There are some interesting new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Roy Ayers Ubiquity first album gets a 180gm reissue on Elemental who also have reissued two classic Wes Mongomery albums . The Chi-Lites 'A Lonely Man' which includes their versions of 'Inner City Blues' and 'Living In The Footsteps' has a welcome re-issue on Brunswick/ORG. There are some classic Blue Note reissues from Duke Pearson, Dexter Gordon plus Blue vinyl Herbie Hancock and Grant Green. There are quite a few nice Soul 45s , three good titles on Numero and two on Ace's new Soul Harmony subsidiary. Pre-order for 30th...
There are some interesting new releases, reissues and restocks this week. The Diplomats of Soul cover Weldon Irvine/Don Blackman 'I Love You' on a limited edition 45 available as regular dinked or full centre DJ copy. Thee Sacred Souls also have a new 45. Gary Bartz has an unreleased live album from '75 and Roland Haynes jr an unreleased jazz-funk album (sounds a little like James Mason in places). There are good reissues from Antonia Carlos Jobim, Pharoah Sanders ,Cannonball Adderley/Sergio Mendes , Four Mints plus restocks of many great titles on LP and CD including a couple from Quincy Jones who...
There are some nice reissues and restocks this week. There are two good compilations on BGP 'This is Retro Soul 1969-79' and 'This is the Breaks 1965-1975' which contain many in demand and classic tracks. There is also a nice comp of Isaac Hayes singles from 69-72, and the latest two Blue Note tone poet albums from Bobby Hutcherson and Cliff Jordan. Ace have some nice 45 reissues, two on the City label, one deep soul and a couple of classic Mirwood northern soul sides back to back. Preorder for a new limited edition Diplomats of Soul 45 cover of...
There are some great new releases and reissues this week. Angela Johnson teams up with Opolopo for the 'Best of Both Worlds' on Reel People music. Marvin Gaye's Mizell brothers-produced 'Where Are We Going' and 'Woman Of The World' make their 7" debut on Expansion available as a regular dinked or full centre DJ Copy 45. Don Blackman's classic early 80's rare groove and boogie album is reissued on coloured vinyl as are Benny Golson's 'I'm Always Dancing To The Music' and Ray Barretto's 'La Cuna'. James Brown's Funky People Volume 1 and 2 are reissued as double LPs, and...
Saturday 19th October 2024 is National Album Day and we have several of the exclusive limited edition releases for the day.
There are some great new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Firstly Kelly Finnigan has made his best album to date and one of the best new soul albums of 2024 with the retro soul 'A Lover Was Born' available on CD, black or coloured vinyl. Samara Joy has another album of classic Jazz vocal 'Portrait'. Chocolate Milk's self-titled album gets a coloured vinyl issue on Music On Vinyl. There are some great Jazz reissues including Eddie Gale's rare 'Ghetto Music', Art Blakey's brilliant 'A Night In Tunisia', Art Ensemble Of Chicago's 'Les Stances A Sophie' including 'Theme De Yoyo'...
New London Jazz keyboardist Ashley Henry finally follows up his excellent 'Beautiful Vinyl Hunter' album five years later with a new set 'Who we Are' on a new label Believe, which is sure to further enhance his reputation and also gain him some new fans. There are a couple of great double A Side reissue 45s on the Outta Sight Soul Essentials label : Freddie Terrell crossover soul 'You Had It Made' backed by the equally good Charles Williams 'Standing In The Way' and Gloria Jones original version of' Tainted Love' backed by R Dean Taylor 'There's a Ghost In My...
There are some great new releases, reissues and restocks this week. First up we have the second album from Thee Sacred souls 'Got A Story To Tell' on Penrose/Daptone available on Black or Coloured LP or CD/ It is another fine example of contemporary retro 70's harmony soul. Leon Bridges also has a new album 'Leon' his most personal set to date. At long last there is a reissue of The Vibrations rare groove classic 45 'Shake it Up' .and also Matt Covington rare 45 'Im So In love with you'. There are some amazing Jazz reissues including Luis Gasca...
There are some good new releases, reissues, restocks and this week. Nubya Garcia finally follows up her epic album 'The Source' with a new album 'Odyssey'; sophisticated new London Jazz featuring some great musicianship. Chris Bangs covers many great songs in his Jazz-house style with 'Dream World' on Acid Jazz including George Duke's classic 'My Soul', and Galliano returns after a long break with 'Half Somewhere'. Jaz Karis makes a contemporary Soul/R&B debut album 'Safe Flight'. There are some great reissues including The JB's classic 'Damn Right I'm Somebody', Wynd Chymes' 'Arrival', Ronnie McNeir's first album, Oneness of Juju's brilliant...
It's a great week for new releases this week. First up we have new albums from Allysha Joy (nice new soul), Bunn Debrett Quintet (really nice new jazz) and Richard Elliot (Smooth Jazz). There are some great Soul reissues from Willie Tee 'I'm Only A Man' (brilliant crossover soul from '69) Bobby Hutton 'A Piece Of The Action' LP/CD (cd with loads of bonus cuts) plus two 45s available as regular dinked or Limited edition full centre DJ Copies, plus Candido Salsoul disco soul LP 'Dancin and Prancin', Also some great jazz reissues this week, the highlight is Prince Lasha...
