A classic album from the early years of soul music – the only full length set ever served up by the great Joe Henderson – a vocalist with roots in the legendary Fairfield Four gospel group, but sounding equally great here in a secular mode! The arrangements are by Cliff Parham, and ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original mono pressing. Cover has minimal wear, aging.)
After working for years in the Crusaders, then honing his production skills with excellent work for Fantasy and Mercury, Wayne Henderson put out this album of his own, which drew on a lot of the work he'd been doing during the mid 70s. The album's a showcase for his At Home productions team, and ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout notch and is bent at the top right corner.)
(Promo pressing, still sealed with a streak of red marker in back. Cover is bent a bit at the corners, with a Best Entertainment Value sticker over a DJ sticker in back under the shrink.)
A wonderful set from vocalist Jon Hendricks – and quite different than most of his other work! This set was one of a few that Jon recorded while living in the UK at the end of the 60s – and it features orchestrations by Wally Stott, and production by Johnny Franz – the team who ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Michele Hendricks —
Carryin On ... LP Muse, 1987. Very Good+ ...
$4.99
A solo set from Michele Hendricks – possibly best known for her work with Hendricks & Co, a vocal group with her famous father Jon – but still sounding pretty great here on her own! The set's a simple, soulful outing – one that has Hendricks singing in some deep-toned vocals ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The great live compilation of classic Hendrix – pulled from incendiary performances at Isle Of Wight in 1970 and other benchmark west coast gigs from '68 to '70! It's as fine of a snapshot of Jimi as you could really hope for, as it features numbers that showcase his fiery blues psych side ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tan label pressing with Sterling/RL etch. Cover has light wear.)
Jimi Hendrix —
Hush Now ... LP Astan (Germany), Late 60s. Very Good+ ...
$13.99
It's a pretty nice bunch of funk tracks with (supposedly) Jimi's guitar chopping away in heavy hard lines, and Lonnie Youngblood blowing away on hard heavy tenor. A number of tracks have vocals – we're not sure who by, although the record wants you to think that it's Hendrix. Good funky ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s silver label pressing. Cover has minimal wear.)
A true classic by Jimi with the original Experience lineup – the third of three straight up masterpiece LPs to come out in just over a year's time by the group! You could call the leftfield astral effects in the mix experimental if you had to – innovations in the studio with echo, that ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s auto-coupled UK Polydor pressing. Cover has light ring wear, a few light scrapes and pen imprints, some wear at the corners, small dents at the opening, and is bent a bit at the edges.)
Post-Labelle solo work from Nona Hendryx – and a set that very much shows that she's the one who brought all the raw funky power to the group! Unlike Patti Labelle's work from the same time, which was getting smoother and classier, Nona's work here is almost in the vein of rock music – ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has faint ringwear and some wear on the opening.)
A great version of Ralph Burns' "Early Autumn" – and vintage 40s material from the Herman band, with Red Rodney, Ernie Royal, Conte Candoli, and Rolf Ericson on trumpets; Serge Chaloff, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, and Stan Getz on saxes! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A great collection of work from one of the hippest bandleaders to emerge in the swing generation – and one of the few to be able to tie his approach to the growing worlds of modern jazz and jump jive too! The set features material from Woody Herman's first three "herds" – the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono red and gold label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging. Labels have spindle marks.)
Killer Latin from South American drummer Frank Hernandez – easily the king of the scene on his side of the globe! Frank's taking a key cue here from the harder sound of the New York scene of the time – and the record's overflowing with great little tracks that mix together heavy ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited pressing, on Deja Vu – heavy vinyl and cover! Cover has a tiny bump in one corner – but this is a great copy.)
Mike Heron —
Mike Heron ... LP Casablanca, 1979. Near Mint- ...
$3.99
Features music from Citizen Kane, Snows Of Kilimanjaro, Jane Eyre, and Devil & Daniel Webster – all conducted by Bernard Herrmann! (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
(Phase 4 stereo pressing. Cover has a promo sticker and a bit of gloss separation at the top left corner.)
Great work from this late 50s rocker – a set that includes the title classic in two versions, plus fourteen more nuggets from back in the day – most of them originals! (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Pretty great later work from Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks – not the immediately-retro style of their earlier albums, but instead this wonderful blend of so many different jazz and acoustic elements – set forward with a style that's wonderfully groovy overall! There's a hip, scatting ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, promo sticker, small sticker at the top right, and some peeling and remnants from sticker removal.)
A rare bit of Chicago jazz, cut back when Atlantic had a brief relationship with the Dunwich imprint, which was mostly a garage-rock operation. This one, though, is a prime bit of Cadet/Argo jazz – as Higgins plays piano with pop/jazz backings by Richard Evans, done very much in the style of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo Green and blue label pressing. Cover has a cutout hole.)
High On Pops Orchestra & Chorus —
High On America ... LP Parade, 1980s. Sealed ...
$2.99
An excellent album that features loads of material from Benny Hills' early days – when he was tighter and fresher, and before he worked too many years for ITV! You may recognize a number of these titles from later recordings, but these early ones are just great, and feature a much more ... (Comedy) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Late 70s UK EMI pressing. Cover has unglued seams.)
Produced by Tommy Couch, with tracks that include ZZ's classic "Down Home Blues" – plus "Givin It Up For Your Love", "Woman Don't Go Astray", "When It Rains It Pours", and "Love Me". (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
Earl Hines on solo piano performing "You Do Something To Me", "Night & Day", "Rosalie", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "What Is This Thing Called Love", and "You'd Be So Easy To Love". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(In a flip-back cover, with light wear and yellowing from age.)
Earl Hines —
Hines '65 ... LP Black & Blue (France), 1965. Very Good+ ...
$11.9914.99
With Doc Cheatham on trumpet, Rudy Rutherford on clarinet, alto, and tenor, Jack Wilkins on guitar, Jimmy Leary on bass, and Ray Mosca on drums. Arrangements by Buck Clayton and Ernie Wilkins. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 70s issue. Cover has light wear, yellowing from age, a sticker spot, some gloss separation at the corners, and gloss peel in back.)
Solo piano performance from the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival. Titles include "Close To You", "In My Solitude", "Why Do I Love You?", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", and "West Side Story Medley". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some fading at the spine and is lightly bent at the edges and corners.)
Earl Hines & Jimmy Rushing —
Blues & Things ... LP Master Jazz, 1967. Very Good ...
$6.99
Great small combo work – with Gonsalves on tenor, Hines on piano, Al Hall on bass, and Jo Jones on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(French pressing on Freedom. Cover is bent just a bit at the front panel.)
Earl Hines with Roy Eldridge & Coleman Hawkins —
Grand Reunion ... LP Limelight, 1965. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$11.9914.99
Earl Hines leads a group that includes special guests like Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins – and the material's a relatively traditional batch of tunes, done in Earl's classic piano style. The group performs an extended "Portrait Of Fats Waller", plus shorter tracks like "C ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove in the booklet cover, in great shape with an inspection stamp in back.)
Earl Hines leads a group that includes special guests like Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins – and the material's a relatively traditional batch of tunes, done in Earl's classic piano style. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove in the textured booklet cover, with some yellowing from age and heavy wear at the spine.)
One of the greatest early 70s recordings from Japanese trumpeter Terumasa Hino – a richly organic session that builds from spare trumpet and percussion, into a fuller, more spiritual sound! Hino starts out the set working in almost Don Cherry territory – blowing alongside some slight ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s pressing – SOPL 240 – with insert. Cover and vinyl are nice!)
A totally cool session of avant Parisian jazz – assembled by the great Andre Hodeir, whose Jazz Et Jazz is one of the best modernist jazz efforts from postwar France. The work attempts to set music to the writings of James Joyce – and it features the voices of Nicole Croisille and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original US stereo pressing in the booklet cover, with light wear.)
Brilliant work from the modernist underground late 50s Paris! Andre Hodeir was one of the city's best-known jazz composers and arrangers at the time – a key part of the postwar scene, and its development into its own style away from strictly American sounds. Hodier's working here with a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono white label promo with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging, center splits in the spine and bottom seam, and a promo ink stamp in back.)
Art Hodes —
Apex Blues ... LP Jazzology, 1944. Near Mint- ...
$14.9919.99
With Mezz Mezzrow on clarinet and Danny Alvin on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s issue. Cover has minimal wear and aging.)
Vintage recordings by the Art Hodes Columbia Quintet – with Duke DuVal on trumpet, George Brunies on trombone, Rod Cless on clarinet, and Joe Caruso on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Includes a different trio per side. Hodes with Volley DeFaut and Jasper Taylor playing "Washboard Stomp", "Someday Sweetheart" and "Copenhagen". The flip side has Hodes, Darnell Howard, and Baby Dodds on "I Know That You Know", "Slow & Easy Mama ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red vinyl pressing! Paste-on cover is unglued, but nice.)
Great work as a leader from this legendary Duke Ellington altoist – working here with Ben Webster on tenor, Lawrence Brown on trombone, Emmett Berry on trumpet, Leroy Lovett on piano, and Lloyd Trotman on bass – plus some tracks that Flip Phillips and Al Sears on tenor, and Sonny Green ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Heavy yellow label Norgran pressing with trumpter logo and deep groove! Vinyl is great overall – just has a very slight crackle at the start, but plays great otherwise. Cover is nice too – no splits!)
Beautiful Billie from the last years of her life. The material was recorded in 1956 and 1957 in Hollywood, featuring Barney Kessel, Ben Wesbster, Harry Edison, and Jimmy Rowles – all grooving nicely in small group formation. The tracks have a wonderfully fragile quality – and although ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes "Miss Brown To You", "What A Little Moonlight Can Do", "Gloomy Sunday", "Billie's Blues", "Solitude", "God Bless The Child", "Sailboat In The Moonlight", "I Can't Get Started", "When A Woman Loves A ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Late work from the great Billie Holiday – the kind of mature set that made Verve Records such a perfect home for the singer in the 50s! Where other labels might have pushed too much to try to get Billie into more commercial, or more straightforward modes – Verve just relaxes into the ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A very unusual concert from Billie Holiday – one that features narration by Gilbert Millstein, telling the story of Billie's life! The format is quite unusual – almost a live documentary, with the subject of the documentary there in person herself! Millstein narrates from the start, ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo MGM pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Billie Holiday —
Lady ... LP Verve, Late 50s. Very Good- ...
$1.99
Later work from Billie Holiday – all recorded for Verve with some hip group backing! (Vocalists) LP, Vinyl record album
(The bottom half of the cover has waviness and light staining, cutout hole, some wear along the opening.)
Titles include "Miss Brown To You", "If You Were Mine", "What A Little Moonlight Can Do", "Billie's Blues", "I Cried For You", "I Must Have That Man", and "Easy Living". (Vocalists) LP, Vinyl record album
One of Billie's last recordings, and an incredibly striking batch of songs arranged by Ray Ellis with a sad, fragile ege that's perfect for the style of her later work. Billie's voice is faltering, but in a way that only makes the songs sound more personal and more compelling – and although ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s stereo pressing. Cover has ring & edge wear.)
Possibly one of the most essential Billie Holiday albums for Verve – a set that carries the same title as her famous autobiography, and which also features many key numbers from her songbook at the time! The feel here is quite easygoing and relaxed – with small group backing behind ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s mono Japanese Polydor pressing – UMV 2047 – with obi and insert. Cover has light wear, some spotty aging, and some small white print blemishes.)
About as classic as you can get for Billie Holiday on Verve – a wonderfully intimate small group session, recorded with top-shelf players and a smokey torchy mood! Billie's in her later years by the time of the set, but somehow singing with even more emotion and life – working with a ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 70s mono Japanese pressing – MV 2595 – with obi and insert.)
Landmark improvisations from two of the most important bassists in avant garde jazz – Dave Holland and Barre Phillips – two players each coming from two different scenes and styles, but working together here perfectly in a groundbreaking session of all-bass work! Holland plays a bit of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Nice German pressing! Cover has some light wear, and light peeling of laminate – but is nice overall.)
Sublime work from The Hollies – a cool US album that brings together some of their best bits from their 60s UK run on EMI! Some of the best numbers here were arranged by Johnny Scott – and titles include "King Midas In Reverse", "Would You Believe", "Maker" ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Wonderful work from The Hollies – from a time when the group was moving way past simple Brit Invasion pop – as you 'can probably guess from the cover and title! The Hollies hit a really special sort of sound here – slightly trippy, but still razor-sharp – making great use ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow label stereo pressing – 1A/1A. Cover has light wear.)
Totally great stuff by The Hollies – and don't let anyone else tell you any different! For Certain is one of the band's greatest albums – forged out of some totally great songwriting, amazingly precise guitar parts, and sharp-edged vocals that make the tracks sparkle and glisten. Big ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 70s issue. Cover is slightly wavy at the front panel.)