Soul Album DiscographyThe Soul label was active from 1964 to 1978 and was intended to be the Motown outlet for blues
and rhythm and blues recordings.
The two major hitmakers for the label were Jr. Walker & the All Stars and Gladys Knight & the Pips,
although the label was quite successful getting its product on the record charts. Other artists included
Jimmy Ruffin (and brother David), the Originals, the Monitors, Shorty Long, Earl VanDyke, the Fantastic
Four, and Major Lance.
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The first Soul label (far left) was white with black printing, "SOUL" vertically to the left of the center hole in purple. This label was used on 701 and 702. The second Soul label (near left) was three shades of purple with silver printing; "SOUL" was above the center hole in white with a white box around it. This label was used until the end of the series. |
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The deejay label (far left) was the same design on white with black print. The singles label (near left) for most of the series was similar to the second album label. |
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Soul SM-700 (mono)/SS-700 (stereo) Main Series: | |
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SM/SS-701 - Shotgun - Jr. Walker & All Stars [5/65] (7-65, #105) Cleo's Mood/Do The
Boomerang/Shotgun/Road Runner/Shake And Fingerpop/Shoot Your Shot//Tune Up/Hot Cha/Monkey
Jump/Tally Ho!/Cleo's Back/Ain't That The Truth
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SM/SS-702 - Soul Session - Jr. Walker & All Stars [3/66] (4-66, #130) Good
Rockin'/Hewbie Steps Out/Shake Everything/Everybody Get Together/Mark Anthony
(Speaks)/Us//Moonlight In Vermont/Decidedly/Eight Hour Drag/Brainwasher/Three Four Three/Satan's
Blues
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SM/SS-703 - Road Runner - Jr. Walker & All Stars [8/66] (9-66, #64) (I'm A) Road
Runner/How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)/Pucker Up Buttercup/Money (That's What I Want)/Last
Call/Anyway You Wannta'//Baby You Know You Ain't Right/Ame' Cherie (Soul Darling)/Twist
Lackawanna/San-Ho-Zay/Mutiny
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SM/SS-704 - Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten - Jimmy Ruffin [1/67] (5-67, #133) Original
cover had a monochromatic picture of Jimmy Ruffin. Album was reissued with a new cover with a
different, full color picture of Ruffin (see below). I've Passed This Way Before (S)/Gonna Give Her All
The Love I've Got (S)/What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (S)/As Long As There Is L.O.V.E Love
(S)/Halfway To Paradise (S)/Black Is Black (S)//Bless You (S)/Since I've Lost You (S)/World So Wide
Nowhere to Hide (From Your Heart) (S)/I Want Her Love (S)/Tomorrow's Tears (S)/How Can I Say I'm
Sorry (S)
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SM/SS-704 - Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten - Jimmy Ruffin [1/67] (5-67, #133) Second,
less common, cover. I've Passed This Way Before (S)/Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got (S)/What
Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (S)/As Long As There Is L.O.V.E Love (S)/Halfway To Paradise
(S)/Black Is Black (S)//Bless You (S)/Since I've Lost You (S)/World So Wide Nowhere to Hide (From
Your Heart) (S)/I Want Her Love (S)/Tomorrow's Tears (S)/How Can I Say I'm Sorry (S)
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SM/SS-705 - Jr. Walker and the All Stars Live - Jr. Walker & All Stars [9/67] (10-67,
#119) Introduction: The Velvelettes/Shake And Fingerpop/Hot Cha/(I'm A) Road Runner/Ame' Cherie
(Soul Darling)/Tune Up//How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)/Moonlight In Vermont/Cleo's
Back/Shotgun/Finale: Heart Break [Earl Van Dyke]
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SM/SS-706 - Everybody Needs Love - Gladys Knight & Pips [9/67] (10-67, #60)
Everybody Needs Love/I'll Be Standing By/Since I've Lost You/I Heard It Through The Grapevine/You
Don't Love Me No More/Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone//Take Me In Your Arms And Love
Me/He's My Kind Of Fellow/Yes I'm Ready/My Bed Of Thorns/Do You Love Me Just A Little Honey/Just
Walk In My Shoes
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SS-707 - Fellin' Bluesy - Gladys Knight & Pips [5/68] (6-68, #158) Commercial release is
stereo only. Released in monaural SM-707DJ with a white promotional label. The End Of Our
Road/That's The Way Love Is/Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby/The Boy From Crosstown/Ain't You
Glad You Chose Love/I Know Better//Don't Let Her Take Your Love From Me/It Should Have Been
Me/Don't Turn Me Away/What Good Am I Without You/Your Old Standby/It's Time To Go Now
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SS-708 - Ruff 'N Ready - Jimmy Ruffin [3/69] (4-69, #196) Released in stereo only. Don't
Let Him Take Your Love From Me/Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby/Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win
Your Love/Farewell Is A Lonely Sound/Everybody Needs Love/96 Tears//It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By
You)/Sad And Lonesome Feeling/Love Gives Love Takes Away/I'll Say Forever My Love/You Got What
It Takes//Lonely Lonely Man Am I
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SM/SS-709 - Here Comes the Judge - Shorty Long [8/68] Here Come The Judge/Night
Fo' Last (Instrumental)/Function At The Junction/Don't Mess With My Weekend/Ain't No Justice/Devil
With The Blue Dress//Night Fo' Last/Stranded In The Jungle/Here Comes Fat Albert/Sing What You
Wanna/Another Hurt Like This/People Sure Act Funny
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SS-710 - Home Cookin' - Jr. Walker & All Stars [1/69] (2-69, #172) Come See About
Me/What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)/Home Cookin'/Sweet Soul/Hip City, Part 1//Hip City, Part
2/Sweet Daddy Deacon/Fanny Mae/The Things I Do For You/Baby Ain't You Shame
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SS-711 - Silk N' Soul - Gladys Knight & Pips [12/68] (1-69, #136) I Wish It Would Rain
(S)/The Look of Love (S)/Goin' Out Of My Head (S)/Yesterday (S)/Groovin' (S)/You've Lost That Lovin'
Feelin' (S)//Theme From Valley Of The Dolls (S)/Baby I Need Your Loving (S)/Together (S)/The Tracks
Of My Tears (S)/You're My Everything (S)/Every Little Bit Hurts (S)
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SS-712 - I Got a Feeling - Barbara Randolph [Unissued]
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SS-713 - Nitty Gritty - Gladys Knight & Pips [9/69] (10-69, #81) Cloud Nine/Runnin'
Out/Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)/(I Know) I'm Losing You/The Nitty Gritty/Ain't No
Sun Since You've Been Gone//All I Could Do Was Cry/Keep An Eye/Got Myself A Good Man/It's
Summer/The Stranger/I Want Him To Say It Again
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SS-714 - Greetings!...We're The Monitors - Monitors [9/70] Bring Back The Love/Share
A Little Love With Me/Step By Step (Hand In Hand)/The Further You Look The Less You See/Since I
Lost You Girl/Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music//Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)/Time Is Passin' By/Say
You/Number One In Your Heart/Serve Yourself A Cup of Happiness/You Share The Blame
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SS-715 - The Earl of Funk - Earl Van Dyke [9/70] Someday We'll Be Together/Rainy
Night In Georgia/Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye/Wichita
Lineman/The Flick//Cissy Strut/Stand By Me/My Cherie Amour/Fuschia Moods/The Stingray/The Whip A
Rang
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SS-716 - Green Grow the Lilacs - Originals [7/69] (1-70, #174) First title of the album
was Green Grow the Lilacs, but it was reissued with the new title Baby I'm For Real when
the song became a hit (see below). We've Got A Way Out Love/Green Grow The Lilacs/Baby I'm For
Real/I've Never Begged Before/Red Sails In The Sunset/One Life We Live//Moment Of Truth/Why When
Love Is Gone/When Will We Learn/You're The One/Love Is A Wonder/You Mysterious You
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SS-716 - Baby I'm for Real - Originals [7/69] (1-70, #174) Second title and cover. We've
Got A Way Out Love/Green Grow The Lilacs/Baby I'm For Real/I've Never Begged Before/Red Sails In
The Sunset/One Life We Live//Moment Of Truth/Why When Love Is Gone/When Will We Learn/You're
The One/Love Is A Wonder/You Mysterious You
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SS-717 - Best of the Fantastic Four - Fantastic Four [3/69] I Love You Madly/The Whole
World Is A Stage/You Gave Me Something (And Everything's Alright/I've Got to Have You/To Share
Your Love/Goddess Of Love//Can't Stop Looking For My Baby/As Long As I Live (I Live For You)/Man In
Love/Romeo And Juliet's "I Don't Wanna Live Without You"/Just The Lonely
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SS-718 - Jr. Walker and the All Stars' Greatest Hits - Jr. Walker & All Stars [6/69] (6-69,
#43) Shotgun (S)/How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (S)/Home Cookin' (S)/Pucker Up Buttercup
(S)/Hip City, Part 1 (S)/(I'm A) Road Runner (S)//Come See About Me (S)/Hip City, Part 2 (S)/Cleo's
Mood (S)/Shake And Fingerpop (S)/Money (That's What I Want), Part 1 (S)/Shoot Your Shot (S)
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SS-719 - The Prime of Shorty Long - Shorty Long [11/69] I Had A Dream/A Whiter
Shade Of Pale/Memories Are Made of This/I'm Walkin'/I Cross My Heart/Lillie Of The Valley//Blue
Monday/Baby Come Home To Me/I Wish You Were Here/When You Are Available/Give Me Some
Air/The Deacon Work
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SS-720 - Switched on Blues - Various Artists [11/69] What Makes You Love Him -
Sammy Ward (S)/For This I Thank You - Gino Parks (S)/Bread Winner - Sammy Ward (S)/Same Thing
(Will Happen To You) - Gino Parks (S)/I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It the Blues, Part 2 -
Stevie Wonder (S)//Part Time Love - Sammy Ward (S)/That's No Lie - Gino Parks (S)/I Guess There's
No Love - Mable John (E)/Someday Pretty Baby - Sammy Ward (S)/My Daily Prayer - Amos Milburn (E)
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SS-721 - What Does It take to Win Your Love - Jr. Walker & All Stars [11/69] (1-70, #92)
First title and cover. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)/These Eyes/Proud Mary/Ame' Cherie (Soul
Darling)/Clinging To The Thought That She's Coming Back/Cleo's Mood//Hot Cha/I've Got To Find A
Way To Win Maria Back/Sweet Soul/Gotta Hold On To This Feeling/How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By
You)/San-Ho-Zay
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SS-721 - Gotta Hold on to This Feeling - Jr. Walker & All Stars [3/70] Second cover and
title. The album was reissued with a new title and cover when "Gotta Hold On To This Feeling" became
a hit. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)/These Eyes/Proud Mary/Ame' Cherie (Soul
Darling)/Clinging To The Thought That She's Coming Back/Cleo's Mood//Hot Cha/I've Got To Find A
Way To Win Maria Back/Sweet Soul/Gotta Hold On To This Feeling/How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By
You)/San-Ho-Zay
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SS-722 - How Sweet He Is - Fantastic Four [Unissued] This was to have been a gospel
album featuring Sweet James Epps.
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SS-723 - Gladys Knight and the Pips' Greatest Hits - Gladys Knight & Pips [3/70] (4-70,
#55) Every Beat Of My Heart/Letter Full Of Tears/Giving Up/Everybody Needs Love/I Heard It Through
The Grapevine/The End Of Our Road//I Wish It Would Rain/Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry
Sometime)/You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)/Friendship Train/The Nitty Gritty/It Should Have Been
Me
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SS-724 - Portrait of the Originals - Originals [6/70] (7-70, #198) The Bells/I Like Your
Style/There's A Place We'd Like To Know/You May Not Like The Change/Don't Stop Now/Since I Fell
For You//Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)/You Want Hearts And Flowers/Just Another
Morning/Wichita Lineman/I'll Wait For You/My Way
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SS-725 - Jr. Walker and the All Stars Live - Jr. Walker & All Stars [5/70] Intro: Hip City,
Parts 1 & 2/Sweet Soul/Home Cookin'/Something You Got//(I Know) I'm Losing You/Come See About
Me/What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)/Medley: Shotgun-What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
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SS-726 - A Gassssssssss - Jr. Walker & All Stars [9/70] (10-70, #110) Do You See My
Love (For You Growing)/And When I Die/I Was Made To Love Her/Carry Your Own Load/Shut Up Don't
Interrupt Me/Groove And Move//Holly Holy/Honey Come Back/Riding High On Love/Hey Jude/At A
Saturday Matinee
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SS-727 - The Groove Governor - Jimmy Ruffin [9/70] Let's Say Goodbye
Tomorrow/Maria (You Were The Only One)/Honey Come Back/Our Favorite Melody/Living In A World I
Created For Myself/If You Will Let Me I Know I Can//This Guy's In Love With You/On The Way Out (On
The Way In)/Take A Letter Maria/You Gave Me Love/Just Before Love Ends/Gathering Memories
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SS-728 - I Am My Brother's Keeper - The Ruffin Brothers (Jimmy & David) [10/70]
(11-70, #178) He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother/Stand By Me/When My Love Hand Comes Down/Got to
See If I Can't Get Mommy (To Come Back Home)/Your Love Was Worth Waiting For/Steppin' On A
Dream//Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)/True Love Can Be Beautiful/Turn Back The Hands Of
Time/Set 'Em Up (Move In For The Thrill)/The Things We Have To Do/Lo And Behold
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SS-729 - Naturally Together - Originals [10/70] We Can Make It Baby/I Wake Up
Crying/Once I Have You (I Will Never Let Go)/My World Is Empty Without You/If You Gonna Leave (Just
Leave)/Let It Be//The Only Time You Love Me Is When You're Losing Me/Got Bless Whoever Sent
You/Give Yourself The Right (To Be Wrong About Me)/Rainy Night In Georgia/A Man Without Love/You
Were My Everything
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SS-730 - All in a Knight's Work - Gladys Knight & Pips [10/70] Cabaret/The End Of Our
Road/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Fever/Glory Of Love/Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone/Girl
Talk/Giving Up//Everybody Needs Love/Just In Time/Every Beat Of My Heart/Dr. Feelgood/Letter Full Of
Tears/I Heard It Through The Grapevine/He'll Guide My Way
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SS-731 - If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & Pips [7/71] (5-71, #35) If I Were Your
Woman/Feeling Alright/One Less Bell To Answer/Let It Be/I Don't Want To Do Wrong/One Step
Away//Here I Am Again/How Can You Say That Ain't Love/Is There A Place (In His Heart for
Me)/?Everybody Is A Star/Signed Gladys/Your Love's Been Good For Me
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Note: At this point, the catalog numbers change from the old SM/SS- series to an S- prefix (later S6, S7), followed by the catalog number, followed by a pricing-related suffix. The numerical sequence does not change. | |
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S-732L - Rainbow Funk - Jr. Walker & All Stars [7/71] (7-71, #91) Way Back Home
(S)/Take Me Girl I'm Ready (S)/Feeling Alright (S)/Right On Brothers And Sisters (S)/Teach Them To
Pray (S)//Something (S)/Psychedelic Shack (S)/Pieces Of A Man (S)/These Things Will Keep Me Loving
You (S)
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S-733L - Moody Jr. - Jr. Walker & All Stars [12/71] (1-72, #142) Way Back Home
(Vocal)/I Don't Want To Do Wrong/Bristol's Way/Don't Blame The Children/Me And My Family//Groove
Thang/Still Water Medley/Never Can Say Good-Bye/Walk In The Night/Moody Junior
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S-734L - Definitions - Originals [2/72] The Exodus Song/The World Can't Stop Me (From
Loving You)/The Rovin' Kind/Make It With You/I've Got A Need For You/Love Is Life//I'm Someone Who
Cares/Lie No. 2/Come Rain Or Shine/Keep Me/Bridge Over Troubled Water
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S-735L - Sunny and Warm - Blinky [Unissued] I Wouldn't Change The Man He
Is/Rescue Me/How You Gonna Keep It/This man Of Mine/It's Gonna Be Always/How Long Has That
Evening Train Been Gone//Shine On Me/For Once In My Life/I'll Always Love You/Is There A Place In
His Heart For Me/This Time Last Summer/Your Love Was Worth Waiting For
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S-736L - Standing Ovation - Gladys Knight & Pips [12/71] (1-72, #60) Make Me The
Woman That You Go Home To/Can You Give Me Love With A Guarantee/Fire And Rain/Master Of My
Mind/He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother/Bridge Over Troubled Water//It Takes A Whole Lotta Man For A
Woman Like Me/Help Me Make It Though The Night/The Long And Winding Road/If You Gonna Leave
(Just Leave)/No One Could Love You More
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S-737L - Neither One of Us - Gladys Knight & Pips [2/73] (3-73, #9) Neither One of Us
(Wants To Be The First To Say Good-bye)/It's Gotta Be That Way/For Once In My Life/This Child Needs
It's Father/Who Is She (And What Is She To You)//And This Is Love/Daddy Could Swear I Declare/Can't
Give It Up No More/Don't It Make You Feel Guilty
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S-738L - Peace and Understanding Is Hard to Find - Jr. Walker & All Stars [4/73] I Ain't
Going Nowhere/I Don't Need No Reason/It's Alright Do What You Gotta Do/It's Too Late/Soul Clappin'//I
Can See Clearly Now/Gimme That Beat, Parts 1 & 2/Country Boy/Peace And Understanding (Is Hard to
Find)
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S-739L - All I Need Is Time - Gladys Knight & Pips [6/73] (7-73, #70) I'll Be Here (When
You Get Home)/All I Need Is Time/Heavy Makes You Happy/The Only Time You Love Me Is When
You're Losing Me/Here I Am Again//There's A Lesson To Be Learned/Oh! What A Love I Have
Found/The Singer/Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
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S6-740S1 - Game Called Love - Originals [8/74] Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me/She's
My Old Lady/Game Called Love/Behind Closed Doors/I Remember When (Dedicated To
Beverly)//You're My Only World/So Near (And Yet So Far)/Ooh You (Put A Crush On Me)/Be My
Love/Supernatural Voodoo Woman, Part 1
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S-741V1 - Knight Time - Gladys Knight & Pips [3/74] (3-74, #139) How Can You Say
That Ain't Love/Somebody Stole The Sunshine/Between Her Good-Bye And My Hello/It's All Over But
The Shoutin'/We've Got Such A Mellow Love//Ease Me To The Ground/Your Heartaches I Can Surely
Heal/Master Of My Mind/Billy Come On Back As Quick As You Can/It Takes A Whole Lot of Human
Feeling
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S6-742S1 - Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Jr. Walker & All Stars featuring Stevie Wonder
[Unissued] Album covers were printed and test pressings were made. This recording was the last
session recorded in Detroit and was produced by Clarence Paul. This album was issued in the UK as
Tamla-Motown STML-11274. Stevie Wonder is harmonica soloist on the first two tracks. You Are The
Sunshine Of My Life/All In Love Is Fair/Killing Me Softly With His Song/My Love//Boogie Down/I Ain't
That Easy To Lose/Dancin' Like They Do On Soul Train/Break Down And Sing/Until You Come Back To
Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
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S6-743 - California Sunset - Originals [Unissued] Switched to Motown M6-826S1.
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S-744S1 - A Little Knight Music - Gladys Knight & Pips [3/75] (4-75, #164) In The Middle
Of The Road/Come Together/All We Need Is A Miracle/No One Could Love You More//Don't Tell Me I'm
Crazy/Sugar Sugar/Can You Give Me Love With A Guarantee/I Hate Myself For Loving You/Put A Little
Love In Your Heart
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S6-745S1 - Hot Shot - Jr. Walker & All Stars [1/76] I'm So Glad/Why Can't We Be
Lovers/You Ain't No Ordinary Woman/Just Can't Get Enough//Love (Keep Us Together)/I Need You
Right Now (with Thelma Houston)/Probe Your Mind/Don't Lose What You Got (Trying to Get Back What
You Had)/Hot Shot
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S-746P1 - Communiqué - Originals [5/76] Mr. Troublemaker/Count Me Out/Down
To Love Town/Touch/Natural Loving Feeling//Everybody's Got To Do Something/Bring Me Together/Just
To Be Closer To You/It's So Real/All I Wanna Do (Is Spend My Life Loving You)
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S-747S1 - Sax Appeal - Jr. Walker [6/76] Feel Like Makin' Love/I Feel So Good/You Ain't
No Ordinary Woman/Sax Appeal//Ego Tripping/All In Love Is Fair/Boogie Down/Until You Come Back To
Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
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S6-748S1 - Whopper Bopper Show Stopper - Jr. Walker [10/76] Whopper Bopper Show
Stopper/You Are The Sunshine Of My Life/You're On Fire/Leap And Peep/Don't Make No Plans//I Could
Never Love Another (After Loving You)/I Want You/Love Ain't Enough/My Love
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S6-749S1 - Down to Love Town - Originals [1/77] Hurry Up And Wait/Down To Love
Town/Your Are A Blessing to Me//Six-Millon Dollar Man/Mother Nature's Best/Sunrise/Been Decided
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S7-750R1 - ...Smooth - Jr. Walker [5/78] I Need You Right Now (with Thelma Houston)/I
Can See Clearly Now/What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted/Darling, Come Back Home/Probe Your
Mind//Hard Love/You're On Fire/Climb On Up/It Takes Two To Make Love/All The Way
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S7-751R1 - Now Arriving - Major Lance [8/78] I Never Thought (I'd Be Losing You)/Wild
And Free/Chicago Disco/Do The Mess Around/How My Love Goes//Think About The Love We
Had/Troubles/Love Pains/It's All Over
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