This week we have John Edwards 'Tin Man' - the second issue of his unreleased material from the Aware label - and a reissue of the Roy Ayers Classic 'He's Coming'. Candi Staton's most recent 'Back To My Roots' gets it's LP release. There are reissues of a couple of Blue Note Classics: Freddie Hubbard 'Goin Up' and Lee Morgan 'Lee-Way', and a 7" from Five Special. There plenty of restocks of both 7s and 12s, from classics to more obscure titles, some old and some more recent. In case you missed it, we've been digging up some great singles...
Otis Clay recorded the original version of the George Jackson and Johnny Ray Henderson song ‘The Only Way Is Up’ in 1980 for the Chicago Echo label.Although it is a great track, It went under the radar at the time, but has become a Modern Soul classic in more recent years and original copies now sell for around £400. The record was covered by Yazz in 1988 who had a major hit with her house pop version, but the original is in a different league great vocals over a driving soulful beat. ‘Messing With My Mind’ is a version of...
Roy Ayers Ubiquity recorded ‘He’s Coming’ in 1972 his second album for the Polydor label. Although it was relatively overlooked at the time, it has become Roy’s most in demand albums over the last 35 years . It includes his definitive much sampled classic ‘We Live In Brooklyn Baby’ written by Harry Whitaker who plays electric piano throughout and co arranged the album. ‘He’s A Superstar’ is another funky Jazz jam whose lyrics are still sadly very relevant nearly 55 years later. ‘Ain’t Got Time’ is a beautiful shuffling mid tempo groove. The original version of ‘Sweet Tears’ is taken...
Another great warehouse find. Classic Brazilian Jazz-Funk reissued on the Soul Brother label a few years ago. The original 45 was only released as a promo only, and would set you back over £200 if you could find one. Available in regular dinked or long out of print full-centre DJ copies, grab yours while you can. Have a look at our other warehouse finds here. Been some great titles recently. And check out other 45s on the Soul Brother Label here.
Another great warehouse find: Numbered limited edition of 100, full cenre copy of Barbara Lynn ‘Mellow Feeling’, a superb modern soul dancer from 1979 almost impossible to find in its original format on the Love label, completely overlooked at the time of release now thankfully recognised as one of the best singles from this amazing unique soul singer, guitarist ,writer and producer. Available exclusively from Soul Brother Records, grab your copy while you can Here's a link to our other warehouse finds.
Reissue of extremely rare 1976 soul and funk LP from Los Angeles band Rhyhthm Machine, original copies now sell for over £1500. The standout track is the lovely rare groove ‘Put A Smile On Time’ a horn backed mid tempo groover which has a real feel good sound, which has made this album sought after for decades. ‘Cant Do Without It’ is more upbeat with punchy horns , strong vocals and a catchy chorus. ‘You Got Action, You Got me’ , ‘Lils Place’ and ‘Everybodys Chippin’ are funkier and grittier typical of the sound of ’76. Overal a strong albmu...
Roy Ayers recorded his superb 'Vibrations' album with his band Ubiquity in 1976. It is a strong album throughout but includes many classic mid tempo grooves. 'Searching' is especially strong, almost definitive of its style, a soulful jazz-funk floater with great instrumentation from Roy and the band. 'The Memory' is another classic mid tempo featuring Edwin Birdsong on string ensemble and dueting vocally with Roy. Chicas powerful but sweet voice graces 'Baby I need Your love' a lovely shuffling hypnotic mid tempo groove, she also adds ethereal backing vocals to the beautiful primarily instrumental title track 'Vibrations'. 'Baby You Give Me A...
Check out this nice batch of 30 Jazz, Jazz- Funk and Fusion Original vinyl LPs which has just arrived. There are some great ttiles here including Michael Longo, Jimmy McGriff and O'Donel Levy on the Groove Merchant label, Gil Scott Heron, Kenny Burrell, and many classics. All records are in great conidtion most are hardly played near mint , most sleeve have below average wear for their age, all as individually graded and noted. All titles are one off's , so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other Original vinyl Lps from the recent collection here...
Now on LP, limited availability Former Second Image singer Georgie B and the Groove Association releases his 7th self penned and produced solo album ‘My Time To Shine’. Georgie has built up a solid fan base with his feel good 80s influenced brand of Soul music. ‘Upside Down’ , ‘Let’s Reminisce’ and ‘Girls Wanna Party Too’ (featuring Deborah Bell) are uptempo dancers with strong basslines, that really take you back to the early to mid 80s . The slightly slower but heavier grooves ‘Circus Clown’ , ‘You Know’ and ‘Soul Night’ have more of a mid 80s feel. There are...
There are some nice new releases and reissues this week. Tenderlonious 'Africa/Brass' is a worthy tribute to Coltrane, and saxophonist Euge Groove has a new album on CD 'The Phoenix'. Must-haves for jazz-heads. Georgie B 'My Time To Shine' gets a limited vinyl release, Masterpiece is up to its 38th installment and Reel People 'Can't we pretend' gets a 7" release. Roy Ayers' classic 'Vibrations' gets a reissue, as well as titles from Musiq Soulchild, Teddy Pendergrass and Big John Patton. As usual we have plenty of restocks, some recent and some we haven't seen for a while. We recently...
