Kent (UK), Mid 60s. New Copy
The only compilation of 60s female soul trio The Apollas we've ever seen – beautiful stuff with sweet and soulful vocals, big emotions and excellent arrangements – fantastic stuff from the trio, earlier material recorded as The Lovejoys and solo numbers by singer Leola Jiles! We'd love
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Bureau (Germany), Mid 60s. New Copy
Great grooves from the German scene of the 60s – a sweet range of jaunty, funky, and groovy songs by a variety of different female singers – every bit as great as similar 60s work from France or the UK! There's a great sense of overall production going on here – way more than
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BGP (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy
Stellar jazz from the Fantasy Records family – Prestige, Pablo, Galaxy and Fantasy proper – choice numbers by The Blackbyrds, Stanley Cowell, Charles Earland, Patrice Rushen and others – funky jazz, soul, boogie and Brazil-flavored numbers from the top shelf of the diverse period!
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Hilton's Concept/Shout (Japan), Mid 70s. New Copy
A holy grail of funky music – and a rare gem from the DC scene of the 70s! Keyboardist Hilton Felton cut this wicked killer for his own tiny label – Hilton's Concept – and it's a very unique blend of jazz and funk modes, done with help from members of The Blackbyrds and Three
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Million Dollar Disco/BBE (UK), Late 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold
The dancefloor just got a whole lot funkier – thanks to an incredible selection of rare disco and club tracks from the best years of the genre! The set list here is really amazing – the kind of tunes that rarely turn up this easily, and never in such a cohesive package – and our
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Now Again, Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
The collected work of a mighty trippy group from the Indian scene – a psychedelic combo who worked in the 70s, but who had the same sort of edge you'd hear from the American and British scenes of the late 60s! In truth, there's a fair bit of Anglo influence going on in the music – not
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Creole Stream (Japan), 1971. New Copy
Rare funk from the Swedish scene of the early 70s – a blinding batch of instrumental jazz, played with a razor-sharp edge, and a groove that easily matches the heaviest of the Hammond crowd from America's east coast underground at the end of the 60s! At some level, there's a vibe here that's
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Greenleaf, 2011. New Copy 3CD
Three views – all of them great, and all a rich testimony to the always-inventive sounds of trumpeter Dave Douglas! The package features three very different albums, wrapped up in a multi-faceted demonstration of Douglas' talents – the first a compelling session titled Rare Metals
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Ata Tak/Bureau (Germany), 1982. New Copy (reissue)
Wonderful electro pop from Andreas Dorau – the teenage German wunderkind of the early 80s! The set's a bit more polished than Dorau's debut effort – put together with a bit more of an ear for a tune, using rhythms that are more in line with the new wave generation of the time –
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Trost (Austria), 2011. New Copy
Great work from this heavy heavy trio – a group that features the talents of probably the three greatest living avant saxophonists in the world – Peter Brotzmann on tenor, alto, clarinet, and tarogato, Ken Vandermark on tenor and clarinet, and Mats Gustafsson on baritone sax! The trio
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Delmore, 1966. New Copy
The third in a series of unearthed archival release of treasures by 60s folk singer, guitarist and banjo player Karen Dalton from Delmore Recordings – and it's also the third completely beautiful and revelatory Karen Dalton release from Delmore Recordings! For years, Dalton was best known by
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B- Music (UK), 1960s/1970s. New Copy
The 8th in the Make Do & Mend series of guest-compiled tracks from the Finders Keepers, B- family of labels – in support of independent labels that suffered losses in the PIAS warehouse fire of August 2011 – this one put together by Bob Stanley of St Etienne! It's hard to imagine
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Tum (Finland), 2011. New Copy
Uniquely innovative, yet broadly expansive and heritage conscious material from the great trumpeter, flugelhorn player and ever-searching jazz spirit Wadada Leo Smith – working with his Mbira combo – a trio with drummer Pheeroan akLaff and Min Xiao-Fen on pipa and voice. The pipa is a
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BBE (UK), 2012. New Copy
Splintering, echoing beatcraft from Juliene Dyne – spacey hip hop-indebted, but limitless and genre-skirting sounds – his second solid set for BBE! It's great headphones music – insistently grooving and instrumental for the most part, with a handful of guest vocalists.
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Tamla, 1972. New Copy (reissue)
A truly amazing album – unlike anything Eddie Kendricks ever did before, or since – and one of those records that really helped shape the sound of soul in the 70s! The music is as rich and powerful as the image on the cover – with some righteous undercurrents that really mark the
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Warner/Get On Down, 1980. New Copy
The classic first album by this legendary funky combo – a group who not only went onto change the sound of funk in the 80s, but also went onto have a huge impact on generations of hip hop as well! The album burns from the very first note – the wicked snapping funk of "More Bounce
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Strut (UK), 1960s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold
This is definitely not your father's calypso – no living room limbo or Harry Belafonte cliches – and instead, a smoking batch of Caribbean grooves from The Mighty Sparrow! Sparrow was very much on the edge of the best styles in the 60s and early 70s – and although his basic
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Omniverse, 2006/2011. New Copy 2CD
A timeless hip hop soul ode to the Civil Rights struggle from Marc Mac of 4 Hero! Extend The Knowledge is a 2CD set that serves a beautiful tribute to the movement – with spoken bits pulled from a range of classic records of the 60s and 70s, all set to beats and keys by the mighty Marc Mac!
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PJM, 2011. New Copy
Possibly the best album so far from Chicago reedman Pat Mallinger – a cooking little live date that captures him in his home turf – the legendary Green Mill! At some level, the date's got the raw feel of a classic Chicago tenor date – but at another, thanks to Mallinger's fluid
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Nublu, 1970s/1980s. New Copy 2LP
Turkish psych, funk, and disco – plus cross-pollinated grooves created from all of the above! If you don't know the Turkish scene of the 70s, there's plenty here to love – a really wicked combination of Western modes and local elements – styles that echo out in some of the
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