RECORD STORE DAY 2025

In 1962, Black Music was making its transition from R&B to soul, and the Chicago music industry was exploding, producing thousands of records and dozens of new labels.

The two biggest Black labels, Vee-Jay and Chess, led in the creation of the distinctive, smooth Chicago soul brand with names familiar and not so familiar: the former with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, and the latter with Mitty Collier, Etta James, and Billy Stewart.

And yet, it’s the smaller labels that make up the bulk of the Chicago story: Hawk with Geraldine Taylor, Lu-Cee with Roberta, M-Pac with Dorothy Prince. It’s here that we explore some of the finest sounds of the era in this collection.

TRACKS & ARTISTS:
A1. The Town I Live In ....... McKinley Mitchell
A2. I’m The One Who Loves You ....... The Impressions
A3. Shake A Tail Feather ....... The Five Du-Tones
A4. Mama Didn’t Lie ....... Jan Bradley
A5. Make It Easy On Yourself ....... Jerry Butler
A6. Seven Day Fool ....... Etta James
A7. The Blues Don’t Like Nobody ....... Tony Adams
A8. I’ve Got To Get Away From It All ....... Mitty Collier
A9. How Much Longer ....... Geraldine Taylor
A10. I’m On The Prowl ....... Roberta

B1. Fat Boy ....... Billy Stewart
B2. Can’t Take No More ....... Ted Taylor
B3. I Don’t Want To Suffer ....... Walter Jackson
B4. Open Your Heart ....... Sugar Pie DeSanto
B5. Shook Up Over You ....... Dee Clark
B6. Something’s Got A Hold On Me ....... Etta James
B7. Why Not Tonight ....... Dorothy Prince
B8. Delilah ....... Major Lance
B9. Money In My Pocket ....... Moss Tolbert