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In the early to mid 60s Gene McDaniels was a successful singing star He hit the charts with the singles A Hundred Pounds of Clay Tower of Strength and Chip Chip However McDaniels was a more thoughtful and politically conscious man than his hits would suggest and after the assassination...
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Since turning professional in 1960 Kiyoshi Sugimoto has been active in many sessions and recordings From the latter half of the 1960s he joined groups such as Hideo Shiraki Akira Ishikawa and Terumasa Hino gaining attention and solidifying his position with leader works such as Country Dream and Babylonia Wind...
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In the mid seventies discotheques were booming in Tokyo and all over Japan When the Fatback Band topped the 1975 US charts with their infectious Do The Bus Stop hit Japanese label Victor put out the following year the first Japan made Disco tune with Sexy Bus Stop released under...
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Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers pipeline man Howard Neal and his appropriately named Shoestring label was Alton Illinois answer to a question no one asked Pressed in minuscule numbers and barely outside the 62002 zip code the singles by The James...
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The largest set so far in this excellent series of American soul releases from Mississippi Records and like the previous volumes an expansive set that really digs deep into the most soulful corners of the 60s and 70s The work here is a mix of obscure tracks and overlooked gems...
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Cairo Records an imprint of Mississippi Records presents volume 2 of this rare American soul compilation series Following the precedent set by Harry Smith s Anthology of American Folk Music which focused on folk blues gospel and old timey this collection concentrates on soul music recorded between 1955 and 1972...
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The Madlib Invazion Music Library Series was created by Madlib and Egon over the course of the Pandemic and was a chance to give their creative friends the ability to stretch out and indulge in whatever type of music they wanted for release on the label The music had to...
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We Release Jazz announces the release of a very limited edition double LP for Boillat Thérace Quintet s 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival performance with three bonus studio tracks This gem from the Geneva Switzerland band follows the acclaimed WRJ reissue of their 1974 self titled album and 1975 s My...
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The second album that former Ikette P P Arnold recorded for the Immediate label was entitled Kafunta and was produced by Andrew Loog ldham A fine collection of classic covers including As Tears Go By by Mick Jagger andKeith Richards a beautiful take of Beach Boy Brian Wilson s God...
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The Great Revivers have been mainstays of the Funk Night label for a decade or so now They know how to serve up the most potent dancefloor bombs for DJs who like to make an impact and after countless 7 s to that effect they now drop an entire album...
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Stephen Bruner bka as Thundercat returns with his follow up to 2015 s The Beyond Where the Giants Roam The latest album titled Drunk is released via Brainfeeder and features production from Flying Lotus Following his Grammy award winning contributions on Kendrick Lamar s To Pimp A Butterfly Bruner delivers...
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On 2002 s Some Boots Boston indie rock trio Karate further plumb the depths of their omnidirectional musical explorations Every chord and beat works to deepen the pensiveness of Geoff Farina s impressionistic lyrics that explore the emotional complexities of nostalgia The eight song LP is housed in a tip...
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Alan Tew s Drama Suite Part II is full of cool low slung heavy funk rollers with relaxed brass and alto flute phrases The Fence a was sampled for Action Satisfaction by J5 and Drama Backcloth 1a was pilfered for Outta Town Shit by Ghostface Killah in 2006 As with...
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Alan Tew s driving jazz rock sleuth funk masterpiece Drama Suite Part I is finally reissued to sate your appetites for arguably the very best library two parter in existence Originally released in 1976 but wonderfully timeless Drama Suite Part I is at the top of every library funk collector...
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LP version A stylish selection of jazz funk from Japanese label Electric Bird selected by DJ Notoya and featuring Yasuaki Shimizu Shunzo Ohno Bobby Lyle Toshiyuki Honda Mikio Masuda David Matthews and Ronnie Foster Following the success of the Tokyo Glow compilation Wewantsounds once again teams up with Japanese Tokyo...
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For 23 straight Saturday nights of 1982 The Chicago Party dance show assaulted Chicagoland UHF eyeballs with Spandex Southside fly guys tender tenderonies magicians contortionists prismatic video gimmickry and lip synched singles by a rising regime of local post disco casualties Unfettered nightlife and outlandish humor poured out of oddball...
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Late Night Tales reissues the classic and hard to find Late Night Tales Jamiroquai compiled by none other than Jay Kay himself The 10th edition of what is now a classic series of compilations was originally released 20 years ago and hasn t been available on vinyl for over 15...
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Easy Tempo has achieved through time the status of legendary label The seminal first volume of the fortunate series was released in early 1996 and it was responsible for the now huge worldwide Italian Cinematic legacy The names of Piero Umiliani Piero Piccioni or Gianni Ferrio where totally unknown by...
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Audiopile Review Italian imprint Black Sweat Records unearths a gem from the depths of their home country s vibrant but overlooked 70s jazz and fusion scene reissuing the lone album from Folk Magic Band With core members springing off the short lived outfit Spirale some of the you may recall...
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São Paulo s Afro Brazilian groove visionaries Bixiga 70 return with an ecstatic fifth album Vapor their first in four years The sound is joyful a series of potent horn driven melodies and infectious polyrhythms More than a return Vapor is a rebirth An exuberant full tilt party Featuring Simone...
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YĪN YĪN the highly touted Dutch quartet from Maastricht returns with a sonically expansive third album Mount Matsu Recorded collectively in their own studio in the Belgian countryside the album is a kaleidoscope of sounds and influences occupying a no man s land between Khruangbin and Kraftwerk surf music and...
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It is perhaps apropos that Queenie Marie Lyons s best known song is titled See And Don t See For all the acclaim that song has accrued and all the times it has been compiled reissued and bootlegged Queenie herself has somehow remained unseen How did a singer from Ashtabula...
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The Madlib Invazion Music Library Series was created by Madlib and Egon over the course of the Pandemic and was a chance to give their creative friends the ability to stretch out and indulge in whatever type of music they wanted for release on the label The music had to...
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Two singles originally released on 7 by Risco Connection s Otis Gayle brought back to record collections in remastered 12 format On the A side Dr Hook s worldwide charting Sexy Eyes kindly recreated in Reggae cover version On the B side Domenic Troiano s We All Need Love in...
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Licensed from Warner Records Sweden and remastered from original material in Warner Record s vaults by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering Bristol 180 gr heavyweight vinyl Manufactured in Optimal Berlin Recorded between Istanbul and Stockholm it captures the era between Okay Temiz s Don Cherry Trio touring and his own...
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The 1967 Impulse Records legendary Funk Soul Instrumental masterpiece album Chicken Fat If you haven t heard Chicken Fat yet get ready because the LP won t leave your turntable until your jaw stops hitting the floor Sourced from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Grey All Analog Process...
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Mr Bongo is thrilled to announce a special RSD Black Friday edition of Speak Your Peace a stunningly beautiful album by the legendary Terry Callier Featuring new cover art designed by Mr Krum obi strip amp limited edition transparent green vinyl Speak Your Peace is a testament to Callier s...
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Psych Funk á la Turkish drives you again through the Turkish 70s psychedelic funk heritage with another incredible collection of rare and unknown tracks for your groovy eastern dance sessions You got your wig jumping with Volume 1 so you know what to expect Comes with detailed liner notes and...
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Psych Funk á la Turkish is a welcome addition to the many reissues and comps of Turkish psych and funk that have been released in the last years some of them strangely just dropping the same well known songs again Diggin deep in Turkish sounds from the 70s and 80s...
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The imaginary soundtrack to the adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke the cult detective book series by writer Seishi Yokomizo is on many DJ want lists Arranged by soundtrack master Kentaro Haneda and featuring a mysterious group of the best 70s Japanese Funk musicians the album is pure undiluted Disco Funk This...
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On his sole album as a leader bassist Melvin Jackson a veteran of the Eddie Harris band this album includes two Harris originals plays with a bow plucks and plugs his upright bass into a Maestro G 2 filter box a Boomerang an Echoplex and an Ampeg amp The result...
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In the heyday of B movies low budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking producers looking for a soundtrack reached for library music LPs of stock recordings for any mood Initially regarded as an inexpensive alternative to traditional film scores library labels became treasure troves for record collectors and much of...
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Soul, Psych, Funk, Soul & Funk, Rock
ÄòThe Changing Tides Of Dreams Äô refers to the way our lives and selves are constantly transforming learning and growing never fully sculpted or content Written during a time of personal transformation for SHOTLO the project balances unapologetic ethereal textures with a deep sense of nostalgia and longing drawing on...
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Best of 2023, Psych, Funk, Jazz, Soul & Funk, Rock
With this new release under psych funk jazz outfit Penza Penza Panfilov stretches boundaries yet again while remaining melodic accessible and deeply funky This instrumental record is chock full of catchy earworms that effortlessly channel a heavy mix of Stax Motown Blue Note Muscle Shoals and the Brill Building equally...
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Recording both as Parliament and Funkadelic George Clinton revolutionized R amp B during the 70s twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from several late 60s acid heroes Jimi Hendrix Frank Zappa and Sly Stone The Parliament Funkadelic machine ruled black music during the 70s capturing over 40 R...
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Parliament s second album following 1970 s Osmium and their first to be released on Casablanca Records The album was released on July 3 1974 It s title track was Parliament s first chart hit and remains one of the most well known P Funk songs The album also contains...
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Limited 180 gram vinyl LP pressing The album is full of the up tempo funk that the band would be known for as well as the vocal harmonies of The Parliament s Let Me Be draws on jazz as well as gospel influences Together is a remake of Together in...
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Funk Night Records is very proud to announce the first full length LP ever by Rickey Calloway A definite must have for all funk and soul collectors Featuring backing tracks from The Dap Kings Will Sessions The Soul Surfers and The Soul Motivator <iframe style= border 0 width 100 height...
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Vocal Shades And Tones is a miraculous leftfield library classic from the genius mind of celebrated UK composer singer vocal arranger Barbara Moore It s a heavenly groove based blend of jazz Latin soft psych folk funk and gospel soul Recorded for the legendary Music De Wolfe in 1972 it...
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Vecchio s Afro Rock is one big horn heavy bass blasting Latin groove funk rock party This beautifully presented reissue part of Be With s fresh campaign with Music De Wolfe is well overdue A magnificent and somewhat obscure library set that s just a total cohesive joy from start...
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The Madlib Invazion Music Library Series was created by Madlib and Egon over the course of the Pandemic and was a chance to give their creative friends the ability to stretch out and indulge in whatever type of music they wanted for release on the label The music had to...
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Latin, Funk, Jazz, Soul & Funk, World
Jazz funk and bossa vibes kiss each other all wrapped up in JLR s trademark cinematic feel In his colourful Un Hombre de Buenos Aires recorded in 1978 JLR puts the political outcry of his early 70s works aside and focuses on his love for the city of Buenos Aires...
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Of Filipino descent the expressive keyboardist vocalist and composer Flip Nuñez enjoyed a varied career in jazz After backing Bev Kelly Jon Hendricks and others in the 1960s Nuñez impacted in the Latin jazz rock act Azteca The marvelous My Own Time And Space his only solo album showcases his...
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You are about to embark on a new intergalactic journey into black space fuelled by funk powered by computers Soul Jazz Records Äô new second collection of twisted hyperspace electro funk ÄòSpace Funk 2 Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976 84 Äô continues its intergalactic journey Featuring rare and...
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Motherlode is a 1988 James Brown compilation album Created as a follow up to the successful 1986 compilation In the Jungle Groove it similarly focuses on Brown s funk recordings of the late 1960s and early 1970s It includes live performances and remixes as well as studio recordings most of...
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First time repressed since 1982 Akin Nathan was a seasoned session saxophonist who featured on several albums but was chiefly known for his tenure with Sonny Okosuns Ozziddi during the group s most productive period in the 70s amp 80s Nathan s Ijama 1982 solo outing Sweet Country includes drummer...
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In the 1970s Betty Davis defied genre and gender by pushing her voice to extremes and embracing the erotic She articulated a kind of pre punk funk blues fusion that had yet to be normalized in mainstream music Äì a style that few musicians have come close to replicating As...
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Compiling the follow up to a very successful first album is always a tricky task but just 12 months since the release of volume one in the With Love series miche has excelled himself once again with another glorious deep dive into the world of rare soul 15 tracks of...
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