Name: Black Velvet
Brand: Charles Bradley

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DAP-054LP

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r12767371]

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

823134005419

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

DAP-054

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Digipack.

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823134005426

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Charles Bradley

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Daptone

Charles Bradley was an American funk/soul/R&B singer, known as "The Screaming Eagle of Soul". Born on November 5th, 1948 in Gainesville, Florida, he captivated audiences with his powerful and soulful voice. Sadly, Charles Bradley passed away on September 23rd, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York after battling stomach cancer. His music continues to inspire and touch the hearts of fans around the world.

Daptone is a label that specializes in hard funk, soul, and afrobeat music by current artists. It was formed by musicians and producers from the now defunct 1990s funk revival pioneer label Desco Records. The label is run by Gabriel Roth (also known as Bosco Mann) and Neal Sugarman. Daptone is home to renowned artists such as Sharon Jones, The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields, Sugarman 3, Antibalas, The Mighty Imperials, and others.

Most of Daptone's seven inch singles feature a generic blue record label. However, all singles are produced in limited quantities of 1000 - 2000 copies. In some cases where titles are highly sought after and sell out quickly, a second press run with a red colored label may be done.

Mikey Post oversees Direct Sales & Distribution at Daptone and explains that their releases have been continuously available since February 2019. While records released prior to 2009 did not include barcodes initially, they still use the original 'Mother' plates for pressing new copies today. There may be slight variations in the color of labels over the years due to printing on an offset machine with stock paper.

Includes four never-before-heard songs dug out of producer Tommy ‘TNT’ Brenneck’s collection. A lovingly collated selection of songs that includes covers of Nirvana and Neil Young tracks done in Charles’ inimitable style. What would xmas be without a soul classic? And here’s a new one for you from the velvet larynxed Bradley. 

Like a glistening diamond wrapped in honey and silk. Rough-hewn but smooth and strong from a heart of gold. Classic horn-punctuated funky soul riffs stab extra poignance into songs of heartache and loss and love praised by a whirring organ. Happy xmas to you.

Black Velvet is a celebration of Charles Bradley, lovingly assembled by his friends and family at Dunham / Daptone Records. Though chronologically the material spans Charles' entire career, this is no anthology, greatest hits or other shallow rehashing of the songs that already made him famous.

Black Velvet is a celebration of his life, and is destined to join Charles' first three albums alongside the cannon of essential soul records for the ages.