Atlantic/Friday Music, Mid 70s. (reissue)
LP ...
On February 26, 2021
You can't get anymore classic 70s soul than this! Once the Spinners moved to Atlantic, hooked up with the Philly soul of Thom Bell, their career really took off – as you'll hear on this all-hit set of tracks that virtually defines the sound of AM radio soul. Titles include "One Of A ...
Warner, 1980s. (reissue)
LP ...
On February 26, 2021
...
Atlantic/Rhino,
LP ...
On February 26, 2021
Titles include "Hard Times", "Rockhouse", "Sweet Sixteen Bars", "Doodlin", "How Long Blues", and "Blues Waltz".
Philly Groove/Chrysalis, 1969.
LP ...
About February 26, 2021
The never-issued full length album from Philly funk combo Nat Turner Rebellion – a group led by Joseph Jefferson, who'd later write great songs for others – but who here is standing strong at the head of a very righteous group! Nat Turner Rebellion issued a few singles on the Philly ...
CBS/Mr Bongo (UK), 1976. (reissue)
LP ...
About March 5, 2021
A masterpiece of spacey soul by the great Asha Pulthi – a singer who recorded mostly in Europe, with funky maestro Dieter Zimmerman! Asha's got vocals that are somewhere in the range of Minnie Riperton or Sylvia Striplin or Sylvia Robinson – as you'll hear on the album's standout break ...
P-Vine (Japan), (reissue)
LP ...
About March 17, 2021
...
P-Vine (Japan),
LP ...
About March 17, 2021
...
Impulse, 1960. (reissue)
A wonderful chapter in the career of Ray Charles – and a key album in helping raise his respect level a notch or two in the early 60s! We might argue with the mathematics in the title – or at least joke that Ray was using equations as titles years before Anthony Braxton – but you ...
Atlantic, Late 50s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s/Early 2010s. 2LP Gatefold
A collection of rare material and alternate tracks!
Atlantic/Music On Vinyl (UK), 1972. (reissue)
LP ...
About January 22, 2021 (delayed)
A searing debut from Black Heat – one of the best funk acts to record for Atlantic during the 70s, and a tight little group with a sound that's a mixture of New Orleans funk and New York heavy! The album's got a bit of vocals – figuring in on about half the tracks – but the main ...
Tidal Waves, Early 80s. (reissue)
LP ...
About January 22, 2021 (delayed)
A fantastic little record from Jerome Brailey and Mutiny – a set cut after their 2 famous albums for Columbia, but arguably even better! The groove here is still heavy on the P-Funk of Brailey's roots, but is delivered in a way that's even more stripped down, and almost with less cliche than ...
Tidal Waves, 1985. (reissue)
LP ...
On January 22, 2021 (delayed)
Drummer Bubbha Thomas lays down a set of modern funk tracks, most with a drum machine providing the backing, and with a lot of slap bass in that 80's funk style. Some cuts have vocals by a male or female singer, but most of the groove is instrumental. Cuts include "Livin On Love", " ...
Contempo/Trading Places (UK), 1975. (reissue)
LP ...
About January 15, 2021 (delayed)
A rare bit of funk from the mid 70s UK scene – cut with a groove that's got plenty of blacksploitation soundtrack touches! UltraFunk were most likely a studio group assembled for the session – but they've got a tight sound that makes them perfect for serving up the mix of grooves in ...
Cairo/Mississippi, 1960s/Early 70s. 3LP
LP ...
About January 15, 2021 (delayed)
...
Dark Entries, Mid 70s.
LP ...
About October 23, 2020 (delayed)
Unreleased soul, funk & disco era covers by Patrick Cowley in the mid 70s!
Harvest/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1973. (reissue)
LP ...
About January 29, 2021
A group so great and so groovy, they ended up having a huge influence on the early sound of hip hop – thanks to a wonderfully funky sound at the core of their progressive rock groove! Babe Ruth have this rhythmic impulse that's really amazing – a way of working bass, drums, and ...
Warner, 1976. (reissue)
LP ...
On February 5, 2021
A super huge hit for George – the record that took him from being a funky jazz guitarist into an R&B superstar! The album features George playing and singing over arrangements by Claus Ogerman – some of Ogerman's best of the 70s, ones that mix together his trademark pillow of sound ...
Polygram/Get On Down, 1975. (reissue)
LP ...
On February 5, 2021
An amazing slice of music from the legendary David Axelrod – quite different than his better-known sides for Capitol and Reprise Records – and plenty darn funky overall! Axelrod is at his studio best here – stepping off the funky jazz modes he produced for Cannonball Adderley, ...
Afrosynth (Netherlands), 1986.
LP ...
About February 15, 2021
...
PVP (Patience, Violet, Pinky)
Malende
La Casa Tropical (Netherlands), 1992.
LP ...
About February 15, 2021
...
Audio Fidelity/Pleasure For Music, 1968. (reissue)
LP ...
About February 15, 2021
...
Light In The Attic, 1990.
LP ...
About February 19, 2021
Raw and riveting gospel-folk-soul from Johnnie Frierson – only ever issued as a self-released cassette before this vital re-discovery by Light In The Attic! Johnnie is one of the vital, though relatively unknown voices in the Stax/Volt universe, working with a his sister Wendy Rene and in the ...
Soul Jazz (UK), Late 60s. 2LP
LP ...
About March 12, 2021
...
Survival Research (Australia), Early 70s. (reissue)
LP ...
About March 19, 2021
Incredibly funky work from Manu Dibango – a set that's easily as great as his classic Soul Makossa album – but which is a lot more obscure overall! The work's got a fiercely-jamming quality all the way through – lots of rumbling percussion at the bottom, and also a bit of ...
Raenii/P-Vine (Japan), 1982. (reissue)
LP ...
About March 25, 2021
A wonderful bit of lost spiritual soul jazz from Chicago – recorded in the early 80s, but with a progressive and righteous feel that's very much in the 70s Strata East vein! The group's led by Billy Mahdi on tenor, soprano, and flute – and features Corky McClerkin on piano, Eldee Young ...
Vistone/Mo Jazz (UK), 1974. (reissue)
LP ...
About April 2, 2021
A wonderful mix of soul jazz, funky rhythms, and even more experimental moments – a truly tremendous effort from LA drummer Roy Porter, and the first set issued under the name of his Sound Machine group! The groove here is really unconventional – filled with unusual timings, phrasings, ...
Vistone/Mo Jazz (UK), 1975. (reissue)
LP ...
About April 2, 2021
A crazy bit of funk from drummer Roy Porter – a player who first rose to fame during the LA bop years of the late 40s, but who sounds even hipper here in the 70s! The album's got a madly skittish approach to funk – one that's highly rhythmic, but often in unconventional ways – ...
Island/4 Men With Beards, 1976. (reissue)
LP ...
About April 6, 2021
Essential stuff, whether you're a fan of roots reggae, Jamaican soul or the otherworldly antics of the Upsetter! Though you might not know it from some of the bitter rebukes Scratch later laid to wax against him, Romeo was clearly his favorite son when it came to vocalists, and got the prodigal ...
Flying Dutchman/Tidal Waves, 1972.
LP ...
About April 16, 2021
A wild one! After the straight hard funk of some of his earlier recordings as a leader, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie breaks out here in a compelling album of soul jazz tracks done in a number of styles. The approach is sort of big studio funk – with some cuts that have a harder sound, ...
Tidal Waves, 1969. (reissue)
LP ...
About April 16, 2021
A very rare evening indeed – a sweet little live set recorded by Nina Simone during her soulful height at RCA – but issued years after that time, and only briefly on a small indie label! The setting here is wonderful – a small combo in the background with the great Weldon Irvine ...
Jazzaggression (Finland), 1971.
LP ...
About January 15, 2021 (delayed)
...