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First Ever Release Of Deniece Chandler's Toddlin' Town Albumincludes All Of Her Toddlin' Town And Subsidiary Lock 45rpm Releases Plus Previously Unreleased And Bonus Recordings4 X Grammy Award Winnerdeniece Chandler Was Born June 3rd, 1950 In Gary, Indiana And Grew Up Rubbing Shoulders With The Jackson 5. Her Uncle William Blakely Was The Bishop Of Indiana And Her Sister Sang Back-Up For Lou Rawls! She Successfully Auditioned For Toddlin' Town Records From Neighbouring Chicago, While Still At High School And Eugene Record And Barbara Acklin Penned Her First Single, "Love Is Tears" / "I'm Walking Away", Which Opens Our Set. The Song Enjoyed Some Modest Local Success, But More Importantly, It Caught The Ear Of Stevie Wonder! She Recorded A Total Of Six Singles For Toddlin' Town, And Its Associated Lock Label, Including A Duet With Michigan Soul Singer Lee Sain. The Twelve Sides Were Intended To Form Her Solo Album, But Sadly Lock Went Out Of Business In 1970 And Deniece Returned To College. A Year Later The Call Came From Stevie Wonder And She Joined His Backing Group Wonderlove (The Inspiration For Our Album Title). Her Big Break Came In 1975 When She Met Maurice White Of Earth, Wind & Fire Who Took Her To Columbia Records And Produced The Album "This Is Niecy" Which Spawned Her Self-Penned Single "Free" Scoring A Top 40 Stateside Hit And A No.1 In The U.K. Williams Would Go On To Win Four Grammys, Twelve Nominations And Become A Worldwide Household Name. Here, For The Very First Time, We Present Her Complete Early Body Of Work Including Unreleased And Bonus Tracks That Showcase Her Exceptional Four-Octave Range Which, According To The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Would Make Mariah Carey Quiver".

180gram heavyweight vinyl with gatefold sleeve reissue of Townes Van Zandt's self-titled third album recorded at Bradley's Barn in Nashville, Tennessee first released in 1969.

Since his death at the age of 52 in 1997, the reputation and popularity of Townes Van Zandt has grown greater by the day inspiring books, a documentary and renewed interest among fans and contemporaries alike.

He left behind a musical legacy of beautifully crafted songs and a legion of ever-growing grateful admirers.

Produced by Kevin Eggers and Jim Malloy at Owen Bradley's Nashville studio, Townes Van Zandt includes definitive versions of the first song Zandt ever wrote "Waitin' 'Round To Die' together with "(Quicksilver Dreams Of) Maria", widely regarded as his greatest love song.

In a career during which his albums were frequently in and out of print, this heavy weight vinyl release forms part of a timely and welcome reissue series.

- First Ever Compilation Contrasting Simon's Much Overlooked Up-Tempo Northern Soul Output (Side One) With His Chart-Topping Ballads (Side Two)- Features The Billboard R&B #1 Single "The Chokin' Kind"- Newly Remastered From Original Master Tapes And Pressed On Audiophile 180-Gram Heavyweight Vinyl'two Sides Of Joe Simon' Takes Us Back To His 1960s Career With John Richbourg's Sound Stage 7 Label. He Was Richbourg's Most Successful Artist With No Less Than Fifteen Hit Singles To His Credit Between 1966 And 1977. These Included The Million-Selling "The Chokin' Kind" (Side Two, Track Two) A No.1 Hit Record On The Us Billboard R&B Chart, (#13 Hot 100). All Of Them Were Nashville Recordings, And Mostly Reflected A Southern Soul Style Which Brushed Up Against Country Music On Occasion. Simon's Later Disco Hits For The New York Based Spring Label Have, Over The Years, Erased His Earlier Style From Popular Memory. In Presenting Our Selection Of Joe Simon's Hits, Ballads, And Even A Certain Amount Of Funk, We Seek To Readdress The Balance And Spotlight His Status As A Leading Exponent Of Sixties Soul. Side One Shines The Light On Several Up-Tempo Tracks That Form A Body Of Work Recognised, Particularly In The U.K., As Northern Soul. These Have Been Largely Ignored In The Past And Prove That Joe Simon Could Point To The Dance Floor Years Before His Disco Heyday! Taken As A Whole, 'Two Sides Of Joe Simon' Reveals Him To Be A Supreme Talent With A Fabulously Soulful Recording History Hewn From The County Capital Of The World, Nashville, Tennessee!

180G VINYL!AN ECLECTIC BLEND OF 14 HARD-EDGED NORTHERN SOUL CUTS FROM THE FUNKY SIDE OF THE STREET!FEATURES SUPER-RARE CUTS FROM RICKY ALLEN, WILLIE WEST, AARON NEVILLE, PLUS "UNRELEASED-AT-THE-TIME" TRACKS BY JOSEPHINE TAYLOR AND ALVIN CASH!It's time to pass the hatchet instead of the talc, and trade in the spin-and-slide for the hook-and-sling and work that dancefloor! Club Soul are proud to present a fresh compilation of 14 hard-edged, kitchen-sink rhythms that demand dance floor attention! Here we showcase the funky side of Northern Soul which has captured the imagination of our soul brothers and sisters across Europe and a growing number of progressive clubs in the U.K. Our eclectic blend borrows its name from title track "Soul Street" by Ricky Allen; a super-rare cut written and produced by Mel London and originally released to no acclaim on his Chicago based Tam-boo label circa 1968. Allen is joined by familiar faces such as southern soulsters Alder Ray Black & Eddie Bo, our hit artists Betty Harris, Tina Turner & Aaron Neville, compilation debut Lenny McDaniel and unreleased at the time tracks from Josephine Taylor & Alvin Cash. This new 180gm heavyweight audiophile vinyl Soul Street compilation is presented in a single sleeve with new artwork. Soul Street joins a growing catalogue of premium music on Charly Records imprint Club Soul - including the 12-track up-front, eclectic, super-rare, funky-edged and feel-good dancefloor soul LP Time & Place in conjunction with Soul Shack DJs, and newly compiled records that celebrate the clubs of the original Northern Soul Scene - The Scene Club, The Twisted Wheel, Wigan Casino Soul Club, Catacombs and The Golden Torch.

TWO RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE MODERN SOUL DANCEFLOOR FILLERS FROM INSTANT RECORDSTAKEN FROM THE SOPHISTICATED SHADES OF SOUL AND NORTHERN SOUL ALL-DAYER LP's"Crossover... a bridge between Northern Soul and Philly Disco" The Modern Soul Collective'Shades of Soul' (CHARLYL317) explores the sophisticated side of Northern Soul with a smooth collection of sixteen mid and up-tempo grooves that showcase the crossover from Northern to Modern Soul. The sound of the 'All-Dayer' (CHARLYL307) evolved from a time when rare club soul was moving away from its roots in Detroit and experimenting with a new beat that coalesced at the legendary Manchester Ritz, which reigned supreme as the country's most forward-thinking All-Dayer. This created a melting pot of the very best of the underground soul scene, attractive to a wider, younger audience, leading to a national interest in Soul All-Dayers, and eventually heralding the rave era. These two singles from 1975 on the standout Instant Records label showcase the power that high-heat Modern Soul had, and still has, on dancefloors across the UK. Point of View's rarest-of-rare and fantastic in-demand single "I'm Superman" and Cliff Holmes' "I Need Ya' Baby" are both essential cuts for any discerning Northern Soul collection and are now available as one 7" in a single sleeve featuring replica Instant labels.

180g vinyl.

Formed in December 1975 by Pepe Willie (the former husband of Prince’s cousin), 94 East was the Minneapolis-based funk group with which Prince first came to prominence. Willie was a key player in launching Prince’s career, spotting his many talents and qu

O Authentic Uk Reissue Of This Collectable Cult Albumo Exclusive '70th Birthday' Special Editiono Features Current Club Favourites "I Had A Fight With Love" And "Colour My World Blue"O Also Features The Bonus Track "You've Got To Use What You Got" From The Heyday Of Northern Soul//Mary Ann Sexton Was Born In Greenville, South Carolina, 5th February 1950 And Remains One Of The Most Overlooked Female Southern Soul Singers. Her Debut Album 'Loving You, Loving Me' Was Released In 1973 And Is Also Available Exclusively From Club Soul (Charlylp336). 'The Beginning' Followed In 1977 Featuring Her Second Billboard R&B Chart Hit "I'm His Wife (You're Just A Friend)". Perhaps More Importantly, To The Northern And Modern Soul Scene, It Features The 'Lp Only' In Demand Dance Tracks "I Had A Fight With Love" And "Colour My World Blue". Also Included Here, As A Bonus Track, Is The Single "You've Got To Use What You Got" Popularised In The Late-Seventies At Wigan Casino And Blackpool Mecca. At The Time Of Its Release, North Carolina DJ Manny Clark Had This To Say: "Come Along World, And Black Women Especially, With The Beautiful And Powerful Singer, Miss Ann Sexton, And Relive Some Of Our Roots"

- First Ever Uk Reissue Of This 'Super Rare' Cult Album- Exclusive '70th Birthday' Special Edition- Features Her Legendary Northern Soul Floorfiller "You've Been Gone Too Long" & The Club Classic "I Still Love You"- Also Features "You're Losing Me" From The Acclaimed 2003 Film '21 Grams' (Starring Sean Penn)//Mary Ann Sexton Was Born In Greenville, South Carolina, 5th February 1950 And Is Sadly One Of The Most Overlooked Female Southern Soul Singers. She Launched Herself Onto The Secular Soul Scene At The Dawn Of The Seventies As 'Ann Sexton And The Masters Of Soul' Alongside Her Husband, Saxophonist Melvin Burton. Her Debut Disc "You've Been Gone Too Long" (A Northern Soul Masterpiece) Was Originally Released On The Local 'Impel' Label Before Catching The Ear Of Nashville DJ/Producer John Richbourg Who Signed Her To His 'Seventy 7' Imprint. Her Debut Album 'Loving You, Loving Me' Followed In 1973 Featuring The Single Plus Club Favourite "I Still Love You" And The Funky Hit "You're Gonna Miss Me", Billboard R&B #47. Before The Decade Was Out Ann Had Turned Her Back On The Music Business In Favour Of A Career In Academia. In 2003 Her Self-Penned Song "You're Losing Me" (Also Featured Her) Appeared On The Soundtrack To The Hit Movie '21 Grams' Reigniting Her Long-Lost Passion. In Recent Times She Has Appeared At Several Uk And European Events Wowing Audiences With Her Unique Talent.

CLUB SOUL PRESENT AN ORIGINAL 'CLASH SINGLE' FEATURING TWO ALAN TOUSSAINT TEAMMATES GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD ON ONE NORTHERN SOUL CLASSICINCLUDING WILLIE HARPER'S SUPERIOR VERSION ON 7" VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIMEINSPIRED BY THE NEW 16-TRACK ALL-NIGHTER LPThe All-Nighter has been an integral part of "the scene" since the phrase Northern Soul first came into popular use following the now legendary Blues & Soul article entitled "The Up-North Soul Groove" in June 1970 by journalist Dave Godin (issue no.36). During the heyday of the Northern Soul scene the All-Nighter was the preferred format for the travelling soul fan. It separated the scene's top venues from the hundreds of regional soul nights in pubs, clubs and community halls across the land. The All-Nighter was the ultimate experience and the only place to hear the best, the rarest and the breaking sounds spun by the leading DJs. It was born in Manchester's Twisted Wheel in September 1963, found its feet (its dancing feet) at the Golden Torch in Stoke-on-Trent from 1970-72, and truly came of age at the Wigan Casino Soul Club from '73 onwards establishing itself as the premier National and even International event of the 70's. Willie Harper's originally unreleased recording of the Toussaint dance classic "Here Comes the Hurt Again", a feature track on the All-Nighter compilation (CHARLYL308), is put into direct competition with its B-side recording from Lee Dorsey of the same track on this new 7" on Club Soul. Both recordings have recently been remastered for a sound that will take Soul revellers back to the heat of '60s dancefloors as though it were yesterday. Presented on dinked vinyl in single sleeve packaging.

12 TRACKS OF UP-FRONT, ECLECTIC, SUPER RARE, FUNKY-EDGED AND FEEL-GOOD 64FLOOR SOUL In association with Soul Shack DJs, Club Soul present the "Time" and the "Place" to Shake the Shack! WITH ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY AT THE CUSTARD FACTORY IN BIRMINGHAM FEATURING DJS NEIL RUSHTON, ROGER HAYWARD, DEAN "SUNSHINE" SMITH, JORDI RIPOLLES, SEAN T TAYLOR AND TIM EVERETT The Soul Shack manifesto is stark - let your body take the place of your mind, and this new compilation on the Club Soul label is a tough-as-nails route to keeping the groove. The popular Soul Shack sessions in the Midlands being run by Neil Rushton are a homage to mind-blowing and spine-tingling black music gems. They encompass the preciseness of cerebral jazz fusion, the simple rawness of New Orleans funk, Nuyorican Latin Strut frenzy, the rhythm-driven angry polemics of Gil Scott-Heron, the sheen of Philly Soul, Big Apple Soul Disco and the Soul and Funk of Detroit's many music alchemists. These are all integral parts of a time and place called Soul Shack - and this record is the soundtrack. This LP edition of 'Time & Place' is presented on heavyweight audiophile 180gm vinyl in a single sleeve with Club Soul insert and sleeve notes by Neil Rushton. It joins a growing catalogue of premium music on Club Soul - including the 16-track crossover and modern soul LP Shades of Soul and newly compiled records that celebrate the clubs of the original Northern Soul Scene - The Scene Club, The Twisted Wheel, Wigan Casino Soul Club, Catacombs and The Golden Torch.

The Ringleaders were a 4-piece vocal group from Saginaw, Michigan. They signed to M-Pac! Records in 1966. Their debut release
"Let's Start Over", a gorgeous teen ballad that was a local hit at the time. It failed to chart nationally but later won the hearts of the UK
Northern Soul scene for it's up tempo flip side "Baby, What Has Happened To Our Love" which remains a popular dance floor record
today. The Ringleaders failed to release a follow-up, although they had several other tremendous recordings in the can, some of
which have surfaced over the years on studio acetates. Here, for the very first time, Club Soul proudly present "I'd Like To Win You
Over", a stunning finger clicking dancer recorded at the same session as "Baby, What Has Happened To Our Love".

Limited edition for Record Store Day 2017!

180g vinyl in gatefold sleeve