RKX033 V.A - "Jazzman Gerald pres Let's BOOGALOO Vol.5" out now on CD/LP/Digital Download

It's been a while since the release of vol.4 compiled by DJ Andy Smith, but now a brand new chapter of our bestselling and much loved "Let's BOOGALOO" collection finally sees the light of day. Much respected record collector, DJ & founder of the great Jazzman Records Gerald Short drops another "all killers no fillers" selection.... The winning formula has remained unchanged, once again you'll find a lot of rare gems along with a bunch of the best contemporary funk and soul productions. The result is an incandescent selection of deep funk, rare soul, modish-R&B, titty-shakers and jazzy 45s that go across the boards.

On the deep funk front, the hard-hitting x-over version of "Kay-Gee" recorded by Floyd Lawson & The Hearts of Stone in 1975, Billy Larkin's "Funky Fire" and Keisa Brown's monster "Dance Man", a semi-unknown stormer brought to popularity by Ian Wright. On the soul side "Little Love Affair", a northern soul beauty recorded in 1969 by Patril Staten, x-over soul stormer from the early 70s "It's an Explosion" by Royale VII and "Get Yourself Together" from Ricardo Marrero's "A taste" LP. Amongst the new productions are "His Spoke", a raw, lo-fi gospel funk 45 from 2009 by All Nation Quartet aka Kiwi guitarist & funk/soul addict Kris Holmes, "Angel Food" by The Port Angels aka producer and multi-instrumentalist Joel Ricci, one of the best 45s to have come out this year and whose 300 pressed copies sold out immediately, and Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro from Japan, one of the hottest names on the new deep funk scene. But there's much more included here, such as "Makini", a grinding R&B/shaker from 1960s Tanzanian vocalist Sal Davis that is able to set every dancefloor on fire, mod-ish stomping R&B from Little Willie John and Freddy King or latin/tropical funk with The Soul Fantastics and The Invaders out of Bermuda.Funky as hell.. see you on the dancefloor fellas!

"Yeah , great stuff here, like it a lot...support!" - Michael Reinboth (Compost)

"Sounds like a great comp. Def' some tunes we'd play on the show!" - Andrew Jarvis (Ubiquity Records)

“Looks like Gerald’s pulled his finger out here, very spicy indeed….Well done mate!” – Ian Wright

"Whew...what a relief! This is fire indeed! This is exactly how I like my boogaloo serviced!" – Amir (Kon and Amir)

“I'm more than happy to pass the 'Lets Boogaloo' baton onto Jazzman Gerald, especially with a great selection like this. I take my hat off to you sir!” – DJ Andy Smith

"Jazzman Gerald has the ability to genre-hop like no other, jumping from crazy Rare northern soul to jazz dance, then into a seedy 50's strip bar all in one set, proof that taste is the real talent!" - Fryer (Soul Spectrum / Motherfunk)

"What a perfect mix for a night in, just roll back the carpet!"- Keb Darge

"It wasn't too easy to keep level after the first four volumes but Gerald naturally managed that with lots of creativity & solid tunes!" – Florian Keller (Compost / Party Keller)