An amazing compilation of early electronic dance music – not only featuring some of coolest, most out there and progressive experimental electronic soundscapes of the era – but strangely moving, too! It has work by some legendary avant garde composers, made for remarkably forward-thinki ... (Out Sound) read moreCD
A killer compilation of Daptone Gold – a funky and soulful collection that's a perfect snapshot of the sounds coming out of Daptone's House Of Soul recording studios in the aughties! The Daptone sound spins from a tight community of players with the deepest love and respect for the classic, ... (Deep Funk) read moreCD
A long-overdue entry in this amazing series – a set of music that's gone on to be a genre unto itself, and which stands as a tribute to the song-picking genius of the great Dave Godin! The music here is a really special breed of soul – sounds that start out in the heart-worn style of ... (Soul) read moreCD
Music from Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Powermad, Angelo Badalamenti and Kinny Landrum, Nicolas Cage, Them, Koko Taylor, Chris Isaak, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps, Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra, Rubber City, and Angelo Badalamenti and Kinny Landrum. (Soundtracks) CD
Music from the Ink Brothers, the Mills Brothers, the Red Caps, the Toppers, the Basin Street Boys, the Ravens, the Orioles, the Robins, the Larks, the Mello Moods, the Five Keys, the Swallows, and more – 100 tracks total! (Soul) CD
Music from Lulu Reed & The Teeners, Ron & The Motions, Joe Caldwell, The Velps, The Rollettes, Lillian Brooks & The Moroccos, The Nobles, Shirley Ross, The Twilighters, The Toneblenders, Chris Powell & Five Blue Flames, and more - 26 tracks in all. (Soul) CD
The second volume of the soundtrack to the film Dead Presidents. Like the first volume, this is a whopping batch of classic 70s soul tracks – including "Right On For The Darkness" and "We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue (Live)" by Curtis Mayfield, "I Got The ... (Soul) read moreCD
Ten tracks from Evolution, M People, Hyper Go Go, Usura, Felix, Lionrock, Definitive Two, and N-Joi. (New Grooves) CD
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Dee Jays Vol 2 ... CD Concert Products, Late 1950s/1960s. Used ...
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Songs tracks and radio shows from dee jays of the past. Jocko Henderson, Gus Gossert, Clay Cole, Dick Biondi, the Escorts, the Five Satins, the Youngtones, and more. (Soul) CD
Includes music from R.L. Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough, Big Jack Johnson, Frank Frost, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Roosevelt 'Booba' Barnes, Lonnie Pitchford, Jack Owens, Bud Spires, and more. (Blues) CD
One of the comps that rode the mid 90s wave of turntablism, with a nice time table inside the gatefold sleeve. Not as much over the top trickery as you might hear on the Return of The DJ compilations on Bomb, but some essential moments, like Cut Chemist's "Lesson 6" and the X-Men's " ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Features tracks by Jerry McCain & His Upstarts, Blues Rockers, Baby Boy Warren, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightin' Slim, Lazy Lester and more – 24 tracks in all! (Blues) CD
These guys just keep on digging and digging up more great soul music – and our record collections are certainly richer as a result! As with previous volumes, the focus here is on deep-burning, low-cooking tunes that are often heavily in the southern soul spectrum – the kind of tunes ... (Soul) read moreCD
(Note: CD appears to have been mastered from vinyl sources – and although printed professionally, it's a bit low-budget in terms of the packaging. CD may not play well on all players.)
Music from Junior Wells, Big Joe Williams, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Big Time Sarah, Robert Jr Lockwood, Arthur Crudup, Otis Rush, JB Hutto, Jimmy Johnson, Curtis Jomes, Speckled Red and more. (Blues) CD
Features Scott Fields, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, Taku Sugimoto, Gene Goleman, Elliott Sharp, Richard Teitelbaum, Kang Tae Hwan, Utah Kawasaki, and more. (Jazz) CD
Tracks from Chris Lum, S.W.A.T., Lawn Chair Generals, DJ Ali, LHK & Alex Moran, Audio Soul Project, Urban Farmers, Djinxx, Rhythm Plate, Fries & Bridges, and more. (New Grooves) CD
Music from The Flamin' Groovies, The Poppees, The Rockfield Chorale, Snatch, D.M.Z., Iggy & The Stooges, The Zeros, The Weirdos, Shoes, 20/20, The Singles, The Romantics, and much more. (Rock) CD
Funky soul from Detroit – the second foray into the uber-rare and unreleased funk treasures recorded at Dave Hamilton's Motor City studio – and an even deeper look at what's turning out to be one of the greatest long-buried funk catalogs to come to light in recent years! The collection ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A really great set of rare Detroit numbers – all pulled from the catalog of the LuPine label, a company who cut some great little records in the shadow of Motown! The work on the set includes a lot of early 60s numbers – including a few tracks by The Primettes, an early incarnation of ... (Soul) read moreCD
Music from the Hombres, Crazy Elephant, Robert Knight, Merrilee & the Turnabouts, the Fifth Estate, the Neon Philharmonic, Soul Survivors, the Wildweeds, Mercy, Derek, and more. (Rock) CD
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Dig It One ... CD Compost (Germany), 2002. Used ...
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A limited edition CD from Compost Records – one that features titles never before issued on CD, as well as some hard to find remixes! The set's a great treat to you fans of Compost without a turntable – as it compiles some of the best cuts from singles of the past few years, and throws ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Massive mix put together by Dimitri From Paris – two CDs plus a bonus disc – featuring tracks by D Train, Grace Jones, Tortured Soul, Fat Larry's Band, Change, Stereo Mutants, Incognito, Gato Barbieri, India, Jafrosax, Sylvester, and more. (Funky Compilations) CD
Caribbean disco, funk and dancefloor grooves from a range of sources – spacey grooves and tropical dancefloor sounds from Billie Cole, Tappa Zukie, El Cid, Casual T and many more! A number of tunes have more of a pronounced late 70s club soul groove with spacey touches, others have more ... (Global Grooves) read moreCD
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Disco Biscuits ... CD Coalition/Arthrob (UK), 1997. Used 2 CDs ...
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Music from 808 State, Electribe 101, Underworld, Hardfloor, Leftfield, Empirion, Rhythim Is Rhythim, Capricorn, Orbital, Green Velvet, LTJ Bukem, and more. (New Grooves) CD
Remixes and extended tracks galore – and a wonderful package that really opens up the world of the gay club scene in the post-disco years! The tracks are a great array of dance, import, and high energy tracks – some of which carry forward disco energy into the 80s, others of which open ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Extended long play club versions of 12 tracks by Black Box, Soul II Soul, Cece Peniston, Snap, Technotronic, Cathy Dennis, Crystal Waters, Lidell Townsell, Lil' Louis, Sybil, Gwen Guthrie, and Joyce Sims. (Soul) CD
An excellent companion to the legendary first Disco Spectrum set – and like the first, this one's a stunning batch of rare club tracks, expertly selected by Joey Negro! This one's even more soulful than the first set – and is more a great set of rare club and dancefloor tracks, than it ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
(Out of print, artwork has some age spots and is priced accordingly.)
Music from the Hues Corporation, KC & the Sunshine Band, the Sylvers, Carol Douglas, Alicia Bridges, Foxy, the Village People, Candi Staton, the Jackson 5, the Miracles, and more. (Soul) CD
Music from Duane Eddy, Reg Owen And His Orchestra, Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen, Mongo Santamaria, the Arthur Lyman Group, Perez Prado And His Orchestra, Bent Fabric And His Piano, the Islanders, Vince Guaraldi Trio, and more. (Now Sound) CD
Music from Joe Turner, Gerry Mulligan, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Foster, Roy Eldridge, Thelonious Monk, Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Zoots Sims, and more. (Jazz) CD
Music from Pezband, Artful Dodger, Earthquake, Piper, The Nerves, Flamin' Groovies, Chris Bell, Cheap Trick, Chris Stamey, Tommy Hoehn, The Scruffs, The Names, and more. (Rock) CD
Music from Willie Alexander, the Real Kids, the Cars, Unnatral Axe, Human Sexual Response, the Maps, Mission Of Burma, the Lyres, Neats, the Thrills and more. (Rock) CD
Music from the Jam, Generation X, the Rezillos, 999, Sham 69, Magazine, Wire, the Buzzcocks, X-Ray Spex, Stiff Little Fingers, the Lurkers, the Soft Boys, Alternative TV and more. (Rock) CD
19 tracks from ther Cryers, the Rubinoos, Gary Valentine, Prix, 20/20, Shoes, the Beat, the Pop, Pearl Harbor & the Explosions, Off Broadway USA, the Know & more. (Rock) CD
19 songs from Eddie & The Hot Rods, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, The Motors, Tom Robinson Band, Kursaal Flyers, Squeeze, The Only Ones, XTC, The Boys, and more. (Rock) CD
Includes tracks by The Buzzcocks, The Undertones, Joe Jackson, Squeeze, XTC, The Jags, Zones, Purple Hearts, The Revillos, The Distractions, and The Tourists. (Rock) CD
In the spirit of this popular series, Kruder & Dorfmeister remix some of the tastiest modern grooves from hip labels like Ninja Tune, Moving Shadow, Compost, and Cup Of Tea. The pair add in a nice heavy sound, giving the tunes a bit more soul than usual, thanks to a wonderful sensitivity for a ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Two separate DJ mixes – includes tracks by Subsystem, Kings Of Tomorrow, Don Carlos, Stephane Malca, Andricka Hall, Erik Kupper, Delicious Inc, and Silicone Soul. (New Grooves) CD
Life! Liberty! Vengeance! A wild and very cool soundtrack for Tarantino's dual Blacksploitation/Spaghetti Western homage Django Unchained – featuring bits from some of our favorite Italian western composers mixed up with classic and contemporary funky soul and hip hop! It's the kind of ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Rerecorded hits from Bobby Vee, Jackie Wilson, the Earls, Dee Clark, the Charts, Dion, the Turbans, Hank Ballard, the Moonglows, Del Shannon, the Tymes, Ben E King, and more. (Soul) CD
Features Lightnin' Hopkins, Roosevelt Skyes, Son House, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams, Grayson and Whitter, Sam McGhee, Teddy Bunn, Ralph Willis, Memphis Jug Band, and more. (Blues) CD
A brilliant batch of James Brown funky covers! This is one of the best compilations we've ever seen on the Harmless label – a collection of obscure version of tracks by James Brown or dedicated to James Brown, all with a funky sound that would make The Godfather himself pretty darn proud! ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Not much of a cover photo, but one of the most amazing collections so far from the Numero Group – a richly archival project that finally brings to light the lost efforts of the short lived Tap Records label! Tap was the brainchild of Jeremiah Yisrael – an ambitious producer, and ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Way more than just the rock and roll promised in the title – as the music here is surprisingly heartfelt, surprisingly moving, and surprisingly effective – even if we don't know the language! There's definitely a rock style on most tunes, but the music is hardly the kind of knockoff ... (Global Grooves) read moreCD
Nice covers from Brix E Smith, Hypnolovewheel, Spirit Of The West, Windwalker, Young Fresh Fellows, Papa Sprain & Butterfly Child, Sarah McLachlan, Julian Jones, The Posies, Black Sox, and more. (Rock) CD
Music from the Vels, the Veletones, the Jivers, the Four Tunes, the V8's, the Elegants, the Orients, the Chestnuts, the Willows, the Cadillacs, the Volumes, and more – 30 tracks total. (Soul) CD
Way more than just the Doo Wop promised in the title – as the set starts with raw harmony work of the 50s, then moves up to include a whole bunch of 60s soul too! The set's a great overview of the evolution of vocal group modes during these crucial years in American music – and some ... (Soul) read moreCD
Music from the Co-Hearts, the Crescendos, the Angels, the Del-Vettes, the Sharmettes, the Supremes, the Carmelettes, the Vows, the Deltairs, the Mudlarks, the Tranells, and more – 25 tracks in all. (Soul) CD
Music from G-Clefs, Majestics, Syndicates, Love Notes, Del-Tones, Delphonics, Uniques, Syndicates, Estelles, C-Quins, and more - 25 songs in all. (Soul) CD
Music from The Sultans, The Uniques, Paul Perryman, The Rebels, Jimmy McCracklin And His Blues Blasters, Chuck Edwards, Elmore Morris with Arnett Cobb And His Mobb, Scotty Mann And The Masters, Bea Booker, Miss LaVell, and more. (Soul) CD
Music from The Downbeats, The Scamps, The Dappers, Four Dukes, Ted Taylor, Buddy Ace, The Clefs, Chester McDowall, Junior Ryder, Johnny Otis Orchestra, Kenneth Deal, Sonny Woods And His Downbeats, Buddy Ace, and more - 26 tracks in all. (Soul) CD
Includes 30 tracks from the Suburbans, Precisions, Freddy & Claire, The Accents, The C-Notes, The Fabulous Blends, The Ovations, David Gates, The Swinging Hearts, Nicky St, Clair, The Domineers, and more! (Soul) CD
Includes 19 tracks and featuring songs by the Untouchables, Classic Four, Larry Lee & the Leisures, Kenny & the Socialites, Jo-Ann, the Question Marks, Starfires, Ritchie Cordell, and more! (Soul) CD
Includes 30 tracks by the Squires, Montereys, Orlons, Valtones, Gainors, James Powell, Bobby Vee, the Playboys, Five Schillings, Hearts, School Boys, Sonnets, and more. (Soul) CD
Includes 30 tracks by the Penguins, Kingsmen, Four Fellows, Continentals, Bertha Tillman, Anita May, Interiors, Kodaks, Dellcords, Mifflin Twins, and the Rockin' Dukes. (Soul) CD
Music from Kenny Vance, The Elegants, The Holidays, Fourteen Karat Soul, Georgia Harris and The Hy-Tones, The Explorers, The Eternals, Bobby And The Discounts with Nick Addeo, Sountrac, The Del Carlos, and more. (Soul) CD
A really unique set of doo wop tracks from the classic years – one that has a slightly different format than some of the others on the market, as you might guess from the cover! These tunes are definitely sweet, but never too pop overall – and the titles all come from an extremely well- ... (Soul) read moreCD
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Doo Wop Underground ... CD Burning Airlines/NMC (UK), 1950s/Early 1960s. Used 2CD ...
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Songs by the Tan Tones, Vibes, Metrotones, Troopers, Monitors, Orbits, Golden Tones, Dixie Aires, Socialites, Mandells, Whirlwinds, Bobby Woods, the Noble Tones, Artamer James, Nat Roman, the Arrows, and more – 56 tracks total! (Soul) CD
Includes music from the Persians, Decoys, Four Bars, the Hippies, Lenny Dean & the Rockin' Chairs, Nancy Carole, the Fidelities, Leisure Lads, Harptones, and more – 26 tracks total. (Soul) CD
Music from the Chimes, Vernon Green & the Phantoms, the Five Nights, the Metronomes, the Kings, the Pentagons, Ben Zeppa & the Zephyrs, Jesse & Martin, the Four Flames, the Dukes, and more – 21 songs in all. (Soul) CD
Music from the Drifters, Jack Scott, the Pentagons, Jackie Wilson, Fats Domino, the Jive Five, the Impalas, the Cadillacs, the Del Vikings, the Channels, the Harptones, and more – 24 tracks in all. (Soul) CD
A nice nice compilation of funky club and acid jazz tracks from the early 90s – back in the days when Dorado could be trusted to put out some of the most exciting and most soulful music of all the new British labels. There's a wide range of stuff on here, but the price is right, and there ... (New Grooves) read moreCD
Features tracks by Outside, Jhelisa, D Note, Cool Breeze, Circle In The Round, Monkey Business, High Steppers, Giant Step NYC, This I Dig, and Sunship. (New Grooves) CD
Music from the Coeds, the Class Notes, the Paramounts, the Jades, Eddie Curtis, the Scholars, Ray Johnson, the Daylighters, Jeff Stevens, the Scholars, Brian Davis, and more – 25 tracks in all. (Soul) CD
Music from Lonnie Brooks & Koko Taylor, Wynonie Harris & Joe Turner, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf & Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith & Clara Smith, Big Mama Thornton & Johnny Ace, John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, ... (Blues) read moreCD
A really great assortment of rare work from the golden era of Western Swing – featuring famous Texas and Oklahoma acts, plus a lot of other much more obscure artists! The set features a whopping 99 tracks in all – with work from Fort Worth Doughboys, Bob Wills & Texas Playboys, ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
An assortment of tracks recorded together under the Downbeat name, but which was really designed to showcase the budding jazz talents on late 50s Dot Records! The set kicks off with a big band, Basie-ish number – "Blues Over Easy", performed by Manny Alban and jazz greats that ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A hand-picked collection of amazing tracks – from one of the world's foremost collectors of 78rpm discs from the pre-war years! Includes a great 72-page booklet with notes on each of the tracks, a lengthy interview, and some great archival photos of Joe in his basement! (Blues) CD
25 songs from the Impossibles, the Dinos, Dave T & the Del Rays, the Matodors, the Majors, the Holidays, Adam Taylor, Mike & the Jays, the Chants, the Neptunes, and more. (Rock) CD
Heavy transatlantic vibrations selected by Don Letts! As the principle architect of the connection between the brash UK punk scene of the 70s and the Jamaican music community, you know Letts is especially qualified to assemble a massive set of reggae pulled from the vaults of Greensleeves! ... (Reggae) read moreCD
A great mix of jangle pop and female vocal numbers from 60s England – the 4th in RPM's great series of Dream Babes, and one of the best yet! The groove here runs along the lines of work by some of the more famous British singers of the era – Petula Clark, Shirley Bassey, Sandi Shaw, ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
A dozen tracks from Kennedy, Free Drinks, The Anthorne Project, Xploding Plastic, Zka4t, Unforscene, City, Jeremy Beecher, and Banabila. (New Grooves) CD
Music from Big Mama Thornton, Marie Adams, Johnny Ace, Big Walter, Junior Parker, Bobby Bland, Norman Fox and the Rob Roys, the Original Casuals, the El Torros, James Booker, Joe Hinton, and more – 16 tracks total. (Soul) CD
Loads of killer rocksteady – all of produced by Duke Reid in for his landmark Treasure Isle label – incredible work by Alton Ellis, The Jamaicans, The Techniques, The Paragons, The Melodians, Dobby Dobson, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Phyllis Dillon, The Silvertones and many more ... (Reggae) read moreCD
Music from Little Caesar, The Bay Bops, Bob & Jerry, The Blanders, The Velveteers, Andy Dio, The El Tones, The Butanes, Tony Orlando, Kac-Ties, G-Clefs, and more - 25 songs in all. (Soul) CD
Beautiful! If you dig harmony soul as much as we do, then you'll really love this set – a super batch of 22 rare group soul cuts from the late 60s and early 70s, a perfect summation of that "sweet soul" sound that's always so hard to find on the reissue market. And like the first ... (Soul) read moreCD
22 songs from from Antonio Mairena, Tomas Pavon, Pepe Pinto, Manolita De Jerez, Nina De Los Peines & Pepe Pinto, Manuel Vallejo, Manolo Caracol, and Nina De Los Peines. (Latin) CD
Music from the Exciters, Betty Everett, Shirley Ellis, the Cookies, Carole King, Earl Jean, Skeeter Davis, Little Peggy March, Linda Scott, Janie Grant, Toni Fisher, the Murmaids, Robin Ward, and more. (Rock) CD
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Early Girls Vol 3 ... CD Ace (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. Used ...
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Includes tracks by Etta James, Margie Rayburn, Della Reese, Carla Thomas, Bernadette Carroll, The Chantels, Patti Page, and Esther Phillips. (Rock) CD
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East Coast Blues ... CD Gotham/Collectables, Late 40s/Early 50s. Used ...
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Rare blues work cut for the Gotham label in Philly – work by Tarheel Slim, Ralph Willis, Dan Pickett, Doug Quattlebaum, and Sonny Terry – a few tracks each by most singers! (Blues) CD
A great great great collection of rare soul tracks – all pulled from the east LA powerhouse Rampart Records – a key force for fresh sounds in the 60s! Rampart was at a crossroads between soul and Latin scenes in the larger Los Angeles area – and as such, was able to grab music ... (Soul) read moreCD
Includes Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, Arthur Lyman, Percy Faith, Henry Mancini, Dinah Washington & Brook Benton, Patsy Cline, and many more. (Vocalists) CD
The first volume in Sequel's great series of UK eazy groovy tracks! Like the other titles in the series, it has an amazing sense of production missing from some other loungey comps. It features loads and loads of great easy instrumental groups that made Britain one of the best places to go ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
Includes tracks by Dick Hyman, Felix Slatkin, Enoch Light, Les Baxter, Mel Henke, Los Brasilios, Julie London, Warren Barker, and Ray Connif. (Now Sound) CD
Music from Stefano Torossi, Alberto Balden Bembo, Romano Mussolini, Lesiman, Lee Selmoco Orchestra, Francesco De Masi, Piero Piccioni, Armando Trovajoli, Giancarlo Barigozzi, and Piero Umiliani – 16 tracks in all. (Funky Compilations) CD
A killer collection of east coast soul from the 70s – work that originally appeared on a handful of different labels, but which was all put together by Robert Hosea Williams – an unsung producer working out of a small studio in Silver Springs – with an incredible ear for up-and-com ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
An incredible peek into a near-lost chapter of Chicago soul – the tiny Bandit label, home to The Majestic Arrows, one of the greatest indie harmony groups of the midwest in the 70s – plus a few other excellent soul artists! As with the other Eccentric Soul volume from Numero, this one ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
An incredible look at an obscure Detroit soul label – a tiny little company, but home to some really great funk and soul! The Big Mack label ran somewhat sporadically through the 60s and into the early 70s – but during that time, it managed to cut some incredible tunes with a really ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD
A treasure trove of funk and soul from one heck of a great little label – Columbus, Ohio's short-lived Capsoul imprint – only around for 5 years in the 70s, but home to a great flurry of indie singles! We first caught onto the label's brilliance with their funky classics "Hot ... (Funky Compilations) read moreCD