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

The 1971 classic, digitally remastered and with the original artwork restored. Still one of the best soul records ever made.

• 1 What's Going on
• 2 What's Happening Brother
• 3 Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)
• 4 Save the Children
• 5 God Is Love
• 6 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
• 7 Right on
• 8 Wholy Holy
• 9 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
• 10 God Is Love (Bonus Track)
• 11 Sad Tomorrows A/K/A "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" (Bonus Track)

Double vinyl LP pressing. Allow Cynthia Erivo to reintroduce herself. The multifaceted Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winner and 3x Academy Award-nominated actress, singer, author and producer bares her soul on her sophomore album, I Forgive You. Tenderly blending the sounds of pop, R&B, folk, Britpop, yodeling, wailing and gospel, Cynthia leaps headfirst into a bold new chapter of her artistry. Impassioned and warm, heartbreaking and vulnerable, I Forgive You is a soft testimony, a haunting plea to be witnessed with an open heart. With each track, Cynthia hopes "that people see the human in me. When you're in the public eye, people forget that you are human because they see you as an entity, but not actually flesh and bone, just like everybody else." The music, her story, is a braised reminder that we're all just flesh and bone. The good and the bad - and everything in between - make up the stories of our lives, and Cynthia Erivo is a sight to behold. "This is all just part of the human experience."

• 1 Why (Interlude)
• 2 Best for Me
• 3 More Than Twice
• 4 You First
• 5 Save Me from You
• 6 Worst of Me
• 7 I Want You (Interlude)
• 8 She Said
• 9 What You Want
• 10 Play the Woman
• 11 Push and Pull
• 12 Until You Saw Me (Interlude)
• 13 Holy Refrain
• 14 I Choose Love
• 15 Be Okay
• 16 How I Could Fall
• 17 I Forgive You (Interlude)
• 18 Replay
• 19 Brick By Brick
• 20 Grace

While many artists have come and gone, why have Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings only continued to grow steadily in popularity around the world? The reason is simple: There is no other band around today that plays with the rhythm, feeling, or explosive power of the Dap-Kings, and there is no other singer that can match the energy and honest soul of Sharon Jones. The culmination of these soulful attributes has never been so meticulously manifested as on their latest waxen treasure, GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.

• 1 Retreat!
• 2 Stranger to My Happiness
• 3 We Get Along
• 4 You'll Be Lonely
• 5 Now I See
• 6 Making Up and Breaking Up
• 7 Get Up and Get Out
• 8 Long Time, Wrong Time
• 9 People Don't Get What They Deserve
• 10 Slow Down Love

Alicia Keys As I Am on 2x Vinyl LP! 

Alicia Key's most innovative album to date is a collection of music with no boundaries. Influenced by everything from hip-hop to soul to rock to classical music, As I Am is every bit a sense of rebellion and empowerment. The new album features collaborations with some of the biggest hit makers in music and includes the smash hit single "No One."

Alicia Keys As I Am Track Listing

As I Am (Intro)
Go Ahead
Superwoman
No One (Main)
Like You'll Never See Me Again
Lesson Learned
Wreckless Love
The Thing About Love
Teenage Love Affair
I Need You
Where Do We Go From Here
Prelude To A Kiss
Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)
Sure Looks Good To Me

The queen of hip-hop soul is back with a hot new record! Good Morning Gorgeous serves as Mary J. Blige's long-awaited follow-up to her 2017 album Strength of a Woman and is introduced by the pair of powerful singles "Good Morning Gorgeous" and "Amazing." Blige wrote "Good Morning Gorgeous" with D'Mile, H.E.R., Lucky Daye, and Tiara Thomas. H.E.R. also produced the single with D'Mile and contributes guitar and background vocals. "Amazing," featuring DJ Khaled, was written by Blige, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney, Khaled, Streetrunner, Tarik Azzouz, Willie Cobbs, and Ellas McDaniels. In addition, Khaled produced the song with Streetrunner and Azzouz. "Working on this new album has been so much fun," Blige says. "I'm excited for my fans to hear these first two songs to give them a taste of what's to come. I'm grateful to all my collaborators and partners who have walked with me through this process and even more grateful to my fans who I hope have a blast with this new music."

1. No Idea
2. Love Will Never
3. Here With Me featuring Anderson .Paak
4. Rent Money featuring Dave East
5. Amazing featuring DJ Khaled
6. GMG Interlude
7. Good Morning Gorgeous
8. Come See About Me
9. On Top featuring Fivio Foreign
10. Love Without The Heartbreak
11. Falling In Love
12. Enough
13. Need Love featuring Usher

Holiday release. A rare treat from The Godfather Of Soul - warm and funky Christmas tunes that will have the whole family dancing around the Christmas tree in no time. Includes all original Holiday-themed tunes such as the upbeat diversity celebrating "Christmas Is For Everyone," the funky "A Gift," as well as sweet soul ballads such as "Clean For Christmas" and lots more.

• 1 Christmas Is for Everyone
• 2 A Gift
• 3 Clean for Christmas
• 4 Sleigh Ride
• 5 Spread Love
• 6 Not Just Another Holiday
• 7 Mom & Dad
• 8 God Gave Me This
• 9 Reindeer on the Rooftop
• 10 Funky Christmas Millennium
• 11 Don't Forget the Poor at Christmas
• 12 Christmas Is for Everyone
• 13 A Gift

Vinyl LP pressing. Eliza Noble and Jennifer Skillman are Eli & Fur: the British live act, singer-songwriter and producer duo whose career together stretches back for nearly a decade. Having formed a close bond in their teens born out of their unwavering passion for music in all it's guises, their careers as DJs, songwriters, vocalists and producers has taken them around the globe as touring musicians and seen them grace the stages of the biggest festivals in the world including Coachella, Tomorrowland and Glastonbury.

Kelela's debut album, Take Me Apart emerges as an epic portrait of an artist spanning the past and future of R&B. In her hands, however, the genre knows no boundaries and so Take Me Apart exists as an absolutely singular and fearless addition to a canon of recent classics. From her very earliest work, honesty and vulnerability have been cornerstones of Kelela's art - even when clad in the armor of the avant-garde electronics she so deftly inhabits - and Take Me Apart sees her double down on both the emotional intensity and resonance of her message as well as the sonic seeking she is renowned for.

The timeless, zero-gravity ballad "Better" sees Kelela at her most unadorned - baring her soul to a nameless other over subtly transforming piano and synth textures while first single "LMK" is all staggering club swagger that manages to span the past 20 years of innovative R&B while still exploring another dimension of possibilities. These songs typify the melding of classic song-craft and inventive production approach at the album's core, but it's here where things take yet another exhilarating turn. "Truth or Dare" has the brittle snap and vocal twists of a Neptunes track while "Blue Light" sees Kelela weld her sweeping pleas to the warped sonic palette of grime, pointing the way forward to a possible future of cybernetic soul.

Now we are swept into the slipstream of a pair of breathtaking Arca collaborations in "On And On" and the otherworldly grandeur of "Turn To Dust," which conjures images of the powerful and iconic diva of Luc Besson's The Fifth Element; and it's a short trip to the unforgettable pneumatic gospel of album closer "Altadena," a perfect uroboros link back to "Frontline" to begin the saga all over again. At this point you're left with the feeling that this trip through Take Me Apart is one you'll be making many more times.

1. Frontline
2. Waitin
3. Take Me Apart
4. Enough
5. Jupiter
6. Better
7. LMK
8. Truth Or Dare
9. S.O.S.
10. Blue Light
11. On and On
12. Turn To Dust
13. Bluff
14. Altadena

Compact Disc

Funkadelic – The Essential Funkadelic – Compact Disc

The Essential Funkadelic is a compilation album that highlights the best of Funkadelic, an influential American band known for their unique blend of funk, rock, and psychedelic music. This compilation showcases their groundbreaking work and provides a comprehensive overview of their most iconic tracks, encapsulating the essence of Funkadelic’s innovative and genre-defying sound.

The Essential Funkadelic showcases Funkadelic’s unique ability to blend funk rhythms with rock and psychedelic elements. Many tracks feature standout guitar solos, particularly from Eddie Hazel, whose work on ‘Maggot Brain’ is legendary. Lyrics often address social issues, unity, and empowerment, reflecting George Clinton’s vision and leadership. The album’s production highlights Funkadelic’s experimental approach, incorporating a wide range of sounds and techniques.

The compilation received positive reviews for its comprehensive selection of tracks and its representation of Funkadelic’s influential sound. Fans appreciate the album for its inclusion of both well-known hits and deeper cuts, offering a thorough overview of the band’s work. The Essential Funkadelic serves as a valuable collection for understanding the evolution of funk and its impact on other genres.

Funkadelic is recognized as one of the pioneering bands in the funk genre, with their music influencing countless artists across various genres. Their music continues to be celebrated and discovered by new generations of listeners, cementing their place in music history. The band’s willingness to experiment and push boundaries has left a lasting legacy, inspiring future musicians to explore and innovate.

The Essential Funkadelic is a fitting tribute to the groundbreaking work of Funkadelic, encapsulating their innovative blend of funk, rock, and psychedelic music. With its selection of iconic tracks and deeper cuts, the compilation showcases the band’s virtuosity, creativity, and enduring influence on the music world. Celebrated by fans and critics alike, The Essential Funkadelic stands as a testament to the band’s legacy and their pivotal role in shaping the sound of modern music.

Track Listing
One Nation Under A Groove – 7′ Mix
Freak Of The Week
Cholly / Funk Getting Ready To Roll
(Not Just) Knee Deep – Part 1
Cosmic Slop
Who Says A Funk Band Can’t Play Rock
Electric Spanking Of War Babies
If You Got Funk You Got Style
Electro Cuties
Funk Gets Stronger / She Loves You
Comin Round The Mountain

Isaac Hayes - "The Best Of Isaac Hayes (Remastered LP 2025)" The Best of Isaac Hayes brings together 10 soulful cuts from Stax Records' incomparable creative force. As composer, producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Isaac Hayes changed the face of music in the early 1970s, and this collection is the perfect introduction to his music. Including the Academy Award-winning "Theme From Shaft" with it's distinctive wah-wah guitar intro, "Walk on By," and "Never Can Say Goodbye" all newly mastered by Paul Blakemore. Available on standard black vinyl.

• 1 Theme from Shaft [Remastered 2025]
• 2 Walk on By [Remastered 2025]
• 3 Never Can Say Goodbye [Remastered 2025]
• 4 The Look of Love [Remastered 2025]
• 5 Theme from the Men [Remastered 2025]
• 6 By the Time I Get to Phoenix [Remastered 2025]
• 7 Joy [Part 1 / Remastered 2025]
• 8 Do Your Thing [Remastered 2025]
• 9 I Stand Accused [Remastered 2025]
• 10 Wonderful [Remastered 2025]

Limited 180-gram vinyl LP pressing of this 1971 album from the soul singer/songwriter. Remastered and repackaged as a part of Sony's Dual Disc series, this album, one of the best soul debuts ever issued, is now available to a whole new generation of listeners that might have missed out the first time. And the remastering brings with it an intimacy the previous editions couldn't quite boast of. "Ain't No Sunshine," "Harlem" and "Better Off Dead" are beloved tracks that have stood the test of time, and listening to them again here reminds us why. Even Withers's covers are handled with great care and intensity-treated as if they were his own compositions. 12 tracks. Get it now. Music On Vinyl.

Prince's seventh studio album, and the second to be credited to Prince and the Revolution, Around The World In A Day, was released on April 22, 1985. Featuring no fewer than four singles, Around The World In A Day saw Prince and the Revolution change musical direction yet again, experimenting with psychedelic textures, incorporating new instrumentation, and expanding the genres of songs within the album. With audio newly remastered by original mastering engineer Bernie Grundman, with additional mastering by Chris James, the Around The World In A Day 2025 Remaster will be available November 21, 2025 on 140g black vinyl.

• 1 Around the World in a Day
• 2 Paisley Park
• 3 Condition of the Heart
• 4 Raspberry Beret
• 5 Tamborine
• 6 America
• 7 Pop Life
• 8 Ladder
• 9 Temptation

This is The Passionate Ones. It's not an album. It's a sermon. A twelve-track exorcism howled from the underbelly of late-stage capitalism, written, produced, and conjured entirely by Marcus Brown. This ain't soul revival. This is soul revenge. Crafted between London, New York City, and Baltimore-each city leaving fingerprints on the sound-The Passionate Ones channels Marcus's global process with local truth. Born and raised in Baltimore, Brown's work is profoundly shaped by the city's rich and eclectic musical heritage, where jazz, punk, indie, hip hop, and R&B collide in raw, genre-fluid harmony. You can hear it in the tension and release, the way the tracks slip between worlds and histories. The Passionate Ones is a scream at the billboard promise of success: It was never the car that was the lie-it was the idea that you'd ever get to drive it. And Marcus Brown knows it. He's not whispering revolution. He's crying through a busted speaker with blood on the woofer. Each track hits like a confession soaked in gasoline. One of the standout moments comes on the eighth track "Jojo," featuring a vocal appearance by UK producer and vocalist Tony Bontana. His presence is haunting, grounding the song in a quiet power that amplifies the album's spiritual undercurrent without softening it's fire. This isn't just heartbreak. This is class solidarity sung through a cracked molar. Brown's voice burns as it soothes. Like that good medicine. And through the smoke, we see ourselves: overworked, underpaid, and refusing to go numb. This record isn't background noise. It's a boot to the teeth of resignation. It's love without capitalism. Faith without churches. Labor without applause. It's a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream.

Amber Mark - "Pretty Idea". Amber Mark returns with Pretty Idea, her first project since 2022's Three Dimensions Deep. Pretty Idea is about falling for a fantasy, something that never was and never will be, and learning to let it go. With a nostalgic summer sound rooted in '70s and '80s grooves, it's drenched in retro warmth while staying true to Amber's global, genre-blurring style and features collaborators Anderson. Paak, Julian Bunetta, and John The Blind. EXPLICIT

• 1 By the End of the Night
• 2 Ooo
• 3 Sweet Serotonin
• 4 Too Much
• 5 Cherry Reds
• 6 Don't Remind Me
• 7 Let Me Love You
• 8 Different Places
• 9 Best of You
• 10 Problems
• 11 Doin' Me
• 12 Pretty Idea

Compact Disc

The slinkiest, sexiest, most seductive Marvin Gaye album climaxed at #2 and features the hits Come Get to This; You Sure Love to Ball, and the title smash. Bonus tracks: The single edits of those last two hits!

• 1 Let's Get It on
• 2 Please Stay (Once You Go Away)
• 3 It I Should Die Tonight
• 4 Keep Getting' It on
• 5 Come Get to This
• 6 Distant Lover
• 7 You Sure Love to Ball
• 8 Just to Keep You Satisfied
• 9 Let's Get It on (The Single Version) (Bonus Track)
• 10 You Sure Love to Ball (The Single Version) (Bonus Track)

Got A Story to Tell refines the sweet soul sounds Thee Sacred Souls have become famous for, delivering a genre pushing collection of songs that exhibit a magnetic coolness and swagger. The relaxed quality of the musicianship coupled with Josh Lane's heart-wrenching voice, gives the album a maturity that carries the listener through many facets of the soul music spectrum. From the heavy groove of the opening track "Lucid Girl", the '70s swing of "Live for You".

• 1 Lucid Girl
• 2 Price I'll Pay
• 3 Live for You
• 4 On My Mind
• 5 Waiting on the Sidelines
• 6 Losing Side of Love
• 7 Somebody Knew
• 8 My Heart Is Drowning
• 9 Stuck in the Mud
• 10 In the Mirror
• 11 One and the Same
• 12 I'm So Glad I Found You, Baby

Double vinyl LP pressing including four bonus tracks. The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey's 10th album was originally released on April 12, 2005 and became her highest-selling release in the US in a decade. This fifteenth anniversary edition includes hits like "We Belong Together, " "Shake It Off, " "It's Like That, " "Don't Forget About Us." The album features collaborations with Jermaine Dupri, Snoop Dogg, Twista, Nelly and Pharrell Williams.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 It's Like That
• 2 We Belong Together
• 3 Shake It Off
• 4 Mine Again
• 5 Say Somethin'
• 6 Stay the Night
• 7 Get Your Number
• 8 One and Only
• 9 Circles
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Your Girl
• 2 I Wish You Knew
• 3 To the Floor
• 4 Joy Ride
• 5 Fly Like a Bird
• 6 We Belong Together
• 7 Don't Forget About Us
• 8 Makin' It Last All Night (What It Do)
• 9 Sprung
• 10 Secret Love

Kendra Morris's Nine Lives, to be released on Karma Chief Records (a division of Colemine Records) in early 2022, marks not only the culmination of the decade since the release of her first LP Banshee, but also a turning point in Kendra's life. Nine Lives heralds the beginning of a new chapter; label, and an evolution to the next level of adulthood. This collection of her original songs encapsulates moments from what could be nine lifetimes. Kendra, while very much a New Yorker and veteran of almost 2 decades on the NYC scene, hails from Florida and aesthetically embodies the broader sense of American culture, bringing to her contemporary sound influences found in music and cinema dating back to the mid 20th century. Her music conjures imagery evocative of road trips to weird and wonderful places.

Concurrently a visual artist, filmmaker and animator, Kendra harnesses the feline nine lives metaphor repeatedly. In the context of the chapters of her musical trajectory alone, we see at least 9 lives. From discovering multi-tracking on a karaoke machine as a child, to playing in bands in Florida, moving to NYC and creating music alone on an 8 track, releasing her first 2 LPs on Wax Poetics, releasing her 2016 EP Babble and collaborating with DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, MF Doom, Czarface, Ghostface Killah, Dennis Coffey, and David Sitek, to name a few. The life of this multi-disciplinarian artist contains units of time and story lines through which we can all relate to universal themes of love, loss and overcoming one's fears. Kendra, never ceasing to heed her spiritual calling to continue creating music and art, no matter what, has no plans of slowing down but a belief in only evolving, eager to begin experiencing her next nine lives.

• 1 Keep Walking
• 2 This Life
• 3 Who We Are
• 4 Nine Lives
• 5 Penny Pincher
• 6 Got Me Down
• 7 Someone Else
• 8 Dry
• 9 Circle Eights
• 10 Drag on