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Friday Mar 18, 2011

Rahaan

Rahaan Edits Vol.1

First of a series of compilation projects with some of the best artists from the scene. Rahaan is not only a Dj, but a Dj’s Dj. Sspinning music since... more...

2xCD Spacemachine: SM002CD

Wednesday Mar 16, 2011

Coke

Coke

repress from this album by Coke; an obscure Florida combo who mixed together Latin, funk, and soul -- served up in a crossover style that's halfway be... more...

LP Paul Winley: ST7773

Gil Scott Heron

Small Talk At 125th and Lenox

Classic Gil Scott Heron album. Twenty-one-year-old Gil Scott-Heron had yet to make the full transition from poet to musician when he recorded his prov... more...

LP Flying Dutchman: FLYD131

Baby Huey

The Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend

Massive funk, soul album by Baby Huey including incredible tracks such as Hard Times. Baby Huey impressed Curtis Mayfield who signed him for his Curto... more...

LP Curtom: CRS8007

Wednesday Mar 9, 2011

Harold Vick

Steppin Out

Harold Vick's saxophone and flute paying is just in between hard bop and soul jazz, he is usually very well known for having played as sideman with G... more...

LP Heavenly Sweetness: HS036

Monday Mar 7, 2011

Bobby Boyd Congress

Bobby Boyd Congress

Utter the name Bobby Boyd Congress to any collector or serious fan of 70s rare groove and you’ll suddenly see their face strangely come to life, lit i... more...

LP Vadim: VAD033LP

Saturday Mar 5, 2011

Les Baxter

Hells Belles (Orig Soundtrack)

Original artwork (go-go boots, mini skirts & motorcycles), hard to find and incredibly funky soundtrack to American International Pictures biker flick... more...

12inch Sidewalk: ST5919

Thursday Feb 24, 2011

Dj Mitsu the beats

Universal Force

DJ Mitsu the Beats’s 3rd Album UNIVERSAL FORCE is featuring Legendaly and Fresh Japanese MCs and Vocalists. more...

2LP Planet Groove: PGLP K1011/K1012

Wednesday Feb 23, 2011

California Flight Project

Hook With You

CALI~FLIGHT back again with some 80s offerings. George Clinton said it best, Jerry J is the Hook Master! Mastered from a cassette mixdown of the legen... more...

12inch Peoples Potential Unlimited: PPU023

Wednesday Feb 16, 2011

Freddie Hubbard

Backlash

Backlash is an classic 1969 jazz album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, his first released on the Atlantic label. It features performances by Hubbard, Ja... more...

LP Atlantic: SD1477
LP RCA: BDS5137

Tuesday Feb 15, 2011

Francois de Roubaix

Courts Metrages (1963-1973)

The incredible François De Roubaux’s musical career was short (1963-1976) but endless in its intensity. His discography and considerable music product... more...

2LP WeMe Records: WeMe021LP

Friday Jan 28, 2011

Krystal Klear

Tried For Your Love (Hudson Mohawke remix)

Tried For Your Love is the eagerly awaited debut solo EP from contemporary Boogie producer Krystal Klear. This release gives light to the largest body... more...

12inch All City Dublin: ACKK12X1

Thursday Jan 27, 2011

Nina Simone

It Is Finished

Amazing album from 1974 by Nina Simone including Funkier than a mosquito, Mr Bojangles. Goosebumps! more...

LP RCA: APL10241

The Khan Jamal creative arts ensemble

Drum dance to the motherland

The super-tuned ears at Honest Jons have picked up on something extremely special with this 1972 LP from The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble. A quin... more...

LP EM: EM1082LP

Kenny Graham

Moondog and suncat suites

By 1956, the early New York street recordings of the great Moondog had reached British shores. His primitive percussive sounds struck a new nerve with... more...

LP Trunk: JBH036

Tunde Williams Plays With Africa 70

Mr. Big Mouth

Tunde Williams blows from menthol-cool to incinerating on these wonderful vintage tracks. Afrika 70, recorded in 1975, produced by Fela Kuti.

LP Honest Jons: HJRLP101

Thursday Dec 30, 2010

Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics

Inspiration Information

he third in Strut’s Inspiration Information studio collaboration series brings together an intriguing pairing between one of Africa’s great bandleader... more...

2LP Strut: Strut040lp

Friday Dec 10, 2010

Theo Parrish

Ugly Edits 11

On this edition: B.T. Express - Peace Pipe (Theo Parrish Re-Edit) and Jackey Beavers - Mr. Bump Man (Theo Parrish Re-Edit)

12inch Ugly Edits: UGET11

The Psychedelic Aliens

Psycho African Beat

Psycho African Beat is the complete recorded output of this amazing group and their unprecedented music that combined elements of American soul, funk,... more...

2LP Academy: AClp05

Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland Big Band

Volcano

It is a few minutes after ten-thirty on Monday evening, February 17, 1969, in Ronnie Scott's, 47 Frith Street London W I. On this particular Monday at... more...

2LP Rearward: RW138LP

Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland Big Band

At Her Majesty's Pleasure

Inspiration in jazz has many sources. Who would have thought that British prisons could have inspired a Belgian-born composer, arranger, co-leader of... more...

2LP Rearward: RW137LP

The Brief Encounter

Special Release

The elusive and mysterious 'Special Release' album by the Brief Encounter has eluded many an intrepid record collector over the years. Despite being a... more...

2LP Jazzman: JMANLP038
3x12inch Jazzman: Jman078

Eighties Ladies

Ladies Of The 80s

Soul Jazz are issuing this seminal super-rare rare-groove album produced by Roy Ayers originally released on his own Uno Melodic label in 1980. This a... more...

LP Universal Sound: USLP33