Latest additions : SOUL / FUNK / LATIN / R&B / GOSPEL
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VARIOUS - YIA TALENT HUNT WINNERSReissue of one of Brooklyn's most sought after "holy grail" soul records, 'YIA Talent Hunt Winners'. Youth in Action, Inc. (YIA) was formed in 1963 when the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council received a grant to develop a youth services program in the ... read more » |
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SHANE, JACKIE - ANY OTHER WAY/STICKS AND STONESThe definitive version of Stax legend William Bell's 1962 single 'Any Other Way' wasn't cut inside the storied Memphis studio, but rather 1300 miles away in Boston by a transgender pioneer. Recasting the plaintive breakup lament into an anthem of defiance and gay ... read more » |
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SHANE, JACKIE - (GOLD) ANY OTHER WAY (2LP/GOLD FOIL EDITION)Gold foil edition, limited to 1000 copies on gold vinyl. Known by genre aficionados as one of the greatest singers and most riveting stage presences in soul music, Jackie Shane has remained largely unknown outside Toronto, where her career briefly flowered in the 1960s. ... read more » |
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SHANE, JACKIE - (BLACK) ANY OTHER WAY (2LP/GOLD FOIL EDITION)Gold foil edition, limited to 1000 copies on black vinyl. Known by genre aficionados as one of the greatest singers and most riveting stage presences in soul music, Jackie Shane has remained largely unknown outside Toronto, where her career briefly flowered in the 1960s. ... read more » |
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MINASSIAN, HAMLET - ARMENIAN POP MUSICA winsome and dizzying spin on disco pop, recorded in westernized Iran during the last moments before the 1979 revolution. All but criminalized in the wake of Ayatollah Khomeni's theocratic repression, Hamlet Minassian's solo masterpiece is a testament to the Middle East's ... read more » |
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FERGUSON, WALTER GAVITT - KING OF CALYPSO LIMONENSE 2'THE LEGENDARY TAPE RECORDINGS VOL. 2' - 100-year old Walter Gavitt Ferguson from Costa Rica is a living legend, a Calypsonian of mythical proportions. Rooted like an old tree on the Caribbean shore, he has never left his home town to look for fame, instead fame came ... read more » |
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FERGUSON, WALTER GAVITT - KING OF CALYPSO LIMONENSE 2'THE LEGENDARY TAPE RECORDINGS VOL. 2' - 100-year old Walter Gavitt Ferguson from Costa Rica is a living legend, a Calypsonian of mythical proportions. Rooted like an old tree on the Caribbean shore, he has never left his home town to look for fame, instead fame came ... read more » |
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VARIOUS - COLD WAR ON THE ROCKS'DISCO AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC FROM FINLAND 1980-1991' - Cold War On The Rocks presents 20 tracks from the history of Finnish disco and early electronic music. The journey goes from orchestral disco to experimental electronic sounds and back. It includes lone 7" singles ... read more » |
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VARIOUS - COLD WAR ON THE ROCKS'DISCO AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC FROM FINLAND 1980-1991' - Cold War On The Rocks presents 20 tracks from the history of Finnish disco and early electronic music. The journey goes from orchestral disco to experimental electronic sounds and back. It includes lone 7" singles ... read more » |
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CAMACHO, RAY -BAND- - REACH OUT (EVERLAND)Repress on Everland (earlier on PMG). A reissue of an excellent yet underrated soul/funk/disco album from the US, originally issued in 1979. Bass guitar, regular drums and percussions weave a tight web of rhythm patterns that capture your body right away and set you into a ... read more » |
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ESPADRILLE - BANDANA BREAKS/FUNK OFFWho are Espadrille? We may never know. What we do know is that this circular disc, of seven inches in diameter, holds two circular grooves with two heavy hitting bongo-Hammond-funk musical wonders! Written and performed by T. Montana and H. Shand, these tracks were laid ... read more » |
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MIGHTY MOCAMBOS - 2066The Mighty Mocambos have returned. Carrying blistering funk lines in their fingers and worldly influences in their hearts, the unique and distinctive Mocambo sound is not one to be confused with retro bands trying to recapture an era. Eschewing traditional recording ... read more » |
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BARRETT, PASTOR T.L. -& THE YOUTH FOR CHRIST CHOIR- - LIKE A SHIP... (WITHOUT A SAIL)Recorded in 1971 by a 27-year-old pastor and an after school program choir, 'Like A Ship...' is a stirring and powerful meditation on the wayward aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement. Tracked with the help of Chess/Cadet maestros Gene Barge, Phil Upchurch, and Richard ... read more » |
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BARRETT, PASTOR T.L. -& THE YOUTH FOR CHRIST CHOIR- - (SILVER) DO NOT PASS ME BYThe sequel to Pastor Barrett's landmark 1971 masterpiece 'Like A Ship...', 'Do Not Pass Me' By finds the young Chicago preacher and his Youth for Christ Choir continuing their genre-bending spiritual journey. Heavy drums, soaring falsettos, euphoric tambourines, sharp ... read more » |
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BARRETT, PASTOR T.L. -& THE YOUTH FOR CHRIST CHOIR- - (BLACK) DO NOT PASS ME BYThe sequel to Pastor Barrett's landmark 1971 masterpiece 'Like A Ship...', 'Do Not Pass Me' By finds the young Chicago preacher and his Youth for Christ Choir continuing their genre-bending spiritual journey. Heavy drums, soaring falsettos, euphoric tambourines, sharp ... read more » |
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SMITH, CARLTON JUMEL -& COLD DIAMOND & MINK- - WOMAN YOU MADE METimmion releases yet another dancefloor scorcher from the '1634 Lexington Avenue' album by New York soul man Carlton Jumel Smith. 'Woman You Made Me' is a perfect starter for the album. Including the instrumental version. |
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MAXWELL - MELTDOWN/RADIATION FUNKMaxwell is best known for their funk classic 'Radiation Funk' which has been featured on unofficial compilation albums since the mid 1990s. Here it is combined with the unreleased killer track 'Meltdown'. |
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - COLOR ME/MISTY SHADE OF PINKDeepfunk classic from Indiana's very obscure Knap Town Records. Both 'Color Me' and the instrumental 'Misty Shade Of Pink' have a loose psychey barnstorming vibe. Limited to 500 copies, no repress. |
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YOUNGHEARTS - A TASTE OF THE YOUNGHEARTSHere's a groovy 1974 US soul-funk LP by a west-coast group. Possibly cut-outs! |
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GREEN, AL - BACK UP TRAINA vinyl edition of Al Green's 1972 full-length 'Back Up Train'. These are possibly cut-outs! |
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PHILLIPS, ESTHER - AT ONKEL PO'S CARNEGIE HALL HAMBURG (2LP)The excellent Esther Phillips, recorded live in Hamburg, Germany, in 1978. This is the DOUBLE-LP version. |
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KEY & CLEARY - LOVE IS THE WAY (2CD)Drum-machine soul, funk, disco and boogie from Buffalo, NY. This album collates the breadth of Key & Cleary's recordings from 1970 until the mid 1980s, both the songs issued on rare 7" singles and previously unreleased. It presents a conjoined musical vision and ... read more » |
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GRODECK WHIPPERJENNY - THE GRODECK WHIPPERJENNYA psychedelic classic, created by James Brown's bandleader David Matthews, the first album issued on Brown's famed People imprint. As progressive as it is funky, this album was issued in tandem with another Matthews project issued under Brown's name: 'Sho Is Funky Down ... read more » |
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GRODECK WHIPPERJENNY - THE GRODECK WHIPPERJENNYA psychedelic classic, created by James Brown's bandleader David Matthews, the first album issued on Brown's famed People imprint. As progressive as it is funky, this album was issued in tandem with another Matthews project issued under Brown's name: 'Sho Is Funky Down ... read more » |
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BROWN, JAMES - SHO IS FUNKY DOWN HEREJames Brown's 1971 psychedelic album, created by his then-bandleader David Matthews, and issued at the same time as Matthews' classic The Grodeck Whipperjenny. Underground, fuzzy, rambling psych-funk. The genesis of Brown's 'Talking Loud And Saying Nothing,' a 1990s hip hop ... read more » |
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