R&B

A multi-instrumentalist American funk, R&B, and soul musician, best known for his 1972 mega hit "Troglodyte (Cave Man)," with his group The Jimmy Castor Bunch, is featured here with his classic 1987 soul single "I Could Never Break Away (From You)" b/w...

A Moment of Madness is the 2016 studio album by British singer/songwriter and BBC Sound of 2016 candidate Izzy Bizu. Born to an Ethiopian mother and English father, she grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Swan, Betty Wright and James Brown and...

A mix compilation by Andy Smith, late of Portishead, compiler of the massive-selling Document series. Mixed in Smith's inimitable style, the cuts are a mixture of Northern Soul classics (including tracks that have been sampled by Fatboy Slim and the Wu...

A mid-price CD release for Donald Austin's 1973 album for Westbound's Eastbound offshoot. Previously only available on vinyl, this is packaged in a cardboard facsimile of the LP sleeve as part of our ongoing Hip Pocket series.1. Crazy Legs 2. You Want...

A masterpiece in the field of dreamy psyche pop that should have been issued five to seven years before. THE FIFTH DIMENSION might be a comparison but there is more. Jazz is one of the basic elements here, dreamy colorful pop and soul music are the...

A mammoth offering of 30 tracks from this 60's Detroit label, featuring 5 previously unreleased masters. Living in the shadows of Motown, this collection of lesser-known names proves the quality of Motor City during that era. Several of the Northern soul...

A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which hit the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100. Features the songs "If You Need Me" and It's Too Late".1. If You Need Me 2. I'm...

A longtime disc jockey at WSGE, located in Dallas, Tim Greene, long known for his local philanthropic efforts, including giving kids computers at Christmas time, and for his work as a filmmaker, amongst a host of other endeavors, produced a single in...

A long overdue package which brings together the complete studio masters by several of Modern's best female singers of the 1950s, none of whom cut enough material for a CD of their own. Only seven of the 27 recordings here have been issued legally on CD...

A legendary vocalist that straddles the line between R&B and Jazz, the talented Jean Carne is back with ?Bye Bye Baby,÷ a new single written and produced by Philly soul icon Butch Ingram and features the Ingram family band.1. Bye Bye Baby

A killer little set that's as heavy as it sounds from the title - a wealth of rare material pulled from the studio of Detroit producer Dave Hamilton - a good deal of it previously unreleased! Hearing this set is like finding a pile of rare 45s stuffed in...

'A Hundred Days in One' is the second album from Brighton act BLACK GRASS. This time around Black Grass is now formed of one person, the uber talented turntablist MEX. With this album, he takes the Black Grass sound to new levels. Think MASSIVE ATTACK or...