Real Gone Music have reissued the highly sought after “Voyage – A Journey Into Discoid Funk” an album that was originally released as a solo venture from Shadows drummer Brian Bennett, a session musician and a library music man who was associated with work for labels such as KPM and Bruton Music among others. He composed music for films and TV and during the 1980s was awarded two Ivor Novello awards and wrote music for a wide range of television programmes including Dallas, The Sweeney and for the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. In the...
We are happy to offer you the remaining record store day 2022 titles on-line. We still have some great titles in stock. All items are limited to one per person. They are separated by music genre Soul & Funk Jazz World, Reggae and Hip Hop Rock and Pop We will start dispatching from Tuesday 3rd May after the bank holiday and aim to have all orders shipped by Friday 6th May. Happy Diggin and good luck Laurence
Tanika Charles returns with a good retro soul album. Trombone Shorty has a new album and Norah Jones classic 'Come Away With Me' is reissued on vinyl and CD. The latest Tone Poet release from Hank Mobley has finally arrived. The two Bill Evans and Charles Mingus albums that were released for RSD on vinyl are now issued on CD. Amancio D'Silva has an unreleased British Jazz/Indian influenced album finally issued 50 years on. There are some good 45 reissues this week from Penny Goodwin, William Stuckey, Family of Swede, Sounds Of Soul and The Velvelettes/Gladys Knight. We are back in stock of some...
Check out the remaining Soul Compilation that came in for RSD 22 - some great titles still in stock. All of these are available to buy online tomorrow from 20:00, or you can buy them off us in the shop up until then on a first come first served basis. Don't sleep, as many of these titles are one offs and will not be repressed! Happy diggin' Laurence
The 1979 classic album Light As A Feather finally sees a coloured vinyl reissue courtesy of Far Out Records, a timeless and beautiful album that revels in unorthodoxy, experimental arrangements & instrumentation, cutting edge synthesis and native Brazilian rhythms, imbibing a unique breed of Brazilian Jazz-Funk that blossomed on UK dance floors in the late seventies and early 80’s. During this period, tracks such as Miss Cheryl by Banda Black Rio and Azymuths Jazz Carnival gained underground popularity, let alone George Duke’s Brazilian excursions which duly filtered back to dance-floor ready London club audiences. It was certainly an album that...
The Pharoah’s first album The Awakening was originally released on the Chicago based Scarab label in 1971, long considered a grail item among record connoisseurs since the first wave of the Rare Groove scene back in the Early 80s. The Pharaohs only released one studio album before their disbandment in 1973, so for a while it was assumed that the Awakening was the group’s only available recorded music. This was up until In the Basement was discovered by Ubiquity Records founder Michael McFaddin while working with Louis Satterfield on the first reissue of The Awakening. The original master tapes from...
The Electrified AGB – All Girls Band Fly Away is an extremely sought after and rare private press Jazz-Funk outing written and recorded sometime during the 1970’s—the date is still unclear. Produced by Lloyd L Harris Jr and featuring a cast of obscure female musicians and performers from the New Orleans area, the original copy of this obscure Louisiana Jazz-Funk single commands ridiculously high prices online where a copy is currently listed on Discogs for just under £2,000. Having been recently reissued for Record Store Day, it has been doing the rounds on Soul and Jazz circles, receiving attention from...
Last minute indecisiveness about what to pick up for record store day? Check out our personal favourite picks from this years RSD to give you some inspiration on what to pick up. Laurence Eunice Collins - At The Hotel Willie Tee - First Taste of Hurt Whole Darn Family - Seven Minutes Of Funk Charlie MItchell - After Hours Best of Chi-Sound Records 1976-1983 Barbara Mason - The Lost 80's Sessions Betty Harris The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul The Pharoahs - In The Basement Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section Prince Lincoln and the Royal Rasses Brook Eunice...
There are some great new releases this week. At long last the Dinner Party album featuring Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder gets a vinyl issue, great album ! There are new CD releases from Kenny Lattimore and James Hunter Six plus vinyl reissues from Cassandra Wilson and Geri Allen in the Blue Note classics series.Ace have a great Dusty Springfield Soul CD. Good vinyl reissues from Tower Of Power, Kenny Dorham (high quality very limited pressing), Azar Lawrence, Wendell Harrison and Alice Coltrane, pluwe are back in stock of some great albums from Curtis Mayfield, John Coltrane...
Here is the final update on Record Store Day which is this Saturday 23rd April You can view the exclusive titles that we have for RSD by music genre: Funk & Soul Jazz & World Hip Hop & Reggae Rock & Soundtracks There are quite a few titles which have been put back to the second drop which is Sat 18th June. We will be open at 8am until 6pm on Saturday. Titles are limited to one per person and sold on a first come first served basis, we are not able to reserve any of the exclusive titles. You can see videos of the...
