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Herb Alpert, 2017. New Copy ... $12.99 13.99
A nice little Holiday album from trumpeter Herb Alpert – whose 60s set with the Tijuana Brass might well be one of our favorite Christmas albums of all time! The TJB is long gone, but Herb's still in the lead – working with a larger orchestra directed by Chris Walden – who ... (Holiday Music, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available Christmas Wish (180 gram pressing) ... LP 22.99
Herb Alpert, 2018. New Copy ... $12.99 13.99
Herb Alpert remakes himself again – taking all the best tunes from his classic years on A&M records, then fitting them to contemporary grooves – all at a level that's a bit like some of the Verve Remixed projects from years back, but even better! These aren't remixes, but new ... read more CD
Flying Dutchman/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1969. New Copy ... $7.99
A sweet mix of jazz, funk, and some tighter instrumental modes – a set that takes all the best energy of the Flying Dutchman label, and packs it into shorter tracks that have a very groovy feel! At some level, the album's a bit like the work that Tom Scott was doing for the label at the time ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Part of the Flying Dutchman 1000 Master Collection!)
Dorothy Ashby —
Afro-Harping ... CD Cadet/Verve, 1968. Used ... $18.99
One of the grooviest records ever – a sublime blend of African percussion, soulful orchestrations, and Dorothy Ashby's amazing electric harp! By the time of this landmark album, Dorothy had been knocking around the jazz world for a number of years, but it wasn't until she hooked up with ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Capitol/Now Again, 1968. New Copy ... $14.99 15.98
One of a handful of amazing albums recorded by David Axelrod towards the end of the 60s – really stunning, genre-breaking music that was years ahead of its time – and which has only finally been getting its due in more recent decades! At the time of the record, Axelrod was a house ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Fantastic reissue – new remastering, and a big booklet of notes on the music!)
Marcel Azzola —
Marcel Azzola 1951 to 1962 – Ses Compositions, Les Classiques Du Musette, Les Grandes Chansons, Virtuosite et Pages Immortelles, Les Standa ... CD Fremeaux & Associates (France), 1950s/Early 60s. New Copy 3CD ... $19.99 29.99
Marcel Azzola is a great French talent on the musette (aka accordion) – one who glides along with the best breezy modes of bigger postwar players like Gus Viseur or Jo Privat! The distinction of musette here is important – as this isn't the clunky instrument of the polka scene, nor the ... (French, Now Sound) read more CD
Capitol/El (UK), 1958/1959. New Copy ... $6.99 13.99
Late 50s Exotica jazz gems from Les Baxter for Capitol – Africa Jazz and Jungle Jazz in a single set! Africa Jazz is one of his greatest records, and one that's got just about everything you'd ever want! Plas Johnson plays tenor, and his solos are right out front, and recorded beautifully. ... read more CD
Sidewalk/La La Land, 1969. New Copy ... $4.99 19.98
Fantastic funkiness! Although Les Baxter's best known for his easy listening work in the late 50s/early 60s, this 1969 biker flick soundtrack is a motherlode of funky funky tracks, and a veritable cornucopia of breakbeats. The drums are nice and hard, and there's plenty of fuzzy guitars to give a ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound) read more CD
(Now out of print!! Limited to 1200 copies!)
Phase 4/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1966. New Copy ... $15.99
A sweet little take on the TV theme world of the 60s – served up by Brit maestro Frank Chacksfield at a level that's maybe a little bit more groovy than some of his other records from the time! Frank's still working with a very full orchestra, but the songs themselves have an inherently cool ... read more CD
Columbia/Vocalion (UK), 1972. New Copy ... $18.99
A pair of groovy albums from Ray Conniff – both with a wonderful 70s vibe! Alone Again Naturally takes its title from the leadoff version of the great Gilbert O'Sullivan tune – and Ray conducts his group with a surprisingly bouncy vibe at times – mostly a sing-song mode that has ... read more CD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works on standard CD players!)
Ray Conniff —
Alone Again Naturally/Columbia/Vocalion (UK), 1972. Used ... Just Sold Out!
A pair of groovy albums from Ray Conniff – both with a wonderful 70s vibe! Alone Again Naturally takes its title from the leadoff version of the great Gilbert O'Sullivan tune – and Ray conducts his group with a surprisingly bouncy vibe at times – mostly a sing-song mode that has ... read more CD
Also available Alone Again Naturally/
Dyno Voice/Varese, 1968. Used ... $6.99
One of the most insanely wonderful soundtracks from the late 60s – filled with weird instrumental touches and sublimely groovy vocals that really match the mad spirit of the film! Although Bob Crewe's best known for his work as a producer for bigger names in the 60s, he really shines here on ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available Barbarella ... LP 33.99
Pye/Vocalion (UK), 1974/1975. New Copy ... $18.99
Two great albums from Ray "funky trumpet" Davies – not the lead singer of The Kinks, but a heck of a groovy British bandleader from the 70s! First up is an album of Themes From The Exorcist and other films – all familiar movie themes from the early 70s, penned by artists like ... read more CD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works in standard players!)
Columbia/Real Gone, 1960. New Copy ... $12.99 13.98
The sweet strings of Frank DeVol take on a host of Christmas favorites – in a lush instrumental album that really takes us back to the sort of old time tunes our folks used to play around the Holidays! Each selection is a medley of two or three tracks – and DeVol uses string-heavy ... (Holiday Music, Now Sound) read more CD
RCA/Bar None, 1959. Used ... $6.99
Juan Garcia's at his best here on Exploring New Sounds In Stereo – gazing into a telescope on the cover, looking at the stars and contemplating his next musical direction. For that, the session leaps into a swinging hi-fi mode that brings the hi-ghest fi-delity to the band's nutty approach ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
CBS/Sony (Japan), 1975. New Copy ... $13.99
A sweet little disco party from Percy Faith – a man who cut some pretty sleepy records in the 60s, but really managed to open up his groove in the 70s! The whole thing's maybe the same disco take on older instrumental styles that Henry Mancini would cut a bit during the period, too – ... read more CD
(Part of the Disco Fever 40 series!)
Verve, 1966. Used ... $8.99
Stan Getz meets Burt Bacharach – a heavenly combination that brings together two of our most favorite musical talents of the 60s! And while we're at it, we'd also like to mention a third – Chicago soul arranger Richard Evans, who handles all the backdrops for this set – bringing ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
EMI/Capitol, Late 50s. Used ... $4.99
An overlooked classic from Jackie – some very mellow, moody versions of Christmas favorites – in a way that really unlocks the sadness in the holiday! (Holiday Music, Now Sound) CD
(Out of print.)
Sequel/Castle, 1960s/1970s. Used ... Just Sold Out!
30 fab tracks by one of the best Brit arrangers ever! Tony Hatch is the guy who brought Petula Clark so much success during the mid 60s – but these tracks show him as a supremely great talent on his own, working through a host of instrumental styles that run from 60s mod, to Brit easy, to ... read more CD
(Out of print US pressing.)
April/Beatball (Korea), 2005. New Copy ... $18.99
A groovy groovy little set that's as sexy as the Monica Vitti it remembers! The album was recorded recently, but has a fab 60s sound comprised of electric harpsichord, organ, scatting vocals, and a breezy, bossa-styled groove – all done without any kitsch or fakery, and coming across with a ... read more CD
Ted Heath —
Big Ones/Decca/Vocalion (UK), 1963/1970. Used ... $9.99
Sweet swinging 60s work from British bandleader Ted Heath – packaged together in one nice double-length set! The Big Ones features Ted really grooving it up at the end of the 60s – picking up some of the modder tunes of that part of the decade, and swinging them with some groovy ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(CDr pressing with full artwork.)
Koch, 1996. Used ... $8.99
Great stuff! The Hi-Lo's swinging groovy jazz vocals can't be beat, and this sharp 16 track set of selections from their rare Columbia albums is one of the best ways to get into the group. Some of the tracks are a little bit goofy, but even when they're goofin' around, the group still manages to ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Plastic (Italy), Early 70s/1998. Used ... $21.99
Totally cool! You may know I Gres from their great cuts on the Stroboscopia compilation of Italian funky soundtrack stuff, but this is a whole LP devoted to their hard electric instrumental grooves, with 14 cool tracks that have lots of excellent organ, Fender Rhodes, vibes, guitar – and ... (Sound Library, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Quincy Jones —
Big Band Bossa Nova ... CD Mercury/Verve, 1962. Used ... $3.99
Perhaps THE greatest Quincy Jones album of the 60s – a hard-swinging batch of big band bossa tunes – and one of the greatest American takes on the bossa sound ever! Quincy really brings a lot of soul to the set – syncopating the bottom end of the tunes to really bring out the ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Polydor/Verve (Germany), Late 60s. Used ... $6.99
One of the coolest vocal groups of the late 60s – Germany's Gunter Kallmann Choir, presented here in a batch of tracks that includes some of their hippest tracks from the Polydor years! The group's sound is quite similar to that of the Horst Jankowski singers – a large ensemble of ... (Vocalists, Now Sound) read more CD
Columbia/Real Gone, Early 60s. New Copy 2CD ... $19.99 21.99
A trio of classic Christmas albums from Andre Kostelanetz from the 60s – all done in that very popular style of his! The set begins with Joy To The World – a lush album of strings and other rich orchestral touches – the sort of Christmas record that's maybe best to put on way ... (Holiday Music, Now Sound) read more CD
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino —
Gungala (La Vergine Della Giugla) ... CD Quartet (Spain), 1967. New Copy ... $24.99
A late 60s Italian soundtrack, but one that's got a sound that's right in keeping with the best American exotica albums of the late 50s – a beautiful blend of rootsy tribal elements, eerie voices, and just the right dose of larger orchestrations! Angelo Francesco Lavagnino seems to have ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound) read more CD
(Limited edition of 500!)
RCA/Real Gone, 1969/1970. New Copy ... $16.99 18.98
Two sweet instrumental Christmas albums – both from the RCA pop paradise of the 60s! First up are the Living Guitars – that instrumental lineup that took 60s guitar modes from the pop world, and set them up with a bit more of a bachelor pad/easy listening motif – guitar out front ... (Holiday Music, Now Sound) read more CD
Hi Fi/DCC, Late 50s/Early 60s. Used ... $2.99
A brilliant set of percussively grooving tracks, modulated at a low tempo, and recorded in the Henry J. Kaiser aluminum dome in Hawaii with a sound that inspired countless other exotic groups. Art plays vibes, and is augmented by percussion and piano, plus other bits of exotic instrumentation. ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
RCA/Vocalion (UK), 1975. New Copy ... $18.99
Two cool Henry Mancini album – one soundtrack, and one sweet set of instrumentals! Return Of The Pink Panther is a surprisingly groovy record – and one that's very different from the original Pink Panther soundtrack! This one's got much more of a 70s electric feel – and show's ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound) read more CD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works on standard CD players!)
Philips/Vocalion (UK), 1967. New Copy ... $16.99
A rare Christmas album from French maestro Paul Mauriat – presented with a style that's maybe a bit more lush and scented with the season than some of his other albums of the time! The strings are a bit fuller, and the rhythms more laidback – so that the overall vibe is more in the ... (Holiday Music, Now Sound) read more CD
Gary McFarland —
In Sound ... CD Verve (Japan), 1965. Used ... $14.99
One of the grooviest albums of the 60s – a sublime blend of jazz, bossa, and easy – and a set that definitely lives up to its title! The album's probably the most perfect realization of the unique groove that Gary McFarland was going for back in the day – a mix of vibes, ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available In Sound/(Includes obi.)
Verve/Ace (UK), 1965. New Copy ... $14.99
A pair of fantastic albums from vibes master and genius arranger Gary McFarland – back to back on a single CD! First up is The In Sound – one of the grooviest albums of the 60s – a sublime blend of jazz, bossa, and easy – and a set that definitely lives up to its title! ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available In Sound ... CD 14.99
Verve (Japan), 1964. Used ... $11.99
A dream of a record from Gary McFarland – lightly jazzy instrumentals with a warm bossa nova undercurrent! The style is incredible – a sweet blend of vibes, guitar, and even some light whistling – often also featuring wordless jazz vocals – scatting along with the groove in ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Metropole Orchestra —
Kodachrome – Compositions For Orchestra By Raymond Scott ... CD Basta (Netherlands), 2001. Used ... $8.99
Hugo Montenegro —
Love Theme From The Godfather/RCA/Vocalion (UK), 1968/1972. Used ... Just Sold Out!
A pair of RCA Records gems from Hugo Montenegro – back to back on a single CD! First up is Theme From The Godfather – a sweet 70s update of the moogy groovy that Hugo Montenegro first started crafting in the 60s! The album's got both moog and Arp – the latter of which brings in ... read more CD
(Hybrid SACD pressing.)
Vocalion (UK), 1971/1975. New Copy ... $18.99
A pair of 70s albums from Hugo Montenegro – back to back on a single CD! Rocket Man is excellent – very groovy stuff! After paying tribute to Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan on other LPs, Hugo Montenegro turns his talents to the groovy compositions of Elton John in this nice album of ... read more CD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works on standard CD players!)
Universal (Japan), 1995. New Copy ... $14.99
Gentle solo piano from Japan – a set that recalls older easy instrumental albums of the 60s and 70s, even though it was recorded in more recent years! The sole instrumentation here is piano, recorded in a lushly echoey style that has the same softly captivating vibe of later albums by ... read more CD
Alshire/Countdown, Early 70s. Used ... $7.99
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(On Demand pressing with full artwork from Countdown Media.)
Equipe/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1964. New Copy ... $13.99
A record we'd love to know more about – because the sound and presentation is so amazing! The set brings a bossa vibe to a mixture of American jazz and soundtrack tunes – often folding two tracks into one performance, and couching the melodies in some fuller strings and lighter, lively ... (Brazil, Now Sound) read more CD
(Part of the Brasilian Music Love Affair series!)
Irma (Italy), 2000. Used ... $14.99
Very cool stuff from Irma! Sam Paglia's a modern hero of the Hammond B-3 – but he's got a swinging Italian style that's part bossa, part 60s jazz/pop, and part lounge party music. This album's a winner all the way through – and has some excellent modern cocktail grooves, and plenty of ... (New Grooves, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print, please note that the teeth inside the digipack case are broken.)
Capitol/Collectables, 1955/1957. Used ... $4.99
Molto Groovy, 2015. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
One of the coolest, grooviest Christmas records we've heard in years – a set that's the first-ever effort from Roman Coppola's Molto Groovy Productions – and which has a mod 60s vibe all the way through! The styles here are steeped in the best Italian soundtrack modes from years back ... (Holiday Music, Now Sound) read more CD
Uni/Vivid (Japan), 1967. Used ... $24.99
Mad electronics from percussionist Emil Richards – a very groovy set of tunes that we'd rank right up there with Hal Blaine's Psychedelic Percussion for sheer nuttiness! Emil plays a range of percussion instruments – as on other albums from the time – but he's also working with a ... read more CD
(Out of print, includes obi.)
Capitol/Real Gone, 1968. New Copy ... $11.99 12.98
An obscure Christmas set from David "The Stripper" Rose – and one that's delivered with a lot more sensitivity for the Holidays than you might expect! Instrumentation here is fairly large and orchestral – and most tunes have lots of strings and woodwinds, scored with a ... (Holiday Music, Now Sound) read more CD
Atlantic, 1992. Used ... $2.99
Verve (Japan), 1964. Used ... $24.99
The great Lalo Schifrin plays piano and leads a crack group of studio players through some larger orchestral material with a nice jazzy feel! The overall approach is similar to Lalo's classic 60s soundtrack work – with nice solos arching out over sweeping strings and orchestral passages, and ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
El (UK), Mid 60s. New Copy ... $6.99 13.99
A pair of great albums from Bobby Scott – both pretty darn sweet! First up is Joyful Noises – a really wonderful album from the great Bobby Scott – an artist you might know best as a singer, or as composer of a few big hits in the 60s – but also a hell of a jazz pianist and ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Basta (Netherlands), 1950s/1960s. Used 2 CDs ... $26.99
Amazing! This is one of the coolest CDs we've seen in years – and everything about it is fantastic, from the package right down to the double-length set of music! The set features rare unreleased recordings from Raymond Scott's legendary Manhattan Research electronic music studios – ... (Out Sound, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print)
Flying Dutchman/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1969. New Copy ... $13.99
Reedman Tom Scott always gives us something groovy – especially in his early years, when he could effortlessly blend together jazz and soul, funk and rock, and really come up with something new and unique! Here, Tom's in the best mode of his early work on Impulse Records – serving up ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Mainstream/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1972. New Copy ... $13.99
The only album to ever credit producer Bob Shad as a leader – even though the man had been behind so many famous records on labels that include Mainstream, Time, and Mercury! This set has Shad taking the hip vibe of the Mainstream label to the forefront – mixing funky jazz and trippier ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available Bobby Shad & The Bad Men ... LP 13.99(Part of the Mainstream Records Master Collection!)
George Shearing —
Latin Lace/Capitol (UK), 1958/1959. Used ... $8.99
2 Latin lovelies back to back – some of George Shearing's best late 50s work for Capitol! Latin Lace may not be the hardest-hitting Latin jazz session you might find, but it's a wonderful record filled with complicated changes, and a mix of vibes, piano, and percussion that went onto inspire ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
George Shearing —
White Satin/Capitol, 1956/1959. Used ... $7.99
The satin Shearing sound is in perfect form here – backed by added strings and woodwinds conducted by Billy May – and key proof that Billy could come up with some richly subtle arrangements when he wanted! Most prominent instrumentation comes from George's piano, and the group's ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Polydor (Germany), 1970. Used ... $4.99
An amazing little soundtrack from German maestro Peter Thomas – even weirder and more electric than some of his famous 60s recordings! Thomas scored the music for a spooky 70s film about the possibility of aliens on earth – and did so with a bit more tension than some of his other ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound) read more CD
Blue Note (Japan), 1968. New Copy ... $18.99
Stanley Turrentine's a hell of a soloist in a large ensemble setting – and there's possibly no better place to hear that talent at work than on this classic 60s date for Blue Note! The format's a bit different than other Turrentine records of the time – no small group romping, nor ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available Look Of Love ... CD 16.99(SHM-CD pressing!)
Stanley Turrentine —
Look Of Love ... CD Blue Note (Japan), 1968. Used ... $16.99
Stanley Turrentine's a hell of a soloist in a large ensemble setting – and there's possibly no better place to hear that talent at work than on this classic 60s date for Blue Note! The format's a bit different than other Turrentine records of the time – no small group romping, nor ... (Jazz, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available Look Of Love ... CD 18.99(Out of print SHM-CD pressing, includes obi.)
Werner Twardy & Others —
Fantastic Sound Of Werner Twardy ... CD Verve (Germany), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $12.99
Groovy sounds from Werner Twardy – a cool German arranger of the late 60s and early 70s – one who brings plenty of mod elements to play in his music! There's a bright, peppy sort of sound to most of these cuts – the coolest groove of the German easy scene during the economic ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Crippled Dick (Germany), 1967. Used ... $6.99
Groovy exploitation soundtrack music from 4 films (Necronomicon, Death on a Rainy Day, How Short is the Time for Love, and The Vampire Happening), with music by the Dutch composer Jerry Van Rooyen. The tracks move from jazz, to 60s mod, to swinging London, and a whole lot more – and the ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound) read more CD
Pulsar/Beatball (Korea), Late 60s. New Copy ... $19.99
An incredibly groovy record from The Voices In Latin – a one-off studio project headed up by sound library legend Barbara Moore! The set is one of the few commercially-released albums that Moore ever did – and as you might guess from the group's name, the record's got a style that ... (Vocalists, Now Sound) read more CD
Warner/Real Gone, 1968. New Copy ... $9.99 13.98
A wonderfully weird record from the mighty Mason Williams – a set that's filled with lots of cool little surprises at each new twist and turn – yet which also comes across with a really solid, tuneful feel overall! The album's got a bit of folk, a bit of moog, and a bit of kitsch ... (Rock, Now Sound) read more CD
Alshire/Grapefruit (UK), Late 60s. New Copy 3CD ... $24.99
A totally wonderful look at the late 60s Alshire label – an unusual cheapo imprint on the LA scene of the time, one that was mostly created to cash in on mainstream trends – but which somehow managed to make some amazing music in the process! Alshire was one of those discount store ... (Rock, Now Sound) read more CD
Various —
Instrumental Gems Of The Fifties ... CD EMI/Collectors Choice, 1950s. Used 2 CDs ... $9.99
Music from Anton Karas, Les Paul, Ralph Marterie, Jackie Gleason, Les Baxter, Billy Vaughn, Nelson Riddle, Roger Williams & more. CD
(Out of print.)
Croydon Municipal (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $6.99 13.99
The sexy sound of Soho at the start of the 60s – served up here in a host of mostly British singles that have been lost for years! The selection is one of the grooviest in this line of cool compilations from St Etienne – filled with obscure vocal and instrumental tunes that mix ... (Vocalists, Now Sound) read more CD
Irma (Italy), Early 70s. Used ... $12.99
The folks at Black Power records put this one together for Irma's La Douce label, and it's a great batch of tasty Italian jazz funk cuts that were never released to the public. As with the Trunk or Scoctopus comps, most of this stuff was recorded for commercial use, and only came out on limited ... (Funky Compilations, Now Sound) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Numero, Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy 3CD ... $26.99 34.98
An insane new chapter in the mighty legacy of the Numero Group – not the rare soul, obscure psych, or underground folk the label has covered with other releases – but instead a huge batch of under-discovered gems from the exotica scene of the postwar years – essentially the ... (Funky Compilations, Now Sound) read more CD
Also available Technicolor Paradise – Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Delights (3LP set) ... LP 38.99(Items 1 – 66 of 66)
