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The third and concluding edition of the Transmissions compilation series curated by IOJ Jura Soundsystem. The compilation focuses once again on rarities no longer available on Vinyl and touches upon Reggae & Dub, Ambient House, Downtempo and Leftfield Disco.Mixmaster Morris in his Irresistible Force guise opens the album with the Ambient Electronica of ‘Lotus Position’, a long time favourite that’s been unavailable on Vinyl for nearly 30 years. Full Moon Scientist pick up the Ambient Dub baton with ‘Lunar Base Dub’ segueing into Australia’s Rude Band, featuring Oz radio royalty Doug Mulray on the aptly titled ‘Doug’s Dub’ originally released on Oz Sounds in Australia in 1982, a true Balearic gem recorded long before the genre had been widely discovered. Other highlights include Mary House’s ‘Ambient’, a chuggy slo-mo piano houser originally the last track on a 7 track EP released in 1991 on Italian label Technology, and ‘Do It’, an obscure South African track by Inspiration which covers the music from Sylvester’s ‘I Need Somebody To Love Tonight’ paired with new vocals using the refrain ‘Do It’. Jean-Michel Bertrand gave his blessing to a special Jura Soundsystem version of ‘Dream Reggae’ which features long time collaborator Mike Burn adding lead and rhythm guitar to an extended edit of the song. The album closes with some Ambient Tools which should serve to raise a smile at the end of the series.
CULT boogie funk release from Robbie M & The Midnight Express Show Band of Rock Island Illinois. A PPU follower's favourite, and after many requests the 7" reissue is now available. Includes the newly remastered 1983 7" version of "Danger Zone" and Robbie M's "I Need Good Lovin" from 1989.
Essential Rush Hour 12 featuring 2 mixes of KILLER proto-house bomb 'Nightgruv', and the epic euphoric synth soul anthem 'I Want Your Love' on the flip. Rarely leaves the bag!
KILLER 95bpm UK boogie cut originally released on Elite records, brain-child of Steve Sinclair, Peter Hinds & Kevin Ellis (S.H.E) fronted by south London vocal harmony sisters. Huge tip!
Long awaited reissue of the spinners’ singer G.C. Cameron’s ‘If I love you’, featuring unreleased recordings from the same session !
Superb Balearic disco/ house crossover 2xLP on Leng by Greek producer Alex Andrikopoulos. Full of sunset party starters. Gatefold sleeve.Waving by Lex
Excellent comp of 70s & 80s soul, funk, disco and folk compiled by Danny Mclewin aka Skyrager. Mostly private press rarities, all killer!
Overlooked 1976 spiritual-jazz-funk beauty from the inimitable Lonnie Liston-Smith.
Brilliant 1972 soundtrack, self-produced, full of funk and killer jazzy interludes. Essential!
Marvin Gaye at his very best! Two classics from Gaye’s esteemed catalogue, ‘I Wanna Be Where You Are’ and ‘I Want You’ with alternative mixes that have never been on 12 inch before. Plucked from the Deluxe Edition of the spellbinding ‘I Want You’ album that was mixed Kevin Reeves & remastered by Ellen Fitton, these two cuts have always called out for loud and proud pressing on either side of a 12.
1973 classic soul LP featuring "Let's Get It On", "Distant Lover", "You Sure Love To Ball"...
Essential comp of eclectic sounds from the Arab world - Algerian coladera, Lebanese AOR, Egyptian Disco, Moroccan Funk, & Sudanese Jazz, it's all here! Worth the entry fee for Hamid El Shaeri's "Ayonha" alone, but loads more great stuff on here, not to be missed.
1976 masterpiece working with Leon Ware. Big tracks "I Want You", "After The Dance", "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again"... essential 70s Mowtown.
Cheeky 45 edition of the massive Northern Soul influenced hit "Love And Hate In A Different Time" - one of the biggest soul records of 2021.
Early (1972) Fela release, still one of our favourites! An Afrobeat masterpiece. Killer start to finish.
Honest Jon's reissue 12 of killer dubby steel drum reggae disco from London-based Afro-Caribbean drum & dance ensemble - OG released 1979. Tip!
Debut LP from UK soul singer following a string of great singles/ EPs and appearances on Blue Note, Brownswood, Soul Jazz!Voice Notes by Yazmin Lacey
Side project of Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads feat. "Wordy Rappinghood" & "Genius Of Love". Limited tropical yellow & red vinyl.
Space age funk rarities from the "On The Corner" sessions. Record Store Day 2023 release on sky blue vinyl.
2xLP of Balearic disco / downtempo / house from UK producer on Soundway. 140g vinyl.
All the hits! 'Your Love Is King', 'Hang On To Your Love', 'Smooth Operator', 'The Sweetest Taboo', 'Paradise', 'Love Is Stronger Than Pride' etc.
Mid-80s synth-funk rarity from the maverick mind of Sauveur Mallia, holds the ACE in-demand track "Mission Africa". Be With reissue.
Rare cosmic disco & funk library album by Sauveur Mallia for French label Tele Music in 1979. One for Cerrone & Patrick Cowley fans...
Reissue of obscure and sought after Italian disco track - no repress!Salvatore “Sal” Vito Panzera is originally from Lequile in Apulia, and as many Italians of his generation, his parents moved to Canada in 1967. He was already there by the time of his first single “Era Scritto Cosi/Il Vento” in 1969. There he formed a band with “paisà” Giovanni “Johnny” d’Orazio and his brother Sergio Panzera, playing every Saturday for italian weddings in Montreal.It was during one of these gigs he met Jerry Cucuzzella, a disco producer from Montreal (Bent Boys, Suzy Q, Punkin’ Machine). Giovanni and Jerry would end up working together on a lot of other disco and hi-nrg productions such as Nightlife Unlimited, Stephanie Wells, Valerie Krystal, Evelyn Smith, Motion, while Sal wrote and sang “Space Traveller”, an english and french cover of the Italian disco track “Capire, Amare, Soffrire” by Il Seme dell’Amore, for his studio group Animation.“No, Stasera No” was originally released as a 7” in a few hundreds copies with no cover, handed out as a promotional tool in order to publicize Sal and Giovanni’s own label “Piuma”, when they decided to step into production. Timing didn’t help the fate of this 7”, as it got released in 1981, at the very end of the golden era of disco music, letting it disappear into obscurity and making it a super sought-after disco holy grail.More than 40 years after its original release, Disco Segreta makes the disco miracle happen once again, reissuing “No, Stasera No” and giving this track the 12” treatment it originally deserved.The 12” features the respectfully remastered original 45 version plus a dancefloor-friendly “Re-Clap edit” by Italian wonderboys Gugliemo Mascio & Cosimo Mandorino.
Rare Modern Soul/Funk private press LP from Miami. Almost impossible to find an original copy of this 1983 Modern Funk Soul Boogie masterpiece. 180g vinyl + Deluxe hard-cardboard sleeve + OBI + resealable outer sleeve.
Seminal late 90s nu disco series from Morgan Geist & Darshan Jesrani. 2023 repress - limited restock!
1984 tropical disco rarity beautifully reissued by Analog Africa. Side A is incredible - back to back jams!
Killer collection of 80s synth tracks - rare Italo-disco, steamy South African synth-boogie, fizzing American freestyle, oddball Austrian electrofunk. Big comp from the Spacetalk crew!
Ace Balearic Tropical Disco 6 tracker, reissued by Left Ear. Essential!
1982 sunshine boogie killer from Greg Henderson pressed on limited Sam Records 45!
Latest in the Melodies "Record Club" series, this time Hunee steps up with 3 ambient techno, jazz & zouk selections.Melodies Record Club #003: Hunee selects by Digital Justice / Dorothy Ashby / Frantz Tuernal
One of Fela's best-known tracks from 1979 "Sorrow Tears & Blood". Total killer!
Classic brit-funk/ boogie LP from Atmosfear featuring dancefloor bomb "Invasion" spun by the likes of Larry Levan & Francois K.
Slept-on 70s/ 80s disco & boogie by Italian brothers Gino & Federico Grasso, who've been supplying the likes Dimitri From Paris, Sadar Bahar & Volcov for years.
Strut records 2xLP compilation telling the story of Jimmy Gray's seminal spiritual jazz & soul label ft. Oneness Of Juju, Wayne Davis, Theatre West & more...
Classic Luaka Bop compilation of featuring many of Tim Maia's greatest hits. Essential!
San Francisco-based R&B / Funk / Rock group SASS was formed in 1974 by lead singer Fred Ross and producer, guitarist, vocalist Andy “Andro” Ernst. During the mid 70s SASS recorded three now rare demo singles released on San Francisco’s INS label. The group performed live alongside well-known artists such as Lionel Ritchie & The Commodores, Esther Philips, The Main Ingredient, Brass Construction and Tower Of Power. In 1976 SASS got signed to 20th Century Records which released remixed versions of their demo songs “I Only Wanted To Love You” and “Do It” on a 45. A full-length album was later recorded in 1977 but none of these songs ever saw the light of day...until now. The unreleased tracks featured on this present issue were the last songs recorded by the band for their major label album project that was unfortunately abandoned. Transferred directly from the only existing 2 track master tape of the sessions, these never before heard songs can now be listened to in their full glory. At long last, High Jazz Records is happy to present the complete recordings from SASS.SASS by SASS
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