Episode #267: Make It Good to Yourself

Ever since Star Time expanded to the '90s I've been programming shows with ridiculously narrow year ranges. The practice will continue because it's a pretty good form of inventory control. This episode forces on the years 1970-73, one of the most reliable ranges for quality R&B music, and features heavyweights like the Jackson 5 and James Brown, middleweights like Sylvia and the Chi-Lites, and artists of unknown mass but big talent like James K-Nine, Reuben Howell, and The Devastating Affair. And yes, the "album cover" for this show is a direct reference to current, vaguely heroic Seattle Mariner Eugenio "Good Vibes Only" Suarez. He owes me a home run now.

ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1   
The EbonysI'm So Glad I'm Me1973Philadelphia Int'l
Jackson 5Goin' Back to Indiana1970Motown
SylviaCoward's Way Out1973Vibration
James K-NineLive It Up1972Federal
RedboneNiki Hokey1970Epic
B.B. KingHelp the Poor1971ABC
Joe JeffreyLooking Around1972Wand
Set 2   
The J.J. BandLove In Them There Hills1971Polydor
Reuben HowellWhen You Take Another Chance on Love1973Motown
Syl JohnsonWe Did It1972Hi
Down BeatsSay the Word1970Dawn
Ben Collier B.B.S.S.Walk Proud1970Atlantic
Rabbits & CarrotsDejame Probar1971Musart
The Mod SquadCharge1970Tangerine
Bill WithersI Can't Write Left-Handed1973Sussex
Set 3   
The Chi-LitesWe Are Neighbors1971Brunswick
Merry ClaytonSho'Nuff1971Ode
The DecisionsYou Look Like an Angel1971Sussex
Eddie FloydYou're Good Enough (To Be My Baby)1972Stax
The IntrudersHocus Pocus1970Gamble
Carl CarltonYou Can't Stop a Man In Love1973Back Beat
The Last PoetsTrue Blues1971Douglas
Bobby ByrdI Know You Got Soul1971King
Set 4/Outro   
The Devastating AffairI Want to Be Humble1972MoWest
Maurice DavisAction1973Beegee
Vernon BrownI'm a Lover1971Spring
James Brown & the J.B.'sMake It Good to Yourself1973Polydor
Bobby WomackThing Called Love1972United Artists
Freda PayneTwo Wrongs Don't Make a Right1973Invictus
Ballin' JackTelephone1970Columbia
Harold Melvin & the Blue NotesIf You Don't Know Me By Now1972Philadelphia Int'l

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