The Essential Guide
 If you're looking to either start a Soul/R&B collection or  if you want to add to what you already have, check out these great CDs! *
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Bobby
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Two Steps from the Blues
Duke ~ 1962
Mary J. Blige
My Life
Uptown/MCA ~ 1994
Booker T & the MGs
The Best of  Booker T & the MGs
Atlantic ~ 1968
James Brown
20 All Time Greatest Hits
Polydor ~ 1991
Cameo
The Best of Cameo
Polygram ~ 1993
Jimmy Castor Bunch
The Best of Jimmy Castor Bunch
Rhino ~ 1995
Ray Charles
The Birth of Soul
Rhino ~ 1991
Chic
C'est Chic
Atlantic ~ `1978

The Dells
Oh What a Night!
Chess ~ 1998

George Clinton
Computer Games
Capitol ~ 1982
The Clovers
The Very Best of the Clovers
Rhino/Atlantic ~ 1998
Sam Cooke
Live at the Harlem Square Club
RCA  ~ 1985
The Dramatics
Whatcha See is Whatcha Get
Volt ~ 1972
The Drifters
Rockin' and Driftin'
Rhino ~ 1993
Earth, Wind & Fire
Greatest Hits
Sony Legacy ~ 1998
En Vogue
Funky Divas
EastWest ~ 1992
Four Tops
The Ultimate Collection
Motown ~ 1998
Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul: The Very Best
Rhino ~ 1994
The Gap Band
The Best of The Gap Band
Mercury ~ 1995

Marvin Gaye
Anthology
Motown ~ 1995
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Motown ~ 1971
Al Green
Call Me
HI ~ 1973
Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul
Stax ~ 1969
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Columbia ~ 1998
The Impressions
The Very Best of the Impressions
Rhino ~ 1997
The Isley Brothers
It's Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers
Sony Legacy ~ 1999
The Jackson 5
The Ultimate Collection
Motown ~ 1996
Janet Jackson
Control
A&M ~ 1986

Michael Jackson
Thriller
Epic ~ 1982
Eddie Kendricks
The Ultimate Collection
Motown ~ 1998