Soul

Aretha’s Franklin’s position as soul music’s premier female vocalist was consolidated by this album.

Eddie Piller Presents British Mod Sounds of the 1960s' is the follow up to 'The Mod Revival'. The 2LP set features 34 tracks and was curated by Acid Jazz Records and Modcast founder Eddie Piller.

Headed by the great Curtis Mayfield, The Impressions provided a critical link between '50s R&B and '60s soul.

Making Music is available as a limited edition of 3000 individually numbered copies on translucent red vinyl and includes an 8-page booklet.

Sam Cooke, inventor and true King of Soul, recorded Mr. Soul in the same year as Night Beat, and seems to be its more adult counterpart, with soulful ballads taking up most of the album.

Mavis Staples is the debut solo studio by American rhythm and blues and gospel singer Mavis Staples. It was released on June 16, 1969, by Volt Records.

Exclusive / Reissue : Manu Dibango is probably the most famous musician from Cameroon and quite possibly one of the most internationally well-known African musicians ever.

The Newport Jazz Festival had always brought the best out in Nina Simone.

Naked & Warm is available as a 50th anniversary edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on translucent blue coloured vinyl and includes a 4-page booklet featuring lyrics and new liner notes written by Marcia Withers.

Marlena Shaw's The Spice of Life is a landmark 1969 soul-jazz album that showcases her powerful, expressive vocals across a rich blend of soul, jazz, blues and socially conscious songwriting. Featuring the timeless classics "California Soul" and "Woman of the Ghetto," it remains her signature release.

A superb collection of sensual, sophisticated 1970s soul, Sweet Taste of Sin explores the smoother and more groove-driven side of Black American music.

Different Strokes For Different Folks are delighted to release the first ever vinyl reissue of Paul Pena's sought-after self-titled album, first released in 1972.

Catawba Records was born in the late seventies; a label founded by Richard Mack who ran promotions for CBS Records.

Charles Stepney gained worldwide success as the producer for Earth Wind & Fire and Deniece Williams but the producer and arranger’s earlier work at Chess is now regarded as some of the most original ever laid to tape, and in the past 20 years has become a primary influence on scores of producers and arrangers, with his records being sought after by DJs and collectors. Despite a couple of attempts, his most important work has never been compiled on one volume until now. This compilation gathers up his most famous productions for the likes of Rotary Connection - and their singer Minnie Riperton, Ramsey Lewis, Terry Callier, Marlena Shaw and the Dells.

Known for their shared love of black American music, the Beatles' versions of songs by the likes of the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Arthur Alexander, Barrett Strong, the Isley Brothers and more provided an entry point into soul for many young Brits in the early 1960s. As their fame spread across the Atlantic ocean, it was inevitable that their music would start to impact on the musical worlds of soul and jazz in the shape of multiple covers of their hit singles and album tracks.

I Just Can't Help Myself is a studio album from American musician Terry Callier. Released by Cadet Records in 1973, this is the artist's fourth album since his debut a decade prior and the final of three that he recorded in short succession for Cadet with producer Charles Stepney.

Does what it says on the tin!

Presented on this LP are some of Aretha Franklin's greatest recordings from her early years with Columbia Records, recorded between in 1960 and 1962.

They don't come anymore classic than this.

"Oh hell! This is this year's touch of self indulgence", Dean Rudland compiler of many a dancefloor friendly compilation, both here and at previous places of fitful employment such as Blue Note and Acid Jazz, is trying to explain his latest BGP release.

Reissue of the legendary debut album from Magic In Threes.

Reissue of the legendary second album from Magic In Threes.

In 1963, Sam Cooke, the true inventor and King of Soul, recorded the album Night Beat, which was bluesier and moodier than anything we had heard from Cooke before. If Sam Cooke had lived longer, we might have had more music of this rare quality. As it stands, we must make do with the treasures he left behind

In 1965 in the face of social unrest, legendary Memphis label Stax Records put on two pulsating shows at the 5-4 Ballroom in Los Angeles, featuring Rufus Thomas, Booker T. and the M.G.’s, William Bell, Carla Thomas, Wilson Picket and more. 60 years later the recordings, newly mastered by Joe Tarantino, with lacquers cut by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl, have been collected with a bonus set of performances recorded at Club Paradise, Memphis to form Stax Revue – Live In ’65!.