Good, varied compilation that pulls together the 17 seven inch singles on the gospel division of Stax Records, both A and B sides. Highlights are many on a set that shows the broad sweep of styles from out and out gospel to soulful numbers and funkier moments. The Rance Allen Group feature heavily with cuts like 'Just My Salvation' (based on the Temptations hit) the thumping funky dancer 'Gonna Be A Showdown', the sublime 'I Know A Man Who', and the energetic 'I Gotta Be Myself' among their best, Joshie Jo Armstead's in demand modern soul 'I Got The Vibes'...
Australian 9-piece Spiritual Jazz group Menagerie return with their highly anticipated third album ‘Many Worlds’. Lead by the superbly talented Lance Ferguson ‘Many Worlds’ features some of Australia’s finest musicians, including pianist Mark Fitzgibbon (a regular performer at Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge’s original Dingwalls sessions), drummer Daniel Farrugia and renowned saxophonist Phil Noy (The Bamboos). Inspired by both the post-Coltrane generation of the 70’s, labels like Strata-East, Impulse! and Tribe, Menagerie also sit within the current ‘New Wave of Jazz’ and will appeal to fans of Kamasi Wrshington, Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia among others. The punchy ‘Hope’ is...
Organist Doug Carn teams up with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad for the fifth installment of their Jazz is Dead series. Carn plays Hammond B3 on the eleven tracks written for the album ‘Lions Walk’ is a hard hitting uptempo groove featuring great drumming from Malachi Morehead and Alto Sax from Gary Bartz. The Latin-esq ‘Nunca Um Malandro’ shifts along nicely. ‘Desires’ is a hypnotic slow burner that builds with intensity as it grooves along. ‘Desert Rain’ is another mid tempo funky organ groove with nice horn backing. ‘Processions’, ‘Dimensions’ and ‘Freedom at Sunset’ are slightly complicated hard hitting...
The 1970 debut album from Kool and the Gang scored a couple of hits with 'The Gangs Back Again' and the title cut, but more importantly, it heralded the arrival of what was to become a juggernaut on the R&B scene. This all-instrumental record is years away from the commercial successes of 'Jungle Boogie' and 'Celebration,' and a few light years away stylistically, too. But that unique mixture of jazz, funk, and R&B punctuated by those tremendous horn arrangements (and some great drum breaks) that characterizes Kool and the Gang at its best is here in full force. Tracks like...
***Warehouse find - last copies*** 16 Great 70’s Modern soul classics heavily featured on Sean Robbins Sunday morning shows. Inc the dancers Dells ‘Don’t trick Me Treat me’, Grace Jones ‘Sorry’, Caroline Crawford ‘Nice Feeling’ , Leon Thomas ‘Love Each Other’, Pulse ‘Sunshine’, Mac Davies ‘I’m Just In love’, Anthony White ‘Yes You Need Love’, Dramatics ‘No Rebate On Love’, Mary Mundy ‘You’re Putting a Hurt on me’ , Drifters ‘Put Your Little Heart Out’ , Tobi Kang ‘I Just Want To Love You’ , Major Lance ‘Don’t you Know I Love You’ and Presidents ‘Its All Over’, plus the...
We have just discovered a small amount of these in storage after years of thinking they had sold out. Now commonly selling for over £20 on Discogs these are unplayed, sealed copies. Outta sight return with another selection of new and vintage ‘modern soul’ sounds and as ever the quality is strong. This time they’ve picked up on a cross section of the hard to find, classic and long dormant sounds. The UK’s J.A.L.N Band’s ‘Let Do It Now’ sounds bright, Tomorrow Edition’s ‘Be Real’ has long been an underground favourite while ZZ Hill’s ‘Universal Love’ is rightly gaining popularity....
Originally a CD only release from 2004, sixteen years later this now highly sought after album is finally available on a double purple vinyl release in very limited quantities (200 copies) The pulsating 80s throwback dancer ‘Keep On Going’ kicks things off in retro style while the slower tempo of ‘Say the Same’ has a late 90s feel. The soulful R&B ‘Cheatin’ On Me’ takes us back to the early Y2k UK scene, the funky edged Bernard Wright penned stepper ‘Destiny’ offers yet more shade while the mid tempo modern ‘I Can Tell’ is another highlight. Lead vocal duties are...
This 16 track odyssey takes us through some blistering re-workings of classic Blue Note recordings from the far and near past, all interpreted by some of the brightest jazz artists of the current age. Jorga Smith’s pulsating take on St Germain’s club classic ‘Rose Rogue’ is a superb opener, Ezra Collective’s head nodding take on Wayne Shorter’s ‘Footprints’ while Poppy Aduja takes Hancock’s ‘Watermelon Man’ into new directions. Jordan Rakei does a great job with Donald Byrd’s ‘Wind Parade’, Nubya Garcia gives Joe Henderson’s ‘A Shade of Jade’ a funky twist while there are brilliant contributions from Yamzin Lacey, Shabaka...
The much anticipated Luxury Soul series is back for 2021 with Luxury Soul Family, and again we have another generous offering of 35 indie soul gems including cuts by Myles Sanko, Joe Leavy, Mama’s Gun Citrus Sun and Agape Soul. The compilation mines a groove of never-before on CD or vinyl as well as popular and more underground cuts from recent times. Kloud 9, Incognito and Tristan will be familiar names but more obscure acts such as Strike One, True Music Group and Sandra Mae-Lux will be new to many. Another solid offering that will sit alongside previous volumes as...
Drummer Gorden Campbell has made a great album ‘Conversations’ with a star studded cast of musicians and singers. Kamasi Washington leads off the funky instrumental groove ‘Homeland’ . Shelia E and Paul Jackson feature on the groove ‘Song on 6’. The vocal tracks include ‘One Mind’ ft Neka a nice mid tempo song, ‘ Too many lost’ ft Gene Noble and Scott St Patrick a message song, the catchy uptempo ‘6 in the morning’, ‘ Sunday Morning’ ft P.J.Morton, ‘Whatever’ ft Alex Isley and Terrace Martin a lovely mid tempo song and ‘Honest’ ft T.J. Wilkins.Strong album that incorporates Jazz...
