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Friday Sep 30, 2011

Sun Ra

The Mike Huckaby Reel To Reel Edits Vol.2

Volume 2 of Mike Huckaby's reworks on Sun Ra's incredible catalogue..

12inch Kindred Spirits: KSAY-MH-02

Wednesday Sep 21, 2011

Tony Allen Plays With Afrika 70

No Accomodation For Lagos

1978 was without a doubt one of the most disturbing years in the history of Fela and the Afrika 70. Just a year before the army had raided Fela's comp... more...

LP Kindred Spirits: KSTA02

Tuesday Sep 20, 2011

2LP Soul Jazz: SJR242LP

Various Artists

Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s Volume 2

This album is a concise guide to the music of bossa nova and comes with photographs of Brazilian life during the period as well as extensive sleeve-no... more...

2LP Soul Jazz: SJR239Vol2

Various Artists

Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music In The 1960s Volume 1

This album is a concise guide to the music of bossa nova and comes with photographs of Brazilian life during the period as well as extensive sleeve-no... more...

2LP Soul Jazz: SJR239Vol1

Various Artists

Black Mans Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti

An officially licensed (and Kuti Estate approved) investigation into the influence and inspiration of Afrobeat godfather Fela Kuti!! Comes in a beauti... more...

4x10inch Now Again: NA 5056

P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble

Winter Winds (complete works 68-70)

Masterpieces in deep/modal/ spiritual jazz from a teenaged wunderkind, recorded and released from 1968-1970. The three lost albums by the Bay Area vib... more...

3x12inch Now Again: NA5044LP

Thursday Sep 15, 2011

Janko Nilovic

Funky Tramway

Funky Tramway impresses from the start with its maturity, the richness of its musical architecture and its mystical spirit. The sound and production d... more...

LP Vadim: VAD036LP

Jean-Claude Pelletier

Streaking

A somewhat perfect hybrid of American soul’s energy and the science of French pop. The year is 1974, Jean-Claude Pelletier has seen the light: thanks... more...

LP Vadim: VAD037LP

Resonance

OK Chicago

Resonance, in the same way as Arpadys or The Peppers (who co-signed the double album the 7” comes from), is one of those phantom groups bringing toget... more...

7inch Vadim: VAD035SP

Wednesday Sep 14, 2011

Kingdom Afrocks

Anti Violence / Will To Live

Afrofunk from Kingdom Afrorocks from Japan! Featuring Tony Allen, this one is sure fire. The single precedes a full album. Nice!

12inch Planet Groove: PGAD K1026

Roland Kirk

Left & Right

An undisputed classic – and a key turning point in the career of Roland Kirk! The set has Roland leading a large group of musicians through a haunting... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1518

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle

Great album by Kirk. Experimental spiritiual and very personal and deep jazz album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk featuring perform... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1640

Ornette Coleman

This Is Our Music

A landmark in modern jazz! This Is Our Music is a free jazz album, recorded and originally released in 1961, by saxophonist Ornette Coleman (see 1960... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1353

Charles Mingus

The Clown

An underrated gem from the greatest jazz bassist of the lot! It's a fact of life that some records get all the attention. We like masterpieces, the bi... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1260

Charles Mingus

Pithecanthropus Erectus

An amazing Mingus record – quite possibly one of the best jazz albums ever made... The album unleashes the bold, raw emotion that would drive Mingus... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1237

Charles Mingus

Blues & Roots

Blues & Roots is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released in 1960. Mingus explained the birth of this record in the album's liner... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1305

Charles Mingus

Tonight At Noon

A valuable reissue for Mingus fans, Tonight at Noon compiles five tunes originally recorded for two of the great bassist's most important album's, 195... more...

LP Atlantic: Atlantic1416

Carlos Malcolm

Bustin Outta The Ghetto

Funky madness – and one of the greatest funky instrumental albums ever! This one's so rare that only a few funk collectors have it in their collection... more...

LP ajp: AJP334

Lamont Dozier

Black Bach

Lamont Dozier is best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sou... more...

LP ABC Records: ABC839

Wednesday Sep 7, 2011

Tony Allen Hits With Africa 70

Jealousy

Jealousy is the first of the 3 solo albums by Tony Allen produced by Fela Kuti. In 1975 Tony Allen, the band-leader of Afrika 70, got an opportunity t... more...

LP Kindred Spirits: KSTA01

Wednesday Aug 31, 2011

Serge Gainsbourg

Histoire De Melody Nelson (OST)

Sex has always sold, but presented with a landmark musical backdrop, the combination is rare as finding the elusive “G Spot”. Quite often, attempts fa... more...

LP Light In The Attic: LITA040

BARRY GRAY

Stand By For Adverts: Rare Jazz, Jingles And Advertising Electronics

Eighty hip cues — sixty on the LP — from 1959-65: stuff like Banana Mellows cereal, Horlicks, Elastoplast, Sunsilk, Ogden's tobacco, and the Hoover Ke... more...

LP Trunk: JBH039LP

Tuesday Aug 30, 2011

Idrissa Diop

Diamonoye De L'evolution

Beautiful LP by Senegalese artist Idrissa Diop, showcasing his recordings from the early seventies. more...

12inch Teranga Beat: TBLP 013