Check Your Head brought the Beastie Boys crashing back into the charts and into public consciousness.

Rare and killer Japanese soul funk tunes selected by Ryosuke Endo and Ryohei Tanaka.

This is one of Nina Simone's more subdued mid-'60s LPs, putting the emphasis on her piano rather than band arrangements.

Drums in Dub features eight tracks of instrumental Dub delight, specially designed for the 1970s Dub connoisseur.

This is a new half-speed master exclusively for RSD and part of the Two Tone Records 40th Anniversary celebrations.

Double vinyl LP pressing. Original soundtrack to the 2012 motion picture written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Duke Ellington surprised the jazz world in 1962 with his historic trio session featuring Charles Mingus and Max Roach.

Conceived and compiled by Robert Smith, new remix collection from 2024 album Songs Of A Lost World, featuring remixes from Four Tet, Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, and more.

“It is a fantastic album – funky, gritty and powerful, packed with incredible singing and potent songs that cast a stark eye over life’s hardships.” – The Guardian

Horizon is a new collaborative album by Resavoir & Matt Gold.

Some of the most out-there music you are ever likely to hear!

Anchored by the laid-back G-funk anthem 'Regulate,' Warren G's appropriately titled Regulate...G Funk Era embodies the mid-'90s era of Cali sunshine, endless blunts, and switch-hittin' lowriders with a welcome and somewhat surprising sense of kind-heartedness.

Following her tragic passing in, some of the producers and musicians who worked closely with Amy Winehouse, among them Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, spent time listening over the many recordings that Amy had made, before, during, and after the release of “Frank” and “Back To Black”.

1975 LP by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring vocals of Teddy Pendergrass

Proudly presenting our reissue of a Bonafide Latin classic from 1979 by the Cuban-born violinist Alfredo De La Fe.

Reverence is the groundbreaking debut album by Faithless, originally released in April 1996.

The words ‘hit’ and ‘soundtrack’ seldom appear in the same sentence, but the soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn’s cult classic film “Drive” (starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan) was truly a smash hit upon release.

9-piece powerhouse Nubiyan Twist embark on a fresh musical odyssey with their vibrant fourth album Find Your Flame.

This DJ-Kicks is the latest instalment in Quantic’s ever-evolving artistic trajectory, an accompaniment to those moments when the gloaming disappears into darkness. Will Holland’s longstanding dedication to a full range of melodic and percussive expression alongside continued musical collaboration is what makes his edition of DJ-Kicks such a rare beauty.

Arc Records release Lost Takes, a collection of tracks recorded by Roberta Flack in the sessions leading up to the recording of her seminal debut album First Take.

This is the new 2LP Best Of assembling the biggest hits and remixes produced by Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook. Spanning nearly two decades of his career and still dominates the dancefloor as his international touring schedule demonstrates.

Released in March ’74, sold almost 2 million copies, reached the tip of the U.S. R&B charts and four on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

Instant Holograms On Metal Film’ is the first Stereolab album in 15 years, featuring 13 new studio recordings.

One of the cult acts of the heyday of London clubland in the early 1990s, The Ballistic Brothers consisted of future X-Press 2 members Ashley, Rocky and Diesel, alongside David Hill and Uschi Clansen.

One of London's most loved underground parties, Tangent, celebrates its 10th birthday this year with a new compilation on Mr Bongo.

The Queen Is Dead is the Smiths' great leap forward, taking the band to new musical and lyrical heights.

In a Silent Way' is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis, released on July 30, 1969.

Officially reissued at last! Considered by many to be a genuine ‘holy grail’ of soul and funk. Featuring Miracles as sampled by Public Enemy, Basement Jaxx, Arrested Development and many more.

In 2002, the first demo sequence of ‘Madvillainy’ leaked online. The tracks contained early vocal cuts from MF DOOM, recorded and quickly mixed in Los Angeles at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter studio.

After the success of the dance hits Fame and Young Americans (both off 1975's Young Americans), Bowie seemed to step back, ponder the future of rock, and then turn up the guitars and the art-rock sensibilities and make a completely engaging and evocative album.

Nina Simone: The Montreux Years is released as part of a brand new Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG collection series “The Montreux Years”.

Sahra Halgan, Somaliland's iconic singer, freedom fighter, and cultural activist, returns with third album Hiddo Dhawr, a culmination of enduring friendship and global exploration

The seminal album from 1966 is one of Dylan's finest moments.

Wewantsounds reissue for the first time Harold Land's classic LP Damisi, recorded in Los Angeles for Bob Shad's Mainstream Records and released in 1972. 

With Charlotte Kelly and Nadine Ceaser delivering powerhouse vocals and a sold-out crowd locked into every beat, this live recording oozes that signature Funki Dreds energy

Third Awesome Tapes From Africa reissue for Hailu Mergia! Super-rare, first time available outside Ethiopia! In the years since Shemonmuanaye, Mergia has revamped his touring career, playing festivals and clubs worldwide, including a recent tour supporting Beirut.

Kosmos is the third full-length record for Luaka Bop from the uncategorizable Danish band of Jonathan Bremer (on acoustic bass) and Morten McCoy (on keys and tape delay). It is, as its name would suggest, a vibe.

Hendrix flew into London from New York on September 23rd 1966 with his new manager Chas Chandler and within a couple of days started auditioning for The Experience. 

Congo's turbulent and exhilarating '70s: Nightclubs and dancefloors were packed to the brim in the capital, Kinshasa. Exuberant crowds, still giddy from independence a decade prior, grooved to the sounds of the country`s classics. In fact the whole continent was submerged into the Congolese Rumba craze.

Like a warm Mediterranean breeze, it travels across lands, seas and eras, distilling essential rhythms and cosmic pulsations.

The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer / songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of different backgrounds, genres, age groups and audiences. 

New York's 1970s punk was markedly different to that of Britain. Rather than reject the past, American groups deconstructed its forms and rebuilt them with recourse to the music's strengths.

Their masterpiece? With breaks for dayyyyyys and an almost ambient, heavy jazz atmosphere throughout, *this* is the apex of British jazz-rock fusion.

When the Velvets recorded this debut, they were best known as the protégées of Andy Warhol (who designed the sleeve), and as a grating, combustive live band.

Following the success of the 'Tokyo Glow' compilation, Wewantsounds once again teams up with Japanese Tokyo-based DJ Notoya to dig the rich Electric Bird catalogue and come with a versatile selection of sunny Jazz-Funk gems recorded between 1978 and 1987 for the label. 

Louis Kevin Celestin is back with a follow-up to his 2016, Polaris prize-winning 99.9%.

A quarter century since their 1998 debut, No Fear of Time finally reunites one of the greatest hip-hop duos of all-time, Black Star

This gatefold Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog.

Gang Starr is undoubtedly one of the most revered, beloved and influential groups in Hip Hop.

Charlie Byrd (1925 -1999) was one of the first modern guitar players to reintroduce the unamplified Spanish guitar into jazz.

It is on OutKast's debut album that the fledgling production team Organized Noize began forging one of the most distinctive production sounds in popular music in the '90s: part hip-hop; part live, Southern-fried guitar licks and booty-thick bass runs; and part lazy, early-'70s soul. 

Brilliant live recordings from 1974-75 capturing Earth Wind & Fire at one of their live peaks!

As his only release for Blue Note, this 1957 set is one of the finest bop albums recorded. 

All eyes are on Islandman, an interplanetary musical trio from Istanbul who release their long anticipated, third album Godless Ceremony via Danish imprint and long-time home of the band, Music for Dreams.

It doesn't hurt that Q-Tip and Phife Dog are feeling the flow here; an inspired pairing with distinctive voices and different strengths, they trade verses with fluid grace.

Wewantsounds continue its extensive Meiko Kaji reissue program in partnership with Teichiku Records and Meiko Kaji herself, with the release of Gincho Wataridori, her debut album from 1972.

A collection of 97/98 Remixes to continue the celebration of Homework's 25th Anniversary.

First time on vinyl, highly sought after by fans and frequently bootlegged.

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records.

Two-time ARIA Award-winning Naarm / Melbourne-based psychedelic jazz outfit Mildlife present their much-anticipated third studio album, Chorus.

Gentleman is both an Africa 70 and Afro-beat masterpiece.

Jimi Hendrix's debut recording was an instant classic, and is as startling today as when it first hit the streets in 1967

The double vinyl edition features ‘The Age of Consent (2018 Remaster)’, ‘Hundreds & Thousands (2024 Remaster)’, updated artwork in rare and unseen photos 140gm sleeve with printed inners and matt laminate cover with spot UV gloss.

From 1967-1980, Kansas City’s Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music.

UK funk outfit Cymande followed their eponymous debut LP with "Second Time Round", also from 1973. Fusing musical influences such as soul, Afro-beat, reggae and calypso, they created a unique British funk sound that became a favourite sample source for hip hop producers in the next two decades.

Archival reissue of the Afroprog-psych Zamrock masterpiece.

Love Is Overtaking Me contains 21 tracks recorded between 1974 and 1990. 

Recorded in 1978, it’s a latter-period gem from the larger than life legend, combining the glitz and glamour of disco’s heyday with Maia’s raw funk and soul roots.

U-Roy was a true reggae pioneer, dubbed The Originator for good reason.

When first released Astro-Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000 promised an uncharted trip beyond the now generation! And it certainly delivered, as soon as the needle drops onto the opening track ‘Flameout’ we are in astral freak-out territory with cosmic strings phased beats & displaced fuzz guitars...

Spirit is the seventh studio album by Earth, Wind and Fire, released 45 years ago, in, 1976 by Columbia Records. The album rose to No. 2 on both the Billboard 200 and Top Soul Albums charts.

Meet the Supremes is the debut studio album by The Supremes, released in late 1962 on Motown. The LP includes the group's singles: "I Want a Guy", "Buttered Popcorn", "Your Heart Belongs to Me" and "Let Me Go the Right Way".

Highly regarded 1970 debut album by the hugely influential funk collective led by the mighty Maceo Parker.

Black Symbol provided other local Handsworth based bands with the opportunity to record their songs properly in the well equipped Outlaw Studio and then gave them the platform of this album with each band getting two tracks to showcase their talent.

Featuring touring musicians of Say She She, Monophonics, Jungle Fire, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble. Have toured and opened up for George Clinton & P-Funk, Ozomatli, Monophonics, Say She She. Mixed by Sergio Rios (Orgone, Say She She, Neil Francis).

‘Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall’ is the second album released by the original Buena Vista Social Club™; this extraordinary collection of Cuba’s greatest musicians includes Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, Cachaíto López and Guajiro Mirabal.

Funkadelic's wild fourth album remastered from the original tapes for the first time in 15 years.

Shabaka Hutchings debut release under his own name, Afrikan Culture, was released on Impulse! Records in May 2022. 

There's a relaxed vibe running through every note even in the more up-tempo songs and a consistency here that shows Bill at his best.

Stro Elliot (of The Roots) put his spin on 10 James Brown classics.