I bought a few soul compilations, including Luv & Haight's "V/A Super Cool California Soul" and Zealous Records' "Soul Sides (Volume One)" - tunes handpicked by none other than Oliver Wang at soul-sides.com.
Reading O-Dub's introduction to the liner notes has helped kickstart a new commitment to this audioblog. Wang writes: "When I originally began Soul-Sides.com in the winter of 2004, it was mostly as an excuse to go through my personal record library and pull out music I enjoyed or was discovering. Despite over 10 years spent as a music journalist, scholar and DJ, I found that audioblogging pushed me to engage music in a more direct way; my posts are inspired by trying to understand - for myself - what moves me about certain songs and what catches my ear."
I thought to myself, That's why I started We Check Records... way back in the Summer of 2010. For the next little while, readers can expect at least one weekly post filed by each Wednesday.
Below is the first track of this California Soul comp I bought. Gow Dow featured Dr. James Benson, Ph.D. and members of the Black Student Union at Claremont College. This track was released on their self-titled album in 1972.
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