Honest Jon's
278 Portobello Road
London
W10 5TE
England

Monday-Saturday 10 till 6; Sunday 11 till 5

Honest Jon's
Unit 115
Lower Stable Street
Coal Drops Yard
London
N1C 4DR

Monday-Saturday 11 till 6; Sunday 11 till 5

+44(0)208 969 9822 mail@honestjons.com

Established 1974.

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Eccentric Soul

The Outskirts Of Deep City

Numero

Eccentric Soul

The Tragar And Note Labels

Numero

Thirty-four sides originally released by Jesse Jones’ twin labels out of Atlanta, between 1968-1977. Southern to Northern, classic R&B to modern soul, dancers to romancers.

Eccentric Soul

Smart's Palace

Numero

Drawing on Dick Smart’s group of soul labels run out of Wichita, Kansas, from 1963-75 — like Solo, Kanwic, Vantage and Lee-Mac.

Eccentric Soul

The Saru Label

Numero

‘The twentieth volume of our flagship series has all the boxes checked: gun-toting record producers, child stars, rip-offs, ‘The World’s Greatest Bail Bondsman’, soaring falsettos, and a dwindling rust-belt cityscape offering mere glimpses of hope before the record industry escaped for the coasts. Helmed by the O’Jays Bobby Massey, Saru was a creative vortex pulling into Cleveland the best talent in Cuyahoga County — the Out of Sights, the Elements, Pandella Kelly, David Peoples, Sir Stanley, the Ponderosa Twins + 1, Ba-Roz, Bobby Dukes and — of course — The O’Jays.’

Eccentric Soul

The Shiptown Label

Numero

‘From a humble storefront studio located in a shoeshine parlor on Norfolk, Virginia’s Church Street, Noah Biggs built a world. Hustler by day, gambler by night, the always-in-a-suit Biggs took a gaggle of off-brand singers and combined his connections and charisma to forge timeless soul music during a period of deep upheaval. Compiled here are 25 of Shiptown’s most compelling sides recorded between 1965-1977, spread across 2 LPs, from the likes of Ida Sands, The Soul Duo, The Anglos, Dream Team, The Grooms, Positive Sounds, Barbara Stant, Wilson Williams, Art Ensley, and yes, Flip Flop Stevens.’

Eccentric Soul

The Saadia Label

Numero

Eccentric Soul

The Shoestring Label

Numero

Eccentric Soul

The Cuca Label

Numero

Twenty-six shots of late-night R&B out of Jim Kirchstein’s Cuca studio, in the late sixties.
Originally released via minuscule pressings into the Wisconsin wilderness, tracing the paths across the hinterlands of Highway 12 between the Chicago, Milwaukee and Rockford soul scenes.
The likes of Harvey Scales, Betty Moorer, The Twiliters, Birdlegs & Pauline, The Esquires, Artie & The Pharaohs… in another gem-studded chapter of the alternate history of soul music.

Eccentric Soul

The Tammy Label

Numero

Eccentric Soul

The Minibus Label

Numero

Eccentric Soul

The Linco Label

Numero

Cult Cargo

Soul Messages From Dimona

Numero

Almost preposterous, this beautiful snapshot of a US expat community fetched up in Dimona, Israel, in the second half of the seventies, holding faith with its love of Chicago soul and spiritual jazz.

Family Man Barrett

Soul Constitution

Star Apple / Dub Store

Family Man Barrett

Soul Constitution — Instrumentals And Dubs

Dub Store

Junior Soul

The Hustler

Crystal / Dub Store

Junior Soul

Glendevon Special

Crystal / Dub Store

Brawny, get-onboard rocksteady, with nyabinghi drumming throughout — including a tasty break. A first sighting of Solomon, from Police And Thieves.

Junior Soul

Miss Cushie

Gay Feet / Dub Store

Hard to resist Junior Murvin in this teasing, saucy mood, on a lovely nyabinghi rocksteady rhythm.
With an alternate take.

Junior Soul

Sings For The People

Burning Sounds

Otis Redding

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

Atlantic / Music On Vinyl

Mr Pitiful at his most powerful, with the MGs in 1965.

Studio One Rude Boy

Studio One / Soul Jazz

Over three decades, Rude Boys cast as thugs, henchmen, pariahs; cutting-edge cultural warriors, rebels, freedom fighters. From ska to dancehall, with numerous rare contributions, and thrilling from start to finish.

Tumba Francesa

Afro-Cuban Music From The Roots

Soul Jazz

Originally organized by ex-slaves fleeing the Haitian Revolution, only two Tumba Francesa survive in Cuba nowadays, combining African drums and French patois.

Studio One DJs

Studio One / Soul Jazz

Jamaica To Toronto

Soul, Funk And Reggae 1967-1974

Light In The Attic

Look out for Wayne McGhie, Jackie Mittoo and Johnny Osbourne passing through from Studio One. Also Alton Ellis’ son, Noel, and numerous local one-aways. Lovingly researched.

Jackie Mittoo And The Soul Brothers

Last Train To Skaville

Soul Jazz

‘The Soul Brothers possess a Crystal Clear Sound. Obviously it would be better to Cut the Chatter and Spin the Platter.’
A knockout selection of instrumental scorchers by the awesome Studio One house band led by Jackie Mittoo and Roland Alphonso, 1965-67.

Jackie Mittoo And The Soul Brothers

Do The Boogaloo

Supreme / Dub Store

Tough pan-Caribbean wig-out, complete with twanging guitar and characteristically hot organ; plus The Jamaicans’ lovely version of the Sam Cooke.

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