Susan Phillips' ‘Soft sexy Soul’ 'Holy Grail album' was recorded for Sylvia Robinson’s All Platinum label 1971, pressed in small quantities. Few copies have ever surfaced, it is so rare that many collectors doubt if it was ever released The album has that classic early 70’s New Jersey Orchestrated Soul sound. The album contains the in demand 2-step single ‘He Knows My Key (is always in the Mailbox)’ , the Northern Soul floater ‘Answer to my Prayer’ , Detroit sounding ‘Please Don’t Keep Me Lonely’ the multi paced ‘Where Do I Go From Here’ and many great ballads like ‘He’s...
Superb 1978 and only album recorded by keyboardist and singer Samuel Jonathan Johnson, ‘My Music’is an unheralded Soul /Jazz-Funk gem. ‘My Music’ is a very unusually structured cosmic two stepper that has an irrepressible groove and amazing strings and instrumentation. ‘Sweet Love’ is a too short uptempo keyboard backed groove with uplifting lyrics. ‘You’ is a slightly off-beat string laden uptempo dancer, ‘It Ain’t easy’, ‘Reason for the Reason’and ‘Thank you Mother Dear’are also good uptempo tracks. ‘Yesterdays and Tomorrow’ and ‘Just Us’ are good ballads.Very strong album. Listen to tracks My Music What The World Needs...
Carmen Lundy has established herself as one of the leading contemporary female jazz singers,she possesses a rich tone which oozes class and sassiness. ‘Soul To Soul’ is another great album with 13 mainly self composed captivating songs featuring an amazing cast of musicians. Patrice Rushen contributes a major part playing keyboards on most tracks, Bennie Maupin on Sax, Randy Brecker on Trumpet and Warren Wolf on Vibes compliment the tight core band on key tracks. ‘Grateful Pt 2’ is a superb uptempo groove track, ‘Life is a song in me’ a Soul/Jazz mid tempo and ‘Everything I Need’ and the...
The Lost Generation were a harmony soul group from Chicago who released their much lauded ‘The Young, Tough and Terrible’ album in 1972. It follows in a similar style to their debut and only other album ‘Sly, Slick And Wicked’ from two years earlier. Lowrell Simon lead the group as singer and songwriter and this ten-track soul/funk offering finds them in their prime. The brooding ‘This Is The Lost Generation’ is a dark, ghetto soul gem, they do a decent cover of ‘Tired Of Being Alone’ but better is the string lead beat ballad ‘All In The Course Of A...
Released in 1973, ‘Extension Of A Man’ was Donny Hathaway’s last solo studio album and is rightly considered an all-time classic. The album features (among others) Stanley Clark, and Fred White (brother of Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White) on drums. The swirling, orchestrated ‘I Love The Lord; He Heard My Cry’ is a dramatic, theatrical opener that paves the way for the soulful, often jazz laced numbers that follow. The impassioned ‘Someday We’ll All Be Free’ finds Hathaway in a Stevie Wonder vibe, the soul-jazz of ‘Flying Free’ allows his stunning range to find it’s full power while the...
Playlist Playlist 0:00 | Gold – What About The Child From 7” Single 2:55 | Darrow Fletcher – We Are We Gonna About This Mess From 7” Single 5:16 |Skull Snaps – Trespassing From Skull Snaps 9:18 |Speedometer – Funky Amigo From Our Kind of Movement 12:35 | Dr Lonnie Smith – Afrodesia From Evolution 19:58 | Idris Muhammad – Piece Of Mind From Power Of Soul 28:56 | Ruby Rushton – Ironside From Ironside 32:45 | TomMisch & Yussef Dayes – I Did It For You From What Kinda Music 36: 40 | Richard Spaven – Network From Spaven’s 5ive 43:40 | Ashley Henry – The Mighty From Beautiful...
UK soulstress Yazmin Lacey returns with the third EP in her trilogy of releases following ‘Black Moon’ and ‘When The Sun Dips 90 Degrees’. Lacey describes this set as a collection of tunes centered around healing and includes contributions from a dazzling array of talent: Femi Koleoso and Ife Ogunjobi of Ezra Collective on drums and trumpet respectively, celebrated pianist Sarah Tandy on keys, and jazz protege Moses Boyd on drums and production. The cuts here are deeply personal with a lazy, laid back Badu-like calm to them, even if the subject matter is sometimes fraught. The gorgeous jazzy soul...
Richard Spaven 5ive was intended as a record store day release but has been issued this week as a limited edition clear vinyl LP, anything on Jazz refreshed sells out quickly so don't sleep on this one. Lonnie Smith's recent album 'All in my mind' comes out as a Blue Note tone poet LP (the Cd is in our £9.99 Cd sale). Another 60's Donald Byrd Soul-Jazz Blue Note classic album 'Cat walk' is issued on Vinyl. Athens of the North have 2 really good in demand 45's out this week. We have a warehouse find of few copies of...
Fantastic soul album from 1977 , her career best. ‘Blessed Is The Woman’ is an exceptional ballad allowing Shirley’s powerful voice to soar . ‘When You Really Love Somebody’ , ‘I Need Somebody To Love Me’ , ‘the inspirational ‘Giving Up’, ‘Midnight Rendezvous’ and ‘I’ll Be Right Here Lovin You’ are all great soul ballads. ‘Mighty Good Feeling’ is a string laden upper mid tempo dancer, and the bonus tracks are also good especially ‘Honey Babe’ another good dancer and the modern dancer ‘Cant Move No Mountains’ which has a great hook. Classic Soul with a Capital S. Unmissable. CD...
