The Blackbyrds

The Best

Terry Callier (1945-2012)

The New Folk Sound Of

Recorded in 1965 at the height of the folk revival, Terry Callier's debut album, marked him as an important new voice. His approach to traditional material was comparable to that of other African-American…

Cybotron

Motor City Machine Musi

Produktinfo: Techno wasn't the first music to utilise electronics. Drum machines and synths had been used by artists such as Sly Stone, Giorgio Moroder, Sun Ra and Miles Davis, as well as this emerging mu…

Luis Gasca (geb. 1933)

Collage

Product Information 1960s San Francisco was very much a place that made history. In the Bay Area psychedelic rock came together in a flurry of loud music, free love, anti-war demonstrations and all th…

Dave Hamilton

Detroit Funk

Roy Lee Johnson

Roy Lee Johnson & The Villager

This album has been in-demand since the late 80s for its uncompromising blend of funk and sample-friendly numbers. Here on CD for the first time. When we started the BGP Funk & Jazz Classics series ear…

Johnny Lytle (1932-1995)

Loop / New & Groovy

Produktinfo: The two long lost legendary albums by vibes player Johnny Lyttle Combined in their entirety on 1 CD.

Idris Muhammad

Black Rhythm Revolution / Peace & Rhythm

ldris Muhammad's drum-led albums for Prestige in the early 70s are a fine synthesis of the disparate elements that went into the era's R&B/Soul/Jazz experimentation and an indication of the many changes t…

Johnny Otis

Watts Funky

Produktinfo: Happy birthday Johnny! Yes Johnny Otis is 80 years old this month and is one of the grand old men of the music business. More importantly he was a key pioneer in the development of R'n'B…

The Pazant Brothers

Live At The Museum Of Modern Art

Produktinfo: It's a New York summer's day circa 1971.The year makes no difference to the temperature. It's HOT! The sky when you can see it in between the towering skyscrapers is blue, heat rises from the…

Pleasure

Joyous

Product Information Hailing from Portland, this eight piece jazz funk outfit should have been the next in line for multi-platinum success after Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool & The Gang. It seems unfair tha…

Rotary Connection

Songs / Hey Love

Snowboy

Snowboy's Soul Spectacu

Street Sounds From Bay Area

Music City Funk & Soul Grooves

It’s about time BGP got seriously funky and over the next few months we will be serving up some fantastic collections of rare funk and groovy soul from the depths of the black American recording industry.…

A Loud Minority

Acid Jazz 3

Acid Jazz-The Birth Of A Scene

Alright! - Black American Dance Music From The Disco Era

Andy Smith's Northern Soul