Buddah Records

Buddah Records on vinyl: soul and funk from New York

In short: Buddah Records was founded in New York in 1967. It started with catchy pop singles; in the seventies Buddah became an important address for soul and funk – with Gladys Knight & The Pips, the Five Stairsteps and the distribution of Curtis Mayfield’s label Curtom. The Vinyl Room currently has 20 Buddah records.

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What makes Buddah special?

The range: Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up” stands for the self-confident soul of the early seventies, Osibisa’s “Super Fly T.N.T.” and the soundtrack “Gordon’s War” for the film music of those years. The Five Stairsteps from Chicago brought family soul, the Edwin Hawkins Singers gospel with a pop instinct.

The range also includes jazz-funk and disco: Norman Connors with “Saturday Night Special”, the Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira with “Natural Feelings”, Andrea True Connection with “White Witch”. The smaller names are interesting for collectors – Black Ivory, The Ebonys, The Futures, Sound Experience.

FAQ

When was Buddah Records founded? In New York in 1967.

Which stars were on Buddah? Among others Gladys Knight & The Pips, the Five Stairsteps and the Edwin Hawkins Singers; Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom records were distributed through Buddah for a while.

What does Buddah have to do with “Oh Happy Day”? Recorded in 1967, the Edwin Hawkins Singers’ version became a worldwide hit in 1969 through Pavilion/Buddah.

What do you have on Buddah? Mostly seventies soul and funk – 20 records in all.