Label: Athens Of The North - All
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
East Coast Love Affair
I'm so Glad
A sweaty peak time party 12 for the start of nightclub season. AOTN have been playing these tracks at their Disco Club at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh f... more...
| 12inch | Athens Of The North: AOTN12021 | out of stock |
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Bobby Boyd
Bobby Boyd (2023 Remaster)
The vocalist, saxophonist, composer and arranger Bobby Boyd's musical adventures began in the mid-60s. In 1970, he formed the Bobby Boyd Congress a... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP025 | in stock |
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Bright and Findlay
Everything Is Slow
Married around a shared love of machine-led funk, outsider soul, 70s/80s nautica and 21st century basement disco, Bright & Findlay (formed of multi-hy... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP065 | out of stock |
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
TL
Give it Up
Beyond rare modern soul from 1986. Produced by Willie Harpe and performed by Tom Lipkins ''TL''. A cover-up for George Mahood and later Soul Sam under... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH123 | in stock |
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Greg Foat and Art Themen
Off-Piste
Greg Foat has always had a great reverence for the musicians that featured on the records he has collected over the years. Whether they were players f... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP059 | out of stock |
Monday Feb 6, 2023
East Coast Love Affair
Get Down feat. Quiet Storm
Disco action from East Coast Love Affair! Taking the vocal from obscure Minneapolis lo-fi band ''Quiet Storm'' master tape (Big up Numero Group) and b... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH118 | in stock |
Wendell Harrison
Rocket Love
A rather obscure and fantastical 45 by American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist Wendell Harrison. A moody dusty fingers style downtempo cover o... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH126 | out of stock |
Coco and Ben
Good Feeling
Time for some rare late 70s soul royalty out of Memphis, Tennessee. Ben Robinson was recently tracked down by friends of AOTN, Daniel Mathis and Rober... more...
| 12inch | Athens Of The North: AOTN12019 | in stock |
Andrew Wasylyk
Parallel Light
With ''Parallel Light'', Andrew Wasylyk offers an alternative mix album to 2020's spiritual-jazz and neo-classical masterclass in melody, ''Fugitive L... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP062 | in stock |
Friday Feb 3, 2023
Bileo
You Can Win / Let's Go
Undisputedly one of the best, across the board crowd and D.J pleasing rare Disco 45s ever cut to vinyl, two sides of AAA grade party smashers. Cut as... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH006NEW | out of stock |
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Various Artists
For The Love Of You Vol. 2.1
After a an unfortunate dispute on the Sonia track, AOTN decided to repress this with a .1 to be sure and distinguish the releases as well as a rather... more...
| 2LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP064 | out of stock |
Ethel Agee, Preston Scarber & Rev. Dorosco Scarber
Traveling Home
1970, Ethel Agee, a local self-taught musician, and her two brothers Rev. Dorosco Scarber and Preston Scarber hit the studio and recorded Ethel's orig... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH127 | out of stock |
Michael Henderson
Let Love Enter
How this never made it onto a 45 ill never know. Michael Henderson's brilliant 'Let Love Enter' has always been an underground classic and is about to... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH051 | in stock |
Linkwood
Stereo
Fusing many of his influences, Boogie, Detroit and early 80's synth joints to name a few, ''Stereo'' has its own identity and showcases Linkwood's abi... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP061 | in stock |
Arthur Ponder
The Prince of Georgia Soul
Arthur Ponder, a life long Macon, Georgia resident, started his singing career in the 60s replacing Otis Redding in Johnny Jenkins & The Pinetoppersaf... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP049 | in stock |
Lee Tracy & Isaac Manning
Is it What You Want
''As the sun sets on a quaint East Nashville house, a young man bares a piece of his soul. Facing the camera, sporting a silky suit jacket/shirt/slack... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP054 | in stock |
Other Lands
Archipelagos
Long time friend & contributor to Athens of the North, Other Lands (aka Gavin L. Sutherland) is channelling his considerable improvisational skills to... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP060 | in stock |
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Ike Noble and The Uptights
Look A Little Higher
Athens of the North is one of our favorite labels and this LP by Ike Noble & The Uptights ranks amongst one of the finest funk/soul LP's they have don... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP057 | out of stock |
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Trace of Smoke
Treasure Mind
This is '70s masterpiece out of Austin, Texas is a Holy Grail of the highest order -- the perfect fusion of classic soul and disco. An original copy n... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH120 | out of stock |
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
East Coast Love Affair & United Spiritual Singers
A Minute Too Late
''For the second AOTN 12'' this month we got another smasher,when we landed the united Spirtual Singers over lockdown we were lucky enough to get mult... more...
| 12inch | Athens Of The North: AOTN12012 | out of stock |
East Coast Love Affair
Chicago
''East Coast Love Affair is back for summer banger season, we have cooked up some utter beasts in the Athens of the North studio. Side A is of Roy... more...
| 12inch | Athens Of The North: AOTN12018 | out of stock |
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Premonitions
Premonitions
''If you have any of these Insanely rare tracks then a nod of the hat to you. This LP includes tracks from the 2 70s soul 45s and the best tracks from... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP039 | in stock |
Norfolk & Midnight Love
Mamas Baby Boy / You Are My Doll Baby
''One of America's finest guitarists, Gordon Banks is most well known as Marvin Gaye's tour bass player in the 70s and co-writer in the 80s (as well a... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH110 | in stock |
Doctor T & Presley Strong
Love Is A Heartbreaker / Let's Be Together
''Selma's own Doctor T, a.k.a. Lenoah Presley Strong, a.k.a. Rick Strong, was a fierce Selma talent, he could pick up any instrument and play it and w... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH115 | in stock |
Seaquence
Disco Thing
One of the bangers of Dave Haffners amazing disco with a feeling comp on 45, one of San Diego's finest independent disco 45s. Make sure and check the... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH117 | in stock |
