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New Releases, Reissues and Restocks | Friday 3rd May

Kamasi Washington triumphantly returns with another strong album ''Fearless Movement' available as 2CD,  2LP or 2LP coloured vinyl sets. We are delighted to have 10 A1 posters to give away to the first 10 people to buy the LP in the shop or order online for shop collection, plus 20 stickers to send to the first people to order the LP online. In addition we have fabulous LP size colour print of the album signed by Kamasi. This can be won by anybody who buys the Cd or LP in store or online by 20th May, whose names will be...
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Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement | Album Of The Day

We are super excited to announce that the new Kamasi Washington album is now in stock. Kamasi's 5th studio album 'Fearless Movement' partly inspired by the recent arrival of his daiughter is his most concise of all his albums. Whilst there are still strong elements of the expansive orchestral elements that have become characteristic of Kamasi's sound this record takes on a more grounded approach with the focus more on smaller ensembles and guest contributors, with the album featuring appearances from Andre 3000, George Clinton, Thundercat, Dwight Trible, just to name a few. To celebrate the release of this record...
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New Releases, Reissues and Restocks | Friday 26 April

There are some good new releases, reissues and restocks this week. The Jazz Defenders have a new album of classic jazz grooves, and the Andre 3000 instrumental album is now available on vinyl. Jalen Ndonga has another non album track 45 , there is an unreleased pairing of Sharon Jones cuts and a new one from Leon Dinero all very good on the Daptone label.There are some good jazz vinyl reissues from Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, Gerry Mulligan, Chico Hamilton, Thelonious Monk and Latin jazz from Ray & His Court and Ray Barretto.The Rollins is amongst some nice CD reissues that includes...
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Friday 19th April | New Releases, Reissues and Restocks

On record store day eve there are a lot of good new releases, reissues and restocks. Alex Harris has his debut album on the Shanachie label, Blue Lab Beats, a new album on Blue Note. Luther Vandross debut album 'Luther' is finally reissued on both CD and LP, and there are some classic Blue Note analogue reissues from Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock , Horace Silver and Anthony Williams. There are some good Jazz reissues from Cedar Walton, Peter Herbolzhiemer and Woody Shaw. There are some great vinyl restocks from Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, MFSB LPs plus some great Japanese CD...
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RSD 2024 | Info for the day!

Record Store Day 2024 is shaping up to be another cracker,  with nearly all the stock here, the shop is full to the brim (even more than usual!... ) with some fantastic releases all across the board. We are very excited for the day, but in order for things to run as smoothly as possible we wanted to just draw your attention to how we run things on the day, both as a reminder to regulars and key information for new RSD customers. Read below. - The shop will be open from 8am but you are obviously welcome to queue up...
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Album Of The Day | José James – 1978

José James releases his twelfth Album ‘1978’ (his birth year) and it is one of his most soulful to date. It has a very mellow soul sound reminiscent of the year and period it is named after. ‘Let’s Get It’ has very hypnotic groove with nice percussion and a four piece string section. ‘Saturday Night (Need You Know) ‘ subtly has a little more tempo without being an out and out dancer. Xenia Franca co-wrote and sings on the folky soul ‘Place Of Worship’ . ’38th & Chicago’ is possibly the albums highlight with a lilting groove and superb percussion...