Lloyd Parks We'll Get Over It

Rare 70s roots tune from Lloyd Parks, 2nd of two new represses from Pressure Sounds.

Twenty two tracks on this set of Lloyd Parks finest work. Including a couple of productions featuring Dillinger and singer Wally Bucker. An absolute must for roots fans for the bass playing alone. Lloyd Parks has been one of the pivotal session musicians for many years and is still highly in demand today. Time a go dread comes with sleevenotes by Diggory Kenrick and photos from LLoyds personal collection. A must have set!!

Randy's recording from 1975 featuring great guitar work on this uptempo roots rocker, produced by Clive Chin. Hold tight indeed..

3LP White, Purple, Green!!!

Demon Records proudly presents the 20th anniversary 3 LP edition of Suede' s fourth album; "Head Music". Home to the hits "Electricity", "Can' t Get Enough","Everything Will Flow" and "She' s In Fashion". The extra third LP features ten non-album b-sides, issued inthis format for the first time and pressed on 180g heavyweight coloured vinyl.

Translucent Blue LP + 7"

Exclusive to RSD2018, and originally released in 1973, Heaven And Earth And The Stars was the 7th studio album released by British pop star Lulu.The album famously featured covers of 2 David Bowie classics; The Man Who Sold The World and Watch That Man , both produced by Bowie and Mick Ronson, and featuring Bowie on backing vocals and saxophone.

As a bonus it includes a limited and collectible numbered 7 single of the two David Bowie written/produced songs ( The Man Who Sold The World and Watch That Man ). This is limited to 2000 units worldwide.

Classic roots reggae tune from The Wailing Souls recorded at Channel One in 1977, clean and loud pressings on their original label "Massive"

Wicked DJ roots cut from Prince Jazzbo recorded before he passed away a few years ago with a superb Melodica dub version on the flip.

Courtney John's distinctive falsetto sets an enigmatic mood on this ominous dubwise selection, with uniqueness that simply radiates. Produced by Guillaume “Gee” Metenier (SOUL SUGAR) —who describes his sound as psychedelic soul jazz funk and early reggae

Alternative heavyweight roots version from the mid 70s with dub, next cut to The Viceroys "Mission Impossible"

Astonishing nyabinghi vocal by Patsy with prominent vibraphone work by Lennie Hibbert. Another unreleased "The Call Of The Drums" rhythm on B-side which is different cut from DSR-SP7-01.

Strut present the first ever compilation series to access the archives of one of the greatest of all French Caribbean labels, Disques Debs out of Guadeloupe. Set up by the late Henri Debs during the late ‘50s, the label and studio has continued for over 50 years, releasing over 300 7” singles and 200 LPs, covering styles varying from early biguine and bolero to zouk and reggae.

2nd release in a series of collaborations between The Hoodna Orchestra and artist and performers from Ethiopia. The song titled ALEM-DUB is an attempt at fusing old and new, tradition and Modernity. The result is a hypnotically groovy track, heavily painted in Bright psychedelic colors. 

Wicked roots steppers cut from 1983 produced by George Phang with superb dub on the flip. Hard to find on 12"

This album coincides with the massive new exhibition Soul of A Nation - Art in the Age of Black Power at Tate Modern, London.

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The album shows how the ideals of the civil rights movement, black power and black nationalism influenced the evolvement of radical African-American music in the United States of America in the intensely political and revolutionary period at the end of the 1960s following the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and the rise of the Black Panther party.

Featuring groundbreaking artists such as Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Don Cherry, Oneness of Juju, Sarah Webster Fabio, Horace Tapscott, Phil Ranelin and many others, Soul of A Nation shows how political themes led to the rise of ‘conscious’ black music as new afro-centric styles combined the musical radicalism and spirituality of John Coltrane and radical avant-garde jazz music alongside the intense funk and soul of James Brown and Aretha Franklin and the urban poetry and proto-rap of the streets.

The Soul of a Nation exhibition draws on the links between Black art forms – art, music, poetry - and how they came together during the civil rights and black power era as part of the wider black arts movement across the United States.

Iconic African-Amercian revolutionary figures such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Angela Davis, John Coltrane, Muhammad Ali all appear in the radical artworks of Barkley L. Hendricks, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Lorraine O’Grady and Betye Saar.

Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records) will appear with the curators on the panel of Jazz for Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power discussion at the gallery as part of the show. You can book a ticket for this event here

The Soul of a Nation album comes with extensive sleeve-notes and exclusive photography in a large 36-page outsize booklet and slipcase. Double gatefold vinyl album edition comes with full colour inners + bonus download code and includes full sleeve-notes/photography.

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One of two new reissue 7" releases from Pressure Sounds. Tuff 70s roots reggae from singer & bass player Lloyd Parks.

Rare mid 70s deep roots tune from Boston Jack, repressed here with colourful original label art and backed with 1969 tune "Starvation" Double header on limited press..Don't delay!

Killer Studio One 12" bomb!

Four killer cuts of Lloyd Parks's "Ordinary Man" with his vocal, plus version. Augustus Pablo's cut which was on his debut LP "This Is.." then a killer dub from Errol T. which was on "Java Java Java" Awesome 10" release!

Reissue of this rare disco funk album is a hidden gem. The original is on many wants lists and rarely turns up. Heady disco funk from the glory days of the Miami soul scene in the 70’s. This smoking album by the group Obatala is tight in a good way. Core funk energy mixed with some added strings and horns. A mode that's funky club, but never straight disco at all. Titles include "April", "Shades Of September", "Disco Party", "Funk-A-Fried", "Tight Rope", and "Work It Out". A killer set throughout!  

Full charge ahead... it's a killer jump up summer tune from The Room In The Sky people with Kingsley Wray on vocals and Vin Gordon on trombone.

The Basque Dub Foundation wicked tribute to late 70/80s reggae band Tradition with deep new roots versions.

New limited 7" single from Jstar featuring vocalist Kinck and a wicked Manasseh dub on the flip.

1977 Black Ark dread reading of the "Summertime" classic with version from Errol "Bagga" Walker.

Re-issue of this classic funk rock masterpiece from the sassiest soul sister of her era. Beyonce ain't got nothin' on this chick!

Reissued by Light In The Attic remastered from the original master tapes with liner notes from Oliver Wang (Soul Sides). Pressed on heavyweight 180gram vinyl housed in a gatefold 'tip on' jacket.

The CD version features 3 unreleased tracks and great inlay with a detailed biography and unseen photos. Highly Recommended!

A roots instrumental from the Clancy Eccles Produced 'Dynamites Band'. Absolute beauty of a tune and comes with a deep churning bass heavy mix of the same track by King Tubby on the flip-side. All the sleeves for this 45 are made from re-cycled Pressure Sounds album sleeves. All individually hand stamped.

Powerful, inspiring roots reissue of one of Yabby You’s finest songs. From the moment this tune was released in the 1970s, it became a sound system classic sought after by collectors and DJs. This plea for repatriation glows with a mystic vibe accentuated by stunning harmonies and driving flute and horn arrangements. Repatriation Rock flips the A-side on its head, with a mesmerizing dub.

Tommy McCook's awesome jazzy cut of "Java" recorded in the early 70s with Augustus Pablo's clavinet version on the flip. nice and clean pressings 

Wicked roots vocal cut from Bim Sherman originally released in 1983 with street wise DJ cut from Yabby Youth and full dub on the flip.

KILLER Heavy funk.

UNPLAYED ORIGINAL USA Funk 45