R&B

The second of our 'Hip Pocket' releases celebrating Kent's 25th anniversary. These now feature an inner sleeve with label shots of the original LP plus a spine. The Other Brothers and Willie Gauff tracks are not currently available on CD.1. Lay This...

The second album from Spaceark. More brilliant self-released, private-press jazz/soul from 1976 Los Angeles. 'Spaceark Is' came out on Color World records in 1976, on a limited run of about 5,000 copies. It followed their self-titled debut (also...

The second album from GQ (1980) originally released on the Aristaand is now available on CD remastered from the master tapes. The album hit #9 in the R&B charts, with the singles "Standing Ovation" and "Sitting in the Park" getting to #12 and #9...

The scant discography of Philadelphia songwriter LaRomb? Baker (aka La Rom and Larom) consists of a holy grail one-sided 7 inch from 1978 which recently sold for $6000, and a disco 12" he produced the same year under the name Sizzle. His tape archive...

The San Francisco Bay Area was not known as a centre for urban soul productions in the 1960s, yet judged on the contents of Hitsville West, the R&B-mad region was just as capable of generating fine sophisticated soul sounds. An adjunct to our recent Kent...

The S.O.L.A.R. Records label (acronym for Sounds of Los Angeles Records) was founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, which quickly became one of the most important disco, R&B, and dance music imprints of the late 1970s and 1980s. Shalamar were the label's best...

The Royal Counts originated in a locker room in Dickinson High School in Jersey City, NJ. After lunch each day, to pass extra time away, they would venture to this spot because they liked the echo. Approximately one week afterwards, their reputation as a...

The Royal Counts originated in a locker room in Dickinson High School in Jersey City, New Jersey. After lunch each day, to pass extra time away, they would venture to this locker room because they liked the echo. Approximately one week afterwards, their...

The Royal Counts originated in a locker room in Dickinson High School in Jersey City, New Jersey. After lunch each day, to pass extra time away, they would venture to this locker room because they liked the echo. Approximately one week afterwards, their...

THE ROAD FROM MEMPHIS is classic Memphis soul, and classic Booker in the tradition of "Green Onions," but beyond that it is the story of a sound, and how Booker, working with the inheritors of his sound, is keeping a tradition alive. Along for the ride...

The Righteous Brothers worshipped Roy Jackie Wilson took his operatic R&B style and ran with it Elvis and the Beatles covered his songs he was one of the most influential '50's R&B stars, and this is his definitive singles collection. Includes his hits...

The revered rock/soul star got into some heavy collaboration with the one and only Swamp Dogg between '68 and '70, and their creations (Gary singing, Swamp Dogg producing) are what's collected here. The bonus cuts "Bad Things When You Leave Me," "They're...