R&B

The Piscean Group founded by Sir Robert and the deep-house producer Osunlade as loose platform for writers, musicians and performers. A self-titled debut EP was released on R2 Records and introduced the intentions of the group prior to the first time...

The phrase 'Holy Grail' is much overused when it comes to record collecting, so we tend to use it sparingly. When we do though, you know it's serious! Well, here is a genuine holy grail which lives up to it's title. Originally released on the tiny...

The Payback is a 1973 double album by James Brown. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem. The Payback is considered a high point in Brown's recording career, and is now regarded by critics as a...

The Paramount Four is probably the biggest crossover record of the last ten years. Only available on a 100 Club Anniversary limited press complementary single last September, it has been hunted by collectors across the rare soul world ever since. Sublime...

The original release of SONGS IN a MINOR sold more than 11 million albums worldwide and garnered Keys with her first five, of 14 total, Grammy Awards including Best New Artist, Best Song of the Year for "Fallin," and Best R&B Album. With the 10TH...

The original Incredible Bongo Band's "Bongo Rock" is firmly cemented into musical history having provided the oft sampled (and completely irresistible) "Apache" drum break for a million and one producers to cut up. Also known as Michael Viner's...

The origin story is almost too good to be true. A teenaged Quinn DeVeaux, raised on a healthy diet of his mom's 80s R&B favorites and dad's classic rock leanings, left his hometown of Gary, Indiana, and was driving across the country when he really heard...

The only boogie record you'll ever need to own1. Don't Touch It! 2. If You Love Me 3. I Saw You Dancing 4. Let's Boogie Tonight 5. Quick 6. Burning Up 7. Lady Luck 8. Contagious 9. You and Me 10. Slippin' in the Night

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert (born June 16, 1942), Walter Lee Williams (born August 25, 1943), William Powell (January 20, 1942 - May 26, 1977), Bobby Massey (born 1942,...

The O'Jays "No Time For You" is an emotion-packed stellar mid-tempo groove from 1966. The cream of their mid-60s time on the Imperial label, it was released just a year before their anthem, "I Dig Your Act". Original pressings can fetch $40-70, and even...

The official retrospective on one of Somalia's most famous and beloved private bands, Iftin, and a companion compilation to our Grammy-nominated "Sweet As Broken Dates". Digitized from cassettes recorded between 1982 and 1987 at the legendary Al-Uruba...

The next installment of our "Eccentric" single LP compilation series, in the same style as our Eccentric Funk and Eccentric Disco releases. A simple digestable run-down of our favorite genre specific tracks. All killer no filler. Focusing on Deep Soul...