Detroit Soul

You're asking about Detroit soul outside the Motown story: the small independent labels and one-off 45s where sweet soul, deep soul and funk were made by singers who rarely got a second record.

It is a collector's map of the city, not a greatest-hits.

While Motown dominated, dozens of smaller Detroit labels pressed soul and funk through the sixties and seventies. Producers like Dave Hamilton ran their own operations, and singers cut a 45 or two before disappearing.

Many of these records found a second life decades later through northern and modern soul collectors in the UK and beyond.

J. Barnes, Dave Hamilton, and a long list of singers who made one or two sides each.

Where: Detroit's independent soul labels. What: sweet soul, deep soul and funk, usually on 45.

How a record gets in: it is a Detroit independent soul or funk record, not a Motown release.