SWAMP DOGG'S SOUTHERN SOUL GIRLS CD £13.95
This CD features Sandra Phillip's classic deep soul album 'Too Many People In One Bed' along with eight Bette Williams singles, all recorded at Muscle Shoals in the early 70's. Sandra's 1970 album is heralded as one of the best female southern soul albums and incl the mid tempo 'Rescue Song' 'Ghost Of Myself' and 'My Man And Me' along with some great ballads 'After All I Am Your Wife', 'If You Get Him' and 'She Didn't Know (she Kept Talking) and the funky soul 'Some Mothers Son'. Bette's best moments are her versions of n'If You' and Doris Duke's 'If She's Your Wife' .

DEDICATED TO SOUL CD £12.95 (available from mid/late November)
16 Track compilation by former B&S writer David Nathan. Highlights are the Philly dancers Revelation 'Get Ready For This', Reflections 'Three Steps From True Love' and the 70's dancers Dynamic Superiors 'Face The Music' and New York Community Choir 'Make Every Day Count', the previously unissued Angela Bofill stepper 'All The Reasons Why'and mid tempo 'Love And Marriage' and the orchestrated big ballad 'Love Strong Enough To Move Mountain' by Martha Reeves. Also check the two Trina Brousard tracks from her unissued 1999 album. Nice comp

VILLAGE SOUL 2 CD £12.95 DBL LP £14.95 (FROM MID TO LATE DECEMBER)
Terry Jones second comp covers the spectrum of soul music covering decades from the 60's to now. The killer tracks are Aretha's classy early 80's 'Its Just Your Love' prod by Luther , Dells 'Bring Back The Love Of Yesterday' and Rose Royce 'Best Love'. Also check the British 70's modern soul dancers Midnight 'Keep On Walking' and Carl Douglas 'I Don't Care What People Say', ZZ Hill's uptempo take on 'Make Me Yours'. and Real Thing's cover of Jonnie Bristol 'Love Takes Tears'. Best of the recent tracks is Michael Proctor's 90's soulful house dancer 'Love Don't Live' and Adeva 'Don't Think About it'.

TALK TO THE RAIN-MAINSTREAM SOUL SURVEY CD £19.95
3rd instalment of Mainstream Soul Survey concentrates mainly on Group and male sweet soul from early to mid 70's..Includes the dancer Fabulous Determinations 'Has Love Been Here Before' plus sweet soul from Spectrum, Steptones, Chocolate Syrup, Terry Huff and Special Delivery, Spring, Charles Beverly and Larry Rice. Theres also a couple of funkier numbers from Preparations and Sho Nuff.

DISCO GIANTS 2CD £14.95
20 Boogie tracks inc Fatback 'I Found Lovin' , 9.9 'All Of Me For All Of You' , Cashflow 'Mine All Mine' , Jeffrey Osborne 'Plane Love', September 'The Lover In Me' , Tavares 'Got To Find My Way Back To You' , First Love 'Don't Say Goodnight' and O'Jays 'Put Our heads Together'. Party on down !

SOUL CHASERS VOL 1 & 2 £13.95 (EACH)
Limited quantites of these great comps that feature 14 Modern Soul and rare Groove tracks each. Vol 1 incl Jon Lucien 'Would You Believe', Gloria Scott 'Too Much Love Making', Michael Wycoff 'looking Up To You', Tyrone Daivs 'Never Stopped Loving You' , Magic Lady 'Hold Tight' Valareie Carter 'Trying To Get To You. Vol2 incl Ronn Matlock 'I Cant Forget About You' , Osamu Kitajima 'Say You Will', New Horizons 'I Cant Tell You' , Trumains 'Ripe For The Picking', Aretha Franklin 'It Only Happens', Eugene Record 'Overdose Of Joy' , Ujima 'Im Not Ready' . Classic soul.
VOL 1 VOL 2

MESSIN AROUND 5 DBLCD £14.95
Brilliant follow-up to last year's compilation (see below). Perry Louis and Adrian Gibson pull out all the stops on this selection including 8 unreleased tracks. Pick of these is the Latin shuffler 'Whatever You Dream' featuring Julie Dexter on vocals and Eddie Roberts' In, On And Out'. Excellent covers of 'Who Will Buy' (Sheila Landis), 'Snowflake' (Ronnie April's Positive Energy), 'I'll Bet You Thought I'd Never Find You' (Palimpset) compliment newer material from Sleepwalker 'Ai No Tabi', Quasimode 'Ipe Amarelo' and Nostalgia 77 'Wildflower'. 23 tracks that highlight the best in Jazz dance with a Latin and Funk twist. Essential.