One of a number of disco sessions that were recorded in Europe, then spiced up a bit more in the US – in this case at Sigma Sound, by Tom Moulton. The album's got the hokey disco sound you'd expect from an effort like that – but it does sport one winner, a disco update of Piero ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A groundbreaking little record – and one that's hardly ever been matched again! Liquid Liquid sprang onto the scene with this amazing debut EP for 99 Records – a set that's got a wicked blend of funky drums, post-punk darkness, and this cool criss-crossing of modes that perfectly sums ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Reissue of a record that was originally issued on Time Records – only briefly during the 60s. The album's a killer from Booker Little – one of the last few records that Book cut before his early death, and one of his only ones as a leader! The album features an excellent soulbop ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 70s issue. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Booker Little —
Out Front! ... LP Candid, 1961. Near Mint- ...
$29.99
Supremely soulful modern jazz from the great Booker Little – one of his best albums ever as a leader, and a real standout moment amidst so many of the re-titled sessions that came out after his early death! The album's got a tremendous feel from the very first note – a furthering of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s Barnaby pressing. Cover has light wear and a cut corner.)
Little Esther (Esther Phillips) —
Bad Baad Girl ... LP King/Charly (UK), Early 50s. Near Mint- ...
$14.9919.99
A really wonderful collection of early work from the great Esther Phillips – different than her later material for Atlantic and Kudu Records – as it was done in a raw R&B style for the mighty King Records! 16 tracks in all – and detailed notes on the material, too! (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
A great example of why Little Milton was always one of the few Chicago blues artists who could also break strongly in the soul camp at the time – and a beautifully balanced set that perfectly shows both sides of the Chicago scene of the time! Production is by old Vee Jay maestro Calvin ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue fade label stereo promo. Cover has ringwear, heavy edge wear, call letters in marker on both sides, pieces of colored tape at the spine, and a peeled spot and some titles circles in marker in back. Labels have call letters in marker.)
Little Richard doing his much imitated, never bettered thing on the Fabulous Little Richard LP – released near the end of the 50s and featuring emotive r&b numbers he cut in earlier sessions – not all as wild-eyed and fiery as some of his 50s recordings but a soulful thrill! The ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 70s pressing. Cover has light ringwear, some edge wear, and bumped corneres.)
Little Richard —
Gold ... LP Vee Jay, Late 1950s/1960s. Very Good+ 2LP ...
$7.99
Little Sonny —
Hard Goin Up ... LP Enterprise, 1973. Near Mint- ...
$14.9919.99
Funky blues from Little Sonny – very much in the spirit of his Black & Blue album for Stax, in that the album's a mix of Memphis soul and bluesy licks – making for a full-on style that really cooks things up! Sonny sings and plays harmonica, but the best side of the album is the ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some surface wear and is lightly bent near the top of the spine.)
(80s white label Lincoln Ave pressing with blue text. Cover has light wear and is bent a bit at the spine.)
Little Willie John —
Talk To Me ... LP King, Late 50s. Very Good+ ...
$24.99
Beautiful work from one of the greatest R&B vocalists ever! Willie sounds wonderful on tracks that include "Talk To Me Talk To Me", "Uh Uh Baby", "Drive Me Home", "Tell It Like It Is", "Person To Person", "Until You Do", and "I'll ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s white label Power Pak pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Features Johnny Littlejohn on vocals and guitar – on titles that include "Seven Day Blues", "Lost In The Jungle", "Bloody Tears", "Lottery Blues", "Two way Street", and "Chips Flying Everywhere". (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
Edu Lobo —
Personalidade ... LP Polygram (Brazil), Late 60s/1970s. Near Mint- ...
$11.9914.99
Beautiful work by one of the true geniuses of Brazilian music – an artist whose career started in the bossa nova generation, then stretched out with an amazing sense of scope and sound! All of Edu's early gems are here – in a set list that includes the classic "Upa Neguinho", ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 90s Philips remaster. Cover has light wear, lightly bent corners, and a Polygram sticker in front.)
Joe Locascio with Chet Baker —
Sleepless ... LP PA USA, Mid 80s. Near Mint- ...
$7.99
One of the more unusual late entries in the Chet Baker catalog – a set done with Joe Locascio on piano and keyboards, plus guest vocals on one track from Terri Meason! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small corner cut, slightly wavy corners, and is bent at the top right corner.)
Joe Loco —
Goin' Loco ... LP Tico, Early 60s. Very Good+ ...
$19.9929.99
Joe Loco was one of the most amazing early Latin piano talents, and in an album like this, you can really hear him go to work in a savage way! On this set, Joe moves all over the keys in a number of different ways – from heavy left-handed stride playing, to light and lovely jazz soloing, to ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label pressing, with deep groove. Vinyl has a short click on the first track. Cover has clear tape on all seams, light surface wear & aging, name in marker on the back.)
Seemed like Joe was always in a mambo mood at the time he was making these sides for Tico – but that's A-OK with us, as the record's a corker – tight little grooves in Joe's best percussion/piano format! A few tracks even have some vibes, which makes for a nice sound – and titles ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono black label pressing. Cover has light wear and aging, with a small name in pen and an ink stamp in back.)
The wonderful first solo album from Nils Lofgren – done with this lean, tight sound that's nicely different than his previous work with Grin – and which really lets Nils show off all the best sides of his vocals and guitar! The group is just a core trio with Wornell Jones on bass ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a partially unglued bottom seam.)
Nils Lofgren —
Wonderland ... LP American Beat, 1983. Near Mint- ...
$11.99
(Japanese promo pressing, with obi and insert. Cover has a promo sticker.)
Loggins & Messina —
Mother Lode ... LP Columbia, 1974. Near Mint- ...
$24.99
Mother Lode has a somewhat more fuller sound overall – one that's got bits of the western touches you might expect from the prospecting reference in the title – tunes that almost have a Deadwood way of echoing the past, but which come across with a much more 70s LA vibe overall. The ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Late 70s Japanese pressing – 25AP 1290 – with wide obi and insert.)
Plenty of body, and even more soul – a great little groove on the record at points, in that slinky, vampy sort of mode that Julie London picked up in the 60s! The album's got Julie taking on a fair bit of R&B and bluesy numbers – still singing in her more jazz-based style, but ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a spot of sticker residue, faint ring wear, and partially split seams.)
Julie London —
By Myself ... LP Liberty, Mid 60s. Very Good+ ...
$9.99
A record that has Julie London already hitting that great "Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast" mode of later years – the adult, informed approach that showed that the teasing nude of the 50s had turned into a pleasing woman of the 60s – capable of frank presentation of ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing. Cover has light wear and discoloration from age.)
Hard to imagine that Julie London would ever have to ask anyone to make love to her – at least not when she looks as sexy as this on the cover! The album's a key early classic for Liberty – still very fragile, personal, and up-close enough to make you think you might just be able to ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono turquoise label pressing with deep groove. Cover has splitting on all seams, surface wear & aging, small sticker.)
Reg Tilsley's got the London Studio Group turning out some very cool tunes – on this rare early 10" album from DeWolf! (Sound Library) LP, Vinyl record album
(Label has a bit of marker, and back cover has a few stamps and pen – but otherwise this is a great copy.)
Includes "Join My Gang", "You Don't Know What's Right, You Don't Know What's Wrong", "10-5-60", "And She Rides", and "Born To Believe In You". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Weird and wild sounds from Screaming Lord Sutch – and a set that has as many "heavy friends" at play as his better-known previous album for Cotillion! As with that set, the vibe here is an odd mix of older beat group styles from mid 60s London, but filtered through a generation ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original US pressing. Cover has a cutout notch and light wear.)
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a promo stamp.)
Los Sospechos —
Postales ... LP Colemine, 2013. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$29.99
Deep funk, but with a compelling twist – bits of South American styles filtering into the mix from time to time, but in subtle ways that never lose the groove! The album's a soundtrack, but works more like a funk album on its own – and is a great full length follow-up to some of the ... (Deep Funk) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black vinyl promo pressing. Includes the download card.)
(Mono black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some wear and aging, peeled spot from sticker removal, some clear tape at the top seam and spine, and some marker in back.)
A great lost chapter in the career of Darlene Love – a soul singer who's maybe known best for her early work with Phil Spector in The Crystals – but who ended up with a long legacy in music, which is partly added to by this collection! The core of the set features some mid 60s ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited 2022 RSD issue on teal vinyl – still sealed with hype sticker!)
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a promo stamp, hype stickers, and a light wear.)
Love —
Da Capo ... LP Elektra, 1967. Near Mint- ...
$29.9934.99
A stunning second album from Love – a set that's still without the fuller orchestrations and baroque touches of Forever Changes – but which already shows the group moving in that direction! The rough, gritty edge of the group is very firmly intact – but they've already got a ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Recent red vinyl limited reissue with bonus colored 7" single.)
What can we say? This is one of the greatest albums of all time! The record's got a sound that's completely unique – as crack LA garage punk rock meets Hollywood baroque production, and the result is an amazing bit of loud guitar noise backed by strings and horns, all graced by the godlike ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red label, big "E" pressing. Cover has light edge & ring wear, ghost sticker spot.)
Love —
Love ... LP Elektra, 1966. Very Good+ ...
$39.99
Love's first album – a seminal bit of Sunset Strip rock, and every bit as powerful today as it was in the 60s! The style's a bit sharper-edged than the group's classic and more familiar Forever Changes set, but it's still pretty darn great – a completely fresh batch of guitar-heavy ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo big E red label pressing. Cover has a cut corner, but is great otherwise!)
Quite an obscure one by Love – a mid 70s record that actually has quite a bit of soul in the mix! The album almost seems to be going for a Sly Stone approach – expanding the group past Arthur Lee and crew with a host of additional players that include Harvey Mandel, Bobby Lyle, and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the heavy inner sleeve. Cover has a cutout hole.)
Wonderful work from Love Sculpture – a heavy British trio from the end of the 60s – and one that features a young Dave Edmunds on guitar! There's a slight bluesy undercurrent in Dave's style, but the music also has that tightly compressed sound that would emerge more strongly during ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original US pressing. Cover has splitting on the bottom seam, light surface wear, corner bumps.)
A wonderful album by Barry White – a bit later than some of the early 70s hits, but one of his most satisfying records overall! The perpetual favorite on the album is the great groover "Strange Games & Things", a slow sly funky track that's been sampled often over the years, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has ring and edge wear, partially unglued top seam, and a small split in the bottom seam.)
An album of theirs that you don't see that often – with Barry White's takes on popular movie hits. Some of this veers a little to close to the cheesy side of things, but it's worth it for the "Theme From King Kong" alone, an uptempo funk number that has a great almost afro-funk ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
HP Lovecraft drummer Michael Tegza soldiers on with a new group as Lovecraft – with a tighter sound that blends hard driving drums and guitars with more delicate, harmony vocal accented songcraft! It's a far cry from the psychedelic experimentation of HP Lovecraft – but it's actually a ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cut corner, splitting on the spine, ring wear.)
Here it is – the first Spoonful LP in all its sunny, groovy glory – and the sum is so much more than just a great single! Like the Byrds, the group is built on traditionally structured back-porch melodies. In the case of the Spoonful, jug band influences provide the core rhythmic ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono yellow label pressing with deep groove. Cover has wear, aging, a cutout hole and a mostly split top seam.)
The most understated album by the Lovin Spoonful – and possibly their best work ever! It's really a showcase for leader/chief songwriter John Sebastian and proto-country rock guitarist Zal Yanovsky. "Summer In The City" is the one that buttered the group's bread for the next ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing. Cover has edge wear, hype sticker, cutout hole, aging. Includes Kama Sutra inner sleeve.)
Lovin' Spoonful —
Pop History Vol 5 ... LP Polydor (UK), 1960s. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$6.99
Mundell Lowe —
Billy Jack ... LP Billy Jack Records, 1971. Near Mint- ...
$3.99
Features overall scoring by Mundell Lowe, with jazzy instrumentals that are trying to have a serious "southwest" sound to them – plus lots of vocal tracks with a similar folksy style to the film's big hit "One Tin Soldier", included on this album. That one's sung by the ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Later Warner pressing with Burbank labels in a "One Tin Soldier" cover, with a cut corner.)
Very early work from guitarist Mundell Lowe, and quite compelling, too – with small combo instrumentation that includes Phil Kraus on marimba and celeste, Stix Kahn on vibes, and either Sal Salvador or Don Arnone on second guitar. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Includes "Livin' The Life", "Money, Power, Respect" featuring DMX and Lil Kim, "The Heist", "Everybody Wanna Rat", and "We'll Always Love Big Poppa". 21 tracks total including interludes. (Hip Hop) LP, Vinyl record album
LTD —
Shine On ... LP A&M, 1980. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Massively solid boogie work from Jeffrey Osborne and LTD – still grooving beautifully at the end of the 70s, and working here with top-shelf production from Bobby Martin! The set's got that buoyant LTD groove that was a perfect foil for Osborne's soaring vocals – a sound that never ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
Jon Lucien —
I Am Now ... LP RCA, 1970. Near Mint- ...
$29.99
The beginning of an amazing run on RCA for vocalist Jon Lucien – working here in a sublime blend of styles that's way beyond simple soul or standard jazz! Lucien's got a sound that's unlike anything we can think of – apart from the countless imitators who've tried for his style in ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing – in great shape! Cover has some light wear, and ringwear that includes a few worn spots on the front.)
(50s mono black label pressing. Cover has light wear, yellowing from age, and masking tape holding the seams.)
Lydia Lunch —
13 13 ... LP Ruby, 1982. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
Lydia Lunch's solo follow up to the great Queen Of Siam – we're not sure if the underground classic status of the predecessor is the reason this one's been so comparably underappreciated, but for whatever the reason, it's time to wake up! Stark, unnerving, bleak and sexy all at the same time. ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light ring wear, wavy bottom corner with patchy peel spots.)
Arthur Lyman —
Yellow Bird ... LP Hi Fi, Late 50s. Near Mint- ...
$6.998.99
Sweet exotic sounds from the Arthur Lyman group – heavy on vibes and lots of hip percussion – recorded with a gently swaying feel that recalls the best energy of the Hawaiian scene in the postwar years! The set's one of Lyman's early solo dates – recorded Henry Kaiser Aluminum ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Massive work from the great Cheryl Lynn – and a key bridge between late 70s disco and the newer grooves of the 80s club scene! The album's a mix of midtempo groovers with a few mellower tracks – and it's got a tight, slightly jazzy sound that was very fresh at the time, and which still ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono teal & silver label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some ring and edge wear, yellowing from age, tiny split in the bottom seam, and small tears in the back paste-on.)
One of the stranger records on the Paul Winley label – mostly known for its important funk and hip hop recordings! The set features older work by Gloria Lynne, reissued in this 70s package, "by popular demand", as the cover states. Tracks are in the standard Lynne mode – and ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 70s issue. Cover has some ring and edge wear.)
A landmark album of the 60s – and a record that forever put Gloria Lynne on the map! The album's got a sense of poise and class that was almost a genre into itself – one that crossed Gloria over big with the title hit version of "I Wish You Love", but which was also supported ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono blue label pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Johnny Lytle —
Loop ... LP Tuba, 1966. Very Good- ...
Just Sold Out!
One of the coolest, grooviest albums ever from jazz vibist Johnny Lytle – a set that really leans into the impact that he was having with the soul instrumental crowd, and which serves up tunes in these short, tight grooves that show why Johnny was the king of the stepping dancefloor in the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. The back cover has a small sticker and spot of marker.)
Includes recordings with a thirteen-piece combo led by Don Rendell and featuring Jimmy Skidmore; with Lyttleton's Paseo Band; and in a smaller group with Johnny Picard on trombone, Kathleen Stobart on tenor, Tony Coe on alto, Ian Armit on piano, Brian Brocklehurst on bass, and Eddie Taylor on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono red label pressing – Made In England. Cover has ring and edge wear, yellowing from age, half split top seam, faint pencil in back, and lightly bent corners.)
Maybe one of the most soul-based records ever from percussionist Ralph MacDonald – partly because Ralph does a bit of singing, in addition to playing the heavy congas on the cover! Yet the record's still got the core jazz vibe of his other sets from the late 70s – served up with an all- ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and appears to be inscribed by the artist on the back.)
Machito/Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie —
Afro Cuban Jazz ... LP Verve, Early 50s. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
Groundbreaking Latin Jazz – and an essential 2LP set! The album brings together classic work for Norman Granz' Verve and Clef labels in the cubop mode – including Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca Suite, Machito's Afro-Cuban Suite, titles by Chico O'Farrill, and others recorded in 1949 and ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album