Keni Burke released his in demand 'Changes' album in 1982. It contains his all time classic 'Risin To The Top' an 80s Soul and Modern Soul anthem, which has retained its freshness and appeal throughout the past 40 years. 'Hang Tight' is boogie dancer with a little more tempo which illustrates Keni's bass playing. The horn backed 'Can't Get Enough (Do It All Night)' another uptempo song which has an EWF feel in places, and 'Shakin' has a more electronic funk approach. 'One Minute More' is a nice mid tempo floater that provides a good contrast to the more uptempo...
Collins and Collins recorded their only album at Sigma Sound Philadelphia in 1980. It contains their marvelous Modern Soul dancer anthem 'Top Of The Stairs' written by Ashford and Simpson. 'You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good' is a lovely mid tempo rare groove two stepper that has a similar feel to William DeVaughn 'Be Thankful '. 'Do You Wanna Dance' and 'Please Don't Break My Heart' are early 80s style funky soul dancers and 'Can't Turn Down Love' a nice mid tempo stepper. Strong Soul album that has been in demand for many years. To listen and...
The Blackbyrds initially met each other through shared musical study at Howard University in Washington D.C in the early seventies, an institution that turned out the likes of Leroy Hutson, Roberta Flack—who wrote the sleeve liner—and Donny Hathaway. Enter professor Donald Byrd, the head of the Black Music Department at Howard, who formed the group from some of the finest young players in his student pool. The Blackbyrds were initially borne from a requirement for Byrd to have a band to open for him at his gigs. Before long, Byrd shrewdly saw the real value and potential of the Blackbyrds,...
This compilation highlights the Soul and Disco club scene from 1974-75 before it was termed disco. It is a strong comp and featuring many uptempo soul classics from the time including the wonderful Blue Magic 'Welcome To The Club', Ben E King 'Supernatural Thing', Eddie Kendricks 'Date With The Rain', Gloria Scott 'Just As Long as We're Together', Sons Of Robin Stone 'Got To Get You Back', Ecstasy Passion And Pain 'Good Things Don't Last Forever', Creative Source 'You Can't Hide Love' and Harold Melvin 'Wake Up Everybody'. Ronnie McNeir underrated 'Wendy Is Gone', Margie Joseph excellent 'I Can't Move...
Acantha Lang from New Orleans releases her much anticipated independently produced debut album ‘Beautiful Dreams’ . It has that authentic 70’s Southern Soul sound with Horns, Funky Guitar licks and Fender Rhodes, topped by Acantha’s beautiful sweet soulful voice and is likely to be one of the best Soul albums of 2023. It is full of great meaningful songs, sung to perfection and great musicianship. ‘Sugar Woman’, ”Ride This Train’ and ‘Come Back Home’ are great mid tempo soul songs with punchy horn riffs. ‘Beautiful Dreams’ is a really nice Southern soul funky groove. ‘He Said She Said’ and ‘River...
Check out our selection of Latin and Brazilian LPs, perfect music for the long, hot summer days that we've been enjoying. Ranging from New York salsa, Venezuelan salsa, Brazilian Balanço and Latin infused US jazz and jazz-funk. Many of these titles are one offs and deadstock, along with a number of newer releases from the Craft label which are similar in quality to the likes of the Tone Poet series, even remastered by Kevin Gray. Order early to avoid dissappointment. Serving suggestions: enjoy underneath a parasole with meat grilling over charcoal and a cold beverage in hand! Happy diggin' Will...
McCoy Tyner’s 1968 Blue Note album Time For Tyner sees a luxury reissue package on the Tone Poet Series, featuring a gatefold tip-on sleeve and a remastering from the original analogue tapes from Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. It was recorded in May 1968 at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, although the session seems to have been produced by Duke Pearson rather than studio namesake Rudy. A quartet set up, it features Tyner on piano, bassist Herbert Lewis, drummer Freddie Waits and melodic percussionist Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone and marimba, who had recorded an album as...
Trumpeter, multi instrumentalist and former Impromp2 singer Johnny Britt returns with a new album 'After We Play' joined by many fine musicians. Tom Browne plays trumpet on the appropriately funky jam 'Ain't Nothin But The Funk' . Peter White plays acoustic guitar on the subtle smooth jazz instrumental 'After We Play'. Will Downing sings on the beautiful down tempo 'Butterflies'. 'Summer Love' is a nice mid tempo groover that features Gerald Albright on Bass. 'Ocean Waves' is a dreamy vocal track ft Craig T Cooper on Guitar and Blair Bryant on bass. Ricky Peterson plays organ and Piano on 'Hold...
Little is known about Louisiana born vocalist Carol “Zorina” London other than that at some point in her early adolescence she moved to the Bay View area of San Francisco, a city that she would remain in for most of her professional career. Zorina showed promise early on as a professional model, winning both the Top Bay Area Model Award and the Knights of Honour Beauty Pageant in 1972, while also moonlighting at San Francisco’s Playboy Club. She would manufacture her experiences into a singing career, working with the likes of comedian Prof. Irwin Corey, Carol Channing and Randy Crawford....
The first album from Bronx based outfit the Rhythm Makers, who went on to form GQ. Superlative disco-funk, recorded on Vigor which was a subsidiary of De-lite—this pressing reissued courtesy of Be With Music. Recorded and mixed in Philadelphia at the De-Lite Recorded Sound Studio, the signature is similar to other contemporary disco-funk groups on De-lite; think Made in USA, Crown Heights Affair, even some of Kool and the Gang’s mid-seventies output. When the album originally came out, a big club track in the UK and the US was Zone, pressed up as a UK seven on Polydor and in the...
