James Brown and the Famous Flames: Live at the Apollo (1963)

Label: King Records

Producer: James Brown

Personnel:

• James Brown– lead vocals
• Bobby Byrd– baritone and bass vocals, keyboards 
• Bobby Bennett– first tenor vocals
• Lloyd Stallworth– second tenor vocals
• Les Buie – guitar, road manager
• Lucas “Fats” Gonder – organ, MC
• Lewis Hamlin – music director, trumpet
• Hubert Perry – bass
• Clayton Fillyau – drums
• William Burgess – alto saxophone
• Clifford MacMillan – tenor saxophone
• Clair Pinckney– tenor saxophone
• Al “Brisco” Clark – tenor and baritone saxophone
• Roscoe Patrick – trumpet
• Teddy Washington – trumpet
• Dickie Wells – trombone
• Chuck Seitz – editing, mastering
• Gene Redd – editing
• Dan Quest – cover art
• Hal Neely – liner notes
• Tom Nola – location engineer

Track listing:

1. Introduction to James Brown and The Famous Flames by Fats Gonder
2. I’ll Go Crazy
3. Try Me
4. Think
5. I Don’t Mind
6. Lost Someone
7. Medley: Please, Please, Please/You’ve Got the Power/Found Someone/Why Do You Do Me/I Want You So Bad/I Love You, Yes I Do/Strange Things Happen/bewildered/Please, Please, Please
8. Night Train

The Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go (1964)

Label: Motown

Producer: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson, Norman Whitfield, Robert Gordy

 Personnel:

• Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson- lead and backing vocals
• The Four Tops, Holland–Dozier–Holland- backing vocals
• The Love-Tones – backing vocals
• The Funk Brothers- instrumentation
• Bernard Yeszin, Wallace Mead – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Holland–Dozier–Holland except where noted.

1. Where Did Our Love Go
2. Run, Run, Run
3. Baby Love
4. When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
5. Come See About Me
6. Long Gone Lover – Smokey Robinson
7. I’m Giving You Your Freedom
8. A Breathtaking Guy – Smokey Robinson
9. He Means the World to Me – Norman Whitfield
10. Standing at the Crossroads of Love
11. Your Kiss of Fire – Robert Gordy, Harvey Fuqua
12. Ask Any Girl

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: Going to a Go-Go (1965)

Label: Tamla

Producer: Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson, William ”Mickey” Stevenson

Personnel:

• Smokey Robinson– lead vocals, executive producer
• Ronnie White– backing vocals
• Bobby Rogers– backing vocals
• Warren “Pete” Moore– backing vocals
• Claudette Robinson– backing vocals
• Marv Tarplin– guitar
• The Funk Brothersand the Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation
• Pete Moore– vocal arrangements

Track listing:

1. The Tracks of My Tears – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin
2. Going to a Go-Go – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin
3. Ooo Baby Baby – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson
4. My Girl Has Gone – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Ronald White
5. In Case You Need Love – Smokey Robinson
6. Choosey Beggar – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson
7. Since You Won My Heart – Smokey Robinson, William “Mickey” Stevenson
8. From Head to Toe – Smokey Robinson
9. All That’s Good – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson
10. My Baby Changes Like the Weather – Hal Davis, Frank Wilson
11. Let Me Have Some – Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers
12. A Fork in the Road – Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Ronald White

Otis Redding: Otis Blue (1965)

Label: Stax Records

Producer: Jim Stewart, Isaac Hayes, David Porter

Personnel: 

• Otis Redding– vocals
• Booker T. Jones– keyboards, piano
• Isaac Hayes– keyboards, piano
• Steve Cropper– guitar
• Donald Dunn– bass
• Al Jackson, Jr.– drums
• Andrew Love– tenor saxophone
• Floyd Newman– baritone saxophone
• Wayne Jackson– trumpet
• Gene Miller – trumpet
• William Bell – backing vocals
• Earl Sims – backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Ole Man Trouble – Otis Redding
2. Respect – Otis Redding
3. Change Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
4. Down in the Valley – Bert Berns, Solomon Burke, Babe Chivian, Joe Martin
5. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Redding, Jerry Butler
6. Shake – Sam Cooke
7. My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
8. Wonderful World – Sam Cooke, Lou Adler, Herb Alpert
9. Rock Me Baby – B.B. King
10. Satisfaction – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
11. You Don’t Miss Your Water – William Bell

The Impressions: People Get Ready (1965)

Label: ABC / Paramount

Producer: Johnny Pate

Personnel:

• Curtis Mayfield – vocal
• Samuel Gooden – vocal
• Fred Cash – vocal
• Johnny Pate – arrangements
• M. Waldman – painting, design
• Joe Lebow – design
• Don Bronstein – photography
• Rick Ward – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Mayfield.

1. Woman’s Got Soul
2. Emotions (Won’t You Let Me Cry)
3. Sometimes I Wonder
4. We’re in Love
5. Just Another Dance
6. Can’t Work No Longer
7. People Get Ready
8. I’ve Found Out That I’ve Lost
9. Hard to Believe
10. See the Real Me
11. Get Up and Move
12. You Must Believe Me

Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind (1966)

Label: Philips Records

Producer: Hal Mooney

Personnel:

• Nina Simone – vocal, piano, arrangements
• Rudy Stevenson – guitar, flute
• Lisle Atkinson – bass
• Bobby Hamilton – drums
• Horace Ott – conductor, arrangements
• Jeff Willens – mastering
• Sid Mark – liner notes
• Hollis King – art direction

Track listing:

1. I Love Your Lovin’ Ways – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
2. Four Woman – Nina Simone
3. What More Can I Say – Horace Ott, Wade Brown Jr.
4. Lilac Wine – James Shelton
5. That’s All I Ask – Horace Ott
6. Break Down and Let It All Out – Van McCoy
7. Why Keep On Breaking My Heart – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
8. Wild is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
9. Black is the Color of My True Love’s hair – traditional
10. If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger
11. Either Way I Loose – Van McCoy

Wilson Picket: The Exciting Wilson Picket (1966)

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Jerry Wexler, Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart, Rick Hall, Tom Dowd

Personnel:

• Wilson Pickett– vocals
• Steve Cropper, Jimmy Johnson, Chips Moman– guitar
• Joe Hall, Isaac Hayes, Spooner Oldham– keyboards, piano
• Tommy Cogbill, Donald Dunn– bass guitar
• Roger Hawkins, Al Jackson Jr.– drums
• Charles “Packy” Axton, Andrew Love, Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
• Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
• Wayne Jackson, Gene “Bowlegs” Miller– trumpet
• Tom Dowd– engineer, supervisor
• Rick Hall – engineer, supervisor
• Jim Stewart– engineer, supervisor
• Haig Adishian – design
• Bob Rolontz– liner notes
• Nick Samardge – photography
• Scott Galloway – liner notes
• Steve Cropper – supervisor
• Jerry Wexler– supervisor

Track listing:

1. Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
2. Something You Got – Chris Kenner
3. 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd
4. Barefootin’ – Robert Parker
5. Mercy Mercy – Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller
6. You’re So Fine – Lance Finney, Willie Schofield, Bob West
7. In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
8. Ninety-nine and a Half (Won’t Do) – Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett
9. Danger Zone – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
10. I’m Drifting – Homer Banks, Pickett, David Porter
11. It’s All Over – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
12. She’s So Good to Me – Bobby Womack

The Bar – Keys: Soul Finger (1967)

Label: Volt Records

Producer: Allen Jones

Personnel:

• Jimmy King – guitar
• Ronnie Caldwell- organ
• James Alexander- bass
• Carl Cunningham – drums
• Phalon Jones- saxophone
• Ben Cauley– trumpet

Track listing:

1. Soul Finger – Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander
2. Knucklehead – Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones
3. With a Child’s Heart – Vicky Basemore, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby
4. Bar-Kay’s Boogaloo – Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander
5. Theme from Hell’s Angels – Unknown
6. You Can’t Sit Down – Dee Clark, Kal Mann, Cornell Muldrow
7. House Shoes – Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander
8. Pearl High – Al Jackson, Jr., Isaac Hayes
9. I Want Someone – Estelle Axton, Deanie Parker
10. Hole in the Wall – Nathaniel Nathan, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones
11. Don’t Do That – Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander

Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Jerry Wexler

Personnel:

• Aretha Franklin – lead vocal, piano
• Jimmy Johnson– guitar
• Chips Moman– guitar
• Dewey Oldham– keyboards
• Tommy Cogbill– bass
• Gene Chrisman – drums
• King Curtis– tenor saxophone
• Charles Chalmers– tenor saxophone
• Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone
• Melvin Lastie – trumpet, cornet
• Carolyn Franklin– backing vocals
• Erma Franklin- backing vocals
• Cissy Houston– backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Respect – Otis Redding
2. Drown in My Own Tears – Henry Glover
3. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
4. Soul Serenade – Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon
5. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
6. Baby, Baby, Baby – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
7. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
8. Good Times – Sam Cooke
9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Dan Penn, Chips Moman
10. Save Me – Curtis Ousley, Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
11. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke 

Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul (1968)

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Jerry Wexler

Personnel:

• Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
• Eric Clapton- guitar
• Jimmy Johnson– guitar
• Joe South– guitar
• Bobby Womack- guitar
• Spooner Oldham- electric piano
• Tommy Cogbill– bass
• Roger Hawkins– drums
• Gene Chrisman – drums
• King Curtis &Seldon Powell – tenor saxophones
• Frank Wess- tenor saxophone, flute
• Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone
• Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Bernie Glow – trumpets
• Tony Studd – bass trombone
• Arif Mardin – horn arrangements
• Ralph Burns – string conducted
• The Sweet Inspirations,Carolyn Franklin, Erma Franklin& Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Chain Of Fools – Don Covay
2. Money Won’t Change You – James Brown, Nat Jones
3. People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield
4. Niki Hoeky – Jim Ford, Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas
5. (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman – Gerry Goffin, Carole King , Jerry Wexler
6. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
7. Good to Me As I Am to You – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
8. Come Back Baby – Walter Davis
9. Groovin’ – Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati
10. Ain’t No Way – Carolyn Franklin

Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul (1969)

Label: Enterprise

Producer: Al Bell, Marvell Thomas, Allen Jones

Personnel:

• Isaac Hayes– vocals, keyboards
• Marvell Thomas– keyboards
• The Bar-Kays– Willie Hall, drums; James Alexander, bass; Michael Toles, guitar

Track listing:

1. Walk On By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
2. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic – Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell
3. One Woman – Charles Chalmers, Sandra Rhodes
4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb

Sly & The Family Stone: Stand (1969)

Label: Epic

Producer: Sly Stone

Personnel:

• Sly Stone – vocals, organ, guitar, piano, harmonica, vocoder, bass guitar
• Freddie Stone – vocals, guitar
• Larry Graham – vocals, bass guitar
• Rose Stone – vocals, piano, keyboard
• Cynthia Robinson – trumpet, vocal ad-libs, backing vocals
• Jerry Martini – saxophone, backing vocals
• Greg Errico – drums, backing vocals
• Little Sister(Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton) – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Sly Stone..

1. Stand!
2. Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey
3. I Want to Take You Higher
4. Somebody’s Watching You
5. Sing a Simple Song
6. Everyday People
7. Sex Machine
8. You Can Make It If You Try

The Meters: The Meters (1969)

Label: Josie

Producer: Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehom

Personnel:

• Leo Nocentelli– guitar
• George Porter Jr.– bass guitar
• Art Neville– organ, keyboards
• Ziggy Modeliste– drums
• Giovanni Scatola – remastering
• Janie Gans – art supervisor
• Jake Kennedy – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr., except where noted.

1. Cissy Strut
2. Here Comes the Meter Man
3. Cardova
4. Live Wire
5. Art
6. Sophisticated Cissy
7. Ease Back
8. 6V6 LA
9. Sehom’s Farm
10. Ann
11. Stormy – Buddy Buie, J.R. Cobb
12. Simple Song – Sly Stone

Funkadelic: Free Your Mind (1970)

Label: Westbound

Producer: George Clinton

Personnel:

• George Clinton- lead vocals 
• Raymond Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas– vocals
• Eddie Hazel– lead vocals, guitar
• Tawl Ross–kead vocals,  guitar
• Bernie Worrell– Hammond organ, Vox organ, keyboards
• Billy Nelson– lead vocals, bass guitar
• Tiki Fulwood– drums

Track listing:

1. Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow – George Clinton, Edward Hazel, Raymond Davis
2. Friday Night, August 14th – George Clinton
3. Funky Dollar Bill – George Clinton, Edward Hazel, Raymond Davis
4. I Wanna Know If It’s Good to You? – George Clinton, William Nelson, Clarence Haskins, Raymond Davis
5. Some More – George Clinton
6. Eulogy and Light – Eugene Harris

Doris Duke: I’m a Loser (1970)

Label: Canyon Records

Producer: Jerry Williams Jr.

Personnel:

• Doris Duke: vocals
• Jesse Carr – guitar
• Paul Hornsby – piano, organ
• Jerry Williams – piano, arrangements
• Robert Popwell – bass
• Johnny Sandlin – drums
• Richard Rome – arrangements
• Jim Hawkins – engineer
• Joel Fine – engineer
• Willis Hogans Jr. – photography

Track listing:

1. He’s Gone
2. I Can’t Do Without You
3. Feet Start Walking
4. Ghost of Myself
5. Your Best Friend
6. The Feeling Is Right
7. I Don’t Care Anymore
8. Congratulations Baby
9. We’re More Than Strangers
10. Divorce Decree
11. How Was I To Know You Cared
12. To the Other Woman (I’m the Other Woman)

Curtis Mayfield: Curtis (1970)

Label: Curtom

Producer: Curtis Mayfield

Personnel:

• Curtis Mayfield – lead vocal
• Phil Upchurch – guitar
• Henry Gibson – guitar
• Patrick Ferreri – guitar
• John Ross – guitar, organ
• Donald Simmons – drums
• Robert “Snake” Sims – drums
• Clifford Davis – saxophone
• Lenard Druss – saxophone, flute
• Ronald Kolber – baritone saxophone
• John Howell – trumpet
• Robert Lewis – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Loren Binford – trombone
• Elliot Golub – violin
• Sol Bobrov – violin
• Riley Hampton – arrangements
• Tom Flye – engineer
• Danny Turbeville – engineer assistant
• Bob Cato – design, photography

Harold Lepp, Richard Single, Rudolph Stauber, Harold Dessent, Harold Klatz, Sol Bobrob, Sam Heiman, Gary Slabo – performers

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Mayfield.

1. (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
2. The Other Side of Town
3. The Makings of You
4. We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
5. Move On Up
6. Miss Black America
7. Wild and Free
8. Give It Up

James Brown: Ain’t It Funky (1970)

Label: King

Producer: James Brown

Personnel:

• James Brown – vocal
• Dave Harrison – engineer
• Ron Lenhoff – engineer
• RG – lacquer cut
• Dan Quest Art Studio – design, photography
• Bud Hobgood – liner notes, supervisor

Track listing:

1. Ain’t It Funky, Pts. 1-2 – James Brown
2. Fat Wood, Pts. 1-2 – James Brown, Jimmy Nolen
3. Cold Sweat – James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis
4. Give It Up or Turn It Loose – Charles Bobbit
5. Nose Job – James Brown, Bud Hobhood
6. Use Your Mother – James Brown
7. After You Done It – James Brown

Curtis Mayfield: Roots (1971)

Label: Curtom

Producer: Curtis Mayfield

Personnel:

• Curtis Mayfield – vocals, guitar
• Craig McMullen – guitar
• Joseph “Lucky” Scott – bass
• Tyrone McCullen – drums
• Henry Gibson- percussion
• Leroy Hutson, Michael Hawkins – backing vocals
• Johnny Pate, Riley Hampton – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.

1. Get Down
2. Keep On Keeping On
3. Underground
4. We Got to Have Peace
5. Beautiful Brother of Mine
6. Now You’re Gone – Curtis Mayfield, Joseph Scott
7. Love to Keep You in My Mind

Bill Withers: Just As I Am (1971)

Label: Sussex

Producer: Booker T.Jones

Personnel:

• Bill Withers –vocals,  guitar
• Stephen Stills– guitar
• Booker T. Jones– guitar, keyboards
• Donald “Duck” Dunn- bass
• Chris Ethridge- bass
• Jim Keltner– drums
• Al Jackson, Jr.– drums
• Bobbye Hall Porter– percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Withers, except where noted.

1. Harlem
2. Ain’t No Sunshine
3. Grandma’s Hands
4. Sweet Wanomi
5. Everybody’s Talkin’ – Fred Neil
6. Do It Good
7. Hope She’ll Be Happier
8. Let It Be – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
9. I’m Her Daddy
10. In My Heart
11. Moanin’ and Groanin’
12. Better Of Dead

Gil Scott Heron: Pieces of a Man (1971)

Label: Flying Dutchman Records

Producer: Bob Thiele

Personnel:

• Gil Scott-Heron– vocals, guitar, piano
• Burt Jones – electric guitar
• Brian Jackson– piano
• Ron Carter– bass
• Bernard Purdie– drums
• Hubert Laws– flute, saxophone
• Johnny Pate– conductor
• Bob Simpson – mixing
• Charles Stewart – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, except where noted.

1. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
2. Save the Children – Gil Scott Heron
3. Lady Day and John Coltrane – Gil Scott Heron
4. Home is Where the Hatred Is – Gil Scott-Heron
5. When You Are Who You Are
6. I Think I’ll Call It Morning
7. Pieces of a Man
8. A Sign of the Ages
9. Or Down You Fall
10. The Needle’s Eye
11. The Prisoner

Isaac Hayes: Shaft (1971)

Label: Enterprise

Producer: Isaac Hayes

Personnel:

• Isaac Hayes – lead vocals, keyboards
• Charles Pitts – guitar
• Michael Toles – guitar
• Lester Snell – electric piano
• James Alexander– bass guitar
• Willie Hall – drums
• Gary Jones – conga, and bongo drums
• Richard “Johnny” Davis – lead trumpet
• John Fonville – flute
• Johnny Allen, J. J. Johnson and Isaac Hayes – rhythm, horns and strings arrangements
• The Bar-Kaysand The Isaac Hayes Movement – instrumentation
• Pat Lewis, Rose Williams and Telma Hopkins – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Isaac Hayes.

1. Theme from Shaft (vocal ersion)
2. Bumpy’s Lament
3. Walk from Regio’s
4. Ellie’s Love Theme
5. Shaft’s Cab Ride
6. Cafe Regio’sv
7. Early Sunday Morning
8. Be Yourself
9. A Friend’s Place
10. Soulsville (vocal version)
11. No Name Bar
12. Bumpy’s Blues
13. Shaft Strikes Again
14. Do Your Thing (vocal version)
15. The End Theme

Sly & The Family Stone: There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)

Label: Epic

Producer: Sly Stone

Personnel:

• Sly Stone– vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, bass, drums, drum programming, keyboard programming, arrangements
• Bobby Womack– guitar
• Freddie Stone– guitar
• Ike Turner– guitar
• Billy Preston– keyboards
• Rose Stone– vocals, keyboards
• Larry Graham– bass, backing vocals
• Greg Errico– drums
• Gerry Gibson – drums
• Jerry Martini– tenor saxophone
• Cynthia Robinson– trumpet
• Little Sister– backing vocals
• Lynn Ames – collage, design
• John Berg- collage, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Sylvester Stewart.  

1. Luv n’ Haight
2. Just Like a Baby
3. Poet
4. Family Affair
5. Africa Talks to You ‘The Asphalt Jungle’
6. There’s a Riot Goin’ On
7. Brave & Strong
8. (You Caught Me) Smilin
9. Time
10. Spaced Cowboy
11. Runnin’ Away
12. Thank You for Talkin’ to Me Africa

Ohio Players: Pain (1971)

Label: Westbound

Producer: Walter Morrison, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Gregory Webster, Ralph Middlebrooks, Herb James, Billy Pittman

Personnel:

• Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner – vocals, guitar, arrangements
• Andrew Noland – vocal, arrangements
• Walter “Junie” Morrison – vocals, keyboards, arrangements
• Marshall “Rock” Jones – bass, arrangements
• Gregory Webster – drums, arrangements
• Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks – trumpet, trombone, arrangements 
• Paul Bisacca – design
• Howard Craft – lacquer cut
• George Clements – lacquer cut
• Joel Brodsky – photography
• Bob Scerbo – production coordinator

Track listing:
All tracks by Walter Morrison, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Gregory Webster and Ralph Middlebrooks.
1. Pain
2. Never Had a Dream
3. Players Balling (Players Doin’ Their Own Thing)
4. I Wanna Hear from You
5. The Reds
6. Singing in the Morning

Isaac Hayes: Black Moses (1971)

Label: Enterprise

Producer: Isaac Hayes

Personnel:

• Isaac Hayes- lead and backing vocals, piano, organ, electric piano, vibraphone, arrangements
• Lester Snell – electric piano
• Charles “Skip” Pitts – piano
• Sidney Kirk – piano
• The Bar-Kays and The Isaac Hayes Movement – instrumentation
• Ronnie Hudson – bass
• Willie Hall – drums, tambourine
• Gary Jones – bongos, congas
• Johnny Allen, Dale Warren – arrangements

Track listing:

1. Never Can Say Goodbye – Clifton Davis
2. (They Long to Be) Close to You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
3. Nothing Takes the Place of You – Toussaint McCall, Alan Robinson
4. Man’s Temptation – Curtis Mayfield
5. Never Gonna Give You Up – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler
6. Medley: Ike’s Rap II / Help Me Love – Isaac Hayes, Johnny Baylor, Mickey Gregory, Luther Ingram, Tommy Tate
7. Need to Belong to Someone – Curtis Mayfield
8. Good Love – Mickey Gregory, Isaac Hayes
9. Medley: “Ike’s Rap III” / “Your Love is So Doggone Good” – Isaac Hayes, Difosco Ervin, Rudy Love
10. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
11. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
12. Part-Time Love – Clay Hammond
13. Medley: Ike’s Rap IV / A Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes, Kenneth Gamble, Thom Bell, Jerry Butler
14. Going in Circles – Jerry Peters, Anita Poree

Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On (1971)

Producer: Tamla

Producer: Marvin Gaye

Personnel:

• Marvin Gaye – lead and backing vocals
• Members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Conducted and arranged by David Van De Pitte
• Backing Vocals:
  • The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps)
  • Mel Farr, Charlie Sandersand Lem Barney of the Detroit Lions
  • Dave Bingof the Detroit Pistons
  • Bobby Rogersof The Miracles
  • Elgie Stover
  • Kenneth Stover
• Strings, Woodwindsand Brass
  • Gordon Staples, Zinovi Bistritzky, Beatriz Budinzky, Richard Margitza, Virginia Halfmann, Felix Resnick, Alvin Score, Lillian Downs, James Waring – violins
  • Edouard Kesner, Meyer Shapiro, David Ireland, Nathan Gordon – violas
  • Italo Babini, Thaddeus Markiewicz, Edward Korkigan – cellos
  • Max Janowsky – double bass
  • Carole Crosby – harp
  • Dayna Hardwick, William Perich – flutes
  • Larry Nozero, Angelo Carlisi, George Benson, Tate Houston– saxophones
  • John Trudell, Maurice Davis – trumpets
  • Nilesh Pawar – oboe
  • Carl Raetz – trombone
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothersand Solo Horns
  • Eli Fontaine– alto saxophone
  • Wild Bill Moore– tenor saxophone
  • Marvin Gaye – piano, mellotron, box drum
  • Johnny Griffith– celeste, keyboards
  • Earl Van Dyke– keyboards
  • Jack Brokensha– vibraphone, percussion
  • Joe Messina, Robert White– electric guitars
  • James Jamerson– bass guitar
  • Bob Babbitt– bass guitar Chet Forest – drums
  • Jack Ashford– tambourine, percussion
  • Eddie “Bongo” Brown– bongos, congas
  • Earl DeRouen – bongos, congas
  • Bobbye Hall– bongos
• Katherine Marking – graphic design
• Curtis McNair – art direction
• Alana Coghlan – graphic design
• James Hendin – photography

Track listing:

1. What’s Going On – Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo “Obie” Benson
2. What’s Happening Brother – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.
3. Flyin’ High (In the Friendly Sky) – Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover
4. Save the Children – Cleveland, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Marvin Gaye
5. God is Love – Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, James Nyx Jr.
6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) – Marvin Gaye
7. Right On – Earl DeRouen, Marvin Gaye
8. Wholy Holy – Renaldo “Oboe” Benson, Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
9. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr,

Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (1971)

Label: Westbound

Producer: George Clinton

Personnel:

• George Clinton, Raymond Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, Garry Shider, Hot Buttered Soul– vocals
• Eddie Hazel– vocals, guitar
• Tawl Ross– vocals, guitar
• Bernie Worrell– vocals, keyboards
• Billy Nelson– vocals, bass guitar
• Tiki Fulwood– drums
• The Graffiteria/Paula Bisacca – artwork, design
• David Krieger – art direction
• Joel Brodsky – cover photography
• Ron Scribner – inside cover photography
• Barbara Cheeseborough – model on the album cover

Track listing:

1. Maggot Brain – Edward Hazel, George Clinton
2. Can You Get to That – George Clinton, Ernest Harris
3. Hit it and Quit it – George Clinton, William Nelson
4. You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks – George Clinton, Clarence Haskins, William Nelson, Bernard Worrell, Judie Jones
5. Super Stupid – Edward Hazel, Lucious Ross, William Nelson, George Clinton
6. Back in Our Minds – Clarence Haskins
7. Wars of Armageddon – Ramon Fulwood, Lucious Ross, George Clinton, Bernard Worrell

Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (1972)

Label: Tamla

Producer: Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff, Malcolm Cecil

Personnel:

• Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocal, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass, piano, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer
• Jim Gilstrap– lead and backing vocal
• Lani Groves – lead and backing vocal
• Ray Parker Jr.– electric guitar
• Jeff Beck– electric guitar
• Buzz Feiten(Howard “Buzz” Feiten) – electric guitar
• Scott Edwards – electric bass
• Daniel Ben Zebulon – congas
• David Sanborn– alto saxophone
• Trevor Laurence – tenor saxophone
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Gloria Barley – backing vocal
• Deniece Williams– backing vocal
• Shirley Brewer – backing vocal
• Debra Wilson – backing vocal
• Shirley Brewer – backing vocal
• Loris Harvin (Delores Harvin) – backing vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Stevie Wonder except where noted.

1. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
2. Maybe Your Baby
3. You and I
4. Tuesday Heartbreak
5. You’ve Got It Bad Girl – Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright
6. Superstition
7. Big Brother
8. Blame it on the Sun – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
9. Looking for Another Pure Love – Stevie Wonder,Syreeta Wright
10. I Believe – Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright

O’ Jays – The Backstabbers (1972)

Label: Philadelphia International Records

Producer: Keneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Bunny Sigler

Personnel:

• Eddie Levert – vocals
• Walter Lee Williams – vocals
• William Powell – vocals
• Bunny Sigler– guitar, piano
• Dennis Harris – guitar
• Bobby Eli– guitar
• Roland Chambers – guitar
• Norman Harris– guitar, arrangements
• Leon Huff– piano
• Lenny Pakula – organ
• Ronnie Baker– bass guitar
• Earl Young– drums
• Larry Washington – bongos, congas, percussion
• Vincent Montana Jr.– percussion, vibraphone
• Don Renaldo – conductor, horns, strings
• Thom Bell– arrangements, strings
• Bobby Martin– arrangements
• Thom Bell – arrangements
• Joe Tarsia– engineer
• Tony Sellari – art direction
• Tony Martell – executive producer
• Adam Block – director

Track listing:

1. When the World’s at Peace – Kenneth Gamble, Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt
2. Back Stabbers – Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead
3. Who Am I – Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt
4. (They Call me) Mr. Lucky – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
5. Time to get Down – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
6. 992 Arguments – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
7. Listen to the Clock on the Wall – Kenneth Gamble, leon Huff, John Whitehead, Gene McFadden
8. Shiftless, Shady, Jealous Kind of People – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, John Whitehead, Gene McFadden
9. Sunshine – Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt
10. Love Train – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff

Bobby Womack: Understanding (1972)

Label: United Artists Records

Producer: Bobby Womack

Personnel:

• Bobby Womack- vocals, guitar
• Jimmy Johnson, Reggie Young, Tippy Armstrong – guitar
• Barry Beckett, Bobby Wood, Bobby Emmons – keyboards
• David Hood, Mike Leech – bass
• Hayward Bishop, Roger Hawkins- drums, percussion
• Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson – saxophone
• Harrison Calloway, Jr. – trumpet
• Dale Quillen – trombone
• Friendly Womack, Jr., Curtis Womack, Harry Womack, Cecil Womack, Janice Singleton, Pam Grier, Patrice Holloway- backing vocals

Track listing:

1. I Can Understand – Bobby Womack
2. Woman’s Gotta Have It – Bobby Womack, Linda Womack, Darryl Carter
3. And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
4. Got To Get You Back – Chris Green, Jerry Lynn Williams
5. Simple Man – Bobby Womack, Joe Hicks
6. Ruby Dean – Bobby Womack, Joe Hicks
7. Thing Called Love – Joe Hicks
8. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
9. Harry Hippie – Jim Ford

Cane & Able: Cane & Able (1972)

Label: Epic

Producer: Claude Delcloo

Personnel:

• French Thompson – lead vocals
• Garland Edwards – guitar
• Worthington Brown – bass
• George Carter – drums
• Blinky Bostic – congas, timbales
• Billy Ellis – saxophones
• George Alford, Hasan Tayratira, Norris Ridguard – trumpet
• Norris Ridguard, Tony Lytle – trombone
• George Alford, Norris Ridguard – vocals

Track listing:

1. Girl You Love Me
2. Starchild
3. Who’s Gonna Take the Weight
4. Don’t Knock My Love
5. Green Grass
6. Toe Hold
7. Found a Child

Al Green: Let’s Stay Together (1972)

Label: Hi

Producer: Willie Mitchell

Personnel:

• Al Green – vocals
• Teenie Hodges- guitar
• Charles Hodges- organ, piano
• Leroy Hodges- bass
• Howard Grimes- drums
• Al Jackson, Jr.– drums
• Andrew Love- horn, tenor saxophone
• Ed Logan – horn, tenor saxophone
• Wayne Jackson- trumpet
• James Mitchell – bass, baritone saxophone, arrangements
• Jack Hale – trombone
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals, arrangements
• Jools DeVere – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Green, except where noted

1. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green, Wayne Jackson, James Mitchell
2. La-La for You – Al Green, James Mitchell
3. So You’re Leaving
4. What Is This Feeling?
5. Old Time Lovin
6. I’ve Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do) – Floyd, Isbell and Jones
7. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
8. Judy
9. It Ain’t No Fun to Me

The Dramatics: Whatcha See is Whatcha Get (1972)

Label: Volt

Producer: Tony Hester

Personnel:

• Elbert Wilkins, Larry Demps, Ron Banks, William Howard, Willie  Ford – vocals
• Johnny Allen – arrangements
• David Krieger – art direction
• Larry Shaw – creative director
• Ron Gorden – design
• Neil Deckert – illustration
• Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Hester.

1. Get Up and Get Down
2. Thank You for Your Love
3. Hot Pants in the Summertime
4. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
5. In the Rain
6. Gimme Some (Good Soul Music)
7. Fall In Love, Lady Love
8. Mary Don’t Cha Wanna

Lyn Collins ‎– Think (About It) (1972)

Label: People

Producer: James Brown

Personnel:

• Lyn Collins – vocal
• James Brown – arrangements
• Dave Matthews – arrangements
• Sammy Lowe – arrangements
• Lee Lebowitz – art direction

Track listing:

1. Think (About It) – James Brown
2. Just Won’t Do Right – James Brown
3. Wheels of Life – Joe Valentine, Johnny Terry
4. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
5. Things Got To Get Better – Alfred Ellis, James Brown
6. Never Gonna Give You Up – K. Gamble, L. Huff, J. Butler
7. Reach Out for Me – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
8. Women’s Lib – James Brown
9. Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard

Billy Paul: 360 Degrees Of (1972)

Label: Philadelphia International Records

Producer: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff

Personnel:

• Billy Paul- lead and backing vocals
• Bobby Eli, Bunny Sigler, David Bay, Norman Harris, Roland Chambers – guitar
• Eddie Green, Leon Huff- piano
• Vincent Montana, Jr.- vibraphone
• Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker- bass
• Earl Young, Norman Farrington – drums
• Don Renaldo – horns, strings
• Larry Washington – congas
• Lenny Pakula – organ
• Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram – backing vocals
• Ed Lee – cover design
• Don Hunstein – front cover photo
• Robert Davis – back cover photo

Track listing:

1. Brown Baby – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
2. I’m Just a Prisoner – Kenny Gamble, Phil Hurtt, Bunny Sigler
3. It’s Too Late – Carole King, Toni Stern
4. Me and Mrs. Jones – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert
5. Am I Black Enough for You? – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
6. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green, Al Jackson Jr., Willie Mitchell
7. Your Song – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
8. I’m Gonna Make It This Time – Jean Lang, Bunny Sigler

Bill Withers: Still Bill (1972)

Label: Sussex

Producer: Benorce Blackmon, Bill Withers,James Gadson, Melvin Dunlap, Ray Jackson

Personnel:

• Bill Withers – vocals, guitar, piano
• Benorce Blackmon – guitar
• Melvin Dunlap – bass
• James Gadson- drums, percussion
• Bobbye Hall- percussion
• Raymond Jackson – piano, clavinet, electric piano, horn & string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Withers, except where noted.

1. Lonely Town, Lonely Stree
2. Let Me In Your Life
3. Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? – Bill Withers, Stanley McKenny
4. Use Me
5. Lean on Me
6. Kissing My Love
7. I Don’t Know
8. Another Day to Run – Bill Withers, Benorce Blackmon
9. I Don’t Want You on My Mind
10. Take It All In and Check It All Out

Cymande: Cymande (1972)

Label: Janus Records

Producer: John Schroeder

Personnel:

• Patrick Patterson – guitar
• Steve Scipio – bass
• Pablo Gonsales – congas
• Sam Kelly – drums
• Joey Dee, Ray King – vocals, percussion
• Mike Rose –  alto saxophone, flute, bongos
• Derek Gibbs – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Peter Serreo – tenor saxophone 

Track listing:

1. Zion I
2. One More
3. Getting It Back
4. Listen
5. Rickshaw
6. Dove
7. Bra
8. The Message
9. Ras Tafarian Folk Song

Curtis Mayfield: Super Fly (1972)

Label: Curtom

Producer: Curtis Mayfield

Personnel:

• Curtis Mayfield– vocals, guitar
• Anthony Dalcoe (aka “Saint Anthony”) – guitar 
• Craig McMullen – guitar
• Joseph Lucky Scott – bass
• Tyrone McCullen – drums
• Morris Jennings– drums
• Master Henry Gibson– percussion
• Harry “Slip” Lepp- trombone
• Johnny Pate– orchestrater, arrangements
• Glen Christensen – art direction
• Milton Sincoff – packaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Mayfield.

1. Little Child Running Wild
2. Pusherman
3. Freddie’s Dead
4. Junkie Chase
5. Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
6. Eddie You Should Know Better
7. No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song)
8. Think
9. Superfly

The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect yourself (1972)

Label: Stax Records

Producer: Al Bell

Personnel:

• Staple Sisters – vocal
• Cleotha Staples – vocal
• Mavis Staples – vocal
• Roebuck “Pops” Staples – vocal
• Yvonne Staples – vocal
• Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section
• Ben Cauley & The South Memphis Horns – horns
• Al Bell– arrangements
• Jerry Masters – engineer
• Ralph Rhods – engineer
• Terry Manning – remix
• Larry Shaw – creative director
• Ron Gorden – creative director
• David Krieger – art direction
• The Fraffiteria – art direction
• Jerry Griffith – photography

Track listing:

1. This World – Gary William Friedman, Herb Shapiro
2. Respect Yourself – Luther Ingram, Mack Rice
3. Name the Missing Word – Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson
4. I’ll Take You There – Alvert Isbell
5. This Old Town (People in This Town) – Don Covay, Wilson Pickett, Stevenson
6. We the People – Booker T. Jones, A. Smith
7. Are You Sure – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
8. Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ the Superstar)? – Pops Staples
9. I’m Just Another Soldier – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
10. Who – John Barry, Bobby Bloom

Donny Hathaway: Live (1972)

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Arif Mardin (side one) – Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin 

Personnel:

• Donny Hathaway– vocals, electric piano, piano, organ, arrangements
• Phil Upchurch– lead guitar 
• Cornell Dupree– lead guitar 
• Mike Howard – guitar
• Willie Weeks– bass
• Fred White– drums
• Earl DeRouen– conga 

Track listing:

1. What’s Goin’ On – Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
2. The Ghetto – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson
3. Hey Girl – Earl DeRouen
4. You’ve Got a Friend – Carole King
5. Little Ghetto Boy – Derouen and Eddy Howard
6. We’re Still Friends – Donny Hathaway, Watts
7. Jealous Guy – John Lennon
8. Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything) – Richard Evans, Philip Upchurch, Ric Powell

Mandrill: Is (1972)

Label: Polydor

Producer: Omar Masa, Claude Cave, Frederick Solomon, Richard Wilson, Carlos Wilson, Lousi Wilson, Alfred V. Brown

Personnel:

• Omar Mesa – vocals, guitar, percussion
• Claude “Coffee” Cave – vocals, keyboards, vibraphone, percussion
• Frederick “Fudgie Kae” Solomon – bass, percussion, vocals
• Richard Wilson – vocals, tenor saxophone, percussion
• Carlos Wilson – vocals, trombone, alto saxophone, flute, guitar, percussion
• Charles Padro -vocals, drums, percussion
• Louis Wilson -vocals,  percussion, trumpet, flugelhorn

Track listing:

All tracks by Omar Masa, Claude Cave, Frederick Solomon, Richard Wilson, Carlos Wilson and Lousi Wilson.

1. Ape Is High
2. Cohello
3. Git It All
4. Children of the Sun
5. I Refuse To Smile
6. Universal Rhythms
7. Lord of the Golden Baboon
8. Central Park
9. Kofijahm
10. Here Today Gone Tomorrow
11. The Sun Must Go Down

War: The World is a Ghetto (1972)

Label: United Artists Records

Producer: Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott

Personnel:

• Lee Oskar– vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Howard Scott – vocals, guitar, percussion
• Lonnie Jordan– vocals, organ, piano, timbolies, percussion
• B. Dickerson– vocals, bass, percussion
• Harold Brown– vocals, drums, percussion
• Papa Dee Allen– vocals, conga, bongos, percussion
• Charles Miller– vocals, clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Oskar, Howard Scott, Lonnie Jordan, B. Dickerson, Harold Brown, Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller.

1. The Cisco Kid
2. Where Was You At
3. City, Country, City
4. Four Cornered Room
5. The World Is a Ghetto
6. Beetles in the Bog

The Temptations: All Directions (1972)

Label: Gordy

Producer: Norman Whitfield

Personnel:

• Dennis Edwards: vocals
• Damon Harris: vocals
• Richard Street: vocals
• Melvin Franklin: vocals
• Otis Williams: vocals
• The Andantes: backing vocals
• The Funk Brothers: instrumentation

Track listing:

1. Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield 
2. Run Charlie Run – C. Maurice King, Jan Forman
3. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield 
4. Love Woke Me Up This Morning – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
5. I Ain’t Got Nothin’ – Maurice King, Evans King
6. The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) – Ewan MacColl
7. Mother Nature – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
8. Do Your Thing – Isaac Hayes

James Brown: The Payback (1973)

Label: Polydor

Producer: James Brown

Personnel:

• James Brown- lead vocals, electric piano
• Hearlon “Cheese” Martin – guitar
• Jimmy Nolen – guitar
• Fred Thomas – bass
• John Starks – drums
• John Morgan – percussion
• Darryl “Hasaan” Jamison – trumpet
• Jerone “Jasaan Sanford” Melson – trumpet
• Isiah “Ike” Oakley – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Clair Pinckney – flute
• Maceo Parker – flute

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, Fred Wesley and Charles Bobbit; except where noted.

1. The Payback – James Brown, Fred Wesley, John “Jabo” Starks
2. Doing the Best I Can
3. Take Some, Leave Some
4. Shoot Your Shot – James Brown
5. Forever Suffering
6. Time Is Running out Fast
7. Mind Power

The O’Jays – Ship Ahoy (1973)

Label: Philadelphia International Records

Personnel:

• William Powell– vocals
• Walter Williams– vocals
• Eddie Levert– vocals
• Leon Isley Brooks– keyboards
• Anthony Jackson– bass
• Rocco Bene– trumpet 
• MFSB– orchestra, various instruments
• Lenny Pakula– arrangements
• Norman Harris– arrangements
• Bobby Martin– arrangements
• Lenny Pakula – arrangements
• Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
• Darcy Proper – mastering
• Al Quaglieri – remix 
• Joe Tarsia – engineer
• James Barkley – illustration
• Ed Lee – art direction
• Don Hunstein– photography

Producer: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, except where noted.

1. Put Your Hands Together
2. Ship Ahoy
3. This Air I Breathe – Kenny Gamble, Bunny Sigler
4. You Got Your Hooks in Me – Bunny Sigler
5. For the Love of Money – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Anthony Jackson
6. Now That We Found Love
7. Don’t Call Me Brother – Kenny Gamble, Bunny Sigler
8. People Keep Tellin’ Me – John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen

Funkadelic: Cosmic Slop (1973)

Label: Westbound

Producer: George Clinton

Personnel:

• George Clinton – lead vocals
• Gary Shider – guitar
• Ron Bykowski – guitar
• Bernard Worrell – keyboards, melodica, strings
• “Boogie” Mosson – bass guitar
• Guest Funkadelic Maggot: Tiki Fulwood – drums
• Tyrone Lampkin – percussion
• Pedro Bell – artwork, liner notes

Track listing:

1. Nappy Dugout – George Clinton, Cordell Mosson, Garry Shider
2. You Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure – George Clinton,  Sidney Barnes
3. March to the Witch’s Castle – George Clinton
4. Let’s Make It Last – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
5. Cosmic Slop – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
6. No Compute – George Clinton, Garry Shider
7. This Broken Heart – William Franklin
8. Trash A-Go-Go – George Clinton
9. Can’t Stand the Strain – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel 

Gladys Knight & The Pips: Imagination (1973)

Label: Buddah

Producer: Tony Camillo, Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight, William Guest, Edward Patten

Personnel:

• Gladys Knight – lead vocal
• Merald “Buba” Knight – vocal
• William Guest – vocal
• Edward Patten – vocal
• Larry Wilcox– strings arrangements
• Dave Domanich – engineer
• Geraldine De Nora – engineer
• Warren Dewey – engineer
• Ed Stasium – engineer
• Robin C. Kruse – lacquer cut
• Glen Christensen – art direction
• Milton Sincoff – creative director
• Mike Mendel – design
• Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim Weatherly, except where noted. 

1. Midnight Train to Georgia
2. I’ve Got to Use My Imagination – Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg
3. Storms of Troubled Times
4. Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
5. Once in a Lifetime Thing
6. Where Peaceful Waters Flow
7. I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
8. Perfect Love – Paul Williams
9. Window Raisin’ Granny – William Guest, Gladys Knight, Merald Knight, Edward Patten

The Temptations: Masterpiece (1973)

Label: Gordy

Producer: Norman Whitfield

Personnel:

• Dennis Edwards: vocals
• Damon Harris: vocals
• Richard Street: vocals
• Melvin Franklin: vocals
• Otis Williams: vocals
• Earl Van Dyke: piano, organ
• Johnny Griffith: organ
• Robert Ward: guitar
• Melvin “Wah-Wah Watson” Ragin: guitar
• Joe Messina: guitar
• Paul Warren: guitar
• Robert White: guitar
• Eddie Willis: guitar
• Jack Ashford: tambourine, maracas, sticks
• Leroy Taylor: bass guitar
• Bob Babbitt: bass guitar
• Eddie Watkins: bass guitar
• Eddie “Bongo” Brown: bongos, congas
• Aaron Smith: drums
• Richard “Pistol” Allen: drums
• Uriel Jones: drums
• Andrew Smith: drums
• Ted Lucas: harmonica
• Jack Brokensha: tympani, vibes, bells, gourd
• Maurice Davis: trumpet
• Paul Riser: arranger
• Des Strobel: design
• Parvis Sadighian: sculpture (album cover image)
• Jim Britt: photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Whitfield.

1. Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)
2. Masterpiece
3. Ma
4. Law of the Land
5. Plastic Man
6. Hurry Tomorrow

Marvin Gaye: Let’s Get It On (1973)

Label: Tamla

Producer: Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend

Personnel:

• Marvin Gaye – lead and backing vocals, piano
• David T. Walker, Eddie Willis, Lewis Shelton, Melvin Ragin, Robert White, Don Peake – guitar
• Joe Sample, Marvin Jerkins – piano
• James Jamerson, Wilton Felder – bass
• Eddie “Bongo” Brown – drums, bongos
• Paul Humphrey, Uriel Jones – drums
• Emil Richards, Bobbye Hall Porter, Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson – percussion
• Bobbye Hall Porter – bongos
• Emil Richards, Victor Feldman – vibraphone
• The Originals – backing vocals
• David Van DePitte, Gene Page, Rene Hall, David Blumberg – arrangements, conduction
• Jim Britt, Motown Archives – photography

Track listing:

1. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
2. Please Stay (Once You Go Away) – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
3. If I Should Die Tonight – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
4. Keep Gettin’ It On – Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
5. Come Get to This – Marvin Gaye
6. Distant Lover – Marvin Gaye, Gwen Gordy, Sandra Greene
7. You Sure Love to Ball – Marvin Gaye
8. Just to Keep You Satisfied – Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover

Sir Joe Quaterman & Free Soul: Sir Joe Quaterman & Free Soul (1973)

Label: GSF Records

Producer:  Bill Tate, Cotter Wells, Sir Joe Quarterman

Personnel:

• Joe Quarterman – vocals, trumpet
• George R. Lee – guitar
• Willie Parker, Jr. – guitar
• Karissa Freeman – keyboards
• Gregory C. Hammonds – bass
• Allen Stewart – drums
• Leon Rogers – saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Quarterman.

1. (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind
2. I Made A Promise
3. The Trouble With Trouble
4. The Way They Do My Life
5. Find Yourself
6. Gonna Get Me A Friend
7. Give Me Back My Freedom
8. I Feel Like This
9. Live Now Brothers

Rare Earth: Ma (1973)

Label: Motown

Producer: Norman Whitfield

Personnel:

• Ray Monette – vocals, lead guitar
• Mark Olson – vocals, keyboards
• Mike Urso – vocals, bass
• Peter Hoorelbeke – lead vocals, drums, percussion
• Edward Guzman – congas, timbales
• Gil Bridges – vocals, flute, saxophone

All tracks by Norman Whitfield; except where noted.

1. Ma
2. Big John Is My Name
3. Smiling Faces Sometimes – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
4. Hum Along and Dance – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
5. Come With Me

Mandrill: Just Out Side of Town (1973)

Label: Polydor

Producer: Mandrill – Alfred V. Brown

Personnel:

• Omar Mesa – vocals, guitar, percussion
• Claude Cave – vocals, keyboards, vibraphone, percussion
• Fudgie Kae- vocals, bass, percussion
• Neftali Santiago – vocals, drums, percussion
• Ric Wilson – vocals, saxophone, percussion
• Carlos Wilson – vocals, trombone, flute, guitar, percussion
• Lou Wilson – vocals, percussion, trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Omar Masa, Claude Cave, Fudgie Kae, Neftali Santiago, Ric Wilson, Carlos Wilson and Lou Wilson.

1. Mango Meat
2. Never Die
3. Love Song
4. Interlude
5. Fat City Strut
6. Two Sisters of Mystery
7. Afrikus Retrospectus
8. She Ain’t Lookin’ Too Tough
9. Aspiration Flame

Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (1973)

Label: Tamla

Producer: Stevie Wonder – Robert Margouleff – Malcolm Cecil

Personnel:

• Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes, harmonica, drums, Moog bass, Hohner clavinet , handclaps
• Dean Parks– acoustic guitar
• Ralph Hammer – acoustic guitar
• David T. Walker– electric guitar
• Clarence Bell – Hammond organ
• Malcolm Cecil– upright bass
• Scott Edwards – electric bass
• Willie Weeks– electric bass
• Larry “Nastyee” Latimer – congas
• Yusuf Roahman – shaker
• Sheila Wilkerson – bongos, Latin gourd
• Robert Margouleff, Malcolm Cecil – synthesizer programming
• Lani Groves – backing vocal
• Tasha Thomas– backingvocal
• Jim Gilstrap– backing vocal
• Efram Wolff – album art

Track listing:

All tracks by Stevie Wonder.

1. Too High
2. Visions
3. Living for the City
4. Golden Lady
5. Higher Ground
6. Jesus Children of America
7. All in Love Is Fair
8. Don’t You Worry ’bout a Thing
9. He’s Misstra Know-It-All

The Staple Singers: Be What You Are (1973)

Label: Stax Records

Producer: Al Bell

Personnel:

• Cleotha Staples, Mavis Staples, Yvonne Staples – lead and backing Vocals
• Roebuck “Pops” Staples – vocals, guitar

Track listing:

1. Be What You Are – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton
2. If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton
3. Medley: Love Comes in All Colors/Tellin’ Lies – Betty Crutcher, Carl Smith
4. Touch a Hand, Make a Friend – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton
5. Drown Yourself – Betty Crutcher
6. I Ain’t Raisin’ No Sand – Darryl Carter, Mack Rice
7. Grandma’s Hands – Bill Withers
8. Bridges Instead of Walls – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton
9. I’m on Your Side – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton
10. That’s What Friends Are For – Parsons, Penney, Mack Rice
11. Heaven – Duke Ellington

James Brown: Sex Machine (1973)

Label: King

Producer: James Brown

Personnel:

• James Brown – vocals, organ, piano
• Phelps “Catfish” Collins- guitar
• Kenny Poole – guitar
• Jimmy Nolen- guitar
• Bobby Byrd- voca;s, organ
• Bootsy Collins- bass
• “Sweet” Charles Sherrell- bass
• Alphonso “Country” Kellum – bass, guitar
• Art Lopez – percussion
• Melvin Parker – drums
• John Starks- drums
• Clyde Stubblefield- drums
• Johnny Griggs – conga
• Pee Wee Ellis- alto saxophone
• Maceo Parker- tenor saxophone, organ
• Robert “Chopper” McCullough – tenor saxophone
• Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone
• Clair Pinckney- tenor and baritone saxophone
• Joseph Davis – trumpet
• Richard “Kush” Griffith – trumpet
• Clayton “Chicken” Gunnells – trumpet
• Darryl “Hasaan” Jamison – trumpet
• Fred Wesley- trombone
• Marva Whitney – backing vocals
• Robert Graham – backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff
2. Brother Rapp (Part I & Part II)– James Brown
3. Medley:

• Bewildered – Teddy Powell, Leonard Whitcup
• I Got The Feelin’ – James Brown
• Give It Up or Turnit a Loose – Charles Bobbit

4. I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself) – James Brown
5. Licking Stick – Licking Stick – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Pee Wee Ellis
6. Lowdown Popcorn – James Brown
7. Spinning Wheel – David Clayton-Thomas
8. If I Ruled the World – Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel
9. There Was a Time – James Brown, Hobgood
10. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome
11. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, Johnny Terry
12. I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) – James Brown
13. Mother Popcorn – Brown, Pee Wee Ellis

The Undisputed Truth: Low of the Land (1973)

Label: Gordy

Producer: Norman Whitfield

Personnel:

• Joe “Pep” Harris – lead vocals
• Billie Rae Calvin – additional and backing vocals
• Brenda Joyce Evans – additional lead and backing vocals
• Billy Cooper, Eddie Willis, Joe Messina, Melvin Ragin, Paul Warren, Robert Ward, Robert White – guitar
• Johnny Griffith – organ
• Earl Van Dyke – piano
• Bob Babbitt – bass
• Aaron Smith , Andrew Smith , Richard Allen, Uriel Jones – drums
• Eddie “Bongo” Brown – bongos, congas  
• Jack Ashford – tambourine, maracas, percussion
• Jack Brokensha – vibraphone , bells, percussion
• Paul Riser – arrangements, conductor
• Efraru Wolff – illustration

Track listing:

1. Law of the Land – Norman Whitfield
2. Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
3. Girl You’re Alright – Clay McMurray, Pam Sawyer
4. Killing Me Softly With This Song – Fox andN. Gimbel
5. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
6. This Child Needs Its Father – Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses
7. Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don’t Say No) – Norman Whitfield
8. Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
9. Love And Happiness – Al Green, Mabon Hodges
10. With A Little Help From My Friends – John Lennon, Paul  McCartney
11. If I Die – Peter Rivera
12. Walk on By – H. David, Bert Bacharach

War: Deliver the Word (1973)

Label: United Artists Records

Producer: Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott

Personnel:

• Lee Oskar– vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Howard Scott– vocals, guitar, percussion
• Lonnie Jordan– vocals, organ, piano, ARP violins, synthesizer, timbales, percussion
• B. Dickerson– vocals, bass, percussion
• Harold Brown– ocals, drums, percussion
• Papa Dee Allen– vocals, conga, bongos, percussion
• Charles Miller– vocals, clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott), except where noted.

1. H₂Overture
2. In Your Eyes
3. Gypsy Man
4. Me and Baby Brother
5. Deliver the Word
6. Southern Part of Texas – War, Jerry Goldstein
7. Blisters

The Isley Brothers: 3+3 (1973)

Label: T-Neck/Epic Records

Producer: Ronald Isley – Rudolph Isley

Personnel:

• Ronald Isley – lead vocals
• Rudolph Isley – lead and backing vocals 
• O’Kelly Isley, Jr – lead and backing vocals
• Ernie Isley: guitars
• Truman Thomas: organ
• Chris Jasper: piano, electric piano, clavinet, ARP synthesizer
• Marvin Isley: bass guitar
• George Moreland: drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, O’Kelly Isley and Ernie isley, , except where noted. 

1. That Lady
2. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight – James Taylor
3. If You Were There
4. You Walk Your Way
5. Listen to the Music – Tom Johnston
6. What It Comes Down To
7. Sunshine (Go Away Today) – Jonathan Edwards
8. Summer Breeze – Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
9. The Highways of My Life

Betty Davis: Betty Davis (1973)

Label: Just Sunshine Records

Personnel: Greg Errico

Personnel:

• Betty Davis– lead and backing vocals
• Neal Schon, Doug Rodrigues – guitar
• Pete Sears– piano
• Richard Kermode– piano, clavinet
• Merl Saunders– electric piano, clavinet
• Hershall Kennedy – organ, clavinet, backing vocals
• Larry Graham, Doug Rauch– bass
• Gregg Errico, Willie Sparks – drums
• Skip Mesquite – saxophone
• Jules Broussard – baritone saxophone
• Victor Pantoja – congas
• Mic Gillette– trombone
• Greg Adams– trumpet
• The Pointer Sisters, Sylvester, Patryce Banks, Kathi McDonald, Annie Sampson, Willy Sparks – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Betty Davis:

1. If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up
2. Walkin’ Up The Road
3. Anti Love Song
4. Your Man My Man
5. Ooh Yeah
6. Steppin’ In Her I. Miller Shoes
7. Game Is My Middle Name
8. In The Meantime

Rufus: Rufus (1973)

Label: ABC

Producer: Bob Monaco

Personnel:

• Chaka Khan– lead and backing vocals
• Ron Stockert – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, Mellotron, Mellophonium
• Dennis Belfield – acoustic bass guitar, electric bass, backing vocals
• Al Ciner- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
• André Fischer – percussion, drums, backing vocals
• Eric Fisher – backing vocals
• Kevin Murphy- organ, bass, clarinet, clavinet, electric bass, bass and  backing vocals
• Rufus – arrangerments
• Don Sciarrotta – engineer, remix
• Arnie Acosta – mastering
• Bill Imhoff – illustrations
• Bill Naegels – design
• Rid Dyer Inc. – design

Track listing:

1. Slip’n’Slide – Ron Stockert
2. Keep It Coming – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
3. There’s No Tellin’ – Ron Stockert
4. Maybe Your Baby – Stevie Wonder
5. I Finally Found You – Ron Stockert
6. Feel Good – Al Ciner
7. Satisfied – Jeff Thomas
8. Haulin’ Coal – Ron Stockert
9. Whoever’s Thrilling You (Is Killing Me) – Allen Toussaint
10. Love the One You’re With/Sit Yourself Down (medley) – Stephen Stills

The Temptations: 1990 (1973)

Label: Gordy

Producer: Norman Whitfield

Personnel:

• Dennis Edwards: vocals
• Damon Harris: vocals
• Richard Street: vocals
• Melvin Franklin: vocals
• Otis Williams: vocals
• The Funk Brothersand Rose Royce: instrumentation
• Wah – Wah Watson – guitar
• Eddie Willis – guitar
• Melvin ”Wah Wah” Ragin – guitar
• Dennis Coffey – guitar
• Eddie Hazel – guitar
• Kenji Brown – guitar
• Jack Ashford – tambourine
• Don Baldwin – keyboards, wind, synthesizer
• Victor Nix – keyboards
• Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
• James Jamerson – bass
• Leqyeint Jobe – bass
• Billy “Bass” Nelson – bass
• Ollie E. Brown – drums
• Zachary Fraizer – drums
• James Gadson – drums
• Henry Gamer Jr. – drums
• Ed Green – drums
• Bobbye Hall – congas
• Terral ”Terry” Santiel – congas
• Michael Moore – saxophone
• Kenneth Copeland – trumpet
• Fred Dunn – trumpet
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Don Baldwin – design
• John Cabalka – design
• Jim Britt – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Whitfield.

1. Let Your Hair Down
2. I Need You
3. Heavenly
4. You’ve Got My Soul on Fire
5. Ain’t No Justice
6. 1990
7. Zoom

B.T.Express: Do It (1974)

Label: Scepter Records

Producer: Jeff Lane, Trade Martin

Personnel:

• Barbara Joyce – lead vocals
• Louis Risbrook – lead vocal
• Wesley Hall Jr.- vocals, lead guitar
• Billy Nichols – guitar
• Bill Risbrook – saxophone
• Carlos Ward – saxophone, flute
• Leslie Ming – drums
• Terrell Woods – drums
• Dennis Rowe – percussion

Track listing:

1. Express
2. If It Don’t Turn You On
3. Once You Get It
4. Everything Good To You
5. Mental Telepathy
6. Do It (Till You’re Satisfied)
7. Do You Like It
8. That’s What I Want For You Baby
9. This House Is Smokin’

Quincy Jones: Body Heat (1974)

Label: A&M

Producer: Quincy Jones – Ray Brown

Personnel:

• Quincy Jones- vocals, trumpet, arrangements
• Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton, Myrna Matthews, Al Jarreau, Jesse Kirkland, Carolyn Willis, Benard Ighner, Bruce Fisher, Jim Gilstrap, Joseph Greene, Tom Bahler – vocals
• Wah Wah Watson, Phil Upchurch, David T. Walker, Arthur Adams, Dennis Coffey, Eric Gale- guitar
• Herbie Hancock- piano, electric piano, synthesizer
• Bob James, Richard Tee- electric piano
• Billy Preston- organ
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff, Mike Melvoin- synthesizer
• Max Bennett, Chuck Rainey, Melvin Dunlap – bass
• Dave Grusin- drums, electric piano, synthesizer
• Grady Tate, Paul Humphrey, Bernard Purdie, James Gadson- drums
• Bobbye Hall- percussion
• Jerome Richardson, Pete Christlieb- saxophones
• Clifford Solomon, Chuck Findley– trumpets
• Frank Rosolino–trombone
• Hubert Laws- flute

Track listing:

1. Body Heat – Quincy Jones, Leon Ware, Bruce Fisher, Stan Richardson
2. Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier) – Ray Brown, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler, Joseph Greene
3. Everything Must Change – Benard Ighner
4. Boogie Joe the Grinder – Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin, Tom Bahler
5. Everything Must Change (Reprise) – Benard Ighner
6. One Track Mind – Quincy Jones, Leon Ware
7. Just a Man – Valdy
8. Along Came Betty – Benny Golson
9. If I Ever Lose This Heaven – Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer

Aretha Franklin: Let Me In Your Life (1974)

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Jerry Wexler – Aretha Franklin

Personnel:

1. Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, acoustic piano, electric piano
2. Hugh McCracken– guitar
3. David Spinozza- guitar
4. Cornell Dupree- guitar
5. Deodato- electric piano, arrangements
6. Richard Tee- keyboards
7. Donny Hathaway- acoustic piano, electric piano
8. Bob James- organ, keyboards
9. Kenneth Bichel- synthesizer
10. Stanley Clarke– bass
11. Chuck Rainey- bass
12. Willie Weeks- bass
13. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie- drums
14. Rick Marotta- drums
15. Ralph MacDonald- percussion
16. Pancho Morales – percussion
17. Joe Farrell- tenor saxophone, flute
18. Ernie Royal- trumpet
19. Arif Mardin- string arrangements
20. Gene Orloff- concert master
21. Margaret Branch – backing vocals
22. Cissy Houston- backing vocals
23. Ann S. Clark – backing vocals
24. Gwen Guthrie- backing vocals
25. Judy Clay- backing vocals
26. Sylvia Shemwell – backing vocals
27. Myrna Smith- backing vocals
28. Deirdre Tuck Corley – backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Let Me in Your Life – Bill Withers
2. Every Natural Thing – Eddie Hinton
3. Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
4. I’m in Love – Bobby Womack
5. Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) – Clarence Paul,Stevie Wonder, Morris Broadnax
6. The Masquerade is Over – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
7. With Pen in Hand – Bobby Goldsboro
8. Oh Baby – Aretha Franklin
9. Eight Days On the Road – Michael Gayle, Jerry Ragovoy
10. If You Don’t Think – Aretha Franklin
11. A Song for You – Leon Russell

Gill Scot-Heron & Brian Jackson: Winter in America (1974)

Label: Strata – East

Producer: Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Personnel:

• Gil Scott-Heron– vocals, electric piano
• Brian Jackson– electric piano, acoustic piano, flute, vocals
• Danny Bowens – fender bass
• Bob Adams – drums (traps)
• Eugene Coles – cover painting
• Peggy Harris – liner collage
• Tony Cerrante, Gary Price – liner photos

Track listing:

1. Peace Go with You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum) – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
2. Rivers of my Father – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
3. A Very Precious Time – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
4. Back Home – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
5. The Bottle – Gil Scott-Heron
6. Song for Bobby Smith – Gil Scott-Heron
7. Your Daddy Loves You – Gil Scott-Heron
8. H²Ogate Blues – Gil Scott-Heron
9. Peace Go with You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum) – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson

Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station (1974)

Label: Warner Bros. 

Producer: Larry Graham and Russ Titelman

Personnel:

• Larry Graham-lead and backing vocals,  bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums
• Lenny Williams- vocals
• Freddie Stone- guitar
• David “Dynamite” Vega – guitar
• Robert “Butch” Sam – piano, organ
• Willie “Wild” Sparks – drums
• Caboose – tenor saxophone
• Hershall “Happiness” Kennedy – clavinet, trumpet
• Patryce “Choc’Let” Banks – vocals, drum programming [Funk Box]
• Milt Holland- percussion
• Clarence McDonald- string arrangements
• Herb Greene- photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Larry Graham, except where noted.

1. We’ve Been Waiting
2. It Ain’t No Fun To Me – Al Green
3. Hair
4. We Be’s Gettin’ Down
5. Tell Me What It Is
6. Can You Handle It?
7. People” – Larry Graham, Freddie Stone
8. Why?
9. Ghetto

Curtis Mayfield: Sweet Exorcist (1974)

Label: Curtom

Producer: Curtis Mayfield

Personnel:

• Curtis Mayfield – lead vocal
• Gil Askey, Richard Tufo – arrangements
• Bill Ronalds – illustration
• Milton Sincoff – creative director

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.

1. Ain’t Got Time
2. Sweet Exorcist
3. To Be Invisible
4. Power to the people
5. Kung Fu
6. Suffer – Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway
7. Make Me Believe In You

Gladys Knight & The Pips: I Feel a Song (1974)

Label: Buddah

Producer: Tony Camillo, Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Burt Bacharach, Ralph Moss, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight, William Guest, Edward Patten

Personnel:

1. Gladys Knight – lead vocal
2. Merald “Buba” Knight – vocal
3. William Guest – vocal
4. Edward Patten – vocal
5. Gene Keys – conductor
6. Burt Bacharach – arrangements
7. Kenny Kerner – arrangements
8. Larry Wilcox – conductor, horn arrangements, string arrangements
9. Raymond Jackson – horn arrangements, string arrangements
10. Tony Camillo – arranger, conductor
11. Richie Wise – arrangements
12. William S. Harvey – artwork concept, cover painting
13. Milton Sincoff – packaging concept
14. David Nathan – linear notes

Track listing:

1. I Feel a Song In My Heart – Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer
2. Love Finds Its Own Way – Jim Weatherly
3. Seconds – Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach
4. The Going Ups and the Coming Downs – Jim Weatherly
5. The Way We Were/ Try to Remember – Marvin Hamlisch, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones
6. Better You Go Your Way – Bill Withers
7. Don’t Burn Down the Bridge – Ronnie Miller
8. The Need to Be – Jim Weatherly
9. Tenderness is His Way – Bill Withers

Millie Jackson: Caught Up (1974)

Label: Spring

Producer: Brad Shapiro

Personnel:

• Millie Jackson – vocals, concept
• Barry Beckett- keyboards
• Jimmy Johnson- guitar
• David Hood- bass
• Roger Hawkins- drums
• Tom Roady, Brad Shapiro – percussion
• Mike Lewis – orchestration
• David Wiseltier – design

Track listing:

1. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson
2. The Rap – Millie Jackson
3. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right (Reprise) – Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson
4. All I Want is a Fighting Chance – Millie Jackson, King Sterling
5. I’m Tired of Hiding – Phillip Mitchell, Billy Clements
6. It’s All Over but the Shouting – Millie Jackson, King Sterling
7. So Easy Going, So Hard Coming Back – Phillip Mitchell
8. I’m Through Trying to Prove My Love to You – Bobby Womack
9. Summer (The First Time) – Bobby Goldsboro

The Fatback Band: Keep On Steepin’ (1974)

Label: Event Records Inc,

Producer: The Fatback Band

Personnel:

• Johnny King – guitar, arrangements
• Johnny Flippin – bass, percussion
• Bill Curtis – drums, percussion, arrangements
• George Adams – flute, tenor saxophone
• Earl Shelton – vocals, tenor saxophone
• Gerry Thomas – trumpet, organ, arrangements
• George Williams – vocals, trumpet
• Ted Pettus – design

Track listing:

1. Bass Man – Gerry Thomas
2. Stuff – Curtis, Earl Shelton, George Williams, Johnny Flippin, Johnny King
3. New York Style – W. Curtis, Johnny Flippin
4. Love – Gerry Thomas
5. Can’t Fight the Flame – Johnny King
6. Wicky Wacky – Bill Curtis, Johnny Flippin
7. Feeling – Gerry Thomas
8. Keep On Steppin – Curtis, Earl Shelton, George Williams, Johnny Flippin, Johnny King, R. Cromwell
9. Break Up Is Hard To Do – Gerry Thomas

Average White Band: Cut the Cake (1974)

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Arif Mardin

Personnel:

• Alan Gorrie– vocals, bass, guitar 
• Hamish Stuart– vocals, guitar, bass
• Owen Onnie McIntyre – guitar
• Roger Ball– keyboards, synthesizer, alto and baritone saxophones, arrangements
• Steve Ferrone– drums, percussion
• Ray Barretto– congas 
• Malcolm Duncan – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

1. Cut the Cake – Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Hamish Stuart
2. School Boy Crush – Hamish Stuart, Steve Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan
3. It’s A Mystery – Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan
4. Groovin’ the Night Away – Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Hamish Stuart
5. If I Ever Lose This Heaven – Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer
6. Why – Roger Ball, Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie
7. High Flyin’ Woman – Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Hamish Stuart
8. Cloudy – Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie
9. How Sweet Can You Get – Roger Ball, Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie
10. When They Bring Down the Curtain – Alan Gorrie, Roger Ball

James Brown: Hell (1974)

Label: Polydor

Producer: James Brown

Personnel:

• James Brown: vocal, piano, arrangements
• Lyn Collins – vocals
• Joe Beck – guitar
• Hearlon “Cheese” Martin – guitar
• Jimmy Nolen – guitar
• Charlie Brown – guitar
• Sam T. Brown – guitar
• David Matthews – piano, arrangements
• Gordon Edwards – bass
• Fred Thomas – bass
• Chuck Rainey – bass
• John Starks – drums
• James Madison – drums
• Harvey Mason, Sr. – drums
• John Morgan – drums
• Ralph McDonald – percussion
• Bob Both – percussion
• Sue Evans – percussion
• Johnny Griggs – congas
• Jim Parker – alto saxophone
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
• Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
• Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
• Pee Wee Ellis – baritone sax
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Isiah “Ike” Oakley – trumpet
• Lew Soloff – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals
• Michael Gipson – trombone
• Tom Harrell – trombone
• James Buffington – French horn
• Eddie Daniels – reeds
• David Tofani – reeds
• Johnny Scotton – backing vocals
• Maretha Stewart – backing vocals
• Hilda Harris – backing vocals
• Martha Harvin – backing vocals
• Deborah McDuffie – backing vocals
• Ted Pettus – art direction
• Joe Belt – artwork
• Norman Hunter – photography
• Alan Leeds – linear notes

Track listing:

1. Coldblooded – James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis
2. Hell – James Brown
3. My Thang – James Brown
4. Sayin It and Doin’ It – James Brown
5. Please, Please,.Please (remake) – James Brown, John Terry
6. When the Saints Go Marchin’ In – traditional
7. Those Foolish Things (remind Me of You) – James Brown, John Terry
8. Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker
9. A Man Has to Go Back to the Cross Road Before He Finds Himself – James Brown
10. Sometime – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
11. “I Can’t Stand It ’76′(Remake of “I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) – James Brown
12. Lost Someone (remake) – James Brown, Bobby Bird, Lloyd Stallworth
13. Don’t Tell a Lie about Me and I Won’t Tell the Truth on You – James Brown,  J. Maloy Roach
14. Papa Don’t Take No Mess – Charles Bobbit, James Brown, John Starks, Fred Wesley

The Undisputed Truth: Cosmic Truth (1975)

Label: Gordy

Producer: Norman Whitfield

Personnel:

• Joe “Pep” Harris – lead vocals
• Billie Rae Calvin – additional and backing vocals
• Brenda Joyce Evans – additional lead and backing vocals
• Eddie Green, Eddie Fisher, James Gadson, Zachary Slatter – drums
• Dennis Coffey, Eddie Willis, Johnny McGhee, Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson, Paul Warren – guitar
• Mark Davis – keyboards
• Henry Davis – bass
• Eddie “Bongo” Brown – congas
• Bob Zimitte – timpani
• Katarina Petterson – art direction 
• Bob Gleason – illustration
• Jim Britt – photography

Track listing:

1. Earthquake Shake – Joe Harris, Norman Whitfield
2. Down By the River – Neil Young
3. UFO’s – Norman Whitfield
4. Lil’ Red Ridin’ hood – Norman Whitfield
5. Sueeze Me, Tease Me – Norman Whitfield
6. Spaced Out – Norman Whitfield
7. Got To Get My Hands On Some Lovin’ – Norman Whitfield
8. 1990 – Norman Whitfield
9. (I Know) I’m Losing You – Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield

Parliament: Mothership Connection (1975)

Label: Casablanca

Producer: George Clinton

Personnel:

• George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Ray Davis, Grady Thomas,Gary Shider, Glen Goins, Bootsy Collins – lead vocals
• Bernie Worrell – keyboards, synthesizers, Minimoog, Wurlitzer electric piano, ARP Pro Soloist, Hammond organ, grand piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet D6
• Bootsy Collins, Cordell Mosson – bass guitar
• Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Glen Goins, Bootsy Collins – guitars
• Tiki Fulwood, Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper – drume, percussion
• Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Boom, Joe Farrell – horns
• Gary Cooper, Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Archie Ivy, Bryna Chimenti, Rasputin Boutte, Pam Vincent, Debra Wright, Sidney Barnes – backing vocals, handclaps
• Gribbitt! – art direction, design
• David Alexander – photography

Track listing:

1. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
2. Mothership Connection (Star Child) – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
3. Unfunky UFO – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider
4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
5. Handcuffs – George Clinton, Glenn Goins, John McLaughlin
6. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) – Jerome Brailey, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
7. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider

Millie Jackson: Still Caught Up (1975)

Label: Spring Records

Producer: Brad Shapiro

Personnel:

• Millie Jackson – lead vocal
• Sandy Rhodes– vocals
• Donna Rhodes– vocals
• Charles Chalmers– vocals
• Sandra Chalmers – vocals
• Janie Fricke– vocals
• Jimmy Johnson– guitar
• Pete Carr– guitar
• Barry Beckett– keyboards
• David Hood– bass
• Roger Hawkins– drums
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Mike Lewis – arrangements, conductor
• Brad Shapiro- conductor, rhythm arrangements
• The Swampers – conductor, rhythm arrangements
• Mac Emmerman – engineer
• Jerry Masters – engineer
• Steve Melton – engineer
• Ernie Winfrey – engineer
• Adam Skeaping – post production
• Nima Yakubu – photography

Track listing:

1. Loving Arms – Tom Jans
2. Making the Best of a Bad Situation – Richard Kerr, Gary Osborne
3. The Memory of a Wife – Millie Jackson, King Sterling
4. Tell Her It’s Over – Millie Jackson, King Sterling
5. Do What Makes You Satisfied – Millie Jackson, King Sterling
6. You Can’t Stand the Thought of Another Me – Phillip Mitchell
7. Leftovers – Phillip Mitchell
8. I Still Love You (You Still Love Me) – Mac Davis, Mark James

The Blackbyrds: City Life (1975)

Label: Fantasy Records

Producer: Donald Byrd

Personnel:

• Donald Byrd – trumpet
• Merry Clayton – vocal
• Orville Saunders – guitar
• Kevin Toney – keyboards
• Joe Hall – bass
• Keith Killgo – drums
• Stephen Johnson – saxophone
• Wade Marcus – arrangements
• Val Garay – recording
• Dave Hassinger – engineer
• Jim Nipar – engineer
• Mike Reese – mastering
• Phil Carroll – art direction
• Stewart Daniels – artwork
• Gerald Panopoulos – photography

Track listing:

1. Rock Creek Park – Joe Hall, Keith Killgo, Kevin Toney, Orville Saunders, Stephen Johnson
2. Thankful ‘Bout Yourself – Orville Saunders
3. City Life – Kevin Toney
4. All I Ask – Kevin Toney
5. Happy Music – Donald Byrd
6. Love So Fine – Joe Hall
7. Flying High – Keith Killgo
8. Hash and Eggs – Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell

Curtis Mayfield: There’s No Place Like America Today (1975)

Label: Curtom

Producer: Curtis Mayfield

Personnel:

• Curtis Mayfield- vocals, guitar
• Gary Thompson, Phil Upchurch- guitar
• Joseph “Lucky” Scott – bass guitar
• Quinton Joseph – drums
• Henry Gibson- percussion
• Rich Tufo – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Mayfield.

1. Billy Jack
2. When Seasons Change
3. So in Love
4. Jesus
5. Blue Monday People
6. Hard Times
7. Love to the People

Earth Wind & Fire: That’s the Way of the World  (1975)

Label: Columbia

Producer: Maurice White, Charles Stepney 

Personnel:

• Philip Bailey – vocals, percussion
• Larry Dunn – piano, organ, Moog synthesizer
• Al McKay – guitar, percussion
• Johnny Graham – guitar
• Verdine White – vocals, bass, percussion
• Maurice White – vocal, drums, percussion, kalimba
• Fred White – drums, percussion
• Ralph Johnson – drums
• Ralph Johnson – percussion
• Andrew P. Woolfolk – flute, saxophone

Track listing:

1. Shining Star – Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Maurice White
2. That’s the Way of the World – Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Verdine White
3. Happy Feelin’ – Verdine White, Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn
4. All About Love – Larry Dunn and Maurice White
5. Yearnin’ Learnin – Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White
6. Reasons – Philip bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White
7. Africano – Larry Dunn, Maurice White
8. See the Light – Louise Anglin, Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn

Brass Construction: Brass Construction (1975)

Label: United Artists

Producer: Jeff Lane

Personnel:

• Joseph Arthur Wong – guitar
• Randy Muller – vocals, keyboards, percussion, timbales, arrangements
• Wade Williamston – bass
• Sandy Billups – vocals, conga
• Larry Payton – vocals, drums
• Morris Price – vocals, percussion, trumpet
• Jesse Ward – vocals, saxophone
• Mickey Grudge – vocals, saxophone
• Wayne Parris – vocals, trumpet
• Irving Spice – strings

Track listing:

1. Movin’ – Randy Muller, Wade Williamston
2. Peekin’ – Alexander
3. Changin’ – Randy Muller
4. Love – Randy Muller
5. Talkin’ – Randy Muller
6. Dance – Randy Muller

Ohio Players: Fire (1975)

Label: Mercury

Producer: James Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, William Beck

Personnel:

• Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner– lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion
• Billy Beck– lead and backing vocals, piano, organ, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, ARP, percussion
• Marshall “Rock” Jones – Fender bass
• James “Diamond” Williams – lead and backing vocals, drums, chimes, percussion
• Clarence “Satch” Satchell – lead and backing vocals, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, percussion
• Marvin “Merv” Pierce – trumpet,flugelhorn, valve trombone,  backing vocals
• Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks – trumpet, trombone, backing vocals
• Jim Ladwig – art director
• Len Willis – desig
• Stan Malinowski– photography

Track lsiting:

All tracks by James Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, William Beck. 

1. Fire
2. Together
3. Runnin’ From the Devil
4. I Want to Be free
5. Smoke
6. It’s All Over
7. What the Hell
8. Together/Feelings

War: Why Can’t We Be Friends (1975)

Label: United Artists Records

Producer: Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott

Personnel:

• Lee Oskar– vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Howard Scott– vocals, guitar, percussion
• Lonnie Jordan– vocals, organ, piano, timbales, percussion
• B. Dickerson– vocals, bass, percussion
• Harold Brown– vocals, drums, percussion
• Papa Dee Allen– vocals, conga, bongos, percussion
• Charles Miller– vocals, clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard E. Scott, except where noted.

1. Don’t Let No One Get You Down – Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein
2. Lotus Blossom –Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Francie Nelson
3. Heartbeat
4. Leroy’s Latin Lament – Medley

• Lonnie Dreams
• The Way We Feel – lyrics by Keri Oskar, music by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott
• La Fiesta
• Lament

5. Smile Happy
6. So
7. Low Rider – Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein
8. In Mazatlan
9. Why Can’t We Be Friends? – Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein

Parliament: Chocolate City (1975)

Label: Casablanca

Producer: George Clinton

Personnel:

• George Clinton– vocals, arrangements
• Bernie Worrell– synthesizer, keyboards, arrangements
• Raymond Davis– vocals
• Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins– vocals
• Calvin Simon– vocals
• Grady Thomas– vocals
• Mallia Franklin- vocals
• Debbie Wright- vocals
• Jeanette Washington- vocals
• Gary “Mudbone” Cooper- vocals
• Eddie Hazel– vocals, guitar
• Lucius Tawl Ross – rhythm guitar
• Gary Shider– vocals, rhythm guitar
• Bootsy Collins– bass, guitar, drums, arrangements
• Prakash John– bass
• Cordell Mosson– bass, guitar
• Billy “Bass” Nelson– bass
• Ramon “Tiki” Fulwood– drums
• Tyrone Lampkin – drums
• Man In The Box – drums
• Jim Vitti – engineer
• Jim Callon – engineer

Track listing:

1. Chocolate City – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
2. Ride On – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
3. Together – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
4. Side Effects – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Ahneua Hilson
5. What Comes Funky – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
6. Let Me Be – George Clinton, Vivian Lewis
7. If It Don’t Fit – Don’t Force It – George Clinton, Gary Shider, Bernie Worrell
8. I Misjudged You – George Clinton, Ernie Harris, Fuzzy Haskins
9. Big Footin’ – George Clinton, Fuzzy Haskins, Gary Shider

Kool & The Gang: Spirit of the Boogie (1975)

Label: De-Lite

Producer: Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith and Robert Mickens.

Personnel:

• Claydes E.X. Smith– guitar
• Robert “Kool” Bell – vocals, bass
• Dennis “D.T.” Thomas – vocals, flute, alto saxophone
• Ricky West – vocals, clavinet
• George “Funky” Brown- vocals, percussion, piano, drums
• Robert “Spike” Mickens – vocals, percussion, trumpet, flugelhorn
• Amir-Salaam Bayyan – guitar
• Khalis Bayyan – vocals, piano, arranger, tenor sax, clavinet, kalimba 
• Donal Boyce – vocals
• Otha Nash – vocals, trombone
• Something Sweet – backing vocals
• Henry Arvinger – photography

Track listing:

1. Spirit of the Boogie – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Donal Boyce, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
2. Ride the Rhythm – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
3. Jungle Jazz – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
4. Sunshine and Love – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
5. Ancestral Ceremony – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
6. Mother Earth – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, George Brown, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
7. Mother Earth – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
8. Winter Sadness – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Claydes E.X. Smith, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens
9. Caribbean Festival – Amir-Salaam Bayyan, Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas, Ricky West, George Brown, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens

Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

Label: Motown

Producer: Stevie Wonder

Personnel:

• Stevie Wonder – vocals, harmonica,  keyboards,  drums, programming, arrangements
• Michael Sembello– guitar
• Dean Parks– guitar
• G. “Snuffy” Walden– guitar
• Ben Bridges – guitar, sitar
• Howard “Buzzy” Feiten– guitar
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow– pedal steel
• George Benson– vocals, guitar
• Ronnie Foster– organ
• Herbie Hancock– keyboards, handclapping
• Greg Phillinganes– keyboards
• Nathan Watts– bass guitar, vocals, handclapping
• Greg Brown – drums
• Raymond Lee Pounds – drums
• Renee Hardaway – vocals, percussion
• Josette Valentino – vocals, percussion, handclapping
• Larry Latimer – vocals, percussion
• Amale Mathews – vocals, percussion
• Nelson Hayes – vocals, percussion, sound effects
• Edna Orso – vocals, percussion
• Marietta Waters – vocals, percussion
• Charles Brewer – vocals, percussion, programming
• John Fischbach – vocals, percussion, programming
• Shirley Brewer – vocals, percussion, speaking part
• Colleen Carleton – vocals, percussion
• Carmelo Garcia – percussion, timbales
• Carol Cole – percussion
• Bobbye Hall– percussion
• Eddie “Bongo” Brown – percussion
• Nathan Alford, Jr. – percussion
• Raymond Maldonado – percussion, trumpet
• Hank Redd – alto and tenor saxophone
• Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone
• Jim Horn– saxophone
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• George Bohannon – trombone
• Glen Ferris – trombone
• Bobbi Humphrey– flute
• Dorothy Ashby– harp
• Deniece Williams– vocals
• Minnie Riperton– vocals
• Gary Byrd – vocals
• Michael Wycoff– vocals
• Henry America – vocal
• Susie Fuzzell – vocals
• Jay Boy Adams – vocals
• Anthony Givens – vocals
• Audrey Givens – vocals
• Derrick Givens – vocals
• Mildred Givens – vocals
• Michael Lee Gray – vocals
• Mimi Green – vocals
• Susaye Greene Brown – vocals
• Bhakta Gregory – vocals
• Jeania Harris – vocals
• Troy Harris – vocals
• Terry Hendricks – vocals
• Adrian Janes – vocals
• Josie James – vocals
• Calvin Johnson – vocals
• Carol Johnson – vocals
• Patricia Johnson – vocals
• Madelaine Jones – vocals
• Bhakta Kevin – vocals
• Phillip Kimble – vocals
• James Lambert – vocals
• Linda Lawrence – vocals
• Irma Leslie – vocals
• Kim Lewis – vocals
• Carl Lockhart – vocals
• Gail Lockhart – vocals
• Linda America – vocals
• Baradras – vocals
• Brenda Barnett – vocals
• Khalif Bobatoon – vocals
• Starshemah Bobatoon – vocals
• Sudana Bobatoon – vocals
• Berry Briges – vocals
• Cecilia Brown – vocals
• Jean Brown – vocals
• Rodney Brown – vocals
• Addie Cox – vocals
• Agnideva Dasa – vocals
• Duryodhana Guru Dasa – vocals
• Jayasacinandana Dasa – vocals
• Jitamrtyi Dasa – vocals
• Vedavyasa Dasa – vocals
• Cinmayi Dasi – vocals
• Yogamaya Dasi – vocals
• Carolyn Dennis – vocals
• Bhakta Eddie – vocals
• Doe Rani Edwards – vocals
• Jacqueline F. English – vocals
• Ethel Enoex – vocals
• Al Jocko Fann – vocals
• Barbara Fann – vocals
• Melani Fann – vocals
• Shelley Fann – vocals
• Tracy Fann – vocals
• Carolyn Massenburg – vocals
• Article May – vocals
• Charity McCrary – vocals
• Linda McCrary-Campbell – vocals
• Lonnie Morgan – vocals
• Kim Nixon – vocals
• Lisa Nixon – vocals
• Larri Nuckens – vocals
• John Harris – sound effects
• John Harris – programming
• Gwen Perry – vocals
• Gregory Rudd – vocals
• Rukmini – vocals
• Yolanda Simmons – vocals, handclapping
• Keith Slaughter – vocals
• Rosona Starks – vocals
• Dennis Swindell – vocals
• Sundray Tucker – vocals
• Gary Veney – vocals
• Sheryl Walker – vocals
• Mary Lee Whitney – vocals
• Syreeta Wright – vocals
• Michael Gray – vocals
• Susaye Greene – vocals
• William Moore – vocals
• Aisha Morris – crying on “Isn’t She Lovely”
• Don Hunter – programming, sound effects
• Fountain Jones – programming
• Larry Scott – sound effects
• Gary Olazabal – engineer, bass sound

Track listing:

1. Love’s in Need of Love Today – Stevie Wonder
2. Have a Talk with God – Calvin Hardawa, Stevie Wonder
3. Village Ghetto Land – Gary Byrd, Stevie Wonder
4. Contusion – Stevie Wonder
5. Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
6. I Wish – Stevie Wonder
7. Knocks Me Off My Feet – Stevie Wonder
8. Pastime Paradise – Stevie Wonde
9. Summer Soft – Stevie Wonder
10. Ordinary Pain – Stevie Wonder
11. Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
12. Joy Inside My Tears – Stevie Wonder
13. Black Man – Gary Byrd and Stevie Wonder
14. Ngiculela – Es Una Historia – I Am Singing – Stevie Wonder
15. If It’s Magic – Stevie Wonder
16. As – Stevie Wonder
17. Another Star – Stevie Wonder

Johnny Guitar Watson: A Real Mother For You (1977)

Label: DJM Records

Producer: Johnny Guitar Watson

Personnel:

• Johnny Guitar Watson – vocals, piano, synthesizer, guitar, organ, bass, voice box, arrangements
• Knud Jensen – saxophone
• Walt Fowler – trumpet
• Tommy Robertson – trombone
• David Krieger – art direction
• Don Brautigan – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Guitar Watson.

1. A Real Mother For Ya
2. Nothing Left To Be Desired
3. Your Love Is My Love
4. The Real Deal
5. Tarzan
6. I Wanna Thank You
7. Lover Jones

Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns Featuring Maceo Parker: A Blow for Me, a Toot to You (1977)

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Bootsy Collins, George Clinton

Personnel:

• Bootsy Collins – vocals, bass, guitar, drums
• Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Phelps Collins – guitar
• Bernie Worrell – keyboards
• Jerome Brailey, Frankie “Kash” Waddy – drums
• Maceo Parker– vocals, saxophone
• Rick Gardner – trumpet
• Richard “Kush” Griffith – trumpet
• Fred Wesley– vocals, trombone
• The Brecker Brothers – horns
• Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith, George Clinton, Gary Cooper, Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Taka Khan, Bernie Worrell, Phelps Collins, Randy Crawford, Robert Johnson – vocals

Track listing:

1. Up for the Down Stroke – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Fuzzy Haskins
2. A Blow for Me, a Toot to You – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley
3. When In Doubt: Vamp – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bernie Worrell
4. Between Two Sheets – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker
5. Four Play – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Glenn Goins
6. Peace Fugue – Fred Wesley

Parliament: Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977)

Label: Casablanca

Producer: George Clinton

Personnel:

• George Clinton,Ray Davis, Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Debbie Wright, Jeanette Washington, Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Cordell Mosson, Mallia Franklin – vocals
• Bernie Worrell – keyboards, synthesizers 
• Michael Hampton, Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Phelps Collins – guitar
• Cordell Mosson – bass guitar
• Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins – drums, percussion
• Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith, Clay Lawrey, Darryl Dixon, Valerie Drayton, and Danny Cortez – horns
• Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins, Frank Waddy, Rick Gilmore, Gary Cooper, Robert Johnson,Billy Nelson, Ron Ford, Lou Goldman, Joel Johnson,Bootsy’s Rubber Band, The Brides of Funkenstein, Parlet, and The Horny Horns – extra-extra terrestrial funk bearing alumni-strokers, chokers, clappers, chanters
• Bernie Worrell and Fred Wesley – horn arrangements
• Ron Slenzak – photography
• Stephen Lumel / Gribbitt! – album graphics
• Overton Loyd – booklet story, illustration
• Shelby Mack – booklet coloring 

Track listing:

1. Bop Gun – George Clinton,Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins
2. Sir Nose d’Voidoffunk – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
3. Wizard of Finance – George Clinton, Ronald Ford, Glenn Goins
4. Funkentelechy – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
5. Placebo Syndrome – George Clinton, Billy Nelson
6. Flash Light – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell

Johnny Guitar Watson: Funk Beyond the Call of Duty (1977)

Label: DJM Records

Producer: Johnny Guitar Watson

Personnel:

• Johnny Guitar Watson – vocals, guitar, electric piano, synthesizer, organ, bass, congas, percussion, arrangements
• Emry Thomas – drums, bell tree, cabasa, whistle, siren 
• Billy Haley – saxophone
• Walt Fowler – trumpet
• Tommy Roberson – trombone
• David Krieger, DFK – art direction
• Jim McCrary – photography
• JGW – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Guitar Watson

1. Funk Beyond the Call of Duty
2. It’s About The Dollar Bill
3. Give Me My Love
4. It’s A Damn Shame
5. I’m Gonna Get You Baby
6. Barn Door
7. Love That Will Not Die

The Johnson Brothers: Right On Time (1977)

Label: A&M

Producer: Quincy Jones

Personnel:

• George Johnson– lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
• Louis Johnson– lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar, piano, synthesizer
• Lee Ritenour, David T. Walker– guitar
• Dave Grusin, Ian Underwood, Michael Boddicker– keyboards, synthesizer
• Harvey Mason, Sr.– drums
• Ralph MacDonald– percussion
• Lenny Pickett– alto saxophone
• Emilio Castillo– tenor saxophone
• Stephen Kupka– baritone saxophone
• Greg Adams – trumpet
• Mic Gillette– trombone, trumpet
• Alex Weir, Jim Gilstrap, Richard Heath, Mortonette Jenkins, Stephanie Spruill, Oren Waters, Alexandra Brown – backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Runnin’ For Your Lovin’ – George Johnson, Louis Johnson
2. Free Yourself, Be Yourself – George Johnson, Louis Johnson
3. Q – George Johnson, Louis Johnson
4. Right On Time – George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones
5. Strawberry Letter 23 – Shuggie Otis
6. Brother Man – Dave Grusin, George Johnson, Louis Johnson
7. Never Leave You Lonely – Louis Johnson, Peggy Jones, Valerie Johnson
8. Love Is – George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Peggy Jones, Quincy Jones

Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (1978)

Label: Warner Bros.

Producer: George Clinton

Personnel:

• Throbbasonic Funkgeetarists – Mike ‘Kidd Funkadelic’ Hampton, Gary Shider
• Banjo’d Muthaplucker – Bobby Lewis
• Avatarian – Mike Hampton
• Keybo’ Dans & Synthezoidees – Bernie ‘DaVinci’ Worrell, Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison
• Rotofunkie Drum & Percussionatin’ Thumpdans – Jerome Brailey,  Bootsy Collins, Larry Fratangelo, Tyrone Lampkin
• Bass Thumpasaurians – William ‘Bootsy’ Collins, Rodney “Skeet” Curtis, Cordell ‘Boogie’ Mosson
• Funkadelic Blamgusta Vocaloids (Voices For Da Nation!) – George Clinton, Raymond (Stingray) Davis, Ron Ford, Mallia Franklin, Lynn Mabry,  ‘Junie’ Morrison, Cordell Mosson, Dawn Silva, Gary “Dowop” Shider, Greg Thomas,Jeanette Washington, Debbie Wright

Track listing:

1. One Nation Under a Groove – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Garry Shider
2. Groovallegiance – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Bernard Worrell
3. Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Michael Hampton
4. Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis enema squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Linda Brown
5. Into You – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, William Collins
6. Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll) – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, William Collins

Funkadelic  – Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)

Label: Warner Bros

Personnel:

Funkadelic Rescue Dance Band:

• Axe Force: Fret Commanders Michael “Kidd Funkadelic” Hampton, Gary “DooWop” Shider, Eddie “Maggot Brain” Hazel
• Keyboard Battlecruisers: Bernie (U.S.S. Woo!) Worrell, S. Theracon
• Uncle Jam’s Drum and Wiggle Corps: Tyrone “Speedfeet” Lampkin, Larry Fratangelo
• Bass Anti-Flam Units: Rodney “Skeet” Curtis, Cordell “Boogie” Mosson
• Vocal Assault & Funkatition Team: Uncle Jam Clinton, Gary “DooWop” Shider, Larry “Sir Nose” Heckstall, Sheila Horn, Ron “Prophet” Ford, Jeanette McGruder, Dawn Silva, Michael “Clip” Payne, Greg Thomas, Ray “Stingray” Davis
• Mallia Franklin- lead singer on the song “Freak of the Week”.
• William Collins, Dewayne McKnight, Glenn Goins – guitars
• Billy Bass Nelson, William Collins, Jeff Bunn – bass
• Junie Morrison, Gary Hudgins, Gerome Rogers – keyboards
• Tiki Fulwood, William Collins, Dennis Chambers, Jerome Brailey – drums
• Linda Brown, Jessica Cleaves, Mallia Franklin, Philippe Wynne, Lige Curry, James Wesley, Greg Boyer, Gerome Rogers – background vocals
• Diem Jones – photography

Producer: George Clinton

Track listing:

1. Freak of the Week – George Clinton, P. Bishop, Dewayne McKnight
2. (Not Just) Knee Deep – George Clinton, Jr.
3. Uncle Jam – George Clinton,  Shider, Bernie Worrell, William Collins
4. Field Maneuvers – D. Clinton, D. Clinton
5. Holly Wants to Go to California – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
6. Foot Soldiers (Star Spangled Funky) – George Clinton., J. Vittis

Zapp: Zapp (1980)

Label: Warner Bros.

Producer: Roger Troutman – Bootsy Collins

Personnel:

• Roger Troutman – lead and backing vocals, guitars, vocals, keyboards, talking box, bass, harmonica, vibes
• Bootsy Collins – guitars
• Greg Jackson – keyboards
• Terry Troutman – bass
• Greg Jackson, Terry Troutman, Bobby Glover, Jannetta Boyce, Marchelle Smith, Delores Smith – vocals
• Lester Troutman – percussion, trap drums
• Larry Troutman – conga, drums
• Randy Wallace – saxophone

Track listing:

1. More Bounce to the Ounce
2. Freedom
3. Brand New Player
4. Funky Bounce
5. Be Alright
6. Coming Home

Prince: Dirty Mind (1980)

Label: Warner Bros

Producer: Prince

Personnel:

• Prince- all vocals, all instruments
• Doctor Fink- synthesizer
• Lisa Coleman- backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Dirty Mind – Prince, Doctor Fink
2. When You Were Mine – Prince
3. Do It All Night – Prince
4. Gotta Broken Heart Again – Prince
5. Uptown – Prince
6. Head – Prince
7. Sister – Prince
8. Party – Prince, Morris Day

Rick James – Street Songs (1981)

Label: Gordy Records

Personnel:

• Rick James- lead vocals, bass, composer, drums, guitar, horns, percussion, timbales, timpani, arrangements
• Tom McDermott- guitar, percussion
• Stevie Wonder- harmonica
• Levi Ruffin– synthesizers
• Oscar Alston – bass, handclaps, percussion
• Naranda Michael Walden- drums
• Nathan Hughes, Armando Perzara, Raul Rekow, Bugsy Wilcox – percussion
• Daniel LeMelle – flute, handclaps, alto and tenor saxophone, horn and string arrangements
• Gerald Albright– flute
• Clifford J. Ervin – flugelhorn, piccolo, trumpet
• John Ervin – Flute, Trombone
• Fernando Harkless, Roy Poper – trumpet
• The Temptations (Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Richard Street, Otis Williams) – backing vocals
• Ja’net Dubois- backing vocals
• Melvin Franklin- backing vocals
• Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs- backing vocals
• Teena Marie- lead and backing vocals
• Mary Jane Girls- backing vocals
• Reggie Andrews – string arrangements
• Rollice Dale – string contractor

Producer: Rick James, Alonzo Miller

Track listing:

All tracks by Rick James, except where noted.

 Give It to Me Baby

1. Ghetto Life
2. Make Love to Me
3. Policeman
4. Super Freak – Rick James, Alonzo Miller
5. Fire and Desire
6. Call Me Up
7. Below the Funk (Pass the J)

Prince: 1999 (1982)

Label: Warner Bros,

Producer: Prince

Personnel:

• Prince- vocals, various instruments
• Dez Dickerson- vocals, guitar solos
• Lisa Coleman- vocals
• Jill Jones- vocals
• Wendy Melvoin- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Prince.

1. 1999
2. Little Red Corvette
3. Delirious
4. Let’s Pretend We’re Married
5. M.S.R.
6. Automatic
7. Something in the Water
8. Free
9. Lady Cab Driver
10. All the Critics Love U in New York
11. International Lover

Prince: Sign o’ the Times (Sign “☮” the Times) (1987)

Label: Paisley Park Records

Producer: Prince

Personnel:

• Prince- vocals, various instruments
• Wendy Melvoin- guitar, tambourine, congas, backing vocals
• Miko Weaver- guitar 
• Lisa Coleman- Fairlight sitar, wooden flute, keyboards, backing vocals 
• Fink- keyboards 
• Sheila E.- drums, percussion, percussion, rap 
• Brown Mark- bass 
• Bobby Z.- drums 
• Eric Leeds- saxophone 
• Atlanta Bliss- trumpet 
• Susannah Melvoin – vocals, backing vocals
• Jill Jones- vocals 
• Sheena Easton- co-lead vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Prince, except where noted

1. Sign o’ the Times
2. Play in the Sunshine
3. Housequake
4. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
5. It
6. Starfish and Coffee – Prince, Susannah Melvoin
7. Slow Love – Prince, Carole Davis
8. Hot Thing
9. Forever in My Life
10. U Got the Look
11. If I Was Your Girlfriend
12. Strange Relationship
13. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
14. The Cross
15. It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night – Prince, Doctor Fink, Eric Leeds
16. Adore

Me’shell NdegeéOcello: Plantation Lullabies (1993)

Label: Maverick Records

Producer: David Gamson, André Betts, Bob Power, Me’shell NdegéOcello

Personnel:

• Me’shell NdegéOcello – vocals, bass guitar, additional instruments
• David “Fuze” Fiuczynski– acoustic and electric guitar
• Wah-Wah Watson– guitar 
• Joshua Redman– tenor saxophone 
• Geri Allen– piano 
• Bobby Lyle – piano solo
• James “Sleepy Keys” Preston – piano
• David Gamson – drums
• André Betts – drum programming
• Luis Conté– congas
• Bill Summers – quíca, hands, shekeré
• Byron Jackson – backing vocals
• DJ Premier– turntable interpretations
• Mic Murphy – additional engineering
• Bob Power – mixing
• George Karas – mixing
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Bill Toles – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Me’shell NdegéOcello.

1. Plantation Lullabies
2. I’m Diggin You (Like an Old Soul Record)
3. If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night)
4. Shoot’n Up and Gett’n High
5. Dred Loc
6. Untitled
7. Step into the Projects
8. Soul on Ice
9. Call Me
10. Outside Your Door
11. Picture Show
12. Sweet Love
13. Two Lonely Hearts (On the Subway)

Pops Staple: Father Father (1994)

Label: Pointblank 

Producer: John Wooler, Pops Staples, Ry Cooder 

Personnel:

• Roebuck “Pops” Staples – vocals, guitar
• Ry Cooder – guitar
• Joe Cropin – guitar
• Glen Rupp – guitar
• Michael Toles – guitar
• Billy Beck – organ, piano
• Lester Snell – organ, piano
• Myra Walker – organ, piano, backing vocals
• Ernie Garner – piano
• Erik Scott – bass
• Dwyane Thomas – bass
• Henry Guaglianone – drums
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Cleotha Staples – backing vocals
• Mavis Staple – backing vocals, linear notes
• Yvonne Staples – backing vocals
• Bertram Brown – backing vocals
• William Brown – backing vocals
• Cleotha Harris – backing vocals
• Jacquelyn Reddick – backing vocals
• Jackie Johnson – backing vocals

Track listing:

1. Father, Father – Billy Beck, Rick Brown, Erik Scott, Roebuck “Pops” Staples
2. Why (Am I Treated So Bad) – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
3. Getting Too Big for Your Britches – Sir Mack Rice
4. Jesus Is Going to Make Up (My Dying Bed) – traditional
5. Downward Road – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
6. People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield
7. Hope in a Hopeless World – Bob Thiele Jr., Phil Roy, Roebuck “Pops” Staples
8. Gotta Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
9. Simple Man – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
10. Glory, Glory – Roebuck “Pops” Staples