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Welcome to
Soul Brother Records |
You'll find information on all of
our label releases including sleeve notes, tracklistings and more by checking
the menus to the left.
Our label encompases classic and
rare Soul, Funk and Jazz LP's, plus a range of 12" singles and a series of
limited edition 45's. We've released Anthologies on revered artists from the
Soul and Jazz fields and our Organic Soul series is geared towards highlighting
the talents of new independent US soul artists.
Our aim is to continue to provide
high quality releases covering the best black music of the past, prsent and
future and with many more projects in the pipeline you can be sure to be seeing
a lot more coming your way in due course |
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GIL SCOTT -HERON & BRIAN JACKSON - 1980
FORTHCOMING - OCT 2009
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PATRICE RUSHEN - SHOUT IT OUT
FORTHCOMING - EARLY NOV 2009
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VARIOUS - GROOVE ON DOWN VOL 3
FORTHCOMING - LATE 2009
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WILLIE BOBO - HELL OF AN ACT TO FOLLOW/BOBO
Willie Bobo was one of the great Latin percussionists of his time. Bobo began on the bongos at age 14, but he is best known for his Timbales and Conga playing in Afro Cuban Jazz . Willie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa the nickname Bobo is said to have been bestowed by the jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams in the early 50's
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BARBARA MASON - GIVE ME YOUR LOVE
Barbara released a string of singles starting with the non album track ‘Pow Pow Song’ then the hit ‘Bed And Board’ which had a more adult feel to it and was to set the tone for a lot of her material on Buddah, and at the time was considered a little risky for a female singer.
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BARBARA MASON - LADY LOVE
Her debut album for Buddah ‘Give Me Your Love’ contained a reworking of her classic ‘Yes I’m Ready’, and another ballad hit ‘Bed And Board’. For her second Buddah album ‘Lady Love’ also recorded at Sigma sound Philadelphia in 1973, Barbara recut ‘Bed And Board’ and extended it to over 8 mins with a spoken word ‘rap’ section...
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GIL SCOTT-HERON/BRIAN JACKSON- BRIDGES
‘Bridges’ their 1977 album is one of their best , yet one that is often overlooked. Bridges takes you on a journey it is both lyrically and musically on point throughout and is an album that you can revisit time and time again and be informed, inspired and uplifted by...
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GIL SCOTT-HERON/BRIAN JACKSON - SECRETS
‘Secrets’ their 1978 album continues the journey started in the ‘Bridges’ album of 1977 and is another of their best albums. Secrets again features Brian Jackson on Synthesiser Bass which along with Harvey Mason’s drums underpins the deep sound. As with all their albums the lyrics are poignant and informative of society in the 1970’s.
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MANDRILL NEW WORLDS/GETTING IN THE MOOD
Mandrill are one the greatest Funk Bands of all time. The Nucleus of the band are the multi instrumentalist Wilson Brothers , Carlos, Louis, Ric and Wilfredo ‘Wolf’ who were born in Panama but raised in Brooklyn NY along wth Claude ‘Coffee’ Cave.
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EDDIE RUSS – SEE THE LIGHT/TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF
Keyboardist Eddie Russ hailed from PIttsburg and played with many of the greats including Sarah Vaughn, Benny Golson, Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie. Eddie is somewhat of an enigma, but he has always been held in high regard in the UK, and he finally was able to perform here in London at the Jazz café in the early 90’s
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HANK BALLARD - YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN
James Brown produced Hank’s ‘You Cant Keep A Good Man’ album for King in 1968, and the funkier tracks have Brown’s sound stamped all over them. ‘How You Gonna Get Respect’ featuring instrumentation from the Dapps has a very similar backing track to ‘Lickin Stick’. ‘Unwind Yourself’ was also recorded by Marva Whitney and ‘Funky Soul Train by Bobby Byrd, ‘Come On Wit’ It’ and ‘With Your Sweet Lovin Self’ are classic late 60’s Brown grooves
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