Lee Fields has been recording great Rhythm and Blues, Soul and Funk records since the late 1960's. His latest album 'Sentimental Fool' sees him reunited with producer Bosco Mann and the Daptone stable. It is a strong album featuring some great ballads, mid tempo and funky soul grooves, reminiscent of mid 60s James Brown. 'Two Jobs' and 'Without A Heart' are really funky grooves. 'Your Face Before My Eyes' is an uptempo 60s style soul dancer. 'Forever' , 'I Should Have Let You Be', 'Sentimental Fool' , 'Just Give Me Your Time' , 'What I Did' and 'Ordinary Lives' are...
China Burton - You Don't Care About Our Love China Burton’s 1979 Brit funk classic You Don’t Care About Our Love sees a reissue on Soul Brother Records, a rare, expensive and in demand title originally released on Logo records. There have been plenty of bootlegs of this track scattered around the marketplace for a while, but this is the first legitimate reissue that this record has seen. It is a rare piece of British disco-funk, orchestrated with a sweeping string section and fully manned brass section with rolling percussion and an anthemic, catchy chorus that make it perfect for...
FBI were one of the tightest UK Funk and Soul bands of the 1970’s. The nine piece band led by Root Jackson had a real feel good sound. He interchanges with Bonnie Wilkerson on vocals on this nine track album originally released in 1976. The album is a mix of hard driving funk like ‘FBI’, ‘Bad Deal’ ,’Get That Ball’ and ‘Free Prision’ plus soul cuts including ‘Let Me Love You’ and a great covers of Jr Bailey’s ‘Love Love Love’ and Stevie Wonder’s storming ‘Keep On Running’. The outstanding track though is the multi-paced ‘Talking About Love’ A rare...
A classic Mizell Brothers production and one of the early reissues in the Soul Brother repertoire, we’re extremely proud and excited to announce the second pressing of Johnny Hammond’s seminal 1975 jazz-funk offering Gambler’s Life, redone and reissued from the original masters on CD and LP some 21 years after it was initially released on our label! ‘Gamblers Life’ preceded the more famous ‘Gears’. Every bit as strong, Gambler's Life was released on a subsidiary of CTI in 1975 and has an edgier feel and a distinctive Johnny Hammond register, an amalgam of fusion, jazz-funk and soul with a street-wise...
Have a look at some of our top National Album Day picks. The theme of this years celebration is debut albums, and these are some significant debuts spanning funk, soul, jazz, contemporary jazz and hip-hop. Grab a copy while stocks last! A handful of these are originals, the majority, however, are reissues/new vinyl.
National Album Day returns for its fifth year on October 15th 2022, and this time the theme is 'Celebrating Debut Albums'! National Album Day will be teaming up broadcast partner BBC Sounds and audio partner Bowers & Wilkins to celebrate the album format and the incredible debut albums from across the decades. There are special products in stock for the event and as always, some famous faces helping to promote National Album Day along the way. Camilla George will be coming into the shop on Saturday to sign copies of her latest album, and first on K7 records, Ibio - Ibio....
Z Records continues its commitment to unearthing the obscure and long forgotten tracks from the last 40 years through the ever-popular Under The Influence series. Following on from Red Greg, Nick The Record, Sean P, Faze Action, and last years Alena Arpels. It’s now the turn of one of the scene’s most impressive collectors & DJs; Rahaan Hailing from Chicago his love affair with muzik started in the late 70’s early 80’s, listening to muzik on the radio combined with his mom and dad playing their records every weekend. In the early 80’s on the South side of Chicago, he...
Patrice Rushen – Patrice / Pizzazz (LP) | Strutt Patrice Rushen’s more hard-to-find Elektra titles have finally been reissued by Quinton Scott over at Strutt, fresh off the back of organising her stint in London this summer where she played several dates in the capital, notably at Koko in Camden to a packed-out audience of all ages. Her first album on Elektra after moving over from Prestige records in 1978 Patrice saw a departure from rawer jazz-funk and fusion off the tail end of Shout It Out, signalling a switch to more R&B and soul inspired styles of...
Gloria Scott recorded a classic and in demand album produced by Barry White in 1974. Nearly 50 years on she has made a follow-up album 'So Wonderful', recorded in the UK featuring some great musicians including Snowboy, Gary Crokett and Andrew McGuiness . The string backed mid tempo groover 'All Of The Time, You're On My Mind' co-written by Frank Wilson's brother Vance has all the hallmarks of her earlier work and was likely written for her First album. Barry White, H.B. Barnum and Gene Page wrote the ballad 'I've Got To Have All Of You', and more uptempo 'There's...
Camilla George – Ibio Ibio | LP, Coloured LP & CD (K7) Camilla George makes a stunning return with her third album on K7 records Ibio-Ibio, a rich, cultural journey dedicated to her Ibibio tribe of south-eastern coastal Nigeria from which the saxophonist and bandleader traces her ancestral roots. The album is a heady mix of afrobeat, hip hop and jazz co-produced by Camilla George, one of the finest offerings of the new London Jazz sound in recent years, a deep, penetrating listen that undulates with groove and impresses with masterful playing, deep harmonic workouts and synergetic performances from the...
