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New releases and pre-orders | 3rd March 2017

New Releases Its a great week for Modern Soul 45's with the heavily in demand Maureen Bailey 'Takin my time with you', Bobby Sheen 'Something new to do' and Tearra 'Just loving you' all in today.  Don't miss out on these great records whilst they are available at a fraction of the cost of an original. Also in this week is great double CD covering Donald Byrd's Elektra recordings, a nice Moments 2 albums on one CD  and a range of Sony legacy Jazz Connoisseur CDs. Omar instore signing and meet 'n greet! Omar will be in store next Sat...
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New releases 24th February 2017 | Pre-orders

New Releases There are a lot of releases this week, and some strong albums. Thundercat is 'Drunk'  and the CD has arrived today, the Vinyl will be on 14th March. Charlie Wilson is 'In it to win it' and Phil Perry 'Breathless' both strong albums. Jose James new album is the appropriately titled 'In a time of madness' in a more Soul/R&B mode than his previous albums. Rick Braun has a great smooth jazz album 'Around the Horn'. and there is an interesting Southern Soul/Blues album from Izo Fitzroy. This Love is real is a great compilation of lesser known...
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New releases and Pre-orders | 17th February 2017 | Blue Note sale/5 for £25 deal added

New Releases It's a great week for reissue 45's. We have two superb singles on our own Soul Brother label , the very sought after two step classic 'Touch Me take me'  from Rita Wright and the brilliant Latin/Funk-Soul of Harlem River Drive 'Idle Hands' b/w 'Seeds of Life' . There is also a great double A sider from Sylvia Striplin on Expansion with her classic 'Give me Your Love' and 'You Can't turn me away'.  Tommy MCGhee classic 2-step/modern soul 'Now that i have you' is reissued on Numero. There is also a nice mid temp soul cut by...
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New releases and Pre-orders | 10th February 2017

NEW RELEASES It is the best week of the year so far for releases. Ropeadope have 3 really good new albums, Nate Smith delivers a lovely Jazz album with vocal tracks, Nicolas Payton has created an excellent deep jazz album in Afro Caribbean mix tape, and trumpeter David Weiss a good modal and hard bop set. There is  also another good set from Jeremy Pelt and  great tribute to Eddie Palmieri from Charlie Sepulveda both on High note. REISSUES There are some good compilations, BBE have a 3CD epic Men in the Glass Booth with some great disco/soul tracks. Nighttime...
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New releases and Pre-Orders | 3rd February 2017

NEW RELEASES The Aaron Abernathy album is now out on Vinyl, and Ola Onabule's great  'It's Peace that deafens' is finally available from us on CD. REISSUES The big news of the week is a batch of CD titles from the great Inner City label., with some great fusion albums from Judy Roberts, Michal Urbaniak etc, which have not been available on CD before. VINYL There are some good title on Vinyl, with Bugge Wesseltoft 'New Conception of Jazz' and some classic Blues and reggae titles.  Check out the Johnny Stark modern soul 45 on Tramp. PRE-ORDERS - COMING NEXT...
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New releases and pre-orders | 27th January 2017

NEW ARRIVALS We have the best week of the year for new releases this week. Omar returns with Love in beats a fine set available now on CD,  the Vinyl has been delayed until early March due to a production problem.360 Band feature member of the Average White band and their album 'Three Sixty' has an AWB feel to it. new soul singer Aaron Abernathy (A.B) you may remember from his previous album about 10 years ago. Vibration Black Finger is a killer heavy jazz fusion album in the style of Bitches brew, only available on LP featuring former BNH...
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New releases and pre-orders | 20th January 2017

New Releases Chip Wickham has made a great new Jazz album to give us one of the first New albums of 2017. The album has shades of 60's Dancefloor Jazz and is well worth checking out. Lori Williams has a really nice vocal jazz album in the style of Dianne Reeves.  Ken Navarro has a nice smooth jazz album ,and there's a good jazz album from One for All. Judy Roberts Band album is finally available on CD. Billy Hawks brilliant Oh Baby is released on a 4 track Ep,  and Eddie Parker's great 'Body Chains' is on a brilliant...
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New arrivals and Pre-orders | 13th January 2017

New releases Shabaka and the Ancestors have made a great deep spiritual jazz album on Brownswood which is now in stock on CD and LP. Reissues There is a good Double CD anthology of the Manhattans Columbia recordings. There are also good reissues from The Delfonics, Choice Four, Kellee Patterson, Fredi Grace, The Suttons, and Soiree (ft Luther Vandross). Pre-orders Check the pre-order section here for great new albums from Chip Wickham (next week), Omar (27th) . There is a great limited editions compilation on BBE on 27th Man behind the Glass Booth we are taking pre-orders for the 3CD...
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New releases and pre-orders | January 6th 2017

New Releases Luxury Soul 2017 CD has arrived and is shipping today. The Tribe Called Quest album is now available on Vinyl. There are a couple of great vinyl compilations new Orleans Soul Vol 4 and This is Fame. Leon Haywood intimate gets a UK CD release and there are some great new 45's from Kent and a funky one from Speedometer. Pre-order Pre-order for next week good reissues from The Manhattans, Kellee Patterson, and more, plus later in the month Omar and Chip Wickham You can see all the pre-order items here Albums Of The Month We have now...
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New releases and pre-orders | 30th December 2016

The final week of the year and we have quite a few good new releases arriving. Shabaka and the Ancestors have made a great Deep jazz album on Brownswood due in either today or Tuesday. Georgie B returns with the Groove Asscociation for a Soul Family Affair with a real 80's soul throwback sound. Slowly Moving Camera have a very intriguing hipnotic album that has Jazz and indie rock music and very soulful vocals. On the reissues at last we have a great Archie Bell and the Drells double Cd anthology, The Pockets 'So Delcious' , plus back in stock...