When latin NY funky latin 70s vibes meet rock'n'roll !

Bobby Valentin - Good lovin' (fania records)

Kicking boogaloo track from the ultra hard to find ON TOP Lp by Mongo Santamaria.

Mongo Santamaria - Puchi's boogaloo (Fania records)

Times are changing...

I felt like like compiling 70s tracks talking about changes, all sorts of changes, sentimental, cultural and social...

Past only become past when changes occur, individuals, people and nations must constantly evolve (and learn from their mistakes). The idea of progress, change, is actually what defines History and gives it a direction either good or bad.

Only dumbs and loosers never change their mind and opinions. Anyone should reconsider its lifestyle, opinions etc on a regular basis and embrace C.H.A.N.G.E.S.

C.H.A.N.G.I.N

Soundsofthe70s.blogspot presents 70s rare groove made of change

1 Marlena Shaw - Pictures and memories - Disco

2 Esther Phillips - Changin' - Modern Soul

3 Clydie King - Long Road Ahead - Soul

4 James Brown - New Breed - Funk

5 Betty Lavette - Waiting For Tomorrow - Soul

6 Lonnie Smith - It's Changed - Jazz

7 Charles Kynard - Change up - Acid Jazz

8 Ralph Robles - Yesterday - Latin

9 Jimmy Sabater - Times Are Changin' - Latin

10 Black Sugar - The Dawn Of My Madness - Latin

11 High Inergy - We Are The Future - Soul

12 Brown sugar - I'm Going Through Changes Now - Disco

13 The Eight Minutes - Looking For a Brand New Game - Disco

14 Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Change - Funk

15 Janinha - Amanhã - Brasil

16 Balança Povo - Novo Dia - Brasil - Funk

17 Brazilian Singers - Um Frevo Novo - Brasil - Samba

Teasers :

Marlena Shaw - Pictures and memories (1977)

enjoy full compilation here

p.s.: I know we are all very busy and short of time, but take some to share comments. I appreciate to understand what is behind the thousands of downloads of the individual tracks or compilations.

Let´s resume this year with another multi-flavored 70s compilation. The title and the cover are a tribute to all the 70s designer that made the design of what is now called the "space age" period, were metacrylate, polyester, ABS, PP and many other plastics were about to replace natural components thanks to their ability to adapt in form to any designer wet dream. The period was in that field too a burst of creativity that I invite you to explore.

Despite the title this compilation is not a "space music" compilation, a 70s sub-genre that I find rather boring actually. The mix here is richer, from the usual musical horizons that this blog embraces, from disco, soul, lounge or boogaloo.

SPACE AGE MOTIONS

another round-the-globe trip in 70s motions

1 Harvey Averne - Don't Let Me Down

2 Roberto Delgado - Corcovado

3 Juliette Gréco Die - Gammlerin

4 Minako Yoshida - Rainbow Sea Line

5 A Tribo - Sei la (Tema de Maria Lucia)

6 Claudia Frente - Fria

7 Jackie Moore - Just to be with you

8 Tavares - Positive Forces

9 Horace Family - God Will Dry My Weeping Eyes

10 Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

11 Kool & The Gang - Rated X

12 Louie Ramirez - Love It Up

13 J.Costanzo & G. Woo - Green Onions

14 The Har-You Percussion Group - Tico

ps: the picture shows one of the most amazing 70s house ever made, called a "bulle" (bubble) by 70s French genius architect Jean Maneval. These houses were comisioned in the early 70s by the French national oil company for a kids summer camp in the south of France. For sure they wanted to convert these kids to the new 70s materials and the new way of living as young as possible.. Maybe they played loud disco in these too?

enjoy and feel free to comment on music (or 70s design)

Sounds of the 70s presents

a new compilation of rare out-of-print tracks

from my secret vault

Crossed notes, a soulful melodic blend

Manu Dibango - Lakisane

Monguito Santamaria - Crying Time

Labi Siffre - Doctor Doctor

James Last - I Can't Move No Mountains

Mascara - Golden Years

Johnny Hammond - Fantasy [The Visioneers Beat Drop]

Isaac Hayes - Part-Time Love

Darongo - Let My People Go

La Clave - Soul Sauce

Ismael Rivera - Bamba Cure

Tipica 73 - Baila que Baila

Fania All Stars - Noche

enjoy

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Sounds of the 70s presents another summer 2008 selection

UNDER THE DUST... GOLD - hand digged solid sound gemms

a new compilation of burried tracks
out-of-print, promotional use only

1	Juan Pablo Torres	Ey! ...Op.1
2	Roberto Roena	Traicion
3	Joe Bataan	Es Tu Cosa
4	Dianne & Carole	The Fuzz
5	Benitez And Nebula	Viejo
6	The Soulful Strings	Soul Message
7	S.O.U.L.	Burning Spear
8	Crystal Image	Gonna have a good time
9	Davis, Tyrone	A Woman Needs To Be Loved
11	Donny Hathaway	Tryin' Times
12	The New Swing Sextet	Honeybee
13	Roy Ayers	If You Love Me
14	Caetano Veloso	Jorge da Capadocia
15	Sebastiao Tapajos	Belem

I hope you will enjoy the wierdest latin intro I could imagine !
pure 70s madness

I like this mix a lot, the groove is right, play it mixed in your mp3 player

I hope to enlighten your summer evenings until the next compilations in september

peace, love, take care of mother nature and keep fighting ignorance (it´s BIG), greediness, that both ruins this world


here

Sounds of the 70s strongly recommends

Benitez and Nebula
double album cd : Night life / Essence of life
Vampisoul records


I recently discovered this latin rock/funk/soul project and bought the superb VAMPISOUL re-edition cd.
My advise : if you liked this blog and all the stuff in it, you sure will love this band

the dustygroove review (below) is right : TREMENDOUS albums !!!

2 tremendous 70s albums from Eddie Benitez -- both of them a great mix of jazz, funk, and Latin soul! Eddie's style here is totally great, and very unique -- a laidback approach to the groove that has echoes of the Chicano soul coming out of LA in the early 70s -- but which is often a lot more fluid, and with strongly jazzy overtones on guitar. Most numbers feature great organ or keyboards -- really setting up the flow of the record nicely -- and there's almost a Santana-inspired quality to some of the tracks -- but one that really goes back towards Latin music much more strongly, thanks to lots and lots of heavy congas and percussion! CD version features 19 tracks from both albums -- with titles that include "Nightlife", "Viejo", "We Are The One", "Hey Girl", "Dreams Can Come True", "Love's Way", "Waiting For Your Love", "Anyone", "Essence Of Life", "Latin Thing", "Hermano", and "Nueva Generacion".

This re-issue cd is from the highly respected VAMPISOUL label (spain), that has released a lot of amazing and remastered 70s material

so naturally i will not post it, but rather invite you to get the real cd sound and the superb cd-pack these guys released.

To give you feel of the album and convince you, here is one sample track : Eternal life

cd on sale at:

Vampi soul
Dusty groove
Amazon.com
Ebay..
etc..

Sounds of the 70s presents a new summer compilation
of super hard-to-find out-of-print material :

Frequency 70.4 FM - a radioscopy of 70´s funky airwaves

this is my introduction to summer 2008, a cool mix of various 70s pearls that once were aired on mainstream radios... (these days are far...)

all tracks original reaps from out-of-print cds or lps

1	Teddy Pendergrass	Set Me Free
2	Ray Barretto	Fat Mama
3	Barbara Lynn	Love Ain't Never Hurt Nobody
4	Pérez Prado	Mambo Bump
5	Art Pepper	Mambo De La Pinta
6	Locksmith	blackjack
7	Harlem & 42nd	Deep Sensation
8	Jack Ashford	black jack
9	Roberto Roena	Que Se Sepa
10	Original Tropicana Steel Drum Band	Spanish hustle (Kon 12 edit)
11	Leroy Hutson	Cool Out
12	Brazilian Singers	Esperancas Perdidas
13	So samba	In the mood (B funky edit)

enjoy

dont forget to comment if you liked it

Sounds of the 70s mix

RICH BLEND
70s best sound crops, carefully packed by mrB

Julie Driscoll Brian Auger	Season Of The Witch
Freda Payne	I get high (on your memory)
Baby Huey	Hard Times
Frequency	Loosen Up
Erasmo Carlos	E Proibido Fumar
Tito Rodriguez	Mi Guajira Si
Pete Rodriguez	Pete's Boogaloo
Sylvia Vrethammar	Blasvart Samba
Cortex	Maïlys
Manzel	It's Over Now
Webster Lewis	Song Of Joy
The Beginning Of The End	Pretty Girl
Willie Colón	MC2 (Theme Realidades)
Som Imaginário	Tema Dos Deuses (Milton Nascimento)
Elias Dia Kimuezo	Zum Zum
Sebastiao Tapajos	laberinto

In this selection I tried to pack a condensate of 70s blends, as a rich coffee or champagne would do. These sounds should excite your senses (and your 70s nostalgia), at least for the time of the listening.

Nessa seleçao experimentei condensar uma mistura de som 70s, como no cafe o no champagne. Estes soms deveriam exitar seus sentidos (e sua nostalgia dos 70s), ao minimo para a duraçao do disco.

enjoy, leave comments

Post-scriptum 1: due to volume variations between tracks, i recommend the use of the sound levelling feature in itunes.

Post-scriptum 2 : this compilation will celebrate soon the 100.000th visitor...
Big thanks for your support to keep the 70s alive

Great news for all 70's lovers : a new share-all-you-love music blog (a serious one, not a copy-&-paste one) is up, with an ominous name : Revolucion, No? A strong latin feel straight from the streets of NY in the 70's, wich is great since latin funk/boogaloo/jazz-funk/soul of the 70's is huge in volume and quality, and contributed a lot to the 70's revolution! All respect to Revolucion, No?

Grande noticia para todos os amantes do som Setenta : um novo blog dedicado a paixão da musica (um blog; autentico, que nao so faz copiar e pegar) nasciou, com um nome que fala para ele: Revolucion, No? O blog tem muito som latino direito das ruas de NY nos 70's, cosa boa ja que o som latin funk/boogaloo/jazz-funk/soul e enorme em quantidade e qualidade, e contribuiu muito a revoluçao dos Setenta! Respeito ao nosso brother do Revolucion, No?