The Brand New Heavies [2023] - Never Stop... The Best of [London Records] (Full Album)

A fabulous 31 track compilation of the very best from The Brand New Heavies, "Never Stop... The Best of", is released today and is available digitally, on CD and vinyl.

It's split in that the last ten tracks are all remixes of tracks within the first set although there are three or four remixes of hits included amongst the first 21.

They were formed in Ealing (West London) in 1985 by Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy as an instrumental jazz band Brothers International. They later changed the name and recruited N'Dea Davenport as lead vocalist for their third single "Dream Come True" and enjoyed their most successful period in the early 90s with  a string on UK Top 40 hits, fourteen in total up to 1999. 

Davenport left the group after the second album to release her postponed solo album and was replaced for the next album by Siedah Garrett. In time, she was replaced by Carleen Anderson in 2000. Since then a number of different female lead vocalists had appeared, Sy Smith in 2003, Nicole Russo (2004), Davenport returned in 2005 being replaced by Dawn Joseph in 2013 who in turn was replaced by Suleme Fleming in 2016 and currently Angela Ricci since 2018.

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Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Acid Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital / CD / Vinyl
Label:	London Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/09/2023
Price:	£8.99 / £17.99 / £29.99

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Humble Souls [2023] - Beads, Things & Flowers [Acid Jazz #AJX64S]

Last month we posted an Acid Jazz  compilation "Eddie Piller & Dean Rudland Present​.​.​. Acid Jazz [Not Jazz] Street Soul Edition". The first edition was released in Nov '22 and included "Beads, Things & Flowers" by  Humble Souls, who are Hugh Brooker and Simon Anniky.

It was originally released as a single in 1991 and has been released digitally today (12 Jul) and will be reissued on 7" vinyl on 11 Aug via Bandcamp.

It's a bit of a mash up of Mod jazz classics and we detect the intro as Billy Hawkes "O'Baby (I Believe I'm Losing You)" which was an album only track from "Heavy Soul!" (1968) until released on a 7" in 2002 by BGP.

We also detect "Wade In The Water" (presumably Ramsey Lewis' instrumental version but could be anyone's) and probably clips of other songs? If this one doesn't at least get your toes tapping then it's probably time to check your pulse!

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Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Acid Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital / 7" Vinyl
Label:	Acid Jazz
Cat No:	AJX64S
Date:	12/07/2023 / 11/08.2023
Key/BPM:	8A/165
Price:	£3.50 /£10

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VA [2023] - Eddie Piller & Dean Rudland Present​.​.​. Acid Jazz [Not Jazz] Street Soul Edition [Acid Jazz]

A compilation of 90s London streets sounds curated by Acid Jazz head boys Eddie Pillar and Dean Rutland. As the title states, its Acid Jazz not jazz and follows the first edition released in Nov '22.

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Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Acid Jazz
Format:	Album / compilation
Media:	Digital
Label:	Acid Jazz
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/06/2023
Price:	£6.49

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Jestofunk [2023] - Straight To You / I'm Gonna Love You [Tesla Groove #TSL020]

Cannonball Records' Tesla Groove imprint has entered into a brand new collaboration with Italy's top independent label Irma Records. Two new releases (one on Tesla Groove the over on 4/4) are available to pre-order now from Tesla Groove for release at the end of May.

The first on the Tesla Groove imprint consists of two tracks available on single for the first time ("Straight To You" b/w "I'm Gonna Love You") taken from Acid Jazz collective  Jestofunk's (formed by three Italian DJs: Claudio Moz-Art Rispoli, Francesco Farias and Blade (Alessandro Staderini)) 1994 album "Love in a Black Dimension".

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Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Acid Jazz / Soulful House
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Tesla Groove
Cat No:	TSL020
Date:	05/2023
Key/BPM:	7A/90 / 3B/108
Price:	£20

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials [2019/2015] - Watcha Want From Me / Blast It! [Dorado Records]

Whilst looking for videos from the new Brooklyn Funk Essentials album "Intuition" we came across a couple from their previous two albums not released as singles. So if you missed them first time around, then here they are.

The first is "Watcha Want From Me" from "Stay Good" featuring the lead vocals of Alison Limerick and Desmond Foster. The song is a re-make of "Whadda U Want (From Me)" from Frankie Knuckles' "Welcome To The Real World" album (1995) that featured Adeva on lead vocals.

The other is "Blast It!" from "Funk Ain't Ova" (2015) featuring vocals from Stephanie McKay, and Desmond Foster.

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Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Acid Jazz
Format:	Album Tracks
Media:	Digital
Label:	Dorado Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	2019/2015
Key/BPM:	4A/120 / 8B/112
Price:	£1 / £1

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Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth [2023] My People… Hold On [Acid Jazz / Flying Dutchman]

With three weeks to go before the full album is released on 24 Mar '23, Billy Valentine drips another track as a single, the fifth of eight so far. 

As with all the album's tracks, it's another cover/interpretation, this time of Eddie Kendricks' "My People… Hold On" from his 1972 Tamla album "People… Hold On".

On this track he is joined by Jeff Parker, Pino Palladino & Larry Goldings. Curiously it has not been made available on Bancamp with the other tracks, as yet, but is available on other DSPs.

Valentine has two dates lined up at The Forge in London on 7th & 8th April '23.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Classic Soul / Cover Versions
Format:	Album Tracks
Media:	Digital
Label:	Acid Jazz / Flying Dutchman
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/03/2023
Key/BPM:	2A/71
Price:	£1

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VA [2023] - Do It All Night! The Sound Of Tardam Records [Acid Jazz] (Full Album)

A fourteen track compilation of the retro soul form Italian and Dutch label Tardam, "Do It All Night! The Sound Of Tardam Records". The label takes its name from the two cities that it emanated from in 2014, Taranto in Southern Italy and Amsterdam by DJ Goffredo Santovito and musicians Fabrizio Carrieri and Mikkel Van Der Meulen. 

The label has released nine singles between then and 2019 all with a sixties boogaloo, modjazz, soul, ska, r’n’b & funk feel. One or two were covers of Northern Soul 'classics' by The Mighty Typhoons.  Lou Pride's "I'm Comum Home in The Mornun" (which rarely turns up for sale on original vinyl, although was heavily bootlegged in the mid 70s as it was a huge sound), and a respectable cover of Margie Joseph's, Willie Tee penned, crossover classic, "One More Chance" featuring Beulah Enser on vocals. They have been posted previously last year when they were released digitally.

Note that "The Snake" is thankfully not the 'played to death' Al Wilson version of Oscar Brown Jr.'s song.

If this is your bag then I'd suggest you grab it from Bandcamp as it's only £7.50 there versus £10.99 on Amazon. It's also available on vinyl.

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Rating:	7.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Retro Soul
Format:	Album / Compilation
Media:	Digital
Label:	Acid Jazz
Cat No:	None
Date:	03/02/2023
Price:	£10.99 / £23

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Billy Valentine [2023] - Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth [Acid Jazz / Flying Dutchman]

We received  notification of this album from Billy Valentine being uploaded to Bandcamp on Wednesday but when we checked it there were only the two tracks available (i.e. a cover of Curtis Mayfield's "We The People Who are Darker Than Blue" and Gil Scott-Heron's  "Home Is Where The Hatred Is") so decided not to post it as they have been already posted. 

However checking back today they have made two more tracks available.  They are both covers, as all the tracks are.

The first is Leon Thomas' "The Creator Has A Master Plan" and the other Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothing".

The full album is not schedued for release until 24 Mar '23. 

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Classic Soul / Cover Versions
Format:	Album Tracks
Media:	Digital
Label:	Acid Jazz / Flying Dutchman
Cat No:	None
Date:	24/03/2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	$1 per track

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