V.A. Lamp Records - It Glowed Like The Sun: The Story Of Naptown's Motown 1969-1972

The complete collection: Every soul, funk,
gospel, rock track from Indianapolis’s
greatest label on a 4 CD set.
Sometimes, all it takes is one man to recognize a
city’s potential for an industry. In Indianapolis,
that man was Herb Miller, and his business was
soul and funk. He came to prominence long after
Indy’s allure as a jazz destination waned. He
founded LAMP Records in the late 1960s to
wake Naptown from its musical slumber.
Miller served a critical role in city’s burgeoning
soul and funk scene, providing not only financial
backing, but acting as a one-stop, record-making
shop for artists that had, to that point, been doing
it all themselves. He’s the Berry Gordy you’ve
never heard of. His roster – national acts like the
Vanguards and Ebony Rhythm Band alongside
talented, regional acts such as the Moonlighters,
Montiques, Pearls and the Words of Wisdom
Truth Revue – rivaled that of any American
independent and paved the way for the
ascension of 80s and 90s hitmakers
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Antonio
“L.A.” Reid, both of whom cut their teeth
with LAMP alumnus.