Browse by Artist: JONES & THE DAP-KINGS, SHARON

Artist:	JONES & THE DAP-KINGS, SHARON
Title:	Dap-Dippin' With...
Label:	DAPTONE
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	DAP 001LP

2002 release. "Sharon Jones' brand of raw, heavy, hard-driving funk is such a throwback to the '70s, and she pulls it off so well, that you wonder how she could have escaped that decade without at least a few rare, classic 45s (in the vein of labelmate Lee Fields). It's not hard to believe she once made her living as a prison guard, based on the tough-as-nails, no-nonsense performances she belts out on Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the first full-length release on Desco's descendant, Dap-Tone. Backed by the Dap-Tone house band (a conglomeration of studio pros with connections reaching back to the Desco orbit), Jones delivers a storming set of tunes that would have sounded perfectly at home on the James Brown's Original Funky Divas compilation."

Artist:	JONES & THE DAP-KINGS, SHARON
Title:	Naturally
Label:	DAPTONE
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	DAP 004LP

2007 release. "Another session of full-force funk that pays homage to the genre's glory years without coming off as contrived. It's a session worthy of being found in any beat-miner's record collection and any funk enthusiast's basket of obscurities and rarities. Her cover of 'This Land Is Your Land' is equally as impressive, as she somehow takes the song from being an American folk standard and turns it into a full-on sonic explosion." Gatefold sleeve.

Artist:	JONES & THE DAP-KINGS, SHARON
Title:	100 Days, 100 Nights
Label:	DAPTONE
Format:	LP
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	DAP 012LP

2007 release. "Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. The artwork for 100 Days, 100 Nights is unabashedly steeped somewhere in the early '60s. It is this era that the Dap Kings and their bodacious frontwoman cannily inhabit. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings set the gold standard for the so-called 'retro-soul' movement that reached its peak in 2007. While some groups seemed like pale imitations of the Funk Brothers and the Meters, the Dap Kings were the genuine article. The ferocity of Sharon Jones, too, could single-handedly squash other vocalists clamoring for a slice of the soul pie. Irrespective of genre, 100 Days, 100 Nights is an essential music-listening experience."

Artist:	JONES & THE DAP-KINGS, SHARON
Title:	I Learned The Hard Way
Label:	DAPTONE
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	DAP 019LP

2010 release. "Sharon's raw power, rhythmic swagger, moaning soulfulness, and melodic command set her alongside Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples, and Aretha in the canon of soul music. From the lush Philly-Soul fanfare that ushers in 'The Game Gets Old' at the top of the record, to the stripped down Sam Cooke-style 'Mama Don't Like My Man' at the tail, the Dap-Kings dance seamlessly through both the most crafted and simple arrangements with subtlety and discipline. I Learned the Hard Way is the 'Daptone Sound' at its finest."

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