We are delighted to have met Tanqueray Hayward who popped into the store today with Simon from Soul gigs to present her debut album 'Definition of a woman'. We have a limited quantity of CDs and signed CDs available for you to order here or collect from the shop. Tanqueray Hayward hails from the great musical city of Philadelphia. Her debut album 'Definition Of a Woman' was co-written, arranged and produced by TL Shider (brother of Parliament's Gary). It is a strong album consisting of mid tempo grooves like 'This Thing' and 'Caught Up' . The highlights though are the...
Skys the Limit – Don’t Be Afraid on the independent JMJ label is an incredibly rare slice of funky soul with an insistent disco back-beat released in 1976. The original copy of the record goes for staggering prices online, with copies on average fetching between £700-£800 pounds on Discogs. The record in its original form was effectively a private pressing arranged and released by the group, who would subsequently use it as a form of advertisement rather than sell it in shops, seeing the record more likely given away at gigs and functions rather than sold. The A side...
Real Gone Music have reissued the highly sought after “Voyage – A Journey Into Discoid Funk” an album that was originally released as a solo venture from Shadows drummer Brian Bennett, a session musician and a library music man who was associated with work for labels such as KPM and Bruton Music among others. He composed music for films and TV and during the 1980s was awarded two Ivor Novello awards and wrote music for a wide range of television programmes including Dallas, The Sweeney and for the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. In the...
After releasing nine albums between 2017 and 2019, Ill Considered are back with their latest offering ‘Liminal Space’. The core group, made up of Idris Rahman (saxophone) Liran Donin (bass) Emre Ramazanoglu (drums), record the basic composition down live, and then invite a selection of London’s inspired improvisers to play on them. Their work speaks to the heart of true improvisation, in a Ornette Coleman-esque manner, aiming for a conversation, according to the group, that is as organic and natural as possible. Whereas previously their work has taken a more unfettered approach, largely recording directly from completely free improvisatory live...
Newban were the 9 piece band that became Atlantic Starr. They recorded these two great albums in 1974 at Bell Sound NYC and they were released on the Guinness label in 1977. 'Newban' is a great and creative album throughout and includes the brilliant instrumental Funk track 'Father Time', excellent uptempo Jazzy soul 'Why Did You Desert Me', and brassy funky groovers 'Fatback Sally', 'Hungry Grin' and 'Magic Lady' which has a slight Latin feel. The slower 'Central Park' illustrates what great vocalists Sharon Bryant and Porter Carroll are, then changes mid tune into a driving Funky Jazz phase before...
PYJÆN are delighted to announce the release of their second album ‘Feast’, planned for September 2021 on DeepMatter Records. The five-piece outfit reaches inside the deep, multidimensional well of what is broadly called Jazz, bringing together all its diverse components in a singular, emotional sound. After setting a blueprint for their multifaceted artistry, combining cross-genre sensibilities with ferocious talent on their first two releases, PYJÆN has been busy writing and recording music for their second album, their most accomplished offering yet. ‘Feast’ was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s legendary Real World Studios in Bath over a full week in November 2020....
SOUL ON THE REAL SIDE #14 OUTTA SIGHT presents Soul On The Real Side #14 The architects of soul are back with a stunning new 20-track Spring 2022 collection and, incredibly, almost half of them are NEW-TO-CD! Our show opens with the Grammy Award winning "Color Him Father" by The Winstons. Released in 1969, it scored a #2 R&B and #7 Hot 100 hit for the band and has been covered multiple times including Linda Martell's soulful-country reading produced by Shelby Singleton; O. C. Smith; The Naturals and Bobby Womack. The Continental Showstoppers finally make it to our CD series...
This Superlative set was taped for FM broadcast soon after the release of Herbie Hancock's groundbreaking Man-Child album and finds the great keyboardist backed by the wickedly tight combination of DeWayne 'Blackbird' McKnight (guitar), Bennie Maupin (reeds), Paul Jackson (bass), Bill Summers (percussion) and Michael Clarke (drums) on a selection of his finest tracks from Hancock's classic Watermelon Man right up to the present. Certainly something that all fans of Herbie and the Headhunters can dig... Buy the LP HERE Check out the album HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-HhaxKonQ&list=OLAK5uy_kA7iU3XJYEp-l_VS9-QxH683t9IYydjk0&ab_channel=HerbieHancock-Topic
BBE Music presents a brand new album celebrating one of Philadelphia soul music’s most iconic figures, Teddy Pendergrass, remixed by pioneering producer and engineer, John Morales. This exploration of 1970s Philly soul at its apex focuses on one of the era’s defining voices, Theodore DeReese Pendergrass. Born in Philadelphia in 1950, Pendergrass sang church music at age two, and was ordained a minister at ten years old. Having learned drums and played in local bands during his teens, at 20 he was hired as a drummer for the Blue Notes by group leader Harold Melvin. After being spotted singing along...
