Various Artists – Astral22 Presents Imperial Progressive Soul Collection CD £14.95
Excellent compilation featuring mainly up and upper mid tempo lush contemporary independent soul tracks, arranged and produced by Astral22, who also plays most of the instruments. Highlights are the dancers Mz Pat ‘Fair Play’, Katie Cole ‘Think About It’ and Lenora Jaye ‘Silent Prayer’, the mid tempo Rogiers ‘the Reason’, Lasonya Gunter Ready For Love’ and Stephanie Renee ‘Imperial Theme’. The Astral22 rework of Rena Scott ‘In This Life’, Heidi Martin ‘Ism’, Simone ‘Starting Over’ and Shuane ‘Make Me Wanna Fly’ give the songs a lift with good mid tempo grooves. This comp has a feel good feel to it, it flows well and is one of the best new soul comps in recent years.

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SOUL TOGETHERNESS 2009 CD £12.95 DBL LP £14.95
The annual Soul Togetherness comp is always one of the highlights of the year and 2009 is no exception. Highlights are Root Soul ft Leon King 'My Dream Came True', an outstanding mid tempo stepper with great strings and horns, the modern soul dancers Tyrone Lee 'Time Of Your Life', Jovonnie 'Was She Worth It' and Victor Haynes '2Nd Opinion' and the Marvin Influenced mid tempo dancer 45 ft Jimmy Abney 'Nothing Feels Better Than You'. Joey Negro's Los Charly's Orchestra 'Some Of The Things' is a good Boogie dancer and there's the Late 70's dancer Tavares 'Only One Need To Love' and Impressions mid tempo 'This Time'. Good uplifting music.
also available Soul Togetherness 2000-2008 CD £13.95 DBL LP £14.95 (not all vols on LP now)

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INDEPENDENT SOUL DIVAS VOL 2 CD £11.95
Excellent 16 track comp featuring many exclusive tracks along with a few highlights from recent independent soul albums. Best of the new tracks are Kelli Sae 'You're All I Need' and Aura Jackson 'Walk After U', nice mid tempo dancers. The soulful mid tempo steppers Lenora Jaye 'Times Are Hard', Adina Howard 'What Do I Do' and Rena Scott 'You Keep Trippin' are also great and theres Lori Jenaire 'Better' and Razzberry 'Can't Call' a mid tempo soul /R&B slow jam. Also incl great tracks from recent Kendra Ross, Melissa Young, Rachael Brown and Tracy Cruz albums.

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SOUL UNSIGNED VOL 3 CD £11.95
Third volume of Phil Drivers series highlighting independent soul and jazz artists maintains the quality of the first two. Highlights are Richard Alexander Davis 'You've Changed', J Stever 'Music', Excellent Gentleman 'Freaky' and Cool Million 'Next To Me' are good modern soul dancers. Alessia Piemarini 'Don't Step On My Flower' is an organic soul groover whilst Candycream 'Give Love A Chance' is a really nice mid tempo floater. Constituents 'Love' has a 70's soul sound to it, and Unified Tribe 'Get Up' is more 80's influenced. Roman Andren 'Amber Lady' is a good flute led driving jazz fusion instrumental .
Good Comp.
Also available soul unsigned vol 1 & 2 CD £11.95 (each)

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – 4 HERO PRESENTS EXTENSIONS CD £11.95/ DOUBLE VINYL £15.95
A compilation of original previously unreleased cover versions of their music, reinterpreted by a selection of hand picked artists. Cinematic and Dynamic Nu-Jazz, featuring Sonar Kollektiv Orchestra, Christian Prommer's Drum Lesson, Re:Jazz and the Landau Orchestra. Several of the tracks have similar vibe to their last album 'Play With The Changes', for example Sonar Kollectiv Orch's 'Universal Love 'and Nu Tropic's 'Why Don't You Talk'. Fusing contemporary influences with classic orchestral sounds like MFSB/ Salsoul Orch. Christian Badzura & The Liverpool Session Orchestra's 'Sophia' illustrate this perfectly. Check also the jazzy 'People Always Criticize Us from Vince Vella's Cuban Collective.


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SOUL DISCOVERY CD £14.95
Compilation from UK's Mick O'Donnell featuring 17 recent southern soul gems. Highlights are the ballads Fathers Children 'If I' , Carl Marshall 'Good Lovin Will Make You Cry', Controllers 'Still In my Heart', Clarence Bobbins/Omar Cunningham 'Don't Give Up On me (remix)', Kashious 'Waiting For Your Phone Call', Stephanie Pickett 'Run'n' and Marcell and The Truth 'Communicate'. and Doktu Rhute/Roy Hightower mid tempo dancer 'Trumping My Ace'. good comp

SISTER BOSSA VOL 8 CD £16.95
This Strong selection of cool jazzy cuts with a Brazilian slant covers a wide spectrum of styles and traverses several eras musically.  Love the driving ‘Deep Down In My Soul’ with its tremendously powerful groove.  On the Italian style Jazz tip check the percussive ‘Yeah’ by Modulo 6 and Aaron Tesser and The New Jazz Affair’s languid ‘Everlasting Rose’.  Italian Secret Service’s ‘Control Yourself’ is an intriguing mix of Jazz, Funk and Brazilian with an intoxicating flute lead and catchy chorus.  Nu Braz’s ‘Aeromonica’ (Soulstance Bit Mix) and Kaleido’s ‘Pais Brasilero’ have a more contemporary dance vibe.  Released by Italian label Irma, several of the tracks have a House/ Dance tinge – vibrant and will get a party moving.

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Various Artists -  The Contemporary Soul Songbook Volume 1 CD £11.95
Quality modern soul comp featuring tracks many of the top independent soul albums over the past couple of years. Highlights are the modern soul dancers Ashanti Munir 'I'm Staying Home Tonight '(remix) , Eddie Sea ft Aaron Sledge 'India', and Woody Cunningham 'Never Say Never', and the mid tempo Lenora Jaye 'Living For Today' , Tammy Harris 'Come Over', Nash Reed 'Saying Less' and Sophia Nelson 'Over'. There are also a lot of quality ballads from Antionette, Trish Andrews, Tracy Harris, Razzberry, Arlena Jane and Kola. Nice selection of sophisticated modern day soul.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – SOUND OF JAZZ FM 2009 VOLUME 2 DOUBLE CD £14.95
Second volume of this excellent series sustains the quality of the first one. Includes Luther Vandross 'She's So Good To Me', Jessy J 'Tequila Moon', Harvey Mason 'What's Going On', Carl Anderson 'Buttercup', Manhattan Transfer 'Spice Of Life'….30 tracks in all.

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LEON WARE AND FRIENDS CD £12.95
19 tracks either sung, written or produced by the charismatic Leon, which contains some overlooked but golden nuggets. Leon's songs have a really distinctive style with great melodies and arrangements. Highlights are his own atmospheric 'It's Your World', 'Everywhere Inside Of Me' and 'Girl Girl Girl'. Syretta 'I Don't Know' is a fantastic mid tempo stepper, Chuck Jackson 'No Tricks' a good dancer, Jerry Butler 'Thank You Early Bird' a shuffler and Michael Wycoff 'Looking up To You' a classic. The 2 steppers Shadow 'I Cant Hold Back', Thelma Jones 'I Can Dream' Minnie Riperton 'Can You Feel What I'm Saying' and Booker T 'I Came To Love You' are also very good. Great showcase of an underrated genius.
Also highly recommended Musical Massage CD £12.95



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MASTERPIECES OF MODERN SOUL VOL 2 CD £13.95
Great comp featuring 24 either in demand or previously unreleased slabs of modern soul. Highlights are many incl the dancers Ty Karim 'Lighten Up' , Grover Mitchell 'Whatever Hurts', Johnny Watson 'It's Better To Cry', Pretenders 'A Broken Heart', Bobby Burn 'I'm A Dreamer', Laura Lee' Bobby Burn 'I'm A Dreamer', Laura Lee' Your Song' , Mayberry Movement 'I Can See Him Loving You' , Checkmates Ltd ' Take All The Time You Need', Chargers 'You Gotta Be A Lady' and the unissued Brenda Wayne 'More Than Just Somebody I Know' . Also inc Freddie Hubbard ft Jeanie Tracy classic 'You're Gonna Loose Me' and a great unreleased Darrow Fletcher stepper 'I Hope For Love'. Essential
also recommended Masterpieces Of Modern Soul Vol 1 CD £13.95

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100 CLUB ANNIVERSARY SINGLES 6T'S 1979-2009 CD £13.95
Great comp featuring 24 of the limited edition previously unissued 45's used the mark the 6T's anniversary events. All the tracks are great 60's Northern Soul dancers, highlights incl Mary Love 'Hey Stoney face', Melba Moore 'Magic Touch', Platters 'Not my Girl', Carla Thomas 'Never Stop Loving You', Chuck Jackson 'What's With This Loneliness', Phil Terrell 'Love Ahs Passed me By', John Edwards 'Ain't That Good Enough', Sharon Scott 'Lock and Key', Johnnie Taylor 'Please Let Me in', Garland Green 'Come Through Me', Devonnes 'Doin The Gittin Up', Charmaines 'I Don't Wanna Loose Him' and Jackie Day 'Get To Steppin'. Great Introduction to the 6T's scene.

VARIOUS ARTISTS – JAZZ BIZNIZ VOL 4 CD £12.95/ LP £13.95
Fourth volume in this excellent series continues the journey through a broad spectrum of music that 'Jazz dance' encompasses. Love the modal waltz 'Dancer' by Gregory Charles Royal or the multi-paced Latin romp 'Schizophrenia' by Cirius B. Lovers of 70's Jazz Funk should appreciate LaMont Johnson's 'Benign Beginning' and Motivators' 'Jobu' is Disco Jazz of the highest quality – check the b line. Lillian Alexander's 'A Dream Without You' hits a soulful Jazz groove with female vocal and catchy hook. Teo'Dore will appeal to (modern) Soul lovers. Najite Olokun Pro 'Honesty' is a wonderful atmospheric African tinged groover. A fine compilation.



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VARIOUS ARTISTS – BRIDGE INTO THE NEW AGE CD £13.95
This excellent spiritual Jazz compilation from BGP focuses primarily on early 70's tracks from Prestige and Milestone. Joe Henderson contributes two wicked cuts 'Tress-Cun-De-O-La' and 'Fire', the latter with Alice Coltrane. The album includes classic like Gary Bartz's 'I've Known Rivers' and Norman Connors' 'Mother Of the Future' featuring Jean Carn. Jean also sings on Azar Lawrence's superb 'Bridge Into The New Age'. Bayete's 'Free Angela' and Idris Muhammad 'Peace' are wicked cuts. The tracks are united in having glowing basslines and reflect a post civil rights optimism mixed with the air of liberation and righteousness. One of the best Jazz comps this year.

NIGHTTIME LOVERS VOL 10 DBL CD £18.95
36 Early 80's boogie tracks spread across 2CD's. incl Jimmy Williams 'All Of My Lovin', Candy Bowman 'I Wanna Feel Your Love', Richard Jon Smith 'Baby's Got Another', Angela Bofill 'Can't Slow Down', Legacy 'Word Up', Jones Girls 'On Target', Jeff Lorber 'Best Part Of The Night' (ft Gavin Christopher), Glass 'Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat', Elaine And Ellen 'Fill me Up' and a very early Keith Sweat track 'My Mind Is Made Up'.
CD is a mixed with 23 tracks featuring many tracks from earlier volumes giving up a near 80 mins party.


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NIGHTTIME LOVERS VOL 11 CD £15.95
Another strong compilation featuring 14 full length 80's boogie tunes in this consistent series. Highlights are Barbara Fowler 'Come Get My Lovin' , Steve Shelto 'Don't You Give Your Love Away', Linda Taylor 'In The Pocket', Superior Movement 'Wide Shot', Phyllis St James 'Ain't No Turning Back', Ron Banks 'My Love Is For Real', Darlene Davis 'I Found Love' and Tony Lee 'Love Is So Deep'.


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CAN YOU DIG IT –DBL CD £14.95 DBL LP VOL 1 AND VOL 2 £14.95 each
Great compilation featuring 31 tracks from Black Action films from 1969-75. Along with the classics like 'Shaft', 'Across 110th Street', 'Freddie Dead', 'T Plays It Cool' and 'Foxy Brown' are also rarer and more in demand tracks like Gene Page 'Blacula', Quincy Jones 'They Call Me Mr Tibbs', Don Julian 'Lay It On Your Head', Edwin Starr 'Easin In', Roy Ayers 'Coffy', JJ Johnson 'Willie's Chase', Dennis Coffey 'Black Belt Jones', Gordon Staples 'Strung Out' EWF 'Sweet Sweetbacks Theme' and Blackbyrds 'Wilfred's Gone'. Probably the best and most comprehensive comp of funky soundtracks
For a list of Funky Soundtracks original Vinyl LP’s see pg 16.

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PHILADELPHIA SOUL RARITIES VOL 2 £13.95
Another 17 tracks (inc 12 previously unreleased from Weldon McDougall 111 Universal love productions recorded at Sigma sound Philadelphia mainly in the 70's. Barbara Mason's ballad 'I am Your Woman She is Your Life' and Irma Jackson/Larks 60's dancer 'Without You Baby' but the best tracks are the unreleased gems by The Three 3P's/MFSB 'Would You Believe Me' (also Gerri Granger's version), a killer philly dancer, Barabra Cole '79 dancer 'No Other Love' and Rhonda Berg 2 stepper 'Willing To Bet Cha' and dancer 'Come Share My Umbrella'. Gerri Granger also scores on the ballad 'Why Can't You Be Nice To Me' and Weldon teams up with Dahlia for the string laden mid tempo shuffler 'Lover Man'.



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Various Artists – 101 Northern Soul Anthems 4 x CDs £15.95
Almost the definitive Northern Soul compilation, these 101 tracks include some of the greatest Northern tracks of all-time here’s a taste:-

Dobie Gray – Out On The Floor
Al Wilson – Snake
Chuck Woods – Seven Days Too Long
Willie Tee – Walkin Up A One-Way Street
Jimmy Radcliffe  - Long After Tonight Is All Over
Tobi Legend – Time Will Pass You By
Dean Parrish – I’m On My Way
Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
Gloria Jones – Tainted Love
Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You
Rodger Collins – You Sexy Sugar Plum
Larry Williams & Johnny Guitar Watson – Too Late
Earl Wright Orchestra – Thumb A Ride

+ much more.  An essential musical guide to Northern Soul.

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DON'T STOP RECORDING TAP CD £15.95
Good underground early 80's boogie comp from the relatively unknown NY Tap label. The standout is the string laden 'Philly' style dancer Jackie Stoudermire 'Invisible Wind' a fantastic unknown track to get crowd going. Jackie also contributes the modern soul dancer 'Guilty' and 80's boogie 'Don't Stop Dancing' and 'Run Away Hide'. Arnie Love and Lovettes (later known as Arnie's Love) 'We've Had Enough', 'Breakout' and 'Stop and Make Up Your Mind' are good brassy 80's boogie dancers. There are even a couple of early hip hop (ala Sugar hill gang) tracks thrown in for good measure. Nice comp.

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Various Artists – Mellow Groove Volume 2 CD £6.95
Incl Gregory Abbot ‘Shake You Down’, Stanley Clarke with Howard Hewitt ‘Heaven Sent You’, Luther Vandross ‘My Sensitivity’, Jon Lucien ‘Love Everlasting’, Isley Brothers ‘Here We Go Again’ plus more

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Various Artists – 70’s Soul Volume 2 CD £6.95
Incl Niteflyte ‘If You Want It, Norman Connors ‘Once I’ve Been There’, Al Matthews ‘Fool’, Modulations ‘It’s Rough Out Here’, Bill Harris ‘Am I Cold Am I Hot’, Evelyn Champagne King ‘I Don’t Know If It’s Right’ plus more.

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Various Artists – 80’s Soul Volume 2 CD £6.95
Incl Krystol ‘After The Dance Is Through’, Gary Bartz ‘Keep Going On’, Glenn Jones ‘Meet Me Halfway There’, Phyllis Hyman ‘don’t Tell Me Tell Her’ plus more.

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Various Artists – Rare Groove CD £6.95
Includes tracks lke Breakwater’s Say You Love Me Girl’, Martine Girault ‘Revival (Rebirth Edit), Locksmith ‘Far Beyond’, Edna Wright ‘Oops Here I Go Again’.  

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TOMMY STEWART –MAKE HAPPY MUSIC (COMP) CD £11.95
Good compilation of Tommy Stewart productions dating from 1973-81. Incl his classics 'Bump and Hustle Music' and 'Fulton County line' along with many rare 12” that he produced. The 'slow disco' Crème De Coco 'Disco Strut' along with the faster Sherman Hunter 'Dancing In The Avenue' , 3rd World Band ' Disco Hop' , Stevo 'Pay The Price' Hambone 'Big Fat Juicy Fun', Moses 'Something About You' and Spirit of Atlanta 'Messing Around' are the highlights on this 'happy music' comp.

VARIOUS ARTISTS THE SOUL OF HIP-HOP CD £9.95
14 tracks that have been sampled or used by Hip-Hop producers. The tracks like Emotions 'Blind Alley, Booker T & the MGs 'Melting Pot and 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth' is just superb. Other gems include David Porter's 'I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over', Little Milton slowish 'Packed Up And Took My Mind'. And William Bell's soulful ballad 'I Forgot To Be Your Lover'.

Various Artists –Superbreaks – return to the old school £13.95 DBL LP £16.95
Great comp featuring some old school classics whose breakbeats help establish hip hop in the 70’s. Many of these tracks are more famous for their ‘breaks’ but are great tracks in their own right. 18 tracks incl JB’s ‘Blow Your Head’, Jimmy Castor ‘its Just Begun’, Magic Disco Machine ‘Scratchin’, Incredible Bongo Band ‘Apache’, New Birth ‘Got To Get A Knutt’, Freedom ‘Get up And Dance’, James Brown ‘Funky President’, Dyke And The Blazers ‘Let a Woman Be A Woman’, Shirley Ellis ‘Clapping Song’, Creative Source ‘Who Is He’ and more.

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