Music you didn't even know you needed!
Elis Regina
Elis (1972)Philips (Brazil), 1972.
A stunning step forward for the great Elis Regina – and a landmark record that would set the stage for most of her final work to come in the 70s! The album's got less of the jazz or bossa inflections of her music from the 60s – and instead moves into this richly sophisticated style ... CD (Brazil CD)
Kamal Abdul Alim & The Brothers
DanceStash/Soul Brother (UK), 1988.
CD...$16.99
17.99
A really fantastic little record – a set that shows a strong evolution of spiritual jazz styles into the 80s! The set was recorded at a time when the jazz underground was really getting a lot of exposure, and was bursting forward with a new sense of hope – a quality that you can really ... CD (Jazz CD)
Andrew Hill
Passing Ships (180 gram pressing)Blue Note, 1969. 2LP (reissue)
LP...$39.99
41.99
Astounding work from pianist Andrew Hill – a rare session that was recorded for Blue Note in 1969, and issued here for the first time! The work has an extremely ambitious approach – with Hill leading a 9 piece group that includes Woody Shaw, Dizzy Reece, Julian Priester on trombone, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Eero Koivistoinen & Friends
Jappa – The Complete Jazz At The Polytechnicum Recordings 1967/Svart (Finland), Late 60s.
An incredible collection of modern jazz from Finland – a set that brings together four different releases, all originally issued only as on vinyl as 7" single EPs! First up is an early set from saxophonist Eero Koivistoinen – very freewheeling material that's in a 60s modern ... CD (Jazz CD)
Sublime Frequencies, 1900s/Early 10s.
An incredible collection, and one that definitely lives up to the title – as these very early 78rpm recordings often act more as "sound storing" elements than musical selections themselves – even though most of the tracks feature some mix of vocals and Japanese instrumentation! ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Various
Music Is My LifeCometa (Italy), Mid 70s.
LP...$32.99
36.98
Not much of a cover, but that's usually the way it is with the Cometa Sound Library – who provided all the great grooves on this set! Cometa was one of the more obscure sound library labels on the 70s scene – but they also maybe lasted the longest, perhaps because they were small ... LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library LP)
WRD (Robert Walter/
Hit
Color Red, 2021.
An all-star combo, coming together here with a lean, wonderful sound – just the Hammond of Robert Walter, guitar of Eddie Roberts, and drums of Adam Dietch – only three instruments, but more than enough to send the whole thing over the top! It might be the drums, but Roberts and Walter ... CD (Deep Funk CD)
Moggi (Piero Umiliani)
News News News News NewsMusica Per Immagini (Italy), 1979. (reissue)
LP...$39.99
44.99
A really wonderful record from sound library wizard Piero Umiliani, and one that really takes its title seriously – as most of the tracks here have a very news-worthy sort of vibe! There's a fair bit of keyboards and electronics in the set – and Umiliani moves between numbers that seem ... LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library LP)
Atlantic Starr
Always – The Warner/Soulmusic.com (UK), Late 80s/Early 90s. 3CD
CD...$29.99
38.99
Three full albums from Atlantic Starr – with lots of bonus tracks too! All In The Name Of Love has Atlantic Star at the height of their catchy commercial fame – bouncing along with rhythms that crossover nicely to the mainstream, yet still keep a bit of their previous funky edge intact! ... CD (Soul CD)
Alfredo Linares
Alfredo Linares Vol 2 – The Colombia Years (3 x 7 inch singles)Rocafort (UK), Early 70s. 3 x 7 inch singles
7-inch...$28.99
34.99
A stunning second chapter in the career of Alfredo Linares – tracks recorded during a time when the Peruvian musician was interacting strongly with the Colombian scene, and also drawing a lot of inspiration from New York salsa as a result! The sound here is proud, loud, and very powerful ... 7-inch, Vinyl record (Funky 45's 7-inch)
Gal Costa
Nenhuma DorBiscoito Fino (Brazil), 2021.
That's a young Gal Costa on the cover, but the album's a contemporary one – yet the music also has a surprisingly youthful vibe – almost a back-to-basics approach that has core acoustic instrumentation mixed with some occasional light strings, but always used in these gentle ways that ... CD (Brazil CD)
Big Crown, 2021.
LP...$18.99
22.99
A sweet little tribute to the great Sunny Ozuna – the soulful lead singer of The Sunliners, who were one of the best Texas soul groups back in the 60s! His original tunes virtually invented the concept of brown-eyed soul, and helped bridge communities in the process – and that spirit ... LP, Vinyl record album (Deep Funk LP)
Alex Sipiagin
UpstreamPosi tone, 2021.
CD...$11.99
17.99
Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin has grown tremendously in recent years – and a record like this is a fantastic demonstration of his talents as both an instrumentals and as a composer – and also as a leader of a very well-matched group! The combo is a quartet, but soar out with a spirit that ... CD (Jazz CD)
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints
Other WorldsGreenleaf, 2021.
CD...$12.99
13.99
There's a wonderful combination of horns going on here – the trumpet of Dave Douglas and tenor of Joe Lovano – sounding maybe even better on this album than on their previous efforts together! Both artists have this really cascading sense of sound in this setting – notes that ... CD (Jazz CD)
Kenny Mann
Kenny Mann With Liquid PleasureHeartbeat/Mad About Records (Portugal), 1980. (reissue)
LP...$34.99
36.99
Sweet Carolina grooves from the great Kenny Mann – a singer who may have languished in obscurity, but who lays down a set here that easily rivals some of the best Cali soul of his generation! The group's got a lot of jazz at their core – a way of playing fast and funky, but with lots ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Dexter Gordon
One Flight Up (180 gram pressing)Blue Note, 1964. Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$28.99
34.99
An unusual set for both Dexter and Blue Note – first, because the set was recorded in Europe (not at Rudy Van Gelder's), and second because the tracks are all quite long! The album was recorded in Paris – and is cut in an open-ended format that's very much in the mode that Gordon would ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Lo Borges
Muito Alem Do FimNaphta (Brazil), 2021.
The great Lo Borges first rose to fame as part of Milton Nascimento's corner club in the early 70s – and damn, if he doesn't still sound great after all of these years – maybe even more true to his roots than Milton in more recent recordings! Lo's got a hell of a way with a tune, and ... CD (Brazil CD)
RCA/Now Again, 1972.
Mark Fry was just a young lad when he recorded this album – as you might guess from the cover – a Brit staying in Italy, where he cut this rare gem that's gone onto legendary status over the years – a set that's maybe circulated in far more unofficial copies than its original ... CD (Rock CD)
Republic, Mid 2000s. 3LP Gatefold
LP...$53.99
59.99
The career of Amy Winehouse was all too short – and although she gave us a small number of really wonderful albums, a set like this is a really great addition to her catalog! The package features a huge amount recorded on various BBC shows over the years – tracks that show the initial ... LP, Vinyl record album (Neo Soul LP)
Grapefruit (UK), 1972. 3CD
A glorious assortment of Brit rock gems from 1972 – music that really shows the increasing sophistication of the scene at the time – and a strong move away from the sorts of pop tracks that previously dominated the charts! A few years before, much of this music would have been ... CD (Rock CD)
Ennio Morricone/
Dimensioni Sonore (10CD set)
RCA/Musica Per Immagini (Italy), Early 70s. 10CD
CD...$139.99
199.99
Fantastic sounds from Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai – a rare album of more serious music done for RCA – very much in the darker spirit of their recordings with the Gruppo D'Improvvisazione Nuova! The music here is more avant compositional than some of Morricone's lighter soundtrack ... CD (Sound Library CD)
Joe Lovano/
Garden Of Expression
ECM (Germany), 2021.
Joe Lovano is one of those players who only seems to go deeper at a time when he could be taking it easy – really pushing his talents to new territory, and finding ways to evolve the way that he expresses himself! That's definitely the case here, in his second album with the trio of Marilyn ... CD (Jazz CD)
Wadada Leo Smith/
Sun Beans of Shimmering Light
Astral Spirits, 2021.
LP...$15.99
20.00
Three giants of the Chicago improvised scene, coming together here in an album that recalls the best early recordings from the AACM! There's this open, collaborative spirit going on here – music that moves between structure and freedom, and which stands as a testament to the instant rapport ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Armando Trovajoli
Il VuotoFour Flies (Italy), 1964.
LP...$34.99
39.99
Early work from the tremendous Armando Trovajoli, but a set that shows that the maestro was already at the top of his game – coming off of some great experience on the Italian jazz scene of the late 50s, and able to blend that experience with more cinematic modes! The vibe here is different ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Kosuke (Kohsuke) Mine
FirstPhilips/BBE (UK), 1970.
A tremendous first outing as a leader for Japanese saxophonist Kosuke Mine – one of our favorite players of the 70s, already sounding wonderful here right at the start! The album's got a freewheeling vibe – not entirely avant, and maybe more in the modal territory unlocked by Miles ... CD (Jazz CD)
Sam Records (France), 1975.
LP...$34.99
39.99
Never-issued live material from one of our favorite jazz musicians of all time – the mighty Billy Harper, a tenor saxophonist who took the initial legacy of John Coltrane, then really ran with it in the 70s! The album is stunning right from the very first note – a perfect encapsulation ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter RocksBear Family (Germany), 1950s/Early 60s.
CD...$18.99
20.99
Killer work from one of the most important singers in the years before soul music – the mighty Clyde McPhatter, who was first a member of The Dominoes, then started The Drifters, and soon became a great solo act on his own! There's a few cuts here from Clyde's vocal group recordings, but the ... CD (Soul CD)
Ihsan Al-Munzer
Sonatina for Maria (180 gram pressing)Salut/BBE (UK), 1985. (reissue)
LP...$39.99
42.99
A set of work from Lebanese composer Ihsan Al-Munzer, who you might know from his work with various vocalists – but a record that's all-instrumental, and which almost has the feel of an 80s sound library set overall! Tracks are heavy on keyboards – used in varying ways from cut to cut, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Bear Family (Germany), Early 60s.
CD...$16.99
18.99
A way cooler set than you might expect – rock and roll from early 60s German that has a voice that's all its own – not slavish takes on American hits, but some really great work that shows that this new generation of musicians are really finding their own sound and style! Sure, there's ... CD (Rock CD)
Luis Bacalov
La Strega In AmoreCAM/Sugar (Italy), 1966.
LP...$38.99
42.99
A wonderful early soundtrack from Luis Bacalov – much jazzier than some of his later work, with a vibe that's right up there with some of the more jazz-based work of the Italian scene in the earlier part of the 60s! There's a cool wordless vocal from Nora Orlandi on a few tracks, and nice ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Ultramagnetic MCs
Critical Beatdown (180 gram yellow vinyl pressing – with bonus tracks)Next Plateau/Music On Vinyl (UK), 1988. 2LP (reissue)
LP...$38.99
39.98
An undisputed indie classic from the end of the 80s – as Ultramagnetic MCs burst out of the Bronx with a fresh sound that challenged the new waves of styles emerging from Long Island! The group are super sharp and on point right from the start – with a young Kool Keith already ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
Guru Guru
Essen 1970Svart (Finland), 1970.
A really heady live performance from Guru Guru – and a great reminder of how much revolutionary music was being created at the start of the 70s with just the familiar elements of guitar, bass, and drums! With an instrumental lineup that small, you'd think the whole thing would sound very ... CD (Rock CD)
Expansion (UK), 2021.
CD...$16.99
17.99
The deepest, most righteous music we've ever heard from Sheree Brown – and that's saying a lot, given how much we loved her first few solo records back in the day! Brown's got this rich vision here that really makes for a hell of a record – a set of tracks inspired by her younger years ... CD (Soul CD)
Pekka Pohjola
Keesojen Lehto (aka Mathematician's Air Display)Love/Svart (Finland), 1977. Gatefold (reissue)
An international gem from Finnish bassist Pekka Pohjola – maybe no surprise, given that the record also features work from Mike Oldfield and Pierre Moerlin too! The presence of both of those players really gave the record a lot of global circulation back in the day – but the core sound ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Long Road Society, 2021.
Book...$26.99
30.00
The title's a bit mysterious, but the book is very very cool – a guide to loads of rare, raw singles – each of which gets a full page devoted to itself! The book is all color, with heavy glossy pages – and each of the rare 45s is presented with a full scan of the record, and a ... Book (Book)
Shindig
Issue 115Shindig, 2021.
Swamp rock genius Tony Joe White is on the cover – an artist we've come to appreciate more and more over the years – served up here in a feature that really gets at his unique blend of southern funk, rock, and soul styles! There's plenty more too – features on Rare Bird, Sonja ... Magazine (Magazine)
Alan Braufman
Valley Of Search ( (with bonus tracks)India Navigation/Valley Of Search, 1975.
CD...$13.99
14.98
One of the only albums ever issued by New York reedman Alan Braufman – a player who works here in a setting that really captures the best energy of the loft jazz scene in the 70s – at a time when Braufman was part of a musicians collective on Canal Street that also included David S Ware! ... CD (Jazz CD)
Hans Koch & Paul Lovens
Nephlokokkygia 1992Hat Art (Switzerland), 1992.
CD...$16.99
19.99
Fantastic reedwork from Hans Koch – a player captured here at the height of his powers, on a series of live improvisations with drummer Paul Lovens, recorded during a tour of Eastern Europe in the early 90s! Koch doesn't always get his due alongside some of the bigger names of the overseas ... CD (Jazz CD)
Mustapha Skandrani
Istikhbars & ImprovisationsEM (Japan), 1965. (reissue)
LP...$32.99
33.99
Really amazing music from Algerian pianist Mustapha Skandrani – music that effortlessly links up European traditions and North African roots – in a blend that's completely sublime, and unlike anything else we can think of! At many points, Skandrani plays with a complex, virtuostic ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Various
Leon Gardner's Igloo RecordsAthens Of The North (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s.
Igloo Records was a teeny tiny label on the LA scene of the early 70s – but all of its releases turned out to be killers – most handled by the hip-looking Leon Gardner on the cover! The music is often heavy with the kind of deep funk you'd expect from rare singles at the time – ... CD (Funky Compilations CD)
Mute, 1968.
LP...$25.99
26.98
Heady, hypnotic, ominous, and hard-grooving early Can – a lost set that was recorded in the late 60s, but not actually released until the early 80s – and some of the earliest, brawniest Can jams from the Malcolm Mooney years! The record may not have the name-checking power as the other ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Innov Gnawa
Lila (vintage green vinyl pressing)Daptone, 2021.
LP...$18.99
19.99
A fantastic little record – served up by a group of Moroccan musicians working in New York, where they've clearly found a way to expand their sound nicely from their roots! As you might guess from their name, Innov Gnawa are proponents of the hypnotic grooves you'd find in Moroccan gnawa ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Junior Kimbrough
First RecordingsBig Legal Mess/Fat Possum, 1966.
Wicked early work from Junior Kimbrough – sides that are quite different than some of his better-known recordings over the years! The material was cut in Memphis in 1966 by producer Quinton Claunch – and it's got a spare, rootsy quality that's totally great – slow moving drums ... CD (Blues CD)
Ruud Bos
De Fabriek (with bonus tracks)678 Records (Belgium), 1981.
CD...$24.99
29.99
A rare later soundtrack from Dutch composer Ruud Bos – best known for some very funky work at the start of the 70s, and still going strong here a decade later! The score's got a much more mid 70s vibe than you'd expect – like some of the best American cop show work of the early 70s, ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Clyde McPhatter
Ballads Of Clyde McPhatterBear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s.
CD...$18.99
20.99
Beautiful work from the great Clyde McPhatter – a singer who's often known for some of his hard-rocking work of the R&B years, but who could also be great with a mellower, gentler tune too! Clyde had a fantastic range – so much so, that had he stayed on this planet long enough, he ... CD (Soul CD)
Gogo Penguin
GGP/Blue Note (France), 2021. 2LP
LP...$28.99
34.99
The sound of Gogo Penguin is always nice and lean – still full of bold sounds and colors, but with plenty of space to be opened up nicely in a remix project like this! The tracks within are a nicely varied lot – handled in many different ways – sometimes with almost a whole new ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Ivy League
This Is The Ivy League/Picadilly/BGO (UK), Mid 60s. 2CD
CD...$16.99
19.99
A huge amount of music from The Ivy League – a hip UK group from the 60s, but one who never crossed over big on our side of the Atlantic! The trio were first formed to sing backup vocals on sessions for other folks, but they clearly rose up on their own, thanks to well-crafted harmonies that ... CD (Rock CD)
United Artists/Mute, 1973. (reissue)
LP...$25.99
26.98
A mindblowing classic from Can – a set that has the group just getting better with each new record – to a point where it's the early 70s, and they're already in territory that's completely their own! The set features long tracks that spin out beautifully – driven that that ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Dee Daniels
PromiseDee Daniels, 2021.
CD...$12.99
14.99
A self-released set from singer Dee Daniels – an artist who's been through a great personal journey in recent years, which really shows in her music! All tracks are originals, and Dee hangs effortlessly between jazz and soul – with a sophisticated vibe that's maybe like Randy Crawford ... CD (Vocalists CD)
Nathan Bartell
Nathan BartellAthens Of The North (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s.
LP...$24.99
26.99
Fantastic funky soul from a very mysterious figure – Georgia's Nathan Bartell, a singer with a deep soul style, and an under-exposed legacy that mostly involves a few indie label singles, and countless work in the smaller clubs of his state! The blend of music here is a bit different than ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
No Wahala Sounds (UK), Mid 80s.
LP...$24.99
29.99
A set of Kenyan tracks we've never heard before – all served up with the kind of fast-moving rhythms you'd guess from the title – occasional influences from Cuban music, blended with a spirit that's heavy on the vibrant style of East African music at the time! The "boys" in ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Favorite (France), Late 70s/Early 80s.
Sweet sounds from way beyond the American scene – a range of tracks from global sources, but which are tied to some of the best soulful styles of the Cali scene of the 70s! Don't think the AOR in the title means that these cuts are all commercial hits – as they're well-produced, but ... CD (Funky Compilations CD)
Joao Selva
NavegarUnderdog (France), 2021.
Joao Selva has a great way of bridging classic Brazilian modes and contemporary sounds – a quality we loved on his debut, and which seems to be even more fully-formed here on his second release! Maybe that past/present quality is no surprise, though, when you consider that the record's a ... CD (Brazil CD)
Egisto Macchi
Fauna Marina (180 gram clear blue pressing)Leonardi/Vinyl Magic (Italy), 1972.
LP...$34.99
44.99
An unusual album of underwater sound library music from Egisto Macchi – one that offers up a very unique take on the small genre – like some of Macchi's other records from the 70s! Egisto's ocean is a place of darker moods and deeper currents – not the bright waves of sound or ... LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library LP)
Vertigo/BGO (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. 2CD
CD...$16.99
19.99
Three full albums from Juicy Lucy – plus bonus tracks too! First up is the self-titled debut from Juicy Lucy – an American act who made a trip to the London scene in the late 60s, where they found a way to forge a whole bunch of influences into a very unique groove! Had they stayed ... CD (Rock CD)
Fastlife/Quiet Money, 2000. (reissue)
LP...$25.99
28.99
An overlooked gem from AZ – recorded at a time when the MC was out on his own, without a label, and maybe serving up some of the rawest rhymes of his career! Production is by Chop Diesel, who has this edgey style that's maybe a precursor of some of the internet modes to come – never ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
Dunhill/Real Gone, Late 60s.
CD...$17.99
18.99
A pair of albums from the obscure group Smith – back to back on a single CD! First up is their debut – Group Called Smith – work from a group who've got a sound that's maybe more in the mode of what you might expect to find in a small club on the Sunset Strip – as Smith ... CD (Rock CD)
Alessandro Alessandroni/
Lesbo (180 gram limited edition pressing)
Beat/BTF (Italy), 1969. Gatefold
LP...$34.99
44.99
Sexy ladies on the cover, and some equally sexy sounds underneath – served up in a perfect 60s Italian blend of jazz and bossa-based styles! Sweeping strings bring a nice sense of depth to some numbers, while others have a more intimate feel – either via spare guitar, or some jazzy ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Bobby Womack
PoetAbkco, 1982.
CD...$12.99
13.99
The first of Bobby's highly successful Poet albums from the early 80s – wonderfully done albums that showed the world that he was still very much on top of his game at the time! The sound here is great – still with that older Womack rasp and warmth, but also done in a slightly smoother ... CD (Soul CD)
Irene Schweizer & Hamid Drake
CelebrationIntakt (Switzerland), 2021.
CD...$17.99
19.99
Pianist Irene Schweizer always has a fantastic amount of energy in her music – a quality that's all her own, informed by the freedoms of the European improvisers of the 70s, but also brought into a focus that always makes her music make a heck of a lot of sense, even to the uninitiated! That' ... CD (Jazz CD)
Michel Magne
Le Monocle Rit Jaune EPJazz Room (UK), 1964.
7-inch...$13.99
19.99
The title cut here is fantastic – one of the coolest tunes we've ever heard from French soundtrack maestro Michel Magne – a track that begins with a vamping modal groove, then opens into a flute solo of the sort you might be likely to hear from Yusef Lateef! The flipside features some ... 7-inch, Vinyl record (Funky 45's 7-inch)
Blue Thumb/Big Pink (South Korea), 1970. Gatefold
CD...$18.99
22.99
A very groovy set from guitar genius Gabor Szabo – one that features all those cool tones and elements he'd developed on his late 60s albums for Impulse and Skye Records, given a tighter LA groove here, with almost an A&M Records vibe! There's loads of great solos throughout, played in a ... CD (Jazz CD)
Francisco Mora Catlett
Mora 2 (aka River Drum)AACE/Far Out (UK), Late 80s.
LP...$22.99
29.99
A set recorded in Detroit, but one that's got a globe's worth of elements in the mix – originally recorded in the mid 80s, but not released until a brief CD issue in the early part of the 21st Century! Despite that history, the album's a really timeless record that encompasses a world's ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Marcos Resende & Index
Marcos Resende & IndexFar Out (UK), 1976.
A Brazilian jazz keyboard masterpiece – a set you can put right up there next to the earliest records by Azymuth, even though this one's much more obscure! Keyboardist Marcos Resende never hit the kind of fame he deserved, but that also allowed him to be one of the most creative players on ... CD (Brazil CD)
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s.
CD...$16.99
18.99
That's Ray Vernon, not Vernon Wray – but both names are correct, as Ray's the brother of guitar giant Link Wray – and works here under an odd variation of his family name, but on an equally raw set of vintage rockers! Ray's a singer, but also a guitarist – and brother Link joins ... CD (Rock CD)
Ahmed (Pat Thomas/
Nights On Saturn (Communication)
Astral Spirits, 2021.
LP...$15.99
20.99
That's a picture of legendary bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik on the cover, and the title of the record hints at the legacy of Sun Ra – both references that should really give you an idea of the spirit of the sound within! The liner notes are by pianist Pat Thomas, who calls for a deeper ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Steve Arrington
Down To The Lowest Terms – The Soul SessionsStones Throw, 2021.
Steve Arrington's got a long long legacy in soul music – one that goes back to his late 70s work on Slave – but he also sounds completely contemporary here, working in collaboration with a whole host of producers who were no doubt influenced by his creations of the past, and help ... CD (Soul CD)
Odeon/DOL (Russia), 1962. Gatefold
LP...$12.99
19.99
A rare Brazilian gem from guitarist Bola Sete – recorded before his more famous work for Fantasy Records, in a slightly different groove! Bola's playing a hollow-body electric here, and with a style that's more jazz than bossa – very well played, with a nice sense of tone and color ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil LP)
Gotham (Talib Kweli & Diamond D)
GothamDymond Mine, 2021.
LP...$23.99
24.98
A great collaboration between Talib Kweli and Diamond D – dedicated to the city that first gave the world hip hop, and which is still on top of the game with work like this! There's a great old school vibe to the set – not early 80s old school, but the sort of special, distinct quality ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
Rongetz Foundation
Velvet BulletBrooklyn Butterfly (France), 2021.
Damn great work from Rongetz Foundation – a group who just seem to get better and better with each new record – really taking on a strong role as a jazz group, but one who's also open to some of the newer ideas of the global scene! By that, we mean that the group's style is maybe a bit ... CD (New Grooves CD)
Esoteric (UK), 1969.
CD...$14.99
20.99
A jazz rock masterpiece from Colosseum – the kind of record that the British scene could do far far better than any American group at the time! The set is a sweet blend of late beat group grooving – using the heavy R&B-influenced guitar and organ styles of earlier years, and ... CD (Rock CD)
Music From Memory (Netherlands), Late 80s/Early 90s. 2CD
A very cool collection that opens up who new territory for digging into the wonderful world of Japanese underground music – a set that features titles that were only issued on CD at the time, which might make these cuts even more obscure for those vinyl-centric folks looking into the music! ... CD (Rock CD)
Columbia/Morello (UK), Mid 60s. 2CD
CD...$14.99
20.99
A trio of albums from the great Lefty Frizzell – plus lots of bonus tracks too! First up is Saginaw Michigan – Fantastic 60s work from the great Lefty Frizzell – issued at a time when he was back on the top of the charts with the fantastic title track, and able to really stretch ... CD (Folk/Country CD)
David Grubbs & Nikos Veliotis
Harmless DustHeadz/Improved Sequence (Italy), 2005. (reissue)
Beautifully minimal sounds from the duo of David Grubbs and Nikos Veliotis – Grubbs on piano and Hammond organ, and Veliotis on cello and e-bowed piano – all instruments that are used together in really wonderful ways! The first half of the set features piano and cello – the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Vijay Iyer/
Uneasy
ECM (Germany), 2021.
CD...$16.99
18.99
Wonderful trio work from Vijay Iyer – a set that's got his piano doing equal time with the drums of Tyshawn Sorey and bass of Linda May Han Oh – all at a level that reminds us why we first fell in love with Iyer's music many years back! The set's a return to the kind of records that ... CD (Jazz CD)
Piero Piccioni
Il TerroristaDoxy (Russia), 1963. (reissue)
LP...$9.99
24.99
A taut score from Piero Piccioni – penned for an early 60s black and white thriller, with a sound that's often a lot more serious than some of his other work of the time! There's a few whimsical themes at the start, but these drop off quickly – leaving some very spare, atmospheric ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Vincent Herring
Preaching To The ChoirSmoke Sessions, 2021.
CD...$13.99
16.99
Vincent Herring can certainly preach with his horn – a deeply soulful version of alto sax that gets plenty of room to open up and speak its message here – working through a set of long, lovely tracks with really great support! The group's a quartet – with Cyrus Chestnut on piano, ... CD (Jazz CD)
Thollem/
Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions With Alex Cline & Susan Alcorn
Astral Spirits, 2021.
CD...$8.99
14.99
A pair of Thollem collaborations – back to back on a single CD! First up is a beautiful duet with Susan Alcorn – with a fantastic sound that has Alcorn's groundbreaking work on pedal steel mixing with the well-crafted electronics of Thollem – lines that really seem to find the ... CD (Jazz CD)
Bobby Womack
Poet IIAbkco, 1984.
One of Bobby Womack's biggest albums of the 80s – part of a set that helped reintroduce him to the soul music mainstream – and which has him standing tall as the superstar he is – with guest help from George Benson, Patti Labelle, and Wilton Felder! There's a new sort of ... CD (Soul CD)
Coultrain
PhantasmagoriaPositive Elevation, 2021.
It's been over a decade since Coultrain first knocked us out with his debut – and during that time, he's really continued to grow as an artist – to a point where his talents are more fully-formed and individual than ever, and served up with an increasingly sophisticated sense of ... CD (Neo Soul CD)
Polydor/Geffen, Late 60s. 2CD
CD...$19.99
21.99
An incredible album – and one of the most revolutionary rock albums of the late 60s! The Who recorded this one as a tribute to mainstream radio at the time – linking together some solid stand alone tunes with shorter, wittier tracks that were recorded as commercials for products that ... CD (Rock CD)
Esoteric, 1976. 2CD
CD...$16.99
24.99
The biggest record that Al Stewart ever cut – as you no doubt know from the oft-played title track – but a set that also stands as a great testament to all the many years he'd been crafting fine music before fully getting the recognition he deserved! Stewart's got a way with words that' ... CD (Rock CD)
Dave Stryker
Blue SoulStrikezone, 2020.
CD...$13.99
15.99
Guitarist Dave Stryker really steps out here – getting these full, fluid backings from the WDR Big Band, conducted by reedman Bob Mintzer – who also takes a few tenor solos on the record too! It's not always easy to have a guitar shine out in front of a large group – but Dave ... CD (Jazz CD)
Francisco Mora Catlett
Mora/AACE/Far Out (UK), Late 80s.
A pair of great albums back to back – both rare albums from a percussionist who worked with Sun Ra! First up is Mora volume 1 – a legendary early set from percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett – and a really sublime blend of spiritual jazz and Latin rhythms! Mora's percussion is ... CD (Jazz CD)
Bunny Scott
To Love SomebodyKlik/Freestyle (UK), 1975. (reissue)
Warmly wonderful early work from William Bunny Clarke – billed here under a different name, but the same singer who'd rise to great fame a few years later as Bunny Rugs in Third World! The vibe here is different than his hits with that group – more laidback and mellow, with great ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae LP)
Chicago Soul Jazz Collective
It Takes A Spark To Start A FireChicago Soul Jazz Collective, 2021.
CD...$11.99
20.00
A Windy City group who really live up to their name – working here with a set of all original material by their tenorist, John Fournier – who's got a great way with the sort of tune you might have heard from Horace Silver or Blue Mitchell back in the day! The group comes across with a ... CD (Jazz CD)
Lightnin Hopkins
Mojo HandFury/P-Vine (Japan), 1961. (reissue)
A record that states its power right from the stark image on the cover – the genius talents of Lightnin Hopkins, handled by the soulful production of Harlem's great Bobby Robinson! The mix of modes is great – and rather than go for an uptown version of Hopkins' music, Bobby seems to ... LP, Vinyl record album (Blues LP)
Decca/Big Pink (South Korea), 1971.
CD...$18.99
22.99
A sweet little record from a sweet little power trio – one who take the conventional format and do all sorts of things that are very much their own! Help can definitely hit hard rock territory, but they also have a way of fusing everything together that's maybe a few years ahead of its time, ... CD (Rock CD)
Joshua Abrams
Cloud ScriptRogue Art (France), 2020.
Tremendous work from Joshua Abrams – a set that's very different than some of his other work in recent years, but every bit as great! The set's got a lean group – Abrams on bass, Jeff Parker on guitar, Gerald Cleaver on drums, and the great Ari Brown on tenor – of Awakening fame ... CD (Jazz CD)
Masabumi Kikuchi
Hanamichi – The Final Studio RecordingRed Hook, 2021.
The last recordings ever made by legendary Japanese pianist Masabumi Kikuchi – an artist we first came to love for his albums of the 60s and 70s – and who's still incredibly powerful here in his final years! The feel of the record is different than you might expect – Kikuchi is ... CD (Jazz CD)
Apple/Capitol, 1970. 2CD
CD...$22.99
24.99
The first true proper solo album by John Lennon – recorded after a few non-Beatles records with Yoko Ono, and at the same time as Yoko's much wilder album with a similar title! This one, though, is John at his best – very personal and exposed, in similar territory to Paul McCartney on ... CD (Rock CD)
Stelvio Cipriani
La Polizia Trilogy (La Polizia Sta A Guardare/Cinevox (Italy), Mid 70s. 2CD
CD...$26.99
30.99
A trio of cool cop soundtracks from Stelvio Cipriani – all brought together in a beautiful package with a really unified feel! Cipriani's easily one of our favorite Italian composers for the cop/crime genre – as he's got a way of bringing sensitive sounds into play with driving action ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Gracious
GraciousVertigo (Japan), 1970.
A really fantastic little record – one that's got plenty of sinister touches in all the right ways – but never at a level that's too overblown or in love with itself! Gracious have this sense of majesty that really comes through in their music – nice use of mellotron, in almost a ... CD (Rock CD)
Jimmy Riley
Rydim Driven (180 gram pressing)Taxi/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1981. (reissue)
LP...$26.99
28.98
Jimmy Riley's definitely rhythm-driven here – given that the set was issued on the Sly & Robbie label Taxi, and also produced by the heavy rhythm duo themselves! Yet Jimmy's also the main star too – singing here with righteous, uplifting vocals that are very much in the best Island ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae LP)
Billy Miller & Michael Hurtt
Mind Over Matter – The Myths & Mysteries Of Detroit's Fortune Records (hardcover)Kicks/Norton, 2020. Book
Book...$86.99
100.00
A really amazing book – one of those "once in a blue moon" music books that comes around with a hefty price tag, but is well worth the cost! The huge volume is the definitive story of the legendary postwar indie Fortune Records – an important label in the Detroit scene in the ... Book (Book)
Mississippi, Late 70s/Early 80s. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$24.99
26.99
The mighty Alan Lomax has maybe done more to document rural American music in the 20th century than anyone else – most famously for a midcentury series of recordings for the Library Of Congress and Folkways Records, which established Lomax as having an incredible ear for lesser-heard sounds ... LP, Vinyl record album (Blues LP)
Logic System
LogicExpress (Japan), 1981. (reissue)
A classic album from this Japanese electronic group – a set that definitely borrows elements from 70s jazz fusion, but winnows them down into a leaner, more compact mode that's very much in the mode of the scene at the time! Instrumentation is heavy on keyboards, guitar parts, and rhythm ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels
Tone PoemBlue Note, 2021.
CD...$13.99
14.99
Beautiful work from the Marvels group of Charles Lloyd – a combo that not only features his own great sounds on tenor and flute, but also the very strong presence of Bill Frisell on guitar! Although Lloyd recorded famously with guitar players back in his early years, the sound here is very ... CD (Jazz CD)
Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo – Concierto De AranjuezUniversal (Japan), 1982. (reissue)
One of the wildest sets ever recorded by Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki – and that's saying a lot, given some of his other work! The vibe here is fusion, but with a definite 80s spacey twist that's hinted at by the cover – as Kawasaki handles most of the instruments himself, mixing ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
United Artists/Loneos Editions (Netherlands), 1971. Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$32.99
39.99
Early prog jazz genius from the mighty Embryo – and an album that perfectly fuses their love of world rhythms and electric jamming grooves – at a level that made them one of the coolest groups on the European scene at the time! Core work here is by a trio – and the percussion by ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
B-52s
Wild PlanetWarner/Rhino, 1980. (reissue)
LP...$21.99
23.99
They may look goofy on the cover, but the young B-52s are incredible here – working with this spare sense of power that almost makes us think that we didn't need most of what happened in rock and roll during the 70s – given the way these guys can distill a mood or moment down to just a ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Brian Bennett
Voyage – A Journey Into Discoid Funk (with bonus tracks)DJM/Strawberry (UK), 1978. 2CD
A really heady record from British drummer Brian Bennett – an artist known for both jazz and funky sound library work – here stretching out in a mode that really fits the image on the cover! The tunes are longer than some of Bennett's earlier sound library material – almost a mix ... CD (Sound Library CD)
John & Beverly Martyn
Stormbringer (with bonus tracks)Island (Japan), 1970.
The first album John Martyn cut with wife Beverly – a nicely laidback effort that has the two of them sharing vocal chores, trading off from tune to tune in a really great way! We like John's work so much we're surprised how much we welcome Beverly here – but she really keeps the ... CD (Rock CD)
Lightning Hopkins
Lightnin & The Blues – Lightnin Hopkins Sings A Collection Of American Folklore (Herald)Herald/P-Vine (Japan), 1954. (reissue)
Lightnin Hopkins at his best – a set that rings out with all his bold electric tones on the guitar, yet which also has the moody, stripped-down feel of a blues recording from a few decades before! The electricity really does a lot to deepen the tone – both in the echo from Hopkins' ... LP, Vinyl record album (Blues LP)
Jupiter & Okwess
Na KozongaEverloving, 2021.
CD...$13.99
14.99
Fast funk and lots of sharp riffs from Okwess – a group with roots in the Congo, but who've risen to international fame – thanks in part to their updating of older Afro Funk modes, and the strong presence of lead singer Jupinter Bokondji! The group are clearly aware of more ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s.
CD...$10.99
11.99
Sad-tinged tunes to take you late into the night – especially if the night is one you're spending all by yourself! All the music here lives up to the spirit of the title – half the cuts or more have some variation of "lonely" in the title – but the spread of styles is ... CD (Rock CD)
Virgin/Esoteric (UK), 1975.
CD...$14.99
20.99
A record that's maybe best remembered for its sexy 70s cover – which has more of a disco look than you'd expect from the group's sound – a mighty tight summation of British modes from the early 70s, served up by an all-star quartet with plenty of other work under their belt! At the ... CD (Rock CD)
Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites
Undertaker (with bonus tracks)Trojan/Doctor Bird (UK), 1970. 2CD
CD...$16.99
24.99
A massive package – the full rare Undertaker album from Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites, plus an insane amount of bonus tracks too! The core album is instrumental – a wicked set of rhythms from The Crystalites, a group who have a vibe that's right up there with the best of the ... CD (Reggae CD)
Abraham Burton & Lucian Ban
Black SaltSunnyside, 2021.
CD...$15.99
16.99
A fantastic setting for the tenor of Abraham Burton – long-flowing tracks recorded live in a very open space, with Lucian Ban on piano, really pushing Burton to heights that we've never heard before! There's one track on the set dedicated to Pharoah Sanders – and Burton really seems to ... CD (Jazz CD)
Max Roach
We Insist! – Freedom Now SuiteCandid/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1960.
One of the most righteous albums that Max Roach ever cut – and a monumental jazz release from the heart of the Civil Rights era! As you can guess from the cover and title, there's a very political bent to the record – served up in righteous lyrics penned by Oscar Brand Jr, and sung by ... CD (Jazz CD)
180g (UK), 1970s.
LP...$25.99
34.98
A fantastic document of the lost funk legacy of 70s Japan – music that's often different than the jazz and pop work of the decade that sees greater reissue, and which shows a very strong influence from the American scene! The rhythms here are wonderful – sometimes in the best funky ... LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
DJ Fresh & Freddie Gibbs
Tonite ShowFresh In The Flesh, 2014.
LP...$19.99
21.99
An overlooked collaboration between Freddie Gibbs and DJ Fresh – a producer who provides a very different setting for Gibbs' lyrics, but in a way that reminds us just how versatile and creative Freddie can be! The album came out at a time when Freddie was retrenching himself in the indie ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
George Duke
Master Of The Game (with bonus tracks)Epic/Soulmusic.com (UK), 1979.
CD...$12.99
16.99
A late 70s classic from jazzy funk master George Duke! Master Of The Game is an excellent mix of jazz, smooth soul, and Latin riffing – really a perfect blend of styles that shows not only how far George's sound had progressed throughout the 70s, it also charts the development of the ... CD (Jazz CD)
GTO/Cherry Red (UK), Mid 70s. 4CD
CD...$29.99
38.99
A great box collection of work from Fox– a group who recorded a handful of albums in the mid 70s, all with kind of a post-glam production style that makes all the instruments come together in this cool wash of sound, which also works perfectly for the vocals of the female lead singer – ... CD (Rock CD)
Guru Guru
UFOOhr/Cleopatra, 1970.
Early Krautrock hugeness from Guru Guru – their epic debut, and a record that was one of the key calling cards of the German scene at the start of the 70s! At first glance, the elements are familiar – but there's a few nice touches in the studio too – yet the real energy of the ... CD (Rock CD)
Various
Greg Belson's Divine FunkCultures Of Soul, 1970s.
CD...$14.99
15.99
A heavenly set of funky tracks from the indie scene of the 70s – titles that were all recorded as singles for the gospel market, but which have a fair bit of funk in the rhythms! These tunes all have massive appeal well beyond their spiritual message – heavy drums, amazing basslines, ... CD (Funky Compilations CD)
Matthew Halsall
Into ForeverGondwana (UK), 2015. (reissue)
LP...$24.99
29.99
The music of Matthew Halsall really opens up here – still staying in the spiritual jazz style we love from earlier records, but with an even more expansive vision overall! The album brings in some added string players to a core group that includes flute, harp, and koto alongside the usual ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Hirokazu Tanaka
Lost TapesSuper Fuji Discs (Japan), Late 80s/Early 90s.
CD...$26.99
39.00
The cover here gives you a good idea of what you're in for – rare material from Japanese electronic composer Hirokazu Tanaka – best known for his work on the scores of important Nintendo games – most of of it from the glory days of the cassette, and pulled from Tanaka's archives! ... CD (Sound Library CD)
Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood
LiveInternational Anthem, 2021.
CD...$11.99
12.99
Angel Bat Dawid is a completely mesmerizing artist on record, but she's even more mindblowing in a live setting – where she seems to channel the energy of the skies and the planet into her music – brimming over with righteous energy that guides the rest of the group with a hell of a lot ... CD (Jazz CD)
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Trio (1977)CBS/Get On Down, 1977. (reissue)
LP...$23.99
27.99
An unusual 70s album from Herbie Hancock – first in that it was only issued in Japan at the time, and second in that it was an all-acoustic set that came out at a time when Herbie was mostly working in an electric mode! Yet that previous work definitely informs the sound here – as ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Acorn/Grapefruit (UK), 1971. 2CD
CD...$16.99
24.99
A really dreamy little record, and one that really lives up to the ancient vibe of the title and cover – played by a combo who were one of the younger groups of the acid folk generation in the UK, and were also one of the most compelling! Oberon was formed by a group of school-aged chums who ... CD (Rock CD)
Jackson 5
Jackson 5 – The Ultimate CollectionMotown, Early 70s. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$24.99
29.99
A great collection of vintage Jackson 5 material from the Motown years – and one that also features solo work from Michael and Jermaine too! The tracks here capture the young group at their early best – full of fire, energy, and the kind of dynamic that made The Jacksons so different ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, & The London Symphony Orchestra
PromisesLuaka Bop, 2021.
CD...$13.99
14.99
A fantastic record, and one of those cases where the presence of the mighty Pharoah Sanders can really transform the sound of a session! We'll admit that we weren't sure what to expect – but at the core, the record is really a set of duets between Pharoah on tenor and Sam Shepherd on ... CD (New Grooves CD)
Ennio Morricone
Le Serpent (Il Serpente) (with bonus tracks)RCA/Music Box (France), 1972.
CD...$26.99
34.99
A groovy soundtrack to a film we'd love to see – an obscure thriller that starred Henry Fonda and Yul Brynner – and which, like most of the Morricone-scored films of the period, has dropped from cinematic history, even though the wonderful soundtrack lives on! The style of the music ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Johnny Mathis
Heart Of A Woman/Columbia/BGO (UK), Late 70s. 2CD
CD...$16.99
19.99
Four great albums from the 70s soul years of Johnny Mathis – all brought together in a single set, and with bonus cuts too! First up is The Heart Of A Woman – on which the voice of Johnny Mathis meets the soulful arrangements of Paul Riser and HB Barnum – all wrapped up with ... CD (Vocalists CD)
Ennio Morricone
Il Mio Nome E Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody)Beat (Italy), 1973.
CD...$19.99
28.98
A wonderfully weird Ennio Morricone score – done for an equally weird western that starred the great Terence Hill in the lead! The movie mixes in a bit of comedy with straight action – and Morricone's music really fits that vibe – with a blend of more familiar classic Morricone ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Stax/Kent (UK), Early 70s.
CD...$12.99
18.99
A deep dive into the vaults of the legendary Stax Records – the Memphis label who helped usher in a whole new sound in soul music during the 60s, and was still going strong in the early part of the 70s! In the final years, Stax was hitting big with a number of stars, but also recording a bit ... CD (Soul CD)
Female Species
Tale Of My Lost LoveNumero, Early 70s.
LP...$18.99
22.99
A tale of lost love, and lost music too – served up in this never-issued album from a very cool little group – a west coast girl pop outlet with a very dreamy sound! The group was formed by sisters Vicki and Ronnie Gosset, who'd later go on to greater fame as songwriters – but ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Ivan Vandor/
Bersaglio Mobile
Digitmovies (Italy), 1967.
CD...$19.99
28.98
Very groovy work from Ivan Vandor – one of the lesser-known artists of the Italian soundtrack scene, but getting some help here from 70s giant Stelvio Cipriani – who handles the orchestrations! The music is very striking and groovy – a late 60s update of earlier crime jazz modes, ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Benny Sings
Music (colored vinyl pressing)Stones Throw, 2021. Gatefold
LP...$20.99
21.99
Benny Sings has a scruffy sort of look on the cover here – but his music is wonderfully smooth and soulful – every bit the sound that we've loved on all of his previous records, and which makes Benny maybe one of the under-discovered talents of the global scene of the past decade or so! ... LP, Vinyl record album (Neo Soul LP)
Ennio Morricone
I Due Evasi Di Sing SingQuartet (Italy), 1964.
CD...$29.99
39.99
An early soundtrack from Ennio Morricone – and a more unusual setting than some of his famous later work of the 60s and 70s! The movie is a prison comedy, and is handled by Morricone with style that's heavily in the crime jazz side of the spectrum – maybe more in the mode of Piero ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics
Stunts, Blunts, & Hip HopMercury/Get On Down, 1992. 2LP (reissue)
A 90s hip hop masterpiece from Diamond D – and like some of the rest of the best of the decade, a set that was slightly slept-on at the time, but which has gone to have massive impact over the decades – still sounding completely fresh in comparison to bigger hits of the time! Diamond D ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
Ennio Morricone
Vamos A Matar, CompanerosBeat (Italy), 1970.
CD...$19.99
28.98
A soundtrack as striking as it's cover image – and a real lesser-known western gem from Ennio Morricone! The music balances a broad number of styles here – from darkly chanting vocals, to warmer mellower strings, to elements that more playfully evoke a sense of time and place – ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Analog Africa (Germany), Early 80s.
CD...$17.99
18.98
They certainly got the "explosion" in the title right – as these tracks leap right out of the groove from the very first note – very heavy on percussion, and with a much starker, funkier sound than some other West African work from the early 80s! The tracks are all from the ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Various
Undercurrents – From The Joseph Weinberger, Programme Music, & Impress Libraries 1967 to 1985Buried Treasure (Germany), Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s.
LP...$26.99
29.99
Nearth 20 years of work from some of the more obscure sound library labels on the European scene – served up here in a blend of modes that moves between heavy funk, jazzier grooves, and some more atmospheric keyboard-heavy tracks – all of which we're not sure we've ever heard before! ... LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library LP)
Sola
Un Muneco De MaderaRCA/Be With (UK), 1971. (reissue)
LP...$29.99
34.99
A really groovy little record, and one that's got all sorts of very cool things going on – sweet female vocals from Sola that almost feel like they're lifted from a French record, and not a Spanish language set – mixed with orchestrations that have a nice undercurrent of funk – a ... LP, Vinyl record album (Latin LP)
Crane City, 2021.
LP...$25.99
28.99
Seattle rapper Da Qween looks relaxed and regal on the cover – but the sound of the set has a taught intensity that comes through right away – fast rhymes, crispy beats, and a sense of urgency that holds on all the way through! There's a few sung vocal moments that get nice and mellow ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
Acid Jazz (UK), Late 60s. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$26.99
29.98
A fantastic compilation of work from one of the grooviest groups on the UK scene of the late 60s – a mod combo with a surprisingly funky undercurrent at times – and a sound that's virtually the definition of the freakbeat groove! The drums here are wonderful – as heavy and ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Modern Harmonic, 1986.
Lost material from Mark Sandman – tracks recorded in between his time in Treat Her Right, and his greater fame in Morphine – served up here in the first-ever package of the recordings! The sound is nice and stark – almost the spareness of post-punk work, but with more mid 80s ... CD (Rock CD)
Bazali Bam
Action (180 gram pressing)Wah Wah (Spain), 1970. (reissue)
LP...$25.99
30.98
Bazali Bam look somewhat playful on the cover, but the record's got this darker intensity that points the way towards later experiments on the West African scene – with a blend of soul, funk, and psych elements that almost seem to be a precursor to Zamrock sounds! Yet the style here is a bit ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Salaam Remi & Others
Black On Purpose (3LP red, yellow & green vinyl pressing)Louder Than Life, 2021. 3LP
LP...$66.99
69.99
Salaam Remi's usually a key talent in the background for others – but here, he acts more like the leader in the spotlight – opening the door to a great array of talents, and really finding a way to express a powerful message over the course of the album! Remi's always had a great ear ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
George Benson
Other Side Of Abbey RoadCTI/Friday Music, 1969. Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$32.99
33.99
A wonderfully wicked album – one that sold so many copies that it's sometimes hard to remember how great it is! George takes on all of Abbey Road – or just about all of it – as he runs through some of the most beautiful tracks The Beatles ever wrote, like "Golden ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Liudas Mockunas
In Residency At Bitches BrewNo Business (Lithuania), 2021.
CD...$14.99
18.99
Bitches Brew is the club, not the sound of the music – a night spot in Yokohama where European reedman Liudas Mockunas improvised these performances in the company of a range of different Japanese players! The lineup shifts with each track, as do the horns handled by Mockunas – who ... CD (Jazz CD)
Don Williams
Don Williams Vols 1, 2, & 3JMI/BGO (UK), Early 70s. 2CD
CD...$16.99
19.99
The first three albums from Don Williams – brought together here in a single set! First up is Don Williams Vol 1 – well-crafted work from Don Williams – an artist who began as a songwriter, but really hit his stride on this debut album! Williams has a gentle, easygoing vocal ... CD (Folk/Country CD)
Stas Thee Boss
On The Quarner (red vinyl pressing)Crane City, 2021.
LP...$25.99
28.99
Striking sounds from Seattle female rapper/producer Stas Thee Boss – a record that has a core of sounds inspired by the Miles Davis album On The Corner – referenced here in the title and cover graphic – with a shifting array of sounds and rhymes that the trumpeter would have been ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
Grapefruit (UK), Early 70s. 3CD
CD...$29.99
38.99
Classic rock from before it was classic – but a set that's also filled with lots of musical surprises too! This isn't a batch of the oldies you'll hear played perpetually in the too-small set lists of classic rock FM stations over here – and instead, the box brings together a mix of ... CD (Rock CD)
Various
Indaba IsBrownswood (UK), 2021.
CD...$11.99
12.99
A fantastic overview of contemporary work from the South African scene – most of it jazz-based, and brought together here as a great discovery of underground material we never would have heard otherwise! The set follows in a similar spirit to other Brownswood label explorations of the ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Russell Hoke
Melancholy Traveler (with bonus download)Round Bale, 2021.
LP...$14.99
16.00
Recent work from underground hero Russell Hoke, but sounds that are every bit as timeless as his earlier records – done in a stripped-down style that has Hoke playing borrowed guitar and banjo, and recording onto an old cellphone – which makes the whole thing feel like it came out of ... LP, Vinyl record album (Folk/Country LP)
Antonio Neves
Pegada Agora E EssaFar Out (UK), 2021.
That's Antonio Neves wielding a trombone on the cover – but the set's got elements that move way past his great work on that horn – drawn from very collaborative contributions from different members of the contemporary scene in Rio! The record's got a jazz basis at the core, but ... CD (Brazil CD)
Jazzman (UK), 2011. Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$29.99
34.99
The debut album from Greg Foat – the first of many great records the keyboardist would soon give us, and a set that came as quite a surprise on the mostly-reissue Jazzman label! Yet the set also makes a lot of sense – as Foat is clearly inspired by some of the British greats of the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Andy Ash
Not At HomeStill Music, 2021. 2LP
The full length debut of Andy Ash – a younger UK artist who's been making a nice splash with tracks in recent years, and who emerges here fully formed, with more than enough talent to fill up the double length set! The tracks are nice and long, and occupy this spare, simple space – ... LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves LP)
Born Bad (France), Early 60s.
A really groovy set of tracks – not just the French cha cha promised by the title, but instead this beautiful mash-up of sounds and styles – often with results that are pretty darn unique! Sure, the rhythms are Latin, and the language is French – but there's also strands of crime ... CD (French CD)
Fremeaux & Associates (France), Late 1900s/1910s/1920s/1930s/1940s/Early 50s. 2CD
CD...$22.99
29.99
One of the best collections of early klezmer music we've ever seen – a big package that traces the roots of the style as it developed in the hands of early Jewish immigrants to America at the turn of the century – then grew and transformed as European styles came into context with ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Franco Bixio
Ed Ora – Raccomanda L'Anima A Dio (with bonus track)Digitmovies (Italy), 1968.
CD...$19.99
28.98
A very early soundtrack from Italian great Franco Bixio – done when he was just a lad of 18, before his fame with Vince Tempera – but with a sound that puts the young Franco on equal footing with the best of the spaghetti western generation! The score begins with a groovy vocal tune ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Searchers
Searchers – A & B Sides 1963 to 1967Pye/BGO (UK), Mid 60s.
CD...$14.99
16.99
The first-ever full collection of all the groovy singles The Searchers recorded for the Pye Records label in the 60s – a 32 track set that includes both the a and b-side of every 7" release for the label! The Searchers were one of the leading lights of the early British invasion – ... CD (Rock CD)
Zmeczeni
Bez Tego I OwegoGAD (Poland), 1982.
CD...$16.99
18.99
A very jazzy set of sound library tracks from Poland – done in a mix of fusion and prog that's similar to some of that nation's great groups of the 70s – maybe no surprise, given that the guitarist in the group had also performed with the rock act Breakout! Yet here, the style is ... CD (Sound Library CD)
ART Wilson
Overworld (blue vinyl pressing)Numero, 2014.
LP...$18.99
20.98
A beautiful little keyboard record – tracks recorded for a 21st Century modern dance performance, but which have lots of great touches of the 80s underground! There's a style here that mixes keyboards, synth, and drum machine elements that might normally be found in the cold wave scene ... LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library LP)
Atlantic/Big Pink (South Korea), 1971.
CD...$18.99
22.99
That's a Texas image on the cover, which is pretty fitting for the sound of Alamo – as they've got a really heady brew of psych, hard rock, and southern elements – all forged together with a sound that would have been right at home on early 70s Capricorn Records! The group are part of ... CD (Rock CD)
GAD (Poland), Late 70s.
CD...$16.99
18.99
Some of the funkiest work we've ever heard from Polish vibist Jerzy Milian – a series of late 70s recordings that have him working with a larger ensemble in a very groovy mode! The approach is sound library or soundtrack funk at some points, but also almost gets a bit disco at others – ... CD (Jazz CD)
Ray Russell
Forget To Remember – Live Vol 2 1970Jazz In Britain (UK), 1970.
CD...$18.99
22.98
Some of the greatest work we've ever heard from legendary British guitarist Ray Russell – a set that was not issued to the public at the time, but recorded especially for the BBC – and with a sound that's every bit as striking as his famous albums for CBS! There's maybe a slightly more ... CD (Jazz CD)
PVP (Patience, Violet, Pinky)
MalendeLa Casa Tropical (Netherlands), 1992. 2LP
LP...$26.99
30.98
PVP are a trio of South African singers who really update their groove with this sweet set of tracks from the early 90s – music that still comes across with some of the charm of 80s soul music from South Africa, but which also shows a stronger house music influence in the rhythms – ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Kenako
KenakoFunk Night, 2021.
LP...$13.99
15.00
Kenako bill themselves as an Afro Funk orchestra, but the group are much more offbeat and have a style that's very much their own – very much in the spirit of some of their contemporaries on the St Petersburg scene in Russia! The lineup is certainly large, and has the sorts of horns you ... LP, Vinyl record album (Deep Funk LP)
Barney Wilen
New York Romance (180 gram pressing)Venus (Japan), 1994. (reissue)
Beautiful blowing from the great Barney Wilen – an album that's as relaxed as you might guess from the image on the cover, but which has a rock-solid sound all the way through! At this point in his career, Barney's definitely back on top of his game – playing both tenor and soprano sax ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Francis Lai/
Les Petroleuses (red vinyl pressing)
LMLR (France), 1971.
LP...$23.99
24.98
Les Petroleuses has a nice variety of sounds – some of the slinky, sexy, Euro-styled numbers you'd expect from Lai in the early 70s, and from a film starring Brigitte Bardot – mixed with other tracks that seem to foreground a version of the old west that's a bit playful – using ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Gene Russell
New DirectionBlack Jazz/Real Gone, 1971.
CD...$12.99
13.99
Sweet funky jazz from pianist Gene Russell – one of the hippest albums he ever recorded! Russell's a pianist with a wonderfully fluid touch – used here to near perfection in a small combo date that really stands out from most of his other albums – just the kind of effort we'd ... CD (Jazz CD)
Baris Manco
Dunden Bugune (picture disc)Guerssen (Spain), 1971.
LP...$29.99
33.98
An incredible Turkish psych album from Baris Manco – totally riveting work that blends some traditional Turkish influences with the panoramic psychedelia of the late 60s & early 70s – all of which makes for lots of fuzzed out rock-funk, and a fantastic melodic sensibility! The ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Beaters
HarariSun/Matsuli (UK), 1975. (reissue)
A landmark album on the South African scene of the 70s – a set that mixes together currents of jazz and funk, but at the start of a sound that would break forth even more in the decade to come! Yet The Beaters were there at the start – a young trio that includes drummer Sipho Mabuse, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Teena Marie
John Morales Presents Teena Marie – Love Songs & Funky Beats – Remixed With Loving DevotionBBE (UK), Late 70s/1980s. 2CD
The legend of Teena Marie lives again, and in a really beautiful way – as John Morales serves up tunes that work together almost as a tribute to the memory of the lady – with these really fresh versions that seem to add a lot of majesty to the sound as well! These aren't easy remixes ... CD (Soul CD)
Kuzu (Dave Rempis/
Glass Delusion
Astral Spirits, 2021.
LP...$15.99
20.99
Kuzu is fast becoming one of the more compelling settings for the saxophone talents of the great Dave Rempis – as the blend of sounds here really sets things apart from other improvised combos, even though the elements are all very familiar! Tashi Dorji has a way of handling the guitar that ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Don Cherry
Cherry JamGearbox, 1965.
Never-issued work from Don Cherry – and a really key piece of the puzzle in the career of this legendary trumpeter! The recordings were done for Swedish Radio, with great fidelity – more than just live tracks captured in a club, and instead some really thoughtful material that marks an ... CD (Jazz CD)
Lokkhi Terra
Cubangla (180 gram pressing)Funkiwala (UK), 2021.
LP...$24.99
29.99
A Latin combo from London, but one with a wider range of styles in their music – as you might guess from the lineup pictured on the cover! Lokkhi Terra are great at familiar Latin jazz modes – really using their instrumentation to craft strong standout solos on trumpet, flute, Fender ... LP, Vinyl record album (Latin LP)
Various
Directions In Music 1969 to 1973 – Miles Davis, His Musicians, & The Birth Of A New Age In JazzAce/BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s.
CD...$12.99
18.99
The reach of Miles Davis is plenty wide – as right from the start, the trumpeter was associating himself with some of the hippest young talent on the scene! Yet the apex of those associations may have come in the late 60s and early 70s, when the newly-electric Miles was experimenting in all ... CD (Funky Compilations CD)
George Sauma Jr
George Sauma JrFavorite (France), 1985.
A sweet 80s groove from Brazil – a self-released set by George Sauma Jr, a singer who works in some nicely soulful territory throughout! In a way, the vibe here is a bit like the Marcos Valle albums of the early 80s – elements of modern soul and boogie in the rhythms, but given a very ... CD (Brazil CD)
Raw Material
Raw Material (180 gram pressing – with bonus tracks)Evolution/Sunbeam (UK), Early 70s. 2LP (reissue)
LP...$38.99
42.98
The lasting classic from Raw Material – a great little record captured at the crossroads of psych and prog, with a wonderful sound that even moves past both of those styles! At one level, the album's a tripped-out batch of heavy rock tunes – complete with vocals, fuzzy guitar, and lots ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Bear Family (Germany), Late 40s/1950s/Early 60s.
CD...$10.99
11.99
A whole host of tunes that will help you say goodbye to winter and hello to spring – a light and lively mix of postwar cuts in a variety of styles – from early rockers, to instrumentals, radio pop gems, and even a bit of R&B – all put together with a very playful vibe! The ... CD (Rock CD)
Throttle Elevator Music feat Kamasi Washington
Final FloorWide Hive, 2021.
LP...$12.99
16.99
We certainly hope this isn't the final floor for Throttle Elevator Music, as we've always enjoyed the many sounds the group has given us over the years – styles served up here on a record that's almost a testament to the collaborative growth of the ensemble over the past decade or so, as the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Teaspoon & The Waves
Teaspoon & The WavesSoul Jazz Pop/Mr Bongo (UK), 1977.
CD...$11.99
12.99
Clubby work from the South African scene of the 70s – but a set that's got a very equal amount of jazz – as you might guess from the group's saxophone-wielding leader on the cover! Tracks are long, and build from an instrumental core first – often leaving out vocals entirely, as ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Ennio Morricone
Exorcist II – The Heretic (florescent green vinyl pressing)Warner/Jackpot, 1977. (reissue)
LP...$22.99
29.99
The actual film was weaker than the first Exorcist movie, but the soundtrack's a great one – a wonderful Ennio Morricone score, right up there with his better-known classics of the 70s! Some tracks have a full, sweeping style that's sublime – that compressed Morricone approach to ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Pylon
GyrateDB Recs/New West, 1980.
Overlooked genius from the scene in Athens, GA – served up by a group who also borrow plenty of influences from the UK post-punk world too! Pylon are heavy on bass that might be borrowed from Young Marble Giants, but then turned up in sound and speed – matched with these great guitar ... CD (Rock CD)
Harun Ghulam Barabbas & Alaeddin Adlernest
Breath Of The Masters – SmileBlack Monk (Austria), 1982.
Two players we don't really know at all, but coming together here in a sublime set of reed-based creations – Alaeddin Adlernest on bassoon and Haru Ghulam Barrabas on alto sax – four long tunes that each have some sort of structure, but also balance things nicely with a sense of freedom ... CD (Jazz CD)
Christian Reim Sextet
Mona Lisa – Moldejazz 1973Jazzaggression (Finland), 1973.
LP...$24.99
27.99
A real masterpiece from pianist Christian Reim – an unissued live set from 1973, conceived as one long suite for a very modern sextet! The music is wonderful – full of all these subtle moments of feeling that we don't always hear in some of Christian's other work – mixed with ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Lord Finesse
Awakening (25th anniversary edition – colored vinyl pressing with bonus instrumentals LP & 7" single)Tommy Boy, 1995. 2LP (reissue)
LP...$32.99
36.98
A stone classic from Lord Finesse – a key moment when the DITC underground got a chance to hit the mainstream – and really show the rest of the world why NYC was still the undisputed center of hip hop! Finesse is fantastic, both as a producer and lyricist – and that collaborative ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop LP)
Black Monk (Austria), 1978.
Tremendous work by a jazz group we've not seen on any other records – working here in a set of live improvisations recorded in Austria in 1978! The sound is loose, but never entirely free jazz – as there's a good sense of rhythm to the group, hanging sometimes together in less-tradition ... CD (Jazz CD)
Detto Mariano
Delitto Al Ristorante CineseGDM/Musica Per Immagini (Italy), 1981.
A surprisingly nice score, done for a relatively goofy Italian comedy at the start of the 80s – set inside a Chinese restaurant in Rome, and handled with some definite Eastern touches in the instrumentation – but all mixed up in funky cop show sort of backings – almost an early ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Paolo Fresu
Tempo Di ChetSomethin Cool (Japan), 2021.
A really lovely tribute to the memory of the great Chet Baker – served up here by Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu – who works in a loose, open setting that's a bit like some of the wonderful overseas records that Baker cut in his final decade! Backing is just piano rom Dino Rubino and ... CD (Jazz CD)
New Age Steppers
Action BattlefieldOn-U Sound (UK), 1981. (reissue)
LP...$18.99
19.99
The seminal second album from New Age Steppers – a set that does key work in building a bridge between Jamaican roots and the growing UK underground! Sure, there had been plenty of other experiments during the early punk years – but here, Adrian Sherwood's really finding his groove ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae LP)
Ace/Kent (UK), Late 60s.
CD...$12.99
18.99
A great entry in this really wonderful series – one that's shifted a lot over the years, and in the best way possible! "Classiest" may be a tough word to peg down – but here, it refers to tracks that are well-done, and completely put-together – yet which have the kind ... CD (Soul CD)
Neil Young
Young ShakespeareReprise, 1971.
The title might be a bit presumptuous, but the album presents a setting that maybe showcases the poetic style of Neil Young even more than some of his classic studio albums of the time – a live solo date, and one that really brings a new sort of quality to some of the era's more familiar ... CD (Rock CD)
Valerie June
Moon & Stars – Prescriptions For DreamersFantasy, 2021.
CD...$13.99
14.99
Here's a record that may well push Valerie June over the top – a mature, fully-formed set that's filled with anthemic tunes that point the way to a whole new generation in soul! The album bills individual songs as filling certain needs – prescriptions, if you will – like ... CD (Neo Soul CD)
Jon Batiste
We AreVerve, 2021.
Jon Batiste is looking mighty righteous on the cover, and he's sounding mighty righteous within – imbued with a new spirit of consciousness from the events of 2020, which brings a whole new sort of focus to his music – and makes for an album that's every bit a soul set as it is a jazz ... CD (Jazz CD)
Ace (UK), Late 60s.
CD...$14.99
19.99
Fantastic Brit girl pop from the 60s – from one of the labels who did it better than most! Pye Records was famously home to Petula Clark, but the company had lots of other wonderful female singers in its lineup – and over the course of the 60s, they continually set the tone for new ... CD (Rock CD)
New Age Steppers
Love ForeverOn-U Sound (UK), 2012. (reissue)
LP...$18.99
19.99
Later work from New Age Steppers, but a set that's very much got the spirit of the group at the core – given that it's essentially a collaboration between Ari Up and producer Adrian Sherwood – who were the key forces behind the group's sound at the start! In fact, the feel here is ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae LP)
Peter Thomas/
Big Boss (aka Fists Of Fury) (180 gram red vinyl pressing)
Rambling (Japan), 1971. Gatefold
The funkiest version we've ever heard of this great Bruce Lee soundtrack – one that brings together all the sweet instrumental moments by Peter Thomas, with sound that's much better than any other reissue! While previous versions have taken the music along with the dialogue, this gem of a ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Caravela
OrlaNone More (UK), 2021.
Really lovely work from Caravela – a British band, but one with a lovely lead singer who delivers lyrics in Portuguese – while the group support the music in a mix of Brazilian styles and more contemporary London modes! The album's like the sort of great fusion we used to hear from the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil LP)
Wessel Ilcken, Tony Vos, Rob Madna, & Others
Jazz Behind The Dikes 2 (180 gram white vinyl pressing)Philips/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1955.
A treasure trove of rare jazz work from the Dutch scene of the 50s – initially overlooked by many American listeners of the time, but fortunately well-documented by this series from Philips! The music here is a nice mix of different combos – all drawing influence from bop and some of ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Sahib Shihab & Jef Gilson
Sahib Shihab + Gilson Unit – La Marche Dans Le DesertFutura/Souffle Continu (France), 1972. (reissue)
An amazing meeting of two of the most revolutionary talents on the European jazz scene of the early 70s – American expat Sahib Shihab, blowing some of his most exotic reeds ever – and pianist Jef Gilson, working here on electric keys and ondioline! The album's got a sound that echoes ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Jef Gilson
Le Massacre Du PrintempsFutura/Souffle Continu (France), 1971. (reissue)
One of the most striking albums ever from French experimentalist Jef Gilson – and one of the most outside as well! The album's from the same vintage as some of Gilson's world jazz experiments on the Palm label, but the overall feel here is much more free – with Jef working on a fuzzy ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Cameron Graves
SevenMack Avenue, 2021.
A set that's maybe a bit more searing than earlier records from Cameron Graves – more full-on fusion at times, although still with some of the spacier elements we liked from before – yet definitely driven at points with the kind of energy that recalls the George Duke/Stanley Clarke ... CD (Jazz CD)
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski
Theatre Musical (purple vinyl pressing)Monster Melodies (France), 1973. (reissue)
One of the most obscure recordings by this amazing duo – singers Brigitte Fontaine and Areski, who you might know best from their work on the legendary Saravah Records at the start of the 70s! The work here isn't musical theater, but was instead recorded for French radio in 1973 – and ... LP, Vinyl record album (French LP)
Zazou Bikaye
Mr Manager (with bonus download – and bonus tracks)Crammed (Belgium), 1985. (reissue)
80s Afro grooves, recorded in Belgium – given a nice twist by the Crammed Discs label, which was one of the first to really open up African styles with more European elements! Bony Bikaye handles vocals, and Hector Zazou plays plenty of keyboards and adds in beat – so there's an ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves LP)
Art Yard (UK), 1957/1978. (pic cover)
Two fantastic tracks from Sun Ra – different vintage, but equally great! "Sky Is A Sea Of Darkness" is a mellow, spiritual quartet track – very stripped down, with a beautiful vocal that slides alongside this blue-tinged piano from Ra – surprisingly soulful, and ... 7-inch, Vinyl record (Funky 45's 7-inch)
Masaru Imada
One For DukeThree Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan), 1975.
The album's dedicated to Duke Ellington, and it features Duke Ellington tunes – but overall the set is a very personal moment from pianist Masaru Imada – maybe one of his strongest dates of the 70s! The music opens up with that beautifully creative Japanese piano trio approach of the ... CD (Jazz CD)
Dick Khoza
ChapitaSun/Matsuli (UK), 1976.
One of the hippest bits of funk we've heard from the South African scene of the 70s – a record that mixes in plenty of currents from spiritual jazz, with a vibe that's very similar to the albums by Oneness Of Juju from the same time! The set's got this very universal appeal – earlier ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Lucas Santtana
Sem NostalgiaMais Um Discos (UK), 2009.
Another bold leap forward for Lucas Santtana – a Brazilian artist who really blows our mind with each new release! It's been a few years since we last heard from Lucas, but it's clear he's been doing plenty during the time – coming up with fresh new ideas, working on some English-based ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil LP)
Stag O Lee (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. 2LP
Raw rockers in the best Stag O Lee tradition – but given an extra-special punch here, given that the music is all hand-picked by DJ Keb Darge! Years back, Darge was an expert on American funk of the 60s and 70s – but over the years, he's become an equally well-suited collector of rare ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Evan Parker
Six Of OneIncus/OTOroku (UK), 1980. (reissue)
The "one" here is the soprano saxophone – used exclusively by Evan Parker on the six improvised tracks on the set – each one very different than the other, and really showing the diversity and variation that Parker can bring to a performance! Often, the sound is very dense ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Ennio Morricone
Da Uomo A Uomo (Death Rides A Horse)Beat (Italy), 1967.
Great Morricone music for this legendary Italian western – a film that was first advertised with the line "When you've waited 15 years to a kill a man, it's a shame you can only kill him once!" The music here shows the same sort of determination as that statement – a driving, ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Riverside, 1959. (reissue)
LP...$22.99
24.99
A record that hides a bit under its title and cover – looking like a songbook session, and without Chet Baker's dreamy face on the front – but one that stands every bit as strongly with Baker's other late 50s sessions for Riverside, and done with an equally nice set of New York elements ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Carl M Neumann/
Live At Molde International Jazz Festival 1976
Jazzaggression (Finland), 1976.
LP...$24.99
27.99
Beautiful live work from alto saxophonist Carl Magnus Neumann – a Norwegian player with a richly expressive tone and a very fresh groove – working here in a group that's co-led with pianist Christian Reim! Neumann's a player we won't hear often – and he shines wonderfully on this ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. 2CD
An ear-opening set of Japanese jazz from a time when that nation's scene was really taking off – a period in the 70s when all sorts of new artists and new ideas were really flying around – and leaving behind a huge recorded legacy that's been mostly out of reach for us in the west! ... CD (Funky Compilations CD)
Evan Parker
Saxophone SolosIncus/OTOroku (UK), 1975. (reissue)
Completely unfettered solo saxophone work from Evan Parker – extremely intense, but not in an all-out blowing kind of way! Instead, Parker's got some incredible control on the valves here – playing with a frenetic sort of mode that's really incredible – freely improvising, but ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Clarence Gatemouth Brown RocksBear Family (Germany), Late 40s/1950s.
CD...$18.99
20.99
Tremendous work from Clarence Gatemouth Brown – a postwar guitarist who was big on the Texas scene, but who had the modern flair and jazzy swinging groove of some of his contemporaries who'd left for the west coast! All the work here is from the early years of the Peacock Records label, and ... CD (Blues CD)
Michael Dease
Give It All You GotPosi tone, 2014.
CD...$11.99
15.99
Fantastic work from Michael Dease – a player who seems to get better and better with each new record, and who's clearly becoming one of the top trombonists on the planet! Dease has a dexterity here that's amazing, and an ability to hit a sense of soul that's wonderful too – a quality ... CD (Jazz CD)
BBE (UK), 2001. 12 x 7 inch box set
7-inch...$129.99
134.99
A classic masterpiece from J Dilla – a record that set the tone for countless hip hop releases in years to come – but which still shows Jay Dee as one of the smartest, sharpest, most forward-thinking producers to rule the roost! The set's got some incredible live instrumentation – ... 7-inch, Vinyl record (Hip Hop 7-inch)
Jahari Massamba Unit (Madlib & Karriem Riggins)
Pardon My FrenchMadlib Invazion, 2020.
CD...$12.99
15.99
A tremendous collaboration between Madlib and drummer Karriem Riggins – both artists who are great enough on their own, but who really hit some new territory in this funky instrumental project! Riggins plays live drums, and Madlib throws in all this other instrumentation that really changes ... CD (Deep Funk CD)
Riz Ortolani & Nino Oliviero
Mondo Cane (with bonus tracks)Sugar/Decca (Italy), Early 60s. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$29.99
39.99
One of the first big international soundtracks to come from the Italian scene in the 60s – the start of a great run that would continue through the decade, although maybe not with results as strongly as this! The score is for a strange documentary-like film (the title means "World Gone ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Ennio Morricone/
Bandits In Rome (aka Roma Come Chicago)
Quartet (Spain), 1968.
One of the more obscure Ennio Morricone soundtracks of the late 60s – done in close collaboration with musical partner Bruno Nicolai, for a gangster film that stars John Cassavettes in the lead! A number of tracks have an older crime jazz sort of vibe – similar to the Italian modes ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Basement's Glare
Flesh ContagiumDigitmovies (Italy), 2020.
A contemporary horror score, but one that's handled by Basement's Glare with a nice mix of modes – including some darker electronic textures that feel like they're borrowed from the farther reaches of 80s indie soundtracks! Make no mistake, this isn't the easily-done keyboard score that some ... CD (Soundtracks CD)
Mighty Tom Cats
Soul MakossaWinley/Demon (UK), 1974. (reissue)
A great lost bit of funk – and a pretty mysterious record, too! The record came out hot on the heels of Manu Dibango's big original version of "Soul Makossa" – and while it's got a groove that definitely leans towards Afro Funk, it's also got plenty of Caribbean touches too ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Keith Jarrett
Budapest ConcertECM (Germany), 2020. 2 CDs
Keith Jarrett in our favorite side of his talents – playing the long, improvised style that first made him a breakthrough artist on ECM in the 70s – and which still remains one of his most important contributions to the history of jazz! Even later years, Jarrett's sense of imagination ... CD (Jazz CD)
Ennio Morricone
Senza MovementeQuartet (Spain), 1971.
Beautifully slow-building work from Ennio Morricone – caught right at that near-perfect start of the 70s point when he was a master of understatement and spare musical elements! Many numbers begin with a sound that's often very spare – sliding out of the darkness sometimes with just a ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks LP)
Pye/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1965. (reissue)
LP...$25.99
26.98
Really beautiful work from the young Donovan – still yet to become the trippy popster that most folks know – but still pretty amazing here! The music definitely owes a lot to Bob Dylan – Donovan's playing harmonica and acoustic guitar, with just a bit of bass and drums behind him ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Mainstream/Big Pink (South Korea), 1969.
CD...$18.99
22.99
Cathy Young has a pretty psychedelic guitar on the cover – and the music here definitely has some psychedelic elements – but mixed with this bluesy style that makes Young come across with a surprisingly strong sort of sound! Her vocals are great – very gritty and soulful at times ... CD (Rock CD)
Philip Glass
Dance Nos 1 to 5 (3LP set – 180 gram pressing)CBS/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), Late 70s/1980s. 3LP
LP...$42.99
49.99
Seminal work from minimalist genius Philip Glass – a set that was issued during the same decade that saw his important opera box sets define his career – but one that also hearkens back to some of the leaner experimental modes of his early days! Part of the set was recorded in 1979, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Out Sound LP)
Voilaaa (Patchworks)
VoiciiFavorite (France), 2021. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$29.99
34.99
We've loved the music of Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart in all its many forms for years – but over time, this Voilaaa project might well be our favorite – as it really gives Patchworks a way to blend past and present, while also reaching out over the space of the globe! As before, ... LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves LP)
Johan Lindstrom Septett
On The AsylumMoserobie (Sweden), 2021.
A really great change in the music of Swedish guitarist Johan Lindstrom – music that expands the vision of his previous record, and also explores some more song-based territory – while still allowing for lots of musical contributions from other players we love on the Moserobie label! ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Japan
Quiet LifeVirgin, 1979.
CD...$11.99
12.98
A real turning point in the career of Japan – and a set that really shows David Sylvian coming into his own, both as a singer and a songwriter! The sound here is a complete change from the group at the start – these really wonderful tunes that mark Japan as one of the smarter, more ... CD (Rock CD)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Way Down In The Rust Bucket (4LP set)Reprise, 1990. 4LP
An unreleased live set from Neil Young – recorded in Santa Cruz in November of 1990, and featuring the group hot on the success of their Ragged Glory album! The set features the live debut of many of the record's songs, along with a number of surprises too – tracks that are unexpected ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock LP)
Decca (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. 17CD
CD...$89.99
97.99
A staggering amount of music from the great Tom Jones – 15 full albums issued over the space of a decade, plus a 2CD set of rare bonus material too! If you've ever wondered if you could ever have too much Tom Jones – the answer is "no" – as the fullness of this set is ... CD (Vocalists CD)
Baker Hansen & John Pal Inderberg
Live I Oslo – Baker Hansen Speler Chet Baker Sin Musikk Pa NorskJazzland (Norway), 2021.
CD...$14.99
19.99
That's a young Chet Baker on the cover of the record, and the set's a really beautiful experiment based on the music that Chet recorded back in the 50s – a reworking of some of the songs he sung and made his own, turned into versions with lyrics in Norwegian, and instrumentation that nicely ... CD (Jazz CD)
Shintaro Nakamura with Shunzo Ohno
EvolutionStreet Noise/BBE (Japan), 1984.
Soaring piano lines, burning trumpet solos, and soulful tenor sax – all wrapped together beautifully in this obscure Japanese session from the 80s – a date that has all the free-thinking power and unbounded energy of some of our favorite American soul jazz sessions from a decade before! ... CD (Jazz CD)
Gene Russell
Talk To My LadyBlack Jazz/Real Gone, 1973. (reissue)
LP...$22.99
23.99
Some of the hippest sounds we've ever heard from pianist Gene Russell – an album that features heavy use of Fender Rhodes – and a soulful, solid, rhythmic core that comes from the basslines of Henry Franklin, guitar of Calvin Keys, and drums of Ndugu Chancler! The set's one of the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella
People Need PeopleSchema (Italy), 2021.
A more spiritual soul-based setting than usual for the talents of Nicola Conte – a long-awaited full length set, served up after a host of 12" single collaborations with Gianluca Petrella! Petrella's presence is felt in the way the tunes unfold – often with strong contributions ... CD (New Grooves CD)
Richard & Linda Thompson
Hard Luck Stories 1972 to 1982 (8CD set)Universal (UK), 1970s/Early 80s. 8CD Set
CD...$116.99
129.99
A fantastic collection of work from one of the most unique teams in British music during the 70s – Richard and Linda Thompson, first recording here in a romantic partnership, then together in the studio but separate in life – moving through a musical journey that is captured brilliantly ... CD (Rock CD)
Ken Rhodes
ProfileAmayana/Sconsolato (Germany), 1974. (reissue)
That's Ken Rhodes, not Fender Rhodes – but the acoustic pianist is more than funky enough on his own – even without any electricity in the mix! The set's got this wonderful rhythm duo – drummer George Greene and bassist Joachim Knauer – who often come on with this really ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Kirk Lightsey & Rudolph Johnson with The All-Stars
HabibaGallo/Outernational (UK), 1974. (reissue)
Maybe the hippest record ever issued by pianist Kirk Lightsey – in part because the set was issued on a South African label, and also because it features tremendous work from saxophonist Rudolph Johnson – who you'll know for his two classic 70s albums on the Black Jazz imprint! The ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Atlantic/Friday Music, Mid 70s. (reissue)
LP...$33.99
34.99
Fantastic work from the second chapter of The Spinners – the moment when the group departed Motown, moved to Atlantic, and got some superb Philly soul treatment at the hands of Thom Bell! Unlike some groups, who maybe sounded best with a Detroit touch, it took the sophisticated Philly ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul LP)
Jorge Lopez Ruiz
BA Jazz (180 gram pressing)Vik/Assencionale (Netherlands), 1961. (reissue)
Great early work from Jorge Lopez Ruiz – an Argentine bassist who we already know for his more experimental recordings in the 70s – already sounding like a committed modernist here at the start of the 60s, in very hip group that also includes a young Gato Barbieri on tenor! The titles ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Terumasa Hino
Hino's Journey To Air (Japanese paper sleeve edition)Love/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1970. Gatefold
Trumpeter Terumasa Hino at a level that's quite different than most of his early work in Japan – recording in New York, and using a very spiritual approach – one that's clearly influenced by some of the other players in the session! The album features one long track – a bit ... CD (Jazz CD)
Piero Umiliani
L'Uomo Elettronico – Cosmic Electronic Environments From An Italian Synth Music Maestro 1972 to 1983Four Flies (Italy), 1970s/Early 80s.
Weird and wonderful sounds from a very electric man – the mighty Piero Umiliani, an Italian composer who first rose to fame for a set of groundbreaking film scores in the 60s – then moved into even more experimental sound library work in the following decade! This set has Piero working ... CD (Sound Library CD)
Group Sounds Four & Five
Black & White Raga (180 gram pressing)Jazz In Britain (UK), Mid 60s.
LP...$34.99
39.98
A fantastic group from the British scene at mid 60s – music from a time when the UK world of jazz was exploding from the work of artists like Joe Harriott and Tubby Hayes, but also held some other tremendous talents as well! The group here has trumpeter Henry Lowther and tenorist Lyn Dobson ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Detour (UK), Late 60s.
There's few folks we'd trust to take us into the mod underground of the 60s more than Rob Bailey – and this series of his always delivers the goods, and reminds us that we've got a heck of a lot more to learn about music like this! Tracks come from rare singles and unreleased acetates – ... LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations LP)
RZA & Others
Ghost Dog – The Way Of The SamuraiEpic/36 Chambers, 2000.
A fantastic meeting of the minds – as director Jim Jarmusch makes a film that's a nod to the old martial arts films of the 70s that inspired the Wu-Tang Clan in their music – and RZA gets a chance to contribute to the soundtrack, with help from the Clan as well! The music is maybe the ... CD (Hip Hop CD)
Pharoah Sanders
Wisdom Through MusicImpulse (Japan), 1972.
Soaring spirits and joyous jazz-based expression – an overlooked treasure from Pharoah Sanders – and proof that his work on Impulse Records just kept on getting better and better! The style here is a bit tighter than some of the previous Impulse albums – no side-long tracks here ... CD (Jazz CD)
Cultures Of Soul, Mid 80s.
Excellent work from the South African scene of the 80s – music that maybe provides a pathway to the new freedom to come, thanks to a joyous, upbeat sense of spirit – one that's equally wonderful all these many years later! The cuts here are all clubby, but less in the disco mode that ... CD (Global Grooves CD)
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um Redux (with bonus LP)Columbia/Get On Down, 1959. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$28.99
31.99
One of Charles Mingus' true classics – and an essential album in any jazz collection! This 1959 gem was recorded by Mingus at a key point in his career – when he was rising from the jazz underground into the ranks of America's elite jazzmen, penning some of the most challenging work of ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Fitz Gore & The Talismen
SoundmagnificatGorbra/Sonorama (Germany), Mid 70s. (reissue)
A rare jazz gem from tenor saxophonist Fitz Gore – originally issued on the Gorbra label in Germany in a very tiny quantity! The record's a bit unlike anything else of the time – spiritual jazz, certainly, but with all these different approaches that vary from track to track, as does ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
Born Bad (France), Early 60s.
A strange mix of Latin rhythms and exotica modes – served up here on a set of recordings from early 60s France that we might not have heard otherwise! Grooves are often in the cha cha mode promised in the title, but other instrumentation is definitely "au harem" – exotic ... CD (French CD)
Pharoah Sanders
Jewels Of ThoughtImpulse (Japan), 1969.
A wonderful reunion of Pharoah Sanders and vocalist Leon Thomas – and a set that captures a lot of the same energy as the pair's previous record – Karma! Thomas' vocals are in wonderful form for the set – stretching out soulfully on the extended classic "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-H ... CD (Jazz CD)
Reverend Robert Ballinger with Willie Dixon
King's HighwayBear Family (Germany), 1950s. 2CD
Robert Ballinger might be a Reverend, but he's got the sound of a 50s bluesman in Chicago – no surprise, as he recorded most of these tracks in the Windy City during the decade – with plenty of help from the great Willie Dixon on bass! Ballinger sings and plays piano on these cuts ... CD (Gospel CD)
Archie Shepp, Damu The Fudgemunk, & Raw Poetic
Ocean BridgesRedef Concept, 2021. 2LP
A really fantastic record – one that takes the whole "jazz meets hip hop" concept to the next level, and maybe finally really gets it right! The set is live – recorded in the studio as improvised collaborations between Archie Shepp on tenor and soprano, Raw Poetic on vocals, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz LP)
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