A really tremendous album from The Talking Heads – and a set that moves far past their already-great early records, to really show a rhythmic complexity we never would have expected! Brian Eno is helping the group in the studio again here, and the record really shows both David Byrne and Eno' ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing with Sterling stamp in the embossed cover. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has some surface and edge wear.)
Bossa piano, harmony vocals, and a sound that's unlike anyone else – heard here in some really classic sides by Brazil's legendary Tamba Trio! The group had a way of approaching a groove that was (and is) truly revolutionary – a sound that not only carried some of the freshest, most ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(90s Japanese pressing, LEX-9328 – great vinyl and cover!)
(Mono red & purple label pressing. Cover has some wear & aging, with some edge staining on the back, peel spot on the back bottom seam.)
Tash —
Rap Life ... LP Loud, 1999. Very Good+ 2LP ...
$11.99
13 cuts, production by E Swift & Rockwilder, guest spots by Raekwon, Kurrupt, Xzibit, Outkast & others. Includes "Ricochet", "True Homies", "Pimpin' Ain't Easy" & "Blackula". (Hip Hop) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has heavier edge wear.)
Taste —
Taste ... LP Atco, 1969. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
One of Rory Gallager's finest moments – working here in a heavy bluesy power trio! (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow label pressing with Broadway address. Cover has ring and edge wear.)
Buddy Tate & Humphrey Lyttelton —
Kansas City Woman ... LP Black Lion, 1974. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
Original tunes and arrangements by Buck Clayton – played by a group that features Buddy Tate on tenor and clarinet, Bruce Turner on alto, and Humphrey Lyttelton on trumpet. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Blue Skies", "Aunt Hagar's Blues", "Dardanella", "Willow Weep For Me", and "Nice Work If You Can Get It". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Purple label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear & aging.)
Solo work by Art Tatum, recorded with pretty high fidelity by Gene Norman at the Shrine Auditorium in LA! Despite the larger venue, there's a nice sense of intimacy here – both in the sound, and in Tatum's playing – which has a personal, speculative quality that's much more like ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has ring impressions, some edge wear, bent corners, and some scrapes at the top right.)
Very late material from Art Tatum – recorded at a private party in LA in 1956, and featuring the piano genius working his way through spare complicated solo versions of standards. Titles include "Yesterdays", "Body & Soul", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "I ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Light blue cloud label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear, but looks great overall.)
Recorded at the Crescendo, with titles that include "It's Only A Paper Moon", "Just A Gigolo", "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "Mean To Me", "Body & Soul", and more. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Can't We Be Friends", "Among My Souvenirs", "Fine & Dandy", "Stay As Sweet As You Are", and "Crazy Rhythm". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "Begin The Beguine", "Body And Soul", "I Know That You Know", "Honeysuckle Rose", "Introspection", "Memories Of You", and "Kerry Dance" (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(70s issue. Cover has some ring and edge wear.)
Art Tatum —
Genius ... LP Black Lion (UK), 1944/1945. Near Mint- ...
$7.99
Solo recordings with a side's worth of originals and standards on the flipside. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(UK pressing. Cover has light wear, small staples at the top left corner, small sticker and gloss wrinkle in back, and is lightly bent at the top right corner.)
Rare recordings – some solo, some with Chocolate Williams on bass and vocals, some with Frank Newton on trumpet, and some with Reuben Harris on whiskbrooms! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Willow Weep For Me", "I Cover The Waterfront", "Dardanella", "Sweet Lorraine", "My Heart Stood Still", "Blue Skies", and more. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 70s green label pressing. Cover has some wear and aging, mostly in back.)
Titles include "Fine And Dandy", "Emaline", "Limehouse Blues", "I've Got The World On A String", "What Is This Thing Called Love", "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm", and more. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
70s pressing of rare 50s material! Features the tracks "This Can't Be Love", "Stars Fell On Alabama", "Prisoner Of Love", "Love For Sale", "Body & Soul" and "Please Be Kind". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Work from that rare "living room" tape that Tatum cut famously in the postwar years – with cuts that include "Tenderly", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams", "Night & Day", and "It's The Talk Of The Town". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A side each of material from these two wonderful pianists – both fantastically rhythmic players, in great company together! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono blue label Royal Roost pressing. Cover has clear tape on the seams and a small cutout hole.)
Tavares —
Sky High ... LP Capitol, 1976. Near Mint- ...
$13.99
A stone 70s classic from Tavares – quite possibly the group's biggest album, and a masterpiece of LA vocal group soul! The album's biggest claim to fame is the massive hit "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel", recorded by the group for this set, but blown to the heights through it's ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In the embossed cover. Includes the printed inner sleeve. A nice copy!)
A gorgeous album from the UK folk scene – vocals and guitar from Cyril Tawney, with accompaniment on concertina, melodeon, and dulcimer – all of which makes for a very haunting, moody vibe! (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
A great change of pace for Billy Taylor – and one of the most striking sessions he made in the 50s! As you'll guess from the title, the record features Taylor's piano along with four flutes – played by Frank Wess, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, and Phil Bodner – working here ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Small blue label Bill Grauer Prod pressing with microphone & deep groove. Cover has a edge wear, splitting on the spine, light surface wear.)
Billy Taylor —
Evergreens ... LP ABC/Paramount, 1956. Very Good+ ...
$7.99
Early work by Billy Taylor – cut at the height of his 50s popularity, with his famous trio of Percy Brice on drums and Earl May on bass. The title gives it all away – as Taylor plays soulful renditions of standards like "But Not For Me", "Cheek To Cheek", "It's ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono black label pressing with RVG etch. Cover has a split spine, light surface wear & aging, small splits on the top & bottom seams.)
A great take on the score to the hit show My Fair Lady – heard here in one of the best jazz interpretations from the time! Billy Taylor really gets a great setting for the music here – one that moves past the more familiar small group takes on the tunes, and features soaring large ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
It might not be the frolic that the title implies, but that's a plus – because this a straight-up solid early album from Taylor – recorded in tight trio format, with that no-nonsense soulful approach that made him a star player from the start! The group features the great (and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has a cutout hole.)
Billy Taylor —
Uptown ... LP Riverside, 1960. Very Good ...
$14.9919.99
A pretty great trio date from Billy Taylor – and somewhat overlooked, too! The group features Henry Grimes on bass and Ray Mosca on drums – and the set captures Billy in a perfect spot between his early work for Prestige, and some of his 60s mainstream material – heard here in a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Small blue label pressing, with silver text, microphone logo, and deep groove. Cover has a split top seam, center spine split, some light surface wear.)
Cecil Taylor —
Indent ... LP Arista, 1973/1977. Very Good+ ...
$9.99
A beautiful solo piano set by Cecil Taylor – recorded live in Ohio in 1973, and originally released on his own small Unit Core label. The work is a perfect example of how Cecil was stretching himself at the time – working in a mode that was part free jazz, part 70s spiritualism, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has light sleeve marks. Cover has light wear, with a touch of waviness at the bottom corners.)
Excellent Artista/Freedom reissue that brings together the full set from Cecil's 1962 performance at Cafe Monmartre. He's playing here in a trio that has Jimmy Lyons on alto and Sonny Murray on drums, and the music's a key link between his later seventies stuff, and his earlier work that you can ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some ring & edge wear, with a bit of waviness at the bottom half.)
A stone classic from Chip Taylor – a very hip cat who was raised in New York, wrote a number of big pop hits in the 60s, but was always much more comfortable with country music in the end! The album's not straight country – but instead that perfect blend of rock roots and Nashville ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Burbank label pressing. Includes the Warner inner sleeve and poster. Cover has a cutout notch.)
After Shock comes Panic – the sequel to Creed Taylor's previous album for ABC, and like that one, a very weird mix of jazzy backings, odd sound effects, and cool production techniques! The record begins with a familiar core – jazzy instrumentals, of the sort that Taylor was already ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original stereo pressing – a great copy! Back cover has a promo sticker.)
Titles include "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", "Little David", "One Man Parade", "Chili Dog", "Fool For You", "Who Don't You Know", "One Morning In May", and "Mescalito". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(UK green label pressing. Includes the lyric insert. Cover has a hype sticker, cut corner and partially unglued seams.)
Arranged and produced by David Spinozza – with titles that include "Ain't No Song", "Walking Man", "Hello Old Friend", "Migration", "Fading Away", "Me & My Guitar", and "Daddy's Baby". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese white label promo, with insert. Cover has minimal wear and a Sample sticker at the top right.)
Johnnie Taylor —
Disco 9000 ... LP Columbia, 1977. Near Mint- ...
$6.99
Disco 9000 is Johnnie Taylor's 3rd release for Columbia – a great batch of smooth soul tracks with a lot less of the "disco" that you'd expect from the title! Johnnie produced the session himself – and the album was recorded as a soundtrack (to a film that was later retitled ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has a tracklist sticker and promo stamp.)
An obscure 7 track EP from Johnnie Taylor – almost a 12" single, but with more than enough going on to make us think of it as a full album! Johnnie's in prime Columbia Records form here – and the tunes are a mix of the "Disco Lady" style of his earlier hit for the label, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has light wear.)
Koko Taylor —
Jump For Joy ... LP Alligator, 1990. Sealed ...
Just Sold Out!
Features guest work from Lonnie Brooks on vocals and guitar, harmonica from Billy Branch, and some horn arrangements from Gene Barge – a great arranger who did plenty of work for Chess! Titles include "Can't Let Go", "Time Will Tell", "Fishing Trip", "The ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Probably THE album you truly need to own from Koko Taylor – and a completely great one, recorded way before she'd become a cliched fixture paying the bills on the frat boy tourist blues scene! The tracks here were recorded over a few years in mid-to-late 60s Chicago – mostly with ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rare Chicago moog set – recorded by our own Larry Taylor, in a moog-heavy style that doesn't feature much other instrumentation at all! Tracks include "Just A Gigolo", "Easy To Love", "Our Love Is Here To Stay", and Taylor's own "Synamoog". The ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
With Marin Taylor and John Goldie on guitar, Dave O'Higgins on saxophone, Alec Dankworth on bass, Jack Emblow on accordion, and James Taylor on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)
Sam Taylor —
Akai Glass ... LP Decca (Japan), Early 60s. Very Good Gatefold ...
$18.99
One of those cool Japanese-only albums from tenorist Sam The Man Taylor – with titles that include "Akai Glass", "Johnny Guitar", "Sans Toi Mamie", "Tokyo Blues", and "Kageo Shitaite". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small name on the bottom, but is nice overall.)
Sam Taylor —
Love You Tokyo ... LP Crown (Japan), 1967. Very Good- Gatefold ...
$14.99
A cool Japanese-only album – the tenor of Sam The Man Taylor amidst larger backings from Jinzo Kosugi, on tunes that include "Hakodate No Hito", "Koi", "Yanasage Blues", "Casbah No Onna", "Hokkaido Skies", and "Love You Tokyo". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Comes with a cool photo book in the middle!)
Sam Taylor —
Makka Na Taiyo ... LP Polydor (Japan), 1967. Very Good- Gatefold ...
$9.99
One of the great Japanese-only albums from this fantastic American tenorist – a player who seemed to get a lot more interest overseas than back home! The set has Sam blowing very soulful tenor solos over larger backings – and as with some of his other Japanese records, the songs ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In the original flipback cover. A nice clean copy.)
Seminal sides from the legendary Jack Teagarden – recorded during his prime years, with less of the broken-down feel of his later dates (not that we mind that, as it's one of the things that make those records so endearing!) Titles include "My Kinda Love", "Never Had A Reason ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Late 60s purple label pressing with deep groove.)
A beautiful portrait of the later Jack Teagarden – that musician who'd matured wonderfully with age, and really brought the best of that experience to bear on his records like this! Jack sings on a handful of tracks, but really spends much of the record on trombone – blown with a style ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Autumn Leaves", "Diane", "Alone Together", "Street Of Tears", "Strange", "Junk Man", "Cabin In The Sky", and more! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Cover has some surface wear, yellowing from age, some splitting in the seams, and small center split in the spine.)
With "Stars Fell On Alabama", "Our Monday Date", "Casanova's Lament", "Doctor Jazz", "After You've Gone", "If I Could Be With You", "The Shiek Of Araby", "Beale St Blues", and more. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Cover has minimal wear.)
A full length Riverside album that brings together two different sessions from the 78rpm years! Side one features trombonist Jack Teagarden working with an octet that also includes Rex Stewart on cornet, Ben Webster on tenor, and Barney Bigard on clarinet – and side two features clarinet ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(OJC pressing, still sealed in the perforated outer sleeve with hype stickers & vintage store sticker.)
Willie Tee —
Anticipation ... LP United Artists, 1976. Near Mint- ...
$24.99
Mid 70's album of funky soul tracks cut by ex-Gator Willie Tee, with a number of other members of the Gators, for United Artists. Don't go thinking that it's raw New Orleans soul, though, because the sound is a lot more polished, with more of a 70's modern groove to it. Willie's still got some ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has cut corner.)
Teegarden & Van Winkle —
But Anyhow ... LP Atco, 1969. Near Mint- ...
$19.99
The Teen Queens were a hip R&B duo who deserve a lot more credit than their silly name might make you think. They had a style that was part raw R&B, and part 60s girl group, years before the girl group format was around long enough to become a cliche! (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 80s issue. Cover has lightly bet corners and a small stain.)
They may be Teenagers, but this is hardly teen pop – as the album's a key step in the direction towards soul music for the 60s – thanks to the mighty power of the tragic Frankie Lymon! There's a sense of darkness to the album right from the start – even in the hit that kicks ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo 70s white label Gee/Roulette pressing. Cover has minimal wear.)
Temptations —
1990 ... LP Gordy, 1973. Very Good ...
$8.99
One of the last totally righteous albums by the Temptations – recorded at the end of their progressive run at Motown, and done with some really hard-hitting tunes and production from Norman Whitfield! Tracks step off with that beautiful mix of badass soul, heavy production, and soaring ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has a slight warp, but plays fine. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Die-cut cover has minimal wear.)
Temptations —
Solid Rock ... LP Gordy, 1972. Very Good- Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
A masterful album of righteous trippy soul – recorded during the height of the Temptations' strong association with Norman Whitfield! The record has more than a few political/social conscience songs – like "Take A Look Around", "Stop The War Now", and "Superstar ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the crowning moments of genius from 10CC – a record that has the duo of Godly & Creme really hitting their stride in the studio, and taking the group into completely different territory than on their first few records! The brilliance of the mega-hit "I'm Not In Love" is ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the Mercury inner sleeve and lyric sheet, with a bent corner. Cover has a cut corner, bent a bit at the top right, and some pen inside the opening.)
A sweet bit of electric sax work from Buddy Terry – who plays acoustic tenor on half the album, and Varitone on the other half! The groove is great – a bit more unusual and open than the regular Prestige soul jazz outing of the time – and with a great lineup that includes Jimmy ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label stereo with Van Gelder stamp. Vinyl has light sleeve marks. Cover has some wear on the top corner with part of the paste-on torn off & light staining, splitting on spine, spot of sticker removal.)
With arrangements by Phil Woods and Frank Wess – on titles that include "Dirty Old Man", "Big Bad Band", "Rock Skipping At Blue Note", and "Shell Game". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light ringwear, aging, bumped corners, and a tiny split in the bottom seam.)
Clark Terry —
Mumbles ... LP Mainstream, 1966. Very Good+ ...
$9.99
A surprisingly great little record from Clark Terry – filled with warmth, humor, and some really great grooves! The core of the album is the track "Mumbles", one that's based around Terry kind of slurring a scat vocal to a jazzy 60s groove. The track was a minor hit at the time, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Back cover has light aging.)
Clark Terry —
Paris 1960 ... LP Swing, 1960. Sealed Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
Includes material from several sessions from 1960, with sidemen that include Eric Dixon, Elek Bacsik, Kenny Clarke, Quintin Jackson, and Matial Solal. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 80s issue, still sealed with hype sticker.)
Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill —
Spanish Rice ... LP Impulse, 1966. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$13.99
Sweet Latin licks from Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill – cut in a mode that's very similar to O'Farrill's best Verve work of the 60s! The vibe is kind of a mod take on Afro Cuban sounds – not really Latin soul, but with a playful vibe that mixes together jazz and Latin with equal parts ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo rainbow label pressing. Cover has ring & edge wear, split top seam, tiny cutout hole, aging.)