There are some interesting new releases, reissues and restocks this week. Roy Ayers Ubiquity first album gets a 180gm reissue on Elemental who also have reissued two classic Wes Mongomery albums . The Chi-Lites 'A Lonely Man' which includes their versions of 'Inner City Blues' and 'Living In The Footsteps' has a welcome re-issue on Brunswick/ORG. There are some classic Blue Note reissues from Duke Pearson, Dexter Gordon plus Blue vinyl Herbie Hancock and Grant Green. There are quite a few nice Soul 45s , three good titles on Numero and two on Ace's new Soul Harmony subsidiary. Pre-order for 30th...
Roy Ayers Ubiquity's first Polydor album from 1970 includes gems like ‘Pretty Brown Skin’, Nat Adderley’s ‘Hummin’ and the psychedelic ‘The Fuzz’. Roy’s take on ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’ has a wicked walking jazzy bass line. The funky ‘Love’ has a groove that later would-be known as Jazz Funk, whilst ‘Can You Dig It’ is funkier still. Ubiquity’s members at the time included keyboard wizard Harry Whittaker., Edwin Birdsong on organ and vocals and Alphonse Mouzon on drums. This album laid the foundations for one of the best exponents of the jazz-funk genre throughout the 70's and early...
Check out this batch of 30 Original vinyl Soul and Disco albums by female singers and groups from the South West Connection collection. There are some hard to find albums here along with many classics. All the records are in hardly played, near mint condition with nice covers, many still in the original shrink wrap, all 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 to optimise postage costs. Watch out for more records from this amazing collection next week, plus some great...
Check out this great batch of 30 Original Vinyl Soul, Funk and Disco 12"s from the amazing South West Connection collection. There are some hard to find titles along with many classics. These records are all in hardly (if ever) played near mint condition in crisp sleeves , many still in shrink wrap as individually graded and noted. 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 original 12"s here, to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered online, over the phone on 020...
There are some interesting new releases, reissues and restocks this week. The Diplomats of Soul cover Weldon Irvine/Don Blackman 'I Love You' on a limited edition 45 available as regular dinked or full centre DJ copy. Thee Sacred Souls also have a new 45. Gary Bartz has an unreleased live album from '75 and Roland Haynes jr an unreleased jazz-funk album (sounds a little like James Mason in places). There are good reissues from Antonia Carlos Jobim, Pharoah Sanders ,Cannonball Adderley/Sergio Mendes , Four Mints plus restocks of many great titles on LP and CD including a couple from Quincy Jones who...
Saxophonist Benny Golson had already been recording for 20 years as a leader, when he made this Jazz-Funk album for Columbia in 1978. Golson is joined by some great musicians including James Gadson on drums and vocals, Ray Parker guitar, Bobby Lyle keys, Paulinho Da Costa percussion, plus great backing vocals from Clydie King, Julia and Maxine Waters and former Ikette Jessica Smith. ‘I’m Always Dancin’ To The Music’ has become a rare groove 2 stepper anthem over the past 30 years, a great track that has a punchy groove and is hard to sit still to. ‘Blues March’ and...
Check out this batch of 30 Original Soul and Disco 12"s from the South West Connection. There are many hard to find and classic tracks here, all in amazing hardly played near mint condition in crisp original disco bags or printed sleeves, many still in shrink wrap, as individually graded and noted. 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 the great 12" collection here to optimise postage costs. Watch out for more batches from this incredible collection next week. Records can be ordered...
Check out this great batch of 40 Original Vinyl Soul and Funk LPs from the South West Connection collection that has just arrived. There are many classic albums here along with a few obscurities all in hardly-played near mint condition with nice crisp sleeves, many still in shrinkwrap, all 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 to optimise postage costs. Watch out for a batch of original vinyl 12" from the same collection later in the week. Records can be ordered...
Check out this batch of 40 Original Vinyl Jazz-Funk LPs from the superb South West Connection collection. There are many classic albums here including a few Quincy Jones who very sadly passed over the weekend, some of which are hard to find now. All the records are in hardly played near mint condition with nice covers many still in shrink wrap all as individually graded. All titles are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other records from the same collection here to optimise postage costs. Watch out for more LPs and 12"s from the collection...
There are some nice reissues and restocks this week. There are two good compilations on BGP 'This is Retro Soul 1969-79' and 'This is the Breaks 1965-1975' which contain many in demand and classic tracks. There is also a nice comp of Isaac Hayes singles from 69-72, and the latest two Blue Note tone poet albums from Bobby Hutcherson and Cliff Jordan. Ace have some nice 45 reissues, two on the City label, one deep soul and a couple of classic Mirwood northern soul sides back to back. Preorder for a new limited edition Diplomats of Soul 45 cover of...
