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Kent Records was a Los Angeles-based record label, launched in the late 1950s by the Bihari brothers. It was a follow-up to the bankrupted Modern Records and reissued Modern's records. It was later bought by Ace Records, England, which uses the label name to release Motown and Northern Soul music.

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As a young blues fan, Peel would no doubt have been aware of the L.A.-based Kent label, which put out records by B.B. King and others, well before arriving in California himself to work at KMEN radio station in early 1966. Back in the UK, the self-proclaimed "original blues label" of the Bihari brothers also became known for its soul releases, before eventually falling into the orbit of British reissue specialist Ace Records.

Under Ace, Kent offered a Peel a continuing source of vintage soul material for his shows over two decades from the early 1980s, from the UK label's very first LP, the Northern Soul collection "For Dancers Only". As well as much-appreciated career retrospectives bringing together the scattered releases of lesser known artists such as Eddie & Ernie, the DJ gave extensive airtime to various artist (v/a) compilations on the label's Kent Soul imprint, including the acclaimed “Deep Soul Treasures” series put together by genre expert Dave Godin. In late 2003, Peel played one track per show from the themed release A Soldier's Sad Story, which examined “Vietnam Through The Eyes Of Black America 1966-73.”

Compilations[]

(The following list features only tracks played from various artist (v/a) releases put out by the Kent group of labels of Ace Records, including the Kent Soul and Kent Dance imprints, as indicated. Plays listed by release, in order of first play. Please add more information if known.)

1980s

(LP - For Dancers Only) Kent

(LP - Slow 'N' Moody, Black And Bluesy) Kent

(LP - Floorshakers) Kent

(LP - Soul Class Of 66) Kent

(LP - Where The Girls Are!) Kent

(LP - Moving On Up) Kent

  • 24 April 1984: Dells: My Life Is So Wonderful (When You're Around)

(LP - Footstompers) Kent

(LP - Club Soul) Kent

(LP – Kent Stop Dancing) Kent

(LP - The Soul Of A Man) Kent

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MARVIN PREYER -What can i call my own

(LP - Mystery...Terror...Suspense! It's Torture And 15 Other Great Soul Destroyers) Kent

(LP - Smart!) Kent

(LP - Stand-In For Love) Kent

(LP - Think Smart Soul Stirrers; Jerk It At The Party In Chinatown) Kent

(LP - Kent Stop Dancing - The Sequel) Kent

(LP – The Deep South) Kent

(LP - Black Music Is Our Business (A Galaxy Of Soul)) Kent

1990s

(CD - Carnival Of Soul - Volume 2: Feelin' Good) Kent Soul

(CD - Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures (Taken From The Vaults...) Volume 1) Kent Soul

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Zerben R Hicks And The Dynamics Lights Out

(CD – Shrine: The Rarest Soul Label) Kent Soul

(CD - Bill Haney's Atlanta Soul Brotherhood) Kent Soul

(CD - Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol 2) Kent Soul

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Bobby Moore And The Formosts - It Was A Lie.wmv

(CD - Birth Of Soul - Volume Two) Kent Soul

2000s

(CD - When A Man Cries - The Deep Soul Of Scepter/Wand And Musicor/Dynamo) Kent Soul

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Tommy Hunt - The Complete Man - DYNAMO

(CD - Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Taken From The Vaults... Volume 3) Kent Soul

(CD - Our Turn To Cry) Kent Soul

(CD - So Soulful 70s) Kent Dance

(CD - King's Serious Soul: Too Much Pain) Kent Soul

(CD – New Breed R&B: Soulful 60s Blues For Today's Dancers) Kent Dance

(CD - The Goldwax Story Volume 1) Kent Soul

(CD - Birth Of Soul, Vol. 3) Kent Soul

(CD - If Loving You Is Wrong - 20 Cheatin’ Heartbreakers) Kent Soul

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DENISE LaSALLE Married, but not to each other-0

(CD - The Beat Goes On) Kent Dance

(2xCD - The Dial Records Southern Soul Story) Kent Soul

(CD - A Soldier's Sad Story - Vietnam Through The Eyes Of Black America 1966-73) Kent Soul

(CD - Kent's Cellar Of Soul) Kent Soul

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Moses & Joshua Dillard - My Elusive Dreams

(CD - The Goldwax Story Vol.2) Kent Soul

(CD - Land Of 1000 Dances: Special Soul & Funk Edition) Kent Dance

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