ANGELA JOHNSON – IT'S PERSONAL CD £13.95
Strong and accessible album of mainly uptempo grooves. The horn backed 'Hurts Like Hell', 'Be Myself' and 'Better' are horn backed upper mid tempo dancers which have a slight Incognito feel to them. The catchy 'On The Radio' is more uptempo featuring Josh Milan from Blaze has a Chaka influence, 'Get Myself Together' and 'It's Personal' are uptempo dancers with killer grooves. 'All In Me' is a nice ballad duet with Darien. Really good album

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COOL MILLION – BACK FOR MORE CD £14.95
Excellent album of good time 80’s soulful grooves featuring many vocalists from that era. ‘Sweet Baby’ ft Me’Lisa Morgan and ‘Back For More’ Ft Eugene Wilde, ‘Cool To Make A Million ft Leroy Burgess, ‘Come To Me’ ft Rena Scott and ‘Hurry Home’ Ft Yvonne Gage are great boogie dancers. The more mid tempo ‘Back Together’ ft Paul Mc Innes, ‘Making Love’ Ft Jenique ‘I See You’ ft Peggi Blu and ‘Loose’ ft Dee Dee Wilde will also keep your feet moving. Strong Bass Lines, Good Vocals, Very refreshing.

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COOL MILLION – TOM MOULTON SESSION CD £14.95
This is the remix of the ‘Going Out Tonight’ album and features great Tom Moulton mixes of ‘Musiq’, ‘Going Out Tonight’ and ‘Lift Me Up’ amongst others.

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TOM MOULTON SESSIONS

LIVE TROPICAL FISH – THE DAY IS TOO SHORT TO BE SELFISH CD £16.95
Brilliant new soul album from Italian group using real instrumentation and horns etc. It features some of the cream of new soul vocalists. 'Rather Uncomfortable Combinations' ft April Hill is a good uptempo dancer, 'Rubber Soul 'ft Omar a brassy uptempo groover, and 'Speak Easy' a funky soul groover ft Nick Rolfe. Alison Crockett features on the horn backed percussive uptempo jams 'Complete Me' and 'Slide Away', Maya Azucena on the pulsating 'Rising Bible' and Laurnea on the mid tempo floater 'Breathe Again. Deborah Jordan also features on three tracks. Vibrant Organic Soul.

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SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS – I LEARNED THE HARD WAY CD £13.95/ LP £17.95
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings has forged a unique sound within the Soul/ Funk fraternity.  Sharon’s powerful vocals and the band’s tight unity.  Soul tracks like ‘Without A Heart’, the ballad ‘Give It Back’ are the typical Dap Kings opener ‘The Game Gets Old’ are strong cuts as is the funky ‘Better Things’.

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SHADES OF A WOMAN CD £14.95
Charity record produced by Rex Rideout featuring some great mainly female vocalists inc Maysa, Ledisi, Angie Stone, Lalah Hathaway and Shanice along with Will Downing and Wayman Tisdale amongst others. standouts are 'More Betta' ft Angie Stone a quality head nodder with a nice feel to it, the mid tempo Bring It To Me ft Ledisi, and the foot taper 'Love Respect And Peace' ft Lauren Evans.
Quality mid tempo soul.

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THOMAS G – INFLUENCES CD £15.95
A Very 80's boogie influenced album from French Drummer, Songwriter and Producer. 'Say You'll Be', 'It's Gonna Be You' and 'Moody Moody' are boogie dancers featuring Swade on vocals, whilst the slightly slower 'Dreaming ft Thomas on vocals. The great 'Old School Orchestra' and 'Ice Cream' are nstrumental dancers influenced by late 70's disco jazz funk.. 'Seventies' could have come from a Blaxploitation movie or TV Cop Show. Good album.

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ERYKAH BADU – NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO RETURN OF THE ANKH CD £13.95
The second volume of New Amerykah, takes a more mainstream path than the left field volume one.  This is Erykah back to her Hip Hop Soul best.  Killer cuts include ‘Window Seat’, the jazzy tinged ‘Agitation’ and the gorgeous mid tempo ‘Turn Me Away’ that samples Sylvia Striplin’s ‘Can’t Turn Me Away’.  ‘Umm Hmm’ is both contemporary and old school, whilst ‘Fall In Love’ is another fine piece of Erykah.

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FLOYD TAYLOR – ALL OF ME CD £14.95
Floyd Taylor sounds like his old man Johnnie Taylor.  This mix of Southern style Soul and RnB will appeal to both sets of fans.  ‘All Of You All Of Me’ is a stand out mid/ slow jam.  ‘Everyone Celebrate’ is a fine head nodder, whilst ‘I Like The Way’ has more of an R&B slant.

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ANTHONY NICHOLSON – DESTINATION CD £14.95
Deep jazzy soulful House both vocal and instrumental from ex Ron Trent’s production partner, standouts include ‘So Good (Feel The Joy)’, ‘Your Love’, ‘Hot Sauce And Drama’, ‘Black Galaxy’ and ‘Go’.  For the lovers of Deep House music.

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BAMBOOS – 4 CD £11.95/ DOUBLE LP £14.95
Typically gritty modern day Funk, this Australian band has found their own niche within this highly subscribed market.  Kylie Auldist provides the gutsy vocals on many tracks like ‘On The Sly’, the flowing ‘Like Tears In Rain’ and the slowish ‘The Ghost’ with its strong horn runs.  ‘Turn It Up’ is full-on and funky, whilst the instrumental ‘Typhoon’ is fast furious and wicked Funk!

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