Record Kicks

Record Kicks is an Italian Milan-based independent record label set up in 2003 by Nicolò Pozzoli (aka Nick Recordkicks) and specialized in both new and vintage black sounds: deep funk, soul, northern soul, afrobeat, rocksteady, dancefloor jazz.[1][2]

Record Kicks has released records by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations, Martha High, Tanika Charles, Hannah Williams & The Tastemakers, Third Coast Kings, Trio Valore, The Liberators, Nick Pride & The Pimptones, Baby Charles, Diplomats Of Solid Sound, Dojo Cuts, Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra, Milano Jazz Dance Combo, Calibro 35 and The BlueBeaters among others. In addition to single artists' releases, the label has been releasing two series of compilations: Soulshaker (currently at Volume 7) and Let's Boogaloo (currently at Volume 6).

In 2008 Record Kicks released the soundtrack for Australian film parody of Italian b-movies of the 60's and 70's Italian Spiderman.[3]

While pressing both LPs and CDs Record Kicks still produces singles on 45s (usually in a restricted limited edition) and 12" EPs.

Alongside the record label, Record Kicks has its own music publishing division: Edizioni Record Kicks enrolled at SIAE, Italian authors and composers collecting society.

On 9 November 2013 the label celebrated its first ten years anniversary with a special night at 100 Club in London[4] and a celebrative compilation called Record Kicks 10th.[5]

Discography

Artist albums

Artist Title Catalogue no. Release year
Link Quartet Italian Playboys RKX 009 2006
The New Mastersound Re-Mixed RKX 019 2008
Baby Charles Baby Charles RKX 020 2008
Diplomats Of Solid Sound feat. The Diplomettes Diplomats Of Solid Sound feat. The Diplomettes RKX 022 2008
Trio Valore Return Of The Iron Monkey RKX 023 2008
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra Heavy Hustling RKX 025 2009
Dojo Cuts feat. Roxie Ray Dojo Cuts feat. Roxie Ray RKX 026 2009
Milano Jazz Dance Combo Milano Jazz Dance Combo RKX 027 2009
Underbelly feat. Roxie Ray Underbelly feat. Roxie Ray RKX 030 2010
Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience RKX 031 2010
Diplomats Of Solid Sound What Goes Around Comes Around RKX 032 2010
The Liberators The Liberators RKX 035 2011
Nick Pride & The Pimptones Midnight Feast Of Jazz RKX 036 2011
The Baker Brothers Time To Testify RKX 038 2011
Third Coast Kings Third Coast Kings RKX 039 2012
Hannah Williams & The Tastemakers A Hill Of Feathers RKX 040 2012
Dojo Cuts feat. Roxie Ray Take From Me RKX 041 2012
The Strides Reclamation RKX 042 2011
The Liberators Power Struggle RKX 044 2013
Calibro 35 Traditori Di Tutti RKX 046 2013
Third Coast Kings West Grand Boulevard RKX 047 2014

Compilations

Artist Title Catalogue no. Release Year
Various SoulShaker RKX 002 2003
Various Let's Boogaloo RKX 003 2004
Various Let's Boogaloo vol. 2 RKX 004 2005
Various SoulShaker vol. 2 RKX 010 2006
Various Let's Boogaloo vol. 3 RKX 012 2007
Various SoulShaker vol. 3 RKX 017 2007
Various Dj Andy Smith presents: Let's Boogaloo vol. 4 RKX 018 2007
Various SoulShaker vol. 4 RKX 021 2008
Various SoulShaker vol. 5 RKX 024 2008
Various SoulShaker vol. 6 RKX 028 2009
Various Mo' Record Kicks RKX 029 2010
Various Jazzman Gerald presents: Let's Boogaloo vol. 5 RKX 033 2010
Various SoulShaker vol. 7 RKX 034 2010
Various Smoove presents: Mo' Record Kicks Act II RKX 037 2011
Various Record Kicks 10th RKX 043 2013
Various Dean Rudland presents: Let's Boogaloo vol. 6 RKX 043 2013

45s singles

Artist Title Catalogue no. Release Year
Frank Popp Ensemble / Big Boss Man Leave Me Alone / The Hawk RK45 001 2005
Smoove / Speedometer Power Generation / Big balls RK45 002 2006
Alice Russel feat Quantic / JTQ Somebody Is Gonna Love You / Tough Chicken pt. 1 RK45 003 2006
Betty Wright / Shang Lee Man of mine / Psychedelic Sambai RK45 004 2006
Robert Moore Everything's Gonna Be Allright / Can't Help Myself RK45 005 2006
The Poets of Rhythm / Phat Fred Practice What You Preach / Stay On The Groove RK45 006 2006
Hector Rivera Chance Of Romance / Chance Of Romance (Instrumental) RK45 007 2006
Honey Cone / Barrino Brothers Sunday Morning People / Trapped In A Love RK45 008 2007
Smoove / Enri I'm A Man / The Performer RK45 009 2007
Yvonne Fair / Little Denice Say Yeah Yeah / Check me out RK45 010 2007
New Mastersounds / Steven Perri & Zamaun Drop it down (B rmx) / Street Scene RK45 011 2007
Baby Charles Back Of My Hand / Coming From Higher Place RK45 012 2007
Baby Charles I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor / Time Wasting RK45 014 2008
Diplomats of Solid Sound Plenty nasty / Hurt Me So (Lack of Afro rmx) RK45 015 2008
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra Girls On Film / Girls On Film (Instrumental) RK45 016 2008
Enzo Bontempi Italian Spiderman Theme / Bangarang RK45 017 2008
Floyd Lawson & The Hearts Of Stone K Gee / It Only Takes A Minute Girl RK45 018 2008
Floyd Lawson & The Hearts Of Stone Air I Breathe / Rated X RK45 019 2008
Trio Valore Rehab / Put Em Down RK45 020 2008
Baby Charles Hard Man To Please / Jackson Fingers RK45 021 2008
Soulful Orchestra Soul Burger / Soul Burger (Dj Tib rmx) RK45 022 2008
Diplomats of Solid Sound If You're Wrong (Lack Of Afro rmx) / If You're Wrong RK45 023 2008
Soul Fantastic Funky pluggin / Soul Train RK45 024 2008
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra Soul Power / Soul Power (Lack of Afro rmx) RK45 025 2008
Dojo Cuts The 1-2-3's / See And Don't See RK45 026 2009
Milano Jazz Dance Combo Much More (feat. Colonel Red) / Sam blues RK45 027 2009
The Crabs Corporation Let It Go / Reggae Power RK45 028 2009
Ray Lugo's L.E.S. Express I Dream Of Bahia (feat. Elani) / Get On Up (feat. Roxie Ray) RK45 029 2009
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra feat. JoJo Kuo Afrika man / Afrika Man (Diesler rmx) RK45 030 2009
Gizelle Smith June / June (Tm Juke rmx) RK45 031 2009
The Privates Hammond Orchestra I'm Sorry (Can I Please Go Home) / The battle of Yorker RK45 032 2009
The Hi Fly Orchestra Roda De Samba / Latinkick RK45 033 2009
The Hawk / The Link Quartet Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover / If You Wanna Be My Man (feat. Gizelle Smith) RK45 034 2010
Underbelly feat. Roxie Ray I Keep Heading On / Cold Toast RK45 035 2010
Ray Lugo's L.E.S. EXPRESS feat. Roxie Ray Love Me Good / If It Ain't True RK45 036 2010
Diplomats Of Solid Sound Back Off! / B-O-O-G-A-L-O-O RK45 037 2010
The Crabs Corporation meet King Hammond Bring Down The Birds (Flying High Mix) RK45 038 2010
Third Coast Kings Give Me Your Love / Tonic Stride RK45 039 2010
Dojo Cuts Grand Carnival / Ain't So Low RK45 040 2010
The Baker Brothers Once I Had A Friend / Once I Had A Friend (Instrumental) RK45 041 2010
Diplomats Of Solid Sound / Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience Let It Snow / Soulful Christmas RK45 042 2010
Floyd Lawson Roof Top Sugar / Ain't Going Nowhere RK45 043 2011
Nick Pride & The Pimptones Waitin' So Long / Lay It On The Line RK45 044 2011
The Baker Brothers The Young Patter / Patience RK45 045 2011
Hanna Williams & The Tastemakers / Susan Cadogan & The Crabs Corporation I'm A Good Woman / Day After Day RK45 046 2013
The Revolution of St. Vincent / The Rolling Tones The Little You Say / It's A Feeling RK45 047 2013
The Liberators Cairo Uprising RK45 048 2013
Machito & His Orchestra feat. Graciela / Giobel & The Latin Chords Hold On (I'm Coming) / We Belong Together RK45 049 2014
Marta Ren & The Groovelvets Summer's Gone (Didn't Swim) / 2 Kinds Of Men RK45 050 2013
Calibro 35 Giulia Mon Amour / Notte In Bovisa RK45 051 2013
Calibro 35 Vendetta / You, Filthy Bastards! RK45 052 2014
Third Coast Kings Just Move / Ice Cream Man RK45 053 2014
Trio Valore Crazy / #LiarsAndCheaters RK45 054 2014
The Bluebeaters Toxic (one drop version) / Catch That Teardrop RK45 057 2014
Calibro 35 The Butcher's Bride / Get Carter RK45 056 2014
The Bluebeaters Roll With It RK45 058 2015

EPs

Artist Title Catalogue no. Release Year Format
Eddie Roberts Quintet Giorgio's brother (Lack Of Afro rmx) / Wait A Minute (Lack Of Afro rmx) RK12 001 2007 12"
Unity feat. Lizzy Parks Escape EP RK12 002 2007 12"
Fab Samperi & Dj Farrapo Spaghetti Samba RK12 003 2007 12"
Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience Scaramunga EP RK12 004 2010 12"
Trio Valore #Liarsandcheaters - 2014 digital

Notes

  1. ^ Record Kicks website, last retrieved on 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ Record Kicks on Discogs, last retrieved on 9 Jul 2014.
  3. ^ Italian Spiderman soundtrack, Record Kicks official website.
  4. ^ Bluesandsoul.com: Record Kicks 10th Anniversary at 100 club, last retrieved on 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ Record Kicks 10th page on label's official website