Includes selections by Glenn Frey, Patti La Belle, Pointer Sisters, Rick James, Shalamar, Danny Elfman, Junior, and The System. (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
A heavy dose of funky jazz – and one that goes way past the obvious too – to include some real gems from the 70s that even we'd passed up! The package is filled with stellar jazz from the Fantasy Records family – Prestige, Pablo, Galaxy and Fantasy proper – choice numbers ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A definite set of crown jewels from the Big Crown label – especially as most of these gems were only ever around as funky 45s – some now gone forever, and all compiled on this nicely-priced full length set! The package shows the real evolution of Big Crown in recent years – as ... (Deep Funk) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Late 70s punk and new wave bands in the Minneapolis area! Includes Suburbs, Commandos, Jets, Pistons, Fingerprints, Buzz Barker & The Atomic Bums, and more. (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing with the Yipes track – not available on later pressings. Cover has light wear and split bottom seams.)
With selections by The Mofos, Magnolias, PS, Bob Dunlap & Symphonic Fuzz, Otto's Chemical Lounge, Halo Of Flies, Breaking Circus, Whole Lotta Loves, David Postlewaite, Twa Corbies, Good Joe, and The Jayhawks. (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
One of the hippest compilations of boogaloo work we've ever stocked – and one that goes way past the bigger names on Fania or Tico, into the underground of small labels from the late 60s! The tunes here are all especially rare – issued originally on labels that include Speed and Ghetto ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The hippest side of the late 60s Latin Soul years – work from a number of tiny little New York labels – all of which are a good deal rarer than some of the bigger indies of the time! The collection here is totally great, and totally fresh – filled with numbers that were not even ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
24 songs from Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Boyd Raeburn, Ray Brown, Dexter Gordon, JJ Johnson, Fats Navarro, Serge Charloff, Stan Getz, Charlie Ventura, and George Wallington. (Jazz) CD
The start of rock and roll was a bit different in the UK than it was over here – still with the requisite inspiration from R&B and other American styles, but also inflected with some elements from the colonial scene, the world of music hall, jazz, and other instrumental styles – in ... (Rock) read moreCD
A massive tribute to the genius of soul in the Windy City – a wonderful compilation that really gets at the special sound Chicago brought into play during the early years of soul! The set is filled with key cuts from the Chi-town scene of the time – some of them lesser-known that the ... (Soul) read moreCD
The Detroit soul scene at the start of the 60s – music from a time before Motown was dominating the city's reputation, and a whole host of other great labels brought the motor city sound to the masses! The work here is quite a surprise if you're only thinking in terms of Northern Soul and ... (Soul) read moreCD
This series keeps on getting better and better – and this fourth installment may well be the best illustration to date of the birth of soul music! As hinted by the title, the collection features tracks from the late 50s and early 60s that marked a key transition from earlier R&B and ... (Soul) read moreCD
A great look at the lesser-known side of the Harlem soul empire of producer Bobby Robinson – best known for his work on the Fire and Fury labels, but also heard here on a host of rare singles for Enjoy, Vest, and other smaller imprints! There's plenty of records here that mark Robinson as ... (Soul) read moreCD
Music from John Snipes, Dink Roberts, Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson, Etta Baker & Cora Philips, John Jackson, Homer Walker, Irvin Cook & Leonard Bowles, 'Big Sweet' Lewis Hairston, John Tyree, Rufus Kasey and more. (Folk/Country) CD
A lost legacy of work from Black Jazz Records – the important 70s imprint that's best known for its groundbreaking albums of spiritual and funky jazz – and a company who also issued some rare 45s back in the day! The cuts here represent some of the coolest, funkiest tracks these ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A lost legacy of work from Black Jazz Records – the important 70s imprint that's best known for its groundbreaking albums of spiritual and funky jazz – and a company who also issued some rare 45s back in the day! The cuts here represent some of the coolest, funkiest tracks these ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Hmmm...we've never heard of the film, but this "soundtrack" is actually a nice Ronco compilation with a lot of groovy 70's soul cuts by both American and UK artists. Titles include "Girls" by The Moments & Whatnauts, "Dance With Me" by The Real Thing, "Living ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a scrape down the front and is lightly bent at the bottom right.)
A massive look at the huge legacy of North American punk in the late 70s – culled together from scenes in New York, Ohio, Boston, and LA – plus other surprising spots around the country – as artists were working separately, but together, to completely reinvent both the sound of ... (Rock) read moreCD
A wonderfully genre-hopping collection – put together by Toru Hashimoto, the man behind such incredible Japanese series as the Free Soul, Cafe Apres Midi, and Suburbia compilations for many different labels! Toru really lives up to his legend here, and mixes music from different scenes and ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Music from Blue Mitchell, Stanley Turrentine, Big John Patton, Richard Elliot, Hank Mobley, Lonnie Smith, Earl Klugh, Grant Green, Stanly Jordan & more. (Jazz) CD
Music from Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Burrell, Joe Henderson, Donald Byrd, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey, and Jimmy Smith – plus a DVD containing interviews with Rudy Van Gelder. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print and sealed with a cutout through the case spine.)
A really unique take on the music of The Beatles – one that starts in the classic 60s years of the Blue Note label, and which moves into the more recent vocal work that's become the label's strongest calling card! All tracks are Lennon/McCartney numbers (sorry George & Ringo!) – ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
(Out of print and sealed with a thin cutout through the case spine.)
Tracks by Herbie Nichols, Duke Ellington, Sonny Clark, Cecil Taylor, Chick Corea, Benny Green, Don Pullen, Andrew Hill and more – 12 tracks in all. (Jazz) CD
Music from John Lee Hooker, Billy Boy Arnold With Tony McPhee, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Johnson, Memphis Slim, Buster Benton & Carey Bell, Louisiana Red, Sunnyland Slim, Muddy Waters, and more. (Blues) CD
Music from Little Walter and his Night Cats, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, Lazy Lester, Jerry McCain, Howlin' Wolf, Billy Boy Arnold, Jimmy & Walter, Snooky Pryor, Slim Harpo, and more. 18 tracks total. (Blues) CD
A well-titled collection of early Arhoolie Records material – all tracks exclusive to the set, with titles by Lil Son Jackson, Lowell Fulson, Sam Chatman, Whistling Alex Moore, Robert Curtis Smith, Mercy Dee, and Black Ace! (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cove has a split bottom seam, some surface wear, and track notes in pen.)
A mix of hip folk and blues – with work by John Koerner, Geoff Muldaur, Dave Ray, Danny Kalb, Ian Buchanan, Mark Spoelstra, and Eric Von Schmidt. (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono gold label pressing. Includes the booklet! The back cover is stained and yellowed with name in marker, small bottom seam split. Label has name in marker.)
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Blues Roots ... LP Tomato, 1960s. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
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A great collection – mostly 60s work by artists who include Big Mama Thornton, Lowell Fulson, Fred McDowell, Jesse Fuller, Earl Hooker, Mercy Dee, Big Walter, Mance Lipscomb, George Coleman, Bukka White, Black Ace, and others – with lots of Arhoolie tracks! (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
A reworked vision of Blue Note Records for the 90s – put together by Bob Belden, and featuring some excellent remakes of classics from the Blue Note songbook! Each tune has a slightly different flavor – and all work is played by the best artists of the then-revived label – a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
An imagined soundtrack to a journey through London in the generation of Get Carter and Carnaby Street – and one that showcases not just the rich array of sounds and styles that were taking place in the city at the time, and in a way that highlights all sorts of different locations around town! ... (Rock) read moreCD
Blue-tinged work for those days when your heart is breaking and your soul is aching – a really wonderful batch of tracks that are heavy on those late 60s/early 70s moments when male singers were starting to open up a bit and let their emotions show! The vibe here is very different than Bobby ... (Rock) read moreCD
Blue-tinged work for those days when your heart is breaking and your soul is aching – a really wonderful batch of tracks that are heavy on those late 60s/early 70s moments when male singers were starting to open up a bit and let their emotions show! The vibe here is very different than Bobby ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A mad mix of sounds from the glory days of Indian cinema – served up in a package that offers up a much broader blend of styles than other Bollywood collections – as it features numbers from the late 50s all the way through the early 80s! Some of the tracks here have a rockish vibe ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Afro Funky – and some great rare music! This one's a killer batch of rare funk tracks from 70s Africa – with the feel of Nigeria 70, Club Africa, and some of our best Afro Funk compilations – a bit thin on notes, but with a track list that kicks some serious booty! In fact, we ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An excellent session of rare bossa material, recorded at the legendary Paramount Theatre, the temple to bossa nova! The album features tracks by a number of different artists, handled with a lot more care and a lot better recording quality than other live bossa sessions – and the result is ... (Brazil) read moreCD
New recordings of bossa classics – done in a sparkling modern style, but still with a relatively classic groove. Roberto Menescal arranged most of the tracks, and also plays guitar on many numbers – and performers include Marcos Valle, Claudette Soares, Leny Andrade, Cladia Telles, ... (Brazil) read moreCD
The legendary 1962 Bossa Nova concert at Carnegie Hall – and one of the first live recordings of the young bossa nova in all its glory! The concert is famous not only because it was a bit of a disaster (according to legend, just about nobody got paid!), but also because it brought together a ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s Brazilian pressing. Cover has surface wear & a corner bend.)
A great set that's way way more than the "chill out" promised in the title – a collection of Brazilian groovers pulled from some of the best labels in the business! As with previous volumes in this series, the focus is on work done for the groundbreaking Far Out label – but ... (Brazil) read moreCD
The evolution of Far Out's excellent Brazilian Love Affair series – featuring standouts from earlier volumes as well as new and exclusive tracks! Brazilian Love Affair Revisited celebrates the series to date as well as it charts the evolving sounds of Brazil and its London interpreters ... (Brazil) read moreCD
Amazing sounds from one of the greatest periods in Brazilian music – that heady late 60s/early 70s stretch when it seemed like everything was up for grabs – and new genres, new sounds, and new styles were being created all the time! This cooker of a collection focuses on the unique ... (Brazil) read moreCD
Beautifully spiritual jazz from the post-Coltrane generation – a wealth of righteous grooves from the early 70s – brought together in one mighty collection! If you dig the work of Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, and other giants on Impulse Records, this is a great way to dig even ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A great collection of seminal folk and country classics by Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnson Brothers, Uncle Eck Dunford, El Watson, Tennessee Mountaineers, Alfred Karnes, and many more! (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
Features music by The Greenhornes, Mulatu Astatke, The Tennors, Marvin Gaye, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Holly Golightly, Sleep, Dengue Fever, and Gabriel Faure. (Soundtracks) CD
Highly percussive sounds from the kingdom of Buganda – an area that predates the formation of modern day Uganda, and which has an equally ancient sound to its music! The work here is served up on a variety of instruments – percussion, drums, flutes, and stringed instruments – but ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited 2021 issue on purple vinyl. Cover has a hype sticker.)
An 8 track late 80s rap sampler from Arista records. Features two nice Hilltop Hustler cuts from Three Times Dope: "Funky Dividends" and "Greatest Man Alive". Other tracks are K-9 Posse "This Beat Is Military" & "Somebody's Brother", Too Nice "Cold ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Features 80s cuts by Phil Collins & Four Tops – plus 60s classics by Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Searchers, Spencer Davis Group, Dusty Springfield, and Sonny & Cher. (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout notch and promo stamp, spot of pen on the back.)
Numero Group does it again – and manages to pull together all the best bits from the crucially overlooked powerpop scene in the Land Of Lincoln – a wealth of wonderful groups from the 70s and 80s, all of whom recorded great indie sounds in Illinois! Sure, you've heard of Cheap Trick, ... (Rock) read moreCD
Numero Group does it again – and manages to pull together all the best bits from the crucially overlooked powerpop scene in the Land Of Lincoln – a wealth of wonderful groups from the 70s and 80s, all of whom recorded great indie sounds in Illinois! Sure, you've heard of Cheap Trick, ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes a packet of 7-inch inserts and a Numero trading card.)
Music from Thurston Moore, the Stone Roses, Teenage Fanclub, White Zombie, the Roots, Hardvark, Sonic Youth, Southern Culture On The Skids, and Elastica ... (Rock) CD
A wonderful compilation of Lee Hazlewood songs performed by others in the 60s – magnificent pulp pop, girl groups, starlets, rockers and more covering prime era Lee tunes – songs about lovers, fools, rebels and heartbroken examples of all of the above! There's little we can add to the ... (Rock) read moreCD
Funky funky California – and a great set of rare grooves from the 70s! The folks at Luv N Haight records are up to their old tricks – digging through the crates for the kind of hard-to-find funky tracks that first gave birth to the fame of the Ubiquity label. The set traces a sound ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A stunning selection of work from the legendary Stax records – a package of rare material that includes 11 tracks that appear here for the first time ever! We've been fans of the legendary Memphis soul label for a mighty long time – and, as with Motown, we're always amazed at how much ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
The "nuggets" in the title is very well placed here – as all the cuts here have every bit as much freak and fuzz as the American garage and pre-punk work chronicled famously on the lengendary Nuggets series! Yet these tracks are all even more obscure, and all come from African ... (Global Grooves) read moreCD
32 tracks from the Five Satins, the Silhouettes, Billy Myles, Lee Allen, Gloria Lynne, Rudy Greene, the Miller Sisters, the Embers, George Tinley, Jimmy Young, and more. (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
A great 70s UK compilation, filled with rare singles from that brief period when Columbia Records was serving up some killer rockabilly singles! Includes work from Wayne Walker, Ronnie Self, Cliff Johnson, Sid King & The Five Strings, Jimmy Murphy, Johnny Horton, The Collins Kids, and Onie ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
20 killer singles from the Columbia rockabilly years – a short period, but a great one! Includes cuts from Rose Maddox, Freddie Hart, The Collins Kids, Eddie Zack, Ronnie Self, Sid King & The Five Strings, Johnny Horton, Chuck Murphy, and Bobby Lord! (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Includes themes from Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse, Black Orpheus, To Die In Madrid, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Slogan, Les Parisiennes, Jules & Jim, and more. (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed, with price code sticker and import sticker.)
Spiritual sounds from the source – a host of incredible tracks from a time when jazz was really opening up into new dimensions – as players stepped forward in a wave of strong post-Coltrane energy to really push the music into the skies! The music here can be seen as a blueprint for ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
24 songs recorded live from New Beginning, Revisions, Risky Business, Just Reminiscing, Cool Change, Blue Angel, the Tribunes, and Cover To Cover. (Soul) CD
There's a 4AD-styled image on the cover – and the set looks at a moment in late 80s music when things were nicely swirling together – when production was getting a bit more layered and sophisticated from a few years before – yet not in a way that was overly polished or commercial! ... (Rock) read moreCD
Features early work by Homesick James, Baby Face Leroy, Little Walter, JB Hutto, Eddie Boyd, Junior Wells, Little Willie Foster, Snooky & Moody, Johnny Young, Floyd Jones, Big Walter, Rober Nighthawk, and John Brim. (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
(60s issue. Cover has split seams, surface wear, aging, and a bit of pen.)
A killer selection of Spanish female pop – music that echoes British and French female work of the time, but which often has a different vibe as well! Part of that difference is the Spanish language of the lyrics, which seems to encourage some differences in the rhythms – but there's ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fabulous look at a new wave of music that hit the American scene at the end of the 60s – sophisticated songs with a deep sense of narrative that went way beyond the usual – first sprung by the world of country music, but with an influence that went on to touch all other styles too! ... (Folk/Country) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mixed by Chris Simmonds with tracks by Tim Deluxe, Diggers, House Proud People, B. Rich, Alex Faith, Partners In Time, and Simmonds himself. (New Grooves) CD
The title doesn't give you much to go on – but take it from us, this is a great little compilation – one that's filled with rare jazz work from a variety of European soundtracks of the 60s and 70s! The range of tracks here is really great – and wide enough to include a few ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A really great dive into the city pop years of Japanese music – and a collection that's a bit different than some others, in that it not only presents gems from the 80s, but also follows the evolution of city pop modes into later decades as well! There's a nice variety of styles here – ... (Japanese) read moreCD
A really great dive into the city pop years of Japanese music – and a collection that's a bit different than some others, in that it not only presents gems from the 80s, but also follows the evolution of city pop modes into later decades as well! There's a nice variety of styles here – ... (Japanese) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic little set that looks at the huge wave of top-shelf AOR material recorded in recent years – part of a huge global re-awakening to the charms of the genre – often with results that are even groovier than the classic records of the 70s! One of the compelling things here is ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Includes music from Mike Seeger, Doug Wallin, The Golden Eagle String Band, Dillard Chandler, Iron Mountain String Band, Margaret MacArthur, Ewan MacColl, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Paul Clayton, and more. (Folk/Country) CD
A much-needed collection of the famous Jazz At The Philharmonic performances of the 1950s – work that follows up the initial postwar run from producer/presenter Norman Granz, which helped lay the groundwork for Verve Records – but which hasn't gotten the full exposure it deserves! ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Music from the Iron Mountain String Band, the New Lost City Ramblers, Dock Boggs, Clarence Ashley, Clark Kessinger, Maybelle Carter & Sara Carter Bayes, Doc Watson & Fred Price, Lee Sexton, Mike Seeger, John W. Summers and more. (Folk/Country) CD
Music from Jackie Wilson, Ruby And The Romantics, The Impressions, Brook Benton & Dinah Washington, Martha And The Vandellas, Garnet Mimms And The Enchanters, Jimmy Jones, The Miracles, Tommy Edwards, Chuck Berry, and more - 20 tracks in all. (Soul) CD
Music from Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys, the Hondells, Dionne Warwick, the Searchers, the Ventures, the Marvelettes, the Drifters, Bobby Bland, and more – 22 tracks in all. (Rock) CD
Music from The Honeycombs, The Supremes, The Dixie Cups, Don Covay, The Murmaids, Roy Orbison, The Kingsmen, The Shangri-Las, The Impressions, Maxine Brown, The Beach Boys, The Searchers, The Reflections, and more - 22 tracks in all. (Rock) CD
Music from The Beach Boys, The Temptations, The Young Rascals, The Standells, Donovan, Aaron Neville, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Four Tops, The Bobby Fuller Four, Percy Sledge, and more - 22 songs in all. (Rock) CD
With pieces by Albeniz, Falla, Ganados, Llobet, Malats, Mudarra, Narvaez, Rodrigo, Sanz, Sainz de la Maza, Scarlatti, Segovia, Sor, Tarrega, Torroba, Turina, and Villa-Lobos. (Classical) LP, Vinyl record album
Reggae takes on Beatles tunes – both from the early and later years of the Fab Four – served up with vocals from a variety of different singers! There's a soulful vibe to the record right from the start – and the rhythms move between roots and lovers rock-styled pacing – ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Coco Maria hosts a mighty cool radio show on BBC Worldwide – one that showcases all sorts of unusual Latin music hybrids that have come up over the years – including a good range of contemporary music, such as the tracks featured on this really well-done compilation! The music here has ... (Latin) read moreCD
A now-legendary compilation – an early effort to reissue funk on the Stones Throw label – and a set that virtually gave birth to all the fantastic projects they've done under the Now Again banner over the years! Compiler Egon has gone through a range of rare singles, masters, and demos ... (Funky Compilations) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A completely different side of Colombian music than you'd know from Discos Fuentes and some of the other mainstream outlets from that scene – as the tracks here are all from the contemporary underground, and represent a really rich flowering of creative grooves and soulful modes! In truth, ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
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Colors – Cumbia ... LP Colors/Irma (Italy), 2003. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
Cumbia – like you've never heard it before! This compilation on Irma's Colors label features a host of modern Cumbia groovers that update the traditional sound of the music with a hipper dancefloor and remix style – of the sort that you'd normally expect from European sources and ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The end of the 80s saw a huge new shift in music on the UK scene – a moment when indie rock and club music collided – and guitar-based work was back on the dancefloors in a really big way! Part of the shift came from years of UK interest in house, electro, and other American styles ... (Rock) read moreCD
Includes 30 tracks by the Oddballs, Max Lipscomb, Lonnie Miley, Kenneth Trent, Charlee Maybee, Lawrence Flippo & the Futuras, the Tempests, Del Swade, and Cuddles C. Newsome. (Rock) CD
20 songs from Mike Gordon & El Tempos, Sylvia Vanderpool, Jimmy Lewis, the Chords, Prince Patridge, Floyd Dixon, Millie Bosman, and the Playboys. (Soul) CD
48 tracks across 3 CD's. Includes performances by Dinah Washington, Shirley Horn, Mel Torme, Anita O'Day, Sara Vaughan, Betty Carter, Blossom Dearie, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Max Roach and others. (Vocalists) CD
An incredible document of a key genre in 50s jazz on record – the jam session tradition, recorded beautifully for Verve records by the legendary Norman Granz! The idea of a jam session was nothing new at the time, of course, but it was mostly a live phenomenon – known to players from ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Please note this copy comes with the inner slipcover but does not include the original metal case. Booklet has some wear.)
Includes music by Rufus Thomas, Otis Redding, the Mad Lads, David Porter, Wendy Rene, the Admirals, Sam & Dave, Booket T & the MGs, Barbara & the Browns, and more – 27 tracks total. (Soul) CD
Music from Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, William Bell, the Mad Lads, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, the Premiers, the Astors, Booker T & The MG's, Johnnie Taylor, and more – 27 tracks total. (Soul) CD