Classic Brit Funk band Beggar & Co have revisited some of their best loved tracks and remixed and remastered them to great effect. Jeb Loy Nichols has been bubbling along underground for a few years with some nice albums, but teaming up with Cold Diamond and Mink may well bring him to a lot more people's attention. Dunn Debrett Quintet have made a really nice deep Jazz album during lockdown featuring many great UK Players and including Nathan Haines on flute, available in limited quantities. There are some great Jazz vinyl reissues this week from Shamek Farrah & Folks, Doug...
RSD2021 Drop TWO: The shop will be open from 0800 AM and close at 17:00 PM. The pavement outside the shop will be stickered where customers can stand/queue. In the event of a long queue forming before we open, customers are asked to respect the residents of the adjoining Millbrook Court and keep a wide corridor open for them to enter/exit the building safely. We will be restricting entry to 2 people at a time. We ask that customers bring with them a printed wish list (ideally in the same order as the rsd list) . We will collect and...
We have something of a rarity these days, a new Soul CD this week from Raheem DeVaughn with Apollo Brown 'Lovesick'. The Mighty Mocambo's 2066 gets a limited Gold vinyl issue and our old friend Jasper The Vinyl Junkie presents a CD/3LP+7" compilation of Vinyl Junkie Thangs ! There are the latest two in the Blue note Tone Poet album series from Art Blakey and Curtis Amy, both great albums. Quincy Jones classic 'The Dude' gets a 40th Anniversary remastered vinyl issue and Herbie Hancock's all time classic Jazz-Funk album 'Manchild' gets a welcome analogue 180gm issue. Rare albums from Frank Derrick Total Experience and Ron...
Record Store Day Hip-Hop, Reggae, Soundtrack and World titles for the June 12th drop are finally here. Titles are all limited and available in-store only from 0800 AM – 1800 PM, after which the remaining titles will become available online.
Record Store Day Jazz and Blues titles for the June 12th drop are finally here. Titles are all limited and available in-store only from 0800 AM – 1800 PM, after which the remaining titles will become available online.
Record Store Day Rock titles for the June 12th drop are finally here. Titles are all limited and available in-store only from 0800 AM – 1800 PM, after which the remaining titles will become available online.
Record Store Day Soul and Funk titles for the June 12th drop are finally here. Titles are all limited and available in-store only from 0800 AM - 1800 PM, after which the remaining titles will become available online.
Joao Donato is the latest artist to feature in the excellent Jazz Is Dead series from Adrian Younge and Ali Shaeed Muhammad. Rebecca Vasmant is another new British Jazz artist with love from Glasgow, and Peckham's finest Ruby Rushton release a 4 track 12" EP Gideon's Way. Gilles Peterson showcase MV4 gets welcome repress on White Vinyl, and Soul Jazz have a great compilation of Cuban music. There is a new 45 on the Kent City label from The Opals and we are back in stock of some long out of stock Cherry Red CDs. Next Saturday 12" June is Record...
There are loads of great releases this week , something for everybody. Logan Richardson has made a really nice Jazz/|Soul album 'Afrofuturism, Gizelle Smith returns with another raw funky soul album and there are new albums from Immanuel Wilkins, Mark Letteri,Gianni Brezzo and finally availablev on vinyl Aaron Frazer. Great reissues from Curtis Mayfield (ltd blue vinyl), rare funk/soul from Carl Smith, three great titles on Black Jazz from Doug Carn ft Jean Carn and Gene Russell, rare Jazz/Soul from Greenflow and classic vocal jazz from Abbey Lincoln amongst others. Kent have two CD comps, Disco Giants 16 and we are back in stock...
Get on board the Soul Train is the first volume of the limited edition 50th Anniversary box sets from the Philadelphia International label featuring eight early albums from the label on remastered Cds plus a bonus 12" single and book about the label. Adrian Younge 'American Negro' album is now out on double vinyl and new London Jazz is represented by Kiwi drummer Myele Manzana ft Ashley Henry, Mark Declive Lowe and more. Pharoah Sanders' magnificent 'Rejoice' double LP is reissued in Pure Pleasure's analogue Theresa label series. P.P also have three albums from the Nimbus label this week with Nate Morgan...
