Check out this first batch of rare and great Original Boogie, Disco and Modern Soul 12" singles from the new collection that recently arrived. There are many really rare records here in exceptional condition, all except one are in Near Mint or Ex hardly played condition, with clean labels and original disco bags as individually graded and noted. The Sass record is VG+ with some scuffs and very light crackle, but still a nice copy. All records are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with Soul and Funk LPs from the same collection here...
There are loads of great releases , reissues and restocks this week. Firstly we have new albums from Supershy (Tom Misch) soulful house, Isiah Collier and The Bamboos, and a Christmas album from Samara Joy. We have a catch up on quite a lot of Blue Note Tone Poets and Classic album series releases and some other good Jazz reissues on vinyl. The long awaited unreleased Wes Montgomery and Les McCann CDs are here plus vinyl on the McCann. We are also back in stock of many great albums that we haven't seen for a while including Johnny Hammond Gears,...
Check out this list of another 30 Original Soul and Funk LPs which have recently arrived. There are many classic and in demand albums here and a few very hard to find 00's reissues of rare albums. All records are in great condition, all are at least VG+ with minor scuffs, but most are hardly played in Ex or near Mint with nice covers 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...
It's a week before and we still have some great new releases, reissues and restocks. Nat Birchall has a brand new spiritual jazz LP, plus a new CD from Ambrose Akinmusire. There's also good reissues of classic jazz and blues LP's and a rare boogie 12" on freestyle and a new northern soul dancer from The Faithful Brothers. We are back in stock of the two Lovelites albums both on CD and LP in limited quantities plus other great albums. If you haven't seen it yet check out our feature of Christmas Gift Ideas from yesterday, lots of great boxsets,...
Will Downing releases another 7 track album of Sophisticated soul 'Soul Rising' dedicated to the memory his daughter Aron Siobhan Downing, who sadly passed away earlier this year. 'Closer To Me' is an upper mid tempo dancer, and 'House Of Love' is an excellent mid tempo ballad both co-writen by Will with Randy Bowland. There is a nice version of the Linda Creed and Thom Bell classic ballad 'You're As Right As Rain', featuring many musicians including Johnny Britt on trumpet and Ronnie Foster on keyboards. 'Till We Meet Again' is slinky mid tempo song featuring Foster, Bowland, Al Turner...
Will Downing returns with another new album 'Soul Rising' which will please the many fans of his brand of sophisticated smooth soul. Faze-O have a nice three albums on 2CD set and we are back in stock of the Karin Jones 'Under the Influence' on white vinyl in very limited quantities. We are also back in stock of a few classic albums that we haven't seen in a while from Stan Getz, Clifford Jordan, Syl Johnson, Willie Hutch and The Sylvers. We still have many of the Black Friday RSD exclusive releases available. See our selection here. The six new 45's...
We can safely say that our Spiritual Jazz series would not exist without the inspiration and leadership of the spiritual messiah that is John Coltrane. It can only be right and proper that we dedicate a whole album to his legacy and lasting influence. Spiritual Jazz 15 – A Tribute to 'Trane shines a spotlight on the reverence in which the saxophonist is held in so many ways. On one hand the selection displays cover versions of his songs performed by the musicians he inspired; disciples to Coltrane the messiah, who chose to give praise to the one who laid a foundation for them....
Check out this fantastic selection of rare original vinyl Soul, Funk and Jazz Funk LPs from the amazing new collection that has just arrived. All records are in great condition as individually graded, most are hardly played Ex or Near Mint with nice covers except where noted. There are some very rare albums here that we haven't seen in a long time. All records are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other original vinyl records here to optimise postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or...
2023 has seen a slightly higher quantity of New Soul and Funk albums and some real quality albums. Jalen Ndonga, Acantha Lang and Incognito are all great albums and worthy of being top of the list. Jalen has made a great retro Soul album with shades of Marvin and early 70's Motown, Acantha a beautiful Southern Soul album in the style of Shirley Brown/Betty Wright and Incognito their best in at least a decade and all of them are UK based. Paulette McWilliams , Output Input, Natasha Watts and Will Downing also had strong albums, and The Sextones with another...
There were some really good New Jazz albums in 2023. Yussef Dayes made a really interesting debut solo album , Australian band Menagerie an excellent album and UK band Ezra Collective a superb album that won a Mercury prize. Camilla George, Matthew Halsall, Tenderlonious and Scottish Band Mama Terra and Malcolm Strachan also had good UK based albums.Nicole Conte had his best in a while and fellow Italian artist Gerardo Frisina another good album. Billy Valentine and Carmen Lundy kept the US vocal Jazz flag flying with good albums, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble had a tribute to Don Cherry. Ed Motta had his...
