Bud Shank & Bob Cooper —
Flute 'N Oboe ... LP Pacific Jazz, 1956. Very Good+ ...
$14.99
The great Bud Shank was a real master of many reed forms in the 50s – maybe even in a way that set the scene for Yusef Lateef and Roland Kirk's experiments to come! Here, he blows flute alongside the oboe of Bob Cooper – who's best known as a tenorist – and the pair craft some ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original deep groove Pacific Jazz pressing. Cover has split top & bottom seams, some surface wear & aging.)
A sublime little set all the way through – an early 60s date from the west coast scene – and one that was almost as important to that side of the country as the Verve bossa records were to New York! Bud Shank's in the lead on alto sax – no flute at all this time around – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red vinyl stereo pressing. Cover has surface wear & aging, spots of clear tape on the top & bottom seams.)
Bud Shank & Laurindo Almeida —
Holiday In Brazil ... LP World Pacific, 1959. Very Good+ ...
$39.99
A fantastic return to the Braziliance territory crafted by these two legendary musicians – Bud Shank blowing alto over bossa-styled arrangements from Laurindo Almeida – in a manner that was years ahead of similar work by Stan Getz and others! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Original World Pacific pressing – black label, silver text, deep groove. The back cover has minimal surface wear, and is nice overall!)
The title and cover are an homage to the Pacific Jazz label live dates from LA in the 50s – and the music here does a good job of following suit as well! Altoist Bud Shank and trumpeter Shorty Rogers are reunited beautifully in an open-ended live setting – the kind of date that really ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some ring and edge wear.)
Ravi Shankar —
Chappaqua ... LP Columbia, Mid 60s. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$19.99
The "other" soundtrack to the film Chappaqua – the one used instead of the Ornette Coleman one that was also issued on record! (Global Grooves) LP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo Masterworks pressing. Cover has light wear at the spine.)
Ravi Shankar —
Tana Mana ... LP Private, 1987. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
(Black label Odeon pressing. Cover has light surface wear and aging, small sticker spots, and is split at the top seam and spine, with half split at bottom seam.)
Well, they certainly got the title right on this one! Dee Dee sings all the hits (or some of them, at least!) in her youthful gutsy soul style. Tracks include "Snap Your Fingers", "Seven Day Weekend", "Playboy", "Don't Play That Song", "Village Of ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small sticker, but looks nice overall.)
A set of classic groovers from Dee Dee Sharp – cut during her early stretch at Cameo/Parkway, at a time when Dee Dee was one of the hardest hard soul singers on the Philly scene! As you'd guess from the title, most of the tracks here have an upbeat groove that's aimed at the dancefloor ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing. Cover has surface wear & heavy aging.)
These sides feature Charlie Shavers working with an octet that includes Billy Byers, Jerome Richardson, Budd Johnson, and George Barnes. The tunes on these sides have a more tightly arranged approach than Shavers' other recordings from this period – still with a strong focus on his fluid ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has a spot of pen on the back, but is great!)
Charlie Shavers & Budd Johnson —
Live Vol 2 ... LP Black & Blue (France), 1970. Sealed ...
Just Sold Out!
Features Andre Persiany on piano, Roland Lobligeois on bass, and Oliver Jackson on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Some interesting moments here – including harpsichord by Johnny Guarnieri, trumpet from Roy Eldridge, guitar from Barney Kessel, and piano from Dodo Marmarosoa! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. The back cover has radio/promo ink stamp, notes in pen.)
Titles include "All Alone", "Night & Day", "The Blues March (parts 1 & 2)", "Free For All", "Non-Stop Flight", "Sweet Adeline", and "The Chant". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A set of two live dates from the late 30s – from the Hotel Lincoln's Blue Room in 1938, with Les Robinson and Hank Freeman on alto; Tony Pastor, Ronnie Perry, and Georgie Auld on tenor; Chuck Peterson, Johnny Best, and Bernie Privin on trumpet; Geroge Arus, Les Jenkins, and Harry Rodgers on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Includes booklet! Box has light surface wear and aging, 2 corner splits.)
With sidemen that include Manny Klein and Billy Butterfield on trumpet, Bobby Sherwood on guitar, Jack Jenny on trombone, and Buddy Rich on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear.)
Kim Shaw & Marion Cowings —
Inside ... LP Good Guise, 1984. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
A fab set of James Bond tunes – performed by Brit easy maestro Roland Shaw, in a style that's arguably groovier than the original soundtracks themselves! There's some nice instrumental touches on a few of these that push the mood of the set in a good way – and Shaw's also chosen a lot ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Easily one of the best of the Bond-alike albums of "spy" grooves from the 60s – handled by Brit easy maestro Roland Shaw, with a sound that's in keeping with the best soundtrack work of the time! Shaw's got a jazzy mode here that really opens up some of these tunes – letting ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Wonderful work from Dorothy Shay – a very unusual singer for her time, and in a backwards way, almost a force in mainstreaming country music in later years! As the title implies, Dorothy's a bit of a "Park Avenue Hillbilly" – in that she sings country themes, but in a style ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Purple label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging, mostly in back.)
A collection of classic Shearing recordings with his quintets, with sidemen that include Marjorie Hyams, chuck Wayne, Denzil Best, Don Elliott, Billy Eckstine, Cal Tjader, Toots Thielemans, and Candido. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
George Shearing & Jim Hall —
First Edition ... LP Concord, 1982. Near Mint- ...
$7.99
Duo piano and guitar recordings with titles that include "Street Of Dreams", "To Antonio Carlos Jobim", "Careful", "I See Nothing To Laugh About", "Without Words", "I Hear A Rhapsody", "To Tommy Flanagan", and "Emily". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
With Pete Christlieb on tenor, Alan Broadbent on piano, Mundell Lowe on guitar, and Tommy Newsom on alto and flute. Titles include "Playin It Straight", "Steeplechase", "That Old Feeling", "Lover", "Here's That Rainy Day", and "On Green ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great counterpart to some of Archie Shepp's studio albums for Impulse – a live date recorded in San Francisco, with a slightly freer, sharper edge! The sound is almost free at times, but always with that strong sense of focus that Archie brought to his brilliant work of the time – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange and black label mono pressing with Van Gelder stamp. Cover has some light wear & aging, faint stain inside the gatefold on the bottom.)
Archie Shepp —
Montreux One ... LP Arista Freedom, 1975. Near Mint- ...
$11.99
Great live material from Shepp – not out or crazy, but also not spiritual or hippy dippy, either. The record's kind of a perfectly soulful straight ahead set – in a mode that hints at the traditional direction Shepp would take at the time, but with a lot more interesting moments. The ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole.)
Archie Shepp —
Steam ... LP Inner City, 1976. Very Good+ ...
$9.9913.99
A later set from Archie Shepp and a real lost gem – quite different from his earlier works, especially the better known late 60s sessions – and a surprisingly nice album that runs through some truly excellent longer takes – filled with warmth and tenderness you wouldn't expect! ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
There might be a trumpet in Archie Shepp's soul, but the album features him on tenor and soprano sax – working in a wonderfully spiritual vein that's almost in the same mode as his early 70s work on Impulse! The album features some very long, drawn out tracks – but ones that build ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic bit of avant Shepp for Impulse – recorded in the mid 60s, at the same time as the Live in San Francisco album, with the same quintet, but not issued until years later! The album is in a different vein than the San Francisco album – one that shows the band stretching out more ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label stereo pressing. Cover has a tiny bit of splitting on the bottom seam, but this is a beautiful copy overall.)
Archie Shepp & The New York Contemporary 5 —
Archie Shepp In Europe ... LP Delmark, 1963. Very Good+ ...
$28.9939.99
Incredible work from one of the greatest groups of the New York avant scene of the 60s! This French set (probably from the late 60s or early 70s) brings live tracks recorded in Copenhagen in 1963 – and which rarely every show up in any form, even on reissue. The group features Shepp, Don ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Shoes maybe look a bit too new wave on the cover, but still sound perfect within – very much in charge of that perfect yet understated approach to a tune that has gone on to make them legends in all the many years since this album was released! The group were never out to change the world, ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has light wear, a trace of a sticker, and a promo stamp.)
A power-pop classic from Shoes – their first full length for Elektra Records, and a set that stands with all the best end of 70s gems from either coast! The songs are impeccable, and the group do a fantastic job of blending sharper guitars with really great lyricism – a mode that maybe ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed! Cover has a cutout mark.)
Shoes —
Silhouette ... LP New Rose (France), 1984. Near Mint- ...
$19.99
Shoes continue the brilliance of their first album for Elektra – serving up the kind of music that was so well-done, so subtle, it was maybe missed by most of the world at the time – even though it's gone onto the status of classic, thanks to legions of fans and critics! Shoes have a ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging, a small cutout hole, and is bumped and split a bit at the bottom of the spine.)
One of the more avant-oriented 60s sessions cut by Wayne Shorter for Blue Note – a record that's not entirely part of the "new thing" generation, but which definitely has Shorter pushing the boundaries from his previous records for the label! The lineup here is a key batch of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great Wayne Shorter session from the mid 60s – recorded then, but not issued until 1979, for some incredibly unexplained reason – especially given the strength of the set! The group is distinctly modern, and features Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, James Spaulding on alto, and McCoy ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram EU reissue. Cover has minimal wear and some light stains in back.)
An aggro classic from this fantastic group – razor-sharp and full of nails – somewhere between The Ex and Stump, and with a similar sense of wit! (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Great uptown early Philly soul album from the late 60's, featuring the talents of a young Bunny Sigler before he got tied up making too many uptempo records. The record features arrangements by Joe Renzetti – in a sweet uptown style that brings out a lot in Bunny's young vocals. Includes ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing. Cover has a cutout hole, but is a nice copy!)
A great later project from Horace Silver – as hip as any of his late 70s work, and with vocals by both Andy Bey and The Waters! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Classic Blue Note work by Horace Silver – the stuff that soul jazz legends are made of, and an album that showed he was destined to be a huge force away from the Jazz Messengers! Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook hold down the frontline with Horace – playing in a mellifluous style that ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(63rd street mono pressing, with deep groove, RVG stamp, and ear. Vinyl is nice and clean – and cover has a light stain on back, but looks great on front.)
A beautifully soulful set from Horace Silver – hardly the "with brass" session you might guess from the title, and instead a well-integrated album that really showcases a new level of arranging genius from Horace! The set is heavy on hip horns – with work from Oscar Brashear, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original 70s pressing, still sealed with a cut corner.)
A beautiful, beautiful record from Horace Silver – one of his great 70s experiments for Blue Note – and a set that has him working in the same "jazz with voices" mode explored by Max Roach and Donald Byrd in earlier years! The core of the set is focused around the great work ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the lined Blue Note inner sleeve. Cover has a cut corner.)
A great late 60s gem from pianist Horace Silver – and a great bridge between his earlier soul jazz for Blue Note, and some of his more righteous work to come in the 70s! At one level, the sound here steps off from classics like Serenade To A Soul Sister or The Jody Grind – but at ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Liberty stereo pressing with Van Gelder stamp. Cover has a cut corner, light wear and aging, staple holes at the top left, and some sticker remnants.)
Silver Convention —
Save Me ... LP Midland, 1975. Near Mint- ...
$19.99
A huge breakout moment for disco in the 70s – the first album from Silver Convention, a very early example of the European power on the club scene! The group's the brainchild of arranger Sylvester Levay and producer Michael Kunze – who come up with some great German disco rhythms for ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A smash hit from Silver Convention – thanks to the dark pop disco hit "Get Up & Boogie", the leadoff tune on this surprisingly strong set! The strength of the album really comes from the masterful blend of strings, beats, and piano from arranger/producer/keyboardist Silvester ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Silver Metre —
Silver Metre ... LP National General, Early 70s. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$9.99
Pretty heavy rock from this early 70s British group – following very heavily in a Cream mode, with lots of deep bass, fuzzy guitars, and some kicking drums that almost sound like they might give out the odd break or two! Vocals are a bit tortured and a bit bluesy – but not bad overall, ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sim-E Auto smoked it up on the third volume of this great series, and he returns with even more force on this collection of well-chosen cuts! Production on most of side one is by Temper3000 – and tracks include "Mind Trixxx" and "After Midnight" – plus a guest ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed.)
Lloyd Simmons —
Calypso Party ... LP Bandstand (Bermuda), Late 1970s. Very Good+ ...
$5.99
A tremendous little soundtrack – even if you've seen it a million times! Simon & Garfunkel always had a really dark quality to their music, but it never seemed to show as much on the pop charts as it did when used brilliantly by Mike Nichols in this important film. Their tunes emerge in ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo 360 Sound pressing. Cover has minimal wear & aging.)
(German Hansa pressing. Cover has some edge wear, bent corners, small center split and some gloss separation at the spine, and a name in silver marker in front.)
Amazing is right – as Nina Simone is really taking off here – showing the world that she's way more than just another jazz singer – able to hit some righteous currents that would only explode even more in years to come! Nina's emotion is subtle, but extremely powerful – ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Gold label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear.)
Don't let the "broadway" or the "blues" or the "ballads" in the title put you off – because this album's way more than any of those – one of those key 60s records that have Nina Simone taking familiar material and investing it with a new sort of righteous ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear.)
A classic album from Nina Simone's early period! The tracks feature prime work from Nina, caught at the point when she was turning her style from straight jazz into more of a folk-inspired soulful sound – filled with power, anger, and sheer raw emotion – played by a small combo of ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo gold label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some surface wear & aging.)
Classic RCA work from the great Nina Simone – and an album that definitely shows Nina hitting more of the soul spectrum than some of her folk and jazz work of the 60s! The set's got these wonderful arrangements from Harold Wheeler – a bit electric, and done in a way that takes familiar ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label pressing. Cover has light wear and a promo stamp.)
A hip set of live tracks from Nina Simone – very dark and moody, with backing by only a small combo that includes two guitars, bass, and drums by Montego Joe! Nina handles all the arrangements herself – with a quality that really shows her stepping forward from straight jazz, and ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono gold label pressing. Cover has some aging, light wear, and a small sticker.)
A key early moment for Nina Simone – recorded live at Newport in 1960, at a time when the festival was one of the most important showcases for groundbreaking jazz – and a perfect setting for Nina to really let loose in that righteous style that would fuel her career during the 60s! ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo gold label pressing with deep groove. Cover has surface wear & aging.)
An important early live show for Nina Simone – a move from the world of small nightclubs (as mentioned in the title of her first record), to the classy Town Hall venue – working in front of an audience filled with left-leaning listeners who were the perfect crowd to get the unique bag ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Gold label stereo pressing with red serif text logo and deep groove. Cover has some ringwear and yellowing from age.)
Nina sings Ellington – but as always, she makes whatever she sings all her own! The album's a bit straighter than later efforts – with large backings by Stu Phillips that also feature vocals by the Malcolm Dodds Singers – but Nina also conceived the whole thing herself, as an ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Gold label Colpix stereo pressing – a great copy!)
Nina selected a very nice batch of standards and hip jazzy tracks for this classic Colpix release from the early 60s – and the set's a great example of her unique skill for blending folksy material with more sophisticated stuff, in an amazingly haunting style that has endured for decades. ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo gold label pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Titles include "Alive & Kicking", "All The Things She Said", "Once Upon A Time", "Oh Jungleland", "I Wish You Were Here", and "Sanctify Yourself". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
A really great little set from Zoot Sims – earthy, and almost a bit more fragile than much of his other work! There's a real "down home" feel to the whole record – as Zoot blows comfortably and easily in a quartet with Dave McKenna on piano, George Tucker on bass, and Dannie ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some ringwear, edge wear, and is bent a bit at the edges.)
(Mid 70s issue. Shrinkwrap is cracked at the top seam and a hole in back, but is still intact and unopened. Cover has an import stamp in back where exposed.)
A very cool package – one that has Frank Sinatra narrating his career in music – as he performs re-recorded versions of classics, with backings by Nelson Riddle, Johnny Mandel, Count Basie, Gordon Jenkins, Don Costa, and Billy May! The spoken bits are wonderful – and the whole ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tri-color stereo pressing in the embossed faux metal slipcase – with booklet, gatefold cover, and inner sleeves.)
A really great later album from Frank Sinatra – one in which he takes on material from Rod McKuen, which turns out to be a perfect setting for the mature, introspective quality that could make Frank so great during this time! The songs are filled with the themes of loneliness and solitary ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Brown and orange label stereo pressing. Cover has light ring wear.)
Sinatra at his lonely best – as emphasized by the cover image, which has him sitting alone at a bar, looking sadly into his drink. The album's got backings by Gordon Jenkins, a bit more flowery than some of Nelson Riddle's, but in that sad dreamy mode that Sinatra worked with on the Wee ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of Frank Sinatra's last great ballad albums for Capitol – a sad and dreamy batch of tunes that kicks off with the incredible "Only The Lonely" – one of those Sinatra torch songs that's so great, so sad, nobody else has ever been able to record a better version, nor have ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Cover has minimal wear.)
Frank Sinatra —
Pal Joey ... LP Capitol, 1957. Very Good ...
$4.99
A soundtrack as important to the sound of Sinatra on Capitol Records as High Society – maybe even more so, as it features seminal readings of Rogers & Hart standards "Bewitched", "I Could Write A Book", "The Lady Is A Tramp", and "There's A Small ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono black label pressing. Cover has some surface wear, aging, price sticker remnants, small split in the top seam, and a center split in the bottom seam held with yellowed clear tape. Label on Side 2 has a peeled spot from sticker removal.)
The cover's got an image of Frank Sinatra from later years, but the music here is all from the singer's early days as a solo act on Columbia Records – material that has the great one really reinventing the role of the male voice in American music, especially on well-crafted ballads and love ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono 6 eye pressing with deep groove. Cover has a half split top seam, light ring wear.)
A wonderfully mature album from Frank Sinatra – a set that has him coming to terms with his time in life, and expressing things with a beautiful quality that almost sets a whole new standard for his work! And in a way, the aesthetic here is almost that which would be picked up by a host of ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono white label promo. Cover has a corner bump.)
Titles include "They Came To Cordura", "I Love Paris", "Chicago", "Monique", "Something Wonderful Happens In Summer", "The Moon Was Yellow", and "Hidden Persuasion". (Vocalists) LP, Vinyl record album
(Abridged early 80s pressing in a barcode cover. A nice copy.)
Arguably one of Frank's best collections of standards – with sublime Nelson Riddle arrangements! Titles include "The Girl Next Door", "Like Someone In Love", "A Foggy Day", "It Worries Me", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "Little Girl ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a half split top seam, light wear & aging.)