Brian Jackson is the latest great artists to work with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad in the jazz is Dead series (JID 8) , Brian made some fantastic music with Gil Scott Heron in the 70's and he is still really on point here.The much anticipated Garcia Walker & Durrell album is arriving on Monday and is one of the best new Soul albums of the year so far. Lord & Dego make a really good West London sound BrokenBeat/Nu jazz album. There are two great Black Jazz albums in the Real Gone Series this week ; The Awakening -Mirage...
There are some great new Soul albums this week from The Baylor Project, Leela James and Durand Jones & the indications. Also there are some really good jazz reissues from Bob James, Hiroshi Suzuki, Roy Brooks, Harold Land and Bill Evans (Lp next week maybe?) , Placebo and an unreleased Black Fire label album from Theatre West. Phyllis Hyman has a 9cd Box set of her albums, there is a good Deptford Northern Soul 45 and Little Esther RSD 10" has finally arrived. Please accept my apologies that we were unable to open yesterday due to zero human resources (first time in...
There are some great new releases this week with new albums from Ledisi, Conya Doss and Joel Culppper. Dexter Gordon 'Go' is in the Blue Note Classic 180gm Analogue series and there are a few late RSD arrivals from Roy Hargrove and Charles Lloyd, plus we are back in stock of Aretha Franklin and the superb 'Suite For Ma Dukes'.
RSD2021 Drop TWO: Click on see all to view all remaining stock from Record Store Day Drop 2
On Record Store Day Eve (drop 2) we have loads of great new releases and reissues. Firstly on our own Soul Brother Records label we are proud to present the Complete recordings of Wood Brass and Steel on a 2CD set, their two albums plus an unreleased 1973 album. Solar Radio present their second CD compilation More Solar Soul. Detroit sax legend Dave McMurray has a new album of Grateful Dead cover versions. London band Kokoroko have a nice 12" on Brownswood. Alice Coltrane has an unreleased album on CD and LP and 60's British Jazz is represented with a great new compilation 'Journeys in...
Check out some of our Jazz titles, availably exclusively on Records Store Day, Saturday 17th July 2021
Check out some of our Soul and Funk Titles, availably exclusively on Records Store Day, Saturday 17th July 2021
Chicago's Damon Locks returns with a second album on International Anthem available on CD, LP and limited coloured LP. Nathaniel Cross keeps the flag flying for London Jazz with a four track Ep on First Word. Southern Energy Ensemble superb 1977 album is now out on Cd and Lp. Patrice Rusdhen in demand Straight from the heart album is reissued on vinyl ,cd to follow, and there are two classic Pete Rock and CL Smooth albums on clear vinyl. Some great 45's this week with a double pack on FBI, David Batiste Funky soul, and Steve Karmen ft Jimmy Radlciffe 'Breakaway' as a stand 45 or...
Vertaal have made one of the best new London Jazz albums of the year so far in Paradigm Shifting, the coloured vinyl issue sold out very fast and now we have another very limited (300) Black vinyl edition , don't sleep on this if you missed it before. There are some good smooth Jazz albums in this week from Jeff Lorber Fusion and Brian Simpson. Southern Energy Ensemble superb Jazz and Funky Jazz album from 1977 was only ever issued in 1993 on DC label Black Fire and is now remastered and sounds fantastic. Lp this week , pre-order CD for next week.There are two more...
Hiatus Kaiyote return with their first new album in six years with 'Mood Valiant' available on CD,LP and ink spot vinyl. Hodges James and Smith recorded many albums in the 70's but now we have a CD album of early and unreleased material from 1971-73 including Carolyn Crawford. Another album of unreleased material from Bill Evans Trio is unearthed 'On a Friday Evening' from 1975 issued on Craft recordings on CD and LP,. this is likely to sell out fast on vinyl. There is also a 5cd box set 'Everybody Still Digs'. There are two Blue Note Analogue Classic Vinyl reissues from Sonny Clark...
