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Warren Raye & The Infernal Blues Machine - It's The Feeling I Get - Kent Town 086 Yet again a new 100 Club Anniversary 45 has been instantly acclaimed and has become highly sought-after on release. Warren Raye’s ‘It’s The Feeling I Get’ is now available on a commercial pressing and this superb Crossover number will be one of the biggest sellers of the year. A later version by Damion & Denita was released on their obscure eponymous Rocket LP but its of-its-time boogie passage has put DJs off playing it over the years. Warren Raye delivers the definitive version and his singing is equally masterful on the flip side - ‘I Can’t Turn You Down’ - a song that recently featured on a Kent Masterpieces CD by Melanie Burke. Both recordings are discoveries from Mickey Stevenson’s unissued tapes cache. View full store item

Jackie Dee / Dave Hamilton - Who/ Who (Instrumental) - Kent City 085 Jackie Dee’s ‘Who’ was one of many great tape finds from Detroit producer Dave Hamilton’s vault in the 90s and first came out on CD in 1999. In 2015 Ace licensed that version to Colemine Records in the USA who issued it on their First Light subsidiary. That disc is now deleted and fetching a high price. In recent years we have found the multi-track tape with an extended version of the recording and an instrumental take on it that features Dave Hamilton’s vibes-playing. The vocal side is a full one minute and forty seconds longer than the original release. View full store item

The Reynolds - Don’t You Worry Baby the Best Is Yet To Come - Repro First released back in 2014 on Greg Wilson’s Super Weird Substance label, as a limited 12'' vinyl run of 500, ‘Don’t You Worry Baby The Best Is Yet to Come’, has subsequently become a much sought after record with modern soul enthusiasts, copies currently selling at well over £100. It was soul legend, Colin Curtis, who suggested, at last year’s We Out Here festival, that a 7'' pressing may be timely. Colin’s connection with the track goes back to hallowed Northern soul club, the Blackpool Mecca, in ‘70s, where the Bessie Banks original, never issued in the UK, was a cult-classic. Your browser does not support the audio tag. View full store item

Cloud One - Disco Juice / Charleston Hopscotch - Reissue 1970’s Cloud One disco brilliance and one of P&P’s most well-known cuts gets a much-needed official reissue. A studio project masterminded by the legendary Patrick Adams and P&P Records’ Peter Brown, Cloud One’s ‘Disco Juice’ showcases the genius of Adams’ songwriting and production prowess. A bundle of joy from start to finish, every element is given space and arranged exquisitely from the soaring strings and Venus Dodson’s celestial vocals, to the vibraphone twinkles and power piano keys. Deliriously good grooves. On the B side, ‘Charleston Hopscotch’ a cosmic funk-fuelled jam bouncing guitar riffs, sweltering synths and piano stabs out to the stratosphere and back again, returning with another Patrick Adam’s masterclass. Your browser does not support the audio tag. View full store item

Shazz - Innerside - One World Records The moody and soulful house track 'lnnerside' has been internationally popular since it was first released in 1998. Shazz - derived from soul, house and jazz - was an identity of French producer Didier Delesalle who co-wrote the song with American-born jazz singer Ken Norris, the featured vocalist on this track. 'lnnerside' was a minor hit and was remixed numerous times but the original 'Universal Soul Mix' has remained most popular with soul fans and is now released on a 7" single for the very first time. View full store item

Little Ann - Who Are You Trying To Fool - Kent Repro 15 Little Ann’s ‘Who Are You Trying To Fool’ was unknown until the late 90s when Ace acquired Dave Hamilton’s tapes and this glorious soul dancer was discovered. It has since sold out two Kent 45 releases and due to demand we have resurrected it. This time it is on a TCB repro label, which is the imprint it would have been issued on, had Dave had the finances to cover it. For its flip we have gone for the beautiful, midtempo ‘The Smile On Your Face’ - never before on a 45 and one that will please her devoted fans Your browser does not support the audio tag. View full store item

Tommy Youngblood / Other Brothers - Tobacco Road North / Nobody But Me - Kent Repro 12 “The Soul Of Tommy Youngblood” 1970 Kent LP had many fine tracks, especially ‘Tobacco Road North’ though it was not attributed to the rightful writer, Jimmy Radcliffe, at the time. The music has been sampled for various hip-hop adaptations, including one by Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan, but the original stands on its own and deserves a 7” format. The Other Brothers ‘Nobody But Me’ is another UK Kent exclusive that sold out on its first Kent Select press and is still much sought-after and now expensive. Your browser does not support the audio tag. View full store item

Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby / All At Once - Kent Repro 11 Ty Karim is one of the finest Los Angeles singers to have never scored a hit in her own country. Her records are rightly lauded in Europe though and we present two of the best on her producer and partner’s Romark label in our Repro series. ‘Lighten Up Baby’ is a rare classic stomper from the heyday of Northern Soul. It was actually a one-off Car-A-Mel release in 1966 but it was recorded as part of Kent Harris’ Romark set-up. ‘All At Once’, on the other hand, is a moody midtempo number that has found favour with soul fans in recent years. View full store item

Bardo Martinez & The Soul Investigators - Bad Education (feat. Ernie Hawks) / Intrumental - Timmion Records Bad Education is a soulful heater that will shake your hips and your social consciousness. Inspired by the afro-latin soul blends from the likes of Joe Bataan and Ray Barreto, this collaboration between Timmion Records and Yemayá Sol Records - brainchild of Bardo Martinez (lead singer of Chicano Batman); makes a statement. The horn laden groove will transport the listener to a summer in New York. The memorable flute line by Ernie Hawks is flavorfully funky while the pulsating tumbao of the conga carries the vitality of a Nuyorican neighborhood in full effect. Note This is the Second pressing in a plain paper sleeve. View full store item

JJ Barnes - (That's The Price) I'll Have To Pay / Instr- Hayley Records A newly discovered and previously unreleased 1966 RIC TIC session that produced three versions of the song - the two here and JUANITA WILLIAMS interpretation. (Scheduled to be a future Hayley Records release.) JJ BARNES version also features a 'ghost vocal', barely audible in the background, purported to be songwriter ROSE MARIE McCOY testifyin' over JJ's vocal. Interestingly, the song was also the inspiration for AL KENT's 'You've got to pay the price' that became a bit hit in 1967 View full store item

Deon Jackson - Happily Ever After / (You've Got) The Power Of Love - Hayley Records Two unreleased tracks from one of Detroit's favourite sons - DEON JACKSON. 'Happily ever after' was originally recorded by Len Barry but found its way to Detroit and producer Ollie McLoughlin and arranger Mike Terry in the mid 1960s. The flip '(You've got) the power of love' was written by CAPITOLS member Richard McDougall but never recorded by the group. It did gain a release by The ESQUIRES under the title 'You got the power' Your browser does not support the audio tag. View full store item

Groovesville Players - Don't Hurt Me / The Way You've Been Acting Lately - Hayley Records The backing track to 'Sweet Sherry' and 'Has it happened to you yet' under it's original title 'Don't hurt me'. Who it was intended for or what the original lyrics were are unknown. Backed with another classic - the original backing track to 'The way you've been acting lately' complete with false start and no background singers. Your browser does not support the audio tag. View full store item

Rose Battiste / Gwen Owens - It's Not What You Say / You'd Better Wake Up - Hayley Records Rose Battiste's 'It's not what you say (but how you say it)' features her alluring vocal over a typical Detroit backing from members of the Funk Brothers and Gwen Owens delivers a stunning vocal with the same band members. Your browser does not support the audio tag. View full store item