His Majesty

Grant Green & Donald Byrd - His Majesty King Funk & Up With Donald Byrd (1995) {Verve 559 621-2 rec 1964-1965}
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© 1964-65, 1995 Verve / PolyGram | 559 621-2 | Jazz: The Verve Collection Series
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Soul Jazz / Guitar / Trumpet

2 of the grooviest Verve 60s jazz funk sessions on one CD! Grant Green's His Majesty King Funk is a tight quintet session with Larry Young on organ and Harold Vick on tenor, and it grooves with a tightness that matches Green's best Blue Note sessions. The album is reissued here with the tracks in their full versions, and titles include "The Selma March", "Daddy Grapes", and "The Cantaloupe Woman". The record is paired with Donald Byrd's groovy Up album, a record that has his funky trumpet playing with a larger group arranged by Herbie Hancock, that also features some added vocal backing at times. The record has a very tasty version of "Cantaloupe Island", plus the cuts "Blind Man, Blind Man", "Bossa", and "Boom, Boom". Nice groovy 60's material, with 14 cuts in all!

The In-Crowd - His Majesty Is Coming (1978) {2CD Set, Remastered & Expanded, Trojan Records TJDDD257 rel 2005}
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© 1978, 2005 Creole Records / Trojan Records | TJDDD257
Reggae / Roots Reggae / Rocksteady

Originally issued by Creole Records in 1978; the In Crowd's best-selling 'His Majesty Is Coming' album finally receives its due respect with this long-overdue reissue. Augmented by a number of the group's non-album recordings from the period; plus Phil Callender's most popular late seventies solo material; this is in essence a 'best of'; which is truly an essential collection for any self-respecting fan of Roots Reggae.

His Majesty’s Pop Life (subtitled "The Purple Mix Club") is a compilation album of Prince’s studio work, initially released in 1985 as a promotional record in Japan only, following the commercial release of Around The World In A Day and its associated singles. At that time, it was Prince’s third promotional compilation album (after a 1984 sampler and Strange Tales From the Rain). His Majesty’s Pop Life was re-released worldwide in a limited quantity (14 000 copies) for the Record Store Day on 13 April 2019, becoming Prince’s eight compilation album and the fifth posthumous release. In 2020, the album received a wider retail release in Japan only, including its first release on CD.