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Damn, can't wait for this one! Out November 9th. Pre-Orders begin shipping October 29th ORDER HERE Pre-Order Options: Black Velvet CD Black Velvet LP (Standard Black Vinyl) Black Velvet Limited Color LP (Quad Black & Purple Vinyl - 1 Per Person) Black Velvet Deluxe Box Includes: - "Even More Black Velvet" Bonus 12" EP of 4 stripped-down mixes & a message from Charles. - Full color photo book, featuring extended liner notes by producer Tommy “TNT” Brenneck. - “Black Velvet” Slipmat. - Inner sleeves featuring a painting of Charles riding a horse through the sky! As well as the surreal story that inspired it, transcribed in Charles’ own words. - Charles’ original “Black Velvit” business card. - Seeded MP3 download card, can be planted to grow Wildflowers in Charles’ memory. Green thumb not included. (1 Per Person) Black Velvet Limited Color LP & Black Velvet Forever T-Shirt (with bonus Black Velvet postcards - 1 Per Person) Black Velvet Deluxe Box & Black Velvet Forever T-Shirt (with bonus Black Velvet postcards - 1 Per Person) Black Velvet Forever Set: Limited Color LP & Deluxe Box & T-Shirt Combo (with bonus Black Velvet postcards - 1 Per Person) The Black Velvet Forerver T-Shirt features a stunning photo of Black Velvet in all his glory, recently unearthed in the Dunham archives at Diamond Mine Studio and complete with water damage. Upon discovery, a member of the Daptone family immediately went rogue with it by printing a couple shirts at one of those DIY mall kiosks (you know the kind). Needless to say, it was too good to keep for ourselves. Only available in the Black Velvet pre-order bundles - Printed in Brooklyn on Next Level Apparel (Unisex). November 5th, 2018 would have been Charles Bradley’s 70th birthday. In celebration of his extraordinary life, Daptone imprint Dunham Records is proud to release his fourth and final album, Black Velvet. 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. Rather, this album is a profound exploration through the less-travelled corners of the soulful universe that Charles and his longtime producer, co-writer and friend Tommy "TNT" Brenneck created in the studio together over their decade-long partnership. It features new songs recorded during the sessions from each of his three albums, heard here for the very first time in all their scorching glory: "Can't Fight the Feeling," "Fly Little Girl" and the heart-wrenching single "I Feel a Change"; hard core rarities like his funk-bomb duet with LaRose Jackson, "Luv Jones," the psychedelic groover, "(I Hope You Find) The Good Life" and the ever-illusive alternate full band electric version of "Victim of Love"; sought-after covers of Nirvana's "Stay Away," Neal Young's "Heart of Gold" and Rodriguez's "Slip Away"; and the title track "Black Velvet," a stirring Menahan Street Band instrumental to which Charles was never able to cut a vocal. 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. Original cover photo by Kisha Bari.

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman - is out November 17th. Pre-orders begin shipping November 13th. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' final studio album, Soul of a Woman is a lush, orchestral masterpiece. A true testament to the life and career of Daptone's fearless leader and one of the world's greatest performers. In the year prior to her death from pancreatic cancer in 2016, Sharon Jones toured and performed tirelessly, and was also the subject of Miss Sharon Jones!, an acclaimed documentary by Oscar-Winning director Barbara Kopple. Yet somehow, the beloved and heroic soul singer found time to complete a studio album. Soul of a Woman features eleven songs which reveal that the emotion, dynamics, and drama of Jones' voice remained at full power until her final days. Pre-order Options Include: Limited Turquoise color vinyl LP - 1 Per Customer Turquoise Color Vinyl LP with choice of slipmat (single, not a pair). - 1 Per Customer Men's Grey and Navy Blue T-shirts w/Standard (Black Color Vinyl) LP Soul of a Woman Slipmat (Single / Pair) Sharon Jones High School Portrait Slipmat (Single / Pair) Soul of a Woman + It's A Holiday Soul Party Album Bundles daptonerecords.com