As always there were a lot of quality releases to choose from on Record Store Day this year.

The pick of the bunch for us was Soul Slabs Volume 2 from Colemine Records. Following on from Volume 1 which was released in 2017. This latest instalment features 27 tracks from the Colemine Records catalogue. We’ve been playing many of the tracks from this 3 album boxset on the Music for Modern Living Radio Show over the past few months. So it’s good to have them all collated together along with some new tunes to us.

A full tracklisting is below but some of the standout tracks include modern day classics by Kelly Finnigan, The Flying Stars of Brooklyn NY, Ikebe Shakedown, Orgone, Durand Jones and The Indications, Jr Thomas and The Volacones, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Soul Scratch, Ben Piriani and more.

If you didn’t manage to pick up a copy on the day make sure you head on down to you local Record Store an see if they have any left. You won’t be disappointed!

Tracklisting:

A1 The Gripsweats – Gripsweats Theme
A2 Kelly Finnigan – I Don’t Wanna Wait
A3 The Flying Stars of Brooklyn, NY – My God Has A Telephone
A4 AJ & The Jiggawatts – It Is What It Is
A5 Ikebe Shakedown – Supermoon
B1 DeRobert & The Half-Truths – Judgement Pt. 1
B2 Leroi Conroy – Tiger Trot
B3 Orgone – Big Day
B4 Jungle Fire – N.U.S.A.U.
C1 Durand Jones & The Indications – Don’t You Know
C2 The True Loves – Famous Last Words
C3 The Soul Chance – Give Love A try
C4 The Dip – Sure Don’t Miss You
C5 The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble – Aragon
D1 Black Market Brass – War Room
D2 Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos – What A Shame
D3 The Harlem Gospel Travelers – He’s On Time
D4 Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Concussion
E1 Wesley Bright & The Honeytones – Happiness
E2 Thee Sinseers – It Was Only A Dream
E3 Soul Scratch – America
E4 Mestizo Beat – Featherbed Lane
F1 Ben Pirani – Light Of My Life
F2 The Freedom Affair – Rise Up
F3 Monophonics – Bang Bang
F4 Jake Najor & The Moment Of Truth – High Costa Living
F5 The Rugged Nuggets – Rugged Walk