A brand new Gospel Funk and Soul Compilation Exclusive for Record Store Day on Saturday 18th April.
Presenting in association with miche’s Celestial Echo, the first properly licensed compilation of the essential label;
HOB IS GOSPEL
Borne out of the basement of Miss Carmen Murphy’s House of Beauty retail store in Detroit, the comp is a snapshot during the John Bowden years.
Ten tracks are included on single vinyl….available via good retailing outlets on RSD 2026.
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This Saturday we’re celebrating @recordstoreday 2026 with a special edition of our Record Club residency at @tatecornerbar . We’ve drafted in good friends @celestialecho_records (@miche.dj & Stu Clark) to join us behind the decks and ahead of the event we asked them to pick out a handful records that will be making it into their bags.
18.04.26 - Free entry, 6pm-11pm, no ticket necessary.
Flippin’ through some of the Hob and Hob Is Gospel 45s that reside at HOGV towers with a peak to what’s ahead this Saturday 18th April on Record Store Day.
Presenting in association with miche’s Celestial Echo, the first properly licensed compilation of the essential label;
HOB IS GOSPEL
Borne out of the basement of Miss Carmen Murphy’s House of Beauty retail store in Detroit, the comp is a snapshot during the John Bowden years.
Ten tracks are included on single vinyl….check the clip of just a fraction of the HOB catalog that resides here.
Featured track is;
Helen Hollins Singers - Sad Sad (War Is)
Available via good retailing outlets on RSD 2026.
Shouts to the crate flippers that have also developed the double lane stance….speed and surface area makes for solid power diggin’!
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#recordstoreday #djgregbelson #celestialecho #hobisgospel #gospelmusic
OUT ON SATURDAY! 2 RSD TITLES FROM CELESTIAL ECHO!
We have a killer comp from gospel digging hero @djgregbelson focusing on the label HOB Is Gospel, and then an essential 12 from Patti Jo, with the extended Tom Moulton mixes from the tapes.
Out for RSD 2026
Celebrating Record Store Day 2026 we’ve got a special edition of our Record Club event series at the @tatecornerbar . For the occasion we’re teaming up with good friends @celestialecho_records . Bongo residents and Celestial’s @miche.dj and Stu Clark will be going back-to-back from start to finish, with bags packed full of favourite cuts from across the global stage.
We’ll be toasting the release of our respective RSD releases, with DJ KOCO and Hollie Cook coming out via Mr Bongo, and Celestial Echo releasing Tom Moulton mixes of Patti Jo and a Greg Belson compilation.
18.04.26 - Free entry, 6pm-11pm, no ticket necessary.
OUT FRIDAY !
Back on Celestial Echo Records with CER010, a record that’s been a fixture in the right record bags for a long time.
Africano – “Open Your Hearts” is a serious modern soul tune for the Chicago DJs. Super funky, big on feeling, and powered by explosive instrumentation that just keeps driving. — strong, emotional, and made for proper dancefloors.
It’s been spun for years by DJs like Mark Grusane, Theo Parrish, and others in that Chicago scene — and it works every time. Part 1 on the A-side is the one you know, while Part 2 on the flip stretches things out and lets the groove roll on.
As always, Celestial Echo is about soul records that have earned their place. Remastered with care and pressed properly, Africano is one we’re proud to finally put back out there.
OUT FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2026
Gospel aficionado @djgregbelson takes the helm of a compilation looking into Detroit’s own HOB Is Gospel label.
This compilation dives deep into the label started in the basement of Carmen Murphy’s beauty salon, it became an important pillar in the Gospel-soul music scene for over 40 years moving between Detroit and NYC
In stores for Record Store Day 2026 - 18th April 2026.
Compiling: Greg Belson
Artwork, Licensing, A&R: @miche.dj
OUT TODAY, THIS ONES A PERSONAL!
One of the best tunes of all time “Welcome Back Into My Life” by Pumphouse Gang, first time reissued on a 45 - OUT TODAY!
3 SLICES OF HEAT FOR 2026! ☀️
@daybreakers_house showcases volume 1 of @vick_lavender ’s “Essential Traxx” series we are running. Two house smashers for any floor - Out Jan 23rd
@celestialecho_records brings a much needed 7” reissue to Pumphouse Gang’s “Welcome Back Into My Life” - Modern Soul never sounded so good… TIP! - out 30th January
@panorama_records_ gives life to a classic jazz dancer, John Danser’s “Danser’s Inferno” gets the love it deserves on a 45. - Out 13th February.
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BOBBY REED “THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR LOVE”
Celestial Echo is here with one of the all time holy grail soul double siders. When we tell you a record will never leave your bag after buying it, this is exactly the record it applies to.
Originally released in 1970 and written, produced and arranged by the great Van McCoy, Washington D.C.’s Bobby Reed stepped up and delivered “The Time Is Right For Love” an incredible loved up stepper, and then “If I Don’t Love You”, a perfect compliment, another… loved up stepper.
This one isn’t a fresh find, or a new discovery - Just an essential, officially licensed reissue of an incredible slice of soul.
Preorders on bandcamp, ships 17/10/2025
CER008
Out next friday ! Essential modern soul dancefloor heat from The Medlows.
Celestial Echo is back with another funky bomb on 45, a hyper-rare track that only came out on demo from the label Midland International, The Medlows “Love (Part 1)” has been a secret spin for a lot of soul djs. A real favourite of label boss miche – he just featured it on his latest comp even, but this 45 is backed with a dancefloor ready extended edit from Bristol disco king @admin_bristol .
This has to be some of the heaviest soul to ever be pressed and kept in the shadows, once it’s in your record bag, it wont be leaving in a hurry.
