The Archive
Find the Music · Preserve the History · Keep the Records Alive
Track History
The Gangster Soul Harmony Archive documents the volumes of all three series, Gangster Soul Harmony™, Gangster Soul Girlz Harmony™ and A Gangster Soul Christmas™, with track-by-track history of the artists, labels, years and where each record came from. Find the music. Preserve the history. Keep the records alive.
Archive Entries
Every record, where it came from and who made it. Each volume has its own entry with the full history of every track.
Gangster Soul Harmony™ Vol. 1
The volume that started it all: 19 sweet soul, harmony and deep soul recordings from independent American labels.Read the full archive →
Gangster Soul Harmony™ Vol. 2
Twenty-one more selections from regional labels across the United States, with notes on where the history is incomplete.Read the full archive →
Gangster Soul Harmony™ Vol. 3
From a 1971 Phoenix session that sat unreleased for decades to Kozme's 2006 “Two Lovers.”Read the full archive →Archive Entries in Development
The rest of the catalog is being documented now.
In developmentGSH™ Vol. 4
In developmentGSH™ Vol. 5
In developmentGSH™ Vol. 6
In developmentGirlz Harmony™ Vols. 1–5
In developmentChristmas™ Vols. 1–2
The mission
Find the Music.Preserve the History.Respect the Artists.Keep the Records Alive.
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What Is Gangster Soul Harmony
An independent series built to preserve rare soul that lived outside the mainstream, and its place in SoCal oldies and lowrider culture.Read →
How It Started
From an East LA kid collecting doo-wop 45s in 1993 to the 2005 launch with his brother Angel and cousin Nick.Read →