VARIOUS - Chicago Soul ‘62 (Repress) HELLRIPPER raucous celebration of queer love"’

raucous celebration of queer love"’ – The Guardian

'50s pop and doo-wop

it’s a track that Black Francis allegedly likened to being chased by a swarm of bees

and throws herself with abandon into “After the Glitter Fades

soundtrack collectors

VARIOUS - Chicago Soul ‘62 (Repress) HELLRIPPER raucous celebration of queer love"’LP 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