Soul/R&B

Charles Bradley No Time For Dreaming on LP

Charles Bradley's voice has evolved from a lifetime of paying dues, having nomadically labored for decades at various day jobs from Maine to Alaska, singing and performing in his spare time, before re-settling in his hometown of Brooklyn and eventually finding a musical home at Dunham/Daptone.

In his distinctively rough-hewn timbre one hears the unmistakable voice of experience, each note and gruff infection a reflection of his extended, sometimes rocky, personal path. It's only fitting that No Time For Dreaming's producer Thomas "Tommy TNT" Brenneck (also a member of The Dap-Kings and The Budos Band) would recognize in Bradley a kindred musical spirit, a singer whose performances exude both raw power and poignant beauty.

Recorded at Dunham Studios, and mixed at Daptone Records' internationally revered "House of Soul" Studios, No Time For Dreaming is the inspired sound of an awakening.

Charles Bradley No Time For Dreaming Track Listing:

1.  The World (Is Going up in Flames)
2.  The Telephone Song
3.  Golden Rule
4.  I Believe in Your Love
5.  Trouble in the Land
6.  Lovin' You, Baby
7.  No Time for Dreaming
8.  How Long
9.  In You (I Found a Love)
10. Why is it so Hard?
11. Since Our Last Goodbye
12. Heartaches and Pain

UK double vinyl LP pressing. 2009 collection that incorporates material from their recordings with the Westbound and Warner labels. 2009 is the 40th Anniversary of Funkadelic's first release and this compilation celebrates that landmark. Over a period of 12 years from their Westbound debut album to the release of 1981's the Electric Spanking of War Babies, Funkadelic, piloted by George Clinton, redefined the way that black music was recorded and presented. They scored 20 R&B chart hit singles and a dozen chart albums, but their influence was far greater. Standing on the Verge includes the two #1 R&B singles 'One Nation Under a Groove' and '(Not Just) Knee Deep', sample favorites such as 'I'll Bet You' and 'Undisco Kidd' and dance floor monsters such as 'Cosmic Slop' and 'Better By the Pound'. 

Tracks

• 1 Cosmic Slop
• 2 Standing on the Verge of Getting It on
• 3 You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure
• 4 One Nation Under a Groove
• 5 Better By the Pound
• 6 Sexy Ways
• 7 Loose Booty
• 8 (Not Just) Knee Deep
• 9 A Joyful Process
• 10 Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good
• 11 Can You Get to That
• 12 Maggot Brain
• 13 I Wanna Know Is It Good for You
• 14 I'll Bet You
• 15 Hit It and Quit It
• 16 Red Hot Mama
• 17 I Got a Thing You Got a Thing Everybody Got a Thing
• 18 Comin' Round the Mountain
• 19 Let's Take It to the Stage
• 20 Undisco Kidd

Double white colored vinyl LP pressing. Originally released in 1972, Amazing Grace cracked the Billboard Top Ten upon it's release, making it one of the bestselling gospel records of all time. Grace was recorded in a large Baptist church with an ultra-enthusiastic, loving audience in the pews and a full, funky, band as well as the Southern California Community Choir under the direction of her mentor Rev. James Cleveland. Now on 2LP, White Vinyl, Amazing Grace is the third live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on June 1, 1972 by Atlantic Records, It ultimately sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification. As of 2013, it stands as the biggest selling disc of Aretha's entire fifty-plus year recording career. The double album was recorded at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles during January 1972. It won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance. The LP is the biggest selling live gospel album of all time.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Mary, Don't You Weep
• 2 Medley: Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You've Got a Friend
• 3 Old Landmark (With Rev. James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir)
• 4 Give Yourself to Jesus
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 How I Got Over
• 2 What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• 3 Amazing Grace
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Precious Memories (Reprise)
• 2 Climbing Higher Mountains
• 3 Remarks By Reverand C.L. Franklin
• 4 God Will Take Care of You
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Wholy Holy
• 2 You'll Never Walk Alone
• 3 Never Grow Old

Deluxe Edition Colored Vinyl 2LP+7"-Set with Original Album Plus 11 Bonus Tracks including 3 New Songs, 4 Covers and Unreleased Live Material!

Black Pumas is led by the creative partnership between Grammy Award-winning guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada and songwriter Eric Burton. The latter is a relative newcomer who arrived in Austin in 2015 after busking his way across the country from Los Angeles, while Quesada has a storied reputation for playing in bands like Grupo Fantasma and Brownout. After the two connected via friends in the Austin scene, they began to collaborate on a new sound that transmutes soul into something idiosyncratically modern.

Reminiscent of Ghostface Killah and Motown in equal measure, this original sound ensured that Black Pumas' weekly residency at C-Boys quickly became "the hottest party in town" (Austin-American Statesman). Produced by Quesada in his home studio and colored by Burton's dark imagery and haunting vocals, their Grammy-nominated eponymous 2019 debut is equally as indebted to East Coast hip-hop as it is to classic funk and soul, resulting in a project that is of the moment rather than retro. From the roiling, solar eclipse-inspired noir of "Black Moon Rising" to the ponderous yet epic "Oct 33," it's a stunner.

This Deluxe Edition reissue of their debut features the original album plus eleven bonus tracks, three new original songs and four covers, plus unreleased live material. The colored vinyl 2LP-set comes complete with a bonus 7" single, new artwork and unpublished studio and live photographs.

Tracks

LP1

1. Black Moon Rising
2. Colors
3. Know You Better
4. Fire
5. OCT 33
6. Stay Gold
7. Old Man
8. Confines
9. Touch The Sky
10. Sweet Conversations

LP2

1. Fast Car
2. I'm Ready
3. Red Rover
4. Black Cat
5. Politicians In My Eyes
6. Colors (Live In Studio)
7. OCT 33 (Live In Studio)
8. Confines (Live In Studio)
9. Know You Better (Live At C-Boys)

Bonus 7" Single

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City

Durand Jones & the Indications aren't looking backwards. Helmed by foil vocalists in Durand Jones and drummer Aaron Frazer, the Indications conjure the dynamism of Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, AND the Impressions. Even with an aesthetic steeped in the golden, strings-infused dreaminess of early '70s soul, the Indications' sophomore LP, American Love Call, is planted firmly in the present, with the urgency of this moment in time. The Indications' 2016 self-titled debut was the product of friends who met as students at Indiana University in Bloomington, In., recorded for $452.11, including a case of beer. American Love Call, the band's sophomore LP is instead the record the Indications dreamed of making, fleshed out with strings, backing vocals, and a newfound confidence in songwriting. Blending a slew of influences from years spent crate-digging, guitarist Blake Rhein says the Indications approach songs in the same way hip-hop producers do, as likely to pull inspiration from '70s folk-rock or classic R&B as they are Nas' Illmatic. "Did I expect to do this shit once I got out of college? Hell no," Jones relays, laughing. "Totally not. But this is what God is telling me to do - move and groove. So I'm gonna stay in my lane."

• 1 Morning in America
• 2 Don't You Know (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 3 Circles
• 4 Court of Love (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 5 Long Way Home
• 6 Too Many Tears (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 7 Walk Away
• 8 What I Know About You (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 9 Listen to Your Heart
• 10 Sea Gets Hotter (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 11 How Can I Be Sure (Feat. Aaron Frazer)
• 12 True Love

Vinyl LP repressing of this classic album by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and the gang packaged in a limited 3D cover. Mothership Connection was the fourth album by funk band Parliament. Mothership Connection became Parliament's first album to be certified gold and later platinum. The Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry in 2011, declaring "The album has had an enormous influence on Jazz, Rock and Dance music." Continuing with it's Respect The Classics campaign UMe are reissuing this classic back on vinyl with a limited edition 3D cover that's mind blowing! Includes 'Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)' and more.

• 1 P?Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
• 2 Mothership Connection (Star Child)
• 3 Unfunky Ufo
• 4 Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (The Bumps Bump)
• 5 Handcuffs
• 6 Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
• 7 Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples

RAY CHARLES / Now Playing (SYEOR24) [Blue Vinyl] A music legend beyond compare, who almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for soul music, American artist Ray Charles proved his mastery with countless jazz, country, R&B, and pop masterpieces during a career that spanned seven decades. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ray number 10 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and was voted number 2 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time" in November 2008.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Mess Around
• 2 I've Got a Woman (2005 Remaster)
• 3 Drown in My Own Tears (2005 Remaster)
• 4 Hallelujah I Love Her So (2005 Remaster)
• 5 Lonely Avenue (2005 Remaster)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 The Right Time (2005 Remaster)
• 2 What'd I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 (2005 Mono Remaster)
• 3 I Believe to My Soul (2005 Remaster)
• 4 Let the Good Times Roll (2005 Remaster)
• 5 Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

Amy Winehouse brings you her second album, BACK TO BLACK, which is a truly incredible album almost beyond description. The album combines a strong, jazzy vocal style with often frank lyrical content recounting tales of love and loss, Winehouse is a truly talented songwriter with a good ear for melody. Featuring the single "You Know I'm No Good."

• 1 Rehab
• 2 You Know I'm No Good
• 3 Me & Mr. Jones
• 4 Just Friends
• 5 Back to Black
• 6 Love Is a Losing Game
• 7 Tears Dry on Their Own
• 8 Wake Up Alone
• 9 Some Unholy War
• 10 He Can Only Hold Her
• 11 You Know I'm No Good Feat. Ghostface Killah (Bonus Track)

At the corner of Living Legend St. And OG Ave. #you will find Lee Fields' house. A home that was built with blood, sweat, and tears, and stands on the unshakable foundation of his god given talent. Lee has been singing for 50 plus years and is undeniably, yet amazingly, at the top of his game. Those who have paid attention know that Lee is part of the class that is directly responsible for the revival of old school funk and soul. He has inspired many of today's younger artists who are doing their best to carry the torch. As long as the road has been, and heavy as the crown may be, Fields is proving yet again that he's "still got it". His latest offering is sure to be a warmly received instant classic. It Rains Love is the 2nd album by Lee Fields & The Expressions on Brook- lyn's Big Crown Records and gives us yet another masterclass in soul. Teaming up again with frequent collaborator and producer Leon Michels and his devoted band, The Expressions, they have managed again to take a classic approach and update it. Traditional soul sensibilities are mixed with a hip-hop tinged, sample ready sound that is as much an homage to the old as to the new. Some of the songs sound like they could belong to any of the last 4 decades without it feeling like a throwback, while others are 60's soul through and through. Lyrically, Lee runs the gamut from gushing admonishments of love to politically charged calls to action, from proclamations of God's existence to love letters written to his wife. This record marks the fifth studio album from Lee Fields & the Expressions and we are very proud to add it to the already impeccable catalog they have created together. Another strong offering by a man many people consider to be a national treasure, the professor of love himself, Mr Lee Fields. It's all love baby!

• 1 It Rains Love
• 2 Blessed with the Best
• 3 Two Faces
• 4 You're What's Needed in My Life
• 5 Wake Up
• 6 Will I Get Off Easy
• 7 Love Prisoner
• 8 A Promise Is a Promise
• 9 God Is Real
• 10 Love Is the Answer

Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. It was released on May 31, 2007, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Rihanna worked with various producers on the album, including Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "Dream" Nash, Neo da Matrix, Timbaland, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and StarGate. Inspired by Brandy Norwood's fourth studio album Afrodisiac (2004), Good Girl Gone Bad is a dance-pop, pop and R&B album with 1980s music influences. Described as a turning point in Rihanna's career, it represents a departure from the Caribbean sound of her previous releases, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006). Apart from the sound, she also endorsed a new image for the release going from an innocent girl to an edgier and more sexual look. Critics gave generally positive reviews of the album, praising it's composition and Rihanna's new musical direction, though some criticized the record's lyrics and inconsistency. The album received seven Grammy Award nominations and one win in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category for "Umbrella" at the 2008 ceremony. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold 162, 000 copies in it's first week. Certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it sold more than 2.8 million copies in the United States. The album reached number one in Canada, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and according to Mediatraffic it has sold 8.5 million copies worldwide, being so the best-selling album of her career. Good Girl Gone Bad spawned five singles, including the international hits "Umbrella" and "Don't Stop the Music"; Rolling Stone placed the former at number 412 on the magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. In support of the album, Rihanna embarked on her first worldwide concert tour, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour. The album was reissued as Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded in June 2008 with three new songs, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia". It was followed by Rihanna's first remix album, Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes, in January 2009, which featured remixes from Moto Blanco, Tony Moran, the Soul Seekerz and the Wideboys.

• 1 Umbrella - Jay-Z, Rihanna
• 2 Push Up on Me
• 3 Don't Stop the Music
• 4 Breakin' Dishes
• 5 Shut Up and Drive
• 6 Hate That I Love You - Ne-Yo, Rihanna
• 7 Say It
• 8 Sell Me Candy
• 9 Lemme Get That
• 10 Rehab
• 11 Question Existing
• 12 Good Girl Gone Bad

50th Anniversary Vinyl LP Reissue with Lacquers Cut from the Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Al Green's Call Me, and to celebrate, Hi Records/Fat Possum will reissue the 1973 R&B classic on vinyl with lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. A combination of 'sweet' and 'funky' is certainly the secret to Al Green's gloriously sentimental and sensual pop songs. Green's subtly controlled falsetto, which he tones right to the threshold of audibility, swings along gently always anchoring the proceedings. However, this sublime set also belts out some fiery sounds right from the very first number. The sinuous, swinging request in the brilliant hit single "Call Me," the relaxed and groovy "Stand Up" with its sharp wind interjections which demand one's unerring attention, are typical of Green's style, just as is his almost disturbing capability to gain comfort from loneliness ("I'm So Lonesome, I Could Cry"). This rhythmically powered music can best be described as light, intensive, dynamic but never flashy ("Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun") and it finds its earthly culmination in soul ("Jesus Is Waiting") and spiritual depth.

1. Call Me
2. Have You Been Making Out Okay
3. Stand Up
4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
5. Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun
6. Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
7. Funny How Time Slips Away
8. You Ought To Be With Me
9. Jesus Is Waiting

Music on Vinyl press. 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Includes insert. Featuring the number 1 hit "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" duet with George Michael, produced by Narada Michael Walden. Sleeve artwork by Andy Warhol. Black vinyl. The 1986 self-titled Aretha Franklin album was a successful one, notable for containing five R&B hits, including the number 1 hit "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" and "If You Need My Love Tonight". Aretha herself says on the liner notes that this is one of her favorite albums, and it's easy to see why.

Tracks

• 1 Jimmy Lee
• 2 I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Duet with George Michael
• 3 Do You Still Remember
• 4 Jumpin' Jack Flash
• 5 Rock-A-Lott
• 6 An Angel Cries
• 7 He'll Come Along
• 8 If You Need My Love Tonight Duet with Larry Graham
• 9 Look to the Rainbow

Split in two volumes, here is the sum of James Brown's early five-year period 1956-1960, when JB (and his Famous Flames) was obsessively searching for his own sound. Selected from a bunch of 19 two-sided singles, and including super hits such as "Please, Please, Please", "Try Me", and "I'll Go Crazy", this collection represents James Brown's fundamental groundwork for the coming soul music revolution.

Compact Disc

Hailing from Dallas, Texas, this young songstress possesses a voice that has been described as "an old soul with a hypnotic flow." Following a standing-room-only headlining stint at NYC's Soul Cafe, Erykah releases an album that has been cited as "A musical celebration of cool jazz and warm soul, undercut with '90s hip-hop sensibility by a gifted poetess" (Blues & Soul). The premiere single/video "On & On" has already made a great impact on R&B, rhythm crossover and adult formats.

• 1 Rimshot (Intro)
• 2 On & on
• 3 Appletree
• 4 Otherside of the Game
• 5 Sometimes (Mix #9)
• 6 Next Lifetime
• 7 Afro (Freestyle Skit)
• 8 Certainly
• 9 4 Leaf Clover
• 10 No Love
• 11 Drama
• 12 Sometimes
• 13 Certainly (Flipped It)
• 14 Rimshot (Outro)