Label: Athens Of The North - All

Tuesday Jun 11, 2019

Brief Encounter

We Want to Play

Modern Soul, Disco, Sweet Soul there is a not a bad track on the whole LP. 6 years talking to the Family, which led to Gary Bailey (Singer and co-writ... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP019
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Friday May 3, 2019

Greg Foat

The Mage

Greg Foat's 9th album 'The Mage' joins the dots between the past and future of British jazz. Enlisting the talents of jazz/library/soundtrack legends... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP016

Hampshire & Foat

Saint Lawrence

Captured during two sunny afternoons in September 2017, The fourth LP by the much respected and collected duo, Hampshire and Foat, takes us to a new l... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP024

Monday Apr 1, 2019

Spider Harrison

Beautiful Day

Spider Harrison was Indianapolis's first call soul DJ in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He broke local tunes like The Highlighters' ''Poppin' Popcorn... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: AOE036

Monday Feb 25, 2019

Gratitude

We Are Here to Party

Gratitude's rare Canadian disco 12'' is well know to the heads, there is also a VERY rare 7'' with a slightly alternate mix that is almost entirely un... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH076

Judy Pollak

In Togetherness (featuring 33 1/3)

Judy Pollak's late 70s LP is extremely rare and charming peace of music. Not just a Soul and Funk LP, sprinklings of folkiness in Judy's vocal make th... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP027
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Monday Feb 4, 2019

Andrew Wasylyk

The Paralian

Andrew Wasylyk is the alias of Scottish writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Andrew Mitchell. In 2018, Andrew was extended a residency invite f... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP028

Willie Griffin

I Love You

''I love you'' is arguably one of the best obscure soul ballads out there. The highly anticipated re-release of this rare and collectable 45 is anothe... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH075
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Peoples Pleasure & Alive and Well

Do You Hear Me Talking to You?

''The 45 of Everyday People - World full of people is well known on the modern soul and funk scene and it relatively easy to find a copy for maybe 500... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP023

Tuesday Dec 18, 2018

Luther Davis

Keep on Dancin

Many know Luther Davis from his more familiar and previously reissued disco floater 'You Can Be A Star', not so many people outside the collector's wo... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH073

Tuesday Dec 4, 2018

Kashmere Stage Band

Kashmere

Another sure shot double sider out the Now-Again catalogue, until now both tracks were album only and both pure club killers. I smashed these back in... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH072

Tuesday Oct 16, 2018

Bobby Boyd

Rock On

an unreleased nugget from funk and soul legend, Bobby Boyd, the founding member and lead singer of Bobby Boyd's Congress - who metamorphosed into The... more...

12inch Athens Of The North: AOTN12006

Wednesday Sep 26, 2018

Brief Encounter

Where Will I Go

One of the most coveted unreleased Low Rider / Soul Ballads. A Huge tune, up there with Darling dears (google that shit). Only released on a Japanese... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH070
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Monday Jul 30, 2018

Dirty Channels, Danny Russell & Frazelle

Watchin Out

Athens of the North's first foray into releasing house records (with more on the way) may come as a surprise to some but not to people who've heard th... more...

12inch Athens Of The North: AOTN12005

Bobby Boyd

Love Goddess

This month we have what is the start of a string of previously unreleased bangers from the soul, funk and disco legend Bobby Boyd, we have been workin... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH066
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Bobby Boyd

I Like What You Do to Me

Second up on our Bobby Boyd unreleased recording we have some dope mid 80s material from Bobby, 'I Like What You Do To Me' is Boogie / Proto House joi... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH068
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Bill Brown

Bip Bam

Bill Browns super rare Brownstone release is one for the deep heads, less well known than label mate 'Everyday People' but just as rare and collectabl... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH067
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Wednesday Jun 27, 2018

Hampshire and Foat

Nightshade

''This Hampshire & Foat project should not come as too much of a surprise to those familiar withGreg& Warren's music, influenced heavily by not just J... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP018
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Infinity

Put Everything in Place

Part 2 of out Licenced Infinity 45 releases, another Disco funk crossover dancer thats pretty under the radar, the track for me is the floaty disco b... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH064

Infinity

Queen of My Universe

Top modern soul / Disco spin thats goes for big money, licenced from Moses himself, disco funk banger leaning more to the disco side, big spin for all... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH063

Wednesday May 23, 2018

Helio Matheus

Matheus Segundo Matheus

Born in Rio in 1940, Helio won a guitar from his father at age 12.After working in sugar mills or as a sales clerk in record stores, he started perfor... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP017

Thursday Mar 29, 2018

Donnell Pitman

Love Explosion

O.k Straight up disco banger that is way beyond most paycheques on 45. As featured on the Numero Group compilation Ultra-High Frequency's. Numero actu... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH059

Hampshire & Foat

The Honeybear

Warren and Greg retreated back to the Isle of Wight to start work on long discussed concept album based on a fictional children's book The Honey Bear.... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP013

Thursday Mar 22, 2018

Junior Mendes

Copacabana Sadia

Luiz Mendes Jr or ''Junior Mendes'' was a ubiquitous figure in the Brazilian Soul / Funk scene of the 70s and early 80s, contributing to compositions... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP015

Tuesday Mar 6, 2018

Prophets Of Peace

Get It On

Two unreleased recordings dug up by the team at Numero Group for their Purple Snow comp (GET IT), these were begging to be put on 45. Recorded at Audi... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH060