Soul Up North (UK), 2010. New Copy
The magazine's kind of a home-made affair, production-wise – but it's a treasure trove of information and knowledge for any fan of rare soul! As usual, there's loads of bits on rare vinyl, especially singles – and there's also features on Gary Shider, Sigidi, Rare Modern Soul, Kell
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Soul Up North (UK), 2009. New Copy
The always-lovely Tamiko Jones graces the cover of Soul Up North this time around – and gets a pretty nice feature inside! As with other issues, there's some incredible coverage here on rare records – the kind of gems and nuggets that the publication's dedicated writers are always
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Soul Up North (UK), 2009. New Copy
A cool look at the legendary Peacock Records label – once home to OV Wright and James Booker – complete with a Peacock discography at the end! Other features this time around include early 80s Motown Funk, The Rare Side Of Girl Group Soul, Chicago Soul, and a look at UK Music For
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Record Collector, 2010. New Copy
Clapton's on the cover, and his career is covered in just the way we'd hope from Record Collector – with a strong focus on all the unusual moments and rare bits! There's also a nice feature on the recent rise of interest in 2 Tone, plus Gorillaz collectables, 20 LPs worth up to 2000 Pounds,
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Wax Poetics, 2010. New Copy
The excellent R&B issue of Wax Poetics – with split covers featuring generation defining artists – with Barry White or Gil-Scott Heron on the front and D'Angelo or Erykah Badu on the back! Inside #42 are great features on all of the above, plus pieces on a far reaching roster of
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Shindig, 2010. New Copy
An amazing shot of Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra is on the cover – a piece on Lee covers Peter Gunn to A Cowboy In Sweden – A Life In Music. Need more? This issue also has articles on Giles, Giles & Fripp, Michael Fennelly, Pandamonium, Bang, Captain Sensible, Louise and more.
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Wax Poetics, 2007. New Copy
This one's titled "The Hip Hop Issue" – but as usual, Wax Poetics has a lot more to offer than just what's on the cover – a wealth of great features that are essential reading for any classic crate digger! Hip Hop articles include bits on Devin The Dude, 9th Wonder, Percee P,
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Wax Poetics, 2008. New Copy
DC's revolutionary Bad Brains and little known Memphis cat (cough) Elvis Presley rock the respective front and back covers of the Rock Issue – the 30th from of the deep diggers at Wax Poetics! Wax Poetics, almost needless to say, does a really inspired job of chronicling the sprawling, soul
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Wax Poetics, 2006. New Copy
Bill Withers is on the cover, but the real star of this issue is its massive feature on Brazilian soul of the 70s – taken in the Wax Poetics in-depth style, complete with dozens of color images of classic album covers, and an added feature on Banda Unaio Black! But the whole issue's plenty
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Wax Poetics, 2007. New Copy
Wax Poetics goes with a dual covers format for issue #22 – with the increasingly legendary deep funky soul chanteuse Betty Davis on the front – and Oakland street hop legend Too Short on the back – plus pieces on Pharoahe Monch, Rhettmatic, Martha Cooper, Ornette Coleman, Joao
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Wax Poetics, 2005. New Copy
THE bible for all things funky – the only magazine that gets our attention so strongly, issue after issue! This time around, the Wax Poetics crew are tackling some great artists from years back – including Charles Wright, Jimmy McGriff, Afrika Bambaataa, and John Klemmer – who
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Wax Poetics, 2007. New Copy
Mighty Mandrill get their due on the front cover of Wax Poetics – and the rest of the issue follows suit in some equally funky territory! Features this time around include bits on Marcos Valle, Andy Smith, Leroy Burgess, Oh No, Larry Harlow, Eddie Cheba, Joe Sample, Herman Hitson, and others
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Wax Poetics, 2007. New Copy
They're not kidding about "The Photo Issue" tag on the cover – because this issue of Wax Poetics is filled with a wealth of amazing music photos – so much so, it almost feels like one of those high-end art books, but at a fraction of the price! The issue seems much larger
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Galactic Zoo Dossier, 2009. New Copy
A massive ode to astral folk and guitar gods from Chicago's indefatigable Plastic Crimewave – 88 pages of psychedelic rock and folk coverage, interviews, bios and more – most of it hand drawn, and in comic form – incredible stuff! Galactic Zoo Dossier #8 features interviews with
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Wax Poetics, 2010. New Copy
Wax Poetics is back with another excellent hip hop rooted issue – with front & back cover stars split between classic Janette Beckman shots of KRS One and EPMD, plus iconic pics of Ice Cube and Ice T! The issue revisits nascent hip hop from NYC boom bap to early west coast hip hop and
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Powerhouse Books, 2009. New Copy
A photo illustrated ode to ownership culture – the Gotta Have It issue of Powerhouse Magazine! Issue #4 of Powerhouse is loaded with great photos – par for the course from the Powerhouse team, but always bears special mention – a collection of articles and photography very
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Powerhouse Books, 2007. New Copy
The debut of Powerhouse Magazine – a large, photo-centric celebration of NYC street culture spanning the first 30 years of the hip hop era – a promising beginning to what we hope will continue on as a fine slice of life photo journal for a long time to come! You're probably thinking
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Echoes Of The Past, 2010. New Copy
A great magazine that doesn't just echo the past – it uncovers it! Much of the coverage here is on stuff that goes way beyond obvious dusties and oldies territory – great obscure artists who include The Tyrones, Johnny Maestro, The Empires, Juveniles, Twilights, and Embers – all
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Keep Rockin, 2010. New Copy
It's easy to keep rockin with a magazine this groovy – a publication that not only remembers the music, but also brings back some other cool aspects of the 50s and 60s! This time around, the issue includes articles on Jimmy Velvit/Jimmy Velvet, Glen Glenn, Peter Fonda, An Ultimate Night Of
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Wax Poetics, 2008. New Copy
Always essential reading from the Wax Poetics crew – one of those magazines we wouldn't miss for anything, and which we proudly store on our shelves as if it were a book! And sure, they upped the price a few bucks this time around, but the journal is still a total bargain – all color,
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