This week in the Shack

There's something about spring that makes me want to listen to a very specific set of soul music: Philadelphia International, Willie Hutch, Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, and Marvin Gaye's post-Detroit Motown recordings, along with the very little Latin-influenced funk and soul that I have, and this set reflects that.

As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Leon Ware - Long Time No See [#][*] (3:47)
2. Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother (2:43)
3. Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up (8:54)
4. War - Summer (4:03)
5. Marlena Shaw - California Soul (3:00)
6. Joe Bataan - Call My Name (4:43)
7. Willie Hutch - Ain't That (Mellow, Mellow) (2:58)
8. Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair (3:06)
9. The O'Jays - Love Train (2:58)
10. Honey Cone - Want Ads [Long Version] (3:51)
11. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next to You (2:55)
12. The Spinners - The Rubberband Man (3:34)
13. Stevie Wonder - Living for the City (7:25)
14. Tammi Terrell - What a Good Man He Is (3:01)
15. The Intruders - Cowboys to Girls (2:38)
16. UB40 - Gotta Tell Someone (4:21)
17. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk (3:18)
18. Paul Simon - Satin Summer Nights (5:44)
19. El Michels Affair - El Pueblo Unido (3:37)
20. Brownout - Laredo 77 (3:45)
21. Steamheat - Love Is Not Such An Easy Game To Play (3:14)
22. Joan Osborne - Break Up to Make Up (4:28)
23. Sly & the Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay (3:01)
24. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (2:58)
25. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (5:29)
26. Lyle Workman - SuperWhat? (4:05)
27. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (3:46)
28. War - Get Down (4:28)
29. Darondo - Legs (3:44)
30. Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s - You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight (3:31)
31. Willie Hutch - Slick (3:37)
32. Isaac Hayes - Soulsville (4:37)
33. Bill Withers - Harlem (3:21)
34. The Isley Brothers - Cold Bologna (2:58)
35. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (5:38)
36. Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (12:21)
37. War - Low Rider (3:11)
38. El Michels Affair - Detroit Twice (3:00)
39. The Budos Band - Mas O Menos (3:40)
40. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (5:05)
41. Johnny Guitar Watson - You Can Stay But The Noise Must Go (6:08)
42. Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (5:09)
43. Marvin Gaye - I Want You [Vocal Version] (4:35)

(soul 14)