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I’ve adored Pastora Soler ever since Baku in 2012. Lovely to have Quédate Conmigo on wax

This isn’t officially released until tomorrow, but it got delivered today! I thought it might show up next week some time. The sea blue vinyl is nice, like a translucent teal. I hope it sounds good - it’s released by Real Gone Music whose records tend to be well pressed.

14 record stores in East London collaborated for an event today called The Dig. ome had DJs and special drops or guest sellers, some were giving away free beer and tote bags.

We r&b vinyl collectors know the r&b gems can be few and far between at these things, but I managed to snap up some goodies. It was fun trying to drop in on some favourite stores as well as less familiar ones but tough in today’s heat. I covered 10 out of the 14 stores.

The R&B racks are full in Reckless Records today! These are the OG R&B LPs they currently have, so I’m sharing here as a heads up in case anyone wanted to snap them up (they weren’t for me).

They also have a lot of brand new & sealed represses / new releases in stock for quite good prices:

- Usher - Confessions (£25)
- Jennifer Lopez - JLO (£25)
- Brownstone - From The Bottom Up (£25)
- Lady Wray - Cover Girl (£20)
- D’Angelo - Voodoo (£25)
- Toni Braxton - The Heat (£25)
- Toni Braxton - Secrets (£25)
- Joyce Rice - Overgrown (£90)

HEADS UP: Flashback Records in London have listed a flurry of 90s R&B gems over the last few days. They currently have:

- Waiting To Exhale Soundtrack
- Monica - Miss Thang
- Joe - All That I Am
- Jade - Jade To The Max (OG copy)
- Eternal - Always & Forever (OG copy)
- Donell Jones - My Heart
- Boyz II Men - Evolution
- SWV - New Beginning
- SWV - It’s About Time
- Jodeci - The Show, The After Party, The Hotel
- Jodeci - Diary Of A Mad Band
- Horace Brown - Horace Brown

They’re all on their online store, or in their Shoreditch and Crouch End stores. They’re all VG or G+, so not quite the best condition but should play OK for anyone keen to add some grails to their collection. (Note their gradings are sleeve condition first, then the record condition)

I’d have snapped up the Joe album but I’ll hold on for a copy in better condition.

Just spotted a VG+ copy of Soul For Real’s first album Candy Rain from 1995. It’s in Jelly Records in Clapton, London. I’ll pass but it seems like a great find for someone else, so I thought I’d give a heads up and hope a fellow Redditor goes and snaps up this rare LP with my love and kind regards.

It was £60 which seems like a good price; it’s sold for a lot more than that on Discogs and there’s only one copy on sale there currently for $200.

I promise this is the last post I will create about this release! To recap:

- EV3 by En Vogue was announced on forest green vinyl for Record Store Day. First time ever on vinyl with Japan bonus tracks.

- UK release was cancelled because the record label didn’t press enough; it became a US release only.

- Record label confirmed they are repressing it later this year but without the bonus tracks.

Nonetheless, I went for it anyway because the bonus tracks make this release for me, plus there’s no guarantee if and when a repress might come. So the second that RSD releases went on sale online in the US I snapped this up. It wasn’t easy as most either had sold out in-store already or wouldn’t ship to the UK. But Yellow Racket records in Chattanooga, Tennessee came through!

In the end it cost me about £15 more with shipping than most UK stores had been listing this for before it got cancelled. So glad to have this in my collection.