VA - Super Mellow Soul Collector's Edition (A Butterboy Compilation) (5 x CDs) + PDF Booklet

SUPER MELLOW SOUL

VA - Super Mellow Soul Collector's Edition (A Butterboy Compilation) (5 x CDs) + PDF Booklet

What exactly is Super Mellow Soul? For me, it isn't simply slow soul music, romantic ballads or quiet storm classics. Super Mellow Soul is a feeling. It's that moment when the day begins to fade, the world slows down and a great record seems to understand exactly where you are.

The idea for this collection came from a desire to gather together songs that share that feeling. Not necessarily the biggest soul hits, nor the rarest records, but recordings that create warmth, intimacy and reflection. Songs that unfold gently and reveal their beauty over time.

Across these five discs, the music follows a natural journey. It begins with Twilight Arrivals, where artists such as Terry Callier, The Notations and Linda Jones establish the mood with records that feel personal and inviting. City Lights moves deeper into the evening, bringing together some of soul music's most comforting and elegant performances. After Midnight forms the emotional heart of the collection, exploring love, longing, memory and devotion through artists such as Donny Hathaway, Dorothy Moore, Willie Hutch and Smokey Robinson. First Light brings resolution and warmth, opening with Minnie Riperton's uplifting "Les Fleurs" and closing with The O'Jays' fittingly titled "Sunshine".

Every track was chosen with the overall journey in mind. Many famous songs were considered and left behind. Many lesser-known recordings earned their place because they captured the mood more completely. This collection is not built around chart success or rarity. It is built around atmosphere.

Collectors will discover a mixture of cherished classics and hidden gems, all carefully sequenced to create a listening experience that feels cohesive from beginning to end.

The fifth disc, My Dream Bonus Disc, extends that journey even further. It was never intended to be a collection of leftovers or near misses. Instead, it serves as a companion to the main set, exploring a few more corners of the Super Mellow Soul landscape. Here, beloved favourites sit comfortably alongside overlooked treasures, extending the mood long after the journey of the four main discs has ended. From the easy charm of "Ain't Understanding Mellow" and "Take It Slow" to the sophistication of "Golden Lady", "Love Mission" and "I See the Light", these recordings share the same warmth, patience and beauty that define the collection as a whole. Think of it as one final invitation to stay awhile before the lights go out.

Ultimately, Super Mellow Soul is about records that make you want to stay a little longer. Music that comforts rather than overwhelms, records that reward close listening and songs that remain beautiful long after they finish playing.

These tracks are not included because they are rare. They are included because they are beautiful. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe 6:16 1972

02 Montclairs - Dreaming's Out of Season 3:15 1972

03 Notations - I'm Still Here 3:14 1973

04 Linda Jones - For Your Precious Love 4:21 1972

05 Lovelites - Get it Off My Conscience 3:46 1970

06 Masqueraders - I Ain't Got to Love Nobody Else 2:44 1970

07 Jean Carn - Don't Let it Go to Your Head 4:52 1978

08 Ronnie McNeir - Wendy is Gone 2:50 1972

09 Whatnauts - Help is on The Way 3:49 1971

10 Al Johnson - I've Got My Second Wind 4:54 1980

11 Independents - Leaving Me 3:10 1973

12 Moments - To You With Love 3:08 1972

13 Floaters - Float On 4:14 1977

14 Blue Magic - Sideshow 4:11 1974

15 Marlena Shaw - Will I Find My Love Today 3:21 1977

16 William Devaughn - Be Thankful for What You Got 3:27 1974

17 Brenda Russell - A Little Bit of Love 3:04 1979

18 Controllers - Somebody's Gotta Win 8:03 1985

19 Lowrell - Mellow Mellow Right on (Original 12'' Mix) 10:41 1979

20 Norman Connors - You Are My Starship 4:32 1976

CD2

01 Leroy Hutson - Lucky Fellow 4:51 1975

02 Manhattans - There's No Me Without You 3:39 1973

03 Natural Four - Can This Be Real? 3:28 1974

04 Chi-Lites - I Never Had it So Good (And Felt So Bad) 5:09 1977

05 Johnny Bristol - Hang on in There Baby 3:25 1974

06 Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt 3:42 1981

07 Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait 3:46 1975

08 Bunny Sigler - By the Way You Dance (I Knew it Was You) 7:22 1974

09 Delegation - Oh Honey 3:25 1977

10 Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays the Fool 3:21 1972

11 Whispers - Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong 2:51 1970

12 Friends of Distinction - Going in Circles 4:16 1969

13 Bloodstone - Natural High [Roger Lee Durham, July 27, 1973] 4:12 1973

14 Brighter Side of Darkness - Love Jones 3:21 1972

15 Hesitations - That's What Love Is 2:35 1970

16 Bettye Swann - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye 3:47 1969

17 Eugene Record - Overdose of Joy 4:17 1979

18 Tymes - People 3:07 1975

19 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:21 1969

20 Peabo Bryson - Feel the Fire 4:54 1977

CD3

01 Donny Hathaway - A Song for You 5:28 1971

02 Dramatics - In the Rain 3:24 1972

03 Joe Simon - Drowning in The Sea of Love 3:21 1972

04 Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue 3:32 1976

05 Soul Children - I'll Be The Other Woman 3:35 1973

06 Randy Brown - I'd Rather Hurt Myself 3:32 1978

07 Garland Green - Jealous Kind of Fella 2:53 1969

08 Willie Hutch - Sunshine Lady 3:56 1974

09 Esther Phillips - You and Me Together 3:15 1972

10 Smokey Robinson - I'm Loving You Softly 4:35 1978

11 Dells - The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind) 4:51 1971

12 Lenny Williams - Cause I Love You 7:07 1978

13 Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and Hate 3:18 1971

14 Barbara Mason - Oh, How it Hurts 2:59 1968

15 Gwen McCrae - 90% of Me is You 2:52 1974

16 Marvin L. Sims - (Nina) Have You Seen My Baby Pt. 1 2:32 1971

17 New Birth - It's Been A Long Time 5:55 1974

18 Originals - Baby I'm for Real 3:18 1969

19 Millie Jackson - It Hurts So Good 3:11 1973

20 Rose Royce - Wishing on A Star 4:50 1977

CD4

01 Minnie Riperton - Les fleurs 3:16 1970

02 Delfonics - Trying to Make a Fool of Me 3:05 1970

03 Intruders - Together 3:01 1967

04 Emotions - Blind Alley 3:04 1972

05 Stylistics - People Make The World Go Round 3:27 1972

06 Impressions - I'm So Proud 2:47 1964

07 Jerry Butler - Never Give You Up 2:54 1968

08 Johnny Adams - Reconsider Me 3:48 1969

09 Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing - Part I 3:26 1975

10 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 4:28 1976

11 Phyllis Hyman - Somewhere in My Lifetime 3:29 1978

12 Heatwave - Always and Forever 3:42 1976

13 Spinners - Love Don't Love Nobody 3:37 1974

14 Bobby Womack - That's the Way I Feel About Cha 5:12 1971

15 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - I Miss You 8:38 1972

16 Chuck Jackson - A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry 3:36 1973

17 Clarence Carter - Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street) 3:51 1975

18 Latimore - Let's Straighten it Out 5:04 1974

19 Bill Withers - Let Me in Your Life 2:42 1974

20 O'jays - Sunshine 3:45 1973

CD5 MY DREAM BONUS DISC

01 Jerry Butler & Brenda Eager - Ain't Understanding Mellow 4:22 1971

02 Frankie Beverly - While I'm Alone 2:18 1970

03 Notations - Take it Slow 4:11 1973

04 Jerry Butler - Take the Time to Tell Her 3:48 1968

05 Frank McKinney - Quiet Storm 3:40 1976

06 Willie Hutch - Season for Love 3:08 1970

07 Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love 4:48 1975

08 Chuck Jackson - Slowly But Surely 3:17 1973

09 Grover Washington Jr. - East River Drive 4:44 1987

10 Dells - Somebody's Gotta Move 5:13 1975

11 O'jays - Stairway to Heaven 6:17 1972

12 Syl Johnson - I Hear the Love Chimes 2:46 1975

13 George Duke - Love Mission 4:24 1976

14 Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady 4:58 1973

15 Lou Pride - Take it Slow 4:57 1975

16 Teena Marie - Dear Lover 5:16 1988

17 Marvin Gaye - Soon I'll Be Loving You Again 3:13 1973

18 Little Scotty - Slow That Disco Down 6:32 1979

19 Average White Band - A Love of Your Own 5:17 1976

20 Billy Paul - I See the Light 6:14 1974

21 Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 3:22 1970

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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