Label: Music On Vinyl - All

Miles Davis

Big Fun

Originally released in 1974, Big Fun presents music from three different phases of Miles Davis's early-seventies ''electric'' period. Sides one and fo... more...

• 1 Great Expectations
• 2 Ife
• 3 Go Ahead John
• 4 Lonely Fire

Sly & The Family Stone

There's A Riot Goin On

There's A Riot Going On was Sly & The Family Stone's answer to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On?, the seminal Soul album that came out five months before... more...

• 01 Luv N' Haight
• 02 Just Like A Baby
• 03 Poet
• 04 Family Affair

Reload

A Collection Of Short Stories

A Collection of Short Stories is an ambient-techno electronic masterpiece produced by Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton (collectively also known as Glo... more...

• 01 Teq
• 02 Peschi
• 03 Ahn
• 04 Rota Link

Sly & The Family Stone

Dance To The Music

Sly & the Family Stone came into their own with their second album, Dance to the Music, released in 1968. It contains the Top Ten hit single of the sa... more...

• 1 Dance To The Music
• 2 Higher
• 3 I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real)
• 4 Dance To The Medley- Music Is Alive : Dance In : Music Lover

Sly & The Family Stone

Small Talk

Small Talk is the seventh album by Sly and the Family Stone, released in 1974. This album was the final LP to feature the original Family Stone, which... more...

• 01 Small Talk
• 02 Say You Will
• 03 Mother Beautiful
• 04 Time For Livin

Sly & The Family Stone

Fresh

With classics such as ''If You Want Me To Stay'' and ''Que Sera Sera'', Fresh is one of Sly & The Family Stone's masterpieces. Recorded in 1973 it's s... more...

• 01 In Time
• 02 If You Want Me To Stay
• 03 Let Me Have It All
• 04 Frisky

Global Communication

Chapterhouse - Blood Music: Pentamerous Metamorphosis

Techno and house pioneers Global Communication (Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard) released their album Pentamerous Metamorphosis in 1993. The album is... more...

• 1 Alpha Phase
• 2 Beta Phase
• 3 Gamma Phase
• 4 Delta Phase

Shuggie Otis

Inspiration Information

Recommended by: Wrong Sal

This beautiful Shuggie Otis album went largely overlooked at the time of its release in 1974. Which is a shame, because it's one of those albums that... more...

• 1 Inspiration Information
• 2 Island Letter
• 3 Sparkle City
• 4 Aht Uh Mi Hed

Herbie Hancock

Sextant

Sextant from 1973 was recorded just before Head Hunters, and can be seen in the same vein, but it's more than just an introduction to a masterpiece. I... more...

• 1 Rain Dance
• 2 Hidden Shadows
• 3 Hornets

Herbie Hancock

Mwandishi

Mwandishi is one of Herbie Hancock's first departures from his traditional jazz sounds. The album which was recorded in a single session on New Year's... more...

• 1 Ostinato (Suite For Angela)
• 2 You'll Know When You Get There
• 3 Wandering Spirit Song

Herbie Hancock

Death Wish

Herbie Hancock's Death Wish from 1974 followed closely upon the success of Head Hunters, and was the soundtrack to the infamous Charles Bronson-starri... more...

• 1 Death Wish (main title)
• 2 Joanna's Theme
• 3 Do A Thing
• 4 Paint Her Mouth

Herbie Hancock

Crossings

Crossings is the second album in the experimental sextet trilogy Herbie Hancock released early 1970s. His electronic movements are further explored an... more...

• 1 Sleeping Giant
• 2 Quasar
• 3 Water Torture

Aretha Franklin

The Electrifying Aretha Franklin / A Bit Of Soul

The remarkable recordings in this deluxe package make a convincing case that Aretha Franklin was already royalty by the time she made her first album... more...

• 01 You Made Me Love You
• 02 I Told You So
• 03 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby
• 04 Nobody Like You

Francois De Roubaix

Les Levres Rouges (7 inch single)

The French film composer Francois De Roubaix recorded compositions for a diversity of movies. One of them is the Belgian cult horror classic Les Lèvre... more...

• 1 Les Levres Rouges
• 2 Les Dunes D'Ostende, Flagellation

Ramsey Lewis

Sun Goddess

The album Sun Goddess is a soul jazz-funk album, recorded in 1974 and was produced by Maurice White, Teo Macero (who had produced albums by Miles Davi... more...

• 1 Sun Goddess
• 2 Living For The City
• 3 Love Song
• 4 Jungle Strut

Weldon Irvine

Sinbad

Before Weldon Irvine became known as a musician himself, he served as the bandleader for jazz singer Nina Simone. On his 1976 album Sinbad he's explor... more...

• 1 Sinbad
• 2 Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
• 3 What's Goin' On
• 4 I Love You

Global Communication

76:14

Recommended by: Oberman

English electronic part-time music duo Global Communication released their second album 76:14 in 1994, one of the most famous and widely-loved albums... more...

• 01 4-02
• 02 14-31
• 03 9-25
• 04 9-39

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Service

Service was the eighth and, at the time, final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra. The band dissolved the following year after a world tour, but w... more...

• 01 SET
• 02 The Madmen
• 03 SET
• 04 Chinese Whispers

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra USA and Yellow Magic Orchestra

This first YMO album was released in 1978 in Japan ('79 in Europe) and set a precedent in the music industry like never before. By releasing this dari... more...

• 01 Computer Game (theme from The Circus)
• 02 Firecracker
• 03 Simoon
• 04 Cosmic Surfin

Yellow Magic Orchestra

X-Multiplies

X-Multiplies was released as an EP in 1980. Now this album is something different! Filled with humor, catchy commercial tunes, instrumentals, computer... more...

• 01 Jingle YMO
• 02 Nice Age
• 03 Snakeman Show
• 04 Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please)

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Solid State Survivor

While Kraftwerk was emerging in Europe and became an influence and inspiration to the Japanese superstars, YMO stayed true to their unique sound. YMO'... more...

• 1 Technopolis
• 2 Absolute Ego Dance
• 3 Rydeen
• 4 Castalia

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Public Pressure

This is YMO's first live recorded album and their second number 1 album in Japan. Several concerts were recorded for Public Pressure, all in 1979 (The... more...

• 1 Rydeen
• 2 Solid State Survivor
• 3 Tong Poo
• 4 The End Of Asia

Yellow Magic Orchestra

After Service

On their 2nd live album, recorded during their 83-84 World Tour and released in 1984, again YMO succeeded in producing a live album with incredible au... more...

• 01 Propaganda
• 02 Tong Poo
• 03 Behind The Mask
• 04 Solid State Survivior

Mikey Dread

Dread At The Controls

Dread at the Controls, was released in 1979 and can be seen as a crucial album in the reggae world. Some of the most superb rhythms he recorded for th... more...

• 1 Everybody Needs A Proper Education
• 2 Dream Combination
• 3 Love The Dread
• 4 Voice Of Jah

Scientist and Prince Jammy

Scientist And Jammy Strike Back!

Scientist was inspired by the science fiction movies and a part of the album breathes the atmosphere of the unknown. But mostly it's the Roots Radics,... more...

• 01 Storming The Death Star
• 02 Mission Impossible
• 03 The Alien Aborts
• 04 Buck Rogers In The Black Hole

François De Roubaix

Daughters Of Darkness (Les Lèvres Rouges)

The French film composer Francois De Roubaix recorded compositions for a lot of movies. One of them is the Belgian cult horror classic Daughters of Da... more...

• 01 Daughters Of Darkness (Opening)
• 02 Love On The Rails
• 03 Red Lips
• 04 Arrival At The Manor

Idris Muhammad

Power Of Soul

Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer who recorded extensively with many musicians, including Bob James, Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah San... more...

• 1 Power Of Soul
• 2 Piece Of Mind
• 3 The Saddest Thing
• 4 Loran's Dance

Arthur Duke Reid

Treasure Dub Vol 1

One of the founding figures of the Jamaican music industry, Arthur 'Duke' Reid produced many of the classics of the ska, rock steady and early reggae... more...

• 01 De Pauper A Dub
• 02 Construction Dub Style
• 03 Dub So True
• 04 Arabian Dub

Arthur Duke Reid

Treasure Dub Vol 2

Following the success of the first 'Treasure Dub' album, a second volume was hastily assembled. Repeating the formula of the previous collection, the... more...

• 01 Balistic Queen
• 02 Reining Dub
• 03 Toughest
• 04 Midnight Dub

Dave Grusin

3 Days Of The Condor

To accompany this classic spy thriller, jazz musician Dave Grusin turned in music with familiar elements of jazz fusion and R&B funk. Guest vocalists... more...

• 01 Condor! (Theme From 3 Days Of The Condor)
• 02 Yellow Panic
• 03 Flight Of The Condor
• 04 We'll Bring You Home

Focus

Ship Of Memories

Though no regular album, but more a collection of rarities from the early back catalogue, the album sounds both more diverse and strikingly consistent... more...

• 01 P's March
• 02 Can't Believe My Eyes
• 03 Focus V
• 04 Out Of Vesuvius

Herbie Hancock

Sunlight

Sunlight by Herbie Hancockis a 1978 jazz-funk, fusion album. It features Hancock's vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer Tony Wi... more...

• 1 I Thought It Was You
• 2 Come Running To Me
• 3 Sunlight
• 4 No Means Yes

Raymond Scott

Manhattan Research, Inc.

Prepare yourself. This collection of Raymond Scott's electronic music is your ticket to uncharted realms. These 1953-'69 recordings were performed by... more...

• 01 Manhattan Research Inc Copyright
• 02 Baltimore Gas & Electric Co
• 03 Bendix- The Tomorrow People
• 04 Lightworks

Raymond Scott

Soothing Sounds For Baby

Recommended by: RAFF

American composer Raymond Scott (1908-1994) had a long career as an innovator in the field of music. He formed the Raymond Scott Quintette in the 1930... more...

• 01 Lullabye
• 02 Sleepy Time
• 03 The Music Box
• 04 Nursery Rhyme

Baby Huey

The Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend

Legendary Soul singer Baby Huey was graced with a stunning, fierce voice on par with Otis Redding and Howard Tate, wailing and howling one moment and... more...

• 1 Listen To Me
• 2 Mama Get Yourself Together
• 3 A Change Is Going To Come
• 4 Mighty, Mighty

Wally Badarou

Echoes

Wally Badarou is a French-born synthesizer specialist, and long-time associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul an... more...

• 01 Keys
• 02 Hi-Life
• 03 Mambo
• 04 Voices

Armando Trovaioli

Profumo Di Donna

This is the original soundtrack to Profumo Di Donna, a classic Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi, based on Il Buio E Il Miele, a story by Giov... more...

• 01 In The Dark
• 02 Passeggiando Per Genova
• 03 Per La Strada
• 04 Amore Mio Tu (Aka Tu Amore Mio)

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Naughty Boys & Naughty Boys Instrumental

Naughty Boys (1983) was Yellow Magic Orchestra's seventh and final album to top the Japanese Oricon Pop charts. A remix album, Naughty Boys Instrument... more...

• 01 Kimi Ni Mune Kyun (Uwaki Na Bakansu)
• 02 Expected Way
• 03 Focus
• 04 Ongaku

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Technodelic

1981 was a groundbreaking year for the music industry. By releasing BGM and Technodelic in one year, YMO made a shift happen in Pop music. YMO introdu... more...

• 01 Pure Jam
• 02 Neue Tanz
• 03 Stairs
• 04 Seoul Music

Yellow Magic Orchestra

BGM

Recommended by: Alessandro Parisi

On their fourth album BGM (1981), YMO continued where they left off with X? Multiplies, by venturing further into synthesizers, drum computers and exp... more...

• 01 Ballet
• 02 Music Plans
• 03 Rap Phenomena
• 04 Happy End

Herbie Hancock

Thrust

The cover of Thrust reveals a lot of the album. Herbie's sitting comfortably in his spaceship controlled by a synth from an alien world, reaching to t... more...

• 1 Palm Grease
• 2 Actual Proof
• 3 Butterfly
• 4 Spank-A-Lee

Herbie Hancock

Secrets

Secrets (1976) is a Jazz-Funk fusion album by acclaimed keyboard player Herbie Hancock. The album features Paul Jackson on bass, and reedist Bennie M... more...

• 1 Doin' It
• 2 People Music
• 3 Cantelope Island
• 4 Spider

Herbie Hancock

Head Hunters

Recommended by: Jeremiah R

Head Hunters (1973) was the first offering of Herbie's new backing band, the Head Hunters. In his own words: ''I began to feel that I had been spendin... more...

• 1 Chameleon
• 2 Watermelon Man
• 3 Sly
• 4 Vein Melter

Placebo

Ball Of Eyes

Marc Moulin (1942 – 2008) was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early Seventies he was the leader of the Jazz-Rock group Placebo. Moulin was o... more...

• 1 Inner City Blues
• 2 Planes
• 3 You Got Me Hummin
• 4 Humpty Dumpty

Placebo

Placebo

Marc Moulin (1942 – 2008) was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early Seventies he was the leader of the Jazz-Rock group Placebo. Moulin was o... more...

• 1 NW
• 2 Plotseling
• 3 Bosso
• 4 Dag Madam Merci

Placebo

1973

Marc Moulin (1942 – 2008) was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early Seventies he was the leader of the Jazz-Rock group Placebo. Moulin was o... more...

• 1 Bolkwush
• 2 Temse
• 3 Phalene
• 4 Balek

Ol Dirty Bastard

Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version

Ol' Dirty Bastard rose to fame in the world renowned Hip Hop gang Wu-Tang Clan. His vocal input in Wu-Tang's Enter The Wu-Tang added comic relief and... more...

• 01 Intro
• 02 Shimmy Shimmy Ya
• 03 Baby C'mon
• 04 Brooklyn Zoo

Hans Zimmer

Interstellar

Christopher Nolan did something he had never done before, something that speaks to his desire for more emotionally potent work. He asked composer Hans... more...

• 01 Dreaming Of The Crash
• 02 Cornfield Chase
• 03 Dust
• 04 Day One

Duke Ellington

Blues In Orbit

Blues In Orbit was mostly recorded during one after-midnight session after they had returned from a run of shows in Europe. It presents a Big Band in... more...

• 01 Three Js Blues
• 02 Smada
• 03 Pie Eye's Blues
• 04 Sweet & Pungent

Piero Umiliani

I Piaceri Proibiti

This is the soundtrack to the documentary I Piaceri Proibiti by Piero Umiliani. Umiliani was born in Florence, Tuscany. Like many of his Italian colle... more...

• 01 Storie Proibite
• 02 Paparazzo's Jump
• 03 Paparazzo's Cha Cha Cha
• 04 Baby Don't Kiss Me