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  • BADBADNOTGOOD – Mid Spiral
    BADBADNOTGOOD – Mid Spiral
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    At the start of 2024 BADBADNOTGOOD were brimming with new creative energy. Having just come off a run of one-off international tour dates and a series of sessions for projects […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Yuma Abe – Hotel New Yuma
    Yuma Abe – Hotel New Yuma
    $35.00 | , Ships on/around Dec 27, 2024 Add to cart

    I have recently been watching a lot of Japanese popular movies from the 50s and 60s. I loved the vibrant Japan of this era. After the war, Japan was rapidly changing […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – The Key To Our Love Vol. 2
    V/A – The Key To Our Love Vol. 2
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    The follow up to last years initial release, The Key To Our Love Vol.2 continues to highlight the rarer side of Sweet Soul by recording artists from the late 60s […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
    Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
    $30.00 | Add to cart

    Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series Reissue of Patrice Rushen’s 1974 Debut Album Prelusion on 180g LP. Available on Vinyl for the First Time Since Its Original Release 50 Years Ago. Mastered [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bobby Womack ? Fly Me To The Moon
    Bobby Womack ? Fly Me To The Moon
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    “Debut album from the self-proclaimed “Last Soul Man,” who earned his credentials as writer and composer of the Rolling Stones’ first U.K. number one. He was also one of [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    As the man who basically brought the conga into the modern age with his innovative multi-percussion set-ups and tunable congas, and as a former member of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    A sonic snapshot of America’s steel capital, developed in the prosperous cavern between the departure of the Jackson 5 to Motown and the collapse of U.S. Steel, Skyway Soul is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got to work reinventing […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Ripple – S/T
    Ripple – S/T
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    Seminal rare groove funk and deep soul album originally released in 1973 on GRC Records now released 50 years later on Soul Jazz Records in this fully remastered edition of […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Arp Frique – Analog People Digital World
    Arp Frique – Analog People Digital World
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    Arp Frique returns with a new album after a string of releases, leaving the cratediggers and dancefloor tastemakers with underground classics like Nos Magia, Voyage and Nyame Ye. On ”Analog [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    On the same label that brought us that Pat Metheny “Zero Tolerance for Silence” ‘reissue’ last year…. Insane “private press” ultra-obscurity reissued for [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool
    Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Lee Fields is arguably the greatest soul singer alive today. In an age when the shelf life of an artist largely depends on posturing and trends, he has proven to […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over You
    Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over You
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    Durand Jones’s Wait ‘Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Jones’s life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar’s long overdue debut album finally makes landfall! Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody’s fingers. But his artistry escapes that fate thanks to I, Who [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken (RSD)
    Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken (RSD)
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    Funky Chicken is the 1970 album from Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions. As evident by the name, it is infinitely danceable from the moment you press play. The band’s […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage (RSD)
    V/A – Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage (RSD)
    $36.00 | , Add to cart

    Compilation of Salsoul classic hits, legendary artists and deep cuts. Includes original Larry Levan remixes – currently unavailable and exclusive for RSD The cover artwork uses an iconic [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul – A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971-83 (RSD, Red Vinyl)
    V/A – Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul – A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971-83 (RSD, Red Vinyl)
    $39.00 | , Add to cart

    Soul Jazz Records’ new Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 is a one-off limited-edition heavyweight red vinyl pressing + download code exclusively [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and “godfather of black cinema” Melvin Van Peebles only made one studio film. 1970’s Watermelon Man shattered [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
    East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
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    The only conceivable reason this 1973 album isn’t generally recognized as a soul-funk classic is because it came out on Bernard Purdie’s Encounter label, which mustered only five LP [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
    George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    This soul-funk nugget, released in the early ’70s on the uber-collectible Maple label, qualifies as a major find based on George Scott’s Wilson Pickett-meets-James-Brown vocal [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    From a humble storefront studio located in a shoeshine parlor on Norfolk, Virginia’s Church Street, Noah Biggs built a world. Hustler by day, gambler by night, the always-in-a-suit Biggs took [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Archie James  Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
    Archie James Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    A masterpiece of the schooner rock variety, Black and White Raven is an album that emerged from Archie James Cavanaugh’s youthful dream of recording his own music while stuck in […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
    Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Kelly Finnigan’s debut solo album for Colemine Records represents the culmination of his 15 years of experience – in the studio as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Young-Holt Unlimited – Plays Super Fly (Yellow Vinyl) (RSD)
    Young-Holt Unlimited – Plays Super Fly (Yellow Vinyl) (RSD)
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    YELLOW VINYL. Young-Holt Unlimited were one instrumental groups mixing jazz and R&B into songs that captured the essence of the late ’60s and early 70’s music. This 9-track set is [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
    V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    First ever compilation of the deep ’60s soul from Jetstar, including Alder Ray Mathis’ Northern Soul stepper ‘Take Me Baby’! Featuring previously unissued tracks from [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Ibeyi ‎– Spell 31
    Ibeyi ‎– Spell 31
    $8.00 | , Add to cart

    Ibeyi are French Afro-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz. Performing from a young age, the daughters of famed Cuban percussionist Ánga Diaz, have released two critically acclaimed [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Sylk – S/T
    Sylk – S/T
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Sylk was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Aiken, South Carolina – Augusta, Georgia border area (better known as the CSRA) who released just one album in 1983. […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Quinn  Harris – Statements
    Quinn Harris – Statements
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Born in Texas but raised in Riverside, California, Quinn Harris first started playing music in 1954 when he saved up his paper route money for an alto sax. At a […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • JPQ – Quintessence
    JPQ – Quintessence
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    JPQ (Jimmy Person Quintet) was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Greensboro, North Carolina area who released just one album in 1983. Their only album (Quintessence) would become […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Norman Feels – Where Or When
    Norman Feels – Where Or When
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Little is known about Norman Feels…but we do know that he was an underground soul sensation in the 1970s. He released two classic albums on Just Sunshine Records (the label […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
    Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Houston’s reputation for developing first-class jazz acts is well-established, as a stream of young players has been distinguishing themselves for decades…among those musicians and mentors who [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Lonnie Holley – National Freedom
    Lonnie Holley – National Freedom
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    This 5-song collaboration between artist Lonnie Holley and the late visionary producer Richard Swift is a tribute to urgent, raw, American art — from Howlin’ Wolf to Captain Beefheart, from [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Lonnie Holley – MITH
    Lonnie Holley – MITH
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    The expansive American experience Lonnie Holley quilts together across his astounding new album, MITH, is both multitudinous and finely detailed. Holley’s self-taught piano improvisations [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Clarence Reid – On The Job
    Clarence Reid – On The Job
    $14.00 | , Add to cart

    Clarence Henry Reid is also known by the stage name and alternate persona Blowfly Reid wrote and produced for artists including Betty Wright Sam & Dave, Gwen McCrae, Jimmy “Bo” [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Miracles – I’ll Try Something
    The Miracles – I’ll Try Something
    $14.00 | , Add to cart

    I’ll Try Something New is the third Tamla (Motown) album by The Miracles. The title track was an important early single for the group, featuring Smokey Robinson‘s lead voice, a […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Freedom Affair – Freedom Is Love
    The Freedom Affair – Freedom Is Love
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    “Freedom Is Love” is the debut album from Kansas City’s newest soul juggernaut, The Freedom Affair. The album explores themes of love, heartache, empowerment, and togetherness through a varying [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Rip It Up: The Best Of Specialty Records
    V/A – Rip It Up: The Best Of Specialty Records
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Craft Recordings is pleased to launch its 75th-anniversary celebrations of Specialty Records with a brand-new compilation, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records. Available for pre-order now, [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • King Hannibal (featuring Lee Moses)  – Truth
    King Hannibal (featuring Lee Moses) – Truth
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    James Shaw (aka The Mighty Hannibal aka King Hannibal) was an American R&B, soul and funk singer, songwriter and record producer known for his showmanship and outlandish costumes. Several of [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Snoopy Dean ‎– Wiggle That Thing
    Snoopy Dean ‎– Wiggle That Thing
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    The late Nathaniel ‘Snoopy’ Dean is one of those many underrated southern soul and blues men who never reached great fame outside their home ground. His legacy is deeply treasured […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bobby Story – The Storyteller
    Bobby Story – The Storyteller
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Bobby Patterson’s (born 1944) life in music has had many facets. Whether as a DJ in Texas (he had a popular show at the Dallas-based radio station KKDA until 2012), a producer […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Afterschool Special: The 123’s Of Kid Soul
    Afterschool Special: The 123’s Of Kid Soul
    Original price was: $22.00.Current price is: $10.00. | , Add to cart

    The formula was simple: marry bubblegum and soul to the absolute sincerity of an enthusiastic child, cross your fingers and pray for airplay. But while the youthful sums of that […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
    King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
    Original price was: $19.00.Current price is: $9.00. | , Add to cart

    On Cleveland’s late ‘60s gospel scene, the BOS label was the refined, professional ying to Boddie’s lo-fi yang, galloping to the fore bearing a torch for Curtis Mayfield’s robe-wearing roots. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chasman – Synth E Fuge
    Chasman – Synth E Fuge
    Original price was: $20.00.Current price is: $10.00. | , Add to cart

    “From the blown-out motherboard of West Philadelphia’s Master Control Programmers, Charles Grossman broke off to explore his own personal outer space experience. With just a DW-8000 to keep [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Syl Johnson-Uptown Shakedown
    Syl Johnson-Uptown Shakedown
    Original price was: $17.00.Current price is: $8.00. | , Add to cart

    “A different sound than usual for Syl Johnson – but a record that still has loads of those amazing vocals we love from Syl! The style’s mostly modern soul – […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Richard Marks – Love Is Gone
    Richard Marks – Love Is Gone
    Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $25.00. | , Add to cart

    “Previously unreleased soul and funk from legendary Atlanta guitarist/singer/songwriter Richard Marks, the companion piece to our Never Satisfied anthology. These songs, found on reels that [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Sequoyah Murray – Before You Begin
    Sequoyah Murray – Before You Begin
    Original price was: $19.00.Current price is: $9.00. | , Add to cart

    “At just 22 years old, Sequoyah Murray is crafting the kind of concise, singular musical statements that many artists strive for their whole careers. His mutant brand of modern soul […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco