(Stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear.)
Musica Urbana —
Iberia ... CD RCA/Elemental (Spain), 1978. New Copy ...
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Sweet Spanish fusion from the 70s – served up by a group with the name Musica Urbana, which others have taken up as a style in more contemporary years! This set's pure 70s, though – and has a strong link with some of the more creative fusion projects from the South American scene too ... (Jazz) read moreCD
2 wonderful albums from pianist Peter Nero – a real maestro of the keys, but also a player who worked in a lean and stripped-down style that was never cloying or overly sentimental, like some of the mood music pianists of the 50s! The albums both have a style that's dramatic one moment, ... (Now Sound) read moreCD
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band —
Loose Salute ... LP RCA, 1970. Near Mint- ...
$14.9919.99
Think what you want about Mike Nesmith as a Monkee – he's also a hell of a sensitive singer/songwriter, and one of the key talents who helped give birth to the country rock sound at the end of the 60s! This album's one of the few that Nesmith cut with his wonderful First National Band – ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout notch.)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band —
Magnetic South ... LP RCA, 1970. Near Mint- ...
$33.9939.99
Completely wonderful solo work from Monkee Mike Nesmith – music that almost bears no relationship to his famous TV sounds – save for the fact that Mike's still got all of his charms firmly intact! Yet the approach here is unabashedly country rock – that style that Nesmith was ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label pressing with deep groove. Includes the RCA inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band —
Nevada Fighter ... LP RCA, 1970. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
Mike Nesmith is letting his hair grow a bit on the cover of this third album with his First National Band – and he also seems to be opening up his sound a bit, too – firmly flowing into the expansive country rock territory he opened up with the group's first two albums! Nesmith ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Hard funky soul from The New Birth – still sounding pretty raw at this point, and with that funky group ensemble feel that you'll hear on their best early albums! The tracks have plenty of nice guitar and clavinet work, and a shifting lead vocal approach that's pretty great on most cuts ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has clear tape on spine, edge wear, light ring wear.)
One of the nicest early albums by this great 70s soul collective – featuring a strong mix of funk and mellow soul tracks, with backing by the Nite Liters on some tracks, and production by the great Harvey Fuqua throughout! Titles include "Wild Flower", "It's Been A Long ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label pressing. Cover has light wear and is bumped at the top left corner.)
New Birth —
New Birth ... CD RCA/P&C, 1970. New Copy ...
$6.9915.98
Way more than just another soul group – as The New Birth are almost big enough to be their own sort of soul music village – complete with different neighborhoods along the way! Vocals are handled by the combined groups of The Mint Juleps and Now Sound – gals and guys that soar ... (Soul) read moreCD
A surprisingly well-thought out set of tracks that is perhaps the only ever time someone at RCA did a good job with a soul reissue! The filled-to-the brim compilation features 16 tracks from the legendary New Birth Inc. collective that also included the funky combo The Nite Liters and the vocal ... (Soul) read moreCD
A big, lush and moody set of standards by the great Harry Nilsson – with Harry's charismatic, unrivaled vocals in peak form – and add just a little touch of the oddball touches he was most famous for to that point! At this point in the early 70s, probably the least hip thing a singer ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Totally excellent album that remixes a number of great tracks from Nilsson's albums Pandemonium Side Show and Aerial Ballet. The record features some killer stuff – like a remake of his original version of "Without Her", with an even better sound than the original! Other tracks ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Harry Nilsson —
Harry ... LP RCA, 1969. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
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A wonderful early album by one of the great oddball songwriters of the last forty years! The Harry album is certainly the bridge between Nilsson's two previous wildly bombastic LPs, and the slightly more subdued material that popped up on the Schmilsson and later records. Harry runs the gamut ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has aging and light wear.)
A really great way to listen to the music of Harry Nilsson – as the all-singles set is not only a career-spanning collection of his work for RCA, it also includes a lot of very cool tracks that were b-sides, which stand nicely here next to the classics! The genius of Nilsson knows no bounds ... (Rock) read moreCD
One of Nilsson's best ever albums – with a more streamlined overall sound than some of his wildly eclectic earlier LPs – really putting a tight focus on both his vocal and songwriting genius! There's an easygoing charm to the album that's pretty much unrivaled in his catalog (and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(2017 limited RSD issue on yellow & white split vinyl. Includes the insert.)
One of Nilsson's best ever albums – with a more streamlined overall sound than some of his wildly eclectic earlier LPs – really putting a tight focus on both his vocal and songwriting genius! There's an easygoing charm to the album that's pretty much unrivaled in his catalog (and ... (Rock) read moreCD
Brilliant stuff – and exactly the place to start with Harry Nilsson! Long before his style had become cliched – or before it was copied by too many others – Nilsson cut this mad album of wonderful little songs – sort of a cross between folksy singer-songwriter work, and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label stereo pressing. Cover has a cutout notch.)
Harry Nilsson —
Skidoo ... LP RCA, 1968. Near Mint- ...
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Wonderful stuff – Nilsson's soundtrack for one of the strangest movies of the 60s – a mad film directed by Otto Preminger, and featuring a cast of characters that included Jackie Gleason, Frank Gorshin, Peter Lawford, Cesar Romero, and Groucho Marx as God! The sounds are a weird hippy ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label stereo pressing with deep groove. Includes the RCA Victor inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and aging.)
One of the wilder sets from Nillsson – careening from lovely piano pop with romantic vocals, to spaced out, good humored potty mouth excess – near honky tonk, to fuzzy pop rock – if you like Nilsson at his most unhinged, this is a great one! It's a stunner, actually – with ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nilsson —
Duit On Mon Dei ... LP RCA, 1975. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
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Features guest work from Ringo Starr, Dr John, Gloria Jones, Doug Dillard, and many others – on titles that include "Good For God", "Salmon Falls", "Easier For Me", "Kojak Columbo", "It's A Jungle Out There", and "Puget Sound". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Original tan label pressing. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a promo crimp on the corner.)
Nilsson —
Greatest Hits ... LP RCA, Late 1960s/1970s. Near Mint- ...
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(Late 70s black label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Nite-Liters —
A-Nal-Y-Sis ... CD RCA/Dusty Groove, 1973. New Copy ...
$4.9914.99
A masterpiece of hard and heavy funk – from one of the best bands of the early 70s! The Nite Liters were a legendary funky combo that provided the backing for some of New Birth's best albums – but on their own, they were even funkier, and had a sound that was part JBs, part Meters, and ... (Soul) read moreCD
A killer set of funky instrumentals – one of those key records that has the Nite-Liters really challenging legendary groups like The Meters or JBs! If you know the sound of the combo, you'll know that they're a bit different than either – with a very distinctive groove that's created ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label stereo pressing. Cover has a split top seam, wear, and aging.)
A killer set of funky instrumentals – one of those key records that has the Nite-Liters really challenging legendary groups like The Meters or JBs! If you know the sound of the combo, you'll know that they're a bit different than either – with a very distinctive groove that's created ... (Soul) read moreCD
The amazing first album from The Nite-Liters – the instrumental combo who were part of the larger New Birth family of soul on RCA, but who cut work that was a lot more funky overall! The group are right up there with The Meters or JBs for pure instrumental brilliance – able to serve up ... (Soul) read moreCD
Klaus Nomi —
Klaus Nomi ... CD RCA/BMG (UK), 1982. Used ...
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Klaus Nomi's standing here on the cover with the oversized cabaret costume he used famously backing David Bowie – but this early solo album definitely has the singer very much in his own territory overall! Some of the songs are a weird reworking of older European cabaret mode, or Brechtian ... (Rock) read moreCD
An Italian installation in RCA's classic New Music series from the 60s. Bruno Maderna conducts the Soloists of the Rome Symphony Orchestra – and the record features Nono's "Y Su Sangre Ya Viene Cantando", Fukushima's "Hi-kyo", Berio's "Serenade I", and Lehmann's ... (Classical) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Pink label stereo pressing, with 1S/1S matrix. Cover has light wear.)
A pretty cool record – even if it is mostly a "hi fi" sampler from RCA. The record demonstrates the full range of RCA's Living Stereo method – and it's got Ken Nordine narrating his way through a host of tracks from the label. As is typical with this sort of thing, about ... (Spoken Word) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Alex North —
Rainmaker ... LP RCA, 1957. Very Good+ ...
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(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has some bubbling under the paste-on, a small split in the top seam and a bit of marker on the back.)
Helen O'Connell —
Green Eyes ... LP RCA, 1957. Near Mint- ...
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One of the greatest singers of the big band era comes back beautifully here in a set of vocal work from the late 50s! The style's quite different than Helen's older recordings – despite the reference of her big hit in the title – as the backings from Marion Evans bring a slightly more ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono Dynagroove pressing with deep groove. Cover has ringwear, heavy edge wear, small stickers at the bottom left corner, and is lightly bent at the top right edge.)
A stripped down, bluesy folk soul set of Dylan tunes by Odetta – returning some kudos to a kid who was hugely inspired by her earlier material in the late 50s – a really beautiful record and possibly one of the best ever Dylan covers albums! Odetta Sings Dylan is actually one of the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic early material from Vernon Oxford – already one of the most distinct country singers of his time! Titles include "Woman Let Me Sing You A Song", "Baby Sister", "Stone By Stone", "Babies Stop Your Crying", "Roll Big Wheels Roll", ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
Includes 6 recordings of Pachelbel's Canon performed by Paillard Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jean-Francois Paillard, James Galway with orchestra conducted by Glenn Spreen, The Canadian Brass, Cleo Laine and James Galway, Concord String Quartet, and Baroque Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ettore ... (Classical) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Hot Lips Page —
Feelin High & Happy ... LP RCA, 1938/1940/1951. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
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Groovy instrumentals by a combo led by pianist Page Cavanaugh, and featuring Bob Jung on baritone and alto, Jack Sperling on drums, John Pisano on guitar, and Don Bagley on bass! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo Dynagroove pressing with deep groove. Cover is lightly bent at the top left corner and purchase date written in pen in back.)
Zeca Pagodinho —
Mania Da Gente ... LP RCA (Brazil), 1990. Near Mint- ...
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A treasure trove of early 70s Dolly Parton at RCA – the rare Fairest Of Them All and My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner LPs together on a single CD – plus bonus tracks on this excellent compilation from Omni! Dolly's early 70s material was at its best when it focused on her ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
Beautiful 70s work from Dolly Parton – the kind of upbeat, yet deep material that set Dolly apart from so many other femal country contemporaries – and a set packed with original tunes by Parton, which was one more distinction of the singer! Titles include "Blackie Kentucky", ... (Folk/Country) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dolly Parton —
Rhinestone ... LP RCA, 1984. Very Good+ ...
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With vocals by both Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone! (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
Tight west coast jazz, arranged and led by Pell on tenor, and featuring work by Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Ray Sims, and Tommy Tedesco. Shorty Rogers supervised the session, and it's got a very similar feel to some of his RCA sides at the time. As you might guess from the title, the tracks are ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Short tight ensemble jazz tracks, very much in a LA style from the initial post-cool years – set to tunes written by the legendary Harry Warren. The group includes Pell, Jack Sheldon, Bob Enevoldsen, Paul Moer, and Mel Lewis – and tracks include "Lulu's Back In Town", "Ja ... (Jazz) read moreCD
An early vocal outing from the star of Psycho – surprisingly nice, with this unusual blue-tinged vibe! Plus, the arrangements are great – handled by jazzman Al Cohn, and directed by Urbie Green! (Vocalists) CD
Poor Tony Perkins! He actually does a pretty nice job on this early album as a vocalist, and we imagine that he forever regretted having that part of his career closed down once he played the part of Norman Bates in Psycho. Still, there's a bit of a psycho feel to this album – from the ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Esa Pethman —
Modern Sound Of Finland ... LP RCA/Lipposen Levy Ja Kasetti (Finland), 1965. New Copy (reissue)...
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A seminal bit of modern jazz from the Finnish scene of the 60s – a record that still sounds as revolutionary now as when it was recorded, and a set that really set the tone to come for so many Finnish experiments in the 70s! Leader Esa Pethman plays flute and tenor – and is clearly ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Eliana Pittman —
Pra Sempre ... LP RCA (Brazil), 1976. Very Good+ ...
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Funky samba with a jazzy touch – sung by the lovely Eliana Pittman, with a sweet 70s style that's a lot more mature than her 70s work. Many of the tracks mix together samba percussion with a sweeter electric style of instrumentation – in a mode that reminds us of the 70s work of ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Soulful samba from Eliana Pittman – with sweet 70s arrangements from Ely Arcoverde, Nelsinho, and Severino Filho! (Brazil) LP, Vinyl record album
Pointer Sisters —
Black & White ... LP Planet/RCA, 1981. Near Mint- ...
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A great step into the 80s for The Pointer Sisters – a record that has them bringing in themes that are a bit more soulful than some of their previous efforts! The album's still got all the big crossover potential of their other hits – but the groove's got a solidly soulful vibe overall ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing, P-18 with Precision Lacquer etch. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and a small trace of a price sticker.)
The Pointer Sisters in their slick, sultry pop soul mode of the mid 80s – at this point doing the synthesizer soul sound as well as ever – with big hooks and more subtle stylistic flourishes in the production! The Pointers were on one heck of a commercial win streak at this point, and ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and a cutout notch.)
The Pointers Sisters doing their thing with some steamy production by Richard Perry! Hot Together didn't make as big of a chart smash as the preceding few records, but in hindsight, it sounds to us like they're working as well here with the period synth heavy production as well as ever. The ... (Soul) read moreCD
Polirhythm Unity with T Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys —
Super Latin Percussion ... LP RCA (Japan), 1976. Near Mint- ...
$19.9924.99
Iggy Pop —
Idiot ... CD RCA, 1977. Used ...
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Iggy's first proper solo record, and a strange morass of junkie desperation and guttural punk funk! The Idiot is the ultimately the culmination of a very smart decision to move away from the guitar roar of the Stooges and closer to the sounds his longtime champion David Bowie was experimenting with ... (Rock) read moreCD
Strictly Bud Powell, in the best sense of the word – as the album's a sharp batch of trio tracks recorded for RCA in the 50s, and a great showcase for Bud's firey talents on the piano! The rhythm combo features bold work on drums from Art Taylor, alongside the bass of George Duvivier – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the few Bud Powell sessions cut for RCA, but a brilliantly swinging date that has the pianist working at the height of his powers! There's an edge here that comes through right from the start – an off kilter vibe in both Bud's tone, and even in the way he's vocalizing joyously in the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging.)
They certainly got the title right on this one – as the album's overflowing with earlier hits by Perez Prado, re-recorded here for the hi-fi generation, with really swinging RCA sound! The numbers include some perennial Perez favorites – including "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing with deep groove, 1s/10s stampers. Cover has light wear and aging.)
The title says "ugh!" and there's lots of that in this record! Perez plays in that tight hard way that he used on his best 50s recordings, making his trademark grunt of "ugh!" as the songs change rhythms – in a style that the notes describe as "the only vocal baton ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the more masterful albums that Prado cut for RCA, and a thrilling set of tracks with a very haunting feel. The entirety of side one features the extended "Exotic Suite Of The Americas", which has a storming Latin sound, mixed with nice exotica touches. The flipside features ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging, lightly bent corners, some splitting in the top seam, and a streak of red marker and a Discontinued imprint in back.)
Perez Prado —
Mambo Mania ... LP RCA, 1955. Near Mint- ...
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Jazzy mambos from the king – and easily the most successful of Perez Prado's albums for RCA in the 50s! The album showcases the Latin mode that Prado crossed over big with on his hit "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" – a tune that almost single-handedly grabbed the ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some surface wear, edge wear, yellowing from age, splitting in the top seam, center split in the bottom seam, and is bent at the bottom left corner.)
One of the best entries in RCA's classic "our man in..." series – and a nice one by Perez that has him breaking the format of his other releases for the label. In this one, he hits a lot of more modern grooves than on his 50's work – and he also introduces the "bongoson&q ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has a half split top seam & minimal wear.)
Forget the white dudes on the cover – as the set's a very hip one from Perez Prado – featuring a hard new groove in "La Chunga" – and other nice originals too! (Latin) LP, Vinyl record album
(Living Stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has some ring and edge wear, splitting in the top seam, and a streak of green marker in back.)
Perez Prado —
Prez ... LP RCA, Late 50s. Very Good+ ...
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One of Perez Prado's classics, with a side of Latin stuff and a side of jazz stuff – all played by Prado's classic group. Tracks include "Maria Bonita", "Machaca", "Marta", "Fireworks", "Leo's Special", and "Lullaby Of Birdland". ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has light tape remnant on all seams, light aging.)
Perez Prado —
This Is Perez Prado ... LP RCA, 1950s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
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A great collaboration between Perez Prado and trumpeter Shorty Rogers – one in which Rogers' solos sparkle brilliantly over the top of Perez's tight Latin rhythms – all in a style that's as moody as it is evocative and rhythmic! Side one features the extended "Voodoo Suite" ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Elvis Presley —
30 #1 Hits ... CD RCA, 1950s/1960s/1970s. Used ...
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