The one-and-only LP by Cincinnati’s 24 Carat Black.  Produced by by legendary Stax and Motown producer/arranger Dale Warren.  Released in 1973 by Enterprise/Stax Records, catalog # ENS-1030.  This record has been sampled by just about everyone in hip-hop from Jay-Z to Ice Cube to Digable Planets. Tracklist: SIDE ONE 1. Synopsis One:  In The Ghetto 2. God Save The World 3.... read more

12 Cuts of Memphis soul, funk and blues.  Features guest appearances by William Bell, Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite and Percy Wiggins. Tracklist: 1. High Roller 2. Got to Get Back (To My Baby) 3. Just Chillin’ 4. Catch This Teardrop 5. Jack and Ginger 6. Sundown on Beale 7. Weak Spot 8. 90 Days Same as Cash 9. I’m Going Home 10. Cauley Flower 11. Work That Sucker 12. Got to Get... read more

Long revered by record collectors, this album remains one of the holy grails of gospel soul. Self-released in 1971, Like A Ship was the result of Barrett channeling his passion for music, a determination to keep children off the streets, and his charismatic preaching (which attracted the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire and Donny Hathaway to his sermons at Mount Zion Baptist Church) into the... read more

Aching Big Star-informed Memphis pop from wunderkid Paul Taylor on Makeshift label! Taylor played with the Dickinson brothers in DDT before they went onto North Mississippi All-Stars jam band fame, and was perennially the best bass player in Memphis since he was 13 or so. So he took up drums. He’s all over Shelby Bryant’s great Cloud Wow Music, and this has some of the same... read more