Arista/Big Break (UK), 1981. New Copy
Full steam ahead from Linx – a duo who could easily come up with some of the catchiest soul of their generation! The set's got a sparkling feel that follows strongly from the previous Intuition album – bouncy grooves that take a clubby groove, and trim it down nicely – making for
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Jubilee/EMI (Japan), 1958. New Copy
One of the rare few albums from vocalist Mary Ann McCall – a hell of a great singer, and one with a really moody, dark style! Mary Ann's got all the sad tones and blue hues we love in June Christy's best work – and she arguably works with even hipper backings, too – some
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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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Odeon/El (UK), 1963. New Copy
One of Joao Gilberto's first-ever albums – filled with incredibly beautiful bossa material that captures the vocals and guitar of Gilberto at their fragile early best – backed by sublime arrangements from Antonio Carlos Jobim and Walter Wanderley! The setting is perfect, and the sound
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El (UK), 1961. New Copy
Back to back jazz soundtracks – the cream of the crop of the early 60s! First up is The Hustler – a killer jazz score from Kenyon Hopkins – a composer we can almost always trust to turn around a killer jass score! The work is mostly in a jazz ensemble mode – and moves
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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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Reprise/Big Break (UK), 1973. New Copy
One of the best-ever albums by this lovely soulful singer! Linda Lewis had an amazing style that was somewhere in between Minnie Riperton, Joni Mitchell, and Ellen McIlwaine – meaning that she mixes soul, folk, and a bit of jazz into her own unique vibe. This album's a gem, and is filled
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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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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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Capitol (Japan), 1969. New Copy
A killer album from funky jazz combo The Fourth Way – one of the best groups of the progressive jazz era in America, thanks largely to the work of its excellent members! First to get big credit is Mike Nock – the Aussie pianist who worked with Yusef Lateef in the mid 60s, and really
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Molk, 2012. New Copy
That's Tres Hongos, not Tres Hombres – a trio of improvisers who really make some amazing sounds together! Trumpeter Jacob Wick has a way of handling his horn that's unlike anything we've ever heard before – not so much blowing, as coaxing sounds out of the instrument that are light
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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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A&M/Universal (Japan), 1978. New Copy
A standout set from keyboardist Neil Larsen – a record that crossed over big back in the 70s, and which still sounds pretty darn great in the 21st Century! Larsen's keys here are kind of a more mainstream take on territory Bob James was exploring a few years before – arguably hipper at
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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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Sonar Kollektiv (Germany), 2011. New Copy
Jazzanova upside down – a great little set that features rich reworkings of songs from their excellent Of All The Things album! The core album was probably the greatest thing Jazzanova had done to date – a richly soulful outing that featured some really incredible songwriting –
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