Stunning work from The Flamingos – part of the group's incredible second chapter at End Records, where they really transformed their sound from their years at Chess! The group were already great before, but at End, they found this way of making even more heaven with their harmonies – ... (Soul) read moreCD
A sweet Tommy Flanagan trio date – recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1977, but with a warmth and intimacy that's like catchy Tommy at a small club date! Trio members include Keter Betts on bass and Bobby Durham on drums – but the focus is very strongly on Flanagan's piano ... (Jazz) read moreCD
With some unusual electric piano from Tommy Flanagan – plus the usual acoustic – in a group that also includes Keter Betts on bass and Jimmie Smith on drums. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print. Includes obi.)
Tommy Flanagan —
Thelonica ... CD Enja (Germany), 1982. Used ...
$3.99
There's a definite Monkish bent to this one, in case you couldn't guess from the title – but Tommy Flanagan doesn't simply copy Monk's compositions, but also throws in a few great touches of his own! The session's got a depth and complexity that goes beyond other standard tributes to ... (Jazz) read moreCD
All the great early blues albums from Fleetwood Mac – including Blues Jam in Chicago, Fleetwood Mac, Mr Wonderful, The Pious Bird Of Good Omen, and The Original Fleetwood Mac – with lots of bonus tracks too! (Rock) CD
(Out of print, please note that the outer box has a tear on the back corner, nothing major.)
2 Burritos LPs back-to-back on one CD! Gilded Palace Of Sin is truly a country rock masterpiece – one of the greatest rock(ish) albums of the late 60s – with traditionally structured nuggets that still manage to venture fully into the soulful, exploratory capacities of sunny 60s pop. ... (Rock) read moreCD
A fresh EP from feverishly creative moodscape & beatcrafter Flying Lotus! FL has been on such a furious win stream in the late 00s, it's tough to keep up with him, but that's a good thing – pretty much everything he puts out is of such consistently forward progressing quality. If you're ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
(Out of print. Cutout hole through CD case and tray card.)
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski —
Le Bonheur ... CD Saravah (France), 1975. Used ...
$8.99
Perhaps one of the most hauntingly beautiful albums by the team of Brigitte Fontaine and Areski – although we'll admit that we love all of them almost equally well! If you haven't heard their records, we can't even begin to describe them – but let us just say that they feature fragile ... (French) read moreCD
Not the Philly soul group from the mid 70s, but rather the pairing of DJ Kent and KZA, peddling modern, soulful electronic grooves, with break inspired beats and tapestries of electronic tones bubbling over top. While the better part of this disc is nearer to uptempo funk, the tracks we get open ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Titles include "Sea Cruise", "Roberta", "Chinatown", "Cheatin Woman", "Hour Of Need", "Time After Time", "Alimony", "It Must Be Jelly", and "Watch Dog". (Rock) CD
Very nice stuff – and a record that's perhaps the best example of the massive grooves going down on the Compost label! Like a lot of the label's releases, this one mixes older jazz funk grooves with a haunting modern electronica production style – and yet still never loses touch with a ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
A funky keyboard treasure – a smoking organ and Fender Rhodes session that is one of the greatest Blue Note albums by Ronnie Foster! Foster plays organ on the set, next to electric piano by Ernie Hayes – and the pair stir up the sound wonderfully as they glide over grooves, soaring on ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Foster The People —
Torches ... CD Startime, 2011. Used ...
$4.99
Nice one! We've always loved the swinging vocal harmonies of the Four Freshmen, but their best records have never been issued before on CD. Now, though, Collector's Choice have put out two of their best on one CD, and the set's got a whopping 24 cuts of groovy groovy harmony sounds that have ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
An insane amount of music from this amazing vocal group – 14 classic albums – Voices in Modern, Freshmen Favorites, Four Freshmen & Five Trombones, Four Freshmen & Five Trumpets, Four Freshmen & Five Saxes, Voices In Latin, Voices In Love, Freshmen Favorites Vol 2, In Person ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
(Note: this copy includes all 9 CD's in the original cases, but is missing the large outer box and the booklet – priced accordingly.)
The feather light, atmospheric beats and aural scenery we've come to expect from Kieran Hebden splinter out hard and heavy in the frentic opener "A Joy" on Everything Ecstatic – fair warning that Kieran's Four Tet isn't going to fall into realm of expectation without a fight! ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Four Tops —
Singles ... CD Motown/BR Music (Holland), 1960s/1970s/Early 80s. Used 2 CDs ...
$12.99
A huge amount of work from a time when Connie Francis was really hitting it big – bridging the worlds of girl pop and female rock – and taking on a lot of other unusual material too! Done with the usual Bear Family panache – great presentation and full notes too. (Vocalists) CD
A very unusual side of the career of this girl pop legend – all material recorded in German during the 60s – served up in a 5CD set that features more work than we ever knew Connie recorded in this mode! The set also comes with the usual great booklet of notes and images, too. (Vocalists) CD
(Out of print. Box has light wear in one corner, and inner tray has some light wear – but the rest is in great shape.)
A great record from Aretha! She performs with James Cleveland & The Southern California Community Choir for two CDs worth of some super gospel material. 27 tracks total, including "Mary, Don't You Weep", "How I Got Over", "Precious Memories", "Wholy Holy" ... (Soul) read moreCD
2 important early Aretha Franklin albums – back to back on a single CD! Runnin Out Of Fools is the birth of Aretha Franklin's soulful sound – a real change from the jazzier sound of her first two albums for Columbia, and a set that really shows some great sides of her talents! ... (Soul) read moreCD
Not much of a cover, but a great package of Erma's rare work from the early 60s! Most tracks on here are from the years 1961 or 1962, and appear to be the ones recorded around the time of Erma's rare Her Name Is Erma album – a debut effort cut for Columbia during the same stretch that her ... (Soul) read moreCD
Great songs, great vocals, great instrumentation, and another late 70s classic from Michael Franks – one of the few mainstream masters of understatement in his generation! As on all his best albums, the style here is a subtle blend of jazz and pop with a bit of a Brazilian inspiration – ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
One of the rarest albums on the Pacific Jazz label from the 50s – featuring a side apiece of trio material by pianists Russ Freeman and Richard (aka Dick) Twardzik. Both players were known as accompanists of Chet Baker during his sublime mid 50s run at Pacific Jazz – and although ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the best studio albums ever from the legendary Von Freeman – and a date that really captures some of the careful essence of his live performances in Chicago! Unlike the previous Atlantic album, which tried to fit Von into a more expected bag, this easygoing Nessa session really lets ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A compelling soundtrack for one of the more ill-fated westerns of the 50s! Friedhofer really moves beyond familiar stereotypes here – using offbeat orchestrations, often heavy on woodwinds and solo instrumentation, to create a nice sense of place and space – almost exotic at points, ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A great little set from Friedman – a vastly underrated pianist who's working here as a bright young modernist in a trio with Chuck Israels on bass and Pete LaRoca on drums. The tracks have a freedom that reminds us a lot of Bill Evans' early work, with a warm lyricism that never gets too ... (Jazz) read moreCD
There's nothing "flashback" about this one – because the record's about as in-the-moment as you could be for jazz piano in the early 60s! Don Friedman's a really tremendous player at this point in his career – a sometimes unsung hero in the space between Bill Evans and Keith ... (Jazz) read moreCD
The great second album from Ghana's K. Frimpong – backed by the group Vis-a-Vis (though billed in the title as his Cubano Fiestas) – a stunning blend of Ghanian Highlife music and rawer Afro Funk & soul! A few K. Frimpong numbers appeared on some of our favorite African ... (Global Grooves) read moreCD
Each side is a separate recording of live improvisations by Frith on guitar and Ostertag on synthesizer, with a host of tapes, radios, and sontact mics. Both performances were recorded at different points in 1981. Phil Minton sings on the second side. Many of the tape samples were recorded in ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Tommy Flanagan —
Something Borrowed, Something Blue ... CD 
