Boddie

Devin Boddie, David McClenny and Kevin Oleksiak each had 3-pointers and Matt Akinosho closed the sequence with two foul shots to cut Elon's lead to 47-44.

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But Devin Boddie sealed North Carolina Greensboro's win with two foul shots.

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Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio is out now on Numero.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011

This hobby snowballed into his life's work after the Boddie Recording Co opened its doors in 1959, with local gospel and soul groups dropping by to record in his self-built studio and have their tracks cut by Boddie's in-house vinyl manufacturing set-up.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011

While Boddie never scored a chart hit, some of his recordings enjoyed a life far beyond Cleveland's city limits: the badass funk of Chrystal Illusion by Creations Unlimited (on Soul Kitchen) has been sampled by DJ Shadow, Madlib, DJ Spinna and more, while the Headline's He's Looking for a Love (on Luau) has been sending northern soul dancefloors wild since the mid-70s.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011

Fame and fortune eluded Thomas Boddie in his lifetime but, says Carfagna, he didn't seem to mind too much.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011

This mom'n'pop operation truly kicked into gear after Boddie met his wife, Louise, who established relationships between Boddie Recording and local churches and gospel choirs.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011

He wasn't interested in manicuring acts for the world stage or shaping pop stars, says veteran record collector and turntablist Dante Carfagna, who recently spent a year or so digging through the Boddie Recording Company archives to compile a three CD box set for the Chicago-based reissues label Numero.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011

Alongside a wealth of floor-filling soul and R&B, the box set also finds room for some of Boddie's more intriguing alumni, such as the eerie psychedelic funk of Inter-Circle, or The King James Version, whose frontmen dressed up as Moses and King Solomon to sing gospelised rewrites of Hold On, I'm Comin' and Theme from Midnight Cowboy.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011

According to Carfagna, however, at Boddie, if you had $50 and you wanted to make a record, you could.

Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011