Ever since
Star Time expanded to the '90s I've been programming shows with ridiculously narrow year ranges. The practice will continue because it's a pretty good form of inventory control. This episode forces on the years 1970-73, one of the most reliable ranges for quality R&B music, and features heavyweights like the Jackson 5 and James Brown, middleweights like Sylvia and the Chi-Lites, and artists of unknown mass but big talent like James K-Nine, Reuben Howell, and The Devastating Affair. And yes, the "album cover" for this show is a direct reference to current, vaguely heroic Seattle Mariner Eugenio "Good Vibes Only" Suarez. He owes me a home run now.
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|
| Set 1 | | | |
| The Ebonys | I'm So Glad I'm Me | 1973 | Philadelphia Int'l |
| Jackson 5 | Goin' Back to Indiana | 1970 | Motown |
| Sylvia | Coward's Way Out | 1973 | Vibration |
| James K-Nine | Live It Up | 1972 | Federal |
| Redbone | Niki Hokey | 1970 | Epic |
| B.B. King | Help the Poor | 1971 | ABC |
| Joe Jeffrey | Looking Around | 1972 | Wand |
| Set 2 | | | |
| The J.J. Band | Love In Them There Hills | 1971 | Polydor |
| Reuben Howell | When You Take Another Chance on Love | 1973 | Motown |
| Syl Johnson | We Did It | 1972 | Hi |
| Down Beats | Say the Word | 1970 | Dawn |
| Ben Collier B.B.S.S. | Walk Proud | 1970 | Atlantic |
| Rabbits & Carrots | Dejame Probar | 1971 | Musart |
| The Mod Squad | Charge | 1970 | Tangerine |
| Bill Withers | I Can't Write Left-Handed | 1973 | Sussex |
| Set 3 | | | |
| The Chi-Lites | We Are Neighbors | 1971 | Brunswick |
| Merry Clayton | Sho'Nuff | 1971 | Ode |
| The Decisions | You Look Like an Angel | 1971 | Sussex |
| Eddie Floyd | You're Good Enough (To Be My Baby) | 1972 | Stax |
| The Intruders | Hocus Pocus | 1970 | Gamble |
| Carl Carlton | You Can't Stop a Man In Love | 1973 | Back Beat |
| The Last Poets | True Blues | 1971 | Douglas |
| Bobby Byrd | I Know You Got Soul | 1971 | King |
| Set 4/Outro | | | |
| The Devastating Affair | I Want to Be Humble | 1972 | MoWest |
| Maurice Davis | Action | 1973 | Beegee |
| Vernon Brown | I'm a Lover | 1971 | Spring |
| James Brown & the J.B.'s | Make It Good to Yourself | 1973 | Polydor |
| Bobby Womack | Thing Called Love | 1972 | United Artists |
| Freda Payne | Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right | 1973 | Invictus |
| Ballin' Jack | Telephone | 1970 | Columbia |
| Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | If You Don't Know Me By Now | 1972 | Philadelphia Int'l |
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