Joe Fields – Unsung Jazz Hero Sadly veteran Jazz label owner and Producer Joe Fields died on 12th July aged 88. Joe had been in the jazz music business for over 50 years. He worked for London, MGM, Verve, Sue and Prestige labels. In 1968 when Sales Executive for Buddah records he founded their Jazz label- Cobblestone records. He signed many up and coming future Jazz talents including Norman Connors, Neal Creque, Steve Kuhn, Joe Thomas, Howard Ousley, Hermeto Pascoal and the group Catalyst along with many artists he had worked with at Prestige :- Pat Martino, Sonny Stitt and...
Chuck Loeb – Smooth Jazz guitarist par excellence It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of guitarist Chuck Loeb on 31st July from cancer. He was 61. Check was born in Nyack, New York in 1955, he grew up listening to Rock music and was impressed by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Later aged 16, he started listening to Jazz and guitarists such as Wes Montgomery, George Benson and John McLaughlin. From then on, he knew he wanted to be a professional guitarist. Loeb attended the Berklee...
Josh Milan's magnificent Double CD 6.9.69 is now finally back in stock today, having been out of stock for sometime. All existing and new orders will be fulfilled. If you haven't already ordered your copy of this hard to find CD, Please order NOW to ensure you are allocated a copy from this batch, as we don't know when or if we will receive any more copies once these are sold, and I am sure that you won't want to miss out on it. Najee returns with possibly his best ever album featuring many guest including Will Downing, Maysa, Incognito...
Check out the additions to our popular Summer LP Sale , all of these titles are £7 each or 5 for £25 and can be combined with the original list here to make as many deals as you like. In the deal at £5 each these are real bargains, but hurry because the Sale ends at midnight on Monday 4th September. Ending Tonight - 31st August Also don't forget to take your last chance to bag a bargain and order from these Sales which end at midnight tonight. Original 12" Singles Sale £10 each or 5 for £40 - Great selection of classic original 12"...
We are delighted to let you know that Josh Milan's wonderful '6.9.69' CD will be back in stock this Friday 1st September. All existing orders and back orders will be shipped on that day. You can hear clips and purchase the album here. If you haven't already ordered your copy of this essential Limited Edition Double CD, please order now to ensure that you are allocated a copy from this shipment as we are not sure when or if we will receive any more copies of this hard to find CD. Laurence
NEW RELEASES There are some good new albums and reissues this week. Kim Tibbs debut 'Kim' has been generating a lot of interest and is a very unusual album with the first half great contemporary Soul and second half real retro soul/Blue where Kim plays the organ and sings, an interestingly different album. The Soul grenades have a nice retro Funk/Soul album on Cd and LP and another newcomer Decosta Boyce gives us his spin on Electrik Soul. There are two good New jazz albums on Highnote from Russell Malone and Cyrus Chestnut. On the Reissue Cd's D'angelo's 90's classic...
Check out this is list of Pre-loved Soul Cds which have just arrived. There are a few rarities along with some classic albums on CD at reasonable price. All titles are in great condition (as individually graded) and all are one-off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. CD's 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
Take advantage of this opportunity to stock your collection with some discounted vinyl albums. All of these are at £7 each or 5 for £25 (or 10 for £50 etc) The sale is on until 4th September so grab yours now. Records are available to buy online, over the phone (020 8875 1018) or in our shop at 1 Keswick Road, London, SW15 2HL Happy diggin' Laurence
South London Label boss Tenderlonious makes his debut album '*Rick Ci7y (brick City) on his 22a label, If you liked Ruby Rushton or Yussef Kamaal albums , this is for you. Somi's beautiful album 'Petite Afrique' is now available on Vinyl. We have a few more copies of the fantastic Sandra Wright 'Wounded Woman' album available on CD and LP, if you missed this before grab it now, it is one of the best 70's Southern Soul albums, and includes some great Modern soul cuts. Willie Hutch 'Having a Houseparty' is paired with 'Making a Game out of Love' to...
We are delighted to offer an amazing deal on approx 80 CD titles on the Funky Town Grooves label. All of these selected titles will be £9.99 each with a 5 for £40 deal until Sunday 15th October. There are some great 70's and 80's Soul titles included some of which have been hard to find on CD. The deal even includes a few new titles being released next Friday 25th August. Some of these titles will be in limited supply in the deal. Whilst we have good stocks of most titles, due to the volume of titles there maybe be a 24-48...
