Soul : Funk : RnB

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Frank Ocean - Blond RARE! (2xLP, Colored Vinyl)

Unoff. release. Title: Frank Ocean - Blond Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, R&B, Al...

Unoff. release. Title: Frank Ocean - Blond Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, R&B, Alternative R&B Art Pop, New Orleans, Louisiana 8/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Frank O (87' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of Frank Ocean’s recording setup in New Orleans and forced him to relocate to Los Angeles. What began as a temporary move to keep making music became the turning point that led to songwriting work, Odd Future, and eve...

$69.98

Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Rare 2xLP + Color...

Unoff. release. Title: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2012, ...

Unoff. release. Title: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2012, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CA Condition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: He published a deeply personal Tumblr letter days before release, but he refused to turn it into a rollout—no big TV victory lap, just the work sitting there with the context hanging over it. That restraint became part of the legend: the industry wanted a spokesperson moment, and he chose pr...

$67.98

Sade – Diamond Life (Staff Pick!)

Unoff. release. Title: Sade - Diamond Life Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984, Sophisti-Pop...

Unoff. release. Title: Sade - Diamond Life Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984, Sophisti-Pop, Soul, London, England 11/26 Matrix #: FR 39581 Condition: Mint (LM) | Members: Sade A (59' - ), Stuart M (N/A), Andrew H (N/A), Paul D (N/A) | Producer: Robin Millar Cultural Facts: Nigerian Roots: Sade Adu was born in Nigeria and raised in England. Fashion First: Before music she studied fashion at St Martin's School of Art in London. Rarely Seen: Rare interviews and limit...

$27.98

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions [35]

Title: Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Soul, Funk, Saginaw, Mic...

Title: Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Soul, Funk, Saginaw, Michigan 11/26 Matrix #: T 326V1 Condition: Ex (LM) | Members: Stevie W (50' - ) | Producer: Stevie Wonder / Malcolm Cecil / Robert Margouleff Cultural Facts: [35] Living For The City: Living for the City and Higher Ground made Innervisions a peak of Wonder's early-70s Tamla run of self-contained genius. Tonto Synth Bed: Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff's TONTO synthe...

$26.98

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Staff Pick!)

Title: Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Soul, Funk Psychedelic Sou...

Title: Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Soul, Funk Psychedelic Soul Soundtrack, Chicago, Illinois 8/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Curtis M (42' - 99') | Producer: Curtis Mayfield Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: In 1990, Mayfield was preparing to perform at an outdoor concert in Brooklyn when heavy stage-lighting equipment fell on him, crushing his spine and leaving him paralyzed from the neck down at 48. He still returned to recording, sometim...

$27.98

Herbie Hancock - Secrets [27]

Title: Herbie Hancock - Secrets Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Jazz Fusion, Funk, Chicago, ...

Title: Herbie Hancock - Secrets Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Jazz Fusion, Funk, Chicago, Illinois 10/26 Matrix #: PC 34280 (Columbia, label AL 34280) Condition: Ex (LM) | Members: Herbie H (40' - ) | Producer: David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock Cultural Facts: [27] Cantaloupe Island, Respelled: "Cantelope Island" here is a funked-up remake of Hancock's 1964 Blue Note tune "Cantaloupe Island," with the title spelled differently on the sleeve. Almost 30 years after ...

$19.98

Aretha Franklin – This Girl's In Love With You

Year/Genre: 1970, Soul/R&B Matrix #: SD 8248 Condition: VG, sounds good, pretty scuffed ...

Year/Genre: 1970, Soul/R&B Matrix #: SD 8248 Condition: VG, sounds good, pretty scuffed up Cultural Facts: Released in 1970, this sits in Aretha’s era of peak cultural authority—when soul records weren’t just entertainment, but part of the broader public language of dignity, freedom, and self-definition in the U.S. The album shows the period’s mainstreaming of soul: pop standards and contemporary songwriting reframed through gospel-rooted phrasing, turning “regular” m...

$12.00

Otis Redding - In Person at the Whisky A Go Go

Title: Otis Redding - In Person At The Whisky A Go Go Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Soul, S...

Title: Otis Redding - In Person At The Whisky A Go Go Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Soul, Southern Soul, Macon, Georgia 5/26 Matrix #: SD 33-265 Condition: VG+ (CC), sounds great, some light marks | Members: Otis R (41' - 67') Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Redding died in a 1967 plane crash at only 26, just as he was crossing from Southern soul legend into wider rock and pop audiences. Scene Ecology: The Whisky a Go Go shows placed a Stax soul singer inside a Los ...

$20.00

Van Morrison – Moondance

Title: Van Morrison - Moondance Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, R&B, Celtic Soul, Belfast...

Title: Van Morrison - Moondance Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, R&B, Celtic Soul, Belfast, Northern Ireland 5/26 Matrix #: WS-1835 Condition: EX sounds amazing (VZ) | Members: Van M (45' - Alive) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Morrison left Belfast for the U.S. after Them, carrying contract fights and exile-like distance from home into his early solo work. Studio Lore: Moondance was built with jazz-trained players in Woodstock, giving Morrison a looser band feel ...

$27.98

Snoh Aalegra – Ugh, Those Feels Again (SUPER St...

Unoff. release. Title : Snoh Aalegra – Ugh, Those Feels Again Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City...

Unoff. release. Title : Snoh Aalegra – Ugh, Those Feels Again Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City : 2019, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CA Condition : New Cultural Facts : Media Narrative : Prince heard her early work, reached out, and she’s said he mentored her for a couple years before his 2016 death. Scene Ecology : Moved from Sweden to L.A. (2012) and later plugged into No I.D.’s ARTium circle without a radio-first pathway. Family Ties : Born to Irani...

$39.98