Joss Stone has recorded a second volume of Soul Sessions featuring many greats including Betty Wright, Ernie Isley, Latimore etc covering classic and lesser known Soul tracks from the 70’s and 80’s. The Deluxe version that we are stocking has 4 additional tracks incl ‘First Taste of Hurt’

Cesars Salad also make a second volume of their ‘Latin Beat’, which is what it says on the tin, with infectious rhythms and great musicianship.

Don-E has been a stalwart of the London Soul music scene for over a decade, and he presents several up and coming female vocalists like Kyra Simone on his ‘Ladies Night’ album.

CD Reissues this week include the very rare Rhythm Machine album, plus The Miracles, Krystol, Sylvers, Patrice Rushen plus some nice budget price collections from Isley Brothers and Temptations.

also check the 45’s including Rongetz foundation ft Gregory porter.

Have a great weekend

Best regards
Laurence

NIMBUS CDs BACK IN STOCK!

DEBORAH BOND IN STORE!

***Put in your diary Sunday 29th July when Madam Palindrome Deborah Bond will be
at the shop between 1-3pm signing copies of her fantastic album (one of the best of 2011). It also happens to be the day of the Olympics Women’s Road Cycle race which comers through Putney at 12pm and 4pm. So you can combine meeting Deborah and seeing one of few free Olympic events. Look forward to  seeing you  there.***

JOSS STONE - THE SOUL SESSIONS VOL 2 (DELUXE EDITION) - S CURVE - CD - NEW - £14.99
Super album comprising mainly of covers of classic 70’s Soul tracks, ‘Soul Sessions Vol 2’ sees Joss Stone back on form and if anything it even eclipses her original ‘Soul Sessions’ from 10 years ago. Her voice has matured and she gives a gutsy performance aided by Betty Wright, Ernie Isley, Clayton Ivey, and Latimore and on some tracks the Czech Republic Orchestra. Labi Siffre ‘I Got The’, Swamp Dogg ‘1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Count The Days’, Womack And Womack ‘Teardrops’, Chi-lites ‘Give More Power To The people’ and ‘Stoned out of My Mind’, Willie Tee ‘First Taste Of Hurt’ and Terry Callier’s ‘Love We had Stays on my mind’ are amongst the 15 tracks given sympathetic but contemporary renditions.  Very Good album

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CESARS SALAD - THE LATIN BEAT VOL 2 - PERFECT TOY - CD - NEW - £12.99 Volume 1 from a few year back was strong, and if anything Volume 2 is stronger still.  If you love Latin grooves – Boogaloo, Afro Cuban, Bossa it is all here.  There are sublime covers of ‘A Song For My Father’, ‘Watermelon Man’ and ‘Night In Tunesia’.  The original tunes are strong such as ‘La Serpiente’, ‘Jenjere’ and ‘El Dynamico’. Awesome musicians especially percussionist Cesar Granados.

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ADELE SEBASTIAN - DESERT FAIRY PRINCESS - NIMBUS - CD - NEW - £14.99

Throughout the late 70's and early to mid 80's L.A's Nimbus records produced a steady flow of quality Spiritual Jazz albums. The musicianship on these is outstanding and whilst the albums may not be quite a heavy or as well known as those Strata East or Black Jazz, they deserve much greater recognition.

SUNBURST BAND - SECRET LIFE OF US - CD - Z RECORDS - NEW - £13.99
The Sunburst Band make Good Time uptempo 80's Retro grooves that sound familiar but fresh. The band includes UK JaZz//Funk stalwarts Tony Remy, Julian Crampton and Frank Tontoh, fronted by the vocals of Pete Simpson and Donna Gardier. Highlights are many but include 'Where The Lights Meet The Music' ft Darien, 'Why Wait For Tomorrow' and 'Caught In The Moment' ft Pete Simpson, 'Secret Life Of Us' ft Donna Gardier, and the uptempo cover of 'in The Thick of It' ft Angela Johnson.The heavy B line groove of 'Definition of Luv' is another strong track and check the instrumentals 'Opus De Soul' and 'Jazz The DMX'. Another good album from the Sunburst band.

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LETTUCE - FLY - CD - VELOUR - NEW - 13.99 Lettuce is a 7 piece funky jazz band which includes Soullive members guitarist Eric Krasno and keyboardist Neal Evans. On their third album ‘Fly’ their punchy horn led retro funk sounds is at its best of the uptempo grooves ‘Lettsanity’, ‘Bowler’ and ‘Jack Flask’. There are a couple of  good covers of classic  funk tracks ‘Slipping into Darkness’ and ‘Monurail 3000’, and the high energy ‘Let it GoGo’ and more downbeat funk of ‘Fly’ and ‘Madison Square’ also groove along nicely. Good funky album.

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PAPIK – MUSIC INSIDE
JEFF BRADSHAW – BONE APPETIT
JESSICA LAUREN – JESSICA LAUREN 4
ROBERT GLASPER –BLACK RADIO
BRIAN CULBERTSON – DREAMS
SHILTS –ALL GROWN UP
CARMEN LUNDY –CHANGES
GREGORY PORTER – BE GOOD
MARCUS MILLER -RENAISSANCE
ESPERANZA SPALDING – RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY

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