Label: Athens Of The North - All
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Fruit
If You Feel It Say Yeah
Two massive Unreleased 12'' inch disco bangers from the obscure florida band Fruit, cut loud and deep like a true disco 12 should be. The Fruit Band's... more...
| 12inch | Athens Of The North: ATH12002 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Spirit of Love
The Power of Your Love
Recommended by: Jeremiah R
Gospel is not something we often delve into at AOTN, I like the odd track but to make the grade it has to be really good. I used to play 'He's Alright... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH035 | out of stock |
Nobody
I Saw You
During the 1960s the American popular music scene was overtaken and dominated throughout most of the decade by a creative surge emanating fromDetroit.... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH033 | in stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Stephen Colebrooke
Shake That Chic Behind
Two odd Island bangers previously only avaible on the VERY rare Stephen LP you almost certianly don't own. Athens of the North is happy to drop these... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH032 | out of stock |
Thursday Jul 7, 2016
Raphael Munnings
Nassau Funky
You will almost certainly know the 1971 song ''Funky Nassau'' by Beginning Of The End which was deservedly a worldwide hit gaining airplay in many cou... more...
| 2x7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH002 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Ray Barretto
Pastime Paradise
Stone cold classic, although Pastime Paradise has been reissued a couple of time on compilations every single reissue has used the rocky LP version wh... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH028 | out of stock |
Tuesday Jun 14, 2016
Larry Young
Turn Off The Lights
Two essential and eternal classics from New York Hammond legend Larry Young with vocals by the talented Linda ''Tequila'' Logan. Rare groove standard... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: AOE008 | out of stock |
Symbol 8
I Thought You Wanted To Dance
Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff
Did somebody say AOTN 12''. For our first large format singe we bring you the unreleased full length version of the original Symbol 8 classic ''I thou... more...
| 12inch | Athens Of The North: ATH12001A | out of stock |
Tuesday May 24, 2016
TSpoon
If You Dance Tonight
Our second and final release from Billy Bruner T'Spoon out of his obscure Oil Capital Record Label. 'If You Dance Tonight' is almost unknown boogie sp... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH031 | in stock |
Fruit
Fruit
The Fruit Band's fleeting existence was only recently revealed by the discovery of a few unsold copies of their sole 1978 single,Say It, which quickly... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP007 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Little George n' The Mixed Generation
Listen
Another Virtue super rarity this month, so obscure it's not even well known on the Funk45 scene although noted collectors Ian Wright and DJ Shadow hav... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: AOE019 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
New World
The World To-Day
The very Definition of Deepfunk this record was a huge spin for Keb Darge in the Early 2000s. Not only brilliant, but very very rare ($2000+), respect... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: AOE018 | out of stock |
Tuesday May 10, 2016
Rasputins Stash
Hidden Stash
It's a big one, a third previously unreleased Raspuitins stash LP, half of which was thought to be lost. Just recently it turned up in a Chicago wareh... more...
| LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP006 | out of stock |
Mr. Wigg & Co
You've Got a Lot of Living
Crunchy outsider disco that's always been popular with those in the know. Getting strong spins through the various iterations of the euro soul scene a... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH022 | out of stock |
Tuesday Mar 29, 2016
Brief Encounter
We Want To Play For You
Disco Grail is an overused word but in this case it's a fact. The Two best track from the LP every serious disco collector covets. It took a long time... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH029 | out of stock |
Samuel Jonathan Johnson
Sweet Love
An amazing solid Groove on Sweet Love, you cant help but feel it. The flip 'Reasons; is the other great track from the same Columbia LP 'My Music' . F... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH025 | out of stock |
Nohelani Cypriano
Lihue
Top tier Hawaiian disco boogie masterpiece available for the first time on 45. It took Athens Of The North 3 years to persuade Nohelani Cypriano to le... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH007 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Santiago
Feeling Good
Produced by Philadelphia's Legendary Sonny Hopson, Santiago is Indeed Neftali Santiago from Mandrill who took a break from the band in 1975 and did a... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH030 | in stock |
Tuesday Feb 23, 2016
Alias Funk and Soul
Well Good
Very Very rare slow burning funk45 recorded in 1973 Youngstown, Ohio. The band were local heros but never made it out of their locality, many still pl... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: AOE017 | out of stock |
Charles Suggs
Everything That Looks Good
First rediscovered and spun by legendary Essex collector Ian Wright after buying it blind (guessing it might be good as it looked rare and was unknown... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: AOE016 | in stock |
Painel De Controle
Relax
Two slices of Brilliant Brazilian Disco. 'Relax' is a straight up boogie monster, well known to deep disco & boogie heads flipped with 'Malandrinh' wi... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH013 | out of stock |
Tuesday Feb 9, 2016
Tortilla Factory
Cookin
In the 70's one of the most Unique Texas band Emerged on the Scene, 'Tortilla Factory ' whilst primarily in the Texas Chicano scene they produced a co... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: AOE015 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Friday Jul 3, 2015
Various Artists
Henry Stone's Miami Sound - The Record Man's Finest 45s
''When Terry Kane - a sound engineer who was barely twenty years old at the time - built an 8-track recording studio above Henry Stone's office space... more...
| 2LP | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP002 | out of stock |
Monday Dec 31, 2007
Brand New
Thousand Years
Athens of the North had a few of these lying around after pressing the Henry Stone LP..
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: AOTNLP7002A | out of stock |
Lee Tracy & Isaac Manning
Is It What You Want
One of the rarest and best genuinely outsider soul 45's to come out of America, Lee Tracy's super rare single outing from the outskirts of Nashville i... more...
| 7inch | Athens Of The North: ATH177 | upcoming | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
