2 new R&B compilations from the US

A couple of new R&B and mod soul compilations from America have been released recently and are available to buy in Europe.

First up is Music To Get Smart By: Do The Dive Vol. 2 from Jury Records. The 14-track album is limited to just 500 copies. Tracklisting is as follows:

Sugar & Sweet - Do The Dive

Thurston Harris - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

Sarah Vaughn - Mama

Leon Austin - Turn Me Loose

The Ikettes - I'm Just Not Ready For Love

Gino Parks - Same Thing

Bettye Smith - Much Too Much

Horace Silver - Psychedelic Sally

Billy Storm & The Tempests - Apologize

Betty Harris - Mean Man

The Crystals - I Got A Man

Ted Taylor - Somebody's Always Trying

Aretha Franklin - Rough Lover

The Troopers - Get Out

Secondly we have Grampa's Gully Rock, from Floridita Records, who give us a 25-track dancefloor-friendly collection, featuring:

The Zodiacs - "T" Town
The Ebonettes - Wild Man Walk
Larry Dale - Big Muddy
Jeanette (Baby) Washington - Move On
The Supremes - Don't Leave Me Here To Cry
The Off Beats - Have Love Will Travel
Larry Birdsong - I'm Pleading Just For You
Eddie Bo - Every Dog Got His Day
Arlando King & Earthquakes - Baby Only You
El Pauling, Royal Abbitt & The Royalton - Please, Please, Be Mine
Tiny Topsy - You Shocked Me
Pearl Woods - Sippin' Sorrow
Bobby Marchan & Clowns - You Can't Stop Her
Chico Leverett - Work Work
The Jaguars - Fine Fine Fine
Joe Tex - Ain't I A Mess
Lulu Reed - Say Hey Pretty Baby

Mickey Denton - Dance With Me Mary
Floyd Smith & Montclairs - Granpa's Gully Rock
The Metallics - Get Lost
The Utopians - Dutch Treat
Roger Ballin - Look'a Who
Lillian Offitt - My Man Is A Lover
Tal Miller - B-A-B-Y
The Valentines - That's It Man.

Both comps are out now and available for less than €15 from Soundflat in Germany here and here.