BIS => 2024 02 02
2LP - MR BONGO
2022

BIS => 2024 02 02
1LP - MR BONGO
2006 => 2022

PRE ORDER => 2023 10 27
1LP - P-VINE
1975 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
7 INCH - EXPANSION
1977 => 2022

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - BBE
2020

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
3LP - BBE
2005

PRE ORDER => 2022 09 23
2LP - MR BONGO
2022

SOLD OUT
2LP - FOREVER LIVING ORIGINALS
2020

SOLD OUT
1LP - MIXTO MUSIC
2023

SOLD OUT
1LP - VINILISSSIMO
1977 => 2016

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
3LP - BBE
BLUE VINYL
2022 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - BBE
1978 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
3LP - BBE
2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - INNOVATIVE LEISURE
2016

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - ACE
2023

SOLD OUT
1CD - KENT
1971 => 2023

BIS => 2025 04 25
1CD - KENT
1970 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1CD - ACE
2023

BIS => 2023 12 01
7 INCH - MR BONGO RECORDS
2023

BIS => 2023 12 01
2LP - MR BONGO RECORDS
2023

BIS => 2024 02 02
PINK INDIE ONLY
2LP - MR BONGO RECORDS
2023

2LP
RCA Records Label
2015
SOUL / FUNK / R&B INTER.

PRE ORDER => 2024 02 23
1CD - MR BONGO RECORDS
1973 => 2024

BIS => 2024 05 17
1LP - PENNIMAN
2024

BIS => 2024 10 11
1LP - STONES THROW
2024

BIS => 2024 10 11
1LP - STONES THROW
2023

BIS => 2025 05 02
TIP-ON
1LP - VMP / CONCORD
1978 => 2022

BIS => 2025 01 31
BOXSET
7 INCH x 7 - KENT
2024

BIS => 2025 01 31
2LP - ACE
2024

BIS => 2025 04 04
RSD BLACK FRIDAY 2024
ORANGE COLOURED VINYL
1LP - SOUL JAZZ RECORDS
1977 => 2024

SOLD OUT
GOLD DUST LP
1LP - FUNK ON SIGHT
2024

BIS => 2025 05 02
PURPLE & WHITE GALAXY
TIP ON CASEWRAPPED
180 GRAM
1LP - VMP / ATLANTIC
1967 => 2022

BIS => 2025 05 02
TIP-ON; GATEFOLD
180 GRAM
1LP - VMP / STAX
1974 => 2021

PRE ORDER => 2025 02 14
7 INCH - SEDSOULCIETY RECORDINGS
2025

TRACKLIST

A) ORIGINAL
B) ROB HARDT BOOGIE FUNK REMIX


DESCRIPTION

Soulkitchen is a Not only Germany’s first pure Rare Groove music club, and one of the first on the globe, it was also the homebase of “The Soulkitchen Cookin’ Crew”, a DJ-team which took its international audience by storm with an increasingly infectious, and deliciously danceable meal of Soul and Heavy Funk.
The subsequent founding of the record label Soulciety with signings of Soul and Funk legends like Bobby Byrd, Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Eddie Bo, Roger Troutman, Dean Francis and many more, emphasized the true and ambitious love for original Soul music from the late Sixties, Seventies and early Eighties. Ever since, “The Soulkitchen Cookin’ Crew” has been doing its thing worldwide, playing live and DJing in the original, immortal Rare Groove style.
In 2003 “The Soulkitchen Cookin’ Crew” started producing and recording their first album, creating original and so called „New Heavy Funk“ tunes, firstly in a very original raw soul style, just known from their 30 years ago founded 7“ label „Hot Pie & Candy Records“ they established for the legendary „Poets Of Rhythm“, the Munich band they signed in 1993.
Later adding more grown up well arranged and produced songs with a late 70ts feel.
It took them 12 Years to finish it and another 8 years more to release it and though after 20 years after the start of creating a full length album it has had its digital birth in 2023. But now for the first time ever the first track is pressed on vinyl.
Two bangers on one 7“-single, one side featuring the original version and a Rob Hardt Boogie Funk remix on the flipside.
Soulkitchen is a registered trademark – which stands for:
Great music, great people and a whole lotta fun(k)!

SOLD OUT
1LP - PLYGRND
2023

- The debut EP by singer and producer Pale Jay!
- Praised by tastemakers like COLORS and the BBC, the international response to The Celestial Suite has been positive through and through.
- Includes the instrumentals on Side B.

TRACKLIST 
For James
Donny In Valdez
Dos Uvas
Shameful Game
Under The Magnolia Tree
For James (Instrumental)
Donny In Valdez (Instrumental)
Dos Uvas (Instrumental)
Shameful Game (Instrumental)
Under The Magnolia Tree (Instrumental)

DESCRIPTION

’The Celestial Suite’: a body of work rooted in the unconscious, displaying a deep connection between Pale Jay and his musical guides such as Donny Hathaway, J Dilla and Khruangbin. Pale Jay’s self-produced debut EP ‘The Celestial Suite’ showcases his fragile falsetto floating over dusty beats and serene strings glued together by ageless arrangements.

BIS => 2025 04 18
7 INCH - SECRET STASH
2024

- First ever release.
- Only 250 units available.
- Hand numbered.

TRACKLIST 
The Funky Judge
Where Did The Judge Go

DESCRIPTION
Bull & The Matadors have long been a staple on the northern soul scene. Their sides for Chicago's Toddlin' Town Records have lit up dancefloors at all-nighters for decades. Their biggest hit came in the summer of 1968 with "The Funky Judge". Later that year, they cut a follow-up tune called "Where Did The Judge Go". Sadly, the label moved on from the group before it was ever released. Secret Stash Records is proud to present the first-ever pressing of this lost funky northern soul gem! The limited edition, hand-numbered 250-unit pressing features The Funky Judge on the flip.

BIS => 2025 04 18
7 INCH - AVIS / BREWERYTOWN RECORDS
2025

- This is The Ebonys' first-ever single, and it’s finally being reissued on 7" for the first time in almost half a century.
- Remastered from the original studio tapes. Arrangement by Roland Chambers.

TRACKLIST 
Back In My Arms
Can't Help But Love You

DESCRIPTION
Avis would see two releases in total, a Ray Sharp solo record (AVIS-1002) but more relative to our story, The Ebonys - Back In My Arms b/w I Can't Help But Love You (AVIS-1001). Recorded in 1968 and released in 1969 the record failed to chart, or maybe get radio play at all. This was the very first release for Clarence, David, James, and Jennifer as The Ebonys. Written and produced by Ray and arranged by the late, great Roland Chambers, the single seems to have long been forgotten. Perhaps it was overlooked, or overshadowed by the very successful career The Ebonys would go on to have at PIR, under Gamble & Huff. In 1971, The Ebonys' single You're The Reason Why was in the ten on the U.S. R&B Charts, a first for PIR. Fifty-five years later, after a seemingly endless effort by Raymond Waterhouse to relive some of that late 1960s glory with later bands like Waterhouse, Live A Little, Profit, The Four Accents, The Ebonys original reel-to-reel master tapes from the Avis label sessions have been found and remastered and sound as good today as they did back in 1969. In that original session for Ray at Sigma Sound Studios with Joe Tarsia doing the mix, there were three songs done in total, which will finally see a proper release on a 7" / 45rpm.

BIS => 2025 04 18
7 INCH - HEAT ROCK RECORDS
2024

Altered Tapes & Platurn take on Marvin Gaye's "T Plays It Cool"

TRACKLIST 
Altered Tapes - T Turns It Up (Right On Brother Remix)
Platurn X Marvin - P Lays It Cool (Take A Rest Mix)

DESCRIPTION
Next up in the Heat Rock catalog! For HR-020, Altered Tapes (Chicago) and Platurn (Bay Area) offer a double dose of Marvin from his classic blaxploitation soundtrack. Already a b-boy classic in its original form, Altered Tapes decided to turn up the b-boy dial even more with a flip centered around a heavy drum break for Side A. While over on Side B, Platurn offers us an extended, DJ-friendly, stemmed-out version that holds more true to Marvin's take while also adding all the flavor we wish the OG had! Both are guaranteed to make you bounce.

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 12
RSD 2025
2LP + 1CD - RAT PACK RECORDS
2025

Limited PURPLE Vinyl 180g + CD
600 COPIES

TRACKLIST
SIDE A
1. At Last
2. Fool That I Am
3. A Sunday King of Love
4. Don't Cry Baby
5. In My Diary
6. Someone To Watch Over Me
7. Again
8. Prisoner of Love
9. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
SIDE B
1. I Just Want to Make Love to You
2. One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)
3. Dream
4. Trust in Me
5. I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)
6. How Big a Fool
7. Stormy Weather
8. Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home)
9. Something's Got a Hold on Me

DESCRIPTION
Etta James' Trust In Me is a must-have compilation of her greatest hits, enhanced by an exceptional remastering. This record showcases her captivating voice through timeless classics, all in a special edition with a superb purple hue. A vibrant tribute to a legend.

BIS => 2025 05 02
1LP - NOW-AGAIN RECORDS
1970 => 2025

TRACKLIST
A1. It's Your Thing
A2. Lost Times
A3. Can't Get Next To You
A4. The House That Jack Built
A5. Look A Py Py
B1. Bossa Blue
B2. Spacing Out
B3. Where Are We
B4. Latin Lips

DESCRIPTION
Spacing Out is an instrumental masterpiece only ever issued in Bermuda at the turn of 1970. A mix of the band's out-there original compositions and extravagant covers of The Meters, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin and The Isley Brothers, it established this band as one of the greatest instrumental bands of any genre, and helped kickstart the retro-soul/funk scenes that birthed the likes of Daptone and Big Crown Records. It's certainly a lodestar for Now-Again Records.
This reissue was done with the license and participation of the entire Invaders band, with their story told in great detail in an oversized booklet penned by Jefferson "Chairman" Mao, complete with rare photos of this rarely seen ensemble. From the proverbial stank face-inducing opening bars of reverb-drenched drums and congas that announce Spacing Out, you're thrust into something visceral and fleeting: a pocket universe in which technical excess, chemistry between players, and the uninhibited energy of youth align in a kind of glorious imperfection. Spacing Out is one of the greatest instrumental albums of its or any period in that unmistakably raw - as in honest - way only a crew of largely self-taught young uns could catch a groove.

PRE ORDER => 2025 03 28
1LP - CHARLY RECORDS
2025

Rare Seventies Big City Street Soul

TRACKLIST
SIDE A
ANDERSON BROTHERS - I Can See Him Loving You
LLOYD PRICE - Love Music
SKULL SNAPS - My Hang Up Is You
BLANCH CARTER - Halos Are for Angels
GARNET MIMMS - Somebody, Someplace
JACKIE ROSS - Do I (Love You Like You Like It)
CLASSIC EXAMPLE - That's Groovy

SIDE B
CONNIE LAVERNE - Can't Live Without You
PASSIONS - A Toast (May There Be No Last Time)
LIBERATION - Don't Spread Your Love Around
WINFIELD PARKER - Trust Me
WHATNAUTS - Give Him Up
BARRY SMITH - That's All That's Required
EDDIE HOLMAN - Young Girl (In Your World)

DESCRIPTION
In 1971, film producer David Gil and his business partners Robert S Sinn and Paul Frankenberg launched a film company called GSF. Over the next few years, it would be involved in a small number of productions. But, in 1971 the movie business was kind of old-hat, music was where it was at, and so GSF Records, a well-funded label, headed by Larry Newton was formed. Today Newton is largely remembered for his attempts to prevent Louis Armstrong from recording 'What A Wonderful World' but that didn’t stop him from growing ABC from a second division company to an industry leader. As he approached his 52nd birthday he was unveiled as GSF Records’ president a full-service music company, involved in records and publishing across all genres. Through a joint venture with drummer Bernard Purdie the label targeted the R&B charts and soul & funk dominated GSF's release schedule.
Black music ruled and this was reinforced by the hiring of Lloyd Price as head of A&R (veteran R&B star), and producers George Kerr (All-Platinum), Mickey Stevenson (Motown) and Jerry 'Swamp Dogg’ Williams. No wonder then, unintentional as it was, that GSF left behind such an extraordinary legacy of rare soul treasures.

PRE ORDER => 2025 03 28
1LP - CHARLY RECORDS
1970 => 2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE A
Spinning Wheel
You'd Better Sit Down, Kids
For Once in My Life
My Way
Wichita Lineman
SIDE B
And When I Die
In the Ghetto
You've Made Me So Very Happy
Hi-Heel Sneakers

DESCRIPTION
Sammy Davis Jr was a singer, actor, comedian, dancer, TV host and noted amateur photographer. But, he is perhaps best remembered for his role in the iconic film Ocean’s 11 where he played a member of the Rat Pack alongside lifelong friends Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, a role that he lived in real life.
In 1969 he had a #11 Billboard hit with ‘I’ve Gotta Be Me’ after which he signed to the mighty Motown Records in order to reach a younger audience.
The album was released internationally in 1970 and showcased Davis at his smokin’ best covering ‘Spinning Wheel’ and ‘Wichita Lineman’ with his trademark brassy tenor. At the time Davis was a top-draw act in Las Vegas alongside Elvis with whom he developed a close relationship. He appeared in Presley’s concert film That’s The Way It Is and included a superb version of ‘In The Ghetto’ on the album. The set also includes the Motown classics ‘For Once In My Life’, popularised by Stevie Wonder’, and ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’ by Brenda Holloway, co-written by the Holloway sisters and Frank “Do I Love You” Wilson.
Sammy Davis Jr was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement and his legacy lives on through his screen performances and his prolific recorded output.

PRE ORDER => 2025 03 28
1LP - CHARLY RECORDS
1970 => 2025

The Most Famous Sports Team in History ON RECORD…

TRACKLIST
SIDE A

The Globetrotters Theme
Globetrottin'
Bouncin' All Over the World
Sneaky Pete
Marathon Mary
River Queen
House Party
SIDE B
Gravy
Meadowlark
Lillia Peabody
Put a Little Meat on Your Bones, Lucinda
Rainy Day Bells
Cheer Me Up

DESCRIPTION
Inspired by the smash hit “Sugar Sugar”, by the cartoon pop band The Archies, CBS TV were only too keen to sign-up Don Kirshner’s Globetrotters recordings as the soundtrack to the all-new Saturday morning Harlem Globe Trotters cartoon series that ran from 1971-72.
The TV series – the album and companion singles – were a huge commercial success and 22 episodes were produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was the first Saturday morning show to feature an African-American cast and the soundtrack was suitably soulful, upbeat and funky. One of the main writers, James Ralph Bailey, was a former member of the Cadillacs and famed for penning songs for Main Ingredient and Isaac Hayes. Bailey is also none other than Chuck Wood, writer and singer, of the Northern Soul anthem “Seven Days Too Long”.
With guest vocals by Globetrotter legend Meadowlark Lemon this exclusive vinyl reissue will certainly set the ball rollin’!

PRE ORDER => 2025 05 23
1LP - VAMPISOUL
1971 => 2025

We are pleased to present again this wonderful and highly sought-after album, born from a promotional campaign by the U.S. Army to encourage recruitment.
The recording perfectly captures the spirit of young America through songs written by Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, and Burt Bacharach (via Isaac Hayes, of course). High-level soul and funk performed by brilliant anonymous musicians.
Virtually impossible to find in its original edition, we are now reissuing it once again thanks to a collaboration with Now Again. Pressed on 180g vinyl.

TRACKLIST
Side A
1. I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER
2. SMILING FACES SOMETIMES
3. (DON’T WORRY) IF THERE’S A HELL BELOW, WE’RE ALL GOING TO GO
4. PEOPLE GET READY
5. GETTING OVER

Side B
1. I’LL BET YOU / CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
2. POP CORN / OYE COMO VA
3. I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS
4. EAST OF JAVA
5. WALK ON BY

DESCRIPTION
Often, the most prized records by collectors hold unexpected stories. When they also feature incredibly high musical quality and only a few original copies are available, they become the holy grails of collecting. This is the case with this album, recorded by American soldiers stationed in Germany in the early 70s.
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army organized a band competition among its soldiers. The winners would record a promotional album that would be distributed for free to encourage enlistment during such a turbulent time. The result was a double LP shared between the bands SOAP and East of Underground.
Although East of Underground's repertoire consists of covers of soul and funk hits, the quality is surprisingly high: raw guitars, crushing drums, brilliant vocal harmonies... The result perfectly captures the spirit of young America through songs written by Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, and Burt Bacharach (via Isaac Hayes, of course). High-level soul and funk performed by anonymous musicians whose final fate has yet to be confirmed. When the label Now Again tried to reconstruct the story of East of Underground, they only managed to contact one of its members after digging through documents in the New York Library and collaborating with the U.S. Army.
We are now pleased to present this wonderful and highly sought-after album once again, a surprising case where the covers rival the originals, creating a unique recording that justifies its immense appeal among collectors.

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 25
1CD - ACE / STAX
2025

TRACKLIST
1. THEME FROM THE MEN (Instrumental)
2. TYPE THANG
3. ROLLING DOWN A MOUNTAINSIDE
4. (IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG)
I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT
5. JOY PT 1
6. JOY PT 2
7. WONDERFUL
8. SOMEONE MADE YOU FOR ME
9. TITLE THEME
10. HUNG UP ON MY BABY (Instrumental)
11. CHOCOLATE CHIP
12. CHOCOLATE CHIP (Instrumental)
13. COME LIVE WITH ME
14. BODY LANGUAGE
15. DISCOCONNECTION
16. ST. THOMAS SQUARE
17. ROCK ME EASY BABY PT 1
18. ROCK ME EASY BABY PT 2
19. JUICY FRUIT (DISCO FREAK) PT 1
20. JUICY FRUIT (DISCO FREAK) PT 2

DESCRIPTION
The wonderfully favourable response to our first CD and double vinyl volume of the original A and B sides of the singles of the late great Isaac Hayes – as originally released on Stax’ Enterprise subsidiary between 1969 and 1972 – has forced us to bring forward, this month, the release of “Hot Buttered Singles 2” to cater for what Ace is sure will be just as great a level of popular demand.
This volume picks up where “Hot Buttered Singles Vol 1” left off with Hayes’ final 45 of 1972, and carries his seven inch story through to 1976 – by which time Stax was defunct, and Hayes’ was on his own Hot Buttered Soul label via ABC Records. It features eight US R&B chart hits including the much sampled ‘Hung Up On My Baby’ and ‘Chocolate Chip’, Hayes’ biggest hit of this period ‘Joy’ and the ever-popular 1976 instrumental ‘Disco Connection’, which finally gave Hayes’ his second UK Top 20 hit after ‘Shaft’.
All tracks match the original single edits, and wherever possible are taken from digital transfers of the original Enterprise singles masters. Where the original 45s came in two parts, they also do so here. And where original singles masters no longer exist, as was the case for two tracks, Ace’s engineers have re-created them beat for beat from the longer album versions. (Have fun guessing which two they were…)
As with “Hot Buttered Singles Vol 1”, the LP inners and CD booklet are packed with label shots, copious other images and an extensive sleeve note that gives deep detail about the featured songs. It also makes the package look as good as it sounds.