The grooviest side of Blossom Dearie you'll ever hear – a fab compilation of tracks from some of her rarest recordings, including some of her very hard to find recordings from the UK! There's a lot of tracks here that move past the simple piano trio format of her Verve recordings – adding in larger orchestrations, bossa rhythms, and other nice touches that really expand her sound a lot. Blossom's a heck of a singer in the right setting, and the 29 tracks on this set definitely offer that setting! Tracks include "Hey John", "I Like London In The Rain", "I'm Hip", "One Note Samba", "The Shape Of Things", "Doop Doo De Doop", "Moonlight Savings Time", "Boum", "Plus Je T'Embrasse", "The Middle Of Love", "Dindi", "Meditation", and "Sweet Lover No More". CD

Mindblowing music from this always-great series – an incredible batch of tracks that we might never have thought to put together in one set – but which really sound wonderful together! This set features some of the odder moments in the Free Soul series – crossover tracks that actually played (and still play) with the soul crowd, even though the history books won't ever give them a mention! Titles include "Good Morning To You" by Lexia, "What Have You Done For Love?" by Hodges James & Smith, "Life It Up" by Jermain Jackson, "My Eyes Only" by Rare Earth, "Thank You" by Alma Faye, "Every Kinda People" by Robert Palmer, "I Like London In The Rain" by Blossom Dearie, "It's Great To Be Here" by The Jackson Five, "Never Knew Love Like This Before" by Stephanie Mills, "We Can Make It If We Try" by Alton McClain & Destiny, "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Do It Yourself" by Gloria Gaynor, "Throughout Your Years" by Kurtis Blow, and "I'm A Winner" by Smoke Sugar. CD