Digital + CD only bonus track. Not available on LP.
Less than a year after their out-of-nowhere debut LP, J-Zone and Pablo Martin (aka The Du-Rites) return with their sophomore effort, Greasy Listening. The positive response to their 2016 self-titled offering inspired the NYC funk duo to become winter-spring studio rats and churn out 13 new tracks that both pick up where the initial offering left off and explore some uncharted territory. J-Zone (drums, organ, percussion, turntables) continues to deliver funky rhythms and chunky drum sounds, while Pablo (guitar, bass, synthesizer, electric piano) returns with plenty greasy guitar moves and addictive melodies. But where Greasy Listening differs from its predecessor is in its composition and theme.

Adelmo Fornaciari is the real name of the talented Italian musician more commonly known to the world by his nickname Zucchero ("Sugar"), given to him by an elementary school teacher. He began playing the guitar in his home province of Reggio Emilia, focusing on music in the blues/R&B mold. As a teenager in the early '70s, he founded a local band called Le Nuove Luci. He formed another group, Sugar and Candies, in 1978, and began writing as well – Italian pop songs for other artists, and more blues-oriented material for himself…

Universal Music Presents Feel The Funk [3CD] album 57 original hits and the original artists. Includes tracks by James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Wild Cherry, Sly & The Family Stone, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Byrd, The Isley Brothers and more.

Pittsburgh-based Soul Man Billy Price follows up his award-winning 2015 recording with the late Otis Clay with ALIVE AND STRANGE, a scorching set recorded live with the Billy Price Band in front of a sold-out hometown crowd. ALIVE AND STRANGE, Price's 15th career recording, features Price with his superb horn-driven band performing an eclectic array of blues, R&B, soul, and funk songs written by icons of these genres. Billy Price has been entertaining audiences throughout the East Coast and the world since the early 1970s when he was featured vocalist with legendary guitarist Roy Buchanan. In April 2016, he was officially recognized and inducted as a Pittsburgh Rock 'n' Roll Legend.

It's a daunting task but a laudable ambition to afford direct tribute to a musician as iconic as Miles Davis and a work of his equal in stature, Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970). But like the ensembles before them that revisited this bonafide classic, including the World Saxophone Quartet, Lettuce prove up to the task. In fact, he octet tender their homage, Witches Stew, in such a way it suggests 'The Man with the Horn,' were he still living, might well look the band for inspiration as he did Jimi Hendrix and Sly and the Family Stone at the time of the original recordings.

Wagram Music Presents Saint Germain Des Pres Cafe Anthology album 71 original hits and the original artists. Includes tracks by Matthew Herbert, Elsa Hedberg, The Avener, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Paul Cut, Secret Value Orchestra, Dj Cam and more.

Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 album Pieces of a Man set a standard for vocal artistry and political awareness that few musicians will ever match. His unique proto-rap vocal style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists, and nowhere is his style more powerful than on the classic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Even though the media – the very entity attacked in this song – has used, reused, and recontextualized the song and its title so many times, the message is so strong that it has become almost impossible to co-opt. Musically, the track created a formula that modern hip-hop would follow for years to come: bare-bones arrangements featuring pounding basslines and stripped-down drumbeats. Although the song features plenty of outdated references to everything from Spiro Agnew and Jim Webb to The Beverly Hillbillies, the force of Scott-Heron's well-directed anger makes the song timeless. More than just a spoken word poet, Scott-Heron was also a uniquely gifted vocalist. On tracks like the reflective "I Think I'll Call It Morning" and the title track, Scott-Heron's voice is complemented perfectly by the soulful keyboards of Brian Jackson.

Motown’s legendary songwriting/production team, Holland-Dozier-Holland, left the fold in 1967, to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels. They had worldwide hits with their flagship act, Chairmen Of The Board, debuted the first album by Parliament, as well as scoring a UK #1 with Freda Payne’s ‘Band of Gold…

A surprisingly excellent record – a blend of off-kilter vocals, funky fusion, and jazz violin – also one of Noel Pointer's most soul-based albums, thanks to some great arrangements from Chisoul maestro Richard Evans! The album takes the electric feel of Pointer's 70s work, and gives it a nice Capitol Rare twist – hitting some really sweet mellow tunes that really put the violin on back burner, and which focus on Pointer's compelling and spacey vocals.

Fiyo On The Bayou is a 1981 album by The Neville Brothers. This is the pressing remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released in 1994.

Under The Bridge is a German CD5 released in 1992 by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It features the hit song plus three non-album tracks from the Blood Sugar Sex Magik sessions.

This is a CD single released as a "Limited Edition Tour Souvenir" when the group went on their Australian tour. "Search And Destroy", an Iggy & The Stooges cover, is the same version as found on other RHCP singles. "Fela's Cock" is a great instrumental recorded during the BloodSugarSexMagik sessions.

Self Portrait/I Am What I Am is a 1997 2-in-1 compilation CD compiling the first two albums by singer Ruth Copeland. It is notable because she is backed by the band Parliament. This was reissued by the Deepbeats label.

Cherry is the 1972 album by Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson, who are also joined by Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Bob James, and Cornell Dupree. Released by CTI, this CD is the Japanese remaster that came out on 25 July, 2002 through the King label in Japan.

Drum legend Tony Allen has seen a childhood dream come true. He even says that when he made The Source (his debut album for Blue Note Records), it was the best recording in his whole life. Coming from Allen, that’s not a casual statement: he is 76 years old and his career goes back 50 years, not to mention recordings by the hundred. The saxophonist Yann Jankielewicz, who has been playing alongside him for nearly a decade, observes: “Tony has never played drums as well as this. He's never had as much freedom, never had as much power as he does today.”