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Esther Marrow began singing professionally in the early 60s. Her big break came in 1965 when she was asked by Duke Ellington to take part in his ground-breaking Concert of Sacred Music at the Grace...

West Coast based vocal group Hodges, James Smith & Crawford's 'Nobody' has long been a club classic for funk DJs and was championed by David Holmes. Hovering at around ?100 for an original copy, we...

10 cuts to groove to. (Previously deleted:11/1/10 Original release date:4/10/95)

Over And Over' is simply the greatest ever 7-inch disco edit, a nine-minute anthem which retains (or maybe even enhances) it's appeal in the smaller format. The tripped-out soul of 'I Need Somebody...

As part of our continued celebration of Gil Scott-Heron's essential recording "Pieces Of A Man", BGP is releasing two of it's most poignant and poetic tracks as a 7-inch single.

Gil Scott-Heron's "Pieces Of A Man" is one of the most important albums in the history of black American music. Although it didn't set the charts alight, it stands as a masterpiece alongside...

Album by the innovator of 1970s funk style of drumming. (Previously deleted:7/1/10 Original release date:6/8/95)

Lonnie Liston Smith was one of the most important musicians to emerge in jazz in the 1970s. His 1975 album 'Expansions' is one of the foundation stones of modern dance music and his recordings have...

The first volume of Funk Soul Sisters was a good seller, and volume 2 repeats the formula of mixing sought-after and in-demand sister-funk records with well-known classics. Both the Jackie Moore and...

Gil Scott-Heron was twenty-one years old when he was signed to Flying Dutchman by Bob Thiele to make an album of his poetry. The resultant "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox" was recorded before a small...