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Syl Johnson Different Strokes / Is It Because I'm Black

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Funk/Soul

7" (Coloured vinyl) ES73LPC1£12.00
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Syl Johnson – Different Strokes
Syl Johnson – Is It Because I'm Black

1. Different Strokes
2. Is It Because I'm Black

Two of Syl Johnson’s biggest cuts, appearing on the same 45 for the first time. Syl’s infinitely sampled 1968 sock-soul smash “Different Strokes” takes up the A-side, while 1969’s moody, political deep soul burner “Is It Because I’m Black” hogs the flip in its original single edit.

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Syl Johnson Back For A Taste Of Your Love Fat Possum

'Back For A Taste Of Your Love' was originally released in 1973. This essential funky soulful album from the era is now reissued by Fat Possum Records.

Funk/Soul

– Back For A Taste Of Your Love
– I'm Yours
– I Let A Good Girl Go
– Anyway The Wind Blows
– You Don't Know Me
– Feelin' Frisky
– We Did It
– Wind, Blow Her Back My Way
– I Hate I Walked Away
– The Love You Left Behind

1. – Back For A Taste Of Your Love
2. – I'm Yours
3. – I Let A Good Girl Go
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LP + Download Code FAT1350£26.00
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They Move In The Night Numero

Discovered after spending 58 years on a dusty shelf in the Louis Wayne Moody Pictures vault, this previously unissued soundtrack contains a backpack’s...

Compilations

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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM512LP-C1£25.00
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You're Not From Around Here Numero

The previously unissued soundtrack to the 1964 noir, You’re Not From A round Here, discovered after 55 years in the Louis Wayne Moody archive. A hobo’s...

Compilations

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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM511LP-C1£25.00
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Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels Numero

Atlanta’s original Eccentric Soul labels - Jesse Jones’ Tragar and Note - captured critical regional R&B, soul and funk from 1968-1976.

Funk/Soul

– Tee Fletcher - Down In The Country
– Bill Wright - You Got A Spell On Me
– Eula Cooper - Shake Daddy Shake
– The Knights - Tipping Strings
– L. Daniels - Nitecap (inst)
– Frankie & Robert - Sweet Thing
– Franciene Thomas - I’ll Be There
– Richard Cook - Somebody Got’a Help Me
– Frankie & Robert - Love (It’s Been So Long)
– The Knights - The Hump (inst)

1. – Tee Fletcher - Down In The Country
2. – Bill Wright - You Got A Spell On Me
3. – Eula Cooper - Shake Daddy Shake
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New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM020LP-C1£33.99
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Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label Numero

From 1967-1980, Kansas City’s Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement bee-hivery from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings,...

Funk/Soul Compilations

– Gene Williams - Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
– Lee Harris - I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
– Tear Drops - I’m Gonna Get You
– Louis Chachere - The Hen Pt 1
– The Fantasticks - Cry Night And Day
– Marva W. Taylor - I’ve Lived The Life
– The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Mini, Mini Afro Twist
– Tony Ashley And The Delicates - I’ll Never Be Satisfied
– The Rayons - You Confuse Me Baby
– The Four Darlings - Baby Your Love Is Amazing
– Lee Harris - Lookin’ Good
– Marva Whitney - Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
– Everyday People - Is It Really That Bad
– The Rayons - Baby Be Good
– Lee Harris - I’ve Got To Have Somebody’s Love
– James Whitney - With Fun In My Life
– Sharon Revoal - Reaching For Our Star
– Marva W. Taylor - Nothing I’d Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
– The Four Darlings - Give Me Love
– Unknown Artist - Dearest Lover
– The Fantasticks - Live And Let Live
– The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Ya Gotta Be Doing It
– Lee Harris - Skate Boogaloo And Karate Too
– Tear Drops - Don’t Fade Away

1. – Gene Williams - Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
2. – Lee Harris - I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
3. – Tear Drops - I’m Gonna Get You
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New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM047LPC1£33.99
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Eccentric Soul: The Shoestring Label Numero

Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, pipeline man Howard Neal - and his appropriately named Shoestring...

Funk/Soul

– The James Family - We’ve Got It Made
– Jimmie Green - Dance
– Howard Neal and Friends - You’re All The Woman I Need

1. – The James Family - We’ve Got It Made
6. – Jimmie Green - Dance
10. – Howard Neal and Friends - You’re All The Woman I Need
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM096LP-C1£24.99
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Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label Numero

After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got...

Funk/Soul Compilations

– Pearl Dowell - It’s All Over
– Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Everybody Has Some Dues To Pay
– Robert Moore - Just Can’t Help Myself
– Brother Williams - Right On Brother
– Pearl Dowell - Good Things
– Joey Gilmore - Somebody Done Took My Baby And Gone
– Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Blind Man
– Joey Gilmore - Girl Your Best Friend Done Took Your Place
– Robert Moore - Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
– Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Do It To Me One More Time
– Thunder Lightning And Rain - Super Funky
– Joey Gilmore - Blind Man
– Sam Baker - Do Right Man

1. – Pearl Dowell - It’s All Over
2. – Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Everybody Has Some Dues To Pay
3. – Robert Moore - Just Can’t Help Myself
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM097LP-C1£24.99
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Joanna Brouk Sounds of The Sea Numero

Sought-after new-age/ambient gem from 1981 by American electronic composer Joanna Brouk.

Ambient / Drone

– Invocation
– Atavesta
– Playing In The Water
– Aurora
– Diving Deeper, Remembering Love
– Going To Sleep
– The Reminder Of Long Ago
– The Nymph Rising/Calling The Sailor
– First Meeting
– Touching The Sky

1. – Invocation
2. – Atavesta
3. – Playing In The Water
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM815LP-C3£23.00
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Maxx Traxx & Third Rail Maxx Traxx: Third Rail Numero

There was one irrepressible Chicago club act that refused to be replaced by any DJ’s sound system. Maxx Traxx (and Third Rail before them) were a scene...

Funk/Soul

– Don’t Touch It!
– You & I
– Tell Me
– Time Has Come
– Let's Have A Party
– Living Without You
– To Be With You
– Let Me Love You
– Reachin’ For It
– Just Had To Tell You
– If You Want It (You Can Have It)
– Let Me Love You
– Living Without You
– Mainstream

1. – Don’t Touch It!
2. – You & I
3. – Tell Me
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New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM084LP-C1£35.00
Limited “Lake Michigan” teal coloured vinyl edition
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Eccentric Boogie Numero

An exemplary collection of MEGA-RARE boogie gems! 100% all killer, no filler cuts — don't miss!

Disco Compilations

Maxx Traxx – Don't Touch It!
Stylle Band – If You Love Me
Home Boy And The C.O.L – I Saw You Dancing
Unit Three – Lets Boogie Tonight
Steven – Quick
Donnell Pitman – Burning Up
Duke D – Lady Luck
Ronnie Robbins – Contagious
Pete & Cheez – You and Me
Contrast – Slippin' In The Night

1. Maxx Traxx – Don't Touch It!
2. Stylle Band – If You Love Me
3. Home Boy And The C.O.L – I Saw You Dancing
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM509LP-C2£24.99
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LP NUM509LP£22.99
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Eccentric Northern Soul Numero

Northern soul floor fillers of the Eccentric variety. 17 gems from across the Numeroverse, this album keeps the faith for both newcomers and veterans alike....

Funk/Soul Compilations

– Syl Johnson - One Way Ticket to Nowhere
– Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby

11. – Syl Johnson - One Way Ticket to Nowhere
14. – Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM507lp-C3£25.00
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Andre Gibson & Universal Togetherness Band Apart: Demos (1980-1984)Numero

Recorded in various basements and professional studios around Chicago between 1980 and 1984, ‘Apart: Demos’ documents 12 intimate and stripped-down...

Funk/Soul Compilations

– Don't It Feel Good
– Thankful For You
– Breakaway
– Valentine Lover
– Stuck On A Thrill
– I'm Falling

1. – Don't It Feel Good
2. – Thankful For You
3. – Breakaway
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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM813LP-C2£23.00
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Isabelle Antena En Cavale Numero

After Belgian electro-samba wunderkinds Antena split at the end of 1985, singer Isabelle Antena immediately shed her cold wave crown for a sophisticated...

Electronic

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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) NUM192LP-C1£31.00
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Rupa Moja Bhari Moja / East West Shuffle (Disco Jazz Punk)Numero

Barely disco and hardly jazz, Rupa Biswas’ music the halfway point between Bollywood and Balearic. Tracked in 1982 at Calgary’s Living Room Studios...

Disco World/Global Sounds

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Junei Lets Ride / You Must Go On Numero

"Let's Ride' found new life as the bed for KAYTRANADA's “Scared To Death" and the track has slowly worked its way through the algorithm to a new generation...

Funk/Soul

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7" (Coloured vinyl) ES74LPC1£13.00
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Dan Boadi & The African Internationals Money Is The Root Of Evil / Duodu Wuo Ye Ya Numero

"After receiving regional praise for his 1976 debut Abrabo, Dan Boadi set his sights on leaving Ghana and bringing his highlife sensibilities to an American...

African

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7" (Coloured vinyl) ES75LPC1£13.00
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Valley Of The Sun: Field Guide To Inner Harmony Numero

"Both a marketing firm and metaphysical mission, Valley of the Sun synthesized style and spirituality to produce an extensive catalog that at once defines...

Ambient / Drone Compilations

– Slap & Powell - Sex Drive (Edit)

3. – Slap & Powell - Sex Drive (Edit)
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2×LP NUM195LP£37.00
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Jeff Phelps Magnetic Eyes Numero

Numero reissue this rare, US privately-pressed electronic soul album from 1985

Funk/Soul

– Magnetic Eyes (Instrumental)
– Don't Fall Apart On Me
– Sometime Lover

1. – Magnetic Eyes (Instrumental)
2. – Don't Fall Apart On Me
5. – Sometime Lover
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Spontaneous Overthrow All About Money Numero

Synth chutes, synth ladders, popcorn 808 beats, dirge-y chants and busted sub-woofer hums from inner-galactic soul pioneers Nathaniel Woolridge and Anthony...

Funk/Soul

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