Pastor T. L. Barrett & the Youth for Christ Choir - Like A Ship (1971)

Last nite I had dinner at the Capital Club in Raleigh with a new friend. Later on, we ran into DJ's Tongue & Groove downstairs at Neptune's, when B. Shaw (aka the longtime employee and new co-owner of Nice Price Books Raleigh) was DJ'ing.

The best thing he played all night was this:

An amazing slice of gospel soul from 1971. No telling if it was off an original copy, but I wouldn't be surprised, even tho' it's a $500 record! I'm jus' sayin', that's the kind of rare grooves you run across when you work in a used record store for several years.

- Dyn-O-Mite

Jurassic 5 - What's Golden (2002)

From their double LP Power In Numbers that dropped in 2002, this track by Jurassic 5 reminds us of everything that was positive and life-affirming about the yes y'allin' days of old school hip hop.

It sampled Prophets of Rage by Public Enemy, and an early 70s track called Look Hear by Clive Hicks, who I'd never heard of before digging into the history of this track. But apparently he was a guitarist responsible for some seriously funky contributions to the crate-digging universe.

The year after Power In Numbers came out, Jurassic 5 did a show at the Cradle, and while they were in town, three of them visited the Lost City. They were all very chill and down to earth, and bought a fat stack of records while they were in the joint.

- Dyn-O-Mite

Yvonne Elliman - I Know (1976)

Yvonne Elliman burst onto the scene playing the role of Mary Magdalene in the original Broadway and film productions of Jesus Christ Superstar in the early 70s. She was one of the backup singers on Clapton's version of I Shot The Sheriff. Then she released a couple of albums on RSO records and hit #1 in 1977 with the Bee Gees track she performed on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, If I Can't Have You.

But onto this track right here, which is pretty superb.

And it's the only track on her Love Me LP from 1976 (produced by Freddie Perren) that she wrote herself.

- Dyn-O-Mite