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New Releases, Friday 4th February

Kahil El Zabar Quartet contemporary Spiritual Jazz opus 'A Time For Healing' is very apt for these times and it is finally available on limited edition Double LP as well as CD. Kenny Cox unreleased Strata Lp 'Clap Clap Your Hands' also gets a first issue on vinyl in a deluxe double LP on BBE and we still have a few copies of the CD left.  Ornette Coleman Tone Poet 6LP box set is now available in limited numbers. Sunbear Soul/Jazz-Funk album on Soul train is reissued on vinyl and we have back in stock after a long time out Chick Corea 'Return To...
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New Releases and Pre-Orders, Friday 28th January

MF Robots return with an uplifting contemporary Soul and Funk album. Lance Ferguson gives us a second volume of his Rare Groove Spectrum and Lady Blackbird 'Black Acid Soul' finally gets a full release,  we also still have some copies of the limited edition embossed cover LP back in stock. The Temptations celebrate their 60th anniversary with a new album '60'. There are some great reissues this week. John Coltrane 'Crescent' is the latest in the Acoustic Sounds Analogue series, Jazz Room have two good albums from John Patton and Sir Edward (Harold Vick), Nico Gomez rare 'Soul Of Samba'...
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New Releases and Pre-Orders, Friday 21st January 2022

Outta Sight have released a great vinyl compilation containing 13 tracks of  70's Modern Soul, including in demand cuts from Corey Blake, Barrett Strong, Daybreak , Sonya Spence and more. Speakers Corner deliver three gems in their Analogue mastered series from Fred Wesley, Allen Toussaint and Andy Bey, initially at pre-price increase prices whilst our pre-ordered stock lasts, restocks will be at their new price of £37.99. Pure Pleasure released the other great Nate Morgan album from the Nimbus label 'Retribution Reparation'. Blue Note have two more in their Analogue Classic series from Jackie McLean and Don Cherry and the superb Nils...
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New Releases, Friday 14th January 2022

The Luxury Soul 2022 CD has been well received and is a good collection of new and contemporary Soul tracks including many that have not been issued on physical formats before.Web Web and Max Herre quality Spiritual Jazz album is now available on Vinyl as well as CD. Bluey and Strata have remixed Anushka  'Bad Weather' to good effect ,now out on a limited edition 12".  There are some good vinyl reissues this week including John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard on Acoustic Sounds, and many great titles back in stock including some Black Jazz, Willie Hutch, Funkadelic, Larry Young and Ryo...
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New Releases, Friday 17th December 2021

Alex Malherios of Azymuth fine new album 'Tempos Futuros' is now available on both CD and LP, and the Jackson Conti album is also out on both formats.Veteran drummer Louis Hayes has a new album. The last two Black Jazz albums in the Real Gone music series are now available both are great albums from Doug Carn and Calvin Keys.real Gone also reissue Eddie Hazel's P-Funk rarity Games Dames and Guitar Thangs on both formats. There are vinyl reissues of lesser known Pharoah Sanders and Ahmad Jamal albums and Dr Lonnie Smith's last album 'Breathe' gets a vinyl issue. We are...
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New Releases and Pre Orders

Sorry for the delay in sending this week's new releases and for not being open on Thursday, Will unfortunately is ill with Covid we wish him better soon, so I am running the shop on my own. It's another big week for releases , especially on vinyl.  Alex Malheiros from Azymuth has a new solo album 'Tempo Futuros' on LP , pre-order the cd for next week.  Common has pt 2 of A Beautiful Revolution and Matthew Halsall has a live version of Salute To The Sun Live At Halle St Peter's. There are great reissues from Sly and the family stone 50th anniversary red vinyl...
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New Releases and Pre Orders, Friday 3rd December 2021

The Jazz is Dead series reaches no 10 with a remix album featuring mixes of one track from each of the featured artists remixed by Kaidi Tatham, DJ Spinna and Georgia Anne Muldrow amongst others. Kahil El Zabar has another good new Spiritual Jazz album and there are also new Jazz albums from Theon Cross, The Cookers, Nicolas Payton, Kenny G and Jonathan Blake, most only on CD at the moment with vinyl to come later once pressed. Floating Points album gets a limited coloured vinyl pressing, Matata 'Independence' classic afro -funk album gets a welcome vinyl reissue and there are two...
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New Releases and Pre-Orders, Friday 26th November 2021

Gregory Porter's 'Still Rising' is now available on vinyl, Low Rider Soul 2 CD compilation highlights some great mid tempo Soul ballads.  There are some good vinyl reissues this week from Charles Mingus (Acoustic sounds), Pharoah Sanders, The Meters plus a couple of great Christmas albums from Vince Guaraldi and Jackson 5.  Singles reissues from The Whatnauts and New Orleans Funk 45s from Soul Jazz. Check out our best sellers here, there have been some great albums out recently See our pre-order items here Our albums of the day features highlight some great Contemporary and Classic albums. Don't miss out on some great albums in our...
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New Titles and Pre-Orders, Friday 19th November 2021

Makaya McCraven has recorded an album covering classic Blue Note tracks 'Deciphering The Message' making them more accessible to a new audience. Ill Considered are a long standing London new jazz band who make their first distributed album 'Liminal space'  Cd out now Lp to follow in 2022. Kaidi Tatham 'Kaidi's 5ive get a limited Lp run, and Incognito have a great 106 track, 8cd retroprospective 'Always There 1981-202' including unreleased tracks and remixes. 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' is the second volume of the Philadelphia international 50th anniversary CD box sets. West Coast Revival, an almost impossible to find rare groove album, gets a welcome...