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Maulawi - Maulawi's Orotunds - "Orotunds" - FREE DOWNLOAD

180 Proof records has teamed up with Slice Of Spice to drop a completely re-mastered set of unreleased Maulawi records from the legendary Detroit label Strata Records. Recorded in 1974 from the unreleased 'Maulawi's Orotunds' album, this track is a part of a fully re-mastered 180 gram x2LP release, dropping later this year.

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Maulawi-Orotunds Free Download

Previously unreleased and known recording from Spiritual Jazz master Maulawi Nururdin.

Maulawi - OROTUNDS - Album Sampler

Previously Unreleased Detroit Northern Soul from Strata Records, Inc.

180 Proof-The SoulMates-People We Gotta Do Better (FREE DOWNLAOD)

Previously unreleased Northern Soul from an unknown group the SoulMates from Detroit.

The SoulMates

Bonus 45 Sampler

Taken from the previously unreleased Ron English album Fish Feet on Strata Records, Inc. Will be released for the 1st time on 180 Proof Records this coming winter 2015! Stay Tuned for further details. www.180-proof.com

Ron English-Yet and Still

Ron English-Ultima Linda

Ron English-I, Surrender Dear

Strata Interview with Oskar Mann on Red Bull Studios NY Radio

Strata Interview with Oskar Mann on Red Bull StudiosNY  Radio

This track by an artist TJ (don't know what TJ stands for ) is one of the many Strata demos that never made it for release.  The master has no song titles and no other info at all.  I really love the soulful sound of this recording albeit it is rough.  This song is on a untitled EP from TJ. We offer this song for preview gauge everyone's opinion and feedback.
enjoy,
amir

TJ-unknown song title

Here's a snippet of the track "Lost My Love" from the unreleased Kenny Cox LP "Clap Clap (The Joyful Noise)", which is the first release on DJ Amir's new label 180 Proof, which will be releasing and reissuing the entire heard and unheard Strata catalog!


Kenny Cox - Unreleased Clap Clap LP - Lost My Love (Snippet)

Here's a snippet of the track "Clap Clap!)" from the unreleased Kenny Cox LP "Clap Clap (The Joyful Noise)", which is the first release on DJ Amir's new label 180 Proof, which will be releasing and reissuing the entire heard and unheard Strata catalog!


Kenny Cox - Clap Clap! (The Joyful Noise) (Snippet)

Here's a sampler of all the tracks from the unreleased Kenny Cox LP "Clap Clap (The Joyful Noise)", which is the first release on DJ Amir's new label 180 Proof, which will be releasing and reissuing the entire heard and unheard Strata catalog!

Clap Clap! (LP SoundCloud Sampler)

01 Clap Clap! The Jofyful Noise

03 Island Song

04 Lost my Love

Sam Sanders Mirror, Mirror LP (unreleased)-summer 2013

Face At My Window

Loser

Funk'ed Up

Summer Mist

OPE1003 - Larry Nozero ft. Dennis Tini - TIME (Album Sampler)

Following on the heels of Kenny Cox’s previously unreleased Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise, 180 Proof Records continues to bring new life to the Strata Inc. Catalog with Larry Nozero’s 1975 passion project, Time. The last album to be released on Strata Inc., Time is a dream- like mix of mood, an album full of range, tempo, and feeling; from the impulsive and airy rendition of the jazz standard “All the Things you Are” to the brooding melancholia of “Tony,” Nozero’s Time is destined to become known among aficionados as a classic of 1970s jazz. Like time itself, each song is open to individual interpretation - something Nozero himself confessed to on the album’s original liner notes, saying “It got so deep that we decided to call the group and our album after that concept of TIME, because it seemed to mean something to just about everyone.”

A native of Detroit, Nozero spent time in Charles Moore’s Detroit Contemporary 5 (part of Strata Inc.) before being drafted into the military. While enlisted, Nozero capitalized on his time by honing his craft in the Army Band. By the time he returned to Detroit, Nozero had little trouble landing high-profile gigs. No stranger to success, Nozero’s previous credits and collaborators include Henry Mancini, Sergio Mendes, and playing Soprano sax on Marvin Gaye’s iconic 1971 album, What’s Going On.

Working with his cousin and collaborator Dennis Tini, Time is unlike many albums of the era in that it truly feels like a work fueled by freewheeling expressionism. The pieces are funky, soulful, strange and soothing all at once. Tini’s stand-out contribution to the album is “Tune for L.N.”, a funk-fueled piece of rhythm-centric jazz. A distinguishing feature of the album is the use of wordless vocalise. The scat work on part two of “Chronicle Of The Murdered House” adds a distinct counterpoint to Nozero’s reedwork, while the high pitch bebop of “Baubles, Bangles and Beads” closes out the album with a carefree and buoyant groove.

Time has been remastered from the original reel to reel masters, along with the artwork, which has been restored and printed ontop Heavy Stock Tip On Gatefold Jackets. Vinyl is pressed on as 180 Gram numbered vinyl. Includes extensive liner notes and never seen before photos.

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