try love was originally recorded by norma jenkins and pitched to motown who passed on the track (this version only survives on acetate). master of the girl group herb bernstein picked up the track and recorded the version you hear on this 45 which for whatever reason failed to make a dent until it was picked up first by the belgian popcorn scene and later the northern scene, demand far outstripped supply and this rare 45 became very expensive. a haunting, odd and beautiful record to this day the members of the sparkles remain a mystery.

two new york latin soul bangers from legendary band leader hector rivera and vocalist david coleman.. hector wrote and arranged for many famous latin ray barretto, machito, and tito puente as well as releasing several lps himself , these cuts come from his successful lp -at the party-. both sides have been spun by myself for years so happy to finally license them for the aotn stable.

bobby hammiltons band anibus only managed to released this single extremely collectable deep spiritual funk 45, the single didn t gain the movement they hopes and the bands went their separate ways leaving this one amazing 7 inch reproduced here. bobby is still alive and well so lets put things right and get things right and get this record on the turntable, a truly classy, deep and mindful 45.

one of the rarest funk 45s in existence and the rarest 45 on ellis taylor s forte label flipped with a previously unreleased acetate (has a little bit of background noise but what you gonna do when there is only one copy in the world, we did out best to make it sound good and it does). both tracks are stone cold deepfunk killers. super black is from the tapes and sounds amazing (better than the original) so go destroy a club with this.

lynn williams may not be someone you have heard of but her pedigree is strong. her father was hank ballard (of king and james brown fame) and her mother was 60s miami radio personality and dance group leader vanilla miss boom boom williams. lynn cut 5 excellent 7inches for various henry stone owned miami labels in the 70s here we present her two most collectable. the first it takes two is a smokey deepfunk killer. on the flip dont be surprised is one of miamis best ever deep soul records period, a dark serious ballad pulled off with amazing emotion considering her young years at the time of recording.

rare groove and modern soul classic reissued for the first time huge deepfunk spin on the flip. brand new master cut at timmion cutting lab for the best sound. athens of the north presents jeanie tracy s first and finest single >making new friends<. cut for marvin holmesoakland s basedbrown door records around 1975. a rare groove and northern soul anthem of the highest order and rightly so. this record has rarely dipped below the $1000 mark as demand is so consistent. what has generally been overlook is that the flip trippin on the sounds is a solid deepfunk spin, i m surprised i never heard anyone flip it over and hit the club, so please, sort it out. not only is this a great record but jeanie is a wonderful friendly warm woman who passion for music is as strong today as it was when this was cut 40 years ago!

the very definition of deepfunk this record was a huge spin for keb darge in the early 2000s. not only brilliant, but very very rare ($2000+), respected by collectors and a dancefloor smasher. recorded for philadelphia s virtue records (named after it s owner frank virtue) and kindly licensed to us from his daughters after a long search for the cleanest copy we could find to master from (minty). check out the other virtue rarity we have this month also from little george both 2 siders and both essential.