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Various Artists – You Can Be A Star (Deep Disco & Soul 1972-1982) (LP) [Now-Again Records NA5284]

“You Can Be A Star” is the definitive survey of America’s independent 70s soul scene, and a companion piece to Now-Again’s long-running Soul Cal series. The compilation is produced, annotated and researched by Eothen “Egon” Alapatt. Art direction by Errol Richardson. Mastered by Dave Cooley, Kelly Hibbert and Jason Bitner. Additional coordination by Tanner McCrary.

“(Soul Cal) captures the retro-utopian vision of a past where every smalltown record store or garage in the US might have hidden a virtuosic funk outfit; the thrill of knowing that jobbing musicians might be getting paid for the first time; plus the bittersweet knowledge that those that passed on are getting deserved recognition. And all that before you get the thrill of the music itself.” – Wire Magazine.