Bob Mac's Compilations

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Bob's Chat

Well it's soul time again so here's "Soul Party Volume 112 - Moaning, Groaning & Crying Vol 03 - Teardrops On Your Letter", with 20 tearjerkers dating from 1959 through to 2012. Among the artists presented here today are Etta James, Natalie Cole, William Bell, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Bettye Swann, Joe Tex, Arthur Alexander, and O.V. Wright. But for me the standout track is Irma Thomas and her gorgeous 1967 recording of "I've Been Loving You Too Long". Soul music doesn't get any better than this one.

And our "Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records" continues with Volume 260, featuring some classics from the mighty Howlin' Wolf, Memphis Minnie, Little Son Joe, Jimmy McCracklin & Irma Thomas, Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, Sugar Chile Robinson, and Lonnie Brooks. As usual this series tends to be a bit quirky, so thrown in for good measure are Monty Alexander, Al Di Meola, and Long Tall Marvin, all adding a bit of variety without wandering too far off the track.

Anyway my friends, dig in and enjoy.

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Primarily this blog features my home-made compilations. The tracks in these compilations are from many sources. Some my own rips, but the majority were obtained over the years from countless blogs: some still active, and others long since gone. So my thanks and acknowledgement goes to those who did the original rips. There are too many to name, and anyway, after so many years I no longer remember which tracks came from which source. Some officially released albums are also regularly posted, however I won't be posting any newly released albums, but old, odd, rare, hard to find, interesting, curious albums, all released long ago and brought once again to your attention as, for various reasons, they deserve another listen.