An Anita Baker Classic Becomes Even Sweeter As Singer Gretchen Parlato Shows "Sweet Love"
By JR on 10:59 AM
Filed Under: Anita Baker , Covers , Gerald Clayton , Gretchen Parlato , Jazz
Anita Baker's "Giving You The Best That I Got" LP Test Press + Cover by Malene Mortensen
By JR on 9:20 PM
Filed Under: Anita Baker , Covers , Malene Mortensen singer , RandB , Test Pressings
A bonafide collectors item of R&B/Soul shows up on test press vinyl in Anita Baker's 1988 LP "Giving You The Best That I Got". As an additional treat that your certain to remember, singer Malene Mortensen lends her lovely voice to a new Jazz arrangement of the LP's title track. Good love endures through the sound of timeless music pressed on rare vinyl and an oustanding cover version.
Anita Baker's "Giving You The Best That I Got" LP Test Press available here at Discogs.
Get caught up in the Rapture of this legendary vocalist as she performs her classics for The UK back in the prime of her career. Anita Baker performs at Wembley Arena back in '88, thanks to the upload of Mark McCarthy.
This rare test pressing of Anita's classic "Giving You The Best That I've Got" is one of many vinyl discoveries you will find monthly by joining the cratesofjr Record Pool at Patreon. We keep our fingers dusty with sought-after classics, an extra dose of flavor outside the regular cratesofjr blog posts.
Preview "The Love You To Life Album" by Kenya Soulsinger
By JR on 1:03 PM
Filed Under: Album Previews , Anita Baker , Covers , Female Vocalists , Kenya Soulsinger , RandB
Go back and forth to the rhythm and soul of Kenya Soulsinger as she encourages you to leave your cares behind while in the mist of her beautiful sound. On "The Love You To Life Album" the Oklahoma-based vocalist shows she has the power to command each song she touches, showing range in laying down moving vocal performances on a variety of soulful production styles.
From thumping Neo-Soul, upbeat dance groove and smooth ballads such as her cover of Anita Baker's "Been So Long", this emerging talent provides a pleasant vibe of music to escape, dream and soothe your mind. Enjoy a preview of 4 tracks in entirety below at Soundcloud and snippets of the album via iTunes, released on Sept. 13, 2013.


