An overlooked Hal Willner project – similar to his tributes to Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus! The set's based around the songs of Kurt Weil – with interesting performances by folks who include Van Dyke Parks, Todd Rundgren, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Carla Bley, and John Zorn. (Vocalists) CD
A treasure for all jazz fans worldwide! As is known to many, the great Blue Note label often recorded more material than it could issue on a regular basis – and some of the label's best bits often got lost in the cracks, and never saw the light of day! Over the past 30 years, many of these ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Includes tracks by an intriquing variety of artists including Robert Mitchum, Timi Yuro, Cleveland Crochet, Jackie Wilson, Gene Allison and others. (Soul) CD
Includes tracks by Irma Thomas, Johnny Adams, Marcia Ball, Beausoleil, Alvin "Red" Tyler, James Booker, Buckweat Zydeco, Phillip Walker, and others. (Funky Compilations) CD
(Out of print, small cutout hole through traycard.)
Features tracks by 90's heavyweights like Combustible Edison & Esquivel, Fastball, Ben Folds Five, Poe, Steve & Eydie, Pizzicato Five and more, covering classic lounge tunes – 14 tracks in all! (Funky Compilations) CD
Music from Sting, Vanessa Williams, Grover Washington Jr, New York Voices, Chaka Khan, Brenda Russell, Peter White, Freddy Cole, Ivan Lins, and more. (Vocalists) CD
Music by Esquivel, Xavier Cugat, Tito Puente, Bert Kaempfert, the Anita Kerr Singers, Percy Faith, Arthur Greenslade, Jeri Southern, and others. (Now Sound) CD
One of the most awe-inspiring Nuggets sets yet – a massive ode to the late 60s San Francisco scene – a wide, wide breadth of amazing singles from a disparate selection of acts – bound by a 120-page hardcover, richly illustrated book! Love Is The Song We Sing isn't at all the ... (Rock) read moreCD
Features great mellow work from Love Unlimited Orchestra, Cameo, The Dells, Starpoint, Ohio Players, Four Tops, Randy Brown, and Kinsman Dazz! (Soul) CD
The real sound of the British underground at the end of the 60s – a stellar 3CD package that goes way beyond the oft-heard modes from the classic rock and progressive years! Sure, all the big names from those years are totally great – but they've also obscured the really rich tapestry ... (Rock) read moreCD
Includes tracks from Makoto, K-Scope, Makoto Featuring Lori Fine, LTJ Bukem, K-Scope, Phluff, Words 2 B Heard Collective Featuring Mark Holmes, Doctor Jazz's Universal Remedy, and PHD & Funky Technicians. The DVD features a DTS ES 6.1 48/24 Surround mix, on-screen bios and a mix breakdown. (New Grooves) CD
Round Two features the tracks "16 Bars (Live At The Lyricist Lounge 1993)" by The Notorious B.I.G., "Oh No" by Mos Def & Pharoahe Monch featuring Nate Dogg, "Makin It Blend" by Q-Tip & Words, "Get Up" by Cocoa Brovaz, "Let's Grow" by Royce ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Music from George Shearing, Eastern Rebellion featuring Cedar Walton, Anita O'Day & Paul Smith Trio, Terry Gibbs Quartet, Pillars Of West Coast Jazz and Les McCann. (Jazz) CD
Music from The Original Caste, Edward Bear, R. Dean Taylor, Tranquillity Base, Joey Gregorash, Lighthouse, Crowbar, The Bells, The Stampeders, April Wine, and more. (Rock) CD
Music from The Beau-Marks, Little Caesar And The Consuls, David Clayton-Thomas & The Shays, The Big Town Boys, Ugly Ducklings, The Paupers, Mandala, Kensington Market, Ocean, Chilliwack, Syrinx, and more. (Rock) CD
Music from the Three Suns, Henri Rene, Russ Case, Bernie Green, Henry Mancini, the Markko Polo Adventurers, Perez Prado, Esquivel, and more! (Now Sound) CD
A great collection of tracks from the documentary on the man behind Mo Wax Records – Unkle/James Lavelle – an artist in his own right, and a creative force who helped shape the sound of a generation! The package includes not only some key cuts from the Mo Wax catalog, but also tunes ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Killer contemporary club from the Lumberjacks In Hell label – a European imprint, but one that owes plenty to the raw sound of the early years of American house! There's a very underground vibe going on here, and most cuts are stark, spare, and straight to the point – the best kind of ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
(CONDITION NOTE: Spine has a cutout notch & digpak has some wear priced accordingly.)
Featuring Bo Dollis, Champion Jack Dupree, Dr. John, Earl Turbinton, Jr, John Mooney, Monk Boudreaux, Rebirth Brass Band, The Golden Eagles, The Wild Magnolias and Willie Tee. (Soul) CD
Maria Callas performs arias from Cherubini, Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Mozart, Verdi, Gounod, Delibes, Massenet, and others. (Classical) CD
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Mas Cafe Cubana ... CD Warner/World Circuit/Nonesuch/Starbucks, 2000. Used ...
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Ten tracks from Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Afro-Cuban All Stars, and Los Zafiros. (Latin) CD
A time-spanning compilation that mixes old and new disco tunes alike! The set begins with the more cosmic sound of 70s club – longer tracks with a strong keyboard groove and really expanded rhythms – and it links those cuts up with more modern ones that still hold onto the soul of the ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Female soul galore – and a set that mixes together work from the 60s, 70s, and 80s – mostly pulled from the older catalog of Charly Records, and featuring styles that include funk, deep soul, and modern club! The stylistic mix is a bit all over the map, but there's plenty of great cuts ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Tracks from Full Force, Plaza, Donny Baptiste, Easy Access Orchestra, Metro Orchestra, Herb Meter, VJ-Scan, Jazzanova, Cinematic Orchestra featuring Fontella Bass, Fink, and more. (New Grooves) CD
Includes music by Faze-O, Deodato, Chic, Slave, Chaka Khan, Neal Howard, LFO, Soft House Company, Dillinja, Orbital, Calibre, Jaheim, and Tronikhouse. (New Grooves) CD
Music from Jeri Southern, Peggy Lee, Chris Connor, Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra, Gloria Lynne, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne With Lou Bring And His Orchestra, Etta Jones, Billie Holiday, and more - 18 songs in all. (Vocalists) CD
(Out of print, punch through barcode and promotional stamp inside the booklet.)
Includes music by Charles Sonko, Salim Abdullah, Kussow Kurtumwaarey, New Star Orchestra, Depiano & Orchestra Beguen Band, Francis Bebey, Professional Uhuru, and more – 23 tracks total. (Global Grooves) CD
Features: Lonnie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Charley Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Bumble Bee Slim and many others! 103 tracks across 4 discs. (Blues) CD
One of the best-ever compilations of GoGo music we've ever seen – all hand-selected by legendary funk DJ Snowboy! Snowboy's been digging for GoGo for years, and he's managed to put together a compilation that avoids all the cliches and mistakes of others like it – going for an all-winni ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Music from Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Jorge Ben Jor, Tim Maia, Sandra De Sa, Djavan, Chico Buarque, Titas, Marina, and more . (Brazil) CD
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Menu Kebab ... CD Big Cheese (France), 1996. Used ...
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Music from Les Disciples, 13 NRV, Yaya, Don Baba, Foxaphonk, the Big Cheese All Stars, Malka Family, King Kooba, Zona 45, Swaat & more. (Funky Compilations) CD
Includes 16 tracks from Barbecue Bob, Buddy Moses, Bessie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Merline Johnson, Memphis Minnie, and more. (Blues) CD
Field recordings by David Lewiston that feature regional folk and festival tunes from Southern Mexico. Tracks include "Son Alegre", "Son Sventa Cajvaltic", "El Chinito", "La Jota", and "Valse Chiapenecas". (Global Grooves) CD
Funky soundtrack tunes from the early 70s – a great mix of lesser known album cuts and a few other rare gems pulled from Universal's Soul Cinema series! The groove is wah-wah funk, fast riffing drums, tight "chase" theme grooves, and even a bit of soul – and tracks include ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
The second volume of funky soundtrack cuts lifted from MGM's Soul Cinema series – featuring some previously unissued gems from the early 70s, combined with a few more familiar classics, making for a great set of soulful action tunes! Lots of fast funky numbers, a few vocal cuts, and even a ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
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Midnight In Tokyo Vol 1 ... CD Studio Mule (Germany), Late 1970s/Early 1980s. Used ...
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A nice collection of Japanese boogie tracks, with selections by Nobuo Yagi, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Piper, Haruko Kuwana, Aru Takamura, Hitomi Tohyama, Honma Express, Colored Music, Shohjo-Tai & Red Bus St Project, Yumi Murata, Eri Ohno, Minnie, and Shoody. (Japanese) CD
A smooth set of soulful grooves – all very much in the Naked Music tradition (sensual sound, packaged in a cartoony cover with a naked girl – you know the deal!) Miguel Migs blends a range of current tracks that span the groove between house and soul – all quite pleasant, and ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
The female voice found a whole new way to flower in the world of folk music during the 60s – a style that helped women get past some of the more standard sultry modes of postwar pop, and hit the kind of righteous currents and deeper themes that helped transform a generation! The moment began ... (Rock) read moreCD
Includes music by Devo, Dexys Midnight Runners, Thompson Twins, Modern English, Bow Wow Wow, Stray Cats, Soft Cell, Gary Numan, Men Without Hats, and more – 20 tracks total. (Rock) CD
30 tracks from The Vallandeers, The Golden Nuggets, The Orientals, The Shamans, The Yachtsmen, The Dawns, The Bluffs, The Rivals, and The Duprells. (Soul) CD
Includes tracks by The Five Crowns, The Flaming Hearts, The Plants, The Blenders, The Seniors, The Dandevilles, The Brooklyn Boys, and The Pirates. 28 tracks in all! (Soul) CD
Includes tracks by The Ermines, The Gems, The Evergreens, The Revels, The 5 Bluenotes, The New Yorkers, The Imperials, The Ramblers, and The Four Bells. 27 tracks in all! (Soul) CD
Tracks from Mantra, Transatlantic Soul, Benny Benassi, Tomcraft, Jessy, Sylver, 4 Strings, The Streets, Lee-Cabrera, The Scumfrog, Andrea Doria, Cedric Gervais, and more. (New Grooves) CD
Very cool 2 CD compilation featuring 53 tracks from one of the greatest soul labels of the 60's. There's loads of great stuff here, including some unreleased tracks, and the artists include The Younghearts, The O'Jays, Gene Dozier, Bobby Womack, The Showmen, Irma Thomas, Aaron Neville, Benny ... (Soul) read moreCD
Includes the tracks "Momento" by Bebel Gilberto, "Azul Bahia" by Joyce, "Ave Maria No Morro" by Gal Costa, "I Miss You" by Janita, "Rainha" by CeU, and "Meus Sonhos" by Bruna Caram. (Funky Compilations) CD
Killer modern mixes of tracks from Azymuth's great Woodland Warrior album! Like the other titles in this series, this one takes a core of basic Brazilian jazz tracks – then gives them a modern production twist, with help from remixers like Jazzanova, 4 Hero, Roc Hunter, Yellow Productions, ... (Brazil) read moreCD
Includes music from Holly Cole, Dianne Reeves, Julie London, Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Dodo Green, Lorez Alexandria, Jerri Southern, Nina Simone, and Nancy Wilson. (Vocalists) CD
Tracks from VooDoo & Serano, Kim Sozzi, Azzido Da Bass, Mauro Picotto, Malina, Manchild, Junior Jack, Massiv', Rockell, Da Buzz, Becca, and more. (Funky Compilations) CD
Genius work from one of the most soulful production teams ever – brothers Larry and Fonce Mizell, a pair who really helped transform the sound of funky jazz in the 70s! The Mizell touch is a tricky thing to sum up adequately – a sublime blend of keyboards, splashy rhythms, vocal choirs ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
(Out of print. Promo sticker over barcode, stamp on disc.)
Fantastic rare Italian grooves from sound library and soundtrack sources – work by I Comonenti, Orchestra MC Karl, Riz Ortolani, I Bisaquei, Carlo Cordara, Albatros, and others! (Funky Compilations) CD
A low price, but a really great package – one that's overflowing with some of the best recent work from the mighty Schema Records! If you read these pages at all, you'll know we think that Schema's one of the greatest things going these days – a modern label, but one that's committed ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
A searing entry into the Mojo Club series – and one that really shows the way the compilations have evolved over the years! The album's heavier on soul music than ever before – but also features some tremendous jazz, Brazilian, and European gems as well – a wonderful set list ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A key moment from the late sixties – probably better known now through the film by D.A. Pennebaker – but just as great here in this deluxe box set! The set features music from John Phillips, the Association, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Canned Heat, Country Joe & the Fish, the ... (Rock) read moreCD
Music from John Phillips, The Association, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Canned Heat, Country Joe & The Fish, Steve Miller Band, Electric Flag, Lou Rawls, Ravi Shankar, Jefferson Airplane, Booker T & The MGs, The Who, Ottis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, The Mamas & the Papas, and more. (Rock) CD
A key moment from the late sixties – includes music from Country Joe & the Fish, Canned Heat, Hugh Musakela, Booker t & the MGs, the Mamas & the Papas, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Grateful Dead, the Byrds, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. (Rock) CD
Music from Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderley, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Carmen McRae, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, and more. (Jazz) CD
A great reissue that pairs together 2 obscure west coast sides from the 50s – both of them featuring some of the scene's best players, caught in a very different setting! The first 6 tracks on the set are from a 10" LP that originally appeared on the Skylark label under the leadership ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Includes music by The Blue Magoos, Seeds, Standells, Captain Beefheart, The Music Machine, Five Americans, Nightcrawlers, Merry-Go-Round, and more – 18 tracks in all! (Rock) CD
Includes tracks from Candlesnuffer, Brendan Walls, Sue Harding, Oren Ambarchi, Chris Smith, Scott Horscroft, Alan Lamb, Julian Knowles and more. (Out Sound) CD
An amazing package – one that comes in a tiny replica of the original home of Motown Records in Detroit! As you'd guess from the title, the 11CD set features every single Motown track that ever hit #1 on the charts – almost 200 classic songs, running from the early 60s right up through ... (Soul) read moreCD
Includes music by Mac Wiseman, the Stonemans, Chubby Wise, Don Reno, the Shelton Brothers, Grandpa Jones, Gene Autry, Fiddlin' Red Heron, Asa Martin, and Lester Flatt – 20 tracks total. (Folk/Country) CD
Seminal soul from one of Chicago's greatest labels in the 60s – the One-Der-Ful/Mar-V-Lus imprints, plus tracks from related Toddlin Town too – home to some of the best indie work at the time! The quality here is right up there with the best you'd hear from Chess, Okeh, or Brunswick in ... (Soul) read moreCD
Music from Tete Montoliu, Martial Solal, Monty Alexander, Willie The Lion Smith, Milt Buckner, Cecil Taylor, Friedrich Gulda, Red Garland, Joachim Kuhn, and others – 26 tracks total. (Jazz) CD
Music from Miklos Rosza, Max Steiner, Adolph Deutsch, David Raksin, Roy Webb, George Bassman, Andre Previn, Paul Sawtell, Anthony Collins, and more – plus loads of great dialogue from the films! (Soundtracks) CD
The nice set of club jazz, downtempo, cosmic hip hop, and all around groovy beatcraft blended together by DJ Mark Farina – his 6th volume in the Mushroom Jazz series! Mark does a terrific job here of assembling some of our favorite club grooves from around the globe, and an even better job ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
London DJ Nik Weston put together this hip set of modern tracks – a 2CD selection of groovers that includes lots of singles we've stocked in the past few years, and a number of hard to find (and expensive!) Japanese titles! There's a total of 20 cuts in all – and titles include "Ea ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
The classic soundtrack to Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing – lead, of course, by Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" – and beyond that is a pretty wonderful, and not always as intense cross-section of some of the finer urban soul and New Jack Swing, circa '89, breezy vocal-centric ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Music from the Wild One, On The Waterfront, the Godfather, Muitny On The Bounty, A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata, Apocalypse Now, and more. (Soundtracks) CD
Music from Obray Ramsey, Merle Haggard, Dixie Cups, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Marty Robbins, Bob Dylan, Charlie Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Henry Thomas, Jimmy Reed, and more – 17 tracks total. (Rock) CD
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Music Of Cosmos ... CD RCA/Collectables, 1981. Used ...
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Soundtrack to the TV series by Carl Sagan, with selections by Vangelis, Toru Takemitsu, Tomita, and Synergy, and classical pieces by Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Bach, Shostakovich, Hovhaness, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Stravinsky. (Soundtracks) CD
A gorgeous collection of music – brought together in an equally gorgeous package! We'll rave about the latter in a minute – but first onto the music, which is the most important part! The sounds were all recorded by Paul Bowles in Morocco at the end of the 50s – at a time when ... (Global Grooves) read moreCD
Dig 80s electro pop? You'll find plenty to love here – as the set's a killer collection of tracks from a time when the UK scene was really exploding with new ideas and fresh music! The "radio" in the title is a reference to the fact that once-underground electronic acts were ... (Rock) read moreCD
Music from the Hepsters, Barney & the Googles, Marvin & the Chirps, the Corvairs, the Robins, the Shields, the Cameos, the Superiors, the Octaves, the Headspinners & more. (Soul) CD
Tracks from Chez Damier, Deep Sensation, Global Communication, DiY, Motorbass, Pepe Bradock, Alex Gopher, Circulation, and Larry Heard. (House Music) CD
Wonderfully tripped-out pop from the late 60s – served up by a few famous names and an even better band of lesser-knowns – all of whom recorded for Warner Brothers and related labels at the time! The package does a great job of showing the "pop" side of psychedelia – a ... (Rock) read moreCD
Bear Family does it again – coming up with a sublime selection of vocal tunes from 50s and 60s westerns – mostly films, but with a few TV tunes thrown in for good measure! We're surprised at how much we like this stuff – and it segues nicely not only with our love of soundtracks, ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD