Boddie Recordings Company Cleveland, Ohio - FIVE LP/3CD!

BACK IN STOCK! Another extremely lavish, beautifully repackaged reissue from Numero!

From 1958 to 1993, Thomas and Louise Boddie's industrious Boddie Recording Company issued nearly 300 albums and 45s, recorded 10,000 hours of tape, and remained in operation longer than any other studio, pressing plant, or label group in the history of Cleveland.

The best of the Boddies' in-house Soul Kitchen, Luau, and Bounty labels, which released an unspoiled treasure trove of kitchen-sink eccentric soul, fuzzbox funk, shoestring doo-wop, and haunted, eerily hook-laden spirituals, are collected here.

Enclosed inside is a mountain of office-styled ephemera: two massive booklets brimming with detail on the Boddies and their artists; extensive notes and scores of unpublished photos; a complete detailed discography folio; reproduced fliers; and a Boddie greeting card-all rendered with the handcrafted charm that was the Boddie hallmark. Call it a self-contained record industry crammed into one box.

Painstakingly researched to match Numero Syl Johnson release last year. No expense has been spared, no detail ignored. Easily one of Numero's most impressive package to date, Boddie Recording Co. is a super-hybrid of our Eccentric Soul, Good God!, and Local Customs concepts all wrapped in one string-and-button or cloth bound box.

Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio 3CD

Disc 1

01. Creations Unlimited – Chrystal Illusion
02. Ricky Hodges & The Funky People – Don’t Destroy Our Love
03. Frankie Pighee & The Soulettes – Soul Feeling
04. Chantells – World Of Soul
05. Jackie Russell – If You Don’t Want Me Let Me Be
06. Angela Alexander & J.D. Saddler – Spoilin’ For A Fight
07. Inter-Circle – The Pusher
08. Eddie & The Ant Hill Mob – I’m A Number Runner
09. Bo & The Metros – Moving On
10. Inter-Circle – The Players
11. Creations Unlimited – Corruption Is The Thing
12. King James Version – He’s Coming
13. Angela Alexander & J.D. Saddler – Don’t Make Me Kill You
14. Chantells – Why Won’t You Say (What You Want)
15. Frankie Pighee & The Soulettes – If You Don’t Think That I Love You
16. Jackie Russell – Don’t Trade Love For Money
17. Bo & The Metros – Buttered Out
18. Ricky Hodges – I Feel It (The Love You Have For Me)
19. King James Version – He’s Forever (Amen)

Disc 2

01. A.C. Jones & The Atomic Aces – Oh Baby (I Love You)
02. Harvey Hall – Tell Me About It
03. Headlines – He’s Looking For A Love
04. J.C. Akins – I’ve Got To FInd A Way
05. Modern Detergents – Monkey Hips & Yice
06. A.C. Jones & The Atomic Aces – Give Me Your Love
07. Harvey & The Phenomenals – Darlene (Instrumental)
08. Little Anthony Mitchell & The Modern Detergents – Don’t Make Me Blue
09. Penny North – Satisfied
10. J.C. Akins & The Dukes – You Upset My Very Soul
11. Harvey & The Phenomenals – All In Your Eyes
12. J.C. Akins – I Love You
13. A.C. Jones & The Soulettes – Hole In Your Soul
14. Penny North – Thought I Had A Good Thing
15. Harvey & The Phenomenals – Darlene (Vocal)
16. Headlines – Baby
17. A.C. Jones & The Atomic Aces – Give Me Your Love (Instrumental)
18. Headlines – He’s Looking For A Love (Demo)

Disc 3

01. Rev. R.L. Hubbard – Child Of The King
02. Brother Bill – Wha’s Happ’nin
03. Guiding Lights – Lost In Sin
04. Wings Of Faith Juniors Of Grand Rapids, MI – I Can’t Thank Him Enough
05. Seven Revelators – Keep Holding On
06. Victory 5 – Have You Been To The Pool
07. Sound Of Soul – Gospel Train
08. Corinthian Singers – Why? (It’s A Shame)
09. Fantastic LIghtning Ares – Jesus You Are My Shining Star
10. Golden Harmonizers – Won’t Be Back No More
11. Gospel Hebrews – Jesus Is All Over Me
12. Gospel Fabulators – Read It In The Bible
13. Spiritual Believers – Sweet To Know
14. Silver Kings – Trouble In The Water
15. Cleveland Golden Echos – Used To Live On Broadway
16. Royal Kings – Look Out For Jesus
17. Swanee Nightingales – I Know The Lord Will Make A Way
18. North Wind Of Cleveland, Ohio – If I’ve Done Anything Wrong
19. Gospel Ensemble – What You Need
20. Juanita Ellis – Make A Joyful Noise