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Abstracts — Hey, Let's Go Now . . . LP Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Paolo Achenza Trio — Ombre . . . LP Around February 1, 2012 (delayed) One of the first albums ever on the now-legendary Schema Records label – a wicked batch of Fender Rhodes funk from keyboardist Paolo Achenza, with production and arrangements by Nicola Conte! Achenza's keyboard sound is right on the money – and back at the time of the album's release, h ...

Bobby Aitken — Original Rocksteady 1967/1968 . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Toshiko Akiyoshi — Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 An early Verve album by Japanese pianist Toshiko Akioshi – recorded during her 50s years in the US, with a heavy boppish sound that's quite different than her later work! At the time, Toshiko was a strong disciple of Bud Powell – and there's a lot of Powell's fluid frenetic playing in h ...

Alan Bown — Outward Bown . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Alchemist & Oh No (Gangrene) — Vodka & Ayahuasca . . . LP Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring — Friendly Fire . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Bruno Alexiu — Inferno – L'Enfer D'Henri-Georges Clouzot . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Johnnie Allan — Promised Land – South Louisiana Swamp Pop Gold . . . CD Late February, 2012

Roland Alphonso/Drumbago — Pipeline/You've Been Drunk . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Ray Anderson/Han Bennink/Christy Doran — ABD . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Roman Andren — Cabra Negra . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Horace Andy — Good Vibes . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 Sweet! – we can't get enough of Horace Andy's sweet falsetto keening over these chugging, fat rhythms! A tremendous set of sides Andy cut in the mid-70s, packaged together with a few of the cuts in dub versions. While Andy cut many seminal sides for Coxsonne Dodd's Studio One, this work, som ...

Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandura & Toumani Diabate — A Curva Da Cintura (DVD) . . . DVD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Auteur Jazz — Cunning Album . . . CD Late February, 2012

Auteur Jazz — Cunning Peddler/Naigo (part 2) . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Axxess — Novels For The Moons . . . LP Early March, 2012

Kevin Ayers — Joy Of A Toy . . . LP Around February 20, 2012 A wonderful departure for Kevin Ayers – an album that's a lot lighter and more whimsical than his original fame with Soft Machine! The tunes are extremely playful, and often quite catchy – almost a Donovan-esque blend of folksy roots and jazz inflections – but tuned a bit more tow ...

Albert Ayler — Stockholm/Berlin 1966 . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Azanyah — One . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Azanyah — One . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Ab Baars/Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen Love — Double Tandem – Cement . . . CD Mid-April, 2012

Luis Bacalov — OSS 77 Operazione Fior Di Loto . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Lavern Baker — Love Me Right/Tiny Tim . . . 7-inch Early February, 2012

Balkan Beat Box — Give . . . CD Early March, 2012

Ballinjack — Ballinjack . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 Lost rock session with a good funky edge to it. The sound's a bit like Mandrill on the best cuts, with the band grooving it hard in a brassy sort of way with nice jazzy moments. Tracks include the famously sampled "Found a Child", "Never Let Em Say", "Street People", ...

Sandy Barber — Best Is Yet To Come . . . CD Around February 13, 2012 Nice obscure bit of jazzy soul with a good club groove, and a record that's easy to pass up if you don't know what it is. Arrangements are by David Wofford and Nat Adderley Jr., and the groove is nice and heavy, with a very tight production sound that works well with Barber's voice. Titles include ...

Zelia Barbosa — Brazil – Songs Of Protest . . . LP Around February 10, 2012 An amazing record – one we'd easily rank right up there with some of our favorite 60s albums from Brazil – including work by Baden Powell or Elis Regina! This session has echoes of the best of both of those artists, but also predates their key moments too – a groundbreaking record ...

Bobby Bare — Hard Time Hungrys/The Winner & Other Losers . . . CD Around February 5, 2012

Czeslaw Bartkowski — Drums Dream . . . CD Fall 2011 (delayed) A drum-heavy set from Polish percussionist Czeslaw Bartkowski – mostly solo on most tracks, but with occasional accompaniment on trumpet, electric piano, and soprano sax on a few of the fuller numbers – plus some great funky big band arrangements at the end! The sound is often spare and ...

Ortheia Barnes — Never Ever Leave Me (alt)/What Should I Do (inst) . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Pierre Barouh — Dit Vert . . . CD Mid-October, 2011 (delayed)

Kenny Barron — Artistry Of Kenny Barron . . . CD Early November, 2009 (delayed)

Batida — Batida . . . CD Early March, 2012

Batida — Batida . . . LP Early March, 2012

Masaki Batoh — Brain Pulse Music . . . CD Late February, 2012

Masaki Batoh — Brain Pulse Music . . . LP Late February, 2012

Beastie Boys feat Santigold — Don't Play No Game (That I Can't Win) (Major Lazer rmx, Major Lazer dub) (orange vinyl pressing) . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

David Bedford — Star's End . . . CD Around March 26, 2012

Beginning Of The End — Beginning Of The End (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 One of the rarest funky records of all time – the rare second album by Beginning Of The End! This West Indian combo hit it big with their first album on Alston, but this second set, for some strange reason, never really got distributed – which is a damn shame, because it's every bit as ...

Richard Beirach — Eon . . . CD Around March 21, 2012

Bemibem — Bemowe Frazy . . . CD Around December 1, 2011 (delayed) Very groovy vocal jazz from Poland – very much in the style of the best work by the Novi Singers! The group's led by the lovely Ewa Bem, but features harmonizing male voices behind her on many titles – set alongside lightly electric instrumentation that has lots of sweet breezy touches! ...

Sir Ali Bengali — ABX (voc, inst) . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Fred Berlipp Band — Beating Steel/Law Breaker . . . 7-inch Spring 2012

Gil Bernal — Dogs/James . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Elmer Bernstein — Gold . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Pedro Biker with Kenny Drew & Sahib Shihab — Song Is You . . . CD Early October, 2011 (delayed) An amazing vocal album from the European scene of the 60s – sung by Pedro Biker with a sound that's a fair bit like Mark Murphy at the time – and which is supported by amazing arrangements from pianist Kenny Drew! The sound here is really bold and strong – often modal and soulfull ...

Rolf Billberg — Darn That Dream . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Andrew Bird — Break It Yourself . . . CD Early March, 2012

Andrew Bird — Break It Yourself (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Early March, 2012

Bixio-Frizzi-Tempera — Ritratto Di Borghesia In Nero . . . CD Early February, 2012

Biz Markie — Biz Never Sleeps . . . CD Around February 28, 2012 Biz's second LP from 1989 – what can we tell you about the Biz that you don't already know? As far as we're concerned there's a lot of MC's that could learn a lesson or two from the Biz, and producers too. Good time middle school hip hop, with nice sample based production and a great sense o ...

Biz Markie — Biz Never Sleeps . . . LP Around February 28, 2012 Biz's second LP from 1989 – what can we tell you about the Biz that you don't already know? As far as we're concerned there's a lot of MC's that could learn a lesson or two from the Biz, and producers too. Good time middle school hip hop, with nice sample based production and a great sense o ...

J Blackfoot — Taxi – The Best Of The Soundtown & Edge Years . . . CD Around February 15, 2012

Ran Blake & Anthony Braxton — Memory Of Vienna . . . CD Early February, 2012

Ran Blake — That Certain Feeling . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Ran Blake with David Fabris — Vilnius Noir . . . LP Around January 15, 2012 (delayed)

Art Blakey — 1958 Paris Olympia . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 An excellent live set by the Jazz Messengers – recorded in Paris in 1958, but with a hard heavy groove that's right up there with their best Blue Note work. The group at this time – Blakey, Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, and Jymie Merritt – plays hard, heavy, and straigh ...

Gyedu Blay Ambolley — Mumunde/Fa No Dem Ara . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Gyedu Blay Ambolley — Mumunde/Fa No Dem Ara – Ghana Funk Sampler (CD single) . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann, Gary Peacock — Annette . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Carla Bley — Live! . . . CD Around March 21, 2012

Blowfly — Porno Freak . . . LP Early February, 2012 Well of course the guy's a porno freak – after all, his albums of the 70s were as close to audio porn as you'll ever get! And on this album, Blowfly's certainly keeping things below the belt – working in a style that's a bit tighter than before, and with some nice P-Funk touches, plus a ...

Blue Mink — Blue Mink Singles Collection . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Blue Rhythm Combo — Black Water Gold/Take The Funky Feeling . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Blue Rhythm Combo — BRC's Groove (3 x 7" set) . . . 7-inch Around February 6, 2012 Massive Caribbean funk from the 70s – a killer collection of grooves from the legendary Blue Rhythm Combo! The sound here is way more US-funky than you might expect – as BRC really drew heavily from American acts of the time, especially on the rhythmic tip – which is always mighty ...

Blues & Rhythm — Issue 267 – March 2012 . . . Magazine Around February 20, 2012

Blues & Rhythm — Issue 263 . . . Magazine Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Blues Right Off — Our Blues Bag . . . LP Around October 1, 2011 (delayed)

Blundetto — Warm My Soul . . . CD Around February 13, 2012

Blundetto — Warm My Soul . . . LP Around February 13, 2012

Angela Bofill — Angie (with bonus track) . . . CD Around February 13, 2012 Angela Bofill's sublime first album – a mixture of jazzy soul and soulful jazz, all put together with a sound that's really a cut above most of her contemporaries! As with Jean Carn or Phyllis Hyman, there's a sophistication to Angela's sound here that indicates roots in much hipper territory ...

Bonobo — Black Sands Remixed . . . CD Around February 21, 2012

Bonobo — Black Sands Remixed (3LP set) . . . LP Around February 21, 2012

Bonobo — Kiara . . . 12-inch Late February, 2012

Booma Rockers — Soul Food/Booma Woman . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Borbetomagus — Experience The Magic . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Borbetomagus & Voice Crack — Fish That Sparkling Bubble . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Borbetomagus — Live In Allentown . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Borbetomagus — Seven Reasons For Tears . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Borbetomagus — Song Our Mother Taught Us . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Botticelli — Sound Of Today/Classics IN Latin . . . CD Around November 21, 2011 (delayed)

David Boykin — Live At The Dorchester Project . . . CD Early March, 2012

David Boykin — Live At The Dorchester Project . . . LP Early March, 2012

Anthony Braxton — Nine (+1) Tristano Compositions 1989 – For Warne Marsh . . . CD Around June 1, 2012

Anthony Braxton — Seven Compositions 1989 . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Brewer & Shipley — Down In LA (with bonus track) . . . CD Late March, 2012

Ronnel Bright — Ronnel Bright Trio (180 gram vinyl) . . . LP Early August, 2012 One of the few albums ever cut as a leader by pianist Ronnell Bright – a player best known for his accompaniment behind famous vocalists, like Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson! This rare date was cut in Paris – at a time when Bright was visiting the city with Vaughan – and it's a st ...

Roy Brooks & The Artistic Truth — Black Survival . . . CD Late March, 2012

Roy Brooks & The Artistic Truth — Black Survival . . . LP Late March, 2012

Cedric Brooks & Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari — One Truth . . . LP Early March, 2012 The horn of Cedric Brooks meets Count Ossie's Nyabinghi troop the Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari for an excellent set of rootsy percussion topped off with some soulful jazzy blowing! Brooks solos between ensemble horn parts over heavy duty Rasta drums on this set filled with rippling African inspir ...

Peter Brotzmann — No Nothing . . . CD Around April 1, 2011 (delayed)

Dennis Brown, Delroy Wilson, & Big Youth — Live At The Turntable Club . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Glen Brown & King Tubby — Termination Dub . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 More raw rhythms dubbed into infinity by the master King Tubby! The number of incredible dubs produced by Tubby is almost overwhelming, but to us, they're all essentials. Here, Blood & Fire collects his work with producer Glen Brown, with some highlights from the renowned sax player "Dirt ...

Dave Brubeck Quartet — Dave Digs Disney (German pressing) . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed) Dave Digs Disney – and hence, so do we! The album's one of the first to ever pay tribute to the great compositions heard in Disney films – and it features the magical sound of the Brubeck Quartet, turned upon a host of familiar numbers, and transforming them into longer vehicles for jaz ...

Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack — Cracked Refraction . . . CD Late February, 2012

Tony Bruno — Hell's Angels '69 . . . CD Around February 15, 2012 An excellent biker soundtrack – very different than the usual bag! For this one, Tony Bruno has come up with some great instrumentals – many of them jazzier than you'd think, and a few with some nice funky Capitol instrumental touches. About half the tracks are vocals – in the To ...

Bucketheads — All In The Mind . . . CD Around February 28, 2012

Chas Burchell/Tox Drohar/Dave Cliff/Peter Ind — No Kidding . . . LP Around November 15, 2011 (delayed) Obscure stuff, but a very nice set of British jazz, recorded by a group of obscure players who's main claim to fame is bassist Peter Ind, the ex-Konitz disciple who also recorded and released the session on his own Wave label. The set feels like a lost live set recorded by Ind back in the 50s (and ...

Eric Burdon & The Animals — Love Is . . . CD Around March 1, 2012 A fantastic double-length set from The Animals – recorded in LA in the late 60s, and with plenty of great Sunset Strip influences in the mix! The band here is different than before – with Zoot Money handling both organ and piano, plus a bit of vocals, and Andy Summers joining in on guit ...

Kenny Burrell — Generation Ago Today . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A really sweet little album from guitarist Kenny Burrell – one in which he takes older tunes ("a generation ago"), and updates them with a sweetly compressed Verve 60s groove ("today"!) The record features 2 small groups – one with Ron Carter, Grady Tate, and Phil Wo ...

Burrell Brothers — Burrell Brothers Present The Nu Groove Years . . . CD Early February, 2012

Burrell Brothers — Burrell Brothers Present The Nu Groove Years – Vol 1 . . . LP Early February, 2012

Burrell Brothers — Burrell Brothers Present The Nu Groove Years – Vol 2 . . . LP Early February, 2012

Donald Byrd & Barney Wilen — Jazz In Camera . . . CD Late February, 2012

Donald Byrd & Barney Wilen — Jazz In Camera . . . LP Late February, 2012

Donald Byrd — Parisian Thoroughfare (180 gram vinyl) . . . LP Early August, 2012 The second volume of work that Donald Byrd recorded live at the Olympia in Paris in 1958 – even harder-hitting in tone than the first! The set features Byrd playing some tight hardbop lines – working in a cool group that also features Bobby Jaspar on tenor, Walter Davis Jr on piano, Dou ...

Don Byron & The New Gospel Quartet — Love, Peace, & Soul . . . CD Late February, 2012

Cachao — Descarga . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Cachao — Descargas & Mambo . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Cachao — Jam Session With Feeling . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed) An excellent batch of Cuban recordings with a lot more life, a lot more feeling, and a lot more groove than some of his later recordings. Loads of nice ones, including "Descarga Colombiana", "El Manicero", "Sama Rew", "Sabador La Bamba", and "Azucar Sala ...

Cachao — Latin Jazz Descarga Part 1 . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed)

Cachao — Latin Jazz Descarga Part 2 . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed)

Cachao — Maestro De Maestros – Cachao Y Su Descarga 1986 . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed)

John Cage — Ryoanji . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

David Cain — Radiophonic Workshop – The Seasons . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

David Cain — Radiophonic Workshop – The Seasons . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Uri Caine — Drummer Boy . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Gary Calamar & Phil Gallo — Record Store Days – From Vinyl To Digital & Back Again (paperback) . . . Book Around December 20, 2011 (delayed) Somebody's finally gone out and written a book about one subject we can really get behind – the Record Store – and not only that, they've done a beautiful job with the entire package too! The book takes a look at the importance of the record store – not just historically, but cult ...

John Cale — Conflict & Catalysis – Productions & Arrangements 1966 to 2006 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Rickey Calloway — Work It/Get On It (inst) . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Eddie Campbell — Spider Eating Preacher . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

Jim Capaldi — Oh How We Danced (plus bonus track) . . . CD Late March, 2012

Jim Capaldi — Whale Meat Again (plus bonus track) . . . CD Around March 26, 2012

Dante Carfagna & Josh Davis, Eds — See Label For Contents – A Survey Of 45 RPM Label Art In America 1955 to 1980 . . . Book Winter 2012

Carolina Chocolate Drops — Leaving Eden . . . CD Around February 28, 2012

Cashmere — Cashmere – Let The Music Turn You On (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 12, 2012 The debut set from Cashmere – the early 80s Philly combo who specialized in keyboard-heavy grooves! The group's really just a duo at this point – with Dwight Dukes on vocals, singing in a style that's a fair bit like some of the more mainstream male soul acts of the time. Tunes are cat ...

Catherine's Horse — Garage Blues From Connecticut . . . LP Mid-February, 2012 They're not lying about the Garage Blues here – as the record has a very raw, earthy feel – not really blues, but the same sort of offbeat, tripped-out take on the genre's influence that was coming out of the East Village in the late 60s! There's plenty of vamping in the rhythms, but th ...

Celebration — Old Green Village . . . LP Early March, 2012

Champs/Rumblers — Club House/Blockade . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Chantells & Friends — Children Of Jah 1977-1979 . . . CD Late February, 2012 Blood & Fire unearths some more classic 45 sides, cut by Roy Francis for his Phase 1 label in the late 70s. Featuring nice harmony vocals by the Chantells and a number of cuts voiced by Lopez Walker. While you'd be lucky to find any of these 7"s in the original pressing, they're all lovin ...

Michael Chapman — Resurrection & Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock . . . CD Early March, 2012

Chappottin — Chappottin Y Sus Estrellas . . . CD Around January 30, 2012 (delayed) Classic work from Chappottin's group from the 60s – featuring singers Miguelito Cuni, Cheo Marquetti, and Gina Martin. Tracks include "Oriente", "No Vengas Por Mi", "Amor Verdadero", "No Puedes Dejarme", "Transnochando", and "Cienfuegos&q ...

Chappottin Y Su Conjunto — Sabor Tropical . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed)

Chubby Checker — Chequered . . . CD Late February, 2012

Checkmates Ltd — Love Is All We Have To Give (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 28, 2012 A classic bit of baroque soul by the Checkmates Ltd – and one of the most unusual Phil Spector productions of all time! Sonny Charles and The Checkmates were a soul group that had been knocking around for a few years before the set – singing in a strong blend of rocking styles that made ...

Chepin — El Que Rie . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Don Cherry — Eternal Rhythm . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A terrific album from Don Cherry on MPS – recorded in 1968 at the Berlin Jazz Festival, and done in a groundbreaking world jazz style! The set features Cherry on cornet, flute, percussion, and gamelon (!) – working with a larger group of players that include Sonny Sharrock, Albert Mange ...

Chi Huahua — Latin Session . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Chi Huahua — Latin Session . . . LP Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Chicago Odense Ensemble — Chicago Odense Ensemble . . . CD Late November, 2010 (delayed)

Chicago Underground Duo — Age Of Energy . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Chicago Underground Duo — Age Of Energy . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

KS Chithra with Ilaiyaraaja — KS Chithra with Ilaiyaraaja . . . CD Late February, 2012

KS Chithra with Ilaiyaraaja — KS Chithra with Ilaiyaraaja . . . LP Late February, 2012

KS Chithra with Ilaiyaraaja — KS Chithra with Ilaiyaraaja (UK pressing) . . . CD Late February, 2012

Chocolate/Chappottin — Estrellas De Chocolate . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Chocolate — Guaguanco . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

June Christy — June Christy 1977 . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Suzanne Ciani — Lixiviation – Ciani/Musica Inc 1969 to 1985 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Suzanne Ciani — Lixiviation – Ciani/Musica Inc 1969 to 1985 . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Suzanne Ciani — Lixiviation – Ciani/Musica Inc 1969 to 1985 (UK pressing) . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Stelvio Cipriani — Estratto Dagli Archivi Segreti Della Polizia Di Una Capitale/Europea/Whirlpool . . . CD Early February, 2012

Stelvio Cipriani — Il Fauno Di Marmo . . . CD Early February, 2012

Stelvio Cipriani — Tentacoli (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 9, 2012 Sublime Italian soundtrack funk – and one of the greatest albums ever from 70s maestro Stelvio Cipriani! The music was scored for a schlocky horror film about a giant octopus – but Cipriani's approach here goes far beyond its roots – beautifully blending together tightly compresse ...

Gene Clark — No Other (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Around February 15, 2012

Clearlight Symphony — Clearlight Symphony . . . LP Around February 1, 2012 (delayed)

Clique — Sugar On Sunday – The Definitive Collection . . . CD Early January, 2012 (delayed) The complete White Whale recordings of The Clique – a very groovy 60s combo who worked in a tight blend of pop, psyche, garage, and baroque – all carried off with a sunshiney quality on the group's best numbers! The 21 track package features all titles from the self-titled album The Cli ...

Rosemary Clooney — Swing Around Rosie . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Rosie's always been a heck of a jazz singer, but she doesn't always get to show her chops on record – which is why this late 50s session is such a treat! Backings are by the Buddy Cole trio (with Buddy on both piano and organ!) – a now-forgotten group that were frequently called upon in ...

Clovers — Clovers – The Winley Recordings 1957 to 1962 . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Cluster — Cluster II (180 gram pressing – with bonus CD) . . . LP Around February 26, 2012 Heady work from Cluster – a record that really helped set the tone for a whole generation of German experimentation! The sound here is incredibly dense – guitar and keyboard parts that are processed heavily, looped back on themselves, and sometimes supported by a bit of electronics &nda ...

Cluster — Zuckerzeit (180 gram pressing – with bonus CD) . . . LP Around February 26, 2012 A slightly sweeter version of Cluster than on previous records – a bit more focused, tuneful, and rhythmic – thanks to some great use of the "rhythmusmaschine"! Most numbers here have a slightly pulsating feel – one that really prefaces the electronic modes that would co ...

Tim Cohen — EP . . . 7-inch Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble — Malcolm X Memorial (A Tribute In Music) . . . LP Mid-March, 2012 A brilliant tribute to the late Malcolm X – served up by Chicago's legendary Artistic Heritage Ensemble! The record's got an even farther-reaching sound than the group's self-titled effort – a flowing style that unfolds as their tribute to Malcolm rolls on – starting spare and ear ...

Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble — On The Beach (aka Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble) . . . LP Mid-April, 2012 Mindblowing – and a landmark recording that crosses all boundaries in the Chicago music scene of the late 60s! Philip Cohran was a visionary musician who'd played with Sun Ra during the 60s, but who left Ra to forge his own musical vision by the middle part of the decade. The Artistic Herita ...

Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble — Spanish Suite . . . LP February, 2012 Great lost work from the legendary Phil Cohran and his Artistic Heritage Ensemble – a composition that was recorded during the group's late 60s years on the Chicago scene – but which has never been released until now! The album stands beautifully alongside the group's self-titled classi ...

Natalie Cole — Inseparable/Natalie/Unpredictable . . . CD Around March 5, 2012

Jerry Cole — Psychedelic Guitars . . . CD Late February, 2012

Ornette Coleman — Something Else!!!! . . . LP Around July 1, 2011 (delayed) Pre-Atlantic work from Ornette Coleman – one of his first recorded statements in jazz – and one of his boldest! At some level, the complete Coleman sound isn't entirely in place here – as there's a bit of a trace of hardbop in the mix – not entirely, but just a bit. But at ...

John Coltrane — Concert In Japan . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 A late concert performance showcasing 'Trane at his most out, featuring Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders as well as Rashied Ali's propulsive drumming. Lengthy takes of "Leo" and "Peace on Earth" are spread out across multiple sides, as 'Trane's ideas spill forth, continuosly bu ...

John Coltrane — Cosmic Music . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 A beautiful set of music released shortly after Trane's death, but recorded in his late years by a group that includes him, Alice, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, and Rashied Ali. The album's officially listed as being under the leadership of John and Alice Coltrane, which sort of makes sense, bec ...

John Coltrane — Expression . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 The first Impulse album issued after the early death of John Coltrane – and one of his last sessions for the label as well! The record's got a somber, introspective quality that almost hints at the darkness to come – a new way of reaching the spiritual planes that Coltrane was striving ...

John Coltrane — Infinity . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 Basic tracks recorded by Trane in 1965 and 1966 are laid over larger string parts arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane, recorded in 1972 by a hip little combo of avant players that includes Michael White. Although we should grimace at the album's obvious sacrilegous mis-use of Trane's playing, ...

John Coltrane — Live At The Village Vanguard Again! . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 John Coltrane returns to the Village Vanguard – but his sound here is a lot more far-reaching than a few years before! The album's a great counterpart to the first Vanguard session – as it takes all of the bold, soaring energy of that date, and balances it with the newly introspective s ...

John Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders — Live In Seattle . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 Very heavy duty work from Coltrane – an extended live set, with very "out" playing – recorded in Seattle in 1965, but not issued until after his death, when Impulse suddenly began unveiling a wealth of material like this, which showed Coltrane to be far more avant garde a playe ...

John Coltrane — Om . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 One of Coltrane's spiritual masterpieces from the 60s – and one of his most open-ended sessions to date! The album features one long track – "Om" – a meditative ode that features the playing of Pharoah Sanders, Don Garrett, and Joe Brazil – in addition to the usual ...

John Coltrane — Selflessness . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 A great set of unreleased recordings that was issued after John Coltrane's death, but which stands as an essential chapter in his groundbreaking body of work for Impulse! The album features 2 tracks recorded at the Newport Jazz fest in 1963 – both with Roy Haynes on drums, plus the usual McCo ...

John Coltrane — Sun Ship . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 An excellent set of tracks that was recorded by Coltrane in 1965, but not released until after his death – when Impulse were going through the vaults, and pulling out some amazing work that ranked with his best official releases of the time. This set's definitely one of those gems – and ...

John Coltrane — Transition . . . CD Around February 7, 2012 There's no sense of "transition" here – as the album's an incredibly solid one, and stands with John Coltrane's best mid 60s work for Impulse – even if the session wasn't issued by the label until after his early death! The work builds strongly on the Love Supreme vibe – ...

Compton — Compton's Soul . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Mr Confuse — Catch Me . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Mr Confuse — Too Hot . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Conjunto Crema — La Masacre Musical . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed)

Controllers — For The Love Of My Woman . . . CD Around February 8, 2012

Sam Cooke — Best Of Sam Cooke (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 12 tracks, and the biggest of Sam's tracks for RCA! No surprises, but solid smooth soul throughout – with classics that include "Only Sixteen", "You Send Me", "Cupid", "Chain Gang", "Having A Party", "Twistin The Night Away", "W ...

Sam Cooke — Cooke's Tour (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Sam Cooke — Hits Of The 50s (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 A classic set of soulful vocals – one in which Sam sings hits of the 50s (as you'd guess from the title) – but not necessarily his own hits, more a selection of work by other artists! Arrangements are by Glenn Osser, and the album's got a sweet approach that makes the tunes sound fresh ...

Sam Cooke — Mr Soul (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Sweet and lovely soul from Sam – with arrangements by Horace Ott, in that sparkly RCA style that made Cooke a star. The album, like many from this time, has a number of standards – but Sam does a good enough job with the material, and invests the tunes with a lot more soul than you'd ex ...

Sam Cooke — My Kind Of Blues (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Sam was never much of a blues singer (which was always fine with us) – but on this set, he picks a nice batch of bluesy standards, done in his smooth soulful style of the time! Arrangements are by Sammy Lowe, and nice and classy – with titles that include "Don't Get Around Much Any ...

Sam Cooke — Night Beat (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Wonderful mellow work from Sam Cooke – recorded with a sound that's very much in keeping with the "night beat" that you might expect from the title. In fact, there's not so much a "beat" as a simple easy groove – with some piano in the lead on many tracks, and backin ...

Sam Cooke — One Night Stand – Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club 1963 (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 One of the definitive Sam Cooke recordings of the 60s – never issued at the time, but one of the crucial sides that's provided a later look at his brilliance from the time. The session was recorded at the same vintage as Sam Cooke At The Copa – another live record that was issued during ...

Sam Cooke — Sam Cooke (RCA) (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Sam Cooke — Twistin' The Night Away (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Chick Corea — Continents – Concerto For Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra . . . CD Early February, 2012

Chick Corea/Nicolaus Economou — On Two Pianos . . . CD Early February, 2012

Cortijo Y Su Combo — Cortijo In NY . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Cortijo Y Su Combo — Fiesta Boricua . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed) Rhumba reissue of another one of those great early Cortijo LPs, and one that has a young Ismael Rivera singing on a number of tracks. The band wails hard and raw, with a good Afro Cuban groove that's augmented by the record's simple production. Includes a great Latin version of "Volare", ...

Lula Cortes & Ze Ramalho — Paebiru (special edition – with booklet) . . . LP Around January 23, 2012 (delayed) A legendary lost album from Brazilian songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Lula Cortes and Ze Ramalho – recorded in Brazil in the mid 70s – blending avant psychedelia, rugged acoustic rhythms, and an enormous free spirit with delicate melodic touches and lilting jazzy elements! As is the ...

Cortijo — Bailable . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Cortijo Y Su Combo Con Ismael Rivera — Bueno, Y Que? . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Cortijo y Su Combo — Cortijo y Su Combo Con Ismael Rivera – Lo Ultimo Y Lo Mejor . . . CD Around January 30, 2012 (delayed) Nice hard early stuff by Cortijo and his tight little combo that featured Ismael Rivera on vocals. The groove is mostly hard swinging, with a good ensemble feel. Titles include "Druma Cuyi", "Di Donde Estas Severa", "Moliendo Cafe", "Oriza", and "El Ret ...

Cortijo — Internacionales . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Cortijo — Pa Caserios . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Cortijo Y Kako — Ritmos Y Cantos Callejeros . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed) The cover alone should be enough to tell you this is a cooker – as Cortijo and Kako go head to head on heavy percussion, working a heavy traditional groove despite the later date of the album! Rhythms are strongly in the plena and bomba modes – with timbales and congas dominating, as we ...

Cortijo — Su Estillo . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Cortijo — Sueno . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Cortijo Y Su Combo — Quitate De La Via, Perico . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed) Classic material from Cortijo's legendary combo with Ismael Rivera on vocals! As near as we can tell, this is a compilation of some material that had been previously issued, as the Miami-based Rhumba label typically licensed sessions recorded for release in Latin America. The numbers are nice and ...

Eddie Costa — House Of Blue Lights . . . CD Late March, 2012

Matt Covington — Matt Covington (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Late February, 2012

Crusaders — Vocal Album – The Greatest Vocal Hits From The Crusaders . . . CD Around March 21, 2012

Mike Curb — Mondo Hollywood . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed) Wonderful b-movie sleaze from Mike Curb and his usual host of studio rock freakout groups! The sound is pure Tower – a bit kitsch and a bit garagey – and tunes include "Mondo Hollywood" by the Mugwump Establishment, "Magic Night" by Mike Clifford, "Last Wave Of ...

Philippe D'Aram — Fascination (10 inch vinyl) . . . LP Late March, 2012

Philippe D'Aram/Pierre Raph — Fascination/Requiem Pour Un Vampire . . . CD Late March, 2012

Damned — Machine Gun Etiquette (blue vinyl pressing) . . . LP Around March 10, 2012 A caterwauling work of genius from The Damned – a set that arrived too late to ride anything left of the first wave of infamy from Brit punk – and 2 years after the strange misfire that was the Music For Pleasure LP – yet Machine Gun Etiquette is nearly as pleasing as their debut! ...

Dar Jazz — Casa-Port/Rabat-Ville . . . CD Early March, 2012

Darling Dears — I Don't Think I'll Ever Love Another/And I Love You . . . 7-inch Early February, 2012

Darondo — Didn't I/Saving My Love . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Victor Davies — Stop! . . . CD Late August, 2011 (delayed) A soulful new set from Victor Davies – maybe his best yet! Stop! finds Victor once again handling a good deal of the instrumentation himself – in a style that's more inspired by classic soul and R&B than some of his earlier work, which had a bit more folk soul touches. We loved tha ...

Miles Davis — Agharta (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Mid-February, 2012 A seminal 70s side from Miles Davis – originally a Japanese recording, and one that returns to the solid push of the initial electric years! The record's a completely cooking little session – one that mixes the raw, noisier styles of other Davis albums with a focus, funked-up energy tha ...

Miles Davis — Blue Haze . . . LP Around June 15, 2011 (delayed) An early full-length album issued under Miles Davis' name – one that brings together some earlier 10" and single recordings for Prestige! The feel here is quite similar to Davis' work of the time for Blue Note – done with tracks that are short and tight, and very boppish – le ...

Richard Alexander Davis — Loving You More . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Miles Davis — Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants . . . LP Around June 15, 2011 (delayed) A strange mix of material – but some great work overall! Most of the record features Miles Davis recording with a quintet that includes Thelonious Monk on piano, Milt Jackson on vibes, Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums – on longer versions of "The Man I Love" (in ...

Rev Gary Davis — New Blues & Gospel (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Miles Davis — Pangaea (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Mid-February, 2012 Japanese electric Miles, featuring 2 long tracks – "Zimbabwe" and "Gondwana" – spread out over the course of a sweet double live set! The album gives Miles and the group plenty of room to groove and stretch out – hitting notes that are both funky and noisy, of ...

Jackie Day — Naughty Boy/Get To Steppin . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Guido & Maurizio De Angelis — Il Sindacalista . . . CD Early February, 2012

Elton Dean's Ninesense — 100 Club Concert 1979 . . . CD Early February, 2012

Nick De Caro — Happy Heart (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 One of the few albums as an artist from the great Nick De Caro – one of the hipper arrangers of the 60s, best known for his collaborations with Claudine Longet on A&M! Nick's a very subtle genius – one who can work firmly inside the mainstream, but also bring something different to ...

Deep Jazz — Meeting . . . LP Early March, 2012 The amazing second album from Deep Jazz – and every bit as spiritual and soulful as the first! These guys really blew us away with their debut, and we're loving them even more this time around – and can honestly say that they're one of the few contemporary combos to ever get our favorit ...

Buddy DeFranco — Mr Clarinet (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Wonderful work from Buddy DeFranco – one of the few jazz musicians who can make us love the clarinet in the post-swing years! Buddy plays with a wonderful style that's got plenty of bop – a great hard edge in the group that you might not expect, but which comes through brilliantly once ...

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien — I Wish My Brother George Was Here . . . CD Around March 13, 2012 The loopy West Coast classic! Heavily steeped in the P-Funk party vibe, Del's first LP is still a hip hop holy grail. Even if Ice Cube's production is a little too L.A. '89, Del's style was and still is inimitable – and "Mistadobolina" and "Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo" are every b ...

Edda Dell'Orso — Voice – The Most Beautiful Sound In The World . . . CD Around March 5, 2012 The Voice is certainly the most beautiful sound in the world here – thanks to the vocals of the amazing Edda Dell'Orso! Edda's was THE voice heard in virtually all the best Italian soundtracks of the late 60s/early 70s era – that floating, dreamy singer who graced countless Morricone fi ...

Derdiyoklar Ikilisi — Disko Folk . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Derdiyoklar Ikilisi — Disko Folk (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Destroy All Monsters — Return Of The Repressed – Destroy All Monsters 1974 to 1977 . . . Book Around February 25, 2012

Beppe Di Benedetto Quintet — See The Sky . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Sekou Diabate & Djanka Diabate — Tounka . . . CD Around November 15, 2011 (delayed)

Diazpora — Raw Meat/Song 2 . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Tom Dissevelt/Kid Baltan — Song Of The Second Moon . . . CD Around February 5, 2012 Amazing stuff! This is a totally cool bit of early electronics from the late 60s – and the music is dark and spooky, with lots of weird wild harsh electronics (if you know Dissevelt's other albums, you'll know what we mean!) The whole thing sounds sort of like a mad robot playing a crazy spa ...

DJ Food — Search Engine . . . CD Around February 7, 2012

DJ Food — Search Engine (limited CD with comic & flexidisc) . . . CD Around February 7, 2012

Bonnie Dobson — Bonnie Dobson (1969) . . . CD Early March, 2012 Possibly the best-known album from 60s folkie Bonnie Dobson – a singer/songwriter who had a subtle, but strong influence on the sound of her generation! At one level, the record's something of a comeback for Dobson – a return to the studio after many years away from it – reclaimin ...

Bill Doggett — Honky Tonk Popcorn . . . CD Around February 27, 2012 Funky funky Hammond – an incredible album that has organist Bill Dogget playing with the James Brown Band of the 60s! And sure, sometimes Dogget could be sleepy – but not on this album, as it kicks like a James Brown record with funky organ over the top! Nearly ever cut's a winner &nda ...

Dojo Cuts — Dojo Cuts . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Dojo Cuts — Dojo Cuts . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Arne Domnerus & Rolf Ericson — Arne Domnerus & Orchestra 1950/1951 . . . CD Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Doors — LA Woman Workshop Sessions (180 gram vinyl w/laser etched art side) . . . LP Early March, 2012

Andreas Dorau — Blumen Und Narzissen . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed) A standout moment in the German scene of the post-punk generation – an incredibly charming little album from 16 year-old Andreas Dorau – as quirkily electronic as it is downright poppy! The tunes are all short and playful – with a groove that's similar to Dorau's early hit "F ...

Andreas Dorau — Die Doraus & Die Marinas Geben Offenherzige . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed) Wonderful electro pop from Andreas Dorau – the teenage German wunderkind of the early 80s! The set's a bit more polished than Dorau's debut effort – put together with a bit more of an ear for a tune, using rhythms that are more in line with the new wave generation of the time – ye ...

Kenny Dorham — Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets Vol 1 . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A fantastic bit of lost hardbop – an obscure ABC album that has Kenny Dorham working with his Jazz Prophets group! The combo's a quintet with a unique lineup that includes Dick Katz on piano, JR Monterose on tenor, Sam Jones on bass, and Arthur Edgehill on drums – and the whole set's go ...

Robert Drasnin — Kremlin Letter . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Kenny Drew — Duo/Duo 2 . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

DVD — PPU Video Party Vol 2 (DVD) . . . DVD Early February, 2012

Johnny Dyani With John Tchicai & Dudu Pukwana — Witch Doctors . . . CD Mid-December, 2012

Earth Wind & Fire — All 'N All (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Genius, pure genius! It was hard for Earth, Wind & Fire to go wrong at this point – and the album's a stellar blend of jazz, funk, and soul, all done in that perfect style they'd hit by the mid 70s. And even though this one was a monster album, of the type that you see in everyone's reco ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Best Of Earth Wind & Fire Vol 1 (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Fantastic stuff through and through – and almost a "best of" best of collection from the 70s! The album's a key illustration of the genius of Earth Wind & Fire on Columbia Records – because by the time the set was released in 1978, most of the tracks were already well-know ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Electric Universe (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Earth Wind & Fire — Faces (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 The genius of Earth Wind & Fire knows no bounds – and even on this double-length set, the group keep up their groove tremendously! The 2LP scope of Faces might make it seem like an ambitious enterprise, but it's really just an overstuffed package that tries to contain all the genius the g ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Gratitude (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Great stuff! Although a live album, Gratitude is one of Earth Wind & Fire's greatest from the mid 70s – a very tight batch of grooves that proves that Maurice White & Co. could play just as well on stage as they could in the studio – and the noise of the crowd going wild is eno ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Head To The Sky (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 A tremendously beautiful album – and a righteous anthem of power and growth that seems to open itself up to us more and more over the years! Earth Wind & Fire are at their height here – mixing together soul and funk with a set of influences that includes African percussion and Braz ...

Earth Wind & Fire — I Am (Japanese paper sleeve edition – with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 A megahit album from Earth Wind & Fire – a record that spawned 2 of their biggest numbers ever – the mellow classic "After The Love Has Gone", and the club classic "Boogie Wonderland"! The rest of the album is equally great to follow in the strength of those two ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Last Days And Time (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Earth Wind & Fire's first album for Columbia Records – the start of a really legendary run during the 70s! The sound here is a bit tighter than their first two for Warner Brothers – a groove that has funk and soul taking a bit more precedence over the jazz of their roots – but ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Open Our Eyes (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Spiritual, soulful, and oh, so beautiful! This record captures Earth Wind & Fire at a perfect transition moment – when they've still got some of their avant jazz roots, but are leaning towards the smooth soulful funk sound that put them on the charts a few years later. The whole thing's ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Powerlight (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 The Powerlight is burning bright – Maurice White, Philip Bailey, and the rest of the group still very much in classic formation! Even on a post-70s set like this, Earth Wind & Fire still manage to come up with tracks that beat the rest of the ensemble funk groups that grew up in their wak ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Raise! (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Earth Wind & Fire hits the 80s – and never misses a beat! Turns out that the group's older style of jazzy funk was a perfect fit for the boogie-styled rhythms of the post-disco era – heard here on the megahit "Let's Groove", and followed up by a beautiful batch of supporti ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Spirit (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 A big hit for the group – and a great album of smooth funky soul! The pop funky mode is definitely more pronounced here, but the album's also still got a lot of smooth soul numbers with the best modern style of the Way Of The World LP. The compression in the band's playing is impeccable &nda ...

Earth Wind & Fire — That's The Way Of The World (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Amazing! Earth Wind & Fire's ultimate moment of the 70s – and a perfect blending of all their influences that stands as a lasting tribute to their super-huge effect on soul music! The record features all aspects of the band coming into perfect cohesion – bassy funk, mellow soul, an ...

Earth Wind & Fire — Heritage (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Earth Wind & Fire — Touch The World (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Echocentrics — Echoland EP . . . LP March, 2012

Echoes Of The Past — Issue No 99 . . . Magazine Around January 1, 2012 (delayed)

Edzayawa — Projection One . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

El Gran Combo — Este Si Que Es El Gran Combo . . . CD Around January 5, 2012 (delayed)

El Gran Combo — Fiesta Con El Gran Combo . . . CD Around January 5, 2012 (delayed)

El Gran Combo — Los Nenes Sicodelicos . . . CD Around January 5, 2012 (delayed)

El Gran Combo — Smile . . . CD Around January 5, 2012 (delayed)

El Michels Affair — Run Fay Run/Hung Up On My Baby . . . 7-inch Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Elbow Bones & The Racketeers — New York At Dawn (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 19, 2012 Kind of a silly name for a group – but the record's pretty nice! Elbow Bones & The Racketeers were one of the many retro soul groups working under the guidance of producer August Darnell – aka Kid Creole – who gave the group a style that was similar to his own unique blend of ...

Electric Church — We Had A Love/I Can't Dance . . . 7-inch Mid-December, 2011 (delayed) Heavy funk from the Bay Area scene of the 70s! "We Had A Love" is a break-heavy groover – with tight drums and blasting horns on the intro, sounding just like a sample track before the deep soul vocals kick in nicely! "I Can't Dance" is fast and tight – a really bou ...

Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach — Money Jungle (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Around February 13, 2012 Rarely are such "meeting of the minds" sessions worth any fuss at all – but in this case, the masterful talents of the players turn what should be a snoozy "common denominator" session into a modernist classic that still crackles with excitement after all these years! The ...

Ellipsis — People/Gregory Moore . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Harlan Ellison — Pulling A Train – Sex Gang & Other Stories (paperback) . . . Book Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Emanative & Ahmed Abdullah — Lions Of Judah (orig, Four Tet re-edit) . . . 12-inch Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Brigth Engelberts & The BE Movement — Tolambo Funk . . . CD Around February 2, 2012 (delayed) Rare late 70s Afro soul from Cameroonese bassist and singer Brigth Engelberts – insistent, hyponotic and danceable grooves that points the way to myriad trends in soul in the decade to come, well beyond easily categorizable Afro funk & soul! Some numbers have a punchier, hypnotic rhythmic ...

Chiemi Eri — Chiemi & Delta Rhythm Boys . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Chiemi Eri — Chiemi + Jazz . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Chiemi Eri — Chiemi Latin Wo Utau . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Chiemi Eri — Chiemi No Standard . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Chiemi Eri — Chiemi To Carl Jones . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Chiemi Eri & Carl Jones — Crazy Rhythm . . . CD Around March 5, 2012 Plenty of crazy rhythms here – as singers Chiemi Eri and Carl Jones are joined by Japanese jazzmen who include Nobuo Hara & His Sharps & Flats, saxophonists Sadao Watanabe and Sleepy Matsumoto, guitarist Shungo Sawada, and the Hideo Shiraki Quintet! The backings on all tracks are supe ...

Chiemi Eri — Nice To Meet You – Chiemi Eri 30th Anniversary . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Estelle — All Of Me . . . CD Around February 28, 2012

Estrogen Highs — Estrogen Highs . . . CD Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Estrogen Highs — Estrogen Highs . . . LP Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Ethiopians/Upsetters — Awake (orig, version) . . . 7-inch Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

European All Stars — European All Stars 1961 . . . CD Mid-April, 2012

European All Stars — European All Stars 1961 . . . LP Mid-April, 2012

Bill Evans & Shelly Manne — Empathy . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 The cover co-credits Bill Evans and Shelly Manne as the leader of the set – and that distinction's an important one – as the record has a slightly different feel than some of Bill's other 60s work for Verve! The sound is often a bit stronger, somewhat bolder – and although Manne's ...

Bill Evans — Simple Matter Of Conviction . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Ostensibly simple stuff from Bill Evans, but pretty darn great – and a nice move into a more sophisticated vein than his earlier recordings! The album has him working with bassist Eddie Gomez, a hugely talented bassist that would be one of Bill's best partners during this period, and a player ...

Terrie Ex & Paal Nilssen Love — Hurgu . . . CD Early April, 2012

Exploited — Punk's Not Dead (red vinyl) . . . LP Early August, 2011 (delayed)

Exploited — Troops of Tomorrow (concrete gray vinyl) . . . LP Early August, 2011 (delayed)

Fab Trio — Night In Paris . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Faces — First Step (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012

John Fahey — Transcendental Waterfall (180 gram pressing) (6LP set) . . . LP Late February, 2012

Tav Falco & His Panther Burns — Lore & Testament Vol 1 – Behind The Magnolia Curtain/Blow Your Top . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Lorraine Feather — Tales Of The Unusual . . . CD Around February 14, 2012

Morton Feldman — Neither . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Kevin Fellezs — Birds Of Fire – Jazz, Rock, Funk & The Creation Of Fusion (paperback) . . . Book Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Boulou Ferr — Guitar Legacy . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Ferrante & Teicher — Soundproof – The Sound Of Tomorrow Today (plus Soundblast) . . . CD Around March 5, 2012 2 amazing 50s albums from the team of Ferrante & Teicher – easily some of their greatest and wildest work on record! First up is Soundproof, a record that has Ferrante & Teicher playing the piano like nobody else – save perhaps for John Cage! The duo do a heck of a lot of work ...

Nino Ferrer — Le Telefon (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012

Lee Fields — Faithful Man . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Lee Fields — Faithful Man . . . LP Winter 2012

Lee Fields — Let's Talk It Over (deluxe edition) . . . CD Winter 2012 Lost funky soul from Lee Fields – the underground deep soul singer who's really been making a comeback in the indie deep funk scene! Although Lee's recent albums have been getting a lot of play, his older recordings are just about impossible to find – making this set all the more import ...

Lee Fields — Let's Talk It Over (deluxe edition) . . . LP Winter 2012 Lost funky soul from Lee Fields – the underground deep soul singer who's really been making a comeback in the indie deep funk scene! Although Lee's recent albums have been getting a lot of play, his older recordings are just about impossible to find – making this set all the more import ...

Fifth Order — Bonfire! Return Of The Fifth Order . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Fifth Order — Bonfire! Return Of The Fifth Order . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Roberta Flack — Let It Be Roberta – Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles . . . CD Early February, 2012

Darrow Fletcher — No Limit/What Good Am I Without You . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Celso Fonseca & Ronaldo Bastos — Liebe Paradiso . . . CD Around December 15, 2011 (delayed)

Pennye Ford — Pennye . . . CD Around January 27, 2012 (delayed)

Kim Fowley — Tall Cool One (paperback) . . . Book Late February, 2012

Rodney Franklin — Marathon . . . CD Around March 10, 2012

Rodney Franklin — Skydance . . . CD Around March 10, 2012 A bit later than classic vintage for Rodney Franklin – but still excellent work nonetheless, and still far greater than most of Rodney's contemporaries in the soul/fusion world! Tracks are a bit longer than before, and there's a definite vocal focus to the record – letting tunes stretch ...

Fredator — Bad Jazz . . . CD Late February, 2012

Fredator — Rebirth Of The Bad . . . CD Late February, 2012

Ryo Fukui — Scenery . . . CD Around July 15, 2011 (delayed) Lyrical magic from pianist Ryo Fukui – a lost gem from the Japanese scene of the 70s, and a beautifully flowing album throughout! Fukui's got a wide-open touch to the piano that we totally love – and is easily one of the best of his contemporaries on the Japanese trio scene of the time ...

Full Blast & Friends (Peter Brotzmann) — Sketches & Ballads . . . LP Mid-January, 2012 (delayed) Definitely a full blast here – an expansion of the reed team of Peter Brotzmann and Ken Vandermark with added trumpet from Thomas Herberer, bass from Marino Pliakas, drums from Michael Wertmuller, and percussion from Dirk Rothbrust – all of which makes for a record that's even more power ...

Full Crate & FS Green/DJ Adlib — Hi Hat Club Vols 5 & 6 – Eggs & Pancakes/Haus & Garten . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 Volume 5 of the MPM producer series – pairing up fine practitioners in the art if instrumental hip hop – this one bringing together Amsterdam's Full Crate and FS Green! Each player gets a side to work with – and each delivers funky progressive hip hop beatcraft. Green's side inc ...

Funk League — Funky As Usual . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Funk League — Funky As Usual . . . LP Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Lewis Furey/Leonard Cohen — Night Magic . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Nobuyasu Furuya Quintet — Major . . . LP Around January 15, 2012 (delayed)

Serge Gainsbourg — Evguenie Sokolov . . . Book Early January, 2012 (delayed) A short novel by Serge Gainsbourg – originally published in France in 1980, and featured here in a cool little US edition with a great cover! Serge is as bizarre a writer as he is a songsmith – and the book is a sordid tale of art and flatulence that's a pretty compelling read all the w ...

Serge Gainsbourg/Brigitte Bardot — Lost Loves . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Galactic — Carnivale Electricos . . . CD Around February 21, 2012

Galactic — Carnivale Electricos . . . LP Around February 21, 2012

Gang Colours — In Your Gut Like A Knife EP . . . 12-inch Early June, 2011 (delayed)

Gap Band — Gap Band VI (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around January 27, 2012 (delayed)

Vincent Gardner — Good Book Vol 2 . . . CD Early August, 2011 (delayed)

Regional Garland — Mixed Sugar – The Complete Works 1970 to 1987 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Vernon Garrett — Story Of Vernon Garrett . . . CD Spring 2012

Vernon Garrett — Story Of Vernon Garrett . . . LP Spring 2012

Gentleman — Gentleman . . . CD Early April, 2012

Gentleman — Gentleman (180 gram vinyl) . . . LP Early April, 2012

Ghetto Brothers — Power/Fuerza (deluxe edition) . . . CD Winter 2012 One of the most unique Latin groups of their time – as you might guess from the group's name and their look on the cover! In a world where most Latin combos were going for class and poise, the Ghetto Brothers moved in another direction entirely – working here with a fair bit of electric ...

Ghetto Brothers — Power/Fuerza (deluxe edition) . . . LP Winter 2012 One of the most unique Latin groups of their time – as you might guess from the group's name and their look on the cover! In a world where most Latin combos were going for class and poise, the Ghetto Brothers moved in another direction entirely – working here with a fair bit of electric ...

Dizzy Gillespie/Astrud Gilberto — Maxtrix/Take It Easy My Brother Charlie . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Jef Gilson with Lloyd Miller & Hal Singer — Jef Gilson Avec Lloyd Miller & Hal Singer EP (10 inch pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012 Amazing work from Parisian jazz piano genius Jef Gilson – a pioneering couple of early 60s tracks featuring Lloyd Miller on the balaphone and a purportedly self-made microorgan – plus 2 rare cuts from his Afro jazz influenced Madascar sessions with tenor Hal Singer from 1974! The A-side ...

Egberto Gismonti — Carmo . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed) One of Gismonti's real gems from the 70s – a mixture of rootsy instrumentation, baroque production, and bits of jazz expression. This one follows strongly from albums like Circense, Agua e Vinho, or his 1973 album – in that it's filled with emotion and creative intensity, exploring a mu ...

Egberto Gismonti — Circense . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed) Strange and wonderful stuff from one of our favorite Brazilian artists! The record is one of Gismonti's last true works of genius – and it hearkens back to the sound and style used on some of his earlier EMI albums, with interweaving guitar, piano, strings, and odd assorted sounds, all coming ...

Egberto Gismonti — Coracoes Futuristas . . . CD Around January 28, 2012 (delayed) A beautiful album by Egberto – with all of his trademark early strong points in full effect! The album features beautiful "out" jazz solos, set over some crazy baroque arrangements, given new warmth with lots of jazzy fusion bits. Includes the great cut "Cafe", plus lots ...

Robert Glaspar — Black Radio . . . CD Late February, 2012

Robert Glaspar — Black Radio . . . LP Late February, 2012

Jackie Gleason — Champagne Candelight & Kisses/Love Embers & Flame . . . CD Around November 21, 2011 (delayed)

Ib Glindemann — Ib Glindemann & His 1963 Orchestra . . . CD Early October, 2011 (delayed) An ultra-hip big band from the Danish scene of the early 60s – a group of young players who are clearly raised on the 50s experiments of Stan Kenton, but push their music into more of a straight ahead and hard-swinging mode! Ib Glindeman leads the group, but contributions are relatively equal ...

Goblin — Contamination . . . LP Around March 1, 2012

Goblin — Patrick . . . LP Around March 1, 2012 One of Goblin's classic 70s horror soundtracks – a mix of compressed guitars, keyboards, and some slightly funky rhythms that create an intense edge to the work! The album's got a bit less of the rock-like posturing of some of Goblin's other soundtracks – and there's some nice moody num ...

Jon Gold — Bossa Of Possibilities . . . CD Around January 15, 2012 (delayed)

Jerry Goldsmith — Brotherhood Of The Bell/Step Out Of Line . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Jerry Goldsmith — Sand Pebbles . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Dexter Gordon — Night Ballads – Montreal 1977 . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Dexter Gordon — Swedish Nights . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Gotan Project — La Revancha Del Tango . . . LP Around February 14, 2012 The slinky sound of the tango gets updated into some great electric funky grooves – a pivotal recording for the French scene, and one of the gems of the past few years! The record takes the classic Argentinian tango approach, infuses it with funky Paris, and comes up with a timeless groove th ...

Graham Gouldman — Graham Gouldman Thing . . . CD Early March, 2012 Wonderful late 60s British pop – one of the few solo albums issued under the name of Graham Gouldman – initially famous for penning 60s hits for other UK acts, later known for work in 10CC – and here presented in a beautifully personal, somewhat baroque style that's not unlike the ...

Grand Pianoramax — Smooth Danger . . . CD Around May 3, 2011 (delayed)

Great Weekend/Noelle Scaggs — Do Over V.3 – Let's Do It Again/Cherry Pie (10-inch EP) . . . 12-inch Around September 27, 2011 (delayed)

Ellie Greenwich — Let It Be Written (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 28, 2012

Group Doueh — Zayna Jumma . . . LP Around February 1, 2012 (delayed) A fuzzed out guitar and heavy drums anchored set from Group Doueh – fusing traditional Saharan instruments and western rock influences as brilliantly and excitingly as ever on this fourth set of their evolving sound to appear on the vital Sublime Frequencies label! The blazing electric guitar ...

Guelewar — Touki Ba Banjul – Acid Trip From Banjul To Dakar . . . LP Around January 15, 2012 (delayed)

Guitar Red — Hard Times . . . CD Around January 15, 2012 (delayed) Rare album of bluesy soul from this obscure Chicago label. There's a weird mix of styles here – Red's got a definite blues sound on his guitar, but the group and the producer are clearly trying to make a funky soul album. Released on the tiny Mod-Art label, and including the tracks "Dis ...

Guitar Red — Hard Times . . . LP Around January 15, 2012 (delayed) Rare album of bluesy soul from this obscure Chicago label. There's a weird mix of styles here – Red's got a definite blues sound on his guitar, but the group and the producer are clearly trying to make a funky soul album. Released on the tiny Mod-Art label, and including the tracks "Dis ...

Mladen Bobby Gutesha — Und . . . CD Late March, 2012

Mladen Bobby Gutesha — Und . . . LP Late March, 2012

Jim Hall — Commitment . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A really beautiful little album from Jim Hall – a mid 70s gem that has him recasting his style with a wonderful sound! The album features Hall in a variety of groupings – some quite spare, and featuring only accompaniment from piano (Don Thompson or Tommy Flanagan), drums (Terry Clarke) ...

Bengt Hallberg & Lars Gullin — All Star Sessions 1953/1954 . . . CD Mid-October, 2011 (delayed)

Bobby Hamilton Quintet — Dream Queen . . . CD Around February 14, 2012 A lost bit of funky vibes and Fender Rhodes – one of those few records that's as sublime as it is rare – like work by Billy Wooten or Lyman Woodard! The Bobby Hamilton Quintet were an obscure combo from upstate New York – but they've lived on in our hearts (and ears!) with this ra ...

Dave Hamilton/Barrino Brothers — Pisces Pace/The Bad Things . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Hammond Express — Another Steppin Soul . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Lionel Hampton — You Better Know It !!! . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A warm and wonderful 60s session from Lionel Hampton – recorded in a personal and intimate way, one that even surpasses his great small combo sides of the 50s! There's a relaxed feel here that you don't always get with Hamp – a gently grooving quality that we really like a lot, and whic ...

Anders Hana & Paal Nilssen Love — Hosanna & Parallel Sevens (10" LP) . . . LP Early April, 2012

Hansson & Karlsson — For People In Love . . . CD Mid-July, 2011 (delayed)

Hansson & Karlsson — For People In Love . . . LP Mid-July, 2011 (delayed)

Barry Harris — Breakin' It Up . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A hard to find early album by the great Detroit pianist Barry Harris! Barry's playing here in a trio with William Austin on bass and Frank Gant on drums, and the tracks have a definite boppish quality to them – more straight ahead than some of the flowing lines he brought to later work in the ...

Norman Hathaway & Dan Nadel — Electrical Banana – Masters Of Psychedelic Art . . . Book Early February, 2012

Eddie Hazel — Game, Dames, & Guitar Thangs . . . CD Around February 21, 2012 A massively tripped-out set of guitar-based funk – played to perfection by the legendary Eddie Hazel, best known for his work in the George Clinton P-Funk empire! The album offers a different side of Eddie's talents – one that's produced with a smoothly compressed California groove, in ...

Headhunters — Survial Of The Fittest/Straight From The Gate . . . CD Late March, 2012

Jimmy Heath — Nice People . . . LP Around June 15, 2011 (delayed) A nice little collection of some classic hard bop from Jimmy Heath, with a few of the sides of some the stuff he recorded with larger ensembles thrown in for good measure, pulled together in the 80s, once the OJC family of labels came under the Fantasy umbrella. Heath's Riverside recordings of the ...

Joe Henderson — Lush Life – The Music Of Billy Strayhorn . . . CD Around March 21, 2012

Edgar Hendricks — Edgar Hendricks Sings For The Very Young . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed)

Jimi Hendrix — Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?/Burning Of The Midnight Lamp . . . 7-inch April, 2012 Rare 1967 BBC Sessions from Hendrix! Includes a cover of Dylan's "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" from the BBC Radio's Rhythm And Blues on October 17, 1967– plus a newly unearthed take on Hendrix's own "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" as performed on Top Of The Pops o ...

Nona Hendryx — Art Of Defense (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

Nona Hendryx — Nona (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

Benjamin Herman — Blue Sky Band . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

Benjamin Herman — Hypochristmastreefuzz . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

Benjamin Herman — Itch . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

Benjamin Herman — London Sessions . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

Hi-Tension — Hi-Tension (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 13, 2012 Sweet jazzy funky soul, produced by Kofi Ayivor for the UK branch of Island records. Includes some nice midtempo cuts, plus a number of faster ones, all with a definite Earth, Wind, & Fire influence. Titles include "Autumn Love", "You're My Girl", "Hi-Tension", &q ...

Hifivers — Awesome Cleavage (parts 1 & 2) . . . 7-inch Early February, 2012

Hifivers — Got Myself Some Bucks/What You Lookin At . . . 7-inch Early February, 2012

Hifivers — Hifivers Play Raw Soul . . . CD Early February, 2012

Hifivers — Life Shines EP . . . CD Early February, 2012

Louis Hjulmand — Presenting Louis Hjulmand . . . CD Early October, 2011 (delayed) Hip vibes from the European scene of the 60s – a really amazing little album from Danish player Louis Hjulmand, with a sound that's unlike anything we've heard from the US! Hjulmand's approach to the vibes is a lot sharper and stronger than most of his American contemporaries – almost i ...

Allen Hoist — Soul Renaissance . . . CD Early September, 2009 (delayed)

Russell Hoke — Driftwood . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Billie Holiday — Last Recording . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 One of Billie's last sessions – recorded with beautiful large backings by Ray Ellis, and a heartbreaking tone that may not show Billie as strong technically as on some of her earlier albums, but which is pretty darn compelling nonetheless. Titles include "All The Way", "Don't W ...

Hollows — Hollows . . . CD Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Hollows — Hollows . . . LP Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Carl Sherlock Holmes — Investigation No 1 . . . CD Mid-March, 2012 A funky holy grail – one of the rarest of the rare, and the only album ever cut by funky guitarist Carl "Sherlock" Holmes! Carl's work on the guitar is incredible – fast riffing and jazzy, with a style that's dirtier and messier than some of his 70s jazz funk contemporaries, b ...

Humble Pie — Eat It . . . CD Around March 19, 2012

Humble Pie — Humble Pie . . . CD Around March 19, 2012

Humble Pie — Thunderbox . . . CD Around March 19, 2012

Pat Hunt/Mamie Perry — I Ain't Talkin/My Baby Waited Too Long . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Tony Hymas & The Bates Brothers — Blue Dooe . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

I Roy — Observer Book Of I Roy . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

ICP Orchestra — Jubilee Varia . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Illusions — Crying Days Are Over/No More Tears To Cry . . . 7-inch Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Impact All Stars — Forward The Bass – Dub From Randy's 1972-1975 . . . CD Late February, 2012 Culled largely from the hard-to-find 'Randy's Dub" LP, this showcases the mighty rhythm section behind many of the sides cut at Randy's for the Impact label. Randy's, connected to the shop owned by Vincent Chin (producer Clive Chin's brother), and run by dub maestro Errol Thompson, was one of t ...

Improved Sound Limited — Engelchen Macht Weiter . . . CD Early February, 2012

In The Basement — Issue 65 – Spring 2012 . . . Magazine Around February 9, 2012

Peter Ind — Jazz Bass Baroque . . . LP Around November 15, 2011 (delayed)

Peter Ind — Looking Out . . . CD Around November 1, 2009 (delayed) One of the few albums ever issued as a leader by bassist Peter Ind – an interesting figure from the Konitz years – bassist, recording technician, and eventually owner of the Wave Records label! The set's an interesting batch of chamber jazz-styled tunes – light and airy, with some ...

Peter Ind — Looking Out . . . LP Around November 1, 2009 (delayed) One of the few albums ever issued as a leader by bassist Peter Ind – an interesting figure from the Konitz years – bassist, recording technician, and eventually owner of the Wave Records label! The set's an interesting batch of chamber jazz-styled tunes – light and airy, with some ...

Peter Ind — Peter Ind Sextet . . . LP Around November 15, 2011 (delayed) Compelling stuff from the enigmatic Peter Ind – a player best known for his 50s work with Konitz, but who also picked up a lot of recording skills, and went off to produce a lot of interesting records on his own! This obscure mid 70s side is one of the overlooked gems on Ind's own label Wave ...

Indigo Jam Unit — Pirates . . . CD Around February 7, 2011 (delayed) Bass-heavy grooves from Indigo Jam Unit – easily one of the hardest hitting combos on the Japanese scene in recent years! The tunes here are very heavy on acoustic bass – played in loud, bold lines alongside piano, bass, drums, and added percussion – all recorded with a really ful ...

IPA — It's A Delicate Thing . . . CD Around July 15, 2011 (delayed)

Weldon Irvine — Spirit Man . . . CD Winter 2012 Massively funky work from the mighty Weldon Irvine – sublimely cosmic and filled with soul throughout! The vibe here is a bit more focused than on some of Weldon's earlier albums – a moody blend of electric keys, heavy percussion, and some slight bits of jazzy solo work by trumpeters Ch ...

Gregory Isaacs — Mr. Isaacs . . . CD Late February, 2012 While he's much better known for his lover's rock and the huge chart hits he scored with it, back in 1977 Gregory Isaacs cut this roots side, at Channel One, under Ossie Hibbert, and he does more than a respectable job with the material. The rhythms are provided by the crack teams of the Revolution ...

Iskra — Luft . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed) Inventive improvisations and sonic explorations from one of Sweden's most free-thinking groups of the 70s and 80s! Iskra's a trio at this point, but still very much working in the spirit of the group's groundbreaking albums of the 70s – gently exploring "little" sounds, tones, shade ...

LaToya Jackson — Heart Don't Lie (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

LaToya Jackson — Imagination (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

Bobby Jaspar — Modern Jazz au Club Saint Germain (180 gram vinyl) . . . LP Early August, 2012 Although Belgian in origin, tenorist Bobby Jaspar was a key part of the French jazz scene of the postwar years – and his playing on records like this also made him one of the standout jazz talents in Europe in the 50s! The set features extremely rare material by Jaspar – cut for Barclay ...

Abner Jay — Folk Song Stylist . . . LP Mid-January, 2012 (delayed) Eccentric folk figure Abner Jay in somewhat earnest folk modes and more out there Americana sounds – on this album culled from 45s and LPs Abner made between 1964 and 1973! Abner worked in a number of styles, from strident folk troubadour to electric folk rock, gospel, and swaggering R&B ...

Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers — Jaywalkin – The Singles 1962 to 1965 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Abner Jay — True Story of Abner Jay . . . LP Mid-January, 2012 (delayed) Folk soul guitar player, singer, songwriter, storyteller and geniune character Abner Jay's brilliant home recordings – the first release of his "terrible comedy blues" in far too long – courtesy of the always deep digging Mississippi label! Abner takes on the topical issues of ...

Jazz Couriers (Ronnie Scott & Tubby Hayes) — Jazz Couriers Live In Morcombe . . . LP Around February 1, 2012 (delayed)

Jazzwise — Issue 160 – February 2012 . . . Magazine Around February 3, 2012

JB Horns — I Like It Like That . . . LP Around December 15, 2011 (delayed) One of the best of the "revival" JBs albums – featuring Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, and Pee Wee Ellis all grooving together with some London acid jazzers, including Ali Staton on drum programs, Crispin Taylor on live drums, and even Jaye Ella Ruth on vocals on one cut! The groove is ...

JB Horns — I Like It Like That . . . CD Around December 15, 2011 (delayed) One of the best of the "revival" JBs albums – featuring Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, and Pee Wee Ellis all grooving together with some London acid jazzers, including Ali Staton on drum programs, Crispin Taylor on live drums, and even Jaye Ella Ruth on vocals on one cut! The groove is ...

JBs — Groove Machine . . . CD Around February 20, 2012 Uptempo funk from the JBs – not really disco, but in the same mode that James Brown was using to crash the dancefloor scene at the end of the 70s. Not their finest moment, but worthwhile for completists. Includes "Just Wanna Make You Dance", "Rock Disco #1", and "Rock ...

J-88 (Slum Village) — Best Kept Secret . . . LP Early February, 2012 Jay-Dee, Baatin, and T3 drop this missing piece of their puzzle, featuring some work from the seemingly long lost Fantasic Vol. 1. Some remixing and production by Madlib. Tracks include "Get It Together (Madlib remix)", "The Things You Do (Madlib remix)", "Keep It On" ...

Jeri-Jeri — Mbueguel Dafa Nekh/Dub Dafa Nekh . . . 12-inch Early February, 2012

Jimmy & The Inspirations/Upsetters — Ain't No Love (orig, version) . . . 7-inch Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Harold Johnson Sextet — House On Elm Street . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed) A killer album! The Harold Johnson Sextet were an incredible little LA soul jazz combo during the late 60s. Johnson was a very soulful pianist, and he had a heavy soul style that was similar to Ramsey Lewis' Cadet work – but which was also tinged with the lyricism of Horace Silver, and the e ...

Lou Johnson — Panic Is On/You Better Let Him Go . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Pete Jolly — Little Bird . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed) One of the greatest records ever cut by pianist Pete Jolly – a sweet set of instrumentals featuring a trio of Chuck Berghofer on bass and Larry Bunker on drums, plus Howard Roberts on guitar and Kenny Hume on added percussion. The centerpiece here is Jolly's groovy hit version of "Little ...

Oliver Jones — Live In Baden Switzerland . . . CD Around February 14, 2012

Grace Jones — Muse . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed) Great work from Grace Jones – still riding high on a disco wave here, but also finding her own space and sound too! The mighty Tom Moulton produced, ensuring some great sound for the set – and arrangements are by Thor Baldursson and John Davis, both of whom bring in nice sense of fullne ...

Jah Frankie Jones & Aggrovators — Satta An Praise (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Thelma Jones — Thelma Jones (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 5, 2012 The first album from lesser-known soul singer Thelma Jones – and a real standout set from mid 70s Columbia! The record is a sweet blend of southern and modern soul, with some fantastic arrangements by Bert DeCoteaux, who also produced the set in a wonderful way that lets Jones retain the deep ...

Quincy Jones — This Is How I Feel About Jazz . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Fantastic – and an important early album from Quincy Jones! Q's working here in some of his hippest settings of the 50s – scoring longish versions of jazz tunes for groups that include players like Lucky Thompson on tenor, Herbie Mann on flute, Art Farmer on trumpet, Phil Woods and Gene ...

Duke Jordan — Double Duke . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Duke Jordan — In Concert From Japan . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Duke Jordan — Live At The Bass Clef . . . CD Around November 15, 2011 (delayed)

Duke Jordan — When You're Smiling . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Joyce — Rio De Janeiro . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 Sweet work from Joyce – a very intimate album that really reminds us of her classics from years back! Most of the set just features Joyce's vocals and guitar – but as you'll know if you love her as much as we do, that alone is enough to make the record wonderful – a slyly seductiv ...

Juke Blues — Issue 72 – Fall/Winter 2011/2012 . . . Magazine Around April 7, 2012

Maitreya Kali — Apache/Inca . . . CD Early February, 2012

Madleen Kane — Cheri (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Kansas City Jammers — Got Good . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Karantamba — Ndigal . . . CD Early February, 2012

Karantamba — Ndigal . . . LP Early February, 2012

Pandelis Karayorgis — System Of Five . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Akeeb Kareem — Blackman . . . CD Around February 2, 2012 (delayed) Beautifully tripped out grooves from Akeeb Kareem – a set recorded in Lagos in the mid 70s, and done with lots of offbeat guitar lines and weird tricks in the studio! The sound is one that you'd be tempted to call "Afro psych", but it's also plenty funky too – although with rh ...

Lee Katzman Quintet — Woody N You . . . CD Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Greetje Kauffeld — Heaven's Open . . . CD Around February 20, 2012

Greetje Kauffeld — Heaven's Open . . . LP Around February 20, 2012

Heinz Kiessling & Pete Jacques — Q1 . . . CD Late May, 2012

Heinz Kiessling & Pete Jacques — Q1 . . . LP Late May, 2012

Junior Kimbrough — You Better Run – The Essential Junior Kimbrough . . . LP Early February, 2012

Kind & Kinky Zoo — La Jupe Volante/Bestial Zoo . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Earl Connelly King — Every Whicha Kinda Way/Daddy Laddy . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

King Tubby — Roots Of Dub . . . CD Winter 2012 Two words: King Tubby. That's all you need to hear to know that this album rumbles with floor shaking bass, thunderous reverb drops and chattering echo, nicing up the heavy duty rhythms laid down by the Aggrovators. Hail to the King! Includes "Natty Dub", "Dub Magnificent", & ...

Kinny — You Can't Kill A Dame With Soul . . . CD Around February 14, 2012

Roland Kirk — Slightly Latin . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed) Unbelievable! This is one of the maddest Roland Kirk albums of all time – and it's also one of the hardest to find! The title says "Slightly Latin", but it's more of a mixed-up Now Sound/Bacharach-ish blend of orchestrations and voices, plus Exotica tinges, with Roland playing some ...

Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick & The Hearts — Square Dance With Soul . . . CD Around December 1, 2011 (delayed)

Jeff Kite & Others — Rio Breaks – Original Soundtrack . . . CD Early March, 2012

Jeff Kite & Others — Rio Breaks – Original Soundtrack . . . LP Early March, 2012

Earl Klugh — Finger Paintings/Heart String/Wishful Thinking . . . CD Early April, 2012

Sophia Knapp — Into The Waves . . . CD Late February, 2012

Sophia Knapp — Into The Waves . . . LP Late February, 2012

Krzysztof Komeda/Melomani/Kurylewicz — Jazz 56 Sopot – Sopot Jazz Festival 1956 (3CD set) . . . CD Around December 1, 2011 (delayed)

Krzysztof Komeda — Knife In Water/Two Men & A Wardrobe/When Angels Fall . . . CD Around December 10, 2009 (delayed)

Krzysztof Komeda — Rosemary's Baby/Fearless Vampire Killers . . . CD Around December 10, 2009 (delayed)

Lee Konitz & Peter Ind — 60 Year Reunion – How Cool Is That? . . . CD Around November 15, 2011 (delayed)

Lee Konitz — Jazz From The 1950s . . . CD Early November, 2009 (delayed) Essential work by Konitz! The set features a live recording made in 1957 by bassist Peter Ind – then working with the Konitz group, and an engineer with an extremely sensitive ear for Konitz's great tone. Don't let the live setting put you off, or make you think that the set's not up to snuf ...

Lee Konitz & Martial Solal — Star Eyes 1983 . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Lee Konitz — Very Cool . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A slightly different album than usual for Lee Konitz in the 50s – one that's got a bit harder edge, and which has Lee working in a group with a trumpet! The set's performed by a quintet that includes Konitz usual suspects Sal Mosca on piano and Peter Ind on bass, along with Shadow Wilson on d ...

Kool G Rap & DJ Polo — Live & Let Die . . . CD Late February, 2012 The east coast crime life epic from Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – hard hitting headnodding production from Sir Jinx, Kool G Rap & Trakmasterz – and riveting, violent wordplay from Kool G Rap! Live And Let Die isn't as well remembered as a handful of the other violent storytelling clas ...

Kora Jazz Trio — Kora Jazz Band & Guests . . . CD Around September 25, 2011 (delayed)

Kora Jazz Trio — Kora Jazz Trio Part 3 . . . CD Around October 20, 2008 (delayed)

Paul Korda — Passing Stranger . . . CD Late March, 2012

Hakon Kornstad — Symphonies In My Head . . . CD Around February 27, 2012

Kerkko Koskinen Orchestra — Trains & Letters . . . LP Around December 16, 2011 (delayed) A brilliant set from Finnish arranger Kerkko Koskinen – one with loads of deep jazzy textures, and a feel that's almost like some lost European soundtrack of the late 50s! The arrangements are tight, but never overwhelming – so that the ensemble's soloists have plenty of room to stretch ...

Kourosh — Gole Yakh . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Kourosh — Leila . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Mira Kubasinska & Breakout — Ogien . . . CD Around January 1, 2012 (delayed)

Steve Kuhn — Trance (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Trance. The title's a great one, as Kuhn spins out some long-spiralling tracks that really have a compellingly rhythmic groove. The main focus here is on his keyboards – both electric and acoustic piano – and he's working with well matched players that include Steve Swallow on electric ...

Steve Lacy — Blinks . . . Zurich Live 1983 . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Matthias Landaeus — Jul Pa Jazzvis . . . CD Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Suzi Lane — Ooh La La . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed) Catchy crossover disco from Suzi Lane – produced by Giorgio Moroder, but also featuring arrangements by Harold Faltermeyer – in a tuneful, hook-styled mode that's free from some of the schmaltz of his later years. Suzi's vocals are more than adequate for the session – more part of ...

Rolando Laserie — 2 Ases Al Trio – Rolando LaSerie Con Johnny Ventura Y Su Combo . . . CD Around January 5, 2012 (delayed)

Last Poets — Last Poets/This Is Madness . . . CD Around February 14, 2012 The first 2 Last Poets albums back to back in one great 2CD set! The Last Poets is he first album by the second group to call themselves the Last Poets (confusing, isn't it?) – comprised of Abiodun Oyewole, Alafia Pudim, and Omar Ben Hassan, plus the percussionist Nilaja. The album's as fier ...

Eric Lau & Guilty Simpson — Mission . . . 7-inch Early February, 2012

Betty Lavette — Nearer To You . . . CD Around February 14, 2012 Great compilation of Betty Lavette's hard soul sides from the late 60s and early 70'. Monster soul stuff that was really only issued on 45, and even those 45's are pretty tough to find these days. Hard gritty southern diva soul that makes Aretha Franklin sound like a supper club singer. Tracks in ...

Hubert Laws — Family . . . CD Early February, 2012 Like his other Columbia recordings from the time, this one's a bit heavy on the production tip, but that doesn't stop it from being a nice bit of funky fusion, thanks to good players like Bobby Lyle, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, and Laws himself. Tracks include "What A Night", "F ...

Daunik Lazro — Curare . . . LP Around January 15, 2012 (delayed)

Daunik Lazro — Curare . . . CD Around January 15, 2012 (delayed)

Le Mystere Jazz De Tombouctou — Le Mystere Jazz De Tombouctou . . . CD Around February 1, 2012 (delayed) Amazing music from Mali – quite different than most other albums we've heard from that scene in the 70s – with wonderful reed work that really lives up to the "jazz" in the group's name! The sound is bold and righteous, but with an other-worldly vibe too – a really haunt ...

Le Super Borgou De Parakou — Bariba Sound . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Le Super Borgou De Parakou — Bariba Sound . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Peggy Lee — Sea Shells . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 One of the strangest albums ever released by Peggy Lee! The record is a perfect showcase for her haunting voice, and has her singing some extremely spare tracks, with minimal arrangements behind her, and a dark brooding quality throughout. The record has somber washes of harp and harpsichord, whic ...

Shirley Ann Lee — Songs Of Light . . . LP Late February, 2012

Lefties Soul Connection — One Punch Pete . . . CD Around January 1, 2012 (delayed)

Michel Legrand — Suites Cinematographiques . . . CD Early February, 2012

Jonathan Lethem — 33 1/3 – Talking Heads' Fear Of Music . . . Book Around April 26, 2012

Tony Levin, Mike Osbourne, Harry Miller — Birmingham Jazz – 7th November 1976 . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Linda Lewis — Fathoms Deep (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 13, 2012 A wonderful album from Linda Lewis – certainly one of her best from the early days, and a completely captivating mixture of soul, jazz, and rock that sparkles like Minnie Riperton's best work from the time! The album's got a sweet LA sound – with Linda's great vocals up front in the mix ...

Ramsey Lewis — Funky Serenity/Salongo . . . CD Mid-April, 2012

Linda Lewis — Say No More . . . CD Late February, 2012

Linda Lewis — Tear & A Smile (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Late March, 2012

Sven Libaek — Inner Space – Original Soundtrack . . . LP Around February 15, 2012 One of our favorite records of all time – an incredible soundtrack from the legendary Sven Libaek, served up in a swirling blend of vibes, flute, guitar, and organ – all with a bubbly, watery feel that's totally amazing! The album's easily one of the greatest from the Australian scene o ...

Sven Libaek — Set – Original Soundtrack . . . LP Mid-April, 2012

Lenard Lidell — Afternoon Affair . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Lenard Lidell — Afternoon Affair . . . LP Early January, 2012 (delayed)

David Liebman/Ellery Eskelin — Non Sequiturs . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Afro-Beat Soul Sisters – The Lijadu Sisters At Afrodisia Nigeria 1976 to 1979 . . . CD Early April, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Afro-Beat Soul Sisters – The Lijadu Sisters At Afrodisia Nigeria 1976 to 1979 . . . LP Early April, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Horizon Unlimited . . . CD Around August 14, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Horizon Unlimited . . . LP Around August 14, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Mother Africa . . . CD Around February 28, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Mother Africa (with bonus download) . . . LP Around February 28, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Sunshine . . . CD Around May 8, 2012

Lijadu Sisters — Sunshine . . . LP Around May 8, 2012

Liminanas — Trouble In Mind/Je M'En Vais . . . 7-inch Mid-September, 2011 (delayed)

Alfredito Linares — Salsa A Todo Sabor . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Alfredito Linares — Salsa A Todo Sabor . . . LP Late February, 2012

Mark Lindsay — Complete Columbia Singles . . . CD Late February, 2012

Berry Lipman — Beating Steel/Law Breaker . . . 7-inch Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Berry Lipman — Hot Track/Highway Patrol . . . 7-inch Spring 2012

Little Beaver — When Was The Last Time . . . CD Around February 20, 2012 An excellent album of smooth soul tracks – very different than Little Beaver's earlier work, but every bit as great! The album's got a smooth, mellow finish that's almost a maturation of the sound that Beaver first forged on his Party Down album – with plenty of his deep soul vocals and ...

Live Band — Chance For Hope . . . LP Around January 15, 2012 (delayed) An excellent soulful disco album on the great TSOB label! Drummer, producer and band leader Norvell Holmes' name isn't likely to ring a bell for even hardcore 80s groove and disco fans, but this is an amazingly great album of modern soul with a polished feel to both the club cuts and mellower numbe ...

Jah Lloyd — Soldier Round The Corner . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Jah Lloyd — Soldier Round The Corner . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Edu Lobo with The Tamba Trio — Edu Lobo Por Edu Lobo . . . CD Around February 27, 2012 One of the greatest early albums from Edu Lobo – a groundbreaking set that has Lobo's vocals and guitar backed with sublime sounds from the Tamba Trio! As on their own records, the Tamba Trio harmonize wonderfully – letting Edu's vocals take the lead, but supporting him with those heave ...

Edu Lobo with The Tamba Trio — Edu Lobo Por Edu Lobo . . . LP Around February 27, 2012 One of the greatest early albums from Edu Lobo – a groundbreaking set that has Lobo's vocals and guitar backed with sublime sounds from the Tamba Trio! As on their own records, the Tamba Trio harmonize wonderfully – letting Edu's vocals take the lead, but supporting him with those heave ...

Los Hermanos Lopez — From Caguas With Love . . . CD Around January 5, 2012 (delayed)

Tito Lopez Combo — Tito Lopez Combo Featuring Jimmy Eastwood . . . CD Around February 15, 2011 (delayed)

Bryan Loren — Bryan Loren (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 12, 2012 The debut album from Bryan Loren, and quite possibly his best-remembered set – a batch of catchy, upbeat 80s soul numbers – all tracks that definitely point the way towards his later productions for other hit artists! There's nothing too fancy going on here, but Bryan's right on the mon ...

Russ Lossing — Oracle . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed)

Geoff Love — Latin With Love/Dreaming With Love . . . CD Around November 21, 2011 (delayed)

Love Apple — Love Apple . . . LP Late February, 2012

Frank Lowe — Lowesky . . . CD Early February, 2012

Carmen Lundy — Changes . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

Cheryl Lynn — In The Night (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 26, 2012 One of Cheryl Lynn's early killers for Columbia – an album of tight, bouncy, joyous soul all the way through – free from any of the too-commercial touches that sometimes slowed Cheryl's later work! Ray Parker Jr produced the set – and he as well is free from the slicker sounds of ...

Jimmy Lyons/Sunny Murray — Jump Up/What To Do About . . . CD Around March 1, 2012

Madlib & Others — Madlib's Medicine Show Number 13 – Black Tape . . . CD Around February 28, 2012

Pierre Maizeroi — Pierre Maizeroi . . . CD Around September 14, 2011 (delayed)

Adam Makowicz — Live Embers – Polish Jazz 43 . . . CD Around December 1, 2011 (delayed) Solo piano work from Adam Makowicz – easily one of the greatest players on the European scene of the 70s, but a player who didn't always get his due – thanks to cooled east-west relations at the time! The record's got a fluid grace that easily puts Makowicz in the company of heavyweight ...

Riichiro Manabe — Godzilla Vs Megalon . . . CD Around November 11, 2011 (delayed)

Albert Mangelsdorf — Trilogue - Live! . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 One of the best-remembered MPS sessions from avant trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff – a smoking live set, done in bold trio formation! Mangelsdorff gets some famous help on the date from Jaco Pastorius on bass and Alphonse Mouzon on drums – both players who push Albert past his usual sens ...

Shelly Manne — 2 3 4 . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A surprisingly great Shelly Manne album from the early 60s – one that follows a format that has Shelly playing in duo format ("2"), trio ("3"), and quartet ("4") – hence the title! The duo track is incredible – a spare duet with Coleman Hawkins called ...

Eddy Manson — Suite From Little Fugitive . . . CD Around December 1, 2011 (delayed)

Tania Maria — Tempo . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Detto Mariano feat Angella Dean — Mad/Gocce D'Acqua . . . 12-inch Early August, 2011 (delayed)

Marijata — Marijata . . . CD Around October 15, 2011 (delayed)

Marijata — Marijata . . . LP Around October 15, 2011 (delayed)

Marijata — This Is Marijata . . . CD Around October 15, 2011 (delayed)

Warne Marsh — More Jazz From The East Village . . . CD Early November, 2009 (delayed) Beautiful stuff – some of the greatest work by Warne Marsh that you could ever hope to find! During the late 50s, Marsh had a tone that was incredible – similar to that of Lee Konitz, but imbued with the soul of players like Charlie Mariano or Dick Johnson. Unfortunately, the strength ...

Warne Marsh — Ne Plus Ultra . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed) A masterpiece by Warne Marsh – and proof that there was always a committed modernist lurking behind some of his more straightforward playing! The session has sort of a post-Tristano underground west coast feel (if we can make up such a heavy handed term!), and it features a piano-less quartet ...

Warne Marsh — Release Record – Send Tape – Warne . . . CD Around November 1, 2009 (delayed) A great session of obscure Warne Marsh material, recorded in intimate settings by bassist Peter Ind, who also plays on the record. The performances are largely unrehearsed and improvised, but the overall quality is very very strong – and Marsh's tone is excellent. The record's a great chance ...

James Mason — Night Gruv . . . 12-inch Mid-February, 2012

Matching Mole — Matching Mole (2CD version – with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 27, 2012 A record of pure genius – and one of the greatest albums ever to come out of the British jazz rock scene! Matching Mole was a bit of a supergroup at the time – one that featured the piano, drums, and voice of Robert Wyatt next to the guitar of Phil Miller – topped off by additiona ...

Matching Mole — Matching Mole's Little Red Record (2CD version – with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 27, 2012 Fantastic material from this legendary British prog/jazz/rock group that featured Robert Wyatt and Phill Miller. The album was one of the only two they ever cut, and it sounds like a mix between Wyatt-era Soft Machine material, and some of the later jazz-oriented stuff that Miller recorded with oth ...

James Matthews Trio — Ironstein . . . 7-inch Mid-March, 2012

Mayafra Space Jazz — Birth . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Mayafra Space Jazz — Mayafra Life . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Rob Mazurek — Abstractions On Robert D'Arbrissel . . . CD Late November, 2010 (delayed)

Tommy McCook — Blazing Horns/Tenor In Roots . . . CD Late February, 2012 2 darn hard to get albums from the blazing horn of the smoking tenor man for the Skatalites, Tommy McCook. Glen Brown and Yabby You take over production duties on these fabulous instrumental reggae sides, featuring one one of the most oft heard horns in Jamaican music. "Blazing Horns" w ...

Gary McFarland — Soft Samba . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A dream of a record from Gary McFarland – lightly jazzy instrumentals with a warm bossa nova undercurrent! The style is incredible – a sweet blend of vibes, guitar, and even some light whistling – often also featuring wordless jazz vocals – scatting along with the groove in ...

Chris McGregor — Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath . . . LP Winter 2012 In the early 70s, pianist Chris McGregor was one of the leading lights of the British jazz scene – an expatriot South African living in London, whose work with the legendary group The Blue Notes was steeped in an African rhythmic traditions! This seminal work from 1971 shows how much McGregor ...

Carmen McRae — Blue Moon . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Some of the hippest early work ever cut by Carmen McRae – with backings by Tadd Dameron and Jimmy Mundy, and a great selection of songs that brings out all the sophistication in Carmen's style, yet stays away from overly-done standards and love numbers. The set's a perfect example of how grea ...

Meatmen — War Of The Superbikes (clear vinyl) . . . LP Early August, 2011 (delayed)

Mellow Madness — Mellow Madness . . . CD Around January 24, 2012 (delayed) Tight funky group soul from Fayetteville, NC's Mellow Madness – formed by youth educators Frank McNeil & Malachi Sharpe in the late 70s or early 80s – amazing stuff culled from unreleased master tapes and mixed by Kenny Dope! We must say right off that while there's a few fairly me ...

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes — Talk It Up (Tell Everybody) (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 20, 2012 Later work by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – but proof that the sound of a great group will never die! The record was cut for the small Philly World label, but it's got plenty of elements that really echo the best Philly elements of the glory years – snapping groovers that provide ...

Memphis Horns — High On Music/Get On Up & Dance . . . CD Around April 20, 2012

Memphis Soul — Don't Down Me People (parts 1 & 2) . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 77 — Home Cooking . . . CD Around December 25, 2011 (delayed) One of Sergio Mendes' most electric outings from the 70s – a tasty mixture of LA fusion, Brazilian rhythms, and the group's unique twin female vocal lead! The mix of sounds is wonderful – and makes for a really solid album that shows how much soul Sergio had soaked up in the decade he'd ...

Sergio Mendes — Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil '77 . . . CD Around December 25, 2011 (delayed) One of the funkiest albums Sergio Mendes ever recorded – a monster of a record that's filled with enough dancefloor groovers to have had a big impact on the soul market in the US! There's still elements of the older Mendes modes – especially in the way the vocals float nicely through th ...

Joe Mensah/Oscar Sulley — Africa Is Home (Natural Self re-edit)/Olufeme (Natural Self remix) – Ghana Soundz Sampler . . . 12-inch Around November 28, 2011 (delayed) 2 incredible tracks from the Ghana Soundz 2 compilation – remixed in ways that only make them sound better! Joe Mensah's "Africa Is Home" is a funky flute number that struts with a really hip 70s groove – a style that's almost blacksplitation funk in this re-edit by Natural Se ...

Helen Merrill — Brownie – A Tribute To Clifford Brown . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A later tribute to Clifford Brown from Helen Merrill – the vocalist who worked famously with the late trumpeter in the 50s! The feel here is quite different than the Merrill/Brown pairings for Emarcy, but equally dark throughout – handled in a way that often has Merrill's vocals offset ...

Helen Merrill — Chasin The Bird . . . CD Around June 15, 2011 (delayed) A nice late 70s set from Helen Merrill, with wonderfully spare accompaniment from Dick Katz, Mel Lewis, Joe Puma, Rufus Reid and Pepper Adams. She's still sounding great at this later point in her career, with her relaxed, coolly delivered vocals floating nicely above the group's crisp backing. Ei ...

Helen Merrill — Deep In A Dream (aka Feeling Is Mutual) . . . CD Around July 6, 2011 (delayed) A wonderfully moody session from Helen Merrill – and an obscure one too! The album was recorded in New York in 1965 – with pianist Dick Katz leading an off-beat group that featured Thad Jones on cornet, Jim Hall on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Pete LaRoca on drums – a combo tha ...

Helen Merrill & John Lewis — Django . . . CD Around June 15, 2011 (delayed) A wonderfully moody album from singer Helen Merrill – recorded with backing by pianist John Lewis, in an overall feel that's got some of the styles that Lewis forged with the Modern Jazz Quartet! The tunes are familiar ones, mostly, but arranged in a style that's got wonderfully sad and sombe ...

Helen Merrill & Stan Getz — Just Friends . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A really great later effort from Helen Merrill – one recorded in Paris at the end of the 80s with some excellent tenor sax work from Stan Getz! The mode of the record is similar to other Merrill records from the time – spare, gentle, and moody – sometimes threatening to lapse into ...

Helen Merrill — Love In Song . . . CD Around June 15, 2011 (delayed) A great little album by Helen Merrill – one of her hippest of the 70s! The icy cool vocalist runs through a moody set of tracks with backing by a Japanese trio that includes Masahiko Sato on keyboards and Motohiko Hino on drums. The whole thing's got a great late-night feel, and the best cut ...

Luciano Michelini/Bana Sissokho — Il Decamerone Nero . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Mighty Diamonds — Leaders Of Black Countries . . . CD Late April, 2011 (delayed)

Mighty Diamonds — Leaders Of Black Countries . . . LP Late April, 2011 (delayed)

Mighty Mocambos with Afrika Bambaataa — Battle (parts 1 & 2) . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Liudas Mockunas NuClear — Drop It . . . CD Around January 15, 2012 (delayed)

Modern Jazz Sextet — Modern Jazz Sextet . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A one-off studio group who are clearly listed here to cash in on the Modern Jazz Quartet's fame – and which combines 2 Modern Jazz Quartet members (John Lewis, Percy Heath) with 4 bop players (Dizzy, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Persip, Skeeter Best.) Given the presence of Dizzy and Stitt, there's a ...

Mojo 60s — Mojo 60s – Issue 3 . . . Magazine Mid-May, 2012

Mojo — Issue 219 – March 2012 (with bonus CD) . . . Magazine Around February 10, 2012

Mojo Classic — Volume 2, Issue 9 . . . Magazine Mid-October, 2011 (delayed)

Mojo Special Edition — Mojo Special Edition . . . Magazine Mid-April, 2012

Osaka Monaurail — State Of The World . . . CD Around March 15, 2012 Damn, we love these guys! And this time around, Osaka Monaurail sound harder and heavier than ever – very much back in their best 70s JBs mode – after a recent foray into 60s soul! The rhythms are incredibly tight – razor-sharp, with a forcefulness that few other funky combos can ...

Osaka Monaurail — State Of The World . . . LP Around March 15, 2012 Damn, we love these guys! And this time around, Osaka Monaurail sound harder and heavier than ever – very much back in their best 70s JBs mode – after a recent foray into 60s soul! The rhythms are incredibly tight – razor-sharp, with a forcefulness that few other funky combos can ...

Thelonious Monk — Unique Thelonious Monk . . . LP Around February 7, 2012 The session's billed as "very personal treatments of great standards" – and it's a great twist on familiar material, all given the Thelonius touch! There's less of Monk's creative composition and angular group arrangements going on here – and instead, the album's almost a rewr ...

JR Monterose — In Action (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012

Chris Montez — Foolin Around (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Sublime pop vocals from Chris Montez – recorded in that light and dreamy mode that makes his A&M records so great! Arrangements are a mix of light jazz and easy – set to a syncopated groove that's simple, sprightly, and never cloying – a style that borrows a fair bit from the ...

Chris Montez — More I See You – Call Me (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Fantastically sweet pop from Chris Montez! Chris had a light little voice that was perfect for the A&M Records approach of the 60s – a style that has him singing gently over arrangements that glide and bounce around with ease, sometimes handled by Herb Alpert, in a breezy sunny LA mode th ...

Chris Montez — Time After Time (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Wonderful pop from Chris Montez! Chris' voice, if you've never heard it, has this wispy floating quality that works perfectly with the album's light arrangements by Nick DeCaro. There's more than a bit of bossa in the mix, and the whole thing's put together with a dreamy creamy A&M sound that ...

Chris Montez — Watch What Happens . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 Heavenly dreamy pop! A fantastic album of light easy pop vocal material, produced by the great Nick DeCaro, and firmly implanted with both the wonderful A&M talent for easy material, and the subtle vocal genius of the enigmatic Chris Montez. The album is one of Montez's best for A&M, and i ...

Tete Montoliu — Super Solos . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Thurston Moore — In Silver Rain With A Paper Key (with 2 bonus 7" singles) . . . Book Fall 2011 (delayed)

La Shaun Phoenix Moore — Space Between The Rain . . . CD Early February, 2012

Meli'sa Morgan — Do Me Baby (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 26, 2012

Derrick Morgan — No Dice . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Derrick Morgan — No Dice – Original Rocksteady 1966/1967 . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Derrick Morgan — Original Ska Vol 1 . . . CD Around July 1, 2011 (delayed)

Derrick Morgan — Original Ska Vol 1 (10 inch LP) . . . LP Around July 1, 2011 (delayed)

Derrick Morgan — Rare & Unreleased Original 1960s Ska (10 inch LP) . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Derrick Morgan — Ska Vol 2 . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Derrick Morgan — Top The Pop – Original Recordings From 1968 to 1970 . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Morgen — Morgen . . . CD Around February 25, 2012 Dark-edged psychedelia from Steve Morgen – a record that's awash in hard drums, heavy guitar, and a really aggressive sort of sound! There's a nicely fuzzy, nicely acid quality to the record – one that has the guitar and vocals sometimes tripping out – but still always pushed forw ...

Morning Dew — Early Years – Topeka Kansas 1966 to 1969 . . . LP Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Marc Moulin — Sam Suffy . . . CD Around February 15, 2012 A crucial bit of keyboard funk from the 70s – a wild album of many moods, recorded in 1974, and featuring the talents of keyboard whiz Marc Moulin! Moulin's since been resurrected and given the credit he deserves – but at the time of release, this rare gem was somewhat lost – caug ...

Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro — Visiting Old Learning New . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed)

Mr Day — Forgotten Realms/Follow You . . . 7-inch Around February 27, 2012

Mtume — You, Me & He (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 19, 2012 Proof that the move to soul was actually a great thing for James Mtume – because although the set's miles from his spiritual jazz work of the 70s, it more than makes up for that shift with a sophisticated approach to 80s soul! The group's a small one, with lots of keyboards from Mtume, and a ...

Mugo — Organized . . . CD Around January 25, 2012 (delayed)

Mugo — United . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed) Early 70s ensemble funk from Mugo – a DC group made up of students from McKinley Tech High School – combining tightly energetic, fairly sprawling instrumentation and soulful vocals – a number of unreleased tracks from the sessions that also produced their rare 70s single, newly mix ...

Gary Mulholland — Popcorn – Fifty Years Of Rock 'N' Roll Movies (paperback) . . . Book Early September, 2011 (delayed)

Alicia Myers — Alicia/Alicia Again . . . CD Around February 13, 2012

Wlodzimierz Nahorny Trio — Heart . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed) A relatively free set from 60s Poland – done as a trio of saxophone, bass, and drums – a style that's not usually associated with that scene! There's almost an ESP feel to the record, but a bit more inside – as Wlodzimierz Nahorny blows alto with a tone that's warm at times, but r ...

National Health — Missing Pieces . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

New Cool Collective — In Concert . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

New Cool Collective — New Cool Collective Big Band . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

New Cool Collective — Out Of Office . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

New Cool Collective — Pachinko . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

New Cool Collective — Trippin . . . CD Early February, 2011 (delayed)

New Mastersounds — Introduction To The New Mastersounds . . . LP Early March, 2012 A great look at the heavy grooves of The New Mastersounds – one of the hardest working combos in the deep funk underground – with a resume of great music that stretches back for over a decade! The set brings together album cuts, rare singles, and a few surprising numbers as well – ...

Tony Newton — Mysticism & Romance . . . LP Summer 2011 (delayed) An obscure funky fusion album from bassist Tony Newton – with a wild look that grabs you instantly! Tony plays this weird double-bass, and he's pictured with the instrument on the cover – looking like some super-heavy righteous dude that escaped from The Headhunters. The record feature ...

Nguenang/Soro N'Gana — Mi Gnan Mi Nibi/Wouck . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends — Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 One of our favorite records of all time – a landmark piece of 60s pop that we'd easily rank with the best work by Brian Wilson, Millennium, Gary Usher, Van Dyke Parks, or any of those other California sunny-eyed hipsters! The style is sweet A&M vocal pop – with an emphasis on groovy ...

Judy Niemack — Blue Bop . . . CD Around October 5, 2011 (delayed)

Night Beats — Night Beats . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed)

Night Beats — Night Beats . . . LP Early December, 2011 (delayed)

Janko Nilovic — Funky Tramway (180 gram vinyl) . . . LP Mid-January, 2012 (delayed) A rare one from Janko Nilovic – his Funky Tramway – a cosmic jazz funk grail from the early 70s recorded in Belgium with an incredible group of local musicians – a stunner in which Nilovic is blending organically funky grooves with synths and other astral touches as incredibly as e ...

Niney The Observer — Deep Roots Observer Style (4CD set) . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Fredrik Noron — Plays . . . CD Mid-June, 2010 (delayed)

Fredrik Noron — T . . . CD Mid-June, 2010 (delayed)

Marconi Notaro — No Sub Reino Dos Metazoarios . . . CD Around March 19, 2012 Folksy psychedelia from early 70s Brazil – a wonderful little album by poet/singer Marconi Notaro, done in collaboration with the team of Lula Cortes and Ze Ramalho, with a feel that's similar to their own classic Paebiru! The feel here is quite loose at times – almost improvised percus ...

Marconi Notaro — No Sub Reino Dos Metazoarios (180 gram vinyl) . . . LP Around March 19, 2012 Folksy psychedelia from early 70s Brazil – a wonderful little album by poet/singer Marconi Notaro, done in collaboration with the team of Lula Cortes and Ze Ramalho, with a feel that's similar to their own classic Paebiru! The feel here is quite loose at times – almost improvised percus ...

Novalima — Karimba . . . CD Around January 31, 2012 (delayed)

Novi Singers — Novi Sing Chopin . . . CD Around December 1, 2011 (delayed) 2 of Poland's greatest musical assets – together on one CD! The groovy groovy Novi Singers turn their talents towards the work of Frederic Chopin – singing his compositions in a jazzy harmony style that's quite similar to the 60s classics of The Swingle Singers! The approach is really ...

Nude — Number 18 – Spring 2011 . . . Magazine Around August 1, 2011 (delayed)

Anita O'Day — My Funny Valentine – Live 1955 to 1959 . . . CD Around February 14, 2012

O'Jays — We'll Never Forget You – The Imperial Years 1963 to 1966 . . . CD Late March, 2012

Ocho — Ocho 2 . . . LP Early February, 2012 A seminal album from the NuYorican Latin generation! Ocho only get better on this second album – mixing together jazz, funk, soul, and Latin into a sound that was shared by few other groups – using vibes, electric piano, and flute in combination with older elements of Latin Jazz to forg ...

Anita O'Day — Angel Eyes . . . CD Around May 18, 2011 (delayed)

Anita O'Day — Gone With The Wind . . . CD Around May 18, 2011 (delayed)

Matsuo Ohno — I Saw The Outer Limits . . . CD Late February, 2012

Daphne Oram — Daphne Oram Tapes Vol 1 (4LP set) . . . CD Around February 20, 2012 Amazing archival sounds from Daphne Oram – a late 50s British experimentalist, and one who worked in some really noisy electronic modes! With a name like Daphne, you might expect the music to be light and pretty – but the music is incredibly dark and complex – really a lot more li ...

Daphne Oram & Andrea Parker — Private Dreams & Public Nightmares . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Orchestra Colon — Creepin Up . . . CD Around January 5, 2012 (delayed)

Owiney Sigoma Bnad — Tafsiri Sound . . . 12-inch Mid-July, 2011 (delayed)

Oxford American — Oxford American No 76 . . . Magazine Around April 1, 2012

Oxford American — Oxford American No 74 – Education Issue . . . Magazine Late August, 2012

Augustus Pablo — Dubbing On Bond Street . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Augustus Pablo — Dubbing On Bond Street . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Vangelis Papathanassiou — L'Apocalypse Des Animaux – Original Soundtrack . . . CD Around March 25, 2012 Although Vangelis began his career in the prog-rock heavy group Aphrodite's Child, he's emerging here as a great talent for crafting moody instrumental soundscapes. The soundtrack's way better than his later pop work, and is a strong one in a moody early 70s mode. Titles include the 17 minute &quo ...

Vangelis Papathanassiou — La Fete Sauvage . . . CD Around March 25, 2012

Vangelis Papathanassiou — Opera Sauvage . . . CD Late March, 2012

Jeff Parker — Bright Light In Winter . . . CD Early February, 2012

Horace Parlan — Horace Parlan Alone . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Joe Pass — Intercontinental . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 One of the grooviest records we've ever heard from guitarist Joe Pass – a sweet European session for MPS, and one with a very different feel than some of his US recordings! The setting's a trio, with a feel that's more open than some of Joe's pop-jazz sets from the 60s – and the rhythms ...

Joe Pass — Virtuoso . . . LP Mid-June, 2011 (delayed) Solo guitar by Joe Pass – a beautiful little album that's a perfect showcase for the new sensitivity in his music during his years at Pablo records! The Joe Pass heard here is light years away from the guitar player who made a few gimmicky records a decade before – and this album has Jo ...

Gary Peacock/Keith Jarrett/Jack DeJohnette — Tales Of Another . . . CD Around March 21, 2012

Nils Henning Orsted Pedersen — Bassic Trio . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Lee Perry & Friends — Black Arkives . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed) Massive! Yet another batch of sweet, funky Black Ark reggae – will the bounty never cease?! A number of the vocal tracks have a sweet harmony sound, and while other compilations often pair dubs and vocal versions, this one skims the cream instead, only pairing up a few cuts that way, but don ...

Lee Perry & Friends — Black Arkives . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed) Massive! Yet another batch of sweet, funky Black Ark reggae – will the bounty never cease?! A number of the vocal tracks have a sweet harmony sound, and while other compilations often pair dubs and vocal versions, this one skims the cream instead, only pairing up a few cuts that way, but don ...

Lee Perry — Cloak & Dagger . . . CD Around July 1, 2011 (delayed) Sweet! Finally one of the hardest to find Scratch LPs has seen the light of day again! Recorded in the late 70s, when his wigged out follies at the Black Ark had reached their peak, though there's a bit of debate over whether these tracks were actually recorded at the Black Ark, this is one of th ...

Lee Perry — Cloak & Dagger . . . LP Around July 1, 2011 (delayed) Sweet! Finally one of the hardest to find Scratch LPs has seen the light of day again! Recorded in the late 70s, when his wigged out follies at the Black Ark had reached their peak, though there's a bit of debate over whether these tracks were actually recorded at the Black Ark, this is one of th ...

Lee Perry — High Plains Drifter . . . CD Late February, 2012

Lee Perry — High Plains Drifter . . . LP Late February, 2012

Lee Perry — Kung Fu Meets The Dragon . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed) One of the most sought after Upsetter sides, from the late Black Ark period, originally only issued in a small batch, and hopelessly hard to find for years. This excellent dub LP is as dope as all get out, from the kung fu cover image to the spare, funky dubs rolling along on heavy bass, quacking c ...

Lee Perry — Kung Fu Meets The Dragon . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed) One of the most sought after Upsetter sides, from the late Black Ark period, originally only issued in a small batch, and hopelessly hard to find for years. This excellent dub LP is as dope as all get out, from the kung fu cover image to the spare, funky dubs rolling along on heavy bass, quacking c ...

Lee Perry & The Upsetters — Musical Bones . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed) Did you ever buy a Lee Perry record and wonder why everyone's talking about super freaked grooves and punky reggae parties, when what you got was some laid back rock steady, or worse, some weird modern digital reggae? Well this one delivers the goods: raw, gritty, funky jams cut at the Black Ark ...

Lee Perry & The Upsetters — Musical Bones . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed) Did you ever buy a Lee Perry record and wonder why everyone's talking about super freaked grooves and punky reggae parties, when what you got was some laid back rocksteady, or worse, some weird modern digital reggae? Well this one delivers the goods: raw, gritty, funky jams cut at the Black Ark d ...

Lee Perry & Friends — Rastafari Liveth Itinually . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed) Classic Black Ark soul sides, six of them, served up here with their funky Upsetters versions. Scratch is fully in his element here, a showcase of jaunty rolling island grooves, perhaps not his best known work, but like so much of what he cooked up at the Black Ark, totally essential, from the orga ...

Lee Perry & Friends — Rastafari Liveth Itinually . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed) Classic Black Ark soul sides, six of them, served up here with their funky Upsetters versions. Scratch is fully in his element here, a showcase of jaunty rolling island grooves, perhaps not his best known work, but like so much of what he cooked up at the Black Ark, totally essential, from the orga ...

Lee Perry & The Upsetters — Return Of Wax . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed) An excellent lost session from the Black Ark! Tracked by Perry with Upsetters in 1975, these stripped down dubs feature some of the dopest, funky rhythms Scratch ever cut, while others have a super spare, loping Jamaican groove. The sound is crisp and tight, without the giant thunderclaps and echo ...

Lee Perry & The Upsetters — Return Of Wax . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed) An excellent lost session from the Black Ark! Tracked by Perry with Upsetters in 1975, these stripped down dubs feature some of the dopest, funky rhythms Scratch ever cut, while others have a super spare, loping Jamaican groove. The sound is crisp and tight, without the giant thunderclaps and echo ...

Raymond Pettibon — Front Row Center (with bonus 7" single) . . . Book Fall 2011 (delayed)

Oscar Pettiford — Deep Passion . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A really wonderful little chapter in the rich, and all-too-short career of bassist Oscar Pettiford – larger group recordings done for ABC in the mid 50s! The sessions show Pettiford to be surprisingly great at such a format – leading a group through Gigi Gryce arrangements that have a n ...

Pharcyde — Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde . . . LP Around January 24, 2012 (delayed) The early 90s classic by The Pharcyde – the group's high water mark – and one of the greatest hip hop albums of the era! Along with Del and the Souls Of Mischief, Pharcyde were one of the few West Coast units to achieve any kind of widespread popularity using the uniquely loopy, funhou ...

Stu Phillips — Buck Rogers In The 25th Century . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Phyrework — I Need Your Love . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

PIC — El Nova Hustle . . . CD Mid-March, 2009

Piero Piccioni — Minnesota Clay . . . CD Late February, 2012

Pieces Of A Dream — Bout Dat Time (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 19, 2012

Pieces Of A Dream — Goodbye Manhattan (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 19, 2012

Pierced Arrows — Keep Pushin'/Little Did I Know . . . 7-inch Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Plus — Plus . . . CD Around February 15, 2012 European progressive rock-funk-jazz combo featuring players from Marc Moulin's Placebo – and a cool record from the Belgian scene! Each side of the record has 3 longish songs, and it's impressive how much ground they cover while still keeping a consistent groove. Hypnotic, drums & percus ...

Pointer Sisters — Energy (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 26, 2012 A huge crossover moment for The Pointer Sisters – thanks to their mega-hit version of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire", which helped sell about a gazillion copies of the record! The sound of that hit pretty much sums up the overall style of the album – as the trio delivers a number ...

Michele Polga with Fabrizio Bosso — Live At Panic Jazz Club . . . CD Mid-October, 2011 (delayed)

Popol Vuh — Werner Herzog Soundtracks (Aguirre/ Herz Aus Glas/ Nosferatu/ Fitzcarraldo/ Cobra Verde) . . . CD Late January, 2011 (delayed)

Gregory Porter — Be Good . . . CD Around February 1, 2012 (delayed)

Phil Pratt — Dial M For Murder . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Phil Pratt — Dial M For Murder . . . LP Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Billy Preston — Whole New Thing (Japanese paper sleeve edition – plus bonus track) . . . CD Around December 29, 2011 (delayed) Not an entirely new thing from Billy Preston, but still pretty great overall! The set's still got Billy working in a fair bit of the righteous rhythms of his previous sets – those church-inspired grooves that first got him noticed in the early 70s – but there's also a few different groo ...

Andre Previn & Russ Freeman — Double Play! . . . LP Mid-June, 2011 (delayed) A goofy title and cover – but a really unique session of two-piano jazz, recorded with Russ Freeman and Andre Previn on the keys, plus only the drums of Shelly Manne to provide additional support! The sound is really great – and Previn's especially wonderful here, really stretching out ...

Prime Time — Flying High . . . CD Around January 27, 2012 (delayed)

Prince Alla — Only Love Can Conquer . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 We have to admit, we didn't know much of Prince Alla's work until this reissue compilation came out. While he may be less well known than many of the purveyors of roots rock, this compilation bringing together tracks cut with the Soul Syndicate produced mostly by Bertram Brown for the Freedom Sound ...

Prince Alla — Songs From The Royal Throne Room . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Prince Alla — Songs From The Royal Throne Room . . . LP Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Jean Prodromides — La Comedie Selon Prodromides . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Purple Image — Purple Image . . . CD Around February 10, 2012 A key album in the post-Hendrix tradition of funky black rock – and the only album ever recorded by Cleveland's Purple Image! The approach here follows nicely in the same territory worked by Funkadelic and Fugi in the early days – a heady, fuzzed-up blend of trippy guitars, heavy rhythm ...

Pussy Galore — Right Now . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Quantic & Alice Russell — Look Around The Corner . . . CD Around April 5, 2012

Quantic & Alice Russell — Look Around The Corner . . . LP Around April 5, 2012

Quantic & Alice Russell — Look Around The Corner (10 inch single) . . . 12-inch Around February 20, 2012

Sun Ra — At The Red Garter' – NYC 1970 . . . CD Around April 1, 2012

Sun Ra — Mayan Temples (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Winter 2012 Sun Ra's made the move here from Egyptian pyramids to Mayan temples – but the sound is every bit as cosmic and compelling as ever! The album's one of Ra's last – a studio set recorded in Italy in 1990, and one that draws strongly from the tightening of tradition the Arkestra experienced ...

Sun Ra — Sun Ra Live at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium 12/11/74 . . . CD Around November 1, 2011 (delayed)

Racing Jazz Quintet — Never Lie . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Lou Ragland — I Travel Alone (3CD set) . . . CD Late March, 2012

Lou Ragland — I Travel Alone (4LP set) . . . LP Late March, 2012

Pierre Raph — Requiem Pour Un Vampire/Requiem For A Vampire (10 inch vinyl) . . . LP Late March, 2012

Record Collector — Issue 398 – March 2012 . . . Magazine Around February 10, 2012

Peter Ind & Rufus Reid — Alone Together . . . CD Early November, 2009 (delayed)

Peter Ind — Time For Improvisation . . . CD Early June, 2010 (delayed)

Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet — Live In London . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed) A great live jazz find – a brilliant set led by tenor saxophonist Don Rendall, recorded in the UK in 1965! The group includes flugelhorn player Ian Carr, piano work by the Michael Garrick, and drums by Trevor Tompkins. The group really shows it's chops over 6 restless, lengthy tunes. The gr ...

Wendy Rene — After Laughter Comes Tears – The Complete Stax & Volt Singles & Rarities 1964 to 1965 . . . CD Early February, 2012

Wendy Rene — After Laughter Comes Tears – The Complete Stax & Volt Singles & Rarities 1964 to 1965 . . . LP Early February, 2012

Rene & Angela — Rise (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 26, 2012 3rd LP from Rene & Angela, here still teamed up with Bobby Watson, and still cutting great 80s groove, with the classic period production combining electric key lines on synths with nice horn and string section backing. There's only one ballad, and one mid tempo cut, the nice groover "Can' ...

Renegades Of Jazz — Moo Juice/Ramsey's Groove – Club Tikka 45 Vol 6 . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Revolutionaries — Channel One Revisited Dub . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Rita Reys with Wessel Ilken & Jazz Messengers — Cool Voice Of Rita Reys . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Excellent cool jazz vocals from The Netherlands! In the immediate post-war years, the Dutch jazz scene was one of the first to emerge with a sophisticated understanding of the American jazz form. Rita Reys was one of the country's leading talents in this respect, and she had a wonderfully cool voc ...

Ricky Tick Big Band — Ricky Tick Big Band . . . LP Around November 19, 2010 (delayed) Another amazing moment from the Ricky Tick label – an imprint we've trusted since their very first single, and one who never lets us down! As with other Ricky Tick projects, which seek to revive the best sounds of European jazz from years back, this big band set sparkles with the sort of ener ...

Riots — Job Opening (voc, inst) . . . 7-inch Winter 2012

Sam Rivers — New Conception (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Around February 13, 2012 Fantastic! This early Blue Note recording by Sam Rivers is a set of jazz standards, like "When I Fall In Love" and "That's All", but done by Sam with a crazy sort of edge that makes this record a real gem, and one of the best by Blue Note from the 60's. Great playing throughout ...

Osian Roberts Trio & Quartet — Euphemy . . . CD Around September 1, 2010 (delayed)

Rockfort Psychedelion/Val Bennett — Count Sticky/Val Blows In . . . 7-inch Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Clodagh Rodgers — Come Back & Shake Me – The Kenny Young Years 1969 to 1971 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Matt Rogers — 33 1/3 – Funkadelic's Maggot Brain . . . Book Around August 30, 2012

Wallace Roney — Home . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Roots (Nathan Davis, Sam Rivers, et al) — Stablemates . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 A pretty great session – if only for the work of the sax players! The "stablemates" on the session are a host of older spiritual and soul jazz players – including Nathan Davis, Sam Rivers, Chico Freeman, and Arthur Blythe – alternating solos and coming together in some a ...

Cheo Rosario — El Vive Bien . . . CD Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Rose Royce — Stronger Than Ever (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 20, 2012 Rose Royce are certainly plenty strong at this point in their career – working with a tight modern soul groove on Epic Records – away from their previous placement on the Whitfield label, even though Norman Whitfield's still very actively handling production here! The album does a great ...

Bernt Rosengren — Late Date – A Tribute To Lars Gullin Vol 1 . . . CD Mid-June, 2010 (delayed)

Laurence Rosenthal — 21 Hours At Munich . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Laurence Rosenthal — Raisin In The Sun/Requiem For A Heavyweight . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Diana Ross — Diana Ross (1976) (2CD special edition – with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 21, 2012

Eddie Russ — Fresh Out! . . . CD Around March 26, 2012 A landmark bit of indie funk from the 70s – one of the few records cut by Detroit keyboardist Eddie Russ, and easily the best! The album features Russ going to town on electric piano – working with a hip combo called The Mixed Bag, which features some wicked work on flute and soprano sa ...

Eddie Russ — Fresh Out! . . . LP Around March 26, 2012 A landmark bit of indie funk from the 70s – one of the few records cut by Detroit keyboardist Eddie Russ, and easily the best! The album features Russ going to town on electric piano – working with a hip combo called The Mixed Bag, which features some wicked work on flute and soprano sa ...

George Russell — New York, New York . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A wonderful album from George Russell – and a refreshing change from his overly-academic modernist work! The session's an unusual one – a musical portrait of New York City, performed with an all-star cast that includes John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Benny Golson, Max ...

Carlo Rustichelli — Una Su 13 . . . CD Early February, 2012

Arnaud Sacase — Septentrion . . . CD Early March, 2012

Sansara Music Band — Sansara Music Band Plays The Music Of Lars Farnlof . . . CD Mid-June, 2010 (delayed)

Satwa — Satwa . . . CD Around March 19, 2012 A lost bit of richly strummed and picked acid folk guitar grooves from Satwa – featuring Brazilian psychedelic folk genius Lula Cortes and partner Lailson! Satwa is one of the sweetest sets of psych folk jams we've heard in ages. It's got a mostly instrumental, wholly mesmerizing sound spun ...

Finn Savery — Presenting Finn Savery . . . CD Early October, 2011 (delayed) A gem of a record from pianist Finn Savery – a set that's at once immediately modern, yet also filled with warmer tones and sadder notes from years past! In a way, Savery seems to link together the 60s experiments of pianists like Steve Kuhn or Keith Jarrett with a more timeworn sensibility t ...

Paul Sawtell/Bert Shefter — Lost World/Five Weeks In A Balloon . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Arnold Schoenberg — Works For Piano . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Tony Schwartz — Music In The Streets . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed)

Search — Search I (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around March 12, 2012 Early 80s funky soul from Search – a group that was spearhead by Les Paul Roque, fresh from his stint with Kool & The Gang – and a great little set that works in a similar jazzy funk & soul groove! Search has kind of a smaller combo approach to the sound, with funky bass and key ...

Seductive Souls — Love Don't Hurt At All . . . 7-inch Around March 1, 2012

Seven Souls — I Still Love You/I'm No Stranger . . . 7-inch Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Sex Pistols — Never Mind The Bollocks . . . LP Around August 1, 2011 (delayed)

Suzy Shaw & Mick Farren — Bomp – Saving The World One Record At A Time (hardcover) . . . Book Early May, 2011 (delayed)

George Shearing — September In The Rain . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Classic early work from George Shearing – the MGM sides that first made American audiences sit up and take notice of his mighty talents and cool new sound on the piano! The classic Shearing style is already in full effect here – a sublime blend of spacious piano lines, gentle vibes, and ...

Mark Sherman — LA Sessions . . . CD Around February 21, 2012

Shindig — Issue 25 – March 2012 . . . Magazine Mid-February, 2012

Matthew Shipp with Mat Maneri & Joe Morris — Duos . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

David Shire — Conversation . . . CD Late December, 2011 (delayed)

Shook Magazine — Issue 11 – Spring 2011 . . . Magazine Around April 5, 2011 (delayed)

Aldus Shores — Happiness . . . LP Early March, 2012

Signal To Noise — Issue 63 – Fall 2011 . . . Magazine Around August 16, 2011 (delayed)

Signor Wolf Funk Exp — Funkonnection . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

Zoot Sims — Cookin' . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 One of the greatest Zoot Sims albums of the 60s – a very smoking live set, recorded in the UK with a hip British rhythm section! Zoot's blowing in front of the Stan Tracy trio – a group led by pianist Tracy, with a style that was every bit as swinging as it was modern and fresh. The st ...

Inohs Sivad — Changes . . . CD Early February, 2012

Inohs Sivad — IS . . . CD Early February, 2012

Inohs Sivad — No Goodbyes . . . CD Early February, 2012

Mustapha Skandrani — Istikhbars & Improvisations . . . CD Late February, 2012

Skatalites — Coconut Ska . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Skatalites — Coconut Ska . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Skatalites — Kingston II . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Skatalites — Kingston II . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Slugfield — Slime Zone . . . CD Early April, 2012

Sly & Robbie — Blackwood Dub . . . CD Early February, 2012

Sly & Robbie — Blackwood Dub (pic disc) . . . LP Early February, 2012

Sly & Robbie — Blackwood Dub (with bonus CD) . . . LP Early February, 2012

George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band — Blues With A Feeling – A Tribute To Little Walter . . . CD Around March 1, 2012

Gizelle Smith — Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos . . . CD Early March, 2012 A fantastically funky full length set from Gizelle Smith – a hell of a great singer who's really been winning our ears with her funky 45s – now stepping out with an even more badass sound in the space of this album! Gizelle's groove is right up there with the hippest female singers in t ...

Paul Tillman Smith — Newsroom/A Good Dream . . . 7-inch Mid-December, 2011 (delayed) Strictly limited edition 7" single – offering 2 of the sweetest tracks from the Welcome To The Newsroom compilation! "Newsroom" is a wonderful number – most famously recorded by Vitamin E for Buddah, but presented here in Paul Tillman Smith's original version, which gives ...

Paul Tillman Smith/Electric Church — Ready To Live Raw Funk/We've Got To Find A Love . . . 7-inch Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Smoked Sugar — Smoked Sugar (with bonus track) . . . CD Around February 13, 2012 Obscure funky soul group – with a sound that's a mix of harmony soul and ensemble instrumentation, along the lines of Earth Wind & Fire, but also with some Isley Brothers touches. Titles include "I'm A Winner", "Bump Me", "My Eyes Search A Lonely Room For You" ...

Stanislaw Sojka — Blublula . . . CD Around January 1, 2012 (delayed) Wicked stuff – and a vocalist we'd love to know more about! Stan's a hip Polish singer with a really wonderful sound – an open-ended 70s approach that draws on influences from Leon Thomas and Mark Murphy, yet which also has a gutsy quality that's all its own – personal and spontan ...

Songlines — Issue 81 – January/February 2011 (with bonus CD) . . . Magazine Around January 1, 2012 (delayed)

Soul Snatchers — Scratch My Itch . . . CD Late February, 2012

Soul Snatchers — Scratch My Itch . . . LP Late February, 2012

Soul Surfers — Soul Surf/Tornado . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Soul Up North — Issue 74 – Winter 2011 . . . Magazine Around January 31, 2012 (delayed)

Spanglish Fly — Me Gusta Mi Bicicleta/Po-Po . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Spinners — Spinners . . . CD Around February 14, 2012 A landmark album from The Spinners – one that has the Detroit vocal group making a hip trip to the Philly scene – picking up a whole new sound and rich new energy in the process! A few years later, working in Philly studios would be common for many artists – but this self-titled S ...

Spinshots — Never So Right . . . CD Mid-October, 2011 (delayed)

Spinshots — Never So Right . . . LP Mid-October, 2011 (delayed)

Heiner Stadler — Brains On Fire – Vols 1 & 2 . . . CD Around February 28, 2012

April Stevens — Teach Me Tiger . . . CD Mid-September, 2011 (delayed) Breathy brilliance from April Stevens – the sexy west coast singer who made some really wonderful records in the 50s! At some level, April was a bit like Julie London – in that she sang in a laidback, seductive tone that was quite risque at times – but she was also a bit more pop ...

Louis Stewart/Peter Ind — Beyond Baubles, Bangles & Beads . . . CD Early November, 2009 (delayed) Duets between guitarist Louis Stewart and ex-Konitz bassist Peter Ind – recorded by Ind at his own studio, with the wonderfully intimate sound that he brought to his best recordings of the late 50s and early 60s. The original album has been expanded with additional music from the same session ...

Stuff — Live In New York (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A looser, more spontaneous session than usual from Stuff – one that shows that the group could sparkle just as much in a live setting as they could in the studio – perhaps even more so, as the record has the percussion amped up a bit more in the mix, and the guitar lines taken with more ...

Stuff — Live Stuff (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 A nice little live set from Stuff – one that's recorded in Tokyo, with a groove that's a bit more open than their better-known New York live album from a few years later! The sound's somewhat rougher than the Stuff studio sessions, but in a good way – one that shows that the combo can r ...

Stuff — More Stuff (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 The second album by this band of very successful studio players – and quite a bit hit for the group! Players include Richard Tee, Cornell Dupree, Steve Gadd, and Eric Gale – and the record is a culmination of the players' long history of soul work during the 70s, particularly that which ...

Stuff — Stuff (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Tight funky fusion from Stuff – the stellar debut by the soul jazz supergroup – filled with groovy electric keys, rubbery basslines and tightly vamping guitar! The sound is warm and groovy throughout – sophisticated funk on some tunes, and slightly looser and soulful on others &n ...

Stuff — Stuff It (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 Late 70s soul fusion from masters of the groove – perhaps the best ever by the late 70s supergroup Stuff – featuring a core group that includes Cornell Dupree, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, and Richard Tee! This time out the smooth sound is vibrantly top notch – all produced by Steve Cro ...

Suff Daddy — Suff4Life . . . CD Late February, 2012

Suff Daddy — Suff4Life . . . LP Late February, 2012

Sunbirds — Sunbirds (plus bonus tracks) . . . CD Late October, 2011 (delayed)

Super Hi Fi — Single Payer (orig, dub Victor Rice rmx) . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Sweet Inspirations — Sweet Inspirations . . . CD Around December 25, 2011 (delayed) The wonderful debut album by the Sweet Inspirations for Atlantic – with the same sweet sound that they had backing Aretha Franklin on her classic recordings! The group was a huge backing boon for everyone from Aretha to Elvis, but their own albums were really great, too – an amazing ble ...

Swell Maps — Jane From Occupied Europe (with download) . . . LP February, 2012

Swell Maps — Trip To Marineville (with bonus 7" single & download) . . . LP February, 2012

Switch — Am I Still Your Boyfriend? . . . CD Around January 27, 2012 (delayed)

Tamba Trio — Avanco . . . CD Around February 27, 2012 A killer batch of bossa tracks from the greatest group of the genre! This album's always been one of their hardest to find, and the tracks on here are a stellar example of their classic piano/vocal harmony style – which influenced a whole generation of bossa players. Luiz Eca plays piano, an ...

Tamba Trio — Avanco . . . LP Around February 27, 2012 A killer batch of bossa tracks from the greatest group of the genre! This album's always been one of their hardest to find, and the tracks on here are a stellar example of their classic piano/vocal harmony style – which influenced a whole generation of bossa players. Luiz Eca plays piano, an ...

Robert Tanner/New Sounds — Sweet Memories (2 versions) . . . 7-inch Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Tavares — Supercharged . . . CD Around March 26, 2012 A smooth batch of modern soul from this great 70s vocal group! By this point in their career, Tavares have already had great fame on both the radio and dancefloor charts – moving effortlessly between sweet harmony tracks and more strident disco ones. This set has the group working in a matur ...

Ebo Taylor — Appia Kwa Bridge . . . CD Around March 16, 2012

Ebo Taylor — Appia Kwa Bridge . . . LP Around March 16, 2012

Jimi Tenor & Abdissa Assefa — Itetune . . . LP Early October, 2011 (delayed)

Third Coast Kings — Third Coast Kings . . . CD Late March, 2012

Third Coast Kings — Third Coast Kings . . . LP Late March, 2012

Pat Thomas — Listen, Whitey! – The Sounds Of Black Power 1965 to 1975 (hardcover) . . . Book Early October, 2011 (delayed)

Dave Thompson — London's Burning – True Adventures On The Front Lines Of Punk 1976 to 1977 (paperback) . . . Book Early May, 2011 (delayed)

Hank Thompson — Songs For Rounders . . . LP Late February, 2012

Tiroro — Tiroro – The Haitian Drummer . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed)

Cal Tjader — Cal Tjader's Latin Concert . . . LP Around February 7, 2012 Not the sort of stodgy affair you might think from the "concert" in the title – and instead a relaxed, nicely-grooving little set – recorded by Cal Tjader in the very familiar territory of the Blackhawk night club in San Francisco! The recording quality is less live than other ...

Tommy Tompkins — 33 1/3 – The Clash's London Calling . . . Book Around September 6, 2012

Dave Tompkins — How To Wreck A Nice Beach – The Vocoder From World War II To Hip Hop – The Machine Speaks (expanded paperback with bonus 45) . . . Book Early February, 2012 The story of the vocoder – presented in the coolest way possible! The book is way more than just a study of the famous voice-transforming technology – as it's put together with lots and lots of vintage photos, color images, and other illuminating features – all of which make the b ...

Tonight At Noon (Jukka Eskola) — To Mingus With Love . . . CD Late February, 2012

Topics & Friends — Giving Up (Japanese pressing) . . . LP Around December 15, 2011 (delayed) Killer lost vocal group material from the New York scene of the early 70s! The Topics were one of the few groups working under the management of Bruce Clarke – a similar figure to other 70s' group promoters/producers, like George Kerr. They issued one rare album in 1974 – this totally ...

Touch Of Class — Love Means Everything (aka I'm In Heaven) (Japanese pressing) . . . LP Around December 20, 2011 (delayed) A killer little soul group who recorded with John "Monster" Davis in the mid 70s – really soaring with a groove that rivals some of their bigger contemporaries on the east coast group scene! Touch Of Class sing in a style that's sometimes fragile, but often more suited to the soarin ...

Maka Badje Tounkara — Sodjan . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Allen Toussaint — Life, Love & Faith (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Around March 10, 2012 Excellent work from New Orleans soul legend Allen Toussaint! The album features 12 tracks from the early 70s – when Toussaint was mixing a bit of funk into the heavy soul mix that he'd had from his early days in the Crescent City scene. All cuts were written, arranged, and produced by Toussa ...

Allen Toussaint — Southern Nights (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Around March 10, 2012 Pretty great stuff from Allen Toussaint – even if he had breached the mainstream firmly by this point in his career. The title cut, "Southern Nights", was written by Allen, but became a big hit for Glen Campbell, who recorded a very soppy version of the number. Here, Toussaint turn ...

Aischa Traidia — City Life . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Aischa Traidia — City Life . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Transgressors — Willpower/Money For Born Money For Die . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Trio Passeurs — Existences . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Turn On The Sunlight (Carlos Nino) — Turn On The Sunlight . . . CD Late February, 2012

Turn On The Sunlight (Carlos Nino) — Turn On The Sunlight . . . LP Late February, 2012

Turn On The Sunlight (Carlos Nino) — Turn On The Sunlight – Remixes/Collaborations . . . CD Late February, 2012

Ike Turner — Blues Roots/Bad Dreams . . . CD Around March 1, 2012

Ike & Tina Turner — Gospel According To Ike & Tina/Sweet Rhode Island Red . . . CD Around February 6, 2012

Ike & Tina Turner — River Deep – Mountain High (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 28, 2012 A legendary pairing of two key 60s pop talents – the soulful sounds of Ike & Tina Turner, and the soaring production styles of Phil Spector! The album's quite different than some of the grittier Turner projects of the time – lots of full orchestrations and strings, mixed with the ro ...

Turs (Miles Bonny/Twit One) — Love Street . . . 7-inch Early February, 2012

McCoy Tyner — Sahara . . . LP Around February 7, 2012 Pretty darn nice stuff from McCoy Tyner, from a period when he was opening up to the soul jazz spiritualism that was around him – a movement that was clearly directly inspired by his work with Coltrane, but which also helped to shape his playing, and return the favor of influence. The group h ...

Ugly Things — Issue 33 – Spring 2012 . . . Magazine Around February 2, 2012 (delayed)

Ultimates — You're My Lady (Japanese pressing) . . . LP Around December 15, 2011 (delayed)

Uncut — Issue 178 – March 2012 (with bonus CD) . . . CD Around February 10, 2012

Under The Radar — June 2011 . . . Magazine Early June, 2011 (delayed)

Union — Analogtronics . . . CD Early February, 2012

Union — Analogtronics (pink & teal colored vinyl) . . . LP Early February, 2012

Union feat Elzhi, MF Doom & Insight — Damu Remixes (limited edition white vinyl) . . . 7-inch Early February, 2012

Unisono — Unisono . . . CD Early October, 2011 (delayed)

Phil Upchurch — Lovin Feelin (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around December 29, 2011 (delayed) One of Phil Upchurch's best records – and one that's a no-nonsense batch of funky instrumentals that feature some really great guitar! Phil's dropped the Hendrix fuzz of some of his Cadet sides of the late 60s – and instead, he's working in a stretched-out chromatic mode that has bits o ...

Upsetters — High Plains Drifter (orig, version) . . . 7-inch Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

John Valenti — Anything You Want (Japanese pressing) . . . LP Around December 20, 2011 (delayed) A great bit of indie soul from the mid 70s – and a record that's as wonderful as it is obscure! We don't know much about John, but he's got a spacious, soaring style of soul that's clearly influenced by Stevie Wonder – and which takes the sound into a fuller, richer groove – but w ...

Maarten Van Der Grinten/Benjamin Herman Quartet — Curse & A Sigh . . . CD Around April 1, 2012

Earl Van Dyke — Motown Sound – The Complete Albums, Singles, & More . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Variations — Woman's Blues . . . CD Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Variations — Woman's Blues . . . LP Mid-January, 2012 (delayed)

Sarah Vaughan — No Count Sarah (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 The title's a bit of a joke – because the record features a batch sidemen from the Count Basie band – Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Freddy Green, Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster, and others – all working with Sarah, but the Count's name is missing, due to contractual obligations! Despite t ...

Caetano Veloso & David Byrne — Caetano Veloso & David Byrne Live At Carnegie Hall . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Ventures — Fabulous Ventures (colored vinyl pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012 The Ventures are always pretty darn fabulous, but they somehow sound especially nice on this tight little 60s set – a great batch of tunes that really catches them at the crossroads! The guitars here are still mostly in that super-clean style the group pioneered in their earlier years, but th ...

Ventures — Surfing . . . CD Late February, 2012

Ventures — Surfing (colored vinyl pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012

Ventures — Ventures In Space . . . CD Late February, 2012 The Ventures In Space is a really wonderful idea – especially given that the quartet had so much energy in their guitars at this point, they could easily make it to the moon! The set's cooking with great little numbers that really keep with the space theme of the title – tracks like &qu ...

Ventures — Ventures In Space (colored vinyl pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012 The Ventures In Space is a really wonderful idea – especially given that the quartet had so much energy in their guitars at this point, they could easily make it to the moon! The set's cooking with great little numbers that really keep with the space theme of the title – tracks like &qu ...

Ventures — Ventures Play Telstar – The Lonely Bull . . . CD Late February, 2012 This was the Ventures ninth record and it offers the usual mix of covers of some of the most popular songs of the day. The guitar still leads as the main sound on these tracks but they do expand the instrumentation to include organ, trumpet, mandolins and harpsichord as well. They sing a little on ...

Ventures — Ventures Play Telstar – The Lonely Bull (colored vinyl pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012 This was the Ventures ninth record and it offers the usual mix of covers of some of the most popular songs of the day. The guitar still leads as the main sound on these tracks but they do expand the instrumentation to include organ, trumpet, mandolins and harpsichord as well. They sing a little on ...

Ventures — Walk Don't Run Vol 2 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Ventures — Walk Don't Run Vol 2 (colored vinyl pressing) . . . LP Late February, 2012

Gilles Verlant — Gainsbourg – The Biography . . . Book Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Versis — Illcandescant . . . CD Early February, 2012

Marco Von Orelli 6 — Close Ties On Hidden Lanes . . . CD Early February, 2012

Walko — Afrobeat Trance/Quiet Man Is A Dead Man . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Dexter Wansel — Captured (with bonus track) . . . CD Late March, 2012

Grover Washington Jr — Strawberry Moon/Then & Now/Time Out Of Mind . . . CD Around February 14, 2012

Waterloo — First Battle (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Early December, 2011 (delayed) Hard groovin' psyche prog from Belgium – the mighty First Battle of Waterloo! As far as we know, this was the first and only battle from the group Waterloo – released on the Vogue label at the dawn of the 70s, with really heavy organ grooves and drums, plus some flute in the mix. Sharp ...

Marzette Watts — Marzette Watts . . . CD Around February 1, 2012 (delayed) A vision of the future of avant garde jazz – recorded in 1966, and one of the most groundbreaking, and (unfortunately) one of the most obscure, titles on the legendary ESP label! The session is led by saxophonist Marzette Watts – working here with a stellar group that includes Byard Lan ...

Wax Poetics — New York City Latin Big Band – From The Catalogs Of West Side Latino, Seeco, & Tropical . . . Book February, 2012

Wax Poetics — Issue #51 . . . Magazine Spring 2012

Wax Poetics — Issue #50 . . . Magazine Winter 2012

Julius Wechter & The Baja Marimba Band — Fresh Air (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012 A sweet late instrumental classic from the 60s glory years at A&M – and a record that's far different than some of the earlier work by the Baja Marimba Band! Sure, the group's still got plenty of their "fake" Mexican sound in place here – obviously they can't drop the &quo ...

Julius Wechter & The Baja Marimba Band — Those Were The Days (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Around March 7, 2012

Terri Wells — Just Like Dreamin (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 20, 2012 Modern Philly soul from Terri Wells – a really great set that's right in the best mode of the city's sweet 80s groove scene! Terri previously sang with Dexter Wansel, and in the group People's Choice – but she's got more than enough power to hold the focus on her own – a nicely ba ...

Bugge Wesseltoft — Songs . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Mike Westbrook — Westbrook Rossini . . . CD Around January 20, 2012 (delayed) Westbrook performs variations on themes by Rossini – taken from operas that include Guglielmo Tell, Otello, Il Barbiere Di Eviglia, and La Gazza Ladra. The group is a septet with piano, tuba, piccolo, trombone, drums, alto sax, sopranino sax, and some voice by Kate Westbrook – and title ...

Audrey Wheeler — Let It Be Me (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Kenny Wheeler — One Of Many . . . CD Late February, 2011 (delayed)

Andrew White — Andrew Nathaniel White III . . . LP Around February 15, 2012 An album of solo reed work from the enigmatic Andrew White – a brilliant talent who was part of the DC jazz scene in the 60s and 70s, but who chose to remain out of the limelight, releasing intimate albums like this on his own record label. The album's got a very unique sound – as White ...

Andrew White — Andrew White Live At The Foolery Vol 1 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012 Free and soulful work from alto saxophonist Andrew White – working here in a live setting with Kevin Toney and Keith Kilgo of the Blackbyrds! The setting's an all acoustic one, and the album's a great reminder of the jazz roots that Toney and Kilgo first came from – as they really open ...

Andrew White — Andrew White Live At The Foolery Vol 2 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012 Free and soulful work from alto saxophonist Andrew White – working here in a live setting with Kevin Toney and Keith Kilgo of the Blackbyrds! The setting's an all acoustic one, and the album's a great reminder of the jazz roots that Toney and Kilgo first came from – as they really open ...

Andrew White — Andrew White Live At The Foolery Vol 3 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012 Free and soulful work from alto saxophonist Andrew White – working here in a live setting with Kevin Toney and Keith Kilgo of the Blackbyrds! The setting's an all acoustic one, and the album's a great reminder of the jazz roots that Toney and Kilgo first came from – as they really open ...

Andrew White — Andrew White Live At The Foolery Vol 4 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012 Free and soulful work from alto saxophonist Andrew White – working here in a live setting with Kevin Toney and Keith Kilgo of the Blackbyrds! The setting's an all acoustic one, and the album's a great reminder of the jazz roots that Toney and Kilgo first came from – as they really open ...

Andrew White — Andrew White Live At The Foolery Vol 5 . . . CD Around March 1, 2012 Free and soulful work from alto saxophonist Andrew White – working here in a live setting with Kevin Toney and Keith Kilgo of the Blackbyrds! The setting's an all acoustic one, and the album's a great reminder of the jazz roots that Toney and Kilgo first came from – as they really open ...

Andrew White — Andrew White Live At The Foolery Vol 6 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012 The 6th volume of work from Andrew White at the DC nightspot The Foolery – recorded with great fidelity, and a searingly searching style! White's work on alto is at its post-Coltrane best on the set – really taking things into its own, especially on the extended solos that dominate the ...

Andrew White — Collage . . . LP Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Gigtime 2000 Vol 1 – Nouveau Fonk . . . CD Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Gigtime 2000 Vol 2 – Andrew's Theme . . . CD Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Gigtime 2000 Vol 3 – Everybody Loves The Sugar . . . CD Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Gigtime 2000 Vol 4 – Keep On Dancin Baby . . . CD Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Here We Is Again – Vol 1 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Andrew White — Here We Is Again – Vol 2 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Andrew White — Here We Is Again – Vol 3 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Andrew White — Here We Is Again – Vol 4 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Andrew White — Here We Is Again – Vol 5 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Andrew White — Here We Is Again – Vol 6 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Andrew White — Here We Is Again – Vol 7 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Barry White — Let The Music Play (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 Barry had so many hits in the early part of the decade that a lot of his nice mid 70s work is often eclipsed by the million sellers. This album's a good case of that, as it's got 6 finely crafted cuts, all nice and long, and all featuring a perfect realization of Barry's stone gold groove. Cuts in ...

Andrew White — Live At The New Thing . . . LP Around February 15, 2012 Some of the fiercest, tightest work you'll ever hear from saxophonist Andrew White – pulled from three different live sessions, but handled with a very unified feel! The group on most of the material is White's quartet with Gene Rush on piano, Eric Gravatt on drums, and Steve Novosel on bass ...

Andrew White — Live In Bucharest/Live In The Studio . . . LP Around February 15, 2012 A split LP – featuring one side of material recorded live in Bucharest, and another live in the studio, back home in Washington, DC. The Bucharest side features one long, relatively free track – white on tenor, blowing in duet with Bill McCullough on drums. The track has an almost FMP- ...

Andrew White — Live In New York At The Ladies Fort Vol 2 . . . LP Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 1 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 2 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 3 . . . CD Around March 1, 2012 Incredible work from one of the unsung geniuses of American jazz – the great alto player Andrew White, an amazingly soulful talent with a really deep range of expression! This set is volume 8 in the Marathon 75 series – and features tracks from a 12 hour concert recorded on November 16, ...

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 4 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 5 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 6 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 7 . . . CD Around March 1, 2012 Incredible work from one of the unsung geniuses of American jazz – the great alto player Andrew White, an amazingly soulful talent with a really deep range of expression! This set is volume 8 in the Marathon 75 series – and features tracks from a 12 hour concert recorded on November 16, ...

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 8 . . . LP Around March 1, 2012 Incredible work from one of the unsung geniuses of American jazz – the great alto player Andrew White, an amazingly soulful talent with a really deep range of expression! This set is volume 8 in the Marathon 75 series – and features tracks from a 12 hour concert recorded on November 16, ...

Andrew White — Marathon 75 – Vol 9 . . . CD Around March 1, 2012 Incredible work from one of the unsung geniuses of American jazz – the great alto player Andrew White, an amazingly soulful talent with a really deep range of expression! This set is volume 9 in the Marathon 75 series – and features tracks from a 12 hour concert recorded on November 16, ...

Andrew White — Profile . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Andrew White — Songs For A French Lady . . . LP Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Theme . . . LP Around February 15, 2012 One of Andrew White's self released mid m70s LPs, featuring Kevin Toney & Keith Killgo of the Blackbyrds, and Steve Novosel of Music Inc. Andrew White may be known to some as the tenor in the JFK Quintet, but though his post-Trane explorations are unheard by many, his muse speaks equally to ini ...

Andrew White — Weekend At The One Step Series Vol 1 – Fonk Update . . . LP Around February 15, 2012 A tasty little set from Andrew White – not as "fonky" as you might think from the title, but an excellent batch of soul jazz tunes that rank with some of his best self-released work! The group on the album features Blackbyrds Keith Killgo on drums and Kevin Toney on piano, plus exce ...

Andrew White — Weekend At The One Step Series Vol 2 . . . LP Around February 15, 2012

Andrew White — Weekend At The One Step Series Vol 3 . . . LP Around February 15, 2012

Eddie Whitehead/Mary Saxton — Just Your Fool/Losing Control . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Wicked Lester — Gay With An E/Archibald – Club Tikka 45 Vol 4 . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Will I Am (Black Eyed Peas) — Lost Change (10th Anniversary Edition) . . . CD Mid-March, 2012 A great solo album from Will I Am of the Black Eyed Peas – a mixture of hip hop beats, electric funk, and some nice production touches that span a generation of styles. Guests include Madd Dogg, Terry Dexter, Planet Asia, and Medusa – and tracks are about half vocal, half instrumental. ...

Will Sessions — True Story/Dub Rock . . . 7-inch Mid-February, 2012

Hannah Williams — Hannah Williams & The Tastemakers . . . CD Early April, 2012

Hannah Williams — Hannah Williams & The Tastemakers . . . LP Early April, 2012

Andre Williams — Hoods & Shades . . . CD Late February, 2012

Andre Williams — Hoods & Shades . . . LP Late February, 2012

Deniece Williams — This Is Niecy (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Around February 27, 2012 Genius work from Denice Williams – a singer who'd cracked the charts a bit as Denice Chandler, with a little girl soul sound, way back in the 60s – but who's grown up considerably by this essential 70s set! Chandler's voice is still a bit high – almost in a Minnie Riperton sort of ...

Ronald Wilson/The Upsetters — Prime Minister's State/Strange Country . . . 7-inch Early March, 2012

Nancy Wilson — This Mother's Daughter/I've Never Been To Me . . . CD Around February 13, 2012

Kai Winding & JJ Johnson — Brand New Swinging Together Again – The Great Kai & JJ . . . CD Around March 21, 2012 The famous 50s team of JJ Johnson and Kai Winding are reunited strongly here – after working alone for several years on their own projects! The groove here is a bit more open and less arranged than some of the pair's earlier projects – mostly just two trombones in the lead, soloing sepa ...

Wire — Issue 337 – March 2012 . . . Magazine Early March, 2012

Wizards From Kansas — Wizards From Kansas . . . CD Around February 25, 2012 A lost bit of psychedelic folk by The Wizards From Kansas – a really unique album that's got a sound that's almost impossible to describe! At one level, these guys have picked up on the left of center folk sound of the late 60s – work by Fred Neil or Tim Hardin come to mind – but ...

Word — Issue 108 – February 2012 (with bonus CD) . . . Magazine Around February 3, 2012

Frank Wright — Blues For Albert Ayler . . . CD Early February, 2012

Charles Wright — That Funky Thang . . . CD Mid-July, 2011 (delayed)

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Yabby U — King Tubby's Prophesy Of Dub . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 The historic first meeting of Vivian Jackson (aka Yabby You) and King Tubby – originally released on the Prophet label in 1976. Inspired by the book of Revelation, even without the lyrics on these instrumental dubs, the apocalyptic themes resound through the echoing horn lines and organ stabs. ...

Yabby You — Dub It To The Top 1976 -1979 . . . CD Late February, 2012 Another crucial Yabby You reissue, dug up by the crew at Blood & Fire – this set contains the whole of the Yabby You & Michael Prophet "Vocal and Dub" album, plus 8 extra tracks taken mostly from hard to get 45s. We've always loved Yabby You, and his dub collaborations with K ...

Yarbrough & Peoples — Guilty . . . CD Around January 27, 2012 (delayed)

Larry Young Jr & Harold Martin — Wild Fire (orig, alt) . . . 7-inch Around February 1, 2012 (delayed)

Yu — Earn (limited edition green vinyl) . . . LP Around February 7, 2012 A full length effort from Diamond District MC yU – featuring production by yU himself plus Roddy Rod, Choppy Choppe, Kev Brown and others. Includes "First", "Wrote On" feat Imani Bilal & King Tut, "Make A Living", "Build", "I Believe", &qu ...

Yuugen No Sekai — Yuugen No Sekai (Japanese paper sleeve edition) . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Ahmad Zahir — 70s Psychedelic Folk Pop . . . LP Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Zalmac — Whatcha Gonna Do . . . LP Around January 15, 2012 (delayed) A great later project from Zulema – one done in the years after her fame on bigger labels, but still pretty darn great overall! The groove here is quite different than the records she did back in the 70s – much more in the street soul mode you'd expect from the TSOB label – with l ...

Zanussi Thirteen — Zanussi Thirteen Live . . . CD Around February 22, 2012

John Zorn — Gnostic Preludes . . . CD Around February 28, 2012

John Zorn — More News For Lulu . . . CD Early February, 2012

Tappa Zukie — Tappa Zukie In Dub . . . CD Around December 5, 2011 (delayed) An astounding dub set that actually doesn't really feature tappa Zukie toasting at all! Originally released in a tiny edition in 1976, this essential dub album collects rhythms produced by Zukie with the help of a heavyweight set of players featuring Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Deadly Headley B ...

Tappa Zukie — Tappa Zukie In Dub . . . LP Around December 5, 2011 (delayed) An astounding dub set that actually doesn't really feature tappa Zukie toasting at all! Originally released in a tiny edition in 1976, this essential dub album collects rhythms produced by Zukie with the help of a heavyweight set of players featuring Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Deadly Headley B ...

Various — African Music Today (7 inch EP) . . . 7-inch Late January, 2012 (delayed)

Various — Aimer Et Perdre – To Love & To Lose Songs 1917 to 1934 . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Various — All The Breaks Vol 2 . . . LP Early February, 2012

Various — Atomic Cafe – Music From The Original Soundtrack, Plus Music Inspired By The Film . . . LP Early December, 2011 (delayed) An excellent compilation of rare funky jazz tunes – issued here supposedly as a lost soundtrack, but really just a collection of tunes from other sources, all with a nice soundtrack-y jazz feel! There's a few familiar names here, but most of the material is from rare European and American ind ...

Various — Bangs & Works Vol 2 – The Best Of Chicago Footwork . . . LP Late November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Basic Principles Of Sound 2 – Music For The Modern Listener . . . CD Early December, 2011 (delayed) Second volume in this very cool series of lost grooves – and one that has a distinct Latin/Brazilian influence! The tunes are all nicely uptempo, and are a well-picked selection of rare jazzy grooves from obscure overseas and American sources. Titles include "Upa Neguinho" by Trio ...

Various — Beat Jazz Vol 2 – Pictures From The Gone World . . . CD Late July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Beginners Guide To Lounge & Exotica (3CD set) . . . CD Early January, 2012 (delayed)

Various — Best Of Perception & Today Records . . . CD Late March, 2012

Various — Best Of Perception & Today Records – Part 1 . . . LP Late March, 2012

Various — Best Of Perception & Today Records – Part 2 . . . LP Late March, 2012

Various — Birth Of Dancehall – Black Solidarity 1976 to 1979 . . . CD Early March, 2012

Various — Birth Of Dancehall – Black Solidarity 1976 to 1979 . . . LP Early March, 2012

Various — Colombia Vol 2 . . . CD Around March 15, 2012

Various — Colombia Vol 2 . . . LP Around March 15, 2012

Various — Criminal Records – Law, Disorder, & The Pursuit Of Vinyl Justice . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Dedicated Swallower Of Fashion – Mixed By Doug Shipton (unmixed vinyl) . . . LP Mid-June, 2012 A tripped out mix of spacey, funky and psych-soaked soundscapes compiled by Doug Shipton – the main main behind the incredible Finders Keepers/B-Music empire of exotic funk reissues and compilations! Dedicated Swallower Of Fashion is a set built from of 45 different, unlisted vintage cuts fro ...

Various — Deep Disco & Boogie . . . CD Around February 1, 2012 (delayed) They're not lying about the title on this one – as the package definitely overflows with deep disco and boogie! But even more importantly, the whole thing's plenty darn rare, too – really killer tracks that we haven't seen compiled elsewhere – and which really represent the cream ...

Various — Disco City (4CD set) . . . CD Early February, 2012

Various — Dom Thomas – Dreams Of San Antonio . . . LP Early December, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Dome Records – 20 Years (3CD set) . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Dream Babes Vol 7 – Beat Chic . . . CD Around March 5, 2012 Groovy girl pop from the 60s UK scene – loads of sunshine female pop, moddish and frenetic rhythms, and more than a little bit of hipster beat chic – and a worthy entry in the ever wonderful Dream Babes series from RPM Records! There's a mad pulpy glee to many of these tunes, which str ...

Various — Eastern Bloc Funk Experience . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Eccentric Soul – A Red Black Green Production . . . CD Late March, 2012

Various — Eccentric Soul – A Red Black Green Production . . . LP Late March, 2012

Various — Fender – The Golden Age 1946 to 1970 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Girls In The Garage Volume 12 – 14 Charming French Swinging Ladies . . . LP Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Groovin' At The Go-Go – The Northern Soul Of Philadelphia . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Various — Hang It Out To Dry . . . 7-inch Late February, 2012

Various — Harder Shade Of Black . . . CD Early February, 2012 The deep classic Harder Shade Of Black set from producer Leonard Chin – first released in 1974 – with performances by the Santic All All Stars, Horace Andy, Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo and more – with numbers ranging fro sweetly soulful vocal numbers to heavy instrumentals, dub ...

Various — Harmony, Melody, & Style – Lovers Rock & Rare Groove in the UK 1975 to 1992 . . . CD Late March, 2012

Various — Harmony, Melody, & Style – Lovers Rock & Rare Groove in the UK 1975 to 1992 – Part 1 . . . LP Late March, 2012

Various — Harmony, Melody, & Style – Lovers Rock & Rare Groove in the UK 1975 to 1992 – Part 2 . . . LP Late March, 2012

Various — Henry Stone's Hidden Disco Grooves Vol 3 . . . CD Around April 1, 2012

Various — Henry Stone's Hidden Disco Grooves Vol 4 . . . CD Around April 1, 2012

Various — Impulse At 50 – Jazz In Black & Orange (50 CD set) . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Various — Jende Ri Palenge – People Of Palenque (2CDs & DVD set) . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Jende Ri Palenge – People Of Palenque (5LPs & DVD set) . . . LP Late February, 2012

Various — Jerk Boom Bam – Greasy Rhythm & Soul Party Vol 1 . . . LP Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Jerk Boom Bam – Greasy Rhythm & Soul Party Vol 2 . . . LP Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Jerk Boom Bam – Greasy Rhythm & Soul Party Vol 3 – Girls Round One . . . LP Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Jerk Boom Bam – Greasy Rhythm & Soul Party Vol 4 – Girls Round Two . . . LP Early November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Johnnie D Presents Disco Jamms Vol 1 . . . CD Early March, 2012

Various — Johnnie D Presents Disco Jamms Vol 1 . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Various — Jukebox Jam – Blues & Rhythm Revue . . . CD Late January, 2012 (delayed) A treasure trove of raw soul and rough-edged R&B – a killer collection of material that originally appeared on the ultra-limited series of Juke Box Jam singles from Jazzman – sweetly collected into one nicely-priced package! The grooves here are totally great – and represent a ...

Various — La Habana Era Una Fiesta – Original Recordings From The Golden Age Of Cuban Radio . . . LP Early February, 2012

Various — La Onda Vampi . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Various — La Onda Vampi . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Various — Le Coeur qui Jazze– The Most Controversial & Wanted Cult-Grooves . . . LP Early December, 2011 (delayed) Another one of the totally cool compilations of rare tracks on the Partners In Crime label, with loads of cool jazzy grooves that you'll never find in the original. Cuts include "Jive Samba" by Jon Hendricks, "Here We Are Falling In Love" by Meta Roos, "Le Coeur Qui Jazze&q ...

Various — Let's Boogaloo Vol 6 . . . CD Early April, 2012

Various — Let's Boogaloo Vol 6 . . . LP Early April, 2012

Various — Lingua Franca – Brutal 500 Series – Part 4 EP . . . LP Around February 10, 2012

Various — Listen Whitey – The Sounds Of Black Power 1967 to 1974 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Listen Whitey – The Sounds Of Black Power 1967 to 1974 . . . LP Early February, 2012

Various — Make Do & Mend 09 – Now Again Supports Finders Keepers (limited edition) . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Make Do & Mend 10 – Andy Votel & Doug Shipton Supports Finders Keepers (limited edition) . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Man About Ska Town . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Memphis Boys – The Story Of American Studios . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Metal Dance – Industrial, Post Punk, EBM Classics & Rarities 1980 to 1988 . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Various — Metal Dance – Industrial, Post Punk, EBM Classics & Rarities 1980 to 1988 . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Various — Minimal Wave Tapes Vol 2 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Mo' Record Kicks Vol 2 . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Movements Vol 4 . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Various — Movements Vol 4 (plus CD, download code and bonus 7-inch single) . . . LP Mid-March, 2012

Various — Mr Joe's Jambalaya . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Music Minus Music – Mixed By Andy Votel . . . CD Around February 12, 2012

Various — Music Minus Music – Mixed By Andy Votel . . . LP Around February 12, 2012

Various — Mutant Disco – A Subtle Discolation Of The Norm – Vol 4 . . . CD Early April, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Nick DeCaro Works . . . CD Late March, 2012

Various — Northwest Passage – 50 Years Of Independent Music From The Rose City (Book & CD) . . . Book Early June, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Original Raw Soul Vol 3 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Personal Space – Electronic Soul 1974 to 1984 . . . CD Early April, 2012

Various — Personal Space – Electronic Soul 1974 to 1984 (180 gram pressing) . . . LP Early April, 2012

Various — Philadelphia International Classics – The Tom Moulton Remixes (4CD set) . . . CD Around February 27, 2012

Various — Pieces Of DIW – Mixed By Hiroko Otsuka . . . CD Mid-December, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Qat, Coffee, & Qambus – Raw 45s From Yemen . . . LP Around February 20, 2012

Various — Red Bird Girls – For The Very First Time In True Stereo 1964 to 1966 . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Revillot Revue – The Complete Singles Collection Vol 1 . . . CD Early April, 2012

Various — Revolucion Psicofasica En Bolivia 1969 to 1975 . . . CD Around March 12, 2012 A treasure trove of work from the Bolivian scene – and further proof that South America had some really amazing sounds happening at the start of the 70s! As with the Peruvian and Argentine scene, the music here really takes off from familiar rock elements – going way past the simple Ang ...

Various — Rough Guide To Psychedelic Africa (with bonus CD – Victor Uwaifo/Ekassa) . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Various — Shangaan Shake . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Shibuya Jazz Classics Presents Johnny's Underground – Best Of Johnny's Disk . . . CD Late August, 2010 (delayed)

Various — SID Chip Sounds – The Music Of The Commodore 64 . . . CD Early March, 2012

Various — SID Chip Sounds – The Music Of The Commodore 64 . . . LP Early March, 2012

Various — Ska-Ba-Dip – The Essential King Edwards . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Skalutations . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Skalutations/Man About Ska Town . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Skavolution . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Skavolution/Ska-Ba-Dip . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Slant Azymuth . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Various — Songs From The Soul Underground . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Various — Songs From The Soul Underground . . . LP Mid-February, 2012

Various — Soul Cal – Disco & Modern Soul 1971 to 1982 (CD & book) . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Sound Of The Sixties . . . CD Mid-November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Soundtrack For A Revolution . . . CD Mid-February, 2012

Various — Southern Soul Shake . . . CD Late February, 2012

Various — Spiritual Jazz 2 – Europe – Esoteric, Modal, & Deep Jazz From The European Underground 1960 to 1978 . . . CD Around February 13, 2012

Various — Spiritual Jazz 2 – Europe – Esoteric, Modal, & Deep Jazz From The European Underground 1960 to 1978 . . . LP Around February 13, 2012

Various — Subway Salsa – The Montuno Records Story . . . CD Mid-February, 2012 Killer grooves from the Montuno record label – a crucial imprint in the New York scene of the 70s and 80s – with a roster of artists to rival the best at Fania and Alegre! At a time when some of the bigger Latin labels were crossing over with commercial hits, Montuno was really dedicate ...

Various — These Are The Breaks – 12 Sampled Selections From The Ubiquity Vaults . . . CD Winter 2012

Various — These Are The Breaks – 12 Sampled Selections From The Ubiquity Vaults . . . LP Winter 2012

Various — Turbo Disco (4CD set) . . . CD Mid-March, 2012

Various — Twpenty – Twenty F@%&ing Years Of Planet E . . . CD Mid-November, 2011 (delayed)

Various — Very Best Of Ethiopiques . . . CD Around November 1, 2011 (delayed)

Various — West Indies Soul . . . LP Around February 7, 2012

Various — What A Skandal . . . LP Early July, 2011 (delayed)

Various — What A Skandal (with bonus tracks) . . . CD Early July, 2011 (delayed)