What is your current favourite label, releasing records?

Mine is Athens Of The North.

Kent and Kent Select. Only they haven't released anything for a while. I think they are going off track a little lately with there choice of records. Too many left field, slow tunes recently!

Edited November 1, 20231 yr by Solidsoul

Not got one to be honest, more interested in how good the product is re song, voice, backing vocals and the

Band etc.

The label may be one thing, but as the saying goes, 'It's Whats' In The Grove That Counts'

On 31/10/2023 at 21:11, Fiftyboiledeggs said:

What is your current favourite label, releasing records?

Mine is Athens Of The North.

Probs daptone, like a lot of there releases , the new Jalen ngonda LP is the best thing I’ve heard all year

phil

Soul 4 Real, by a country mile!

I guess you could divide this up, into labels re issuing tracks, released or unreleased, from the vaults,  or labels putting out newly recorded music in the Soul & Funk and Jazz Genre...

Am not reallyinto reissues, unreleased stuff or mediocre uptempo retro sounds. I'm all for newly recorded slower stuff. So I'd say best label around is Penrose, followed by Colemine.

 

Kimberlite of Canada for me, don't release a lot but everything they have put out is a winner.

Followed by Palmetto Street, which is a subsidiary of Colmine specifically for Ben Pirani's output.

Soul Direction and Big Man tracks and packaging - love the background notes and pics. Also Hit and Run for content. 

Got to put a word in for Izipho Soul - some of their recent output has been tremendous.

On 31/10/2023 at 22:11, Fiftyboiledeggs said:

What is your current favourite label, releasing records?

Actually, I'm also more after the originals ... but when I do, it's definitely KENT SELECT and DIGGIN DEEP.

But they're not the classic reissue labels for me either, as they're mostly unreleased "monsters".
Where did Charlie Rich (KENT 004?) have a single release before?

I'd love another Select record from Precisions - Send me a Sign ... 

Have a Nice WE

Edited November 4, 20231 yr by Zanetti

Last Bastion are releasing great records.

Very difficult and awkward question to ask ,and answer , for the most something that covers all tastes, and a few that specialize in a particular genre or style , depending on mood , reissue or new , so for me they all deserve to be nominated, so I guess I'm stuck on the fence ,,,, for now , it's a bit like Sports Personality Of The Year , you know who would like to nominate, and then out of the blue,,,

I have picked up quite a few of the Original Gravity releases. Floyd James, Rachel Maxann and Jodie are all enjoyable. I like the reggae stuff too.

Unless its unreleased, none of them - they are like a disease!

2 hours ago, Dysonsoul said:

Unless its unreleased, none of them - they are like a disease!

Harsh , but I can see where your coming from , a few splinters pulled from my Derriere, as I climb down from the top of the fence 

Soul Tune Sweden 

Dap Tone , kimberlite.

plenty good things going on here 

 

13 hours ago, Happy Feet said:

Harsh , but I can see where your coming from , a few splinters pulled from my Derriere, as I climb down from the top of the fence 

I thought it was quite mild....To be more precise, they are on the whole a racket run by failed dj's and record dealers!