TRIBUTE TO FRANKIE BEVERLY AND MAZE CD £13.95
Much vaunted and hugely anticipated, this tribute album includes some great cover versions of one of our music's most popular groups. Every track hits home and is a fine tribute to Maze. Joe's 'Can't Get Over You' and Ledisi's 'Happy Feelings' are truly outstanding. Mary J Blige does a nice take on 'Before I Let Go' and Kem takes to 'The Golden Time Of Day'. Also check Raheem De Vaughn on 'We Are One' and Musiq Soul Child gives a smooth rendition of 'Silky Soul'. This is a wonderful slice of nostalgia.

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MARISA LINDSAY – DEEPER LOVE CD £13.95
Really good new album from sweet voiced Marisa, featuring a full band produced by Eddie Bullen. 'I Think I Want To Be In Love' is a great shuffling upper mid tempo groover with a distinctive hook. 'Joy' is an uptempo dancer with great soulful guitar licks (ala George Benson) that could be very popular at weekenders. The mid tempo groovers 'I Want You To Want Me' and 'Trippin With out Your Love' , the semi funky shuffler 'Free- A State Of Mind' and the organic head nodder 'Upswing' are also good and check the authentic skanking reggae 'Marisa Blues' which topped by her soulful voice is very unique.
Quality throughout , one of the best indie soul albums of the year so far.

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N'DAMBI – PINK ELEPHANT CD £14.95
One of our favourite contemporary soul artists makes her major label debut, produced and co-written by Leon Sylvers. This album shows N'Dambi in a more mature setting with some great lyrics and featuring her distinctive Texan voice. 'L.I.E.' and 'Can't Hardly Wait' are good uptempo grooves, 'What It Takes' is a mid tempo track with a catchy hook, and 'Nobody Jones' and the slower 'Take It Out' are typically N'Dambi mid tempo. The beat ballads 'Ooo Baby' and The One' and the melancholy 'Imitator' are also highlights. This strong album is a welcome return to form and will please her existing fans and probably gain her some new followers.
highly recommended 'Tunin up And Cosignin CD £12.95

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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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CHARLES WILSON – TROUBLED CHILD CD £13.95
Fantastic southern soul album recorded with a full band - real strings and horns and female backing vocals, that is real throwback to classic 70's soul. Charles powerful and emotive soulful voice dominates each track but the backing is incredible. The covers of Natural 4 'Love That Really Counts', Sam Dees 'Troubled Child' and Bob Marley's 'Is This Love' are brilliant. The mid tempo 'I Don't Want To Take A Chance', 'Where My Baby Went' and ' I Want to Shout About' and the ballad 'Someone Must Have' are also very good. Excellent album, probably the best of its style for many years, which will appeal to lovers of real southern soul.

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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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GUILTY PLEASURES – LOVE STORIES CD £13.95
Quality independent soul album featuring four good soulful vocalists. 'The One' ft Sol Edler is a nice modern soul mid tempo dancer , Sol also fronts the groove ridden mid tempo 'Soul'. Mycah Chevalier scores on the beat ballad 'I Wish', the mid tempo 'Urge' and the 2 stepper 'Meaningless Affair' and duets with Sol on the dreamy 'Anticipation'. The funky groove driven 'Naked' ft Jerrica White and Mycah
Nice album.

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YOLANDA JOHNSON – BREATHING CD £14.95
Yolanda built up a good following with her debut EP from 3 years ago and now returns with a full album.
She has a distinctive vulnerable voice with a good range and unique style, the album is varied from powerhouse to gentle. The highlights are the percussive up tempo groove of 'On The Inside' with great horns, the jazzy 'Living' with nice walking b lines, 'When I See You' an upper mid tempo dancer, 'Breathing' with has a good hook and ''Over You' a good mid tempo using a sample from O'Jays 'Family Reunion' . Strong and varied album.

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MELBA MOORE AND PHIL PERRY GIFT OF LOVE CD £13.95
Two great soul singers join together for an album of duets produced by Chris 'Big Dog' Davis, Preston Glass and David Narhan. The covers of the Motown classics 'Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing' and the more uptempo 'You're All I need To Get By' are the albums real killers. Phil co-wrote the bouncy uptempo 'Survival Kit', and Kim Waters guests on sax on The Spinners 'Sadie'and 'Give' (The Gift Of love) which are smooth soul at its best.

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JEFF MAJORS – SACRED EIGHT CD £16.95
Amazing gospel soul album by Harpist/arranger and produced Jeff, featuring a full orchestra (conducted by Dexter Wansel and recorded in Philadelphia) led by many guest vocalists. 'Here I Am' is a beautiful mid tempo ballad ft Oli Woodson's soulful vocals, 'Step in' is a Stepper dancer ft James Murphy on vocals, and the funkier 'Hit The Floor' ft Chuck Brown's vocals and Mandrill's horns. The uplifting 'My Body' ft Shirley Murdoch on vocals and swirlin strings, 'Broken Vessel' ft LeShell Griffin whilst the Sacred Voices front the atmospheric sax backed 'Move In' and string laden 'Be Free'. Interestingly different.

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K’Jon – Get Around CD £14.95
‘Get Around’ is a strong Soul/RnB set, with K’Jon’s vocals on point.  Tracks like the head nodder ‘I Get Around’, ‘Fa Sho’ and ‘Fly Away’ sustain a delicate balance between being contemporary and being sufficiently musical (in the traditional sense).

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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 - Soul Lounge vol 6  3CD £13.95
Another value for money 3CD set from Dome includes the previously unreleased Vivienne McKone ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Alright’ and Joslyn ‘Never Ending’ along with the popular Haggis Horns ‘The Traveller Pt 2’, George Duke ‘Sweet Baby’ , Heston ‘Radio’ Conya Doss ‘Starship’ and Eric Roberson ‘Change For Me (joey Negro Mix0 amongst the 40 tracks.

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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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SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS – 3RD GIFT STORY SONG AND SPIRIT
CD £14.95
New album from the Gospel/ Soul group incl a great upper mid tempo cover of Marvin's 'God Is Love'

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Be Be & Ce Ce Winans – Still CD £14.95
Nice Gospel album that has a soulful vibe.  Check ‘Close To You’ and the upbeat ‘Reason To Dance’.  Try also the beautiful ‘The Garden’.

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Baker Brothers – Avid Sounds CD £13.95
This album of covers is getting considerable props, try the versions of Banbarra’s ‘Shack Up’, Manzel’s Space Funk’, ‘Rock creek Park’ and the vocal ‘Family Tree’ featuring Vanessa Freeman.

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Soul Sugar -  Nothing But The Truth CD £13.95
From the Freestyle comes this Hammond led set of grooves.  Check the soundtrack-ish ‘Ritual’, the gritty take of Lonnie Smith’s ‘Play It Back’.  Love the eastern flavoured ‘Sagittarius’

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Speak Low – Hands Up CD £ 14.95
Hammond led Jazz from the Love Monk label ‘I Don’t Need No..What’ and the funky ‘Unusual Tatami’.  Try also the inventive covers of ‘Papa Don’t Take No Mess’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’.  Great horns.

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Mama’s Gun – Routes to Riches CD £12.95
Includes the killer ‘Let’s Find A Way’ and ‘Pots Of Gold’, the rest of the album has an old style R&B feel with Rock tinges.

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BEBEL GILBERTO – ALL IN ONE
CD £13.95
Fine mainly downtempo set of Brazilian tunes, check the superb 'Bim Bam' and 'Sun Is Shining'.Turn And Run' & 'Two Steps' with the Funk of 'Got The Hunger' & 'Hesitate'.

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ALICE RUSSELL – POT OF GOLD
CD £13.95
Popular UK vocalist mixes 60's style Soul – 'Turn And Run' & 'Two Steps' with the Funk of 'Got The Hunger' & 'Hesitate'.

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