Soul/R&B

Released in 1971, Maggot Brain stands as the towering masterpiece in Funkadelic's groundbreaking catalog. Initially misunderstood upon release, the album is now widely regarded as one of the most influential records of all time. Anchored by Eddie Hazel's otherworldly guitar performance on the legendary title track and featuring enduring favorites like "Can You Get To That," Maggot Brain redefined the possibilities of funk, rock, and psychedelic music.

• 1 Maggot Brain (2026 Remastered)
• 2 Can You Get to That (2026 Remastered)
• 3 Hit It and Quit It (2026 Remastered)
• 4 You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (2026 Remastered)
• 5 Super Stupid (2026 Remastered)
• 6 Back in Our Minds (2026 Remastered)
• 7 Wars of Armageddon (2026 Remastered)

Originally released in the UK in 2003, Amy Winehouses platinum debut FRANK is now released in the states for the first time.

• 1 Intro / Stronger Than Me
• 2 You Sent Me Flying / Cherry (Cherry Is a Hidden Track)
• 3 F*#K Me Pumps
• 4 I Heard Love Is Blind
• 5 (There Is) No Greater Love
• 6 In My Bed
• 7 Take the Box
• 8 October Song
• 9 What Is It About Men
• 10 Amy Amy Amy / Outro
• 11 What Is It About Men
• 12 Amy Amy Amy/Outro

Hot Buttered Soul sounds exactly as Isaac Hayes named it. The lush arrangements featuring strings and horns were recorded at United Sound Studios in Detroit, home of Motown Records, and had been arranged by Johnny Allen, who had arranged music for The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and The Supremes, and who would later do the arrangements on the soundtrack to Shaft, for which he won a Grammy. The album's opening track, a cover of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David classic "Walk on By," was like nothing that had ever been heard before in popular music. Hayes' vocals take more than two minutes to appear. Craft Recordings’ 180g vinyl LP makes the wait even more worthwhile and sounds and looks incredible. Remastered from the original analog tapes by engineer Dave Cooley, it also features a replica old-school style tip-on jacket for exquisite packaging. 

Hayes, along with keyboardist Marvell Thomas and The Bar-Keys (Willie Hall, drums; James Alexander, bass; Michael Toles, guitar), recorded the basic tracks for the 1969 set at Ardent Studios in Memphis. Together, they produced the ultimate funk and soul stew to mix with the Detroit strings and horns. "Walk On By" alone runs for 12-minutes, and when it's over there's a sense of having been overwhelmed, but in the nicest way possible. It is so different from Dionne Warwick's original that it stands alone as a definitive reading of this classic number. 

The chart-topping album's other standout track is the 18-minute, LP-side-filling "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," a song that had originally been a hit for Glen Campbell. Hayes speaks the intro, which runs for nearly nine minutes, and when he starts to sing, the song develops into an amazing musical experience. He at once strips it bare and rebuilds it into something that defies definition. The coda on "Phoenix" is just awesome as its intro and the album is worth the price of admission for this track alone. The other two numbers on the record are slightly more traditional, with "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" being a funkyfied track that owes something to the kind of step-change music that was beginning to come from Blue Note Records while "One Woman" is the kind of Southern soul ballad that could only have come from Memphis.

1. Walk On By
2. Hyberbolicsyllabicsequedalymistic
3. One Woman
4. By The Time I Get To Phoenix

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

2025 release. Dijon's sophomore album, Baby, examines new fatherhood and the mania of domesticity. From song-to-song, Dijon captures the moments of ecstasy and tragedy that inevitably follow life-altering changes.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Baby!
• 2 Another Baby!
• 3 Higher!
• 4 (Freak It)
• 5 Yamaha
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Fire!
• 2 (Referee)
• 3 Rewind
• 4 My Man
• 5 Loyal & Marie
• 6 Automatic
• 7 Kindalove
• 8 NÜ Diamond

Released in 1970, Funkadelic's self-titled debut was a radical collision of psychedelic rock, gospel, blues, and soul - a chaotic, genre-defying statement that redefined the possibilities of Black music. Where Motown aimed for Polish and crossover appeal, Funkadelic dove headfirst into distortion, improvisation, and spiritual ambiguity, offering a sound as gritty and unpredictable as the era itself. Backed by a ferocious young band - including Eddie Hazel, Billy Bass Nelson, Tawl Ross, Tiki Fulwood, and Mickey Atkins - the album rejected convention in favor of raw groove and existential noise. Tracks like "I Got a Thing..." and "What Is Soul" pulse with menace and joy, bookended by surreal monologues that echo both street philosophy and space-age gospel. As part of Org Music's Westbound Records reissue series, this edition restores the album's full impact across multiple formats. The deluxe double LP, mastered at 45RPM directly from tape by Dave Gardner at DSG Mastering, offers the highest fidelity to date. Gardner and restoration specialist Catherine Vericolli archived and restored the original master tapes at 54 Sound Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, with assistance from in-house engineer Nick King. A single LP edition, cut from high-resolution tape transfers, is also available, alongside CD, cassette, and digital formats. A sonic revolution in it's time and a lasting influence ever since, Funkadelic remains a groundbreaking testament to music without rules and freedom without limits.

• 1 Mommy, What's a Funkadelic? (2025 Remastered)
• 2 I Bet You (2025 Remastered)
• 3 Music for My Mother (2025 Remastered)
• 4 I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing (2025 Remastered)
• 5 Good Old Music (2025 Remastered)
• 6 Qualify & Satisfy (2025 Remastered)
• 7 What Is Soul (2025 Remastered)

Vinyl LP pressing. 2021 release. Developed after being apart for much of the year, Private Space is creatively explosive and delights in upending expectations. It's 10 tracks are both an escapist fantasy and a much-needed recentering after a tumultuous 2020. Throughout, The Indications highlight a collective resiliency - as well as the power of a good song to be a light in the darkness. Anchored by a crate-digging sensibility and the high-low harmonies of Aaron Frazer and Durand Jones, Private Space shows The Indications' mastery at melding revival sounds with a modern attitude. From an Indiana basement (where the band recorded their 2016 self-titled debut LP as college students), The Indications have catapulted into the soul limelight and onto an international stage. Following their sophomore album American Love Call - a dreamy but pensive record of big string arrangements and sweet soul stylings - The Indications became revered by vintage music fans, the lowrider community and late-night television. Durand Jones & The Indications have long provided the soulful soundtrack for such deep thoughts, both on stage and on your turntable. But as the world slowly resets from the chaos of the past year, Durand Jones & The Indications' Private Space is arriving at just the right time. "I feel we'll be arriving into people's lives as they're exiting a really tough period," Aaron Frazer theorizes. "We're not out of the woods, but hopefully this allows people to get together again, to share and experience catharsis."

• 1 Love Will Work It Out
• 2 Witchoo
• 3 Private Space
• 4 More Than Ever
• 5 Ride or Die
• 6 The Way That I Do
• 7 Reach Out
• 8 Sexy Thang
• 9 Sea of Love
• 10 I Can See

Usher's second album, My Way, established him as a young and skillful R&B artist with slow jams and memorable guest artists. The 25th Anniversary Edition includes alternative album art that pays homage to the original cover from 1997 and a 2nd LP of 3 re-imagined tracks, "You Make Me Wanna...," "Nice & Slow," and "My Way" by James Carr.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 You Make Me Wanna
• 2 Just Like Me
• 3 Nice & Slow
• 4 Slow Jam
• 5 My Way
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Come Back
• 2 Will
• 3 Bedtime
• 4 One Day You'll Be Mine
• 5 You Make Me Wanna... (Extended Version)
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 You Make Me Wanna (Ryan James Carr Remake)
• 2 Nice & Slow (Ryan James Carr Remake)
• 3 My Way (Ryan James Carr Remake)
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 You Make Me Wanna (Ryan James Carr Remake - Instrumental)
• 2 Nice & Slow (Ryan James Carr Remake - Instrumental)
• 3 My Way (Ryan James Carr Remake - Instrumental)

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, or simply Otis Blue, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records, is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding. The album mainly consists of cover songs by popular R&B and soul artists, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Otis Blue was critically acclaimed upon release and became one of Redding's most successful albums; it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, and was his first to reach the top spot of the Billboard R&B chart. Furthermore, it produced three popular singles, all charting at least in the top 50 on both the Billboard R&B and the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is considered by many critics to be Redding's first fully realized album. Three of the eleven songs were written by Redding: "Ole Man Trouble", "Respect", and "I've Been Loving You Too Long". Three songs were written by Sam Cooke, a soul musician who had died a few months earlier. As was the case in the previous albums, Redding was backed by house band Booker T. & The M.G.'s, a horn section of members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes. Otis Blue is included in a number of "best album" lists, including Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Time magazine's list of the All-Time 100 Greatest Albums, and Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Rhino Records released a two-disc Collectors Edition of Otis Blue in 2008.

• 1 Ole Man Trouble
• 2 Respect
• 3 Change Is Gonna Come
• 4 Down in the Valley
• 5 I've Been Loving You Too Long
• 6 Shake
• 7 My Girl
• 8 Wonderful World
• 9 Rock Me Baby
• 10 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
• 11 You Don't Miss Your Water

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

Compact Disc

Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving
The anticipated sophomore album from a breakout British talent

Multi-BRIT Award and Mercury Prize nominee Olivia Dean returns with her deeply personal second album, The Art of Loving, via Capitol Records. A thoughtful exploration of love in all its forms—romantic, platonic, self-love, and everything in between—the album showcases Olivia's signature warmth and emotional clarity. Features the new single “Nice To Each Other.”

• 1 Art of Loving (Intro)
• 2 Nice to Each Other
• 3 Lady Lady
• 4 Close Up
• 5 So Easy (To Fall in Love)
• 6 Let Alone the One You Love
• 7 Man I Need
• 8 Something Inbetween
• 9 Loud
• 10 Baby Steps
• 11 Couple of Minutes
• 12 I’ve Seen It

Compact Disc

2023 release, the third album from the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and musician. Includes the singles "Do You Like Me?" and "Let Me Go."

• 1 Ocho Rios
• 2 Valentina
• 3 Toronto 2014
• 4 Let Me Go
• 5 Do You Like Me?
• 6 Always
• 7 Cool
• 8 Disillusioned
• 9 Buyer's Remorse
• 10 Shot My Baby
• 11 Pain Is Inevitable
• 12 Homiesexual
• 13 Vince Van Gogh
• 14 Superpowers
• 15 Unstoppable

Vinyl LP pressing. The Meters defined New Orleans funk, not only on their own recordings, but also as the backing band for numerous artists, including many produced by Allen Toussaint. Where the funk of Sly Stone and James Brown was wild, careening, and determinedly urban, The Meters were down-home and earthy. Nearly all of their own recordings were instrumentals, putting the emphasis on the organic and complex rhythms. The syncopated, layered percussion intertwined with the gritty grooves of the guitar and organ, creating a distinctive sound that earned a small, devoted cult during the '70s, including musicians like Paul McCartney and Robert Palmer, both of whom used the group as a backing band for recording. Despite their reputation as an extraordinary live band, The Meters never broke into the mainstream, but their sound provided the basis for much of the funk and hip-hop of the '80s and '90s.

• 1 Just Kissed My Baby (VMP 2021 Remaster)
• 2 Cissy Strut (2015 Remaster)
• 3 Find Yourself
• 4 Fire on the Bayou (VMP 2021 Remaster)
• 5 Funkify Your Life (1995 Remaster)
• 6 People Say (VMP 2021 Remaster)
• 7 Tippi-Toes
• 8 Cardova
• 9 Look-Ka Py Py (2015 Remaster)
• 10 Hey Pocky A-Way (VMP 2021 Remaster)

Now, remastered with the latest digital technology comes the original Parliament albums; included are bonus tracks and all orginal packaging. This is P-Funk's million selling breakthrough.

• 1 P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
• 2 Mothership Connection (Star Child)
• 3 Unfunky Ufo
• 4 Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication
• 5 Handcuffs
• 6 Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)
• 7 Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples
• 8 Star Child (Mothership Connection) (Promo Radio Version) (Bonus Track)

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

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

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

Singer/songwriter Ben E. King personified artistic excellence. In the words of Ahmet Ertegun, "Ben E. King is one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll and rhythm and blues. His style and the tempo of his voice have a magic all their own." As a solo artist King created some of the most memorable recordings in popular music: "Spanish Harlem", "Don't Play That Song", "I (Who Have Nothing)", and the iconic, international anthem "Stand By Me" (which King co-wrote). 1964's Ben E. King's Greatest Hits collects all of the aforementioned evergreens and more. Colored vinyl LP reissue from Friday Music.

Tracks

1. That's When It Hurts
2. Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear
3. Around The Corner
4. Young Boy Blues
5. What Now My Love
6. Stand By Me
7. Amor
8. Don't Play That Song
9. I (Who Have Nothing)
10. How Can I Forget
11. I Could Have Danced All Night
12. Spanish Harlem

Leon Bridges presents 'Happiness Anytime,' his highly-anticipated fifth studio album produced by J. Lloyd and Lydia Kitto of Jungle. The album's title serves as both a mission statement and an invitation. It's music you can put on no matter how you're feeling and be immediately transported somewhere coastal and warm. In crafting the album, Leon Bridges focused on feeling, storytelling, and his vocal performance. Lydia Kitto brought melodic intuition and harmonic detail, and J. Lloyd shaped the production, arrangements, and sonic structure. The result is an album that feels unusually cohesive, like three musicians discovering a shared vision, drawing inspiration from Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, Brazilian music, soul, disco, and South American rhythms.

• 1 Light the Way
• 2 Tears of Joy
• 3 Illusion
• 4 Your Love Is Electric
• 5 Talk It Over
• 6 Happiness Anytime
• 7 All Day, All Night (Feat1 Lydia Kitto)
• 8 Fly Baby
• 9 Watch You Dance
• 10 The Way It Goes
• 11 Take My Hand
• 12 Please Don't Say Goodbye