Sam Don focuses on the sound of underground UK street soul music from the early 90s. Mega-rare tunes and quality throughout — don’t miss this essential compilation release on Athens Of The North!
Brand new expanded double album edition of Showcase 45 includes 8 bonus tracks!
Soul Jazz Records' Studio One Showcase 45 features a roll call of classic...
Since its inception in 2010, A Love from Outer Space (ALFOS) has been a steady presence in the underground music scene, fostering a close-knit community...
Vol. 1 of this essential collection focuses on the dreamy, early 90s house music sound of Italy. A selection of the best “paradise” house tracks, compiled...
Vol. 2 of this essential collection focuses on the dreamy, early 90s house music sound of Italy. A selection of the best “paradise” house tracks, compiled...
“Who was / is the brilliantly named David Beast? Did Kraftwerk engage trans-european lawyers after hearing Endurance Test? Was Sylvia Sommer deliberately...
"High quality music to be enjoyed by many people all around the world, no matter where they are." - Andreas Brunner-Schwer, MPS Records. The German SABA...
Following the success of 'The Original Sound of Mali' compilation, we return with another explorative delve into the wonders of Malian music compiled by...
Struck for circulation after 63 years in hock within the Lou-Mood Pictures vault, this previously unissued soundtrack traffics in the hightone timbre and...
Adrian Younge Presents: Black Dynamite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the first official release from composer and producer Adrian Younge. The...
Japanese Funk, Boogie and City Pop from King Records 1974-88 selected by DJ Notoya. - featuring BUZZ, Fujimaru Band, Keiko Toda, Kumiko Sawada & many...
Collector, seeker and storyteller Charles Bals brings his curatorial finesse to Hamburg's Bureau B with 'Ambientale', a journey into otherworldly sounds...
An incomplete anthology of Memphis rap albums from the 90s curated by 404 Eros & Asel Tambay. 48 page zine of early 90s Memphis rap album and cassette...
The Golden Hour is a new compilation that blends sunbaked sands with the cool sea breeze and offers a groove-filled journey through jazz and funk. Featuring...
The fifth in the Honest Jon’s-curated series of compilations documenting traditional music from Ecuador. Juyungo: Afro-Indigenous Music From The North-Western...
The Numero Group guide to private issue new age. Featuring Laraaji, Iasos, Joanna Brouk, Don Slepian, Peter Davison, Master Wilburn Burchette, Jordan De...
Compiled by Luca Fiore and Glossy Mario, the album takes listeners on a rhythmic journey through the diverse sounds of Europe from 1979 to 1990. This collaboration...
Venomous Tex-Mex R&B and early rock n’ roll from San Antonio’s West Side scene. From 1961-67, Bexar county kingmaker Abe Epstein cut every teen combo...
This collection features sixteen of the most renowned salsa and Latin soul singles released on Fania Records, and its subsidiaries, between 1964-1978,...
• Most tracks officially unavailable for decades.
• Features some of reggae’s biggest stars.
• The perfect alternative Christmas soundtrack.
Christmas:...
Rhythm Section International, the impossible-to-define label founded in South East London by Bradley Zero in 2014 has reached the ripe old age of 10 years....
Tramp Records presents the first all-German edition of The Peace Chant series here and includes liner notes in German and with English translation. Focused...
A showcase of the legacy left by the boogaloo movement in Peru between 1966 and 1975.They comprise twenty-two songs by seventeen artists who recorded on...
Cult UK party promoters release a compilation of exclusive material from artists they have worked with over the years. Features music from the likes of...
Rough Trade Shops presents Behind the Counter with Ian Rankin, the second instalment in a compilation series inviting artists to curate mixes of the music...
Top selection from the Apron Records boss featuring tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto, The RAH Band, Todd Edwards, Chaos In The CBD, Hudson Mohawke, Kyle Hall...
Out of print for 15 years, Soul Jazz Records ‘Do It Yourself’ features a host of post-punk, punk, punk funk/dance and electronic experimentation from...
Founded in the late 1960s by record store owner Seidou Adissa, Albarika Store is one of the most important independent record labels on the African continent....
A full tank of gas, the gentle glow from the radio dial, & stretches of open highway await, Forever Gamblin’ On You meanders through miles of soulful...
The Voice of Love is a collection of British sophisti-pop and jazz-funk from the 1980s - ten songs ranging from unreleased demos to scarcely pressed 12”s...
Soundway Records presents a collection of nineteen tracks chronicling a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided...
The second 25 releases from the fledgling Blue Beat label plus Bonus tracks from subsidiary labels, Melodisc and Limbo from 1961. CD one features all the...
Drawn upon a mutual love of house music, dub and weirdo dance music by the likes of African Head Charge, Larry Heard and Sun Ra. We also added sprinkles...
We have been waiting for this full length to drop ever since we were tased by the lead single a month or so ago. There was already no doubting James Alexander...
Leonard Grandsons'The Sands of Zanziibar' is a classy, extremely rare soulful floater from ’77which has remained extremely elusive despite having a sound...
AOTN proudly present a new solo outing from long time friend & contributor to Athens of the North, Other Lands aka Gavin L.Sutherland.
Channelling his...
Arthur Ponder, a life long Macon, Georgia resident, started his singing career in the 60s replacing Otis Redding in Johnny Jenkins & The Pinetoppersafter...
Unreleased soul music from William Stuckey - pure class - backed with an alternate 7" mix of 'Hold Me Close' from his mega-rare 1979 album of the same...
Athens Of The North reissue Judy Pollak's extremely rare, soul / funk / folk masterpiece 'In Togetherness'. Originals of this beauty exchange for big sums...
'The word timeless is applied way too often in music, but here it is entirely justified.' Fact
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Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Found MINT! copies (record & sleeve) of ORIGINAL 12" from London's Grove Music label featuring The Prophets (Yabby You) Trinity & Tommy McCook 1978. Two...
Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Original Grove Music 12" from Yabby You with two wicked deep roots vocal disco mixes of "Lady Lady" & "Stop Your Quarelling". Hard too find King Sounds...
Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Long overdue press of John Holt's essential roots classic "Strange Things" recorded for Phil Pratt's Sunshot label in 1971 with organ version on the...
Athens Of The North have put together the first ever compilation, 'Disco with a Feeling' compiled by long time label affiliate and disco aficionado David...
Vinyl now in stock! The first instalment in Mr Bongo's 'Record Club' series selects the label's recent discoveries and sought-after obscurities that...
The Great Escape is the debut collaborative album from San Francisco Legend, Larry June and prolific super producer, The Alchemist. Through a process that...
New 20th anniversary edition of Soul Jazz Records' long out-of-print Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida, 1967-74.
This album had been...
MASSIVE drop on Freestyle Records, in the form of this impossible rare single recorded by early UK street soul act Pause. Dating from the late 80s these...
Originally released in Canada in the early eighties featuring Scientist's deep & heavy mixes of Bunny Lee produced riddims featuring some of Jamaica's...
Rare late 80s reggae/dancehall heat coming yet again on DINTE sub-label 333. This time it's the turn of Hugh Maddo's Pop Style LP. Recorded in Jamaica...
Amsterdam based Mausovic Dance Band make madcap music intent on expanding musical universes. Powered by elastic rhythms and some potent dub wizardry, the...
Mind Maze is, amazingly, Trees Speak’s FIFTH album to be released on Soul Jazz Records in the space of little over two years– an output matched only...
When it comes to legendary albums, very few can match the cult status achieved on the international jazz and funk scene, by Alice Clark's eponymous album,...
This album is released in three formats: Indies-only One-Off Special Limited Edition Sun Yellow coloured vinyl gatefold double LP + download, black vinyl...