An incredibly evocative record – one of the strangest of its kind, and an audio treasure that we've loved for years! Eden Ahbez first came into public prominence as the man who wrote "Nature Boy" for Nat King Cole – a dark, moody tune that was as mysterious and earthy as the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful pressing – splatter vinyl in a limited wooden box, with booklet!)
A really fantastic little record – and one that's even better than you might expect from the title – which itself is already pretty darn fantastic! The set is upbeat and funky, but not entirely disco – more this very groovy blend of Mid-East elements and more familiar keyboards ... (Global Grooves, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
All Star Drummers —
Cats Go Wild ... LP United Artists, Early 60s. Near Mint- ...
$11.9913.99
"America's Greatest Drummers" in a percussion spectacular with a lot of loud exotic sounding tracks like "Boka Butu", "Ja Ki Lin", "Noma", and "Bambu". I don't know if we'd use the word "greatest" in describing the drummers – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has some wear at the bottom corners and is bent a bit at the spine.)
With Martin Ruderman and Salli Terri. LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Cover has some light wear and aging.)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass —
SRO ... LP A&M, 1966. Very Good Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
A standing room ovation in the A&M Studios – certainly the kind of reception we'd imagine Herb would get during these glory years of his career! The set's one of the most no-nonsense Tijuana Brass sessions of the 60s – a tightly crafted album that has a bit more jazz than usual ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Brown label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Titles include "Dinah", "My Blue Heaven", "Houseparty Hop", "Begin The Beguine", "Sentimental Journey", and "I Get A Kick Out Of You". (Jazz, Now Sound)LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some light wear & aging, tiny top seam split.)
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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
Swingin' batch of instrumentals from films, like "Let It Be Me", "Little Old Lady", "Santa Lucia", and "The Three Bells" – all played by Chet on his groovy guitar, with backing by Dennis Farnon's swingin' orchestra. (Folk/Country, Now Sound)LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 60s Living Stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has some surface wear, small center split in the spine, and some splitting in the bottom seam. Label on Side 2 has an address sticker.)
Capes & Masks (Shorty Rogers) —
Comic Book Heroes ... LP Mainstream, Mid 60s. Very Good+ ...
$24.9929.99
Fantastic stuff! The Capes & Masks are actually a crack studio team led by Shorty Rogers and Irving Joseph, and on this LP they lay down some of the most dynamic, crazy instrumental work we've heard in a long time! The theme is Super Hero madness, and the music is very camp, but also very ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Vince is a lucky man – he's got Liberace to guide him on the piano – as he serves up a mix of jazz and classical-themed numbers here, all set to arrangements by Art Freeman! LP, Vinyl record album
A landmark album of contemporary jazzy grooves – a set issued at the start of the century, and one of the first to really get a blend of classic elements right – after so many others were foundering around in too-remixed, too-programmed work in the 90s! For years, Nicola Conte was a ... (New Grooves, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The closest thing Sammy D ever came to cutting a bossa album – and a lovely batch of fragile tunes that feature no other instrumentation save for the guitar of Laurindo Almeida. Almeida plays acoustic guitar on the album, in a gentle style that supports Sam's rich voice as it works through a ... (Vocalists, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono tri-color label pressing. Cover has some light edge & ring wear.)
Peter Dean —
Fun City ... LP Audio Fidelity, 1976. Very Good+ ...
$3.997.99
An aquatic-themed album from Martin Denny – and one that seems to take him to some of the same south seas territory that Les Baxter was exploring at the time! Of course, the Martin Denny approach is leaner and more compact – lots of great percussion, piano, and vibes – plus those ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great entry in the classic run of exotica albums by Martin Denny – one that adds in a bit more percussion than usual to the mix – all sorts of gongs, chimes, and other instruments – including some great bits from Eastern sources, which really helps expand the sound of the music! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sublime late 50s work from Martin Denny – his third album under the Exotica banner, and almost a deeper and weirder album than the other two! The sound here is extremely haunting – even more freed from conventional melody than the rest, and very fixated on the tonal possibilities that ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono turquoise label pressing with deep groove. Cover has just a touch of surface wear, but this is a great copy overall!)
Martin Denny's music always takes us away to the tropics – and this set is a whole Forbidden Island of exotica tunes! The record features the classic Denny exotica quartet with Augie Colon and Julius Wechter – plus some additional guest players on flute, percussion, and guitar – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great later moment from Martin Denny – a set that gave him a big 60s hit in a sweet version of "Taste of Honey"! Denny approaches the tune with all the great mellow moods that Bobby Scott intended – none of the too-fast styles of Hirt, and instead the slow-moving rhythms ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has some light wear, spot of pen, ink stamp.)
The killer debut as a leader from percussionist Modesto Duran – an artist who played on a whole host of albums in the 50s and 60s – Latin records, exotica gems, and plenty more – all of which seem to resonate strongly with the work on this album! The set's got a vibe that echoes ... (Latin, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A very cool later album from Duane Eddy – done at a time when his old wonderproducer Lee Hazlewood was having great success at Reprise Records – where he invited Eddy for an update of their previous style! The album's totally great – with more fuzz and distortion than previous ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
Great work from this cool European sextet – a vocal group that features three gals and three guys – or pals, as their name might indicate! Their style's a bit like the Double Six, in that it's rooted in harmony jazz – but given the choice of material here, and the overall ... (Vocalists, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the coolest collections of work we've ever heard from the great Mort Garson – a selection of tracks that were done during the same years as his famous album releases in the world of moog and analog synth, but done for much more obscure sources that include television, film, and other ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the coolest, moogiest records we've ever heard from Mort Garson – and that's saying a lot, given that the man gave us the Wozzard Of Iz and a host of moog-based astrological records too! The album's billed as "mood music especially composed to aid the growing of your plants" ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green vinyl pressing. Includes the original Mother Earth Plant Care booklet!)
One of those great post-war musical portraits of New York – jazzy, swinging, and a wonderful anthem to the city during one of its greatest decades! (Jazz, Now Sound)LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Vinyl plays with a click throughout most of side 2. In the split-cover, with some light wear & aging.)
(Original German stereo pressing. Cover has ring impressions, bumped and bent corners, lightly bent sides, sticker spot at the top right, and a name and date written in pen in back.)
Marty Gold & His Orchestra —
Soundaroundus ... LP RCA, 1966. Near Mint- ...
$0.999.99
Swingin hi fi and big band sounds – and, as the label says, "a marriage of music and electronics – spellbinding". The "electronics" aren't moogy or anything like that, but the sound's pretty good, and there are some nice covers such as "A Taste Of Honey", ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo Dynagroove pressing with deep groove. Cover is bent just a bit at the spine, in fantastic shape otherwise.)
Ron Goodwin —
Adventure ... LP Columbia/EMI (UK), 1966. Near Mint- ...
$6.99
A classic from the Studio 2 years at EMI – a set that has some nicely dramatic moments from the great Ron Goodwin! LP, Vinyl record album
Brit easy exotica! Ron Goodwin was to the British easy scene of the 50s what Les Baxter was to that of the US – a very capable leader with a talent for impeccable arrangements of many different styles, and a mode of going global that really brought the whole thing home. The album was issued ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the coolest, grooviest albums ever cut by trumpeter Al Hirt – and maybe the funkiest as well, thanks to some killer soul arrangements by the great Teacho Wiltshire! Teacho handled plenty of great soul material in the 60s – and here, he sets up some smoking arrangements that have ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An exotica classic from the great Frank Hunter – an arranger who worked in many other formats in the 50s and 60s – but who's really left his mark with this haunting little record! The instrumentation is quite unique – as Hunter blends electric sounds from an ondionline with core ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original mono pressing. Cover has a small mark in one corner from an old sticker – but this is a very nice copy overall.)
Vibes, piano, percussion, and a stunning array of really wonderful grooves – not "fake" retro-styled electric numbers, nor any sort of too-easy covers of classics – and instead this great blend of original material played by a very cool group – one who mix together equal ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Contemporary exotica from Ixtahuele – a group who get just the right blend of vibes, piano, and percussion to take us back to the glory days of the genre in the 50s! And maybe even better than most, the combo never try to add anything in, or make things too modern or complex – just the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kind of a cheesy spy-theme cash-in record – but the group actually features nice work from JJ Johnson on trombone, Joe Newman on trumpet, and Mundell Lowe on guitar! (Jazz, Now Sound)LP, Vinyl record album
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 Berghofer ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(A beautiful clear green vinyl pressing – remastered by Kevin Gray from the original tapes!)
A lost chapter in the career of cellist Fred Katz – an album recorded after his small combo work with Chico Hamilton, and sort of a larger group take on the whimsical sound of the classic Hamilton Quintet! The tracks are all older folk tunes, adapted by Katz to fit a chamber jazz mode – ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo gold label pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Sweet space age funk from the great John Keating – a great follow up to the initial Space Experience record! As with the first, this one's got some excellent originals – like "Asteroid", "Stereoskopia", "Counterglow", and "Earthshine" – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Cover has light ringwear and a 4-inch split in the bottom seam.)
Raymond Lefevre —
Soul Symphonies ... LP Seven Seas/Riviera (Japan), 1971. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$19.99
Nice work from the grooviest period of this French arranger – upbeat takes on classical themes, but given a sweet 70s Euro spin! LP, Vinyl record album
Psychedelic easy listening! This groovy late 60s instrumental session features fuzzy guitars, squeaky moog, heavy drums, and lilting strings – a bit like Pierre Henry, a bit like Francis Lai, and a lot like some of the best Italian sound library themes from the time – pretty weird and ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 00s 180 gram pressing on Dagored/Mucho Gusto.)
Wicked funk from Japanese keyboardist Norio Maeda – also a hell of an arranger, too – as you'll hear on this superb set from the start of the 70s! The record's one of those key albums that took a 60s groovy Japanese sound much further into the future – giving the whole thing a ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great little album of Latiny tunes from Henry Mancini – played by a very hip lineup of west coast jazzmen! The rhythms have a great mix of Latin influences and Mancini magic – the kind of grooves you'd hear on his 60s soundtracks at the time, played by a lineup that includes Bud ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo dynagroove pressing. Cover has some surface wear and aging.)
Very groovy 70s work from Henry Mancini – way more than you might expect from the strings in the title! The album's got a pretty upbeat feel at times – a mix of gentle rhythms, swirling strings, and instrumentation that includes Hank on piano and Doc Severinsen on trumpet – both ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great takeoff on the late 50s idea of "music for . . . " – the idea that a record could be recorded for some sort of specific need or audience! The backings are by Henry Mancini, but the overall conception is clearly the work of Irving Taylor – who comes up with some great ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono Vitaphonic pressing with deep groove. Cover has a few small seam splits.)
The title track's a mighty big hit for The Marketts – and it's also a great way to describe the group's talent for pushing past their boundaries at the time! The sound is surf instrumental at the core – but really stretches out to space themes, soundtrack areas, and more – thanks ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono grey label vitaphonic pressing. Cover has a split bottom seam, light wear, and a bit of light staining on the back.)
Goofy "18th Century" jazziness, played by a tight west coast studio sextet that features Shelly Mann, Milt Raskin, Harry Klee, and Jack Marshall on guitar. The tracks are jazz standards, but they're given a sort of plucked sound, and layed out with some sort of stepping classical grooves. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a partially split spine, light surface wear, and aging.)
Rob McConnell —
Boss Brass ... LP RCA (Canada), Late 1960s. Very Good+ ...
$16.99
Great early work from trombonist Rob McConnell – already working here with a larger horn-heavy group, but in a style that's even groovier than his 70s work! There's loads of great cuts on here that are somewhere between American easy and MPS large ensemble work – and titles include ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A very cool record that we might well put right up there with Mel Torme's "California Suite" as a musical tribute to the west coast – or the "Manhattan Tower" of Gordon Jenkins as some sort of tribute to a city! The album's a long piece on the glory of San Francisco ... (Soundtracks, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(The back cover has aging.)
Gil Melle —
Tome VI ... LP Verve, 1967. Near Mint- ...
$19.99
An amazing little album from the legendary Gil Melle – a set that's billed as the first album of "electronic jazz", and which features Gil working with his Jazz Electronauts combo! Although Melle's perhaps best known for his baritone sax modern sides of the 50s for Blue Note and ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(MGM stereo pressing. Cover has a cutout hole, ringwear, some heavy edge wear, bumped corners, and half split top seam with yellowed tape remnants.)
Sergio Mendes —
Great Arrival ... LP Atlantic, 1966. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$19.9924.99
One of Sergio Mendes' most dreamy albums – quite different than both his vocal work with Brasil 66, and his smaller combo sides from Brazil! There's still a strong bossa component to the record – but the setting has Sergio's piano lines laid out over larger arrangements with a good ... (Brazil, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono white label promo. Includes the Atlantic inner sleeve. Cover is in great shape, with a DJ Copy sticker in front.)
Groovy 2LP set that includes some of the best work that Hugo Montenegro did for RCA during the 60s – including a number of nice cuts from some of his famous soundtracks! Titles include "Theme From The Fox", "Lady In Cement", "Good Morning Sunshine", "Aquariu ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mystic Moods Orchestra —
Highway One ... LP Warner, 1972. Very Good ...
Just Sold Out!
A sublime easy classic by The Mystic Moods – who by this time had transformed from a simple "sound effects plus easy listening" group into a sexy electric LA combo. This is one of their first albums for Warner, recorded with a nice sly slightly-funky sound – and it's a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green label stereo pressing. Cover has a cut corner, light ring & edge wear.)
Drums galore from the great Sandy Nelson – an artist who was one of the most hard-burning talents on the kit, back in the day – with a propulsive quality that makes a record like this take off right from the very first note! As with so many of Sandy's instrumental classics from back ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of our favorite albums ever from the genius moment of late 60s Warner Brothers – a set we'd rank right up there next to our favorites by Van Dyke Parks and Harper's Bizarre! The set's billed as a "phonograph opera", written by Tupper Saussy – and it's served up with these ... (Rock, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green W7 label stereo pressing. Cover has some wear, aging, and a cutout hole.)
One of the funkiest records ever cut by studio jazz genius Janko Nilovic! This set definitely earns the "soul" in the title – as Janko blends his usual mad mix of studio sounds with some heavier 70s elements – including a fair bit of fuzzy guitar, funky beats, and some nice ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classical pieces by Strauss, Gounod, Ponchielli, Schubert, Grieg, Ketelbey, Bach, Khachaturian, Saint-Saens, and Debussy performed on Yamaha GX-707. LP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing, with obi. Cover has some spotty aging inside the gatefold. Obi is lightly crinkled with a tear at the bottom, held with clear tape.)
A very weird record from the first big TV days of football! The album is essentially a comedy album, offering a different take on TV reportage, with the kind of hippy dippy sort of tricks that you might find on some of Gene Shepard's albums from the time. And like Shepard's albums, this one also ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Star Wars Suite", "Variations On A Korean Folksong", "Moment Voor Morricone", "Clarinet Candy", "Flat Baroque", "Baja", and more. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has small stickers at the top corners and is lightly bent and worn at the edges.)
Great early Johnny Richards exotica stuff, played by a small ensemble that includes jazz musicians like Joe Wilder on trumpet and Johnny Smith on guitar! Recorded for a small Roost subsidiary, and in a nice package with a spooky red filter. One long suite in 3 parts! (Jazz, Now Sound)LP, Vinyl record album
A really groovy little record – lots of tight guitars from Tony Rizzi – but served up in this sunny style that's almost an update of earlier A&M Records modes! The group features four more guitars – true Tony Rizzi style – plus sweet Fender Rhodes from Tom Rainer, and ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Howard Roberts —
Sounds ... LP Capitol, 1974. Near Mint- ...
$4.99
Ahhhhh . . . The sublime tone of Howard Roberts! The record's not as funky as his mid 60s gems, or as experimental as his trippy sides for Impulse, but there's still some wonderful little moments – with Howard riffing away in broad chromatic washes, and a small combo grooving underneath with ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the grooviest records ever cut by Brit easy maestro Harry Roche – and a set that's got plenty of sweet 70s touches in the mix, at a level that really opens things up in a great way! The set's got some key Fender Rhodes from Alaln Branscombe, who has a very unique touch on the ... (Sound Library, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A driving session of big band Latin, with some really nice moments, and some particularly strong percussion on the best tracks. According to the notes, Ray Barretto and Johnny Pacheco are on the album – but we don't see enough evidence to totally believe that. Titles include "Mambo ... (Latin, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has a small bottom seam split.)
One of the excellent albums that Pete Rugolo made away from the company of Stan Kenton, for who he did most of his most famous work. Although the title says "brass", this isn't a loud swinging record in the Billy May sort of way. Instead, Rugolo arranges a haunting set of jazz tracks as ... (Jazz, Now Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has clear tape spots on the edges. Back cover has aging.)