Originally recorded - 1988 (reissued by Numero records)
Breathtaking home-recorded synth soul... an ethereal fantasy world somewhere between Kate Bush and Annie Lennox.
Drink in deeply.
Suse Millemann - Patterns
Affinity - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)
Released on Vertigo records - 1970
Fantastically trippy rendition giving even Jimi a run for his money ... almost..
Harari - Give
Released on Gallo records - 1979
Slept on afro-beat disco bomb…
A party ode to kindness.
Bob Reitman - A Few Thoughts
Taken from album ‘The Eleventh House’ - released on Charisma records - 1972
The lost art of warped sprawling spoken word…
Oddly life-affirming.
Skorpio - Rhapsody In Blue (Gershwin cover)
First released on Pepita records - 1974
Hungarian prog rock band cover Gershwin…. sounds as bonkers as you’d imagine..
Sonia Santos - Poema Ritmico Do Malandro
First released on Copacabana records - 1971
Did the first ever hip hop record come out of Rio?
Best listened to when wearing patent leather shoes, linen suit, panama hat ....
Bruno Nicolai - Incontro La Contessa
Originally released on CAM - 1969
The most soothing siren-call you’ve ever hear…
Jeannie Piersol - The Nest
Originally released on Cadet Concept records - 1969
A pure unconditional love beam…
Lee Hazelwood - Your Sweet Love
Taken from ' The Very Special Sounds Of... '. Released on MGM - 1969
Honey-dipped booming baritone... built to sooth.
Emitt Rhodes - Somebody Made For Me
Originally released on the album 'Emitt Rhodes' - 1970 - Dunhill records
Eternal power-pop from cult singer songwriter known as 'The One-Man-Beatles'...
Peter Giger - Here Comes The Family (edit)
Originally released on Nagara records- 1981
The sounds of free and easy child's play ... with an effortlessly cool proto-rap for good measure.
Richard Brown - Sweet And Kind
Originally released on Steeltown Records - 1968 - reissued by Soul Jazz
A raw unearthed soul-gem bursting with warmth.... and a lil' rough around the edges.
Keith Kessler - Don't Crowd Me
B-side taken from 'Sunshine Morning' - originally released on MTW - 1968
'I'm getting out, breaking free .... don't crowd me!'
Grit-fuelled garage rock. Pounding Organs. Criminally overlooked.
Ted Lucas - Plain & Sane & Simple Melody
Taken from his self-titled album - originally released on OM records - 1975
An ode to simplicity ...
... for when life has been stripped down to the bare essentials.
The Supreme Jubilees - It'll All Be Over
Taken from album, 'It'll All Be Over- originally released in 1979 on S&K records
Deep gospel soul oozing hope and comfort.
And hear it transformed into a unique summer dance anthem.
Gloria Barnes - Home
Taken from the album 'Uptown' - released on Maple records - 1971
Obscure soul sister.. and yep - it's that Caribou sample from his recent brilliant album, Suddenly.
Richard Ace - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White cover)
Taken from Studio One compilation - originally recorded - 1974
Timeless soul classic distilled through that sizzling Studio One sound system...
Yum.
Alessandro Alessandroni - Colletivo
Taken form 'Inchiesta' - 1970 - reissued by Cometa Edizione Musicali
Funky drama from the great eclectic maestro of the Italian Library Music scene.
File under: 'da-ba-da-dum-da-bi-da....'
Free Youth - We Can Move
Re-issued by Soundway - originally self-released in 1985
If you were searching for that missing link between afro-funk and early NYC rap ...
Ghana's very own Sugar Hill Gang.
Jim Ford - It's My Life
Re-issued on Bear Family records - recorded some time in late 60's - mid 70's
Blue-eyed country funk/soul from a restless spirit .. distilled in the Kentucky hills and aged by Hollywood excess.
Jim produced and wrote for some of the best ... Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Sly and Family Stone... his own material tragically never got the attention it truly deserved..
