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The Last Man On Earth Red Transparent Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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We can safely say that some of the past Italian library music masterpieces will hardly reach the export levels of mainstream Italian pop music. However, there is no doubt that the recent rediscovery operation led by some record labels such as Schema, Sonor, Four Flies, Intervallo and many others, has helped to create a lively and passionate record collectors’ market where names such as Umiliani, Brugnolini, Torossi, Tommasi, Braen, Iacoucci, Alessandroni are the watchwords for entering a wonderful and relatively unknown musical territory. It is probably better to avoid comparing library music to the world of movie soundtracks, even if most of the aforementioned names were working across both fields. A prestigious name like that of Ennio Morricone is the perfect example of someone involved both in library music and soundtracks - but his imprint is too established to give the idea of the purpose of Italian library music, which was mainly to add sonorization to television programs that were lacking visual substance. For a great number of years these compositions were placed in artistic oblivion and only in recent times a group of enthusiasts around the world started sharing their passion for Italian library music. Among these enthusiasts the main character of this (our) story is Lorenzo Morresi, Italian producer, musician and DJ working between Milan and London where he collaborated with several artists from around the world. Driven by a strong passion for jazz, funk and disco, Lorenzo met Italian record producer and musician Luciano Cantone (aka ‘Le Isole’) many years ago. Luciano played Lorenzo some rare Italian library music gems that he was repressing; laying the first bricks of their mutual passion for this genre. Soon after Lorenzo started producing music in that genre; combining jazz and funk grooves, Italian synth melodies and vintage electronic sounds. Last year, to much critical acclaim, he released the album ‘Cosmica Italiana’, made in collaboration with British multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne, and released via his record label 22a, one of the most respected contemporary jazz labels. In March 2022 Lorenzo and Luciano started pre-producing ‘Pop Flop’ at Schema Records headquarters in Milan. Part of the album has also been produced at ‘Museo Del Synth Marchigiano & Italiano’, an incredible collection of rare Italian vintage synthesizers located in Le Marche region where Lorenzo was born. These Italian synthesizers (manufacturers such as Farfisa, Crumar and Elka) were very popular in the 1970s for library music and soundtracks, and they were also used outside of Italy by the likes of John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Keith Emerson, Jean-Michel Jarre and Ray Manzarek from the Doors. As Morresi himself explains, “I tried as a form of respect and love to avoid an album that simply imitates those fifty year old masterpieces, so my idea has been to add contemporary musical elements and genres together with modern production techniques to create something original”. Pop Flop has a warm, cinematic and philological feel; well balanced between tradition and innovation, fusing elements of funk, classical, acid jazz, afrobeat, trip hop - to name a few - and all whilst paying homage to those fantastic years. The song titles sound like we’ve been transported back to 1972 in a time machine: “Odeon," "Slalom," "Savana Urbana", "Beta Erotica”, “Allegro Funerario," "Rio De Janeiro Filter," and so on. We are sure that masters like Umiliani, Tommasi and Brugnolini will be pleased with the end result and will undoubtedly be smiling down from the sky.

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Lee Small

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Metalville)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Vinilos Enlace Funk)

Sampladelia 2022

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Intermusic)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vinilos Enlace Funk presents the second installment of the SAMPLADELIA series!After the resounding success of the previous volume, Enlace Funk magazine selects sounds from Funk, Soul and R&B made in Spain 2022 and which are published for the first time in vinyl format.This volume of Sampladelia opens with a new song with Afrofuturist flavor by one of the most important Spanish producers, Oscar Martos, this time accompanied by Skiny B.Astrid Canales and Juan Arance introduce us to a Bossa Nova - Soul with a very personal touch.Primera Mirada and SúbeloJavi feat. DaBeat recall the 80s sounds loaded with Electro Funk.Escandaloso Xpósito & Gravy make us dance with a groovy rhythm and Susana Ruiz presents her new project paying tribute to Billie Holiday (Billie Sings Soul). Marco Fonktana with Aiala recover the song "Ni Se Compra Ni Se Vende" with a much funkier new version. Hip Horns Brass Collective with the vocalist R.A.E. take us through the sounds of the most powerful and urban Hip Hop. Jvera and Juno show the most experimental track of the album and Telmo Fernández & The Latin Soul Beat take us on a trip through Cuba with some of the most interesting projects of recent times made in Spain.A sample of the effervescent and creative new scene of proposals based on Funk, Soul and R&B made in Spain and never before published in physical format.

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James Brown

Please Please Please

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Badasonic)

The Ready-Mades

Tumbling Walls

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Bible & Tire Recording Company)

Elder Jack Ward

The Storm

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Patti Williams

Do You Know

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dynamite Cuts & The George Semper Music Archives present you this third in a series of soulful dancers 'Do You Know' from Patti Williams! Her powerful, gospel inflected perfromance on the rare gem A, 'Do You Know' is an anthem of Women overcoming scorn. Written and Produced by George Semper, as part of her unreleased album, 'Do You Know' was recorded at Original Sound Record Hollywood in 1969. The master recording lay dromant in the vault until now!

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Little Beaver

Concrete Jungle

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dynamite cuts 45s series is proud to release this classic rare groove dancer by the one and only Little Beaver. "Concrete Jungle" & "I Just love the way you do your thing" both taken from the "When was the last time" album and first time on 7" vinyl. The iconic sleeves and release are now added the our amazing 7" series of Muiscal delights

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The Staples Jr. Singers

Tell Heaven

Take Me For A Little While / We Go Together Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Down across the railroad tracks, on a narrow road called Church Street in West Point, Mississippi, there"s a windowless brick building that"s been converted into a house of worship called The Message Center. One chilly January morning, the original members of a little-known gospel group from Aberdeen, Mississippi, called the Staples Jr. Singers gathered there to play some of their early songs for the first time in nearly 50 years. Many of these songs, which they wrote when they were just teenagers, first appeared on their only full-length release in 1975, When Do We Get Paid (Luaka Bop, 2022), but none have been revisited-until now.

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The Royal Jesters

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Take Me For A Little While / We Go Together Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Royal Jesters were a household name in the 60s in San Antonio, TX. the 1960s. Formed by Henry Hernandez and Oscar Lawson, the group performed at school dances and downtown clubs and eventually leased and managed their own venue, the legendary Patio Andaluz. The group also started their own label, Jester Records, and recorded various singles, including a take on Vanilla Fudge's "Take Me For A Little While" with the towering Louie Escalante on lead. The group also recorded "We Go Together," a group harmony classic with 16 yr old Luvine Elias, Jr on a Lowrey organ. A must-have hot tortilla to keep in your bag.

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Royal Jesters

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

I Won't Love You Again / So Funny Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dimas III

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

To The Forest To Live A Truer Life Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After branching off from The Royal Jesters in the mid-'60s, Dimas Garza attempted a solo career and reinvented himself as Dimas III. Dimas recorded three singles on the Jesters' own Clown label - all tracked at Abie Epstein's studio off General McMullen in San Antonio, TX. The first was "So Funny" b/w "I Won't Love You Again," which are almost impossible-to-find records. Garza never did manage to break beyond the Bexar County limits but left a rich legacy of recordings behind for lowrider enthusiasts and obsessed collectors alike.

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Yoshimioizumikiyoshiduo

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Thrill Jockey)

I Hope You Can Forgive Me Purple Vinyl Ediition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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YoshimiOizumikiYoshiduO"s debut album To The Forest To Live A Truer Life combines the thrill and precision of masterful improvised music practitioners unearthing new sonic possibilities. Yoshimi P-We, now known as YoshimiO, is best known for her work as one of the founders and drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms alongside IzumikiYoshi (synthesizer, sampler, and programmed midi instruments on Vision Creation Newsun and Super æ), and multi-instrumental work in the all female group OOIOO. She has worked as a session player and vocalist on Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips. A balance of YoshimiO"s live improvisations and IzumikiYoshi"s correlated processed sounds give the pieces a sense of grounding and weightlessness in tandem. Being described by Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) as "one of those strange genius musicians", YoshimiO uses the piano as her primary instrument in addition to her singular voice- every move is bent, stretched, and mutated by IzumikiYoshi"s modular synthesizer into cascades of brightly colored waves and dotted constellations of sound. Rather than taming YoshimiO"s spirited performances, IzumikiYoshi adorns every unique flutter with complementary otherworldly textures. Recorded primarily in a cafe nestled in a forest in Japan, To The Forest To Live A Truer Life is a celebration of pure potential, of music born of the moment expanding in every direction. YoshimiO has collaborated with and worked on numerous projects, most notably a raga band called SAICOBAB, an ambient project called Yoshimi and Yuka, the tribal drum OLAibi, and indie supergroup Free Kitten.

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Madison McFerrin

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Madmcferrin Music)

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Madison's latest project, I Hope You Can Forgive Me, represents an evolution in her career as she finds ways to improvise and self-produce in the midst of an ever changing global pandemic landscape. I Hope You Can Forgive Me builds upon that next step sonically while exploring themes of love, self-preservation, fear, and conjuring. What comes out of this work and Madison's career thus far is a commitment to leave - leave fear and doubt behind in order to make space for what is next to come, all with a sense of style, fun, and invitation to dance through it

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Holy Church: Gospel, Funk & Soul 1971-83 Record Store Day 2023 Red Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Highways Of My Life Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2023 limited release with regional focus limited to 1000 copies. Soul Jazz Records’ new Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 is a one-off limited-edition heavyweight red vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2023.

The album draws upon the extensive links between Black American Gospel music and Soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Norwood, Andraé Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this period.
Many of the most successful soul artists – from Aretha Franklin to Al Green, The Staples Singers to Sam Cooke – all drew upon their upbringing in the church for their musical inspiration. This album discusses how important the links between the Black church and Soul music were in creating Soul, and spotlights some of the many important (and also little-known) Gospel artists who walked this line between sacred music and soul, funk and disco in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul shows how sacred Gospel music was at home with Stevie Wonder and Blaxploitation-style funk and produced music celebrated both in New York’s underground discos (The Paradise Garage, Studio 54, etc) and later sampled by the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Mary J Blige.

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Stardish

7" | 2023 | JP | Original (Grand Paradise Hotel)

37,99 €*

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wait Til I Get Over Black Vinyl Edition

Durand Jones

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jalapeno)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Durand Jones's Wait `Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Jones's life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown and the wisdom he could only gain once he left. In it, he writes through Hillaryville's contradictions: the pristine beauty and the ragged roads; his teenage desire to leave and his adult desire to honor his tangled roots; the plantation history and the ups and downs of the Black community that made homes of this reparation town. "Hometowns have a way of keeping a part of you," says Jones, "and if I'm making something young-me would be proud of, Hillaryville is a big part of that." Jones finds something transformative in his memories there and the life he has led since, ultimately claiming and embracing his whole self. The result is vulnerable, personal, touching on Jones's relationship to church life, to his mother, to his queerness, to his worth. "I wish I could tell my younger self `you don't have to stick to the dreams people have for you,'" says Jones, "'you can dream bigger. You are more than capable, you are more than able. I think about some nerdy punk kid in the rural south who needs to hear that now.'" Wait `Til I Get Over does exactly that.

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Izo Fitzroy

A Good Woman

Ronfo & Kindred Spirits Orchestra / Lee Mcdonald

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Izo FitzRoy's third album 'A Good Woman' explores life as a single woman, railing against convention, battling depression, wrangling shame, and having a more embodied connection with herself. It's a masterclass in soul music, touching on elements of gospel, folk, and rock. Production comes courtesy of Kraak & Smaak's Oscar de Jong, who takes her song writing into a new territory (and he's no stranger to creating quality hits as an artist himself). The result is vibrant and ecstatic musically, with lyrics ranging from introspective and soul searching to uplifting and empowering.

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Don't Let Him Get The Best Of You

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

11,19 €* 15,99 € -30%

Be A Lover / Keep On Lovin'

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The original 1975 version on Roulette is a much loved classic. Ron Foster’s 1985 instrumental version is a completely different interpretation with a full 21+ orchestra and now it takes on a new identity with the original lead singer of Whirlwind, Sandi Everett, who recently recorded a new vocal - This composition’s 48 year journey is now fulfilled!

On the flip we are proud to present LEE McDONALD’s Let’s Play Luck, a hidden gem from his iconic LP ‘Sweet Magic’; released on a 7” for the very first time and as an extended mix!

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The Regime

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

15,99 €*

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (First Word)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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BE A Lover oozes silky soul, funk flavours, sensuous instrumentation with an effortless flow.

A glockenspiel begins the story of our sleeping subject, snoring loudly. Queue harp and chimes to set the scene, dancing guitar strings, pulsating bass and punchy brass. Lead vocalist Liam Stacey serenades the Gods with his soulful ode to funky liberation followed by Jaspar Gubbay with his oh so smooth tone. The track closes with an epic prophetic funky-mantra.

Sonic indulgence right here that will keep you listening again and again! On the flip is Keep ON Lovin’, a unique, creative full on production that only THE Regime can pull off! * Explicit content is present on Keep ON Lovin' *

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New Sector Movements

These Times

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Fallen Tree - 1 Hundred)

Searchlight

20,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Have't I Been Good To You / I´M Gonna Cry Till My Tears Run Dry

Lorraine Ellison

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul 4 Real)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Now Is The Time Record Store Day 2023 White Vinyl Edition

The Ethics

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jamie)

38,99 €*

Coko & The Great Revivers

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Top-Werkschau der Philly-Soul-Band The Ethics, die sich 1967 in Philadelphia gründete, von Künstlern wie Madlib, Four Tet, Big K.R.I.T., Wiz Khalifa und Logic gesampled wurde und von Cratediggern verehrt wird. Mit 15 Songs, darunter fünf, die erstmals auf Vinyl erscheinen. Weisses Vinyl.

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Crosseyed And Painless

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Funk Night)

Bbc: Live At Maida Vale 1999 Record Store Day 2023 Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Boss Lady Coko teams up with The Great Revivers for a drum heavy take on the Talking Heads classic. Comes in a beautiful picture sleeve designed by Matt Manley.

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Jamiroquai

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Sony)

29,44 €* 30,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Attn.: We did not receive this record in time for RSD, but we will get it this week.

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Mid-Atlantic Story Volume 3 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Numero Group)

Merry Christmas To You Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the lowriders, the souleros, and for any armchair drag racer who still has a record player within reach, Mid-Atlantic Story pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of soul music, inspired by the record industry's metric trunkload of cruising compilations, legitimate and otherwise, that soundtracked an entire subculture. This getaway ride mixtape strips aesthetics from the timeless East Side Story series, and poaches music from the greater Chesapeake Bay region. Roll with a jacked-up masterpiece.

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Joseph Washington Jr.

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Merry Christmas To You Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Green VinylJoseph Washington Jr.'s 1983 holiday LP putsa soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frostyChristmas cuts. In that season of music'straditional descent into threadbare schmaltz,Merry Christmas to You restores joy andwonder to a blizzard of bland. Under thistree, find undiscovered classics for our cynicalage: the buoyant "Jesus' Birthday," the hotand bothered soul of "Merry Christmas," theridiculously catchy wallet-opener "Shopping."The world of records produces just a preciousfew yuletide keepers: Spector's A ChristmasGift for You; Fahey's The New Possibility;Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas.Down another nog and file Joseph WashingtonJr. comfortably next to those.

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Joseph Washington Jr.

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Athens Of The North)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Washington Jr.'s 1983 holiday LP putsa soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frostyChristmas cuts. In that season of music'straditional descent into threadbare schmaltz,Merry Christmas to You restores joy andwonder to a blizzard of bland. Under thistree, find undiscovered classics for our cynicalage: the buoyant "Jesus' Birthday," the hotand bothered soul of "Merry Christmas," theridiculously catchy wallet-opener "Shopping."The world of records produces just a preciousfew yuletide keepers: Spector's A ChristmasGift for You; Fahey's The New Possibility;Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas.Down another nog and file Joseph WashingtonJr. comfortably next to those.

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Marion Javius

Waiting In The Wings

14,99 €*

Shawn Robinson & Bessie Banks

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sometimes it is meant to be. I remember years ago Ian Wright (a notorious 45s collector, not a footballer) played me Marion Javius, it was about $1 at the time. I really love the record, but the "sshumwere" vocal in the chorus and the cha cha at the end of the bars did my head it a little.

Roll on 15 years and I was speaking to my record fiend and friend David Haffner who helps with releases on Aotn. It turned out he had been sitting on the multi-track tapes for Marion Javius for some time and was cool with us doing a 45. Having multi-track was an opportunity for me to fix the little bug bears with the OG mix. On first listen, I was delighted to hear a vocal take without the "Shamwooon" on the chorus, so myself and Linkwood got on the case to rebuild an Ecla version without the Game Show bar ends and "Shamons" that had been haunting me for years.

So here we are, the Ecla version, with the OG on the flip in case you think I'm talking rubbish.

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My Dear Heart / I Cant Make It

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Deptford Northe)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dreamin' Wild Limited Lathe Cut Picure Disc Edition

Donnie & Joe Emerson

LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Light In The Attic)

79,99 €*

2nd Resurrection Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Essential pick! These buddy's "Baby" was recently covered by Hype Williams on their "Ebony" album, and both tunes are hella fresh!

Pacific Northwest isolation mixed with wide-eyed ambition, a strong sense of family and the gift of music proved to be quite the combination for teenage brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. Originally released in 1979, Dreamin’ Wild is the sonic vision of the talented Emerson boys, recorded in a family built home studio in rural Washington State. Situated in the unlikely blink-and-you-missed-it town of Fruitland and far removed from the late 1970s punk movement and the larger disco boom, Donnie and Joe tilled their own musical soil, channeling bedroom pop jams, raw funk, and yacht rock.

Spurred on their high school’s music program, Donnie and Joe received a further push from their lifelong farmer father, who drew up a contract stating that he’d support his sons lofty ambitions with their very own recording studio as long as they focused on original material, sage advice for a man with zero experience in the music business. After taking out a second mortgage to help cover costs, Don Sr. also built his children a 300-capacity concert hall (dubbed Camp Jammin’) replete with ticket booth, stage, and fully functioning snack bar. The only problem was that the projected audience never quite materialized, despite a prime time TV profile entitled “The Rock And Roll Farmers” from nearby Spokane, Washington. Even the Emerson brother’s school pals were nonplussed at their privately pressed long player; hand distributed to local music stores, but not as far as Seattle, five hours away from their rural home. Somewhat rejected by the muted response, but never surrendering, both Donnie and Joe continued down a musical path and are still active as performers today.

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Stairsteps

LP | 2023 | Reissue (Dark Horse)

25,99 €*

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Spasibo)

Release: 2023 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2023 exclusive release limited to 1410 copies.
Known to many for their uplifting hit song “O-o-h Child,” Stairsteps (formerly The Five Stairsteps) were The First Family of Soul, providing the template for family bands like The Jackson 5. Originally discovered by Curtis Mayfield, they were introduced to The Beatles by Billy Preston. George Harrison signed the band to Dark Horse Records in 1975 and put out the band’s final album, 2nd Resurrection, which featured one of their biggest hits, “From Us To You.” Billy Preston played synthesizer and served as co-producer alongside Robert Margouleff.

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The Soul Surfers

Jingles Library

12,74 €* 14,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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You Are Somebody / For The Children

The Howard Lemon Singers

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Miles Away)

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miles Away Records are extremely proud to introduce our latest single by the incredible Howard Lemon Singers. You Are Somebody and For The Children are two blinding tracks cherry-picked from the incredibility rare 1977 album Seasons released on the legendary TK Records subsidiary Gospel Roots.
Both sides of this 45 are oozing with positivity and good sentiment, a fine example of the harmony between sacred and secular sounds, and the experimentation taking place, during the late 1970s as gospel artists were modernizing the soundtrack, and lyrical content of gospel music..
You Are Somebody is a gorgeous modern soul heater. Accomplished vocalist Esther Smith's sublime voice delivers her vocal lines with such confidence and assurance that the words seem to strut over the funky basslines and drumming support. Flip it over and For The Children is a more mid-tempo burner, but don't let this fool you - it's "stop-you-in-your-tracks" good. Smith's vocals once again shine brightly and are delightfully accompanied by the Nile Rodgers-esque 'wacka-wacka' guitar of Lester Snell throughout. Musicianship is of the highest quality as Howard Lemon, group leader, called upon some of the best musicians from Stax Records – Willie Hall and the aforementioned Lester Snell were key components of such groups as the Isaac Hayes Movement and the Bar Kays.
These two nuggets are presented here for the first time on a 45 and complete in our customary teal green labels and sleeve. Remastered and cut by Timmion.

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Dicky Continental

Un...

28,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Norman Connors

Slewfoot 45s Collection

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why Can't People Be Colors Too?

The Whatnauts

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Investigations No.1 45's Collection

Carl Sherlock Holmes

20,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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F.B.I.

F.B.I.'S 45's Collection

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Earth Wind & Fire

45s Collection

21,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Roy Budd

Diamonds 45s Collection

21,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Windmill 45s Collection

Roy Budd

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Knowbody's Gonna Love You

George & Joanne

15,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The George Semper Orchestra

Inner City Review / The Weight Instrumental

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Journeyman Live On The Tweed

Michael Chapman

LP+DVD | 2023 | EU | Original (Secret)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pieces Best Of Dojo Cuts Edition

Dojo Cuts

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Colemine)

27,99 €*

2LP | 2012 | UK | Reissue (Jalapeno)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After half a century of constant development, inspiration and hothouse flowerings, certain genres have found their perfect expression - soul-funk is one of them. Dojo Cuts are one perfect expression of this perfect expression. Lean, mean and heavy (in the true sense) there is not a bass-note or hihat-beat out of place - everything is slave to the groove, and what grooves they are! Working from, and building upon, the original late 60s/early 70s Stax/Atlantic template, Dojo Cuts are the undisputed champions of the soul sound. Dojo Cuts go route 1 to your soul. With this Best of album, Pieces, Dojo Cuts has hugged our hearts and made us thank the universe for James Brown, Otis Redding and all the soul saints in heaven for this music. Take a listen, have a dance, heal your hurt.

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Smoove

First Class

32,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Cleopatra)

Release: 2012 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Smoove is the archetypal B-Boy made good. Despite his huge international success with Smoove & Turrell and his ability to craft jazz, soul, latin, hip hop and funk into world beating dancefloor killers – he can still be found every weekend he's not playing live jumping on a plane or a train to go and DJ in Germany, Italy, Ibiza or just down to Manchester, Bristol or London wherever his diary tells him he has to go..
Wherever it is, his incredible skills behind the decks mean that he gets asked back and the breadth of the music seamlessly joined by his turntablist skills jumps from disco to funk, jazz to soul, hip hop to house and back again.
The endless flights, trains and hotel rooms are dead time to some DJ's but Smoove is always creating new tunes for his set on the fly and working his different influences into the remixes and productions he is currently on. There were at least 40 remixes that could have been included on this album but in the end he chose the ones that worked best together and made the album flow like one of his legendary DJ sets.

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William Shatner

The Blues

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fisherman / Ursa Major Grey Marbled Vinyl Edition

Rockid Sound Machine

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Burning Sole)

15,29 €* 16,99 € -10%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fisherman / Ursa Major Black Vinyl Edition

Rockid Sound Machine

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Burning Sole)

14,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

Roslyn & Charles

Everything Must Change

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Boss Black Rockers Volume 9 Crackerjack

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Koko Mojo)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Boss Black Rockers Volume 8 Cool It

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Koko Mojo)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Providencial)

Buster Brown Band

Popsicle Toes

Une Aventure De Vv Songspiel

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For its second release, Providenciales Records was able to unearth a previously unreleased album from the Buster Brown Band, featuring Kelly McNulty (from the Tagg/McNulty Band), Roger Burton (from the Bee's Knees), Jim Casey, Gregg Bissonnette (Ringo Starr's drummer), among others ... Inspired by some of the best Soul, AOR and Funk artists, the band recorded these demos in studio in 1982 thanks to their local success in Dallas, TX, at the popular Popsicle Toes venue (the album title). “Baby Don’t Lie” starts the album with a beautiful and mellow Soul / AOR introduction, while the following tracks, “Day Or Night”, “Endless Possibilities”, “Shock Proof” and “Say It” complete the LP with their Soul / Funk touch. There is even the first version of "Baby Don't Lie" as closing track, which was recorded 5 years before, in 1977. Band members have collaborated with artists such as Lee Ritenour, Ringo Starr, Harvey Mason, The Isley Brothers, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Pore, Eric Tagg, and much more… Liner notes (including exclusive pictures) and full story of the band by the one and only Grammy awarded David Ritz (coauthor of "Sexual Healing" with Marvin Gaye)! Limited edition of 500 copies, fully remastered

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Aksak Maboul

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Crammed)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Cattrack)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the wake of their acclaimed comeback album Figures (2020), Aksak Maboul took a playful sideways step to create this total work, a 63-minute, continuous suite of fifteen pieces, which could be described as an experimental audio play.The thread running through Une aventure de VV (Songspiel) is Véronique Vincent"s text, an enigmatic philosophical-poetical tale unfolding through monologues and dialogues, spoken and sung by a series of characters.The music was written & arranged by Marc Hollander and features his characteristic genre-hopping tendencies: strands of electronica, pop, jazz, collage, techno, ambient, improv, krautrock, contemporary classical & systems music are merrily woven together, in the inimitable Aksak Maboul style.The album"s subtitle, Songspiel, highlights its theatrical/musical aspect: the work pays oblique homage to the those experimental radio plays that once emerged from the creative workshops of the BBC, the RTF and the RAI, and especially to those German Hörspiels which, at their best, might combine spoken word, instrumental or electronic music, songs and sonic research.The album features appearances by Alig Fodder, Audrey Ginestet & Benjamin Glibert (Aquaserge), Lætitia Sadier (Stereolab), Blaine L. Reininger (Tuxedomoon), Don The Tiger, and the members of AKsak Maboul"s current live line-up.

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Chicken Grass

23,99 €*

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (BBE Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Finland’s best kept secret Chicken Grass is releasing a long-awaited debut album - Chicken Grass Chicken Grass has been playing together for 25 years and has developed a unique sound (Swamp Soul !) over the years. The band gets inspiration from different styles of afro-american rhythm music: funk, soul, hip hop and jazz. You can hear influences from the roots but also from today’s modern music. The band consists of some of the best musicians in Finland. The members are: Tapio Wiik (voc, keys), Janne Valppu (bass), Mikko Räisänen (guitar), Olli Tuomainen (sax,flute) and Janne Mathlin (drums). Sensational singer Princess Shaw from New Orleans features on two songs. The album was recorded live in Philophon studio in Berlin with grammy awarded producer Max Weissenfeldt (Poets Of The Rhythm, Dr.John) and sound engineer/producer Stibbo Spitzmuller. The recordings were done with vintage gear, which lends the album a retro yet fresh feeling. Chicken Grass wanted to make an album like the old classics in the 60’s and 70’s, which meant recording it live without any loops or samples. Chicken Grass is not ”fakin the funk” as they say! The first 45 single from the album (Snakebites/Trading Bullet) got a lot of positive feedback from music lovers all around the world. It was released by the legendary Tramp Records. Radio shows like the Craig Charles funk soul show on the BBC Radio 6 Music have been playing the single. A Finnish radio DJ even said ”this band is going to be the future of Finnish music”. Each song in the album is unique and stands on its own. You can hear the whole spectrum of funk and soul in the album. There are vibes from James Brown and Jimmy Castro Bunch (Have A Break), Curtis Mayfield style gospel soul (Sister Rosetta’s Train), P-Funk inspired modern funk (Woman), Blue-Eyed Soul (Street Haze), Isaac Hayes and psychedelic soul (Right Face), Dubby Blues (Jailbird) and African disco-funk (Pyroclastic). The band also focused on the quality of the lyrics. All in all, the album is a perfect combination of styles and genres, old and new, hi-fi and lo-fi, but the sound is still unique Chicken Grass. The more you listen to the album, the more it grows on you. You can hear the depth of the songs and the experience of the band with each playthrough.

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Forest

40,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Betterdays Music)

Masterfonk

Konfynation I

27,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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You And Only You / Love To Make Love To You

Energy MC2

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Junction)

Back In The Day / Back In Love Again

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Energy MC2 began as an energetic bunch of 10 and 11year old neighborhood kids, who initially formed a band under the name of ‘Congressional Funk’ while still attending elementary school. The founding members were Vincent Bonham, Opelton Parker (the brother of Ray Parker Jr), brothers Ufuoma and Eric Wallace, with the later addition of Fred Gordon. Within months of the group’s formation, they began entering and winning local talent shows in between performances at local churches and backyard parties. A little over a year later, they initially became the backing band for local recording artists Mad Dog & The Pups going on to feature on their earliest Magic City releases “Hep Squeeze” (MC-007) (which they provided the horn section on) and the follow up release “Funky Monkey” (MC-009). A change of name to ‘The Soulful Hounds’ followed which they are credited as on the instrumental flipside of Mad Dog & The Pups vocal version of “Why Did You Leave Me Girl” Magic City (MC-012). The age of band members now ranged from 11 to13 year old, and featured the four founding members with the addition of Leslie Bass, (Fred Gordon by then having left the group). Between recording sessions they continued playing their own stage shows mainly covering hit songs of the day. During one particular performance, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield made an approach to Mad Dog & The Pups and The Soulful Hounds with an invitation to join Motown. Unfortunately, the kids were already under contract to Magic City and label owners Ernest and Barbara Burt was not about to let one of their acts go to a rival label.

After leaving Magic City, the band went through a several changes in both name and personnel and became one of the biggest bands on the local Detroit music scene. At this point the band hired a bass player Ben "Rat Bass" Adkins, who brought with him the name of his former band, ‘Energy’. Then by borrowing Albert Einstein’s formula for special relativity (E=MC2) which they added to their inherited name ‘Energy’ in doing so they were able distinguish themselves from Adkins former band. Energy MC2 also from time to time featured three female members Marlene Rice, Gwen Laster and Patricia King who played violin, viola, xylophone and bells. These girls would often provide background vocals when required. They were primarily recruited to add a string section to the band and became affectionately known as the MC3 Orchestra.

Ben Adkins later left the band, going on to play with Creative Source, Lonnie Smith and The Jackson’s (he, being Jermaine Jackson's replacement). ENERGY MC2 soon after began to seriously record original material which included the previously unissued 70’s dance track “If You Break It” which gained a belated 45 release on Soul Junction Records in 2016 to great acclaim. The group line up on “If You Break It” included Vincent Bonham, Ufuoma Akil-Wallace, Arnell Carmichael, Ernestro Wilson, Opelton Parker, Gordon Carlton, Eric Wallace, Leon Lopez, Marvin Carlton and Marlene Rice. While an earlier session had yielded two further unissued tracks firstly “Other Side Of The Mirror” featuring the same line up of musicians as “If You Break It” but with the addition of a second female vocalist Gwen Laster, this too also gained a belated release as the flipside of the SJ536 45 release. While the second song “Juliane” a beautiful mellifluous soulful ballad which featured Arnell Carmichael, Vincent Bonham, Ufuomo Akill- Wallace, Eric Wallace Gordon and Marvin Carlton on it’s recording. (“Juliane” was to also gain a belated release on the now long deleted Soul Junction compilation album “We Got A Sweet Thing Going On” Volume 2 SJCD 5011).

Following a later move to Atlanta GA, Energy MC2 signed on with The Greer Agency who also represented, The Commodores, Brass Construction, Mother's Finest, New Birth, Brick, Little Richard etc. This association led the band to perform it's own brand of Pop, R&B, Funk and Jazz throughout the Southern states, from Arkansas to the Carolinas. Sometime during 1974 several members of Energy MC2 boarded a Greyhound bus and took a road trip to Los Angeles. During their week-long stay in L.A. Vincent Bonham, Ufuoma Akil-Wallace, Arnell Carmichael, Ernestro Wilson, Opelton Parker, Eric Wallace, Gordon and Marvin Carlton joined lead guitarist Ray Parker Jr in a recording session that produced amongst others the following two songs the mellifluous “You And Only You” and “Love To Make Love To You” featuring Arnell Carmichael on lead vocals. A session that was to remain unissued in the can that was until a chance meeting many years later between UK Record Dealer and DJ Dave Thorley. Ufuoma Wallace allowed Dave to hear this unissued session and it was Dave who brought this session to the UK Soul Junction label’s attention. Later on Vince Bonham and Arnell Carmichael parted company with their fellow Energy MC2 members to join Ray Parker Jr and Jerry Knight in forming the band ‘Raydio’, they were also later joined by Arnell’s brother Darren London Carmichael. A teenage Ray Parker had learnt his trade as a member of Hamilton Bohannon’s House Band at Detroit famous 20 Grand Theatre during the late 60’s. Into the 1970’s he featured as a session guitarist on many of Holland, Dozier and Holland’s Invictus and Hotwax sessions with his noticeable “Choppy” guitar style being very prominent on Honey Cone’s number one single “Wants Ad’s”. Ray’s work also featured on Lamont Dozier’s first two ABC albums. Further session work with Stevie Wonder was to follow, an association that was to prompt Ray to permanently relocate to L.A. Once there he also became a part of Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra. In addition to the previously mentioned artists Ray’s work and writing credits can be found on a plethora of other recording artists sessions, for example The Temptations, Michael Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Rufus & Chaka Khan. Ray’s first bona fide song writing hit came in 1974 with a song he co-wrote with Chaka Khan “You Got The Love”. Raydio scored a #8 billboard hit with “Jack & Jill” from the Arista album of the same name during 1978 while a second single from the album “Is This A Love Thing” reached # 20 in the same year. Their 1979 Album ‘Rock On’ spawned the hit single “You Can’t Change That” reaching #9 on billboard. By 1980 Jerry Knight had left to persue a solo career and the group became Ray Parker Jr & Raydio. Three more top 40 hits followed, “Two Places At The Same Time” again from the album of the same name #8 on Billboard (1980) and from the groups final studio album two singles “The old Song” reaching #21 on billboard and their biggest hit and title track from the album “A Woman Needs Love (Just Like I Do)” reaching #4 on Billboard both in 1981 at which point the group broke up with Ray Parker wanting to go solo.

Ray Parkers solo career would see him score six top 40 hits including “The Other Woman” reaching #4 in the pop charts and the song that he will be forever associated with “Ghostbusters” the title track of the box office hit film of the same name a#1 Billboard hit for 3 weeks in 1984. Given only 2 days to write the title song Ray duly obliged but he never actually sings the word “Ghostbusters” following his question “Who you Gonna Call” it’s the crowd on the set that reply “Ghostbusters”! Ray also became involved in small screen and video acting roles.

In 2014 original members Arnell Carmichael and Vincent Bonham joined by James Carmichael and a up and coming young singer Giovanni Rogers revived “Raydio” featuring as a support act on several major tours. As for the other members of Energy MC2, Ufouma Wallace went on to play with artists such as The Four Tops, The Temptations and Michael Henderson. Eric Wallace and Ernestro Andre' Wilson both played with Michael Henderson's touring band. Eric Wallace played and recorded with Stevie Wonder. Ernestro Wilson also played with the Franklyn Sisters Areatha and Carolyn, as well as Cheryl Lynn and Bettye LaVette amongst others. Other group members, Gordon Carlton, twin brothers Jimmy and Jerome Ali, cousin Kenny Colton and Ernestro Wilson again became the band for ‘Parlet’ (part of the P-Funk family) that helped George Clinton land the Mothership!

Energy MC2 first 45 “If You Break It/Other Side Of The Mirror” first saw the light of day during 2016 and a follow up 45 of two further songs was never far from my thoughts but I was always told that those were Ray Parker Jr’s arrangements and that I would need to deal with him. Over the ensuing years of involvement in securing licensing deals I finally got a contact number for Ray, and duly called him up (and yes he does have the Ghostbusters theme tune as his ringtone!). The Energy MC2 lost session was just a vague and distant memory to Ray but after sending him a copy of the tape transfer to listen to the memories soon came flooding back. Ray was only too pleased to agree to my proposal exclaiming let’s do it Dave it sounds like fun! and so the Energy MC2 stories circle is now complete.

Words by: David Welding & Vincent Bonham

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David Sea

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Jai Alai)

18,69 €* 21,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Should Have Known Mono / Stereo

The Ritz Band

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Stream)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Armour Gomez & The Accent

Feeling Uptight / Instrumental

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Stream)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What's The Matter With You / I Still Love You

Joe Johnson

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Cannonball)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Klearlight Clear Vinyl Edtion

Wasafiri

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Eastwood Music Group)

35,99 €*

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Eastwood Music Group)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A remarkable fusion record for jazz aficionados and hip hop heads alike. Great improvisation, killer sonics and moments that would make beat diggers go crazy. Inspired by bassist Stanley Clarke and utilizing vintage gear once used by Wally Heider. 11 tracks. Clear vinyl.

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Bastards Of Soul

Gonna Be Alright

Psycho 2000 / White Spiritual Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"it's Gonna BE Alright" is the first single from the sessions recorded for their third album right before the passing of lead singer Chadwick Murray. Uptempo modern soul b/w "you LET ME Down Again", a more downbeat song with a New Orleans vamp.

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Pleasurewood

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Farfalla)

13,99 €*

Psycho 2000 / White Spiritual Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Psycho 2000 - A dark but funky theme that begins with an occulting Italian echo-oscillator drone that is soon followed by pulsating bass and breakbeat drums, leads to tremolo guitars, an ostinato on electric mandolas, strings climbing eloquent ladders, otherworldly electronics, and a cinematic finale. An evocation of a parade of wooden nutcracker soldiers elaborately dressed in gold-trimmed black uniforms down a wide avenue decorated with mardi gras beads and animal skulls upon golden cobblestones toward a tornado spiralling out purple-hued glissandos and curlicues of elephant smoke. White Spiritual - Head nod action, the twinkling of a late 60’s Vox Continental II with sickly transistors, the noodling matrix of an intergalactic telephone exchange carried on a bed of bouncy bass with a firm backbeat. The Johnny Guitar Watson-esque bite and sting of a ‘67 Teisco guitar preludes slabs of unison dark brown moog and organ giving way to the dance of fingers over the black naturals and white sharps of the Continental II.

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Pleasurewood

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Farfalla)

13,99 €*

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Kent)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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The San Francisco Tkos

Make Up Your Mind

10,79 €* 11,99 € -10%

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Kent)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Since its first plays at the 100 Club in the 90s, the San Francisco TKOs’ ‘Make Up Your Mind’ has been a revered sound that consistently packs the dance floor - with soul music devotees who like their music edgy. It first appeared as an Anniversary single and has sold out of its previous Kent pressing. We have taken the opportunity to re-release it coupled with the group’s beautiful ballad version of the Miracles’ ‘Ooh Baby, Baby’.

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The Classic Example

Right On

Basil Kirchin & Jack Nathan

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Classic Example were a Los Angeles duo - possibly the song-writing team of Curtis Colbert and Harriet Hurst who provided four of the songs on the eponymous 1972 GSF LP. Inexplicably the superb dance track ‘Right On’ was the only one omitted from the album, but Kent’s licensing deal with Mickey Stevenson’s Stevenson International revealed this gem. It was finally released as a promo 100 Club Anniversary 45 in 2021 and has been in demand ever since. Now it can be purchased at a reasonable price with the duet’s excellent harmony ballad ‘I Found Me A Girl’ added on the B side. The backing group is none other than Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford.

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Viva La Tamla Motown

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Measured Mile)

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Forever Living Originals)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Our next installment on Bob Stanley’s Measured Mile label is a KPM Library double header. Basil Kirchin and Jack Nathan’s ‘Viva La Tamla Motown’ is pulled from the rare “The Wild One” LP they recorded for De Wolfe in 1966 and, instrumentally, celebrates Berry Gordy’s classic Detroit label.

The flip is taken from the equally collectable 1972 De Wolfe library LP called “Hogan The Hawk & Dirty John Crown” where ‘Main Chance’ is described as “moody, beaty – featuring synthesiser.” It’s a stone-cold rhythmic beauty well worth a spin on anybody’s turntable – so, give both a chance.

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Sault

Today & Tomorrow

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Invisible Hand Black Vinyl Edition

Doctor Bionic

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Chiefdom)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Svart)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Doctor Bionic is a band of various top notchstudio musicians coming out of Cincinnati withthe vision of creating timeless instrumental musicthat has that tone & sound we crave. Themusicians are glued together by producerGRIMEZ, that has recorded & mixed it alltogether for a sound that stands on its own.Having its "own sound" is what Doctor Bionic isreally about. Retro early 70's sounding live hiphop drum breaks/ nasty thick bass grooves/creepy but soulful organ-piano chords/ razorsharp guitars splashed with horns or any otherinstrument on top for that finished surreal vibe. Itall adds up to a unique, hard hitting, original &professional but lo-fi sounding realm.

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Hannibal & Hot Heros

Katajainen

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Floyd James & The Gts

Green Onions

13,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Luchito / Nestor Alvarez

Dap Walk / El Barrio

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Woodfield Rd Allstars / Prince Deadly

Shank I Sheck / Zheng Shang-Chi

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dave Barker / The Regulators

Peace Of Mind / Jamaican Beat

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Luchito & Néstor

Soy Un Hombre

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Groove Of Essr II: Funk, Soul, Disco And Jazz From Estonia

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Funk Embassy)

28,79 €* 31,99 € -10%

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Color Red)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Escaping the Soviet through music is a running theme for the "Groove of Essr" compilation. Funk Embassy returns with the second volume that includes 11 tracks from 1973-1984. Some hide meaning between lines, others offer solace on the dancefloor. It's an ongoing journey to uncover these jewels and meet their makers. Majority of the tunes will be released for the first time. The 12-inch comes with a 30-page booklet that provides background stories and quotes from the artists.
The "Groove of Essr" project has garnered attention around the globe. From the first volume released in 2019, tracks were picked up by Gilles Peterson, Mehmet Aslan, Zag Erlat and DJ Tahira to name a few. During the production of this album, two of the most influential figures in Estonian funk and soul passed on: Marju "Maryn" Kuut (1946-2022) and Tõnu Aare (1953-2021). We dedicate this album to them.

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Dragondeer

If You Got The Blues

13,49 €* 29,99 € -55%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Color Red)

Euforquestra

Fire

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Keep On It (Live At The Yardbird Suite)

The Three Deuces

12" | 2023 | US | Original (Color Red)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal

Natural Born Hustler

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Color Red)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Krameria Pink Vinyl Edition

Freekbass

12" | 2023 | US | Original (Color Red)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (F-Spot)

The White Blinds

Presheatecha!

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Gearbox)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Since their debut LP in 2018, The White Blinds have been steadily making a mark on the soul-jazz scene by consistently offering a unique style to the classic organ trio format. Building on that foundation, The White Blinds proudly announce their sophomore LP "PRESHEATECHA!" (pronounced pre-she-ate-cha), featuring ten original compositions stretching out even further to blend the familiar elements of soul-jazz with funk, Latin, and reggae undertones. From the body movin' and hip-shaking single "Cal High" to the Jackie Metoo-inspired "Struttin,'' rounded out with the Chester Thompson'esque organ-driven "Bay To L.A.," this LP showcases both strong songwriting and tasteful musicianship from start to finish. With the signature open drum tones of Michael Duffy to the gritty guitar stylings of Matt Hornbeck rounded out with the low-end and soaring melodic passages of organist Carey Frank, The White Blinds hold their own in the ever-evolving world of what it means to be an organ trio. "PRESHEATECHA!" is a step forward, pushing the limits of a group whose music can best be described as instrumental soul-jazz with a backdrop of Los Angeles flair.

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Emanuel Harrold

We Da People

18,80 €* 32,99 € -43%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | CA | Original (Inner Ocean)

Danny James

Heatwave

47,99 €*

Release: 2023 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Hot off the press, Danny James’ debut full length album “Heatwave” is hitting the shelves on February 9th and warming our hearts with groovy neo-soul and r&b that we all need in our lives. Co-produced with long time friend and collaborator Es-k, a legendary beat maker in his own right, the two have delivered an album that’s a breath of fresh air; a revelation in the weight of lightness. Split equally between instrumental grooves and the buttery vocals of James and his friends Maari and Stephanie Wilson. Sprinkle on top a little extra sweetness with ultra smooth guitar licks by Max Bronstein-Paritz (aka Steen) and soulful trumpet by John Culbreth. The whole crew showed up on “Heatwave”, a debut album baked to perfection.

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Record Kicks 20th Rare Box Set

Box Set | 2023 | EU | Original (Record Kicks)

104,99 €*

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Be With)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Kicks celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a limited edition "Rare Box Set" consisting of ten 45 vinyl with the very best of the label's catalogue.

2023 is a special year for Record Kicks: the Milan-based independent label turns 20 years old. In order to celebrate this great achievement, Record Kicks is proud to announce the release of a limited edition "Rare Box Set", coming out on March 3rd and containing 20 tracks on 10 "rare" 45 vinyl that retrace the story of these past 20 years of Record Kicks. The boxset is limited to 500 copies worldwide and it will also be released on digital format on that same day, March 3rd. The artwork by Japanese artist Ruminz is an homage to Afro-American culture. Of the 20 tracks on the "Rare Boxset", 11 tracks are previously unreleased on 45 vinyl, while 9 are reissues of mega in-demand gems.

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Coastlines

Coastlines 2

34,99 €*

My Soft Machine Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Balearic believers rejoice! Japanese tropical-fusioneers Coastlines are back with the worldwide vinyl release of Coastlines 2. The follow-up to their classic debut, this is the sound of Coastlines's global influences. If the dedication to intricate sonic details is particularly Japanese, the overarching feel captures the sprawling grandeur of the international balearic community. As they put it, Coastlines 2 presents "a more precise and beautifully polished magic hour." If that isn't Balearic, we don't know what is.

Takumi Kaneko and Masanori Ikeda don’t radically alter their sumptuous template with this second LP; and we wouldn't want them to. Yet with a more focused flow from first track to last, both Coastlines and Be With feel this is an even stronger album than their first. One thing that hasn't changed is the use of instrumentals instead of words to express their themes; namely, "the emotional expression of being soaked."

Opener "Tenderly" is appropriately titled, a gentle Latin shuffle easing you back into the Coastlines sound. An organ-heavy synthy exotica that's in step with Lovelock's contemporaneous "Washington Park". Their über-horizontal take on Hawkshaw & Bennett's "Mile High Swinger" (from Synthesiser And Percussion, reissued by Be With!) evokes cocktails-by-the-pool as the sun slowly sets. The blunted deep jazz-funk swing of "Alicia" is a rearranged reimagining of the Gabor Szabo song from his classic Jazz Raga LP. This here sounds like an outtake from The Chronic.

As the sun goes down, "Combustione Lenta" soundtracks the relaxing slow burn of an idyllic bonfire on an isolated beach. Displaying a beautiful new side of Coastlines, we're treated to Moments In Love vibes and melancholic guitar arcs. The piano-laden early morning wonder of "Night Cruise" started life as a completely different song, but the duo found a particularly good loop from the initial sketch and reconstructed it into this sophisticated 80s instrumental soul groove. "Waves And Rays" is all undulating acid waves and lighthouse light. A chopped and screwed steel drum G-Funk with soaring synths and nods toward the squelchy machine soul of Mtume and Jam & Lewis. Yes, *that* good.

The bouncy futureboogie cosmic chug of "Sky Island" represents the beginning of the sunrise, casting images of 80s Japanese fusion and definitely one to play out early doors to get the crowd stepping. "Area Code 868" is the strutting staccato sound of Joe Sample waking up in the Caribbean to craft his piano funk drenched in sunshine. Accordingly, the tentative, naive melodies of "Sand Steps" represent that vivid feeling first thing in the morning, as you step on to the sandy beach in the sunshine and take a deep breath. The world is yours.

The emotional, organ-piano-steel drum-driven "Song For My Mother" is a slo-mo show of sincere gratitude to all the great mothers. "Yasmin's Theme" is Coastlines's Brazilian homage, recalling for them that early summer feeling. It's propelled laconically by the carnival beat of batucada`s big bass surdo drum and complimented by sweeps of warm keys and radiant vocal harmonies. Blissful beatless closer "Asafuji" conjures a scene from a wonderful morning spent with the people of Shizuoka, the symbolic mountain of Japan, Mt Fuji and its inhabitants. It sounds like Dâm-FunK jamming with Sabres Of Paradise.

Coastlines 2 was painstakingly crafted, across the pandemic, at Masanori's rented place in Tokyo and then brought back to his home studio and worked on slowly and repeatedly. With limited time to see each other, the duo became more united in their "consciousness with natural progress."

Mastered by Simon Francis and cut by Cicely Balston at Air Studios, this magnificent double LP has been pressed by the good people at Record Industry.

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Arlo Parks

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Transgressive)

Aloha Got Soul Selects Kalapana

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Double Grammy-nominated Mercury and BRIT Award winner Arlo Parks returns three years after her furious debut with her sophomore album 'My Soft Machine,' due May 26 via Transgressive Records. 'My Soft Machine' is a deeply personal work that recounts Arlo Parks' experiences of her early 20s. Musically more versatile and mature than on 'Collapsed In Sunbeams', the British singer addresses the fear of her peers, the drug abuse of friends, the depths of her first infatuation, dealing with ptbs, grief, self-sabotage but also exuberant euphoria and joy with her own poetry and familiar soft voice.

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Kalapana

5x7" | 2023 | US | Original (Aloha Got Soul)

63,99 €*

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Columbia Japan)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kalapana’s catalog is vast. For us (and many others), Kalapana is the crème de la crème of local music. Their catalog, whilst expansive across decades, feels most potent in its earliest days with its back-to-back triage of eponymous albums, starting with 1975’s Kalapana I and capping with 1977’s Kalapana III. By then, Mackey had left the group and keyboardist Kirk Thompson would soon carve his own path with Lemuria, Babadu, and other soulful projects. Even the most casual listener can discern a stylistic shift with III, which opens with Malani’s “Girl” and closes with D.J. Pratt’s “Alisa Lovely”. Following Aloha Got Soul’s vinyl reissue of Kalapana’s first and second albums, we asked ourselves what we’d want to see in Kalapana’s catalog.

Spanning 10 songs across five records, the Aloha Got Soul selects Kalapana 7-inch box set compiles all our favorite tunes that we love to play loud and proud, the songs that get people dancing, singing, laughing and loving.

Compiled from the band’s first three albums, each track is a certified jam. From Kalapana I, we selected the all-time classic grooves “The Hurt”, “What Do I Do”, “When The Morning Comes”, “All I Want”, and “Everything Is Love”. From their sophomore release, we chose the delightfully funky “Love Em”, and the uptempo jazz-rock tunes “Freedom” and “Black Sand”. From their third LP, we pulled our go-to tracks: the instrumental latin jazz-burner “Mana” and the ultra-catchy bop “Up To You”.

These are the Kalapana jams constantly on repeat for us. (We excluded ballads from our selection because we wanted this box set to be bangers from start to finish.)

Each box set is foil-stamped and numbered as part of a limited edition.

It contains five 7-inch records with custom Kalapana paper sleeves, and sealed with custom Kalapana tape. Each vinyl has a song lyric etched into the vinyl’s deadwax (the blank area in between the grooves and the label).

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Hitomi Tohyama

Imagination

39,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* Originally released 1988
Pressed on black vinyl
Includes iconic songs, 'i'm THE Lucky One' and 'sweet Soul Music (kiss OF Life)'

The 9th original album by Hitomi Tohyama recorded in L.A. with Kanematsu 'Flash' Hikari as the producer. This record includes, 'sweet Soul Music (kiss OF Life)', which was reissued on analog 7-inch last year.

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Andre Hazes

Dit Is Wat Ik Wil

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Last Time / I'm So Glad To Say

Spice

7" | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

18,99 €* 19,99 € -5%

God And You / At Last It's Over

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From sweet soul to groovy disco, Spice’s Let There Be Spice had it all! We’ve taken two tracks from that crate digger jewel and issued it as a 7-inch 45rpm single! A-side “The Last Time” features intricate chorus work, and one of the finest vocal performances in the history of underrated vocal performances! B-side “I’m So Glad To Say” is the zenith of modern soul, with staccato rhythm guitar, a gentle bassline, and exhilarating drum patterns making for a perfect mellow groove. Released in a flipback jacket for the first time ever, this limited edition 7” is a must-have for all of you soul fans!

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The Topics

7" | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

18,99 €* 19,99 € -5%