Firstly we are very sad to learn of the passing of many great Soul and Jazz artists in the past couple of weeks. Gwen McCrae made many great albums and singles and possessed an incredibly powerful voice and will be remembered for crucial tracks like ‘90% Of me Is You’ and ‘Keep The Fire Burning’ . Angie Stone was one of the queens of Neo Soul and gave us some great albums and will be best remembered for ‘Wish i Didn’t Miss You’ . Randy Brown made some great albums in the late 70s especially ‘Midnight Desire’ and his modern soul classic 45 ‘Always in the mood’.. Roberta Flack was a very unique singer and made many classics in the 70’s, her debut album ‘First Take’ probably being the strongest. All of these artists made their mark and have left us so great music but the most significant loss is of Roy Ayers who was a major figure in creating and establishing the Jazz-Funk sub genre and whose music was a major force in the rare groove movement and inspiration for many neo soul records, a fuller appreciation to follow.
There are some great reissues this week from Harlem River Drive, Joe Henderson , Les McCann on vinyl and some more of the Blue Note 85 HQ Cds and Eric Burdon and War on CD. Also we are back in stock of Bobby Harden’s geat album ‘Bridge Of love’ on CD in limited quantity.
This year’s Record Store Day 2025 list has been released. See the full list HERE. We will stock most of the soul jazz reggae and world titles and some of the more general titles. Please let us know if you would like us to carry any of these titles asap so we can make sure we order them
We recently published a phenomenal batch or very rare jazz LPs – check this out here. These records are in wonderful condition and will appeal to any serious collector out there. We have a comprehensive list of all original vinyl that we’ve upload over the last few months in our Original Vinyl section. This includes the recent South West Connection and Soul Brother Vaults series’.
