25 classic Northern soul tracks on each CD, split by venues they were famous at. Excellent value.

NORTHERN SOUL STORY Vol 1 – Twisted Wheel : inc Lou Johnson ‘Magic Potion’ , James & Bobby Purify ‘Shake A Tail feather’ Major Lance ‘Ain’t No Soul’ ,Billy Butler ‘Right Track’, Lee Dorsey ‘Ride Your Pony’ and Bob Kuban ‘Cheater’.

NORTHERN SOUL STORY Vol 2 – Golden Torch :Lou Johnson ‘Unsatisfied’ , Roy Hamilton ‘Cracking Up Over you’, Phillip Mitchell ‘Free For All’, Robert Kinght ‘Love On A Mountain Top’and George Carrow ‘Angel Baby’

NORTHERN SOUL STORY Vol 3 – Blackpool Mecca : Morris C|hestnut ‘Too Darn Soulful’, Laura Green ‘Moonlight Music and you’, Philly Devotions ‘Just Cant Say Goodbye’, Aquarian Dream ‘Pheonix’ and Trammps ‘Hold Back The Night’.

NORTHERN SOUL STORY Vol 4 Wigan Casino : Tobi Legend ‘Time Will Pass You By’, Gerri Granger ‘I Go To Pieces’, Derek And Ray ‘Interplay’, Dean Courtney’ I’ll Always Need You’ and Percy Wiggins ‘It Didn’t Take much’.

WANTS LIST 3 CD £12.95 DBL LP £14.95
Another 17 classic two step, rare groove and modern soul gems from the 70's. Inc Archie Bell 'Harder And Harder', William Bell 'Man In The Street', Michelle Wiley 'Feels Good', Gloria Scott's non album track Just As Long As We Are Together', Betty Wright 'Smoother Me With Your Love', Ernie Hines 'Electrified Love', Vernon Burch 'Lovely Lady', Ken Williams 'Soft Music Sweet Lights and You' , Charles Drain 'Is This Really Love', Carl Davis 'Show Me The Way To Love', Betty Everett 'Wandering', Fatback band 'Feed Me Your Love', C B Overton 'If I Cant Stop' , Modulations 'It's Rough out Here' and Arnold Blair's classic 'Trying To Get To You. Brilliant.

TEARS FULL OF SOUL DBL CD £13.95
36 classic 70’s soul ballads. Highlights incl Marion Jarvis ‘hell Of A Fix’, Jean Carne ‘Do My Best’, Bobby Patterson ‘Right Place Wrong Time’, Jean Knight ‘Don’t Ask Me for 24 Hours’, Eleanore Mills ‘Telegram’, Lee Moses ‘I Cant Take no Chances’ , Susan Phillips ‘Hes Gone’, Odds And Ends ‘Talk That Talk’, Black Ivory ‘Time Is Love’, Ray Gant ‘Don’t Leave Me Baby’, Soul Generation ‘I Wonder What She’s Doing’ , Trumains ‘Girl Don’t Let Me Down’ and Tommy Keith ‘On The Real Side’

CAPITOL DISCO DBL CD £9.95
31 Tracks from capitol vaults although most of it isn’t disco. Inc Rance Allen ‘Peace Of mind’,
Barrett Strong ‘Man Up In The Sky’ and ‘Surrender’, Natalie Cole ‘Annie Mae’, Minnie Riperton
‘Adventures in Paradise’ and ‘Baby This Love I Have’, Maze ‘Southern Girl’ and Gene Dunlap ‘Party In Me’. Also check the Donna Washington, Gloria Jones and Tavares tracks.

KELLEYS SOUL HEROES CD £14.95
25 tracks from Ernest Kelly’s labels or productions from the 60’s to 90’s. Highlights are the dancers Solid Solution ‘Think About It Girl’, Sandra Richardson ‘Stay Here With Me’, Cletus Martland ‘Youre Gonna Miss Me’, Mike Jemison ‘You’ll Never Get love’, and ‘Special One’ Dynamics ‘You Can Make It If You Try’ and Sam Taylor ‘I Need A True Love’ and the nice 2 steppers Dee Edwards ‘I Can Deal With It’ and Barrett Strong ‘You Make Me Feel The Way I Do’ . Good comp.

VARIOUS ARTISTS WORLD'S RAREST FUNK 45'S VOL 2 CD £13.95
The second instalment in this series compiled by Quantic from Jazzman surpasses the excellence of the first volume. These underground classics have been discovered by the Deep Funk scene over the past 10 years or so. If you like JB inspired Funk with blaring horns, chugging guitars and walking basslines plus fatback drums, then this comp will appeal. 16 cuts including Rev Jamel & Bob Johnson's 'Walking On The Moon', Universals 'New Generation' and Afros Band 'Right On Right Off', 3rd Guitar 'Baby Don't Cry' Superb.

RED GREG –SOUNDS OF GREG CARMICHAEL DBL CD £9.95
Disco madness from the late 70’s/early 80’s featuring Greg’s distinctive ‘squeeky’ Synth sound.
Best tracks are Invitations ‘We Don’t Allow’ a great modern dancer, Sammy Gordon epic disco cut ‘Making Love’ , Inner life’s original TCT cut of ‘Im Caught Up’ , Tony Aiken/Future 2000 ‘better Days’ ,
Shiek ‘Finders Keeper’, Universal Robot Band ‘Dance And Shake Your Tambourine’ .

VARIOUS ARTISTS FANIA DJ SERIES: GILLES PETERSON DOUBLE CD £13.95
Another fine compilation from Fania in the DJ series, whereby respected DJs put together their favourite tracks from the label. 26 songs that epitomise the sound of the Fania, Tico, Alegre and Cotique labels. If you like that Nu Yorican sound, then this is as good as it gets. Personal favourites include Johnny Colon 'Ya Yi Ki', Ray Barretto 'Acid' and Sabu Martinez 'The Oracle'. This series is becoming a highly collectable history of these labels contribution to Latin Jazz.

VARIOUS ARTISTS – GOLDEN STATE FUNK CD £13.95
Excellent Funk compilation that contains tracks cut at the Golden State Recorders studio, 20 tracks documents raw and uncut Funk. Standouts include 87th Off Broadway’s driving ‘Why’ and the sassy soulful Funk of Jeanette Jones on ‘You’d Be Good For Me’. Try also San Francisco’s TKOs horn led ‘Acidlady’. Love the Temps like ‘Poor Sad Child’ from the Windjammers or the ultra rare ‘Are You Together For The New Day’ by the Love Experience’.