Music from Minnie Riperton, Brenda Russell, Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore, Angela Bofill, Nancy Wilson, Phyllis Hyman, Diana Ross, Jody Watley, and Eloise Laws. (Soul) CD
Music from Aretha Franklin, The Honey Cone, Ike & Tina Turner, Ann Peebles, Denise LaSalle, Mitty Collier, Dee Dee Warwick, Mable John, Bettye Swan, Laura Lee, Barbara Mason, Inez Foxx, Millie Jackson, and Etta James. (Soul) CD
Killer set of modern house tracks – put together by Stuart Patterson, the driving force behind Soulsonic, one of London's best house music nights of the past 10 years! Patterson's got a keen devotion to classic house grooves and modern tracks that draw deeply from the history of disco and ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A tasty little 4 track sampler overflowing with great little grooves! The set kicks off with Port Authority's cover of Deodato's "Super Strut" – a great version of the funky classic that puts in a bit more horns than usual, but still keeps the driving groove of the tune intact! ... (Funky Compilations) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Nice work from the moment when acid house was beginning to show up on the Chicago scene! We can pretty much let the track listing do the talking on this nice compilation: Loleatta Holloway "So Sweet" produced by Farley Jackmaster Funk, Peter Black "I Can't Stop", Frankie ... (House Music) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic album featuring music from The Sound Of Jazz – the legendary 1957 TV show that brought together some of the greatest talents then working in jazz! Unusual for TV, the show really seemed to capture the players at their best – and recorded some tremendous live performances that ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A classic album featuring music from The Sound Of Jazz – the legendary 1957 TV show that brought together some of the greatest talents then working in jazz! Unusual for TV, the show really seemed to capture the players at their best – and recorded some tremendous live performances that ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Nice collection of early 70's Gamble and Huff stuff, with a number of tracks that aren't too easy to find otherwise, like "Regina" by Bunny Sigler, "Stay With Me" by The Futures, "Super Groover" by Talk of the Town, "Slow Motion" by Johnny Williams, and " ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some surface wear, yellowing from age, tracklist sticker, and splitting in the bottom seam.)
Music from Ruby Mccoy, Elijah Brown, Big Joe Williams, Avery Brady, Fred McDowell, Bert Logan, Arthur Weston, Russ Logan, Andrew Cauthen & more. (Blues) CD
After blowing our minds with the first volume of The Sound Gallery, the same folks wen't on to put this one together – and they drove us crazy with the massive amount of Brit easy grooves that they managed to dig up and string together! There's 5 tracks by the genius of the Brit easy genre, ... (Now Sound) read moreCD
After blowing our minds with the first volume of The Sound Gallery, the same folks wen't on to put this one together – and they drove us crazy with the massive amount of Brit easy grooves that they managed to dig up and string together! There's 5 tracks by the genius of the Brit easy genre, ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear near the bottom – but this is a nice copy overall.)
Excellent compilation put together by the folks at Pressure Sounds to showcase their amazing reggae reissue series. 11 tracks, pulled from their releases of essential and hard to find roots, dub and Jamaican soul classics: Keith Hudson "Barbican Dub", "Black Belt Jones" & ... (Reggae) read moreCD
A very cool Japanese collection of spaghetti western vocal and instrumental numbers – with a nice mix of soundtrack themes and songs with lyrics! Includes work from Nico Fidenco, Gianni Ferrio, Berto Fia, Bobby Solo, Peter Tevis, Don Powell, Stelvio Cipriani, and Piero Piccioni! (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
A stunning set of work from the glory days of the Italian film scene – a huge CD collection that brings together nine different soundtracks from the Cinecitta studios – a really wonderful range of music, with styles that go way beyond some of the more familiar modes usually associated ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
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Sounds Of Lecak Vol 1 ... LP Guruguru Brain (Netherlands), 2023. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ...
$44.9949.99
A really cool collection of cuts from the contemporary underground in Singapore – new music, but work that often resonates with some of our favorite funky global tracks of the 60s and 70s! Think "sitar funk", and you'll start to get the vibe of the set – as there's some of ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Spacey, funky, and totally groovy genius from the rare French Patchwork sound library label – an imprint that's even more obscure than some of the other European companies that have been dug for grooves in recent years – presented here with a specially selected collection of some of the ... (Sound Library) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Music from the Flints, Earl & Jimmy & the Salesmen, the Splenders, the Strangers, Johnny Till & group, the Cousins, the Velvet Satins, the 4 Tones, the Embers, the Spaniels, the Viceroys, and more – 24 tracks total. (Soul) CD
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Soundtrack! ... LP Warner, 1974. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
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An excellent collection of the main themes from a bunch of great 70s soundtracks! 13 tracks in all: "A Clockwork Orange" by Wendy Carlos, "Dirty Harry", "Bullitt" and "Enter The Dragon" by Lalo Schifrin, "O Lucky Man" by Alan Price, "Laura's ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Famous tracks from the legendary Miami Soul powerhouse TK Records – famous not because they were hits in the 70s, but because they were used in later years as hip hop samples – dug from the deep well of music that TK recorded back in the day, to lay the blueprint for a whole new ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A baker's dozen of tracks from Ernest Saint Laurent, Phoenix, Oomiaq, Scenario Rock, Cosmo Vitelli, Riff HiFi, P.Jack, Rob, Bertrand Burgalat, ZFO, Bosco, Mellow, Sebastien Tellier. (New Grooves) CD
Includes selections by Tommy McLain, Clint West, Charles Mann, Gene King, Johnnie Allan, Lil Bob & The Lollipops, and Margo White. (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 70s issue. Cover has a light stain at the bottom seam.)
Rare 60s field recordings, done in Mississippi by David Evans – with work by Isaac Youngblood, Myrt Holmes, OD Jones, Babe Stovall, Dink Brister, Esau Weary, Roosevelt Holts, and Eli Owens – the last of whom plays a very cool instrument that's like a berimbau! (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
(70s issue. Cover has minor splitting on the spine, light wear, and some aging.)
With selections by The Engineers, Boz & The Bozmen, The Records, Pete Zear, Rent Party, Mickey Jupp, Kursaal Flyers, and The Famous Potatoes. (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light ringwear, edge wear, some light marks from sticker removal and streaks of marker in front, and is bent a bit at the edges.)
Heavy heavy funk from the Louisiana scene of the late 60s and 1970s – and a great collection that really gets past the dominance of the New Orleans sound! The set moves way past the Crescent City to uncover a wealth of great bits recorded in smaller studios located in Shreveport, Lake ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Heavy heavy funk from the Louisiana scene of the late 60s and 1970s – and a great collection that really gets past the dominance of the New Orleans sound! The set moves way past the Crescent City to uncover a wealth of great bits recorded in smaller studios located in Shreveport, Lake ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Funky soul from one of the less-discovered scenes in the south – the hotbed of small labels that were making some mighty great grooves in Atlanta during the 70s! The Peachtree city isn't nearly as well-cited as a soul music source in comparison to places like Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and even ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Music from Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith, Sid Hemphill & Lucius Smith, Vera Ward Hall, Fred McDowell, Bright Light Quartet, Neil Morris, Sidney Carter, Ollie Gilbert, Almeda Riddle & more – part of the Alan Lomax collection! (Folk/Country) CD
Alan Lomax collection wiith music from John Davis, Bessie Jones, Henry Morrison, Peter Davis, Willis Proctor, Joe Armstrong, and Henry Morrison. (Folk/Country) CD
A legendary collection of blues material – all recorded at the notorious Angola prison in Lousiana – and featuring work by The Cool Cats, Otis Webster, John Henry Jackson, Hogman Maxey, and Guitar Welsh. (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
A massive overview of Shelby Singleton's SSS family of labels – a key force in the sound of southern soul at the end of the 60s! Singleton first came to fame for his production work at Mercury – but by the time of these recordings, he was stepping out on his own in a great blend of ... (Soul) read moreCD
It's hard to imagine the scene at Studio 54 in the Soviet scene of the late 70s – but, as with most of the world at the time, the USSR managed to pick up more than a few influences from the disco years in America – a range of sounds that it held on to for longer than the bit club years ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Music from Kati Elimnyama, Kid Malume, Philip Encobo, Amentkentshane, Umazambane, Zuleliphezulu, the Special Five, Abafana Besishingishane, the Editions, Super Tens, and Uthawolfu Amentkentshane. (Global Grooves) CD
Music from Hawkwind, Pressurehed, Ron Geesin, Cluster, Architectural Metaphor, Gong, Melting Euphoria, Dark Matter, Harmonia, Darxstar, Popol Vuh and more. (Rock) CD
Music from David Rose & His Orchestra, Richard Marino & His Orchestra, Les Baxter & His Orchestra, the Bobby Hammack Combo, Dickie Harrell, Les Baxter, Dean Elliott & His Big Band, Tak Shindo, Felix Slatkin, Jack Malmsten, and more. (Now Sound) CD
Sun Ra, Parliament, and other soul and jazz acts famously took us into space back in the day – and in the wake of their journeys, countless other artists elected to take the trip too – soaring to the cosmos on a blend of beats, basslines, keyboards, and vocals – all elements that ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Sun Ra, Parliament, and other soul and jazz acts famously took us into space back in the day – and in the wake of their journeys, countless other artists elected to take the trip too – soaring to the cosmos on a blend of beats, basslines, keyboards, and vocals – all elements that ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A deep look at the electronic music underground in the 60s, 70s, and 80s – not the academic theoreticians who were slaving away in university laboratories, but the more independent, freewheeling talents who were using the initial analogue moment to open up their own boundaries in time and ... (Out Sound) read moreCD
A deep look at the electronic music underground in the 60s, 70s, and 80s – not the academic theoreticians who were slaving away in university laboratories, but the more independent, freewheeling talents who were using the initial analogue moment to open up their own boundaries in time and ... (Out Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Spatial Disco ... LP Tele Music/Electunes (Austria), Late 70s. Near Mint- ...
$29.99
A treasure trove of late 70s French disco funk – actually sound library material from the Tele Music archives – featuring positively killer bass lines, keys and drums, with a warmth and a groove that just slays so much of the better known dancefloor material of the era! Includes great ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rare look at a very obscure sound library from the European scene – the Belgian Selection label, home to some very groovy sounds from the late 70s! The music here resonates with Belgian soundtrack and jazz work of the period – and shares some musicians from those genres too – ... (Sound Library) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great collection of 50s singles from Specialty Records! Features Pentagons, Jerry Byrne, Sam Cooke, Roy Milton, Dukes, Rene Hall, Lloyd Price, Wynona Carr, and more! (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
A much-needed look at the really magical world of music in France – a scene that's always seemed to exist in its own sort of space, especially during the late 70s/early 80s years when most of these tracks were recorded! The French scene had some famous free jazz at the start of the 70s, but ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A great little set with music from Ahmed Abdullah, Charles Gayle, Michael Bisio, David S. Ware, Dennis Charles, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Other Dimensions In Music, Rob Brown, and Charles Brackeen! (Jazz) CD
A great overview of a really fantastic label for jazz and avant garde material in the late 70s – the Japanese-only Why Not imprint, which was briefly a great home for some of the best work by key American players from both the AACM and the loft jazz generation! The label only issued a small ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
The Jazzman label hits a whole new level of brilliance – as they turn their funk-trained crate digging skills to the world of spiritual jazz! The collection's an amazing batch of ultra-rare tunes – tracks that take inspiration from the John Coltrane/Archie Shepp work on Impulse Records ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A wonderfully wide-ranging tribute to the great John Coltrane – served up here in a whole host of tracks recorded after his too-early death, each of which take his musical message in different directions! The sound is certainly spiritual – in keeping with the different volumes in this ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A wonderfully wide-ranging tribute to the great John Coltrane – served up here in a whole host of tracks recorded after his too-early death, each of which take his musical message in different directions! The sound is certainly spiritual – in keeping with the different volumes in this ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An essential look at the spiritual jazz legacy of Impulse Records – a set that's maybe a bit overdue in this series, given that Impulse first opened the door to these modes with their recordings of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders in the 60s! For some reason, Impulse had a perfect ear for ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A tremendous entry in this wonderful series – a set that proudly proclaims its contents with the "NOW" on the cover! Back when the Spiritual Jazz series first started on the Jazzman label, the music was mostly relegated to material of the John Coltrane generation and the generation ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download! Please Note – these copies have a slightly dinged corner from shipping.)
One of the deepest-digging entries in this wonderful series – a set that explores the wealth of spiritual jazz issued on small indie labels in the 70s – material that's sometimes referred to as "private", although that's really just a factor of how little circulation these ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
One of the deepest-digging entries in this wonderful series – a set that explores the wealth of spiritual jazz issued on small indie labels in the 70s – material that's sometimes referred to as "private", although that's really just a factor of how little circulation these ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Music from the Desires, the Heartbeats, the Monotones, Jackie & the Starlites, the Avons, Shep & the Limelites, the Elegants, the Pastels, the Sparks, the Legends & more. (Soul) CD
A collection of tracks that amount to some of incredibly deep audio archaeology – a wonderful, consciousness wakening collection of globe spanning 78s from the first half of the 20th Century – all from the darkest corners of the EMI Vaults! Honest Jons does an impressive job of ... (Global Grooves) read moreCD
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Spring NYC Soul ... CD Spring (UK), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy ...
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A fantastic look at the Spring Records label in New York – a company that had a few big crossover hits in the 70s, but also issued a lot more rare and obscure material over the years – with a long legacy that even hit the early years of the old school scene! One of Spring's great ... (Soul) read moreCD
Includes selections by John Parr, Billy Squier, Elefante, Jon Anderson, Fee Waybill, David Foster, Vikki Moss, and Airplay. (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful little compilation – one of those gems that comes along, and really reminds us that there's a real art to putting some tracks together! In a package that's kind of a follow-up to their excellent Songs For Mario's Cafe, St Etienne pay tribute to the sound of Soho pubs in years ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Features Ozzy Osbourne performing "Purple Haze", plus more covers by Skid Row, Bon Jovi, Gorky Park, and Motley Crue. (Rock) CD
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Stand By Me ... LP Atlantic, Late 50s/1960s. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
A selection of late 50s and 60s hits featured in the iconic movie, including the name-sake tune by Ben E King, "Everyday" by Buddy Holly, "Come Go With Me" by The Del Vikings, "Lollipop" by The Chordettes, and more. (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has minimal wear, light smudges in front, and is bent a bit at the spine and top right corner.)
Tracks from Stanton Warriors, Basement Jaxx, Jammin', The Streets, Mr. Reds, Plump DJs, Sole Fusion, Biological, Renegade Soundwave, Azzido Da Bass, Jeremy Sylvester, and more. (New Grooves) CD
Stellar work from the Star Creature label – the Chicago imprint that seems to be picking up the torch where all those fancy London and European labels dropped it many years ago! The work here is fresh and forward-thinking – rooted in older house and funky soul modes, but completely ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes such classics as "Photon Torpedo (3 Blasts)", "Communicator Beeps", "Red Alert Klaxon #2", "Tribble Coos", "Warp Drive", and "Enterprise Doors". (Soundtracks) CD
Some real heavy-hitters from one of the hippest indies of the 50s – with work by Sonny Fisher, Link Davis, Groovey Joe Poovey, Thumper Jones, Bill Mack, Bob Doss, Cliff Blakely, and Rudy Tutti Grayzell! (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
With Helen Reddy, Johnny Cash, Pointer Sisters, Judy Collins, Madeline Kahn, Ray Charles, Lena Horne, and Jose Feliciano. (Children's) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small cutout notch.)
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Stars On Parade ... CD Coxsone/Rockashacka (Japan), 1961. New Copy ...
$19.9924.99
The very first album from Coxone Dodd – the start of a huge legacy that ran into classic Studio One Records productions of the 60s and 70s, and which started with this initial album of early Jamaican grooves! There's plenty of jazz in the mix here – freer-flowing solos than you'd hear ... (Reggae) read moreCD
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Stars On Parade ... LP Coxsone/Rockashacka (Japan), 1961. New Copy (reissue)...
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The very first album from Coxone Dodd – the start of a huge legacy that ran into classic Studio One Records productions of the 60s and 70s, and which started with this initial album of early Jamaican grooves! There's plenty of jazz in the mix here – freer-flowing solos than you'd hear ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great look at the changing tone on the American scene at the end of the 60s – that moment when Vietnam, social unrest, and many other problems weighed heavily on the country's consciousness – and made their presence manifest in all sorts of pop music as well! We're not talking about ... (Rock) read moreCD
A 2CD half-century mile marker set for Stax Records – one of the most vital and popular southern soul labels ever – as if you needed us to tell you that! The set features a selection of many of the most popular and most culturally important singles from the early 60s and on through the ... (Soul) read moreCD
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Stax Christmas ... CD Stax/Craft, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ...
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A deep soul take on the sound of Christmas – served up here in a range of classic Holiday cuts from the legendary Stax Records! The set's nicely different than the previous Stax Christmas set, and features some tunes from later in the label's run – some of those cool singles that they ... read moreCD
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Stax Christmas ... LP Stax/Craft, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ...
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A deep soul take on the sound of Christmas – served up here in a range of classic Holiday cuts from the legendary Stax Records! The set's nicely different than the previous Stax Christmas set, and features some tunes from later in the label's run – some of those cool singles that they ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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Stax Country ... LP Stax/Craft, Mid 1970s. Near Mint- ...
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A surprising side of the legendary Stax Records – especially if you only know the Memphis powerhouse as an outlet for funk and soul! There was always a bit of crossover between country and soul – even in the early days, a label like King Records could easily handle both – or a ... (Folk/Country) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Pure gold from the second chapter of Stax Records – that wonderful time when the label parted company from Atlantic Records, and started making even more righteous music than before! And although many of these numbers had some sort of chart presence – hence the "gold" in the ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Funky genius from the legendary Stax studios! During the 60s, Stax was well known for their work in the soul music field – turning out hit singles by the likes of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and others – but after 1968, when the label finished their deal with Atlantic, they really ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A mountain of funk from one of the greatest soul labels of all time! Stax is known round the world over for their soulful work – by singers like Otis Redding or Carla Thomas, and instrumental tunes by Booker T & The MGs – but the label was also quite a funky powerhouse – ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A mountain of funk from one of the greatest soul labels of all time! Stax is known round the world over for their soulful work – by singers like Otis Redding or Carla Thomas, and instrumental tunes by Booker T & The MGs – but the label was also quite a funky powerhouse – ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An incredible package – and one that goes way farther, and way deeper than any of the previous volumes of Stax/Volt Records singles! This 4th volume is kind of a correction/addition to territory covered by the previous three – as CDs 1 to 3 of the collection go back to bring together ... (Soul) read moreCD
A legendary live set from the 60s all-stars of Stax Records – a performance in London in the late 60s, as the label follows Motown's lead on taking its big names overseas! The lineup is legendary, and most of the tunes are familiar by the artists, but get nice fresh versions here – ... (Soul) read moreCD
A legendary live set from the 60s all-stars of Stax Records – a performance in London in the late 60s, as the label follows Motown's lead on taking its big names overseas! The lineup is legendary, and most of the tunes are familiar by the artists, but get nice fresh versions here – ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo yellow label pressing. Cover has some edge & surface wear, aging.)