There are some good new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Tuxedo return with Tuxedo IV, a nice retro 80s Soul/Boogie album available in limited quantity on Cd and LP. Charly have two very good compilations highlighting the GSF label (70's modern soul tracks including Connie Laverne, Skull Snaps, Anderson Brothers etc) and the 80's Boogie label Scorpgemi (including Shades Of Love, Jean Jones, Royalle Delite etc) There are some good restocks of classic reissue LPs and 45s including many of Studio 16 Reggae/Dub comps, A special price Aretha Amazing grace, Rare pleasure and lots of goodies from music on...
The legendary British funk group Cymande announce their return with first studio album since 1974's 'Promised Heights'. Renascence is a true return to form with album that caps off their already classic discography. The album kicks off with a funky number in 'Chasing An Empty' a track that wouldn't be out of place with their early albums. The is a more spiritual side to this album with tracks like 'Road To Zion' but the majority of it is very soulful and funky. Standout tracks include 'Coltrane', 'How We Roll' with Jazzie B, and 'Sweden' as well as 'I Wanna Know'...
Check out this great batch of 30 Original Vinyl Jazz LPs (mainly 80s reissues) from a collection that has just arrived. There are some great titles here, many Blue Note French issues and Prestige/Riverside OJC 80s issues. All records are in great condition, most are hardly played near mint condition with nice covers. All titles are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other original vinyl LPs from the Jazz collection here or the Jazz, Funk and Soul collection here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered online, over the phone on 020...
Check out this great batch of 30 Original Vinyl Soul and Funk LP classics mainly USA copies from a new collection that has just arrived. All are in great condition, a few sealed or in shrinkwrap all as individually graded. All records are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with records from the South West Connection to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered online, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon-Sat 11-6. Happy Diggin, Laurence
Check out this great selection of pre-loved out of print collectable Jazz CDs from the collection that recently arrived. There are lots of hard to find titles here, some out of print for 10+ years, many of them are still sealed or near mint as individually graded and noted. All titles are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with Japanese or Collectors Soul & Funk CDs from the same collection to optimise postage costs. Watch out for more titles later in the week or next week. CDs can be ordered online, over the phone...
This Friday 14th February is Valentines Day. What better way to celebrate than to give or receive a classic Soul LP. Check out this list of recommended Soul albums (with a few accessible Jazz titles) that we have available to get you in the mood. Of course these albums sound great whatever the day, so you can always buy one for yourself ! All are in stock at the moment and can be ordered online , over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop open Mon-Sat 11-6. Laurence
There are some interesting new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Kendrick Lamar has a new album on CD black nd coloured vinyl, Marvin's classic 'Whats Going On' has a limited edition green vinyl release and there are nice Blue Note Tone Poet releases from Horace Parlan and Dizzy Reece. There are 3 limited edition picture sleeve 45s on Athens Of The North. We are back in stock of some great albums from Johnny Hammond, Alice Clark, Donna McGhee, Cymande, Marvin Gaye, Patrice Rushen, Mulatu, Takuya Kuroda and Bill Evans amongst others. A lot of you will have seen the recent...
RSD 2025 12th April 2025 We will be taking part in RSD . Here is the full list of the exclusive RSD titles with a link to the titles. We will stock most of the soul jazz reggae and world titles and some of the more general titles. Please let us know if you would like us to carry any of these titles asap so we can make sure we order them. Check out the list HERE.
Leon’s classic and best album , a masterpiece recorded in 1976 for Motown , just after he wrote and produced Marvin’s ‘I Want You’ album. This is in a similar style, and was over shadowed at the time by Marvin’s classic but if anything this is actually a better album. The sensual mood of the album is epitomised by the heavily orchestrated mid tempo ‘Learning How To Love You’, ‘Instant Love’ (ft Minnie Riperton) ‘Body Heat’ (Leon co-wrote and sang on Quincy’s original a year earlier) , ‘Journey Into You’ , and the slower ‘Holiday’ (ft Marvin and Womack) ,...
The band Eramus hall were apparently named after a famous Detroit landmark building by George Clinton. Their debut album 'Your Love Is My Desire' was released on Westbound in 1980 , the last album on the label, although it was recorded a couple of years earlier. It shows influence from Ohio Players, Blackbyrds and not a long way off Breakwater. 'Your Love Is My desire' is a lovely jazzy soul modern soul mid tempo horn backed dancer. They cover J.R.Bailey classic stepper 'Just Me N You' with a lusher jazzier soul production. There are some nice mid tempo ballads 'She...