Tracks include "Agua De Beber", "The Girl From Ipanema", "Fly Me To The Moon", "The Shadow Of Your Smile", "Corcovado", "Tu Mi Delirio", and "Misty Roses" – 12 tracks in all. CD

A new packaging of one of the best Motown Christmas albums ever – a really playful romp through a set of classic Holiday tunes, all sung by the youthful Jackson 5 at their best! The set features 12 tracks in all, with titles that include "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "Give Love On Christmas Day", "Frosty The Snowman", "Up On The House Top", "Someday At Christmas", "Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year", "The Christmas Song", "Santa Claus Is Comin To Town", and "The Little Drummer Boy" – plus, this CD features a bonus track not on the original album, "Little Christmas Tree". CD

... CD

Includes the songs "The "In" Crowd", "Since I Fell For You", "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child", "Look-A-Here", "A Hard Day's Night", "Something You Got", "Hang On Sloopy", "Blues For The Night Owl", "High Heel Sneakers", "Up Tight (Everything's Alright)", "Julia", and "Wade In The Water". CD

One of THE classic Motown Christmas albums of the 60s – a mighty statement of Holiday pride from The Supremes – who are as strong here as on any of their other non-seasonal work from the time! The class and care of the trio really fits the new spirit of Christmas that was emerging in 60s soul music – not the kinds of raw songs about boozing or sadness on the holiday, which were a staple of blues and R&B – but instead these warmly crafted songs of home and hearth, set up perfectly with production by Harvey Fuqua and arrangements from Gene Page, HB Barnum and Ernie Freeman. The whole thing's incredibly soulful – but in a gentle way too – and the set features a dozen holiday numbers including "Silver Bells", "The Little Drummer Boy", "My Christmas Tree", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", and "Joy To The World". Includes 4 bonus tracks. CD

Includes 36 tracks by the Platters, Brenda Lee, Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Stephanie Mills, Brian McKnight, Vince Gill, Louis Armstrong, the Isley Brothers, Eartha Kitt, the Jackson 5, and others! CD

... LP, Vinyl record album

Great stuff by one of Motown's most hard-rolling vocal groups! The Contours are best known for their super-huge hit "Do You Love Me?" – a number that you've heard countless times, either on oldies radio stations or northern soul oriented dancefloors – but the group's got an incredible sound that takes them way past this one hit, to a legacy of excellent Motown sides that's finally compiled in this long overdue set! Titles include "Shake Sherrie", "Whole Lotta Woman", "Can You Jerk Like Me", "It's So Hard Being A Loser", "First I Look At The Purse", "Don't Let Her Be Your Baby", and "That Day When She Needed Me". 11 tracks in all! CD

... CD

... CD

... CD

A fantastic selection of work from one of the hippest girl groups of the 70s – the mighty Love Unlimited trio, three singers who all worked under the genius of Barry White in his prime! Unlike other girl trios of the time, who often used an older soul mode refitted with disco grooves – sometimes acting more like a chorus than a lead act – Love Unlimited always brought their full vocal strengths to play, and do a fantastic job here working in modes that rival some of the best male harmony groups of the early 70s – especially the sweet soul groups from New Jersey, New York, and Philly. And yes, Barry does kick up the groove a bit at times, but even then things are usually more in a midtempo mode, not a disco one – which makes for tremendous sounds throughout. This is the first-ever proper collection of the girls' singles from the early 70s – and titles include "Oh Love Well We Finally Made It", "Fragile Handle With Care", "Are You Sure", "I Should Have Known", "Is It Really True Boy Is It Me", "Walkin In The Rain With The One I Love", "Under The Influence Of Love", "It May Be Winter Outside", "I Love You So Never Gonna Let You Go", "I Belong To You", "So Nice To Hear", "People Of Tomorrow Are The Children Of Today", and "Share A Little Love In Your Hear LP, Vinyl record album

... CD

... CD

... CD

Includes selections by Miles Davis, JJ Johnson, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Teo Macero, Bob Prince, Teddy Charles, Charles Mingus, Harold Shapero, Duke Ellington, Milton Babbitt, and Gunther Schuller. LP, Vinyl record album

Titles include "Fernando", "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo", "Take A Chance On Me", "SOS", "Mamma Mia", "The Winner Takes It All", and "The Name Of The Game". CD

... CD

... CD

... CD

... CD

... CD

Tracks include "Monday Monday", "California Dreamin", "Dancing Beart", "I Saw Her Again", "Words Of Love", "Creeque Alley", "Dedicated To The One I Love", "I Saw Her Again", "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" and lots more! CD

... CD

... CD

... CD

A tremendous collection of work by Art Tatum – maybe even THE collection of work by Art Tatum – as the 2CD set brings together all the material that appeared on the legendary 20th Century Fox albums by Art – recorded in a private home in Hollywood late in his career, but at a time when he was even more inventive than ever. Film studio sound whiz Ray Heindorf recorded the sessions – and also had a huge amount of unissued tracks that appear here – making the set more like a package of Volmes 1 and 2 – plus 3 and 4 as well! CD

Includes the songs "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", "Shout", "Sowing The Seeds Of Love", "Head Over Heels", "Woman In Chains", "Break It Down Again", "Mothers Talk - US Remix", "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)", "Advice For The Young At Heart (Single Version)", "Change (Extended Version)", and "Pharoahs", CD

... CD

... CD

A solo piano album – with tracks dedicated to Bill Evans, Bud Powell, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Keith Jarrett, and Chick Corea. CD

Includes music by Lipps Inc, the Village People, Kool & the Gang, Rose Royce, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester, the Commodores, and more. CD

Music by Henri Tomasi, Daius Milhaud, Samuel Barber, Hans Werner Henze, Paul Hindemith, Carl Nielsen, Arvo Part, and others. CD

... CD

... CD

... CD

11 hits. CD

... CD

... LP, Vinyl record album

Holy Soundtracks! Of all the knock-off Batman albums from the 60s, this one's the only legit soundtrack to the Batman TV show – and it's way way better than any other piece of vinyl with the Batman logo at the time! The album is every bit as great as you might think – as it's got the full flavor of the campy television classic – with loads of the original music from the show – the themes you remember, as you heard them, and not a bunch of watered-down tracks inspired by the show – plus (and this is the best part!), the record has loads of dialogue from the TV show in between the tracks – cool exclamations from Adam West, Burt Ward, and others – which makes listening to the record as fun as watching the show! Titles include "Batman Pows The Penguin", "Batman Riddles The Riddler", "Gotham City", "Batman Thaws Mr Freeze", and "To The Batmobile!" CD

... LP, Vinyl record album

Leon Haywood's best album from the 70s! After working as a keyboardist and sometimes vocalist for a number of years – making some strong and some tentative entries into the soul genre – Leon really exploded with this album, an electric funk classic that gave the world his fantastic "I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You" (a track that had new life years later when Dr Dre sampled it to great fame.) The rest of the record holds up nicely, too – and is a mix of smooth soul and wicked funk, with tracks that include "Consider the Source", "Who You Been Giving It Up To", and "This Feeling's Rated Extra". Classic! LP, Vinyl record album

A sweet little collection of Ahmad's work for the 20th Century label – an oft-overlooked period, and one of his greatest! At the time, Ahmad was moving into a sweet R&B-influenced style – using electric piano as well as acoustic, and working with larger arrangements that were perfect for his flowing keyboard style. The set's got some really great tracks, a number of which were produced and arranged by Richard Evans – titles that include "Black Cow", "Soul Girl", "Dynamo", "Genetic Walk", "Sawhililand", and "Don't Ask My Neighbors". LP, Vinyl record album

Smooth magic from Ahmad Jamal – the kind of record we might have passed up years ago, but which we totally love these days! Jamal brings his magic piano style to a set of larger arrangements – not as funkily electric as his early 70s work for 20th Century, but with a similar blend of jazz and soul – and a warm overall feeling. The tracks were supposedly compiled from some other albums, although the album stands well on its own – and most of them are ones that we possibly overlooked on other sets. Jamal's mostly playing acoustic on the set, but in a floating way that mixes nicely with the album's slight bit of electric work. Titles include "Bones", "Boatride", "The Tube", "So In Love", "Jordie", and a great cover of "You're Welcome Stop On By". LP, Vinyl record album

A great little set from Ahmad – laidback, mellow, with a slowly spiralling groove that's slyly funky at times. Ahmad's playing acoustic piano and clavinet on the record – and arrangements are by Bones Howe, Richard Evans, Ahmad, and Mike Melvoin. A few tracks feature a larger group with more electric horns or strings – and about half the album's played by a sextet that includes Calvin Keys on guitar. Tracks include "Jet", "Festival", "Dynamo", "Sumayah", and a nice version of "Black Cow"! LP, Vinyl record album

Great stuff from the girls who first put Barry White on the map! The record is the group's second – and by this point, Barry had developed that tight snapping drum sound that made his orchestral albums work so well. You'll hear it to good effect on most songs on the LP, which have a great groove that's in the best Barry White mode of the 70s – but which kind of dominates the girls' vocals a bit. Not that anyone should complain that much, as it's the overall package that's always made Barry's albums sound so great – but we do wonder how the group felt when they had to sit out the first track, which was the instrumental "Love's Theme", a song that went onto become Barry's biggest song ever, and which probably sold the album a lot more than the vocal tracks. Still, you can hardly detect a note of disharmony – and the album soars from track to track, through titles like "Under The Influence Of Love", "Say It Again", "Yes, We Finally Made It", and "It May Be Winter Outside". LP, Vinyl record album

Excellent instrumentals from The Maestro! Barry's in fine fine form here – and he's just about the only one who could make a record with so many strings sound so funky! The album includes the excellent groover "Bring It On Up", which has a tightly snapping rhythm underneath soaring violins and harp – and just about ever other cut on the album sounds as great! Titles include "Midnight Groove", "Forever In Love", "Give Up Your Love Girl", "You're All I Want", "Makin Believe That It's You", "I Wanna Stay", and "It's Only What I Feel". Maybe the best Love Unlimited Orchestra album – with loads of great tracks! LP, Vinyl record album

A wonderful album of funky instrumental tracks from Barry White – often overlooked because of the "greatest hits" association you could make with the "gold" in the title. The record's got that perfect Love Unlimited sound – heavy beats underneath, and the orchestra soaring over the top in tight rhythmic washes of strings and keyboards! Tracks include "Spanish Lei", "Barry's Love", "Satin Soul", "Power Of Love", "You Make Me Feel Like This", and "Dreaming". LP, Vinyl record album

Another winner from Stephanie Mills and the hitmaking team of Reggie Lucas and Mtume – two musical partners who really helped Mills find her groove! The sound here is classic mainstream soul from the start of the 80s – upbeat and catchy, but without any of the too-clunky commercial modes that would bog things down a few years later – still very much in the warmer, jazz-inspired sound you'd guess from the roots of Mtume and Lucas! The best numbers are the mid to up tempo grooves, all with a nice polish and sophisticated songwriting – and titles include "Winner", "Two Hearts", "Don't Stop Doin What Cha Do", "Top Of My List", "I Believe In Love Songs", "Night Games", "My Love's Been Good To You", and "Magic". LP, Vinyl record album

... LP, Vinyl record album

An excellent album of modern soul from the early 80s – with a smooth sweet style that should have made these guys a huge act at the time! The overall groove reminds us of some of the most successful 70s vocal groups – especially some of the Philly groups, like The O'Jays or the Spinners after they started working in the City Of Brotherly Love – but there's also plenty of 80s elements too, especially in the keyboards, basslines, and rhythms of the set. Yet none of these elements has the colder feel of the 80s groove generation – and the whole thing comes across with a great sense of warmth that really matches the vocals, but still knows how to find a groove! Titles include "Bizzaar", "What Can I Do About This Feeling", "Tonight's Gonna Be My Night", "Overtime", and "Give It Up". LP, Vinyl record album

... CD

Edwin Starr is maybe best known for his work on Motown – but the singer really kept on going strongly during the 70s – at a level that's got him really moving nicely past the sound of his roots in Detroit! This set has Edwin working with arranger Pip Williams on a really ambitious set of tracks – work that draws some of the larger production styles that were going on at the time – but in ways that set Edwin's vocals to a more sophisticated style, rather than just sort of go for a groove! Starr wrote most of the tracks himself – really blossoming here into a great songwriter – and his vocal range really seems to stretch out with a new level of expression too. Titles include "Pretty Girl", "Ruby Begonia", "Eavesdropper", "I Just Wanna Do My Thing", "Mr Davenport & Mr James", "Accident", "Everybody Needs Love", and "Edge Of Insanity". CD

Can't get enough of Barry White at this key point in his career – a time when he was stepping from the shadows as one of the most sensuous soul stars of the 70s! The album's a near-perfect effort throughout – a great blend of the soaring strings and funkier rhythms that always made Barry's work so great – topped with vocals that are both sung and spoken, all in a voice that's deeper than deep! Tracks intertwine nicely – almost sharing similar themes at points – and although not penned as a "soul symphony", the album certainly comes across like one. Titles include "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe", "Oh Love Well We Finally Made It", "Mellow Mood (parts 1 & 2)", "You're The First The Las, My Everything", and "I Can't Believe You Love Me". LP, Vinyl record album

Barry's going strong on this second set of greatest hits numbers – changing the style from his earlier work a bit, but still going for that smooth funky sound we love so much! Includes the classic "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" in a 7 minute version – plus the tracks "Let the Music Play", "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness", "How Did You Know It Was Me", and "I'm Qualified To Satisfy You". CD

Barry White at the height of his powers – soaring out here with that amazing groove that never lets us down! The album's a mini-soul symphony throughout – tight beats, soaring strings, and that rock-solid Barry White vocal approach – that warm, fluid sound that's instantly recognizable, and which sparkles forth to really tie the whole album together! There's less standout singles here than some of White's other albums from the time – but that's the great thing about the album, too – as it encourages you to take the whole thing together at once – as such a masterpiece should be enjoyed. Titles include "If You Know Won't You Tell Me", "Baby We Better Try To Get It Together", "I Don't Know Where Love Has Gone", and "Let The Music Play". LP, Vinyl record album

A killer bit of harmony soul – one of the greatest of the genre from the 70s! Brighter Side Of Darkness are barely remembered these days – but "Love Jones" is one of those cuts that will go on forever – a sweetly tripped out number with incredibly baroque production, matched only by the incredibly great vocals of the youthful group! "I'm The Guy" is a bit more conventional, but still a great harmony cut too! 7-inch, Vinyl record

A nice record of modern soul that got a bit overlooked at the time because of the poor fate of the Chi-Sound label. The record's filled with Chicago soul talent like Tom Tom 84, Sonny Sanders, and Carl Davis, and it's a good updating of Gene's Chicago soul sound towards a style that's more modern soul-oriented. We've got a huge soft spot for the track "Does She Have A Friend?", which is a nice two-step groover, and the LP includes a number of other nice ones like "All About The Paper", "Let Me Make Love to You", and a remake of his classic, called "Rainbow '80". LP, Vinyl record album

The legendary Gene Chandler gets down, and gets down good – in this classic late 70s set of clubby numbers and upbeat groovers! The set's one of the best moments on the Chi-Soul series from producer Carl Davis – and features a nicely evolved version of earlier Chicago soul modes from Tom Tom 84 and Sonny Sanders – both of whom push an older Brunswick style into some smoother, more sophisticated modern soul territory! Chandler's vocals are wonderful, as always – and have a catchy snapping feel on the groovers, mixed with surprisingly deep soul on the few mellower moments. Titles include a remake of "Please Sunrise", plus "I'm The Travelin Kind", "Get Down", "Tomorrow I May Not Feel The Same", "Greatest Love Ever Known", and "What Now". LP, Vinyl record album

One thing about The Dells – they were always great! Even here, at the end of the 70s, in settings that are less perfect than their classic work for Cadet or Vee Jay, the group still sound wonderful – more daring vocally than most other harmony groups at the time, cutting through some smoother arrangements with a sublime approach to the material that's all-soul all the way! Arrangements get a bit uptempo and modern, but they're still in a strong Chicago groove – with backings by Tom Tom 84 and Sonny Sanders, and production by Carl Davis and Eugene Record, making for a late 70s update of the classic Brunswick soul approach. Titles include "Look At Us Now", "All About The Paper", "So You Are Love", "Passionate Breezes", and "I Touched A Dream". LP, Vinyl record album