New Releases There are a few nice new albums this week, but a great batch of reissues and compilations. Cherry red group have double CD anthologies from B.T.Express, Teena Marie and Johnny Nash, and Ace have 4 great comps including Pied Piper finale and More from the Other side of The Trax (stax). Masterpiece 23 will keep lovers of 80's boogie on their feet. The brilliant James Brown Funky People Vol 2 comp gets a double LP issue on get Down with the full album at a much better sound quality than the 80's issue. There are some nice 45's...
NEW RELEASES It's a great week for new releases , possibly the best of the year so far. Carmen Lundy returns with another great album 'Code Noir' , this lady has maintained a fantastic quality over her past few albums and this maintains that standard. We still have copies of Changes and Soul to Soul in stock if you missed them. Somi also returns with another great album 'Petite Afrique' another unique contemporary artist who maintains a high standard. Leela James is antoher unique voice in New soul music and her new album 'Did it for love' will please her...
New releases Jeff Lorber Fusion return with a really good album , funky fusion meets smooth jazz. There are also new albums from Billy Childs and Raul Midon plus the Aaron Abernathy album is finally back in stock on CD and LP. Reissues There are some good reissue Cd's from The Four Tops, The Dells, Jimmy Ruffin and L.A. Express pus an unissued Bill Evans. 'Lord Have Mercy' is a great comp featuring 27 Soulful gospel tracks from the Checker label. The brilliant Chicago soul comp : This love is Real is now back in stock on CD. New Vinyl...
New Releases Jeb Loy Nichols may be a new name to many of you, but he has been around a little while , his debut album 'Country Hustle' is an intriquing mixture of soul and country/bluegrass. it is a lovely album, also check his limited edition 10" mini album 'Ya Smell Me' which we still have a few copies of. The Jazzman series 'Spiritual Jazz' reaches its seventh volume with 'Islam' a collection of great tracks that take you to a higher level inspired by their religion. Kaidi Tatham has a strong Ep 'Changing Times'. Pre-orders Pre-order for next week...
It's a great week for New titles on Vinyl. Thundercat 'Drunk' 4 x 10" box set has arrived but is likely to be in quite limited supply and the CD is still in stock but selling fast. Omar 'love in beats' LP has now finally arrived. BadbadNotgood 'IV' is an interesting new jazz album and the Chip Wickham 'La Sombra' LP and CD are finally back in stock but in limited supply. George Anderson (of Shakatak) has a good new album. There are some nice reissues this week with Double CD Anthologies from Norman Connors and Mothers Finest. There are...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
