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ARTIST: JEFF HERSHEY & THE HEARTBEATS
TITLE: SOUL MUSIC VOL. 1
FORMAT: LP
LABEL: SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: SFR-043

SOUL MUSIC VOL. 1 is the amazing debut album by Californian newcomers JEFF HERSHEY & THE HEARTBEATS. These fine musicians have already taken over the USA rapidly with their powerful, groovy sound and their outstanding live performance, and are more than ready to take over the rest of the world now.

ARTIST: BANDITS
TITLE: LOVE SHOTS
FORMAT: LP
LABEL: LIQUIDATOR MUSIC
CATALOGUE NUMBER: LQ1003

Ska, Reggae and fine Rocksteady. 10 own cuts plus stranger Cole & Patsy Todd cover.

ARTIST: THE GENE DRAYTON UNIT
TITLE: DUE BOTTONI
FORMAT: 7"
LABEL: BUTTERFLY RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: BUT-15

Key London members of the flourishing international "Hammond band scene" The Gene Drayton Unit follow up their debut on Butterfly Records with another pair of exciting mid-60's flavoured original instrumentals.

ARTIST: THE MOOMBAS
TITLE: SAVE ME
FORMAT: 7"
LABEL: BUTTERFLY RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: BUT-37

UK Hot Rhythm And Blues sextet with a female soul star that loves Memphis Soul and Chicago Swing, with echoes of Etta James, Sugar Pie DeSantos, Big Mama Thornton or Koko Taylor. B-side included a great cover of "In The Basement".

ARTIST: THE REDD FOXX BBQ
TITLE: LAST CALL
FORMAT: 7"
LABEL: BUTTERFLY RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: BUT-06

This single have been select by Record Collector magazine as one of the Best 20 independents singles of 2001!!! Here is what they said : "The Redd Foxx BBQ, Last Call, a very mellow-toned piece of Latin-esque Pop, with a vocal grafityingly like Georgie Fame, complemented perfectly by the accompanying Hammond" (Issue 269 Jan’02) 500 Copies ONLY Colored Vinyl

Second album from Brazil's Garotas Suecas, which sees them taking their signature freakbeat and Tropicalia sound to a magnificent new level where sophisticated soul and gentle psych intertwine to produce some of the sweetest grooves out there.

ARTIST: EL MICHELS AFFAIR
TITLE: EASY ACCESS
FORMAT: 12"
LABEL: SOUL FIRE RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: SF-025

The first 12" single on Soul Fire -- and a real doozy! The track's an extended jazz funk number with some great guitar on the intro, and an expanded horn section that's so big, so mighty, it needed a full 12 inches of wax just to hold it. Horn work is incredible -- on a par with the JBs, with all those great little twists and turns on the solos -- much more than just mad funking -- purely expressive soulful dyn-o-mite!

R&B ala Booker T & The MG's with members of Curlee Wurlee and Slow Slushy Boys.

ARTIST: L'ORCHIDEE d'HAWAI
TITLE: IRON HORSES
FORMAT: 7"
LABEL: LARSEN RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: LZ 082

A mix of latin & african musics. Great songs, simple, happy & danceable, to get our souls together & to celebrate music & fun.

ARTIST: RICHARD BERRY & SOUL SERCHERS
TITLE: WILD BERRY!
FORMAT: LP
LABEL: PAM RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: 1002

Live recording at HD Hover Century restaurant in 1969. Perfect sound.

ARTIST: V/A
TITLE: REGGAE LASTING LOVE SONGS VOLUME 5
FORMAT: LP
LABEL: VP RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: VPRL1726-1

Reggae love songs compilation.

Marta Kubisová is a Pop-Jazz- Soul singer from Czech Republic. This single should be released in 1970 but it was censured in her country!

ARTIST: THE DIPLOMATS OF SOLID SOUND feat. THE DIPLOMETTES
TITLE: HIP DROP
FORMAT: 7"
LABEL: STAG-O-LEE RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: STGR-O-018

Released in 2010.

ARTIST: SHAWN LEE
TITLE: SOUL VISA
FORMAT: LP
LABEL: LONESTAR RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: LS-028

Soul, Funk, elctrónica, exotica...

ARTIST: ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE GOLDSTARS
TITLE: NIGHT CLUB
FORMAT: mn-LP
LABEL: LONESTAR RECORDS
CATALOGUE NUMBER: LS-033

The big Andre W. with a de luxe band!

First vinyl reissue of this 1966 easy listening/Latin masterpiece by Mark Wirtz, of rocer Jack' and "ATeenage Opera" fame and in-house producer for EMI at Abbey Road in the mid/late 60s.Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180g.

A formative period, in the pre-Speciality recordings of Little Richard is hard to visualize the emphatic style that will make him famous later. Anyway, while here the man was forged bu its time and not vice versa, it's an interesting process that help us to understand where he came from, where the foundations of his universal, undisputed supra-scream lay.

ARTIST: BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
TITLE: BLACK SNAKE MOAN
FORMAT: LP
LABEL: SNAPPER MUSIC
CATALOGUE NUMBER: SBLUELP013

16 historic recordings from the first Country Blues superstar!

ARTIST: MUDDY WATERS
TITLE: LIVE AT THEATRE 1839, SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 14th 1977
FORMAT: LP
LABEL: DOL
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DOR2066H

Muddy Waters live!

Reedition of his album from 1958.

Reissue of his album from 1959.

The great Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982) recorded these fabulous tracks for Aladdin in Los Angeles and Houston between 1946 & 1948. These early performances are considered as seminal works not only for Hopkins's career but also for the whole history of country Blues. Here Lightnin' is mostly alone with his guitar, except on some tracks where he is joined by pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith or some unknown drummer. Hopkins's intense guitar and deep voice and lyrics are at the very center of this unprecedented music. In one word. A masterpiece!!!

Some players from Ray Charles' big band are joined by many ringers from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands for the first half of this program, featuring Charles belting out six songs arranged by Quincy Jones. "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Deed I Do" are highlights, and there are solos by tenorman David "Fathead" Newman, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, and (on "Two Years of Torture") tenor Paul Gonsalves. The remaining six numbers are ballads, with Charles backed by a string orchestra arranged by Ralph Burns (including "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'"). Charles' voice is heard throughout in peak form, giving soul to even the veteran standards.

(Allmusic.com)

Cut from the same 1960 sessions as Slim's equally fine Just Blues album, No Strain finds the pianist and singer effortlessly working through another set of solo piano and combo pieces. Backed by either harmonica player "Harpie" Brown or the tandem of guitarist Lafayette Thomas and bassist Wendell Marshall, Slim turns in a highly enjoyable set of seasoned performances. Both at the keyboard and the mic, alone or with company, Slim shows why he was one of the most urbane and original of blues giants.

(Allmusic.com)

This was the second Sam & Dave album to enjoy significant crossover appeal. The 1967 record included such hits as "Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody," "Soothe Me," and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby." Isaac Hayes and David Porter were now rolling as songwriters, and even though the record didn't attain big pop numbers, the singles clicked with both soul and pop audiences. More importantly, Sam & Dave's teamwork and vocal interaction were establishing them as major stars.

(Allmusic.com)

Reissue of his debul album from 1959 with gems like "Stagger Lee", Lawdy Miss Clawdy"...

With his powerful mix of Stax's Memphis soul and the more streety 60's r'n'r / rhythm & blues he played Shake! on the map of the emerging bands of the state scene.

Great compilation of the Soul queen on 180 gr. vinyl.

Remastered and limited reissue on 180 gr. vinyl.