Thank You!

Soundscapes will be closing permanently on September 30th, 2021.

Open every day between Spetember 22nd-30th

We'd like to thank all of our loyal customers over the years, you have made it all worthwhile! The last 20 years have seen a golden age in access to the world's recorded music history both in physical media and online. We were happy to be a part of sharing our knowledge of some of that great music with you. We hope you enjoyed most of what we sold & recommended to you over the years and hope you will continue to seek out the music that matters.

In the meantime we'll be selling our remaining inventory, including thousands of play copies, many of which are rare and/or out-of-print, never to be seen again. Over the next few weeks the discounts will increase and the price of play copies will decrease. Here are the details:

New CDs, LPs, DVDs, Blu-ray, Books 60% off 15% off

Rare & out-of-print new CDs 60% off 50% off

Rare/Premium/Out-of-print play copies $4.99 $14.99

Other play copies $2.99 $8.99

Magazine back issues $1 $2/each or 10 for $5 $15

Adjusted Hours & Ticket Refunds

We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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Wednesday
Apr072010

VA - Keb Darge & Paul Weller Present Lost & Found: Real R'n'B & Soul

The first eye-opening Lost & Found set, from Keb Darge and Cut Chemist, surprised everyone by ignoring the funk in favour of rockabilly (!) and jump blues, and helped forge the way for the micro-'50s revival niche. Darge, a former disco dance champ way back in the day known to collectors for being the supreme chief of deep funk 45s (his DJ sets are legendary), teams up this time with the Modfather, Paul Weller (whose unceasing recording career eclipses the fact that he has been a soul connoisseur for nearly 40 years) on Lost & Found take two. Both are expert selectors, and have been responsible for some seriously deep comps over the last decade. While both are in a relative comfort zone, you can imagine the smiles they shared when they agreed to the challenge of keeping things pre-1970.  

Darge takes the first slot, straying from the funk while not losing the feel for hard-driving numbers, whether they be Northern jumpers or '50s big-band blues. His choice to open with Big Mama Thornton’s “They Call Me Big Mama,” hardly a deep cut, shows that he is going for a vibe more than he is trying to display his cache of rare gems. He still wins on the rarities front, though, especially with the only A-side recorded by Big “T” Tyler, the rocking “King Kong.”

Paul Weller goes for the sweeter, skittering sounds of hidden sides from better-known singers like Tammi Terrell, Bobby Bland, and the Dells, and takes a chance on a couple of straight blues shakers from Albert King (the classic “Crosscut Saw”) and Slim Harpo. The end result of this matchup is a collection better suited for a party than for the dancefloor, but don’t be surprised if you hear a cut or two in the clubs played by a DJ clearly taking a cue from this excellent matchup. 

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