Record Store Day Drop 2 | Soul & Funk
Check out some of our Soul and Funk Titles, availably exclusively on Records Store Day, Saturday 17th July 2021
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New Releases and Pre-Orders
Chicago's Damon Locks returns with a second album on International Anthem available on CD, LP and limited coloured LP. Nathaniel Cross keeps the flag flying for London Jazz with a four track Ep on First Word. Southern Energy Ensemble superb 1977 album is now out on Cd and Lp. Patrice Rusdhen in demand Straight from the heart album is reissued on vinyl ,cd to follow, and there are two classic Pete Rock and CL Smooth albums on clear vinyl. Some great 45's this week with a double pack on FBI, David Batiste Funky soul, and Steve Karmen ft Jimmy Radlciffe 'Breakaway' as a stand 45 or...
Southern Energy Ensemble – Southern Energy | Album Of The Day
Southern Energy—a long lost classic from the Black Fire vault—was the only album recorded by the group Southern Energy Ensemble, an R n’ B and Jazz collective of young, predominantly student musicians marshalled by James “Plunky” Branch of Oneness of Juju fame and Jimmy Gray of Black Fire Records. Originally recorded in 1977, it was only released physically on Black Fire Records some sixteen years later in 1993, copies of which tend to fetch fairly hefty price tags on Discogs. The group features Marvin Daniels on Trumpet—who was one of the founding members of 100% Pure Poison—and a who’s who...
Original Soul & Funk Albums
Check out this bumper batch of the latest Soul and Funk Original Vinyl LPs that have just arrived. There are some very collectable titles here along with many classics at reasonable prices, most titles are in at least VG+ condition, as individually graded. All records are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other titles from the same collection here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in putney Open Mon-Sat 11-6. Watch out for a batch of 12" singles next week. Happy Diggin Laurence
Lamont Dozier – Love And Beauty | Album of the Day
Lamont Dozier, Eddie and Brian Holland formed Invictus the Creative Corporation when they left Motown in 1970. The Brilliant ‘Why Cant We be Lovers’ is an all time Soul classic and ‘New Breed Woman’ an in demand dancer. ‘Don’t leave Me’, ‘If you Don’t Want To be in my Life’ and ‘I’m So Glad’ are also good dancers. Also check the mid tempo ‘The Picture Will Never Change’. Classic early 70’s Soul. Buy the LP HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5fRdcLwTM&ab_channel=Ra%C3%BAl.Nicol%C3%A1s
New Releases and Pre-Orders
Vertaal have made one of the best new London Jazz albums of the year so far in Paradigm Shifting, the coloured vinyl issue sold out very fast and now we have another very limited (300) Black vinyl edition , don't sleep on this if you missed it before. There are some good smooth Jazz albums in this week from Jeff Lorber Fusion and Brian Simpson. Southern Energy Ensemble superb Jazz and Funky Jazz album from 1977 was only ever issued in 1993 on DC label Black Fire and is now remastered and sounds fantastic. Lp this week , pre-order CD for next week.There are two more...
Latest Original Vinyl Drop
Check out the latest Original Vinyl LPs from a new collection that we have purchased. There are some great titles here , most are in Ex or VG+ condition with minor scuffs as individually graded. All titles are one off's , so please order early to avoid disappointment. Watch out for some more titles over the next week. You can order online, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collect from our shop , open Mon -Sat 11-6 Happy Diggin
Herbie Hancock – Manchild | Album Of The Day
Herbie’s 1975 album Manchild is a Jazz-Funk masterpiece, a great example of Herbie's forward thinking musical attitude that saw him take on a whole host of modern instrumentation and experimental electronic arrangements. His compositions from this period have a certain timelessness about them, music channelled and directed by a master of his craft who after having worked with Jazz giants such as Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis since the fifties, set about on his own musical path and totally redefined the contemporary landscape of Jazz insodoing. His wholesale adoption of the Funk and it's swaggering, syncopated rhythms while incorporating heavily...
New Titles and Pre Orders
Hiatus Kaiyote return with their first new album in six years with 'Mood Valiant' available on CD,LP and ink spot vinyl. Hodges James and Smith recorded many albums in the 70's but now we have a CD album of early and unreleased material from 1971-73 including Carolyn Crawford. Another album of unreleased material from Bill Evans Trio is unearthed 'On a Friday Evening' from 1975 issued on Craft recordings on CD and LP,. this is likely to sell out fast on vinyl. There is also a 5cd box set 'Everybody Still Digs'. There are two Blue Note Analogue Classic Vinyl reissues from Sonny Clark...
Donny Hathaway – Live | Album Of The Day
Donny Hathaway had one of the strongest voices in Soul, both in mere vocal prowess and in his lyrical abilities. “The Ghetto”, one of his most beloved songs, is on par with Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” (incidentally also a famous cover by Hathaway, as featured on this Live album) or Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up”. Live from 1972 cemented Hathaway’s reputation as one of the forerunners of Soul, giving wonderful Jazzed-up interpretations (two of them running over the 10-minute mark) of classics. Hathaway plays with the audiences of the Troubadour in Hollywood and the Bitter End in New York...
