Leon Thomas – China Doll (1973)

Tarika Blue Truth is the Key / Dreamflower Athens Of The North

Highly sought-after soul gold. Features "Dreamflower" famously samped by Erykah Badu on "Didn't Cha Know". This is a buy-on-sight number - recommended!

Funk/Soul

– Truth is the Key
– Dreamflower

1. – Truth is the Key
2. – Dreamflower
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7" ATH026£10.99
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Earnest Jackson Love And Happiness / Hogwash (1973)Stone Records

Deep, deep cover of Al Green tuneOriginal USA 7" Vinyl G+ (pops etc but unplayed) /Sleeve VG+100% Guarantee on this and all Original...

Funk/Soul

– Love And Happiness

1. – Love And Happiness
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Original 7" 200£10.00
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Alive Skindo Le Le Soul Jazz Records

NEW SUPER LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe. Alive's...

Jazz Brazilian Funk/Soul

– Skindo Le Le
– City Life

1. – Skindo Le Le
2. – City Life
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7" SJR372-7£9.99
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Persia Persia Casablanca

Limited reissue of this super-rare and highly collectable disco album featuring killer club classic Inch By Inch. Sounding light years ahead of its time,...

Disco

– Comme Ci Comme Ca
– Hotcakes
– Inch By Inch
– That’s What Keeps ‘Em Dancin’

1. – Comme Ci Comme Ca
2. – Hotcakes
5. – Inch By Inch
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Reissue LP NBLP7190£9.99
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Milkways Milkways Barclay

Limited vinyl reissue of exceedingly rare 1978 French cosmic disco album ‘Milkways’. Produced by Didier Guinochet, this Moroder-esque intergalactic...

Disco

– Galactic Reaction
– Dance In The Milkway

1. – Galactic Reaction
2. – Dance In The Milkway
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Reissue LP 900-552£9.99
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Four Below Zero E.S.P.Soul Jazz Records

Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe. ABSOLUTELY SEMINAL SOUL DISCO RARITY produced by the legendary PATRICK...

Funk/Soul Disco

Four Below Zero – E.S.P. (Part 1)
Four Below Zero – E.S.P. (Part 2)

1. Four Below Zero – E.S.P. (Part 1)
2. Four Below Zero – E.S.P. (Part 2)
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7" SJR391-7£12.00
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Hasabe Hasabe Mississippi Records

Party-rocking Mississippi selection of fail-safe Ethio-jazz monsters by Lemma Demissew, Tlahoun Gessesse, Sefu Yohannes, Bahta Gebre Heywet, Teshome ...

African

Lemma Demissew – Astawesalehu
Tiahoun Gessesse – Yehagere Sheta
Sefu Yohannes – Mela Mela
Bahta Gebre-Heywet – Gizie

1. Lemma Demissew – Astawesalehu
2. Tiahoun Gessesse – Yehagere Sheta
3. Sefu Yohannes – Mela Mela
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LP MRP-027£13.99
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First Class Me And My Gemini (1976)All Platinum

Nice mellow disco/funk tune. Check the Hawaiian slide guitar on the flip - quite trippy!

Funk/Soul

– (Sing) Me And My Gemini

2. – (Sing) Me And My Gemini
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Original 7" AP-2365£7.99
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Mulatu Astatke And His Ethiopian Quintet Afro-Latin Soul Worthy Records

Ethio-jazz hero Mulatu Astake and His Ethiopian Quintet "Afro-Latin Soul" album from 1966! As the title suggest this is more leaning towards the Latin-soul...

Jazz

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New LP (Coloured Vinyl) W-1014£18.00
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First Class This Is It / Filled With Desire (1977)All Platinum

Massive string-laden wicked boogie funk tune!

Funk/Soul Disco

– This Is It
– Filled With Desire

1. – This Is It
2. – Filled With Desire
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Original 7" AP-2368£10.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed Original USA 7"Vinyl
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Ronnie Love / The Knockouts Chills And Fever / Fever Popcorn

Two takes on Little Willie John's 'Fever': Ronnie Love's "Chills and Fever" notches up the tempo with a swinging piano riff and cranks up the intensity...

ronnie love – chills and fever
the knockouts – fever

1. ronnie love – chills and fever
2. the knockouts – fever
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7" popc-115£6.99
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Luther Ingram Putting Game Down Ko Ko

Tough Funky Soul. UNPLAYED ORIGINAL USA 45

Funk/Soul

– Putting Game Down

1. – Putting Game Down
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Original 7"£12.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Unplayed USA 45
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John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1964)Impulse!

100% essential deep jazz classic! Searching, yearning, BEAUTIFUL spiritual jazz of the highest order! This is considered by many to be his best album and...

Jazz

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New LP 501551£22.99
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CD 1764903£7.99
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Krystal Body Dance / False Alarm (1977)Magic Touch Records

Wicked deep soulful boogie funk tune. Original independent (Chicago, Illinois) label USA 45.

Funk/Soul Disco

– Body Dance

1. – Body Dance
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Original 7" MT 9002£10.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = USA Unplayed 45 Vinyl
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Amadou Binta Konté Waande Kadde Sahel Sounds

Dreamy instrumentals from Fouta Toro. Improvisational session of acoustic guitar and hoddu, drawing on regional folklore, ancient praise songs and epic...

African Folk Rock

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LP SS-036£19.99
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Little Milton I Who Have Nothing / At The Dark End Of The Street Checker

Deep, Rotary Connection-esque tune arranged by Charles Stepney. Mint unplayed originl USA 45 VG

Funk/Soul

– I Who Have Nothing

1. – I Who Have Nothing
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Original 7"£10.00
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Happy Meals Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony Volumes IV-V So Low / Optimo

Optimo Music presents a new offshoot label, So Low, named after the night of the same name in Glasgow run by Becky Marshall, Iona McHale, JD Twitch...

Electronic Post-Punk/New Wave

– Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony (part 1)
– Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony (part 2)

1. – Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony (part 1)
2. – Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony (part 2)
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LP OMSoLowLP001£16.99
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Willie Dale Let Your Light Shine Athens Of The North

Recently discovered funk, soul, psyche obscurity - original copies being impossibly rare (only 5 copies known to be in circulation, apparently, exchanging...

Funk/Soul

– Let Your Light Shine
– Somebody Help Me

1. – Let Your Light Shine
2. – Somebody Help Me
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7" ATH042£10.99
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Broomfield Corporate Jam Stop Athens Of The North

Super rare and illusive deep funk jam championed by Keb Darge and many more during the early 2000s. Athens Of The North step up again on reissue duties...

Funk/Soul