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Hold On, I'm Comin' is the debut album by 60's soul duo
Sam & Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label
in 1966.

The album reached number one on the Billboard Black
Albums chart and number 45 on the Billboard 200,
launching two charting singles. The title track peaked at
number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, and at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, while You Don't Know Like I Know' peaked at number seven and number 90. An Allmusic review refers to Hold On, I'm Comin' as epitomizing Memphis soul in all its unpretentious, down-home glory'.

Sam & Dave are one of the best soul singers and this album is to back up this statement. Plus, it's got Booker T. and the MG's working as the backup band.

If you're into 60's soul, you can't go wrong with this album!

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT
- INCLUDING THE HITS GOT TO LOVE SOMEBODY',
REACH YOUR PEAK' AND LET'S GO ON VACATION'

Love Somebody Today is the fourth studio album by the R&B vocal group Sister Sledge. The album includes three singles: Got to Love Somebody', Reach Your Peak', and Let's Go on Vacation', which all charted on the US Pop and R&B/Soul charts from late 1979 until 1980.

This album was both written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the band Chic. There are three singles released from this album. The first was Got to Love Somebody' released in 1979 peaked at number six on the R&B/Soul charts. In 1980, The second single Reach Your Peak' was released, peaking at #101 on the US Pop charts and #21 on the R&B/Soul charts.

Let's Go on Vacation' reached number sixty-three on the R&B/Soul chart. The latter was to be included on the Chic- produced soundtrack album Soup For One in 1982.

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards again properly kept the emphasis on their harmonies, interaction and vocal flexibility, and provided them with more fine material.

The Hempolics sind eine dieser Bands, die schon viele Jahre Musik machen und auf Festivals die Luft zum
Brennen bringen, aber dennoch nur Insidern bekannt sind. Im Fall der Londoner Band The Hempolics sind
das Roots-Reggae-Experten. Dabei kann die Formation um Mastermind Grippa Laybourne bereits einige
kleinere Single-Erfolge vorweisen. Mit Veröffentlichung des Debüts "Kiss, Cuddle & Torture Volume 1" sollten
aus diesen nun auch größere werden, denn hörbar hat das Quartett seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2010 am
Sound gefeilt und damit ein Album vorgelegt, für das die seltene Devise "all killers, no fillers" gilt! Auf Basis
von Reggae, Dub und Trip-Hop und mit Einflüssen aus Hip-Hop, Soul, Rock und Pop bewegt sich "Kiss,
Cuddle & Torture Volume 1" mit verhallten Vocals, massenkompatiblen Hooks und vor allem fetten Bässen
irgendwo zwischen Linton Kwesi Johnson und Lee Perry, Fat Freddy's Drop und Massive Attack, Mungo's Hifi
und Maxi Jazz. DJ Vadim nannte das Ganze "real vintage lo fi reggae inspired soul music for the 21st century
city scape people".

Violinbwoy s debut full length album is nearly here. The 12-track LP entitled 'Dod' will be released in October by Moonshine Recordings.

In the meantime check out this massive single to see a glimpse of what is coming. Supported by the ones of Iration Steppas, O.B.F, V.I.V.E.K., Radikal Guru, Ishan Sound just to name a few.

Repress!

For those who know, Bambooman is one of the most sought-after, probing, and distinctive voices in UK electronic music right now.

The Yorkshire-born producer's catalogue builds into an aural mosaic, comprising everything from scrunched up hip-hop to techno deviance, all delivered with an impish sense of individuality.
'Whispers' certainly resonates. It's a lengthy, bucolic work, an album of great breadth but also one of sustained mood – think those hazy summer evenings when shadows stretch out across the road, and autumn lingers around the corner.

This new album has a dusty, organic, and decidedly personal feel, much more at home with Jon Hassel's 'fourth world' aesthetic than the club.

The results are also imbued with an incredible sense of mystery, with Bambooman's productions frequently being shot through with a hallucinatory sense of the uncanny. Entirely self-composed, 'Whispers' utilises "lots of field recordings that I've collected over the last few years, while within the tracks you can find lots of the instruments, percussion, bells and whistles that have been gathered throughout my life."

In certain ways 'Whispers' is entirely autobiographical: Bambooman reaches back to his varied alter egos, to the ambient releases, art commissions, and soundtrack projects that litter his discography. The cover art was even pieced together by Oliver Pitt – of Glasgow group Golden Teacher – who was an early ally in the producer's sonic quest.

Stylistically 'Whispers' veers from avant hip-hop of Flying Lotus to the theoried composition of Terry Riley, from the future-forward percussive energy of Battles to the ever-evolving electronics of Mark Pritchard. It's a record marks by a fiercely independent spirit, but also by a close-knit cast of collaborators.

King Kashmere takes a starring turn, following the pair's collision on the recent 'SUPERGOD' EP.

Each vocal is recorded, chopped up and then spliced across the album, with Elsa Hewitt also making a number of appearances and re-appearances.
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Two completely unissued belters from one of our favourite female R&B vocalists, Camille Howard. Recorded for Federal but never seeing the light of day until now, both 'Rock With Me' and 'Nasty Man' are superb mid-tempo R&B stompers, with Howard in full voice channelling her best blues shouter persona before giving way to greasy sax breaks at the mid-sections. Mastered from the original 1953 tapes, get this limited, fully licensed release while you can, these tracks are unlikely to see a vinyl release again any time soon.

*Landing on Alchemy Dubs, Reminiscence contains instrumental tracks from Ojah featuring Nik Torp (keyboard player from The Specials) on melodica duties, each with two dub versions.

*On the A side we find the track 'Reminiscence', a meditational UK steppers that drops incredibly heavy on sound systems. It's a mix of programmed and real instruments, and features Nik's tasty melodica melodies that take the listener to past, present and future. There are also two dub version excursions.
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*On the B side we find the track 'Anamnesis', a journey through time that features sounds from the N'goni (a west african string instrument) alongside Nik's melodica, synths, drum machines and some north african percussion. There are two different dub versions as well on this side, all executed live in one whole take.

*Limited edition of 500 copies, 180g vinyl, hand-stamped and hand-numbered, served in a reversed printed sleeve.

Wonderwheel is happy to welcome in Montreal based producer & don dada Poirier for his first release on the label, the "Be Alright" EP. Moving away from the traditional dancehall, dub and soca sounds he's become known for, Poirier delivers a 4 track of Afro-House influenced dancefloor firestarters. "Sowia" heads to South East Africa with it's floating guitar hooks, big bassline, and vocals in Portugese from Canadian-Moçambican singer Samito. "Ginobili" goes into deeper territory with four to the floor drums, heavily chopped percussion, and a hypnotizing distorted Mbira line, while "Camera" continues the tropical vibe with a nod to Semba with it's driving guitar lines, staccato synth lines and thumping drums. "Antilles Trax" rounds it out as the extended instrumental version of "Sowia".

A solar flare of cosmic sounds heralded the rising star Sun Ra when the pianist, composer and band leader first shone over the musical landscape in the 1950s and 1960s. He caused quite a stir with innovative albums that introduced electronics, special effects and unusual arrangements into a jazz world that sometimes slid into comfortable conservatism, despite its radical roots. This comprehensive collection of the best recordings from the formative stages of his career, enables the listener to hear with fresh ears the legendary Mr. Ra's unique contribution.

the third and final part of the jacob f. desvarieux anthology on endless flight brings two more hot productions of the fabled french zouk veteran with roots in guadeloupe.
the tune 'rifyx' is taken from desvarieux's 1985 album 'oh madiana' and delivers arresting jazz-funk and zouk-suspense enlarged with touching horns, synth-enthusiasm and longing female vocals.
the second song comes from the paris based, west cameroon born singer tala, produced by desvarieux for tala's album 'mother africa' in 1982. also here desvarieux tuned the synthesizers odd and edgy to let them dance with an afro styled rhythm.
above all tala sings sexy with a chorus of girls while percussions go crazy and the sounds of horns are longing for the sky.
on top of everything endless flight asked again the japanese producer kuniyuik to edit a desvarieux track. he chose 'rifyx' and tuned it into an epic soulful eight minutes long dream house
anthem that funks all dancers crazy. hotter than hot stuff here!

BlackCash & Theo- Back at it with this series of FUNK - Soul- Party Edits (Thelonious Beats)

COKE

I Wouldn't Change A Thing (Edit)
Thelonious Beats back at it (aka Blackcash & Theo)

Coke Escovedo's 1976 album track take 45, a longtime favourite on Modern Soul dancefloors. Gets nice little drum break rinse to get the party started. Perfect tune drop at the right Summer outdoor party. Intro drum for beat heads and dance floor enthusiast getting party rocking..

*** SUMMER TIME TUNE**** Perfect feel good song..

ODETTA HIT OR MISS Edit (1970)

Originally Recorded Muscle Shoals Sound Studios,
IF you see the line up who played on this album Blow your mind!!! Sweet Soul!!
We all love Early 70tys DRUMS Break in this record!
Always a favoite of ours especially when you rock 2x copies back and fourth.. WE all know that ODETTA is BOSS - Bad to the Bone!!! Heavy Funk / Heavy Drum Break Cant go wrong with a cut like this!!

"Sit back and ENJOY THE MUsiC "
Thelonious Beats.
GSC Crew.

One of the last Bob Marley live performances committed to film before his untimely death in May 1981, 'The Legend Live' features the Tuff Gong in his full pomp, performing 21 of his most popular works at the Santa Barbara County Bowl on the 25th of November 1979.

Now widely considered an equal of the now legendary 'Live at the Rainbow' show from 1977, the concert includes superb versions of such major hits as 'I Shot The Sheriff', 'One Drop', 'Exodus', 'Jamming', 'Is This Love', 'Stir It Up' and the anthemic 'Get Up Stand Up'.

Previously released in 2016 on CD+DVD, this 3LP set comprises the very best of the band's performances from the night, which have never previously been released on vinyl.

Presented in a handsomely designed triple-gatefold, the release is to be exhaustively promoted via Trojan's website, facebook page, twitter, YouTube channel and mailing list, with reviews actively solicited from all the significant periodicals and sites.

The Year of the Rooster is upon us... It was a hot winters day in Miami, Scone along guitarist Jason Joshua and drummer, Eddie Garcia built a studio by hand with a mirror on the ceiling. Together they put the current issues in their lives and focused on making the grooving-est, Funkiest & most tragic Hammond Organ music ever. This time around they recruited sax master Ian Hendrickson-Smith from the legendary The Roots &
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Also joining them is the elusive master percussionist Jose El Gavilan' Pena. Take an organ driven soulful ride with The Scone Cash Players.

Scone Cash Players are currently on their US tour return with
Ian Hendrickson-Smith from The Roots for this organ soul
heater Catch Adam Scone on tour in Europe with The Sugarman 3 (Daptone Records)

* 'Is That Light You Carry' is the debut record from Third Culture Kings, a new project led by Jan Johansen (Glorybox) and Alap Momin (dälek). Filtering classic vibes through modern interpretation, 3CK reimagine The Velvet Underground or Leonard Cohen as if they had been mixed by King Tubby and Afrika Bambaataa, all the while incorporating influences as diverse as Indian drone, early 80's synth pads and Miami booty bass.

* Still, it's worth noting that there's nothing about these recordings that's rooted in the past: nearly every sound on the record - sans lead vocals and guitar - was created or recorded directly to an iPhone. Momin created the beats, bass and majority of synth lines on his device, while Johansen then recorded backing vocals, second guitar, vibraphone, piano, horns, rhodes, and melodica as voice memos on his that were eventually dropped on top of the finished tracks.

* Cuts like 'Seven Slayers' send you on an arcane descent into alien subterranea, while 'Sunshine For Sadie' floats you across a dreamy, space-like universe. Elsewhere in tracks like 'Flamingo' and 'Higher', rock and roll guitars are juxtaposed with rattlesnake drums, creating ambient desert soundscapes perfect for an imagined intergalactic western. Throughout the record, hypnotic layers of sound and ambient psychedelics grip you to an electric-folk universe in which slow bubbling beats are matched with woozy flourishes and gently propellant melodies.

* There are few acts claiming to channel Vangelis and Suicide at the same time, and even fewer that also shout out their love of Doo Wop, UK Bass, and Chicago House in the same breath, but this international duo manage to strike all those notes and more. Veteran performers who've outlasted endless trends and toured the world for the better part of the last two Third Culture Kings aren't afraid to stretch the boundaries of style. The eclectic, yet cohesive group of songs in their live shows complement bills featuring everything from shoegaze to commercial R&B.

Jerome Derradji's Past Due Records is proud to announce the first part in a reissue series of Lee Moore's rarest and meanest boogie funk tracks, originally produced for his labels Score Records and LM Records, circa 1981-85.
Alien "Changing Times" was produced by Lee Moore and Paul Zaleski for Score records out of Memphis. Double sided 12", it is one of these future funk instrumentals that will light a fire on any dance floor. Never reissued before today - remastered. Rarer than rare and so good!

After Mukatsuku Records summer Hammond Organ screamer from Billy Hawks (MUKAT 052) the label goes deep on an international funk tip. Few years ago label manager Nik played in France and the promoter pulled out a Biosis now 45 that he never knew existed up till then and was generally thought to be a long album track only. An extensive search revealed nothing online including popsike/discogs/ebay except a tropical seller who'd just bought a huge caribbean collection with the record included saying he'd never seen it before either and he was keeping it...Failing to secure a copy themselves the label licensed it instead and created their own 45 edit which retains all the funk & soul of the elongated album version into a 7 inch friendly format. On the flipside and 1973 Tumba Safari from Afro Train get's a funky afrobeat re touch for peak time club play that would save you several hundred pounds on an original if you could actually find a copy !

Jerome Derradji's Past Due Records is proud to announce the first part in a reissue series of Lee Moore's rarest and meanest boogie funk tracks, originally produced for his labels Score Records and LM Records, circa 1981-85.
"Get Off" was Lee Moore's (and his wife Patricia) first release for Memphis based Score records.
Originally released in 1982.

Jerome Derradji's Past Due Records is proud to announce the first part in a reissue series of Lee Moore's rarest and meanest boogie funk tracks, originally produced for his labels Score Records and LM Records, circa 1981-85.
Magnificient limited 7" reissue from the ultra rare boogie funk label Score Records with Lee Moore under the First Family alias. Rare as can be and simply amazing!

'Malik' is an unreleased song that was recorded in the early 1980s and features legendary percussionist Bill Summers amongst the players. The sprightly jazz dancer keeps the pressure high with a strong lead which culminates with a series of male and females harmonies to die for at the end. For the first time ever 'A Fool No Longer' is now available on 7" vinyl after originally being included on a German rock compilation in 1981.

This is available for pre-order and is a Love Vinyl DRS Ltd distribution title.

Bars and Melody, Leondre Devries (16) and Charlie Lenehan (18), are 2 musicians from the UK that infuse hip hop and pop. The band shot to fame in 2014 when they appeared on TV show 'Britains Got Talent' and Simon Cowell pressed his golden buzzer for them. That video on Youtube has now had over 180 Million views

Bars and Melody's first release was a track called 'Hopeful' which entered the Official UK charts at number 5. This video now has over 70 million views on Youtube. Since the release of Hopeful Charlie and Leondre haven't had time to stop for a moment. They have played numerous sold out gigs in the UK and mainland Europe, flown to America to appear on the 'Ellen show' and spent weeks in Japan and Australia . In August 2015 the band released their debut album '143' which went in at number 4 in the official UK chart and number 11 in the official Irish chart. It debuted at number 1 in the Official Japanese international album chart and has gone platinum in Poland too.

On September 1st 2017 Bars and Melody are set to release their highly awaited brand new album 'Generation Z'. The album shows the bands progression over the last 18 months and is set to cause another seismic shock in the music industry

The funk runs deep and rich on "World Wide Funk," Bootsy Collins' first studio album since 2011's "Tha Funk Capital of the World". Populated with musical friends old and new, and recorded in his Cincinnati home's Bootzilla Re-hab studio, "World Wide Funk" marks both a reckoning and significant reboot, if you will, for the Rhinestone Rock Star Monster of a doll baby baba! Blue-chip rappers like Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, DJ Quik, Dru Down, and Chuck D, along with guitar shedder Buckethead join a Bootsy-curated posse of fresh new artists on a record that embraces everything from the classic P-Funk sound Bootsy pioneered to the closest Collins has ever come to radio-active, boots on the ground friendly fire in a musical-P-rated-adventure. World Wide Funk will be released worldwide on Mascot Records on October 27, 2017 on CD, vinyl, digital download and streaming.

First recording of Yabby You - as Brother Joe - from 1972.
Deep Nyabinghi drum and chant business.

Tough obscure Freedom Sounds production by Bertram Brown.

DJ Harrison is Richmond VA-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Devonne Harris.

The son of a radio DJ who introduced him to the world of record collecting, Harris grew up with music, progressing from violin, to high school drum-line, to the Jazz Studies program at Virginia Commonwealth University. He also continued working with other instruments and developed an interest in sampling. His development as a producer - at first, without a computer or sampler - came first learning to replay samples on the drums, piano, bass or guitar.

DJ Harrison finds himself inspired by local musicians in the Richmond scene that's as diverse and nonexclusive as they come. Among rappers, producers, punks and bluegrass bands, he falls within reach of an expansive pool of musicians to collaborate with. He lives and works in Jellowstone, a house turned recording compound occupied by his band mates in Butcher Brown, a 'garage punk jazz funk' group.

Double sided R'n'B monster and massive on the JA sound system scene in the 50's. Unbelievably it appears this Guy only made this one record.

Two sided R'n'B rockers from Burrage and big on the dance floor

Hailing from Florida, the Brookside imprint have dug deep into the master tapes and let NYC master-mixer Mike Maurro loose on a couple of stone cold classics! Maurro, a Queens based DJ and mixer since 1986 has become one of the top remixers out there today with his own, faithful takes on numerous dance classics from the last 30+ years. Here he lends his magic touch to a pair of well loved club classics while adding his own original flavour. Dan Hartman's "Vertigo/Relight My Fire" is up first on side-A, featuring the unmistakable vocals of NYC diva Loleatta Holloway. Maurro's mix brings the vocals in earlier, dubbing them out creating a super trippy atmosphere with a slightly different musical arrangement over the course of almost 14 minutes! On side-B, we have the legendary Evelyn "Champagne" King's "Shame", with a slightly longer, beat led intro for the DJ's. A true extended mix with a slightly different arrangement Maurro's mix of this classic is a killer. Beautifully faithful and mixed with love and an understanding of the dancefloor and the classics! These mixes are ESSENTIAL for any Disco/soul/Funk fans out there, unmissable for the DJ's, legitimately remastered and pressed onto high quality 12" singles in conjunction with all rights holders.

We're really pleased to present you with the full vinyl LP collaboration between the highly respected Jazz Spastiks and up and coming MelloSoulBlack.
'Midnight Method' features 11 full tracks, including the highly acclaimed single, 'What You Heard' and back-to-back heaters such as 'Follow The Leader' and 'Rock the Spot'.
This comes on black vinyl (in a polylined inner) with a full picture sleeve, there are 250 copies available for retail. Make no mistake: this one's a strong contender for album of the year, so dig in!

Re-issue with a new lower price !! For starters, this platter begins with one of the great intros of all time: Ladies and gentlemen, there are seven acknowledged wonders of the world. You are about to witness the eighth...' Lodged in a deep groove between the JB's' debut LP Food For Thought (1972) and the more complex and at-times political Damn Right, I Am Somebody (from 1974) sits the ridiculously vampy and infectious classic, Doing It To Death. First moving hips and making heads nod in 1973, the James Brown-produced, 5-song album is one big funk lick, broken up into many delicious moving parts. As with pretty much everything produced by the JB's - led by Fred Wesley with heavy help from a supporting cast that included saxophonist Maceo Parker, guitarists Jimmy Nolen and Hearlon Cheese' Martin and drummer John Jabo' Starks - all songs began and revolved around a devastating riff. The title track is most certainly guilty-as-charged, as it starts strutting right out of the gate and continues for just over 10 minutes, driven by a guitar lick and MCed by the inimitable James Brown, with soloists stepping up and out while the song chugs on. The other centerpiece of the album is the 8-minute You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight,' whose groove is interestingly teased two times before it arrives in full form. The song title itself is provocative, and the music keeps a stone-cold groove despite the less than cheery undertones. Again driven by an infectious guitar morsel, the breakdowns in this song gave sampling producers and DJs sweet dreams in the '80s, and Fred Wesley's trombone solo rides beautifully over the group's cries of We need some money.' Beyond the aforementioned sure-shots, the twitchy More Peas,' La Di Da La Di Day' and the much jazzier, solo-heavy Sucker' round out this incredible album. It's just another perfect example of how James Brown's funk machine could stop the world when they hit a groove.

Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, orchestra leader, digital mixologist, and filmmaker: Kutiman's job description changes by the day. He's been dubbed the prestigious title of being a 'psychedelic funk architect' -- A title Kutiman truly lives up to. But while he may be too modest to agree, everything the talented musician does comes under one general description: pioneer.
Kutiman's upcoming 7' White Monkey comes as the third official release on Siyal Music. The A-Side features the crisp drums and cosmic synths of 'White Monkey', promising a heavy funk psychedelic experience. Flip it over to the B-Side and you'll find 'Sefi Ramirez', the name of the epic trumpeter collaborating on the track. The record exceeds expectations, launching listeners into a tripped up, funked up groove.
Many know Kutiman for his tremendous and innovative YouTube mash-up project, ThruYOU, while others may recognize him for his 2007 acclaimed jazz/funk self-titled debut album, or from his honorable mention in TIME Magazine's 50 best inventions of 2009. This recognition has led to Kutiman performing at YouTube's launch exhibition at The Guggenheim museum in New York City, and to a second ThruYOU series in 2014. Over the past few years, Kutiman has travelled to Krakow, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Riga, Istanbul, Tel Aviv and New York, to create original audio/visual montages of each city's atmosphere.
In July 2015, Kutiman released Space Cassava, Jazz/ Funk mini album that hailed reviews and received airplay from some of the world's most prominent radio stations such as KCRW (Jeremy Sole), Mi-Soul (Dr. Bob Jones), BBC6 (Gilles Peterson), and Mind Fluid (Kev Beadle). 
Above all, Kutiman is a unique, soulful and organic musician who enjoys creating music under a wide range of styles.
The second release off Kutiman's own label was kicked off in 2016 with his much anticipated sophomore album 6AM. 6AM proved how Kutiman has no musical boundaries; it is an album filled with psychedelic Rock n' Roll roots, which dips into deep funk/soul grooves and even adds underlying influences from Africa and the Middle East. The album was featured in the Guardian with a single premiere on Consequence of Sound. The album received widespread support from Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, Don Letts, and more!
Google described Kutiman's work with the paraphrase 'the future is a glorious mess.' And boy, were they right.