Vinyl LP pressing. At the dawn of the Eighties the first volume arrived as a fiery statement from the heart of the British punk scene. Back in the day, the glorious early punk energy was still alive and in the meantime transforming through a wave of new bands coming up with fresh ideas and attitudes….
Take another piece of my heart Betty Lavette; Proud Woman Johnny Adams; Natural Soul brother Danny White; the hiccup Robert Parker; having my glory Jo Jo Benson; dancing to the beat Clarence Murray, and 14 more!
Soul Slabs Vol. 2 is a collection of A-sides from the 7-inch catalog of Loveland Ohio s Colemine Records. Specializing in heavy soul, funk, and R&B, Colemine prides itself on authenticity and an old school production style, while still making songs that seem fresh and are moving the genre of soul forward. This 3LP collection…
Memphis has always been a studio town, where making hit records looked easy. An unknown Elvis could walk into Sun Studios and cut a side, while Willie Mitchell worked his magic around the corner at the Hi Records studio. This vast studio ecosystem meant that even when Stax Records folded in 1975, everybody still knew…
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: One of the most innovative groups popular music has ever known, the band that instigated a musical revolution! Black and white, male and female, SLY & THE FAMILY STONE were the first- and still the most significant – integrated combo in the history of popular music. Founded in November 1966…
George Harrison’s passion for introducing the world to new music expressed itself in May of 1974 when he created his own new label – DARK HORSE RECORDS. The label contained a variety of talented artists on its roster, including George himself. The Best of Dark Horse Records: 1974-1977 is a curated selection exclusive to RSD…
Limited yellow vinyl pressing of a seminal compilation. ‘Aloha Got Soul’ encompasses a vibrant era of contemporary music made in Hawai’i during the 1970s to the mid-1980s as jazz, rock, funk, disco and R&B co-existed alongside Hawaiian folk music. Hawai’i’s identity had undergone huge change: statehood into America in ‘59 and the Vietnam War were…
In 2020, 4AD turned 40. Never one to be on time for a party, the label is commemorating that landmark this year with the release of Bills & Aches & Blues. The compilation features 18 of its current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit…
Increasingly detached from the original punk formula, the modern and arty youth of the early eighties set itself to jettison an artform that had lost much of the nihilistic and exhilarating energy of its halcyon days, stuck, as it was, in an endless and noisy regression. No Future was the motto of an artform without…
Bang Ya Head Entertainment is built off a solid foundation… friends who share the same love for music. No wonder Drums Of The Jungle Instrumental LP enlist Legendary production from Madlib, Nottz, Black Milk, Karriem Riggins, Exile, Apollo Brown and BYH new signee Premethius plus more. Every MC’s dream production team is now all ganged…
Holed up in the bustling Puerto Rican community centers of Chicago s west side, the salseros featured on Ebiriac All-Stars make up the best of Carlos Ruiz Ebirac label, which ran throughout the 70s and produced some of the best unheard Salsa records of the time.
Compiled here are 25 of Shiptown s most compelling sides recorded between 1965-1977, from the likes of Ida Sands, The Soul Duo, The Anglos, Dream Team, The Grooms, Positive Sounds, Barbara Stant, Wilson Williams, Art Ensley, and yes, Flip Flop Stevens.
Soul Jazz Records’ Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 draws upon the extensive links between black American gospel music and soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caeser, Dorothy Norwood, Andrae Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this…
I Killed The Monster is an 11-track compilation of songs written by celebrated American music legend Daniel Johnston, whose classic LPs 1990 and Artistic Vice were produced by Kramer at his legendary Noise New York recording studio and released on Shimmy-Disc in 1990 and 1991, respectively. All of the songs were re-mastered by Kramer in 2022 and will be available…