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Contemporary Jazz Quintet
Black Hole (180 gram pressing)Strata/180 Proof, 1973. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$28.99
29.99
A never-issued live set from Detroit's Contemporary Jazz Quintet – a group who were a key part of the Strata Records scene, and who are expanded here to a much larger lineup for this very freewheeling performance from 1973! The group's spiritual modernism is very strongly in place, but there' ... LP, Vinyl record album
Seu Jorge & Roge
Night Dreamer Direct To Disc SessionsNight Dreamer (UK), 2020.
Some of the most beautiful work we've heard from Seu Jorge in years – a well-recorded, all-acoustic set that really lives up to the spirit of his initial records – thanks in part to some great help from singer/guitarist Roge! The pair sometimes sing together, sometimes take a solo lead ... LP, Vinyl record album
Piero Piccioni
Il Dio Sotto La Pelle (with bonus tracks)Sonor/Musica Per Immagini (Italy), 1974. 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
Beautiful grooves from the legendary Piero Piccioni – a set that's a great follow-up to some of his famous 60s work – touched with a few more sexy 70s touches than before, but in a way that's still extremely groovy! There's lots of electric piano lines on the set – almost a ... LP, Vinyl record album
Organisation (Kraftwerk)
Tone Float (with bonus track)Innerspace (UK), 1970.
A rare early chapter in the career of Kraftwerk – an obscure album issued only in the UK, and one that features the duo of Ralf and Florian augmented by three other players! The sound here is heavily instrumental, and very experimental – almost in the mode of some of the more ... CD
Stefano Torossi & Giovanni Tomasso
Echoing America (colored vinyl pressing)Cometa (Italy), 1970. (reissue)
A record that definitely lives up to its title – an obscure Italian sound library session that blends instrumental touches that evoke an America at the start of the 70s with some of the hipper, deeper currents you'd expect from the team of Stefano Torossi and Giovanni Tomasso! There's plenty ... LP, Vinyl record album
Marcos Valle
Cinzento (180 gram pressing)Polysom (Brazil), 2020.
One of our favorite Brazilian artists of all time – stepping out here with a record that really lives up to all the faith we've had in his music over the decades! Back at the start of the 90s, Valle had all but disappeared from the recording world – but since that time, he's continued ... LP, Vinyl record album
Bongo Joe (UK), 1970s/1980s.
Lively grooves from the islands of Sao Tome and Principe – two nations located in the gulf of Guinea – at a unique crossroads that makes for a really wonderful criss-crossing of styles and sounds! The nations are part of the older Portuguese colonial network, and share some sounds with ... CD
Byron Pope Speed Of Light
Music For Earthdwellers & Starseekers (180 gram pressing)Tidal Waves, 1982. (reissue)
A set recorded in Paris during the early 80s – but headed up by an American saxophonist, and done with a vibe that's like the best spiritual jazz modes of the 70s! Byron Pope has a compelling legacy that includes work with Burton Greene and Alan Silva – but he's definitely his own man ... LP, Vinyl record album
Tramp (Germany), 1960s/Early 70s.
The tenth edition in this really fantastic series – a collection of tunes that's moved way past the traditional funk compilations from years back – really showing the evolving taste for a groove in the global underground! The tunes here effortlessly mix together rare soul, groovy jazz, ... CD
Ogyatanaa Show Band
African Fire YerefrefreSurvival Research (Australia), 1975. (reissue)
The debut album from the Ogyatanaa Show Band – a group who'd been working heavily on the Ghana scene in the early 70s, and who begin this set with a side-long track that pays tribute to all the giants in the world of highlife! That track's quite unusual – a highlife number, but one ... LP, Vinyl record album
Muhal Richard Abrams
Celestial Birds (with bonus download)Karl (UK), 1968/1980/1989/1995.
A limited vinyl collection of work from the legendary Chicago pianist Muhal Richard Abrams – one of the founding members of the AACM, a hell of an improviser, and a musician who's also featured here with a focus on both his larger compositional vision, and some of his rare electronic ... LP, Vinyl record album
Som Imaginario
Som Imaginario (1970) (180 gram pressing)Odeon/Polysom (Brazil), 1970. (reissue)
An incredible early album by this legendary Brazilian band with a strong late 60s/early 70s progressive flair! While not as countercultural as Os Mutantes or other Tropicalia artists, Som Imaginario shared with them a sense of pure musical inventiveness, and a love of psychedelic flourishes – ... LP, Vinyl record album
France Gall
Baby PopPhilips/Third Man, 1966. (reissue)
No baby pop here, as France Gall is all-woman throughout – one of the best of the French female pop singers of the mid 60s, working here with an upbeat, groovy sound throughout! Backings are by the great Alain Gouraguer, who gives the record a tightly jerking kind of feel – a sound ... LP, Vinyl record album
Collocutor
ContinuationOn The Corner (UK), 2020.
One of the moodiest, most introspective groups to emerge from the London scene in the past few years – a group headed up by Tamar Osborn, who blows flute, clarinet, and baritone sax – in addition to handling a lot of the basslines on the set – in this balance between the reeds and ... CD
Various
That'll Flat Git It! Volume 33 – Rockabilly & Rock N Roll From The Vaults Of Renown & Hornet RecordsBear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s.
CD...$19.99
22.99
A tight batch of rare rockers from a tiny North Carolina label from the end of the 50s – a set that's a nice contrast to some of the other volumes in this excellent series, which usually focus on lost rockabilly nuggets in the vaults of major labels! Here, there's a vibe that's much more ... CD
Idle Hands
Solid MomentsPosi tone, 2020.
CD...$11.99
17.98
There's nothing idle about these hands – as the group have a tightness that makes you think they've been together for years – which is maybe partly the case, as many of the artists are part of the great and ever-growing legacy of the Posi-Tone label! And while the company has given us ... CD
Sven-Ake Johansson
Schlingerland/Cien Fuegos (Austria), 1972. (reissue)
A seminal album of solo drum tracks from 1972 – created and performed by Sven-Ake Johansson, a key figure in the European improv scene of the late 60s and early 70s – although an artist who's maybe at his best on a record like this! Johansson plays only a standard drum kit – but ... LP, Vinyl record album
Alessandro Blonksteiner
Apocalypse Domani (Cannibal Apocalypse) (with bonus tracks)Beat/Chris' Soundtrack Corner (Germany), 1980.
A surprisingly sweet soundtrack for a film that deals with cannibalism – one that's scored by Alessandro Blonkensteiner with a mix of modes that rivals some of the 70s greats by composers like Stelvio Cipriani, or the duo of Guido & Maurizio DeAngelis! Like both of those talents, ... CD
Various
Disco Demands Vol 6Million Dollar Disco/BBE (UK), Late 70s. 2CD
Classic cuts, made even better by the magic hands of Al Kent – a mixing talent we've trusted for years, and one with an uncanny knack for making the same kind of special sounds you'd hear on a rare club edit from back in the day! These tracks aren't remixed, or bogged down with new musical ... CD
Giuliano Sorgini
Sounds From The Far SpaceSonor/Musica Per Immagini (Italy), 1973.
A never-issued album from Italian composer Giuliano Sorgini – and one that's very much in the best spirit of some of his better-known sound library albums from the 70s! Like some of those, Sorgini does a great job here of balancing more experimental modes with more familiar ones – ... LP, Vinyl record album
