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Booker T. & the MG's
The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
Herbie Hancock
The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988
Bar-Kays
The Best of the Bar-Kays [Stax]
Booker T. & the MG's
Green Onions
Booker T. & the MG's
Melting Pot
The Meters
Fire on the Bayou
The Meters
Rejuvenation
James Brown
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
King Curtis
Live at the Fillmore West
King Curtis
The Complete Atco Singles
Bar-Kays
Soul Finger
Booker T. & the MG's
/
The Mar-Keys
Memphis Soul Beat
Booker T. & the MG's
The Complete Stax Singles, Vol. 2
Booker T. & the MG's
The Complete Stax Singles, Vol. 1: 1962-1967
Booker T. & the MG's
Stax Classics
The Meters
Look-Ka Py Py
Earl Bostic
The Earl Bostic Story: 14 Greatest Hits
Terrace Martin
Drones
Salaam Remi
One: In the Chamber
MFSB
Love Is the Message
Bar-Kays
Gotta Groove
Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s
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The J.B.'s
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Fred Wesley
The Lost Album
Ed Motta
Behind the Tea Chronicles
Steve Cropper
Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales
Dennis Coffey
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Dennis Coffey Trio
Hair and Thangs
The Budos Band
VII
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
Instrumentals JID009
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Vweto III
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
/
Adrian Younge
Jazz Is Dead 001
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
/
Adrian Younge
Instrumentals JID019
The Love Unlimited Orchestra
The Best of Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra
Dâm-Funk
Toeachizown
Dennis Coffey
Absolutely the Best of Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
Live at Baker's
Jimmy Castor
/
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
The Definitive Collection
Galactic
Ya-Ka-May
Dave Koz
/
Cory Wong
The Golden Hour
Yussef Dayes
Black Classical Music
Dennis Coffey
/
Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band
Evolution
Young-Holt Unlimited
The Best of Young-Holt Unlimited [Brunswick]
Dennis Coffey
/
Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band
Electric Coffey
Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
The Budos Band
Long in the Tooth
Dâm-Funk
Invite the Light
Dennis Coffey
Hot Coffey in the D: Burnin' at Morey Baker's Showplace Lounge
The Budos Band
Burnt Offering
Dennis Coffey
One Night at Morey's: 1968
Nicolay
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The Hot at Nights
Glaciers
The Budos Band
V
Galactic
The Other Side of Midnight: Live in New Orleans
Galactic
Carnivale Electricos
Galactic
Into the Deep
Mindi Abair
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Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers
Live in Seattle
Sam Gendel
COOKUP
Greyboy Allstars
Como de Allstars
DJ Harrison
Shades of Yesterday
The Love Unlimited Orchestra
Rhapsody in White
Junior Walker & the All-Stars
Shotgun
Various Artists
Jukebox Mambo: Rumba and Afro-Latin Accented Rhythm & Blues 1949-1960
Braen's Machine
Underground
Ikebe Shakedown
Stone by Stone
Cory Wong
Power Station
Various Artists
Black Lives: From Generation to Generation
Orions Belte
Women
K, Le Maestro
Whip Music
The New Mastersounds
Therapy
Various Artists
Memphis Soul
Various Artists
Dr. Boogie Presents Heavy Jelly: Essential Instrumentals
Rodney Franklin
Rodney Franklin/You'll Never Know
Various Artists
West Indies Funk
The Rumblers
Rumblin' & Rare
Brittni Paiva
Tell U What
Karl Denson
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Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
New Ammo
Various Artists
Disco 75
SunPalace
Raw Movements/Rude Movements
Third Coast Kings
West Grand Boulevard
Various Artists
West Indies Funk, Vol. 2: Spicy Island Funk
Various Artists
Diddy Wah Diddy ...Ain't a Town, Ain't a City
Various Artists
Roots of Trash & Garage
Various Artists
Jumping the Shuffle Blues: Jamaican Sound System Classics 1946-1960
Various Artists
A Summer Place: Great Instrumental Hits
Other Styles in Early R&B
Doo Wop
Motown
New Orleans R&B
R&B Instrumental
Doo Wop
Motown
New Orleans R&B
R&B Instrumental
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