Label: Athens Of The North - All

Rivage

I Need You Baby

''70s Soul perfection, both previously unreleased on 45 so should keep collectors and DJs smiling as we head back into the clubs. We released the craz... more...

• 1 I Need You Baby
• 2 Answer

Crystal Winds

So Sad

''Crystal Winds legendary sophisticated soul LP first released on the privately pressed Cash Ear label in 1982, it's mad to me these amazing tracks ha... more...

• 1 So Sad
• 2 Maybe What You Do Comes Back on You

Crystal Winds

Lovers Holiday

''Martin Dumas Jr, Paul Coleman and Morris Browns, sublime 70s soul / 2 Step LP is IMO is some of the best sophisticated soul from the 1970s, Producti... more...

• 1 Lovers Holiday
• 2 Love Aint Easy

Rivage

Strung out on Your Love

''One of my favourite 70s soul sides, it will set you back £500ish if you can find one and even then it won't sound as nice as our pressing. The track... more...

• 1 Strung out on Your Love
• 2 All My Love for You

East Coast Love Affair

Confrontations

''For the 4th ECLA and the start of things opening up (maybe) we have gone full party mode, nothing too serious, just good dancefloor fun. Side one is... more...

• 1 Confrontations
• 2 Shake

Linkwood

Mono

Linkwood comes back to solo work with a hyper focused piece of electro goodness. Lo-fi but all the better for it, Mono comprises 14 deeply distilled t... more...

• 01 Bubbles
• 02 Candy Land
• 03 Shortwave
• 04 Rain Shine Byte Size

Various Artists

For The Love Of You

After the sell out success of 3 12 inches released at the tail end of 2019, For the Love of You is a 12 track compilation of lovers rock covers curate... more...

• 01 Peter Huntingdale - Rocking You Eternally
• 02 Christine Lewin - Juicy Fruit
• 03 Pure Silk - Don't Let Love Get You Down
• 04 Al Charles - Outstanding

Nathan Bartell

Nathan Bartell

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• 01 Top Going Down
• 02 I Feel It Coming
• 03 Sitting Alone
• 04 Jody John

Doug Payne

She Is On The Money

''Doug Payne is a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art (also known as FAME) in Manhattan NY, and Howard University in Washington D.C. He p... more...

• 01 She Is on the Money (Unreleased Full Version)
• 02 Holiday
• 03 She Is on the Money (Alternate Version)
• 04 She Is on the Money (7 Inch Mix)

East Coast Love Affair & Mary Love Comer

Without You

'''Without You' is the second release from Athens of the North house band, it's a lovely deep house side with obvious influences. 'Without You' came t... more...

• 01 Without You (feat Avelino Pitts Roni) - East Coast Love Affair
• 02 Come out of the Sandbox (East Coast Love Affair Mix) - Mary Love Comer

East Coast Love Affair

Date with the Rain

''Obviously to attempt a cover of classic only works if you go down a different route with the track, the idea came from talking good lovers covers wi... more...

• 01 Date with the Rain (feat Peter Hunningale L Ross)
• 02 Dub with the Rain (feat Peter Hunningale L Ross)

Warren Hampshire

Language of the Birds

'Language Of The Birds' LP was recorded solo shortly after completing 'Galaxies Like Grains Of Sand' and 'The Honey Bear' with jazz pianist Greg Foat.... more...

• 01 Eve of the Deluge
• 02 The Falling Rain
• 03 Zep Tepi
• 04 Then It Was Gone

Various Artists

Leon Gardner's Igloo Records

''Dancer and B3 Hammond player Leon Gardner moved from his Texas to Los Angeles sometime in the mid '60s. Soon after arriving he set up his own Igloo... more...

• 01 Farm Song - Leon Gardner
• 02 Be There (Full Version) - Leon Gardner
• 03 My Love Is Growing - Leon Gardner
• 04 Youre My Love - Essie Lewis

Christopher Jay

Be My Lady

''Real heads might be familiar with outsider boogie track - Christopher Jay – 'What Do You Want Me To Do', an excellent hypnotic spin for those in the... more...

• 01 Be My Lady
• 02 Come out Tonight

True Image

Keep Me Dancing

''True Image - ''Keep Me Dancing'' was a spin for me back in the day but sold it when I bought my house 10 years ago, thanks to being hooked up with t... more...

• 01 Keep Me Dancing
• 02 Keep Me Dancing (Instrumental)

Derrick Cross

Never Too Much

Of the many 1000s of reggae versions, Derrick Cross' version of Never Too Much has got to be one of the sweetest. Unfortunately, with a price tag of 5... more...

• 01 Never Too Much
• 02 Never Too Much (Instrumental)

Isabrm

If I Had You

Rare boogie joint time, Isabr'm or his real name Isaiah Lanes obscure and expensive. Recorded at Starlight Sound in Richmond, California (The same stu... more...

• 01 If I Had You
• 02 Nothing at All

Brief Encounter

Get a Good Feeling

''As a prelude to the singles LP we drop a 45 reissue of Brief Encounters most popular modern / disco side against possibly their best ballad / deep s... more...

• 01 Get a Good Feeling
• 02 Just a Little Notion

William Stuckey

Love Of Mine

''This first ever re-release of William Stuckey's extremely rare southern soul LP. When Brian Sears told me William was still with us and living local... more...

• 01 The First Time
• 02 Wise Men Say
• 03 Got Plans
• 04 Country People

Linkwood & Other Lands

Face the Facts

Linkwood and Other Lands are well known from their various outings on Firecracker, Night Theatre, The Nuclear Family, Rush Hour, Dekmantel, AOTN and m... more...

• 01 Theme for City
• 02 First Take
• 03 Porty
• 04 Face the Facts

The Leaders

(It's A) Rat Race

Here we have one of those top echelon soul / funk masterpieces. Recorded at the legendary True Soul studios in Little Rock, AR in 1971 by the Leaders... more...

• 1 (Its A) Rat Race Vocal
• 2 (Its A) Rat Race Instrumental

E.S. Funk

Funny Feeling

Fantastic funky crossover soul that has remained pretty much unknown due to rarity. Solid two-sider originally released on local label 'Shore'. You wi... more...

• 1 Funny Feeling
• 2 Shake Your Body (At the Disco)

Leval

Our Love

UK oddball boogie rarity licenced direct from the band.

• 1 Our Love
• 2 Its Up to You

Akira Freeze

Tell me Baby

New soul / boogie discovery out Daytona Beach, Florida. Unknown until this year when a copy sold for the first time on ebay in June for ($2025), Not s... more...

• 1 Tell Me Baby
• 2 I Remember

Andrew Wasylyk

Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation

Fugitive Light And Themes Of Consolation is the third in a trio of records by Andrew Wasylyk which unearth and reshape the landscape of Eastern Scotla... more...

• 01 A Further Look at Loss
• 02 Last Sunbeams of Childhood
• 03 Fugitive Light Restless Water
• 04 The Violet Hour

Crisrail

The Game Of Music

Something a little different from Athens of the North, Crisrail (Chris Rael) is an almost-LP of mad out there funky post punk from Silver Spring, Mary... more...

• 1 November 18, 1983
• 2 November 18, 1983 (ESLA Dub) [feat. East Side Love Affair]
• 3 Hard Black Glass
• 4 Riding Seasons

Rivage

Sittin On It

This LP is simply one of the finest 70s LPs, it's mad that it has not been reissued before now…enjoy. more...

• 1 Sha-Na-Na
• 2 All My Love for You
• 3 I Need Your Love
• 4 Waiting For a Sign

Billy Bruner

Billy Bruner

A selection of rare and unreleased tracks from the prince of Tusla boogie, Billy Bruner. 10 Killer unknown and rare Boogie soul tracks. Billy was in T... more...

• 01 Tulsa Song
• 02 Sweetness
• 03 The Dream
• 04 Say Yeah

Weldon Irvine

I Love You

Here we have 2 classic sides taken from the 1976 LP Sinbad on RCA. The vocals of Don Blackman are certainly the equal of Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going O... more...

• 1 I Love You (feat. Don Blackman)
• 2 What's Going On

Various Artists

Disco with a Feeling

So what is 'Disco With A Feeling'? It's hard to quantify a sound, but our definition would include 70s Soul or Modern Soul 45s that fit into the disco... more...

• 01 Ice - Reality
• 02 Cloudburst - I'm Loving You
• 03 Popsicles - These Are The Good Times
• 04 Bileo - You Can Win

Chuck Brimley

St. Elmos Fire

Milwaukee's artist Chuck Brimley's cover of Michael Frank's classic ''St. Elmore Fire. An extremely hard to find record that even Andy Noble who runs... more...

• 1 St. Elmos Fire
• 2 St. Elmos Fire (Instrumental)

G.Q.

Lies

Recommended by: Manuel Darquart

''G.Q'' stood for ''good quality'', they were not joking. 2 Deep Disco Classics on 45. Played By Theo Parrish. New master from Sony cut at Timmion Cut... more...

• 1 Lies
• 2 Is It Cool

Straight Jacket

Greatest Part of Loving You

In 1980 David Mcmurray and Adell Shavers and David McMurray (who went on to be a member of 80s hit band 'Was Not Was') wrote and produced this Amazing... more...

• 1 Greatest Part Of Loving
• 2 Fun

Premonition

Don't Act Like A Fool

Premonition or Premonitions (they were known as both) is a new york disco / Soul / Funk group you probably have never heard of. Here is a reissue of t... more...

• 1 Don't Act Like A Fool
• 2 In Love

Gold

What About the Child

''I licensed Gold material from Avelino Pitts an over 10 years ago when I was working at Jazzman, at the time we got a tape with an alternative versio... more...

• 1 What About the Child (Original Mix)
• 2 Now I Know

Linkwood and Foat

Linkwood and Foat

'Linkwood & Foat' is the first LP to be recorded in the new 'Athens of the North Studio', which was designed and built specifically for artists so tha... more...

• 1 Es Vedra
• 2 Marina
• 3 Pressure
• 4 Bentley 101

LaRombé

From Philly

''LaRombé is one of the most talented songwriters I have come across in my years of working for Jazzman and Athens of the North. Having gone through m... more...

• 01 All in Your Mind
• 02 Right on Time
• 03 You're the Best (Curtom Mix)
• 04 URThe1

Jean & Trevor

Back Together

Remastered and reissued for the first time since their original release, AOTN are proud to present three classic cover versions from the lovers rock e... more...

• 1 Back Together
• 2 Back Together (Dub)

Al Charles

Outstanding

Remastered and reissued for the first time since their original release, AOTN are proud to present three classic cover versions from the lovers rock e... more...

• 1 Outstanding
• 2 Oustanding (dub)

Sonia / Earth and Stone

Easier to Love / That's The Way You Feel

Remastered and reissued for the first time since their original release, AOTN are proud to present three classic cover versions from the lovers rock e... more...

• 1 Sonia - Easier to Love
• 2 Earth and Stone - That's The Way You Feel

MYTH

Play with Me

Athens of the North is back on the boogie tip with top Miami rarity MYTH. Recorded and mixed in Fort Lauderdale in 85 both the original 12s are pretty... more...

• 1 Play with Me
• 2 In Action

LaRombé

You're the Best

Companion 45 to the forthcoming unreleased LP of L.A soul singer, composer and producer LaRombé. We transferred all of larombes tapes in Hollywood and... more...

• 1 You're the Best
• 2 Train of Thought

Greg Foat and James Thorpe

Photosynthesis

Recommended by: Minimalrome

Part two of Athens Of The North's nod to the world of library. This time round Greg Foat journeys into the world of synthesis with good friend James T... more...

• 01 Elementary Physiology, Pt. 1
• 02 Elementary Physiology, Pt. 2
• 03 Balloon Ride
• 04 Circadian Rhythms

People In The News

Color Me

Killer 2 sider deepfunk classic from Indiana's very obscure Knap Town Records.

• 1 Color Me
• 2 Misty Shade Of Pink

Papa Bear & His Cubs

You're so Fine

Deepfunk / soul super rarity flipped with one of the best deep soul sides ever recorded. Papa Bear And His Cubs were the brainchild of Eddie Disnute S... more...

• 1 You're so Fine
• 2 Sweetest Thing on This Side of Heaven

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...

• 01 Rocking
• 02 Since I Met You Girl
• 03 Now I Know I Love You
• 04 Just for Love

Dennis Young

Primitive Substance

''After Liquid Liquid disbanded in 1985 I continued to record electronic music at my home studio inEdison,New Jerseybut I decided to mix the songs for... more...

• 1 Primitive Substance
• 2 Berlin
• 3 Safari Western
• 4 Somerset Hills

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...

• 1 Saint Lawrence
• 2 The Clock Tower
• 3 The Snake and the Weasel
• 4 The Broken Promise

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...

• 1 Of My Hands
• 2 Endless Love
• 3 Drifting
• 4 The Magic Radish

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...

• 1 Beautiful Day
• 2 Beautiful Day (Drums)