NORMAN CONNORS – YOU ARE MY STARSHIP/ROMANTIC JOURNEY CD £12.95
You Are My starship is an all time classic feat Michael Henderson's deep soulful voice.  Michael duets with Phyllis Hyman on the great ballad 'We Both Need Each Other’. She feat on the cover of 'Betcha by Golly Wow' and makes it her own. .and gets a rare chance to add a scat vocal on the jazzier 'Just Imagine' an under played jazz dancer, Romantic Journey feat Prince Phillip Mitchell on the great string laden modern soul dancer 'Once I've been There' a fantastic slab of up-tempo soul. classic mid 70’s soul and jazz funk

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

DARWINS THEORY – DARWENS THEORY CD £11.95 LP £13.95
Really nice obscure unreleased album recorded in California from 1978. 'Keep On Smiling' is a good keyboard backed dancer , 'I Love Everything About You' is a modern soul dancer and 'On a Cloudy Night like this' anc upper mid tempo. 'Accept The truth a nice mid tempo floater was released as a rare 45 at the time. Good discovery.

VIEW ALL TITLES BY THIS ARTIST

VARIOUS ARTISTS - KEEP ON DANCING DBL CD £14.95
16 Disco and Boogie classics from the West End label. Highlights are Sounds Of Inner City ‘Mary Hartman Mary Hartman’, (Adam Cruz re-edit), Loose Joints ‘Is it All over my Face’ (female version), Stone ‘Girl I Like The Way That You Move’, Sparque ‘Lets Go Dancin’, Raw Silk ‘Do It To The Music’,  Barbara Mason ‘Another Man’, Brenda Taylor ‘You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It’, Taana Gardner ‘Heartbeat’, Edna Holt ‘Serious Sirius Space Party’ and the funkier Sesso Matto ‘Sesso Matto’. Keep On Dancing !

MANHATTANS – BLACK TIE/ LOVE TALK CD £12.95
These 2 classic albums are from 1979 and 1981 and on one CD.  Brilliant harmonies, great Soul, includes ballads like ‘Here Comes The Hurt Again’, ‘I Was Made For You’ and the superb ‘Let Your Love Come Down’.  Essential.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

LEROY BURGESS –THROWBACK VOL 2 SUGARHILL 83-86 CD £14.95
Second volume of tracks written and demo'd in the 80's but finished recently. Burgess has such a distinctive style of song writing, arranging and vocalising which is easily recognisable here. His versions of 'Shining (Venus Dodson), and 'Once You Got Me Goin (Logg) are boogie classics. 'It's the Weekend', 'Don't Stop' and 'Money Goin Out; are typically Burgess boogie tunes.
highly recommended Throwback Vol 1 CD £12.95 LP £14.95 Anthology Vol 1 & 2 £13.95 (each)

VIEW ALL TITLES BY THIS ARTIST

ALICE CLARK – COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS 1968-72 CD £13.95
Alice Clark’s Mainstream album from 1972 includes the brilliant modern soul dancers ‘Don’t You Care’ and ‘Never Did I Stop Loving You’ and the mid tempo dancer ‘Charms Of Arms Of Love’ and more uptempo ‘Hey Girl’. The Northern Soul dancer ‘You Hit Me Right Where It Hurt Me’ and the ballad ‘Say You’ll Never Leave Me’ are the best  of the 60’s sides.  Classic Soul.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

GEORGE JACKSON – ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE CD £14.95
Nice collection featuring 18 previously unreleased tracks recorded at Muscle Shoals in the 70’s from the great singer/song-writer. ‘Sweet Surrender’ is a brilliant modern soul dancer. ‘My Heart Wont Let Me Forget’ is good mid tempo, ‘Can I Take You Home Is an excellent melancholy ballad, and there good covers tracks he wrote ‘Play Something Pretty’ (for Johnnie Taylor) and ‘All Because of Your love’ (for Otis Clay) The punchy ‘There’s So Much More Where This Came from’ reflects on of amount of material this incredible talent recorded, with so little being released at the time.

Highly recommended George Jackson In Memphis CD £13.95

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

SPENCER WIGGINS – FEED THE FLAME – FAME AND XL RECORDINGS CD £13.95
22 Excellent slabs of Southern Soul, mostly unreleased at the time. ‘I’m At Breaking Point’ is a great horn backed dancer making waves at the moment; ‘Take Time To Love Your Woman’ is another good dancer. ‘Lets Talk It Over’ is a Northern Soul Dancer, and there are good covers of ‘Make Me Yours’ and ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’. ‘This Love Is Gonna Be True’ is a tremendous mid tempo, and the ballads ‘Your Kind Of Woman’ and ‘I Can’t Be Satisfied’ also score. Great late 60’s/early 70’s soul.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

VARIOUS ARTISTS - NORTHERN SOUL CLASSIEST RARITIES VOL 4 CD £13.95
Another 24 rare Northern soul cuts, highlights are Creations’ A Dream’, Tiara’s ‘Love Made A Convention’ , Salt And Pepper ‘A Man Of My Word’ Jesse Davis Band ‘Hang On In There Girl (inst), and Rudy Love And Company Soul ‘Suffering Wrath’.

STAPLES – FAMILY TREE CD £14.95
Produced by Eugene Record, this Staples album originally recorded for Warner Brothers in 1977 has that funky Soul feel, check the upbeat dancer ‘What You Doing Tonight’ and the infectious groove of ‘Hang Loose’.  ‘Color Me Higher’ is a grittier more traditional Staple Singers like tune.  Mavis’ voice is a stunning as ever.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

BRENDA AND THE TABULATIONS – I KEEP COMIN BACK FOR MORE CD £14.95
Powerful voiced lay, check the Modern Soul title song plus several great ballads that show her vocal ability to the max.  Standouts are ‘Let’s Go All The Way’ (original version of Gayle Adams’ gem0 and ‘Superstar’.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

VARIOUS ARTISTS – STEVE QUIRK'S FUSION FLAVOURS
DOUBLE CD £13.95
Legendary Smooth Jazz radio presenter Steve Quirk was the man behind the hugely successful Jazz FM compilations of the late 90s/ early 00s. His Fusion Flavours programme remains the best source for all that is happening in Smooth Jazz; the show is celebrating its 20th anniversary and to commemorate Steve has released this excellent CD. Classic smooth tracks like Mark Johnson's 'Daydreaming and Allon Sams' 'The Sun Will Shine' and Peter White's 'Midnight In Manhattan'. More recent gems include Annekei featuring Will Downing 'Days Like This', Blue Soul Groove '3 a.m' and Will Holton's 'Just The Two Of Us'. The best selection on the revived Jazz FM record label.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS LABEL

ESTHER PHILLIPS – CAPRICORN PRINCESS CD £14.95
Her last album for Kudu before Esther departed for pastures new at Mercury.  The killer tune is a version of Etta James’ classic ‘All The Way Down’, but there are good Disco interpretations of Jackie Wilson’s ‘Higher And Higher’ and Janis Ian’s ‘Boy I Really Tied One On’.


Also on vinyl £10
Check Esther Phillips’ ‘Anthology’ on Soul Brother Records for the best of her 70s and early 80s Soul. Work.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

AL GREEN – LOVE RITUAL CD £14.95
This selection of rare and previously unreleased tracks dates from his Hi records period and includes the popular Bwana mix of ‘Love Ritual’.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

VARIOUS ARTISTS – SAY HI TO NORTHERN SOUL – THE ULTIMATE DRIVING BEAT CD £12.95
Willie Mitchell productions for Hi records are legendary; this selection focuses on those that had a Northern Soul beat.  Check Wiilie Mitchell’s ‘The Champion’, Don Bryant ‘Coming On Strong’ and the funky Soul of Africano ‘Satisfactorize Your Mind’.

O V WRIGHT –A NICKEL & A NAIL & ACE OF SPADES CD £14.95
First time on CD for this classic 1971 album recorded for backbeat,  southern soul at its best.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

JEAN CARN –TRUST ME CD £15.95
Jean’s 1982 Motown album produced by Norman Connors incl her great version of the Philly classic ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’ and the bouncy more typically Motown ‘My Baby Loves Me’.  The Ballad ‘Better To Me’ and the uptempo ‘Steady On my Mind’ and ‘Don’t Let Me Slip Away’ also hit the mark.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

BOBBY JACKSON – THE CAFÉ EXTRA-ORDINAIRE STORY CD £13.95 LP £19.95
Bassist Bobby Jackson ran a ‘Jazz Café’ in Minneapolis.  This album recorded in July 1970 and released seven years later reflects the music played in the Café and by the session musicians who graced the stage.  The them is jazzy and modal  ‘Paul’s Ark’ and ‘Ya Kum Ba’ are fine modal tracks, whilst ‘Bobby’s Blues’ is more straight forward late 60’s style Hard Bop.  ‘Fluck Flick’ has a Freddie Hubbard (early CTI era) feel and ‘Ebonite’ is a flowing Jazz groove.  Due to restricted studio time, this album consists of ‘single take’ tracks.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

DAVID FATHEAD NEWMAN – MR FATHEAD CD £14.95
One of Newman’s mainstream Jazz Fusion albums contains several gems like the soulful ‘Dance With Me’, and the funkier ‘Ebo Man’.  On the more dance orientated Jazz Funk try his version of the O’Jays’ ‘I Love Music’ and the flowing ‘Groovin To The Music’.  ‘Mashooganah adds a more progressive touch whilst ‘You Got Style’ is a nice Jazz rendition of the ballad.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

MAIN INGREDIENT – READY FOR LOVE CD £15.95
Excellent Main Ingredient set from 1980, includes the jazzy Soul dancer ‘Think Positive’ plus a nice version of ‘Evil Ways’ and the lovely cover of Ben E King’s ‘Spoiled’.  The trio’s vocals are sublime throughout.   This is an under-rated gem.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

MARILYN SCOTT – DREAMS OF TOMORROW CD £14.95
Fine West Coast Soul album reflects the sound of the bay area of San Francisco.  The Tower Of Power horns contribute to that sound.  Includes a fine take on the Isleys’ ‘Highways Of My Life’.  Other highlights  are ‘Lets Talk About Love’ and ‘Lets Be Friends’.

VIEW ALL TITLES BY THIS ARTIST

PLEASURE – GIVE IT UP CD £15.95
Very different from the group’s releases on Fantasy, ‘Give It Up’ has a much more of a feel contemporary with its release date – 1982. Randy Hall supplies the vocals and Kashif adds  his distinctive synthesizer to the sound.  ‘Sending My Love’ has a powerful 80’s groove and ‘Give It Up’ has a nice catchy vibe and ‘Stone Love’ has a Benson like mellow groove and ‘All The Way’ is a strong mid-tempo Soul cut.  Nice set.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

MAIN INGREDIENT – READY FOR LOVE CD £15.95
Excellent Main Ingredient set from 1980, includes the jazzy Soul dancer ‘Think Positive’ plus a nice version of ‘Evil Ways’ and the lovely cover of Ben E King’s ‘Spoiled’.  The trio’s vocals are sublime throughout.   This is an under-rated gem.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

WYNDCHYMES – ARRIVAL CD £15.95
From 1982, this album includes a host of 80’s dancers like ‘Stylin Smilin Profilin’, ‘Checking Out Your Stuff’, and ‘Do It’.   ‘Love Has Come Again’, ‘Sending My Love’ and ‘Ain;’t It Good’ are nice 2 Step or mellow tunes.

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

STAPLE SINGERS – PASS IT ON CD £15.95
This 1976 album was co-produced by Curtis Mayfield and Rich Tufo;  it is an excellent set of funky Soul that combines Curtis’ magic with The Staple Singers inherent soulfulness.  Strong throughout it includes the 2 stepper ‘Love Me Love Me Love Me’, but if you like mid-tempo grooves then ‘Take This Love Of Mine’ is totally gorgeous. ‘The Real Thing Inside Of Me/ Party’ is more uptempo and ‘making Love’ is funky Soul at its best.
Original Vinyl  LP £15

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

STAPLE SINGERS – UNLOCK YOUR MIND CD £15.95
From 1978, ‘Unlock Your Mind’ was produced by Jerry Wexler and recorded at Muscle Shoals Studio.  The horns have that Muscle Shoals gritty sound for which the studio was so famous.

Original Vinyl LP £12

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

SONNY FORTUNE – WITH SOUND REASON CD £15.95
From 1979, this solid Fusion album from Fortune features several uptempo Jazz Funk gems including the driving 'Igbob's Shuffle'. Try also the groove laden 'Come In Out Of The Rain'. 'Afortunado' is a fine Latin tinged slice of Jazz Funk and 'Georgiana' is a slightly more subtle groove.
Original Vinyl LP £12

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST

SONNY FORTUNE –SEREGETI MINSTREL CD £15.95
Fantastic 1977 album featuring Sonny on Sax and Flute with a stellar line up. 'Bacchanal' is a great latin jazz stormer that really kicks off. Woody Shaw is featured on the Brilliant 'Afro Americans' which has a great groove, and the almost spiritual jazz dancer 'There's Nothing Small About Being Stupid'
The deeper Serengeti Minstrel conjours up images of Africa.
Original Vinyl LP £15

VIEW ALL TITLES FOR THIS ARTIST