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DARIEN IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK CD £14.95
Outstanding independent soul album from one of the best new vocalists. (you may have heard him on our This Is Soul 2006' or the recent Reel People album). Great songs with real melodies , good lyrics and distinctive soulful vocals, backed by good musicianship and production. The mid tempo dancers 'Where It's At' 'Just Cant Wait' and 'Love Revolution' will be very popular tracks, whilst the more uptempo 'Saturday' is more of a party song. The Stevie influenced melodic mid tempo's 'Composure', 'My Door' , 'Sail Thru' and 'All Kind Of Things' are a delight. 'The Road' 'Showya' and 'Nowhere' are also good mid tempo's and 'Seasons' is a nice ballad. Could well be one of the albums of 2009.

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TEENA MARIE - CONGO SQUARE CD £13.95
Teena joins the legendary Stax label and the fine selection traverses many Soul styles, but has less of a contemporary feel than ‘LA Dona’ and will appeal to her loyal fans.  This is quality check ‘Congo Square’, ‘Harlem Blues’ and ‘Marry Me’.

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LIQUID SPIRITS MUSIC CD £15.95
Strong and varied album with both male and female vocals and good instrumentation throughout. ‘Say It Ain't So', is an uptempo funky soul groover in a Rebirth style. 'A Little More' is a catchy and melodic mid tempo, and 'Could It be You' a mid tempo stepper. The multi layered atmospheric 'Closing Time' and 'Sacred State Of Mind' are captivating and 'Music' is a mid tempo with a good groove and really nice harmonic vocals. 'Higher Ground' is a head nodder, 'Heaven' a nice uplifting duet, 'No One' ft Melodee a good struttin groove mid tempo and 'Melodies' ft Leon Ware a beautiful slowie typical of him.
This really good album gets better with each play, one to get into.


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CHARLES WILSON – TROUBLED CHILD CD £13.95
Fantastic southern soul album recorded with a full band - real strings and horns and female backing vocals, that is real throwback to classic 70's soul. Charles powerful and emotive soulful voice dominates each track but the backing is incredible. The covers of Natural 4 'Love That Really Counts', Sam Dees 'Troubled Child' and Bob Marley's 'Is This Love' are brilliant. The mid tempo 'I Don't Want To Take A Chance', 'Where My Baby Went' and ' I Want to Shout About' and the ballad 'Someone Must Have' are also very good. Excellent album, probably the best of its style for many years, which will appeal to lovers of real southern soul.

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M SWIFT – EVENING SUN CD £13.95
Follow-up to the excellent Morning Light, is if anything stronger and now out in the UK. The album has an Incognito feel especially with Tony Momrelle adding his Stevie tinged vocal on 'Brighter Days'. Joy Rose adds her sublime vocals on the upbeat title song.. The excellent groove laden 'Feeling' features Eric Roberson as does 'Game' – a fast dancer. The head nodder 'Set You Free' features Donna Gardier, and Vanessa Haynes excels on the soulful 'Greater Love'. There are also several tracks with soulful House undertones including the atmospheric 'Time' and uptempo 'Make It On My Own'. This superb album will appeal to lovers of the UK jazzy Soul of Incognito/ Brand New Heavies/Reel People etc and is one of the albums of the year so far.

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WILL DOWNING – CLASSIQUE CD £13.95
Will confirms that when it comes to romantic soul he has few peers. His rich deep voice oozes soul throughout this great album on a mixture of original tracks and good covers. 'Ride' , 'More Time', 'Just think about it', 'I Won't Stop' , 'Love Suggestions' and 'Let's Take It Now'are jazz tinged soulful ballads or mid tempo songs to really get you in the mood. The covers of 'I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little more' and 'Baby I'm For Real' really work , but it is the more uptempo 'Something Special ' that will be popular with the modern soul dancers. Great album from a great artist now thankfully recovered from his illness.

ROOT SOUL – ROOT SOUL CD £26.95
Fantastic good time jazzy soul and jazz funk album of uplifting grooves featuring some UK singers and some fabulous real instrumentation. The groove driven uptempo 'Spirit Of love' and 'It's The Way' ft Vanessa Freeman, there's a good uptempo cover of Mandrill's classic 'Feelin Good' and the outstanding horn and string mid tempo 2 stepper 'My Dream Came True' both featuring the soulful vocals of Leon King. 'On and On' ft Shea Soul is quality neo-soul and there some great jazz funk instrumentals 'Sky High' the horn backed 'Moog Rock' both featuring some great keyboards and 'Disco Tech Tribe' .
Overall a brilliant album with bundles of energy that will keep your spirits high.
also available 4 Track album sampler EP 12” £10.

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MARCELL AND THE TRUTH – SYMBOLS CD £12.95
Marcell possesses a great old school classic soul voice, and on his second album lives up to his great debut that wowed us three years ago. 'Lost In The Moment' is a strong up tempo dancer, and 'Can't Wait' and 'All I Know' are good mid tempo dancers. The shuffling mid tempo 'Just To Be Loved' and Greatest Love' and the ballads 'Whole Again' and 'Wish You Were Here' are also good. The killer though is the slow message song 'Symbols' with heartfelt lyrics and a great vocal performance. Really good Soul album, good songs and that voice !.

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SMOKEY ROBINSON – TIME FLIES WHEN YOUR HAVING FUN CD £13.95 LP £19.95
Smokey makes an incredible 'Love' album and is in fine voice over a great uncluttered musical background, the clarity of the recording is breathtaking. The ballads 'Time Files', 'Don't Know Why' ,'That Place' , 'What'cha Gonna Do' and the duets 'You're The One For Me' (ft Joss Stone) and 'You've Got My life' (ft India Arie) are quite brilliant. The slightly faster 'Girlfriend' and 'One Time' and the grittier and bluesier 'Please Don't Take Your Love' (ft Carlos Santana) are also very good. The CD only hidden bonus track is a great cover of 'I Want You' This is quite possibly the best album Smokey has recorded in his five decades as a singer.

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N'DAMBI – PINK ELEPHANT CD £14.95
One of our favourite contemporary soul artists makes her major label debut, produced and co-written by Leon Sylvers. This album shows N'Dambi in a more mature setting with some great lyrics and featuring her distinctive Texan voice. 'L.I.E.' and 'Can't Hardly Wait' are good uptempo grooves, 'What It Takes' is a mid tempo track with a catchy hook, and 'Nobody Jones' and the slower 'Take It Out' are typically N'Dambi mid tempo. The beat ballads 'Ooo Baby' and The One' and the melancholy 'Imitator' are also highlights. This strong album is a welcome return to form and will please her existing fans and probably gain her some new followers.
highly recommended 'Tunin up And Cosignin CD £12.95

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LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS - MY WORLD CD £13.95 LP £17.95
Cult 70's raw soul and Funk singer, Lee cuts a new album backed by one of the tightest contemporary bands. Lee's deep gut wrenching soul vocals are superb throughout and the band and horns excel on an album of mainly beat ballads. 'My World' is fantastic a James Brown-esq mid tempo funky strutter with a killer B-line. 'Money i$ King' a funky soul stepper and the beat ballads 'Do You Love Me', 'Honey Dove' and string laden 'Ladies' and 'The Only One Loving You' are also highlights. This is the real deal, raw unadulterated soul, hard as nails rhythms, sweet as honey vocals and backing. Brilliant

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REVELATIONS FT TRE WILLIAMS – THE BLEEDING EDGE CD £12.95
Strong contemporary southern soul album in a late 60's/early 70's style, arranged by Patrick Adams featuring real instruments and horns. The Lead Vocals of Tre Williams shows some similarity to that of Anthony Hamilton. The mid tempo strutter 'Graceful Bow' has a Willie Mitchell/Al Green feel to it, the excellent beat ballad 'Cheatin/Secret Lovers' and the mid tempo 'Remember The Last Time' are real highlights. There's a good cover of Latimore's 'Lets Straighten It Out' with a long instrumental intro.
The beat ballads 'Sorry's Not Good Enough' , 'Everybody Knows', and 'I Don't Want To know' and the mid tempo 'How Do I Tell Him' are also good. Great refreshing real soul with a capital S.

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TRIBUTE TO FRANKIE BEVERLY AND MAZE CD £13.95
Much vaunted and hugely anticipated, this tribute album includes some great cover versions of one of our music's most popular groups. Every track hits home and is a fine tribute to Maze. Joe's 'Can't Get Over You' and Ledisi's 'Happy Feelings' are truly outstanding. Mary J Blige does a nice take on 'Before I Let Go' and Kem takes to 'The Golden Time Of Day'. Also check Raheem De Vaughn on 'We Are One' and Musiq Soul Child gives a smooth rendition of 'Silky Soul'. This is a wonderful slice of nostalgia.

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MAKEDA - ESCAPE FROM EGYPT CD £14.95
The artist formerly known as Tiffany Laing returns with another great jazzy soul album, featuring a great band with horns and real drums. Makeda has a very distinctive soulful voice, powerful at times, soothing at others, and she really excels throughout with great multi-layered harmonies. 'I Wish' is a fantastic upper mid tempo stepper, 'My Life' a good mid tempo dancer, and 'The Dayz' a nice mid tempo foot taper. 'Childhood Game' , 'Soul Of A Man', 'Moonlight' and I've Changed' are slower jazzy soul with good instrumentation. The ballad 'Forever' and the cover of Deniece Williams 'Free' are also good. Really good listening album.


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2000 BLACK – A NEXT SET A ROCKERS CD £12.95
Featured as a Jap import a few months back, this set of grooves from the West London team is now available to a wider audience. 2000 Black is mainly a product of Dego and Kaidi Tatham and has an 80's influence to the synth bass led grooves. 'Simple Sacrifice' is a bass driven groover ft Nadine Charles on vocals, 'So Right' and 'Whats it To be' are more uptempo ft Ferraz on vocals. 'Move Over' ft Lady Alma,
'Don't Make Me Hurt You' and 'Lost It' ft Face keep the grooves coming. and 'Got Me Puzzled' has a Roy Ayers infl to the off-key vocals and could have been taken from Kaidi's agent K album. Deep Progressive soul.

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TRISH ANDREWS THESE FIVE WORDS CD £13.95
Quality sophisticated soul album with good production featuring mainly mid tempo songs from Chicago singer. 'Jumpin and Bumpin' is a nice upper mid tempo dancer, 'You Know What You Do To Me' is also fairly uptempo. But its on the mid tempo tracks that Trish really excels especially on 'Back To You', 'These Five Words', 'Can't Keep Running' and 'Comfort Zone'. The ballads 'Making Love' and 'On My Mind' are also really good. Good album throughout.

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KIM ARRINGTON FIRST LOVE NOTE OF KIM ARRINGTON CD £13.95
Very good lyrically strong independent soul album featuring real instruments in a Jill Scott/Kendra Ross style, from North Carolina's singer songwriter Kim, who possesses a really strong unique voice. The mid tempo grooves 'Love From Your Clothesline', 'All Said And Done' 'Washburn' and 'Hurry On Silly Boy' are really strong featuring some great keyboard textures. The lilting 'Heat From Another' and 'Bargaining' and melancholy 'Front Door' and 'Wake Up' are also good. 'Sight Unseen' has a fuller sound and the more up-tempo percussive 'White Dress' will get your feet moving. Really nice album.

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MAYER HAWTHORNE – STRANGE ARRANGEMENT CD £11.95 LP £16.95
This album is a real throwback to 60's soul. The Motown Infl dancers 'Your Easy Lovin Ain't Pleasing Nothin' and 'One track Mine' , the mid tempo 'Just Ain't Gonna Work it Out' with its heavy backbeat and the slightly more subtle 'Maybe So Maybe No' and 'Make Her Mind' will work on the dancefloor.
The beat ballad's 'I Wish It Would Rain' and 'Shiny and New' are also good. This album is being tipped as one of the biggest of the year and will appeal to those who like 60's and raw soul.

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TRACY HAMLIN – BETTER DAYS CD £14.95
Quality real soul album from a lady with a really nice soulful voice. 'Free' is a nice breezy upper mid tempo track, 'Better Days' a good mid tempo foot tapper and 'You've Got To Let Go' a great mid tempo.
The ballads 'You Are The One' and 'No Regrets' are also strong and there are good covers of 'Use Me', ' Until You Come Back To Me' and 'Good Morning Heartache'. Nice album

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CHICO DEBARGE – ADDICTION CD £15.95
A welcome return to form for Chico's debut on Kedar, he is excellent vocally throughout.
'Oh No' is a good mid tempo groover and the mid tempo dancer 'I Forgot Your Name' has a similar rhythm to Luther's 'Never Too Much'. 'Hey U' is another good dancer , the Stevie influenced semi funky 'Do My Bad Alone' the horn backed mid tempo 'Slick' and ' I Want You' are also highlights.
Good album.

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GUILTY PLEASURES – LOVE STORIES CD £13.95
Quality independent soul album featuring four good soulful vocalists. 'The One' ft Sol Edler is a nice modern soul mid tempo dancer , Sol also fronts the groove ridden mid tempo 'Soul'. Mycah Chevalier scores on the beat ballad 'I Wish', the mid tempo 'Urge' and the 2 stepper 'Meaningless Affair' and duets with Sol on the dreamy 'Anticipation'. The funky groove driven 'Naked' ft Jerrica White and Mycah
Nice album.

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LEELA JAMES –LETS DO IT AGAIN CD £12.95
Leela further establishes herself as one of the best new soul singers with this great cover versions album. It features a really good 'live' band with real instruments, with Leela's powerful soulful voice soaring above them on some familiar soul tracks. 'Clean up Woman' , 'Let's Do It Again' and 'You Know How To Love Me' are true to the originals but sound very fresh, and even 'I Miss you' really grooves. The killers though are the ballads where her voice really shines especially on 'It's A Man's World', 'Baby I'm Scared Of You', 'Nobody Wants You When Youre Down And Out' and the outstanding and possibly definitive version of Angela Bofill's 'I Try'. Possibly one of the best cover's album ever Brilliant.
also highly recommended 'A Change Is Gonna Come' CD £9.95 (special price until 30/4)

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NIKKA COSTA PEEBLE TO A PEARL CD £15.95
A very 70's sounding album very much in a Rufus ala 'Rufsized' style featuring some great musicians inc James Gadson, James Poyser etc , fronted by Nikka's gutsy vocals. 'Can't Please Everybody' is a great uptempo stormer, 'Peeble To A Pearl' and 'Keep Pushing' are struttin slinky semi funky groovers, 'Keep Wanting More' uptempo funky soul and 'Stuck On You' a 60's style stomper. The outstanding 'Without Love' is a melodic meloncholy mid tempo with a good groove, 'Damn I Said It First' has an interesting rhythm , 'Cry Baby' is a mid tempo beater with a Willie Mitchell 'Hi' style sound and 'Someone For Everyone' is a good ballad. Very strong album that really stands out.


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MAYER HAWTHORNE – STRANGE ARRANGEMENT CD £11.95
This album is a real throwback to 60's soul. The Motown Infl dancers 'Your Easy Lovin Ain't Pleasing Nothin' and 'One track Mine' , the mid tempo 'Just Ain't Gonna Work it Out' with its heavy backbeat and the slightly more subtle 'Maybe So Maybe No' and 'Make Her Mind' will work on the dancefloor.
The beat ballad's 'I Wish It Would Rain' and 'Shiny and New' are also good. This album is being tipped as one of the biggest of the year and will appeal to those who like 60's and raw soul.

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YOLANDA JOHNSON – BREATHING CD £14.95
Yolanda built up a good following with her debut EP from 3 years ago and now returns with a full album.
She has a distinctive vulnerable voice with a good range and unique style, the album is varied from powerhouse to gentle. The highlights are the percussive up tempo groove of 'On The Inside' with great horns, the jazzy 'Living' with nice walking b lines, 'When I See You' an upper mid tempo dancer, 'Breathing' with has a good hook and ''Over You' a good mid tempo using a sample from O'Jays 'Family Reunion' . Strong and varied album.

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JONAS –WAITT (WE ARE IN THIS THING TOGETHER) CD/DVD £16.95
Danish soul singer Jonas scored with his last album, but 'Waitt' takes him to the next level and will really put him on the soul map. It is an excellent album with real instrumentation throughout, good songs and lyrics and featuring his great soulful voice. The mid tempo 'Two Time Love Is One' was co-written with the late David Lynden Hall has a really great feel to it. The melodic 'Electric', 'Time Is Working For You' and 'Not What You Want' are really nice, and 'crash Or Burn' , 'Hopes Are High', 'My Trust In You' and 'Too Close Too far' have good grooves. The killer track though is 'Sensational' a mid tempo groover co-written with Omar, which is a really beauty with a great hook and strings and all. Really good listening album.

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JOY JONES – GODCHILD CD £14.95
Vibrant and varied debut album, neo/future soul with a deep good groove recorded in Atlanta, LA and London, and mixed by Daz-I-kue of Bugz In the attic. Joy has one of those distinctive voices in an Erykah Badu style, musically it varies from neo soul to broken beat and jazzy groove. 'Glass Boxes' is a real delight with a great understated musical backdrop. 'Supernova' is a quite brilliant mid tempo layered groover., 'Beautiful' is an atmospheric slow stepper prod by Kaidi Tatham, 'This Too' an uptempo handclapping off beat groover with wicked b-line ,'The Joy' a percussive uptempo groover and 'Over' a hypnotic slower track. Interesting album with an edge , if you like Erykah, Sy Smith etc then this is for you.

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LEDISI – TURN ME LOOSE CD £14.95 CD/DVD £16.95
One of the greatest female singers of her generation, Ledisi returns with a very raw soul album that is in a different style to her previous work, and takes a few plays to fully appreciate. 'Everything Changes' is an uptempo beater, 'Turn Me Loose' prod by Rex Rideout is an ice mid tempo beater with good keyboard riffs. 'Higher Than This' prod by Jam and Lewis is an R&B slow jam, 'Alone' and 'Goin Thru Changes' are good beat ballads. The Raphael Saadiq prod 'Love Never Changes' and 'Please Stay' have a 60's feel to them. DVD includes videos and live performances. The highlight throughout his her incredible voice.

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NOEL McKOY – BRIGHTER DAY CD £12.95
Varied debut album from the underated UK singer that encompasses many styles of soul is backed by some of the UK's finest musicians but above all illustrates what a great voice he has. 'Jealousy' co-written by Bluey is a 70's Womack style pulsating mid tempo, and 'Love in The City' is a powerful message song with great social commentary lyrics. 'Brighter Day' and 'Fly Away With Me' are excellent Sam Cooke influenced 60's style southern soul ballads., 'Merry Go Round' and 'Tumblnig Down are also good ballads. 'Special Delivery' is a nice duet with Ebony Alleyne,whilst 'Determined Man' and 'Shadows of A Dream' are Northern soul stompers co-written by Ian Levine. Strong album

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CALVIN RICHARDSON – FACTS OF LIFE- SOUL OF BOBBY WOMACK CD £16.95
Womack sound alike Calvin makes a covers album featuring some of Womack's greatest songs, and does a very authentic job of it., but as with all covers albums its hard to compare these recordings against the originals. 'Across 110th Street', 'You're Welcome Stop On By', 'Harry Hippie', 'Woman's Gotta Have It', Daylight' , 'That's The Way I Feel About Cha' ,' I Can Understand It' and 'Love Has Finally Come At Last' (ft Ann Nesby) are great songs and Calvin sings them well, making classic 70's soul contemporary yet again.

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ERIC ROBERSON – MUSIC FAN FIRST CD £13.95
Eric has built up a large fan base with his distinctive style of R&B/soul and great vocal harmonies.
This album will enhance his reputation as one of the leading independent soul artists. 'The Newness', 'Borrow You' , 'How Could She Do it' and 'The Hunger' (ft W Ellington Felton) are typical Erro mid tempo grooves. 'A Tale of Two'is based on the hook of Minnie's 'Inside My Love', the more melodic 'Still' are also good. 'Dealing' a duet ballad with Lalah Hathaway' , the Stevie infl 'Wanna Believe It Again' ft Wayna, the uplifting 'Celebrate' ft Sy Smith and 'Howard Girls' ft Geno Young, AB and Brandon Harris are the standouts on this strong album.also recommended 'Left', 'Esoteric', 'Appertizer, 'Vault Vol 1.5', Collection £13.95 each 'Vault vol 1' £14.95

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SOULPERSONA – SOULACOASTER CD £11.95
UK Produced album featuring some quality vocalists. Darien guests on the nice dancer 'Can't Hide' and the mid tempo 'Don't Go'. Princess Fressia takes lead on the up tempo 'Walk On Through', 'Perfect Life',
and 'Fressia's Late Night Fantasy'. Kia Bennett is featuired on trhe mid tempo ' So Natural' and the slower 'Lifetime'. Sybil Thrasher (of Ramp) guest on the killer 2 stepper 'In Your Eyes' and the atmospheric 'Imagine'. Interesting and varied album.

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MAXWELL – BLACKSUMMERSNIGHT CD £13.95 CD LP £19.95
The long wait is over, 8 years since his last album Maxwell is back with probably his best album since that incredible debut. Like 'Urban Hang Suite' , this album needs to be listened to in its entirety to fully appreciate it, and it sounds retro but also very contemporary. The band are very tight and the musical content is high, with Maxwell 's soulful voice riding on the top. 'Bad Habit's and 'Cold' are horn backed semi-funky groovers. 'Help Somebody' and 'Stop The World' are groove ridden tracks that build to a crescendo, and the more upbeat 'Love You' will keep the feet movin. The slow mid tempo 'Pretty Things' allows Maxwell's soulful voice to really shine through, and the funky horn riffed instrumental 'Pheonix Rise' rounds things off nicely. Great album.

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MICHAEL OLATUJA – SPEAK CD £14.95
This amazing spiritually uplifting album was recorded in London 5 years ago but is only being released now, and it has that 'fresh' sound that records of that era had. It features some top UK singers and musicians inc Lynden David Hall, Eska, Terri Walker, Andrew Roachford, TY, Jason Rebello, Jean Toussaint, Femi Temowo etc. 'Hold On' ft LDH is a really nice D'Angelo style mid tempo, 'Little Sister' ft Terri Walker an organic stepper, 'Le Jardin' ft Onaje Jefferson is a Stevie infl inspiring ballad whilst the breezy jazzier 'Yi Yapada' ft Eska has rich keyboards and a deep groove. Alicia Olatuja ft on the mid tempo groover 'Unconditional' and the gospel 'Walk With Me'. Deep music that you can really feel.

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RAD – GETTING DOWN IS FREE CD £14.95
Vibrant album from the Californian vocalist and keyboard player who has made some consistently good underground funky soul albums over the past 15 years. As usual she has a great band backing her ft Fred Wesley, Patrice Rushen, Eric Leeds, Billy Johnson and David Garibaldi (T.O.P). ‘Getting Down Is Free’ is a really good uptempo funky soul jam that really grooves along., ‘If It’s Love That You’re Giving’ ft Patrice on vocals and keyboards is an upper mid tempo with a nice feel to it., Patrice also features on the funkier ‘Dukey Rd’, and ‘Under The Radar’ is a sultry semi funky track with a nice sax solo.
The more melodic and jazzier ‘Packed My Bags’ and ‘No One’ provide a nice contrast to the more hard hitting tracks. Great to have her back and hear all those great instruments. in full flow
also recommended ‘Higher Plane’ CD £14.95, East Babe CD £14.95 Make Every Second Count CD £14.95

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SOUND STYLISTICS – GREASIN THE WHEELS CD £13.95 LP £13.95
The Sound Stylistics debut CD is something of a cult set among Deep Funk fans. The follow-up should re-emphasize their position as one of the tightest Funk/ Jazz bands around comprising some of the UK's greatest session musicians. Totally instrumental, the album kicks into high gear with 'Tie One On', but the blistering 'The Crisis Generator' is as hot as mustard with blazing horns, infectious guitar riffs and wicked solos. 'The Taking Of Peckham 343' has a 70's TV cop show soundtrack feel, and the summer-ish upbeat feel of 'El Nino' harks back to the days of Light Of The World/ Mass Production/ Blackbyrds. Every track is a blast as the musicians seem to have a ball inspiring each other to greater heights. Sound Stylistics whilst being their own band take inspiration from the likes of early Kool And The Gang, Funk Inc and those great Hammond Prestige albums of the early 70's. Production is superb too.
Also highly recommended Play's Deep Funk CD £13.95

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TUOMO – REACHES OUT FOR YOU CD £14.95
Tuomo the soul singer from Finland has matured on his second album which is more consistently good than his debut. His updated take on classic 70's soul 2009 style has shades of Al, Curtis and Marvin all over it with real instruments horns and strings. 'Firsts' is a mid tempo groover infl by Al Green, 'Love And Friendship' a catchy string laden mid tempo, 'Fear of love' a string laden ballad, and 'Head Above The Water' is very apt for these times. The killer's though are the uptempo dancer 'Sweet With Me' with swirling strings and shades of Curtis, and 'reach Out For You' an atmospheric ballad that builds to a crescendo reminds me of Mike James Kirland's classic 'Hang On In There'. Good songs with a melody, this album can be compared to Jonas recent album in terms of style and quality.

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UNIFIED TRIBE – ON PURPOSE CD £14.95
Unified Tribe have established themselves as one of the leading underground soul bands of the decade.
Their powerhouse sound with lots of real instruments and multi vocalists brings bsack memories of the great bands of the late 70's/early 80's. The uptempo cuts like 'Get Up', 'Guilty', 'Alright' , 'I Don't Wanna Be In Love' and 'Movin On' will keep the feet moving. The mid tempo 'Monkey' and 'Intensions' also groove along nicely., and check the ballads 'Living Without You' and 'I'm Sorry'. Good time soul album


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JAMES DAY – NATURAL THING CD £12.95
Strong album in a more traditional soul style featuring guest vocals from Mikelyn Roderick, Gavin Christopher, Ian martin, Audrey Wheeler, Karen Bernod and Jeff Ramsey. The all star band features Walter Beasley, U-NAM amongst other known players. 'Speak Love' is a nice mid tempo floater, 'Happy on Hold' and 'Love Makes' are good mid tempo steppers. 'Sponsored By Love' is a great modern soul dancer, and 'Skin You're In' and 'If You Didn't (remix) are also good dancers. 'Natural Thing' and 'Any Kind Of love' are good ballads. Really nice soulful album.

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MELINDA DOOLITTLE COMING BACK TO YOU SOLD OUT
Former American idol contestant, diminutive but big voiced Melinda has one of those 'classic' soul voices and excels on her debut album, which features Betty Wright and while being contemporary is heavily influenced by the classic 60's and 70's southern/Florida soul sound. 'Fundamental Things' is a great upper mid tempo track, 'Declarations Of Love' is a stormer, and the excellent 'Coming Back To You' is a string laden mid tempo groover. 'Wonderful' the albums standout is a modern soul stepper, 'I'll Never Stop Loving You' a ballad with swirling strings' and the beat ballads 'It's Your Love', 'Best Of Everything' , 'If I'm Not In Love' and 'We Will Find A Way' are also strong. Really great voice and a nice album.
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LISA McCLENDON – REALITY CD £14.95
Lisa has established herself as one of the leading female vocalists of her generation making some great albums , her distinctive sweet voice harmonising with positive message lyrics over some nice organic grooves. The mid tempo groovers 'Let Go' , 'Please Help Me' and 'Thank You' will keep your feet moving., but it is on the slower tracks where Lisa's sweet voice really shines like on the outstanding 'Manifest' and 'Heaven' , and 'Who I Am' , 'Makeover' , 'Now I Get It' and 'Alright'.

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LISA SHAW – FREE CD £15.95
Lisa has built up a good reputation for up tempo soul and soulful house tracks over the past decade and this solid album can only enhance that. 'Honey' is a monster modern soul dancer that will set the floors alight, 'Free' is also a killer up tempo soulful dancer, and 'Feel' another good soulful dancer. 'I'am Okay' is a good mid tempo stepper and 'Sky High' and 'Better Days' are slightly slower mid tempo's. The rest of the album is mainly soulful house shifters the best of which are 'Like I Want To' , 'Can You See Him' , 'Find The Way' and 'All Night' . Nice album and definitely one for those who prefer their music with more tempo.

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TORTURED SOUL – DID YOU MISS ME CD £13.95
For upbeat dance grooves and beats, this one of the best albums out there at the moment. 'Home To You' kicks matters off with a fine upbeat Soul groove. 'Did You Miss Me' and the luscious 'Time To Make Up Your Mind' sustain the quality. 'Unsteady' has soulful groove, whilst 'We Like Tequila' adds a samba tilt to a jazzy groove. 'Special Lady' is a pumping tune – dancefloor magic and probably the strongest track on the album. Tortured Soul skilfully strike the balance between uptempo Soul and Garage, making this set unusual in that all the tracks are danceable – excellent basslines and kicking drums.


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WHISPERS – THANKFUL CD £14.95
The Whispers are one of the most popular vocal harmony group of all time, they return with their first ever gospel/soul album , produced by Magic, Fred Hammond and themselves. The album has their unique 'full' sound and the Scotty Brothers are in fine voice with beautiful harmonies. 'Walk With Me' is a great upper mid tempo dancer, 'For Thou Art With Me' , 'We Need You' and 'This Is How I Feel' are all good mid tempo songs. The ballads 'Did You Know', 'Who Could It Be' and 'Praise His Holy Name' are also strong. Really uplifting album with a message.
also recommended ‘For Your Ears only CD £9.95

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