Three CD set. Ministry of Sound's hugely successful Soul Jams series returns with the irresistibly funky '80s Soul Jams Vol. II. Expect three discs of soul-pumping, dance-floor groovers and legendary disco anthems from Aretha Franklin, Kool & The Gang, Luther Vandross, Alexander O'Neil, The Jacksons, Marvin Gaye, Billy Ocean, Womack & Womack and many, many more. So, get down on it and feel the groove with 60 tracks of pure '80s Soul Jams fire.

Spirits Having Flown is regarded today as something of a letdown, representing the tail-end of the Bee Gees' period of greatest success, perhaps because it preceded a two-year layoff that, in turn, heralded a decline in their fortunes. At the time, however, no one heard anything less than what they expected – beautiful slow dance numbers ("Too Much Heaven," "Love You Inside Out"), achingly gorgeous romantic numbers ("Reaching Out"), soaring ballads ("Spirits (Having Flown)"), and pounding dance-rock numbers ("Tragedy"). If a few songs on the LP's second side, like "Stop (Think Again)" or "Search, Find," weren't quite up to that high standard, even the latter song displayed dazzling interwoven vocals on the choruses (which were pretty infectious) that made the trip worthwhile.

Street Life is a studio album by the American jazz band the Crusaders. It was a top 20 album on three Billboard charts and represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity. The title track, featuring singer Randy Crawford, was a Top 40 pop single (No. 36) and became the group's most successful entry on the soul chart (No. 17). It was No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. "Street Life" also hit the disco chart, peaking at No. 75, and was re-recorded by Doc Severinsen with Crawford reprising her vocal for the opening sequence of the noir crime drama Sharky's Machine, directed by Burt Reynolds in 1981. This faster-paced version was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, released in 1997.

The Best Seventies Album contains the defining tracks of the decade and features some of the biggest hits from artists including T. Rex, Mott The Hoople, Sweet, The Jacksons, David Essex, Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions, Nilsson, Eric Carmen, Baccara and many more.

Meeting In The Ladies Room (Expanded Edition) is a spectacularly energetic, deeply soulful, and masterfully synchronized urban pop studio masterpiece by the legendary all-female funk ensemble Klymaxx, originally released in 1984 and beautifully expanded here by the major international label MCA Records. Spanning nearly 80 minutes across 14 definitive tracks, this high-fidelity studio document stands as a vital milestone in the mid-80s electro-funk and contemporary R&B crossover movements. Under the sharp mentorship of solar-funk veteran Otis Stokes and the innovative production hands of Midnight Star's Reggie Calloway, this self-contained six-piece collective completely shattered industry barriers by writing, arranging, and tracking their own material, creating a fierce blueprint that blended heavy analog synthesizer programming with raw, street-certified dance grooves.

Wham! followed the parallel path of most of their British pop peers, celebrating colorful, candied hooks and big, effervescent beats at a time most emerging U.K. groups were dedicated to stylish, detached synth pop. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, the childhood friends who comprised Wham!, didn't ignore fashion – their flashy visuals were tailor-made for MTV – but they shunned the arty and dour portions of new wave, building their persona on American dance music and pop, even dabbling in a bit of rap on their first single "Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)." That single, along with "Young Guns (Go for It)" and "Bad Boys," broke them into the U.K. Top Ten in 1983, but it was the jubilant "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" that turned them into international superstars. Almost immediately, Michael stood apart from Ridgeley: he had the supple, soulful voice showcased on their second number one, "Careless Whisper," which was occasionally credited to Michael on his own. Wham! sustained their run at the top of the charts through 1985 but in 1986, "A Different Corner" announced Michael's separation from his longtime friend.

No Stop Hit Mix is a spectacularly energetic, highly nostalgic, and masterfully sequenced continuous dance-pop tribute album by the dynamic late-80s studio project Side Walk, released in 1989 by Pickwick Compact Discs. Spanning nearly an hour of uninterrupted, high-velocity music, this high-fidelity archive captures the absolute peak of the era's obsession with continuous megamixes and studio cover projects. The album seamlessly links 16 dancefloor anthems across generations, updating classic Motown, 70s Euro-disco, and early 80s synth-pop blocks into an interconnected matrix driven by a heavy electronic drum architecture, syncopated basslines, and bright synthesizers. The tracklist rolls forward as an unstoppable non-stop marathon, guiding listeners through massive covers of Lipps Inc.’s Funkytown, Donna Summer’s I Feel Love, The Bee Gees' Tragedy, and Evelyn Thomas's High Energy, alongside timeless staples like Y.M.C.A., Lost In Music, and What A Feeling. Exceptionally preserved in pristine lossless FLAC quality with an intact image cue sheet, verification logs, and complete artwork scans, this rare late-80s club artifact stands as an absolute mandatory cornerstone and a prized collector's holy grail for global purists of retro dance medleys, electronic easy listening pop, and classic euro-groove history.

NOW Music are pleased to announce NOW That’s What I Call An 80s Summer – Out June 12th! A massive celebration of the sun-soaked sounds of the decade, NOW That’s What I Call An 80s Summer brings together 82 huge hits across 4 CDs packed with pop classics, feel-good singalongs, dancefloor favourites and unforgettable summer anthems to soundtrack your season – the ultimate party, beach and B-B-Q playlist.

Add 100 more timeless Soul classics to your collection with the 60s & 70s Soul USB Top Up. Designed to complement the original Limited Edition 60s & 70s Soul USB, this digital top up is packed with Motown favourites, Northern Soul gems, smooth grooves and dancefloor-ready anthems from some of the greatest artists of all time.

Das marktführende 100 Hits-Label wird auch im November wieder 5 brandneue 100 Hits- Compilations im stylischen Digipack veröffentlichen. 100 Hits - Das beste Disco-Album enthält die besten Disco-Klassiker aller Zeiten! Vertreten sind Künstler wie Earth, Wind & Fire, McFadden & Whitehead, Heatwave, Village People, Emotions, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Three Degrees, Odyssey und viele andere mehr.

Soul: music to move the heart and the feet. GREATEST EVER CLASSIC SOUL assembles 80 of the finest singles from the sixties and seventies, featuring artists such as Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Ben E King, WIlson Pickett, Otis Redding, Dionne Warwick, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Etta James, The Drifters and so many more.Drawing from the vaults of hallowed labels like Atlantic and Stax, this 4CD set is an in-depth look at this most classic of genres - music that could never grow old.

ABBA The most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, ABBA put Sweden on the map as a music mecca and influenced the sound of pop for decades to come. With their flamboyant fashion sense and two-couple membership, the quartet also became pop culture icons. However, it was their distinctive harmonies and intricate production (combining folk, pop, rock, and even classical) introduced on songs from their 1973 debut album, Ring Ring, that won them countless fans. It's a sound that garnered the first Swedish win at Eurovision in 1974 with "Waterloo," the title track from their second album and a song that topped the charts across Europe while reaching the U.S. Top Ten. ABBA went to number one in the States with 1976's "Dancing Queen," another worldwide smash. The hits kept coming through the early '80s, including 1978's "Take a Chance on Me" and the dramatic 1980 ballad "The Winner Takes It All." Though ABBA disbanded in 1982, they remained in the pop culture consciousness for decades to follow thanks to popular compilations, licensing, and the success of Mamma Mia!, the Tony-nominated 1999 jukebox musical that was adapted for the big screen in 2008.

Four CD set. 2020 compilation containing 80 tracks. Includes original recordings by Carly Simon, KC & The Sunshine Band, Hot Chocolate, Sister Sledge, The Real Thing, Chic, Wizzard, Sweet, Mud, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Rose Royce, Foreigner, Dr Feelgood, Arrows, Althea & Donna, Desmond Dekker, Bob & Marcia, Emmylou Harris, Gordon Lightfoot, Olivia Newton-John, Damned, Sham 69, The Stranglers and many others.

Dance Control (Deluxe Edition) is a spectacular, high-energy remastered expanded reissue of the definitive 1985 debut studio masterpiece by legendary German synthesist, vocalist, and producer Mike Mareen. Released in 2017 by Deluxe CD Music, this generous 80-minute high-fidelity archive serves as an essential testament to the peak of the mid-1980s Continental European dance landscape, a golden era when space-age synth-pop arrangements combined with heavy, driving Italo-Disco percussion sequences. Known globally as a premier architect of the high-energy "Euro-Disco" subgenre, Mareen masterfully stacks his signature deep vocal deliveries alongside towering layers of classic analog drum machines, dramatic vocoders, and blistering arpeggiated basslines. The collection includes his monumental, genre-defining signature club anthems in their celebrated long-form transformations, notably the booming Love Spy (Salutation-Mix) and the pulsing Agent Of Liberty. It further unearths definitive re-rubs like Dancing In The Dark (Galactica Re-Mix), alongside pristine, rare bonus archival cuts like the elusive Badman Mix. Masterfully preserved in immaculate lossless audio quality, this comprehensive anthology stands as a mandatory cornerstone and a prized collector's treasure for global purists of vintage Italo-Disco, classic synthesizer pop, and mid-80s European club culture.

The Very Best Of is a sweeping, deeply immersive career retrospective highlighting the collaborative masterworks of acclaimed electronic composer Andre Morgunoff and his visionary studio ensemble, Keyorchestra. Released in 2007 by Atlantic-Artists Entertainment, this stunning 14-track compilation chronicles more than an hour of high-fidelity auditory landscapes, serving as a definitive testament to Morgunoff's genre-fluid philosophy. The collection acts as a masterclass in modern sound synthesis, seamlessly blending the driving, ecstatic rhythms of club-focused Trance and Techno with the lush, spatial tranquility of cinematic Ambient and the rhythmic pulse of retro-futuristic Disco. Throughout the anthology, listeners are taken on a rich sonic journey that bridges classical European sensibilities with heavy electronic engineering, incorporating organic textures—such as the mournful, haunting wind instrumentation on Duduk and Celtic-inspired elements on Ireland Mocca—alongside soaring synthesizer pads and propulsive percussion programming. Pristinely preserved in immaculate lossless quality, this comprehensive overview stands as an essential archive and a captivating treasure for global collectors of progressive electronic music, ambient soundscapes, and driving melodic instrumentation.