Changes: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Vol.4: 1967-1980

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Liner Note Author: Kevin Coombe. Changes is an appropriate title for this, the final installment of Omnivore's four-part chronicle of the Baltimore-based R&B label Ru-Jac, because the imprint went through its share of changes during the period covered on this 25-track compilation. The set opens with Winfield Parker, one of the label's mainstays, turning out some Southern-influenced soul, and that's largely the path followed through the rest of the comp. It's a departure from the smoother sounds that characterized some of the earliest Ru-Jac singles, but there are still some easy grooves here, usually arriving from the Fred Martin Revue. Elsewhere, Ru-Jac hinted at funk in its embrace of Southern soul and also dabbled in psychedelic soul via the lysergic wah-wahs of Saturday. This variety makes Changes one of the richest volumes in The Ru-Jac Records Story, but it also benefits from mainly relying on material that was originally released on 45s between 1967 and 1974; these sides feel finished in a way a lot of the demos, backing tracks, and uncredited artists simply don't. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine