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After the serious illness announcement regarding Sharon in 2013, its good to be able to say that after a successful operation Sharon Jones is back and plans on hitting the ground running in 2014. With the release of the album Give the People What They Want in January and then starting in February a Worldwide Spring tour Album Info The new album is titled Give the People What They Want and is scheduled to be released on January 14th, 2014 The Album details are below and it may be worth checking the links out as Daptone have some attractive pre-release deals going on The album lifts off with “Retreat!," an up-tempo stomper with ominous, thundering arrangements, and marches directly into the pulsing Detroit-flavored soul of "Stranger To My Happiness" before easing back down into the mellow feel-good anthem “We Get Along”. Track after track, Give the People What They Want delivers every bit of the unbridled soul and studio acumen that defines this bands’ universally loved sound Tour Info Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings return to the stage in February at New York City and then a spring tour taking in USA and Europe (see below) European tour dates below. 05/06/14 - Paris, France @ Olympia TICKETS 05/08/14 - Munich, Germany @ Tonhalle TICKETS 05/10/14 - Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus TICKETS 05/13/14 - Koln, Germany @ E-Werk TICKETS 05/14/14 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso TICKETS 05/16/14 - London, UK @ Roundhouse TICKETS 05/18/14 - Brussels, Belgium @ AB TICKETS 05/19/14 - Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit TICKETS 05/20/14 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Main Hall TICKETS 05/22/14 - Helsinki, Finland @ Circus TICKETS all USA and Europe dates and purchase ticket options http://www.sharonjonesandthedapkings.com/splash.html Mal C Dec 11 2013 11:52 AM Happy Days!! Just booked our tickets for May, which they throw in a digital download of the new LP in with, I'm sure I got that right.... Have you seen the new video? How good is that..,. Concerts Gonna be a cracker!!! Mal.C

Two previously unissued tracks from J B Bingham now out on 45 release via Soul Junction J.B. Bingham Side A - People On A Ego Trip Side B - She’s On Strike Catalogue # SJ525 Release Date: December 9th 2013 Listen http://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk/musica/JBBingham-SJ525.swf Press Blurb J.B Bingham is best known for his 1976 modern soul anthem “All Alone By The Telephone/Live And You Learn” on United Artists Records. A second U.A. release “She’s Gone/Keep On Walking” also received some attention from the modern soul fraternity but never reached the popularity of his aforementioned release. Both of these releases were recorded under the auspices of H.B. Barnum and Steve Binder. These sessions yielded a total of 7 tracks which Barnum and Binder then took to U.A. The powers that be at U.A chose the four tracks previously mentioned for release but declined on the other three. So these three tracks then remained unissued until 2011 when we at Soul Junction contacted J.B Bingham asking the inevitable question did he have any unissued track’s? J.B then hooked us up with H.B Barnum and a licensing deal was done. The result of which you now have before you two out of the three unissued tracks, back to back on a 45. The excellent upbeat message song “People On A Ego Trip” backed with the more mid tempo offering “She On Strike” (SJ525). Have no fear the third remaining track will not be left “all alone” for too long as it too will also be gaining a belated release sometime in the near future. Purchase Now available via soul junction website (direct link below) and all the other usual suspects http://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk/buydirect.html Biography A extensive J B Bingham biography (with great photos) can be read via Soul Junction website J.B.Bingham Jr was born on the 1st of September I945 in Chicago. He was the second eldest child of four raised by Thelma and James Bingham Sr. As a teenager JB cut his teeth singing lead vocals and playing guitar with several neighbourhood groups. One group in particular under the unlikely name of “The Vermacharms” also featured Walter (Simtec ) Simmons, his brother Ronnie Simmons... ...James reached the age of 20 his family moved to Los Angeles but after a short time there they decided to return home to Chicago. James though decided to stay and try his luck in the music business. His first job came in 1966 when he signed to Johnny Rivers Soul City label as a staff songwriter and ... read full bio at http://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk/ArtistsBio.html#JBB Eddie HubbardDec 10 2013 03:09 PM Excellent release , especially the flip side... Louise and tfk like Like Mark RDec 10 2013 06:27 PM Ya'll know me more as contemporary recording new release kinda fella, but this is superb. It's fair to say that someone at Soul Junction has an ear.......... Miss it at your peril! Cheers, Mark R Louise, Jerry Hipkiss and tfk like Like 71 SteveDec 12 2013 09:28 PM Just brilliant (again!)....one after another. Not sure how many more recordings like this and other SJ projects are out there to still be discovered and released for us to enjoy, but please keep up what you're doing for as long as you can. Cheers, Steve tfkDec 28 2013 10:55 AM Great article on JB Bingham and love the full biography on your website ... Fabulous double header on this release .and still hard to decide which my favourite side is .. another one that am tempted to purchase a second copy of ( just in case I wear my 1st copy out before they sell out ) Keep um coming Soul Junction Records and here's to soul music in 2014 and beyond !!! tfk