This week focuses on some of the more obscure tracks that were hiding along the outer edges of my record crate (which is metaphorical) between 1965 and 1975. Some real surprises here, including eventual country superstar Ronnie Milsap, early Patti Austin, and the Last Poets' Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, playing the part of hustler kingpin Lightnin' Rod. Also: two shots of Charles Wright's Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, albeit one of them under another name. Also also: fugitives, mules and crickets.
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|
| Set 1 | | | |
| The Sharpees | Do the 45 | 1965 | One-derful |
| Nella Dodds | Honey Boy | 1966 | Wand |
| Gwen Owens | Just Say You're Wanted (And Needed) | 1966 | Velgo |
| Ronnie Milsap | Ain't No Soul Left in These Ole Shoes | 1966 | Pye Int'l |
| The Crystals | I Got a Man | 1966 | United Artists |
| Linda Jones | Fugitive from Love | 1966 | Blue Cat |
| Jimmy Hughes | I'm a Man of Action | 1967 | Fame |
| The Partnership | Not for Love Nor Money | 1967 | MGM |
| The Soul Runners | Charley | 1967 | MoSoul |
| Set 2 | | | |
| The Vontastics | Why Must We Part | 1967 | Chess |
| Timmy Willis | Mr Soul Satisfaction | 1968 | Sidra |
| Freddie Hughes | I Gotta Keep My Bluff In | 1968 | Wand |
| Little Beaver & the F.W. Rocketeers | Do It to Me One More Time | 1968 | Saadia |
| Willis Wooten | Your Love is Indescribably Delicious | 1968 | Virtue |
| The Radiants | Hold On | 1968 | Chess |
| The James Boys | The Mule | 1968 | Phil L.A. Of Soul |
| Patti Austin | Big Mouth | 1969 | United Artists |
| Dee Felice Trio | The Crickets Sing | 1969 | Bethlehem |
| Set 3 | | | |
| James Anderson | The Tracker | 1971 | Cotillion |
| Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band | I'm Aware | 1970 | Warner Bros. |
| Maceo & All the King's Men | Got to Get'Cha | 1970 | House of the Fox |
| Reggie Garner | Hot Line | 1971 | Capitol |
| Ann Sexton | You've Been Gone Too Long | 1971 | Impel |
| Blanch Carter | Halos Are for Angels | 1972 | GSF |
| 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) | Everything Good is Bad | 1972 | Hot Wax |
| Jimmy McGriff | The Now Thing | 1970 | Capitol |
| Set 4/Outro | | | |
| Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul | I Feel Like This | 1973 | GSF |
| Roy Ayers | King George | 1973 | Polydor |
| Lightnin' Rod | Coppin' Some Fronts for the Set | 1973 | United Artists |
| Freda Payne | Didn't I Tell You | 1974 | Dunhill |
| Tyrone Edwards | Can't Get Enough of You | 1974 | Invictus |
| Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc. | Ritual | 1971 | Omega Int'l |
| Philly Devotions | I Just Can't Say Goodbye | 1975 | Columbia |
| Ruby Wilson & the Blue Chips | I'll Be Right Here (When You Return) | 1975 | Glades |
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