VARIOUS - Chicago Soul ‘62 (Repress) HELLRIPPER '50s pop and doo-wop

'50s pop and doo-wop

This anniversary edition celebrates over half a century of a record that remains a cornerstone of The Doors’ catalogue

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“It’s kind of quintessential outsider music - I can’t explain what they are doing

VARIOUS - Chicago Soul ‘62 (Repress) HELLRIPPER '50s pop and doo-wopLP Black Vinyl (2026 Repress). Notes by John Ridley. In 1962, Black Music was making its transition from R&B to soul and the Chicago music industry was exploding, producing thousands of records and dozens of new labels. The two biggest black labels Vee Jay and Chess led in the creation of the distinctive, smooth, Chicago soul brand with names familiar and not so familiar: the former with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler and the latter with Mitty