New London Jazz keyboardist Ashley Henry finally follows up his excellent 'Beautiful Vinyl Hunter' album five years later with a new set 'Who we Are' on a new label Believe, which is sure to further enhance his reputation and also gain him some new fans. There are a couple of great double A Side reissue 45s on the Outta Sight Soul Essentials label : Freddie Terrell crossover soul 'You Had It Made' backed by the equally good Charles Williams 'Standing In The Way' and Gloria Jones original version of' Tainted Love' backed by R Dean Taylor 'There's a Ghost In My...
There are some great new releases, reissues and restocks this week. First up we have the second album from Thee Sacred souls 'Got A Story To Tell' on Penrose/Daptone available on Black or Coloured LP or CD/ It is another fine example of contemporary retro 70's harmony soul. Leon Bridges also has a new album 'Leon' his most personal set to date. At long last there is a reissue of The Vibrations rare groove classic 45 'Shake it Up' .and also Matt Covington rare 45 'Im So In love with you'. There are some amazing Jazz reissues including Luis Gasca...
There are some good new releases, reissues, restocks and this week. Nubya Garcia finally follows up her epic album 'The Source' with a new album 'Odyssey'; sophisticated new London Jazz featuring some great musicianship. Chris Bangs covers many great songs in his Jazz-house style with 'Dream World' on Acid Jazz including George Duke's classic 'My Soul', and Galliano returns after a long break with 'Half Somewhere'. Jaz Karis makes a contemporary Soul/R&B debut album 'Safe Flight'. There are some great reissues including The JB's classic 'Damn Right I'm Somebody', Wynd Chymes' 'Arrival', Ronnie McNeir's first album, Oneness of Juju's brilliant...
It's a great week for new releases this week. First up we have new albums from Allysha Joy (nice new soul), Bunn Debrett Quintet (really nice new jazz) and Richard Elliot (Smooth Jazz). There are some great Soul reissues from Willie Tee 'I'm Only A Man' (brilliant crossover soul from '69) Bobby Hutton 'A Piece Of The Action' LP/CD (cd with loads of bonus cuts) plus two 45s available as regular dinked or Limited edition full centre DJ Copies, plus Candido Salsoul disco soul LP 'Dancin and Prancin', Also some great jazz reissues this week, the highlight is Prince Lasha...
There are some good reissues and restocks this week. The Modulations 'It's Rough Out Here' is a great Philly soul album from 1974 issued on a very limited coloured vinyl LP, also on Music on vinyl is Edwin Birdsong Philadelphia international album from 1979. We also have some low price reissues from Warner Argentina of Herbie Hancock 'Mwandishi' and Yussef Lateef 'Detroit', both great albums dont sleep, not too many at this price ! Mr Bongo have another latin reissue from Juan Almeida. There are a couple of great single this week , Gene Harris classic 'Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong' on a 45...
Lyn Collins classic James Brown produced album 'Think' gets a welcome LP reissue this week. There are also three rare 50s Chet Baker in Paris albums and an analogue OJC/Craft issue of the New Miles Davis Quintet album. We are back in stock of many nice Japanese reissues including Lovelites, Jackie Ross albums, The Topics, plus The Congos classic roots reggae album and a couple of Azymuth. There is also Acantha Lang's brilliant album Beautiful Dreams back in on LP and CD. Pre-order for next week for the delayed Modulations and Edwin Birdsong albums due early next week and the...
This week we have a great bunch of new reissues. First on the list is Prelusion by Patrice Rushen, a stellar debut jazz album from 1974 that showcases her incredible talents as a jazz pianist. Next is Azar Lawrences album 'People Moving', a good Jazz Funk album from 1976 featuring Patrice, Mtume and Harvey Mason. Plush's only album from 1982 produced by Rene and Angela and Bobby Watson is heavily in demand and a welcome reissue on the Music on vinyl label., who also reissue Chocolate Milk 'Action Speaks Louder' , George Benson 'White Rabbit' and the rare Dom Salvador...
For new releases this week we have the brilliant album from Cornell CC Carter 'Expressions Of Soul', this is his fifth studio and certainly one of his strongest albums. We also have a new album from Nat Birchall, this time with a very interesting reggae album, not dissimilar to great albums by Jackie Mittoo and Ernst Ranglin. Elsewhere there is a nice latin funk album from Mestizo Beat, a good uptempo disco album from Nikka Costa plus a great new release from duo Alicia and Michael Olatuja. Finally, the marvellous Jalen Ngonda is out with a brilliant 45 with two...
This week for new releases we have a new album from Nathan Haines titled 'Notes.' Capturing the perfect balance of jazz and dance music, this release is the ideal summer album and features some fantastic collaborations with Vanessa Freedman and Marc de Clive-Lowe. We also have a new album from jazz saxophonist Vincent Ingala titled 'Escape With Me' and Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento are together on a beautiful duet album. As for reissues, we have three brand new 45s on Expansion and Outta Sight Records. The Gloria Gaynor is a lovely mid tempo stepper from 1978 and The Epitome...
This week we have a new album from renowned musician and composer Meshell Ndegeocello, an incredibly diverse and ambitious album and a clear continuation of her genre-defying sound. There is also the oficial soundtrack to Get Carter composed by British pianist Roy Budd, and two absolutely cracking Blue Note Tone Poets from Bobby Hutcherson and Lee Morgan. There's a great Soul Compilation on Charly title 'Rare Soul Uncovered' and also Mr Bongo are back with another great reissue of the cuban album 'Los Reyes 73'. For those of you who picked up the ZAN album, arguably one of the best...
