Soul Diesel Vol. 2 is the second installment from the Soul Diesel “strain,” a distinctly potent brand of smoldering soul-jazz made popular by 2016’s Record Store Day box set offering, Jazz Dispensary: Cosmic Stash, in which varying styles of jazz (e.g. soul-jazz, jazz-funk, fusion, etc) were compiled to compliment the effects of Indica, Sativa, and Hybrid cannabis strains.
The latest offering in the ongoing series boasts searing grooves and expansive audio remastered from the original analog tapes, pressed on smoking hot 180-gram opaque orange swirl vinyl. This limited edition RSD-exclusive release features original, psychedelic paint-marbling artwork by fine artist Danielle Garza aka Ellierex and packs a sonic punch with huge drum breaks, breakneck grooves, and rare and long-out-of-print tracks from the Prestige and Galaxy Records vaults making their return to vinyl.
Record Store Day 2018
Side A:
Billy Butler – The Twang Thang
Melvin Sparks – Who’s Gonna Take The Weight [single version]
Gene Ammons – Jungle Strut
Merl Saunders Quintet – Soul Grooving
Side B:
Rusty Bryant – Cootie Boogaloo
Cal Tjader – Mamblues
Idris Muhammad – Wander
Art Direction – Carrie Smith, Ryan Wilson
Artwork – Danielle Garza
Compilation Producer – Ryan Wilson
Design – Carrie Smith
Editor– Ryan Jebavy
Executive-Producer – Sig Sigworth
Lacquer Cut By – CJIII
Mastered By – Paul Blakemore
Research – Chris Clough