Jalen Ngonda has made One of the Soul albums of the year, an excellent retro soul album heavily influenced by Marvin Gaye and one of the most soulful albums ever recorded on the Daptone label. Yussef Dayes makes his debut solo album 'Black Classical Music' a superb full on contemporary London Jazz album with a nod to Spiritual jazz a la Carlos Garnett . Matthew Halsall is firmly established as one of the UK's leading contemporary jazz artists and his new set 'An Ever Changing View' will please his fans. Euge Groove keeps the flag flying for Smooth Jazz with another...
Tenderlonious returns with a really Jazzy album on 22a 'I Don't Really Care' featuring a cover of Clifford Jordan's epic 'John Coltrane'. The Isley Brothers have an R&B /Soul new album. There are many good LP reissues this week from Dexter Wansel, MFSB, Ike & Tina Turner, Joe Henderson excellent 'Elements', Horace Tapscott, and more plus a great compilation of The Lovelites 'Love So Strong -The Lovelite Years on Lp and CD. and more. Plus we are back in stock of great albums from Tower of Power, The Meters, Lou Courtney. There are some good 45's this week from Smoke Inc, Reuben Howell, Clydene...
We are delighted that our long awaited 45 reissue of Crystal Clear 'Stay With Me' has finally arrived, it is a great rare groove 2-stepper that is also played on the modern soul scene. This completes our new series of six great very rare Soul records on 45s. You can see the complete set here, all available as regular dinked or limited edition full centre DJ Copies, there is some great 70's Soul music across these 45s. There are some great new Soul and Jazz releases this week. Output Input have produced one of the best soul albums of the...
There are some great new releases and Reissues this week. Dinner Party are Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder and they released their 2nd album 'Enigmatic Society' on Lp this week, pre-order Cd for next week. Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak Silk Sonic gets vinyl repress with an extra track. Nathan Davis classic MPS album 'Hip Walk' is remastered and reissued on LP and CD. Heart Soul & Inspiration is a super rare 1974 soul album that sees a limited edition LP reissue. Salsoul Orchestra have a double anthology 1, presumably 2 to follow. Numero present Eccentric Northern Soul on Lp...
Only a couple of new releases this week, but high on quality. Harvey Scales is best known for writing Johnnie Taylor's record breaking hit 'Disco Lady' in 1976 but he also recorded many fine Soul and Funk singles prior to this which are compiled on 'Love-itus'. Max Roach epic 'Members Dont Weary' is given a high quality reissue on ARC/Brownswood. We are back in stock of Will Downing excellent 'Pieces' album , Disco soul gold vol 1 and 2 and 'Uk Soul Chart' CDs. Our good friend Winston Edwards visited the shop in the week with a new Roots Reggae album on...
Check out this great batch of 35 Original Jazz Lp's from the new collection that has just arrived. There are many great in demand and classic titles here. These records are in outstanding hardly played condition, most are Near Mint with nice covers , many are still in shrink wrap as individually graded. All records are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other records from the same collection in Jazz-Funk Lps, Soul and Funk LPs and 12" singles to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected...
Colin Curtis has championed many great contemporary Jazz-Dance artists , so it is only natural that he should compile a superb LP featuring the best dance floor tracks from Japanese Band Indigo Jam Unit for Paul Murphy's Jazz Room label, excellent stuff. There are some nice reissue Lps this week from BGP/ACE with two funky Jazz from Guitarist Melvin Sparks and vibes player Johnny Lytle. There is a classic Bill Evans and Prince's first album 'For You' We are back in stock of rare Soul Lps from The Lovelites and Free Love, and jazz albums from Quincy Jones, Yusef Lateef and...
Check out this amazing selection of 40 Original Soul, Funk and Disco 12" singles from the new collection that has just arrived. There are many in demand titles here along with loads of classics from the late 70's and early 80s. All records listed here are in exceptional hardly played Near Mint condition and nice sleeves. All titles are one offs so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with Soul & Funk Lps and Jazz-Funk Lps from the same collection or other recently listed 12" singles here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875...
I am sure that you will join me in wishing Will Fox every success in his new job with Demon Music. Will has been our shop manager for the past 3 years and has been associated with the shop for nearly a decade making a significant contribution to Soul Brother. His last day with us is tomorrow Saturday 22nd July. It's a massive week for new releases, reissues and restocks of some great titles. Firstly another two of the Soul Brother new reissue 45's have arrived, great rare tracks from The Reason Why (prod by Willie Hutch) and The Checkmates both available as regular...
There are many great releases this week. Firstly we have 3 of the new reissue 45s on our Soul Brother label with Odyssey, New World and Mojoba rare titles on both regular and limited edition full centre DJ copies. Pre-order for 2 more coming in next week from The Reason Why and The Checkmates with Crystal Clear arriving late July/Early August. There are some good new Soul albums from Cherise 'Calling' , Mica Millar now on LP and Johnny Benavidez, plus a new smooth jazz album from Brian Simpson. The latest in the Nighttime Lovers CD series vol 34 is now in. There...
