Aretha Franklin The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)

Classic!

Another unquestionably ESSENTIAL late-sixties standard-setting soul album from the undisputed queen of soul, Aretha Franklin!

This is truly amazing music that no one should be without!

Original = USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG+

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Killer, killer classic album featuring "Rock Steady", "Day Dreaming" and loads more. 100% Essential album!

Featuring "The New Killer Joe Rap"!

Classic album that includes the boogie jazz classic "Liquid Love"! Very much a rare groove/crossover album in the vein of Donald Byrd and Mizell Brothers productions from this time.

Charles Stepney production of early EWF that includes latin-tinged funker "Evil", Brazilian jazz cut "Zanzibar" and the inspirational title-track.

ORIGINAL USA gatefold vinyl

Killer latin soul jazz album from Mongo Santamaria. Heavyweight line-up includes Marty Sheller, Hubert Laws, Bobby Capers, Carmello Garcia and Victor Venegas.

Wicked Young Holt / Barabara Acklin stylee uplifting soul instrumental.

MINT ORIGINAL 45 UNPLAYED

Reissue of this mega-rare, blue-eyed crossover soul tune 'Baby Take My Hand' from 1971!

Solid soul/disco

Classic soulful boogie fusion from 1979.

1967

Roy Ayer's still hot - man don't stop

It's the jam!

Awesome jazz funk album featuring Charle Stepney and members of Earth, Wind And Fire. Check out the stunning title track!

60s guitar instrumentals.

HEAVY afro-cuban percussion jazz rock lp. Original USA vinyl 

Harvey Mason, Bill Summers, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson et al. Includes the killer fusion of 'Shiftless Shuffle'.

Free-wheeling, jazz improvisers Ill Considered open a new chapter with this album 'Liminal' Space, featuring Tamar Osborn, Sarathy Korwar, Theon Cross and more!

Capturing a moment of transformation for the group, Liminal Space not only features a new core line-up of Idris Rahman (saxophone), Liran Donin (bass) and Emre Ramazanoglu (drums), but also sees Ill Considered bounce their live-wire style off a range of collaborators such as Collocutor’s Tamar Osborn; Steam Down saxophonist Ahnanse; tuba player Theon Cross and percussionist Sarathy Korwar.

Cuba: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 2 is the new album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) that takes off in exactly the same vein as the much-acclaimed Vol. 1 - exploring the many styles that came out of Cuba in the 1970s as Latin and Salsa mixed with heavy doses of Jazz, Funk, and Disco to create some of the most dancefloor-friendly music every made!

The album comes as a heavyweight 3xLP and deluxe 2xCD set, complete with extensive sleeve notes, and is jam-packed with heavy bass lines, synth and Wah-Wah guitar funk combined with the heavyweight percussion, powerful brass lines and the all-encompassing Latin rhythms of Cuban music known throughout the world.

Much of the music on this album is featured in the deluxe large format book ‘Cuba: Music and Revolution: Original Cover Art of Cuban Music: Record Sleeve Designs of Revolutionary Cuba 1959-90’, released by Soul Jazz Books and also compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records), featuring the music and record designs of Cuba, made in the 30-year period following the Cuban Revolution.

The music on this new album features a host of rarities from legendary Cuban artists such as Los Van Van, alongside Grupo De Experimentación, Farah Maria, Ricardo Eddy Martinez, Juan Pablo Torres, Grupo Sintesis and Orquesta Riverside, most of whose names remain largely unknown outside of Cuba but have long been favourite club tracks and secret-weapons in Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker's record boxes!

The music on this album reflects the most cutting-edge of Cuban groups that were recording in Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s – all searching for a new Cuban identity and new musical forms reflecting both the Afro-Cuban cultural heritage of a nation that gave birth to Latin music - and its new position as a socialist state. Most of the music featured on this album have never been heard outside of Cuba.

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Both Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker have been involved in Cuban music for more than two decades – Gilles Peterson with his many Havana Cultura projects for his Brownswood label and Stuart Baker with a number of Soul Jazz Records albums recorded in Cuba. This Soul Jazz Records album is released in conjunction with Egrem, the Cuban state record company, and has been put together after the many crate-digging trips that both compilers have made on the streets of Havana and beyond in Cuba stretching over a 20-year period, searching out rare and elusive original Cuban vinyl records.

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REVIEWS of CUBA: Music and Revolution vol. 1:

"We already have a strong contender for 'compilation of the year'. Put together by devout crate-diggers and Cuban music enthusiasts Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records)" JUNO

"It's abundantly clear that these compilers are at the very top of their game. Everything here was previously unheard outside of Cuba, making this a feast for the curious" Vinyl District

"Priceless comp that goes far beyond Buena Vista!" UNCUT

Theon Cross' album 'Intra-I' finds the gifted tuba player and composer creating a sound system powered by breath.

This unique record is an uplifting celebration of Black music that, thanks to Cross' pioneering approach, helps to redefine the sonic possibilities of the tuba. Reflecting his own heritage, the young virtuoso melds jazz with dub, hip-hop, soca, grime and other sounds connected to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Additionally, the record - which features Remi Graves, Shumba Maasai, Afronaut Zu, Ahnansé, Consensus and Oren Marshall - is Cross' first music to include collaborations with guest vocalists, adding a further new dimension.

It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker, is no exception.

This Anniversary edition features a newly unearthed second drum solo from Tony Allen and Ginger Baker, taken from Afrika 70’s performance at the 1978 Berlin Jazz Festival. Part I has never appeared on vinyl and this second part has never been heard - until now.

UNBELIEVABLY HEAVY ALBUM!! Wayne Shorter, Dom Um Romao, Joe Zawinul, Miroslav Vituous

For any of you who don't know this album, it is one of the heaviest fusion albums EVER - mixing jazz, funk and what sounds like jungle (20 years before it existed!). Wicked!

Check the audio if you don't believe us - it's a MONSTER!

'Breezy' by Ruby & the Mudflaps features a collection of studio cuts alongside a number of live recordings from the 1970s. These raw recordings capture the magical Haight-Ashbury west coast vibes with a crossover of soul and hippy chic.

Killer reggae/cumbia hybrid version of Bob Marley's classic 'Soul Rebel'!

Wicked, breezy, mid-70s, soulful funk tune issued via Cordial Recordings!

Monster, funky brass band version of Inner City's house classic 'Good Life' backed with a version of Aaliyah's 'Try Again'!

'It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' features some of the most iconic tracks in pop culture, including the instantly recognizable “Linus and Lucy,” as well as the languid, lyrical “Great Pumpkin Waltz.” The music was recorded on October 4, 1966 at Desilu’s Gower Street Studio in Hollywood, California by Guaraldi (piano) and his longtime friends and trio sidemen — bassist Monty Budwig and drummer Colin Bailey — joined by Emanuel Klein (trumpet), John Gray (guitar) and Ronald Lang (woodwinds). The entire scoring process was overseen by composer, arranger and conductor John Scott Trotter, well known for a three-decade run as Bing Crosby’s music director and close friend.

Exploring the art of cover songs, Don Letts' addition to the series “crosses time space and genre, from The Beach Boys to The Beatles, Nina Simone to Marvin Gaye, The Bee Gees to Kool & The Gang, The Clash to Joy Division and beyond. You’d think it impossible to draw a line between ’em but not in my world. Fortunately, the ‘cover version’ has played an integral part in the evolution of Jamaican music and dub covers were just a natural extension.”

Its 21 tracks feature music by artists including Dennis Bovell, John Holt, Ash Walker, Cornell Campbell, Khruangbin, Mad Professor, Quantic, Gentleman’s Dub Club, and The Tamlins, and more.

Limited 45 issue of Cut Chemist’s remix of 'The Number Song' backed with 'Endtroducing: Drums, Drops & Scratche' created by DJ Shadow to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album.

Vocal and Instrumental cuts back-to-back for the first time - essential classics!

Killer double sided 1968 recordings from Lee Perry!! solo 7" taken from "People Funny Boy" boxset from a few years ago. Limited stock..

Disco Hamam with their seventh, crucial instalment of the 'Disco Hamam' series! Turkish and Middle Eastern disco edits, expertly adjusted by the likes of Rune Lindbaek, Tushen Rai, Paralel Disko and Afacan Sound System!

Two 60s Northern Soul floor-fillers back to back!

It's another essential Hamam House scubdown! Twisted new wave, EBM and proto-house adjustments from Afacan Sound System and Jacques Renault!

Rare early 80s roots instrumentals from late High Times Guitar Player, Fazal Prendergast. Dug out from the vaults from the careful Hornin' Sounds label, eight deep roots cuts featuring The High Times players featuring Lead & Rhythm Guitar : Fazal Prendergast Drums : Basil 'Benbow' Creary Bass : Christopher Meredith Keyboards : Tony Asher & Augustus Pablo Percussions : Harry 'T' Powell

Recorded @ Channel One & Aquarius Studios, Kington, JA, 1982 Mixed @ King Tubby's Studio by Scientist. VERY LIMITED COPIES! No repress with Hornin’ Sounds releases..

Killer double sided 1968 recordings from Lee Perry!! solo 7" taken from "People Funny Boy" boxset from a few years ago. Limited stock..

Two Jackie Wilson Classics back-to-back for the first time on 45 - essential!

Killer double sided 1968 recordings from Lee Perry!! solo 7" taken from People Funny Boy boxset from a few years ago. Limited stock

Killer double sided 1968 recordings from Lee Perry!! solo 7" taken from "People Funny Boy" boxset from a few years ago. Limited stock..

Killer double sided 1968 recordings from Lee Perry!! solo 7" taken from "People Funny Boy" boxset from a few years ago. Limited stock..

Formerly Jimi Hendrix's band The King Casuals pay homage with their 1968 version of 'Purple Haze' backed with 'There Was A Time' - a definitive ‘soul’ cover-version of an R&B original, in this case by James Brown - a stomping, adrenalin-fuelled dance cover!

Killer double sided 1968 recordings from Lee Perry!! solo 7" taken from "People Funny Boy" boxset from a few years ago. Limited stock..