**The Afro Modern 70s sounds of Soweto’s first nightclub**
Ten track double gatefold album journey through jazz, funk, fusion and disco, detailing the incredible story and sounds behind the Soweto nightclub during the height of apartheid.
Highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilising new music technology and recording techniques....
Unavailable for over 20 years, In The Beginning There Was Rhythm was Soul Jazz Records first foray into post-punk and punk-funk in the UK and captures...
The immediate successor to ska, the soulful, melodic sound of rock steady first developed during the long hot Jamaican summer of 1966 and reigned supreme...
Soul Jazz Records’ new 18th anniversary one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition red and cyan coloured vinyl pressing (+ download code) exclusively...
‘Classic Disco’ mixes 21 undeniable dancefloor landmarks from recognizable names like Rose Royce, Change, Manhattan Transferand Cheryl Lynn, with deeper...
Without necessarily knowing it, The Blitz was birthing the next wave of British pop stars. A young Boy George ran the cloakroom, its host and doorman was...
With this new three 45 set, the second in our "Cumbia Sabrosa" series, Rocafort digs deep into the vaults of Discos Tropical to bring you six more vintage...
Nu Groove continues to spotlight the artists that made the legendary NYC label a firm favourite of crate diggers then and now, with a series of their vital...
A 2xLP compilation featuring 42 of the world’s most supreme Northern Soul anthems.
An essential collection for any fan of great timeless music, this...
Continuing Four Flies' dedication to delving into lesser-explored periods of Italian music, Africamore takes us on a captivating journey into the intersection...
Curated from the extensive Nippon Columbia catalogue by Japanese renaissance man Cunimondo Takiguchi, this compilation chronicles the hottest cuts from...
A whole new vibe on the astonishing cover of Scarborough Fair, in a modal style, where the shadow of McCoy Tyner seems to hang over the piano. The next...
Very special release - Síbín Vol. 1 is a superb compilation featuring exclusive collaborations tracks from Joe Armon-Jones, Wu-Lu, Fatima, Tirzah and...
Discovered after spending 58 years on a dusty shelf in the Louis Wayne Moody Pictures vault, this previously unissued soundtrack contains a backpack’s...
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...
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An essential collection for any fan of great timeless music, this compilation celebrates the dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands...
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A document of an era, before the internet, where clubs and record stores informed the tastes and direction of the burgeoning London music community and...
**A compilation of music at the center of Tokyo’s Techno Pop scene, ALFA/YEN Records!**
The label was established by Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi...
All throughout the superb Woman On A Mission 2 compilation on Scoops Records, the reggae vibrations that are serve dup resonate with empowering fervour....
Today's club culture all started with Northern Soul and its roots in the Mod all-nighter scene of London clubs. All the ingredients were there: DJs privy...
Nu Groove spotlights the artists that made the legendary NYC label a firm favourite of crate diggers then and now with this 12” release of their vital...
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,...
Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, pipeline man Howard Neal - and his appropriately named Shoestring...
Studio One's music in the 1970s took the label to new heights. The new style of Disco Mix brought many areas of Reggae together Roots, Lovers, Disco...
For this Studio One release we return to the roots of Reggae music-The Soundsystem. Throughout the late 1950s and 1960s Soundsystems played throughout...
Lovingly compiled, this album features only the finest Lovers from Jamaica’s finest label. From Blues parties in London, Birmingham, Bristol etc Lovers...
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Studio One Roots set the standard for Soul...
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Signed by Gilles Peterson, worked with Makaya McCraven, Emma-Jean Thackray is hot!Two years on from her stunning debut 'Ley Lines', Emma-Jean returns...
Gonzalo Benitez and Luis Alberto Valencia were kingpins of the musica nacional movement in Ecuador. They began singing as a duo in their mid-teens. During...
Sublime funky samba cut as featured on the band's 1978 album, 'O Conjunto Que Faz Voce Vibrar’. No crazy hype needed for this one, just a fantastic straight-up,...
Obscure late 70s dub / Instrumental album from saxophone player / producer Clive Smith. Originally released in Canada on Forward records featuring the...
On his second, 1969 Blue Note album 'Love Bug', organist Reuben Wilson fronted an exceptional quintet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, George Coleman on tenor...
Bay Area jazz guitar legend Calvin Keys released his debut solo record, Shawn-Neeq, in 1971, and it remains one of the most beloved albums on the Black...
Long overdue collection on vinyl of The Ethiopians vocal rocksteady, early reggae output from 1968 - 1973 with killer tracks - Well Red, Everything Crash,...
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...
The Roundtable return with a second offering of modernist jazz from Australia. Another vital document further examining the nation's jazz scene during...
Highly-anticipated album debut from Nala Sinephro who combines meditative jazz moods with equally calming and hypnotic electronic elements. An absolute...