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A hothouse for some of the most essential soul music of the era, the likes of Millie Jackson, Joe Simon and The Fatback Band made their best-known songs and greatest chart hits for Spring. Tracks include Fatback’s ‘(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop’, Joe Simon’s powerful, Gamble and Huff-penned ‘Drowning In The Sea Of Love’, and Millie Jackson’s scorchingly confessional ‘If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Wanna Be Right)’. Spring (with its subsidiaries Posse and Event) not only produced the big 1970s soul hits, they also gave us the minor hits and little gems that make soul music so interesting and rewarding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aim of the album is to gather together as many of the mixes as possible into a beautifully designed and presented collection. It is mastered impeccably to play at home, but also in a club as well – just in case you missed the twelve inch singles! With this in mind, the record is presented as a Double-LP package, housed in a beautiful all-green sleeve, echoing the ‘record pool’ stylings of the vinyl singles. It is pressed on colour vinyl (in the characteristic Spring theme of green and white), with sleeve-notes by Frank Tope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. We Got To Hit It Off (Dimitri From Paris Liberated Women Mix) – Millie Jackson\u003cbr\u003eA2. I Wanna Get Over (Cosmodelica Remix) – Street People\u003cbr\u003eA3. Sending My Best Wishes (The Reflex Version) – Garland Green\u003cbr\u003eB1. Night Fever (Kenny Dope Remix) – The Fatback Band\u003cbr\u003eB2. Love Vibration (DJ Spinna Remix)\u003cbr\u003eC1. Mucho Macho (Kenny Dope Mix) – Macho\u003cbr\u003eC2. Snake (Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell’s Sacred Rhythm Version) –The Fatback Band\u003cbr\u003eC3. Don’t Send Nobody Else (A Magnus Frykberg \u0026amp;amp; Kenny Dope Joint) – Millie Jackson\u003cbr\u003eD1. 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We at Acid Jazz have a long history with Chris Bangs (who coined the term ‘acid jazz’) and Mick Talbot (who appeared on one our earliest and rarest singles as ‘King Truman’ back in 1988). Following the pair’s 2022 collaboration album ‘Back To Business’, we are proud to release the their new collaboration album. Smokin’ Aces is an uplifting, contemporary fusion of an album that perfectly distils the sounds of acid jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMore Info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record has taken the best part of three years to come together and as Bangs puts it, “We made the album with so many great musicians out there and we wanted to try and get as much playing and as much human feel as we could into the songs. AI is pretty much bound to be the future but for now we wanted to make our music as authentic as possible.”\u2028\u2028The process started while Bangs was living in Southern Spain, circa late 2022, with him sending backing track ideas to Talbot in London and him sending back his guide keyboards recorded onto his phone and shared via WhatsApp. “It’s the one bit of tech we couldn’t have made this record without. Most of the sessions for the album were recorded in the home studios of the featured musicians and some we even had to communicate with using Google Translate.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe results speak for themselves with musicians and vocalists from the Americas, Africa, Asia and all across Europe gracing the 12 songs on the album. As Talbot says, “The album is kind of Retrophonic, but also, Contemporary at the same time. Its got the groove of a live band, all the music was jammed around the song structures and then Chris assembled the whole thing like a giant jazzy jigsaw.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Smokin’ Aces’ is available on LP and corresponding CD. Listen to the single ‘Smokin’ Aces’ now!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Smokin’ Aces\u003cbr\u003e2. K-Jee\u003cbr\u003e3. Keep Love Moving On\u003cbr\u003e4. Subway Strut\u003cbr\u003e5. Una Mas\u003cbr\u003e6. Club Date\u003cbr\u003e7. Double Diamonds\u003cbr\u003e8. Soul Sauce\u003cbr\u003e9. TLC Tender Loving Care\u003cbr\u003e10. Play The Game\u003cbr\u003e11. Chilli Tamales\u003cbr\u003e12. 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Almost every instrument is played by Matt including guitars, bass, a variety of keyboards (acoustic and Wurlitzer pianos), synthesizers and organs (including Moogs, Vox, Farfisa, Gibson, Eminent organs) and Mellotron.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is joined by long-time collaborator, neo-progressive drummer Craig Blundell, and guests including Pokerface’s Natasha Lyonne and back with Matt is The Shins\/Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson (acoustic guitar, autoharp and backing vocals on ‘Why On Fire?’, ‘To Live For What Once Was’ and ‘Snakes That Slide’), Phil Scraggs (lap steel guitar on ‘To Live For What Once Was’ and ‘Snakes That Slide’), Rosie McDermott (vocals on ‘Sky High’) and the S. 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A beautiful album of classical piano pieces by James Taylor of The James Taylor Quartet, ‘Shadows and Dreams’, is out 27 February. It is James' first album of classical works and the first classical release on our label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album is presented in a beautiful sleeve featuring a new painting by Billy Childish. The first LP 200 orders will include an art print of the cover and will be signed by James.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore Info\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003eRevered for his Hammond organ work, soul-jazz grooves, soundtrack-inspired sound, and his three-decade career leading the JTQ, unknown to many is James’ deep love of classical music. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps due to a wariness of the taboos around someone of his background recording classical music, it’s a project he has delayed for some time. Until now. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving worked with James since the formation of the label, we’re hugely proud to go on this journey with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I’ve been wanting to do this for ages because solo classical piano is a big part of my musical life but not its not represented in any way by me publicly… It’s this aspect of my music that informs all the other musical genres that I’m involved in and its central to that, be it orchestrating, performing or composing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - James Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003eRecorded solo on a Steinway grand piano, James performs some of his favourite pieces from the classical cannon, with familiar tunes alongside lesser-known works on this beautiful, atmospheric recording. 'Shadows and Dreams' explores Taylor’s love of classical piano across nine tracks, including his interpretations of pieces by JS and CPE Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Scarlatti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003eFeeling music must evolve and move forward – much as it did when in the late 1980s the James Taylor Quartet released a jazzy Herbie Hancock cover to indie kids – Taylor feels strongly that these classical sonatas must also be fresh, modern and relevant and shouldn’t just be in the hands of a certain few but shared with the many as their composers intended. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“My sense is that James Taylor Quartet fans may find it pleasant to put this album on while they’re going about their day and hopefully it’ll kindle some kind of new love for this music in them.”\u003c\/span\u003e  - James Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'When Ed and I discussed bringing James back to the label, it was the diversity of the music that he wanted to make that truly excited us. 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We start things off with a very special album from prolific drummer Steve White, in his first album as leader, performing as the Steve White Trio. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e'Soul Drums' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eis out 20 March, 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore Info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003eWhite is known for his long association with Paul Weller, as a member of the Style Council, playing on the hit single ‘Long Hot Summer’ and Weller’s biggest solo albums: \u003cspan\u003eWildwood\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan\u003eStanley Road\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e Heavy Soul \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan\u003eAs Is Now\u003c\/span\u003e. 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Leading with the single ‘Changes’ - out today on all platforms - the album also includes a clever reworking of the Style Council’s 'My Ever Changing Moods'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Jazz Sessions will be an ongoing series in 2026\/27. 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