Looks great Scott. I miss Ybor and Tampa. Charles

It looks like a fun place to visit. 😊

Sorry, I goofed up the end of video as well as camera angle. Will come back to interview the owners next time!!

Good selection . I used to get Blues and Soul mag and when they broke news of Brass Construction in 1976 (was it ?) . Went out and ordered it on Import. Something else , leading edge Funk never heard anything like it . The 1970s had something new every week . Spent a fortune on records ,all soul , Funk and jazz/Funk . I own 6 of your choices , nice to find out something new too . . Hard to pick out LPs from back then ,so many .Every week there was something outstanding to buy . It was the Golden decade of Funk Ohio Players (saw them live twice in 2 days 1976 in UK ) Skin Tight ? ,the earlier Pain and Pleasure= Ecstasy ? or later Fire , Honey , Contradiction and Angel LPs? Hard choices . AWB Soul Searching another tough call ,that or the White LP . Both are among the best of the 1970s but Soul Searching.... All the tracks were killers ,never skipped . 1970s Funk bands ,saw most of these in the UK . Sly Stone up to 1973 , EW&F until 1982 , Kool & Gang until 1978 and went disco , Parliament, Funkadelic , Brass Construction (1st 2 LPs) , BT Express (1st LP), AWB , Commodores 1st 5 LPs , Rufus , Isley Brothers ,The JB's (all versions of them ) , Fatbacks , Cymande . I couldn't pick from that lot . Esp which Stevie Wonder , that was the hardest call Glad you could .Thanks

Great selections! I was hoping someone else would mention Maxwell.

Gr8 tag 💯 I really enjoyed your picks 😊

This was a fun tag to do, love soul and funk s t was great to share the music. Enjoyed your picks, a lot of the albums were new to me

Hey Scott. Great tag, I enjoyed your pics.

My favorites that you showed, Brass Construction, AWB, Ohio Players and Stevie Wonder..all classics here in the NY metro area. 👍

It is you! Happy new year my friend

Hey! How’s it going? Thanks for doing this. So many great records! Chuck Brown kicking things off is very cool. Great to see Labelle, Four Tops and D’Angelo. I agree that Soul Searching is the AWB’s best album. Very cool. And “Movin’” is a stone cold classic! Great choice! Sorry, I didn’t see your tag last year, otherwise I’d have been all over it. We need more soul and funk in the VC! Glad to hear that you’re doing well. Take care. Cheers! John

Nice seeing you back and have missed you on the Rachels Ghost TV Show. The VC could definitely use more soul as there isn’t too much out there. All albums shown are fantastic and The Four Tops album shown is an absolute masterpiece. Huge fan of The Tops, and Brass Construction sounds GOOD!!!! take care and be well.

TSC Confessions is a monster 100% fact. Donny Hathaway Live knocked me out when I first heard it 30 years ago. I own a nice German copy, beautiful soul.

Duke needs scritches and cookies 😂 Peace and blessings L. in Y.C.

No RSD pickups for me, but I did complete my Pale Jay 12" collection with the new Colemine exclusive reissue of his first EP. He's probably my fave discovery of the year & I love that he's still new enough to make grabbing all his stuff doable.

The record collecting quandary, buy too much that you don’t around having time to listen to,it is real. I have found that I can go later in the day and still find what I want So maybe I need some tattoos to make it big. It’s been awhile since I’ve heard from you, great to see a video.

I love Thievery Corporation!

Great finds Scotty , keep having fun! 💙💙👈👈😸😸🤓🤓✌✌

Good to see you back Scott ✌🏻

Doggo cameo at 2:51 ! 🥰🤗🥰

Welcome back! Looking forward to checking out the Leon Bridges and Michael kiwanuka albums. I hope you get to do another deep dive soon!

Hi Scott. Hope your well in Fl. I miss Tampa so much. I didn't buy anything for RSD. Take care, Charles.

Hey Scott, good to see you! I’m on the lookout for that Curtis Mayfield too. No participating stores in my area so hoping I can get some RSD titles online this weekend. Happy holidays!

Great haul!

That Beatles poster is cool. I’m a big Herbie Hancock fan but the vocals is s big turn off. I really like Thievery Corporation. I was surprised at the lack of RSD haul videos.

What’s the Herbie sound like , are they good songs ? Thinking about buying it .

I just talked myself out of that big brother…just saw your video, saw it was an RSD exclusive…aaaand now I’m going to order it online tomorrow 😅

The Curtis Mayfield rsd release is soooooo damn good! My store only had 2 copies, and I grabbed one. But I live in Colorado Springs and people here love rock, prog, folk so I get what I want 90% of the time being a soul head. I also grabbed Joe Bataan-Riot, some great latin soul that will touch your soul.

Scotty! your alive! we miss seeing you on Rachels show! Its so good to see you! I bought a few Christmas comps today! Thumbs up! Trish

If it's ugly, get rid of it.....Maslof big phony, Waxed nasty, miserable, and Rachel, she who lets it all happen with a smile

I finally got around to doing this just now 😂

I like the variety of choices! I collect records as well, love to listen on my turntable spinning an LP. What kind of gear do you run for playback?

I see there's another one at Sons of Italy this Saturday! Gonna try to head over. Btw, I completed my Soul Tag if you are interested, I'm a fellow Tampa Bay area VC and DJ!

Good to see you living that good life Scott

Very cool. Looks like fun 😊

Heyyy... I know *Mr. Kicks!* I discovered it here on YT years & years ago & initially I liked it as a bit of a lark because it's such a beatnik-kinda' song but *dannng* if it didn't just climb right up into my "Nope you're not gonna like me for shallow reasons you're gonna love me for exactly what I am" song pile. So, yeah. Oscar Brown, Jr, YAYYY! Can't wait to hear more about him. 💌💌💌

UB40 is great live! I ❤ English Beat and General Public. The vocal harmony of Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger was wonderful. I am seeing Howard Jones and Martin Fry from ABC tonight 😊

Love it! The band's name is actually based on a UK Govt unemployment form called "Unemployment Benefits Form 40".

Maxi priest didn't show up

Red red wine

Some good picks! Nice to see the Alan Parsons Project getting some love, can't believe such a fairly accessible prog band never had a UK hit :(

Sinseers!

Play on Playa is probably my favorite song off the Aaron Frazer record, and he plays percussion for Durand Jones And The Indications. Also got tickets to see Thee Sinseers in September. Super excited for it

The Geri Allen record is from the classic series and Kevin Gray has done that too :) If you read the small text on the right side, the last line then you see Kevin's name.

I’m so glad you highlighted Gregory. I’m a huge fan of his.

My intro to Oscar Brown Jr. was Nina Simone's version of Work Song. It felt fitting that I got to see him perform at a Carnegie Hall tribute to Nina a year after her death and a year before we lost him.

the booker ervin album would be lovely to have as would the lee morgan with one of the most beautiful covers i've ever seen. plenty of good wilco and pj harvey shows from june (lyon, france 6/4) you should watch...you are quite the world traveler and music connoisseur.

Thanks for the mention, Scott! So awesome that you saw the Sinseers and I am definitely jealous. Glad to see you took advantage of that killer sale that Plaid Room was doing. I'm getting my Parlor Greens record in tomorrow and can't wait.

I had totally forgotten about Gregory Alan Isakov. I really liked his album This Empty Northern Hemisphere.

Thee Sinseers are great!