Durand Jones and The Indications have established themselves as one of the premier retro Soul groups with a string of great albums over the past years, featuring the voices of Durand and Aaron Frazer, backed by a full band with horns and strings. 'Flowers' contains another ten tracks which whilst contemporary have a strong 70s or early 80s Soul vibe. 'Paradise' is a nice mid tempo stepper using a Sylvia Striplin groove. 'Lovers Holiday' is a nice upper mid tempo dancer, 'Flower Moon' a lovely mid tempo ditty. 'Really Wanna Be With You' is a good modern soul dancer. 'Been...
Raquel Rodriguez has established herself as one of the leading contemporary female Soul singers. The Los Angeles Latino Soul singer recorded 'Sweet Side' during lockdown but the CD has only just surfaced following her European tour. It features 14 dynamic tracks which have an early 80s feel, but are still totally contemporary. It heavily features partner Sam Brawner and Keyboard and bassist Nigel Hall and a host of good musicians. 'Sweet Side' is a nice upper mid tempo groover, 'Nobody Else' is slightly slower but has a heavier groove. 'I Know I Know' is written and produced by Amber Navran...
Durand Jones and The Indications return with another strong album of retro soul, 'Flowers' available on Black or Coloured Vinyl and CD (CD is slightly delayed arriving on Tuesday). Raquel Rodriguez briefly passed by in the week on her way to the airport from her European tour so we are back in stock of 'Housewife' on CD, 310 pt 2 cd both 45s and 'Sweet Side' CD and Live Vault LP which we have never seen before, in limited quantities. 'Housewife' LP should be back in a couple of weeks. We are also back in stock of Cleo Sol's 'Rose...
Check out the 30 amazing Soul and Jazz titles in the Soul Brother New Year reissue LP sale part one. There are some classic albums available at greatly reduced prices until 2nd March. We have a few copies at these prices on most titles, but some are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment, whilst stocks last. Records can be ordered online, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon-Sat 11-6. Happy Diggin, Laurence
Check out this amazing batch of Original Vinyl Rock LPs including a massive selection of The Beatles and a couple of nice Pink Floyd's. Most of these albums are Original 60's/early 70's pressings, a few of The Beatles are 70's reissues as indicated. Most records are in fantastic condition many are near mint/excellent, a few have minor scuffs VG+, most sleeves have average wear for their age, all as individually graded. All records are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other recently published Rock & Pop albums here. Records can be ordered online,...
Gina Sedman returns with one of her best albums '1972' reflecting her birth year. The title track is a real throwback to early 70's funky soul groove. 'Give Love' has nice vocal harmonies and a more laid back funky groove and features Kinsman Dazz Band members Michael J Calhoun on Guitar and Chris Cuda on horns and Ryan McCaffrey on keys, he also plays clavinet on the more uptempo 'In One Day'. 'Grateful For You' 'Just Another Day' and 'Like A Whisper' are nice tempo songs that really show off Gina's soulful voice. Felipe Avellaneda plays organ, keys and strings...
There are some great new albums, reissues and restocks this week.Gina Sedman returns with '1972' a superb retro soul album reflecting that year, she will be in store tomorrow at 1.30 signing copies of her CD with a few copies of the LP available on a first come first served basis (limited to one per customer). Joe Armon Jones is now available on Cd as well as LP and Azymuth have a new album 'Marca Passa'. There are two more reissues in the Blue Note classic album series and an unreleased Gil Scott Heron live album ft Brian Jackson from...
We wanted to draw your attention to some of the fantastic reissue 45s that we have had in the shop recently, right across the soul jazz and funk spectrum. We've hand picked a batch of cracking releases, from classics like Father's Children to lesser known gems like Thirty Two Soul Band. Records can be ordered online, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon-Sat 11-6. Happy Diggin,
Rest in Peace Sly Stone Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) was one of the true innovators of our music, fusing Soul, Funk and a touch of Rock to create his own sound. He will be remembered for the great energy that he created with his group Sly And The Family Stone in the mid 1960's. The group featured Larry Graham playing slap bass. They were one of the first multi-racial and multi-gender bands that epitomised the Bay Area at that time. Their first big hit 'Dance To The Music' from 1968 is an all time classic, and in fact the first...
Check out this great batch of 40 Original Vinyl Jazz Funk and Jazz LPs from the Soul Brother Vaults and various collections that recently arrived. There are some very in demand albums here plus many obscurities. All records are in great condition most are hardly played near mint or excellent with average sleeve wear except where indicated, all as individually graded. All titles are one offs so please order early to avoid disappointment. Records can be ordered online, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon-Sat 11-6. Happy Diggin, Laurence
