Cultures of Soul Records has been around for 2 years now and to celebrate you’ve got a deal for you! Just buy two 7 inches at our store and get $7 off your order. It’s essentially like getting one 7 inch for free! The deal is good until February 23rd. The promo code is 7INCHDEAL.

Cultures of Soul Special

Legendary DJ Kenny Dope Gonzales has done a re-edit of our very first release by the Original Black Sheep of the Family.  If you remember we spent some time transferring and listening to unreleased material from Bili Sparrow’s master reel to reel tapes back in 2010.  We still have a handful of  copies of the original version of this that we put out back then that you can purchase directly from us at our store.

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Cultures of Soul Records is proud to bring this rare soulful garage band back into the limelight.  The Explosive Dynamiks recorded these two tracks in Lexington, Kentucky back in 1966. “Whole Lotta Loving” is a ripping garage track with soulful vocals and a nice organ hook. The flip side is a deep soulful ballad almost reminenscent of the Animals called “I Need You.” Limited to only 400 copies grab your copy here while you can!

Whole Lotta Loving

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I Need You

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Cultures of Soul Records is proud to bring this rare soulful garage band back into the limelight. The Explosive Dynamiks recorded these two tracks in Lexington, Kentucky back in 1966. “Whole Lotta Loving” is a ripping garage track with soulful vocals and a nice organ hook. The flip side is a deep soulful ballad almost reminenscent of the Animals called “I Need You.” Limited to only 400 copies you can pre-order it here. Coming out on October 18th!

Whole Lotta Loving

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I Need You

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Check out these fantastic and super rare photos provided to us by none other than Chicagoan deep soul aficionado, Bob Abahamian. It just happens to be related to two of our releases, the Fabulous Fugitives and the Cosmos Universal Band.

The original line up of the Sharkey Brothers as “the Fugitives” excluding lead singer Archie Brooks.

The Strozier brothers and the rest of the Cosmos Universal Band!

Cultures of Soul Records is proud to bring this highly collectible version of the legendary LP. It is pressed on heavy 150 gram vinyl and is housed in an old school tip on single pocket gatefold jacket. Limited to 1000 copies each album is hand numbered, complete with comprehensive liner notes. Pick it up here for $19.99.

Stanton Davis originally created this seminal jazz funk masterpiece back in 1977. It’s being reissued for the first time on LP after many years of being left in obscurity. Every track from start to finish is top notch, featuring beautiful instrumentation and complex arrangements.

Stanton Davis was mentored by the great jazz legend George Russell and later formed the Ghetto Mysticism Band in Boston, MA. He and the group performed exciting live shows in the city all throughout the ‘70s.

Brighter Days showcases an array of uptempo jazz funk stylings, from the fast-paced fury of “Things Cannot Stop Forever” to the deep space sound of “Space A Nova I” (already featured on Gilles Peterson’s Revolutionary Jazz compilation) to the atmospheric instrumentation of “Play Sleep” to the beautiful vocals of “Brighter Days” and the loose funk groove of “Funky Fried Tofu.”

Tracklisting:

1. Things Cannot Stop Forever

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2. Space A Nova I

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3. Play Sleep

4. Brighter Days / Brighter Daze

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5. Funky Fried Tofu

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6. Nida

7. Space A Nova II

8. High Jazz

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9. High Jazz Reprise

We’re proud to present our first release in our new Holy Grail 45 Series. All of of Holy Grail 45s are remastered and pressed on virgin vinyl with a colorful gold label. This release was tracked down by Andy Noble who met with songwriters, Clyde and Curtis Stozier, to license it from them. The Side A , “Third Eye” is a unique soul funk track with a tight latin groove. Side B is a mid tempo ballad with a sense of humor called “Back Home Together.”  You can order it here for $9.99

Third Eye

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Fabulous Fugitives featuring Michael Sharkey is a rare doubler A sider containing two awesome deep funk cuts from this Chicago group. Originally it was released in 1975 on the J’Ace label owned by local gospel record label owner Style Wooten. The group only put out one 45 and the orginal masters have long since been destroyed as far as we know. The A side, “What the World Needs” is a politically charged funk bomb. The flip side, “You Made Me Cry” is a more straight forward funk track with plenty of fat drum fills.

Pick it up at your favorite retailer or our store here for $8.99

What the World Needs

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You Made Me Cry

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Happy New Year! 2011 looks to be a great year for us. We have many new releases coming out this year including:

7 inch Vinyl

Fabulous Fugitives featuring Michael Sharkey – What the World Needs / You Made Me Cry

Roy Roberts – So Much In Love / You Move Me

Cosmos Universal Band – Third Eye / Back Home Together

Full Length CD

Stanton Davis and the Ghetto Mysticism Band – Brighter Days

 Cultures of Soul Records Winter Music Preview