ROY AYERS NO STRANGER TO LOVE CD £19.95 Original Vinyl LP £15
This 1979 album sees Roy in fine form with one of his most accessible albums. Check the wicked groove of 'Don't Let Our Love Slip Away' with its Jazz Funk sound and gorgeous bass line.. 'Don't Stop The Feeling' is a dance floor filler, whilst 'Shake Up Pack Up It's Up' is a typically infectious Roy Ayers groover. Personal favourite is the definitive (in our opinion) version of Bobby Caldwell's 'What You Won't Do For Love' awesome!



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ROY AYERS CHANGE UP THE GROOVE CD £11.95
Roy's excellent 1974 album from a time when he was better known from his vibes playing more than singing. 'Change Up The Groove' and the fantastic 'Fikisha' are great funky jazz instrumentals with some great musicianship. The struttin 'When Is Real Real' and 'Boogie Back' are mid tempo grooves. 'Senstize' is an atmospheric soul track featuring Wayne Garfield on vocals, and there are good instrumental covers of 'Feel Like Making Love' and Stevie's 'Don't You Worry About A Thing' . Good album



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DENNIS COFFEY LIVE WIRE: WESTBOUND YEARS 1975 78 CD £13.95
Detroit's Dennis Coffey is a guitarist who will always be associated with Motown and the Funk Brothers. He recorded several solo albums in the 70's, this compilation covers his Westbound recordings. 'Wings Of Fire' is an awesome jazzy groove, whilst 'Wild Child' has a breakbeat vibe. On the disco side check 'Gimme That Funk (7” version), and 'Give Me That Love'. 2 step fans will love 'Someone Special' a Rare Groove favourite and the lesser known instrumental 'High On Love'.

SOUL MESSAGES FROM DIMONA CD £15.95 DBL LP £17.95
16 Spiritual soul tracks recorded in Israel between 1975 and 1981 by Chicago and Detroit musicians along with native Black Hebrews. Soul Messengers tracks from their rare album are great especially the disco funk of 'Our Lord Our Savior' and the instrumental 'Victory' , the Kool and the Gang infl funky inst 'Heaven Of Heaven', the funky soul semi instrumental 'Burn Devil Burn' , the mid tempo ballad 'Gotta Proclaim' and the horn backed 'Equilibrium' with its uplighting harmonies. Tonistics 'Dimona' is a joyful horn backed mid tempo floater and 'Holding On' good uptempo funky soul. Sons Of The Kingdom 'Hey There' and 'Prince Of Zeal' have great harmonies. Very Interesting comp of uplifting 70's soul music.



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FINAL SOLUTION BROTHERMAN (ost) CD £15.95 LP £16.95
The previously unreleased soundtrack from a Blaxploitation film that was cancelled before shooting, recorded by a Chicago harmony soul group Final Solution in a similar style of the Notations. 'Brotherman' is a typical upper mid tempo Blaxploitation title song. 'Gotta Get Through To You' is a great almost 2 step mid tempo ballad, I'm Ready For Love' shoes off their harmonies to best effect, 'Never Coming Back Again' and 'Girl In My Life' are semi funky soul tracks, 'Where There's A Will' a good mid tempo and 'I Don't Care' and 'We Can Work It Out' are nice ballads. 'No Place To Run' is the funky instrumental 'Chase Scene' backdrop. Good album
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GROVER WASHINGTON JR SOUL BOX CD £11.95 Original Vinyl DBL LP £15
This set from 1973 preceded his classic 'Mister Magic'; originally a luxury double vinyl box set, the album shows the growing maturity of Grover as an artist and sax player. Two elongated covers of Soul cuts Marvin's 'Trouble Man' and the Temps 'Masterpiece' are funky Jazz opuses with wonderful orchestrations arranged by Bob James. 'Taurian Matador' is a little more leftfield but is still a superb cut. On Billie Holiday's 'Don't Explain', Grover's playing is particularly soulful; he was honing that warm sound that he was to become renowned for. Brilliant.



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ELLA WASHINGTON HE CALLED ME BABY CD £14.95
28 tracks from the deep soul singer recorded for Sound Stage 7 between 1967 and 1972, including nine previously unreleased. Ella possesses one of those great unique and powerful soul voices and excelled on ballads. Highlights are the great Womack ballad 'I Can't Afford To Lose Him', the Paul Kelly 'Starving For Love' the dead slow 'He Called Me Baby' which earned her a grammy nomination. Also check the big ballad 'Sit Down And Cry' and southern 'I Want To Walk Through This Life With You' and the mid tempo 'Stop Giving You My Man Away'. Best of the unreleased tracks are the Willie Hale written 'I'm Losing This Feeling' and 'Deeper'.
also available Original Vinyl LP 'Ella Washington' LP £40.
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TY KARIM COMPLETE TY KARIM CD £13.95
Ty Karim is known both for her 60's Northern soul monsters and her 70's modern soul and 2 steppers, all are included here plus some previously unreleased tracks. 'Lighten Up' is a killer 70's modern soul mid tempo dancer, the duet with George Griffin 'Keep On Doin Whatcha Doin' from 1980 is two step classic that also appeals To Modern soul fans, and there's a good unreleased version of Johnny Bristol/CB Overton 'If I Can't Stop', whilst 'It Takes Money' is more 80's boogie. The 60's tracks include some fantastic Northern Soul dancers like 'Lighten Up Baby' , 'You Really Make It Good To Me', 'You Just Don't Know', 'Help Me Get That Feeling Back Again and the crossover 'Wear Your Natural Baby' (the latter two recorded as Towana and Total Destruction), and the prev unreleased 'Ain't That Love Enough' which really tear it up. Very good compilation and a fitting tribute to an underground legend.

ORIGINAL EIGHT MILE WESTBOUND RECORDS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CD £13.95
20 Tracks documenting Detroit's Westbound label as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. Inc great soul tracks like Denise La Salle 'Trapped By A Thing Called Love' , Erasmus Hall 'Your Love Is My Desire' Clark Sisters 'You Brought The Sunshine Into my Life', Detroit Emeralds 'Feel The Need In me', Fantastic Four 'Alvin Stone' and Unique Blend's sought after modern soul dancer 'Yes I'm In Love'. Also the funkier side of the label is represented by Funkadelic 'I'll Bet You', Ohio Players 'Funky Worm', Robert Lowe 'Back To Funk'etc.

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ECCENTRIC SOUL TRAGAR AND NOTE LABLES DBL CD £23.95
50 Obscure raw soul tracks heralding from Atlanta recorded from 1968-76. Highlights are the 70's modern dancers Four Tracks 'Charade' and Young Divines 'Ain't That Sharp' and 'Deep In Your Heart', Eula Cooper's dancers 'Let Our Love Grow Higher' and 'Shake Daddy Shake' and her floater 'Try' and Nathan Wilkes dancer 'Strange Feeling'. Also check Sonia Ross orchestrated ballads 'Let Me Be Free' and 'Breaking My Heart', Langston And French 'Tumbling Down' and Tee Fletcher 'All Because Of You', and JJ Jones instrumental cover of James Brown 'I Can't Stand It'. Very Interesting comp.

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FIVE SPECIAL FIVE SPECIAL CD £14.95 Original Vinyl LP £15
Nice 1979 album that featured their big track 'Why Leave Us Alone' an orchestrated uptempo soul dancer with good harmonies and a relentless rhythm. Also includes a mid tempo groover 'It's A Beautiful Day', another dancer 'It's Such A groove Pt 11', 'Baby' which starts off slow then builds into a dancer and a good slow stepper 'You're Something Special'.

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TAKE ME TO THE RIVER SOUTHERN SOUL STORY 1961-77 3CD BOX £34.95
75 tracks with a 72 page booklet documenting the golden era of Southern Soul. Incl many of the major hits like Percy Sledge 'Man Loves A Woman', James Carr 'Dark End Of The Street', Otis Redding 'Try A little Tenderness', Etta James 'I'd Rather Go Blind' William Bell 'I Forgot To Be Your Lover', Luther Ingram 'If Loving You Is Wrong' Mille Jackson 'Hurts So Good' etcd along with many less well known but equally good tracks. Really Nicely presented, a good Christmas gift.


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