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The long awaited third album by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “100 Days, 100 Nights” is finally out.

In the winter of 2006, the band slowed its touring schedule to make time for a return to the studio and record 100 Days, 100 Nights. With much more extensive songwriting and arranging contributions from the members of the band, the songs take more distinct and well-crafted forms, enabling a deeper more soulful return to traditional Rhythm and Blues roots. However, it is the raw fire and Soul which Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings consistently pour into their music that will make this record an irreplaceable part of many people’s lives.
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Like the deadly scorpion of the album's cover, The Budos Band's second release, The Budos Band II, creeps stealthily over the hot desert sand. It is with unmistakable purpose that each beat of the music drives forth, one footstep of many to carry the Scorpion toward it's meaning. With his tail arched high in readiness, he maneuvers patiently under the scorching desert sun, and chooses his prey. He strikes without warning and without remorse. The venom of his sting, true to its reason; his victim, ever-intoxicated.
AVAILABLE NOW! LP CD

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
“100 Days, 100 Nights”
b/w “Settling In” (45 exclusive!)

Are you in the mood for a fantastic record? Well take off everything you’re wearing and try this on. Not only do you get to spin 100 Days in sweet warm vinyl, you also get a new song available only on 7" format. Settling In is a bluesy mid-tempo groover from the 100 Days, 100 Nights recording sessions.
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Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
What have you done b/w I'll take the long road

Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens are Gospel Soul of the highest order. Within the Daptone family, Naomi's name resonates deeply as a rare and beautiful performer. When she sings, anyone present is intoxicated and overcome by the love and joy that pours from her.
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Do not miss Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens live Sunday, May 11 Highline Ballroom - New York City

Hank "Soul Man" Mullen
Listen b/w He upset your dreams

The A side is an up-tempo groover concerning the saddest subject of all; not one, but two broken hearts. This is an effort from the Avengers on the Audel imprint out of Buffalo NY. The band formed in the mid-sixties and toured a dynamic show with...
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Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band
The World (Is Going Up In Flames) b/w Heartaches and Pain

There is a raw feeling on this record that cuts to the bone. As Daptone's newest imprint, Dunham Records gives birth to her sophomore seven, and a proud mother she should be. Charles Bradley has lain his soul bare on this wax. THE WORLD (IS GOING UP IN FLAMES)
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Binky Griptite & The Mellomatics
Mellomatic Mood b/w Part 2

Baby, when I see you I feel so mellow / I said Baby, Baby, Baby, I'm a lucky fellow / You don't have to work for my love / It's automatic / And that's why I say, I say it's Mellomatic / I'm in a Mellomatic Mood...
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house of soul t-shirt

House of Soul • Limited-Time T-Shirt

Our home in Bushwick, Brooklyn, where we make the music you love, inspired this T-Shirt. We only have a few of these. If you are a true Daptone fan, show the world what the House of Soul looks like. It's pure Soul excitement! Hurry and get one here...

NEW Daptone Radio Show:
Binky Griptite's GhettoFunkPowerHour!

Daptone would like to present the one and only Binky Griptite in his natural habitat, showing off his skills on the radio waves at the WDAP studios click here to download the radio show!

Tracklisting:

1. The Sugarman 3 Feat. Charles Bradley “Take it as it Come”
2. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “Give Me a Chance”
3. The Poets of Rhythm “More Mess on my Thing”
4. Antibalas “Che Che Cole”5. The Daktaris “Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti”
6. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “Why Don’t We All Stop Paying Taxes”
7. Binky Griptite & the Mellomatics “Mellomatic Mood”
8. The Sugarman 3 “Sugar’s Boogaloo”
9. Lee Fields “Could Have Been”
10. Bob & Gene “Sailboat”
11. Bob & Gene “I Can Be Cool”
(instrumental underneath talking is Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?” inst.)
12. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “How Do I Let a Good Man Down?”
13. The Dap-Kings “Nervous Like Me”
14. The Mighty Imperials feat. Joseph Henry “Never Found a Girl”
15. Charles Bradley & the Bullets “This Love Ain't Big Enough For The Two Of Us”
16. The Budos Band “Aynotchesh Yererfu”
(instrumental underneath talking is Binky Griptite & the Mellomatics “Brooklyn Soul Stew” inst.)
17. The Sugarman 3 feat. Lee Fields “Shot Down”
(instrumental underneath talking is Binky Griptite “Stoned Soul Christmas”)
18. The Sugarman Three “La Culebra”
19. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “The Dap Dip”
20. The Sugarman Three feat. Naomi Davis “Promised Land”
21. Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens “What Have You Done, My Brother?”
22. The Budos Band “Adeniji”
23. The Menahan Street Band “Make the Road by Walking” (short preview underneath talking) *Dunham Records
24. Charles Bradley & the Menahan Street Band “The World (is going up in flames)” *Dunham Records
25. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “You’re Gonna Get It”
26. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “Genuine”
27. The Sugarman 3 “Honey Wagon”

* Subsidiary of Daptone Records, www.myspace.com/dunhamrecords