SOUL! was a breakthrough in television programming. Created by and for Black Americans, the show presented R&B, soul, funk, Latin, and jazz musicians; and also writers, poets, actors, philosophers, and activists. The focus was on celebrating and advancing black culture. Highly recommended.

Note: This title comes on two discs.

SOUL! - January 12, 1972
U.S. TV show. Host: Ellis Haizlip. Guests: Jerry Butler & Peaches, Brenda Lee Eager, Anna Maria Horsford, and dentist Dr. Stanley Nelson. Songs include: Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager: "If It's Real What I Feel." Peaches: "Love the One You're With." Jerry Butler: "Make It Easy on Yourself," "Walk Easy My Son," "Ain't Understanding Mellow," and "Brand New Me." Anna Maria Horsford recites "Truth" poem. Jerry Butler is interviewed and talks about his family, his band, living in Chicago, Black Expo, and his desire to build a Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.

SOUL! - January 26, 1972
U.S. TV show. Host: Ellis Haizlip. "The Blue Note Show." Guests: Keyboardist Horace Silver with vocalists Andy and Salome Bey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, flutist Bobbi Humphrey. An all jazz line-up on this edition of Soul! features pianist Horace Silver at the electric keyboard, Lee Morgan on trumpet and 22-year old Bobbi Humphrey playing the flute. They are joined by vocalists Andy and Salome Bey. Horace Silver is interviewed and discussed his concept albums "The United States of Mind" and what it's like to hear other artists cover his songs and mess them up!

SOUL! - February 9, 1972
U.S. TV show. Host: Gerry Bledsoe. Guests: Gladys Knight & the Pips, and poets Carolyn Rodgers and Norman Jordan. One of the great Motown acts headlines the show; Gladys Knight & the Pips: "Nitty Gritty," "Make Me the Woman You Go Home To," "Friendship Train," "If I Were Your Woman," "I Heard It through the Grapevine," "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "I Don't Want to Do Wrong." Gladys Knight is interviewed and talks about what it's like working with producers, working at Motown, and how the Pips created fast dance steps that other groups copied and became well-known for.

SOUL! - February 16, 1972
U.S. TV show. Host: Ellis Haizlip. Guests: Singer Al Green, author Vertamae Grosvenor, the Isaac Douglas Singers, writer Alice Childress, and poetess Camille Yarbrough. Al Green: "I Can't Get Next to You," "Tired of Being Alone," "Let's Stay Together." The Isaac Douglas Singers: "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "I'll Let Nothing Separate Me," "I've Got to Make it." Alice Childress reads from her work: "Listen to the Sound of the People," "Don't Forget About Me." Poet Camille Yarbrough recites: "To Whom It May Concern." Vertamae Grosvenor: "Domestic Rap."

Note: This title comes on two discs.

SOUL! - VOLUME 5 & 6 1972 on DVD

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