Ministry of Sound present Funky House Classics. An album dripping with a glittering mix of sexy house and funky disco. Featuring 4 CDs/80 tracks of the cream of the crop of uplifting vocal tunes, it is sure to put a smile on anyone’s face. With just about every funky track you know and love the album perfectly blends mainstream chart hits and underground anthems for the definitive feel good experience. Within the rich history of club music, Funky House has always played an important role. This colourful type of music has made countless clubs across the continents break out a sweat on the dancefloor.

West End Records is an American music record label based in New York City. Led by co-founder Mel Cheren, West End was one of the most prominent labels in dance music’s history, along with Prelude Records, Salsoul Records, and Casablanca Records.

The Ritchie Family is the name of an American vocal group which was based in Philadelphia. They achieved many hits from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. The group was created by Jacques Morali (also from the Village Company) and got their name from record producer Ritchie Rome.

Groundbreaking pairing of Cee Lo Green and Danger Mouse that lit up the charts with their psychedelic vision of hip-hop, soul, and funk.

Since departing from the urban R&B group Undacova in the late '90s, Calvin Richardson has recorded infrequently. While his 1999 debut nu-soul set, Country Boy, was a knockout, it was critically underappreciated. He followed this in 2003 with another fine album, 2:35 P.M., and When Love Comes in 2008. That said, his 2009 offering, Facts of Life: The Soul of Bobby Womack, a full-length tribute to one of his primary influences, is a wildly ambitious but logical step. The dangers in doing a tribute to a legendary artist, especially Womack, one of soul music’s most storied and colorful legends as both a singer and songwriter, is a daunting task. But Richardson’s and Womack’s voices are very similar, though the latter’s is not as rough as the former’s and has more gospel in it, which works very well in adding to most of these songs.

15 track compilation that pulls together this talented production duo’s best work.

Featuring 46 of the biggest hits of the year, NOW 98 is the only album you need this Christmas. Including Little Mix, CNCO, Justin Bieber, Sam Smith & more!

After a full decade of lying in limbo, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors in the fall of 1995. To celebrate the event, a mammoth concert was staged at the Hall of Fame, featuring a head-spinning array of rock stars and musicians.

Neo-soul goddess Jill Scott's mix of classic R&B, pop, funk, and jazz is a vivid amalgam that gains in energy when heard live in concert. Accordingly, LIVE IN PARIS proves to be an ideal way to experience Scott's unique musical paradigm. Listening to the interaction between her multifarious vocal talents and the fluid, genre-crossing grooves her band lays down, one gets the feeling of being on an open-ended journey in which all directions are equally accessible.

Two years after scoring hits with "Fame" and "Out Here on My Own" (from the movie Fame), Cara finally released her debut album. Boasting strong R&B repertoire, reputable backing musicians, and solid production, the set nevertheless failed to garner further commercial success for the singer. It's a wonder how her emotive, driving rendition of the Four Tops' classic, "Reach out (I'll Be There)," and the titletrack, a dynamic power ballad co-penned by Cara with the venerable Bruce Roberts, didn't catapult her to a new level of stardom.

Dee Dee Sharp is best known for "Mashed Potato Time" and "Do the Bird," Top Ten hits in the early '60s. This mid-'70s Philly sound outing has pop leanings that infiltrate the disco so important to the dance music empire of Sharp's husband, Kenneth Gamble. "Love Buddies" is an interesting concept seeing that much of the Philly sound was club oriented, and this first song is the only one penned by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff. "Touch My Life" is an adequate tune by James Mendell, but it's Sharp's exquisite voice that really shines, taking over the material and making the entire album listenable.

Buddha's Sho Nuff Groove: The Best of Harvey Mason is an excellent 12-track compilation, featuring all of the fusion musician's biggest crossover smooth jazz and lite funk hits, including "Marching on the Street," "Set It Free," "Till You Take My Love," "What's Going On," "Liquid," "Don't Doubt My Lovin'," "How Does It Feel," and the 12-inch mix of "Groovin' You." This doesn't give a full picture of his talents as a sideman and producer, but it is a concise chronicle of his solo recordings and a welcome addition to his catalog.

The Last Party (Music Inspired By The Book The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco And The Culture Of The Night).

1999 Japan released compilation CD from Herbie Hancock's Sony catalogue.

As part of its much acclaimed anthology series, SoulMusic Records is very proud to present “Livin’ A Life Of Love – The Jive Anthology, 1986-1991” a wonderful retrospective covering much-loved, Jamaican-born, British-based Ruby Turner’s five-year tenure with Jive Records.