Animated Egg —
Animated Egg ... CD Somerset/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1968. New Copy ...
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Freaky fuzzy guitars from the great Jerry Cole – working here under the name of The Animated Egg – not a real group, but a one-off studio project – yet one that is filled with plenty of great guitar, and some surprising rock funk grooves! The music is much trippier than Jerry's ... (Rock) read moreCD
Freaky fuzzy guitars from the great Jerry Cole – working here under the name of The Animated Egg – not a real group, but a one-off studio project – yet one that is filled with plenty of great guitar, and some surprising rock funk grooves! The music is much trippier than Jerry's ... (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
A huge moment for Blackalicious – a group who'd been gaining plenty of cred on the underground, and who reached out to a much bigger set of ears with this major label debut! The whole thing's top-shelf through and through – superb production from Chief Xcel next to the words from Gift ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(20th Anniversary pressing – on heavyweight vinyl!)
Blue Feather may look a bit hokey on the cover, but they sound really wonderful on the record – a sweet, smooth, funky group who were one of the best on the scene in the early 80s! The vibe here is a lot like the best Brit funk of the period – all these riffing guitars, warm keyboards, ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(40th Anniversary Edition individually numbered limited to 750 – on heavyweight transparent blue vinyl!)
(Note: This item is not for sale online until 7:00am on Sunday, June 19. It is in limited supply – and by nature of the Record Store Day rules it will be offered for sale first to customers who visit the Dusty Groove retail outlet in Chicago the morning of Saturday, June 18. It will not be ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The title translates as "naked over the fence" – and that's definitely where these guys are going, thanks to a funky 70s soundtrack from Dutch jazzman Ruud Bos! The music is prime Euro soundtrack funk at its best – lots of sweet keyboards, jazzy guitar riffs, and all these ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 500 – on heavyweight white vinyl!)
James Brown —
Hot Pants ... CD Polygram/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1971. New Copy ...
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James Brown really opens up on this early 70s classic – really showing the world the amazing groove he was crafting with his band – who were let loose to jam in the studio, spinning out some really long grooves – which were then cut down to make this sweet little record! The ... (Soul) read moreCD
James Brown —
Reality ... CD Polydor/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1974. New Copy ...
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A fantastic 70s album from James Brown – one of those sets in which he refines and tightens up the longform funk he'd created with the JBs on double-length sets like Payback and Hell – then finds a way to make the same sort of righteous power hit strongly on shorter songs too! ... (Soul) read moreCD
James Brown —
There It Is ... CD Polydor/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1972. New Copy ...
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Raw power and righteous energy from James Brown – a set that still has all the best funk elements of his longer-form albums of the time, but which also packs an even stronger political message too! The vibe of the record is clear from the image on the cover – the most powerful since ... (Soul) read moreCD
Maybe the greatest moment ever from Brit soundtrack genius Roy Budd – an artist who started with his roots in jazz piano, but who really explodes here in a range of groovy styles! The main title is an incredible blend of Eastern percussion and moody jazz – and other cuts bring in some ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight purple vinyl!)
Brilliant work from CCS – a jazz-rock big band led by UK blues rocker Alexis Korner, arranged by Brit easy maestro John Cameron, and produced to full strength by the legendary Mickie Most! The group had a sound that was really great – with lots of fuzzy guitars up front in the mix, ... (Rock) read moreCD
Fantastic stuff – and a record that's as much an early 70s reggae set as it is a strong bit of east coast soul – Kingston rhythms mixed with fantastic harmonies that maybe echo more of the East Coast group soul modes than some of the earlier Jamaican groups of the 60s! The choice of ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight orange 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
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
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Four sides of noisy, funky, stretched-out playing from Miles Davis – recorded at the Fillmore West, but with an intensity that matches some of Miles' crazy electric recordings from Japan during the early 70s! The music is a powerful blast of music that stretches out over the double-length ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Miles Davis' first-ever performance in Japan – a really unique concert that featured the quintet with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams – augmented by a young Sam Rivers on tenor! The presence of Rivers really gives the set an edge – and although Miles is holding Sam ... (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 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
A really great pairing of talents – the vocals of the legendary Desmond Dekker and the talents of UK revivalists The Specials – coming together in a set that really brings out the best of both acts at the same time! The Specials are really back to 2Tone basics here – but maybe ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic underground set from the UK scene at the end of the 60s – the final record by The Deviants, who'd later go on to form the core of Pink Fairies – but who sound a lot weirder and wilder here! Part of that difference is lead singer Mick Farren, who also handled the production ... (Rock) 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
Mikey Dread's at the controls, and the album's a classic example of his ability to bring many different creative strands together at once – working the same sort of magic on record that he did on his famous radio show! The record's this wonderful mix of dubby rhythms, spacey production, and ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A record that might look a bit hokey on the cover, but which has a tremendous sense of power through and through – especially on side two, where the great Hans Dulfer is joined by some key avant players who were working on the Paris scene in the early 70s! Side one has this very unusual ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(50th Anniversary Edition – limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight green vinyl!)
A wicked little set of tripped-out funky jazz – recorded by Dutch sax legend Hans Dulfer, at a time when he was really expanding his head! The album has Hans on tenor – blowing with a group that includes guitar, flute, and a lot of added percussion – really jamming away in a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight blue vinyl!)
A wicked little set of tripped-out funky jazz – recorded by Dutch sax legend Hans Dulfer, at a time when he was really expanding his head! The album has Hans on tenor – blowing with a group that includes a young Jan Akkerman on guitar, and lots of Latin percussion – all served up ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight transparent yellow vinyl!)
The legendary Freedom album from Clancy Eccles – one of the first great talents to emerge in the Jamaican scene of the 60s – a singer whose recorded history even predates rocksteady and ska, and who had an undeniable impact on the early sound of reggae! Eccles is a genius – a ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the peak moments for Ronnie James Dio and Elf! Carolina Country Ball (released as LA 59 in the US) came out right around the point where the band just about perfected their signature mix of nascent hard rock and rollicking boogie piano tunes – not an easy mix of styles, but they pulled ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful jazzy score by Duke Ellington – and a fitting companion to this classic Otto Preminger film! The record captures Ellington at a perfect moment – right during his Indigos period of increased sophistication, when his band was at an all-time level of perfection – and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Reggae Power may have the name of the growing Jamaican genre in its title, but the set's still heavy on the rocksteady and ska rhythms that first provided fire for the sharp vocals of The Ethiopians – the trio's great way of trading vocals back and forth, at a level that seems perfectly ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Killer work from The Flamin Groovies – a group who were already a bit out of time at their start, and who continue that approach here during the late 70s punk years – but at a way that maybe makes them stand out even more than before! The set's got a style that mixes rock roots with ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight green vinyl!)
A great early album from the young Aretha Franklin – a set that shows a very different trajectory in her sound, but a great one too! There's less of the deep soul of Franklin's Atlantic recordings, but that's more than compensated for a great jazzy vibe – served up courtesy of the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition pressing – on heavyweight transparent red vinyl!)
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!)
A hip little live date from Aretha Franklin – one that's got a very jazzy feel, and some great small combo backings! The album's almost a distillation of the jazzy styles on Aretha's first albums for Columbia – taken into even leaner territory here, in ways that really set Franklin ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful orchestral work from Philip Glass – a set that features the long piece "Itaipu", and the shorter "The Canyon" – both handled with a mix of instrumentation and voices that really gives the music a sense of majesty! Although Robert Shaw recorded some ... (Out Sound) 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 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
An unusual album in the Atlantic career of Donny Hathaway – and a unique collaboration with the legendary Quincy Jones! The music here is Hathaway's sole entry into the blacksploitation soundtrack genre of the 70s – penned for film version of a Chester Himes novel, and scored in a mix ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
This is the real deal for Screamin Jay Hawkins – a full album of his first early work for the Okeh label in the mid 50s, stuff that was recorded long before his too-gimmicky records for mainstream audiences! The sound here is hard and heavy – and pretty darn spooky too – best ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight red 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
Ice T's third album, and a set that still has all the nicely biting style of his early best! The approach here is great – as political as the cover implies, but with a nice sense of wit, too – that quality that already made Ice stand so far apart from others who were getting mired down ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition – on heavyweight red translucent vinyl!)
A treasure trove of rare jazz work from the Dutch scene of the 50s – initially overlooked by many American listeners of the time, but fortunately well-documented by this series from Philips! The music here is a nice mix of different combos – all drawing influence from bop and some of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbere limited edition of 500 – on heavyweight white vinyl!)
A very weird, but very beautiful album by the Isleys – one in which they move into a folksy rock groove, and play acoustic guitars in long spiraling soulful versions of some of their favorite rock hits! The sound's a bit like Terry Callier or Bill Withers, but it's also still got that sexy ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition – on crystal clear heavyweight vinyl!)
Jermaine Jackson —
Come Into My Life ... CD Motown/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1973. New Copy ...
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A nice little solo album from the early 70s – featuring Jackson Five-like arrangements by The Corporation, James Carmichael, and others. Includes the tracks "Come Into My Life", "Does Your Mama Know About Me", "Sitting On The Edge Of My Mind", "You're In ... (Soul) read moreCD
Jackson 5 —
ABC (180 gram pressing) ... LP Motown/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1970. New Copy (reissue)...
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A seminal step forward for this legendary group – easily one of the greatest albums they ever cut! With ABC, the Jacksons are expanding their sound with the club-oriented grooves of the time – using Holland, Dozier, and Holland on many cuts, trying for a similar soaring groove as some ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jackson 5 —
Boogie ... CD Motown/Music On Vinyl, Early 70s. New Copy ...
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An obscure Jackson 5 album – one that hails from 1979, but which features work from the early 70s – tracks recorded during the glory years of the group's best Motown era, seven of which were unissued at the time – and packaged under the Boogie title to cash in on the chart success ... (Soul) read moreCD
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn —
Bert & John ... CD Transatlantic/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1966. New Copy ...
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A hell of a collaboration between British legends Bert Jansch and John Renbourn – both working here together to completely redefine the sound of their music for the generation to come! This one album may well hold all the sense of subtle power and possibility that was about to flower in the ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
A spectacular soul album from Holland – but one that's got a much more American groove than some other overseas records of its type! The cuts all feel as if they could have been lifted from indie sides of the east coast scene of the early 70s – and Billy shines beautifully both on the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(50th Anniversary edition – individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight yellow vinyl!)
A great little record that never fully got its due at the time – but which has gone on to get some well-deserved attention over the years! Maybe Justin Warfield was just a little ahead of his time – or maybe it was because his rhyme skills were a little short of getting him put over ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight crystal clear & solid red marbled vinyl!)
An overlooked later gem from Ben E King – and a record that goes way past the overplayed hits of the early years! Ben's always been a hell of a singer – but on a record like this, we can really rediscover his genius all over again – hearing him on a fresh batch of Atlantic ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Madlib invades Blue Note! He gets free reign of the catalog for this mix of sampler genius and live band interpretations, too, as/with Ahmad Miller, Yesterdays New Quintet, Malcolm Catto, Medaphoar, and others from the Stones Throw camp. This one's truly a conceptual triumph, if there ever was ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Drummer Eddie Marshall never cut many albums as a leader, but we'll always love him for this one – a sublime San Francisco 70s session that features tremendous vibes from the great Bobby Hutcherson! But actually, the whole group's great – and also includes George Cables on piano, James ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000. On heavyweight gold vinyl.)
Stunning early work from one of our favorite reggae groups ever – the mighty Toots & The Maytals, a key link between the soul styles of the Jamaican scene of the 60s, and the righteous years to come! There's a groove to the Maytals music that nobody else seems to get this right – ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful illustration of the balance of light and darkness in the best work of Ennio Morricone – and an obscure soundtrack that dances between both sides of the spectrum! The main theme is incredibly sweet – one of those lightly drifting Morricone numbers that features wordless ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight "flaming" yellow vinyl!)
One of the darkest, moodiest soundtracks we've ever heard from Ennio Morricone – even in comparison to some of his atonal horror work of the 70s! The vibe here is almost 20th Century avant chamber – a bit like work from Gruppo D'Improvvisazione Nuova, but even more experimental – ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(50th Anniversary edition – individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight orange marbled vinyl!)
Ennio Morricone —
Themes – Passion ... LP Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1970s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
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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
(Limited 180 gram pink & purple vinyl pressing, still in the stickered and numbered outer sleeve.)
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 real moment of righteous power from Lee Scratch Perry – as you might expect from the image on the cover – clearly indicating a strong sense of pride and identity that also tracks with the 70s shift in Jamaican music too! Lee's the producer here, but also extends full creative control ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sweet! One of the harder Scratch efforts to track down over the years, one we're always glad to come across! Recorded in the late 70s, when his wigged out follies at the Black Ark had reached their peak –though there's a bit of debate over whether these tracks were actually recorded at the ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Groundbreaking 70s work from Lee Scratch Perry – served up here with both work from The Upsetters, and a long list of "friends" – different singers who take the lead on some of the productions, which are then presented back to back with dub versions of the tracks that overflow ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really striking mid 80s effort from the legendary Lee Scratch Perry – done at a time when his name and reputation had risen strongly on the global scene – which also seems to come through in the music as well! There's a wider range of styles going on here than before – and ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A very cool little album from Placebo – arguably the group's most soulful session ever, and one that draws heavily from American funky jazz at the start of the 70s! The grooves are nice and tight, and keyboards are focused on the most soulful sort of riffs – not nearly as tripped out ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Seminal sounds from Placebo – one of the hippest electric groups going on the European scene of the early 70s, thanks to some great keyboards and electronics from the legendary Marc Moulin! Placebo's sound here is a unique approach to funky jazz – one that certainly draws from the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The second amazing album from Placebo – a wicked mix of funky fusion styles, and a real standout on the European scene of the early 70s! The group's the brainchild of Marc Moulin – who wrote all tracks, and plays a wealth of great keyboards, in ways that almost make him the European ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A totally great album by Prince Far I – and a set that already shows him building that crucial London/Kingston bridge that would be such a big part of his sound! The album features work from Sly & Robbie, and the killer drums of Style Scott on rhythm – but also includes ... (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
A real lost treasure from Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – a record that has them breaking from the kid pop of some of their other late 70s albums, setting the stage for Richman's unabashed love-inspired pop of the 80s. There's some really wonderful tracks on the set that have ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jimmy Riley's definitely rhythm-driven here – given that the set was issued on the Sly & Robbie label Taxi, and also produced by the heavy rhythm duo themselves! Yet Jimmy's also the main star too – singing here with righteous, uplifting vocals that are very much in the best Island ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic psychedelic set from the Dutch scene of the 60s – cut by a group who were initially more in a beat group mode, but who really let their hair down for this classic set! Vocals are all in English, and the tunes are wonderfully weird – very much on a par with the best British ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 500 – on heavyweight white vinyl!)
Pharoah Sanders —
Africa ... CD Timeless/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1987. New Copy ...
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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 moreCD
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
(180 gram pressing with insert & heavy cardboard sleeve with linen, laminate finish. Limited to 1000 copies.)
Most folks only remember Shocking Blue for their one big chart hit – but the group's pretty darn fantastic all the way through, and do a fantastic job of mixing together late psych pop and some of the more compressed modes to come in European pop of the 70s – almost acting like a bridge ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition pressing – on heavyweight pink vinyl!)
The third album from Shocking Blue, in case you couldn't guess from the title – and a set that seems to have the group increasing their intensity at just about every level in their sound! The tunes are deeper and less pop-oriented than before – with stronger guitars, and increasingly ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition pressing – on heavyweight turquoise vinyl!)
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
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1500 – on heavyweight orange vinyl!)
A seminal record in the transition from ska to rocksteady – and one of the key calling cards of The Skatalites – a group who were already moving well past their name! The lineup is classic – Don Drummond on trombone, Tommy McCook and Roland Alfonso on saxes, and a bit of vocal ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Swamp Dogg on Island Records – still recording in the early 70s, but already part of the surprisingly long legacy for the alter ego of southern soul giant Jerry Williams! Williams works here with a great core band that features guitar from Travis Wammack – in a style that's a bit funky ... (Soul) read moreCD
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
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight pruple vinyl!)
A record with a striking title – and a set that really marked the full promise of Linval Thompson in the 70s – a dubby classic that's every bit as strong on the vocal side of Thompson's skills, as it is the production side! The album was recorded at Tubby's with the Revolutionaries ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 750 – on heavyweight "Marijuana" colored vinyl!)
A classic moment from Frederick "Toots" Hibbert – a set that's maybe his equivalent to some of the key Island Records albums of the 70s from Bob Marley & The Wailers! Like those, the production here is top-shelf – handled partly by Joe Boyd, who brings a very respectful ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Tower Of Power —
East Bay Grease (180 gram pressing) ... LP San Francisco/Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1970. New Copy (reissue)...
$35.9939.99About May 6, 2022 (delayed)
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
The biggest selling album ever cut by Blue Note – and a festive romp through samples of the label's famous jazz catalog! US3 mix it up on tunes that include "Cantaloop", "I Got It Goin On", "Different Rhythms", "Eleven Long Years", "Lazy Day" ... (New Grooves) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A massive Fender Rhodes set from early 70s Belgium – the kind of set that never shows up on this side of the Atlantic, and which is pretty darn rare in its home territory too! Keyboardist Jack Van Poll has a wonderful sense of space on this set – a way of letting the tunes build simply ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A legendary album from this really wild group – one who sound even more tripped out on record than they look on the cover – and that's really saying a lot! The tunes have all these weird little twists and turns – as much creative production as instrumentation, and used to make ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Originally a Japanese-only session – and one of the best records ever by this legendary 70s jazz super-group – a real return to acoustic jazz roots, with a lineup that includes Herbie Hancock on piano, Wayne Shorter on tenor, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A real gem from the glory days of Island Records reggae – a set of righteous roots material from the Wailing Souls, and the kind of record that should have been as big for the label as their hits by Bob Marley! Winston Matthews and Lloyd McDonald trade lead vocals, and the whole group ... (Reggae) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of our favorite albums ever from Weather Report – an album that has them picking up a bit more soul than before, and shaking off some of the experimental sounds of their roots – yet all in a way that still makes them one of the most revolutionary fusion combos of the time! There's ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1500 – on heavyweight blue & white marbled vinyl!)
The continuing genius of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – a group who are certainly as experimental as their name would imply, but who can also come across with some warmer Sunshine Pop touches too! And it's that which makes the group so wonderful – the blend of freak and ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1500 – on heavyweight white vinyl!)
One of the best later albums by French tenor genius Barney Wilen – a true gem that's far better than the title might indicate! The tunes, as you might guess, are all themes from French films – stretching back to the late 50s jazz/new wave days, when Wilen recorded on a few brilliant ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Numbered limited pressing – on heavyweight gold vinyl – edition of 1000!) This item will not be delivered to you before Friday, October 21.
A beautiful album by Bill Withers – filled with incredibly well written songs, and an amazing instrumental technique that blended folksy elements with smoother 70s soul, in a sound that would put Bill at the top of the charts for many years, yet still give him cred with soul fans for decades! ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album