A prime Argo gem from James Moody – and key proof that when he wanted to, he could be one of the hippest cats working in 60s jazz! The approach here is subtle, but amazing – a blend of hardbop with some of the more modern ideas that were coming up in the post-bop generation from the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo blue fade label pressing. Cover has some ring & edge wear, spot of sticker remnant, small split on the bottom seam. The back cover has surface wear & aging.)
James Moody —
Great Day ... LP Argo, 1963. Very Good+ ...
$11.9919.99
Way more than just a James Moody album – a true proof of his genius in the 60s! The album was put together under the guidance of Tom McIntosh – a very hip young writer and arranger that Moody had been pushing on other records, and who steps into the limelight here with a wonderful set ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Very nice original pressing – blue label and deep groove – record and cover are nice!)
One of those great funky records that James Moody cut for the Perception label in the early 70s – a set tha has some mighty nice piano from the great Mike Longo! Eddie Jefferson sings vocals on a hilarious version of "Pennies From Heaven", and other titles include "Heritage ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, half split top seam, small split in the bottom seam, and a sticker in back.)
A magnificent little album – one of James Moody's first collaborations with arranger Tom McIntosh – one of the most sensitive jazz voices of his time. McIntosh works in a world of many tones and colors – and he really pushes Moody past straighter solo approaches, into a mode ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s orange label pressing. Cover has a cutout notch, ring and edge wear, lightly wrinkled at the spine, and bent at the top left corner.)
Genius work from Moody – and a larger session than usual – one that shows his strong talents with an expanded lineup! Moody's working here with players that have a definite Dizzy Gillespie Big Band bent – including trumpeter Dave Burns, trombonist William Shepherd, baritonist Pee ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label with circle logo stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Great work from Moody's "second phase" – the post-Overbrook time in which he picks up the flute, drops a bit of the bop style, and starts working in a much more complicated style that showed that he had a hell of a lot of room to grow as an artist! This album's Moody's second for ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue fade label stereo pressing. Cover has a cut corner, light ringwear, some edge wear, and bent panels.)
A rare setting for Moody – a player who rarely cut sides with larger backing, but who sounds really wonderful here! The album's got Moody blowing mostly alto, and a bit of flute – over large backings by Torrie Zito that feature equal parts strings and woodwinds – conducted in a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo blue label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light gloss separation along the spine, but looks great overall.)
Nice tight back-to-basics session by Moody that has him playing with an organ combo. Mickey Tucker's on the keys, Roland Wilson plays bass, and Eddie Gladden handles the drum chores. Moody's on tenor all the way, with no flute at all, and the tracks include "Freedom Jazz Dance", "Ne ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label stereo promo. Vinyl plays with a slight wobble. Cover has some wear, clear tape on bottom seam, ink stamp.)
A great bit of 70s hardbop from MPS – a set that has both Al Cohn and James Moody on tenors, set up in a wonderful combo that features Barry Harris on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Roy Jones on drums! The recording quality is at the usual high standard for MPS – although the set was ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese pressing, with obi! Cover has some very light wear, but this is a great copy overall.)
An insanely wonderful session from James Moody, and one that's head and shoulders above most of his other work from the early 50s. Moody sort of goes the Dizzy Afro-Cuban route, and he leads a nice little bop combo that includes conga player Chano Pozo. Gil Fuller did the arrangements, and the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese 10" pressing, with obi! TOJJ 5006)
An insanely wonderful session from James Moody, and one that's head and shoulders above most of his other work from the early 50s. Moody sort of goes the Dizzy Afro-Cuban route, and he leads a nice little bop combo that includes conga player Chano Pozo. Gil Fuller did the arrangements, and the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese 12" LP pressing of original 10" package, with obi! BN 0004)
One of the only solo efforts from the legendary Who drummer Keith Moon – with guest work from Joe Walsh and other top-shelf talents – and even a bit of singing from Keith himself! (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(In the die-cut cover, including the heavy inner sleeve. Cover has a cut corner and some edge & ring wear, spot of marker.)
An overlooked gem from Joe Mooney – a singer/pianist best known from the 50s, but who works here with some sweet Hammond as well! The group's a nice one – with Mundell Lowe on guitar, Joe Venuto on vibes, and Jerry Dodgion on flute – and tracks include "Cute", "When ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(360 sound stereo pressing. Cover has light wear and a bit of pen.)
A beautiful early session on Charles Mingus' Debut Records label – one that features singer Ada Moore – a thin-voiced, yet soulful songstress with an edgey sort of tone! The album's got lots of nice rough edges that take it away from the cliched vocal album of the time – ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 80s limited OJC pressing. Cover has a mild corner bend.)
Lovely lovely work from Dudley Moore – known to most as a comedic actor, but also a heck of a jazz pianist, and head of his own groovy trio during the 60s! The tunes mix together soul jazz and bossa trio styles – all dancing together in Dud's incredibly light-touched style on the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red label Decca pressing – nice and clean! Bottom cover seam is slightly unglued, but just for an inch or two.)
A classic set of 70s crossover deep soul – recorded in the mode of similar work by Betty Wright or Laura Lee, and done with a similar mix of raw southern vocals and tighter production! About half the work was handled by the team of Dave Crawford and Brad Shapiro – working in the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Broadway label stereo pressing with RI suffix. Cover has a small cutout notch.)
(Original Luminar pressing. Cover has a small peeled spot from price sticker removal, light wear, and is bent at the bottom right corner.)
Melba Moore —
Melba (Epic) ... LP Epic/CBS, 1978. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Melba Moore gets some great help here from the Philly soul duo of McFadden & Whitehead – whose soaring styles proves to be a perfect fit for her amazing voice! Melba had cut some great work before this set, but here things really seem to come together – her amazing range, her ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a mild corner bend, but is great overall.)
Titles include "Lean On Me", "Then We Can Try Again", "Never Can Say Goodbye", "New World Coming", and a few medley tracks. (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
A real stormer from Melba Moore – brilliantly-arranged dancefloor soul with beautiful lead vocals by Melba – on one of her best records of the 70s! Melba is straight-up amazing here, bringing genuine soul to feverish dancefloor gems and otherwise soaring numbers. This Is It was ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rudy Ray Moore takes the White House – or at least tries to – in this cool 1972 album that must have been a great antidote to the campaigns of Richard Nixon and George McGovern! The set starts with Rudy running his way through a whole bunch of campaign issues – including "Fre ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rudy Ray Moore cut some mighty raunchy records in his time – but this one may well the be the raunchiest, and maybe the funkiest too! The album's an instruction of "the proper way to make love to a lady" – but done in true Rudy Ray style, with very down-to-earth language that ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a split spine, light surface wear, and a pen mark.)
Vinnie Moore —
Time Odyssey ... LP Squawk, 1988. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
(Clean promo in a stickered sleeve, with unglued seams and some wear. Vinyl is nice, but disc one has a heated edge that causes light noise for a few spins at the beginning of each side.)
Classic bossa mixed with more ambitious touches for the 70s – easily one of the greatest records ever to come from the team of Vinicius and Toquinho! The record has vocals by both, often layered on top of each other with a wonderfully spacious feel that spreads out beautifully between the ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rare session by Vinicius – featuring a 1970 recording in Buenos Aires – with Maria Creuza and Toquinho. Creuzza was at her best during the early 70s – and working here with the classic bossa team of poet Vinicius De Moraes and guitarist Toquinho, she really sparkles with a ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has heavier surface & ring wear, edge wear & aging.)
Lalo Morales & His Latin Orchestra —
Latin Dance Party ... LP Crown, Mid/Late 60s. Near Mint- ...
$11.9914.99
(Mono black label pressing. Cover has light wear and aging, center split in the top seam, small split in the bottom seam, and a small name and dots in marker in back. Label has a small name in marker.)
Classic stuff by Noro – and a wonderful selection of hard to find material from the 50s! This isn't really a greatest hits album – but it is a good sampling of some of his better (and better-recorded) work during the postwar years, and almost all of the tracks have a nice hard groove ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Small label pressing with deep groove in a Design Comnpatible Fidelity cover. Cover has light ringwear, some edge wear, splitting in the top seam, and a small name in marker in back. Label has a small name in marker.)
Titles include "Dame Un Cacho", "Tu Regreso", "Walter Winchell Rumba", "Noro In Rumbaland", "Vamos Ya", "La Reina", and "Mambo". (Latin) LP, Vinyl record album
(Heavy rainbow label pressing with deep groove. Cover has clear tape on all seams, surface wear & aging, name in marker.)
Nice 50's mambo material from one of the giants of the genre – and a good batch of tracks by Noro that you might not track down elsewhere. Tracks include "Mambo Away", "Humberto's Jump", "The Up & Down Mambo", "Mambo Jive", and "Ku-Kue". (Latin) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light surface wear and aging. Small name in marker on the back.)
Jazzy mambos from the Decca years of Noro Morales – titles that include "Jungle Bird", "Mambo Mono", "Shawanga Mambo", "Up & Down Mambo", "Mambo Coco", and "Que Problema". (Latin) LP, Vinyl record album
(Late 80s Spanish pressing on Palladium. Cover has a small name in marker on back.)
Beautiful spare sounds from Noro Morales – and an album that really lets you hear his amazing work on the piano! Most of the album simply features Noro's playing, backed by bass and percussion, and no other orchestration – a really stripped-down setting that's even more spare than the ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label mono pressing, with deep groove. Cover has clear tape on the top & bottom seams, some aging & light surface wear.)
Great stuff by Noro – featuring his haunting piano lines spun out over spare backing by percussion only, in a manner that you don't always find on his other recordings. A few tracks have larger orchestrations, but they're still pretty darn tight, and have a great hard sound to them. The set' ... (Latin) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some surface wear, yellowing from age, and a small name in marker in back.)
A nice lively batch of tracks, with a hard groove, some nice percussion, and a very striking sound. Titles include "El Pon", "Descarga A Las Doce", "Samba", "Gandinga", and "Mas Y Mas". (Latin) LP, Vinyl record album
(60s black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has minimal wear, spot of marker on the back.)
Titles include "Perdi La Fe", "Caricas Cubanas", "Dolor Y Pena", "Por Un Madre", "Mulata Con Cola", "Rezo En La Noche", and "El Conde Negro". (Latin) LP, Vinyl record album
(Later light blue label pressing. Cover has light wear, corner bumps.)
(Early 70s US Arcano pressing. Cover has light ringwear, some edge wear, application wrinkles at the opening, a tiny peeled spot in front, and small splits in the seams.)
Frank Morgan & The McCoy Tyner Trio —
Major Changes ... LP Contemporary, 1987. Near Mint- ...
$8.99
With Frank Morgan on alto, McCoy Tyner on piano, Avery Shrpe on bass and Louis Hayes on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Lee Morgan —
Candy ... LP Blue Note, 1957. Near Mint- ...
$99.99
A very different album for Lee Morgan – especially in comparison with his other early sessions! The record is a gentle batch of ballads and standards, played by Morgan with a quartet that includes Sonny Clark on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Art Taylor on drums – all beautifully ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(200 gram Classic Records pressing – a great copy!)
A really unique album from the great Lee Morgan – a set that features the trumpeter in two different settings, but in a way that really works well together! Most of the album has Lee blowing in a very cool quintet – with Joe Henderson on tenor, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s DMM pressing, with Blue Note inner sleeve. Cover has a cutout hole and some shelf wear.)
Lee Morgan —
Rumproller ... LP Blue Note, 1965. Near Mint- ...
$34.99
A great album by Lee Morgan – and one not to pass up! The Rumproller often gets too easily lumped next to The Sidewinder – because of an obvious title and cover similarity to that hit record – but like that one, the album's far more than jazz cliche – and shows Lee Morgan ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s DMM pressing. Cover has light wear and is bent a bit at the spine and front panel.)
A brilliant album that proves that even at the height of his success, Lee Morgan was one of the freest thinkers on Blue Note – always coming up with fresh ideas that continued to grow his talents! The first cut on the album is keen poof of that fact – the title track "Search For ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s black b label pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Lee Morgan —
Sidewinder ... LP Blue Note, 1964. Very Good+ ...
$69.99
A jazz classic if there ever was one – and the best-selling album ever by Lee Morgan, thanks to the use of the title track in a car commercial! Sure, you've probably heard "The Sidewinder" enough that you think you know the album already – but the rest of the tunes really ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo Liberty/UA pressing with Van Gelder stamp.)
It's hard to believe that anyone ever took the electronics of Giorgio Moroder seriously enough to think they'd be the right setting for an intensely dramatic thriller like this – but in the decade when Italian thrillers were doing the same thing, it's kind of easy to see. And if you think of ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has minimal wear.)
Ennio Morricone —
Days Of Heaven ... LP Pacific Arts, 1978. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Ennio Morricone's beautiful score to one of the beautifully shot films of the 70s, or all time, really – Terrence Malick's legendary Days Of Heaven! It's gorgeous stuff, from Morricone's haunting main theme and his more classically enthralling sounds, as well as the rootsy folk guitar by Leo ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A landmark record – not only in the history of the western, but in that of Ennio Morricone! The soundtrack, written for this hit Clint Eastwood spaghetti western, is everything you'd want in a 60s western – driving orchestral passages, twanging guitar parts, and spooky little bits that ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove – 1S/1S. Cover has ring and edge wear, yellowing from age, some splitting in the spine, and a small portion torn off the back paste-on at the top right corner.)
A later date from Audrey Morris – the Chicago singer who's probably best remembered for some classic RCA sessions in the 50s, but who also kept on doing her own thing for decades later in the Windy City! The set's got a very old school feel – quite different than the usual 80s jazz set ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and is bent at the bottom left corner.)
Van Morrison —
Moondance ... LP Warner, 1970. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
Maybe the greatest album ever from Van Morrison – and a set that broke into a whole new side of his talents! Van's producing himself on the record – not really in the conventional role as a producer, but in a way that has him really writing most of the album as he goes along in the ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Burbank label pressing. Cover has a bumped corner and light surface wear.)
A pretty swinging batch of tracks that are very much in the same vein as Buddy Morrow's crime jazz LPs cut for RCA at the end of the 50s! The album features all TV themes from the time, most of them detective ones – like "Richard Diamond", "Perry Mason", "Naked ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove, 1s stampers!)
Ella Mae Morse —
Morse Code ... LP Capitol, Mid 50s. Very Good+ ...
$19.9929.99
Great work from Ella May Morse – material that's still got some of the raw edge of her postwar 78s, but which also features Billy May bringing a bit more jazz to the backings! (Vocalists) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono turquoise label pressing. Cover has a large split top seam and light surface wear.)
One of the coolest records in the 60s surf/hotrod/motorcycle years of instrumental sets – an album that's partly sound effects from races, and partly instrumental music! There's no credits as to the players, but we're guessing it's the cream of the crop of LA studio musicians, of the sort ... (Sound Library) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed 60s stereo pressing. Cover has a small bit of light wear in one spot.)
Landmark British metal from Motorhead– inarguably one of the greatest albums ever in the genre! If there's a flaw to Ace Of Spades, it's that Lemmy & Co.'s signature song – the title track, of course – is so damned amazing, you want to drop the needle on it 10 times in a row ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original US Mercury pressing with Masterdisk stamp/HW etch. Cover has a cut corner, some ring and edge wear, and is lightly bent at the opening.)
A live counterpart to the first Motorhead album on Chiswick – a set that's got the same weird blend of proto-punk and pub rock – all served up with a bit of a hint of the style to come! The guitars are even heavier than on the studio set – and the drums are too – and there's ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s Astan pressing with red labels. Cover has light ringwear, edge wear, and is lightly bent at the edges.)
An unusual pairing for a record release – and Tristano tunes include "Supersonic", "Air Pocket", "On A Planet", and "Celestia". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has yellowing from age, small top seam split, notch on the opening.)
Arrangements and production by Michael Zager, in that pop dancefloor style that was making him a rich man at the time! Titles include "Holiday", "Run To Me", "Lonely Days", "Massachusetts", and "To Love Somebody". (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a promo stamp.)
Mount Rushmore —
'69 ... LP Dot, 1969. Near Mint- ...
$34.99
The Move are looking a bit fuzzier here than in their earlier years – and they're sounding a bit fuzzier too, but in a way that's totally great! The group's down to a quartet, which seems to bring even more focus on the great vocals of Carl Wayne, and heady guitar of Roy Wood! There's a ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original brown label pressing. Cover has surface and edge wear.)
(Stereo pressing – includes original textured box and booklet. Box has splitting on the spine, a razor mark on the front, and a few smudges of light residue on the back.)