Nice later work from Ruby Andrews – better known for her indie work on the Chicago scene, but getting a shot here on a major label! The set features arrangements by David VanDepitte and McKinley Jackson, who do a good job of getting the best out of Ruby – and the great Earl Van Dyke ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An overlooked jazz rock combo from the late 60s US scene – a group with echoes of Cream and Soft Machine, but who also have a bit rootsier feel overall! The core instrumentation of the trio is organ, drums, and guitar – used in ways that stretch out and soar with jazzy inflections at ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Amazing work from Gato Barbieri's legendary exploration of Latin American sounds for Impulse Records – a set that's heavy on Cuban influences, thanks to arrangements from the mighty Chico O'Farrill! The sound is sublime – a bit fuller than some of Gato's other albums in the run, but ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
With Freddie Greene on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, Eddie Shaughnessy on drums, Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Al Grey and Billy Byers on trombone, and Eddie Lockjaw Davis on tenor sax. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Richard Baskin —
Nashville ... LP ABC, 1985. Near Mint- ...
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Great work from Bobby Blue Bland – one of the few artists to rise up at the end of the 50s, and still find a way to chart their own path forward in soul with fresh material like this! Bobby's voice is still incredible here, and he works with production from Al Bell and Monk Higgins, the ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Four fantastic albums from Bobby Bland – all brought together in a single package for the first time! First up is Come Fly With Me – great work from Bobby Blue Bland – one of the few artists to rise up at the end of the 50s, and still find a way to chart their own path forward in ... (Blues) read moreCD
Brilliant later work by Bobby Blue Bland – done with backings that are much fuller than on his earlier albums – a mixture of strings and horns that really expand the sound! That doesn't keep things from being soulful, though – as Bobby's in incredible form vocally, really rising ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A bit of a shift for Bobby Blue Bland – a record that picks up some slight touches of the disco generation, thanks to arrangements by Michael Omartin – but a record that, thanks to Bobby's fantastic vocals, still really stands out from the pack! The shift is a bit like the one that ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has faint ring wear and light aging.)
Bobby Bland & BB King —
Together Again – Live ... LP ABC, 1976. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
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(Original green label pressing. Cover has a cut corner and some wear.)
Bobby Blue Bland —
Dreamer ... LP ABC, 1974. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
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Sure it's not his Duke recordings, and sure, the sound's a bit 70s-ish – but Bobby's voice is always fantastic, and he still sounds great in this smooth batch of tracks recorded in LA. Backings were arranged and conducted by Michael Omartian – but it's Bobby's vocals that really make ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light ring & edge wear, spot of sticker remnant.)
A nice little record from Bobby Blue Bland – quite different from his 60s sides for Duke/Peacock, and recorded in California (as you might guess from the title!) with a smoother more soulful approach that comes off surprisingly well! The style works well for Bobby – and kind of gave ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In the textured cover, with a cut corner and light wear.)
A nice little record from Bobby Blue Bland – quite different from his 60s sides for Duke/Peacock, and recorded in California (as you might guess from the title!) with a smoother more soulful approach that comes off surprisingly well! The style works well for Bobby – and kind of gave ... (Blues) read moreCD
A nice little record from Bobby Blue Bland – quite different from his 60s sides for Duke/Peacock, and recorded in California (as you might guess from the title!) with a smoother more soulful approach that comes off surprisingly well! The style works well for Bobby – and kind of gave ... (Blues) read moreCD
Amazing work from the Blues Magoos – stretching way beyond their roots as a garage rock band! The album's free, open, with a really jazzy style that shows that these guys had been soaking up plenty of influences from the left end of the singer/songwriter spectrum – and had also been ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed original pressing! Cover has a small cutout hole.)
A great bit of work from the re-formed Blues Magoos – a new incarnation of the group that had a few early garage rock hits, and which on this set features some great work by Eric Kaz, who seems to add a hip singer-songwriter feel to the record. The group have clearly been listening to a lot ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great bit of work from the re-formed Blues Magoos – a new incarnation of the group that had a few early garage rock hits, and which on this set features some great work by Eric Kaz, who seems to add a hip singer-songwriter feel to the record. The group have clearly been listening to a lot ... (Rock) read moreCD
Angelo Bond —
Bondage ... LP ABC, 1975. Very Good+ ...
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We've got to admit, we don't know much about Angelo Bond, but we've always had kind of a soft spot for this nice overlooked album of 70s soul tracks recorded for ABC. The arrangements are by McKinley Jackson and Paul Riser, and the tracks are a nice mix of 70s soul themes – with some ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has a cut corner, some wear and aging, and some sticker remnants.)
Scott Bradford —
Rock Slides ... LP ABC/Probe, 1969. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
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A lost album of funky jazz that features work by the great Nathan Davis! The combo's a hip rock-influenced one – mixing together acoustic funky jazz with a slight touch of electric bass, in a manner that's in keeping with some of the hipper jazz rock groups that were coming out of England ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An odd little soundtrack of 50s-sounding tunes! The film, in case you don't know it, was an early low budget JD film – set in Brooklyn at the end of the 50s, with Sylvester Stallone in the lead. The budget appears to have been so low that they couldn't afford to pay for using the big hits ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed, with a small cutout hole and square sticker remnants.)
Beautiful early material from Betty – recorded with large group arrangements by Richard Wess, and a nicely swinging, easily jazzy feel! The record is one of Carter's more obscure sessions, and it's one of the few from the old days to really capture her jazzy vocals well in a large group ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
Beautiful early material from Betty – recorded with large group arrangements by Richard Wess, and a nicely swinging, easily jazzy feel! The record is one of Carter's more obscure sessions, and it's one of the few from the old days to really capture her jazzy vocals well in a large group ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Clarence Carter —
Real ... LP ABC, 1974. Very Good+ ...
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Funny that they'd call this one "real", as it's probably the least rootsy of Clarence's albums from the early 70s. Not that that's a problem, though, because McKinley Jackson and Paul Riser handled the arrangements with a style that's very similar to some of Lamont Dozier's work for ABC ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic live set from Ray Charles – one that equally showcases all the best sides of his sound in the mid 60s! The group's got a nice dose of jazz – which it shows right at the start – almost a mix of Basie swing and R&B, of the sort that Ray was sporting heavily in the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing. Cover has light wear, some aging, and a Sample stamp in back.)
A classic! What seemed a silly idea at the time was true proof of Ray's genius, and the result was the most successful album of his career – and a bona-fide number one hit that rode the charts for years and years! Ray's voice works perfectly with the material, and thanks to soulful ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Arrangements by Sid Feller – with titles that include "Rainy Night In Georgia", "My First Night Alone Without You", "I Can Make It Thru The Days", and "Someone To Watch Over Me". (Soul) LP, Vinyl record album
A classic album of soul duets – and one of the deeper records cut by Betty during the 60s! The arrangements are by the great Marty Paich, and although there's some singers in the background, the overall sound is still pretty nice and soulful. Betty's high voice works well with Ray's raspy ... (Soul) read moreCD
A classic album of soul duets – and one of the deeper records cut by Betty during the 60s! The arrangements are by the great Marty Paich, and although there's some singers in the background, the overall sound is still pretty nice and soulful. Betty's high voice works well with Ray's raspy ... (Soul) read moreCD
Cold Blood are still going strong in the mid 70s – a lot stronger than anyone would imagine for a group that was kind of a white-boy (and girl) soul group coming out of the magical Bay Area scene of the late 60s. The group's actually a lot tighter here than before – and the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Quite possibly the rarest session ever cut by Buddy Collette – a quartet session with an unusual group that includes Dick Shreve on piano, John Goodman on bass, and Bill Dolney on drums – all players that get past the usual west coast crew that Buddy mostly recorded with! The format ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A jazz rock masterpiece from Colosseum – the kind of record that the British scene could do far far better than any American group at the time! The set is a sweet blend of late beat group grooving – using the heavy R&B-influenced guitar and organ styles of earlier years, and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A jazz rock masterpiece from Colosseum – the kind of record that the British scene could do far far better than any American group at the time! The set is a sweet blend of late beat group grooving – using the heavy R&B-influenced guitar and organ styles of earlier years, and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 750 – on heavyweight gold vinyl!)
Fantastic funky jazz from the Crusaders! The set includes some of their best cuts from their years at Blue Thumb – when they were slicking things up a bit, but still staying pretty true to their soul jazz roots. There's a lot of nice electric funky numbers, and more than a few hip hop ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Apart from the title's terrible pun on the Glenn Campbell hit of the mid 70s, this album's a real treat – a very soulful batch of smooth funky jazz tunes by The Crusaders, who by this point have fully emerged to claim the throne of the pop soul jazz genre they virtually invented. The record's ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Very unusual later work from Fats Domino – recorded with a bit of a deep soul vibe by producer Felton Jarvis, who makes for some interesting twists on the usual Domino sound! Titles include "Man That's All", "Wigs", "Monkey Business", "Reelin & ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A nicely evolved groove from Lee Dorsey – still working with tremendous production from Allen Toussaint, the man who brought him into stardom in the 60s – but with a warmer sound that's more 70s modern overall! The shift here is almost like that of Lamont Dozier's in the 70s – as ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the excellent recordings made by The Dramatics at ABC – great group soul gems that are sometimes overlooked because they didn't yield as many hits as earlier sets – but which are stellar records nonetheless! This one's got all the right elements firmly in place – killer ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the excellent recordings made by The Dramatics at ABC – great group soul gems that are sometimes overlooked because they didn't yield as many hits as earlier sets – but which are stellar records nonetheless! This one's got all the right elements firmly in place – killer ... (Soul) read moreCD
Although not as instantly captivating as their work for Stax, this set for ABC is still a pretty darn great group soul album! The group haven't lost their touch vocally – and Ron Banks and LJ Reynolds are still incredible singers that push smooth soul to a whole new level. The album ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dramatics —
Dramatic Jackpot ... CD ABC/Universal (Japan), 1975. New Copy ...
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One of the Dramatics' best albums, and a real masterpiece of 70's group soul! The style here is a bit different than the group's previous records for Stax – maybe a bit tighter, with sweet arrangements – but these fantastic vocals that cut through everything and grab you to your core ... (Soul) read moreCD
One of the Dramatics' best albums, and a real masterpiece of 70's group soul! The style here is a bit different than the group's previous records for Stax – maybe a bit tighter, with sweet arrangements – but these fantastic vocals that cut through everything and grab you to your core ... (Soul) read moreCD
One of the Dramatics' best albums, and a real masterpiece of 70's group soul! The style here is a bit different than the group's previous records for Stax – maybe a bit tighter, with sweet arrangements – but these fantastic vocals that cut through everything and grab you to your core ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Incredibly great work from The Dramatics – the kind of record that hits on all burners instantly, and just keeps on cooking all the way through! The set kicks off with the title funky cut "Shake It Well" – done in a mode that the group handle surprisingly well, thanks to some ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has some wear along the opening side with light staining.)
A really fantastic bit of heavy psych – fuzzy and pretty darn catchy at the same time! Titles include the long "Just Let Go" – plus "Knocked Out", "Goodbye Girl", "Out Where The Light Fish Live", "Don't Tell Me", and "Stone ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has a small cutout hole, some light wear, and crease on a back corner. Vinyl is nice.)
Don Elliott Octet featuring Candido —
Jamaica Jazz ... LP ABC, 1958. Very Good+ ...
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Featuring great work by Candido on a number of the tracks, most of which are great calypso-sounding cuts, which give Candido a lot of room to solo. Tracks include "Push De Button", "Savanna", "Ain't It The Truth" and "Napoleon". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
A pair of albums from saxophonist Wilton Felder – back to back on a single CD! We All Have A Star offers up solo sounds from Crusaders reedman Wilton Felder – a really great set that's very much in the best vibe of his larger group at the time – yet one that also offers up a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Floaters —
Floaters ... LP ABC, 1977. Very Good+ ...
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Their classic, with the great long version of "Float On", which is a monster soul cut that stands tall with steppers and rappers alike. It's probably the best track they ever did, and it's all here in a version that's nearly 12 minutes long – with loads of samples that you'll ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ford Theatre —
Time Changes ... LP ABC, 1969. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
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A really great little concept rock album – presented almost as a play, with spoken bits between the songs, and an overall feel that's very much in the Hair vein! The core group are kind of a pop/psyche outfit, and sound great enough on their own – but the record also features some ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wild little record, as you might expect from a group who named themselves after the place where Abraham Lincoln was shot! There's a lot of organ in the mix, next to the expected fuzzy guitar – and the group even uses a string quartet at points, to great effect – all with an ambitious ... (Rock) read moreCD
Four Tops —
Catfish ... LP ABC, 1976. Very Good+ ...
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A lot greater than you'd expect – like most of The Four Tops' excellent work on ABC. The classic Motown sound is no longer, but in its place is the same sort of positive 70s soul grooving that Lamont Dozier picked up on the label – a style that makes a perfect platform for the vocals ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Killer Four Tops material from the early 70s – and a record that proved that they didn't need to be on Motown to still keep churnin' out the hits! The sound is sophisticated, and pushes past the standard format of the group's good-selling records for Motown – hitting a classic AM Radio ... (Soul) read moreCD
Killer Four Tops material from the early 70s – and a record that proved that they didn't need to be on Motown to still keep churnin' out the hits! The sound is sophisticated, and pushes past the standard format of the group's good-selling records for Motown – hitting a classic AM Radio ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Really nice work from The Four Tops – proof that they were still going quite quite strong after Motown! The album's got a hip sound that shows the group moving through a wider range of emotions than we ever remember – crafting rich deep harmonies that still stand apart from the big ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing. Cover has light wear, but looks great overall.)
An album with "midwest" in the title, but one that features Arlyn Gale standing under the Brooklyn Bridge – and coming across in a really cool hybrid of singer/songwriter and more polished AOR modes! Gale himself plays acoustic guitar, instead of electric – which matches the ... (Rock) read moreCD
Seminal 70s sounds from the great Tompall Glaser – a figure who maybe came a bit later to the outlaw tag than some of his contemporaries, but who definitely summed up the music with a record like this! For years, Glaser was one of these background figures on the Nashville scene – ... (Folk/Country) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jerry Goldsmith —
Chinatown ... CD ABC/Varese, 1974. Used ...
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Jerry Goldsmith's score for one of the greatest movies of the 70s – done with this spacious mix of jazzy elements that's completely sublime – and a bit like some of Johnny Mandel's best scoring too! The film is set in the 30s, but Goldsmith uses a lot of mature 70s elements in his ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Jerry Goldsmith —
Chinatown ... LP ABC, 1974. Sealed ...
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Jerry Goldsmith's score for one of the greatest movies of the 70s – done with this spacious mix of jazzy elements that's completely sublime – and a bit like some of Johnny Mandel's best scoring too! The film is set in the 30s, but Goldsmith uses a lot of mature 70s elements in his ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Eydie's definitely in love on this one – given the romantic nature of most of the tunes, and the gentle, ballad-heavy approach of the record – and although her longtime paramour Steve Lawrence is pictured in a photo on the back cover, the album's all Gorme's own! Backings are by Don ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has a name on the back, but looks great.)
Eydie Gorme —
On Stage ... LP ABC, Early 60s. Near Mint- ...
$4.99
Don Costa arranged, and the set features a few trumpet solos from Charlie Walp – on titles that include "I'm Shooting High", "I'm In Luck", "All Right Okay You Win", "Taking A Chance On Love", and "Better Luck Next Time". (Vocalists) LP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing. Cover has staple holes in the top left corner.)
Graffiti —
Graffiti ... CD ABC/Sundazed, 1968. New Copy ...
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One of those really unusual, almost unlikely albums that were issued by the ABC label at the end of the 60s – the kind of record that shouldn't have gotten such exposure on such a big label, which meant that it was promptly ignored in terms of promotion – yet somehow went on to become ... (Rock) read moreCD
Bob Greene/New Orleans Ragtime/Jazz Combo/Trio —
Pretty Baby ... LP ABC, 1978. Near Mint- ...
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Soundtrack for this film that starred a young Brooke Shields – with trad jazz material played by a few different groups – two with piano by Bob Greene. (Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album
Richard Harris —
Tramp Shining ... LP ABC, 1968. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$6.999.99
Pretty stunning work from the team of Richard Harris & Jimmy Webb – a shining point in both of their careers! Harris wasn't much of a singer, and was mostly known as an actor before these two albums. He teamed up with Jimmy Webb as the perfect foil for some of Webb's late sixties song-st ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In the Unipak cover, with light wear, aging, and some wear at the spine.)
An excellent batch of rare material by vocalist Johnny Hartman, and a very strong set of tracks that shows a side of his work that's often ignored! Usually, Hartman gets cited for his slow, moody, syrupy sound – such as that which he used in his classic recordings with Coltrane. However, we ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
2 lesser-known sessions by singer Johnny Hartman – back to back on one CD! First up are 11 tracks from the ABC album I Love Everybody – recorded in 1966, and one of the coolest records ever by Johnny Hartman! Unlike his other mellow jazz vocal albums, this one's got a swinging batch ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
Isaac Hayes —
Chocolate Chip ... LP HBS/ABC/Elemental (Spain), 1975. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
$29.9934.99
Slightly later than some of Isaac Hayes' biggest Stax albums – but a great little record that's filled with some excellent smooth soul material! The record shows Hayes really trying to push his style to new levels, and it's got a sophistication that you don't hear on earlier albums – a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Isaac Hayes —
Chocolate Chip ... LP HBS/ABC, 1975. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$6.998.99
Slightly later than some of Isaac Hayes' biggest Stax albums – but a great little record that's filled with some excellent smooth soul material! The record shows Hayes really trying to push his style to new levels, and it's got a sophistication that you don't hear on earlier albums – a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Isaac Hayes —
Groove-A-Thon ... LP Hot Buttered Soul/ABC, 1976. Sealed Gatefold ...
$9.99
After leaving Stax, Ike seemed to be trying to turn himself into more of a Barry White-style artist – with more emphasis on original tracks about love and loving, instead of his older method of transforming pop hits into little baroque symphonies. On a record like this, the approach meant ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed, with lightly bent corners in back.)
Hardly the disco set you might guess from the title – and instead, a surprisingly soulful gem from the post-Stax years of Isaac Hayes! There's certainly a bit of uptempo grooving in the mix – but, as on Ike's Polydor years, the approach is still handled with the deeper sounds that ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover is great!)
Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick —
Man & A Woman ... CD ABC/Big Break (UK), 1977. New Copy ...
$12.9919.99
A wonderful duet set from Isaac Hayes and Dionne Warwick – one that draws on the classiest side of the Hayes spectrum, and uses his groove to help Dionne find some great new energy! Even in performance, the music has that great rich quality that Isaac always brought to his solo recordings in ... (Soul) read moreCD
Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick —
Man & A Woman ... LP ABC, 1977. Very Good 2LP Gatefold ...
$3.99
A wonderful duet set from Ike Hayes and Dionne Warwick – one that draws on the classiest side of the Hayes spectrum, and uses his groove to help Dionne find some great new energy! Even in performance, the music has that great rich quality that Isaac always brought to his solo recordings in ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In the die-cut gatefold cover, with some ring & edge wear.)
Don't hold the "disco" in the title against Isaac – because the album's still a pretty nice one, and by no means a cheap sell-out affair! The set was recorded in Memphis, with backings by the classic Movement combo – and although the tunes do have a "sweetened" ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Hello People —
Bricks ... LP ABC, 1975. Near Mint- ...
$3.99
After working for years in the Crusaders, then honing his production skills with excellent work for Fantasy and Mercury, Wayne Henderson put out this album of his own, which drew on a lot of the work he'd been doing during the mid 70s. The album's a showcase for his At Home productions team, and ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Eddie Holman —
I Love You ... LP ABC, 1969. Very Good+ ...
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Eddie's masterpiece LP of late sixties soul, with the classic "Hey There Lonely Girl", the title cut, and a lot of other great original compositions. The sound on here is perfect, and nearly every cut shines. There's almost no filler, and Eddie's voice is strong, beautiful, and has a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album