…… From the archives of the un(lost) memoir

Junk!
PBP / Feb.2007

1. Trevor Dandy - Is TheRE Any Love
2. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Green Fields
3. Woody Simmons - Grey Today
4. Lara Saint Paul - So
5. The Hustlers 1970 - You Can't Hide The Truth Pt.1 
6. Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
7. Heliocentrics - Winter Song
8. Sly & Robbie - Burial Dub
9. Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
10. Dr. Dog - The World May Never Know
11. Paul McCartney - Junk
12. The Fabulettes - Muddy Waters
13. Dorsey Brockington - Stormy Weather
14. The Black Star Sound - Nite Safari
15. Delroy Wilson - I Don't Know Why
16. The Jam - Liza Radley
17. Hercules Jug Band - Not Much Else To Do
18. Harsh Reality - Tobacco Ash Sunday
19. Little Beaver - Do Right Man
20. Oscar Wright - Fell In Love 
21. Proud Mary - Follow Me
22. Apollos Show Band - Peace Still Is With Us
23. Mixed Emotions - Gold Of My Life

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A smorgasbord of soular shadows…

Eccentric Soul[s]

PBP / 23.07.14

1. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
2. Baxter Dury – Beneath The Underdog
3. Boco - Running The Mardi Gras
4. Patti Smith – Piss Factory
5. Terry Callier - You Goin' Miss Your Candyman (45rpm version)
6. Eddie Holman – I Surrender (original demo)
7. Fred Williams & The Jewels Band – Tell Her
8. Paul Tillman Smith - Country Flower
9. Joe & Bing – Daybreak
10. Sag War Fare – Girl You Better Change
11. Dobby Dobson – What Love Has Joined Together 
12. Carl Hall – What About You
13. Luther Davis Group – You Can Be A Star
14. Anubis – Ecology
15. Flowers – For Real
16. Rita Wright – Touch Me, Take Me
17. Wendy Rene – After Laughter (Comes Tears)
18. Ed Nelson – I'll Give You A Ring
19. Equatics – Merry Go Round

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First compilation (proper) since the bitter winter chill of 2012…. Compiled in a misty, drunken haze on a wet winter night, close of Feb 2014.

Dark Star(s)
PBP (A Pete Beaver Production) Feb/28/14
1: Torn Sail - Birds
2: Walter Hawkins - Metropolis
3: Rudy Norman - Back To The Streets
4: Melvin Brown & James Matthews - Love Stormy Weather
5: New Directions - Trolley
6: Almeta Latimore - These Memories
7: Chrissy Essien - Rumours
8: Michael Boothman - What You Won't Do For Love
9: Bobby Jones - Welcome Back This Foolish Man
10: Craig Douglas - Don't Mind If I Cry
11: Paul Jones - Let Her Love Grow
12: Baxter Dury - Cocaine Man
13: Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
14: Mark Capanni - I Believe In Miracles
15: Gingerbread Express - Missed Another Day
16: Stratus - Girl
17: Frederic Castel - Open Up 
18: Crosby, Stills & Nash - Dark Star
19: Michael Dues - Goodbye Rainbows
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22 Hallucinogenic / Folked / Soul / Psych(s)

Pass The Psychedelics
PBP (A Pete Beaver Production) Dec/12
1: Gary Davidson - Waves
2: Madeline Bell - You Walked Away
3: The Original Black Sheep (Of The Family) - Love Song (So Long)
4: Laurene Lavallis - Love Don't Change
5: Hollywood Jills - Your Sometimes Love
6: Lost Weekend - Trouble
7: The Derek Lawrence Statement - I Am The Preacher
8: Sidney Owens & The North South Connection - Sputnik
9: Willie Smith Jr - Common Touch
10: Ed Powers - Brotherhood
11: Sole Inspiration - Life
12: The Soultans - Rain Down Soul
13: City Limits - Crystal Ball
14: Maurice Brooks - Once I Was A Colored Man
15: Mosaic Tweed - Coming Home
16: Nexus - Living Wheel
17: Gerald Wayne - Now I Can See You
18: The Royal Jesters - I Just Fell For You
19: Majik - Take Me There
20: Purple Snow - Down By The River
21: Colt Revolver - The Bottle
22: Sojourner Truth - Summertime
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And a matter of months later it was followed up with this…… 

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25 Slices Of Soulful Heaven
1: Rhythm Machine - Put A Smile On Time
2: Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Wide Open
3: Bobby Bland - Rocking In The Same Old Boat
4: John Fitch & Associates - Romantic Attitude
5: Esquires Now - Have A Party
6: Little Beaver - Do Right Man
7: T.S.U. Toronados - Only Inside
8: 21st Century - I Just Can't Forget Your Name
9: Philip James - Keep On Loving Pt.1
10: Family Of Eve - Please Be Truthful
11: Karen Pree - Make Love Last Forever
12: Nora Dean - Angie La La
13: John Holt - I'm The One To Blame
14: Christine Harwood - Wooden Ships
15: Del Richardson - Jigsaw
16: Carl Henry Hall - Summertime
17: Union - Strike
18: Mary Love - Born To Live With Heartache
19: Ray Frazier & The Shades Of Madness - Gonna Get Your Love
20: Enchanted Five - Have You Ever
21: Serena Johnson - All Work & No Play
22: Curtis Blandon - The Hardest Part
23: Lee Harris - Don't Let Your Love Fade Away
24: Mike Williams - Lonely Soldier
25: Symphonic Four - Who Do You Think You're Fooling Pt.1 

Collated circa 2004 back in the heady days of the Deep Funk movement for the now infamous Funk '45 Forum.

24 slices of soulful heaven indeed….. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

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24 Slices Of Soulful Heaven
1: Pam Kellum - What You See You Can't Get
2: The Universouls - New Generation
3: Billy Larkin - Funky Fire
4: Antonio Castro - W.E.L.F.A.R.E
5: The Lost Generation - This Is The Lost Generation
6: Gene Williams - Don't Let Your Love Fade Away
7: Jimmy James Thomas - I Can't Dance
8: Enchanting Enchanters - Boss Action
9: Richard Marks - I'm The Man For You
10: Sir Guy - Let Home Cross Your Mind
11: Dee Edwards - I Can Deal With That
12: Barbara Mason - You Better Stop It
13: Frederick Hymes III - Time Ain't Gonna Do Me No Favor
14: Luther Davis Group - You Can Be A Star
15: Hamilton Movement - She's Gone
16: Jimmy London - If Loving You Is Wrong
17: Jodi Mathis - God Is Love
18: Leon Gardner - Don't You Care
19: The Parisians - Twinkle Little Star
20: The Invaders - Spacing Out
21: Jon Lucien - Search For The Inner Self
22: Vise - Baby I Love You
23: Bonnie Blanchard - You're The Only One
24: Sims Twins - It's A Sad Thing 

Finally updated my site with all links now live and available to download.

Expect at least one new compilation before the close of 2013.

Thanks for the interest,

Peace,

PB xxx

New Webspace

Finally sorted out my webspace issue so will re-up all the old links in the next couple of weeks and then add some new compilations.

Peace,

PB

MP3 Month..... High 5

Rare Free Soul/Balearic version that rivals Jose and Stevie, minuscule press from 1973.... Released 3 years before his better known '76 Long Player on Fantasy Records.

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MP3 Month.... Quadrophonic

Trippy UK Psychedelic Jazz ramblings from scarce UK only LP, Circa 1970.

Blossom Dearie / That's Just The Way I Want To Be / Fontana (UK)

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MP3 month.... Tres

Sublime JA Soul with Northern inspiration....

Tony Gregory / I've Lost My Love / Doctor Bird (UK)

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MP3 Month... Numero 2

45rpm numero 2 finds this private pressed '45 from the tiny town of Rhinelander, Wisconsin..... A sublime modern/blue eyed soul dancer with flashes of free.

Circa 1970's

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The start of MP3 month.....

November is the month for rare MP3s.... At least one per day to fill the soul.

We start with the rare slice of psych infused moody soul outta Ohio, pressed in minuscule numbers circa 1968...

City Limits / Crystal Ball / Portrait 

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My Instagram

All files live tomorrow.

All files are in the process of being uploaded, so 'everything' will be live/downloadable by tomorrow.

I also have 2 brand new compilations that wll be added in the next few days.

Keep the faith,

Happy New Year,

Pete x.x.x

Free Soul Vol.2

Vol.2, the follow up to February's post summmer shimmer, that was Free Soul - 2011.......
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Free Soul Vol.21: Billy Paul - East
2: Boz Scaggs - I'll Be Long Gone
3: Rod Abernethy - Ron & Eddie Blues
4: Expressway - Blue Evening
5: Thunder Head - And I Need You
6: Stephen Stills - Both Of Us (Bound To Lose)
7: Jay & The Americans - No, I Don't Know Her
8: Archie Whitewater - Cross Country
9: Scott Cunningham Band - Morning Madness
10: Idris Muhammad - I'm A Believer
11: April Fulladosa - Sunlit Horizon
12: The Florida Spiritulaires - I Remember When
13: Beginning Of The End - Fishman
14: Jodesha And Star Ride - The Answer
15: A.M. Gately - Battle In The City
16: Steeplechase - Never Coming Back
17: Willie Brown - Love That Stranger
18: Charles Williams - Standing in the Way
19: Limousine - Lighthouse
20: Ned Doheny - Take Me Faraway
21: Hall & Oates - I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)
22: Leon Sims - How Can You Hold On To A Dream
23: Willie Griffin - I Love You

Free Soul - 2011

And so it goes....... In the early '90s at the heart of the Rare Groove scene a load of off-shoot genres surfaced into the soul fraternity, one of those being coined by the ever eager Japanese enthusiast, this term was 'Free Soul', which was a laid back groove with a folk/funk soul feel that opened up a million and one opportunities when spinning through those lame ass '70s white rock LPs that languished at the bottom of the 'never played' pile, there was always 'that' hidden gem amongst the other 9 or 10 pieces of dross that lay within the waiting grooves, like that proverbial diamond in the rust..... Fast forward 20 so years and this is my interpretation of the Free Soul genre, some well known tracks alongside some ultra rare '45 only spins that outside of this compilation are rarely - if ever heard and known only by the chosen few.......a world of wonder awaits.

Love, Peace, The Universal

Pete Beaver Feb 2011

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Free Soul - 2011

PBP - Feb 20/120

01: Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love

02: Ethell Beatty - It's Your Love

03: Sons Of The Kingdom - Hey There

04: Fifth Avenue Band - One Way Or The Other

05: America - Ventura Highway

06: Easy - Amy

07: Weekend - Too Bad

08: Sopwith Camel - Fazon

09: Country Living - Country Living

10: Batteaux - High Tide

11: Grassroots - You And Love Are The Same

12: Rob Cummings - Walking Around

13: Hoover - Leave That For Memories

14: New Hope - Let Us Be One

15: Marsha Wilson - Love Is Gonna Get You

16: Jeanette Baker - Vacation From My Mind

17: Frank Hutson - Old Man Me

18: Monopoly - Things I Could Be

19: Elderberry Jak - Forest In The Mountain

20: Fleur De Lys - Crazy How Love Slips Away

21: The Youngbloods - Sunlight

22: Steve Parks - Still Thinking Of You

23: Montgomery Movement - Who

24: Means Of Persuasion - One Way Street

25: Ann Bogus - Don't Ask Me To Love Again

Good Dancers

Good Dancers:
PBP (Pete Beaver Production) May/05.
01: Sound Of Feeling - Hurdy Gurdy Man
02: The US - Let's Do It Today (Procrastination)
03: Lyn Christopher - Take Me With You
04: Sam Nesbitt - Chase Those Clouds Away
05: Byrdie Green - Return Of The Prodigal Son
06: Billy Garner - I Got Some
07: Esquires Now - Have A Party
08: Tim Buckley - Make It Right
09: The Nazz - Hello It's Me
10: Darius - Shades Of Blue
11: Debra Johnson - To Get Love You've Got To Bring Love
12: Barbara Mason - You Better Stop It
13: Larry Ellis & The Black Hammer - Funky Thing Pt.1
14: David Robinson - I'm A Carpenter
15: Ron Buford - Deep Soul Pt.1
16: Jackie Mittoo - Got My Booglaoo
17: Winston 'King' Cole - Black Magic Woman
18: Nick Drake - Fly (Demo)
19: Damien Rice - Cannonball
20: Marvin Gaye - It's A Desperate Situation
21: Rhonda Davis - Can You Remember
22: Gene Chandler - If You Can't Be True
23: Bettye Lavette - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)
24: Sharon Cash - Fever
25: Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers
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Updated old and new

I've updated all the old links so everything works now and also added 2 more compilations from the vaults - plenty more to follow in the next few weeks.

Love, Peace, The Universal.

Pete

Mystery Of Man

Mystery Of Man:

PBP (Pete Beaver Production) June 12/05.01: Sarah Vaughan - The Mystery Of Man

02: Eunice Collins - At The Hotel

03: Don Cooper - Fat Lovebirds

04: Rhetta Hughes - You're Doing It With Her
05: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Faces

06: Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy

07: The Left Banke - Something On My Mind

08: The Merseys - Sorrow

09: The Monkees - As We Go Along

10: Del Richardson - Jigsaw

11: Willie Wright - Right On For The Darkness

12: Hank Johnson - You Lost Your Thing

13: Delroy Wilson - Dancing Mood

14: Ken Boothe - Ain't No Sunshine

15: Hall & Oates - I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)

16: The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned

17: Nick Drake - Fly

18: Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

19: Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black

20: Johnny King & Fatback Band - Peace, Love Not War

21: Arnold Blair - Trying To Get Next To You

22: Inell Young - I've Never Considered

23: Peter & Gordon - Woman

24: Peter Cooke & Dudley Moore - Bedazzled
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