soul, jazz, funk

must have club classics!!

2020 coloured reissue, gatefold

high-calibre compilation of 14 tracks from jack ashford’s detroit based just productions company.

fifth in a five part series, documenting the birth and evolution of soul music. comes on double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

groove anthems by the queens of funk on double vinyl

nyc’s disco powerhouse west end records should need no intro. the home of too-numerous-to-list club classics for over 30+ years is still impacting today on what we know to be club culture. the label started by one mel cheren (rip) with assistance from larry levan and more way back in 1976 is still held in such high regard today with it’s catalogue constantly being played, rediscovered, reinterpreted and loved by waves and waves of new fans and admirers.
the west end story vol. 4 is an essential overview of this most iconic of labels and some of it’s more under the radar output, following on it’s from it’s predecessor the quality bar is obviously set extremely high, one only has to look over the tracklist to see the names and titles that are included! rare and overlooked cuts from sparque, debbie trusty, barbara mason, ednah holt and more make up 4 joyous sides of essential forward looking post disco classics - we’re talking late 70’s, early 80’s, synths, mega overdubs, left-field arrangements and anything and everything in-between.
a truly golden era of dance music history, names like tom moulton, tom savarese and more make up some of the talent featured on this flawless selection of goodies. oh, and for the record (no pun intended) these are all the extended mixes, 12” versions and special cuts, all killer - no filler! all tracks featured re-mastered, re-pressed and re-released with the permission of and in conjunction with west end records, new york city / bmg.

available on limited edition triple vinyl (via dj specialty shops) this is a compilation of nine tracks remixed (between 1979 and 1982) by larry levan, the dj behind new yorks famously influential nightclub, the paradise garage. levan is a producer and remixer who, though he died in 1992, continues to be cited as one of the industry s greatest and most revered. each of the nine individual full-length tracks was digitally remastered specifically for this project. the sound quality is brilliant! the compilation comes complete with comprehensive liner notes giving the label s history, its relationship with levan and anecdotes about each of the nine remixes and how each came about. originally released in 1999 this release has been fully re created for 2016. released in conjunction with west end

fantastic voyages new series, soul city, explores the music being produced in key centres in the early 1960s, when r&b was evolving into the style that was soon widely referred to as soul. having kicked off the series in detroit, we now turn our attention to the big apple. special backstock

3 cd compilation. essetial 12inch and extended mixes of 80s groove classics! incl. grandmaster fash, midnight star, raze, fatback band, the whispers and more

doppel cd mit 61 tanzbaren r&b- und soul-songs aus den 50er und frŸhen 60er jahren. die sammlung wurde von der journalistin und r&b-kennerin lois wilson zusammengestellt und annotiert, die auch fŸr get on the right track, right on und ain t gonna hush verantwortlich war. mit dabei sind songs von namhaften kŸnstlern wie ray charles, etta james, jackie wilson, james brown und ike and tina turner, aber auch vielen unbekannten kŸnstern, die es zu entdecken gilt