Fir-Ya - Cryin In IranAnother independent Rare Soul 7" which has shot up in price lately, is the brilliant and anthemic "Keep On Tryin'" by the curiously named Fir Ya, otherwise known as the backing band for Soul veteran George Perkins. Released on the tiny Star Glow imprint from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, original copies are currently around the 300 mark and rising. Hopelessly obscure but such an incredible and uplifting record really does deserve to a reach a wider

at others it seeks the joy in the darker emotions that life throws our way

“That Old Black Magic” along with a host of others

delivered with the sensibilities of someone who knows how to make you dance

Admiral Tibet etc

The Mellophonia label offshoot Fusion Sequence won us over with its well-presented and great-sounding first EP

This side also includes Destani Wolf

slice of hard-hitting

to the label who delivers a heads down late night take on the original

The raw classic sound of 12 bit samplers

The Beatles

It’s available as a limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl

Gabriel was so experienced that he got into the Lionel Hampton outfit at age sixteen playing alongside Charles Mingus on bass