SOUL / RnB

Spacing Out is an instrumental masterpiece only ever issued in Bermuda at the turn of 1970. A mix of the band's out-there original compositions and extravagant covers of The Meters, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin and The Isley Brothers, it established this band as one of the greatest instrumental...

“I Can Change Your Mind” b/w “Who's Fooling Who” - a one-two punch of sultry, soulful rhythm and blues. Once the needle drops you will be swept away by a guiro-kissed, mid-tempo groove, peppered with tasteful horns and a plaintive call and response vocal melody that encapsulates Hunter's...

It is our distinct pleasure to present: Miss Sharon Jones! OST. The film, directed by two-time Academy Award winner, Barbara Kopple, follows the dynamic front-woman through her 2013 battle with cancer and her triumphant return to the stage around the release of Give The People What They Want.All...

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' final studio album, Soul of a Woman is a lush, orchestral masterpiece. A true testament to the life and career of Daptone's fearless leader and one of the world's greatest performers.In the year prior to her death from pancreatic cancer in 2016, Sharon Jones toured and...

The funkier side of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. The indisputable reigning champions of Soul give 12 blazing hot tracks – made famous in their infamous Soul revue – their long overdue album debut. Majority previously unreleased including exclusive 45-only tracks such as "Genuine Pts. 1 & 2",...

Every November, just as we’ve got our rubber spiders and Ronald Reagan masks packed back into our sticky plastic pumpkins, we find ourselves inundated by “Holiday Music.” It hovers in every elevator, floats through every grocery store, and whines out of ever y receiver as we wait on hold with...

Bang. The 45 debut of Sharon Jones’ final studio sessions. “Matter of Time” is an electrifying exhibition of the baddest band in the land at the pinnacle of their powers. Sharon, the siren riding high atop a fire-breathing dragon. The sound of soulful abandon that whipped crowds into frenzies...

It is a privilege to present to you, our esteemed Daptone Family, a selection of fan-favorites by thee legendary Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings available for the very first time on 45! Over the years Daptone H.Q. has been flooded with suggestions and requests for certain album tracks to be...

Would Like To Pose A Question is one of the first previously-unreleased funk and soul albums issued by Now-Again, and it still sounds amazing today. Well, it would have to: it's the brainchild of bandleader/drummer/singer/songwriter Lester Abrams (the L.A. in L.A. Carnival). Abrams helped create...

Menahan Street Band, a veritable supergroup of some of today's most prolific songwriters, arrangers, and producers return with this beat-forward, cinematic masterpiece. If you have spent any time hanging out in bars, cafes, or casually tuning into NPR in the last 10 years you should be well versed...

Menahan Street Band is back! This time with Los Yesterdays front man, Victor Benavides. "Black Velvet" the moody, atmospheric instrumental ballad on the flip garnered the attention of Victor and his long-time collaborator/WC soul luminary, Mike Noriega, inspiring the pair to craft "The Stranger'' -...

A key funk release from 1971, For The People was the 2nd album by interracial soul-rock band led by vocalist Milt Matthews. All the way from Wilson, North Carolina, Milton Ray Matthews was an inspired songwriter in the vein of master Curtis Mayfield and follower Lou Bond. With a series of excellent...

Released for the first time together on 45, these two tracks were originally released as separate limited pressings on the now defunct label Truth & Soul Records. Recorded in producer Toby Pazner's Bedroom on a Tascam 388, these tracks paint a vivid picture of the early development of the sound...

War of the Gods (1973) is one of the most ambitious statements of the Philadelphia soul movement, blending lush orchestration with socially conscious themes and expansive song structures. The Billy Paul’s album is characterized by his distinctive, jazz-inflected vocal style which moves fluidly...

In another highly anticipated reissue from the vaults of the legendary 70s label TSG, P-VINE will be reissuing Reality’s rare classic Disco Party on its RARE GROOVE imprint. Almost nothing is known about the band apart from their association with TSG, and the label’s divine touch that picked...

The complete works, including newly discovered recordings, by South Carolinian funk/soul bandleader James Reese, a jazz-inflected producer as ambitious as he was talented.Trombonist, bandleader, songwriter, arranger and producer James Reese never issued an album with his Progressions band, only a...