WEEK 34: …. Soul Brother wish you a great bank holiday weekend
BANK HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday we are open as usual – Saturday: 10 a.m to 7 p.m, Sunday 11 a.m to 5 p.m. We are closed Bank Holiday Monday 30th August.
Geno Young should be here finally on Friday, my apologies for the delay due to an elongated shipping time from USA.
Kirk Whalum’s tribute to Donny Hathaway takes pride of place as album of the week and just pips the Mop Mop album which is also great.
Nectareen are a local group from South West London and if you like the Average White Band, then check them out. Oli Silk is another Brit and he is doing well on the West Coast Smooth Jazz scene; his third solo set is just in.
Archie Bell And The Drells’ ‘Dance Your Troubles Away’ is a fine Philly album with dancers like ‘Soul City Walk’ and the wonderful ‘Let’s Groove’.
Other reissues of note are Jaki Graham’s ‘Breaking Away’ and two Catalyst two albums on one CD.
On the compilation front, there are three of note. The Tom Moulton mixes of tracks from the Philly Groove label is a must, whilst ‘The Gospel Truth’ and ‘Deep Shadows – The Best Of Kent Ballads’ are both superb collections.
UPDATE OF SITE. SOUNDCLIPS
We have updated our website, so that each CD has its own page. We are gradually putting the reviews and soundclips onto the site. About 1,500 are on so far with all of the most recent releases and reissues covered. It is easy to access through the quick search facility, key in the artist and or title, then click on ‘view’ in the ‘review/audio’ column, and the individual page for that title will display. Please bear with us as regards those titles that do not have clips/ reviews at present. Please use the Quick Seacrh facility at the top right of the mailer.
SALE CDs £5 each or 3 for £10
We are extending our CD sale of 1,000s of CDs in store. This clearance sale is proving very popular customers, so we are continually adding titles. So pop on down to Keswick Road and pick up a bargain or two or three – applies in-store only.
CHIC FEATURING NILE RODGERS AT THE INDIGO O2.
FRIDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER
Join us at the Indigo 02 for a performance of Chic greatest tunes. We anticipate having a stall selling CDs at the event, so come over and say hello.
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SOUL ON YOUR RADIO
Soul Brother Selection repeat show changed time on Sunday…….Our popular Radio show on Solar Radio has moved to a Thursday (from Tuesday)- at the same time 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The repeat of the show remains at Sunday mornings 4 a.m. to 6 a.m.
JAZZ FM Check the revamped station on DAB, Internet, Sky. See www.jazzfm.com for how to hear. Ralph Tee, Robbie Vincent, Pete Young, Mike Vitti – definitely worth tuning into.
COLOURFUL RADIO – SOUL ON DAB IN LONDON Colourful radio playing classic and new soul and Jazz is now on DAB in London, elsewhere on sky/www. Colourful radio.com good line up of DJ’s inc Chris Phillips, Femi Fem, Gordon Mac, Mistri etc. With Jazz Fm, Solar and others we now have the best coverage of our music for a long time. Soul Brother support the station by sponsoring two shows on the station: Soul Food (Sundays 1 p.m – 3 p.m) and Midnight Encounter (Tuesday Mornings Midnight – 2 a.m) presented by Wes Berwise. Full details www.iamcolourful.com.
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 HOT THIS WEEK - IN TODAY (week ending 27th August 2010) |
 ALBUM OF THE WEEK
KIRK WHALUM – EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING CD £16.95
Kirk's tribute to the late and great Donny Hathaway pays homage to one of music great songwriters, singers and performers. Whalum's soulful sax captures the spirit of Hathaway's songs especially powerful is 'Someday We'll Be Free'. Try also the breezy take on 'Love Love Love' and the smoothest of jazzy takes on 'Valdez In The Country'. The groove of the inspirational 'Voices Inside/ Everything Is Everything'. The tribute/ covers CD had started to become too formularized, but then you hear Kirk's Donny tribute and you are listening to a master interpreting a master. Brilliant.
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 GENO YOUNG – EAR HUSTLER CD £12.95
Contemporary Urban/Neo-soul album from the Texan singer/song writer/producer. Incl the beautiful mid tempo beat ballad 'Gladys' that builds as it progresses with horn backing and so soulful vocals, great track.
'Shoulda' has a nice feel with a good song structure, 'I Can See' ft Sy Smith is a midtempo beater, and 'All I Have' an organic soul stepper. also check the mid tempo 'I Wish (she was my girl)'. Varied album.
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 MOP MOP – RITUAL OF THE SAVAGE CD £13.95
Vibrant new jazz and soul album from Italy, featuring some great musicians and the voices of Miss Baby Sol and Alan Farrington. 'Destination' has a shuffling driving beat, walking bass line, off beat vocals and a good vibes solo from Pasquale Mirra who stars throughout. 'Blue Soul' is a chilled out neo-soul head nodder, 'African Freedom' has an incessant beat that builds to a crescendo with great solos. 'Naja Haje' and 'Hot Pot' are good uptempo jazz instrumentals. Really good album that takes a couple of spins to really get into.
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 OLI SILK – ALL WE NEED CD £16.95
British born Smooth Jazz keyboard player is rapidly gaining a reputation in the US with his brand of funky grooves. That slight edge is to the forefront on cuts such as the flowing 'LA To London' and the heavier 'Latin Haze'. The strong compositions are a feature of 'All We Need'. 'Bring Back Those Days' has a catchy chorus and an early 80's feel, whilst 'Don't Know About Love' is an infectious riff-laden cut with superb female lead vocal.
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 NECTAREEN - TAKE A BITE CD £9.95
British group of session musicians have produce this very pleasant selection of Funk and Jazz Funk grooves. There is more than a hint of the Average White Band to the album and the songs. The playing and production are especially strong as is the interesting twist they give to Charles Mingus’ ‘Moanin’. Try also ‘Take A Bite’, ‘Tear It Up’ and ‘Campello’. Good album.
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 VARIOUS ARTISTS – CLUB SOUTHERN SOUL VOLUME 1 CD £15.95
From CDS Records, twelve tracks of modern day Southern Soul. Vocally strong try The Real Brown Sugar’s ‘Jimmy’ or Uvee Hughes’ ‘Maintenance Man’.
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ESSENTIAL REISSUES
 ARCHIE BELL –DANCE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY CD £6.95
Classic 1975 album incl the infectious dancers ‘Lets Groove’, ‘Soul City Walk’, the more mid tempo dancer ‘Dance All Your Troubles Away’ and the ballads ‘I Won’t Leave You Honey Never’, and ‘I Love You And You Don’t Even know It’.
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 JAKI GRAHAM – BREAKING AWAY CD £11.95
Her follow-up to ‘Heaven Knows’, this album from 1986 included the hits ‘Breaking Away’, ‘Set Me Free’ and the duet with David Grant ‘Mated’. Her vocals sound stunning a quarter of a century later, though the production is commercial and reflects the mid 80’s sound.
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  CATALYST – COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL 1 CD £15.95
CATALYST – COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL 2 CD £15.95
Recorded for Cobblestone/ Muse, these four albums from the early 70’s are at the heavier end of funky Jazz. Volume 1 comprises the two albums: ‘Catalyst’ and ‘Perception’. The second volume consists of ‘Unity’ and ‘A Tear And A Smile’.
VOL 1
VOL 2
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 VARIOUS ARTISTS – DEEP SHADOWS – THE BEST OF KENT BALLADS CD £13.95
Excellent 24 track compilation of ballads from the Kent Records vaults, this selection includes two unissued recordings – Jeanette Jones’ ‘What Have You Got To Gain By Losing Me’ and The Paramount Four’s ‘You Must Leave Her Because You Love Her’. Loleatta Holloway is at her soulful best on ‘Cry To Me’ and try Phillip Mitchell’s wonderful ‘There’s Another In My Life’.
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 VARIOUS ARTISTS – THE GOSPEL TRUTH CD £13.95
Truth/ Gospel Truth were the Gospel subsidiary of Stax Records. Artists like the Staple Singers, Rance Allen Group, Clarence Smith - check the funky version of ‘Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child’ and The Sons Of Truth cut their teeth on the label. Other gems include the Staple Singers wonderful ‘When Will We Be Paid For The Work We Did’.
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 VARIOUS ARTISTS – PHILLY RE-GROOVED TOM MOULTON RE-MIXES CD £9,95
12 excellent Philly style tracks originally recorded for the Philly Groove label and masterfully remixed by Tom Moulton. There are so many great tracks but cuts like the popular Ultra High Frequency's 'We're On The Right Track' and Nat Turner's 'Ruby Lee' that features Major Harris is certainly high points. There are four super cuts from First Choice plus the in-demand 'Second Best' from Finishing Touch. Killer 'bonus' track is Heaven N Hell's 10 min pus 'Whatcha Gonna Do'. Absolutely essential.
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 MILES DAVIS - BITCHES BREW
LEGACY EDITION £19.95 – Double CD including six bonus tracks (alternate takes and singe edits) plus a DVD of a live concert in Copenhagen 1969 plus 24 page colour booklet.
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BACK IN:
 VARIOUS ARTISTS – DISCO DISCHARGE – DISCO BOOGIE DOUBLE CD £9.95
Interesting compilation, 20 tracks and the title is self explanatory. Includes such in-demand tracks like Vin Zee – ‘Funky Bee Bop (12” mix)’, Al McCall ‘Hard Times’, Donna McGhee ‘Do As I Do’, Maxine Singleton ;You Can’t Run From Love (12” mix) and many more.
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SINGLE OF THE WEEK
 TRANSATLANTICS – COULDN’T BE HIM/ THINGS GOT TO GET BETTER 7” £6
Nice soulful and understated ballad with great horns and a strong lead vocal from Tara Lynch. Flip for a funky version of the Marva Whitney classic.
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In Week 33 2010:
CALVIN RICHARDSON – AMERICA’S MOST WANTED CD £16.95
DORIAN WRIGHT – MIND FULL OF MUSIC CD £13.95
AUGIE’S SIDE EFFECT – ABOUT TIME CD £12.95
ZO –SUNSTORM CD £13.95 (now back in stock)
CLAUDIA HAYDEN – ABSTRACT CD £15.95
NILS – WHAT THE FUNK CD £15.95
BRIAN SIMPSON – SOUTH BEACH CD £16.95
JOHNNY BRISTOL – BRISTOLS CRÈME CD £12.95
JOHNNY BRISTOL – STRANGERS CD £12.95
MICHAEL HENDERSON – IN THE NIGHTIME CD £11.95
ARCHIE BELL –DANCE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY CD £6.95
MAIN INGREDIENT – TASTEFUL SOUL/ BITTER SWEET CD £11.95
JIMMY AND DAVID RUFFIN– I AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER CD £17.95
JOE CHAMBERS – NEW WORLD CD £15.95
VARIOUS ARTISTS – DISCO DISCHARGE – DISCO BOOGIE DOUBLE CD £9.95
TOP DOZEN SOUL
Dorian Wright Mind Full Of Music
Calvin Richardson America’s Most Wanted
Richard Earnshaw In Time
Zo Sunstorm
Incognito Transatlantic RPM
Drizabone All The Way
Lenny Hamilton Way Out Portfolio Vol 1
Various Artists Contemporary Soul Songbook Volume 3
Cool Million Back For More
Gabbie McGee Mississippi’s Daughter
Angela Johnson It’s Personal
Ty Causey Down II Earth
TOP TEN JAZZ
Claudia Hayden Abstract
George Duke Deja Vu
Gerardo Frisina Join The Dance
Root Source Firewalker
Norman Brown Sending My Love
Roman Andren Color Green
Mike Phillips MP3
Brian Simpson South Beach
Nils What Is Funk
Various Artists Music For Jazz Dancers |
WES BERWISE’S AUGUST ALBUM OF THE MONTH
 Richard Earnshaw - In Time
Good things come to those who wait, and wait we have for British producer and musician Richard Earnshaw’s debut album. Indeed it’s been seven years since the project began but as the title of the album suggests it has arrived right on time. As we seem to be slowly passing through a period of ever deepening nostalgia, it’s so refreshing to hear an album which although building heavily on the musical foundations of our soulful forefathers, this uplifting set intertwines freshness and maturity in a manner that totally belies the fact that this is his first release.
A music graduate of London University, Richard Earnshaw has established himself as an important figure in the UK soul and house music scene. And on this multi vocal release successfully mixes big groove dance, jazz funk instrumentals, ballads, gospel and even spoken word, leaving one wondering just why we haven’t heard so much more from this man before!
Guest appearances include Carleen Anderson, Roy Ayers, Joceyln Brown, Kenny Thomas and Ursula Rucker amongst others, and the quality and the refinement of the production and the song writing does all of them justice.
This album exudes class and has to be one of the highlights of 2010 so far, and contains tracks that you’ll be enjoying for a long time to come.
Highly recommended.
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MIDNIGHT ENCOUNTER WITH THE JONES GIRLS AND THE MANHATTANS..
The monthly "Midnight Encounter Show" Special will be take place on Monday Evening 19th July 12pm GMT. and will feature music from The Jones Girls and and The Manhattans.
WES BERWISE ON COLOURFUL RADIO
Wes entertains his fans with two weekly sessions. Wes Berwise’s ‘Soul Food’ show is on Sundays from 1pm-3pm, and is a mix of the latest mid-tempo and classic urban jams; ‘Midnight Encounter’ is from Midnight-2am on Tuesday mornings, and includes Wes’ pick of ‘future classics’, the best of the newest ballads and slow jams, as well as little known gems from the past, which deserve another airing.
Wes’ shows are sponsored by Soul Brother Records and we would like to congratulate him on his success. Wes is a frequent visitor to the shop and customers who have met him would agree he is a worthy winner.
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