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Revolutionary jazz from the era of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond -- soulful and spiritual jazz as important as any of the era -- an impeccably well chosen compilation of Freedom, Rhythm & Sound from Soul Jazz Records! The set is a tie-in with Soul Jazz's essential Freedom, Rhythm & ...

A killer second volume in the This Is DJ's Choice series from Unique Germany -- stretching back to the 50s for a raw & rumbling set of deep rare r&b, jumping blues, and rollicking rockabilly -- floor shaking numbers selected by Keb Darge & Lucinda Slim! The (mostly) wayback approach is ...

It may be a Baltic Soul Weekender, but it's a boundary free collection of deep soul, funk an jazzy sounds from the 70s and more recent, but timeless groovers from Terry Callier, Dennis Taylor, Lou Pride, Dezzie, Flowers and more! The compilation is in hour of the Baltic Soul Weekenders that take ...

The title's no lie, as the set's definitely an insanely complete collection of Peruvian grooves from the 60s and 70s -- a massive mix of music that includes bits of Latin funk, psyche, and garage -- plus lots and lots of groovy bits in between! We're not sure what was in the water down in Peru ...

A fantastic follow-up to the legendary Mutant Disco compilation on Ze Records -- one that's newly put together by the revived label, but which features some of the company's best club cuts from the late 70s and early 80s! The "garage" in the title is a sly reference to the fact that ...

A beautiful little compilation -- one of those gems that comes along, and really reminds us that there's a real art to putting some tracks together! In a package that's kind of a follow-up to their excellent Songs For Mario's Cafe, St Etienne pay tribute to the sound of Soho pubs in years past -- ...

Call it psycho-funk, call it Brit easy, call it downtempo abstract -- whatever the case, it's all great! This second volume in one of our favorite all-time series is a stunner -- and it comes up with a sparkling blend of very fresh grooves that we've only ever heard matched by a few other ...

More cool stuff from this great series! This time, it's a double length set of cool groovy cuts from the 70's, with a nice sexy feel to them. Tracks include "Coming and Going" and "Go Down Dying", two Jobim cuts by Ray Brown, plus "Carribean Sunrise" by Clay Pitts, ...

A second great dip into the arty New York scene of the punk, post-punk, and no wave years -- and one that goes even farther than the first volume of New York Noise! This time around, Soul Jazz have gotten past the the obvious markers of the scene -- and have dug deep to come up with some ...

Nude women on the front, and some great grooves on the set! The collection is a long-awaited addition to the Mood Mosaic series -- one that follows the previous volumes' style of funky grooves, but which also presents some of the cuts in edits that really extend their funkiest elements! The new ...

Beautifully spiritual jazz from the post-Coltrane generation -- a wealth of righteous grooves from the early 70s -- brought together in one mighty collection! If you dig the work of Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, and other giants on Impulse Records, this is a great way to dig even deeper -- and ...

The grooviness continues! This set's a wonderful mix of obscure soundtrack grooves -- plus a few other choice Latin bits -- with an out-of-this world groove that's totaly excellent! The Mood Mosaic series is one of our favorite-ever -- as they really go out of their way to pull together excellent ...

One of the best compilations of New Orleans funk we've ever seen! Sure, the reissue market is always filled with stuff from the Crescent City -- but so many New Orleans compilations are cheapo knock-offs, designed to cash in on the drunk Jazz & Heritage crowd, or they're simplistic sets with ...

Heavy funk from 70s Brazil -- and a collection that digs even deeper that the legendary first Black Rio volume! These tunes are all Brazilian in origin, but draw plenty on American funk and soul of the 70s -- not just rhythms, but also instrumentation, vocals, and production styles too -- a cool ...

6th volume in the great Mood Mosaic series, with a theme that focuses on swingin' female jazz singers -- mostly of the light breezy Euro variety. There's loads of rare cuts on here by Sheila Jordan, France Gall, Alice Babs, Monika Linges, Flora Purim, Annete Peacock, and April Aloisio -- plus ...

Get ready to throw away your jukebox -- because this tasty set has all the grooves you'd ever want, all packed in one tasty CD! The sound of Mod Jazz is the sound of the 60s -- a blistering blend of Hammond organ, soulful vocals, swinging rhythms, and a finger-snapping assortment of various ...

Seminal club tracks from the New York underground at the end of the 70s -- a host of killer singles from the Spring, Vanguard, and Posse labels -- all in a fantastic blend of boogie, disco, electro, and soul! The work here is easily some of the most sophisticated to come out of the east coast club ...

There's no "search of the cool" -- because it's already here! This nicely priced CD features 19 tracks pulled from the catalog of the hip Spanish label Vampi Soul -- a great new company dedicated to unearthing lost Latin, soul, jazz, and funk gems -- mostly from American and South ...

DJ Muro takes on a host of killer soul, funk, and jazz tracks from the deep deep EMI catalog -- all in a mighty mix that's even more compelling than some of his other sets of this nature! The collection's filled with rare gems in a variety of genres -- and Muro's definitely got the right sort of ...

New York grooves from the start of the 80s -- a great batch of tracks that sits nicely in the space between late 70s disco and old school hip hop! Many of these tracks are quite long -- extended 12" groovers that mix electro keyboards, slapping basslines, and snapping beats with vocals that ...

A mighty dip into the legendary vaults of King Records -- and one that manages to come up with a motherlode of funky grooves, even though none of them feature James Brown! The package is an essential look at the hinterland of King -- artists who mostly just cut singles for the label in the 60s and ...

Female funk galore -- and one of the greatest all-girl compilations we've ever heard! The set's a brilliant follow-up to the first Funk Soul Sisters set on BGP -- but we've gotta say that we like it even better than the first, and really appreciate the wide range of unusual tunes collected on the ...

As is ably demonstrated by the large number of Brazilian-sounding bands to come out of Italy in the past 10 years, the bossa nova sound has always had a big big influence on the direction of Italian music. This cool set from Cinevox traces some of the roots of that influence -- by focusing on the ...

What can we say about these great Free Soul compilations that we haven't said already -- except to say that this one's one of the first, and it's pretty darn great all the way through! The massive set of music is a wonderful trip through lost album groovers of the 70s -- dipping into the ...

Excellent mellow soul! This tasty set features a killer collection of mellow numbers from the glory days of 1970s Columbia Records -- a time when the label was putting out some amazing albums that crossed the boundaries of soul and jazz, and forged a whole new mellow style that made a lot of folks ...

Jazzy funk and 70s soul combine in one of the first-ever Japanese Free Soul compilations! The set was one that defined a sound that pushed folks into digging even deeper into their soul collections -- moving past the break tracks and familiar singles, coming up with some excellent album cuts that ...

Wonderful soul and funk cuts -- all expertly selected with the genius you've come to expect from this Free Soul series! Most of these tracks are rare album groovers from the RCA and Arista labels -- and the bulk of them are from albums we hardly ever see in the original, and which always depart ...

Heavy funk from the Bay Area scene of the 70s -- a selection of previously unreleased tracks that's a treasure trove of hard-hitting groovers! The work on the set is by 3 different artists -- Paul T Smith, Electric Church, and Plight -- certainly not the more famous names of the scene at the time, ...

Things definitely get plenty deep on this jazz trip -- a great run through the 70s catalog of Muse Records, and one that's filled with some incredible bits that we'd rank right up there with the best work of the time on labels like Black Jazz or Strata East! Muse always had a way of really letting ...

The best look at Chicago's legendary Twinight label that we've ever seen -- a massive 2CD set that goes way past the obvious hits, and really digs into the heart and soul of this unique little record company! Twinight is best known as the home of Syl Johnson during his legendary run of funky soul ...

Rough and raw grooves -- way more than you might guess from the "twist" reference in the title! The sound here is more R&B than anything else -- lots of heavy drums, honking sax, burning organ, and riffing guitar -- but there's also some echoes of Latin rhythms, rockabilly raunch, ...

No coolin out here, as the set's a great batch of soulful jazz numbers from the legendary Muse label -- filled with overlooked gems from the imprint's key 70s run -- including a fair bit of gems that will set you digging for other treasures from the label! The style here is less straight jazz funk ...

A great collection of rare and funky Italian jazz cuts from the 70's -- with lots of nice funky bass, electric piano, and groovy grooves! All cuts are from the classic Dire label, and they have a larger concept behind them than most of the other Italian groove comps we've been stocking -- and ...

Plenty of smokin disco here -- a selection of killer club cuts from the mighty catalog of Fantasy Records -- including some real gems that go way past the obvious disco modes of the time! There's plenty of boogie in the mix here, as well as some solid soul cuts that simply pick up the groove a bit ...

More grooves than beats, but that's ok with us -- given that most of the tracks here are from the deep deep archives of Prestige Records! The cuts start somewhere in the mid 60s, and run mostly through the early part of the 70s -- and show a great transformation in the sound of jazz guitar over ...

A treasure trove of soul from the East St Louis scene -- all of it recorded under the Young Disciples program -- an effort to keep kids off the streets, and one with some very funky results! Although set up as a social program, Young Disciples had some amazing cultural results -- a legacy of very ...

The first-ever Whatmusic compilation -- an assortment of tunes hand-picked to accompany the laidback experience of the Trailer Happiness club! And while Trailer Happiness would like to think of themselves as the inspiration for the set, we're gonna give the main kudos to Whatmusic -- who have been ...

The first-ever volume of the now-legendary Easy Tempo series -- a collection of soundtrack grooves that hipped us back to the wonders of the Italian scene of the 60s and 70s -- and did so at a time when few folks had ever thought to reissue this music! Right from the start, this series set a whole ...

Harmony soul heaven -- a wealth of rare soul singles issued by the Mainstream Records family of labels in the 70s -- most of which have never been on CD before! Mainstream's best remembered as a jazz imprint from the period, but they also turned out plenty of great soul too -- and this collection ...

A sublime batch of Fender Rhodes grooves -- all of them deeply spiritual numbers with a strong jazzy vibe -- most from the 70s, but also including a few contemporary cuts as well! There's a totally righteous feel to the whole collection -- one that goes even farther than the first volume this ...

A glorious batch of unearthed soul and funk from the early 70s central Ohio scene -- the storming singles of Prix label -- culled from ultra rare 45s plus previous unreleased gems! Prix was the imprint started to release work captured at Columbus's Harmonic Sounds studios commercially -- ...

Possibly the best-ever collection of blacksploitation grooves we've ever seen -- a really comprehensive package that not only manages to cover the classics, but which also digs deep enough to come up with lots of fresh bits too! The set really sets a new level for the Soul Jazz label -- and is ...

There's a whole lot more going down in Florida than alligators and Disney World -- as you'll hear on this amazing little set! The package follows brilliantly in the tradition of Jazzman's Texas and Midwest Funk compilations -- and like those collections, this one uncovers an incredible amount of ...

Finally! The first two compilations in the legendary series that broke open the crates, and let the rest of the world have easy access to classic breaks and beats put together on one CD! Each of the first two volumes in this set had 6 tracks, and almost all of them had the now well known edits ...

Nice one! The Ultimate B & B series needs no introduction from us, and now it's becoming available on CD, with the volumes 3 & 4 gathered together on one disc! Volume 3's one of the best-remembered of the Ultimate Breaks & Beats titles, the one with the spaceman with a mohawk and a ...

The greatest volume so far in the Soulsugar series -- a wealth of wonderful soul from the 60s and 70s, plus a few other groovy styles as well! The cuts here are even better-selected than on previous volumes -- really stretching out in a range of modes, and mixing up equal parts 60s soul and 70s ...

Hip London grooves all the way through -- a mix of instrumental soul, rock, jazz, and more -- all grooving together with a mod late 60s sort of sound! The tracks here are all pretty darn rare -- some with a bit of a reissue history, but most fresh to this compilation -- and all numbers have a ...

Brilliant stuff -- and long overdue! The Jazzman label has been responsible for some of the best funky 45s we've stocked over the past decade -- as they've continually reissued rare gems lost between the shifting sands of time, working through a mixture of tunes that's very expansive, running from ...

A record case worth of great 45s -- all pulled from the mighty catalog of the Jazzman label, and many appearing here on CD for the first time ever! This set follows strongly in the spirit of other Jazzman collections -- offering up the best of the label's always-great reissue campaign of funky 45s ...

The 4th volume in this amazing series -- filled with righteous mellow soul all the way through! There's a gentle groove here that we totally love -- one that's slower and more laidback than any other collection we can think of, but which has a slyly funky undercurrent that shines through in every ...