Store Categories 21 rare and unreleased tracks; 2LP with 80-page book filled with rare photos and each bandÂ’s story.

"Loving On The Flip Side collects the overlooked ballads from the flip sides of the funk 45s in the Now-Again and Truth and Soul vaults and is presented in the same format that we developed for our Soul Cal anthology. The music contained on Loving On The Flip Side is too damn good to be anonymously relaunched, decades after musical visionaries blended the best of heavy funk and sweet soul into a unified whole. Thus, Loving On The Flip Side again offers the enthused a chance to listen to, read about and reflect on another great burst of black American creativity: the creation of the sublime genre we like to call “sweet funk.”

It was the Darling Dears and Funky Heavy’s beautiful two-sider that set this record in motion, nearly ten years back. Those two songs precipitated the sweet funk genre: the dichotomy of Funky Heavy’s skull snapping rhythm section and the teenage Dears’ angelic harmonies didn’t sound like anything we’d heard before. That discovery set off a decade long search for the band and culminated in their discovery, the documenting of their stories, the emergence of their master tapes and the inclusion of their songs on Loving On The Flip Side.

The excitement we felt while listening to the Darling Dears and Funky Heavy’s masterworks forced us and the New York-based production team known as Truth & Soul back into the field, in search of other sweet funk swooners and beat-heavy ballads to round out this anthology. The opportunity to present anew such wondrous soul music made the exhaustive process that produced Loving On The Flip Side worthwhile, and allowed us to collect one-offs that escaped prior investigations into the deep funk and sweet soul genres.

Loving On The Flip Side is presented as both a gatefold 2LP and a CD – both formats come with a perfect-bound, 80 page book printed on heavyweight, uncoated paper stock."

A1–Darling Dears*I Don't Think I'll Ever Love AnotherA2–Eddie Finley & The Cincinnati Show Band*Treat Me Right Or Leave Me AloneA3–Thomas EastSlippin' AroundA4–Hot Chocolate (3)We Had True LoveB1–The EquaticsMerry Go RoundB2–The Black ConspiratorsLoveB3–Jazzie Cazzie And The Eight SoundsYoung GirlB4–Rhythm Machine (2)Whatcha Gonna Do?B5–Ed. Nelson*I'll Give You A Ring (When I Come, If I Come)B6–Darling Dears*And I Love YouC1–Symphonic FourWho Do You Think You're Fooling (Part I)C2–Lee Bonds (2)I'll Find A True LoveC3–Black Exotics*What Am I Waiting ForC4–Black VelvetIs It Me You Really LoveC5–The Conspiracy (3)I Believe (Our Love Has Gone Away)D1–Little JaniceSince You've Been GoneD2–Primitive (6)You Are Everything To MeD3–Eunice CollinsAt The HotelD4–Hunts Determination Band*Are We ThroughD5–Disciples Of SoulTogetherD6–Symphonic FourWho Do You Think You're Fooling (Part II) Shipping Costs
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