Acid Jazz Funk | Soul 36 Items

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Billy Valentine

Lady Day & John Coltrane

Eddie Piller & Dean Rudland

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A year on from the release of his critically acclaimed album ‘Billy Valentine And The Universal Truth’ released in collaboration between Flying Dutchman and Acid Jazz Records, Billy returns with a brand new take on a classic of conscious soul. Returning to the studio with Bob Thiele Jr and the band that is made up Larry Goldings, Pino Paladino, Jeff Parker, James Gadson and John Philip Shenale, he has recorded three new numbers for release on the deluxe version of the album. The first to be released is his take on Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘Lady Day & John Coltrane’ which held audiences in rapt attention when performed live over the last year.

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Acid Jazz Not Jazz

Sumthin Else / Wiggle Wiggle

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back in the early 1990s as Acid Jazz began a period of extraordinary commercial success where acts like the Brand New Heavies and Jamiroquai sold millions of records, and US groups such as A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Digable Planets were actively influenced by what was being played in London, the whole scene was being fuelled by a small number of clubs, led by Gilles Peterson’s Sunday afternoons at Dingwalls but taking in nights in Leeds, Bari, Munich, Tokyo, Stockholm and New York. In those clubs funky jazz, latin boogaloo and 70s soul soundracks competed for time on the dance floor with import records from New York, and the latest sounds coming out of bedrooms and makeshift basement studios that created contemporary sounds out of the past.

Acid Jazz’s Eddie Piller and Dean Rudland have put together this compilation of the sort of sounds that we were playing at the time. They are releases on Acid Jazz and other label’s that surrounded the scene and they were mainly made by people we knew from either around the club scene, behind the counters of our favourite record shops, or from trips to New York or Europe. They range from The Ballistic Brother anthem ‘Blacker’ to the jazz house of A-Zel - a Roger Sanchez mix that still sounds fresh today. We have the Humble Soul’s instrumental version of ‘Beads Things And Flowers’ which at the time was only available as a DJ special on Acetate. There is the presence of A Man Called Adam before they went to Ibiza, and the early Mo’ Wax (before they went Trip Hop) single by Marden Hill ‘Come On’.

These records could fill a dance floor in seconds and we feel that they are today largely forgotten, as they were non-album, underground club records. It’s time to celebrate them!

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Bangs & Talbot

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Acid Jazz)

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Diane Ward & The Kevin Fingier Collective

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Acid Jazz has a long history with Chris Bangs (who coined 'acid jazz') and Mick Talbot (founding member of the Style Council) who appeared on one of our earliest and rarest singles as 'King Truman' back in 1988. We're thrilled to welcome them back with a 7" slice of mod jazz brilliance, taking its rhythmic and naming queues from Willis Jackson as it cooks up a storm.

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Why Don't You Go Home / Cocktail De Medianoche

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Acid Jazz)

Circles - The Ultimate Fleur De Lys Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With 'Why Don't You Go Home' Fingier produces a monster Rhythm & Blues tune that will take you straight to the King and Federal R&B sound, and for the B side, 'Cocktail De Medianoche' is the perfect mix of Boogaloo and Northern Soul. Percussion, flute and horns will make this a Fingier favourite for lovers of Latin grooves and Uptempo Soul.

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Fleur De Lys

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

31,99 €*

Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We’re delighted to present Circles - The Ultimate Fleur De Lys - a definitive compilation centred around one of the greatest 60s bands.

Atlantic Records, Andrew Loog Oldham, Shel Talmy, Cream, Isaac Hayes and er Tony Blackburn, all these and so many more turn up in the story of Southampton band the Fleur De Lys and so many more. You may not have heard of them, and if you have it may be just because of their glorious cover of the Who’s Circle’s – an ultimate freak beat anthem which this compilation is named after – but the singles they released in the second half of the 1960s are one of the greatest collections of singles by any band, ranging from R&B through freakbeat and psych and back into club soul.

Emerging from the English South Coast’s competitive club scene they signed to Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham’s pioneering indie label Immediate where they recorded two singles before being taken under the wing of Frank Fenter who worked out of the UK Polydor office running the UK arm of Atlantic. The group went through numerous line-up changes as they recorded a series of singles which are now some of the most collectible of the era.

Acid Jazz and Countdown Records have been the custodians of the Fleur De Lys catalogue for the last decade and this compilation is the culmination of that work containing all the singles that they released for Immediate, Polydor and Atlantic (where they pipped Led Zepplin to become the first UK signed band to that legendary label). Issued digitally, on CD and in a limited edition gatefold coloured double vinyl, it has been produced with the full co-operation of the group’s Keith Guster, allowing us to use previously unseen photos and illustrations. Compiled by Eddie Piller and Dean Rudland and the band’s official biographer Paul ‘Smiler’ Anderson, who has contributed an extended note that tells the band’s story in compelling detail.

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Billy Valentine

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brand New Heavies Colored Vinyl Edition

Brand New Heavies

LP | 1990 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

Release: 1990 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Release: EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Acid Jazz)

Lee Hutson

Soothe You Groove You

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Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey

Le Sato

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

Leroy Hutson

Unforgettable

21,99 €*

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

Leroy Hutson

Hutson

24,99 €*

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2015 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

New Street Adventure

The Big Ac

Release: 2015 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Big AC’ - a cornerstone of the New Street sound from their debut album ‘No Hard Feelings’ - will be reissued, with the first-time vinyl release of the original version, produced by the brilliant late Noel McKoy, on the reverse side. It will be housed in a beautiful version of the new Acid Jazz house bag, in colours echoing the ‘No Hard Feelings’ sleeve, and will be limited to 500 copies.

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The James Taylor Quartet

The Money Spyder

T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Continuing our 35th Anniversary series, reissuing foundation Acid Jazz records on Color Vinyl, we’re excited to present a new, remastered, clear vinyl edition of The James Taylor Quartet’s seminal debut ‘The Money Spyder’.

Taking the form of a classic soundtrack, the album perfectly encapsulates the sound of acid jazz on one record – heavy, organ-driven instrumentals led by Hammond maestro James Taylor. The sublime mixture of Booker T-styled grooves and Lalo Schifrin-inspired soundtrack elements.

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Le Sato 2

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

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Dee C Lee

Back In Time / Walk Away

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Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Do It All Night - The Sound Of Tardam Records

V.A.

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gloria Scott

So Wonderful

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fast Eddie

Orchestre Les Volcans Du Benin

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Acid Jazz Group label Countdown Records is proud to present 'Shake A Tail Feather' - a Vinyl/CD collection from Fast Eddie, one of the early '80s most exhilarating live groups, and a favourite of the Rhythm and Soul powered Mod scene of 1980s. Initially called 'The Investigators', Fast Eddie emerged from Billericay in the wake of Thames Delta Blues pioneers, Dr. Feelgood. Having gained a following playing the raw R&B of the Pub Rock circuit, the band diversified their sound to incorporate classic soul repertoire, alongside their own material, which is documented throughout this collection.

Significantly, the group was also managed and produced by a certain young Eddie Piller - our founder - in his first foray as a music Mogul. In the Spring of 1982, he took the band to Pye studios near Mable Arch, to cut what would be their first record. Copies were sold via fanzines or direct through London record stores, on his own imprint he called 'West Suspect Records', marking the start of Ed's career as a record man. Consequently, this collection marks an important document in the formation of Well Suspect Records, Countdown Records and the wider Acid Jazz Story.

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Volume 1

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Acid Jazz)

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally released in 1980 on the Albarika label, 'Orchestre Les Volcans Du Benin Vol. 1' has long been a holy-grail LP for Afro-Cuban music aficionados.

It now sees it's first official reissue through Acid Jazz and is available on digital platforms for the first time, with four infections tracks, including 'Oya Ka Jojo': Latin dancefloor dynamite, and a DJ must-have.

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Bangs & Talbot

Back To Business

27,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Carnaby Street Soul West Coast Vibes

Graham Dee

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Acid Jazz)

18,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tom, The - Emmanuel And Ron Experience

Why (The Knower) / When

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Acid Jazz)

11,99 €*

Shibuya 357 - Live In Tokyo 1992

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When we released Jazz On The Corner 2 last year Eddie Piller chose a fantastic track by Emmanuel K Rahim & The Kahliqs called ‘Al- Alim (The Knower)’ from his 1972 Cobblestone LP “Total Submission”.

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The Brand New Heavies

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

31,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's Time - Purple Mountain Majesty

Dean Parrish

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

T.P. Orchestre - Poly Rythmo De Cotonou

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After a decade gap, northern soul legend Dean Parrish has once more hooked up with Acid Jazz Records to release a new single. ‘It’s Time - Purple Mountain Majesty’ is a towering slice of psychedelic soul, that references the work of Norman Whitfield and like those records, comes with a powerful message.

Known predominately in the UK as ‘the Northern Soul star that sold over one million records’, Dean is an esoteric musician who has worked with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Herbie Mann and Bob Marley. All whilst following a career as an actor too, appearing in hit US TV series The Sopranos

The iconic status of his hit records such as I’m On My Way, Tell Her & Bricks, Broken Bottles and Sticks has meant that Dean has always been welcome in the UK. In the noughties, he released records with Acid Jazz and was the subject of a Radio 2 documentary by the late and much missed Pete Mitchell. Now 79, Dean has not stopped writing & recording. This latest single presents us with a stunning return to form.

It’s Time – Purple Mountain Majesty will be released on the 5th February 2021.

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Segla

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Ipa-Boogie

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

The Brand New Heavies

Beautiful / Getaway

13,99 €*