Tomorrow night (Saturday) should see a small heap of Soul / R&B, Blues, Funk, and Rockabilly CDs. Titles from great labels like Kent, Ace, (old) Rhino, Duke-Peacock, Vanguard, Goldband, Crypt, Arock, and Okeh. Most will be various compilations but there'll also be collections for Linda Hopkins, Barry Goldberg, Jimmy Witherspoon, Tyrone Davis, and others.

Speaking of Soul, I'm hoping to have some Candi Staton and Bettye Swann vinyl arrive in the next week or two. They'll be double LPs imported from the UK and on the expensive side but worth every penny. Each collection got a 10 outta 10 from NME and Vice and five stars from The Guardian and MOJO. I was originally just bringing them in for myself as I can't find them anywhere in the city but I brought a few extras for the soul lovin' vortexans. However, chances aren't high that I'll bring them in again as it's always a pain dealing with customs and whatnot.

In the same order should be some Moondog, Simone White, and Elmore Judd.

And speaking of Funk, the first two Betty Davis LPs should be back in stock soon. Sold out within hours last time I brought them in.

Last but not least I'm trying to get my hands on some Bishop Perry Tillis. Only a 1000 got pressed and they quickly sold out when WFMU's Beware of the Blog mentioned them. Check him out below. Certainly among the rawest guitar blues gospel you'll ever hear. From that same label, also limited to 1000 copies, I have some Skip James and a terrific comp of gospel blues called Life is a Problem.