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Aretha Franklin
ARETHA (4CD set)Atlantic, Late 50s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s/Early 2010s. 4CD
CD...$55.99
59.99
A really fantastic career-spanning collection of work from Aretha Franklin – the first we've ever seen to start with her earliest years, then follow the greatness of her voice and spirit as it blossomed strongly over the decades! Sure, most folks know Franklin's classic work on Atlantic ... CD
Sonny Clark
My Conception (180 gram pressing)Blue Note, 1959. Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$28.99
34.99
An album that was recorded right in the middle of the fantastic run of Blue Note albums by pianist Sonny Clark – but a set that wasn't issued until many years later, even though it's one of the best of the bunch! The vibe here is prime late 50s Blue Note – not just thanks to Sonny's ... LP, Vinyl record album
Prince
Welcome 2 AmericaNPG/Legacy, 2010.
A really fantastic album from Prince – recorded in 2010, and unreleased at the time – but clearly one of the greatest things he gave us in the final decade of his life! This isn't uncooked demo material, or under-thought studio tracks – and instead, the whole thing is a fully-form ... CD
Wood Brass & Steel
Welcome To The Party – The Complete Recordings 1973 to 1980 (Wood Brass & Steel/Turbo/Soul Brother (UK), 1970s. 2CD
CD...$18.99
24.99
An essential collection of work from one of the hippest funk groups of the 70s – the mysterious Wood Brass & Steel, who also participated in the legendary Skullsnaps record! The first part of the set features an unreleased album that the group recorded for the All-Platinum label in 1973 ... CD
Robinsongs (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. 2CD
CD...$14.99
20.99
A trio of early solo albums from Joe Sample – with bonus cuts too! First up is Rainbow Seeker – a sublime solo set from the great Joe Sample – a set recorded right at a time when his work with The Crusaders was breaking very big, and Joe was becoming one of the hottest fusion ... CD
Light In The Attic, Late 70s/Early 80s. 2LP
LP...$30.99
34.99
A fantastic entry in this really groovy series – and one that's filled with even more surprises than the first two volumes! It's been quite awhile since Light In The Attic gave us those sets – and the time's been well-used to dig up a much later batch of tracks from the world of ... LP, Vinyl record album
Jorge Lopez Ruiz
El GritoAcoua/Be With (UK), 1967. (reissue)
A brilliant large group performance from Argentine bassist Jorge Lopez Ruiz – and one that's got all the fire and energy you might expect from the cover! The album's an extended piece in five movements – written, arranged, and directed by Ruiz on bass – but featuring some ... LP, Vinyl record album
Various
Edo Funk Explosion Vol 1 – Akaba Man/Analog Africa (Germany), Early 80s. 2LP Gatefold
LP...$32.99
34.99
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 ... LP, Vinyl record album
Billy Harper
Black SaintBlack Saint/Our Swimmer (Germany), 1975. (reissue)
Stunning work from one of the greatest players of the post-Coltrane generation – a classic session recorded overseas in the mid 70s, and one that's filled with soulful expressions from the great Billy Harper! Harper's tenor kicks off the set with an immediately gripping sound – as ... LP, Vinyl record album
Alice Coltrane
Kirtan – Turiya SingsImpulse, 1982.
CD...$14.99
15.99
Some of the most spiritual sounds we've ever heard from Alice Coltrane – an obscure early 80s album that's done in a very meditative style – one that has the lady on both organ and vocals, working alongside a larger string section at times! The approach is a bit like some of Coltrane's ... CD
Giuliano Sorgini
Under Pompelmo (clear yellow vinyl pressing – with 3D cover)BTF (Italy), 1973.
Fuzzy funk from the Italian scene of the early 70s – a really landmark record that ties together all the best elements happening in the soundtrack, sound library, and psych scene at the time! The group features two guitars and lots of organ and keyboards from the leader – really ... LP, Vinyl record album
Dagar Gyil Ensemble Of Lawra
Dagara – Gyil Music of Ghana's Upper West RegionSublime Frequencies, 2021.
There's a single musician playing a balafon on the front cover of the record, but the sound within is much more group-oriented and tumultuous – wonderful work recorded in the field in Ghana, with a pulsing rhythmic quality that mixes the balafon with lots more percussion and some stringed ... LP, Vinyl record album
Emtidi
Saat (180 gram pressing)Pilz/Breeze (Germany), 1972. Gatefold (reissue)
One of the most enigmatic records of the German scene of the 70s – an odd little set that mixes dark folk variants with a more atmospheric mode – almost as if you're floating in the gentler space of some Cluster-like ambience, when the cast of the Wicker Man bursts in to stir things up! ... LP, Vinyl record album
Elisabeth Waldo
MaracatuPleasure For Music, 1959. (reissue)
The cover here is a bit misleading – as Elisabeth Waldo's an American, and one with roots in more serious music – but she does a fantastic job here blending together a study of South American themes with late 50s exotica! Waldo plays violin, but the instrument's a relatively small part ... LP, Vinyl record album
George Harrison
All Things Must Pass (3CD set – with bonus tracks)GN Records/Capitol, 1970. 3CD
Maybe one of the greatest things that George Harrison did after the breakup of The Beatles – not his first solo album, but yet his first non-experimental venture – and a triple-length set that's filled with magic throughout! This isn't one of those "shoulda been a single ... CD
Str4ta (Jean-Paul Bluey Maunick)
AspectsBrownswood (UK), 2021.
A contemporary set, but one with a vibe that stretches back to the glory days of early 80s funk in England – served up by Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick, of Incognito fame – a talent whose contributions were key to the scene back in the day! If you know Bluey, you'll know his ... CD
Yoshiko Sai
MikkouTeichiku/P-Vine (Japan), 1976. (reissue)
A record with a really trippy cover – and a sound within that mixes elements of that image with a surprisingly sweet and soulful sound! Vocals are in Japanese throughout, and while there's some current of groove to the record, Yoshiko Sai works in a mode that's very different than the ... LP, Vinyl record album
Joe Harriott
Joe Harriott – Chronology Live 1968/Jazz In Britain (UK), Late 60s.
CD...$16.99
22.98
Unreleased work from alto genius Joe Harriott – two different slices of material from a very under-recorded point in his career! The first five tracks feature Joe in that back to basics mode he was hitting at the time – working in a unique group that features Kenny Wheeler on trumpet ... CD
John Dokes
True LoveRondette Jazz, 2019.
A hell of a great record from jazz singer John Dokes – an artist who is up to classic standards of phrasing and swing, but who also works here with a very contemporary sense of arrangement – so much so that the songs here are really transformed by his presentation! Dokes fits into a ... CD
Aretha Franklin
ARETHAAtlantic, Late 50s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s/Early 2010s.
CD...$13.99
14.99
A really fantastic career-spanning collection of work from Aretha Franklin – the first we've ever seen to start with her earliest years, then follow the greatness of her voice and spirit as it blossomed strongly over the decades! Sure, most folks know Franklin's classic work on Atlantic ... CD
