Funk | Soul Vinyl 2265 Items

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Türküola / Arsivplak)

Pop Hits 12

24,99 €*

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Funk Night)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Turkish disco pop funk sound compilation album. Great soul-pop and disco-funk with amazing moog organ, keyboards/synths, bass, rhythm and wah guitars.. This compilation has the unique sound in Turkish Disco-Funk music with influences of soul, jazz, pop, rock and beats. Turkish instruments with great disco tunes and great female & male vocals.

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Kenako

16,79 €* 20,99 € -20%

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Patrick Paige II (The Internet)

If I Fail Are We Still Cool? Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

20,15 €* 20,99 € -4%

Mood Valiant Red / Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Limited to 500 copies worldwide.

The solo project of Patrick Paige II, the bass player in the Grammy nominated band The Internet presents If I Fail Are We Still Cool? via Forward and Up Entertainment and Fat Possum.

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Hiatus Kaiyote

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

25,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dean Parrish / Porgy And The Monarchs

Bricks, Broken Bottles And Sticks / My Heart Cries For

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Vampisoul)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Unseen Worlds)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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'Bricks, Broken Bottles And Sticks' Is Dean Parrish's First Soul Recording From 1965 Which Became A Local Radio Hit And, Years Later, A Classic Spin On The Uk Soul Scene. On The Flip, Porgy And The Monarchs' "My Heart Cries For You" Is Another Dance Floor Anthem That Reached Cult Status. Some Will Still Remember Italian American Singer Dean Parrish After His Brief Appearance In An Episode Of The Soprano But For Most Soul Music True Aficionados, Parrish Gained A Legend Status When His 'I'm On My Way' Was The Last Record Played At The Last Northern Soul All-Nighter At The Wigan Casino. His 'Bricks, Broken Bottles And Sticks' Was His First Soul Side Though And It Was Released On Musicor In 1965 Achieving Some Success And Also Becoming A Classic Spin On The Uk Soul Scene Years Later. Eternally In Demand, This Party Record Now Exchanges Hands For A Few Hundred Usd, So We Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Make It Widely Available Again. 'My Heart Cries For You' By Porgy And The Monarchs Became A Much Cherished Dance Floor Anthem In The Uk And Has All The Defining Ingredients Of Most Northern Soul Favorites: Motown Sound-Alike Arrangements, Epic Vocals That Are Almost Inviting To Sing Along And Lyrics Spiced With A Bit Of Drama. In Short, This Record Is A Must-Have Northern Soul Double Sider And There's Nothing Like It To Get The Party Started!

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Carl Stone

Stolen Car

33,99 €*

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Hyperdub)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Over The Past Several Years, The Recorded Output Of Carl Stone Has Been Turned On Its Head. In Previous Decades, Stone Perennially Toured New Work But Kept A Harboring Gulf Of Time Between The Live Performances And Their Recorded Release. This Not Only Reflected The Careful Consideration Of The Pieces And Technical Innovations That Went Into The Music But Also The Largely Academic-Minded Audience That Was Themselves Invested In The History And Context Of The Work. The Time Span Of Stone's Recorded Output In Both Sheer Musical Duration And Year Range Was Generously Expansive. Following Multiple Historical Overviews Of Stone's Work On Unseen Worlds And A Re-Connection With A Wider Audience, The Time Between Stone's New Work In Concert And On Record Has Grown Shorter And Shorter Until There Is Now Almost No Distance At All. Stone's Work Has Often At Its Core Explored New Potential Within Popular Cultural Musics, Simultaneously Unspooling And Satisfying A Pop Craving. On Stol En Car, The Forms Of Carl Stone's Pieces Have Also Become More Compact, Making For A Progressive New Stage In Stone's Career Where He Is Not Only Creating Out Of Pop Forms But Challenging Them.Stolen Car Is The Gleeful, Heart Racing Sound Of Hijack, Hotwire, And Escape. Stone Carries The Easy Smirk And Confidence Of A Car Thief Just Out Of The Can, A Magician In A New Town Setting Up A Game Of Balls And Cups. With Each Track He Reaches Under The Steering Wheel And Yanks A Fistful Of Wires. Boom, The Engine Roars To Life, The Car Speeds Off Into The Sunset, The Cups Are Tipped Over, The Balls, Like The Car, Are Gone."These Tracks Were All Made In Late 2019 And 2020, Much Of When I Was In Pandemic Isolation About 5000 Miles From My Home Base Of Tokyo. All Are Made Using My Favorite Programming Language Max. However Distinct These Two Groupings Might Be They Share Some Common And Long-Held Musical Concerns. I Seek To Explore The Inner Workings Of The Music We Listen To Using Techniques Of Magnification, Dissection, Granulation,, Anagrami...

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Loraine James

Reflection

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (That's Why)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Made During Summer 2020, Loraine James' Second Hyperdub Album, `Reflection', Is A Turbulent Expression Of Inner-Space, Laid Out In Unflinching Honesty, Offering Gentle Empathy And Bitter-Sweet Hope. `Reflection' Further Develops A Unique Pop Sensibility Realised On Last Year's `Nothing Ep', While Tones Of Drill And R&B Seep Through Into This Collection Too. In Contrast To The Brash Splashes Of 2019's `For You And I' Lp And The Grimey Anger Of `Nothing', `Reflection' Is Pared-Down And Confident, Taking The Listener Through How Last Year Felt As A Young Black Queer Woman In A World That Has Suddenly Stopped Moving, The Arc Of The Album Peppered With Loraine's Diaristic Confessions. Starting Positively With The Gentle Pop-Trap Of `Built To Last' Ft Xzavier Stone, Into The Bumpy Instrumental Of `Let's Go', The Album Switches Tone With `Simple Stuff', Followed By Regular Collaborator Le3 Black Amplifying Loraine's Vulnerability On The Downcast Drill Of `Black Ting', Then `Insecure Behaviour And Fuckery' Is A Techno Glide Which Pairs Nova's Confrontational Plea For Respect, Delivered In Monotone Autotune, Against Deep Drexciyan Chords. With Baths On Vocals, The Weightlessness Of `On The Lake Outside' Soothes Numb Feelings, And Eden Samara Explores The Shadow World Of Anxious Dreams On The Airy R&B Of `Running Like That'. Closing Track `We're Building Something New' With Manchester Rapper Iceboy Violet Brings The Album Together, Confidently Suggesting A New World Is In Reach. `Reflection' Is A Brave Step Forward For A Unique And Creative 21st Century Musician.

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Sheile Tetteh-Quaye

Blue Skies

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Morr Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A tremendous Soul-two-sider from Sheila Tetteh-Quaye with the magnificent "je-ne-sais-quoi".. available on blue translucent and black vinyl.

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Dntel

The Seas Trees See

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hailing from Los Angeles, Jimmy Tamborello has been a key figure in refining what today is considered electronica for over 20 years. "The Seas Trees See" is the first of two Dntel albums to be released in 2021 by Morr Music in collaboration with Les Albums Claus: a free-floating and rather loose stroke of musical genius, giving ambience a whole new meaningful context. It combines crackles and hiss with deep, yet modest, synths and poignant, yet elegant, vocals and lyrics. "Away", its counterpart album, will follow later in 2021. It will showcase Dntel's unapologetic love for pop music from a long-gone era, presenting yet another aspect of his multi-faceted personality. Dntel has always covered many musical grounds - from the pop-infused hits on "Life Is Full Of Possibilities" (Plug Research, 2001) to his much more abstract works on "Aimlessness" (Pampa Records, 2012), "Human Voice" (Leaving Records, 2014), and his electronics for The Postal Service (Sub Pop). Whatever his style - Tamborello has retained his very own musical voice.When it comes to producing music, it can be a good idea to get away from the studio and find a more relaxed environment. Inspiration does not necessarily require huge bass bins. Fewer pieces of gear make it easier to really focus on ideas first and let them be. After recording "Hate In My Heart" - his most recent album, released in 2018 - this way, Tamborello continued working in that fashion, mainly jamming and getting ideas together for upcoming live shows. One of the first results of this creative process was the opening track of "The Seas Trees See" - a cover version of "The Lilac and the Apple", originally recorded by Californian folk singer Kate Wolf in 1977. Tamborello turns the acapella song into a vocoder-like extravaganza. Working with the original recording, the track perfectly sets the tone for what "The Seas Trees See" turns out to be - a quiet yet mesmerizing journey through sound and emotion, bringing together his very own sound design, disguised samples and an...

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Aor Global Sounds Volume 5 1977-1984 Selected By Charles Maurice

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Favorite)

22,99 €*

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Favorite Recordings and Charles Maurice proudly present the 5th edition of the AOR Global Sounds compilations series: 8 rare and hidden tracks, produced between 1977 and 1984 in various parts of the world. Started in 2015, the AOR Global Sounds series was born from the will of Charles Maurice (aka Pascal Rioux) to share his longtime love for the AOR and WestCoast movement and highlight its influence for many artists in the late 70s and early 80s. In this 5th volume, he selected again highly forgotten productions, deeply infused with Disco and Soul flavors. Half of the compilation’s tracklist is naturally coming from the US, homeland of this music style, while the other half is made of productions from all over the globe, from France or United Kingdom to Venezuela. And for most of these beautiful songs, it came from artists and bands rather unknown and often released as private press. Often, these records will have a special story, sometimes they’re just part of the universal quest of finding true love. Nonetheless, they all carry a wide range of emotions magnified by the music. For example, “Don’t Take It Away” by Westside is as a love song about a new relationship, recorded in Minnesota and mastered on Sunset Bld. (Hollywood) by Bernie Grundman, who worked on Thriller – funny thing, the original LP is a picture-disc, which was still quite rare back in the days because the singer saw one from Mickael Jackson when visiting the studio. “Til’ Mornin’ Comes”, the only release by The Ferry Brothers, is also a love song, recorded in NYC with notably Gwen Guthrie, Vivian Cherry & Patti Austin singing as backup vocalists. On “What Its Meant To Me”, Jonathon Hansen remembers with emotion the good times spent with the members of his band including the vocalist he was in love with. On “J’Irai Squatter Ton Cœur”, Didier Makaga better-known as a French Boogie & Pop singer, arranger & composer, sings a charming declaration of love on a heavy and groovy eighties production. “You Never Know” by Rhapsody, recorded in Connecticut, sounds more like an East coast fusion of Soul and Jazz-Funk à la James Mason. “What You Do To Me” by Sugar Cane was highlighted on a Pittsburgh Rock Radio compilation: listening to this smooth ballad with its amazing Moog synth break will lift your soul. “Kailua” by Venezuelan Jazz-Funk band Esperanto, is a song about Hawaii which evocates bucolic dreamy nights facing the ocean, a typical AOR vibe. Finally, “I Need You” from Mark Williamson is a blue-eyed soul UK groover ending on a fouron-the-floor climax! And we could detail stories but our guessing is the best way to learn more about all these gems is to listen to the compilation, fully remastered from originals, and whether your preference is for vinyl or CD formats.

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Brainstory

Seasons / Bye Bye

11,99 €*

OST The Black Stone Affair

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brainstory Is Back With A Pairing Of Tunes That The World's Top Sommelier Couldn't Hold A Candle To. This Gorgeous Two-Sider Features The Two Vocal Songs From Their Otherwise Instrumental Forthcoming Ep, Ripe.On Side A, Seasons Showcase Brainstory's Sunny California Soul And Mixes In A Touch Of Roy Ayers East Coast Energy. The Result Is An Infectious And Uplifting Tune Penned At The Beginning Of Quarantine With The Hope Of Finding A Brightside In The Trouble The World Is Facing.Sibe B, Bye Bye, Is Another Stone Cold B Side Ballad From The Group That Gave Us Dead End. The Darling Dears Of Rialto Have Recorded What Is Sure To Become Another Staple In Sweet Soul Sets Around The Globe. But, In True Brainstory Fashion This Tune Is Uniquely Theirs. Elements Of Psych, Hip Hop And Jazz Distance It From Their Soul-Loving Peers.

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Whatatido Archive Group

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Record Kicks)

24,99 €*

Amalia & The Precious Lo's

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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For the first time ever, Record Kicks is pleased to announce the release of the long lost soundtrack by Whatitdo Archive Group to the Italian Cinematic Masterpiece "The Black Stone Affair'' on beautiful gatefold vinyl, CD and digital format on April 09 2021. Long thought to be lost alongside the movie itself by the production studio, the soundtrack's master reels were recently recovered and its audio meticulously restored and remastered by J.J. Golden in Ventura, CA.

The movie itself was understood to be unusual for its time: a globetrotting adventure/western-noir written and directed by aspiring visionary, Stefano Paradisi. Unfortunately for Paradisi, the tragic loss of his masterpiece during a fire also meant the end of his short lived career in movies. People who worked on the film have been cited as saying this film was very ambitious, set to be a turning point in Paradisi’s carrier putting him on the map alongside the likes of Sergio Leone and Antonioni.

While the movie never saw the light of day, the soundtrack by obscure band Whatitdo Archive Group has thankfully been recovered. The music itself is staggering to hear, each track evoking all the senses almost all at once. "The Black Stone Affair (Main Theme)" sets the story with its dizzying bassline

underneath a Morricone-esque harpsichord melody eventually all digressing into a psych-freakout of guitars swirling over what is the overarching motif groove of this iconic soundtrack.

We then get taken into the giallo-steeped melody of "Blood Chief". What can only be the theme of the antagonist, this cut offers crunchy drum breaks, reverb-drenched bongos and a sinister baritone guitar line that seems to be indicative of its character. "Ethiopian Airlines" transports the movie into exotic lands with its afro-centric rhythms and mysterious horn melody. The search is on for the elusive Black Stone, an artifact so coveted it had been hidden for decades for its fatal power of seduction. For fans of KPM and De Wolfe Music, "Il Furto Di Africo" definitely delivers a similar 'library' flavor popular at the time. Our ears are treated to an ambiguous sense of center. What were Whatitdo Archive Group thinking? There almost seems to be two key centers at once and a slithering flute line blending between both. We can only imagine that the Black Stone was successfully stolen from the small Italian village of Africo with this track.

What movie really is complete without a lounge-y Bossa number? "Italian Love Triangle" delivers that sun-soaked Mediterranean romance. Our cunning female lead, Lola, decides the only way she can acquire the Black Stone is to pit the trio of characters against each other with an erotic love triangle she carefully crafts to exploit the vulnerability of Blood Chief and Beaumont Jenkins. "Last Train to Budapest" finds our two male leads in a gun-wielding, high-stakes train chase through the dizzying mountains of Bosnia racing to Hungary's capital city. The music brilliantly calls upon the soundtrack's multiple melodic motifs to all collide into a single stressful heart-racing track sure to put a knot in your stomach. Probably the most unusual song appearing in this soundtrack is the French infused "L'amour au Centre de la Terre", an obvious yet tasteful homage to the composers' musical hero, Alain Goraguer. A lilting monologue is recited by who seems to be Lola, the tragic female lead in "The Black Stone Affair". Her passage speaks of the entangled romance she shares with the other two male leads and her plan to acquire the elusive Black Stone for herself. It's every man (and woman) for themselves! Paranoia and deceit has crept into the minds and motives of our conniving trio. No one can be trusted and false alliances are crumbling from within.

"The Black Stone Affair (Reprise)" evokes the characters' gut-wrenching feeling with its ever-rising key center. "Farewell Lola" is the saddening funeral dirge and exit of the aforementioned Lola. Sworn enemies Beaumont and Blood Chief stand silently outside the church and watch as Lola's casket is lowered into her untimely grave. This is merely an armistice between the remaining opponents, only to resume after paying their respects to their former 'lover'. A gory fight leaves Blood Chief standing. Beaumont is nowhere to be seen and only a cloud of dust slowly settles into the landscape as the mournful guitar and harmonica of "Beaumont's Lament" plays quietly in the distance. All is not lost. Triumphantly, Beaumont Jenkins stands tall, throws one last devastating blow to Blood Chief leaving him incapacitated. "The Return of Beaumont Jenkins" plays loudly in the face of Blood Chief desperately reaching for the stone only to realize it's a false! Our new hero, Beaumont Jenkins, sustained by Alessandro Alessandroni Jr.'s cinematic whistle, rides away victoriously into the night sky... the Black Stone hidden cleverly in his hat. End credits.

Steeped in obscurity, a cult following of crate-diggers and musical oddity collectors has been brewing over the mysterious releases of the Whatitdo Archive Group. Surfacing in 2009 from the high deserts of Reno, NV, USA, this recording collective focuses solely on curating, performing and preserving esoteric soundtrack, library and deep-groove collections. The personnel of the group consist of three musicians; each of them avid composers, recording engineers and obsessive record collectors. Alexander Korostinsky, Mark Sexton and Aaron Chiazza met in college and have been working together on producing music for over 10 years. (Both Korostinsky and Sexton also happen to write and perform in

critically-acclaimed soul group “The Sextones”). In 2015 they quietly released a small batch of lo-fi deep-groove demos recorded exclusively to cassette in an old garage. This became their first full length offering, Shit’s Dope, and it began to quickly spread across the internet piquing the interest of record collectors and DJs all over the world—a record Fleamarket Funk describes as “Falling in between some Headhunters and Lunar Funk 45s” and becoming a bestseller on Bandcamp of that year.

During this time, the Whatitdo Archive Group also began what is often hailed as a vital turning point in Reno music history; by hosting their famous “Whatitdo Wednesday” residency at a local venue. These packed performances drew the attention of not only live music-goers, but also the most accomplished jazz musicians in the area, often joining them on stage. Eventually, these shows stumbled into the arena of obscure performance art, where the band would facetiously distribute written and multiple choice tests during their performance for the audience to participate in.

After their residency came to a bittersweet end, the Whatitdo Archive Group refocused their attention on the wonderful world of 1970’s soul-jazz, where they wrote and recorded what would be their follow up 7” release, Crocker Way / Steve’s Romp. This limited edition 45rpm became a hot ticket item for UK record collectors who had been previous fans of WAG’s older lo-fi work. Crocker Way was also a featured track on BBC Radio 6. Shortly after producing Crocker Way / Steve’s Romp, the group again started production on their crown jewel of a record, a concept album that had been tossed around for several years beforehand but never executed. As band member Mark Sexton explains “We wanted to create an album that encompassed everything we love and admire about old Italian soundtrack scores, and bring that energy back into the spotlight”. The group spent 9 months of research, digging through their personal collections of dusty LP’s scrutinizing the work of Piccioni, Torossi, Roubaix, Alessandroni and of course Morricone, recording, mixing and working with over 24 skilled musicians. The Whatitdo Archive Group finally completed what would be their finest work to date, The Black Stone Affair. Recorded entirely in Korostinsky’s home studio, this record is a labor of love, dedication, appreciation and respect for the golden age of Italian Soundtrack and Library music.

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Sanctify Feat. Brian Ellis

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Love Touch)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Do The Doo Part 2 / What About The Music Part 2

The J.B's Reunion

7" | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Ron Henderson And Choice Of Colour

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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JB's, who is so famous as the backing band of James Brown, is coming back!! About 20 years after the release in the 70's, a super-class funk album "Bring The Funk On Down" which was suddenly produced and released as a Japanese project in 1999 by P-vine and we would like to present a special single from the album for the first time in this world! Both tracks are re-make as short versions just for this ep. Born TO Groove!

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Singles Collection

LP | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

31,99 €*

I Know You Care / It's Your Love Remastered Edition

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We are so proud of releasing this compilation for the first time in history. Singles which were released in early 70's ~ 80's, including the first single of Choice Of Colour "You're Twenty-One Today / Your Love" in 1972, are compiled. in addition, there are some unreleased tracks! P-vine are confident this is a super-rich compilation that might surpass the original album released by Chelsea records in 1976. (Groove Diggers series)

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Ethel Beatty

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Expansion)

15,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mike James Kirkland And Cold Diamond & Mink

Stay, Don't Go

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

Chance And Fly / B Bro Super 8

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A match made in sweet-soul and lowrider heaven! This collaboration came to fruition from a fateful 2018 meeting in Finland between Ubiquity and Helsinki-based Timmion Records with both labels sharing a mutual respect, and each playing their part in creating and sustaining the contemporary soul, funk and r&b scene. Longtime fans and followers of Mike James Kirkland's work, especially his early '60s output as "Mike and The Censations", the Cold Diamond & Mink production crew have crafted 2 timeless tunes. Highlighting his vocals and melodies that have made him a favorite amongst collectors and affcionados alike, these new songs capture the elusive quality and "magic" of his classics such as "There's Nothing I Can Do About It" and "Victim of Circumstance". Cold Diamond & Mink have mastered the "sound", finding themselves at the forefront of today's growing movement appreciating these songs of love wanted, gained, and lost from yesteryear. Already responsible for a handful of "hit" singles and releases by artists such as Bobby Oroza, Johnny Benavidez, and Carlton Jumel Smith that have been embraced especially by the "slow and low" community, these new additions to their catalog further cement their reputation as the "coldest" production crew and premier purveyors of soul.

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The Baker Brothers

7" | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Midnight Morning / Stepping Through Shadow

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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UK jazz-funk band "The Baker Brothers", one of the biggest hits in their career "Chance And Fly" with the participation of Average White Band Hamish Stuart is released as vinyl for the first time!

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Menahan Street Band

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Daptone)

Curtis Knight & The Squires (With Jimi Hendrix)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Who is t his!?" Whether it's a playlist in a cof fee shop in Brooklyn, a cafe in Par is, or a commercial break on NPR, the answer is likely Menahan Street Band. Their idiosyncratic brand of atmospheric instrumental music has lended its timeless cool to countless events, par ties, et al. Now they're back with yet another two sided head-turner. From the heavy drum fill at the top, to the swirling, psychedelic outro, “Midnight Morning” is a beat-forward track blending trippy synths with lush horns that sonically beckon you to get lost in its euphoric swing. “Steppin Through Shadow” paints a cinematic dreamscape that floats along a surreal plume of hypnotic drum machines, and soft, electric piano. The gentle melody and operatic vocal accompaniment disarm, leaving the listener awash in a sea of aural nirvana.

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No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2 Black Friday Record Store Day 2020 Edition

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Legacy)

Silver Mercury / Her Ability To Transform

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Friday Record Store Day 2020 Release.
RSD Exclusive. Limitation: 3000 copies.

No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2 continues the documentation of Jimi Hendrix’s pre-Experience sideman work with the Harlem-based R&B combo. These twelve recordings were captured at Studio 76 in 1965 [as well as two controversial sessions in July and August 1967] and offer a fascinating glimpse of Hendrix’s genius in the years before—and during—his early success. It includes the 1965 demo of the first known Hendrix composition (“Working All Day”) and shiver-inducing guitar playing that hints at the genius to come. While not a Jimi Hendrix album the music is now under the control of Experience Hendrix, and thanks to them has been lovingly restored by legendary engineer Eddie Kramer for RSD Black Friday, giving fans the chance to enjoy these tracks in their proper historical context in a numbered, limited edition brown vinyl release.

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The Blassics

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Funk Night)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (do you have peace?)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 250 copies

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Jabu

Sweet Company

A Joyful Sound Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sweet Company Is The Second Album By Jabu. Where Their First Lp, Sleep Heavy, Was An Unflinching Exploration Of Grief, Dark And Disembodied, Sweet Company's Deep, Sedative Soul Feels Like More Of A Lovers' Outing: Optimistic, Becalmed, Looking Outwards As Well As Inwards, And Longing For The Kind Of Human Connections Where Ego And Self-Consciousness Might Dissolve. It Is Perhaps Also An Exhortation To Love And Accept Yourself, To Recover A Lost Innocence And Peace - That Paradise Which Has Always Been Lost. Released Via Their Own Do You Have Peace? Label, Sweet Company Is On The One Hand A Very Intimate And Private-Sounding Work - The Sound Of Life Played Out In A Room, A Bubble, A Home, A Head. The Rhythms Of Everyday Domesticity: Listening To The Plants, Cars In The Street, Voices Through The Wall_. Going To Work, Not Going To Work, Sleeping Heavy Or Not Sleeping At All. Wavering On The Brink Of A Revelation, Of Something Just Beyond The Material World, While You Wait For The Kettle To Boil. The Core Jabu Trio Of Producer Amos Childs And Vocalists Jasmine Butt And Alex Rendall Is Present And Correct. Sweet Company Has The Exhilarating Sweep And Confidence Of A Collaboration Between People Who Trust And Understand Each Other Implicitly, And, Secure In That Knowledge, Are Able To Give The Absolute Best Of Themselves To Us. As Before, Jasmine's Voice Is A Textural, Painterly Instrument, Layered And Blurred Into Abstraction, Resisting The Limits Of Language; The Songs She Sings On Are Portals Into Vast Internal Landscapes Where The Normal Rules Of Gravity Are Suspended, Every Sound Is Smothered In A Cathedral-Like Resonance, And You're Both Fearful And Hopeful That You Might Never Find Your Way Back Out Again. Alex Takes A More Narrative, Confessional And No Less Engaging Pop Tack: As On The Gauzy, Decelerated 2-Step Of 'Lately', With His Masochistic, Self-Mocking Entreaties To "Be Cruel To Me [_] I Like It When You Make A Fool Of Me". Childs Has A True Hip-Hop Fiend's Ear For A Striking Sample, And How...

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Kelly Finnigan

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Colemine)

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"A Joyful Sound" is a future soul classic with all the elements of a classic R&B record, but simply with a joyful holiday lean. With an all-star supporting cast of who's who from the contemporary soul scene this record is truly a family affair with Kelly at the wheel. Featuring members of Durand Jones & The Indications, The Dap-Kings, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Monophonics, Thee Sinseers, Orgone, Ikebe Shakedown, Jason Joshua & The Beholders, The True Loves, Neal Francis, Jungle Fire, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Ben Pirani, The Jive Turkeys, The Harlem Gospel Travelers, Rudy De Anda, Alanna Royale, and more! Inspired by records like Phil Spector's "A Christmas Gift For You" and Rotary Connection's "Peace" this album will be a record that will appeal not only to lovers of holiday music, but lovers of Soul music in general!

This is Kelly Finnigan's third full-album production in just under two years, including his debut LP "The Tales People Tell" and Monophonics' most recent effort "It's Only Us". He is rapidly establishing himself as a key producer, songwriter, and performer in the current soul scene.

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KC & The Sunshine Band

Let It Go

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dynamite cuts is proud to releases one of the all time b-boy breaks and club classic. KC & THE Sunshine Band “Let it go” part one is an up-tempo groove loaded with killer horns and vocals. Not forgetting on the flip one of the best DJ drum sample tools of all time.

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7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Action Women)

Action Women Volume 4

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Have A Trip With Lucid Paradise

Great Revivers

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Funk Night)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Articulation Clear Vinyl Edition

Rival Consoles

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Erased Tapes)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blackmagic 10th Anniversay Edition

Jose James

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Rainbow Blonde)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Delreys Incorporated & Oscar Wright

Destination Unknown / Fell In Love

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Deptford Northern Soul Club)

15,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Action Women)

Action Women Volume 2

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Sofie

Cult Survivor

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Al Gardner / Jack Ashford

Sweet Baby / I'll Fly To Your Open Arms

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Kenr Soul)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soopastole Edits Volume 17

DJ Soopasoul

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Soopastole)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Someday / I Don't Want To Lose Her

The Tempests

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It Is What It Is Cream Vinyl Edition

Thundercat

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

25,99 €*

2x7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album, produced by Flying Lotus and Thundercat, features musical contributions from Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Lil B, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, BADBADNOTGOOD, Louis Cole and Zack Fox.

“It Is What It Is” follows his game-changing third album “Drunk” (2017). That record completed his transition from virtuoso bassist to bonafide star and cemented his reputation as a unique voice that transcends genre. “This album is about love, loss, life and the ups and downs that come with that,” Bruner says about “It Is What It Is”. “It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek, but at different points in life you come across places that you don’t necessarily understand… some things just aren’t meant to be understood.”

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Ben & The Platano Group

Vinyl Collection

20,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ash / Gli Angeli Del 2000

Mario Molino

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (AOE)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the Italian soul-mod tracks that every DJ has always dreamed of having on 7-inch! Taken from GLI ANGELI DEL 2000 OST by Mario Molino, ASH is an ace uptempo dancefloor burner, provided by a great brass section, and sung by the fabulous Edda Dell’Orso. On the flip-side is GLI ANGELI DEL 2000 - a lysergic Italian version of Pierre Henry’s retro-futuristic "Psyché Rock" anthem, featuring bells, fat bass lines, wah wah guitar, and electronic effects. Limited Edition 300 of copies. Don't sleep!

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Richard Marks

Never Satisfied

Revisiting The Sunshine / Funky Sensation

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Killer Deepfunk/Soul 45 from legendary soul singer Richard Marks. The Limited 500 press nods to the original Tuska Records design, without the $2000 price tag. A big spin on the Deepfunk scene in the early 2000s for DJs like Keb Darge and Ian Wright, it's been a while since i have heard this killer 45 played out. If you feeling this make sure and check out Now-Again records anthology - 'Never Satisfied, The Complete Works 1968-1976'. be quick this will be gone in a flash. No Repress.

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Jorun Bombay

7" | 2019 | CA | Original (Black Buffalo)

16,99 €*

Release: 2019 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On A Clear Day I Can See You Forever Clear Vinyl Edition

Lindstrom

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Smalltown Supersound)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Im Herbst 2018 komponierte Lindstrom ein Auftragswerk für eine Premiere im norwegischen Kunstzentrum Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. Skizzen der drei ausverkauften Aufführungen wurden zur Grundlage für die vier Tracks von ,On A Clear Day I Can See You Forever" (ein Titel, der sich an das Musical ,On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" mit Barbra Streisand anlehnt). Alle Songs basieren auf langen, einteiligen Aufnahmen. ,I felt totally unrestrained making this album", sagt Lindstrom. ,I've listened to Robert Wyatt's solo albums and his ,Matching Mole's" debut album a lot lately. It so effortless, fearless and free. And not insisting. I was very inspired by this." Dies ist auch das erste Mal, dass Lindstrom ein Album komplett mit Hardware statt mit Computer-Plugins veröffentlicht. Während seiner Performance im Henie Onstad Kunstsenter setzte er über 30 Synthesizer und Drumcomputer ein. Diese Erfahrung inspirierte ihn, bei der Erstellung des Albums ein ähnliches Setup zu wählen. Die Zugänglichkeit seiner beneidenswerten Sammlung von Musikinstrumenten - die größtenteils aus begehrten Synthesizern bestehen - ermöglichte es ihm, frei mit Ideen und Klanglandschaften zu experimentieren. ,The joy of making music on actual physical objects and devices makes a lot of sense to me now. After working on a computer for over 15 years, I don't think I'll ever look back," sagt Lindstrom mit einer fast kindlichen Aufregung. Lindstrom hat in den letzten Jahren die klassische Musik als Inspiration genannt. ,I used to study classical music at school. Back then I was listening to a lot of Opera, orchestral music and solo music on the piano. Listening to classical music again has been a revisit to my childhood days, just like I did when I embraced the 80s in the early 2000s". Als Lindstrom die Freiheit und die Freude am Musizieren ohne jedwede innere Befangenheit annahm und sich in das physische Reich des Musizierens mit Hardware vertiefte, lernte er nicht nur die Musik kennen - sondern auch sich selbst. ,I guess I've been tryi...

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Jack Ashford's Just Productions

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (Kent)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Famed as one of the tight-knit group of musicians the Funk Brothers, who played on the vast majority of Motown’s 60s records, Jack Ashford was the percussionist and vibes player who augmented that infectious beat so successfully.

After his time at Motown he co-founded Pied Piper Productions with Shelley Haims and when that folded in 1967 started his own Just Productions. The infectious beat continued to propel many of their releases but the main songwriters – Jack, Lorraine Chandler and George Rountree – added great new melodies and well-crafted songs and then a big injection of Motor City funk. They unearthed talented singers like Eddie Parker, Sandra Richardson and the Smith Brothers and even employed Jack’s own voice. Parker’s ‘I’m Gone’ and ‘Love You Baby’ are considered the epitome of ampheta-soul by UK devotees, who have adored the records since the early 70s. The Smith Brothers’ output is all high class and their full take of ‘Things Won’t Be The Same’ (which shares the backing track of Sandra Richardson’s ‘After You Give Your All’) is available for the first time. Similarly the new version of Jack Ashford’s recording ‘I’ll Fly To Your Open Arms’, by the Family Brick, debuts here; it is a masterful slice of sophisticated, uptempo Detroit soul.

Then a new singer in the city, Billy Sha-Rae’s ‘The Story Of My Life’ sees its first vinyl outing and the mysterious Ray Gant & Arabian Knights’ reading of ‘Don’t Leave Me Baby’ is considered the ultimate rendition of this superb song.

Al Gardner knew Jack at Sport/Boss Records and his ‘Sweet Baby’ has been a big collector’s item for decades. Also, from the late 60s comes a terrific uptempo version of ‘I Need Your Love (To Satisfy My Soul)’, originally only known as an acetate by the Stylists; it was later cut at a slower pace by Lee Rogers on Premium Stuff.

The LP is rounded off by Jack’s own take on ‘Let Me Take Care Of Your Heart’, a remarkably fine recording that the Smith Brothers would later cover on a Shield 45.

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Sandro Brugnolini

Superground

27,99 €*

The Star Of A Story / Ain't No Half Steppin

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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A n d w h a t i f t h e i n f a m o u s
UNDERGROUND and OVERGROUND
albums had a third psychedelic
chapter, still secret and unreleased
until today?
Yes, you heard correctly: this
SUPERGROUND LP is sonically akin to
the legendary pair for which composer
Sandro Brugnolini will always shine
worldwide, and ideally brings the
trilogy to a close. Composed and
recorded in two sessions between July
1969 and November 1970, the album
echoes the shocking 1969's Charles
Manson massacre, with tracks
dedicated to the villa at Cielo Drive, in
Hollywood, where Sharon Tate e Roman
Polanski lived for six months. Some
music was also used for an animated short movie signed by Pino Zac, “Radice Quadrata di 3”, a little art-film
gem about the consumer society.
The recordings have all in common the terrific line up, featuring MARC 4 members Antonello Vannucchi
(organ), Maurizio Majorana (bass), Roberto Podio (drums), along with Angelo Baroncini (guitar) replacing Carlo
Pes. An incredible groovy combo that plays a strange psychedelic rock and r’n’b with funky and prog flavor.
Another lost masterpiece from Italian golden age soundtracks finally rescued and brought back in life to see
the light of the wax for its very first time.

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Heatwave

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Epic)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Vampisoul)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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To celebrate what would have been the world-renowned songwriter, Rod Temperton’s 70th birthday, one of the highlights of Heatwave’s ‘Central Heating’ album, and never before released as a single, the mystical ‘The Star Of A Story’ gets an official, remastered outing on 45! Backed with the intoxicating, funk joint ‘Ain’t No Half’ Steppin’ it’s an incredible insight into the magic of both Rod and Heatwave as a whole.

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Los Afroins

A Gozar Salsomanos

17,99 €*

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Vampisoul)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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By 1974, salsa was taking Colombia by storm and so the directors of the INS label decided to create a band that would appeal to salsa fanatics and be able to compete with labels such as Discos Fuentes and Codiscos. Thus was born Los Afroins, an obscure, short-lived combo that would release two LPs and six 45s.Their first album, "A gozar salsomanos", is a sought-after collector's item and contains ten brassy, heavy-duty salsa gems: covers of salsa hits by Ismael Rivera, Los Ahijados, Roberto De La Barrera, Cheo Marquetti and even the smash pop hit by the French modern classical and electronic music composer Saint-Preux (a great instrumental descarga version of `Concierto para una sola voz'). In addition, there are two originals that are equally hot. INS artistic director Alfredo Linares, the famed Peruvian keyboardist and composer, oversaw the project and guested on piano for several tracks, doing some arranging as well.Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180g vinyl, part of a new Vampisoul reissue series of classic LPs from Colombia's INS label.By 1974, salsa was taking Colombia by storm and so the directors of the INS label (Industria Nacional Del Sonido Ltda), based in Medellín, Colombia, decided to create a band that would appeal to "salsómanos" (salsa fanatics) and be able to compete with the area's two larger labels, Discos Fuentes and Codiscos. Thus was born the oddly named Los Afroins (a contraction of Afro, indicating the roots of the music, and "-ins", for the label name), an obscure, short-lived combo that would release two albums and six 45s. The repertoire focused on cover versions of hit Afro-Antillean tunes both classic and contemporary. Pianist Agustín Martínez "El Conde", who would later work with Joe Arroyo and Juan Piña, led the group and did some arranging. INS artistic director Alfredo Linares "El Inca", the famed Peruvian keyboardist and composer, oversaw the project and guested on piano for several tracks, doing some arranging as well. The vocals were handled...

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Julian Y Su Combo

Noche De Fiesta

17,99 €*

Changes Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Noche de fiesta" (1975) was the first album that Julián Angulo and his combo recorded for Colombia's INS label. With arrangements and piano by Alfredo Linares, it's a thrilling LP sought after by collectors and DJs not only for its hard salsa and instrumental "descarga" tracks but also because of the funky dancefloor cuts `Enyere Kumbara' (covered by Quantic), `INS-Rock' and `Estoy soda' as well as the excellent original version of `Las caleñas son como las flores' (made famous later the same year by The Latin Brothers).Angulo described his sound as "Afroantillano", combining Cuban, New York Latin and Puerto Rican elements with Colombia's own tropical traditions. The combo featured the bandleader's funky, jazzy electric guitar, a hot rhythm section and the potent brass line-up of two saxophones and a trumpet.Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180g vinyl.Part of a new Vampisoul reissue series of classic LPs from Colombia's INS label.Julián y su Combo was founded in 1962 by left-handed guitarist Julián Angulo Ponce, who was originally from Guapi, Cauca, Colombia and made his name in Cali and Buenaventura, signing initially with Bogotá's Sello Vergara in 1966. During a 20-year period Julián y su Combo released eight records (with several band name variations). Angulo was part of the first generation of artists from the Colombian Pacific who migrated to Bogotá in the 1970s, and his combo enjoyed popularity in his adopted city as well as in Medellín and Mexico. The band also travelled to Venezuela and the US. Angulo described his sound as "Afroantillano", combining Cuban, New York Latin and Puerto Rican elements with Colombia's own tropical traditions. The combo's arrangements were distinguished by the bandleader's funky, jazzy electric guitar work (Angulo played without changing the order of the strings), a hot rhythm section and the potent brass line-up of two saxophones and a trumpet (much like Cortijo y su Combo)."Noche de fiesta" (1975) was the first of two albums Angulo cu...

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Neal Francis

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Karma Chief)

Try My Love / Odoya Feat. Toco

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"I just wanted to be honest about everything, from my musical influences to my story," muses Neal Francis. After years of dishonest living - consumed by drugs, alcohol, and addiction - such sincerity is jarring from the 30-year-old Chicago-based musician. Liberated from a self-destructive past and born anew in sobriety, Francis has captured an inspired collection of songs steeped in New Orleans rhythms, Chicago blues, and early 70s rock n' roll. There is a deep connection between Francis's childhood - his obsession with boogie woogie piano, his father's gift of a dusty Dr. John LP - and the songs he's created. The result is an astonishing collection of material without parallel in the contemporary funk and soul scene. The influences are unmistakable: the vocal stylings of Allen Toussaint and Leon Russell; the second line rhythms of The Meters and Dr. John; the barroom rock 'n' roll of The Rolling Stones; the gospel soul of Billy Preston; the roots music of The Band. Francis pays tribute to the masters but has his own story to tell: "It's the life I've lived so far."

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S-Tone Inc.

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Schema)

9,99 €*

2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Vampisoul)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This new 7-inch by S-tone Inc., that includes two brand new tracks, confirms Stefano Tirone’s 20-year old collaboration with Brazilian songwriter Toco. “Try My Love” is a fluid, relaxed and dreamy funk song that blends soul jazz with a ‘70s downtempo drumming groove. “Odoya”, featuring Toco on vocals, is a bit more faster composition, that would perfectly fit as a soundtrack of a typical Italian police movie from the same decade! Simply fantastic!

Stefano Tirone is an eclectic artist, open to a wide range of different music genres. This new 7-inch, that includes two brand new tracks, confirms his 20-year old collaboration with Brazilian songwriter Toco. Working on these songs for Stefano was like going back to the years when he used to listen to Acid Jazz music, especially to the records produced by the Mizell brothers. Their influence here is obvious from the first notes: the funk in “Try My Love” is not as high-fueled as in James Brown’s songs but, as the legendary brothers taught us, by blending a hint of soul jazz with the ‘70s downtempo drumming groove, we get a fluid brew, relaxed and dreamy. This is exactly what “Try My Love” is about. “Odoya”, featuring Toco on vocals, is a bit more faster composition, that would perfectly fit as a soundtrack of a typical Italian police movie from the same decade! Simply fantastic! - - - Stefano Tirone è un artista eclettico e aperto a una vasta gamma di generi musicali. Questo suo nuovo 45 giri, che contiene due nuove tracce, conferma la sua ventennale collaborazione con il cantautore brasiliano Toco. Lavorare a queste canzoni è stato per Stefano come volgere lo sguardo agli anni in cui era solito ascoltare dischi della scena Acid Jazz, specialmente quelli prodotti dai fratelli Mizell. La loro influenza è evidente sin dalle prime note: il funk di “Try My Love” non è carico di energia come quello di James Brown ma, come i leggendari fratelli ci hanno insegnato, dall’unione di un pizzico di soul jazz con il groove di batteria ‘downtempo’ tipico degli anni ‘70 otteniamo una miscela fluida, rilassata e sognante. Esattamente ciò che si respira in “Try My Love”. “Odoya”, brano che vede la partecipazione di Toco alla voce, è una composizione dal ritmo leggermente più sostenuto, perfetta come colonna sonora di un tipico ‘poliziottesco’ italiano! Eccezionale!

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Los Destellos

Sicodelicos

33,99 €*

Are You My Woman (Tell Me So) / Stoned Out Of My Mind

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Led by Enrique Delgado, Los Destellos truly defined the sound of Peruvian cumbia with the incorporation of diverse influences and the use of electric guitars. This compilation selects the Los Destellos tracks closest to the genres of psychedelia, beat and boogaloo, taken from albums released between 1968 and 1978. These 20 irresistible songs are essential elements of Peruvian cumbia, the rhythm that changed the face of Lima, shook the Andes and spread like a forest fire across the Amazon basin. For fans of Los Mirlos, Link Wray, Davie Allan and surf instrumentals. A 2019 Record Store Day release. Total worldwide pressing: 1000

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The Chi-Lites

7" | 2019 | EU | Original

Hasta El Cielo (Con Todo El Mundo In Dub)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Serious ‘70s Chi-lites business, remastered officially from the Brunswick back catalogue.
Infamously sampled by Beyonce for her ‘Crazy In Love’ hit, ‘Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)’ is a huge slice of soulful, funk gold. Marrying Eugene Record’s falsetto alongside Creadel "Red" Jones' animated bass tones it screams flash, feel-good, funk - none more so than when the collective combine for those delectable vocal harmonies. Woven in behind - a heavy bassline, masterful drumming and that crazed horn section, creating a certified recipe for deep-seated desire.
The flip see’s the sumptuous ‘Stoned Out Of My Mind’ demonstrating, once again, Record’s magical falsetto, delivered in such a personal way you’ll leave thinking you’re the one who’s gone messed up his mind. Enhanced even further by the dazzling string and horn sections and those choice group harmonies, it’s got a psychedelic tinge to it that serves its namesake all too well.

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Khruangbin

LP+7" | 2019 | UK | Original (Night Time Stories)

36,99 €*

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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IES - Italian Erotic Sounds

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Early Sounds)

27,99 €*

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Flamingo Time / Mango Hill)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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"Hot recordings from the golden era of the Italian sexy comedy film scene"! Early Sounds Recordings, in collaboration with the historical Italian label "Eleven" and A. Dallera, puts together a compilation of some of the rarest and sought after disco and funk records inspired by the Italian sexy comedy era.

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Scone Cash Players

As The Screw Turns

25,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Power Black Vinyl Edition

Seratones

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (New West)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Z Production)

Supergombo

Explorations

13,29 €* 18,99 € -30%

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2019 | US | Original (Colemine)

Thee Sinseers

It Was Only A Dream

David Camon / Johnny Jacobs

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Straight from East L.A., Thee Sinseers embody the lowrider sweet soul vibe. Love songs, washed with reverb, slow tempos for rolling, and a vibe for days. This type of doo-wop soul has been embraced by the Chicano culture and with a growing scene, Thee Sinseers look to make their own mark. The A-side, a very doo-wop leaning tune is contrasted with the James Brown cover on the B, "I Don't Mind". Both sides just crush.

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Keep On Doing Your Funky Thing / Ain't It Funky (Doing Your Own Thing)

7" | 2019 | UK | Original (BGP)

Take A Good Look / My Sense Of Direction

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two originally unissued funk tracks from our “Southern Funkin’” compilation. These are guaranteed floor-fillers that sound and look good on a repro Clintone label.

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The Precisions

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Inspiration Information / Ah Uh Mi Hed Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Shuggie Otis

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Epic)

Pick Up The Pieces / Get It Up For Love Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two luscious soul/folk/psychedelic funk crossover jams from LA born Shuggie Otis on Epic, reissued and remastered 45 years after their first release.
Shuggie's trademark soul-laden tones marry with dusty organs and strutting funk guitars to give two blissful slices of '70s gold. A collectable 7 Inch, remastered, reissued and finally available at a respectful price.

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Average White Band

12" | 2019 | EU | Original (AWB)

Life On Mars (Remix) Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2019! This 1974 reissue is available for the first time on 12" vinyl.

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Dexter Wansel

12" | 2019 | UK | Original (Philadelphia International)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Epic)

Eddie Palmieri

Spirit Of Love

Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two sun shine soaked, Latin infused Eddie Palmieri joints from the 1978 album Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo get the official, remastered reissue treatment – with original copies of the 7” trading hands for upwards of £60.
Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, multi Grammy award winner Palmieri is a stratospheric salsa master. And for the Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo LP he assembled a powerhouse, 30 strong jazz orchestra, featuring the likes of Dom um Romao, Steve Khan, Lew Soloff, Jon Faddis, Hiram Bullock and Palmieri’s brother Charlie.
In an era dominated by disco, ‘Spirit Of Love’ took to the dancefloor, drawing on the glamour and magnetism of the late ‘70s. Palmieri’s distinctive style still weaves its way through though, melding Afro-Caribbean rhythms with modern jazz. ‘Spirit Of Love’ is full to the brim with striking vocals, cow bells and big horn sections, blended with psychedelic guitars that riff off against clavinet touches and expressive Montunos melodies. Spirit of the salsa, for the disco dancer!
On the flip ‘Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo’ is a masterpiece of Latin fusion, with Palmieri’s unique arrangements squeezing that Puerto Rican flavour out of every added instrument. Trumpet blasts and sax solos marry with woops and whistles and Latin chants. Couple that with sensuous piano melodies and irresistible percussive elements and it’s a recipe of Caribbean spice that’ll liven up any record collection.

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Cool

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jakarta)

I Can See Through You / Chicken Yellow

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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„Cool“ is the second album by Otis Junior and Dr.Dundiff on Jakarta Records.

Otis and Dundiff both are originally from Louisville, Kentucky. They only met shortly before they released their first work together. Sometimes musicians take their time to find a formula, to carve out a way in which they create. Not those two. It was an instant creative connection, a artistic bond from the get go which makes them produce classic song after classic song. Otis once summarized their working approach like this: "As with our previous works, the concepts for the songs and album were born from Dundiff presenting me with broad ideas (instrumentals and titles) and allowing me to define them through my own perspective (with lyrics and melodies)“.

Dundiff's organic yet hard hitting productions compliment Otis Junior soulful timbre perfectly. Around 60% of the sounds on the album are played live while 40% are based on samples which shows how the music is created within two different musical birthplaces. the result is too Hip Hop to be Soul and vice versa but it is sitting very well in between these chairs.

When Otis Junior and Dr.Dundiff approach an album production they always try to establish an ongoing theme for the album. Their latest work deals with the concept of „Cool“ and the contemplations about what it means to “be cool” to others versus actually feeling cool, calm, and comfortable in life. Thereafter, the album follows a subtle growth towards the latter. Beginning with an overt contemplation on what it means to be cool, the first half of the album speaks from that insecure perspective. Becoming more sure as the album develops, it ends not with a contemplation on being cool, but whether or not people are perceived accurately at all.

The album’s artwork was done by Simone Cihlar who is also the driving creative force behind Anderson .Paak’s and Tom Misch’s visuals.

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Miami

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

Assassin / View From Above Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A limited edition 7” release by MIAMI, both tracks taken from the “PARTY FREAKS” LP. Again DYANMITE CUTS give you never been on 7” release. Including a wonderful re-production of the original sleeve.

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Ikebe Shakedown

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The latest and greatest from Ikebe Shakedown! "Assassin" is pulled from Ikebe
Shakedown's most recent LP The Way Home (CLMN12017) with a B-side that is
exclusive to this 45. Brooklyn's Ikebe Shakedown explores a wide variety of
instrumental soul, touching on afro-funk, R&B, and even psych at times.

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55 Reissue Single Vinyl Edition

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the reissue coming as one LP not double vinyl. We do have some double vinyl versions left, if you would rather have that. Last batch. //// Shrouded in mystery, hailing from Hamburg, Germany, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band (BRSB) releases their long awaited debut “55” on Brooklyn’s own
Big Crown Records. Long time multi-instrumentalist and band leader Bjorn Wagner spent a few months in Trinidad & Tobago where he became fascinated
with Steel Drums. His initial intrigue with local steel pan music culture led him to learning the instrument both through help of local players and on his
own. After he became proficient on the pans Bjorn had his own instrument built from a used oil barrel by legendary pan man Louis C. Smith.
Upon returning home to Germany, Bjorn set out to blend the Tropical Steel into his already sharply honed Funk, Soul, and Hip Hop sensibilities. The
outcome is an updated take on a classic format, a truly unique sound. Their first two recordings were covers of The Meters “Look A-Py-Py” & “Ease Back”
which they self-released on a 45. Looking back on these two sides you can tell they were just getting their chops up for what was to come next. This is
evidenced by how all hell broke loose when they went on to cover 50 Cent’s hit PIMP taking the DJ and vinyl collecting communities by storm. Many
people thought the recording was the original sample and probably still do to this day when it is played.
The original Mocambo pressing sold out quickly and is now a collector’s item fetching heavy prices when it changes hands. It was this tune that made
the introduction between Bjorn and Danny Akalepse of Big Crown. They immediately hit it off and starting making plans to do a full length project with
the band.
Keeping in the tradition of Steel Drum records, 55 is a journey through re-interpolations and covers with an updated approach, pushing Steel Pan music
to uncharted territory. Flawlessly bringing previously untouched genres into the steel pan cannon ranging from Underground Hip Hop tunes to staple
Funk tracks and some of all that falls in between. BRSB’s 55 is reinvigorating tunes both well-known and helping to shed some light on tunes still largely
undiscovered. However, some of the strongest tunes on the album are original compositions, from spaced out Disco vibes on “Beetham Highway Ride”
and “Port Of Spain Hustle” to the ugly face inspiring drums of “Laventille Road March”.
Recorded to analog 8 track tape at The Mocambo Studios in Hamburg, 55 is a gritty, punchy journey in sound drawing on music from around the world,
using production aesthetics from across both eras and genres, all coming together seamlessly. If the 45s that have already come out on Mocambo, Plane
Jane, and Truth & Soul are an indication, this full length is going to be a staple to both casual listeners and Disc Jockeys alike.

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Ace)

Rhythm & Blues Christmas

Mounaiki - By The Bright Of Night White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Having noticed that Christmas tends to be an annual event and that vinyl is suffering a resurgence, we here at Ace have put the two together and extracted 14 blues, R&B and doo wop sides from our Christmas R&B compact disc and turned them into a seasonal platter.

A mostly upbeat selection that will certainly help you and yours get through these fraught times.

Blues stars like B.B. King and Lowell Fulsom, with their ripping up-beat guitars join forces with the mellower mistletoe sounds of Hadda Brooks and Jesse Belvin.

This positive view of seasonal goodwill was probably down to the fact that all these sides were cut in Los Angeles in the warm California sun.

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My Baby

LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Prehistoric Rhythm)

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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11 tracks with influences trip hop, Arabic music, soul or delta blues, whose proposals give rise to a lively psychedelism and an ardent shamanism. An experimental album of a rare eclecticism of the unclassifiable Dutch trio My Baby.

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The Meters

Meters

Jerry Butler & Jerry Peters / Jimmy Smith

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Meters is the debut studio album by the band of the same name. It's an essential album in the funk scene and one that contains a lot of energy and soul.

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Melinda Latino / I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Babe

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

11,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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‘Melinda Latino’ is taken from the awesome ‘Melinda’ OST written by Butler & Peters, released in 1972. This is a heavy track right from the first beat –harps and breakbeats, leading into a soul piano mood, huge strings and backing vox.

Jimmy Smiths version of Barry Whites ‘I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby’. A very dope intro break leads into crazy vocal chops before heating the main melody, in true Jimmy Smith style. Taken from his ‘Black Smith’ LP forPride, released in 1974.

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Fortuna)

Hafla!

32,99 €*

Lucky Fellow / Don't It Make You Feel Good

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Fortuna-selected compilation for Tel-Aviv restaurant "The Brothers". Only available locally except for a few limited export copies. Fortuna describe this compilation as "A set of ten killer tunes we licensed especially for the restaurant. One-off tracks from the golden Jaffa, dancefloor certified bangers, and all-time personal favorites!"

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Leroy Hutson

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Hutson)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970

Aretha Franklin

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Atlantic)

34,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Aretha Franklin

The Queen Of Soul

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Northern Soul Classiest Rarities

LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Kent)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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14 tracks of the absolute crème de la crème!

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Studio One Freedom Sounds - Studio One In The 60s

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Keep On Keeping On / If I Could Only Be Sure

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Freedom Sounds is the new collection from Soul Jazz/ Studio One focussing on the intense period in the second half of the 1960s when Studio One’s vast and unbeatable output of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae made it literally one of the hottest musical empires in the world.
During this highly successful period, Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd released hundreds and hundreds of superlative singles seemingly on an almost daily basis, in the process making huge stars out of Jamaican singers such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, The Wailers, Slim Smith, Jackie Opel and many more.
Powered by the finest in-house musicians working in Jamaica, whether it was The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo’s Soul Brothers, The Sounds Dimension or The Soul Vendors, Studio One functioned as hit factory on the scale of Motown in the USA, shaping and defining reggae music for decades to come.
Singlehandedly Studio One’s founder Clement Dodd was able to create the most successful vertically-integrated record company that Jamaica had ever known with pressing plant, printers, studio, shops, and sound systems all running at once, with over 50 employees and hundreds of artists working with Studio One during this time.
Studio One Freedom Sounds tells the story of Studio One in the 1960s with a stunning set of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae killer tunes as well as informative sleevenotes and track-by-track info by Noel Hawks. The album is released as heavyweight double vinyl (+ free download code), deluxe CD and digital album.

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N. F. Porter

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Melba Moore / Maxine Brown

The Magic Touch / It's Torture

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Always There / Comin' Over Me

Willie Bobo

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Expansion)

9,99 €*

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Be With)

The Whispers

Keep On Lovin' Me

Blackjack Feat. Loretta Holloway / Las Vegas Strut

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2023 Repress

Two seminal 12" mixes of a pair of enormous tracks from The Whispers. Both boogie/street-funk flavoured, these sought-after versions have never been paired on the same record. Side A features the notorious anthem "Keep On Lovin' Me" (the one with *that* life affirming video) whilst Side B houses the outstanding, semi-slept-on "Turn Me Out".

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Jack Ashford

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Record Shack)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Habibi Funk)

Kamal Keila

Muslims And Christians

Can't Stop Lovin' You / I Did It Again

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Songs about the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians and the fate of war orphans, backed by grooves equally taking influence from Arabic sounds, American funk as well as neighboring Ethiopia.

Kamal Keila was among the first artist we met in Sudan during our two trips to Khartoum and Omdurman last year. He is one of the key figures of the Sudanese jazz scene that was a vital part of the musical culture in Sudan from the mid 1960s until the islamist revolution in the late 1980s. When we meet Kamal he luckily presented us with two mold covered studio reels.
Each tape included five tracks. One with English lyrics and another with Arabic ones. Musically you can hear the influence of neighboring Ethiopia much more than on other Sudanese recordings of the time, as well as references to Fela and American funk and soul. His lyrics, at least when he sings in English which gave him more freedom from censorship, are very political. A brave statement in the political climate of Sudan of the last decades, preaching for the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians and singing the blues about the fate of war orphans called „Shmasha“.
A note inside one of the boxes specified the track titles, durations and the fact that the sessions were recorded on the 12th of august 1992. Both sessions stand as a hearable testament how Kamal Keila stuck to a sound aesthetic from decades ago, while incorporating current events into his lyrics.
Kamal Keila’s album is the first in a series of releases covering the Sudanese jazz scene on Habibi Funk. Be on the lookout for albums by The Scorpions and Sharhabeel coming soon.

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Charm / Jessie Henderson

12" | 2018 | US | Original (Ultra Rare)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exotic Worlds And Masterful

Stimulator Jones

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

24,99 €*

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hailing from Roanoke, VA, Sam plays every instrument you put in front of him (from banjo to fiddle to harmonica to sitar) and he played everything you hear on the new record.

Sam also produced every track on the record himself and overdubbed each one – a technique he perfected since his dad first bought his older brother a Vestax four-track in 1993. On "Give My All," you can hear every part stop together perfectly in sync. Says Sam, “I was thinking about fading out the end of the song,” he says, “but instead I just left it to where everything stops on a dime.”

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins

I Put A Spell On You

15,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hard Times / Listen To Me

Baby Huey

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Harlem Gospel Travelers

He's On Time / Wash Me, Lord Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Harlem Gospel Travelers were brought together by Eli Paperboy Reed, as they were students that he was mentoring as part of a gospel class he was teaching. As the students began to develop their own style and write songs, Eli decided they needed to get into the studio and put something down. So he enlisted the help of friends to serve as a band for his students, including drummer Aaron Frazer (Durand Jones & The Indications, The Flying Stars Of Brooklyn NY), and the results speak for themselves. Old-school, get up and shout southern gospel!

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2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

The Wants List Volume 4

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Sony Legacy)

Sly & The Family Stone

Greatest Hits

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Kent Soul)

Spencer Wiggins

The Goldwax Years

Hard Steppin' EP Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Though Spencer Wiggins did not make the R&B charts until his Fame 45 ‘Double Lovin’’ in 1970, it is his eight Goldwax singles, released in the latter half of the 60s, for which he is rightly famous among soul fans. They epitomise Memphis soul, veering from deep melancholic ballads to raucous uptempo groovers.

Wiggins’ fans dig every aspect of his music; his voice is ideal for the southern soul sound. That genre is close to the blues and ‘Lover’s Crime’, his first 45 on the Bandstand subsidiary, was an early Isaac Hayes composition of that ilk. ‘Sweet Sixteen’, which was unreleased until 1977, is a full-on blues, but presumably not issued by Goldwax as they wanted to keep Spencer known as a soul singer, even though he excels on the number. Goldwax’s strong country influence is apparent on ‘I Never Loved A Woman (The Way I Love You)’ which certainly rivals Aretha’s breakthrough single from a couple of years previously. ‘Once In A While (Is Better Than Never At All)’, written by ex-country singer and Goldwax boss Quinton Claunch and George Jackson’s ‘Old Friend’ are also in the country bag.

The dramatic ballad ‘Uptight Good Woman’ was penned by Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and Jimmy Johnson and is probably Wiggins’ best-known recording; it is a highlight of his live performances. Penn and Oldham also provided ‘Take Me Just As I Am’, another stand-out track. ‘He’s Too Old’ and ‘I’m A Poor Man’s Son’ are vibrant, warm-hearted numbers taken at a jaunty pace, still very much southern soul; ‘Lonely Man’ is the only song which hints at Detroit’s influence and has consequently cost Wiggins’ 45 collectors appreciably more than the norm.

Wiggins’ career suffered by being in the shadows of James Carr at Goldwax and that may have been the reason why Claunch, a very fair-minded man, let this superb singer move to nearby Fame, along with some Goldwax tracks they had already cut on him in those studios. He also had artistic success at Sounds of Memphis in 1973; unissued tracks from there as well as Goldwax have strengthened his reputation. He is primarily a preacher now but his 2010 appearance at the Cleethorpes rare soul weekender demonstrated he is still a great performer and he recently completed a successful two-date visit to London and Manchester with his brother, manager and fellow singer Percy.

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Ikebe Shakedown

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Colemine)

27,99 €*

7" | 2016 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the first ever vinyl release of Ikebe Shakedown’s debut release. The sound of the album is still as heavy as an angry herd of elephants! Recorded at Dunham Studios in Brooklyn with the help of members of The Budos Band, these tracks are rough and tough to be sure and offer a variety of different sounds from the band. Ikebe seamlessly blends the raw emotion and passion of ‘70s African Funk with the danceable horns and rhythms of American soul music! The records is housed in a heavyweight gatefold tip-on jacket and comes with a download.

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The Gripsweats

Ziggy's Walk / Alpha Dog

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Kent Soul)

This Is Fame 1964-1968

The Lost Queen Of New Orleans Soul

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fame Records was an off shoot of the renowned FAME Studio, and this special vinyl-only compilation looks at the very best of the label’s work during its first four years.

Helmed by owner Rick Hall, aided and abetted by his team who included Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and the Swampers house band, this LP collects together some of the very finest music from the birth of southern soul.

The LP features hits by Clarence Carter and Jimmy Hughes, Northern soul classics from James Barnett and Art Freeman, recordings by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham as well as a plethora of cuts appearing on vinyl for the very first time.

Two albums in a single sleeve with two lavishly illustrated inner bags including extensive notes.

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Betty Harris

2LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Last Bongo In Paris (Cléon & Jazzy Pidjay)

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Betty Harris’ The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul collects together the steady stream of amazing soul and funk singles issued by Betty Harris from 1964 to 1969, under the musical guidance of legendary composer, musician and producer extraordinaire Allen Toussaint, a collection which truly captures the heart and soul of the city of New Orleans during this era.
Betty Harris’s powerful, fiery soulful vocals found a perfect accompaniment with the New Orleans’ players that Toussaint put together to back her, which by the time of her funk classic ‘There’s A Break In The Road’ were the legendary super-tight, super-funk New Orleans group The Meters.
With the extraordinary song-writing skills of Allen Toussaint alongside the powerful, soaring, confident and emotive singer and the groove of The Meters, you have an unbeatable combination. That Harris never in fact lived in New Orleans (she flew in from Florida for all her sessions with Toussaint’s local in-house players) seems almost an irrelevance, a geographical aside to the defining New Orleans sound captured on the recordings featured here.
All of these singles featured here were released on Allen Toussaint and his business partner Marshal Sehorn’s local New Orleans label Sansu, widely distributed in the southern city but in only limited quantities elsewhere. As a consequence, Betty Harris’ music failed to achieve the commercial success of other New Orleans artists such as Lee Dorsey (who she recorded with) and The Meters (who backed her). And so at the end of the decade she stopped recording, retired from the music business to raise her family in Florida.

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Bahia Swing

12" | 2016 | EU | Original (EDR)

11,99 €*

7" | 2016 | UK | Original (BGP)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Parisian DJ & producer’s duo, Cléon & Jazzy Pidjay, are back as Last Bongo In Paris, with a hot new 12inch filled with Latin & Brazilian soul-funk vibes... With raw drums, heavy breaks and jazzy flavor, these 5 tracks EP should quickly become a hit for all groovers and dancefloors!!
Cléon & Jazzy Pidjay have been united through their love of music and hip-hop culture for a while. DJ Cleon is one of the finest producer in France for breakdance battle music, also respected as a fine wax digger, mixing all kinds of music together, such as disco, funk, soul, jazz, breakbeat, hip-hop and more old and new records.
Alongside his mate Jazzy Pidjay and his great production and mixing’ skills, they give a new dancefloor life to hidden and forgotten musical treasures, through funky uptempo tracks.

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Camille "Lil" Bob

Stop! / Brother Brown

Harold Mabern / Funk Inc.

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Louisiana-based singer Camille “Lil” Bob was one of the most successful R&B stars of southern Louisiana. His recordings for Goldband, La Louisianne and ANLA are the highest quality soul and funk.
These sides have caused a storm on discerning dancefloors. ‘Stop’ is an incendiary cover of the Howard Tate number, whilst our flip is a 100 miles-per-hour slice of hardcore funk.

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I want You Back / Sister Janie

7" | 2016 | UK | Original (BGP)