Friday, January 25, 2013

Earl Moseley, Tony Scott and more!

A nice mix of records this week - for example Earl Moseley's "Facing The Sun", Tony Scott's wonderful "Djanger Bali" as well as disco 12"s, rock LPs and a big bunch of great reggae reissues. Check below for examples of this weeks rarer records or check our New In Stock-section for all newly listed records.

/ Lars & crew



Perfect sealed copy of this rare private pressed album with the cool funk/spacey fusion track "Fly In The Soup"!


Seldom seen small label release from 1979 with Al Green-covers, great versions of "Look What You've Done For Me", "Let's Stay Together" & "I'm Still In Love With You".


Rare indie LP in lovely condition, tough male 80s boogie on "Attitude"!


Rare piano trio LP, small label release from 1986.


Top deejay album with Dillinger in fine form over classic Coxsone-riddims! Great copy of yellow/red label US original.


"Sour soul" killer library-ish funk/psych/fusion track on this 1973 LP.


Rock LP from 1978 with Chris Bailey & Ed Kuepper. UK original, SHSP 4094. 


Live recording from the Quartier Latin in Berlin in 1977. Strong leftfield jazz sound, tough and demanding but accessible. 


Awesome soul/disco classic. Great club tune and sounds great on this loud 12"!


Free improvised sounds from 1977 on the popular Italian Red-label. 


Wonderful 60's jazz and one of my favorite LPs on the Saba-label. German stereo original with pink Saba label (without tree).


Friday, January 18, 2013

Van Jones - Time has made me new, Disco 12's, Rock LP's ...


A little less records this week due to some sickness among the staff but still a healthy dose of Disco 12's, Rock LP's, Soul 45's plus more. Here's a few example of the rarer stuff. To view all records added go to New arrival section at the website here:

NEW ARRIVALS
Ultra rare modern soul/boogie LP from 1981. Contains the superb Chic/Change-soundalike "Not about that (show me some respect)" and "She's a FFFF"!
Peter Chemist-mixed dub album of Roy Cousins-productions.
Early LP from Jimmy with a sweet soul sound close to Moments & Whatnauts.
Solo sax interpretations of Ayler's "Our Prayer", "Angels" and "Spirits", limited edition of 99 copies with paste-on white cover.
Rare avantgarde LP from 1966, US stereo original on ESP.
Absolutely brilliant progressive album that sounds way ahead of its time. Really fresh mix of spacey krautrock, afro cosmic, bossa and dusty fingers-sounding drums.
Rare German library joint with the trippy and beatheavy "Space nocturno 2" and "Rhythmic action" which is just begging to be sampled.
Very rare 50s jazz LP. Mono original, Imperial 9024 with red deep groove labels and silver print.
Japanese only album from 1979 by this great southern soul singer. Contains "Do you think there's a chance" and the superb "I can't do enough for you baby".


Friday, January 11, 2013

Soul, jazz, african & tropical, disco 12"s...

As always nice records in all sections this week - in the soul section we have for example Alice Clark, 100% Pure Poison and Martha & the Vandellas, jazzwise we have LPs such as Eero Koivistoinen's "Labyrinth", fine originals and early pressings on classic labels as Blue Note, Riverside, Contemporary etc plus some Coltranes on Atlantic. Also some african and tropical LPs as well as a large number of disco 12"s. Check below for examples of this weeks rarer records or check our New In Stock-section for all newly listed records. Have a nice weekend!

/ Lars & crew



Classic soul/funk LP with the rare groove masterpiece "Windy C" and the modern soul anthem "You keep coming back".


Greg Perry-produced LP with the killer two step soul "Oops here I go again" and "If the price is right".


Stunning LP from 1977 that has gone up in demand lately. 


Big, punchy modern soul/disco favorite! Rare Canadian 12". Many more disco 12"s listed this week.



Deep and hypnotic music from one of the best orchestras out of Mali, a pure joy to listen to from start to finish. Some more african and tropical LPs listed this week, check our Afro and Latin-sections.


Classic Motown album and only the seventh LP released on Gordy. With the wellknown title track of course but don't miss the version of "Hello stranger"! 


Orchestral jazz LP with the moody but beautiful "The essence of the hit tune". 


Mono original, F 508 of early soul/r&b album including the evergreen "Wonderful world".


Interesting mixture of eastern ethnic sounds and funky jazz, mixed up with some sample friendly grooves.


DLP 1102, rare mono original on Dawn from 1956 with black label and silver lettering, deep groove on both sides.


Friday, January 4, 2013

Trama, modern soul/boogie LPs and more!

Nice mix of records this week including some rare modern soul/boogie LPs, take a look below for some of this weeks rarer stuff or check our site www.recordmania.net for more records. The easiest way to watch all the records that we add to the site is to check our "New In Stock" section here:

http://www.recordmania.se/news.php




Strong latin/jazz LP all through but maybe the clubby version of "Take five" is the strongest track with wonderful percussion.


Rare Dutch soul/funk LP from 1970 with a great version of Archie Bell's "Love is gonna rain on you" and the funk track "All my brothers are clean". 


Perfect copy of rare modern soul/boogie LP with a gospel theme, musically stronger than a lot of X-ian soul stuff from the same period. 


Killer modern soul album that's surprisingly solid althrough, check especially the smooth groover "Nobody but jesus" and the beautiful "Shining star".


One of Gullin's rarest EPs, released on the short-lived Jöns label. A few more Lars Gullin-records listed this week as well as several more in stock on our website.


Raw disco funk workout on a rare P&P 12".


Rare LP with the insane percussion workout "Sangandongo" which goes down like a bomb in the clubs.


Top copy in shrink of rare modern soul/boogie LP out of Texas.


Soul/boogie LP from 198 with the great two stepper "You're my love my life" and the dance track "Something that I can't explain".


Rare and great version of the Four Flights/Convertion tune.


Very rare Cat album, a mix of funk and soul with great vocals from Donna Allen. "It's amazing" is a great two stepper and "Gimme some lovin'" fine soulful funk.



Friday, December 28, 2012

60s and early 70s Soul

Today we focus on early soul from the 60's and the beginning of the 70's. Many in fantastic shape and a few of them are sealed with classic and much loved artists like Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and more. There's also a few more obscure records added which you can see a few examples below. A few jazz, hip hop and disco records added too but not that much due to Christmas vacations. 

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As a little gift to you we give you a great soul mix from one of our regular store customers Martin Andersson. Check that out here:


Soul mix

We wish all customers a Happy New Year!


60s & EARLY 70s SOUL


Philadelphia soul indemander best known for the Pete Rock sampled "Ain't got no love" but my favorite is the wonderful "I really love you" - group harmony heaven! Wonderful copy, looks more or less untouched! 


Classic Motown soul with the breathtaking "A favor for a girl" and "Every little bit hurts".


Great 60s/northern soul LP including the classic "Nothing but a heartache" & "Need your loving". 


"Looking for you" killer northern soul and "Thinkin" a great deeper track!


Sealed US original of rare second album by this great soul man, great 60s soul on "These are", "Questions" and "Little volcano".


Brilliant 60's soul album that I think is one of the best from this period. 


One of my all-time favorite soul LPs. Amazing record from start to end and a must if you like sweet 60s soul.


Rare early soul album with that lovely cover, including the evergreen "Wonderful world" and more songs in this vein.


Very rare record and the first LP release on Motown. Mainly a soul/r&b LP, but in high demand for the killer percussive jazz dancer "Congo twist".


OTHER


Rare LP with "Runaway heart" lovely, dreamy vocal jazz tune that crosses over.


LP from 1971 with Alan Skidmore, Dudu Pukwana, Mike Osborne and John Surman. 


BLP 4139, mono original with New York USA labels. Featuring Joe Henderson & Johnny Coles.


Raw Swedish hip hop on a rare 12" from 1998.


Ultra rare independent soul album from 1977 with a killer tune in the soft, melancholic "I'm so happy now".