One of our favorite Duke Ellington albums, and a sometimes-overlooked work that stands as one of his best compositions from the time. The "Liberian Suite" was originally issued as a 10" LP, and is one extended suite of tracks commissioned by the Liberian government for their ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Obscure small group work from Duke Ellington – trio sides recorded in 1953! Titles include "Janet", "B Sharp Blues", "Night Time", "Dancers In Love", "Kinda Dukish", and "Retrospection". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful 60s album from Duke Ellington – one that features some of his more popular numbers, as you'd guess by the title – but captured in these sublime, sophisticated arrangements that really reflect the genius sound of his group during the later years! The tracks are familiar, and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing with deep groove, 2s stampers. Cover has light wear.)
A collection of early recordings with The Jungle Band – with "Sweet Mama", "Cincinnati Daddy", "Wall Street Wail", "Cotton Club Stomp", "Mood Indigo", "Rockin' In Rhythm", and more. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(60s stereo pressing. Cover has a cut corner, light wear.)
Duke Ellington —
Yale Concert ... LP Fantasy, 1968. Near Mint- ...
$5.997.99
Late work from Duke – a set that has that nicely mature approach to arrangements, with a group that includes Johnny Hodges on alto, Paul Gonsalves on tenor, Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson on trumpets, and Lawrence Brown on trombones. Titles include a "Johnny Hodges Medley" – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wonderful stripped-down set of piano work from Duke Ellington – presented here in an obscure set of duets recorded with Billy Strayhorn in 1950, finally issued as a full package by Riverside in the mid 60s – at a time when more folks seemed to be paying attention to Duke's stylings on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo turquoise label Orpheum pressing - a nice copy. Cover has a tiny bumped corner, but is nice overall.)
Hard to believe it took a few decades in the careers of both players for them to record together – but that's exactly what you've got here – a landmark meeting of Count Basie and Duke Ellington from the early 60s, near the tail end of Duke's classic stretch on Columbia! Teo Macero ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
True masterpieces from Duke Ellington – some of his greatest compositions, presented here in an early Columbia LP that offers up "uncut concert arrangements" – clearly grooming a new side of Duke for the long-playing audience! The recordings were made in 1950, with players ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 70s Columbia Special Products pressing. Cover has light wear and a trace of a price sticker.)
A seminal meeting of the old and new generations of jazz in the 60s – put together in perfect Impulse fashion! At some level, this is actually an early 60s John Coltrane Quartet album – with Duke Ellington sitting in for McCoy Tyner on piano, as that's the lineup on about half of the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the excellent Acoustic Sounds series – heavy cover and vinyl!)
Unusual later work from Ramblin Jack Elliott – done in a nicely loose Warner style, with talking between most of the songs. (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
(Tan label pressing. Cover has a partially split top seam and light wear.)
This album was recorded live in 1962 at the Second Fret club in Philadelphia. It's a nice set where he plays some Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly and Jimmie Rodgers tunes as well as some others. The recording is good – you can tell it was in an intimate setting – and his voice is strong and ... (Folk/Country) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label Prestige International pressing. Cover has edge wear, some splitting in the bottom seam, and some light stains at the top.)
Funky funky Don Ellis – a great set of electric groovers released at the same time that Don scored big with his soundtrack for The French Connection! As you'd guess from the title, the feel here is quite similar – funky electric big band jazz, with a very hip 70s action soundtrack feel ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Herb Ellis & Charlie Byrd —
Guitar/Guitar ... LP Columbia, 1964. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
A nice early set from jazz guitar greats Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd – who would work together much more frequently in the years to come – but sharing a rare early 60s joint set on 1964's Guitar/Guitar! This is one of the earliest, if not the earliest pairings on record for these guys ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo pressing with black text. Cover has light wear and some yellowing from age.)
Herb Ellis & Ray Brown —
Hot Tracks ... LP Concord, 1976. Very Good+ ...
$9.99
With Harry Edison on trumpet, Jake Hanna on drums, Plas Johnson on saxophone, and Mike Melvoin on keyboards. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
James Brown's old funky reed player hits wax in this groovy solo set of his own – playing here with a sound that's a bit more produced than usual, and with more of a 70's groove than you're used to hearing him in. His tone is perfect, as always, and the record is arranged and conducted by ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Light blue label advance promo, in a plain sleeve with one-sheet. One-sheet has some marks in pen.)
(Mono pressing in a flip-back cover, with light wear, yellowing from age, price sticker remnants, a small split in the bottom seam, and is bent at the edges.)
(Early 90s Korean pressing. Includes the insert. Cover has light wear, bumped corner and some small scrapes at the top right, and is bent a bit at the edges.)
Elucid's image on the cover and the title of the record are a great hint at what's within – a deeply personal album that comes at a pivotal time in his music – a debut full length set, but one that also feels like those moments in the career of a more longstanding artist when they ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Elzhi & Oh No —
Heavy Vibrato ... LP Nature Sounds, 2024. New Copy ...
$23.9926.99
Elzhi serves up plenty of great lyrical work here, but our favorite aspect of the record may be the work of Oh No – who definitely takes the title seriously, and uses plenty of vibes throughout! This may well be the best vibes-driven hip hop project we've ever heard – as each track has ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Emerson Lake & Palmer —
Love Beach ... LP Atlantic, 1978. Very Good+ ...
$1.99
Emmeluth is alto saxophonist Signe Emmeluth – a player with a very unusual ear for timing and rhythms, as you'll hear in this completely unique set! The record has a vibe that's very hard to describe in words – maybe partly some of the experimentation of the 80s New York downtown scene ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really fierce blend of avant jazz and post-punk energy – served up here by a group that effortlessly mix complicated reed lines with more driving drums and electric bass – all peppered with vocal contributions from singer Sofia Jernberg! Mats Gustafsson is one of the key forces here ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The American debut of The English Beat – aka the UK group The Beat, who'd been making some big waves with import 45s on the 2Tone label, the burst forth on our US market with a slight shift in name, due to another group hogging their original moniker on our side of the Atlantic! That bit of ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Groovy backings from Sid Bass – and titles that include "Thrill Me", "Show Me A Man", "Wild Is Love", "Like Love", "Mr Wonderful", "For Every Man There's A Woman", and "Since I've Been To You". (Vocalists) LP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has a bent corner and light wear.)
A groundbreaking collaboration between Brian Eno & David Byrne – recorded with a spare, stripped down love of electronics and found sound samples – in a mode that would have a huge influence on countless records to come! Part of the set resonates with the quirky grooves found in ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing with Sterling stamp, including "Qu'Ran". Cover has light ringwear, some wear at the spine, and a small smudge near the bottom.)
Sublime spiritual jazz from Strata East – one of the label's rarest recordings, and one of its hippest too! The set has an incredibly righteous feel – a blend of keyboards, saxes, guitar, percussion, and vocals that steps off with a very deep feel – one that's heavy on the best ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really heady record from the Venezuelan scene of the 70s – a record that mixes hard rock energy with prog-styled instrumentation, all at a level that creates some really dynamic sounds overall! These guys take off right from the start – and although the record's a concept album, the ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the last great soul albums on the Westbound label – the Detroit funk powerhouse known for famous records by Funkadelic, The Counts, and the Detroit Emeralds! Eramus Hall have a vague P-Funk connection – and according to legend, the band were given their name by George Clinton, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
No sophomore slump for the second Eric B & Rakim album – benchmark hip hop of the first order and up there with the best of all time! Following up Paid In Pull was no easy task, and the appropriately titled Follow The Leader makes it look easy, completing one of the great one-two punches ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Paid In Full, indeed! Eric B & Rakim's seminal debut still pays off in so many ways, and it was such a vital link between the party rockin' style of the old school and the terse, hard-hitting beats and rhymes of the nascent school, we can't even come up with the words for the praise it's due. ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the trippiest records we've ever heard from Ilhan Erashin – very different than some of the groove-oriented work he gave us years before, and a rich array of sounds we never would have expected! The album's a trio effort – Erashin on saxes and electric piano, Dave Harrington on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rock-solid collection of work from Eruption – the UK soul group whose sound really exploded during the disco generation! Eruption were always equal parts pop and soul – and the latter half was delivered strongly by the vocals of Precious Wilson – who could soar out of some of ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s club edition. Cover is bent a bit at the edges.)
Eruption —
Our Way ... LP Jupiter (Germany), 1983. Very Good ...
$9.99
Amazing later work from Booker Ervin – far more modern and far-reaching than you'd guess from the "Texas" title in the set! Although Ervin first came onto the scene as a strong-voiced tenorist from a Texas tradition, through the course of the 60s he'd really expanded his musical ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the Blue Note Tone Poet series – heavy vinyl and cover!)
A tremendous non-Prestige moment from tenorist Booker Ervin – one of his first albums ever as a leader, and a record that bristles with 60s modern energy! The group here is only a quartet – with Horace Parlan on piano – and the album's got Booker's amazing tenor right out front, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram pressing – remastered from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman!)
A mighty nice record that carries on some of the work from the European scene of the early 70s – that moment when prog got a slight influence from classical in the way the instrumentation opened up – not just with the virtuoso dexterity of the players, but also in the way the sound ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 300!)
Euclid —
Heavy Equipment ... LP Flying Dutchman/BGP (UK), 1970. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
$23.9929.99
A very different album than most of the other records issued on the Flying Dutchman label at the start of the 70s – not funk, or jazz, or soul material – and instead a stunning hard rock monster that's every bit as revolutionary as titles in those other genres on the label! The group ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes "Hear Comes The Rain Again", "Who's That Girl", "Right By Your Side", "Cool Blue", "Paint A Rumor", and "The First Cut". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)
There's three Evas on the cover, three Evas in the name, and three Evas in the group – a trio of Italian singers whose voices work together in a playful blend of disco and pop! There's almost an Abba-like appeal to the music – really catchy tunes that are unabashedly poppy – ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bill Evans returns to the solo mode of his 60s album for Verve, but in a way that really shows how much he's grown – longer tracks that open up with a great sense of beauty! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Blue lightning label pressing. Cover has light ringwear, edge wear, some fading at the spine, and is bent a bit at the corners.)
Bill Evans' first famous appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival – a great 60s trio session, with Eddie Gomez on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums! The tunes are mostly relatively familiar ones, but the ensemble on the set gives them a freer and more lyrical feel than you might expect ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic never-heard performance from one of the greatest pianists of the 20th Century – a live date recorded in Madison, WI – and exactly the kind of record that reminds us why Bill Evans in a live setting is maybe even more revelatory than Bill Evans in the studio! It's impossible ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Tremendous work from Bill Evans – one of his rare non-trio sides of the 60s – and a stunning batch of tunes with backings from the mighty Claus Ogerman! Most of the tunes here are of classical origin, but they're recast by Evans and Ogerman with almost a soundtrack sensitivity – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A later session from Bill Evans – but one that features some great work from Lee Konitz on alto and Warne Marsh on tenor – one of Evans' last sessions with horn players! Eddie Gomez plays bass – and titles include "Eiderdown", "Pensativa", "Everytime We ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue lightning label pressing. Cover has light wear and a promo stamp.)
Bill Evans —
Eloquence ... LP Fantasy, Mid 70s. Near Mint- ...
$24.99
Beautiful sounds from Bill Evans – unreleased material from the mid 70s – one side that has Bill on electric and acoustic piano, with Eddie Gomez on bass – another side of solo acoustic work! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s brown label pressing. Cover has light wear and is lightly bent at the top corners and spine.)
Beautiful live work from Bill Evans – issued here for the first time, and the kind of special concert that really makes a great addition to his classic catalog! Bill Evans live can really be something wonderful – and that's definitely the case here, as he makes this personal magic with ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic set to feature the Bill Evans Trio with the great Scott Lafaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums! Listening to the set we're reminded of what always brings us back to Evans' playing – a quality that's often described as moody, but which is really is quite spry and lively throughout ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fantastic Verve Records material from Bill Evans – a set that follows the no-nonsense trio style of his Riverside material, but which definitely shows the evolving Evans style of the 60s! The group here is a nicely mellow one – bassist Chuck Israels, whose sound is tremendous – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the excellent Acoustic Sounds series – heavy cover and vinyl!)
An incredible album from Bill Evans – and maybe THE record you need in your collection if you're trying to understand his contribution to jazz! The album's one of Evan's first sides from the Village Vanguard – and features the legendary trio that included Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo Bill Grauer pressing, with microphone logo and deep groove – nice and clean. Cover has light wear, tiny split on the spine.)
One of the few larger group Bill Evans sessions from the later years – an album that features sax and flute from Larry Schneider and trumpet from Tom Harrell – in addition to core trio instrumentation from Bill on piano, Marc Johnson on bass, and Joe LaBarbera on drums. The added horns ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Wonderful late work from piano legend Bill Evans – a set that was recorded in 1977, but not issued until after his death in 1980 – at which point it became an instant essential in his catalog! As with so many of Bill's 70s recordings, the session benefits from the bass work of Eddie ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s issue, still sealed with a large, round ghost sticker spot.)
A fantastic lost set from modernist genius Gil Evans – one that expands on some of the larger group territory he was exploring with Miles Davis at Columbia Records – but with an even hipper range of soloists overall! The lineup on the record is an all-star one – mostly top shelf ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the excellent Blue Note Tone Poet series – heavy cover and vinyl!)
Gil Evans plays an electric grand piano and is joined by a rather large set of musicians who include Masabumi Kikuchi on a variety of synthesizers, Billy Cobham on drums, Lou Soloff on trumpet, George Lewis on trombone and many others. Tracks include two Evans originals – "Copenhagen ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing on Blackhawk. Cover has light wear and a promo sticker.)
A pivotal session for Gil Evans – one that brought his genius to the American public strongly and successfully, without the help of Miles Davis! Sure, Gil had recorded albums as a leader before this one – but the sparkling quality of this set is right up there with the charts he ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono orange and black label pressing with RVG stamp. The inner gatefold has a faint stain on the top edge, but the cover looks great overall!)
Gil Evans —
Svengali ... LP Atlantic, 1973. Near Mint- ...
$8.99
A great example of the way that Gil Evans really opened up his groove in the 70s – moving here way way past the cool jazz and third stream of earlier years – into a soulful style that's far groovier than might be expected! Part of the strength of the set is because of the players ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red & green Broadway label pressing. Cover has aging, light surface wear, and a promo sticker.)
Another dynamite effort from The Ex! By 1985 the Dutch collective had their jackhammer guitar and sharp, intelligent lyrical roar honed to a precise, tense science – and it's at this point that they really started allowing the tribal, earthy percussion that would later help define the groove ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Comes with a 17" x 24" poster and 20-page booklet!)
Lots of groovers from this combo who were big on the Parisian scene of the 70s – titles that include "Jumbolo", "One Favor", "Music Is Revolution", "Gardez Derier", "Which One Is Me Home", and "Don't Bite The Hand". (Global Grooves) LP, Vinyl record album
A really great record, and maybe one of the few hip hop soundtracks to get at the real feel of the music on the streets – maybe no surprise, as the film for which it was created did the same thing! This isn't a fluffed-up Hollywood take on hip hop, with mainstream soul thrown into the mix ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Seminal 70s work from Sarah Webster Fabio – an amazing blend of poetry and music, and incredibly hip all the way through! Fabio's got a depth that goes beyond other commercial poets of the time – a righteousness that's right at home in the spiritual jazz scene of the 70s, and which is ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful heavy pressing – almost like the original!)