Cleethorpes may not be a hot bed of popular culture, but it is the birth place of one of its most successful songwriters in Rodney Lynn Temperton. Better known as Rod, he was born in the town on 9th October 1949. He went onto write or co-write some of the late 70s and early 80s most iconic songs including Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’. His death, from an aggressive cancer was reported by his publisher on 5th October. He was 66. Temperton was exposed to music from an early age and relates that his father would put him to bed listening to...
Check out these 50 Top Quality Original Vinyl Soul LP's that are in stock and are amongst the 100's of albums that you can now browse through in our newly expanded vinyl racks in our shop in Putney. These records can be combined with the Original Vinyl funk LP's here or any other recent offers to optimise postage costs. All records are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. Records can be ordered on-line. over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon-Sat 10-7 Sun 11-5. see this as a webpage here...
Check out these 40 Original Vinyl Funk LP's that are in stock and amongst the 100's of albums that you can now browse in our newly expanded vinyl racks in our shop in Putney. All records are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. records can be ordered on-line. over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon-Sat 10-7 Sun 11-5. happy diggin Laurence
Mark Murphy Anthology | Our latest release We are delighted to present Mark Murphy as the latest legendary artist in our anthology series, featuring all his most revered tracks from his Muse recordings 1972-1991. We have advanced copies of the CD is now in stock, the Vinyl coming in a couple of weeks. Mark is one of greatest Jazz singers of all time you can hear a mix of the album on Youtube here or Soundcloud here New releases The Soul Togetherness 2016 and Robert Glasper Artscience albums released last week on CD are now also in stock on Vinyl. Gwendolyn...
Soul singer Kashif Saleem (nee Michael Jones) passed away on Sunday 25th September. He was just 56. Kashif was one of the most influential and successful singers and producers of the eighties. His innovative uses of synthesisers, computerised beats and basslines helped define the music of that era alongside the likes of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Paul Laurence and D Train. Michael Jones joined the iconic Funk band B T Express in the mid-seventies at the age of fifteen and appeared on albums like ‘Energy To Burn’ and ‘Function At The Junction’. He remained for about four years before...
New releases It's a fantastic week for releases possibly the best of the year so far. Soul Togetherness 2016 and Spirit of Philadelphia vol 4 Compilation Cds are in from Expansion records. All pre-orders either shipped yesterday or are being sent today, if you haven't ordered your copies yet order now for immediate shipping. Ashleigh Smith has made a beautiful Bossa jazz album and Robert Glasper Experiment 'ArtScience' is another strong album. Lady Wray (who made the Lady album with Terri Walker a couple of years back) returns with a strong retro soul album. Keyboard wizard Tom O Grady has...
There have been some great new and reissue singles out recently and we've pulled together a selection of the best of the releases - many of these are now low in stock. Postage savings are available on multiple buys. You can buy these online (click the images/titles below), by phone on 020 8875 1018 or in our shop - Soul Brother Records, 1 Keswick Road, London, SW15 2HL
Here are another 80 classic Original Soul, Disco, Boogie and Jazz-Funk 12" singles all at £10 each. We have reduced the price of a few of these to include in the deal. There are some great titles here that every home should have and if you DJ many are fantastic floor fillers. The majority of the records are in Excellent or Near Mint condition as graded. All titles are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with our other £10 of 12" titles here or the rare collectors 12" here and here to optimise shipping...
Save up to 25% off this great selection of Ace, Funky Town Grooves and Vinyl Masterpiece reissue and compilation CD's whilst existing stocks last. We are offering these titles with 10% off each item and a further 15% off if you purchase any 5 titles from the list. There are around 140 quality titles to choose from so this offer is a great way to build your collection, but there are limited quantities of each title , so please order early to avoid disappointment. Happy Diggin Laurence
New releases Its the best week of the month so far for new releases. Tyrone Hendrix Rhythm on life CD has finally arrived, its another real winner from Portland Oregon featuring Jarrod Lawson, Saeeda Wright, Farnell Newton and many others. O'Jay's legend Eddie Levert returns with a solo album, R&B/Soul singer Dave Hollister album has some good soul cuts and saxman Paul Taylor makes a good smooth jazz album.The Louie Vega Starring XXV111 LP Vol 2 is arriving on Monday, and the CD should be back next week as well. There are two good compilations , Greg Belson's 'Devine Disco'...
