
and then some, licensing classic recordings from EVERY record label at the epicenter of '70s soul and funk to arrive at the ultimate collection of greatest hits and finest performances from the era's biggest stars and neglected heroes. Some record companies have compiled anthologies from their own vaults, but Bear Family has gone the extra mile. Now the story continues to our conclusion in 1975. The riveting story of the 1960s in Soul music was told in full for the first time on Bear Family's earlier 'Sweet Soul Music' volumes. The last track, Boogie Fever, heralds the dawn of Disco.Īs Soul morphed into Funk, it became the soundtrack to a social and musical revolution. Massive, beautifully illustrated booklets with detailed notes, incredible vintage photos, and ephemera.The release on the album and the single marks the first time Prince / released a studio cover version. Two weeks after the album’s release, Betcha By Golly, Wow was released as the album’s first single. All the greatest and most influential soul-funk hits of the early 1970s, including some surprisingly hard-to-find selections! Every song is the original version, painstakingly remastered for finest sound! It is the sixth track on the first disc of Prince ’s 19th album Emancipation, the third album to be credited to.This is the sound that still influences today's R&B and Soul and Rap, plus musicians like Amy Winehouse and Janelle Monae and revivalists like James Hunter, who weren't even born when these records came out!.These are the records that made a difference. Taken together, these classic series tell the story of R&B-Soul-Funk from 1945-1975, year-by-year, song-by-song.The eagerly anticipated finale to Bear Family's earlier 'Sweet Soul Music' volumes, and the award-winning 'Blowin' The Fuse' R&B series.Otis Clay – Trying To Live My Life Without You (02:46) Betcha by Golly, Wow Lyrics Verse 1 There's a spark of magic in your eyes Candyland appears each time you smile Never thought that fairy tales came true But they come true When I'm near you.

James Brown – Get On The Good Foot, Part 1 (05:13)Ģ3. Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes – If You Don't Know Me By Now (03:25)Ģ2. Al Green – I'm Still In Love With You (03:12)Ģ1. Mel And Tim – Starting All Over Again (04:06)ġ9. Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher) – Think (About It) (03:20)ġ8. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Too Late To Turn Back Now (03:19)ġ6. The Main Ingredient – Everybody Plays The Fool (03:23)ġ3. Luther Ingram – (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right (03:33)ġ2. The Staple Singers – I'll Take You There (03:13)ġ1. Betcha by Golly, Wow Lyrics by The Stylistics from the 25 Years of R&B: 1972 album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more. Bobby Womack – Woman's Gotta Have It (03:31)Ĩ. The Dramatics – In The Rain (Single Edit) (04:32)ħ. Denise LaSalle – Now Run And Tell That (03:18)Ħ.

The Stylistics – Betcha By Golly, Wow (03:16)ĥ.
