Check out these 40 Original Vinyl Soul and Funk 45s from the South West connection. There are quite a few rare and in demand titles here along with many classics and obscurities. These records are all in great condition, almost all are in near mint or excellent condition, as individually graded. All records are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other records from the same collection here, or other recently arrived original 45s here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered online, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop...
Check out this batch of 35 Original Jazz and Jazz Funk LPs from an amazing collection that recently arrived. There are some hard to find records here along with many classics. These records are in exceptionally good condition for their age; most are near mint or excellent with nice sleeves, all as individually graded. All records are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other rare jazz records from the same collection here, an original jazz, funk and soul collection here or South West Connection here to optimise postage. Records can be ordered online,...
The first weekend of the year heralds the Luxury Soul weekender and the 3CD Luxury Soul 2025 box set which has arrived this morning. Expansion also has two new 45s from Jean Carne and Paradise Project, available as regular dinked or limited edition full centre DJ copies. Luther Vandross has a new compilation including the four newly discovered unreleased tracks. We are finally back in stock of Cleo Sol's superb 'Gold' and 'Heaven' LPs , her other two albums are due next week. We have also managed to source a few more copies of Larry Saunders' 'The Stranger' Black Friday...
Check out this batch of 35 Original vinyl Soul, Disco and R&B LPs from a new collection that has just arrived. There are many in demand albums and classics here. These records are in good, played condition, most are in excellent or better condition but a few have surface scuffs (VG+), covers have average wear for their age, all 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
There were some really good Soul and Funk reissues in 2024. The Modulations' 'It's Rough Out Here' is one of the best Philadelphia Soul albums not to appear on PIR, a great album throughout. Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson's 'Winter In America' is an all time classic, with their 'From South Africa to South Carolina' not far behind. Gloria Scott's 'What Am I Gonna Do' is a lovely Barry White produced rare groove album. Willie Tee's 'I'm Only A Man' is a very strong David Axelrod produced album from 1970. Luther's two 70's Cotillion albums were finally reissued this...
2024 won't go down as a vintage year for new soul music, however there were some really good albums. Sy Smith gave us the best album of the year with a very nice album which has shades of Deniece Williams and Minnie Riperton whilst being totally contemporary. Kelly Finnigan, Emilio Sisco and Thee Sinseers produced excellent and very authentic retro soul albums with great production and songs, whilst Cleo Sol gave us the best Neo-soul album with Allysha Joy not far behind and Will Downing produced his best album in years 'Soul Rising' (and also 'Luscious'). Myles Sanko and Jose...
There were some great new jazz albums in 2024, pride of place goes to an unreleased Roy Hargrove Crisol album recorded in 1998 but incredibly never released, killer Latin Jazz! Resolution 88 made a very strong fusion album 'Vortex' illustrating Tom O'Grady's keyboard wizardry and Herbie Hancock influence, Ashley Henry, Ezra collective and Nubya Garcia showed how good new London Jazz can be and Kamasi Washington made another strong album whilst Don Glori had a good album with a slight Brazilian influence.
2024 was a really vintage year for Jazz reissues, too many good titles to list here. Mr Bongo started a series of reissuing albums from the Groove Merchant label including killer albums from Lonnie Smith and O'Donel Levy. Dorothy Ashby's superb 'Afro Harping' got a deluxe edition issue with many additional versions of an amazing album produced by Richard Evans. Luis Gasca's fantastic funky latin jazz album 'For Those Who Chant' featuring an incredible line up is another highlight. Donald Byrd's 'Kofi' and Roy Ayers' Ubiquity mark the beginning of Jazz Fusion whilst Lee Morgan's 'Search For The New Land' is...
British-Ghanaian Singer Songwriter Myles Sanko releases his fifth studio album 'Let It Unfold', a unique blend of Soul and Jazz. It is a strong self written, produced, mixed and released album. Myles has a very rich voice and his songs have powerful lyrics of self-fulfilment, healing, hope and positive energy. Myles is backed by some good musicians that include Tom O'Grady on keyboards and drummer, percussion and vibes player Ric Elsworth (both from Resolution 88) and long term associates, Jon Mapp on bass and Gareth Lumbers on sax and flute, plus Samuel Ewens on trumpet and flugelhorn. Highlights include the...
There are some good new releases and reissues this week and loads of great restocks. Myles Sanko has made another great album available as a limited edition Cd and LP, don't sleep on this as we are unlikely to get more once this batch sells out. Soulutions have 3 very limited edition 7" singles and Lynn Davis 'Beautiful You' gets a limited 45 release in a picture sleeve. Jazz Dispensary have released Pleasure 'Joyous' , a brilliant album, available in small quantities, plus Gary Bartz 'Another Earth' on a high quality reissue. We are back in stock of many great titles...
