A sweet 80s groover throughout – the only album we've ever seen by this keyboard-heavy quintet, served up in a flurry of catchy catchy tunes! Keys on the set are handled by producer/arranger Michael Stokes – who's very clearly in charge of the voices of the group – giving them ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great return to form for Laurie Anderson – a set that's much more in the territory of her early recordings than some of her more song-based tracks – with a great blend of spoken and sung vocals, set amidst wonderful production from Brian Eno – a musical partner who makes the ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the grooviest Dorothy Ashby albums of the 60s – a set that has her already-great jazz work on harp backed by Chicago soul arrangements from Richard Evans – all in a blend that's somewhere in the territory of the Soulful Strings, but even groovier! And as an added bonus, Odell ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fantastic! The lost link in the Chicago soul scene of the 60s was Baby Huey – and he was a pretty darn big link too, if you've ever seen him in pictures! Weighing in at about 300 pounds, Baby Huey was sort of a rockin' soul star who played clubs on both sides of the city, to audiences of ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Late, laidback ballad material from the great Chet Baker – and a set that, like so many of his other 80s recordings, has a subtle brilliance that really sets it apart from his better-known material of the 50s! Baker's horn is open, airy, and does more with less than ever before – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1500 – on heavyweight clear vinyl!)
The title's a bit misleading – as Chet Baker never really stopped singing, and in fact had found a way to mix his vocals with really nicely stretched-out solos on some of his European recordings from this generation! But the set does feature maybe a bit more vocals upfront than some of Chet's ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the tighter late albums from trumpet legend Chet Baker – done during the last few years of his life, at a time when he was going for a sound that was a bit more back to basics than some of his more longer-winded records from a few years before! The group here is a quartet – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight yellow vinyl!)
The last-ever Chet Baker recording with a quartet – and a set that shows just how completely magical the legendary trumpeter was even up to the end! Chet at this time is completely different than Chet in the 50s or 60s – as he'd really found a way to make all these amazing new sounds ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Really wonderful material from trumpet legend Chet Baker – one of those sets from Chet's "lost" years recording for a variety of labels on the European continent – but also work that really shows him exploring some great new territory! The Chet Baker during these years is ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight red vinyl!)
The debut of Bilal, and a key album in that second generation merging of hip hop and R&B – very different than the early 90s moment, where the genres might combine in more of a surface level – and a set that marks a key merging of minds with the styles, as Bilal croons vocals, but ... (Neo Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wonderful little record from pianist Joanne Brackeen – unlike anything the artist ever recorded, as it's just a set of duets with guitarist Ryo Kawasaki, who brings in some really beautiful elements to the mix! Ryo plays an acoustic nylon string guitar, but with a dexterity that most other ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Easily one of our favorite albums by Tim Buckley – and a record that really opens up with some key jazzy touches! Buckley's still got his roots in folk here, and his vocals are yet to hit the extremes of Starsailor or Lorca – but there's also a new sense of inflection to the way he ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A landmark album by Donald Byrd – the first one where he really started to click with jazz-funk producer Larry Mizell! Mizell and Byrd had worked together previously on the Black Byrd album – a soaring bit of futuristic jazz funk that took Byrd's career to a whole new level – but ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Terry Callier's first album in nearly 2 decades – and a return to the folksy glory of his roots! The set was put together by the British Talking Loud label – no surprise, given that although back home, Callier had fallen into obscurity – but his star was still riding very high on ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A landmark set of grooves by this excellent Detroit group – a trio who recorded for the local indie Karen, but got a much bigger boost towards fame when their record was picked up by Atlantic! The set's one of the killer 60s Motor Town sets produced by Ollie McLaughlin – and like the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of our favorite albums of all time from the legendary saxophonist Ornette Coleman – an essential showcase for his early harmelodic concepts, but with a vibe that's maybe more pulsatingly rhythmic than on other albums from the time! Ornette plays his incredible plastic alto sax, which has ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bootsy Collins steps strongly from the shadow of George Clinton here – and wrote, arranged, and produced most of the album himself! Of course, George was having plenty of his own troubles at the time – but that only allowed Bootsy to take the helm even more, and step out with a batch ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight gold vinyl!)
Fantastic work from the team of Dave Baker and Ansel Collins – one a soulful singer from the Jamaican rocksteady scene, the other a hip keyboardist whose organ lines really make the album shimmer! The pair scored a huge international hit with this album – and the whole thing was a key ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A stunning set – and one of our favorite modern soul albums ever! The set was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in 1980, and it's one of the best-ever records to come out of that hallowed hall of grooves – a one-off debut from the team of Tonee & Bill Collins, set to impeccable ... (Soul) 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 work from Colosseum – a record that really stands out as one of those completely unique hybrids from the British jazz rock years! Although Colosseum are probably best known as a progressive band, they certainly had plenty of jazz touches – and this album spawned the great ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
There's a really fresh vibe to this record from trumpeter Theo Croker – a sensibility that recalls older jazz and funk traditions, but which also reaches for something new as well – at a level that really lives up to the experimental promise of the title! The rhythms are deep, but the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition pressing of 1000 – on heavyweight orange & white marbled 45rpm vinyl!)
Wonderfully righteous work from trumpeter Theo Croker – and a set that's really got the sort of majesty you might expect from the cover! Theo's never been a straight jazz artist on other records – but here, he really ups his game on the cosmic soul front – mixing in guest vocals ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 750 – on heavyweight, 45rpm turquoise vinyl!)
Maybe the moodiest record we've ever heard from trumpeter Theo Croker – a set that blends together his earthy Afrofuturist experiments with other electric horn-based modes – maybe currents of 70s Miles or Jon Hassell, but served up in much more soul-based territory overall! Many cuts ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A batch of instrumental dubs of songs from Culture – who were then riding high after their Two Sevens Clash album – taken here by Erroll Brown into very moody, very abstract territory – a stretched-out, spacey sound that has all sorts of cool guitar and keyboard elements bubbling ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Frank Cunimondo Trio —
Sagittarius ... CD Mondo/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1975. Used ...
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A fantastic album by one of the greatest funky keyboard players of the 70s! Frank Cunimondo may have never made it out of his native Pittsburgh during much of the decade, but albums like this will forever ensure that his name be known in the ranks of groovers everywhere! The album features Frank ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Maybe the most sonically dense album to date from Curren$y, even if the music comes across as laidback and relaxed at times – a set that features production from a host of different talents (including Pharrell, Justice League, and Monsta Beatz), but which has a very unified vibe, thanks to ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition pressing – on heavyweight gold vinyl!)
Das Efx are dead serious, and dead on the money with this tremendous debut album – really announcing themselves as one of the powerhouse hip hop forces of the early 90s – able to blend some of the bite of the west coast scene with the sharper rhymes and amazing production of the east! ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition – on heavyweight purple vinyl!)
Das EFX's third album finds them holding down a more jam-packed approach than ever before – longer by half than their previous LPs and with a strong sense of purpose! Das EFX appeared with such a unique rhyme style, by this point they really needed to balance the tasks of being recognizable ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A key part of the too-short legacy of this wonderful duo – part of the top shelf of hip hop up-and-comers in the early 90s – and one of the few who were able to balance a new level of toughness with the smart rhymes and subtle wit that came into the game at the start of the decade! ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Another bold new direction for the legendary Miles Davis Quintet of the 60s – a set that has some of the angular styles of earlier albums, but also a bit more of the flowing grace to come in the electric years! A key illustration of this is the leadoff track "Prince Of Darkness" ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A legendary set of grooves from the Italian scene of the early 80s – a batch of tracks that's a lot less electro or disco than some of its contemporaries – thanks to contributions from American jazzmen Don Cherry and Don Moye! Tullio De Piscopo's a percussionist by trade, but he also ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the spookiest soundtracks ever crafted by one of our favorite film composers of all time! Francois DeRoubaix always had this amazing style to his music – unlike anyone else, especially in the way he could blend together spare acoustic elements and unusual sonic and electronic touches! ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A decade-spanning collection of work from the amazing Francois De Roubaix – one of the most inventive French talents of his generation, and an artist who was taken from us all too soon! Francois was everything at once – a jazz musician, a soundtrack composer, an electronic music ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A killer double-length set of work from Desmond Dekker – one that's put together by Trojan Records to feature all the lesser-known and unreleased tracks that Desmond recorded during the years of his initial hits! As such, the album's a treasure trove of work that goes way past the oft-issued ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The legendary debut LP from Desmond Dekker & The Aces – trailblazing recordings that are masterfully laid the groundwork for the international ska scene, popularizing the rude boy style and paving the way for coming reggae phenomenon that was still years down the road! Desmond Dekker's ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 750 – on heavyweight magenta vinyl!)
Messed-up funky jazz from an obscure early 70s UK group – and an album that really lives up to its trippy cover! The tracks are all long and stretched out – with lots of organ, sax, and spaced out drums – and the overall style is a mix of dub-heavy funk, Afro jazz, and a bit of ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition – on heavyweight transparent magenta vinyl!)
The crucial second album from Diamond – issued quite a few years after his debut, a stretch of time that really helped the MC/producer elevate to the level of hip hop royalty! Diamond was always very generous with his talents for others, but really knocks it out of the park when in the ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dilated Peoples —
20/20 (180 gram pressing) ... LP ABB/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 2006. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
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A great little record from Dilated Peoples – one that might have gotten slightly trapped in the "ah they were better before" sort of games that hip hop fans like to play – but which, over the scope of time, certainly stands head and shoulders above so much other mainstream ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
DMZ's badass self-titled set for Sire from '78 – buzzsaw guitars, driving rhythms, manic vocals and eerie organs – an incredible combination of 60s garage inspiration and ferocious punk-era urgency! DMZ migh have been weird fit at a Sire label that at the time was struggling to get ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mr Soul is right – as Alton Ellis was one of the greatest Jamaican singers of his generation, and an artist who was able to bring a deeper sense of soul than most! The music's got this laidback rocksteady vibe that really lets Ellis soar – with backings by Tommy McCook & The ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 750 – on heavyweight magenta vinyl!)
Funky Divas is right – as this classic album by En Vogue is one that had the group really redefining the sound of girl group soul for a whole new generation! The girls do a wonderful job of blending together hip hop beats and warmer mainstream soul – at a level that marked one of the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Pure brilliance from Coke Escovedo – an artist who really finds a way to make so many different things come together perfectly – with results that are even stronger than his previous work in Azteca and Santana! The set's got a warm blend of Latin roots, modern soul, and jazzy fusion ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A set that represents a nice tightening up of The Ethiopians – a new rise in their vocal approach, which makes them sound even more heavenly than before – a shift from rocksteady modes into early reggae styles, all put together with superb help from producer JJ Johnson! There's a fair ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great set of early work from The Ethiopians, and a strong testament to the production efforts of Karl JJ Johnson – maybe not the biggest name in Jamaican studio talent, but a producer with a great ear for the most soulful sounds bubbling up at the time! Johnson was known as Sir JJ – ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A sly little set from the hands of British producer Dennis Bovell – a record that was done to appear as an obscure Jamaican import – from the stripped-down packaging to the stripped-down sound in the grooves! The feel here is a bit looser and more laidback than some of the other UK ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An early moment of vocal strength from Aretha Franklin – a set in which she takes on the music of the recently-departed Dinah Washington, and really transforms it into her own! If you know other Aretha records on Columbia, you'll know that the label did a great job of opening up the jazzier ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited, numbere edition of 2000 copies on clear vinyl!)
Incredible 70s work from the lovely Astrud Gilberto – a rare effort for the CTI label that has her teaming up with arranger Eumir Deodato and saxophonist Stanley Turrentine – all in a groove that's totally different than most of her earlier work! Astrud's breathy vocals are still ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pretty fierce and fantastic album from Golden Earring – one that's very different than you might think if you only know the group from their later hits on radio! The sound here is completely full-on – heavy drums, rumbling bass, and stunning guitar work from George Kooymans – ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition pressing – on heavyweight red vinyl!)
A lost treasure from tenorist Benny Golson – and one of his most noteworthy records since the early days! The "John" in the title is Coltrane – and the set's got a sweeping spiritual groove that's quite different from much of Golson's other work, and which shows that he's ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nothing mystifying here – as the album grabs us right from the get-go – with wonderful Fender Rhodes lines from leader Tom Grant, and plenty of soulful tenor from the great Joe Henderson! The album's an overlooked gem from Joe's late 70s years – and the the player is right at ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A seminal jazz funk session of the 70s – Herbie Hancock's legendary meeting with The Headhunters, and a killer batch of tunes that really gave the combo their name! Herbie's playing a wide range of keys here – including Fender Rhodes, clavinet, and Arp – but almost even better is ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A killer album of crossover soul from the mid 70s – one that dropped like a bomb when it hit, and gave this UK group a number of big hits in America! Keyboardist Rod Temperton wrote all the tracks on the album – and he's got keen talent for both funky numbers and ballads. If soul ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight pink & purple marbled vinyl!)
A heck of a great little album from drummer Billy Higgins – one of his few standout efforts as a leader, after years and years of impeccable work as a player on some of our favorite records! The set's got a simple, almost innocuous approach – with Higgins leading a quartet that ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jermaine Jackson —
Come Into My Life ... CD Motown/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1973. New Copy ...
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Excellent solo material from Jermaine Jackson – maybe the second greatest solo star from the Jackson 5 next to his brother Michael! Jermaine's got a mature confidence here that really makes his solo presence stand out from his group material – set up wonderfully in some of the best ... (Soul) read moreCD
A bold statement by one of the best underground jazz players of the 70s! Carter Jefferson cut his chops with Art Blakey in the years after Blakey had Billy Harper in the group – and seemed to follow Harper into some of the same highly spiritual, soulful territory at the time! Jefferson's a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight translucent green vinyl!)
The debut album from Juicy Lucy – an American act who made a trip to the London scene in the late 60s, where they found a way to forge a whole bunch of influences into a very unique groove! Had they stayed back home in Cali, Juicy Lucy might have gravitated towards the Bay Area scene, and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A set of extended tracks from French powerhouse Magma, but one that burns with intensity throughout – thanks not just to the killer drum work of group members Christian Vander on drums and Jannink Top on bass (with both on keyboards as well) – but also to the presence of legendary ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautifully warm record from the great Letta Mbulu – maybe the closest she ever came to cutting a straight soul album, although a set that still has plenty of nice nods to her South African roots as well! The music's got a smooth, sweet groove – and at some of the best moments, Letta ... (Global Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic showcase for the tenor talents of Tommy McCook – the saxophonist who was as important to the Kingston scene as Jr Walker was to Motown and Detroit – equally able to stand on his own as an instrumental lead, and really keep a strong soul instrumental spirit! Tommy blows with ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An incredible step forward for 60s soul singer Gene McDaniels – so much so, that most folks hearing this album can't believe he's the same guy who recorded for Liberty Records a few years before! The album's incredibly righteous right from the start – and has a genre-busting quality ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A collection of classic horror soundtrack work from Ennio Morricone – mostly early 70s material that represent the maestro at the height of the early giallo genre! The tunes here are often a bit more obtuse, atonal, and abstract than some of Morricone's lighter grooves – and his work ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A stunning set that's packed with some of our favorite music from the soundtrack genius Ennio Morricone – that special style he created in the late 60s, as a way of blending together influences from jazz, bossa nova, and other instrumental styles – hardly the sleepy lounge music of the ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Not the trashy kind of passion you might expect from the cover – but instead, one of the most trademark sides of legendary film composer Ennio Morricone – his talent for building a tune up slowly, almost out of nowhere, then letting it flow gently with a wonderful sense of space and ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dark genius from the legendary Ennio Morricone – one of the most important film composers of the 20th Century, and a master in just about any style! The work here represents a shift that Morricone made into darker modes as the 70s approached – sounds that stepped off from some of the ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A super-groovy Dutch group from the end of the 60s – one who really showcase that shift on the scene from standard beat styles to much more sophisticated music! The group features Robbie van Leeuwen in the lineup, famous for his work to come in Shocking Blue – and the album does a ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 500 – on heavyweight silver vinyl!)
A very groovy group from the Dutch scene of the 60s – an one who've got a sound that's very much in keeping with their colorful outfits on the cover! There's a great blend of sunshine pop and trippier psych going on here – lyrics that can have warm harmonies, but which are often ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A surprising jazz funk stunner from drummer Idris Muhammad – part of his great second chapter of work for CTI in the 70s! Idris is working here in a style that's very different than his heavy-footed funky work on Prestige and Blue Note – and while it's easy to criticize him for not ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Omar's second album for BMG – and an instant classic set of soul tracks that sadly almost disappeared as soon as it was released! The album shows Omar growing even stronger than ever both as a singer and songwriter – moving from the indie feel of earlier work into a confident role as ... (Neo Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great introduction to the music of Shuggie Otis – the tripped-out guitarist who's best known for his early 70s classics for Columbia Records! This set comes from those three amazing albums – and showcase Shuggie's shift from bluesy funk guitar to the more laidback, tripped-out work ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Tight funky 80s fusion from the team of Jaco Pastorius on bass and Brian Melvin drums and drum programs – both working in a very electric mode that fits the spirit of the time! Pastorius gets in plenty of great lines – both lead and solo – and his work here is kind of an update ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most unique albums ever recorded by the legendary bassist Jaco Pastorious – and one of the most outside as well! The set features duets recorded with drummer Rashied Ali for French Radio in 1984 – and as with John Coltrane, Ali is something of a muse here with Pastorius ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A legendary set of work from Lee Scratch Perry – a triple-length collection of some of his most mindblowing recordings done in the famous Black Ark Studio in Kingston! Perry is at his headiest here – using plenty of reverb and echo over some mad funky rhythms – spacing things out ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The original Jamaican release of material that circulated more widely under the title Super Ape, on Island Records – and the King Kong of dub albums, a real standard-setting record that put both the movement and Lee Perry forever on the musical map! The whole thing is classic Lee Perry and ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An early gem from The Pioneers, and one of the first records on the Trojan label too – the kind of head-nodding, late rocksteady sounds that made the imprint a key bridge between the scenes in Kingston and London at the end of the 60s! The Pioneers have a bit more complex vocal interplay ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 750 – on heavyweight magenta vinyl!)
A fantastic meeting of the production genius of Linval Thompson and the instrumental skills of The Revolutionaries – a set of Jamaican studio giants who play in a way that was laidback, yet still pack a hell of a punch! Sly and Robbie are at the core of the rhythms, which is a big element in ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
LJ Reynolds' sounding great on his own here – stepping strongly away from his work with The Dramatics, and emerging as one of the best male soul acts of the early 80s! The groove here is a nice extension of his earlier group work – still produced by Don Davis in a mode that's ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Four fantastic records from the great Emitt Rhodes – a near-overlooked genius from the end of the 60s! First up is The American Dream – a real classic from Emitt Rhodes, easily one of the most unusual voices in music of his time! Rhodes has this really dreamy approach to the vocals ... (Rock) read moreCD
Early 80s dub at its best – recorded at a time when Sly & Robbie were really making some huge waves in the mainstream, but were still also able to provide plenty of heady rhythms when working in the Roots Radics combo! Of course, the pair aren't the only stars here – as Mikey Dread ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A brilliant 80s set from Pharoah Sanders – a record that has him a much more understated setting than some of his other albums from the time – but one that's maybe even more soulful and searching overall! The great one plays blistering tenor right from the start – in a quartet ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really well-done overview of work that Pharoah Sanders did for the Timeless label during the 80s – recordings that are not nearly as widely-circulated as his material for Impulse and Theresa, but which represents a key third slice of his career! The setting here is sometimes more ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1500 – on heavyweight blue vinyl!)
Beautiful late 80s work from Pharoah – a wonderfully uncomplicated session that still has a great degree of soul! The album was recorded in Paris, with a quintet that includes William Henderson on acoustic piano, Stafford James on bass, Eddie Moore on drums, and Cheikh Tidiane Fale on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Laidback, soulful work from Pharoah Sanders – a record that showcases a very different side of his talents than you might know from his classic albums on Impulse Records – but a side that's an equally great revelation overall! The album features mostly older jazz standards, blown by ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight yellow vinyl!)
Archie Shepp is one of the most unique players in jazz – an artist who started out completely avant at the beginning of his career, then moved to spiritual jazz explorations, then to straighter jazz material in later decades – but always with all that knowledge of the edges and farther ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Great work from one of the lesser-known vocal trios of the Kingston scene in its heyday – and a group who are also an obscure Lee Perry project too! The Silvertones have a wonderful harmony style – a very deep lead, and soaring backups that really take off in surprising ways – ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A real standout 70s set from Nina Simone – a one-off date for CTI Records, done with a sound that's different than her earlier work for RCA, Philips, and Colpix! The groove here is often as soul-based as it is vocal jazz – thanks to arrangements from David Matthews, who brings a ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A set that features crucial dub work from Errol Brown, but one that's a bit different than some of his other 70s productions – as the session reworks older recordings from Sonia Pottinger's catalog of the late 60s and early 70s – rocksteady modes taken into dub territory, with really ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really wonderful little record – by a group who should have been much bigger than they were! Despite the fact that these guys are an obscure rock band with a silly name, the record's a perfect example of the subtly soulful work that was coming out of various west coast sources during the ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the first really important full length albums in hip hop – the set that really pushed the Sugar Hill label into the major leagues, and helped show the world that rap music was definitely way more than just a New York phenomenon! The set features the group's classic "Rapper's ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
There's a bunch of young British skinheads pictured on the cover – but the legendary Symarip are a group of West Indian descent, and created the kind of rocksteady grooves that really drove the London scene wild at the end of the 60s! The group were one of the first to fully rise up from ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heayweight "Smokey" vinyl!)
Toots Thielemans has done countless studio sessions over the years – both under his name, and working with a variety of groups and arrangers – but for some reason, we find his live material to maybe be some of his most powerful – a clear, careful presentation of the honest heart ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited 180 gram purple vinyl pressing – #MOV 000222 – still in the resealable outer sleeve.)
Toots Thielemans has done countless studio sessions over the years – both under his name, and working with a variety of groups and arrangers – but for some reason, we find his live material to maybe be some of his most powerful – a clear, careful presentation of the honest heart ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the first albums from Tower Of Power – and one of the funkiest, too – a set that really has the group working in a loose, spontaneous mode that's totally great – steeped in all the best elements of southern soul, but forged with a new sort of energy in the Bay Area scene at ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A legendary pairing of two key 60s pop talents – the soulful sounds of Ike & Tina Turner, and the soaring production styles of Phil Spector! The album's quite different than some of the grittier Turner projects of the time – lots of full orchestrations and strings, mixed with the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A real killer from the surprising second chapter of the career of Big Joe Turner – the rebirth of the older Kansas City blues singer as a key force in postwar R&B! Joe's work of the time also had a big influence on the sound of rock and roll that was popping up all over – and ... (Blues) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the best CTI albums from the early 70s – and one of Stanley Turrentine's funkiest records as well! The album's got a sharper edge than most other Turrentine albums of the time – a quality that goes beyond Stan's already soulful approach to the tenor, and which brings in some ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition pressing – on heavyweight pink vinyl!)
An overlooked trio date from McCoy Tyner – and a record that's just the sort of musical journey you might guess from the title! Tyner's piano is as full of fire and flight as always – and the group has some especially great work from bassist Avery Sharpe, who changes his approach from ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The debut of U-Roy, and an album that paves the way for countless wonderful sounds to come! The album's an early one in the toasting approach – and has U-Roy calling out the tunes in this echoey style that's wonderful – somehow more urgent than reggae records of just a few years before ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album