New Releases, comps and reissues
There are three strong Independent Soul albums from ladies this week. Dawn Pemberton from Canada, Emma Donovan from Australia and Tobi Tobin from USA may have different styles but they all feed the Soul. There are some interesting compilations on CDF and a couple more of the excellent value An easy introduction to…multiple album sets from Masterworks.
Vinyl releases
Great Vinyl releases this week with Barbara Lynn superb classic 60’s Soul album ‘Here is Barbara Lynn’ given a quality 180gm thick gatefold sleeve issue from Light in the Attic, and an unreleased double LP of British jazz/rock band Nucleus with Leon Thomas live at Montreux from 1970 on the Audiophile label Gearbox. There are a few nice 45’s including some very limited Northern Soul cuts on Secret Stash, a very early Barry White track and a modern soul classic from Al Green.
James Brown film opens today
Today see the James Brown biographic film ‘Get On Up’ released in UK cinemas, it promises to be a good view on the life of the Godfather, with an excellent funky soundtrack from the man.
To Celebrate its release we have listed some of the best James Brown CD albums that we have in stock. See them here
R.I.P Jimmy Ruffin
Sad to hear of the passing of Motown legend Jimmy Ruffin. ‘What becomes of the Broken Hearted’ is an all time classic and was one of the formative tracks I heard when i was getting into Soul music 45 years ago. All his great Motown recordings are on the Ultimate Motown collection.
Black Friday – 28th November
Next Friday is Black Friday and as an RSD store we will be carrying all the Soul related exclusive titles including the unissued JB’s (featuring Booty Collins) LP ‘These are the JB’s’ and the People records 45 box set, plus a few of more general titles. More details on the site later next week as the product arrives and we know what we have been allocated.
Gift Vouchers
Just a reminder that our popular Gift Vouchers are still available in multiples of £5, £10 and £25 and make perfect Christmas gifts to give or receive for Soul and Jazz fans. A full list of Gift Ideas and our Popular Albums of the year feature will be in our Christmas catalogue mailing at the end of next week and on our site shortly afterwards.
Podcast
Hope that you enjoyed the show on Sunday , if you missed it you can hear it again here, hope that you can join me this Sunday 10am to midday for another edition of the Soul Brother Selection.
have a great weekend
Laurence
