A really heady record from the Venezuelan scene of the 70s – a record that mixes hard rock energy with prog-styled instrumentation, all at a level that creates some really dynamic sounds overall! These guys take off right from the start – and although the record's a concept album, the ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A tremendous non-Prestige moment from tenorist Booker Ervin – one of his first albums ever as a leader, and a record that bristles with 60s modern energy! The group here is only a quartet – with Horace Parlan on piano – and the album's got Booker's amazing tenor right out front, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram pressing – remastered from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman!)
A mighty nice record that carries on some of the work from the European scene of the early 70s – that moment when prog got a slight influence from classical in the way the instrumentation opened up – not just with the virtuoso dexterity of the players, but also in the way the sound ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A brilliant mix of jazz, soul, and R&B – all filtered through a mod sort of London freshness, as early proof that the city could always take some great things from our own musical roots, and feed it back to us with a whole new flavor! Georgie Fame's no copycat here, though – and ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Vinyl has a short click on the 1st track. Cover has mild corner bends.)
Mid 70s and mellow work from two legendary Brazilian vocalists – the great Dick Farney and the lovely Claudette Soares, singing here in a set of duets that include a number of classic Brazilian tunes set to lush arrangements. The sound is very classic – kind of a 70s take on an older ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original Brazilian pressing. Cover has light wear, tiny sticker.)
Finnigan & Wood —
Crazed Hipsters ... LP Blue Thumb, Early 70s. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
We're not sure we'd go as far as to say that Mike Finnigan and Jerry Wood are the crazed hipsters promised in the title – but they do a very good job here of hitting some of the more offbeat sides of the scene in the early 70s! By the time of the record, Mike had plenty of experience on a ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
That's right, The Flaming Lips, plus Stardeath And White Dwarfs, with guests Henry Rollins and Peaches – all celebrating, deflating, inflating, messing with and making love to Pink Floyd's epic rock masterpiece Dark Side Of The Moon! Titles include "Speak To Me", "Breathe" ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Translucent sea-foam green vinyl pressing. Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
Dan Fogelberg —
Nether Lands ... LP Full Moon/Epic, 1977. Sealed Gatefold ...
$14.9924.99
Titles include "Scarecrow's Dream", "False Faces", "Once Upon A Time", "Nether Lands", "Dancing Shoes", "Lesson's Learned", "Give Me Some Time", "Loose Ends", and "Love Gone By". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(70s pressing in a textured gatefold cover, still sealed with price sticker remnants.)
A groovy little group from the northeast scene in the 70s – one who mix jazz and funk touches with some more roots-oriented material at times – all handled with instrumentation that's impeccable throughout! If these guys were out in Cali, they'd no doubt be working in the big studios ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Joshua Fox —
Joshua Fox ... LP Tetragrammaton, 1969. Near Mint- ...
$14.9919.99
A classic 70s soul soundtrack – and a dream of a combination! Curtis Mayfield wrote the soundtrack and produced the album – and the result is a killer batch of 70s soul tracks that matches Aretha's strong vocals with the hip Curtom sound of Chicago! Aretha was still doing pretty well ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A record that has some blues influences at the core, but which also really moves past that energy right away – by folding in some of the hipper, headier styles that Frijid Pink had picked up while working on the Detroit scene at the end of the 70s! The vocals are raw in a great way, and the ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US stereo pressing on Parrot, includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a cut corner and light wear.)
A really heady set from the contemporary jazz scene in South Africa – a record led by groundbreaking drummer Asher Gamedze, and one that has all these wonderfully righteous currents soaring from a surprisingly small group! Gamedze's sense of rhythm is nicely offbeat – different than ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ben LaMar Gay might well be one of the most creatively intense artists on the International Anthem label – and that's saying a lot, given all of the groundbreaking talents who've come to record for the company in recent years! And while Ben's previous record was completely mindblowing, this ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie —
Creole Gal ... LP Route 66 (Sweden), Late 40s/Early 50s. Near Mint- ...
$4.999.99
The record that may well push Devon Gilfillian over the top – and a set that might also set a whole new standard in soul music as well! Devon's got a way of embracing the sensual presence of male soul stars from years back, while also presenting himself with a fragile, open quality that's ... (Neo Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Great RCA comp of Dizzy's earlier bop sides for the label, many of which came out first only as singles! Titles include "Anthropology", "Jumpin With Symphony Sid", "Ool Ya Koo", "Duff Capers", "I'll Be Boppin Too", and "Guarachi Guaro" ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono purple label pressing with deep groove. Includes the RCA inner sleeve.)
A legendary bit of cubop! Diz is playing here with the band that virtually invented Latin Jazz – the one that featured Chano Pozo on conga, plus great soloists like James Moody and Ernie Henry – all blowing beautifully in a style that's one of the most perfect realizations of the cubop ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Light blue label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and is bent a bit at the corners.)
A beautiful post-Atlantic album from Nikki Giovanni – much more intimate and personal than her better known work, with only Nikki's voice throughout the album – heard on a number of shorter poems! At some level, Giovanni seems to have left behind the more righteous themes of before, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A key lost chapter in the career of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – material recorded for the Marmalade label in the years before they burst forth to greater fame in 10CC – all with a very different vibe than the sound of that later group! There's still plenty of the heavenly quality of ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Marty Gold & His Orchestra —
It's Magic ... LP RCA, 1961. Very Good+ ...
$1.992.99
One of the more string-heavy sessions in RCA's Stereo Action series, but still worthy of the dynamic style that made the Stereo Action titles some of RCA's best easy recordings from the 60s! Marty's got orchestrations here that are a bit quirkier than usual – making good use of the stereo ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In the heavy die-cut cover, including the printed inner sleeve. Cover has aging, taped top seam, partial split on spine, yellowing from age.)
Golden Mean —
Oumuamua ... LP Jazz Refreshed (UK), 2023. New Copy ...
$16.9929.99
A soaring London set, in the best tradition of the Jazz Refreshed label – served up by a group who know how to channel classic jazz funk modes, and really send them soaring to the skies! There's an electric piano on here that has all sorts of harder-edged, almost noisy qualities at times ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jerry Goldsmith —
Lionheart ... LP Varese, 1987. Near Mint- ...
$4.999.99
(Includes insert. Cover has light wear and a small mark from price sticker removal.)
Manuel Gomes, Geraldo Cunha, & Others —
Choro E Isto ... LP Discos Marcus Pereira/Polydor (Japan), Mid 70s. Near Mint- ...
$14.9919.99
A great Japanese issue of material originally recorded in Brazil by the Marcus Pereira label – choro recordings by a group that includes Manuel Gomes on flute, Fritz on pandeiro, Geraldo Cunha on guitar, and Benedito Costa on cavaquinho! (Brazil) LP, Vinyl record album
Traditional Japanese folk songs played in classical Spanish guitar style! (Global Grooves) LP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has light wear.)
Dexter Gordon —
Ca'Purange ... LP Prestige, 1973. Very Good+ ...
$9.9914.99
One of Dexter's best sessions from the 70s – and one that's got more soul, more power, and more ensemble playing than a lot of his other "soloist with European rhythm section" albums. The group's a great one – with Thad Jones, Hank Jones, and Louis Hayes laying down some very ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green label pressing. Cover has faint ring wear.)
Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance —
At Montreux ... LP Prestige, 1970. Near Mint- ...
$9.9911.99
With Junior Mance on piano, Martin Rivera on bass, and Oliver Jackson on drums. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Grand Funk Railroad —
Live Album ... LP Capitol, Early 70s. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$9.9911.99
(Tan label pressing in a Pioneer sleeve. Labels have initial stamps.)
Bennie Green —
Swingin'est ... LP Vee Jay, Early 60s. Very Good ...
$19.9933.99
A hard set of soul jazz grooves – recorded under the leadership of the great trombonist Benny Green, and one of his few albums not for Blue Note or Prestige! The sound is very much in the Prestige hardbop mode of the late 50s – and Green heads up a group that includes Gene Ammons and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original maroon label pressing with deep groove. Cover has a split top seam, split bottom with tape repair, some surface wear, aging, edge wear.)
A really fantastic record from Blue Note guitar genius Grant Green – and a set that's got a sound that goes way past his goofy look on the cover! The title's a bit right – in that there's something of a Latin vibe going on, with more percussion than usual in a small group – but ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Part of the excellent Blue Note Tone Poet series – heavy vinyl and cover!)
Johnny Griffin —
Man I Love ... LP Polydor (UK), Late 60s. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$19.9939.99
An astounding live set from Johnny Griffin – recorded at the famous Club Montmartre in Copenhagen, where Griff had practically taken up residence in the late 60s! The record crackles with the kind of free energy of the best Montmartre sessions – long tracks and compelling solos, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing of the UK version – gatefold cover, heavy vinyl, and insert! Cover has some very light aging inside the gatefold, and light fading on spine – but this is a great copy overall.)
Grim Reaper —
Fear No Evil ... LP RCA/Ebony, 1984. Near Mint- ...
$24.9929.99
A story of "spaceship earth" – created and performed by electronics genius Bruce Haack, ostensibly for children, but a really tripped-out set! The album's got a stark, spare feel – one that uses Haack's echoey voice alongside homemade electronics and rhythms – all in a ... (Now Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wonderful album from guitarist Jim Hall – different than some of his other work, and with a slightly harder edge! The unique session has him playing in an MPS 60s mode – more straight-on than some of his more airy moments – with a sound and tone that still recalls his work with ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Lionel Hampton, Punch Miller, Mighty Sparrow, & Others —
America Di Notte ... LP RCA (Italy), Late 50s. Very Good- ...
$9.9914.99
A really unique soundtrack for an Italian film – one that includes jazz from New York and San Francisco, calypso from Port Of Spain, steel band work from Trinidad, and more music from Brazil and Argentina too! Features work by Lionel Hampton, Punch Miller, Desperados Trinidad Steel Band, ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a split top seam, but is nice overall.)
A real treat – one of the few small group sessions ever recorded by Slide Hampton during the 60s! The session was cut in Paris, where Hampton had taken up residence at the end of the decade – and was done with an all-star group that features Joachim Kuhn on piano, Niels-Henning Orsted-P ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s Le Jazz En France issue. Cover has light ring impressions and a small worn spot at the top seam.)
Happy Dolls —
Show Album No 1 ... LP Beatball (Korea), 1978. New Copy (reissue)...
$18.9933.99
A very cool quintet of Korean lovelies from the 70s – five gals who could sing sweetly when they wanted, but also hit some funkier sounds on their instruments as well! The Happy Dolls follow strongly in the tradition of earlier Army base acts from the postwar Korean scene – but they've ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Barry Harris stretches out wonderfully in a set of compositions by Tadd Dameron – most of them familiar jazz standards from a few decades before, transformed magically by Harris in a hip 70s piano trio mode! The group here features Gene Taylor on bass and Leroy Williams on drums – both ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Weird, wonderful sounds from George Harrison – with lots of Indian music in the mix! Titles include "Greasy Legs", "Guru Vandana", "Microbes", "On The Bed", "Glass Box", "Singing Om", and "Love Scene". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing. Includes the insert. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Emanuel Harrold —
We Da People ... LP Gearbox (UK), 2023. New Copy ...
$19.9934.99
Drummer Emanuel Harrold is way more than just a musician on the set – and the record is way more than jazz as well – as Emanuel works with some great guests throughout, and turns the whole thing into a record that's more like some soul-styled soundsystem overall! There's definitely ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Gritty grooves from Coleman Hawkins – a set that has the aging tenorist still working in swing-based formation, but with a much blusier tone than on his Verve albums of the decade! The group's a small one – with Hawkins on tenor and Charlie Shavers on trumpet – plus some ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear in two corners, and a very small sticker on back – but this is a great copy overall.)
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
Olivia Hime sings vocals on a number of tracks that were written with music by Manuel Bandeira, in collaboration with other Brazilian artists like Toninho Horta, Ivan Lins, Wagner Tiso, and others. The highlight of the album is a great reading of Joyce's "Berimbau", done with all the ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has a short click on two tracks. Cover has ring impression, light edge wear.)
Excellent work from Hodges – soloing beautifully on a set of standard Gershwin tunes, over wonderfully warm arrangements by Russ Garcia, in the best manner of the Verve "with strings" style. Hodges was a monster soloist in this kind of setting – hitting a sound and level of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono MGM pressing. Cover has 2 small spots of marker, light splitting.)
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!)
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
Includes recordings with the orchestras of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, and Mal Waldron. (Vocalists) LP, 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
(Early 80s mono Japanese Polydor pressing – UMV 2600 – with obi and insert. Obi is torn in half at the seams, with the back piece crinkled.)
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
Some of the most tripped-out music ever from The Holy Modal Rounders – and that's saying a lot, given the nature of the group! This unique early album on ESP features two side-long tracks – both of which are mini-suites of sort, and filled with odd sounds, weird themes, and a strange ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sophisticated fusion from Japanese reedman Toshiyuki Honda – a set that's kind of an extension of the straighter sounds he'd crafted a few years before! The album has almost a soundtrack-like feel at times – and comes off like a suite of tracks that blends core combo instrumentation ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Legendary jazz drummer William Hooker is in some pretty heady territory here – improvising alongside two different guitarists, both of whom really push the sound in ways that are different than some of Hooker's other records! Thurston Moore provides plenty of freaky sonic fuzz in the first ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classic work from this Bay Area combo – with cuts that include "Hesitation Blues", "Don't You Leave Me Here", "Uncle Sam Blues", "How Long Blues", and "Mann's Fate". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Michael Hudson Casanova is a saxophonist, but the sound of the record draws equally strongly from the contributions of Erik Skov's guitar – a player whose sense of color is balanced wonderfully by the sharper edges of the saxophone – then given some nice structure through the work on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
William Odell Hughes with Wendell Harrison —
Cruisin (Japanese pressing) ... LP Wenha/P-Vine (Japan), 1981. New Copy (reissue)...
$19.9944.99
A really fantastic soul record from the post-Motown underground in Detroit – and one that also has ties to the Tribe Records scene of the 70s! William Odell Hughes is a great soul singer, with an ability to stretch out on a long, sensual line – a quality that's a bit in the territory ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Illa J —
No Traffic ... LP BBE (UK), 2023. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ...
$24.9939.99
Illa J seems ready to live up to his long legacy on the Detroit scene here – almost with a vibe that has him refining his sound even more than before, while also opening the door to some of the younger talents on the scene as well! We love the crisply cosmic energy of some of the beats ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Impressions & Jerry Butler —
Vintage Years ... LP Sire, Mid 60s/1976. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
$4.996.99
Nifty 2LP set that brings together a motherlode of the Impressions' best material from their ABC years – plus some of Jerry Butler's nice solo material for Mercury from the same time, and a few Curtis cuts from the early 70s. Too much to mention here, but titles include "Keep On ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout notch, light wear, and lightly bent corners.)
The tremendous debut of the great Millie Jackson – a new standard-setting deep soul record for the 70s, and one that's quite different than some of Jackson's work from later years! The record's got a heartbreaking southern female soul approach – similar to work by underground favorites ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Wicked early work from Milt Jackson – a record that's got a lot more of an edge than some of his later work with the Modern Jazz Quartet – a near-perfect modernist bop sound that's every bit the best side of Blue Note in the early 50s! The groups here are really great – one a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nenad Jelic & Laza Ristovski —
Opera ... LP RTB/Soundway (UK), 1985. New Copy (reissue)...
$16.9929.99
A really unique project from the Serbian underground of the 80s – a record that mixes together global elements, electronics, and some other live instrumentation – all in a way that's as tuneful as it is experimental, and which has a nice sort of post-punk sense of freedom throughout! ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Most people know Albert Oehlen as an artist, yet he's also one with a very sensitive ear for music as well – one that comes in pretty darn handy in this set of duets with legendary drummer Sven Ake Johansson! The recording grew out of a meeting in Oehlen's studio, which includes his ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes poster and download – in a beautiful hand-pressed cover!)
Early Detroit soul – the second LP by the great Marv Johnson, one of the first talents to be supervised by a young Berry Gordy! In fact, it could be said that everything Berry put into his work with Marv led to the formation of Motown – as Marv's mixture of smooth vocals and swinging ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has a split bottom seam with printed clear tape, small top seam split, light surface wear & aging.)
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a bit of pen, light wear, and a small corner bump.)
Quincy Jones/Evie Sands/Jeff Bridges —
John & Mary ... LP A&M, Late 60s. Near Mint- ...
$6.999.99
A groovy soundtrack, written for this film that starred Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow as two young lovers on a one night stand. The film sports a great vocal theme – "Maybe Tomorrow", sung by Evie Sands in a haunting airy way, and also performed at another point by the Morgan Ames ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label stereo promo. Cover has a promo sticker in back.)
A really goofy little record – one that has the great Spike Jones taking on the hi-fi generation – demonstrating the qualities of your system with a huge amount of sound effects mixed with music! (Now Sound) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono Verve Inc pressing with deep groove. Vinyl has light sleeve marks. Cover has a small top seam split with a spot of clear tape.)
Steve Jones —
Mercy ... LP MCA, 1987. Sealed ...
$9.9914.99
An overlooked gem from Finnish hard rock powerhouse Kalavala – renamed here as an Orchestra, but still working with the lean, sharp sound of their previous two albums! There's a nice evolution here from the earlier sound of the Scandia scene – maybe a bit of northern inspiration thrown ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album