VA - Mainstream Modern Soul 2 1969-1976 (2017)

The Mainstream family of labels was a major source of black music through the early and mid-70s. Owner Bob Shad was primarily a jazz producer but had enough nous and appreciation of soul music to go with current trends. His in-house arrangers included veteran hit-maker Bert DeCoteaux, fellow jazzer Wade Marcus and the up-and-coming Patrick Adams.Adams’ production on Chapter Three’s ‘I’ll Never Be The Same’ is soul with an early disco beat, and Chocolate Syrup’s uptempo ‘You’ve Got A Lot To Give’ is of a similar ilk.

Track List:

01 Grass Ain't Greener - Charles Beverly
02 You Can Be Cured - Randolph Brown & Company
03 Come Back With Your Love Pt 1 - Special Delivery
04 You've Got A Lot To Give - Chocolate Syrup
05 I'll Never Be The Same Pt 1 - Chapter Three
06 Oh My Love - Almeta Lattimore
07 I'll Never Trust Love Again - McArthur
08 When There's No Such Thing As Love (It's Over) - Lenny Welch
09 Your Love Is Slipping Away - Lee Bates
10 Please Don't Set Me Free - Jeany Reynolds
11 Never Did I Stop Loving You - Alice Clark
12 Let Her Know - Bobby Earl Williams
13 I Know Something You Don't Know - Ellerine Harding
14 You Are The Spice Of My Life - Nia Johnson
15 I've Got To Tell You - Count Willie with LRL & The Dukes
16 I've Been Trying To Love You - Lenny McDaniel & The Last Nikle
17 Love Bug - Sugar Billy
18 You'll Do It - Calvin Arnold
19 Today Or Never - Eleventh Commandment
20 Your Love Is Like The Rising Sun - Steptones
21 Where There's A Will (There's A Way) - Terry Huff
22 Slow Down World - Charles Colbert
23 Everyone Has Someone - Linda Perry