Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Category: Soul

360 Degrees of Billy Paul 0

'70s / Soul

Billy Paul – 360 Degrees of Billy Paul

Well, I didn’t own this record until the exact moment I was getting ready to write up the next record, The Best of Philadelphia International Records. While listening to that, and listening specifically to...

Chocolate City front cover 2

'70s / Funk / Soul

Parliament – Chocolate City

I’ve already written how late to the game I was on Funkadelic – it was too much for my teenage brain when it was current, and it took me many years to think of...

Ohio Players Angel front cover 0

'70s / Funk / Soul

Ohio Players – Angel

I’ve already written about how I couldn’t have brought any Ohio Players records home when I was in my teens (see “Fire”)– the graphic and frankly exploitive covers of sexualized women would not have...

Ohio Players Honey front cover 0

'70s / Funk / Soul

Ohio Players – Honey

Well, if as a teenager I couldn’t have brought home the Ohio Players’ “Fire” because of its provocative cover, I sure as hell couldn’t have brought home “Honey.” In fact, I didn’t buy it...

Ohio Players Fire front cover 2

'70s / Funk / Soul

Ohio Players – Fire

Ohio Players was probably my first real exposure to funk. In 1973, just as I was beginning to be music-crazy, they had an infectious hit single, “Funky Worm,” that was like nothing I had...

Best of The O'Jays front cover 0

'70s / Funk / RnB / Soul

The O’Jays – The Best of The O’Jays

I was a teenager who absolutely worshipped AM Top 40 radio in the ’70s (which was the most diverse radio available where we lived), and to have been a Top 40 listener then was...

Lake Street Dive Obviously front cover 1

'20s / Colored Vinyl / Funk / Pop / Soul

Lake Street Dive — Obviously

A 2021 release, y’all! I don’t live entirely in the past! Back at the beginning of 2018, our local coffeehouse was gonna be hosting a show by a duo called Rachael and Vilray, and...