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New Releases – Friday, 22nd October

We are delighted to present Wants List 5 , a Soul Brother 30th anniversary edition on CD ,  (LP to follow, most likely in 2022) A compilation of Rare Groove classics and rarities. As a few of you have asked, Laurence will sign copies (please order the signed copy option). Nubya Garcia has a remix of The Source album : Source We Move on Cd and limited LP.  There is a major discovery of John Coltrane A Love Supreme -  Live in Seattle an unreleased live version of his seminal album, and the latest in the Blue Note Classic series of analogue...
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New Releases and Pre Orders | Friday, 15th October 2021

Cornell CC Carter returns with another strong independent Soul album 'Next Life' . The fabulous Daptone Super Soul revue album is now out on CD, Bad bad Not Good have a good new album ft Brandee Younger, Terrance martin and many others, and there are new albums from Herb Alpert and Jam & lewis. Norah Jones has a Christmas album and there is another classic James Brown album 'Hot Pants' released on CD. There are some good Jazz Vinyl reissues this week two Horace Tapscott Nimbus albums on Pure Pleasure,  Yusef Lateef great 'Blue Lateef' is back on stock, Freddie Hubbard...
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New Releases and Pre Orders – Saturday, 09th October

The amazing Daptone Super Soul Revue concert is captured on a 5LP set, Cd to follow , I was privileged to witness the entire 3 hour continuous show at Shepherds Bush Empire,  this album was recorded at the famous Apollo Theatre NY in December 2014, possibly the last time that Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley played together with all these great artists and musicians. Kool And The Gang return with their first new album in 14 years. There are two great reissues on the Black Jazz label on both CD and LP from Walter Bishop and Rudolph Johnson and we are back in stock...
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New Releases Friday 1st October 2021

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad bring us Jazz Is Dead 9 - The Instrumentals , seeming completing their series. Wayne Shorter 'All Seeing Eye' is the latest album in the Blue Note Tone Poet Series. Full Flava have a remix Double CD and Paprika Soul reappear with a nice album with takes on classic Soul and Jazz tracks along with remixes. The Steely Dan and Donald Fagan Live albums are now also out on vinyl and we are back in stock of Lady Blackbird 'Black Acid Soul' on Cd and LP - see her on Later with Jools Holland...
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New Releases and Pre Orders | Friday, 24th

One of the finest contemporary Soul male vocalists Anthony Hamilton returns with his first album in a few years, we have missed his rich tones. Trumpeter  Theo Croker has a new album, which like the Hamilton set, reflects on our music's great history. Web Web & Max Here have a very nice contemporary spiritual Jazz album and Al Green's hits are given an orchestral backing. Kent have a superb new compilation 'Can I Be A Witness'  featuring many previously unreleased and rare tracks from the Stax vaults. There are two new Audiophile quality Blue Note reissues from Herbie Hancock and Eric Dolphy in...
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New Releases and Back In Stock Rarities

Lady Blackbird's long awaited debut album 'Black Acid Soul' is finally here in limited quantities, grab this while you can.  Vincent Ingala keeps the Smooth Jazz flame alive and there is a good Sweet inspirations 3cd Atlantic recordings set. James Brown's second best album (after The Payback) 'There It Is' gets a welcome CD release, and there is a good Belgium Jazz retrospective 'Utopic Cities'. Two of The Isley Brothers early 70's T neck albums get a limited edition coloured vinyl release '3+3' and 'Givin it Back' .There are four albums on the superb Mad about records label his week,...
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New Releases and Pre Orders

Carmichael Musiclover returns with another strong album 'Slow Motion' and we are back in stock of his 'Lifeline' and 'The Best Thing Yet' CDs.  Thomas Motter has created another good contemporary Soul/Jazz album 'Time' featuring many great vocalists inc Le Nora Jaye, Princess Freesia, Karl Freeson, Ty Causey and many more. Aretha Franklin has her first ever career wide compilation including some unreleased tracks, available on CD, 4CD box set and 2LP set. Art Blakey 'Moanin' in the Blue Note classic LP series is finally available, and a rare 60's British Jazz album from The New Jazz Orchestra is reissued on vinyl. Al-Dos...
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New Releases And Pre-Orders

Brandee Younger's major label debut on Impulse! 'Somewhere Different' is now available on LP as well as CD. Leon Bridges and The Bamboos have new retro sounding Soul albums, and Jorja Smith is now out on Vinyl as well. Ace have two good Soul Compilation CDs featuring Norman Whitefield productions and Motowen girls. Lee Morgan 'Complete Live at the Lighthouse' is a very limited edition 5CD set, vinyl 12LP set to follow when pressed. The latest Blue Note Tone Poet LP by Sonny Clark is now here, along with the Bill Evans Trio 64 on Acoustic Sounds, and there are vinyl issues...
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New Titles & Pre Orders | Friday, 20th August

Soul on the real side vol 12 Cd has arrived early and is shipping today, it is another good installment of this great series highlighting mainly 70's Modern Soul classics and rarities. We were lucky to discover a secret stash of copies of our 100% Pure Poison reissue LP in the factory warehouse, these are selling very fast, so please order your copy today if you don't already own this great Soul and Funk album. The latest two albums in the Blue note Classic 180gm Analogue LP series are here and they are two real classics,  Grant Green 'Idle moments' and Kenny Burrell 'Midnight Blue'....
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New Releases and Pre Orders | Friday 13th August 2021

Our favourite contemporary Jazz Harpist ; Brandee Younger makes her major label debut on the legendary Impulse! label with 'Somewhere Different' which includes many great players including Ron Carter on Bass and Maurice Brown on Trumpet, Cd available now, pre-order Lp for 27th August. Binker Golding has a limited edition vinyl LP 'Moon Day'.  There are some really good jazz reissues on Vinyl including Haki Madhubuti and Nation 'Medasi' a rare Spiritual jazz album including the track 'Children' which appeared on our 'African Spirits' compilation.  There is also the latest in the Blue Note Tone Poet series from McCoy Tyner, plus Pharoah Sanders live at...