The John Schroeder Orchestra - Working in the Soul Mine (1966)

All but two of these 14 tracks were covers of mid-'60s American soul favorites like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "Sunny," and "Rescue Me," in which Schroeder bled most of the funk (and vocals) from the originals to craft instrumentals that were at once more tolerable to elderly ears than the originals, but still mildly rhythmic and danceable. It sounds silly now -- it sounded silly then. But that hasn't prevented the album from being reissued in its entirety on Sequel's Space Age Soul, which adds seven other (rather more interesting) tracks that Schroeder recorded in the '60s.

Tracklist:
1.01 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Soul For Sale (2:21)
1.02 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Get Out Of My Life Woman (2:30)
1.03 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Where Did Our Love Go (2:48)
1.04 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Working In The Coal Mine (1:50)
1.05 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (3:48)
1.06 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Sunny (2:49)
1.07 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Rescue Me (2:40)
1.08 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (2:27)
1.09 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - You Can't Hurry Love (2:19)
1.10 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Summertime (2:26)
1.11 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Lovin' You Girl (2:43)
1.12 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (2:27)
1.13 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - When a Man Loves a Woman (3:31)
1.14 - The John Schroeder Orchestra - Black Is Black (2:33)