An incredible document of a key genre in 50s jazz on record – the jam session tradition, recorded beautifully for Verve records by the legendary Norman Granz! The idea of a jam session was nothing new at the time, of course, but it was mostly a live phenomenon – known to players from... read more
A second amazing look at the Cosmic club scene in early 80s Italy – a book-like package that tells the story of DJ Daniele Baldelli, complete with text in English and Italian, and lots of vintage photos – then goes onto include two CDs' worth of vintage music, all selected by Baldelli... read more
A long-overdue collection that dips into the huge disco legacy of the New York-based De-Lite label (and related imprints Red Coach and Vigor) – most famously home to Kool & The Gang, but also the home of a lot of other good east coast groups, most of whom were important in those key mid... read more
Goldmine's second great volume of rare Detroit soul, featuring extremely hard to find tracks like "Yes I Love You Baby" by The Dynamics, "We Still Have Time" by The Metros, "Candle" by Doni Burdick, "Looking For A Woman" by Brooks Bros, "Go Down" by... read more
Includes ""Won't Change" by Husker Du, "Scum & Slime" by John Giorno Band, excerpts from "The Western Land: The President, Colonel Bradford, Every Man A God" by William S Burroughs, "Halloween" by Sonic Youth, "Dead Man's Shoes" by Cabaret... read more
A German disco extravaganza – and a much-needed look at one of the strongest 70s club outlets next to the US! At first glance, the mix of Germany and disco might seem like an unlikely fit – but the German scene gave the world some key disco hits back in the 70s, as well as a huge... read more
A tasty sampling of tracks from a label that's really starting to get our attention! Dome started out quite a few years back as one of the few strong UK indie soul labels, but early releases didn't grab us nearly as much as some of their excellent recent work – a range of tracks pulled from... read more
A wonderful celebration of a great little label – the 20-year-old Dome Records – home to some of the best contemporary soul recordings from the UK! Dome has a great reputation for picking the cream of the crop of the Neo Soul generation – originally just working with British... read more
A incredible little set of grooves that lit up early 80s Italian club scene – bubbling electro pop, pulsing post disco, and cosmic soul tunes compiled by DJ Mooner – a batch of nuggets originally spun in the famous Discoteca Cosmic! The tunes were all on the playlists during the heyday... read more
Cosmic grooves and spacey post disco compiled by Dompteur Mooner – a great third volume of the Elaste series from Compost Records! The soul if disco splintered in the cosmos in the early 80s, soaring strings giving way to funky synths, proto-techno programming and all around galactic feel in... read more
A wonderful batch of tunes from the RCA catalog – funky jazz, heavy soul, and some killer groovers that really step out with a nice little vibe! The package does a great job of bringing together tracks from the far corners of the RCA empire in the late 60s and early 70s – and includes... read more
An excellent collection of funky tracks – with a groove that's slightly different than the usual comp! This set focuses on funky rock tracks that have been sampled over the past decade – moving past the soul and jazz racks to find some tasty grooves that you might have missed had you... read more
17 full-length tracks produced by Domingo and DJ Rob. Ok, maybe not the strongest compilation all the way through but still a couple nice tracks not available on any other LP or single, including a nice remix of the Cocoa Brovas' "Super Brooklyn" featuring Mista Cheeks, Eminem/J... read more
Heavy funk with a contemporary twist – a host of James Brown classics, all replayed here by the roster of the Gamm label! Given the hip hop stylings of most of the artists, the funk here is often cut, pasted, and sampled – but there's also clearly a bit of live instrumentation going on... read more
Some of the best funky singles of recent years released on one CD! The Soul Fire label is probably the most dedicated flag waver around for the classic funk sound – producing limited edition funky 45s by classic artists and newbies working in a classic mode – artists like Sugarman... read more
A landmark collection of southern soul from the 60s and 70s – all of it pulled from the vaults of Excello Records, a label that didn't always circulate strongly at the time! The work here is buried in the depths below Stax and Atlantic, but echoes many similar themes – influences from... read more
A nice compilation of tracks pulled from Blood & Fire's fantastic reggae reissue series. While this is the sort of collection labels put together to introduce you to their catalog, it plays really well from beginning to end – a wonderful testament to the deep digging the folks at Blood... read more
The modern sound of the Miami scene – a wealth of contemporary club cuts from Hot Records – one of the city's biggest indies from a few decades back! The work here follows strongly in a post-disco, post-house mode – some influences from the boogie indie scene of the 80s, but also... read more
The Hurst selection here is mighty nice – a wonderful blend of contemporary soul numbers, put together with a great focus on greatness still to be discovered, and served up with some rare mixes too! The quality level of the set is great all the way through – the best in mature,... read more
Some of the funkiest, grooviest tunes ever from the MPS label – all brought together in one double-length set at an incredible price! These are the tracks that first got MPS re-noticed by a younger generation of groovers a decade or more ago – tunes that offer up an amazing blend of... read more
Collection of jazzy tunes from artist of now and then. Including tracks by Mario Bondi, Maceo Parker, Mozzoforte, Bobby McFerrin, Caro Emerald, Carmen McRae, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, and many more – over two CDs!... read more
Way more than just a jazz funk revival – given that all of the tracks here are from the mighty Muse Records, one of the coolest companies going back in the 70s! The set does a great job of mixing straighter funk with some more righteous numbers – showing two key sides of the label's... read more
Probably our favorite entry in this excellent series of classic "jazz meets world music" recordings from MPS. This CD compiles material from 3 rare recordings from the 60's – Djanger Bali by Tony Scott, Sakura Sakura by Hideo Shiraki, and the various artists comp called Jazz Meets... read more
In case you haven't noticed lately, the Scandinavian scene's blowing up large – and for good reason! As this set nicely documents, there's a rich array of great groups up north – groundbreaking combos with one ear towards the jazzy riffs of 70s European jazz – bringing more life... read more
A mad selection of soulful reggae from Jazzie B! Trojan taps the man behind some of the finest 80s soul to select a set that's guaranteed to ram the dance in the same way that Soul II Soul ruled dancefloors and radio with their bumping modern grooves. Jazzie B hits hits some familiar chords with... read more
Synthetic symphonics from electronic experimental ground breakers – with ground shaking rhythms, spacey soundscapes, fuzz, hums, echoes, loopy tape effects and more! Features Herbert Eimert, Bruno Maderna, Karel Goeyvaerts, Pierre Boulez and Eimert-Beyer. Titles include "Klangstudie... read more
DJs Kon & Amir serve up an incredibly wicked batch of 70s grooves – soulful and funky, and featuring some stellar material from the far corners of the crates! The pair are best known for their break-heavy party mixes – but here, they're letting the tunes stretch out a bit more... read more
A cool compilation – and one that's much hipper than you'd guess from the Ibiza sticker on the cover! Instead of the usual sunny Spanish grooves, this one's filled with deeply spiritual tracks and hipper sounds from the left side of the club underground – some of our favorite artists... read more
A funky mod party throughout – and a wicked package of grooves we would have never tracked down on our own! The folks at London's New Untouchables have selected 25 of their favorite fuzzed-out 60s numbers for this set – a genre-busting batch of tracks that swings together mod jazz,... read more
Luxury for the common man – a nicely-priced CD set that offers up 35 tracks on 3CDs – more than enough to make every pauper into a prince! The work here follows in the same spirit as previous Luxury Soul volumes – a rich array of contemporary soul from the Expansion family of... read more