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Bobby Byrd Got Soul: The Best of Bobby Byrd

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His gravelly voice instantly recognisable from the vocal back and forth on Brown’s ‘Sex Machine’, organist and vocalist Bobby Byrd recorded a clutch of hard-rocking spartan R’n’B and funk, made from shuffling funky drums high in the mix, spindly guitar lines and sharp brass blasts, epitomised by his biggest record ‘I Know You Got Soul’. Aside from a live compilation in 1970, Byrd never released a studio album so the music lover has a number of compilations to choose from. This mid 90s collection pulls together all his single releases and provides a good record of a small but high energy catalogue.

Harold Heath

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