Ron Anthony —
Oh! Calcutta ... CD Flying Dutchman/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1969. New Copy ...
$13.99
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 moreCD
(Part of the Flying Dutchman 1000 Master Collection!)
Emilio Aparicio Moog —
Expansion Galactica ... CD Mental Experience (Spain), Early 70s. New Copy ...
$16.99
Really great sounds from an artist with "moog" in his name – and a fair bit in his music as well! Emilio Aparicio Moog recorded these tracks on the Guatemala scene in the 70s – and the titles were mostly issued as ultra-rare 45s, but are brought together here in one heck of a ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
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 moreCD
Double-length reissue featuring two of Les Baxter's exotica classics! This is some of the best written, best orchestrated exotica stuff ever, and this CD gives you artwork, liner notes, and 24 tracks in all their exotic glory. Loads of classic Les Baxter tracks like "Zambezi", "Soph ... read moreCD
An Italian funk double-header – a sweet little set from the end of the 60s, and one that features killer cuts from both Sandro Brugnolini and Stefano Torossi! We love either artist on their other own records, but there also seems to be something about putting them together here that makes ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
An absolute treasure of tripped-out, space age symphonic funk from 101 Strings! On this set the undocumented group of session players run through a whole bunch of spacey cuts, complete with fuzzed out electric guitar and sitar, weird period electronics, and more than a few funky drum breaks. It's ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
Bob Crewe/The Glitterhouse —
Barbarella ... CD Dyno Voice/Varese, 1968. New Copy ...
$8.9913.99
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 moreCD
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 moreCD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works in standard players!)
Percy Faith —
Clair/Joy ... CD Columbia/Vocalion (UK), 1972/1973. New Copy ...
$16.99
70s magic from Percy Faith – two albums presented here in their quadrophonic mixes! Clair is a really wonderful album from Percy Faith – part of a handful of sweet 70s sides that really had him sounding a lot more groovy than before! The album almost has a 70s soundtrack vibe at times ... read moreCD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works on standard CD players!)
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 moreCD
"Summer Place" was a huge 60s hit for maestro Percy Faith – but here, he takes the tune into new territory for the disco generation – and mixes it with a number of other orchestral instrumentals that have a similar groove! By this point in his career, Faith had really opened ... read moreCD
No sleepy ballads here – thanks to hip backings from British arranger Keith Mansfield – who also worked with Maynard Ferguson on some of his MF Horn sessions! As with other work of the time, Mansfield manages to keep things moving along nicely, even when mellow – and he mixes his ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreCD
The Zodiac never sounded so spooky – and the album's one of the first in a trend that explored astrology with funky musical backings! The music for the set was put together by moogy maestro Mort Garson – then making a transition from being a straight easy arranger in the early 60s, to ... read moreCD
Sophisticated sounds, indeed – pulled from a time when the British sound library scene was really moving to the next level – and finding a strong identity that was all their own! There's plenty of sound library funk in the mix here, but there's also some deeper sophistication too ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreCD
This is the kind of reissue that restores our faith in the American music industry! Although you think he'd be in some sort of snoozy deep-freeze during the groovy 60s, Woody Herman cut some amazing sides for Chess records during the end of the decade. The recordings were done with the help of ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreCD
A killer funky group from early 70s Japan – a slightly large ensemble, but one with some really heavy drums at the bottom – plus some great use of organ and electric guitar! There's a tight brace of horns at the top – flute, tenor, trumpets, and trombone – but the rhythms ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreCD
Pete Jolly —
Seasons ... CD A&M/Dusty Groove, 1970. Used ...
$24.99
One of our favorite-ever keyboard albums – a rare lost session from pianist Pete Jolly – one of his only electric dates, and a completely improvised set of grooves! Pete plays electric piano, organ, and even a bit of musette – jamming in the studio with help from Chuck Berhofer ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
Dreamy vocals from the Gunter Kallmann Choir – two early albums back to back on a single CD! Elisabeth Serenade has the mixed male/female ensemble taking on a host of tunes that sometimes have traditional roots, other times are more contemporary German numbers – but still a bit ... (Vocalists, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works on standard CD players!)
The Marc 4 were one of the all-time great studio combos of the Italian scene of the early 70s – and they cut an amazing amount of fantastic music that was used in obscure Italian films and TV shows at the time. This set's one of the best we've ever seen to collect their work – and it ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreCD
(Rear artwork has minor wear on one spine, and along top edge – still, a nice copy.)
Two of Dean Martin's greatest early albums for Capitol on one CD! Dino was always more of a singles artist than an LP artist – but these two albums are some of his few fully-conceived albums, much more in the Sinatra 50s mode than some of the other "hits plus filler" or "songs ... read moreCD
A pair of albums from French maestro Paul Mauriat – back to back on a single CD! C'Est La Vie is from a generation when so many other artists were moving their easy instrumental styles into disco grooves – but Paul Mauriat nicely finds his own path forward, and instead keeps things ... read moreCD
Two early 70s gems from French easy maestro Paul Mauriat – both from a time when he was at the height of his powers! Penelope has a sexy lady on the front cover, and a sound that definitely matches that mood too – although Mauriat also manages to bring up some funky strings at a few ... read moreCD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works in standard player!)
Two obscure 80s albums from Paul Mauriat – back to back on a single CD! Transparence is from the mid 80s – a time when the hit easy listening maestro Paul Mauriat was really trying to reinvent himself – mixing in some of his earlier slink with tunes that might be a bit more ... read moreCD
Wonderful sounds from space – put together in a rare album that was initially issued in a small batch, to coincide with the Seattle Worlds Fair in 1962! For the set, Art Mineo comes up with an amazing batch of spacey sounds that were played at the fair in conjunction with a machine called ... read moreCD
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 moreCD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – works on standard CD players!)
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 moreCD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works on standard CD players!)
A pair of amazing albums – and a huge amount of bonus material too – all from one of the coolest groups on Warner Brothers at the end of the 60s! First up is the record The Moth Confesses – one of our favorite albums ever from the genius moment of late 60s Warner Brothers – ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
A haunting LP of classic LA studio instrumental tracks, arranged and conducted by one of the most twisted figures to come out of that city's music scene in the 60s! One the surface, this stuff is just a serene batch of covers like "Ebb Tide", "Magnificent Seven", and "Stran ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
A great set! The package features the complete tracks from 3 Perrey & Kingsley albums recorded for the Vanguard label at the end of the 60s, plus all of Jean Jacques Perry's incredible Moog Indigo album from 1970 – plus a bonus CD of remixes of some of the titles on the set! The package ... read moreCD
One of the moogiest records of all time – a legendary LP of "electronic pop music of the future" – sourced and claimed as an influence by everyone from Stereolab to the Beastie Boys! The legendary team of Gershon Kingsley and Jean-Jaques Perry are working here in early tape ... read moreCD
Jay Richford & Gary Stevan (Brugnolini/Torrosi) —
Feelings ... CD Schema (Italy), 1974. New Copy Gatefold ...
$18.99
A legendary sound library set from the 70s Italian scene – exactly the kind of record that got so many folks digging for sound library funk so many years ago! The record's a masterpiece of funky rhythms, jazzy instrumentation, and warmer touches – served up with plenty of Fender Rhodes ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreCD
Four classic albums from The Routers – one of those unusual 60s groups who never really existed as a real band – but whose name was used to sell some very groovy records at the time! The Routers came from the same production talents who handled The Markettes – who also made some ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
Very groovy compilation of John Schroeder's cool Now Sound stuff from the late 60's. Recorded in the UK, with a sound that's surprisingly funky (in the Sound Gallery sort of way) this is an excellent batch of 21 tracks that features some very groovy sounds throughout, including originals like ... read moreCD
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 moreCD
Raymond Scott & The Secret 7 —
Unexpected ... CD Top Rank/Basta, 1960. New Copy ...
$11.9912.99
A great musical mystery – and one of Raymond Scott's jazziest albums of the 50s! The group on the session is Scott's "Secret 7" – a batch of unnamed jazz musicians, most likely playing here out of contract with other labels, hence the secret nature of their work on the album! ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
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 moreCD
(Part of the Mainstream Records Master Collection!)
Tak Shindo —
Mganga! ... CD Edison/Modern Harmonic, 1958. Used ...
$6.99
A fantastic bit exotica from Tak Shindo – quite rootsy at times, in a way that really lives up to the cover – and which makes the whole thing a lot more striking than Shindo's other big album on Capitol at the time! The instrumentation is filled with heavy percussion and rhythms, often ... read moreCD
Derek Smith is a British player that we mostly know for his work on the piano – but here, despite the title, the man also handles a bit of organ, harpsichord, and celeste – all in a groovy small combo setting that's quite a change from his other albums of the period! The non-piano ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreCD
A whole new dimension of pop from the lovely Joanie Sommers – an album of bossa tunes, recorded with strings and backing by the great Laurindo Almeida! The style is wonderfully sweet – and works perfectly with Joanie's gentle vocals – and although not all the tunes are strict ... (Vocalists, Now Sound)read moreCD
A pretty groovy album of instrumental tracks from arranger Wally Stott – an artist who'd later craft the beautiful backdrops for some of Scott Walker's solo records! The style here is a bit more 50s instrumental – larger orchestrations with some touches of jazz, as Stott serves up a ... read moreCD
Very cool drum sounds from Jimmy Takeuchi – an artist who was maybe Japan's answer to Sandy Nelson – and who worked in a similar blend of instrumental rock modes! The drums are upfront on all the numbers here, but there's also a lot of twangy guitar, saxophone, and other sweet elements ... read moreCD
60s surf guitar from Japan – served up here in an unassuming package, but in a collection that features some of the best work of the time from Takeshi Terauchi! The music is often in a familiar mode that you'd recognize from American acts like The Ventures or Surfaris – but there's ... read moreCD
Fantastic! This excellent double CD set is an amazing batch of grooves put together by the brilliant German film composer Peter Thomas, for a set of films from the 60s based on super G-Man Jerry Cotton. The music's a wonderful batch of swinging swinging grooves, with cool jazzy bits, nice ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound)read moreCD
Groovy new work by the legendary Peter Thomas! "Perry Rhodan 2000" is a driving theme written by Thomas – with an overall melody that reminds us of his 70s work, underpinned by a driving dance theme with distinctly modern tones! A nice one to get Thomas on the dancefloor – ... read moreCD
(Packaged in a slim jewel case. Small promo stamp & artwork has light wear. Out of print.)
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra —
Raumpatrouille ... CD Bungalow (Germany), 1966. Used ...
$11.99
Wonderful – and one of our favorite soundtracks ever! The score was written by German jazzman Peter Thomas – and has a mad mad mad style that blends together jazz, early electronics, bossa nova, Hammond organ – and a dozen other musical touches you'd never really expect to ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound)read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Stanley Turrentine —
Look Of Love ... 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 moreCD
The title cut may well be the biggest tune The Turtles ever recorded – but the whole album's overflowing with the group's brilliance – and their wonderful ear for offbeat tunes for the Sunshine Pop generation! As with "Happy Together", there's a nice edge to a lot of the ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
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 moreCD
Great sounds pulled from the famous record collection of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy – a really mad mix of rock instrumentals, hillbilly thumpers, R&B scorchers, and exotic platters – all brought together as a wonderful demonstration of just how wild the indie record scene was at ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
File this one under "raunch", or maybe "twang" – or maybe both, because there's plenty of raunchy twang going on all the way through! The album follows strongly in the same space as the previous volumes – with lots of weird, wonderful tracks from the glory day of ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
The Easy Tempo groove is wider than ever here – still plenty funky, but also jazzy and groovy too – with some mod 60s influences filtering into the mix, and even a bit of vocals too! As always, the style is heavy on Italian soundtrack modes – that great blend of bossa, jazz, and ... (Funky Compilations, Now Sound)read moreCD
A wonderfully groovy set – every bit as great as you might guess from the title and the cover – and the very first installment in the now-legendary Mood Mosaic series! The set's one of the few to bring together tunes from the groovier side of the spectrum at the end of the 60s – ... (Funky Compilations, Now Sound)read moreCD
The grooviness continues! This set's a wonderful mix of obscure soundtrack grooves – plus a few other choice Latin bits – with an out-of-this world groove that's totaly excellent! The Mood Mosaic series is one of our favorite-ever – as they really go out of their way to pull ... (Funky Compilations, Now Sound)read moreCD
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 moreCD
A totally cool collection of really offbeat numbers with a space age sort of theme – tunes that run the gamut from rock instrumentals to electronic pop – with lots of stops along the space in between! The package is right up there with some of the best "themed" collections by ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
A teen beat, but one with plenty of twang – given that all the cuts here are killer instrumentals from the early days of rock and roll! Most tracks here feature small, raunchy combos – usually with a guitar, tenor, or organ in the lead – working over romping drums, and recorded ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreCD
Lounge, exotica, bachelor pad, instrumental pop, and Hi-Fi gems!
Sandro Brugnolini/
