VA Los Angeles Soul Kent Modern's Black Music Legacy (2015)

It's jewels have only been revealed to Northern Soul collectors over time and several are ridiculously scarce; Little Johnny Hamilton's 'Keep On Movin' and the Swans' 'Nitty Gritty City' remain one-off disc discoveries. Guaranteed dancefloor classics abound, including Rita & the Tiaras' 'Gone With The Wind Is My Love', Little Johnny Hamilton's 'Oh How I Love You' and the Puffs' 'I Only Cry Once A Day Now'. The Superbs' 'Wind In My Sails' and Milton James' mesmeric 'My Lonely Feeling' represent the funkier end of the Northern Soul sound, while tracks by Ray Marchand and the Shades Of Jade are subtle mid-tempo soul of the highest quality. Nearly all are rare, expensive and beautiful, while Kenard's 'What Did You Gain By That' is highly imaginative, and the Fidels' 'I'm Givin' You Notice Baby' is just a classic '60s soul stomper.

UK black music collectors have revered the output of the Modern and Kent labels from Los Angeles since the early days of B. B. King, Ike & Tina Turner, and the Ikettes. Much of the soul was crossed with R&B - witness the likes of Z. Z. Hill, Vernon Garrett and Johnny Copeland. Garrett's 'Shine It On' has become much in-demand in recent years along with Z. Z. Hill's cover of 'Make Me Yours' which was a UK-only 45 in the 60s. Larry Davis' name was largely unknown until his 'I've Been Hurt So Many Times' got Northern Soul plays in the 80s and onwards.

Damaged is the 1981 debut album by Los Angeles hardcore punk band Black Flag. This was first released on compact disc by SST in 1988.

In My Head is the 1985 album by Los Angeles hardcore punk band Black Flag. This was released by SST.

Enjoy this Compilation with the most successful Wanted Funky Soul: From Diggers to Music Lovers singers like Mavis John, Lowell Fulson, Chocolate Buttermilk Band and many more!

Her smiling face, her generosity and her simplicity have won the hearts of all those who have seen this great singer from afar or close up; a singer who could never be mistaken for a diva. No caprices, no bouts of rage, no outrageous demands: she simply sang. It was the Geneva International Music Competition, which she won with such great success in 1947, that propelled the young Spanish singer to the front of the world stage. Right away, she was enlisted to sing La Vida Breve by Manuel de Falla in London, and then Paris invited her to play Marguerite in Gounod's Faust at the Opéra, before becoming Mimi (La Bohème by Puccini), under the direction of Sir Thomas Beecham at Covent Garden. Salzburg, New York, Milan, Vienna and Buenos Aires followed. A coloratura soprano first and foremost, she sang roles from Rossini with agility. As the years went by, she expanded her voice and her repertoire, becoming a much sought-after lyric soprano. Thanks to her particular gift for languages, she has been Agathe in Weber's Freischütz, Desdemona in Verdi's Othello, Eva in Die Meistersinger by Wagner, or a touching Mélisande. She is a wily and spiteful Rosina (Barber of Seville), a simple and moving Mimi.

Amazing collection of Disco Music released in the 80s (1980-84) on the Nigerian label Duomo Music Ltd. and reissued here for the first time.

Drummer, bandleader and producer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson added filmmaker to his virtuosic list of credits with the 2021 documentary Summer of Soul. His directorial debut focuses on the 1969 Harlem Culture Festival, which included a series of free weekly concerts that captured the spectrum of Black music in an American landscape steeped in palpable change and division. Questlove has curated 17 live tracks to serve as the documentary’s soundtrack, culled from over 40 hours of mostly previously unreleased and unheard footage of the nearly-forgotten event.