Sweet Taste of Sin (Vinyl 2xLP) Soul Funk & Disco

Sweet Taste of Sin (Vinyl 2xLP) Soul Funk & DiscoIn the 1970s black music took on a different edge. Although soul had always been about love, heartbreak, loss and cheating, men and women doing what men and women do, it had also been down home or at least raw. Even the big city soul of the 60s kept this feeling. As the 70s dawned it brought on a different aspect. Whether it was through an increasing sense of affluence among a substantial chunk of black America, or an escapism foisted on the whole

Two further exciting albums appeared on the label with “Spark Plug” and “Akilah” and over a dozen side-man appearances

Theon Cross and Henry Wu

In celebration XL Recordings announces two-anniversary releases including a limited edition 2LP silver 12" vinyl package of the original album with a reimagined version of Alex Jenkin's artwork

this 1964 classic featured many of Mingus's greatest compositions including 'Celia'

Recorded over the course of a year against a backdrop of personal instability

yellow vinyl in a custom printed jacket w/ shrinkwap & marketing sticker

the Pioneers and of course

and beautiful Detroit strings work uniquly in the Wolf style that we come to expect

the director and composer for the original film

Evolucion by Harold Y Su Banda is a 1975 production of funky rhythms and lush soundscapes

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