Check out this batch of 50 Original Vinyl Soul LPs with a big batch of Spinners/Detroit Spinners, Love Unlimited Orchestra and many more, form the large collection that we are processing. All records are in great condition , most are hardly played Ex or Near mint , a couple are still sealed and covers have below average wear for their age (many have original shrinkwrap) as individually graded. Most tiles are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other recently listed original vinyl here to optimise postage costs Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on...
There are some really good new albums and reissues on Cd and LP this week. Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin has a new album 'Pheonix' , and Jose James a tribute to Erykah Bafu 'on and On'. There is a Cd reissue of the early 70's Soul 'With Love From The Lovelites' (LP coming in the next month) plus a great 3CD Set of Randy Crawford complete Warner brother albums. There is a nice batch of very rare Soul and Funk albums issued on the Japanese P-Vine label from Lemuria, Touch of Class, Tomorrow People and Ron Henderson and Choice Of Color, available...
Ray Perez was a pianist and bandleader of seminal Venezuelan salsa group Los Dementes, recording seven albums between 67 and 68 with this outfit. Off the back of these initial successes, he was exported to New York where he worked alongside Kako’s orchestra (Francisco Angel Bastar) in the late 60’s. After finishing his stint in NYC, Perez returned to Caracas where he summoned the finest indigenous talent available to him at the time (Luis Arias, Alfredo Naranjo, Perucho Torcat, Larry Francia) and founded Los Kenya, an Afro-Venezuelan salsa group that were one of the rawest and most exiting contemporary musical...
When Lenny Kravitz invites you to perform a drum duet you say 'yes'!! Since her 2018 cameo in the rock legend’s ‘Low’ video, drummer, composer and band leader Jas Kayser hasn’t looked back. In 2021 Jas won both the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act award, and and Parliamentary Jazz Newcomer Awards. "Jas’s drumming, with all its rhythmic control, is the driving force, a constant yet dynamic presence." (LondonJazzNews) The prolific 26-year-old has since been picked up as an artist by Paiste Cymbals and Yamaha Drums and is winning an international following thanks to her eclectic adventures in sound which have taken her to Panama,...
We Want Sounds' latest compilation takes another look at Bob Shad's Mainstream Label and it's subsidiaries Brown Dog and IX Chains records that tried to harness more commercial funk, soul and disco sounds against the backdrop of the commercial failure of jazz in the seventies. This compilation takes some of the best and lesser-known recordings between 74 and 76, many of the selections reissued for the first time on vinyl. The comp opens with the instrumental and vocal versions of Grand Jury's Music Is Fun To Me, which sounds like a product of it's time, low budget disco-funk with shades...
This is the second release on Seb Whyte and Will Fox’s Motherlode Music label, dedicated to reissuing rare gems. Stratus were a cross-genre rock band formed around 1974 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, led by Robert Ackley. Originally recorded in 1976 at Wildwood Recording Studios, an embellished description of a basement in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. This release was funded by a local dentist and promoted by ‘Cathy’, Ackley’s muse and inspiration for the release and the track ‘Girl’ in particular. Only 1000 copies were ever pressed, the majority of which were subsequently distributed by the band at shows as pseudo-business cards, with many...
Check out this great selection of 40 Original Soul and Funk LPs that have just arrived. There are some in demand albums here that we haven't seen in a while plus many classics. All the records are in great condition, many are hardly played and a few are sealed as individually graded. The covers have minor wear ,many are still in shrinkwrap. You can combine with other Soul lps here to optimise shipping costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop in Putney Open Mon-Sat 11-6. Happy Diggin Laurence
There are some good new releases and reissues this week. Firstly the second 45 on Will's Motherlode label, a good rare blue eyed soul track from 1977 is reissued for the first time. Come and grab a copy off Will tomorrow morning where we will be officially launching it in the shop, and check out the tracks and a write up here Carmen Lundy is one of the greatest living Jazz vocalists and her new album 'Fade To Black' is another great album to add to her brilliant catalogue, we still have most of her previous Cds in stock, viewable...
Dexter Wansel's Life On Mars, What The World Is Coming To, Voyager & Time Is Slipping Away have been made avaiable on 2CDs from the BGO label. The CD package highlights some of the best output from the talented arranger, writer, musician and performer's four albums for Philadelphia International Records, dating from 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979. Wansel started off in music as a keyboardist and synth player for some of the Philadelphia studio bands, such as MFSB and Instant Funk, while also getting gigs with the likes of Archie Bell and the Drells and Don Covay. The musical body of Wansel's work consists of space-age...
We are delighted to announce that we have three great 45's coming on our Soul Brother label in May. They are Harold McNair classic 60's British Jazz dancer 'The Hipster' made in a replica 4 prong label , Vaneese & Carolyn 'The Goodbye Song' a superb Rare Groove 2-stepper and Salena Jones versions of 'Am i The Same Girl' and the 60's Mod Jazz dancer 'Right Now'. The last two will be available as regular dinked or limited edition full centre DJ Copies Expansion also has three new 45's coming in May , Charles Earland 'Coming To You live', Future Flight...
