This Friday 14th February is Valentines Day. What better way to celebrate than to give or receive a classic Soul LP. Check out this list of recommended Soul albums (with a few accessible Jazz titles) that we have available to get you in the mood. Of course these albums sound great whatever the day, so you can always buy one for yourself ! All are in stock at the moment and can be ordered online , over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop open Mon-Sat 11-6. Laurence
There are some interesting new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Kendrick Lamar has a new album on CD black nd coloured vinyl, Marvin's classic 'Whats Going On' has a limited edition green vinyl release and there are nice Blue Note Tone Poet releases from Horace Parlan and Dizzy Reece. There are 3 limited edition picture sleeve 45s on Athens Of The North. We are back in stock of some great albums from Johnny Hammond, Alice Clark, Donna McGhee, Cymande, Marvin Gaye, Patrice Rushen, Mulatu, Takuya Kuroda and Bill Evans amongst others. A lot of you will have seen the recent...
RSD 2025 12th April 2025 We will be taking part in RSD . Here is the full list of the exclusive RSD titles with a link to the titles. We will stock most of the soul jazz reggae and world titles and some of the more general titles. Please let us know if you would like us to carry any of these titles asap so we can make sure we order them. Check out the list HERE.
Leon’s classic and best album , a masterpiece recorded in 1976 for Motown , just after he wrote and produced Marvin’s ‘I Want You’ album. This is in a similar style, and was over shadowed at the time by Marvin’s classic but if anything this is actually a better album. The sensual mood of the album is epitomised by the heavily orchestrated mid tempo ‘Learning How To Love You’, ‘Instant Love’ (ft Minnie Riperton) ‘Body Heat’ (Leon co-wrote and sang on Quincy’s original a year earlier) , ‘Journey Into You’ , and the slower ‘Holiday’ (ft Marvin and Womack) ,...
The band Eramus hall were apparently named after a famous Detroit landmark building by George Clinton. Their debut album 'Your Love Is My Desire' was released on Westbound in 1980 , the last album on the label, although it was recorded a couple of years earlier. It shows influence from Ohio Players, Blackbyrds and not a long way off Breakwater. 'Your Love Is My desire' is a lovely jazzy soul modern soul mid tempo horn backed dancer. They cover J.R.Bailey classic stepper 'Just Me N You' with a lusher jazzier soul production. There are some nice mid tempo ballads 'She...
Check out this great batch of another 50 collectable Soul and Funk CDs from the new collection that recently arrived. There are many hard to find, out of print titles here, all in great condition, many are still sealed, all as individually graded. All titles are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with Japanese issue Soul and Jazz CDs from the same collection here to optimise postage costs. CDs 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 great batch of 50 Japanese Soul and Jazz CDs from a massive collection (approx 1500) that has just arrived. There are many hard to find titles here, almost all are out of print. Many of the CDs are still sealed, many of the opened ones still have Obi strips all as individually graded and noted. All of these titles are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. Watch out for some more collectable titles from this collection later in the week and over the coming months. CDs can be ordered online, over the phone on...
It's a bumper week for new releases and reissues this week. Expansion release Paradise Projex's album 'I Am You', a nice retro 80's sounding album. Roy Hargrove's magnificent latin jazz album 'Grand Terre' is finally available on CD as well as LP. Cymande return with a new album 'Renascence' on CD and LP. We have very limited stock on Ritenour/Grusin 'Brasil' CD. There are some great reissues on LP including Leon Ware 'Musical Massage' and Eramus Hall 'Your Love Is My Desire', Brides Of Funkenstein, Temptations, Marvin and Tammi, 4 titles from Pharoah Sanders, Roland Kirk, Marcos Valle, Astrid Gilberto...
Check out this great batch of Original Vinyl Soul and Funk 45s from the vaults. There are many rare and in demand titles here, all are in great condition as individually graded. All titles are one off's, 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
Check out this great batch of 40 Original Vinyl Soul and Funk LPs. There are many great, classic and hard to find albums here, and we have some of them at reduced prices for a very limited time until the 7th February 2025. All titles are in great condition as individually graded and all are one off's, 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
