Soul Slabs 1/ Various - Soul Slabs 1 (Various Artists)Double vinyl LP pressing. A selection of 22 tracks pulled from the seven inch catalog of Colemine Records, a label steeped in modern groups recording deep funk and soul music, similar to Daptone Records. Many of these tracks are presented here on an LP for the first time.

Jo Spratley (vocals)

"Insect Dances" - "written for listeners of all ages" - finds a diverse family of bugs engaged in an impish dinner party

long resident in the US

Emory Cook gives listeners a tour of high fidelity recording

from colleagues he trusted and admired

Faron Young

Do It For Love was first released in 2003 after a six-year release hiatus

It is rare to have two such dissimilar versions of the same works

The Tea Set

Each night

He has made a name for himself both as a violinist and as a conductor - he is simply "an exceptional talent

when he had become a canon in Milan Cathedral where there was a stronger tradition of instrumental composition