Wax Poetics Records

WPR008

Various Artists

Black Dynamite (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

(LP/CD)

Music supervisor David Hollander handpicked each track and cue from the vast reservoir of 1970s British library music, originally created for film and television. Maestros Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett, and Johnny Pearson lay down exquisite and precise funk, but the bulk of the material comes from Alan Tew’s celebrated Drama Suite series (as heard on The Hanged Man and [...]

 
WPR007

Adrian Younge

Black Dynamite (Original Motion Picture Score)

(CD/LP)

Multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge makes his debut on Wax Poetics Records with his original score to the Michael Jai White comedy Black Dynamite. Inspired by the great blaxploitation soundtracks of the 1970s, Younge commands the Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, Hohner Clavinet, harpsichord, synthesizer, vibraphone, guitar, bass, flute, sax, cello, and drums, crafting with a singular vision. Whether it’s the [...]

 
WPR006

9dw

Self-Titled

(LP)

Japanese Electro-Jazz Fusion from 9dw (NINE DAYS WONDER)

 
WPR005

Lyman Woodard

Saturday Night Special

(LP)

Detroit Jazz-Funk from The Lyman Woodard Organization

 
WPR004

Melvyn Price

Rhythm and Blues

(CD/LP)

1974 private-press soul-jazz by Melvyn Price

 
WPR003

Earl Zero

“Righteous Works” b/w “Hearts Desire”

(12-Inch)

1979 rare roots-style reggae by Earl Zero

 
WPR002

The Moments

“Baby I Want You” b/w “Pray For Me”

(7-Inch)

rare soul by the Moments produced by the Mizell Brothers

 
WPR001

East of Underground

Self-Titled

(CD/LP)

1971 soul/funk by U.S. Army show-band contest winners East of Underground