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New releases and pre-orders | 24th March 2017

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

There is a new Vinyl only set from Gerardo Frisina on Schema, and good reissues from Ahmad Jamal, Billy Paul, Gladys Knight and MFSB plus an unreleased Live Funkadelic album from 1971. There’s also a great Early Philly sweet soul comp on LP (CD coming on pre-order) plus some classic Jazz 180gm LP reissues from the Dol label at a very reasonable price of £14.99 each.
45’s include an extended mix of Earth Wind and Fire ‘Brazilian Rhyme’ which is likely to sell out fast, Friction Band’s rare ‘Watchin You’  plus the first four 45’s on the Charly Signature Sevens label, including great tracks from Ann Sexton and P.P.Arnold.

Pre-orders

The Rasheed Ali CD has been delayed due to a manufacturing issue, this should be in next week, also pre-order for next week Somi, Hot 8 Brass Band, Rohey and Mark Murphy  and in April a great new album from Eddie Palmieri. Find all pre-orders here
The countdown to Record Store Day has begun , it is only 4 weeks away on 22nd April and you can see the complete list of titles here. Soul Brother records store will be open from 8am to 7pm on the day and we aim to stock all the exclusive Soul ,Funk. Jazz, Blues and Reggae releases along with many of the more general music titles. We have two releases on our own label the ultra rare Susan Phillips album (originally on All Platinum in 1971) on LP and The Headhunters ‘God Make Me Funky (disco mix) on 45, issued for the first time since its original Promo only 45 release in 1975. We will be listing all the titles we are expecting nearer the day watch out for more  news and we hope to see as many of you as possible on the big day.

Collector’s Vinyl

Check out this list of good rare groove Original Vinyl Soul LP’s that have recently arrived.There are some titles that we haven’t seen in a long time here.
Also check this list of Out of Print Reissue and Original 45’s which contains some very in demand titles.

New/Reissue 45s

There have been some really good reissue 45s in the last couple of months which you can view here, many of these are in limited supply.
Don’t miss out on the Soul brother Spring CD sale with over 500 titles available at £6.99 each or 5 for £25. At £5 a CD in the deal, these are a great bargain and include many great Soul ,Funk and Jazz titles split into 6 sections. You can pick n mix across all the titles to make as many deals as you like. offer ends 30th April 2017.

Radio Show

Sorry i was unable to present the show live last Sunday, but I will be back tihs Sunday on Solar radio/sky0129 and DAB for another Soul Brother Selection at 10am .You can hear the last show on the podast here.
have a great weekend
Laurence