Soul Groove! (1970) Vinyl LP • Charmin Bathroom Tissue, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine has no text and wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Uptight (Everything's All Right) (Nancy Wilson )
2. 74 Miles Away (Cannonball Adderley )
3. I Love You, Yes I Do (Lou Rawls )
4. Soul Serenade (King Curtis )
5. Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Bettye Swann )
6. West Coast Blues (Nancy Wilson )
7. I Remember Bird (Cannonball Adderley )
8. Wee Baby Blues (Lou Rawls )
9. Watermelon Man (King Curtis )
10. Don't Touch Me (Bettye Swann )

About The Record:

Soul Groove! is a compilation album released on Capitol Records, showcasing soul and jazz tracks from prominent artists in the label's roster during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection features performances by Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley, Lou Rawls, King Curtis, and Bettye Swann, blending smooth vocal soul with instrumental grooves that capture the era's fusion of jazz and R&B. Historically significant as a promotional tie-in with Charmin bathroom tissue, it exemplifies budget-friendly compilations distributed in supermarkets and drugstores to capitalize on vaulted hits, making high-quality soul accessible to broader audiences amid the genre's rising popularity. Among its standout tracks are the hit singles Soul Serenade by King Curtis, a 1964 instrumental chart-topper, and Uptight (Everything's All Right) by Nancy Wilson, her 1967 cover that reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite its commercial origins, Soul Groove! remains a respected artifact for collectors, preserving influential cuts that influenced subsequent soul-jazz revivals.