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The Best of Soul Train

The Best of Soul Train

The Best of Soul Train

PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION BY SEAN MCCABE FOR TIME; Courtesy of Soul Train Holdings

The music on these three discs of Don Cornelius' "hippest trip in America" is glorious. James Brown, Aretha Franklin and the Jackson 5 tear the roof off. But it's just as much fun to watch the visual evolution of '70s soul: The bell-bottom pantsuits! The dance lines! The hair-product ads!

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