Trans Air, 1970s. New Copy
Caribbean disco, funk and dancefloor grooves from a range of sources – spacey grooves and tropical dancefloor sounds from Billie Cole, Tappa Zukie, El Cid, Casual T and many more! A number of tunes have more of a pronounced late 70s club soul groove with spacey touches, others have more
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BBE (UK), 1975. New Copy (reissue)
Tight jazzy funk & soul from Belgium – a sample classic from SSO Orchestra – issued here as funky 45 by BBE in anticaption of Strange Games & Funky Things Vol 5! It's got some funky drums and a straight up killer bass line, with some tense string soul that gives it more of a
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Mississippi, 1960s/1970s. New Copy
George Mitchell puttered around the southern US of the 1960s and 1970s, recording blues singers from around the different regions – a number of which are captured here on this great LP from Mississippi! Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum earlier released a series of 45s featuring tracks from The
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BBE (UK), 2010. New Copy
Afro club thumping grooves from South Africa's Spoek Mathambo – a far reaching world of sounds blending expertly crafted electro funk, South African kwaito, and globally enriched grooves of many kinds. It's unpredictable from on cut to the next, and it's compelling where ever it goes!
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Epic (Japan), 1979. New Copy
Man, these guys never seem to miss – and always come up with some great little tunes that snap along in a really compelling way! This album might be easy to overlook in favor of the band's bigger classics, but it's a stone winner all the way through – with a number of tunes that groove
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Greensleeves, 2010. New Copy
Neo classic rocksteady and timeless rhythms from Gappy Ranks – the UK reggae upstart's first full length – and it's a great one! Recasting classic riddims without falling into throwback cliches, it feels fresh while honoring the innovators. Really nice stuff! Titles include "Moun
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SOUL/Motown/Hip-O Select, 1970. New Copy
A stunner from the Ruffin Brothers – their one album as a duo, 1970's underappreciated I Am My Brother's Keeper! Here Jimmy and David Ruffin lay down a warm, wonderful set of great late 60s Motown grooves – emotive covers and a bunch of great originals with nice touches of
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Million Dollar Disco (Scotland), Late 70s. New Copy
Amazing work from the Montreal club scene of the late 70s – rare edits done by the PAJ trio of Pierre Gagnon, Allen Vallieres, and Jean Barbeau! The group were seminal moves during the glory years of the Canadian disco scene – sifting and cutting together tracks with simple, old-fashion
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MPLS Ltd, 1969. New Copy (reissue)
Mod & psychedelia inflected French pop from Claude Lombard – a Belgian singer who found her to niche in France – her wildy groovy self titled album from 1969! The sound is fantastic, with the sounds of the late 60s that could be found on pop psyche and easy gems internationally at
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Truth & Soul, 2000s. New Copy
The long in the works African Music Today compilation on Truth & Soul – featuring modern African combos working in the tradition of Fela, Tony Allen, Mulatu and others – great stuff from Bama & The Family, Zafari, The Third Eye and others! Compiler Philip Lehmen got the ball
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Rendezvous, 2010. New Copy
A sweet little tribute to the music of Donny Hathaway – one that takes the tunes instrumentally, and offers up some soulful lead saxophone from Kirk Whalum! Given the choice of subject material, the set's way more than just a smooth jazz outing – and Kirk's horn brings a nice sense of
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MCA/Vinyl Masterpiece (Netherlands), 1981. New Copy
A post-Philly International album from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, but one that still keeps their groove very much intact – thanks to instrumental help from Norman Harris, Ron Baker, Vince Montana, Earl Young, and a host of other Sigma Sound talents! Although recorded in the early
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Daptone, 2010. New Copy
A great third album from Staten Island instrumental funk titans The Budos Band – who've brought eclectic inspiration all along and have always colored from a much broader palette of styles than most of their peers – going even further this time out and delivering their best yet! The
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Interplay/Art Union (Japan), 1979. New Copy
A fantastic, freewheeling session from trumpeter Ted Curson – one that we'd rank right up there with his seminal sides for the French Futura label! Like those, this album really features Ted stretching things out – working in very loose trio formation, with just Ray Drummond on bass
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Fresh/Warlock, 1987. New Copy 2CDs
Catchy street soul from the team of Hanson & Davis – and a record that marked a definite bit for mainstream success from the Fresh Records label! The vibe here isn't as cutting edge as some of the label's classic hip hop from the period, but there's still some good touches going on here
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Cultures Of Soul, Late 60s. New Copy (reissue)
A pair of incredible late 60s gems from Barbara Lynn – together on a funky 45! "I'm A Good Woman" is one of Barbara Lynn's greatest tunes ever – a hard soul groover with a massive bottom beat – guitar riffing with the rhythms, and some totally righteous vocals from
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Mojo, 2010. New Copy
Mojo scores an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney – on how he "survived the Beatles" (couldn't have been easy – there was no money or acclaim in that gig, was there?) – plus pieces on Apple Records, Herbie Hancock, Neil Young, The Jim Jones Revue, Bob Marley and
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Electric Cowbell, 2010. New Copy (pic cover)
Debo Band has been demonstrating a love for classic Ethiopian music in Boston and New England from the mid 00s onward – and the deliver it for us on this excellent 45 – with "Adderech Arada" recorded live in Addis Abeba in 2009 and a flip side remix by Kiddid! The group is
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Uncut (UK), 2010. New Copy
The Revolution Rock of The Clash – the untold story of the group's Sandinista! – Uncut! This issue also includes pieces such as The Last Days Of Sandy Denny and Paul Simon's African Adventure – plus items on George Harrison, The Duke & The King, Jean-Michel Jarre, Justine
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Sula/Thirsty Ear, 2010. New Copy
Spacious, airy blowing from trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer – sliding out nicely here in warm sonic territory! Molvaer's one of a host of European players who've taken a 70s ECM aesthetic into rich new places – and on a set like this, he really shows his best colors by blowing with
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