Luv N' Haight Compilations

LUV N' HAIGHT COMPILATIONS
Luv n' Haight has made a name for itself by releasing the industry's best rare-groove compilations.legally. Check out our awesome selection of comps featuring beautifully restored and fully licensed versions of these impossible-to-find jams, complete with liner notes, rare pictures, and artist interviews. When you support Luv n' Haight, you're also supporting the original artists, as it should be.
VARIOUS ARTISTS "GILLES PETERSON DIGS AMERICA VOL. 2 " NOW AVAILABLE	Various Artists "Gilles Peterson Digs America II" (LuvN'Haight CD/3xLP) Another second heads your way, this one curated by DJ Gilles Peterson. Included on his Digs Vol. II compilation are tracks like the ultra rare Mary Lou Williams 45' “You Know Baby” (and her previously unreleased “Pussy’s In The Well”) alongside Detroit’s Dee Edwards and little-known Bay Area singer Carrie Cleveland who both mix a little Northern Soul with a touch of Funk while The Diddys get cosmic and Ray Camacho drops a Latin version of a Brass Construction classic.
VARIOUS ARTISTS "SUPER COOL, CALIFORNIA SOUL V.II " NOW AVAILABLE	Various Artists "Super Cool, California Soul V. II" (LuvN'Haight CD/2xLP) Super Cool features music recorded between 1966 and 1982 and spans eclectic genres from soul jazz, blues, heavy funk, modern soul, Northern soul, disco and even includes a ballad (previously unavailable on CD) from Luv N'Haight fave Darondo. These are tracks from artists who may not be household names but they were the sound of the underground, session musicians, players, and characters that kept the scenes from San Francisco to Los Angeles and beyond alive. Artists featured have played with everyone from Fela Kuti to George Clinton and these tracks feature members of acts like Funkadelic, War, and Sam Cooke's band.
VARIOUS ARTISTS "BAY AREA FUNK 2" NOW AVAILABLE	Various Artists "Bay Area Funk 2" (Luv n' Haight CD/LP) This is the 50th release for Luv N’Haight records! We searched harder and dug-up heavier tracks for this second volume of the Bay Area Funk series. Once again the musical spectrum spans from raw funk to sassy soul, with a touch of Latin influence and even a dose of jazz. Included is the holy grail 7” from Project Soul, a super-rare one-off from a Vallejo band who’s members went on to become ConFunkShun. Also on board are tasty rarities and treats from Primevil, Dawn and Sunset, Soft Touch, The Windjammers and Faye Marshall, plus Bay Area favorites like Sugar Pie DeSanto and Little Denise. Extensive liner notes includes band interviews and anecdotes plus a first hand overview of the Bay Area’s Funk scene from writer Lee Hildebrand who saw most of the bands and bought the tunes as they came out.
GILLES PETERSON DIGS AMERICA AVAILABLE NOW	Various Artists "Gilles Peterson Digs America (Brownswood U.S.A.)" (Luv N'Haight CD/3xLP) Brand new Luv N'Haight series off to a bang raiding the amazing record collection of BBC DJ Gilles Peterson. Thousands of $'s of previously super-hard-to-find rarities from soul to funk to jazz all on one comp. This is the first in a series of "Digs" compilations raiding the recordracks of some of the most outrageous music collections. Over the years Gilles Peterson has delighted dance floors and listeners to his radio show by joining the dots between musical styles and eras.His record collection is so serious he keeps it in a separate houseknown as Brownswood. Regular listeners to Petersons radio show (Worldwide airs on BBC Radio 1 weekly in the UK and is syndicated around the world) are occasionally treated to a Brownswood Basement selection where all the records are oldies, all on vinyl, and none have been re-issued. By popular demand this compilation features some of the Brownswood Basement rarities from the USA.
VARIOUS ARTISTS "SEARCHING FOR SOUL" NOW AVAILABLE	Various Artists "Searching For Soul: Rare & Classic Soul, Funk & Jazz From Michigan 1968-1980" (Luv N'Haight CD/LP) Detroit was the epicenter for the soulful revolution the world knows as Motown. However, Detroit and the surrounding cities making up Michigan were also home to an unparalleled underground music scene that supported, propelled, and fed off the Motown machine. Included here are absolute rarities from The Black Aces Of Soul and The Eyes Of Ebony next to now funk classics by The Detroit Sex Machines. Raw breaks and beats from Jake Wade and The Soul Searchers sit next to the melancholic charm of vocalist Dee Edwards, while intergalactic big band funk from Wendell Harrison drops down next to the freaky synth-driven soul of Aged In Harmony. Almost all these records have never been heard on CD. This is volume one in a comprehensive series, and it features detailed liner notes illustrated with never before seen images from the era.
BAY AREA FUNK NOW AVAILABLE	Various Artists "Bay Area Funk" Vol.1 (Luv N' Haight CD/LP) On this first volume of Bay Area Funk 16 tracks represent the best of the infamous Bay Area scene. Ranging from the boogaloo and shing-a-ling sound of Marvin Holmes and the Uptights to the psychedelic funk-jazz of P-I-R-Square. The compilation covers the period from 1967 to 1976 and is packed with music from the key originators and characters including a 12 year old Little Denice produced by blues legend Jimmy McCracklin, rhythm and blues hero Rodger Collins, KSOL radio station director “Hard Punching” Herm Henry, and Sugar Pie Desanto, former opening act for James Brown who is still pulling back-flips on-stage even in her late 60s
INNERCITY SOUNDS NOW AVAILABLE	INNERCITY SOUNDS (LUV N' HAIGHT LHCDLP040) 4 super rare and 9 unreleased tracks from the vaults of producer George Semper and his Inner City Records - raw funk, gritty soul and boogie tunes recorded between 1969 and 1977 in studios, garages, and even record stores. This compilation provides a unique slice of underground African American music from the West Coast when funk was at it's prime. Semper ran the appropriately named Inner City records and the bands featured include young incarnations of musicians like Rodney Franklin, Charles Owens, Al Mckay (of Earth Wind and Fire) and James Gadson (of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and vocalist on "Express Yourself").
CALIFORNIA SOUL NOW AVAILABLE	CALIFORNIA SOUL (LUV N' HAIGHT LHCDLP039) California’s rich social fabric has given the world some amazing soul music. Tower of Power, Santana, Sly and The Family Stone and Shuggie Otis – the list is endless. Our compilation includes some of the more hard-to-find moments featuring unreleased 7”s and vinyl album-only soul, Latin, jazz and funk cuts recorded as early as the mid-1960s through and into the early 1980s. This slice of California’s underground musical history was assembled by the Luv N’Haight rare groove digging crew, which means that not only are the tunes preserved and made widely available but also artists were tracked down and properly paid.
TRIPPIN' NOW AVAILABLE	Trippin': The Groove Merchant Compilation (LUV N' HAIGHT LHCDLP027) Rare and heavy, heavy, heavy early '70s funk.
HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NOW AVAILABLE	Heading In The Right Direction: Soul/Jazz From Australia, 1973-1977 (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP023) Hot Australian soul jazz from the mid '70s, previously unavailable in the U.S.
BRAZILIAN THOROUGHFARE NOW AVAILABLE	Brazilian Thoroughfare (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP019) Jazz dance from Brazil.
BROTHERHOOD NOW AVAILABLE	Brotherhood (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP018) Jazz and funk classics from Sun Ra, Penny Goodwin, the Village Callers, and others.
SOULFUL OUT OF STOCK	Soulful (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP014) The sixth Luv n' Haight classic jazz funk compilation. Features Tommy Stewart’s “Bump and Hustle Music”!
THE BEST OF LUV N' HAIGHT OUT OF STOCK	The Best Of Luv n' Haight (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP011) Everything Ubiquity is about. From remixes to jazz to funk to beats.
EVOLUTION OUT OF STOCK	Evolution(Luv N' Haight LHCDLP009) Hard funk with Carl "Sherlock" Holmes, BW Souls, Fabulous Counts, Johnny Lytle, Magnum, etc.
WHAT IT IS! OUT OF STOCK	What It Is! (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP011) Raw and soulful stuff fom Apollis, Five Ounces of Soul, Johnny Lytle, Hilton Felton, etc.
CAN'T GET ENOUGH NOW AVAILABLE	Can't Get Enough (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP006) Can't Get Enough? This album should go some of the way to filling your appetite for all that's original, obscure, and just downright good in soul and jazz. -Andrew Jervis San Francisco, 1992
DEJA VU NOW AVAILABLE	Déjà Vu (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP003) It's official: jazz, funk, and soul have gone global. From Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan, all through Europe, to the United States, west coast, east coast, and all points in between, the clued-up clubs and discerning dancefloors are throbbing to the predominantly black American sounds of the seventies. The result of this upsurge in interest is that legions of intrepid collectors have scoured the States in search of those hidden hordes of vital vinyl, leaving no meat on the bones of any record store, warehouse or private collection in their path. It is still possible to find almost any record you desire, but you'll need the right connections, in the right place, at the right time.
BAG OF GOODIES OUT OF STOCK	Bag Of Goodies (Luv N' Haight LHCDLP001) The original rare groove compilation that started it all. A best-seller. Funk and jazz gems.