!!! and yet nobody seems to care, why? The VC needs more people pushing soul r&b records , keep up the good work!!
I think ‘Belle’ was considered not very good on release (it was quite a different sound) so many people are just catching up to it. Yeah I show quite a bit of Soul r&b, it was me who told you to get ‘Live At The Sex Machine’ by Kool & The Gang! Cheers Bobby!
Some corkers there matey 👍 I've got the complete set of the Motown chartbusters,all 12 albums. Vol 1,3&6 are probably the ones I see the most. Soul/Motown compilations are normally standard fayre at carboot sales and are really cheap....cant go wrong with one of them. I see a lot of Diana Ross LPs too....loads of great Motown and Soul records out there !!! I never see much in the way of funk though but that's not really my thing. Great video and as the saying goes,you could sell sand to the arabs 👍👍👍
Yeah, funk is always expensive. It amazes me that I still see thousands of those Motown albums..brilliant way to get into soul. Volume 3 was the one I used to love when I was at school, but vol 1is pretty unbeatable. It’s a great way for kids to build up their collection & they sound great on cheap turntables! Cheers Nick!
H to the P! Once again great video mate, I learn a shitload from your good self. I'm heading up to the States again beginning of November, this'll be my 3rd trip in a year, and previously I came back with a load of doo wop and R&B from LA, and then a load of psyche from San Diego....so I think after watching this, Las Vegas (to see The Who btw, so excited) will be all about a haul of soul. I shall be taking notes from this video (and from the comments tbf, cheers everyone) in the next days/weeks. If they're cheap in the UK, I'd imagine in the US it'll be buttons...it really is an incredible experience trawling through crates up there.... it's all I wanna do tbh, sad but true; San Diego zoo anyone? Nah, fuck that! I've got this covers band of The Band going over here these last few weeks, just open mic night, nothing too fancy (named The Banned btw, pretty good eh) and last night was actually the first night that we didn't do The Weight...what a song and yeah the Staples version beats all. Great that Rick still comes in with Crazy Chester mind! My missus got me The Last Waltz on vinyl just a couple of weeks ago for my birthday, 2013 reissue, really sounds great. Cheers Harris, top bloke
Hey John cheers. Yeas one of my first loves at about 14 was Doo Wop..god knows why, but I bought 20 Doo Wop Greats on the Cascade Label..I played it for about a year They all thought I was mental at school!🤣 Yes ,OST of these records should be all over the US, bar Sam Cooke, I thinks that’s A U.K. issue. Would love to make it over there one day, it will happen! Would love to drive Route 66 or something, seen enough Cowboy movies! 🤣 Cheers John
Never seen these albums in fleamarkets & circulation centres here, exceot Rock You Baby. And that I have, ofcourse. Some other Diana Ross & Donna Summer albums are quite easily to find. Different soul albums are a lot common than funk albums.
Hey Tommy.Yeah Funk is hard to find, I think because it appeals to classic rock fans, They are happy to buy Funkadelic/Parliament, but not the Isleys or early KC & The Sunshine band/Kool& The Gang.but I actually listen more to the latter nowadays. Those three bands are underrated.Cheers mate, hope things are good with you!
Sam Cooke is one those singers that can make a bad or dull song listenable and even good. I think he and Aretha Franklin both made a bunch of easy-listening pop records (that no one listens to anymore) before they made the records that everyone knows and loves. I get anything I can find by the Staple Singers, they're just amazing!
Hi Arturo. Yeah I’ve got a lovely U.K. press of Sam Cooke’s ‘Night Beat’ which is probably his only decent ‘Proper’ album, he did get passed a lot of fluff,probably in an attempt to crossover. I’m just listening to his track ‘I’ll Come Running Back To You’..his voice is just wonderful, makes what would be an average tune absolutely fantastic.. I don’t own a single Staple Singers album..hard to find in the U.K. There’s a clip on RUclips of Mavis Staples singing The Weight backstage with Nick Lowe & Wilco..it really is wonderful.
@@Harrispilton22 I first heard the Staples in The Band - The Last Waltz movie. I've found three of their records from between 1963 and 1967, but those are the only ones I've ever seen. I saw that version with Wilco and Nick Lowe, it's great!
Lovely. Not music I've grown up generally with but picked bits and pieces along the way, only belle al green I can't get along with dunno why. It's getting rarer to find soul, decent disco these days all I see now is tons of '80s knocking about.
Yes, like everything, it’s all slowly creeping up in value. I’m a big Al Green fan. I think 80’s funk ,boogie is definately still cheap. Pay day & record fair tomorrow! Gulp!
@@Harrispilton22 steady! I trust you won't go mad a man with your experience? As a Christian I struggle to find decent Christian music and Al Green's Xian stuff is a bit cheesy 80s no? Am I being a bit irreverent?
@@Thevinylscavenger Not at all. It’s interesting how many American VC’ers are Christian.My parents are quite conservative & were bought up in Christian households..but both rejected it & refused to get me christened, which I thought was interesting. I wouldnt know any Christian records although I know Noble Records loves Christian rock. The track ‘Touch the hem of his garment’ from the Sam Cooke record I showed, is a fantastic Christian tune, with a lovely story..so there’s one I know!
@@alanboas810 That’s very nice of you to say Alan 😊 I know JT’s channel very well, he’s fantastic.He’s slightly more Hi-spec than me! I think of myself as The Dave Clark Five to His Beatles!.. I’ll see what I can do!
Sam Cooke, in an ugly shrt, is a ''style icon''!? Al Green could sing, never bought any of his Lps, too patchy. Ellison is usually linked to Stay with me baby, operatic cheese, sadly. It's one of those tunes that could be gorgeous with the right singer, I wonder if it has found one? I sell Pendergrass vinyls for 33cents each to the local record store, as far as I know he knocks them out for 1-3$, need to ask him. I don't want them near me, it's his smile! , the hair......nasty. I'd pay a LOT of money to see you do 'Keep it Comin now' in a tight leopard skin leotard at a Karaoke bar.
I was thinking ‘Mike will be along in a minute to boot the crap out of this!’ Yes Ellison! I think that’s a great version .Yeah Teddy P’s albums aren’t the best Maybye I’ll start a Patreon for the leopard skin leotard, my ones ruined as I wore it last Bank Holiday when creosoting the shed.. Everyone’s got a Patreon now on the VC.Watch this space!
@@Harrispilton22 I'm not sure I've ever put a Teddy P record on the turntable. Hopefully they are terrible, tedious when you let a masterpiece go oblivious to it being so. It's a shame you don't live up the road as I'd be quite happy to give you thousands of 'cheap' soul vinyls for nothing! Count me in for 49p a month if you go commerical, you don't give off a qualia of wealth - on many levels, so are probably the most deserving of VC wankers! You need a dolly bird with large marimbas to do yard work in 80's fashion regalia. Lesbians are the best, hard workers although not the ones you find in Hampstead or Richmond upon Thames, stuck up lazy bermuda triangle munchers!
Im so happy to see that Al Green album in your collection. All his albums are beautiful and Belle is a gorgeous song, your exactly right. Absolutely amazing That Isley Bros record is an absolute classic !!!!!!! And Shirley Brown…ugh 😍 I love all the diversity in your collection.
Hey Malea, I love comments like this, Thank you so much. Yeah ‘It ain’t no fun’ by Shirley Brown has been a favourite of mine for years. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi Harris My name is Carl. I live in New Zealand. I love 1960s/70s Soul and Funk music. Firstly I like Sam Cooke, and I particularly like his gospel singing. The group War i was into back in the 70s, songs such as Low Rider, Cisco Kid, Galaxy are favorites of mine. The Isley Brothers are cool. They were popular in the 1970s with a string of hits. Stax label put out great soul music, I liked the Staple Singers who recorded on that label. I'm listening to Sly and the Family Stone in the background while I'm checking out your video. I'm in my sixties and I started going to the Discos back in the late 70s. I remember dancing to KC and the Sunshine bands hits, and the lovely Donna Summers tracks too. Thanks for posting your video.
hey Carl, thanks for that comment. Yes Sam Cooke’s gospel stuff is amazing ‘Touch The Hem Of His Garment’ is just wonderful. I love Sly. ‘Everybody Is A Star’ ia an all time favourite of mine! .Thanks for watching Carl!
Im so happy to see that Al Green album in your collection. All his albums are beautiful and Belle is a gorgeous song, your exactly right. Absolutely amazing
That Isley Bros record is an absolute classic !!!!!!!
And Shirley Brown…ugh 😍
I love all the diversity in your collection.
Teddy is fantastic, and Luther Vandross isn't too shabby either.. Love that Stax Comp !! Blasted The Supremes earlier this evening while cooking dinner.. Sean likes Diana Ross and their version of " Mickeys Monkey" .. the Smokey penned tune. Think " Papa Was A Rolling Stone" was first an Undisputed Truth single.. I love " Cloud Nine" album by the Temptations. Great batch of records Harris... SWEET. !!
Hey Harris! Man this was fantastic! My friend and I were talking about the killer Soul R&B classics just the other night and I made a conscious effort this weekend to seek out some Soul and Funk in the record shop! And you’re right for some reason most of the stuff is sold at lowball prices! Man I see Isley Bros everytime I go to the RS! KC&SB are absolutely amazing! He’s one of the funkiest white dudes I’ve ever heard! Great stuff HP! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
Hey Brian, good to hear from you!Just watched a video about your new place.Phonomenal..we don’t really have basements in the U.K much..that looks incredible Can’t wait to see what you do with the place.We’re so squashed in over here, my apartment is tiny. Yeah I imagine you can get a lot of cheap soul in America.Ernie Isley is such an awesome guitar play.Thet guitar on ‘That Lady’ is just so iconic! Speak to you soon mate!
@@Harrispilton22 Absolutley HP! By the way I still chuckle whenever I hear someone say 6 inch pianist LoL!
Hi Harris, you are a soul man! Sam Cooke excellent singer and excellent songs, nice pick. War’s greatest hits I love it. I picked that up a few months ago, brilliant. Barry White, I saw him at Portsmouth Guildhall in late 70’s, never seen so much sweat in all my live, the man was dripping, he was 28st when the gig started and 8st when it finished 😁 keep dancing! 🕺💃Mike
Wow Mike, I would love to have seen The Love Walrus in the 70’s..that’s Iconic! Yes I imagine that he needed a squirt of the Lynx Africa by the end! So many of his tracks he just waffles on for about 6 minutes..but ‘Stone Gone’ is great! Yeah Sam Cooke probably has the greatest voice ever. Cheers Mike!
@@Harrispilton22 the love walrus was a puddle by the end! 😁
Good to see you give a heads up to The Belle album. Isleys 'Fight the Power' was on 'The Heat is on' - not a self-titled album and yes I am nit-picking. lol.
Hey ho, lets go Harris. Now those were super solid suggestions for the money. I have seen some of these in the Goodwill's over the years. Definitely have seen various other albums from 75% of the artists that you showed. One suggestion from me would be this one. I love the band War. A great album of theirs's to find is All Day Music. The title track alone is worth grabbing. But the rest of the album is worth hearing too. >< That Stax Soul Explosion looks cool. I do not see many original Stax recordings around here that often. The one album that I always look for in the charity shops is 'Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica'. ♫ I was listening to the Chic album not to long ago. Fabulous choices Harris. An 11 out of 10~
Rob/Boston
Hey Rob! I need to check that track out! My favourite ever war track is ‘War Is Coming’ which is a Latin funk banger ! Really worth listening too. I do love a it of Chic. In the U.K. finding ‘The Faboulous Ronettes’ would be a long shot..that’s normally marked up at £70.00 plus I do have a comp that has all the tracks from the first album on it, huge influence on U.K. indie that one, The Jesus & Mary Chain knicked that drum beat for so many tunes..’Some Candy Talking’ is the best known. Hope your looking forward to Autumn in Boston Rob, always looks amazing!
Fantastic stuff!!! Love Miss Lady Soul
it’s is a really great stream. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers Mike!
I have that Sam Cooke ! Out of 4 LP's I have by him.. its my favorite. I've been into Al Green for a very long time, he always had plenty of radio play, all the way back to the early 1970's. War was huge over here, we all loved it, and Eric Burdon's War ( first album ) is equally good !
Yeah JT, Sam Cooke’s voice is killer. Someone has left a comment on this video saying they like my contemt but I should watch JT’s Record Room to get tips on my presentation & audio! I couldn’t agree more! War do a great track called ‘War Is Coming!’ it’s a Latin funk monster. Cheers JT, good to hear from You!
@@Harrispilton22 What !! AllI do is film from my phone, and I'm in a corner, more or less, so there isn't much echo, and I make sure I turn up the volume before filming.. oh, and take a deep breath ! Hehe.. Man.. I don't know. we all have different styles. and ways... it's all good to me.. that is a nice compliment. though.. Always good to see you, and I love it when your funny.. there are many times you had me rolling !! Love your channel Harris !
@@jtsrecordroom3963 cheers JT! You are a gent!🙂🙂
@@Harrispilton22 And you are a friend ! See you soon brother !
Totally agree on some of the pricing when it comes to soul stuff. Lotta phenomenal albums for like $10 and below all over the place, but let's hope that secret stays kept! Great vid.
Yeah,I’ve probably skimmed the surface here. I bet there’s loads of decent funk/soul/boogie from the 70’s/80’s that I haven’t heard of that goes cheap. I imagine there a lot in America, people are often just put off investigating it. Cheers mate!
Yesterday I played a 3 record set of Sam Cooke that I bought for a dollar years ago. It was a set that someone would have purchased through a TV ad in the early 70s. The album sounds better than most of the stuff they put out today on some great looking colored vinyl. Problem with those is the look of the record is better than the sound!
If you love that Barry White style watch the movie titled Love Serenade. A sleazy DJ who plays lotsa Barry etc shows up in a backwater Aussie town and gets involved with a pair of sisters and...
never heard of Love Serenade Ed, cheers. Will check it out! Sam Cooke was always hit & miss as they gave him a lot of pop fluff, but this comp is 80% great..especially for £3-4 . His album ‘Night Beat’ is very good.
Great records .
Hey cheers Bob, appreciate it! Yeah...hopefully cheap records too!
Some really nice Soul/Disco stuff there, and I can only agree, those are pretty cheap to pick up even over here and are really well spent money for some good music. Cheers
Cheers Mate. Yes good to hear that these are still cheap in Europe. I think it some parts of the world some of these are becoming quite expensive Thanks Janne, I hope all is well.
Hi Harris, great selections there for under £10. Love that Isley Brothers album. In the 80’s I used to buy the Streetsounds comps & then source a lot of artists. Thinking of Soul/R&B I just picked up a spare copy of “This is Niecy”.. Deniece Williams if you’ve not already got.
Hi Ed! yes definately up for the Denice Williams album. Big fan. Yes those Soul street sounds comps are still pretty cheap...the electro ones are starting to go for £20 plus, getting collectible. yeah anytime you about Ed ping me a message, happily take that off your hands!
Hello Harris, so cool you liked the stream. And yes there will be more the next will be on October the 15th. The soul and disco records are getting up in price as well. I was in the Netherlands this week and pricing of beaten up records was insane. Really like your channel.
Hi Nadine, thanks! Look forward to watching it. Yes sadly I think records from all genres will continue increase, just supply & demand with more & more people getting into vinyl. Thanks again🙂
Excellent video, Harris. Nadine’s livestream was great until about an hour in when I turned up late 🤦♂️. There’s so much cheap heat soul out there. I might try to do a response. Anyway, we need to sort out a pub video. When’re you free? 🍺👍
Ha,ha, thanks .I think you turning up late was brilliant..but I think you got away with it..nobody noticed! Yes I’ve probably scratched the surface EWF is an obvious omission, but there’s probably some more Leftfield stuff I haven’t considered/heard of. Often it’s about finding the right shop, I find if you can find a traditional old school record shop, that lives off Zeppelin ,Floyd & Beatles often they will bung this stuff out for a fiver. Will let you know when I’m free for a pub video! Look forward to it! Yes a response vid would be great!
Under a tenner is probably $50 over here! All the big guns Harris. If you're only going to have one Sam Cooke, that comp is a ripper. So who did Al choose in the end? God or the missus? You're not wrong about the Isley's I snapped up a stack of their late 60's/70's records cheap about 10 years ago. Love that you brought up Homer's walk on music. So funny! I think I totally agree with you that the only reason these are a decent price is because the artwork is atrocious 😂I only knew of Teddy Pendergrass for years because of an Eddie Murphy impression.
Yes more cricket chat!!! Beautiful stuff Harris. Cheers...Ben
Ha,ha, my dad was a very talented cricketer, & I was supposed to be named after Richie Benaud (His Hero) ..but my mum stepped in.Warney actually signed for Hampshire so I got to see him every week for 5/6 years. Great times. The vinyl market must be pretty fierce if these are $50.00 plus, because I could probably buy this lot tomorrow for £100.00 the lot (bar The Vandellas album) The cost of living crisis is definately cooling the market..it’s about to get brutal over here. I’ve just watched that Simpsons clip..on the back of Homer’s robe it says ‘Opponent’ 🤣 Hope you’re good mate!
@@Harrispilton22 You probably saw more great Australian cricketers up close playing county cricket than I ever did over here.
Everything has just suddenly sky rocketed in price this year. Our food & power bills are getting ridiculous. So look out.
Cheers...Ben
Ah, a wonderful topic! Most mainstream R&B bands’ bestselling LPs and especially Greatest Hits can be had for $5 or less, and everyone should take advantage! The Greatest Hits packages are easy to find.
I gotta hunt for a good Northern Soul comp…
Hi M! Thanks. I thought I’d be able to give you a good Northern Soul recommendation Because over here there are literally thousands of compilations..then I saw how much they sell for in America! Clearly there aren’t many comps in America. One of my favourites is ‘Northern Soul ‘The Soundtrack’ (there was a northern soul film that came out a few years ago)which is a good mix of better known stuff and more Leftfield picks. I always think the comps work better on CD. Thanks as ever M Hope things are good with you!
Great video - Like everything else, the tide will change and all of the classics that you have shown will increase in price. So much great music, Al Green being the finest of the bunch. His recordings lost some of their warmth after he split with Willie but they are still great. Except for Al, I've sold all of the albums that you have shown for between $5.00 and $7.00 in nm- condition. Soul compilations have always been undervalued. Lucky for those of use who love the music. I'm surprised that early 80's rap has not shot up in price. Cheers.
Yes agree! Certainly 90’s rap is big right now (particulaly cassettes) You don’t see a lot of 80’s rap in the U.K. second hand, But the 87-88 era stuff hasn’t gone nuts yet. Yes the production on Belle is it’s only weakness..although I think he had to get away from Willie Mitchell as it was such a distinctive sound he was in danger of sounding samey imo.At least by selling them you’ve proved my point in respect of price! Cheers mate!
Hi Harris. Your thumbnail attracted me; 'The Belle Album' is one of my favourites ... I picked up a near-mint still-in-shrink vinyl LP yesterday at a charity shop for just £1.50 - The Staples' 'Pass It On' from 1976, produced by Curtis Mayfield and arranged by Rich Tufo. Mayfield plays lead guitar and Tufo plays keyboards ... Sam Cooke is a candidate for greatest soul voice of all-time ... George McCrae 'Rock Your Baby' used to be a car boot sale regular. It must have sold by the truckload back in the day.
Listening to Belle as I type, really great. Even with the occasional naff synthetic synth sound. Wow what a great find With The Staple Singers, I actually don’t own an album by them. Sam Cooke is my favourite vocalist along with Smoky Robinson & Al Green..who were both huge fans of his. Thanks for watching Carl.
@@Harrispilton22 Yes, those synths are really terrible ... My only other purchase yesterday, in another charity shop, was 'You Are Not Alone' by Mavis Staples on CD. A very strange coincidence ... I bought a budget-priced LP of Sam Cooke's gospel recordings with the Soul Stirrers when I was about 20, and I've loved him ever since. Nice video. All the best, Carl
Hello Harris. Chic can still be found for cheap, incredible beats. It is hard to find soul, even in Detroit. I rarely see much in the way of soul and funk. Barry White Greatest Hits, I,portent album in college when you brought a lady back to the room. Fire up Barry White. Love the king version of Love to Love You Baby, see the previous comment for what to do with it haha.
Hi Steve! Yes I’m sure the Love Walrus was responsible for a few babies in the 70’s! I’ve just played that KC & The Sunshine Band Part 3 album again & it really is magnificent.. They’re like tThe Ramones of Funk.One idea, hammer it into the ground. Yes Chic were incredible between 79-81. Thanks for watching Steve.
Chic are one of the most influential bands ever & they deserved all the success & accolades. One of the last great R&B bands along with SOS Band. Both , still active. I Feel Love ( the original version) is still fresh. Getting ready for Qatar 🇶🇦 ..
Yes David Chic, certainly left a huge footprint on disco/soul, that’s heard today! Looking forward to you bantering me after USA destroy us Qatar after ripping our apart our defence consisting of Luke Shaw & Harry McGuire! Thanks David!
Hi Harris. There are some naff sleeves on 70s soul records, which I admit causes me to flick past them when I've got no idea about the music. I've seen lots of Motown Chartbusters but never Vol1. I should definitely find a copy of Watchout! and several others you showed. Atlantic's 'This is Soul' is a great soul comp and should be less than £10. Cheers Dale
Hi Dale, yes that Atlantic Comp was a repeated listen for me during my youth! Great introduction to the label. Watchout is a great pop album, maybye my favourite group 60’s Motown album.The trouble with those Chartbusters albums is they’ve normally they’ve been ragged by the previous owner, decent copies hard to find!
Nice one HP....as HOT CHOCOLATE would say ...Everyones a Winner!!.....I am on a funk/disco GROOVE myself,having scored some great sounding CD comps lately
Hot Chocolate didn’t make the cut! Even I have my limits! Yes tbh, I could have made this video a lot shorter by saying, just buy them on CD! Hope to see some of those CD’s.I notice this video has already lost me some subs..probably streamed that KC & The Sunshine album that I announced was ‘Mind Altering’ & thought ‘ This blokes talking shite!’
@@Harrispilton22 if I was a billionaire I would install you as the house DJ in the disco on my MEGA yacht...!!
Great video. Check out Rufus and Chaka Khan., Jr Walker and the all Stars, Baby Huey, Old Ike and Tina Turner. Just picked put Otis Redding and Little Joe Curtis today. Going on the table shortly.
Hi Greg! Yes I could have shown my Jr Walker Comp, Shotgun used to get played over here a lot, as well as ‘What Does It Take’ Funnily enough I’m hit & miss with Otis, but his live albums are where it’s at with me, & ‘Try A Little Tenderness’ is a top ten song of all time Need to get a Rufus & Chaka Khan album..& Little Joe Curtis is totally new to me..will investigate. Cheers Greg!
al greens belle, why is tthere so many sealed copys aand saw cut/holepunch versions of that record? it is a classic!!!!! and yet nobody seems to care, why? The VC needs more people pushing soul r&b records , keep up the good work!!
I think ‘Belle’ was considered not very good on release (it was quite a different sound) so many people are just catching up to it. Yeah I show quite a bit of Soul r&b, it was me who told you to get ‘Live At The Sex Machine’ by Kool & The Gang! Cheers Bobby!
@@Harrispilton22 i know i got it,,,,
Some corkers there matey 👍
I've got the complete set of the Motown chartbusters,all 12 albums. Vol 1,3&6 are probably the ones I see the most.
Soul/Motown compilations are normally standard fayre at carboot sales and are really cheap....cant go wrong with one of them.
I see a lot of Diana Ross LPs too....loads of great Motown and Soul records out there !!!
I never see much in the way of funk though but that's not really my thing.
Great video and as the saying goes,you could sell sand to the arabs 👍👍👍
Yeah, funk is always expensive. It amazes me that I still see thousands of those Motown albums..brilliant way to get into soul. Volume 3 was the one I used to love when I was at school, but vol 1is pretty unbeatable. It’s a great way for kids to build up their collection & they sound great on cheap turntables! Cheers Nick!
H to the P! Once again great video mate, I learn a shitload from your good self. I'm heading up to the States again beginning of November, this'll be my 3rd trip in a year, and previously I came back with a load of doo wop and R&B from LA, and then a load of psyche from San Diego....so I think after watching this, Las Vegas (to see The Who btw, so excited) will be all about a haul of soul. I shall be taking notes from this video (and from the comments tbf, cheers everyone) in the next days/weeks. If they're cheap in the UK, I'd imagine in the US it'll be buttons...it really is an incredible experience trawling through crates up there.... it's all I wanna do tbh, sad but true; San Diego zoo anyone? Nah, fuck that! I've got this covers band of The Band going over here these last few weeks, just open mic night, nothing too fancy (named The Banned btw, pretty good eh) and last night was actually the first night that we didn't do The Weight...what a song and yeah the Staples version beats all. Great that Rick still comes in with Crazy Chester mind! My missus got me The Last Waltz on vinyl just a couple of weeks ago for my birthday, 2013 reissue, really sounds great. Cheers Harris, top bloke
Hey John cheers. Yeas one of my first loves at about 14 was Doo Wop..god knows why, but I bought 20 Doo Wop Greats on the Cascade Label..I played it for about a year They all thought I was mental at school!🤣 Yes ,OST of these records should be all over the US, bar Sam Cooke, I thinks that’s A U.K. issue. Would love to make it over there one day, it will happen! Would love to drive Route 66 or something, seen enough Cowboy movies! 🤣 Cheers John
Never seen these albums in fleamarkets & circulation centres here, exceot Rock You Baby. And that I have, ofcourse. Some other Diana Ross & Donna Summer albums are quite easily to find. Different soul albums are a lot common than funk albums.
Hey Tommy.Yeah Funk is hard to find, I think because it appeals to classic rock fans, They are happy to buy Funkadelic/Parliament, but not the Isleys or early KC & The Sunshine band/Kool& The Gang.but I actually listen more to the latter nowadays. Those three bands are underrated.Cheers mate, hope things are good with you!
@@Harrispilton22 I am still stuck more on funk and 70s disco...
Sam Cooke is one those singers that can make a bad or dull song listenable and even good. I think he and Aretha Franklin both made a bunch of easy-listening pop records (that no one listens to anymore) before they made the records that everyone knows and loves. I get anything I can find by the Staple Singers, they're just amazing!
Hi Arturo. Yeah I’ve got a lovely U.K. press of Sam Cooke’s ‘Night Beat’ which is probably his only decent ‘Proper’ album, he did get passed a lot of fluff,probably in an attempt to crossover. I’m just listening to his track ‘I’ll Come Running Back To You’..his voice is just wonderful, makes what would be an average tune absolutely fantastic.. I don’t own a single Staple Singers album..hard to find in the U.K. There’s a clip on RUclips of Mavis Staples singing The Weight backstage with Nick Lowe & Wilco..it really is wonderful.
@@Harrispilton22 I first heard the Staples in The Band - The Last Waltz movie. I've found three of their records from between 1963 and 1967, but those are the only ones I've ever seen. I saw that version with Wilco and Nick Lowe, it's great!
Lovely. Not music I've grown up generally with but picked bits and pieces along the way, only belle al green I can't get along with dunno why. It's getting rarer to find soul, decent disco these days all I see now is tons of '80s knocking about.
Yes, like everything, it’s all slowly creeping up in value. I’m a big Al Green fan. I think 80’s funk ,boogie is definately still cheap. Pay day & record fair tomorrow! Gulp!
@@Harrispilton22 steady! I trust you won't go mad a man with your experience? As a Christian I struggle to find decent Christian music and Al Green's Xian stuff is a bit cheesy 80s no? Am I being a bit irreverent?
@@Thevinylscavenger Not at all. It’s interesting how many American VC’ers are Christian.My parents are quite conservative & were bought up in Christian households..but both rejected it & refused to get me christened, which I thought was interesting. I wouldnt know any Christian records although I know Noble Records loves Christian rock. The track ‘Touch the hem of his garment’ from the Sam Cooke record I showed, is a fantastic Christian tune, with a lovely story..so there’s one I know!
Volume is too low 🔅
Really? I’m more used to to people telling me to shut up!🤣 Cheers for the feedback Alan, I’ll speak to my team, see what they can do!
@@Harrispilton22 You have good content so broadcast it. Listen to J.T's Record Room for an example
of good content with listener friendly volume.
@@alanboas810 That’s very nice of you to say Alan 😊 I know JT’s channel very well, he’s fantastic.He’s slightly more Hi-spec than me! I think of myself as The Dave Clark Five to His Beatles!.. I’ll see what I can do!
@@Harrispilton22 ok. 🦓
Sam Cooke, in an ugly shrt, is a ''style icon''!? Al Green could sing, never bought any of his Lps, too patchy. Ellison is usually linked to Stay with me baby, operatic cheese, sadly. It's one of those tunes that could be gorgeous with the right singer, I wonder if it has found one? I sell Pendergrass vinyls for 33cents each to the local record store, as far as I know he knocks them out for 1-3$, need to ask him. I don't want them near me, it's his smile! , the hair......nasty. I'd pay a LOT of money to see you do 'Keep it Comin now' in a tight leopard skin leotard at a Karaoke bar.
I was thinking ‘Mike will be along in a minute to boot the crap out of this!’ Yes Ellison! I think that’s a great version .Yeah Teddy P’s albums aren’t the best Maybye I’ll start a Patreon for the leopard skin leotard, my ones ruined as I wore it last Bank Holiday when creosoting the shed.. Everyone’s got a Patreon now on the VC.Watch this space!
@@Harrispilton22 I'm not sure I've ever put a Teddy P record on the turntable. Hopefully they are terrible, tedious when you let a masterpiece go oblivious to it being so. It's a shame you don't live up the road as I'd be quite happy to give you thousands of 'cheap' soul vinyls for nothing! Count me in for 49p a month if you go commerical, you don't give off a qualia of wealth - on many levels, so are probably the most deserving of VC wankers! You need a dolly bird with large marimbas to do yard work in 80's fashion regalia. Lesbians are the best, hard workers although not the ones you find in Hampstead or Richmond upon Thames, stuck up lazy bermuda triangle munchers!
Im so happy to see that Al Green album in your collection. All his albums are beautiful and Belle is a gorgeous song, your exactly right. Absolutely amazing
That Isley Bros record is an absolute classic !!!!!!!
And Shirley Brown…ugh 😍
I love all the diversity in your collection.
Hey Malea, I love comments like this, Thank you so much. Yeah ‘It ain’t no fun’ by Shirley Brown has been a favourite of mine for years. Thanks so much for watching!
Just realised I subbed to you last week!. Otis Blue & License To Ill. Two absolute killers.
@@Harrispilton22 yep otis is great and so is the beastie boys!!!!!!!
@@Harrispilton22 shes amazing.your one of the few vc channels i see that posts great rnb/soul music.
I really love the diversity of your channel