The debut of Arrested Development – a worthy critical favorite early in it's release cycle the went on the dismissed by lot of hip hop heads after it became a hit – and a solid, spiritually resonant effort well worth a reappraisal after all these years! They really was no other hip hop ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Unplugged and doing their thing – a classic TV performance from Arrested Development, and one that captures the group back when they still had something going on! Titles include "The Getting", "Fishin 4 Religion", and "People Everyday" – also including ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Tracks include "United Minds", "Africa's Inside Me", "Pride", "In The Sunshine", "Ease My Mind", "Ache'n For Acres", "Mister Landlord", "Kneelin' At My Altar", "Praisin U", "Warm Sentiments", and ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Not as sublime as their first LP, but still a nice batch of modern pop sound collage. More traditional song structures are poking through the cool po-mo facade here. With "Opus 4", "Eye Of A Needle", "Backbeat", "Instruments Of Darkness", "Peter ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bahamadia —
Kollage ... LP Chrysalis, 1996. Near Mint- ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
An underrated classic! Beats by Primo, Guru, the Beatminerz, the Roots, Ski and others. Tracks include "True Honey Buns", "I Confess", "Word Play", "UKNOWHOWWEDU", "Three The Hard Way" with , "Da Jawn" with the Roots, "3 Tha Hard ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing. Cover has a promo stamp, hype sticker, and a bit of wear at the bottom right corner.)
A massive package of work from Bedlam – an early project from drummer Cozy Powell, and one with a legacy that's surprisingly bigger than the single album they issued back in the day! The first 2CDs feature both a new mix and 1973 mix of the self-titled Bedlam album – a searing set that ... (Rock) read moreCD
Titles include "Treat Me Right", "Hell Is For Children", "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "You Better Run", and "Wuthering Heights". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Blondie —
Autoamerican ... LP Chrysalis, 1980. Very Good ...
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The biggest sounding Blondie album by far – and a radical leap from New York new wave scene band to a wildly ambitious pop pastiche machine! The band always had a fearless way of filtering far-reaching pop sounds into their material, even when they were still on the CBGBs scene, and while ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes one side of the printed inner sleeve. Cover has some edge wear.)
Blondie had a lot to live up to after Parallel Lines, but they pulled it off here – Eat To The Beat is another classic! Downtown cool, a strong sense of pop history and tight production by Mike Chapman make for a really distinct sound on this one. Standouts include the excellent opener " ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Still in the shrink with hype sticker. Includes the printed inner sleeve.)
A great bit of funky fusion from Michel Colombier – and quite different than his early work on the Paris scene of the late 60s! Colombier is perhaps best remembered today for his legendary Messe Pour Le Temps Present – written with Pierre Henry – and for the beautifully baroque ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The mindblowing debut of De La Soul – a set that's inarguably one of the most important records in hip hop history – overflowing with playful, endearingly oddball trio rhymes and Prince Paul production at it's most sprawlingly sampled and creative! The set has classic songs that stand ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
The mindblowing debut of De La Soul – a set that's inarguably one of the most important records in hip hop history – overflowing with playful, endearingly oddball trio rhymes and Prince Paul production at it's most sprawlingly sampled and creative! The set has classic songs that stand ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The mindblowing debut of De La Soul – a set that's inarguably one of the most important records in hip hop history – overflowing with playful, endearingly oddball trio rhymes and Prince Paul production at it's most sprawlingly sampled and creative! The set has classic songs that stand ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The mindblowing debut of De La Soul – a set that's inarguably one of the most important records in hip hop history – overflowing with playful, endearingly oddball trio rhymes and Prince Paul production at it's most sprawlingly sampled and creative! The set has classic songs that stand ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
All hits and almost no misses – starting with "Oooh", easily the best single of the '00, featuring some nice quotes from classic hip hop tracks ranging from the Funky 4 + 1 to Mos Def, and some of Redman's best verses in a while. De La Soul basically started the whole skits-between- ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
All hits and almost no misses – starting with "Oooh", easily the best single of the '00, featuring some nice quotes from classic hip hop tracks ranging from the Funky 4 + 1 to Mos Def, and some of Redman's best verses in a while. De La Soul basically started the whole skits-between- ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An insanely wonderful record from De La Soul – a set that's sometimes eclipsed by its legendary precursors, but which would easily stand as the best record in the catalog by any other group! Prince Paul's production is impeccable – leaner than before, likely due to new restrictions on ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
An insanely wonderful record from De La Soul – a set that's sometimes eclipsed by its legendary precursors, but which would easily stand as the best record in the catalog by any other group! Prince Paul's production is impeccable – leaner than before, likely due to new restrictions on ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
If De La Soul took the world by storm with their groundbreaking debut, they definitely pushed hip hop even farther ahead with this killer second album – a record that refines all the best impulses of the first set, and has the trio coming across with an even greater command of the space of a ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
De La Soul —
De La Soul Is Dead ... LP Tommy Boy/Chrysalis, 1991. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
$30.9934.99
If De La Soul took the world by storm with their groundbreaking debut, they definitely pushed hip hop even farther ahead with this killer second album – a record that refines all the best impulses of the first set, and has the trio coming across with an even greater command of the space of a ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
De La Soul —
Stakes Is High ... CD Tommy Boy/Chrysalis, 1996. New Copy ...
$16.9918.99
De La Soul take on the world of hip hop with a record that's very much at the top of their game – leaner in production than before, but at a level that also brings a bit more bite to their rhymes – a good thing too, as the group take on some of their contemporaries as they assess the ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
De La Soul —
Stakes Is High ... LP Tommy Boy/Chrysalis, 1996. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
$30.9932.99
De La Soul take on the world of hip hop with a record that's very much at the top of their game – leaner in production than before, but at a level that also brings a bit more bite to their rhymes – a good thing too, as the group take on some of their contemporaries as they assess the ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Three sure shot hits off Daily Operation! (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Original pressing with Masterdisk/SRC stamps in a stickered sleeve, with price sticker remnants.)
Gang Starr —
Hard To Earn ... LP Chrysalis, 1994. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
Gang Starr at pretty close to peak level here on 1994's Hard To Earn – and rather than continue to ride the waves they made on the previous couple classic albums, Guru sharpens the lyrical tone just a bit – spitting some more incisive rhymes over apporpriately gritty soul jazz beats ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An unusual bit of club from Lee Garrett – a singer who's got a relatively rootsy sound overall, but who's working here with a set of smooth and and jazzy backings! Arrangements on the set are by Tom Sellers, who plays piano at the hed of a combo that includes Dave Grusin on synth, Tom Scott ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A groundbreaking meeting of musical icons – with veteran jazz greats, a couple of then-young guns, and one of the MCs who helped bring jazz into hip hop in the first place! Jazzmatazz bridges both stylistic and generational boundaries in incredible ways, not only an earnest effort by Guru to ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
A groundbreaking meeting of musical icons – with veteran jazz greats, a couple of then-young guns, and one of the MCs who helped bring jazz into hip hop in the first place! Jazzmatazz bridges both stylistic and generational boundaries in incredible ways, not only an earnest effort by Guru to ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Guru's Jazzmatazz —
Jazzmatazzmixx ... CD Chrysalis (Japan), 2001. Used ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
(Promo. Cover has some ringwear, yellowing from age, some light stains on both sides, and some heavy aging in back.)
Debbie Harry —
Kookoo ... LP Chrysalis, 1981. Near Mint- ...
Out Of Stock
A nice change in sound for Debbie Harry – thanks to Chic production from Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards – who really help the solo singer find a groove that's quite different than her work in Blondie! The style's a mixture of the funky club that Chic did so well, with elements that ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
THE perfect ode to decadent 80s drug culture from the Scarface soundtrack, with bubbly, percolating production with extra-80s guitar riffing provided by Giorgio Moroder. (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Billy Idol —
Billy Idol ... LP Chrysalis, 1982. Very Good+ ...
Out Of Stock
The album that really broke Jethro Tull out of the prog rock underground and into the mainstream – and a set that showed that the group weren't just a combo with creative use of flute, but a band that could really rock off their ass when they wanted to! Previous records were all pretty great ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tan Reprise label pressing, including the insert! Cover has a small top seam split.)
Jethro Tull —
Benefit ... LP Chrysalis/Reprise, 1970. Near Mint- ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
An early gem from Jethro Tull – and a set that has the group really reaching forth with some of their more complicated, jazz-based musical impulses – while still holding onto some of the rawer power of the early days too! The album's lesser-known than some of the group's earlier hits ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Late 70s blue label Chrysalis pressing. Cover has light wear, lightly bent spine, and some peeled spots and strip at the bottom left corner.)
An early gem from Jethro Tull – and a set that has the group really reaching forth with some of their more complicated, jazz-based musical impulses – while still holding onto some of the rawer power of the early days too! The album's lesser-known than some of the group's earlier hits ... (Rock) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Jethro Tull —
Heavy Horses ... LP Chrysalis, 1978. Very Good+ ...
Out Of Stock
Titles include "Old Brown Mouse", "Weathercock", "Journeyman", "Moths", "No Lullaby", and "And The Mouse Police Never Stops". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
A bit of old, and a bit of new – and includes some great live material on the second half, including the extended "By Kind Permission Of" and "Dharma For One" – and the great "Christmas Song". Other titles include "Bouree", "Song For ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original US green label pressing in the hardbound cover with booklet. Cover has light surface wear. The back cover has chewed up bottom corner with wear.)
Includes "Teacher", "Aqualung", "Thick As A Brick", "Locomotive Breath", "Fat Man", "Living In The Past", "Rainbow Blues", "Nothing Is Easy", and more. (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Lots of classics – including "Living In The Past", "Aqualung", "Bungle In The Jungle", "Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day", "Life's A Long Song", and "Thick As A Brick". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Jethro Tull —
Passion Play ... LP Chrysalis, 1973. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
Out Of Stock
Jethro Tull —
Stand Up ... CD Chrysalis, 1969. Used ...
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Beautiful early work from Jethro Tull – a formative set that really has the group deepening both their themes and their music! There's still a bit of blues rock at the core – but also some richer, more lyrical modes too – and Ian Anderson does a perfect job of bridging both ... (Rock) read moreCD
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)
Jethro Tull —
This Was ... LP Reprise/Chrysalis, 1968. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
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Funky bluesy flutey magic from The Tull – includes a wonderful version of Roland Kirk's "Serenade To A Cuckoo" – plus "My Sunday Feeling", "Dharma For One", "It's Breaking Me Up", and "Song For Jeffrey". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Titles include "Taxi Grab", "Pied Piper", "Chequered Flag", "Big Dipper", "Bad Eyed & Loveless", "Quizz Kid", and "From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Jethro Tull —
War Child ... LP Chrysalis, 1974. Very Good+ ...
Out Of Stock
Includes the classics "Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day" and "Bungle In The Jungle". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
The never-issued full length album from Philly funk combo Nat Turner Rebellion – a group led by Joseph Jefferson, who'd later write great songs for others – but who here is standing strong at the head of a very righteous group! Nat Turner Rebellion issued a few singles on the Philly ... (Soul) read moreCD
The mid 80s... when a song like this passed for politics in music! Forget the stupid message lyrics, though, and remember that Hardcastle cracked a lot of scenes with the cut – forging kind of a pop-political-street beat kind of groove. (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Procol Harum —
Grand Hotel ... LP Chrysalis, 1973. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$19.99
Procol Harum check into the Grand Hotel – and check out with one of their greatest albums ever! The set's got that majestic sound that was the group's strongest point – a strange mix of the very personal vocals of Gary Brooker and the expansive blend of piano, organ, and guitar that ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese pressing WWS-71001. Includes insert. Cover has light wear and yellowing from age.)