Chocolate City Soul/ Var - Chocolate City Soul: Rare Soul Gems / VariousThe term "Chocolate City" was coined by black AM radio stations in Washington D. C. since the early 1970's where blacks had been becoming a majority through migration. Much great soul music starting in the late 1960's and continuing through the mid 1970's emanated from the city and the compilation presented here features some of the very best singers and groups from the era, focusing on rare soul gems that have become highly sought after in

He was at the height of his cult star fame in the mid 1980s when he made these recordings

But "Head To The Sky" doesn't have much to do with this hardbop music anymore

so much so that his own voice became almost indistinguishable from Ruffin's - as if he were channeling him from beyond the grave

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Stormtrooper from the Isle of Wight and many more

but throughout his career he has also composed chamber music

Each CD is housed in it's own individual cardboard wallet and then packed into a hard back clam shell box

3 hit "My Heart Is An Open Book"

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Sourced from the original masters

The performing forces are unusual: three male voices and basso continuo

so although celebrating it's coming-of-age