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Irma (Italy), 2024. New Copy 2LP ... $39.99 44.99
A great tribute to the longstanding sound of the Irma Records label – an Italian imprint who first rose up during the big years of acid jazz, then went on to deliver a range of different grooves over the past 30 years! The set focuses on work that really hits that old school Irma vibe – ... (New Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Four Flies (Italy), Mid 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $35.99 39.99
A whole new world of grooves we've never heard before – music from a short stretch on the Italian scene when local artists were really taken with the new developments in Afro Funk, and started to serve up some fresh styles of their own! The music here is maybe a blend of West African sounds ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Africamore – The Afro-Funk Side Of Italy 1973 to 1978 ... CD 18.99
Everland (Austria), Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy ... $26.99 28.99
Great cuts from that special space where African funk comes into play with American club – a genre that was especially popular on European dancefloors in the late 70s and early 80s – a place where many of these tracks would have found a very welcome home! The music here isn't the raw ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 2020. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $22.99 28.99
A really joyous collection of grooves selected by Alex Attias – work that's maybe even more uplifting than the first volume in this series – and we really liked that one a heck of a lot too! Most of the tracks are relatively contemporary – selected by Attias from the work of ... (New Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Death Is Not The End (UK), Late 1980s/Early 1990s. New Copy ... $22.99 26.99
A really cool record, and one that gets at the vibrancy of the UK soul scene at the end of the 80s and start of the 90s! The set's an unusual one – in that it pulls together tracks played live as part of soundsystems in Manchester, which means that they're all mixed up and linked with spoken ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Numero, Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $20.99 24.99
Fantastic female funk – a set of grooves that's way more natural than you might guess from the beehive in the title – the harder sound of 60s soul and early 70s funk – all pulled together from a host of rare 7" singles from back in the day! The set's got Numero breaking past ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Beehive Breaks (olive vinyl pressing) ... LP 21.99
Numero, Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $21.99 26.99
Fantastic female funk – a set of grooves that's way more natural than you might guess from the beehive in the title – the harder sound of 60s soul and early 70s funk – all pulled together from a host of rare 7" singles from back in the day! The set's got Numero breaking past ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Beehive Breaks ... LP 20.99
Andale, Late 60s. New Copy ... $18.99 19.99
One of the hippest compilations of boogaloo work we've ever stocked – and one that goes way past the bigger names on Fania or Tico, into the underground of small labels from the late 60s! The tunes here are all especially rare – issued originally on labels that include Speed and Ghetto ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Andale, Late 60s. New Copy ... $18.99 19.99
The hippest side of the late 60s Latin Soul years – work from a number of tiny little New York labels – all of which are a good deal rarer than some of the bigger indies of the time! The collection here is totally great, and totally fresh – filled with numbers that were not even ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Mr Bongo (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $27.99 29.99
Brazilian funk, Brooklyn style – and one of the hippest collections of Brazilian grooves we've ever heard! The collection was put together by New York DJs Sean Marquand and Greg Caz – and it's got a wickedly funky vibe that comes from plenty of 70s samba soul! The style here is really ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Canopo – Italian Library Vaults 1970 to 1975 ... LP Canopo (Italy), Early 1970s. New Copy ... $24.99 29.99
A wicked collection of grooves from the Italian sound library label Canopo – a company related to the better-known Flippermusic, but one whose music hasn't gotten nearly as much exposure over the years! There's loads of mod, jazzy touches here – nice organ lines, wordless vocals, funky ... (Sound Library, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
BGP (UK), Early 70s. New Copy 2LP ... $22.99 24.99
Spiritual sounds from the source – a host of incredible tracks from a time when jazz was really opening up into new dimensions – as players stepped forward in a wave of strong post-Coltrane energy to really push the music into the skies! The music here can be seen as a blueprint for ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
P-Vine (Japan), 2024. New Copy ... $28.99 38.99
A fantastic little set that looks at the huge wave of top-shelf AOR material recorded in recent years – part of a huge global re-awakening to the charms of the genre – often with results that are even groovier than the classic records of the 70s! One of the compelling things here is ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Warner (UK), 1980s. Very Good+ 2LP ... $34.99
An excellent set of dancefloor grooves from the 80s – the kind of a set that makes you realize how much great music was crucially overlooked at the time! Most of the artists on the set are bigger names from the Warner and Atlantic catalogs, but they're served up here with some lesser-known ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the heavy inner sleeves.)
Right Tempo/Mono Jazz (Italy), 2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $40.99 46.99
A wealth of spiritual sounds from more recent years – served up in a killer compilation that focuses on all the great new sounds that have been emerging from different global scenes – a sublime blend of jazz, soul, Latin, and other modes – all at a level that gives us plenty of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Bank (UK), 2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $34.99 39.99
Maybe the funkiest trunk that DJ Craig Charles has ever given us – a searing set of tracks that really expand upon the ideas of previous volumes! The set marks a shift to a new label, BBE – which may well also explain the extra-strong selection of cuts – tracks that span the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Vol 3 – 19 Soul, Funk, Disco, & Boogie Bangers ... CD 16.99
De-Lite/BMG (UK), Early 1970s. Near Mint- ... $13.99
A really great collection of work from De-Lite Records – one that goes way way past the bigger hits on the label from Kool & The Gang and the Kay-Gees! Instead, this one really digs deep – and comes up with rare 45s for a host of artists that we didn't even know recorded for De-Lite ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Blue vinyl RSD pressing. Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
Avco/Victor (Japan), Mid 1970s. Near Mint- 2LP ... $24.99
An unusual Japanese-only collection of American and Japanese disco material – heavy on Avco label tracks from the US – but with other odd material too! There's a lot of cuts by the Soul Sounds Symphony, and by Van McCoy – and the set also features work from Dooley Silverspoon, ... (Soul, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese pressing – with obi! One label is Avco, the other Victor.)
Perfect Toy (Germany), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $22.99 26.99
Great grooves from this always-wonderful series – a long-running lineup that has a fantastic way of delivering super-rare tracks in a uniquely delightful mix of funky rock and psychedelic soul! There's plenty of heavy drums and great guitar lines on the set – mixed with blue-eyed soul ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes unpublished photos with detailed liner notes, and a bonus download!)
Easy Street/Demon (UK), Late 80s/Early 90s. New Copy 2LP ... $16.99 42.99
A really great label, getting a well-deserved 40th Anniversary celebration – as Easy Street was easily one of the best things going on the New York scene of the late 80s and early 90s! The company's always been way more than just another indie imprint – much stronger than the sorts of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Easy Tempo (Italy), Late 60s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 39.99
A long-overdue entry in this legendary series of compilations – one that taught us an awful lot about funky soundtrack music back in the day, finally back in action after a long hiatus! This time around, the groove has gotten even deeper – as the series has stretched to include some ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Easy Tempo Volume 11 – The Round Trip ... CD 12.99
Numero, 1960s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 32.98
A huge document of work from LA's Consolidated Productions – a company you might not know by name, but one who issued work on a number of tiny indie labels – including City Lights, Simco, Space, Velvet, Angel Town, and many other labels! The set is heavy on 60s soul in a variety of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Eccentric Soul – Minibus ... LP Numero, Late 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $26.99 32.98
Over a decade back, the Numero Group put out a groundbreaking set of funky 45s – 45 of the little 7" single gems, all packaged in a special case – and billed as the Eccentric Soul Omnibus! Here, the label revisits that limited and long-gone package, but in a Minibus version – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Eccentric Soul – Minibus (pink vinyl pressing) ... LP 27.99
Numero, Late 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $27.99 34.99
Over a decade back, the Numero Group put out a groundbreaking set of funky 45s – 45 of the little 7" single gems, all packaged in a special case – and billed as the Eccentric Soul Omnibus! Here, the label revisits that limited and long-gone package, but in a Minibus version – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Eccentric Soul – Minibus ... LP 26.99
Cuca/Numero, Late 1960s. New Copy 2LP ... $29.99 36.98
A treasure trove of overlooked soul tracks from the scenes in Wisconsin and Chicago back in the day! The legendary Midwest label Cuca is maybe best known for a string of great rock recordings in the 60s – searing instrumentals and raw garage tracks that firmly established their name with ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Eccentric Soul – The Shoestring Label ... LP Numero, Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy ... $20.99 24.98
Numero's Eccentric Soul series focuses on a well-named label – the tiny Shoestring company, who must have operated on a shoestring budget – given that most of its work hardly made it out of the Southern Illinois scene in which they worked! Yet the label's home of Alton, Illinois was ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Tammy/Numero, 1960s/1970s. New Copy ... $20.99 24.99
Killer soul from a tiny label on a tiny scene – the small Tammy Records imprint, not to be confused with Motown partner Tamla – a really great indie from the Youngstown scene in east Ohio, and a company who cut some killer soul in the 60s and 70s! The label seem to have an especially ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Eccentric Soul – The Tammy Label (clear/
Numero, 1960s/1970s. New Copy ... $21.99 26.99
Killer soul from a tiny label on a tiny scene – the small Tammy Records imprint, not to be confused with Motown partner Tamla – a really great indie from the Youngstown scene in east Ohio, and a company who cut some killer soul in the 60s and 70s! The label seem to have an especially ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Eccentric Soul – The Tammy Label ... LP 20.99
Demon (UK), Mid 1960s. New Copy 2LP ... $46.99 49.99
That's a mod logo on the cover, but the set's an all-soul package all the way through – served up by the great Eddie Piller, who's brought us plenty of soul music over the years through his work at Acid Jazz Records! The 2LP set features 40 killers from back in the day – the kind of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Electro Throwdown – Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982 to 1989 (with bonus download) ... LP Soul Jazz (UK), Mid 1980s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $37.99 39.99
Mighty nice work from a time when computers and aliens took over soul music – the glory days of the Linndrum beats and vocoder vocals – a special time in the 80s when the underground got really electrified, and helped build a bridge between street funk, hip hop, and the coming world of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Electro Throwdown – Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982 to 1989 ... CD 21.99
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Escape From The Planet Of The Breaks ... LP Escape, 1998. Near Mint- ... $34.99
Very cool compilation made up of a bunch of tight funky grooves with breaks in them – most of which are from hard to find sources, like Sound Library records or rare European LPs! Cuts include "Soul Thing" by Paul Raven, "The Rub" by Alan Tew, "Plumb Tuckered ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Rewarm (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $41.99 44.99
A collection that's maybe unlike anything we've heard before – music that's acoustic, but groovy – easygoing, yet funky – served up by a really wide range of artists, but presented with a style that's a really unified whole! Just about every artist here is completely obscure, but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Now Again, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $21.99 24.98
The deepest of the deep from the American scene at the start of the 70s – groups so hip they weren't quite soul, weren't quite rock – and instead kind of a funky hybrid of both! After opening our ears to countless underground sounds from around the globe, the Now Again label turn back ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download!)
Funky Delicacies/Tuff City, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $18.99 19.99
A great collection of rare and unreleased New Orleans funk – from the golden days of the genre – and with work by some of the best producers in the Crescent City! Very hard and heavy funk, with choppy riffs and hard drums – plus, there's even a few cuts with nice electronics. ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes album download card.)
Funky Delicacies/Tuff City, Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $18.99 23.99
The funky side of New Orleans soul – from a series that has been giving us some of the best underground nuggets for many years, and at a level that goes farther than most of the 60s-centric collections of Crescent City funk! This time around, there's a great rare unissued track from Robert ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Funky Delicacies/Tuff City, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $18.99 23.99
A long-overdue return to form for this legendary compilation series – and one that presents a huge number of rare cuts, with a very cool approach! Side one is vocal, and side two is instrumental – and together, both sides serve up the kind of hard-edged material that make the New ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BGP (UK), Early 70s. New Copy ... $24.99 28.99
A killer little set that's as heavy as it sounds from the title – a wealth of rare material pulled from the studio of Detroit producer Dave Hamilton – a good deal of it never issued at the time! Hearing this set is like finding a pile of rare 45s stuffed in the back corner of a long-los ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Materiali Sonori/Spittle (Italy), Early 80s. New Copy ... $10.99 26.99
A great little set that takes off nicely from the classic Fuzz Dance work of Alexander Robotnick – a set that features some of his contemporaries on the Italian label of the same name, plus one of Alexander's own cuts too! The music here is great – early electro club, at a level that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
U Know Me (Poland), 2024. New Copy ... $16.99 29.99
A very cool assortment of contemporary groups from the Polish scene – served up here in a package that's different than some of the more avant Polish material that seems to get wider circulation – and delivered with a richness that's sure to have us looking for more work from each of ... (Jazz, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Tuff City, Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $25.99 32.99
A heady collection of funky soul from one of the labels we'd trust the most with music like this – the mighty Tuff City, a hip hop label from the old school years, but one that also had a great ear to the ground for vintage funky 45s! Given that Mark The 45 King recorded for Tuff City, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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Groove Diggers Presents Rare Groove Goes Around – Lesson 1 ... LP P-Vine (Japan), Late 1970s. New Copy ... $27.99 36.99
A great set of mellow soul from the 70s – put together by the Groove Diggers crew, who you might know from a host of other excellent projects on the P-Vine label – here serving up a sweet batch of laidback grooves that really work wonderfully together! There's definitely some of the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing – with obi!)
Sdban (Belgium), 1980s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $33.99 39.99
Cool cuts from the 80s – a really well-done collection of under-discovered grooves from the scenes in The Netherlands and Belgium – music that we never would have heard otherwise! Some of the cuts here echo better-known UK work of the period, especially those which feature keyboards ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download.)
Heavenly Sweetness (France), 1960s/1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $28.99 34.99
The definitely got the title right on this one – because the set is filled with some of the most heavenly tracks from the legendary Ethiopiques series – that legendary run of compilations that was the first introduction for most of us to the amazing music of Ethiopia! This package ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cosmic Sounds (UK), 1970s. Near Mint- ... $24.99
A mighty document of one of the coolest scenes in Europe in the 70s – the almost-lost Polish jazz culture of the time, a hotbed of cross-cultural musical activity! Poland was really breaking down political and cultural barriers at the time – and the country's already-strong jazz scene ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has one bumped corner, but is nice overall – and vinyl is great.)
Invictus/Edsel (UK), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy 4LP ... $89.99 99.99
Massive soul from the start of the 70s – some of the heaviest cuts ever put together by the Holland Dozier Holland team – all issued on their own family of labels after the trio split with Motown! The work here is way deeper than their Motown sides – maybe more in the territory ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Jazz (UK), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $34.99 36.99
A really cool collection – one that's maybe best summed up by the word "ecstatic" in the title – as the package presents a blend of work from artists who easily skirt both the spiritual and secular side of soulful music, united together with a very joyous, uplifting vibe in ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Houseplant, 2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $24.99 55.99
A weird and wonderful collection of tracks – funk, soul, and plenty more – all put together without any sort of boundaries or focus – which makes the whole thing one hell of a groovy record! The set's one of the flagship titles for the Seth Rogan-owned Houseplant label – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy LP & 7inch ... $19.99 29.99
A great assortment of rare jazz and soul – and a set that you can totally dig, even if you don't know the meaning of Klinkhamer! The title's a reference to a Dutch record shop, whose owners compiled these tracks – but the music here has a very universal appeal, especially if you dig ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Soul Jazz (UK), Early 1980s. New Copy 2LP ... $37.99 39.99
The resurgence of one of the most groundbreaking periods in recent groove history – the almost-forgotten post-punk years in England, a time of incredible musical convergence! In the heady days of the early 80s – a time when much music was being lost under a gloss of big hair, tinny ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available In The Beginning There Was Rhythm – The Rise Of Dance Music After Punk ... CD 21.99
BBE (UK), Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... $34.99 54.98
Mindblowing jazz from Japan – a tremendous introduction to the 70s scene in Tokyo if you've never heard this music at all – and a package that also includes a fair bit of rare tracks, even if you're not a newcomer! The Japanese love of American jazz is no secret – and the music ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... $34.99 48.99
An incredible trip through the 70s Japanese jazz scene – a second volume of J Jazz that's even bigger and better than the first – with unknown gems from private presses, indie labels, and rarities from the Japanese branches of the major labels, too! Compilers Tony Higgins & Mike ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl includes obi, notes in the gatefold, and insert card.)
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... $39.99 54.99
An ear-opening set of Japanese jazz from a time when that nation's scene was really taking off – a period in the 70s when all sorts of new artists and new ideas were really flying around – and leaving behind a huge recorded legacy that's been mostly out of reach for us in the west! ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 60s/1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 3LP Gatefold ... $39.99 49.99
A soaring collection of rare jazz from the Tokyo scene – all music originally recorded by the Japanese branch of Columbia Records – the same imprint that put out some exclusive and very hip Japanese-only albums from Miles Davis, Roy Ayers, and Herbie Hancock! The musicians here are all ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Heavenly Sweetness (France), Late 90s/2000s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $19.99 30.99
A wonderfully wide-ranging collection of work brought together in support of a long-running music festival in France – done here as a double-length set that offers up a "Past" disc of material recorded at the festival in previous years – and a "Future" disc that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Z Records (UK), 1970s/2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $33.99 36.99
A massive assortment of tracks that go way past the familiar – not a collection of standard classics from Blue Note, Impulse, or Prestige – and instead a whole host of jazzy groovers that we'd never have discovered otherwise! This volume of the series does a great job mixing in ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Z Records (UK), 1970s/2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $33.99 36.99
A massive assortment of tracks that go way past the familiar – not a collection of standard classics from Blue Note, Impulse, or Prestige – and instead a whole host of jazzy groovers that we'd never have discovered otherwise! This volume of the series does a great job mixing in ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Fantasy/Craft, Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $26.99
Great work from a series that always delivers excellent music – one with a hokey title and concept, but a rock-solid set of grooves from the Fantasy/Concord catalog! There's an especially righteous vibe to this edition of the series – which you might guess from the title – tunes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 2019. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $32.99 44.99
A really great collection of jazzy groovers – one that effortlessly combines older material and newer recordings, all with a great ear that never tires in its pursuit of the groove! The blend of old and new is a bit like some of the collections we used to love from Gilles Peterson back in ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Caroline True (UK), Late 1970s/Early 1980s. New Copy 2LP ... $36.99 39.99
The great Jon Savage has turned us on to plenty of music over the years – and he's especially keen on the late 70s/early 80s stretch from the UK and European scenes, which feature heavily on this set! As the title implies, Savage is bringing in obscure tracks from the early days of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500 copies!)
Jazzman (UK), Late 40s/1950s/Early 60s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $19.99 34.99
A really wonderful entry in this excellent series – one that initially helped identify a really special strand in postwar music – then continue to provide rare and unique examples with new volumes like this! The music isn't really mambo or Latin at all – but the rhythms here are ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Jukebox Mambo 4 – Afro-Latin Accents In Rhythm & Blues 1946 to 1962 ... CD 15.99(Includes download!)
BBE (UK), 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $22.99 32.99
A completely sublime collection of spiritual jazz numbers from the 70s – put together by the legendary Kev Beadle, one of the first cats to spin the music with Gilles Peterson on the UK scene! The package is a great mix of essentials from years back, plus some under-discovered nuggets from ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Maverick, 2004. Sealed ... $29.99
The soundtrack for Volume 2 of Tarantino's splatter revenge epic shapes up just as well as the first – with several cuts by Ennio Morricone (the film's pace is largely modeled after Italian spaghetti westerns, and the soundtrack naturally follows suit) plus Luis Bacalov, Johnny Cash, Malcolm ... (Soundtracks, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(2015 EU reissue. Shrinkwrap has a fairly large hole in back.)
Numero, 1970s. Near Mint- ... $16.99
Spiritual sounds from the Cleveland scene of the 70s – a host of lesser-known acts who recorded for the BOS label at the time, but who could easily match the best strengths of the growing gospel mainstream! The music here relies heavily on secular soul styles of the time – bits of funk ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
BBE (UK), 1970s/2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $31.99 39.99
Jazzy goodness galore – a set of really well-chosen tracks that we're not sure we've ever seen reissued before – mostly from obscure sources that might well have remained underdiscovered otherwise! Jazz is at the key, but there's also some soulful vocal moments too – and most ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $22.99 34.99
Beat digging heroes Kon & Amir return with a diverse, funky treasure trove of rare dancefloor anthems, rarer disco soul and African boogie cuts – possibly the best yet in their Off Track series for BBE! The east coast duo have dedicated each title in the series to an NYC borough, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Circle (UK), 1960s. New Copy ... $35.99 42.99
Raw mod and gritty funk rock grooves from team Le Beat Bespoke – the fourth set in the series – bubblegum garage, fuzzed out pop, funky percussion and wailing organs – this just might be the best in the series to date! Compiler Rob Bailey out does himself here, once again digging ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Circle (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $35.99 42.99
Underground mod, garage and otherwise raucously R&B-fueled singles from the late 60s – rugged, raw and fuzzy, though melodic and unstoppably danceable, no matter how freaky – and possibly the best yet in the Le Beat Bespoke series! The songs are almost all deeply obscure and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Please Note – The cover has a slight seam split from shipping, but the rest of the it is fine.)
Detour (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $19.99 24.99
A fantastic collection of funky mod and psych tracks from the great Rob Bailey – the man who's steered us through a handful of other wonderful compilations over the years, and won our undying respect in the process! Rob's choices are quite far from the obvious – and are made up from a ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Detour (UK), Late 1960s. New Copy ... $22.99 29.99
This great series just seems to be getting better and better with each new release – maybe digging deeper than back with the first volume – as the label's knowledge and understanding of rare mod and freakbeat grooves really expands past the classics! This volume features some ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cavendish/BBE (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $34.99 39.99
Brilliant funky instrumentals from the UK Cavendish Sound Library – a company who could sometimes recorded more staid music, although that certainly wasn't the case with the gems on this collection! The music is by a handful of British studio talents of the time – most of whom come ... (Sound Library, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Honest Jons (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $30.99 34.99
A wonderful follow up to one of our favorite compilations in recent years! London Is The Place For Me compiles the stylistically varied music coming from the emergent West Indian and African communities of 50s and 60s London – far more than just the topical, and often quite whimsical calypso ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Nacional, 2023. New Copy ... $14.99 23.99
A contemporary collection, but one that really hearkens back to the brown-eyed soul of the Texas scene in the late 60s and early 70s – a moment when local groups were picking up on some of the vibes of East LA – reveling in the rich history of Texas soul and blues, but mixing it with ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
First Word (UK), 2024. New Copy 2LP ... $26.99 29.99
A great celebration of soul from the UK – a set that goes back to include some of the vintage material you might expect from the cover, and one that also moves well into the 21st Century to show us just how much that legacy has evolved! Starting in the 80s, the British scene really started ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Motor (Germany), Mid 60s. Very Good+ ... $13.99
The great folks at Motor Music in Germany have compiled a bunch of groovy tracks from swingin' films from the late 60's, and patched them together into a really cool package with excellent liner notes for the fan of soundtrack stuff and mod 60's music. Excellent selection, with a real emphasis ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the heavy inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)
Acid Jazz (UK), 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $28.99 34.99
A second set of tracks chosen by the hip British duo of Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller – the former a well-known actor, the latter the man who founded the Acid Jazz label many years back! In some way, the set's similar to some of the compilations that were first showing up in the early ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Martin Freeman & Eddie Piller Present Jazz On The Corner 2 ... CD 13.99
Soul Jazz (UK), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $37.99 39.99
A heady dip into the glorious work of soul music from Miami – the city that took the reigns for southern soul after initial waves of creativity in Memphis and Muscle Shoals! Miami's best known for its big disco hits of the mid 70s, but most of the music here is from the years before then ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Miami Sound 2 – More Funk & Soul From Miami Florida 1967 to 1974 ... CD 21.99
Miles Away (UK), 1970s/1980s. New Copy 2LP ... $25.99 29.99
A killer compilation, even if the title and cover don't tell you much about what's going on inside! The set brings together great rare grooves from back in the day – and features tracks that are not just rare, but which also really go beyond the usual American funk and soul – to ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Born Bad (France), Early 70s. New Copy 2 LPs Gatefold ... $26.99 29.99
Seminal sounds from the Parisian jazz community of the early 70s – a scene that had as much late 60s revolutionary energy as the American one – and which steps forth here in a beautiful blend of righteous themes and really far-reaching styles! The politics of the set are obvious from ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Mobilisation Generale – Protest & Spirit Jazz From France 1970 to 1976 ... CD 15.99
Detour (UK), Late 1960s. New Copy ... $22.99 29.99
Don't let the 21st Century in the title fool you – as these are all vintage 60s tracks, all with a great little groove – most of which are so obscure, they've never gotten the right sort of love until decades after they were recorded! The set's filled with treasures that have been ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
TK (UK), Late 1970s. New Copy 2LP ... $27.99 32.99
The "moon ride" title here is a great way to think of the music within – as the tracks have a nicely laidback, sometimes spacey sort of sound – with occasional funky nuggets thrown in for good measure! All the work is from the large catalog of the TK Records empire – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Perfect Toy (Germany), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $20.99 24.99
The Perfect Toy label has an amazing way of coming up with grooves we've never heard before – really rare tracks that make us dig each new release from the label – just as they keep on digging for more rare records to make their releases great! We've been Hammond fans for decades ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Tramp (Germany), 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $29.99 34.99
A great entry in this excellent series – and one that's got a slightly different flavor than the rest – as it seems to step back a bit more in time, and brings in some cuts that have more of a jazz and R&B-based sound! The vibe is every bit as gritty as previous volumes – but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Movements Volume 12 – Compiled By Tobias Kirmayer ... CD 13.99(Includes bonus 7 inch single – "Dark Side Of Town" by Soul Unlimited – with a booklet of notes too!)
Mr Bongo (UK), 1960s/1970s. New Copy ... $29.99 30.99
A stunning blend of soul, Latin, jazz, and Brazilian numbers – and a set that may well be our favorite entry in the Mr Bongo Record Club so far! If you know the Mr Bongo label, you'll know that for decades, they've turned us on to the sort of rare gems we might not have heard otherwise ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ace (UK), Late 1980s/Early 1990s. New Copy 2LP ... $29.99 34.99
The fashions on the cover will definitely let you know what's in store here – a great array of gems from that moment when mainstream R&B was getting transformed with plenty of touches from hip hop – especially in the bottom end of the sound, where beats and basslines really helped ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available New Jill Swing – 1988 to 1994 ... CD 12.99
Two Piers (UK), Late 1960s/1970s/1980s. New Copy 2LP ... $39.99 44.99
The ultra-cool Two Piers label has been quietly revolutionizing the art of the compilation – bringing together songs from a surprisingly wide range of sources, often in ways that aren't tied to a specific scene, label, or sound – yet somehow finding a way to resonate together in the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Time Capsule (UK), 1970s. New Copy ... $39.99 44.99
A record that picks up on a very particular strand of Japanese music in the 70s – and one that's maybe not even fully described with all the evocative words in the title! The sounds here are leaner and more open than work you'd know from the city pop years – but also not like Japanese ... (Japanese, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Sonorama (Germany), Late 1950s/Early 1960s. Near Mint- ... $29.99
The cream of modern jazz in Germany during the postwar years – the kind of amazing music that never made it over to our side of the Atlantic, but which was really marking some great jazz development on the European scene of the time! As Germany picked itself up from the ashes of the war, it ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes insert – a nice copy!)
Kent (UK), Late 1960s. Near Mint- ... $12.99
A great early collection on Ace/Kent Records – with soulful tracks by Timi Yuro, Jimmy Holiday, Exciters, Showmen, Bobby Sheen, Garnet Mims, O'Jays, Patrice Holloway, and others! (Soul, Funky Compilations) LP, Vinyl record album
(80s pressing.)
Maledetta Discoteca (Italy), Early 1980s. New Copy ... $33.99 36.99
A much-needed look at a hip subgenre of Italian music – the influence of reggae on the scene during the 80s, where the laidback grooves of the globally-reaching style were a perfect mode for the easygoing spirit of the sunny Mediterranean scene! The tracks here are less straight reggae than ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Beatball/Light In The Attic, Late 1980s/Early 1990s. New Copy ... $15.99 29.99
A really unusual selection of music from the South Korean scene – music we never would have heard otherwise, which makes this collection a really great discovery to our ears! As the title states, the music has elements that include jazzy bits, groovy bits, and some more pop-oriented sounds ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Z Records (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ... $31.99 36.99
Spiritual sounds for the dancefloor – a completely compelling mix of disco and gospel modes, served up here with some of the best-ever examples of the style! Given the decades of crossing between the secular and spiritual worlds of soul music before the disco years, the blend is hardly a ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Now Again, Late 1960s/Early 1970s. New Copy ... $27.99
A heavy duty set of rare rock and funk tracks from around the globe – very much the sort of work we've grown to love through the many years of reissues from the Now Again label – the reissue-based arm of the legendary Stones Throw imprint! Now Again has turned us on to more bands than ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Transversales Disques (France), 1970s. New Copy ... $30.99 34.99
A treasure trove of rare and unissued soundtrack gems from the French scene of the 70s – work from some of the best composers at the time, but most of which we'd never heard before! There's a great current of funk running through this music – but in ways that are more complex and ... (Soundtracks, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Two Piers (UK), Late 1960s/1970s/2024. New Copy 2LP ... $40.99 44.99
Killer French pop – both old and new, but with an especially strong focus on that magical 60s generation that really made the music shine so strongly – which is then followed through with later work that still continues a vintage spirit! The set's got an ear for tunes that have had ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Death Is Not The End (UK), Late 1980s/Early 1990s. New Copy ... $22.99 26.99
A mysterious batch of funk and soul from tapes that were originally played at London clubs and parties in the late 80s and early 90s – the key years of the rare groove scene, which is represented here by a fantastic assortment of obscure grooves from the 70s! The presentation is different ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Numero, 1970s. New Copy ... $21.99 26.99
The title here is very apt – as there's a reaching sort of vibe to the whole record – uplifting tunes from the farther reaches of the Numero catalog, all brought together in a way that really makes things soar! Genres shift nicely, and maybe the lack of description or cover notes is a ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Record Kicks (Italy), 2018. New Copy 2LP ... $18.99 29.99
An ultra-groovy record label celebrates its 15th anniversary – in a hip selection of 15 tracks that features a fair bit of previously-unreleased tracks! For over a dozen years, Record Kicks has been serving up global funk from its homebase in Milan – spanning the planet to uncover some ... (Deep Funk, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Knitting Factory, 2013. New Copy 2LP (reissue)... $27.99 29.99
One of the hippest entries in the Red Hot series so far – a set of tracks dedicated to the legendary Fela Kuti – felled by AIDS after years of influential grooves – still being felt strongly by the rich array of artists collected in the set! Most tracks are contemporary, but ... (Global Grooves, Funky Compilations) read more LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), 2023. New Copy 2LP ... $24.99 44.99
A really wicked compilation, of the sort that BBE first started doing back in the day – a mix of records that spans both scenes and generations, yet which come together with a beautifully integrated vibe! There's a warmth here that's undeniable – currents of jazz, Brazilian, acoustic ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Reference Point ... CD 16.99
BGP (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2 LPs ... $22.99 26.99
Female funk galore – and one of the greatest all-girl compilations we've ever heard! The set's a brilliant follow-up to the first Funk Soul Sisters set on BGP – but we've gotta say that we like it even better than the first, and really appreciate the wide range of unusual tunes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
