The 10 year wait is over, our Rare groove and modern soul compilation Wants List 4 is finally here and in stock on CD. The Double Vinyl will be arriving next Friday 2nd Feb. It contains 21 fantastic 70's Soul tracks, many on CD for the first time, that highlight the brilliant quality of the music made in that decade.You can watch the video here, showcasing the tracks, enjoy. All pre-orders will be shipped today. if you are new to the series we still have copies of Wants list 2 and 3 on CD in stock. Isaiah Sharkey appeared on...
NEW RELEASES Veteran Organist Dr Lonnie Smith returns with another strong album 'All in my mind' on the legendary Blue Note label, giving 2018 a great start for Jazz.Pee wee Ellis 'Tenoration' was originally issued in 2011 but gets a new issue. Ashley Henry is another new Jazz artist with an edge to watch, whose major label debut Easter Ep out on Vinyl. There are a couple of reissue singles, classic Disco/Boogie from Venus Dodson and rare 70's Modern soul from Herby Brown, plus a few vinyl LP reissues. WANTS LIST 4 AND PRE-ORDERS Our much anticipated Wants List 4...
There are many good albums and singles this week. Six minutes til sunrise is a strong new soul album, and the every reliable Marc Staggers returns with another good album. Luxury soul 2018 is now in and its antoher great 3CD set of contemporary soul.The Brit Funk Association continue the legacy of Light of the World/Beggar & Co with another good album. There are good jazz albums from Denys Baptiste and Steve Hobbs paying tribute to Coltrane and Bobby Hutcherson respectively. Main Ingredient have a well deserved anthology and the Bar-Kays an excellent value 4 albums on 2 CD set....
This week's new releases are a small but well formed bunch with the much anticipated Luxury Soul album in either today or Monday - we may have these in store today: if you're travelling to collect from the shop please check first (020 8875 1018) Smooth voiced Marc Staggers drops a superb set of sophisticated soul sounds - this was due in today but at the time of writing we are still waiting for the delivery - again please check with us before travelling to collect. Henry Keen's brilliant debut for the aptly named Maddjazz imprint is an engaging and...
It's Christmas week and unexpectedly we have been swamped with new product and titles coming back into stock. Last posting day - today, 21st December There are some really great titles in this week. Today is the last recommended day for posting to receive before Christmas, but all these titles are available in store and we are open every day except Christmas, Boxing and New Years day. New releases Soul on the Realside vol 8 is another great comp in this excellent series. John Morales m&m Mixes vol 4 is a bumper package of new mixes from the man. Sam...
NEW RELEASES Ty Causey is the Mr Reliable of contemporary Soul, a little like a modern day Tyrone Davis having released a string of no frills good quality Soul albums most years in the last decade and a half. He returns with his second album of this year, a gospel influenced Soul album 'God is love' which is well worth checking out. Trumpeter Keyon Harrold may be as new name to us but he is accompanied by Robert Glasper, James Poyser, Terrace Martin, Bilal and Georgia Ann Muldrow and many others on his debut 'The Mugician' which is reminiscent of Glasper's early Experiement...
New Releases There are a lot of new releases and reissues this week. Funkadelic classic Westbound tracks reworked by current Detroit artists and mixers. Musiq soulchild has a double Cd that will please his fans. i2 Love music is a good contemporary soul comp incl a new Carmichael Musiclover track and there is a best of Cool million cd. The are three really good compilations, Soul Junction have 'We got a sweet thing going on vol 3' , Kent 'Northern Soul's Classiest rarities vol 6'and Vinyl Masterpeice 'Nighttime Lovers vol 27'. Also check reissue comps from James Carr, Chuck Jackson,...
New releases Crack of Dawn from Canada released two Soul albums in the late 70's and early 80's. They return after 36 years with a new strong contemporary Soul album with an old school feel, check their more up tempo version of Mel & Tim's 'Keep the Faith', but this is no one tracker. There are some strong reissues this week. The brilliant O.T. Sykes album and the Van Jones are now available on CD. On Vinyl there are two wonderful Impulse Pharoah Sanders albums which are likely to be in limited supply. The two superb Eddie Russ Jazz-Funk albums...
Syleena Johnson returns with a superb album which really is the 'Rebirth of Soul'. In collaboration with her father Syl Johnson , Syleena records great new versions of 'We Did it' and 'Is it because I'm Black' plus other classics like 'Chain of Fools' , 'Make me Yours' , 'Monkey Time' etc, with a full band backing. If released earlier, this undoubtedly would have been in our Top Soul albums of 2017. Also out this week is the Two beats one Soul CD, plus great reissues from Dave Valentin and Lyman Woodard Organisation. There is a limited edition Black Friday RSD title...
Sharon Jones sadly passed away around a year ago , but thankfully she recorded one last album 'Soul of a woman' which is now released on CD , Lp and limited edition red vinyl. Detroit's legend Amp Fiddler returns with a strong album 'Amp Dogs night' now in on CD and LP. Peckam's finest Ruby Rushton have impressed us this year with two strong albums and they make it three with Trudi's songbook Vol 2, another fine set. There are some great Jazz reissue LP's this week. Cream of the crop is Billy Parker's Forth World - 'Freedom of Speech'...
