Funk | Soul Vinyl 239 Items

Record is close to VG.

Water damage on back cover.

seam split

Produced entirely by Norman Whitfield, The Temptations’s "Puzzle People" takes the next step along the path that Cloud Nine started, and takes the Detroit band further away from a classic soul sound, and more towards the realm of psychedelic soul. Although a few ballads, including “Running Away (Ain’t Gonna Help You),” are still present, the album is primarily composed of Sly & the Family Stone/James Brownderived proto-funk tracks such as the lead single “Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down,” and the number-one Billboard Pop hit “I Can’t Get Next to You.” Also included are psychedelic-styled covers (recorded with distorted guitars, clavinets, and spacy reverb and sound effects) of contemporary songs such as The Isley Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing,” The Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” and Roger Miller’s “Little Green Apples.” "Puzzle People" was released on the same day (September 23, 1969) as "Together", a duets album of covers by The Temptations and label mates Diana Ross & the Supremes. It peaked into the Top 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and spent fifteen weeks at number one on the R&B Albums chart.

Kashmere Stage Band (ksb), founded by music teacher Conrad O. Johnson was an elite performing unit of the student band at Kashmere High School, Houston, Texas, from the late 1960s until 1978. All original Kashmere LPs had 1000 copies or less originally pressed, which were sold both locally and around the world as the band toured. And now, P-vine is proud to present the historically renowned albums from the band on limited reissue vinyl! some of them will be reissued on vinyl for the first time.

[Items line-up] Kashmere Stage Band / Our Thing ('69) Kashmere Stage Band / Bumper To Bumper Soul ('70) ※First time reissued on vinyl Kashmere Stage Band / Thunder Soul ('71) ※First time reissued on vinyl Kashmere Stage Band / Zero Point ('72) Kashmere Stage Band / Kashmere "73" Live in Concert ('73) ※First time reissued on vinyl Kashmere Stage Band / Out Of Gas But Still Burning ('74) Kashmere Stage Band / Plays Originals ('74) Kashmere Stage Band / Expo '75 Concert Tour Japan/Okinawa ('75) ※First time reissued on vinyl

Original US Monarch pressing. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with ring, shelf wear and long open seam splits

Vinyl has scuffs and hairlines.

Why you'll love it...
Let’s start with the scream. We tend to define our singers by how “great” their voice is, how deftly they can ascend and descend major and minor scales, and how they can turn up and turn down the emotion inherent in their voices. But when considering Wilson Pickett, it begins and ends with his scream. He could take you on a journey, he could butter you up, he could make you feel things in your vital organs, but you don’t get a nickname like “Wicked Pickett” because you’re a crooner.

Pickett’s “Hey Jude” forms the spiritual centerpiece and title track of hisfinal trip up to the mountain-top, his last true masterpiece LP. He’d take forays to Philadelphia for the new sound of soul, and even go vaguely disco in the late ’70s. But for his final album of the ’60s, a decade where he dominated the soul charts, he’d unwittingly help start southern rock, and scream his way across one of the most recognizable tunes in the history of song. Not bad for 31 minutes and eight seconds worth of music.

Japanese pressing. Red vinyl and cover are close to NM. With booklet.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM.

US original mono pressing. Vinyl with scuffs and a couple of small scratches.

Early Reissue!

US original, stereo version.

Vinyl close to VG+

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with ring, shelf wear and spine damage.

US original mono pressing.

Cover with ring, shelf wear. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

US original. Seam split.

Original US. Cover has discolouring around open spine.

Sleeve has handwriting.

Tears in spines. Original US stereo album.

Record is close to VG.

Original US Stereo pressing. Small seam split and tear in cover.

Record is close to VG+. Cover has small seam splits.

Record has many hairlines and surface marks. Cover has slight water damage, no splits or tears.

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines. Cover with heavy shelf wear and writing on the back.

Cover with seam split on top spine. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

Sticker on label.
Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with shelf wear and writing on the back

Vinyl with many scuffs and marks

Promo stamp on back cover.

seam split. US 1969 repress.

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with shelf wear on the back, close to VG+

Original Hollywood pressing. Tear in bottom spine.

Cover is close to VG+.

Record has many hairlines and surface marks

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with heavy ring, shelf wear

Close to VG+

Drill hole in cover.

seam split, Writing on cover.

Cover with seam split on top spine, closer to VG

The only original album by West Coast soul vocal group The Ballads, released in 1969, is still a favourite among soul fans, but has only been reissued on vinyl once before, in 1982. P-vine is honoured to be able to reissue it on LP with a Japanese obi.

The album is extremely rich and wonderful, with gems such as Gene Chandler's 'God Bless Our Love' and 'The Gift Of Love', as well as Detroit-style dance numbers, and will also include a bonus track that was only released as a single. The album captures the band's cradle period in the 1970s, when they began to fully embrace a sweet soul style.

US mono pressing. Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines