These exclusive limited edition records are released on Record Store Day Saturday 22nd April and will be available in store from 8am on the day. All titles are limited to one per person and sold on a first come first served basis. Any remaining stock will be available to order online from 8pm on Monday 24th April.
These exclusive limited edition records are released on Record Store Day Saturday 22nd April and will be available in store from 8am on the day. All titles are limited to one per person and sold on a first come first served basis. Any remaining stock will be available to order online from 8pm on Monday 24th April.
Firstly, a very Easter to all of you. We are Open Today Good Friday until 5.30pm and tomorrow 11-6 then closed Sunday and Monday reopening on Tuesday 11th at 11am. There are some long awaited and excellent releases this week. Soul on the realside vol 15 is a great compilation of 70's Modern Soul gems and one of the best in this long running series, essential listing. The Third volume of the Philadelphia international 50th Anniversary 8CD box sets 'Love Is The Message' has finally arrived containing the next 8 albums issued on the label. Wilbur Niles made two obscure Jazz-Funk and Fusion albums...
Brick Lane Jazz Festival takes place over a three day weekend across seven music venues at the Truman Brewery and Village Underground, offering an unforgettable gig-hopping experience with all participating venues within a few minutes’ walk of each other. This year’s lineup boasts some of London’s jazz-scene heavyweights, including Steam Down, Lex Amor, Ashley Henry, Reuben James, Jas Kayser, Bel Cobain, Sarathy Korwar, Tenderlonious, Seed., Jasmine Myra, Camilla George, Kay Young, Colectiva, Chelsea Carmichael, Coco Maria, Tim Garcia, Andrew Ashong + many more. Rated the #1 Best UK Festival 2023 by Timeout, head on down and enjoy vintage markets, record...
The ever reliable Soul On The Realside CD series returns with its 15th volume. Packed with 16 modern soul gems from the 70s emanating from the Capitol group of labels. Highlights included the modern soul dancers Corey Blake 'How Can I Go On Without You', Cornelious Brothers & Sister Rose 'Big Time Lover' , Rance Allen 'Reasons To Survive' and Freddie Terrell 'You Had It Made' . George Soule all time great 'Get Involved' sits alongside the excellent but lesser known Brown Sugar 'The Game Is Over' and Charles Williams 'Standing In The Way'. There are some nice mid tempo...
Thrust – McNeal & Niles McNeal and Niles initially recorded their first album—limited to 500 copies—in Akron Ohio in the makeshift Man-Ray studios, which also happened to double up as a car wash. Barrels of soap and detergent were rolled out of the way to make space for the band and their equipment, an unknown assortment of names from the American Midwest, and Niles’ then girlfriend Machelle McNeal recording vocals and synthesisers. Thrust exists in the blurred space between jazz, funk, soul and R&B in which many homemade recordings from the late seventies occupied, the overall sound signature not too...
To coincide with the relaunch of Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label Dean Rudland has compiled for BGP 'This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-75. It contains 16 tracks from this epic label, featuring not only its main stars Gil Scott Heron, Lonnie Liston Smith and Leon Thomas but many lesser known artists. Gil Scott Heron 'Revolution Will Not Be Televised' and 'Whitey On The Moon' perfectly illustrate his spoken word style. Leon Thomas 'Just in Time To See the Sun' is a fantastic uptempo Funky Jazz stormer, whilst 'Echoes' is a beautiful mid tempo track. Cesar 'See Saw Affair' is a vocal...
Georgie B has a new Groove Association Cd 'Reflections' which will appeal to his many fans. Another contemporary Uk Soul artist the lovely Natasha Watts has a nice new album available only on a memory stick in the design of a cassette (No CD release) containing music and video material, exclusively available from Soul Brother for retail. There are some great reissue 45's this week on the Soul Brother, Expansion and Outta sight labels. On Soul Brother we are delighted to release Vanesese & Carolyn mega rare 2-stepper 'Goodbye Song' and Salena Jones' great take of 'Am I The Same...
Vaneese & Carolyn - The Goodbye Song / Just A Little Smile Vaneese & Carolyn are Vaneese Thomas (daughter of Rufus Thomas) and Carolyn Mitchell who recorded two singles together at Polydor in 1977 and 1978. From these, the 1978 collaboration has been reissued here, the sides reversed. Original copies have exchanged hands for over £300. Both singers had recorded with Disco producer John Davis and his Monster Orchestra the same year on his album “Ain’t That Enough For You”, but both these songs are more sophisticated classic soul stylings with incredible vocal performances. Buy standard dinked copy HERE Buy...
Donald Byrd’s album Street Lady was the second album he released in 1973, closely following the ground-breaking jazz-funk record Black Byrd that straddled both the R&B and jazz charts, although derided by many jazz purists as a sidestep away from “real” jazz. Street Lady was recorded by a cohort of young music students of his and alumni from the fabled Howard University in Washington DC—an institution that churned out talent with conveyor-belt regularity from Donny Hathaway to Leroy Hutson—where Byrd was the chairman of the Black Music Department, overseeing a large pool of talent which he would expertly recruit. The...
