Groovy sounds for groovy people!
Kindred Spirits/Art Yard (Netherlands), Late 70s/Early 80s. 2 x 10 inch
A limited repress of two rare sets of material from Sun Ra and The Arkestra – served up here on very cool 10" vinyl! Record one begins with this wonderful spiritual number, "Along Came Ra" – performed live with some great lead vocals from June Tyson to start things out ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Joao Donato
Quem e Quem (180 gram pressing)Odeon/Polysom (Brazil), 1973. (reissue)
A gem of a record – one we wouldn't part with for anything! Joao Donato's best known as one of the founding fathers of bossa nova – better known for his 60s work over the years, than he was for 70s electric work like this. Fortunately, international groove hounds picked up on the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil)
Gilberto Gil
Refavela (180 gram pressing)Philips/Polysom (Brazil), 1977. Gatefold (reissue)
One of the funkiest albums ever from Gilberto Gil – a set that beautifully mixes rootsy elements with tighter funk arrangements – in a style that's not unlike some of the 70s samba soul experiments from Jorge Ben! The record borrows heavily from American funk and soul of the time, and ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil)
Reel People (UK), 2017.
The duo of Phonte and Nicolay have been giving us great music for many years – and here, they serve up a special selection of their favorite tracks from recent years – all with the warm glow and soulful currents we've always loved from the Reel People label! The set features two ... CD (Neo Soul)
Navasha Daya
Lom Nava LoveDaya World, 2017.
Mindblowing work from Navasha Daya – a singer you might know for her key role in the group Fertile Ground many years back – still one of the most important contemporary acts we've ever stocked at Dusty Groove! Here, Navasha returns as a tremendous soul star on her own – working ... CD (Neo Soul)
Vibration Black Finger
Guadi EPEnid (UK), 2017.
The third release from this groundbreaking musical collective – and maybe their most compelling so far! As before, there's a fantastic melange taking place – elements of spiritual jazz, soulful funk, and lots more – but this time around, the sound is even more offbeat – ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures
Glare Of The Tiger (with bonus download)Meta, 2017. 2LP
LP...$26.99
29.99
The groove of Adam Rudolph just keeps getting deeper over the years – to a point where here, he almost sounds like he's somewhere between the scenes of 70s electric Miles Davis, and some of the later cross-cultural experiments of Bill Laswell! There's a great layering of electric and ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Gianni Ferrio
Io Emmanuelle (with bonus tracks)CAM/Quartet (Spain), 1969.
A really beautiful little soundtrack – and one that's quite different than all of the other late 70s scores that circulated under the Emmanuelle name! This film came out years before that big cycle of sexploitation movies – and also was not part of that series at all – and while ... CD (Soundtracks)
Piero Piccioni
L'Assassino (with bonus tracks)Quartet (Spain), 1961.
A stunning jazz soundtrack from Piero Piccioni – much more like some of the classic French new wave jazz scores of the late 50s than some of his groovy, mod sounds to come later in the 60s! The instrumentation here is a beautiful mix of piano, bass, vibes, and some occasional stronger horns ... CD (Soundtracks)
Gallo/Soundway (UK), 1979. (reissue)
LP...$20.99
21.98
A stone classic from one of the hippest groups on the South African scene of the 70s – and one of the few who could compete well with American soul groups of the same time! The cover makes the album look like some overlooked New York club treasure from the period – and the feel of the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves)
Jason Stein
LucilleDelmark, 2017.
CD...$11.99
15.99
Brilliant modernism from Chicago reedman Jason Stein – a set that draws strong energy from the work of Lennie Tristano, but also instantly grabs us with a bold statement of Stein's own genius as well! The group features Stein on bass clarinet, and Keefe Jackson on contrabass clarinet and ... CD (Jazz)
Tony Williams Lifetime featuring Allan Holdsworth
Live At The Village GateHi Hat, 1975.
A full-on sonic assault from the version of Tony Williams' Lifetime that featured guitar from the pyrotechnic Allan Holdsworth – holding the spot in the group that John McLaughlin had famously taken at the end of the 60s – and pushing the combo with even more dynamic range than before! ... CD (Jazz)
Paul Bley
Paul Bley Synthesizer ShowMilestone/Bamboo, 1970.
A great record by Paul Bley – one of his few forays into electronic music, and a set that's got a really striking feel right from the start! Unlike some of the gimmicky moog records of the time – or some of the noisier avant electronic sets – Bley finds a way to use the ... CD (Jazz)
Steve Guarnori
Scepter Wand ForeverStephen Guarnori (UK), 2017.
Book...$50.99
60.00
A hugely detailed book on the Wand/Scepter label – a huge soul music powerhouse in the 60s, and a company that flourished well into the 70s disco years as well! The label has a fascinating musical legacy – one that's much deeper than its big hits by Dionne Warwick and BT Express – ... Book (Books)
Playlist
Chasing GoosbumpsPlaylist, 2017. 2LP Gatefold
A fantastic album from The Playlist – a group that features Jazzy Jeff as the executive producer, and which features an all-star lineup that includes vocals from Glenn Lewis, Rich Medina, Eric Roberson, Musinah, and Jeff himself – alongside instrumentation from Kaidi Tatham on flute and ... LP, Vinyl record album (Neo Soul)
Antibalas
Where The Gods Are At PeaceDaptone, 2017.
CD...$12.99
13.98
Maybe the most searing album we've ever heard from Antibalas – a set that's completely on fire from the very first note, both musically and politically – and which burns with an intensity that seems to blow away all their previous music! Make no mistake, we've always loved these guys ... CD (Global Grooves)
Musiq Soulchild
Feel The RealE One, 2017. 2CD
CD...$16.99
17.98
Musiq Soulchild has been making music for many years – the man virtually invented the beats n keys format back at the start of the century – and he's still got the sharp crackle and classic depth that won us over to his sound back in the day! This double-length set is completely ... CD (Neo Soul)
Lizz Wright
GraceConcord, 2017.
Lizz Wright teams up with producer Joe Henry on a tribute to the grace of the American south – on a record that may well be her strongest to date! The set's got a warm core that really suits Wright's vocals – and the strength of her presentation here is so rich, she hardly needs any ... CD (Neo Soul)
Rufus Harley
Courage – The Complete Atlantic RecordingsAtlantic/Wounded Bird, Late 60s. 2CD
CD...$15.99
18.98
A treasure trove of music from one of the hippest jazz players ever – the legendary Rufus Harley, a saxophonist by trade, but one who could also play the bagpipes as well! Harley had a really unique way of using the bagpipes as a free-flowing modal soloing instrument – one that's ... CD (Jazz)
Infinito 2017
African Of Kenya Ether Part 18Culture Power 45, 2017.
LP...$16.99
18.99
Infinito 2017 at his most personal and ambitious – delivering a record we're thinking might be one of his very best to date – for the (so far) completely excellent, vinyl-centric Culture Power 45 label. Culture Power 45 is as much a collective of kindred spirit figures in independent ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop)
Al Chem
Weird Fiction (180 gram vinyl)Art Yard (UK), Early 2000s.
There's lots of weird tones and textures taking place here – a mix of organic elements with an electronic vibe – all in a way that maybe puts the music somewhere in the territory of some of the 4th World Possible Musics projects from EG Records years ago! Electronics bubble along with ... LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves)
Georges Edouard Nouel
ChodoRebirth On Wax (Netherlands), 1975. (reissue)
A hell of a great little record – an album made by a keyboardist from Martinique, working in a Paris studio in the 70s – with all the wonderful cross-cultural elements you might expect! The music is definitely jazz at the core, and quite spiritual too – but the range of ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Dave Miller Set
Mr Guy Fawkes – The Complete Spin Recordings & More 1967 to 1970Spin/RPM (UK), Late 60s.
The Dave Miller Set look a bit mod on the cover – but the sound of these tracks is maybe in the best pop psych mode of the time – with nice bits of fuzz around the edges, very groovy lyrics, and some really cool production on some of the best tracks! The group are quite overlooked, but ... CD (Rock)
Ennio Morricone
L'Alibi (green vinyl pressing)Dagored (Italy), 1968. (reissue)
An overlooked Morricone score – one that contains some of his coolest themes! The soundtrack was written for an obscure 1968 thriller starring Vittorio Gassman – and the overall approach has some wonderfully imaginative orchestrations – dark at times, but lightly floating with ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks)
Shindig
Issue 71Shindig, 2017.
This one's got a cover feature on the making of the Rolling Stones's classic Their Satanic Majesties Request – plus a deep look at Captain Beefheart's Safe As Milk and the lost masterpiece by soul singer PP Arnold – plus items on The Lost, The Clientele, the Aussie psych scene, Coven, ... Magazine (Magazines)
Thelma Houston
Summer Nights EP (180 gram pressing)Preservation (UK), 1980.
LP...$23.99
25.99
Fantastic work from Thelma Houston – material recorded in 1980, but never issued at the time – and maybe even better than most of Thelma's own records from the period! The tracks were recorded at Muscle Shoals, with tight production by Clayton Ivey and Terry Woodford – in a way ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
German Oak
Down In The Bunker (3CD set)Bunker/Now Again, 1972. 3CD
One of the darkest albums of the Krautrock scene in the 70s – an album that was actually recorded in a WWII-era bunker – where the duo were free to open up their instruments, jam for a very long time, and play with the sorts of effects and techniques you might know from bigger groups of ... CD (Rock)
Cadet/Playback, 1973.
CD...$11.99
15.98
Pure genius from The Dells – one of the few older vocal groups who could really change and evolve their sound – not by losing anything from their roots, and instead getting better and better with each new release! This set's a perfect example of why The Dells were the pinnacle of ... CD (Soul)
Philips/Polysom (Brazil), 1974. (reissue)
A wild solo project from Rita Lee – done after the breakup of Os Mutantes, and offered up almost as some sort of commentary on mainstream rock in the 70s! There's a much more straightforward approach to the music here – a sometimes-glammy sound that's echoed by the band's space-style ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil)
Portico Quartet
Art In The Age Of AutomationGondwana (UK), 2017.
CD...$12.99
13.99
Spiritual space explorations by the Portico Quartet – a group who are really a duo instead of a four-piece – and who use a lot more electronics than some of their contemporaries on the Gondwana label! In a way, the music almost has the same post-jazz vibe as some of the work on the Tru ... CD (New Grooves)
Emanem (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. 2CD
CD...$22.99
29.99
An incredible package – one that brings together two very important albums from reedman Steve Lacy – plus unreleased material from the same time too! First up is the record Disposability – presented here with the first-ever correction to the cymbal sound – a key session in ... CD (Jazz)
Brownswood (UK), 2017. 2CD
CD...$15.99
16.98
A dozen volumes in – and this wonderful series is still going strong – an incredibly solid, incredibly trustworthy collection of all that's great in the global underground! Gilles Peterson has been opening up our ears for decades, and he's never let us down – and, as before, ... CD (New Grooves)
Champian Fulton & Scott Hamilton
Things We Did Last SummerBlau (Spain), 2017.
Champian Fulton's in a great setting here – working alongside tenorist Scott Hamilton, whose presence only seems to deepen the sound of the record! Make no mistake, Champian's great on her own – a hell of a pianist, and one with a very strong voice that seems to instantly wrap up ... CD (Jazz)
Piero Piccioni
Cadaveri Eccellenti (colored vinyl pressing)GDM/Dagored (Italy), 1976.
A weird one from Piero Piccioni – part jazzy, like his earliest work in the 60s, and part groovy, like some of his later projects that have become legendary with Dusty Groove customers! The score's a nice one overall – mixed moods and juxtaposed moments, done with a bit of whimsy at ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks)
Wild Pitch, 1991.
A record that no hip hop home should be without – the one and only album from Main Source, but a set that's more than strong enough to stand next to the best from contemporaries like De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, and Black Sheep! Like all three of those groups, these guys have a way of ... CD (Hip Hop)
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. 2CD
A fantastic tribute to the legendary Disco Spectrum series of compilations – a run of records that first burst forth at the end of the 90s, and showed the world that there was a huge amount of underground music to discover from the mainstream disco years! Disco Spectrum cuts aren't the ones ... CD (Funky Compilations)
Del Close & John Brent
How To Speak HipMercury/Go Bop (Germany), 1961. (reissue)
A hilarious album – not dated at all, and really pretty groovy stuff that holds up well over time! The format is this: Brent and Close are the hippie and straight man – presenting a guide to talking "hip", which is a mixture of beatnik and junkie slang, delivered in a ... LP, Vinyl record album (Comedy/Spoken)
Polydor/Polysom (Brazil), 1972. Gatefold (reissue)
A tripped-out batch of hard jamming tracks from ex-Mutante Rita Lee – recorded with assistance from all the members of the group at the time, but in a mode that's quite different overall! Lee is clearly the star of the show here – singing all lyrics with a much fiercer vocal approach ... LP, Vinyl record album (Brazil)
Captain Ganja & The Space Control
TraditionVenture/Bokeh Versions (UK), 1980. (reissue)
If you had to imagine what Captain Ganja & The Space Control might sound like, you'd probably get it right from the very first try – especially if you were looking at the cover of the album at the time! The set's a very spacey take on dub modes of the 70s – often augmented by lots ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Trojan/Music On Vinyl (UK), 1972. (reissue)
Fantastic harmony work from The Heptones – one of the few Jamaican groups of the early 70s that we'd easily rank right up there with American harmony giants like The Impressions or Moments! The groove here is different, obviously – a cool Kingston early reggae mode – never ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Sony, 1920s/1930s/1940s/1950s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s. 3CD
CD...$52.99
59.98
The title might seem a bit all-encompassing – but given the talents of the mighty Ralph Peer, it certainly fits! Peer was one of the most pioneering figures in the early days of the recording industry – a talent scout who would endlessly search the country, especially the south, for ... CD (Blues)
Freddie Hubbard
CTI Years 1970 to 1973Hi Hat, Early 70s. 2CD
Not a collection of CTI label recordings from trumpeter Freddie Hubbard – as you might expect from the title – and instead a collection of rare radio performances from the same time, but with Freddie opening up in very different ways! Some of the tunes here are from CTI albums, but the ... CD (Jazz)
Kingstonians
Sufferer (with bonus tracks)Trojan/Doctor Bird (UK), 1970.
A stunning example of the way that the harmony trio had developed in late 60s Jamaica – a short but fantastic evolution of a mode that began in American soul, yet quickly expanded into something else entirely during the rocksteady years – to the point where it became the global calling ... CD (Reggae)
Cramps/Sony (Italy), 1970s. 15CDs
CD...$49.99
99.99
The Italian progressive rock scene of the 70s is one with many different strands and styles – a good deal of which you'll get to experience in this amazing little collection! Italian prog is the stuff of legend – as tight and well-played as the most famous work from the UK at the start ... CD (Rock)
Kim Tibbs
KimExpansion (UK), 2017.
The debut album from Kim Tibbs – not only a wonderful singer, but also a heck of a keyboardist too – as you'll hear here through her work on Hammond and Fender Rhodes! Kim's got a soaring style of soul – upbeat, positive, and with this flow that moves right along with the ... CD (Neo Soul)
Rempis Percussion Quartet
CochonnerieAerophonic, 2017.
The quartet's not all percussion – just drummers Tim Daisy and Frank Rosaly, but both turning out work on the kit that could rival an army of percussionists – working alongside sublime bass plotting from Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, and a range of sharp-edged sounds from leader Dave Rempis ... CD (Jazz)
Dave Rempis
LatticeAerophonic, 2017.
The reed skills of Dave Rempis are fast approaching the stuff of legend – and while he's a hell of a collaborator, really great in many settings, he sounds maybe even more amazing here on his own – in a set of solo performances on alto, tenor, and baritone sax! The tracks were recorded ... CD (Jazz)
Atco/Wounded Bird, 1969.
CD...$10.99
11.98
We're not normally ones to stock a Cher album, but this one's pretty darn hip – recorded in at Muscle Shoals Sound, the studio referenced in the title of the album, and presented in a wonderful cover image that has Cher standing outside the tiny facility with a host of legendary studio ... CD (Rock)
Hot Casa (France), 2017. (pic cover)
Two great mixes here by Osunlade – both perfectly fit to the Vaudou Game groove! The core version of "On Se Pousse" has a strong Afro Funk drive – riffing guitars and keyboards, fast percussion, and sing-song vocals that really send the whole thing home – but the ... 12-inch, Vinyl record (Global Grooves)
George Hamilton IV
Abilene/RCA/Morello (UK), 1963/1969.
A pair of albums from the overlooked George Hamilton IV – back to back on a single CD! First up is Abilene – a seminal album from the great George Hamilton IV – a richly-voiced singer on 60s RCA, and one who was maybe a key link between Nashville and some of the folk boom of the ... CD (Folk/Country)
Neon Philharmonic
Brilliant Colors – The Complete Warner Bros Recordings (Moth Confesses/Warner/Wounded Bird, 1969. 2CD
CD...$15.99
18.98
A pair of amazing albums – and a huge amount of bonus material too – all from one of the coolest groups on Warner Brothers at the end of the 60s! First up is the record The Moth Confesses – one of our favorite albums ever from the genius moment of late 60s Warner Brothers – ... CD (Rock)
Paul Bley
ImprovisieAmerica/Bamboo (France), 1972.
Incredible work from Paul Bley – and a record that captures him in his excellent electric period, working in a different setting than we've heard him elsewhere! The group on the set is a trio – one that matches Bley's work on electric piano and synthesizer with percussion from Han ... CD (Jazz)
Meridian Brothers
Donde Estas MariaSoundway (UK), 2017.
The Meridian Brothers have been making music for quite a few years now – and with each new release, they seem to open up another fresh corner of southern hemisphere sounds, and continue to find a way to weave them together into something quite fresh and unique! Few other folks could navigate ... CD (Global Grooves)
Tyrone Davis
Everything In Place (with bonus track)Columbia/FTG, 1981.
CD...$11.99
12.98
Great work from Tyrone Davis' under-recognized years at Columbia Records – a wonderful set of mature modern soul numbers that really let the singer find a whole new groove! The whole thing's nicely free of any sort of commercial overtones – and instead, the album has Davis really ... CD (Soul)
Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri
Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri (10 inch LP)WeJazz (Finland), 2017.
A group with a wonderfully rich dynamic range – not the full orchestra that you'd guess from their name, but instead a quartet that maybe plays with an equal amount of power! The lineup is a beautiful mix of freedom and pulse – a piano-less combo that features Pauli Lyytinen on tenor ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Gary Peacock
TangentsECM, 2017.
CD...$16.99
18.99
Fantastic sounds from bassist Gary Peacock – an artist whose genius has never dimmed in all the many years he's been recording for the ECM label! This album recalls the special sort of approach that Gary first brought to a small group setting back in the 70s – a way of putting the bass ... CD (Jazz)
Voices Of East Harlem
Voices Of East Harlem/Soul Brother (UK), 1973/1974.
A pair of wonderful records from this legendary soul group – back to back on a single CD! First up is the Voices Of East Harlem album – masterpiece of sweet group soul! This was the first secular record cut by The Voices Of East Harlem – a group who'd had an earlier gospel-tinged ... CD (Soul)
Tyrone Davis
I Can't Go On This WayColumbia/FTG, 1978.
CD...$11.99
12.98
A late 70s gem from Tyrone's years on Columbia Records – one that shows both sides of his talents for the label! The set starts out with an extended clubby groover called "Get On Up (Disco)" – a bumping sort of number that's clearly trying to push him into Johnnie Taylor ... CD (Soul)
Tim Berne's Snakeoil
IncidentalsECM, 2017.
CD...$16.99
18.99
Saxophonist Tim Berne has found a great recent home in his Snakeoil group – combo that allows him to try out many different tones and colors, really pushing his music forward with a freshness that it maybe hadn't had in previous years! Berne's sharp-edged at the head of the group on alto ... CD (Jazz)
Tommy Collins
This Is Tommy Collins/Capitol/Rural Routes, Mid 50s.
CD...$11.99
15.99
Two full albums from the many who was an important influence on California country giants Merle Haggard and Buck Owens! The first album is pure genius from the young Tommy Collins – an early figure on the Bakersfield scene, and an artist who almost single-handedly shaped the sound of the ... CD (Folk/Country)
Wanda Jackson
Wonderful Wanda/Rural Routes, Early 60s.
CD...$11.99
15.99
A pair of obscure albums by Wanda Jackson – back to back on a single CD! Wonderful Wanda is a great little country album from Wanda Jackson – not the raw rockabilly of her first years at Capitol Records, but a more mature mode that has the singer taking on some material that really ... CD (Folk/Country)
Dream Syndicate
Complete Live At Raji's (180 gram grey vinyl pressing)Enigma/Run Out Groove, 1988. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$35.99
39.98
A legendary live set from the mighty Dream Syndicate – recorded right at the start of the group's last year of existence, but with an intensity that's missing from their earlier studio albums! In fact, we might even say that the group here is really quite different from some of the softer, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
It Happened One Bite (widescreen edition – with bonus tracks)Warner/Wounded Bird, 1978.
CD...$10.99
11.98
Pretty great later work from Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks – not the immediately-retro style of their earlier albums, but instead this wonderful blend of so many different jazz and acoustic elements – set forward with a style that's wonderfully groovy overall! There's a hip, scatting ... CD (Rock)
Rodina
Ex-AnimaNow Again, 2017.
Very cool sounds from Jay Whitefield of The Whitefield Brothers – an artist you might know from his funky work in that group, and in the excellent Poets Of Rhythm and Karl Hector & The Malcouns – three combos that were always dedicated to reworking the best funky styles of the 60s ... CD (Rock)
CTI/Robinsongs (UK), 1970s. 2CD
A great introduction to the legendary CTI Records label from the 70s – a groundbreaking imprint for both jazz and soul, and a company who helped a whole generation of musicians find a new way forward! The set's got a really great balance – with both some of the funky jazz and soulful ... CD (Funky Compilations)
Delia Derbyshire/
Electronic (180 gram pressing)
Standard/Silva Screen, 1969. (reissue)
LP...$26.99
29.99
Take a trip into space, all without leaving the comfort of your home – thanks to the amazing electronic talents of this trio of British sound library pioneers! The set is one of those that never got full appreciation at the time – as it was issued only by the Standard Sound Library, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library)
Willie Nelson
And Then I Wrote (colored vinyl pressing)Liberty/Jackpot, 1962. (reissue)
LP...$18.99
19.99
Incredible early work from Willie Nelson – quite different from his outlaw material of the 70s, but equally compelling in its own sort of way! As you'd guess from the title and cover, the set came out at a time when Willie was a real up-and-coming songwriting in country music – ... LP, Vinyl record album (Folk/Country)
George Freeman/
Live At The Green Mill – With Special Guest Bernard Purdie (with bonus download)
Ears & Eyes, 2017.
A fantastic live album from the legendary jazz Chicago guitarist George Freeman – working here in co-leadership with younger guitar talent Mike Allemana, who was in the combo of George's late brother, saxophonist Von Freeman! The twin-guitar set has a searing old school vibe – like ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Brownswood (UK), 2017.
LP...$18.99
19.98
A dozen volumes in – and this wonderful series is still going strong – an incredibly solid, incredibly trustworthy collection of all that's great in the global underground! Gilles Peterson has been opening up our ears for decades, and he's never let us down – and, as before, ... LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves)
Firehouse/Dub Store (Japan), 1988.
LP...$21.99
22.98
A mindblowing moment from the legendary King Tubby – a set that takes his original Soundclash album, and strips it to the core – served up in an assortment of very heavy digital dubs that are maybe even more bass-heavy that work from the analogue generation! Despite the late date of ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Kenny Rankin
Columbia US Singles 1963 to 1966 (180 gram pressing)Columbia (Japan), Mid 60s.
A stunning early chapter in the career of singer/songwrtiter Kenny Rankin – an artist who'd later break big with a unique mix of jazz and folk, but who already sounds pretty amazing on these early singles recorded for Columbia Records! We'll be honest, we didn't even know about this part of ... LP, Vinyl record album (Vocalists)
Marva King
Feels RightPlanet/Sony (Japan), 1981.
A great set from soul singer Marva King – an artist who never got a chance to record many albums, but who's strongly remembered for this early 80s gem! The cover's almost got a retro sort of look, and King brings a bit of that to her vocals – a strong old school depth, which is given a ... CD (Soul)
FCC (Funky Communication Company)
Do You Believe In MagicRCA (Japan), 1980.
They're not the same FCC that controls the airwaves in the US – but instead, the Funky Communications Committee – who work here with some great southern production from the team of Clayton Ivey and Terry Woodford! The record's got a glow that's kind of post-Muscle Shoals – maybe ... CD (Soul)
Chapter 8
Chapter 8Ariola/Sony (Japan), 1979.
The first album from Chapter 8 – a set that's probably best remembered for introducing the world to Anita Baker, but one that's also pretty darn great on its own! Chapter 8 have a sharply soulful focus, one that takes them a bit above some of the other mainstream ensembles of the time – ... CD (Soul)
U-Nam
Essential CollectionSkytown, Late 2000s/2010s.
A strong overview of recent sounds from U-Nam – one of the few contemporary guitarists to inherit the best 70s styles of artists like George Benson or David T Walker – and a set that also features a few new titles too! Like both of those jazz giants, U-Nam has a way of playing with a ... CD (Neo Soul)
McCrarys
On The Other SidePortrait/Sony (Japan), 1979.
Soaring vocals and wickedly groovy arrangements – a beautiful blend that may well make this the greatest album The McCrarys ever cut! The backings here are even better than before – upbeat, but with lots of jazzy inflections that almost feel like some of the best 80s grooves on Capitol ... CD (Soul)
Armando Trovajoli
Una Magnum Special Per Tony SaittaBeat (Italy), 1976.
Killer cop/crime music from the Italian scene of the 70s – a famous genre soundtrack from composer Armando Trovajoli, who's usually known for his work in warmer, sexier styles! The grooves here are right up there with the best that Italy has to offer from the time – full, jazzy ... CD (Soundtracks)
Los Bravos
Black Is Black – The Anthology 1966 to 1969RPM (UK), Late 60s. 2CD
The biggest collection of work we've ever seen from Los Bravos – a group who broke big around the world with the famous title hit, but who also had a heck of a lot more to offer, too! Los Bravos hail from Spain, but they quickly were picked up and produced by the British arm of Decca – ... CD (Rock)
FTG, Late 70s/1980s. 3CD
CD...$13.99
14.98
A huge amount of great work from the FTG label – one of the most trustworthy soul reissues on the CD market! FTG has reissued lots of 70s and 80s classics over the past decade or so, often with lots of bonus tracks – a fair bit of which are included here, as many selections are remixes ... CD (Funky Compilations)
Zaid Nasser
StrollerSteeplechase (Denmark), 2017.
CD...$15.99
19.99
You might recognize the last name of alto saxophonist Zaid Nasser, as his father was Jamil Nasser – the wonderful bassist who made some incredible music with Ahmad Jamal in the 60s and 70s! And while Zaid certainly lives up to the family legacy, his sound here is very nicely different – ... CD (Jazz)
Dells
Like It Is – Like It WasCadet/Playback, 1970.
CD...$11.99
15.98
An incredible combination of the two sides of The Dells – a set that has them presenting older tracks and newer material – all with sublime arrangements from the fantastic Charles Stepney, who'd really been transforming their sound from the There Is album onward! Stepney brings in a ... CD (Soul)
Alec Mansion
Alec Mansion (180 gram pressing)Warner/Be With (UK), 1983. (reissue)
LP...$26.99
29.99
Sweet AOR grooves, served up here in French – which makes for a nice change from some of the more familiar American work of the time! Yet even past the language, the album's got a very special highlight in the keyboard work of Marc Moulin – still very funky here, as in his initial 70s ... LP, Vinyl record album (French)
Burnt Sugar
All You Zombies Dig The LuminosityAvantgroidd, 2017.
CD...$12.99
15.00
The Burnt Sugar sound just gets more and more complex over the years – to a point where it's even more mindblowing than when it started, and where it's hard to tell where one influence starts and another one ends! In a way, the approach here is like a fully righteous extension of some of the ... CD (Deep Funk)
Trojan/Music On Vinyl (UK), 1973. (reissue)
The classic full length debut of I Roy on record – although by this point, his reputation on the Kingston scene had already been set! Heavyweight producer Gussie Clarke decided to make a move into the Dee Jay realm in the early 70s and recruited microphone fiend I Roy to chat up some of his ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Vijay Iyer Sextet
Far From OverECM, 2017.
CD...$16.99
18.99
A fantastic statement from pianist Vijay Iyer – an album recorded with a sextet who really seem to help the artist leap forward strongly with a more spiritual vision than ever before! The group is great – with Graham Haynes on cornet, Mark Shim on tenor, Steve Lehman on alto, Stephan ... CD (Jazz)
Duke Ellington
Live In Paris – Octobre/Fremeaux & Associates (France), 1958. 2CD
CD...$18.99
29.99
Fantastic live work from Duke Ellington – recorded in Paris during the late 50s, during the same stretch when he was really doing some groundbreaking albums for Columbia! Like the material on those sets, especially the live ones, Ellington has a way of pulling forward the entire history of ... CD (Jazz)
David Bowie
Cracked Actor – Live Los Angeles 74Parlophone, 1974. 2CD
CD...$18.99
19.98
A fantastic live set from David Bowie – recorded on tour in 1974 for the Diamond Dogs album – and a very much at the height of his mid 70s powers! The album's very well-recorded, and the performances are great – not muddy mixes of hits, but razor-sharp readings that crackle with ... CD (Rock)
Soul Survivors
Soul SurvivorsCBS/Sony (Japan), 1974.
A surprisingly nice record by the group who scored big in the late 60s with "Expressway to Your Heart" – and who continued to be one of the best blue eyed soul acts working on the east coast! This album's the group's second, done for Gamble & Huff at Philly International – ... CD (Soul)
Alfa Anderson
Music From My HeartAlfa Anderson, 2017.
Solo work from Alfa Anderson – a singer that you might remember as one of the original voices in Chic – that famous funky soul group from the 70s! Alfa's still held onto all the funky edge of her roots, but has tuned it here towards a much more 21st Century style – lean and ... CD (Soul)
Columbia/Norton, 1965. Gatefold
A pretty amazing little record from Dion DiMucci – especially if you only know his earliest rock and roll hits! Dion was always a cat who was hipper than most of his mainstream contemporaries – as evidence by the surprisingly deep turn he'd take at the end of the 60s – but during ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Bruno Spoerri & Reto Weber
Sound Of The UFOsGold/WRWTFWW (Switzerland), 1978. (reissue)
A record that's way cooler than you might expect from the title – which is already pretty darn cool itself! The set's got sounds from an astounding array of instruments played by the pair – not just the electronics and keyboards you'd usually get on a record like this – but also ... LP, Vinyl record album (Sound Library)
Jac Berrocal
La Nuit Est Au CourantSouffle Continu (France), 1991.
Wonderfully cool sounds from trumpeter Jac Berrocal – an artist you might know from his mid 80s experiments with Nurse With Wound, but who's maybe more in a jazz-based mode here! The set compiles performances from a variety of French and German concerts in 1989 and 1990 – with a ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Detour (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s.
A fantastic collection of funky mod and psych tracks from the great Rob Bailey – the man who's steered us through a handful of other wonderful compilations over the years, and won our undying respect in the process! Rob's choices are quite far from the obvious – and are made up from a ... CD (Funky Compilations)
George Benson
5 Original Albums (That's Right/Verve (Germany), Late 90s/Early 2000s. 5CD
George Benson may have hit his greatest fame in the 70s, but the guitarist kept on making wonderful work for many many years – as you'll hear in this excellent collection of albums from the end of the 90s! The albums here show that, even during a time when so many younger musicians were ... CD (Jazz)
Nat Birchall
Sixth SenseSound Soul & Spirit (UK), 1999.
The earliest work we've ever heard from tenorist Nat Birchall – a player who's really blown our minds with his recent albums from the UK! This set's from the late 90s, and already has Birchall really finding his voice – a freewheeling approach to tenor that's unlike most of his ... CD (Jazz)
Vince Guaraldi/
Boy Named Charlie Brown – Complete Score (with bonus tracks)
Fantasy/Kritzerland, 1964.
An incredible addition to the world of Charlie Brown soundtracks – and a record that's different both from the jazz album of Vince Guaraldi tunes issued by Fantasy, and the album of Rod McKuen and other instrumental tunes issued by Columbia! Instead, this one goes right to the source tapes ... CD (Jazz)
Hugh Mundell
Africa Must Be Free By 1983RAS/VP, 1978. (reissue)
LP...$14.99
17.98
An incredible moment of righteous energy from the Kingston scene of the 70s – sublime production by Augustus Pablo, and very powerful lyrics from the great Hugh Mundell! Despite the laidback groove of the record, the tunes themselves have as much political energy as American work of the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Clifton Chenier
King Of Zydeco – The Rhythm & Blues Years 1954 to 1960Fremeaux & Associates (France), Late 50s.
CD...$14.99
18.99
Strong sounds from the young Clifton Chenier – one of the first great voices in zydeco grooves in the postwar years! Yet the music here isn't the pandered-out zydeco of later years – when it was almost to the Louisiana scene what Chicago blues had become to the tourists in the Windy ... CD (Blues)
Various
Re:Works – PianoDecca, 2017. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$26.99
34.99
Some of the most famous melodies in classical music – all served up here from core recordings in the Decca Records catalog, then reworked by a host of contemporary producers and studio talents! Make no mistake – these aren't dance tunes, and the mixers aren't out to dismantle the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Classical)
Fantagraphics, 2017.
Book...$35.99
49.99
A surprisingly beautiful book on the famous 60s radical Jerry Rubin – one that's not only the first-ever look at the man's life, politics, and influence – but one that's also presented in a lavishly visual style that really conveys the crossroads of art and ideas of which Rubin was a ... Book (Books)
Behn Gillece
Walk Of FirePosi tone, 2017.
CD...$11.99
16.99
A date that's not only a great showcase for the mighty vibes talents of Behn Gillece, but which also has the musician working alongside some of his best labelmats as well! We love Gillece in any setting – as his work on vibes is some of the freshest of the past decade or so, and Behn's one ... CD (Jazz)
Philly Groove/FTG, 1972.
CD...$11.99
12.98
The Delfonics just kept on getting better and better! The longer the group recorded, the more they picked up this strange spacey quality that pushed them past some of their contemporaries of the early 70s. And on an album like this, they prove that they're way more than just Thom Bell puppets by ... CD (Soul)
Randy Crawford
Naked & True (2CD version – with bonus track)Blue Moon/Big Break (UK), 1995. 2CD
A later date from 70s soul legend Randy Crawford – cut overseas, at a time when she was initially without US representation – a situation that was immediately corrected with the strength of the album! The set has Randy really getting back to basics – mostly working with tight ... CD (Soul)
Black Ivory
Black Ivory AnthologyPlayback, 1970s/Early 80s. 2 LPs
LP...$22.99
24.98
Amazing music from one of the coolest vocal groups of the 70s – a hip New York trio who never hit the heights of the Jackson 5 or Chi-Lites, but who are maybe even more important to our ears overall! Black Ivory started young – with a harmony style that was incredible for their age, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
Jimmy Castor
Dimension IIIRCA/Vocalion (UK), 1973.
Three-dimensional magic from the great Jimmy Castor – an artist who'd already conquered the worlds of sweet soul, heavy funk, and Latin by the time of this release! Jimmy draws on all his rich background in the soul underground, and also seems to move with a new sort of sophistication, too ... CD (Soul)
Philip Glass
Philip Glass Buddha Machine (blue)FM3, 2017.
An amazing version of this ultra-cool item – the legendary Buddha Machine, which has been around for many years in a number of incarnations – but may well have found the perfect expression in the music of Philip Glass! The original Buddha box was a small transistor radio-like object ... Misc
Partners In Crime (Italy), 1970s. 2LP Gatefold
A super cool set in the Mood Mosaic series – and plentifully funky, soulful and jazzy, too! Like our other favorite volumes, this one covers a lot of stylistic territory, but it ultimately feels a little more coherent from track-to-track than the last couple sets, and does so without ... LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations)
Augustus Pablo
Africa Must Be Free By 1983 DubsRAS/VP, 1978. (reissue)
LP...$14.99
17.98
The fantastic dub counterpart to the vocal album by Hugh Mundell – carved out of the same studio tapes as the original, but with even more space for amazing sounds from Augustus Pablo and the rest of the musicians on the set! Even without the message in the lyrics of the original, there's ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Igor Eca
Em Casa Com Luiz EcaBiscoito Fino (Brazil), 2017.
Igor Eca pays tribute to his father – Luiz Eca, one of our favorite Brazilian arrangers of all time! Most folks know Luiz as the pianist and guiding force behind the Tamba Trio – but he's also got a legacy of songwriting, instrumentation, and musical creation that go beyond his ... CD (Brazil)
D'Angelo
Brown SugarCapitol/Virgin, 1995. 2LP (reissue)
LP...$31.99
35.99
A record that was an instant classic from the moment it was first released – and a set that's still pretty darn pleasing all these many years later! At a time when mainstream soul was often too smooth or too poppy, D'Angelo came along and not only found a way to return the music to the years ... LP, Vinyl record album (Neo Soul)
CBS/Real Gone, 1981. (reissue)
CD...$13.99
14.98
The dramatic return of the Slits – sounding incredible here on this second album! The set's not as rough and ragged as their first effort – but is still also fairly groundbreaking stuff – mixing up dub and post-punk styles with an almost British avant sensibility that has the ... CD (Rock)
Jamire Williams
EffectualLeaving, 2017.
LP...$18.99
19.98
Solo drum work from Jamire Williams, beautifully captured by the spiritual production of Carlos Nino – and balanced out occasionally with additional keyboard sounds on Fender Rhodes and Oberheim, and some other percussion instruments as well! The approach here is quite unique – as the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Demon (UK), Late 70s. 3LP Gatefold
They definitely got the title right on this one – as the set's overflowing with the kind of classic club tracks that not only broke big in the disco generation of the 70s, but which have also gone on to become the sorts of songs that were real touchstones for the period! Some of these tracks ... LP, Vinyl record album (Funky Compilations)
Louvin Brothers
First Steps – The Early RecordingsRural Routes, Early 50s.
Sublime sounds from the legendary Louvin Brothers – heard here on a collection of tracks recorded before their more famous years at Capitol Records – for labels that include Decca, Apollo, and MGM! Yet even at this early point, the brothers are fantastic – graced with a harmony ... CD (Folk/Country)
Reverend Lonnie Farris
Night At The House Of PrayerBuked & Scorned, Early 60s.
Fantastic work from Reverend Lonnie Farris – one of the key proponents of "sacred steel" guitar – the use of the mostly-country instrument in the setting of soulful gospel! Farris works the instrument in ways that are sometimes familiar, sometimes almost more like the use of ... LP, Vinyl record album (Gospel)
Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land
UCLA – 27 September 1981Hi Hat, 1981.
A rare later meeting of one of the greatest pairs in soulful jazz – vibist Bobby Hutcherson and reedman Harold Land, who both cut some excellent work for Blue Note at the end of the 60s – coming back together here for a rare live date from 1981! The set was well-recorded, originally ... CD (Jazz)
Rick Deitrick
Gentle Wilderness (180 gram pressing)Niodrara/Tompkins Square, 1978. (reissue)
The only 70s album ever issued by guitarist Rick Deitrick – a set that was produced in a very small print run of copies – which were then sold at shows and in a few special record stores, and also left by Deitrick on woodland trails – in the hopes that hikers might stumble upon ... LP, Vinyl record album (Folk/Country)
Stevie Wonder
Original Musiquarium I (180 gram pressing)Tamla, 1970s/Early 80s. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$22.99
24.99
A classic testament to the genius of Stevie Wonder – a collection that brings together some of his most important work of the 70s, plus a few new tracks too – all graced with a back cover note that proudly states "written, arranged, and produced by Stevie Wonder"! That note ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
Whatnauts
Best Of The WhatnautsPlayback, Early 70s. 2 CDs
Incredible work from The Whatnauts – easily one of our favorite soul vocal groups ever! The trio work in the same sweet soul modes as more famous early 70s contemporaries on the east coast scene – like The Delfonics or Stylstics – but they've also got a special approach that's ... CD (Soul)
Nigel Olsson
NigelColumbia/Sony (Japan), 1979.
Sweetly shining AOR material from Nigel Olsson – a singer who cut his teeth as a member of the Elton John band earlier in the 70s, and a pretty good frontman on his own! Nigel blends a fair bit of soul influences in his style – almost in a Bill Medley style – and the production ... CD (Rock)
Piero Piccioni
Sette Cadaveri Per Scotland Yard (colored vinyl pressing)Beat/Sub Ost (Italy), 1971. (reissue)
A rare vinyl version of this classic Italian horror soundtrack! Piero Piccioni did the soundtrack for Seven Murders For Scotland Yard – in a style that mixes more dramatic orchestrations with a few great mod touches on organ, flute, and percussion – which step out nicely on the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks)
Nahid Akhtar
I Am Black BeautyFinders Keepers (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s.
The title's a pretty bold proclamation from Nahid Akhtar – but the album definitely supports the claim, thanks to a fierce combination of funky modes and Pakistani groove! The tracks here were all recorded for the Lollywood film world in Lahore – Pakistan's answer to Indian cinema at ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves)
Immediate (UK), 1968. (reissue)
A seminal statement from the legendary Small Faces – a record that has them regrouping a bit, and finding a way to pack an incredible punch! The album's amazing right from the very first note – a perfect bridge between the ongoing mod energy of the London scene, and the psychedelic ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Freddie McKay
Picture On The Wall (deluxe edition – with bonus tracks)Studio One, 1971. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$23.99
24.99
A legendary meeting of talents in the Studio One studios – the wickedly-grooving Soul Defenders and the heartbreakingly soulful Freddie McKay – both coming together here on an album that was an instant Studio One classic! The Soul Defenders have a slow-stepping groove with a nice ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Piero Piccioni
Puppet On A ChainSilva Screen, 1970. (reissue)
LP...$26.99
32.99
A very groovy action-based score from composer Piero Piccioni – one of his few non-Italian soundtracks from the time! The music was recorded in swinging London at the end of the 60s – and it's got a mod sound that's very groovy, with Hammond and horns and guitar and electric bass all ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks)
Outta Sight (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s.
Cool snapping grooves with plenty of soul – that special kind of sound that's come to be known as "popcorn" soul by collectors over the years – and which is often a great bridge between 50s R&B and the later sounds of the 60s! If you know the tune "Fever", you'll ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
Eric Roberson
Wind EPBlue Erro Soul, 2017.
Eric Roberson's one of the few people who can make us fall in love again with his music from the very first note of a record – as he does here on the opening track, which is an incredibly soulful ode to the greatness of Clarie Huxtable! The set only gets better as it moves on – and ... CD (Neo Soul)
Bob Downes Open Music
Let Your Mind Space OutBob Downes Music/Openian (Germany), 2017.
Reedman Bob Downes definitely got the title right here – as the music's got a very spacey sound at times – as Bob reworked a contrabass flute, in order to create these really weird, textural sort of tones! Downes has been making amazing sounds since the start of the 70s – and ... CD (Jazz)
Sterling, 2017.
Book...$18.99
24.95
Ever think about what makes a great record so great? It's partly the music, partly the production – but it's also often the overall presentation too – the way the whole thing comes together and feels in your hands, or the way it looks when it's next to the turntable – or stands ... Book (Books)
Return To Forever
Music MagicColumbia/Vocalion (UK), 1977.
Lots of musical magic here – a further extension of the Return To Forever vibe that helped Chick Corea find some of his best energy of the 70s! The style is still as tightly focused as before, but also opens up with a bit more soul, too – trading some slight moments of jamming for a ... CD (Jazz)
Paul Rutherford
In Backward TimesEmanem (UK), 1979/1988/2004/2007.
CD...$16.99
19.99
Unreleased material by one of the greatest trombone improvisers in jazz – heard here on four very long tracks pulled from the vaults of Emanem Records! As label founder Martin Davidson says in the notes, the music of Rutherford was one of the reasons he created the company – and ... CD (Jazz)
Mort Garson
Zodiac Cosmic SoundsElektra/El (UK), 1967.
The Zodiac never sounded so spooky – and the album's one of the first in a trend that explored astrology with funky musical backings! The music for the set was put together by moogy maestro Mort Garson – then making a transition from being a straight easy arranger in the early 60s, to ... CD (Now Sound)
Television
Live At The Old WaldorfElektra/Record Store Day, 1978. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$33.99
35.98
The rare, long unreleased Television live album! Recorded at San Francisco's Old Waldorf in the summer of 1978, on the one-and-only US tour the band ever did as a headliner in their original 70s run, it's a revelatory and all too rare treasure. Television's well-known legacy as a mainstay in the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
RCA/Legacy, Early/Mid 50s. 3CD
CD...$36.99
39.89
A treasure trove of early Elvis recordings – a set the goes deeper into the nascent, pre-pop culture mania, and right into the heart and soul of "A Boy From Tupelo" who really had the voice and charisma of a king – mania, hype and a half century of merchandising be damned! ... CD (Rock)
Archie Shepp & Lars Gullin
House I Live In (180 gram pressing)Steeplechase/Modern Silence (Italy), 1963. (reissue)
A mindblowing little record – one of those jazz meetings you might never have thought possible, and every bit as great as you'd expect! By the time of this set, Lars Gullin had already reached the heights of jazz in Scandinavia – one of the hippest players of the 50s, ready to branch ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Don Burrows Quartet
At The Sydney Opera HouseMainstream/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1974.
A record that really shows off the strengths of the Australian jazz scene in the 70s – so much so, it was one of that nation's biggest jazz records of the decade, and also got a fair bit of global circulation too! The album's billed to reedman Don Burrows – who's a bit like his nation's ... CD (Jazz)
Betty Padgett
Betty PadgettLuv N' Haight, 1975. (reissue)
LP...$12.99
16.98
Rare Florida soul from Betty Padgett – a 70s singer who didn't chart nearly as high as some of her sunshine state contemporaries, but who sounds equally great on this rare self-titled debut! Like Gwen McCrae, Betty's got a great way both with mellow, soul-drenched tunes, and with funkier ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
Arista/Cherry Pop (UK), 1989. 3CD
The female pop soul trio was alive and well in the 80s – morphed strongly from its 60s girl group roots and 70s disco chorus mode – to the point where a group like Expose was perfectly poised to take over the top of the charts! That catchy, poppy style is very firmly in place here ... CD (Soul)
Jay Berliner
Bananas Are Not Created EqualMainstream/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1972.
A silly title, but a funky little record – one of the only ones we've ever seen from guitarist Jay Berliner, and one of the best cookers from the early 70s Mainstream Records years! The sound here is almost soundtrack funk at points – lots of up-front lines from Berliner on guitar ... CD (Jazz)
Rhino, Late 60s. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$26.99
29.98
One of the grooviest Nuggets compilations we've seen in years – full of west coast pop psych gems circa '67 & '68 for the most part – with deep cuts by legends and some real obscurities, too! Includes some great tunes by beloved scenesters of the time like West Coast Pop Art ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Clarke Boland Big Band
All Smiles (180 gram pressing)MPS (Germany), 1968. Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$31.99
34.99
A hard slammer from the Clarke-Boland Big Band – recorded when the band was burning up the road in Europe, taking great players and audiences in one fell swoop, coming up with some of the strongest straight jazz of their generation! The album features stunning solos all around by an all-star ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Heavenly Sweetness (Netherlands), Late 70s/1980s.
CD...$13.99
19.99
The set's billed as "the perfect soundtrack to chill on the beach", but it's way more than that – and besides, when we always used to go to the beach, all the radios were always blaring classic rock or mainstream pop – and this collection is way way deeper than that! Guts ... CD (Funky Compilations)
Hudson (DeJohnette/
Hudson
Motema, 2017.
CD...$11.99
14.99
A group who take their name from the Hudson River Valley – beautifully pictured here on the front cover – and a quartet who work in an equally expansive array of sounds – all sharp elements of tone and timing from a lineup that features Jack DeJohnette on drums, John Scofield on ... CD (Jazz)
Sorry Bamba
Sorry Bamba Du MaliSonghoi/Africa Seven (UK), 1977. (reissue)
Killer Malian music from Sorry Bamba – served up here on one of his greatest albums of the 70s! The set just features four songs, but they're all nice and long – and build up in this wonderfully complex, completely mesmerizing blend of percussion, keyboards, and guitar – extended ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves)
Oneohtrix Point Never
Good Time – Original Motion Picture SoundtrackWarp, 2017.
The contemporary soundtrack is alive and well in the hands of an artist like Oneohtrix Point Never – brought back to a new sense of intensity that it hadn't had since the early days of electronic pioneers like John Carpenter and David Lynch! Tracks are mostly spare, but striking – and, ... CD (Soundtracks)
Various
Cold Waves Of Color Vol 4Color Tapes/Lion, Early 80s.
The continuing genius of this really wonderful series – just about the only way you'll get to hear this wealth of work from the UK electro scene of the early 80s – most of which was only released on cassette at the time! These tracks follow strongly on the electronic sounds of scenes ... CD (Rock)
Jazzovy Orchestr Cechoslovenskeho Rozhlasu
Jazz Ze Studia A (with bonus tracks)Panton/GAD (Poland), 1976.
Searing sounds from one of the coolest ensembles working on the Czech scene of the 70s – a group who mix big band modes with sweet electric touches – in a style that's like some of the hipper acts on the MPS label at the time! The approach is very much like a Clark Boland Big Band ... CD (Jazz)
Omar
Love In BeatsFreestyle (UK), 2017.
CD...$12.99
13.98
Omar's been blowing our minds for years now – turning out some of the freshest soul music on the global scene – from his tremendous debut at the start of the 90s, to a range of crucially-overlooked albums that should have made the singer huge! The man's a hell of a singer, and a really ... CD (Neo Soul)
S-Tone Inc with Toco
Superbacana EPSchema (Italy), 2017. (pic cover)
A great pairing of Schema Records talents here – as the grooves of S-Tone are topped with vocals from Toco – who brings a nice bit of his own Brazilian vibe to the music! "Superbacana" is featured here in both standard and dub versions – both with Toco vocals, and both ... 12-inch, Vinyl record (New Grooves)
Pioneers
Long Shot (180 gram pressing)Trojan/Music On Vinyl (UK), 1969. (reissue)
An early gem from The Pioneers, and one of the first records on the Trojan label too – the kind of head-nodding, late rocksteady sounds that made the imprint a key bridge between the scenes in Kingston and London at the end of the 60s! The Pioneers have a bit more complex vocal interplay ... LP, Vinyl record album (Reggae)
Amadana
Sibreco Turntable (internal speakers in wood cabinet – complete with USB & RCA outputs, and stylus)Amadana (Japan), 2015.
A totally wonderful little turntable – solid, stylish, and totally self-contained – with a strong sound that's a lot better than most other plug-and-play models on the market! The first thing that stands out with this one is the base – which is very solid, and has a wood veneer ... Turntable
Nice & Smooth
Nice & SmoothFresh/Priority, 1989. 2LP (reissue)
LP...$22.99
24.99
One of our favorite hop hop records from the end of the 80s – a set that sprang onto the scene out of nowhere and instantly won us over! They're not exactly the same, but we'd like to think of Nice & Smooth in the same space as De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest – because, like ... LP, Vinyl record album (Hip Hop)
Reverend Jodie Holmes
When I Could I Wouldn't – Now I Want To But I Can'tDetroit Gospel Reissue Project, 1976. (reissue)
A fierce and firey sermon from the Detroit scene of the 70s – served up by Reverend Jodie Holmes with a fair bit of inspiration and accompaniment from other members of his congregation! The album's got a much rootsier feel than bigger-label gospel recordings of this nature – recorded ... LP, Vinyl record album (Gospel)
Charles Lloyd
Passin ThruBlue Note, 2017.
An incredible album from Charles Lloyd – one that seems to return him to his spiritual flowering of the 60s – maybe just because the set begins with a searing long take of his classic "Dream Weaver"! But there's also a richness here that we don't always hear from Lloyd – ... CD (Jazz)
Chris Connor
MistyAtlantic (Japan), Late 50s.
An unusual set from the legendary vocalist Chris Connor – a record that's graced with a boozy later image of Chris on the front, but which features a host of rare gems from her late 50s years at Atlantic Records! There's some really wonderful work on the record that easily matches, if not ... CD (Vocalists)
Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander (with bonus tracks)Warner/Omnivore, 1972.
CD...$15.99
16.98
A great little comeback album for southern soul godfather Arthur Alexander! It was recorded during a period when Warner Brothers was really committed to cutting heavy soul albums, with singers like Lorraine Ellison and Paul Kelly, and Alexander sounds great in this setting. The record's got some ... CD (Soul)
James L'Estraunge Orchestra
Closer/BBE (UK), 2017. (pic cover)
"Closer" is a fantastic groove – wickedly jazzy, and filled with lots of Fender Rhodes and strings – soaring to the skies on a slightly broken rhythm that almost recalls the best London work of a decade before! Yet there's also a stronger soul vibe here too – thanks to ... 12-inch, Vinyl record (New Grooves)
Numero, Late 70s. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$22.99
29.98
That's Seafaring Strangers, not to be confused with the rootsy vibe of the Wayfaring Strangers on a similarly-named Numero Group series – as these guys are playing tightly-crafted sounds that soar to the mainstream – with a vibe that's obviously classy enough to get them admission to ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Lean Left (Ken Vandermark/
I Forgot To Breathe
Trost (Austria), 2017.
It's easy to forget to breathe with music this intense – a full-on frenzy from a quartet that features Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, Ken Vandermark on saxes, and both Terrie Ex and Andy Moore on guitars! The guitars are spaced out – one in each channel – which only makes the sonic ... CD (Jazz)
Rockfire Funk Express
People Save The World/Third Man, 1973. (pic cover)
Early work from the Hackney brothers of Detroit – the trio who went on to protopunk fame in the groundbreaking group Death – but who here sound a lot more soul-based overall! "People Save The World" has riffing guitar over quick-stepping bass that seems to be years ahead of ... 7-inch, Vinyl record (Funky 45's)
Voices Of East Harlem
Voices Of East HarlemJust Sunshine/Soul Brother (UK), 1973. (reissue)
A masterpiece of sweet group soul! This was the first secular record cut by The Voices Of East Harlem – a group who'd had an earlier gospel-tinged album on Elektra, but who are soaring out here in a brilliant mix of righteous mainstream soul styles – courtesy of the Curtom power team ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
Guts
Stop The ViolenceHeavenly Sweetness (Netherlands), 2017. 2LP
Maybe the best work so far from one of the hippest beatmaking collectives on the European scene – on a record that definitely has some of the righteous power you'd guess from the title! As before, the approach is rooted in hip hop, but also has a lot more going on too – lots of musical ... LP, Vinyl record album (New Grooves)
Armando Trovajoli
La Famiglia Benvenuti (180 gram pressing)Four Flies (Italy), 1969. (reissue)
A welcome portrait of the late 60s mod jazz and funk inspired side of soundtrack maestro Armando Trovajoli! Not to be confused with other more sentimental "Famiglia" soundtracks by the legendary composer – which would be easy to do at just a glance of the cover – 1969's La ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soundtracks)
Soul Jazz (UK), 1960s/1970s/1980s.
A deep look at the electronic music underground in the 60s, 70s, and 80s – not the academic theoreticians who were slaving away in university laboratories, but the more independent, freewheeling talents who were using the initial analogue moment to open up their own boundaries in time and ... CD (Out Sound)
Russell Malone
Time For The DancersHigh Note, 2017.
CD...$15.99
16.99
Jazz guitar isn't normally a mode you'd expect to be linked with dancers – but this great album from Russell Malone has a very rhythmic core that makes things pretty darn groovy overall! Drummer Willie Jones III is part of the group – and we always love his work – and bassist ... CD (Jazz)
Pat Thomas
Elephant Clock Of Al JazariOTOroku (UK), 2017.
Haunting solo piano work from Pat Thomas – an artist who doesn't seem to just play the keys, but the overall instrument as well – yet all without ever resorting to any sort of sonic tricks or gimmicks! Pat's got this amazing command of the keyboard – able to make the whole ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Eddie Lockjaw Davis
Nice Jazz 1978Black & Blue (France), 1978.
CD...$12.99
16.99
Eddie Lockjaw Davis is a hell of a player on his own – but he's maybe even more amazing when he works alongside other horn soloists – who always seem to inspire Davis to bring out the boldest, mouthiest side of his horn! That tenor is alive and well, and wonderfully set up here – ... CD (Jazz)
Grand Slam with Gary Mudbone Cooper
Funk Cruisin' – The Neverending Voyage (includes bonus DVD)TNT Productions (Germany), 2017. 2LP Gatefold
A contemporary group from overseas, but one who've drank heavily from the George Clinton P-Funk brew of the 70s – and found a great way to bring the sound forward for the 21st Century! The work here is very much in the best late P-Funk mode – bassy, but never too uptight – played ... LP, Vinyl record album (Deep Funk)
Alice Clark
Alice ClarkMainstream/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1972.
There weren't many vocal albums on the Mainstream label during the early 70s, and this rare soul side is a real overlooked gem! Alice Clark has a rich soulful voice, with a style that sounds a bit like Esther Marrow, mixed with some of the lead vocalists in Voices Of East Harlem – a really ... CD (Soul)
Voices Of East Harlem
Can You Feel ItJust Sunshine/Soul Brother (UK), 1974. (reissue)
Amazing work from The Voices Of East Harlem – a group with roots in gospel, but working here in a wonderfully soaring secular soul style – complete with arrangements and production from the legendary Leroy Hutson! The style here is similar to some of Leroy's best work, and that of his ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
Danser's Inferno (John Danser)
Creation OneLirs/Everland (Austria), 1973. (reissue)
That's "Danser", not "dancer" – as in John Danser, who's also best known for a groovy jazz album under his own name! This sweet little set from the early 70s may well be John's best album ever – a wonderful blend of funky grooves and these wonderful raspy vocals ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
Cherry Red (UK), Late 70s/1980s/Early 90s. 7CD
A monumental collection of indie singles from fertile Manchester scenes of the late 70s to early 90s! Starting with the intial postpunk burst of inspired activity from bands and solo artists in the late 70s – and a mind-boggling diverse lot even then – and on through the jangly avant ... CD (Rock)
Gregory Howe
Gregory HoweWide Hive, 2017.
CD...$9.99
14.99
A very different set from Gregory Howe – an artist who you might know from jazz recordings as part of the Wide Hive Players, and on other projects for that label as well – stepping out here as a surprisingly compelling singer/songwriter in a whole new mode! Gregory supplied the lyrics ... CD (Rock)
Emanuela Campana
FortissimoIrma (Italy), 2017.
A sweetly sultry singer – and one whose style will grab you nicely, even if you don't understand Italian! The style here is laidback and jazzy – with a warm glow that comes from some very well-crafted arrangements – sometimes with a bit of bossa in the rhythms, sometimes kind of ... CD (Vocalists)
Van Morrison
Astral Weeks (180 gram pressing – clear vinyl)Warner/Rhino, 1967. (reissue)
LP...$22.99
24.98
Van's debut album for Warner Brothers and a pretty radical departure from anything he'd done before – breaking all kinds of new ground for his own most creative work and helping pave the way for all kinds of hauntingly poetic rock, folk rock, and singer-songwriter records to come! It doesn't ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Jestofunk
Love In A Black DimensionIrma (Italy), 1995.
A classic bit of funk from the Italian scene of the 90s – and a record that first gave the world a taste of all the great sounds to come! At the time of this release, Italy was mostly known for its club and house tracks – yet some of the hipper musicians on the scene had also been ... CD (New Grooves)
Ace (UK), Mid 60s.
LP...$22.99
26.99
A set that's every bit as wonderful as you'd guess from its title and cover – a killer package of all-girl rockers, and one that's filled with rare gems from the 60s! The material here is definitely a lot harder-hitting than more familiar girl group sounds of the 60s – as the tunes are ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Sam Frazier Jr
Take Me Back (with download)Fat Possum/Big Legal Mess, Late 60s/Early 70s.
LP...$12.99
17.98
Rare and unreleased late 60s/early 70s Birmingham, Alabama soul by the great Sam Frazier Jr! Sam came to be better known as a bluesman over the years, but perfectly nails it here in a southern soul mode, recorded at Neal Hemphill's Sound Of Birmingham studio early in the 70s. It's up there with ... LP, Vinyl record album (Soul)
Gary Bartz
Harlem Bush Music – UhuruMilestone (UK), 1971. Gatefold (reissue)
An essential record from Gary Bartz – one of two albums he cut with Andy Bey, and the killer group he was calling his NTU Troup! Andy's vocals are incredible – light years ahead of anything he did with his sisters, and similar to those he laid down on his own solo album for Atlantic, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Jazz)
John Corbett
Vinyl Freak – Love Letters To A Dying MediumDuke University Press, 2017.
Book...$18.99
24.95
An incredible look at the format of vinyl – put together by a guy who's got one of the hippest record collections we've ever seen! John Corbett's been writing about music, art, and other formats for decades – but his real labor of love is vinyl records – a format he continued to ... Book (Books)
Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros Rito Esclavo
Rito Esclavo (180 gram pressing)Discos Fuentes/Vampi Soul (Spain), 1961. (reissue)
If a cover was enough, we'd already love this record – but fortunately the music's even better than the image on the front – which makes the whole thing a stone cold winner! The album's a great early example of the fresh, raw sound that was coming out of Colombia at the start of the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Latin)
Meridian Trio (Nick Mazzarella/
Triangulum
Clean Feed (Portugal), 2017.
Triangulum – a great title for the wonderful energy of this group – which swings perfectly between the three sharp points of Nick Mazzarella on alto, Matt Ulery on bass, and Jeremy Cunningham on drums! These guys are freewheeling, but always soulful – not just because of Nick's ... CD (Jazz)
Ronald Bruner Jr
TriumphWorld Galaxy/Alpha Pup, 2017. 2LP
LP...$24.99
25.98
A very well-titled album – given that the whole thing's a real triumph from Ronald Bruner Jr – who serves up some wonderful vocals alongside his work on drums – in a set that's got a swirlingly cosmic approach to soul! The album's overflowing with hip talents from the ... LP, Vinyl record album (Neo Soul)
Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer
TonightMainstream/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1964.
A killer combination of talents – and one that made a few excellent records in the 60s! Bob Brookmeyer's got a cool, compressed tone – that great approach he developed on valve trombone in the 50s – and it brings a new level of sophistication to the trumpet of Clark Terry here ... CD (Jazz)
Max Cilla
La Flute Des Mornes Vol 1Bongo Joe (UK), 1981. (reissue)
Traditional sounds from Martinique – but played in a very jazzy way by fluteman Max Cilla – whose instrument glides and soars over a range of lively percussion! The group features a bit of piano and bass, but the various drums really lead the sound – as does Cilla's flute, which ... LP, Vinyl record album (Global Grooves)
Sdban (Belgium), 1970s. 2CD
Funk from Belgium? Believe it or not, stranger things have happened – and we can promise that if you played these tracks back to back with more familiar grooves from other 70s sources, you'd quickly find that these Belgian grooves are right up there with the best of the bunch! The set's ... CD (Funky Compilations)
Elektra/Rhino, 1966. (reissue)
LP...$19.99
21.98
Love's first album – a seminal bit of Sunset Strip rock, and every bit as powerful today as it was in the 60s! The style's a bit sharper-edged than the group's classic and more familiar Forever Changes set, but it's still pretty darn great – a completely fresh batch of guitar-heavy ... LP, Vinyl record album (Rock)
Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign (180 gram pressing)Stax, 1967. (reissue)
LP...$19.99
21.99
One of THE electric blues records of the 60s – a seminal set by Albert King that was probably blasted out of more college dorm rooms than southside juke joints, but which still more than deserves its due! The set was recorded by Stax with a nice raw sound – guitar very much upfront, ... LP, Vinyl record album (Blues)
Analog Africa (Germany), Late 70s/Early 80s.
You might know "Soul Makossa" – the worldwide hit by Manu Dibango that was covered by many folks, and sampled heavily in later years too – but this set takes a look at the deeper scene behind that famous groove, through a host of wickedly funky tracks from the late 70s scene ... CD (Global Grooves)
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1120 N Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Open 10am–8pm daily.
All the great stuff appears here at our online record store first — but if you shop locally, you'll also get a chance to handle the goods before you buy!
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