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Long before Lionel Richie became one of the biggest pop solo stars of the eighties, he was a member of the Commodores, once dubbed "The Funkiest Band In The Land" and one of Motown's most successful acts during the seventies. With the numerous compilations this seemed to capture all their favorite...
Originally released in 1969 on Canyon, this record is now considered by many to be the greatest deep soul album of all time. Our CD Digipack features a booklet with new liner notes by producer Swamp Dogg (the new liner notes will be available on line for download), as well as recently unearthed...
Almost 10 years ago, Light In The Attic and DJ Supreme La Rock compiled the first ever set of vintage Pacific Northwest soul on Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-75 featuring such rare sides as "I Just Want To Be (Like Myself)" by legendary funk outfit Robbie Hill's Family...
All three made the US Top 100 Albums chart with hit singles ‘Burn Rubber On Me', ‘Oops Up Side Your Head' (originally called ‘I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops!) ' on ‘The Gap Band II') and ‘Yearning For Your Love' coming fromthem The R&B funk band's first three albums for Mercury...
Bilal is an artist who needs little introduction to fans of neo soul, and his ever growing following must surely be among the most loyal and supportive in the scene. To know Bilal is to love him, so ever since his new album was announced on npr. com with a taste of first single ‘Satellites',...
Commonwealth, The Edge Of Daybreak's membership wrote and recorded Eyes Of Love while serving out sentences of six to sixty years. Set to tape inside Powhatan Correctional Center on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, these intimate 1979 sessions unlock the prison gates and peer into a collective...
Re-issue of 1981's Gold certified ‘What Cha' Gonna Do For Me' (R&B #3/Pop #17/Jazz #35), Chaka Khan's second album. Remastered and expanded. Building on the jazz leanings of its predecessor, 1980's ‘Naughty' LP, her solo debut after her time in a hugely successful run fronting the funk group Rufus,...
Charles Bradley is set to release his hotly anticipated third album, ‘Changes,' on Daptone Records! Rolling Stone named Changes one of the "Most Anticipated Albums of 2016," stating "The ageless, limitless ‘Screaming Eagle of Soul' swoops back with ‘Changes,' an album named after Charles Bradley's...
These almost ghostly, otherworldly missives from another age still have the power to entrance after all this time, and are at the heart of all our modern music - the beginnings of Rock ‘n' Roll, Soul, Jazz, and R ‘n' B are all here. Ma Rainey was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in...
Eli Paperboy Reed has returned to the studio and crafted a new album that is at once back-to-basics and startlingly current. Album opener "Hold Out" kicks things off at full-volume, embodying the classic gospel ethos that everything's going to work out fine if you just keep the faith. It's a notion...
Fabulous early sides from the Godfather of Soul whose live shows were electrifying and earned him the name as the hardest working man in showbusiness. Gospel, R&B, Rock ‘n' Roll and Doo-Wop are all in the stew that made James Brown a Soul and Funk legend. - Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection by...
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Dap Dippin' This is the one that started it all, Folks! The debut Long Player for SJDK and Daptone Records. DIG on Funky classics like ‘Got a Thing on My Mind', ‘Got to be the Way iIt Is', and ‘Pick it up Lay it in the Cut'. Oh, and if you're a fan of Funky covers -...
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Naturally' The second offering from Sharon and the boys, Naturally is a sharp contrast to the gritty debut "Dap-Dippin". With it's soulful vibe and sophisticated arrangement SJDK took their special brand of funk to the next level with this one. Dig on tracks like the...
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days 100 Nights. - 100 Days 100 Nights by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (CD)
It is our distinct pleasure to present: Miss Sharon Jones! OST. The film, directed by two-time Academy Award winner, Barbara Kopple, follows the dynamic front-woman through her 2013 battle with cancer and her triumphant return to the stage around the release of Give The People What They Want. The...
All of the tracks Ben E. King recorded with The Drifters, including the smash hit Save The Last Dance For Me, and an extensive selection of solo material with the modern day standard Stand By Me, all highlighting what a vocal force Ben E. King was. - The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection by Ben...
The formula was simple: marry bubblegum and soul to the absolute sincerity of an enthusiastic child, cross your fingers and pray for airplay. But while the youthful sums of that formula may have grown up and walked away from their illusions of stardom, their permanent records remain. A decade...
It's really spiritual, fun and funky and sometimes a little crazy, which perfectly captures Bobby Shad. Enjoy. Judd Apatow WEWANTSOUNDS is back with FEELING GOOD, a compilation of rare Spiritual Jazz and Funk grooves culled from legendary Producer BOB SHAD's Mainstream Records. Alice Clark's cult...