Only a previously unreleased Curtom recording, from the sessions for Closer To The Source, in 1977.
‘A beautiful floating mid-tempo dancer, with anthemic lyrics, in two different 7” edits: a short-intro version, perfect to drop in the middle of set to keep the dancefloor moving; and a version with the original forty-second intro, using the fantasic female backing vocals as the outro.’

TW’s first Blue Note session was The Jody Grind. His debut as leader, at 23, this is a great mid-sixties set of his own originals. Post-Trane dancers, jams, lovely tunes. Woody Shaw, too.

Dennis in full flight, over genius Niney rhythms, tuff like iron. Two all-time reggae greats at the height of their powers, plus Soul Syndicate and King Tubby pon spot. Classics like Tribulation, If You Are Rich Help The Poor, and Travelling Man. Always very hard to find.

This is sensational; hotly recommended.

“The holy grail of British Asian music; the album that birthed the British Asian dancefloor.”

‘Recorded in London in 1982, the nine-track album combines producer Kuljit Bhamra’s searing synthesiser melodies and hammering drum machine rhythms with the Punjabi-language folk singing of his classically trained mother, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra. Part early acid house experiment, part north Indian tradition and part disco-funk, the record was a futuristic outlier: the south Asian fusion sounds of bhangra were only just beginning; the mainstream crossover music of the Asian underground was more than a decade away; and the British Asian diaspora were largely relegated to meeting at weddings and community events, rather than at the disco’ (The Guardian).

Classic Vinyl Series.

Banging, key Messengers. Blakey is on fire; Shorter is vicious.
Hubbard bows out of this line-up with a passionate tribute to the Congress of Racial Equality.
Classic Vinyl Series.