Jill Scott returns with her new album 'To Whom It May Concern' on CD, LP to follow. 600% Dynamite returns with a slightly different track listing. We are back in stock of many of the Sault albums and some classics on LP and 45. Also pre-order Michelle David and Truetones album 'Soul Woman' a great retro soul album including the dancers 'Running' and 'Speak To Me' out next week. If you missed out on Will Downing's new Still In Love EP, restock available next week - pre-order here. Will probably be the last few copies.
The Emotions recorded their second album 'Untouched' for the Stax subsidiary Volt in 1972. It includes the superb funky break beat track'Blind Alley' which has all the elements of Southern Soul produced by David Porter and was sampled over 100 times by artists like Tribe called quest, Pete Rock, Gangstar, 2Pac and Swv amongst many others. Other noteworthy tracks are the Isaac Hayes written and produced orchestrated ballad 'Show Me How' and mid tempo groovers Take Me Back' and ' Nothing Seems Impossible' plus the more upbeat 'Its Been Fun' . Great arrangements and production from Porter, Hayes, Wade Marcus...
Check out this batch of 35 Original Vinyl 12" from the Soul Brother Vaults. There are some hard to find titles here along with many classics, most of the records are in the £10 to £15 price range. Most records are in at least Excellent condition in their original disco bags or printed sleeves as indicated. You can combine with other records from the soul brother vaults or warehouse finds to optimise postage costs. Happy diggin Laurence
Spice recorded their only album 'Let There Be Spice' in 1976 for the infamous NY label TSG, a subsidiary of LPG (Lloyd Price) owned by boxing promoter Don King. Like all releases on the label they were only distributed in small quantities in local areas of The Bronx and are now very rare and collectable , original copies now fetch £1000. The album includes the standout Jazz-funk groover 'Happy Music' and the Brass Construction sounding funky groove 'Do It Nice'. 'What Do I Mean' is another uptempo soul cut whilst 'I'm Glad To Say' and 'You Got Me Girl' are...
There are some good new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Will Downing returns with a nice 5 track EP 'Still In Love' limited edition of 100 copies on pink vinyl, grab this whilst you can. Also there is a good reissue of Spice rare 70s Soul TSG album 'Let There Be Spice' at a more affordable price. Roland Haynes Jr 'Mind Games' is issued as a 12" single, nice track reminiscent of James Mason style rare groove. James Hunter Six is now out on a ltd edition coloured vinyl. There are a couple of good reissues from Gwen McCrae...
This Saturday 14th February is Valentines Day. What better way to celebrate than to give or receive a classic Soul LP. Check out this list of recommended Soul albums (with a few accessible Jazz titles) that we have available to get you in the mood. Of course these albums sound great whatever the day, so you can always buy one for yourself! All are in stock at the moment and can be ordered online , over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop open Mon-Sat 11-6.
Warehouse find China Burton only made one record, this underground disco /rare groove track 'You Don't Care (About Our Love) in 1979 for the UK Logo label. It has an infectious groove and superb production from Adam Sieff reminiscent of Rose Royce at the time. The original record is very hard to find now and sells for £250. This remastered 12" was released for RSD 2024 on the Soul Brother label and has been out of print for sometime, a few copies have been found at the back of the shop. We also have a few 7" single copies of this quality in...
Leon Ware recorded this classic self-titled album for the Elektra label in 1982. It includes his all time rare-groove classic 'Why I Came To California' one of the most definitive soul records of its era. Also included is the mid tempo groove 'Slippin Away' and the superb dancer 'Lost in Love With You' and mid tempo dancer 'Can I Touch You There' and lovely floaters 'Miracles' and 'Somewhere'. Superb soul from one of our greatest songwriters and distinctive artists, available on vinyl again. Click on the product to hear the album
Warehouse find on the soul brother label First time on CD for this rare 1969 album augmented by six non album singles to give the complete James brown productions of Hank. The funkier album tracks ‘How You Gonna Get Respect’ , ‘With Your Sweet Lovin Self’, ‘Unwind Yourself’ , ‘Come on Wit It’ and ‘Funky Soul Train are typical JB late 60’s grooves backed by The Dapps. The singles ‘Butter Your Popcorn’ , ‘Blackenized’ a brilliant jazzy soul floater with social commentary lyrics, ‘Annie Had A baby’ , ‘Finger Poppin Time’ and his rare groove classic ‘From The Love Side’....
There are some great new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Conya Doss returns with a great album 'Affirmations' available on Cd and limited edition double LP. Ronnie Herel compiles 'Neo Soul Sessions vol 2 and James Hunter is out on CD. There are some nice reissues from Real Gone music from Leon Ware, The Emotions, Temprees, Awakening and Bayete, plus a couple of Blue Note classic series LPs. Incognito 'Music Magic Ironic' is now back in stock on CD, LPs to follow later in the month. There are lots of good restocks this week including the long out of...
