There are some good new releases, reissues and restocks this week. First up we have a nice retro soul album from Dutch group The Tibbs, a new Jazz groove Ep from Niji and a direct to tape live Abdullah Ibrahim 3lp/2cd set recorded at the Barbican. Grupo Irakere have a great reissue in Mr Bongo, Arc have a Roberta Flack unreleased lost tapes LP, and Ace a comp of Calvin Arnold, and the AAA mastered edition of Gil Scott Heron 'Free Will'.. There are 4 new Fela Kuti vinyl reissues and a rare Terumasu Hino LP. There's a new 45...
There are some good new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Trumpeter Keyon Harold has a new album 'Foreverland' ft Robert Glasper, Common, PJ Morton, Jean Baylor , Laura Mvula and other guests. Canadian fusion band Four80East also has a new album. There is a great Archie Bell 5cd set featuring their 7 albums on Atlantic and Philadelphia plus 16 non album bonus tracks. Airto and Flora Purim have a 3cd compilation on BBE featuring 37 of their tracks. There are a couple of Japanese CDs which are one off's. 'Key To Out Love Vol 2' is a 10 track...
Soul singer Joe Leavy has graced us with a fantastic new 11 track album 'Soul On Fire'. Many of you may know Joe for the track 'Inside You', a stand out tune which was a huge number 1 soul hit on the UK soul chart a few years ago and features on this album. The rest of the album has a nice mix of tunes, track two is a lovely stepper featuring singer Jeanette Harris, a nice ballad features on track three with 'Love All The Hurt Away' with track four 'Give It Right' and five 'Let It Go' occupying...
The annual Luxury Soul 3CD box set is a highlight for this time each year and 2024 is no exception with 35 quality new soul tracks, many making their first appearance on a CD. There are two good very limited edition 45s from French producer Masterfonk one featuring Howard Johnson the other Tracy Hamlin available in very small quantity. Reissues include classic Jazz albums from Thelonious Monk and Cannonball Adderley and we are back in stock of many classic albums on vinyl from Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, George Benson and soul from Erykah Badu, Etta James and James...
There are loads of great releases , reissues and restocks this week. Firstly we have new albums from Supershy (Tom Misch) soulful house, Isiah Collier and The Bamboos, and a Christmas album from Samara Joy. We have a catch up on quite a lot of Blue Note Tone Poets and Classic album series releases and some other good Jazz reissues on vinyl. The long awaited unreleased Wes Montgomery and Les McCann CDs are here plus vinyl on the McCann. We are also back in stock of many great albums that we haven't seen for a while including Johnny Hammond Gears,...
It's a week before and we still have some great new releases, reissues and restocks. Nat Birchall has a brand new spiritual jazz LP, plus a new CD from Ambrose Akinmusire. There's also good reissues of classic jazz and blues LP's and a rare boogie 12" on freestyle and a new northern soul dancer from The Faithful Brothers. We are back in stock of the two Lovelites albums both on CD and LP in limited quantities plus other great albums. If you haven't seen it yet check out our feature of Christmas Gift Ideas from yesterday, lots of great boxsets,...
There are some good new albums, singles, reissues and back in stocks this week. Output/Input's album is now available on LP as well as CD and it is one of the Soul albums of the year. Aretha Franklin has a 5CD/6LP box set featuring her albums from 1970-74 with many additional tracks and alternative versions. Brian Auger Oblivion Express has a complete 6CD box set. Spiritual Jazz Vol 15 is a tribute to John Coltrane and there is a 70s soul comp 'I Got Soul- Groove wash'. Tidal Waves have two reissue rare Jazz albums from James Dallas and Curtis...
Kent records have discovered a great unreleased version of the Anderson Bros massive Modern soul anthem 'I Can See Him Loving You' by the Mayberry Movement, with even more soulful vocals, this a great 45. They also have an unreleased Dee Ervin track and classic early 70s break track from Tommy Youngblood. Rockie Robbins 4 albums from 1979-85 are issued on two great 2 on 1 CDs on Expansion. Our friend drummer Myele Manzanza has 'Crisis & Opportunity vol 4' on LP, showing a darker and more reflective side to his music. Wes Montgomery and Wynton Kelly have an unissued...
Paulette McWilliams returns with a long overdue album, finally available on CD to give us some quality new soul. Brit Funk Association make a great tribute to the Jazz Funk masters within 'Ancestral Voices'. The Brand New heavies have a good Best Of compilation and Disco Giants vol 18 has some great in demand tracks. There are 3 reissues of rare TK funk and soul albums from 13th Floor, Joey Gilmore and Miami, plus Roy Ayers has a brilliant double sider 45 from his Virgin ubiquity series. We are back in stock of many titles that we haven't seen for...
There are some good new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Shaila Prospere returns with a good new album 'Share Your Love' as does Ty Causey with 'Faithful & True' both in limited quantities. Dave Lee has recorded the AC Soul Symphony available as two double lps, cd to follow. There is also a retakes Ep from Moonchild 'Reflection's and a Southern Soul/Blues album from Emma Wilson. Outta Sight have a really good modern soul LP 'Big Time Lover' featuring many of the tracks from Soul On the Real Side vol 15 CD. Tidal Waves release Errol Stubbs 1986 album...
