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Soul Brother/Expansion Vinyl finds
We have found a small quantity (many are one-off's) of several Soul Brother and Expansion Vinyl titles, which had been stored as file copies and now made available for sale. Most of these have been out of print for many years and are in very limited supply, so please order early to avoid disappointment.
Recommended releases of the week – 11th September 2015
New Releases There are some good new albums on CD and Vinyl this week. Trumpeter Christian Scott has made a very interesting Jazz album on Ropeadope for which he has designed three new styles of trumpet to create unique sound and introduces a great new talent Eland Pinderhughes on flute. Label Focus: Ropeadope Check the other great albums on Ropeadope and associated labels here, which are available exclusively from Soul Brother records in the UK. There are also good albums from JD73, Katie Leone and Lauren Desberg , Incognito's 35th anniversary live set and vinyl issues for the...
Albums of the Month: September 2015
Recommended releases: 4th September 2015
There are only a few releases this week, after the incredible volume from last week. The beautiful Lizz Wright makes her 5th album at the soulful end of Jazz vocals, Tony Leo is a new name to us but his album S.E.V.E.N is well worth checking out, the and critically acclaimed Jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant returns with a new album. There is a good reissues from Willie Hutch, and a great 3CD compilation covering the best of the NY P&P label. Pre-order for next week Jay Dee and Cedar Walton coming out of Expansion. That label has 5 good singles...
Recommended releases – 28th August 2015
New Releases It is a bumper week for New Releases, Reissues and comps this week with nearly 40 new titles having arrived. Album of the week is the fantastic compilation 'Bespeak Love' showcasing independent artists from Portland Oregon , the highlight being Chris Turner ft Jarrod Lawson ' You Got Me' one of the man of the moment's most Soulful cuts to date. Kim Burrell serves up a really nice Gospel Soul album 'A Different Place' and Fourplay celebrate their 25th anniversary with a new album 'Silver'. Carmen Lundy's fantastic 'Soul To Soul' our jazz album of 2014 is now...
New vinyl arrivals: 90 Classic Jazz-funk and soul LPs
Check out another 90 classic Jazz-funk and Soul Original albums which are in exceptional condition , many still in shrinkwrap as indicated, from a well loved a barely played collection. We still have some of last weeks batch in stock see list here so you can combine titles from both lists in one order to save on postage. All records are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. Records can be ordered on line or over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney open Mon-Sat 10-7 Sun 11-5. Please note we are...
Recommended new releases of the week – 21st August 2015
New releases There are some strong albums this week. Foreign Exchange return with another good set of slightly leftfield Soul,Teedra Moses has a good R&B Soul, there's a really good Jazz/Soul comp from Tony Minvielle and some good smooth Jazz from Four80East and Lebron. Reissues On the Reissues there are 6 long out of press albums from War, a 2 on from Womack and Womack and 3 albums on 2 from the Gap Band and a massive 23 CD set from the Isley Brothers. 45s There is a nice new 45 from Nicole Willis, plus a couple of great reissues...
New vinyl arrivals: 90 classic jazz and soul albums
Check out these 90 Original albums that have just arrived most of them are priced at £10 each. There are some really good Jazz Funk albums here and the records are all in fantastic barely played near mint condition mainly with nice covers (many with shrinkwrap as indicated). All records are one-offs 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 10-7 mon-sat 11-5 Sun. happy diggin Laurence
