Lee Fields has been recording great Rhythm and Blues, Soul and Funk records since the late 1960's. His latest album 'Sentimental Fool' sees him reunited with producer Bosco Mann and the Daptone stable. It is a strong album featuring some great ballads, mid tempo and funky soul grooves, reminiscent of mid 60s James Brown. 'Two Jobs' and 'Without A Heart' are really funky grooves. 'Your Face Before My Eyes' is an uptempo 60s style soul dancer. 'Forever' , 'I Should Have Let You Be', 'Sentimental Fool' , 'Just Give Me Your Time' , 'What I Did' and 'Ordinary Lives' are...
It's a bumper week for new releases and reissues , with some great new albums from Ezra Collective, Lee Fields and Bunn Debrett Quintet. There are also two more releases in the Blue Note Tone Poet series from Bobby Hutcherson and Harold Vick. There are two compilations of note, John Sinclair Presents Detroit Artists Workshop which has some great late 60's and early 70's Jazz from the Motorcity, and Theo Parrish Dj Kicks featuring soulful house and some up and coming Detroit artists. The highlight of the week though are the new batch of 45's on Soul Brother and Expansion, with killer cuts from Betty...
China Burton - You Don't Care About Our Love China Burton’s 1979 Brit funk classic You Don’t Care About Our Love sees a reissue on Soul Brother Records, a rare, expensive and in demand title originally released on Logo records. There have been plenty of bootlegs of this track scattered around the marketplace for a while, but this is the first legitimate reissue that this record has seen. It is a rare piece of British disco-funk, orchestrated with a sweeping string section and fully manned brass section with rolling percussion and an anthemic, catchy chorus that make it perfect for...
Bunn DeBrett Quintet is back with volume 2 of the eponymous album series of contemporary Jazz. Following on from the success of the critically acclaimed first album released in 2021 which sold out its vinyl run, volume 2 builds on the artistic and creative expressions of Volume 1 to bring together a group of artists to perform on Stephen Bunn and Jon DeBrett’s compositions. Once again featuring the core musicians of Stephen and Jon along with Neil Corcoran, Alan Barnes and Roger Beujolais and the stunning spoken word vocals of Tenesha the Wordsmith BDQ vol. 2 also benefits from the...
Check out this latest batch of 50 Original Soul and Funk 45's from the large collection that we are processing. There are some great 70's Soul singles here along with a few reissues of 60's Soul and Motown. All records are in great condition as individually graded , almost all are VG+ or Ex (some are M-) and many are in the original company sleeves. You can combine with other 45's from the same collection in Northern Soul, Northern and Modern Soul, Funk and Funky Soul and More Funk and Funky Soul features to optimize postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over...
FBI were one of the tightest UK Funk and Soul bands of the 1970’s. The nine piece band led by Root Jackson had a real feel good sound. He interchanges with Bonnie Wilkerson on vocals on this nine track album originally released in 1976. The album is a mix of hard driving funk like ‘FBI’, ‘Bad Deal’ ,’Get That Ball’ and ‘Free Prision’ plus soul cuts including ‘Let Me Love You’ and a great covers of Jr Bailey’s ‘Love Love Love’ and Stevie Wonder’s storming ‘Keep On Running’. The outstanding track though is the multi-paced ‘Talking About Love’ A rare...
Gil Scott Heron 'Pieces Of A Man' is one of the all time great albums of our music. It is now reissued with an all analogue sound on a 2LP set from BGP to give possibly the best sound experience to date of this essential album (we still have the regular HQ Lp and CD as well). There are two great reissues on our own Soul Brother label this week. Johnny Hammond 'Gamblers Life' is an amazing Jazz-Funk album from 1974 produced by the Mizell Brothers that includes the dancefloor classic 'Starborne' and title track sampled by Erykah Badu, but is a...
A classic Mizell Brothers production and one of the early reissues in the Soul Brother repertoire, we’re extremely proud and excited to announce the second pressing of Johnny Hammond’s seminal 1975 jazz-funk offering Gambler’s Life, redone and reissued from the original masters on CD and LP some 21 years after it was initially released on our label! ‘Gamblers Life’ preceded the more famous ‘Gears’. Every bit as strong, Gambler's Life was released on a subsidiary of CTI in 1975 and has an edgier feel and a distinctive Johnny Hammond register, an amalgam of fusion, jazz-funk and soul with a street-wise...
Check out this great batch of 40 Soul and Funk various artist LP compilations from the recent collection that we are processing. There are some great and hard to find compilations, covering Rare Groove, Disco, Philly, Northern Soul, Motown, Stax/Atlantic and 60's Soul here all in great condition as individually graded. All titles are one off's, so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with other LPs from the same collection in Funk, Funk and Soul , Soul & Motown and Soul Lps features to optimize postage costs. Records can be ordered on-line, over the phone on 020...
Check out this latest batch of 50 Original Northern and 60's Soul 45's from the recent collection that we are processing. There are some originals but mainly early to mid 70's UK reissues including the majority of the Pye Disco Demand series and a few 70's unofficial pressings. Most records are in Ex or near Mint condition, many with the original printed company sleeves (A few are VG+ with minor scuffs NAP) as individually graded. All records are one off's so please order early to avoid disappointment. You can combine with 45 records from the same collection in Northern and Modern Soul, Funk and Funky...
