There may not be that many new releases this week but the Quality is high. Phil Perry's smooth delivery has enchanted us for 30 years, and his new album of covers 'Say Yes' will delight his many fans. Lynn Marie is a new name to us but the Detroit vocalist with a great voice has made 2 previous albums before 'Phoenix' , but this will be the album that puts here firmly on the map, Quality female soul. Honey La Rochelle featured on the Soul Independence comp, and her debut album 'Yes feeling' has many highlights. Two of Johnny Guitar...
Another fine week for releases. Nicole Willis and the Soul investigators have produced a good retro sounding album, the Kebo Music presents the Experience advised a couple of weeks ago is now in stock, the Record Kicks label celebrates 10 years with a great comp that includes many unreleased tracks, Boz Scaggs has made an album in the Royal Studios in Memphis and the Sidewinders have a great album of Blue Note Hard Bop covers. The three Ace comps are up to their usual high standard, the two ozone 2 albums on 1 have finally landed and there is a...
New Releases It's another great week for new releases and reissues. Bilal has returned to his Soul roots and made an interesting album. Seravince is a great slightly left field jazz album in the style of Kaidi Tatham. Alice Russell and Terri Lyne Carrington have come up with the goods again, and on the smooth side of jazz Paul Hardcastle and Marion Meadows will help you chill out. Nat Birchall 's debut album 'Sixth Sense is excellent and available to wide audience in limited quantities. Reissues and comps Loads of great reissues this including Cameo 'Knights of The Sound table' on...
What a Great week for new releases. Will Downing finally releases his first independent album 'Silver' which features some of the tracks from his 3 EP's plus some new tracks. Kat Webb has made a nice independent soul album and Tatiana Lady May Mayfield bridges Soul and jazz on her excellent album. Johnny Conga has made a great contemporary Latin jazz album. Also check the Kebo Music presents The Experience in early next week featuring artists like LeNora Jaye and Lasonya Gunter. Also two great compilations this week in Disco Love and Soul Spectrum Records and fine reissues from Pockets,...
There are two excellent jazz albums this week. Firstly from Detroit/|Tribe trombonist Phil Ranelin who has made a great contemporary Spiritual Jazz album very much in the style of his classics from the 70's. Secondly Modern Sounds of Italy 3 provides a good introduction to the great new jazz coming out of that country. Osunlade creates a very moody album , which is only being released on Vinyl. The original album series titles comprise of 5 albums from each artist, the Tower of Power set includes their five great 70's albums recorded for Warner brothers featuring Lenny Williams and is...
There are two really good new Soul albums from Germany this week showing good contemporary soul music can still be made with old school values and utilising real instruments. Check out Onita Boone and the various singers on Moon Base hope you enjoy them as much as us. Sam Dees classic 'Show Must Go on' finally gets a full CD release and most of his other Atlantic non-album sides are included as bonus tracks. Tower of Power's 5 Warner Brothers albums featuring Lenny Williams are now available in an incredible value for money original album series pack. There are also...
What a great week for releases and re-issues. Gaetano Partipilo has released one of the best new Italian Jazz albums for a couple of years to bring some warmth during this cold January, absolute quality album. Charlie Wilson has a good new set and the very limited (250) Valentine Brothers 45 is a monster sounding substantially better on vinyl than the CD cut, and with a great flipside as well, making it an essential purchase. There are some killer reissue CD's this week Marvin Gaye Trouble Man Deluxe edition, Tyrone Davis in The Mood, Billy Paul Going East, the two...
The best of this week's releases...
2012 is nearly over and there are some good new releases to see us into 2013. Drummer Drew Shultz has assembled an amazing array of Soul artists on his debut album. Ervin Pope has made a sophisticated contemporary jazz album that should appeal to smooth jazzers and new soul fans. There are also good smooth jazz albums from Mark Adams, JJ Sansaverio and Rocco Ventrella, and a great comp of 70's material from the NY Rojac and Tayster labels. 100's of titles reduced to £9.99 each /5 for £40 We are delighted to offer many selected CD titles from the...
Just a few days before Christmas and there are still a few good quality new releases arriving. It’s good to hear Rance Allen's big deep soulful voice again, and he has a good gospel soul album. 3 brave souls is a very interesting jazz fusion album. There are also quality reissues from Love Peace and Happiness and New Birth, a couple of Lovers Rock classics and a few Christmas albums to get you in the mood. Today 20th December is the last recommended day for posting order 1st class to arrive for Christmas, so please order before 3pm so we can...
