Wednesday, November 25, 2009

RECENT SHOP FAVORITES AND HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS 2009

RECENT SHOP FAVORITES AND HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS 2009


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due to the thanksgiving holiday, the shop’s new arrival shipments are all outta wack. i’m still expecting a few things, so check the tequila sunrise records facebook page and/or twitter feed for up-to-the-minute arrivals. in the meantime i compiled a list of gift ideas for those of you who love/harbor the vinyl/cd inclined. you’ll find below well over fifty shop favorites… some old, some new, some restocked and reissued (including a ton of excellent compilations as well as single artist titles) and the majority are under twenty dollars! of course, these are just tip of iceberg as far excellent lps and cds available, so come on by and look around! and don’t forget, we have gift certificates as well!!


gracias


anthony vogdes


as always, many of these titles are in very limited quantity, so if you're interested in anything listed below and can’t make it to the shop you can make a purchase via paypal or over the phone with a credit card and pick them up later or have them shipped (see more information below). i will no longer hold records. sorry.


prices are subject to change without notice.


prices do not include shipping and handling. for those of you shipping within the continental united states I offer a 5.00usd flat shipping rate for any amount of records and/or compact discs. shipping cost for international orders are calculated on an order by order basis. payments for orders can be made via paypal or with a credit card by telephone between 12-6pm/est.


i also offer bike messanger service via timecycle couriers. for the low cost of 10.00usd i can deliver any amount of records and/or cds you wish to purchase to your center city philadelphia location (this includes some parts of south, west and north philadelphia) within two hours (and for those of you who need your records even faster, we also offer ‘rush’ service for the low flat rate of 20.00usd for any amount of records/cds delivered to you within one hour). of course, we are still more than happy to ship records via the usps within philadelphia. orders placed before 5pm/est will ship out that evening and should reach their destination by the following day.


GIFT CERTIFICATES



gift certificates are always available in any denomination and come in a envelope ready to be stocking stuffed, slipped into pockets or dispensed in any way you see fit. they can be paid for in cash, credit card (visa, master card or discover) or paypal in person, phoned in or via email. gift certificates not paid for in person can either be mailed to you, or we can keep it in shop if the recipient plans to use it for mail-order.


UNDER 15.00USD



V/A- A ORILLAS DEL MAGDALENA: COASTAL CUMBIAS FROM COLOMBIA'S DISCOS FUENTES LP (domino sound, usa)
12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)


*Call and response wailing, percussionists that play a measure then disappear, backwards accordions and a persistent, loping bassline comprise some of the elements that make up the Cumbia. Born on the banks of the Magdalena River in coastal Colombia, this infectious music represents a marriage of African, Spanish, and Indigenous influences. Antonio Fuentes began recording Colombia's music in 1934, founding his country's first record label, Discos Fuentes. These 12 gems -- released between the mid 1950s and the mid '70s -- are lovingly selected from the Discos Fuentes catalogue. Includes tracks by Andres Landero, Los Corraleros de Majagual, Los Guacharacos, and Nafer Duran amongst others. This release comes in a tip-on sleeve.

LLOYD MILLER- ORIENTAL JAZZ CD (east-west/eastern arts, usa)
11.98usd/7.17gbp/7.95eur/1049jpy (approx)


*cd reissue of lloyd miller’s groundbreaking album from 1968. check out the other excellent lloyd miller cdrs and dvdrs from the eastern arts label in the jazz section below… Dr. Lloyd Miller, who spent 7 years in Eastern countries and 6 years playing jazz in Europe during the 1950s-1970s, has been working with Eastern cultures since1950. During the 1950s and 60s, Miller played with top jazz artists in Europe like Don Ellis (where he was inspired by Miller's Eastern concepts) and Eddie Harris including occasional appearances at the famous Blue Note in Paris where he sat in for Bud Powel to play with Kenny Clark. During his residence in Europe, Miller was prominent in the Stockholm. Frankfurt, Brussels and Paris jazz scenes and played at two major jazz festivals in Belgium. During the 1970s, Miller hosted his own prime-time main network jazz show on NIRTV in Tehran. the first half of the cd (side one of the original lp) features the press keys quartet (lloyd miller- santur, oud, clarinet, dan tranh, piano, cornet and zarb; press keys- piano, valve trombone; don west- bass; dick beeson- drums, zarb) and second half features the lloyd miller trio (lloyd miller- piano, bass, drums or lloyd miller- piano; steve stout- bass; alan russek- drums).


COLD CAVE- CREMATIONS CD (hospital productions, usa)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Cremations is a collection of early demo/live/and unreleased tracks from Cold Cave. From the projects isolated beginnings to the recent full band line-up the development of this singular musical entity is documented here in its icy electronic glory. From Cold Cave’s infancy sexual identity and oblique existentialism have been expressed through biting lyrics and electronic minimalism. Rarely has the human condition been exposed so brazenly as in “Sex Ads”. Melodies, noise and rhythms clash as stories from below the surface are retold. From the demo LP Coma Potion, which featured a rugged stripped down distortion, to the suggestive Electronic Dreams tour cassette (featuring the voice of Max Morton on the track “Heavenly Metals”). Cold Cave has developed its own brand of genre defying electronic music, without ever betraying its dark roots. Love and pornography, Industrial music and traditionalism, poetry and profanity all mix together in a hedonistic, cocktail of nihilistic nights and mournful mornings. Cremations collects all this work for the first and last time.

JOSEPH SPENCE- BAHAMAN GUITARIST LP (mississippi, usa)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*reissue of the arhoolie lp recorded in 1971. Joseph Spence was a highly original guitarist & vocalist from the Bahamas. His music is hard to describe - extreme guitar runs with joyful vocalese rambled along with it. This album includes hits such as "Out on the rolling sea" & "Sloop John B". Silk screened cover glued over a hand manufactured folkways style cover.

V/A- MATA LA PENA: A COMPILATION OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC LP (mississippi, usa)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*another great mississippi compilation of international obscurities, featuring calypso, flamenco, thai ballads, indonesian instrumentals and more. Designed as a sort of sequel to the "I don't feel at home in this world anymore" compilation.

CHARLIE FEATHERS- TIP TOP DADDY LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)


*This Lonesome Feeling / Talkin' 'Bout Lovin' / Live And Let Live / Bottle To The Baby / Have You Ever / Wide River / You Believe Everyone But Me #1 / Don't You Worry Little Darlin' / Yesterday Is That Other Day In Life / Johnny Come Listen / Don't Let Me Cross Over / The Rules Of Love / Nobody Answered / Fireball Mail / You Believe Everyone But Me #2 / Early In The Morning / Crazy Heart / You Believe Everyone But Me #3 / When You Decide / She Done Gone / Am I Losing What I Found… Two dozen incredible unissued acoustic demos 1958-73 further boost the rep of Memphis' primo daddy-o! Awesome, spine chilling supremity!

SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA- INTERPLANETARY MELODIES: DOO WOP FROM SATURN AND BEYOND VOL. ONE LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)


*Norton recently took a rocket ride into the vaults of El Saturn Research and arrived back on Earth with a motherlode of unissued early R&B, doo wop, soul and general weirdness featuring Sun Ra and his Arkestra backing a variety of artists. This series consists of two albums of Doo Wop from Saturn and Beyond entitled Interplanetary Melodies and The Second Stop Is Jupiter plus a set of totally twisted sides called Rocket Ship Rock featuring Yochanan 'The Outer Space Vocalist' (with his demented Saturn 45 Muck Muck/Hot Skillet Momma) and his way out friends backed by Sun Ra and his Arkestra! Atomic outer space genius from yet another Norton turban headed star! Cosmic Rays - Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie/Dreaming*/Bye Bye/Somebody's In Love*/Summertime*; Crystals - Honey In The Bee Box*; Nu Sounds - Spaceship Lullaby*/I'm Through With You*/Africa (extended version)*/Dabba Dabba Dabba Du Day*; Qualities - It's Christmas Time/If I Only Hadn't Sunned*; Juanita Rogers - A Love Letter Full Of Promises*/Teenagers Letter Of Promise/Sun Ra - Tony's Wife* (* = previously unissued).

SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA- SECOND STOP IS JUPITER: DOO WOP FROM SATURN AND BEYOND VOL. TWO LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)


*Cosmic Rays - Somebody's In Love/Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie*/Dreaming/There's A Small Hotel*/The Second Stop Is Jupiter*; Nu Sounds - Spaceship Lullaby*/Honeysuckle Rose*/Baby Won't You Please Be Mine*/Black Sky And Blue Moon*/Dreams Come True*; Qualities - Happy New Year To You!/ She's My Moonglow*; Crystals - Little Sally Walker*; Juanita Rogers - I'm So Glad You Love Me*/I'm So Glad You Love Me; Sun Ra - Stuff Like That There* (* = previously unissued).

SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA- ROCKET SHIP ROCK LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)


*Yochanan - Muck Muck/Hot Skillet Momma/Rocket Ship Rock*/Is That Me?*/Hot Skillet Momma (alt. take)*/Muck Muck (alt. take)*/The Sun Man Speaks/Message To Earthman #1/Message To Earthman #2 (alt. take); Little Mack - Tell Her To Come On Home; Lacy Gibson - I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman (extended version)*; Ebah - I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman*; Don (Dino) Dean - The Space Stroll (* = previously unissued).

SUN RA- I AM STRANGE/I AM AN INSTRUMENT 7” (norton, usa)
5.98usd/3.58gbp/3.97eur/523jpy (approx)


*Unissued sixties spoken word mysticism from Saturn, with otherworldly instrumentation. Absolutely brain bending and everso essential!

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 1: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)

*Available on vinyl for the first time ever are early unished slammers from legendary stars Jimmy Grubbs, Scotty McKay, Ray Pate, Danny Dell and Art Adams, presented side by side with mayhem from unknown kings. In a word, this blast is atomic! For the crowd who wants it all and more, we serve up KICKSVILLE, on the washable, resilient , eternally reliable black polyvinyl chloride format preferred by sound hounds.

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 2: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)

*Make way for the massive second volume in the super hep and ultra rockin' KICKSVILLE series of raw rockabilly acetates! Heard it all, you say? Think again! You ain't heard none of these flat out monsters and that's for darn sure! Plus the only way to complete your Hasil Adkins collection is to nab this honey! And speakin' of honeys, yes that's the Haze's favorite platinum powerhouse, roots and all, on the cover, gettin' her two bits worth outta the Seeburg Select-o-matic!

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 3: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)

*Here’s the third set in Norton’s popular KICKSVILLE series of raw unissued rockabilly acetates! This installment comes on like gangbusters with never before heard demos from rockin’ icons Benny Joy and Danny Dell, Florida mauler Ray Pate (with 12 year old bro Donnie’s stunning guitar work!), Volume Two favorite Eddie McCall and other deadly rhythm kings! 18 unissued killers! Dig a special two-fisted bonus as you feast your ears on first ever demo recordings by future surf legend Gary Usher and hit maker Ral Donner!

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 4: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)

*This SPECIAL DALLAS EDITION showcases the strong influence that Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps held over the wild bands on the Big D teen scene. In fact. Vincent’s original demo of Say Mama (with Ronnie Dawson on guitar!) is on tap here! Be sure to dig all four volumes of this sensational series!


THE MANTLES- THE MANTLES LP (siltbreeze, usa)
12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)


*With two acclaimed seven-inches under their belt, The Mantles answer the call for more with a stunning debut LP sure to please all who cross its path. The Mantles have been dead-on in distilling a contemporary pop / psych concoction that mixes equal parts early Chills with early Dream Syndicate--and really, who among us wouldn't want a bottle of that with which to quietly tipple the day away? Recorded by Greg Ashley, the LP taps said hybrid, and if anything, burrows deeper into the core of rock, extracting essential magma that fuses early SF Ballroom psychedelia, Byrds-ian jangle-pop, and the Velvet Underground's extraordinary ability for serpentine leads and bridges. And yep, that pretty much covers all the bases. Look for the band to embark on their first US tour in September, supporting Ty Segall coast to coast.

TROPA MACACA- SENSACAO DO PRINCIPIO LP (siltbreeze, usa)
12.98usd/7.77gbp/8.62eur/1136jpy (approx)


*Sensacao Do Principio is the third release proper from Tropa Macaca and their first with an American label. Their previous efforts on Ruby Red and Qbico were magnificent (though hard to find) efforts of blotted, aural sci-fi codifications somewhere between Anar Band and Blues Control. The two-track full-length continues their foray into post-psychedelic instrumental morphine, where Moolah's LP and Pink Floyd's "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" function as templates for the greater good. In other words, you gotta hear if for yourself.

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 7 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*the stompin’ series of raw and rare jump blues and r&b scorchers, circa the late 50s/early 60s, has been favorite around here for years and a totally essential overview of forgotten jems from said genre/time period (and in keeping with other amazing genre based series’ such as the roots of rock and roll -on arista records-, buffalo bop, nuggets, pepples, back from the grave, killed by death, bloodstains, members only, et al)…. includes Willie King Peg Leg Woman, Lord Tennyson The Dance, Albert Washington Ramble, Laurie Tate Rock Me Daddy! A hoot & a half!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 15 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Another slammin’, whammin’, crammin’ volume of be-bop wino wailers includin’ Guitar Tommy Moore Your Car Machine, Percy Welch Back Door Man, Piano Slim Lot Of Shakin’ Lot Of Jivin’, mo’-mo’-mo’!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 16 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Roman candles on this sweet 16th volume of ebony ebulators! Let’s go with Mr. Sad Head Mr. Sad Head Blues, Ray Snead Let’s Ball and Fade Away Baby, Gene Parrish Screamin’ In My Sleep, Danny ‘Run Joe’ Taylor Gator Tail!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 17 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Early jumpers to sauce up any affair— Woo Woo Moore Something’s Wrong, Al Jackson Let’s Drink Some Whiskey, Mr. Swing Beer Bottle Boogie, Moolah All Shook Up + mo’ squawky juicers!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 18 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Straight ahead stompers like Rudy Greene Wild Life, Freddie Hall She’s A Upsetter, Potato Lee Christy My Heart Goes Diddley Bum, Mr. Rain Who Dat? , more belters!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 21 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Mo’ early jump! Dr. Jo Jo Adams Didn’t I Tell You, Bumps Jackson Bumpin’ & Thumpin’, Tommy Brown V-8 Baby, Double Faced Deacon , Barrell House Blott Chicks Goin’ Crazy, Hen Gates Loose, Chester Guydon Miss Fannie Brown, Mr. Sad Head Butcher Boy & mo’!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 22 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Primitive country blooz w/ Richard Bros. Drunk Drivers Coming, Albert & Charles Weird, Harmonica Frank Rock-A-Little Baby, Clifford King Chicken Shack Boogie, Jesse Belvin Goin’ Away Baby, Elmon Mickle Jackson Blues, Country Paul Sidewalk Boogie, mo’ !

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 23 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*McKinley Mitchell Rock Everybody Rock, Joe McCoy Hey Hey Loretta, Jay Holliday I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day, Chico Chism Hot Tamales And Bar-B-Que, Artie Wilson Tarzan, Lorenzo Holden Whipped Cream!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 24 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Mo’ early jump! King Perry Get Out Of My Face, Jackie Brenston Leo The Louse, Sammy Cotton We’re Gonna Ball This Mornin’, Jack (The Bear) Parker Cheap Old Wine And Whiskey!

V/A- STOMPIN VOL. 25 LP (stompin’, uk)
13.98usd/8.37gbp/9.28eur/1224jpy (approx)


*Solid 16 tracker: Paul (Georgia Boy) Kimble That Big Fat Mama, Willie Mitchell Lizzie Lou, Blanche Thomas You Ain’t So Such A Much, Claude Robinson Cotton Pickin’ Mama!


UNDER 20.00USD



BOSCOE- BOSCOE LP (numero group, usa)
16.98usd/10.17gbp/11.27eur/1487jpy (approx)


*Combining the spiritual soul and funk of Earth, Wind, & Fire with the proto-rap of the Last Poets and the cosmic jazz of Pharaoh Sanders, Boscoe's lone album has long eluded bootleggers and the collector elite. At last, and via Numero's * imprint, this Chicago spiritual soul jazz masterstroke will see the light of day. Impeccably remastered and housed in a CD gatefold sleeve with a booklet full of copious liner notes, personal testaments from the group, and never-before-seen archival material, this thirty-five year old album is a must for anyone interested in soul's secret history.

WEE- YOU CAN FLY ON MY AEROPLANE 2LP (asterisk, usa)
19.98usd/11.96gbp/13.26eur/1749jpy (approx)


*The second in a trilogy of Columbus, Ohio soul albums to be issued on Numero's Asterisk imprint comes from the twisted pen and mind of Norman Whiteside. His lone album, under the pseudonym Wee, is firmly ensconced in Innervisions-era Stevie Wonder, with nary a trace of his work as a writer for Bill Moss' Capsoul label a few years prior. Smooth, sexy, and synthy, You Can Fly On My Aeroplane is a peerless sprawling psychedelic soul concept album. The original nine-song LP has been expanded to nineteen, including seven previously-unreleased panty soakers. Lovers rejoice.

ALICE COLTRANE- HUNTINGTON ASHRAM MONASTERY LP (impulse!, usa)
17.98usd/10.76gbp/11.93eur/1574jpy (approx)


*180 gram exact repro reissue, gatefold sleeve. Officially licensed through Verve/Universal. Recorded in New York, May 14, 1969; Alice Coltrane (piano and harp), Ron Carter (bass) and Rashied Ali (drums and percussion). "The composition 'Huntington Ashram Monastery' was first recorded as a piece for solo harp. However, the selection used in this album is played by the trio. With the band, there is expansion and enhancing of sound, together with collective contributions of the musicians. Ashram means 'hermitage.' It is sometimes spelled 'ashrama.' Of the many humanly-constructed ashrams and monasteries throughout the world, I feel that the real 'ashrama' is in your heart." -- Alice Coltrane

ARCHIE SHEPP- ATTICA BLUES LP (impulse!, usa)
17.98usd/10.76gbp/11.93eur/1574jpy (approx)


*180 gram exact repro reissue, gatefold sleeve. Originally released in 1972 on Impulse!. Officially licensed through Verve/Universal. "Never one to be close-lipped about his anger at U.S. society or its actions, Archie Shepp delivered Attica Blues on the heels of the Attica Prison massacre. Every time Shepp's breath hits the reeds he creates an emotional vibe which all of his records have displayed. Attica Blues has all his in your face sound even though he isn't ripping jagged shards as he had in the past. The record still displays emotional angst that is every bit as powerful and distraught as Davis's celluloid images. The tracks have the deep soul of all of Shepp's finest such as On This Night and Four By Trane. The difference is Archie utilizes the arrangements as the forefront while his horn simmers in the background like an angry voice needing to be heard." -- All About Jazz

ARCHIE SHEPP- LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO LP (impulse!, usa)
17.98usd/10.76gbp/11.93eur/1574jpy (approx)


*180 gram exact repro reissue in a gatefold sleeve, originally released on Impulse! in 1966. Featuring Archie Shepp (tenor sax and piano), Donald Garrett (bass), Beaver Harris (drums), Roswell Rudd (trombone) and Lewis Worrell (bass). "This Impulse recording features the fiery tenor Archie Shepp with his regularly working group of the period, a quintet also featuring trombonist Roswell Rudd, drummer Beaver Harris and both Donald Garrett and Lewis Worrell on basses. Although two pieces (Shepp's workout on piano on the ballad 'Sylvia' and his recitation on 'The Wedding') are departures, the quintet sounds particularly strong on Herbie Nichols' 'The Lady Sings the Blues' and 'Wherever June Bugs Go' while Shepp's ballad statement on 'In a Sentimental Mood' is both reverential and eccentric." -- All Music Guide

MAHMOUD AHMED- ERÈ MÈLA MÈLA LP (l’arome production, france)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*The re-release series of original Ethiopian classic vinyl continues -- the finest Ethio jazz by Mahmoud Ahmed and his band from 1975 plus two tracks from 1978. The liner notes: 'Melancholy blues, piercingly minimalist country airs, brassy, danceable urban jazz, heart-wrenching, off-key crooners: a rich and stirring patchwork of sounds, crossing Afro-beat, Latino-swing moves and Eastern arabesques (Anaïs Prosaïc).' Such were the first -- informed and enthusiastic -- opinions of the music press when the first strains of modern Ethiopian music sounded on our shores. This was in 1984-1985. Such a positive note, struck about such a country at such a time, created plenty of reverb. The country had been so thoroughly trashed by the media's feeding-frenzy, which spewed out a mix of horror and pious pity, bitter denunciation and humanitarian appeals, wallet-tickling clichés and refusal of identity. In one brutal swoop, TV-reality transformed Ethiopia into a cursed nation, forsaken by God and by man. In contrast to these tragedies, but in the same hackneyed tones, Mahmoud Ahmed's life resembles an edifying fairy-tale where destiny, talent and achievement combine to triumph over poverty, fate and the evil eye. Biography, history and legend, with the help of God, infallibly weave the lesson of merit rewarded. But who can argue, in spite of the mockery that celebrities invariably draw, when faced with one of the greatest voices in all of Africa? Once upon a time, there was a street urchin in Addis Ababa, who started off as a shoe-shine boy and went on to become one of his country's biggest stars, opening the door to Ethiopian music to Western audiences." --Francis Falceto

MULATU ASTATKE FEAT. FEKADE AMDE MASKAL- ETHIO JAZZ LP
(l’arome production, france)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*The Ethio Jazz album by Mulatu Astatqé is a jewel of the modern Ethiopian music and a mythical album, since the beginning of Ethiopian music reissues (mainly on Buda Musique). An incredibly groovy Ethiopian record, originally from 1969-1972. Amazing orchestral 'Ethio-groove' filled with US soul, jazz, sometimes Latin and the deepest Eastern rhythms, even including some great nasty and dirty fuzz guitars. A true gem of Ethiopian modern instrumental music, which illustrates perfectly this symbiosis of strong rhythms and quality arrangements of subtle yet deep Ethiopian melodies. A must for all '60s/'70s collectors! In the Ethiopian musical landscape, Mulatu Astatke is a unique musician, composer, arranger. His real contribution consists in his action for instrumental music, in a country where orchestral traditions doesn't exist. For the last 30 years, he is the leading head of the Ethiopian musical scene. First vinyl reissue and definitely one of the most important Ethiopian music albums.

V/A- ETHIOPIAN MODERN INSTRUMENTALS HITS LP (l’arome production, france)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Ethiopians' deep-seated ethiocentrism, the legacy of a thousand years of history, has contributed in no small way to their music's strong national identity, particularly impervious to any African influences. Latin influences, so pervasive in the great musical centers of West Africa and the Congo, have been similarly rebuffed, despite the brilliant attempts of a musician like Mulatu Astatke. He was the first and for a long time the only Ethiopian to have studied music abroad (England and USA). In the late '60s, he brought back 'ethio-jazz', as well as a passion for Latin rhythms that was not readily shared by the Ethiopian audience. As early as 1966, he released a single and two LPs in the US entitled Afro-Latin Soul (and a third LP, Mulatu of Ethiopia in 1972), with his Ethiopian Quintet composed of American and Latin-American musicians (Worthy Records). That was three years before Fela's first American tour and six years prior to Manu Dibango's key breakthrough with the release of Soul Makossa in the Western 'pre-World music' market. All this goes to show how much the history of the African continent's musical modernity should be reconsidered in light of the Ethiopian adventure, even though this lone spark bore little relation, musically or ideologically to the musical revolutions initiated most notably by Ghanian highlife, South African jazz, Congolese rumba or, much later on, by Fela.

V/A- ETHIOPIAN URBAN MODERN MUSIC VOL. 1: ETHIOPIAN URBAN MODERN MUSIC VOL. 1 LP (l’arome production, france)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Urban Ethiopian music stands out within the African continent thanks to its creativity and originality. Whatever the shade -- pop, blues, jazz or soul -- it comes from a fusion of local musical traditions mixed with an echo of Western music. It bewitched Ethiopia during the 'Swinging Addis' decade before recently winning the favors of a well-informed audience all over the world. This first vinyl volume of Ethiopian Urban Modern Music presents some of the Ethiopian 'groove jewels' drawn from the essential CD Ethiopiques series directed by Francis Falceto and published by Buda music.

ALEMAYEHU ESHETE- ETHIOPIAN URBAN MODERN MUSIC VOL. 2 LP (l’arome production, france)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Alèmayèhu Eshèté is no less than one of the great voices of the heyday of modern Ethiopian music, the swinging sixties which, in this country, went on until the fall of the Emperor Haile Sellassie 1 in 1974. On a par with Tlahoun Gèssèssè, Bzunèsh Bèqèlè or Mahmoud Ahmed, Alèmayèhu is a star at the top level of the constellation that once lit up the wild nights in the capital.

V/A- ETHIOPIAN URBAN MODERN MUSIC VOL. 3: MORE ETHIOPIAN SOUL AND GROOVE LP (l’arome production, france)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*A few years ago the world discovered a unique sound coming from the distant Ethiopian capital Addis Abeba. The emotional blow was only matched by the brightness of this original and magnificent discovery. The Ethiopiques series directed by Francis Falcetto and edited by Buda Musique provides a comprehensive landscape of this subtle musical universe where local and western cultures do magnify each other. This new Ethiopian Urban Modern Music release follows the first Soul & Groove installment and keeps revealing some essential parts of the modern Ethiopian puzzle. An unequalled soul funk signature until today.

TLAHOUN GESSESSE- ETHIOPIAN URBAN MODERN MUSIC VOL. 4 LP (l’arome production, france)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Although he is still completely unknown to Western audiences, for Ethiopians, Tlahoun Gèssèssè (pronounced Guèssèssè) is THE VOICE. The first-ever pan-Ethiopian star, he has embodied such nonstop unanimity since the end of the 1950s that is a role-model and a point of reference.

V/A- MORTIKA: RECORDINGS FROM A GREEK UNDERWORLD 2LP BOX
(mississippi, usa)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Amazing 2LP set of Greek underground folk music sometimes called 'Rembetica' and/or 'Greek Oriental Music.' Compiled by Tony Kline. Songs about drugs, sex, crime, poverty, and heartbreak. Housed in a box and includes 20 page notes with extensive archival photos and full lyric translations. "The word 'mortis' in Greek underworld slang refers to a person who is both tough and elegant, as it were the cool bearer of a knife and suit, a counterpart tot he 'Apache' of Paris. Mortika simply means songs about male 'mortes' and female 'mortisses.' These LPs hold a collection of urban songs and instrumentals centered on this theme, recorded commercially between 1927 and 1946 [with two exceptions]. All might be considered as belonging to the 'rembetica' genre, but we who have compiled and produced this record would rather see them emancipated from the strightjacket of genre catagorisation. Apart from the intrinsic, moving musical quality of the performances, this compilation is distinguished by the rarity, and often excellent condition of the originals, and by the quality of Ted Kendall's remastering. Listening through these LPs, you will make the acquaintance of some of the central figuresof the period [...] becoming familiar with some of their variety of vocal styles and techniques, their idiomatic use of various plucked, hammered and bowed string instruments and accordion... All this music is associated one way or another, with subcultures of outsiders, where at home or in imposed or self-chosen exile, and where they represent the urban musical culture of Asia Minor and Istanbul/Constantinople, the local tradition of Pireaus subcultural music, or the music of the Greek-American population." -Tony Klein

V/A- STRING OF PEARLS: A COMPILATION OF INTERNATIONAL 78's LP
(mississippi, usa)
15.98usd/9.57gbp/10.61eur/1399jpy (approx)


*another excellent/essential set compiled by ian nagoski (once of baltimore’s true vine record shop, compiler of the black mirror cd on dust to digital -restocks expected shortly-, writer, performer, driver of cabs, etc…). fourteen amazing songs ranging from Calypso, Indian vocal music, Jewish Cantorals, Native American chants, etc… includes detailed (to the best of his digging ability) liner notes. beautiful cover to boot! Co-released by b’more’s Canary Records.


V/A- FORGE YOUR OWN CHAINS: HEAVY PSYCHEDELIC BALLADS AND DIRGES 1968-1974 2LP (now-again, usa)
19.98usd/11.96gbp/13.26eur/1749jpy (approx)


V/A- FORGE YOUR OWN CHAINS: HEAVY PSYCHEDELIC BALLADS AND DIRGES 1968-1974 CD (now again, usa)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Now-Again’s Foray Into Funky Psychedelia: American gospel, paranoiac soul, loner folk, East-Nigerian fuzz, Thai rock, Iranian ballads and more… This compilation introduces a new direction for Now-Again Records and its owner, Stones Throw Records GM, A&R and producer Egon. With the same detailed, no-stone-unturned approach he used for Deep Funk (The Funky 16 Corners, Cold Heat ), he tackles beat-heavy global psychedelia with Forge Your Own Chains. Forge Your Own Chains showcases music from all corners of the world: Colombia, Nigeria, Sweden, South Korea, Thailand and Iran. The focus – in keeping with Now-Again’s tradition – is on melody, driving rhythms and accessibility. Not one song is included on this compilation because it is from a “rare” album. Certainly, many of these songs do spring from albums that exchange hands for many thousands of dollars. Certainly, many of these songs have never seen reissue. But these songs are all beautiful in their own right and work to form a coherent album. Psychedelic records, long the mainstay of older, grizzled collectors and seemingly quaint, are, in the hands of Egon and those of his generation, giving up new ghosts. And, with comps like Forge Your Own Chains, inspiring new investigations into our not so distant (and still very much alive) musical past.

V/A- CULT CARGO: BELIZE CITY BOIL UP 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.96gbp/13.26eur/1749jpy (approx)


Samba Soul. Afro-beat. Reggae. What were once loose-fitting descriptions for American influenced homegrown R&B, are now but common parlance in the lexicon of genre classification.These regional movements all yielded monumental sonic innovations that returned to America with tidal force, eventually flooding the world with third world treasure. The music of Detroit and Memphis were quite possibly America's largest cultural export of the 1960s, spawning imitators with every radio wave that whispered 'I've got sunshine... or Sittin' in the morning sun... into the fertile ear of the uninitiated. For every Nigeria there were ten Ghana's, and every shiny Brazilian soulster had his counterpart in Peru, Argentina, and Columbia. Good news travels fast, and as the gospel of American soul hit the beaches of Trinidad, the Bahamas, and in this case, Belize, it was as though the Gods had not just spoken, but sung. A Cargo Cult is what happens when one culture begins worshipping the byproducts of another. Cult Cargo is the unexpected result of that devotion. It is here in these sixty odd minutes that The Numero Group unveils a style of music completely unknown to the greater world before we dragged it from the beaches of Belize. The national dish of Belize is made with a diverse mixture of ingredients, pig's tail, potatoes, plantains, bananas, boiled eggs, yams, whole fish, thrown in a pot, and boiled to perfection. They call it a Boil Up. The music of this collection combines equal parts of R&B, calypso, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk, and whatever else can be found back on the bottom shelf of the musical pantry. This too is called Boil Up, and it's anything but leftovers.

V/A- ECCENTRIC SOUL: SMART'S PALACE 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.96gbp/13.26eur/1749jpy (approx)


*Smart's Palace was anything but royal. Beyond the bloodlines of the Smart Brothers and their jester brother Leroy, the only kings and queens to be discovered there were JB and Aretha playing on the Wurlitzer. However, between 1963-1975 the club held court for the entire Wichita, Kansas soul scene. At its heart was Dick Smart, bassist, club owner, DJ, record store owner, promoter, and sole proprietor of the Solo label. Collected here for the first time is the story and songs that came out of this thriving, if not totally unknown scene. Housed in Numero's signature slipcase, the 19 track disc features Theron & Darrell, Baby Neal, Chocolate Snow, L.T. & the Soulful Dynamics, Fred Williams & the Jewels Band, and The Hard Road, on labels like Solo, Kanwic, Vantage, and Lee-Mac, all fully annotated with a ransom of pictures, posters, and ephemera fit for a king.

ELVIS PRESLEY- ELVIS AT SUN LP (rca/sony/bmg, germany)
16.98usd/10.17gbp/11.27eur/1487jpy (approx)


*2004 remastered vinyl version of this perennial shop favorite/essential in stock for the first time… Elvis at Sun marks the third time that rca has given Elvis Presley's seminal Sun Records recordings a refurbishing for release on compact disc (fourth if you count their appearance on the box set The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters), but while 1987's The Complete Sun Sessions and 1999's Sunrise both added plenty of bonus materials along with the ten single sides and various outtakes Presley cut for Sam Phillips' pioneering label, Elvis at Sun seems to follow the notion that "less is more." While the supposedly definitive Sunrise spread 38 cuts over two discs, Elvis at Sun sticks to 19 cuts (all of which appeared on disc one of Sunrise), and reissue producers Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and Roger Semon have done extensive cleansing on these vintage recordings, in some cases buffing off layers of echo and reverb that have been part of these performances since they first appeared on LP (most notably on "You're a Heartbreaker" and "Good Rockin' Tonight"). With neither Elvis nor Sam Phillips around to offer their views, it's hard to say if this amounts to presenting the tapes as they were meant to be heard or playing around with history, but on most of the tracks the effect is startling — these recordings have never sounded quite so clear and sharp, with a richer sense of detail in the nooks and crannies of Elvis' voice and Scotty Moore's guitar (the always spooky "Blue Moon" is now gloriously spectral — has anyone ever sounded quite like that?). Too bad they couldn't fix the speed glitch on "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine," though. The disc also abandons the sequencing of most previous releases of this material, which presented songs in the order they were released, in favor of assembling the songs in the order they were recorded, which is probably better history if less satisfying as pure listening. As for the music, well, this is arguably the most important music of Elvis' career and the growth of rock & roll into a mass art form; Presley's wildly idiosyncratic fusion of blues, country, pop, and anything else that crossed his path was still evolving as he recorded these songs, and there's a thrill of discovery here that's a wonder to behold. No, Elvis didn't invent rock & roll, but it would have been a very different creature without his guiding influence, and listening to him making it happen on Elvis at Sun is history at its most wildly entertaining; this isn't necessarily the best collection of these vitally important sides, but it inarguably presents this brilliant music in a new and fascinating light. -Mark Deming/amg

MOON DUO- KILLING TIME 12"EP (sacred bones, usa)
16.98usd/10.17gbp/11.27eur/1487jpy (approx)


*Moon Duo is a project of Wooden Shjips guitarist and singer Ripley Johnson. Under the Moon Duo moniker, Johnson and collaborator Sanae Yamada create expansive Krautrock influenced tapestries of warm cascading fuzz and controlled feedback, organ, and accenting keyboard. This four song 12-inch is the second release and incorporates a much more concise, composed and driving sound than before. The Duo expand on ideas only hinted at on the Sick Thirst 12-inch (which is already long gone) adding a driving drum machine beat behind the thick walls of layered sound. Don't sleep on this one.

SUN RA & HIS MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA- COSMIC TONES FOR MENTAL THERAPY LP (saturn, usa)
15.98usd/9.57gbp/10.61eur/1399jpy (approx)


*Tracklisting: And Otherness, Thither and Yon, Adventure-Equation, Moon Dance, Voice of Space. The first two pieces were recorded by Tommy Hunter at the Choreographers' Workshop, New York City, 1963. The last three were recorded at the Tip Top Club, Brooklyn, 1963. 'Moon Dance' was recorded at a joint in Brooklyn called the Tip Top Club, where Hunter was playing in Sarah McLawler's organ trio. Sun Ra and company came in at 10 AM and played for several hours. I suspect that 'Adventure-Equation' and 'Voice of Space' were also recorded at the Tip Top. Ra is not known to have had access to a Hammond organ elsewhere, and although the recording quality is a little better on these pieces, the tapes are still mono, Hunter may have moved his microphones around, and the echo would cover up some of the faults anyway. Note the background talking on 'Moon Dance' and how it carries over into the beginning of 'Voice of Space'. Note whispers at beginning of 'Adventure-Equation'. Note the phone ringing around 4:00 and 7:50 into 'Adventure-Equation'.

SUN RA- STRANGE STRINGS LP (saturn, usa)
16.98usd/10.17gbp/11.27eur/1487jpy (approx)


*Tracklisting: Worlds Approaching, Strange Strings featuring vocal by Arthur Jenkins, Strange Strings featuring lightning drum. Recorded in New York, probably 1966. A very uncommon Sun Ra LP, originally issued on Thoth (a Saturn-subsidiary?) in '66 or '67. A concept album of sorts, dealing with musicians playing unfamiliar instruments ("Chinese lutes, moon-guitars, mandolin, bass, koto," according to Tam Fiofori). "It is a piece of astonishing variety...Sun Ra here succeeds in creating perhaps the most completely improvised but organic piece in the history of jazz, with no prepared rhythmic, melodic or harmonic material, performed by players on instruments foreign to them." -- John Szwed.

V/A- TUMBÉLÉ! BIGUINE, AFRO & LATIN SOUNDS FROM THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN, 1963-74 CD (soundway, uk)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Often overlooked in the English-speaking Caribbean, the scattering drums and soaring clarinets of the biguine ruled the airwaves and dancefloors of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1960s. This album showcases the vibrancy of the scene on the islands in the '60s and '70s -- a scene that would go on to develop the all-conquering sound of zouk in the '80s. Uptown bands like Ensemble La Perfecta and Les Loups Noirs combine heavy rhythms and psychedelic effects in an inimitable style -- check out the crazed "Jet Biguine" for a better idea! The deep and introspective sounds of Monsieur Dolor and Guadeloupean hero Robert Loison show the deep African roots of the music -- songs born out of the plantations, with an insistent rhythm and mournful vocals that are unique to these islands. Overlooked outside of Paris, Montreal and the French Caribbean for many years, this collection redresses the balance by presenting the vital sounds of Martinique and Guadeloupe -- missing pieces of the musical jigsaw puzzle of the Caribbean. CD includes a 24-page booklet with detailed historical notes and rare photos.

GROUP BOMBINO- GUITARS FROM AGADEZ: MUSIC OF NIGER VOL. 2 CD
(sublime frequencies, usa)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Group Bombino is the latest salvo from the Agadez music scene. Led by the guitar virtuoso Omara Mochtar (Bombino), the group's debut LP -- volume two in the Guitars From Agadez series, represents the latest chapter in the modern sound of the Tuareg revolution. As of 2008, the Tuareg rebellion is in full force again, and Bombino is in exile to parts unknown. Agadez has been cut off from the rest of the country. The only road that connects this legendary city with the rest of the country is littered with land mines and the only escorts are the military. This music and its messages of hope, justice, and desire for validation of the Kel Tamachek way of life ring louder than ever. Group Bombino are gaining mythic status in and around the Tuareg community for their incendiary live performances. Coming from the same scene as Group Inerane and sharing some of the same musicians, Group Bombino showcase both sides of the Tuareg guitar style. The first half of this CD features the "dry guitar" sound, an unplugged selection of songs sung among the dunes, camels and stars of the Tenere desert. The last five tracks demonstrate the electric fury of the full band, a melding of heavy, psychedelic guitar heroics with a raw, garage sound, back beat percussion, all swirling in extended trance rock moves. Recorded live and unfiltered in Agadez and the surrounding desert in early 2007, with the band's equipment powered by generators and an unflinching dedication to the rebellion, Group Bombino's music transcends any influence and ignites the raw passion of its message to the outside world. Includes liner notes by Hisham Mayet with great photos of the musicians. This is a CD reissue of the limited LP pressing which sold out almost immediately upon release.


MOUNTAINS- ETCHING LP (thrill jockey, usa)
15.98usd/9.57gbp/10.61eur/1399jpy (approx)


*To follow up the release of their highly acclaimed album Choral, Mountains is pleased to present Etching. Before embarking on tour earlier in 2009, Mountains recorded Etching at Brendon's studio in real time with no overdubs. The band then sold the music on that tour as a limited edition CD-R with hand-stamped sleeves. The music on Etching parallels the live sets the band performed on that tour. To translate the recording to the vinyl format the band re-sequenced the recordings to fit more appropriately on the LP.

9DW- 9DW 2LP (wax poetics, usa)
19.98usd/11.96gbp/13.26eur/1749jpy (approx)


*Taking electro-fusion to the next dimension is no easy job. But Tokyo-based futurists 9dw aren't afraid to gaze beyond the limits of the Milky Way, riding on a celestial quest toward a world where the atmosphere is analog and the beat of a neon ocean washes against a beach of synthesizer sand. Building their sonic landscape on an arsenal of vintage instruments and technology, the music of 9dw is a refreshing mix of jazz instrumentals, skilled guitars, fresh breakbeats, and funky keys. With an ear to the past and their eyes on the future, this band of the Rising Sun heralds a return to the 1970s heyday of jazz originality and flavor. Not since pioneers the likes of Bob James, Herbie Hancock, or Joe Zawinul has jazz-fusion sounded this good. Although 9dw's self-titled debut has been available in Japan for sometime now, it has yet to see any form of stateside release. That's why we here at Wax Poetics Records have decided the time is right to bring 9dw into the U.S. soundscape with a limited vinyl run of 9dw. This, the sixth release from Wax Poetics Records, will come as a double-LP set pressed on high quality 180-gram vinyl. Until now, Wax Poetics Records has been strictly in the business of reissuing rare, overlooked, and long-lost albums from the past. But with 9dw, we're proud to be, for the first-time, reissuing a contemporary album worthy of the Wax Poetics seal of approval. So while we still pride ourselves on being an authority when it comes to soul, funk, and jazz music's lesser-known players of yesterday, we've also got our ears tuned to the sounds of tomorrow. Be it in Wax Poetics Magazine or on Wax Poetics Records, you can rest assured that we're digging the underground, wherever we find it." Limited numbered edition of 1500 on clear vinyl.

ERKIN KORAY- ELEKTRONIC TURKELER CD (world psychedelia, south korea)
17.98usd/10.76gbp/11.93eur/1574jpy (approx)


*terrific heavy Eastern raves and drones from Turkey's legendary freaked-out psychedelic guitar guru; fantastic sound quality on an album that basically collected some of Koray's best singles tracks up to the date of its original release by Dogan Plakcilik in 1974—the result? some of Koray's most extended tracks. The sound that first emerges as “Elektronik Türküler” begins is that of the plucked strings of the baglama, a sound both sensuous and languid; then comes another undulating rhythm, Koray’s instrumental, ‘Sir” (Secret), with his lead baglama book-ending a stinging psychedelic guitar solo. The mood changes with the next track, ‘Hele Yar’, an acoustic re-arrangement of a Turkish ballad from the 17th Century; here, twin baglamas construct a dance rhythm behind lilting bass and scant drums. Side two of the original LP opens with the acoustic guitar-led love ballad, ‘Cemalim’ (My Cemal); this well known Anatolian folk number is well handled here with Koray’s stridently strummed acoustic guitar battling throughout against overdubbed electric guitar—background vocals waft softly in the background, echoing Koray’s hypnotic repetition of the title, accompanied by highly controlled fuzz guitar filigrees. The last track is the nine-minute odyssey that is ‘Türkü’ (Ballad): the swirling kalem, that Turkish double-reed wind instrument of snake charming tendencies, weaves a truly psychedelic arabesque against a foundation of solid bass and drums; the voice of Koray emerges from the shadows drenched in reverb, slowly reciting words of great import, intoned over and over again as if in consecration of a ceremonial rite; the pace quickens to a Dervish whirl, until a smash of glass breaks the tension... and we begin again, with Koray’s guitar and trance-like recitation carrying us further and further back into time, each word fading farther and farther into ancestral echo-land where east is west and west is east... and we are all together. A densely textured psychedelic masterpiece... mesmerizing.

V/A- PSYCH-FUNK 101 2LP (world psychedelic funk classics, usa)
19.98usd/11.96gbp/13.26eur/1749jpy (approx)


V/A- PSYCH-FUNK 101 CD (world psychedelic funk classics, usa)
18.98usd/11.36gbp/12.60eur/1662jpy (approx)


*Psych-Funk 101 introduces students to the global phenomenon of psychedelic funk music, and covers the “golden years” of the movement, from approximately 1967 until 1980. This compilation does not focus on American and British bands. Rather it focuses on the bands throughout the Global Village that were influenced by the innovation of American and British bands – that many times one upped the heroes they sought to emulate. This compilation focuses on bands influenced by James Brown, The Meters, Sly and The Family Stone, Booker T and The MGs and The Bar Kays and unsung rhythmic forces such as drummers Bernard Purdie, Idris Muhammad, Earl Palmer, bassists such Carol Kaye and Jimmy Lewis. It focuses on bands who took that energy and combined it with the flair of psychedelic-rock musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and the ensemble known as Cream – as well as pop-rock acts taken by the experimental side of psychedelia such as The Beatles. But these bands added their own, unique cultural flourishes. The result is mind-bending. Think about it for a second – what musical forces were greater than that of funk and psychedelic music in the late 60s and early 70s? These forces, combined by bands happy to incorporate folk music and improvisational elements from other musical forms, lead to an amazing body of work still being unearthed by researchers the world over – and still capable of inspiring new investigations into shapes of rhythm.


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ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU- VOLUME TWO: ECHOS HYPNOTIQUES FROM THE VAULTS OF ALBARIKA STORE 1969-1979 CD (analog africa, germany)
24.98usd/14.95gbp/16.58eur/2187jpy (approx)


*Four years in the making, Analog Africa finally presents the highly-anticipated second volume of music from Africa's funkiest band, the mythical Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. Volume One (The Vodoun Effect: Funk & Sato from Benin's Obscure Labels, 1973-1975), released by Analog Africa at the end of 2008, was a collection of amazing lo-fi recordings produced for various labels around Benin. Volume Two showcases superbly recorded tracks, courtesy of the EMI studios in Lagos, Nigeria, one of the best studios in the region. All tracks here were recorded for the mighty Albarika Store label and its enigmatic producer, Adissa Seidou. The idea for this compilation was born five years ago when Samy Ben Redjeb, Analog Africa's founder and compiler, first heard the addictive funk track "Malin Kpon O" (included here), which was originally released in 1975 on Albarika Store. That discovery triggered the compiler's curiosity and what followed was a long journey through the musical history of Benin and the history of its most important ambassador, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. The result: approximately 100 pictures, 120 master tapes, 20 hours of interviews and a few hundred Orchestre Poly-Rythmo vinyl records -- 500 songs in total -- some of which previously unreleased. Almost half of those tracks were recorded for Benin's number one label -- Albarika Store. Fourteen out of 200 tracks were carefully selected for this compilation which comes with a massive 44-page booklet filled with amazing pictures of the band, a complete discography and a biography tracing the band from its foundation as Groupe Meloclem in 1964 via Sunny Black's band (1965), Orchestre Poly-Disco (1966), El Ritmo (1967) and finally, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou in 1968. During the period presented here -- 1969 to 1979 -- the mighty Orchestre was without any doubt one of Africa's most innovative groups. Capable of playing any style of music, the band moved from traditional Vodoun rhythms to funk, sato, Latin, sakpata, psychedelia and Afro-Beat seamlessly and quickly became the powerhouse of Benin's music scene. Some of the planet's most exciting rhythms are related to the complex Vodoun religion born in Benin. Those rhythms, supported by chants and dances, have been transmitted from generation to generation and are still being performed to this day, a few hundred years after they were created. The composers and arrangers of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo understood that they were surrounded by a gold mine of inspirational sounds which, if modernized and mixed in with whatever was in fashion at that particular moment, could have a strong impact on the urban population. Those astonishing combinations can be heard here, all mixed into a heavy hypnotic sound -- Les Echos Hypnotiques.

V/A- MARVELLOUS BOY: CALYPSO FROM WEST AFRICA 2LP (honest jon’s, uk)
23.98usd/14.36gbp/15.92eur/2100jpy (approx)


*Marvellous Boy: Calypso From West Africa celebrates the West African counterpart of the 1950s Soho scene uncovered in the Honest Jon's series, London Is The Place For Me. Issuing from centuries of to-ing and fro-ing between England, the West Indies, and West Africa, the same musical styles -- calypso, highlife, jazz -- overlap, proliferate, and adapt, with local traditions freshened up and thrown into the mix. With numerous faces and reference points cropping up in both milieu, this contemporaneous music-making is brimming over with the same passion for life, sparkling topicality, and extravagant, magpie creativity. The inter-war dance bands of British West Africa are often strikingly similar in sound to Trinidadian orchestras like Lovey's String Band (credited with the first calypso recordings in 1912). However, the first West African calypso recordings in the modern style are from Freetown, Sierra Leone in the early 1950s, by Ebenezer Calendar and Famous Scrubbs. In arrangements blending African and European instruments, the brass plays out the legacy of colonial military bands, albeit hair-down and a little ramshackle now; and the beautiful Creole lyrics are as quick and musical as any classic calypsonian's. Decca also organized the first calypso recording session in Ghana, down the coast, where a sound interchangeably designated "calypso" or "highlife" ruled urban dancefloors, courtesy of The Tempos and its spin-offs including The Rhythm Aces. The invasion of King Mensah of Ghana, and The Tempos' money-spinning tour of Nigeria at the start of the 1950s sparked a decade of musical innovation. Bobby Benson's new highlife 11-piece included the great trumpeters Victor Olaiya and Roy Chicago and his calypso "Taxi Driver" was their first, huge, signature hit. (By contrast, little is known about the Nigerian Rolling Stone). The Mayor's Dance Band was run by the celebrated Erekosima "Rex" Lawson, whose trademark blend of Igbo lyrics over a Calabari rhythm reflected his mixed parentage. Steven Amechi was from eastern Nigeria, and the guitar solo on "Nylon Dress" is by the king of Igbo highlife, Stephen Osita Osadebe. Saxophonist Chris Ajilo and his band The Cubanos didn't produce much calpyso-highlife, but rather, cooking Afro-Cuban jazz with traditional roots, exemplifying the open hybridity of all these forms. By the early 1960s, calypso was fading in West Africa, and U.S. soul and rhythm and blues were poised to replace Caribbean influences. Still, the dying embers would produce its most classical exponent, Godwin Omabuwa, Nigeria's own Lord Kitchener. Omabuwa cut only a few records, but his mastery of the genre was a fitting end to the heyday of calypso in British West Africa.

ALICE COLTRANE- JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA LP (impulse!, usa)
21.98usd/13.16gbp/14.59eur/1924jpy (approx)


*180 gram exact repro reissue, gatefold sleeve. Officially licensed through Verve/Universal. Recorded in New York, May 14, 1969; Alice Coltrane (piano and harp), Ron Carter (bass) and Rashied Ali (drums and percussion). "The composition 'Huntington Ashram Monastery' was first recorded as a piece for solo harp. However, the selection used in this album is played by the trio. With the band, there is expansion and enhancing of sound, together with collective contributions of the musicians. Ashram means 'hermitage.' It is sometimes spelled 'ashrama.' Of the many humanly-constructed ashrams and monasteries throughout the world, I feel that the real 'ashrama' is in your heart." -- Alice Coltrane

V/A- GILLES PETERSON DIGS AMERICA VOL. 2 LP (luv n’ haight, usa)
23.98usd/14.36gbp/15.92eur/2100jpy (approx)


*This is the second in the Digs series of compilations and, like Volume I, this album was curated by DJ Gilles Peterson. We’d initially thought Digs would be a series involving different collectors but by popular demand (and because he has more than his fair share of wax) volume two is another collection from the world renowned tastemaker, DJ, and BBC radio host.

MOONDOG- THE GERMAN YEARS 1977-1999 2CD (roof music, germany)
24.98usd/14.95gbp/16.58eur/2187jpy (approx)


*Originally released by Roof Music in 2004, in stock for the first tim… this is a 2CD compilation of recordings from the last 20 years of visionary composer Louis Thomas Hardin's (aka Moondog) life, when he lived in Germany and composed, arguably, perhaps the most vibrant and eclectic music in his whole canon. CD1 is comprised of studio recordings from 1977-1999 -- songs for pipe organ, chamber ensemble, piano and voice, string quartet, saxophone, etc., and CD2 is an exceptional recording of his last live performance from Arles, France, recorded a month before his death. Featuring pianist Dominique Ponty, who plays 34 of his pieces for piano. Includes a 44-page booklet of photos, notes, essays, interviews, lyrics, and more, housed in a deluxe hard board package.

V/A- PANAMA!3: CALYPSO PANAMEÑO, GUAJIRA JAZZ & CUMBIA TÍPICA ON THE ISTHMUS 1960-75 2LP (soundway, uk)
23.98usd/14.36gbp/15.92eur/2100jpy (approx)


*After two very successful and well-received previous volumes of tropical rarities from Panama, co-compilers Roberto Gyemant and Miles Cleret are joined by Will "Quantic" Holland for the final piece of this unique series. Volume 3 showcases more of the unique tropical music created in Panama in the fertile decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Panama is the thin, tropical bridge that connects North and South America, and is home to three million culturally-diverse people; its music is a soulful blend of Latin American, Caribbean, European and indigenous forms. From bilingual calypsos to guajira jazz, from tropical guarachas to cumbia tamboreras, Panamanian musicians fearlessly combined and brilliantly executed styles that reflected their multicultural environment during a turbulent time in the young country's history. This collection presents more of the golden age of Panamanian music and the music of the combos nacionales on rare recordings that have never been released outside the isthmus until now.

V/A- TUMBÉLÉ! BIGUINE: AFRO & LATIN SOUNDS FROM THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN, 1963-74 2LP (soundway, uk)
23.98usd/14.36gbp/15.92eur/2100jpy (approx)


*Often overlooked in the English-speaking Caribbean, the scattering drums and soaring clarinets of the biguine ruled the airwaves and dancefloors of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1960s. This album showcases the vibrancy of the scene on the islands in the '60s and '70s -- a scene that would go on to develop the all-conquering sound of zouk in the '80s. Uptown bands like Ensemble La Perfecta and Les Loups Noirs combine heavy rhythms and psychedelic effects in an inimitable style -- check out the crazed "Jet Biguine" for a better idea! The deep and introspective sounds of Monsieur Dolor and Guadeloupean hero Robert Loison show the deep African roots of the music -- songs born out of the plantations, with an insistent rhythm and mournful vocals that are unique to these islands. Overlooked outside of Paris, Montreal and the French Caribbean for many years, this collection redresses the balance by presenting the vital sounds of Martinique and Guadeloupe -- missing pieces of the musical jigsaw puzzle of the Caribbean.

TINARIWEN- AMAN IMAN: WATER IS LIFE CD (world village, germany)
21.98usd/13.16gbp/14.59eur/1924jpy (approx)


*Tinariwen's songs, with rutted five-tone scales and wreathed in handclaps, are propelled by icy-hot guitars over sinuous French and Tamashek vocals. The material sometimes contains recollections of other Malian luminaries, such as Amadou and Mariam, Habib Koité, Oumou Sangare, and the late Ali Farka Toure, plus New World descendants like Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and untold generations of Delta bluesmen. Their lyrics speak of drought and displacement, deceased heroes, and assouf, which, like Brazilian saudade, can mean longing, nostalgia, and love of home, but also a desert-dweller's bone-deep craving for open wilderness and solitude. Aman Iman, their third CD for World Village, was produced by British bluesman and label-mate Justin Adams and recorded at Bogolan studios in Bamako, Mali. The album's fifteen tracks celebrate their heritage in all its trance-inducing, hip-shaking, majesty, mystery, and magic. The third track, 'Matadjem Yinmixan' ('Why All This Hate Between You?'), harbors tantalizing echoes of European troubadour music, which after all evolved from some of the same ancient Muslim sources. On 'Ahimana' ('Oh My Soul'), original founding member Mohammed Ag Itlale interprets a style more usually performed by women, paradoxically with no loss of masculinity. Throughout, rangy, cloaked pickers are flanked by a female chorus whose hand drums are spiked by sharp, off-center clapping, shrill ululation, and fervent responses to the men's singing. Together, they goad one another to heights of fervent experimentation while basking amid hallowed folkways.

DJ FABYO- ANATOLIA ROCKS: A MUSICAL TRIP THROUGH TURKEY 1968-83 CDR (worldwide productions, france)
21.98usd/13.16gbp/14.59eur/1924jpy (approx)


*During the '60s and '70s, the Turkish knew how to blend the exciting sound of pop music coming from United States and Europe with local inspirations and folklore better than anybody. Listen to the electric saz and darbouka mixed with the best fuzz guitar. Worldwild production is proud to present 18 jewels of this interesting and unknown genre called Anatolian rock. Enjoy!" 18 tracks compiled and produced by DJ Fabyo. Artists include Umit Tokcan, Erkin Koray, Esin Afsar, Edip Akbayram & Dostlar, 3 Hür-El, Kim Bunlar, Selda, Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, Fikret Kizilok, Nurcan Opel, Cem Karaca Ve Apaslar, Grup Bunalim, Mustafa Ozkent, Baris Manco, Mavi Isiklar, Galatasaray Lisesi and Erkin Koray. Note: This is a limited CD-R release, professionally packaged in jewel case.


UNDER 30.00USD



V/A- LEGENDS OF BENIN 2LP (analog africa, germany)
26.98usd/16.15gbp/17.91eur/2362jpy (approx)


*Analog Africa presents Legends Of Benin, a collection of super-rare and highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by four legendary composers from Benin: Gnonnas Pedro, Antoine Dougbé, El Rego et Ses Commandos and Honoré Avolonto, each with a sound all their own. What you are about to hear is distinctively Benin -- a thick brew of agbadja, soul, cavacha, funk, Afrobeat, and Afro-Latin sounds all mixed in with heavy traditional rhythms. Gnonnas Pedro is the king of modern agbadja: a rhythm hugely popular in Togo, Benin and Ghana, based around three pieces of percussion, each with a different tone. Traditionally a rhythm used during burial ceremonies, Gnonnas adopted and modernized it in the mid-'60s, calling it "Agbadja Modern." The track "Dadje Von O Von Non" was originally recorded in 1966 and is Gnonna's first modern rendition of agbadja. Also featured here is the crazy, kick-ass funk track "Okpo Videa Bassouo" recorded in 1973, as well as the sublimely contagious track, "La Musica en Verité." Honoré Avolonto was one of Benin's most prolific composers, releasing Benin's most successful LP in the late '70s. That album was recorded with Black Santiago, a band fronted by amazing trumpeter Ignace De Souza, another legend, with whom he recorded the Afrobeat track, "Dou Dagbe We." Avolonto has fronted some of Benin's most powerful bands and some of those "partnerships" with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and Les Commandos are presented here. Beware -- killer Afrobeat meets frenetic funk. El Rego et Ses Commandos were responsible for Benin's first Afro-soul-funk track with the support of Ghanean singer, Eddy Black Power. The "Jerk" scene in Benin was triggered by the success of "Feeling You Got," and its infectious accordion riff. "E Nan Mian Nuku" is an Afro-Latin tune combined with a kind of bossa nova, and "Vimado Wingnan" is Benin's most sought-after funk track. Out of all the artists here, Antoine Dougbé is the least known even in Benin, but he created his own style which he dubbed Afro cavacha -- a fantastic mixture of Congolese rhumba, Latin sounds and traditional vodoun rhythms. All of his vinyl releases, especially the ones released on his own Editions Dougbé Antoine label, are incredible and have become some of Africa's most sought-after collector's items. This compilation includes a 44-page, full-color booklet with ultra-rare pictures and detailed biographies. Enjoy the mind-blowing sounds of Benin.

FELA RANSOME KUTI & HIS KOOLA LOBITOS- FELA RANSOME KUTI & HIS KOOLA LOBITOS LP (klimt, france)
27.98usd/16.75gbp/18.57eur/2450jpy (approx)


*In early 1965, just as the West African High-life scene was starting to get repetitive, the revolutionary sound of Fela Kuti & His Koola Lobitos burst upon us. A strikingly original and very talented musician, Fela was trained at the Trinity College of Music in London and despite his primary instrument being the trumpet, he was an excellent pianist, composer, arranger and vocalist. To maintain his reputation as West Africa's leading musician, Fela continuously experimented with varying forms of High-life and other exotic rhythm patterns. This is the very first full length album by Fela, recorded in 1965.

CHIEF BRIGADIER OLU ONI & HIS MARATHON SYSTEM- JUJU MARATHON SYSTEM VOL. 1 LP (klimt, france)
27.98usd/16.75gbp/18.57eur/2450jpy (approx)


*A traditional form of Nigerian popular music, Juju spreads from the ancient Yoruba percussion style and its first recordings can be dated back to the 1920s. Taking its name from the shamanic rituals of the southwestern regions, Juju evolved into a very popular musical genre in the '60s and '70s when artists of the caliber of King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey (aka Chief Commander) took it to a new apex, blending traditional instruments -- like the talking drum with elements of western music, such as the guitar. Chief Brigadier Olu Oni adds to this extremely popular genre a hint of international elements, and this record has brought Juju beyond West Africa and into the rest of the world.

SIR WARRIOR & HIS ORIGINAL BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL BAND- ONYE OBULA ZOBA ISI ONWEYA LP (klimt, france)
27.98usd/16.75gbp/18.57eur/2450jpy (approx)


*This 1981 album epitomizes the incredible career of a prodigy, who started at age 11 as a member of an Ese ensemble, a traditional Nigerian form of choral music, and has since excelled in many of the varied forms of African music. The most distinctive genre created by Sir Warrior (born Ezebuiro Obinna) is the one known as Nigerian 'high-life' music, a modernization of Ghanian high-life obtained by combining elements of tradition with a modern musical approach. In Warrior's case incredibly gifted guitar playing combined with lyrics deriving from traditional Igbo proverbs made him a pop icon and superstar, with hundreds of hits and dozens of best selling records all over Africa.

V/A- RAG & STOMP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON 1930S WESTERN SWING LP (monk, italy)
26.98usd/16.15gbp/17.91eur/2362jpy (approx)


*During the 1930s in the vast region of the American Southwest, particularly in Texas and Oklahoma, a younger generation gave birth to a new form of popular dance music. In the hard years of the depression, both rural enthusiasts who played by ear, and others who had basic notions of written music joined together and participated in the development of the so-called 'western swing'. The elements which flow into this music are easily detectable on recordings by western swing groups, melting white and black swing across the country (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, etc.), together with blues, fiddle music and ragtime, which was particularly strong in the regional heritage of Texas. Packaged in 78 rpm style deluxe plain cardboard sleeve.

THE GOLDEN RING- IRANIAN 60'S STYLED GARAGE AND OTHER EXOTIC SOUNDS LP (persianna, spain)
29.98usd/17.95gbp/19.90eur/2625jpy (approx)


*As collectors continue to explore and discover new music from around the world, one country that's starting to gain momentum is Iran. Iran has been a mystery to collectors for many years, and even today it remains a blackbox to most. Within the rubbles of Iran's lost musical history comes Golden Ring, one of the first, and most prominent Iranian garage groups from the '60s. Based in Tehran, Golden Ring recorded and released a series of songs on 7" during the late '60s and early '70s before disbanding. They were one of the first Iranian bands to be influenced by Western music such as The Beatles, combining traditional Iranian instrumentation and melodies with structures found in the UK and North American rock and pop. This combination resulted in an Iranian take on garage music during the genre's climax. One of the members of Golden Ring, Arif, later went on to become a solo artist, and over time became one of the legendary artists within Iran's musical landscape. His solo material spread across 45's, soundtracks and generations of fans. Sadly Golden Ring never recorded or released a full length album, but through a lot of hard work and effort we are pleased to offer a full length compilation of Golden Ring's music for you to enjoy. Limited to 500 copies.

V/A- GHANA SPECIAL: MODERN HIGHLIFE, AFRO-SOUNDS & GHANAIAN BLUES 1968-81 2CD (soundway, uk)
25.98usd/15.55gbp/17.24eur/2275jpy (approx)


*Ghana in the 1970s: highlife, rock, and soul collide and merge with tradition and culture. New styles meet old styles. A new generation renews old musical customs. New fashions meet old fashions, creating new fusions. Soundway presents 33 original and previously un-reissued tracks from the time: obscure A-sides, B-sides and album cuts that have resisted a second look until now. Compiler and label boss Miles Cleret travelled many times to Ghana to track down these long-lost and unavailable recordings. Ghana Special focuses on a variety of the vast number of diverse musical styles made in Ghana at that time -- a selection of 33 tracks hand-picked from a multitude uncovered over nearly 10 years of on-going research: driving around the cities of Ghana, banging on musician's doors, visiting distributors, DJs, collectors, manufacturers and shop owners. The roots of this project go back to a pair of albums named Ghana Soundz (Volumes 1 and 2), which focused solely on the "funkier" side of the same period. Alongside new artists and groups, some other works of the many musicians and producers Cleret met while researching those records are also included here. Many of these tracks have remained only in people's memories or in collections of LPs that sit unplayed: until now, of course. This 2CD hardback package comes with a full-color 44-page booklet, including many original photographs, LP scans and a full history of the period -- painstakingly pieced together over many years.

V/A- THAI BEAT A GO-GO VOLUME 1: WILD AND ROCKIN' SOUNDS FROM THE LAND OF SMILE LP (subliminal sounds, sweden)
27.98usd/16.75gbp/18.57eur/2450jpy (approx)


*Finally on vinyl, volume 1 of the legendary Thai Beat compilation, originally released in 2004, including two awesome previously-unreleased tracks! Incredible and ultra-rare recordings from Thailand in the 1960s. The amazing Thai Beat A Go-Go, which concentrates on red-hot Thai curry rock n' roll, Shadow music string bands, cosmic surf instros, mad garage/beat, mystic go-go organs, wild guitar rave-ups and psychedelic mind-benders, exotic female singers, funky and soulful with extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor. Experience the blossoming Bangkok night club scene with the exotic bar and lounge go-go bands! These recordings have a sound that's completely inexplicable despite the use of standard rock instrumentation and song structures, combining a fascinating and primal version of rock n' roll, surf, and r 'n' b -- sometimes all in one song. Don't miss this ultimate wild rockin' Thai '60s compilation. Limited edition of 1,000 copies worldwide. Housed in a beautiful full-color gatefold sleeve.


UNDER 40.00USD



ERKIN KORAY- 2 LP (nosmokerecords, spain)
32.98usd/19.74gbp/21.89eur/2888jpy (approx)


*First time-ever vinyl reissue of the third album by Turkish psych guru, Erkin Koray. Much more traditional sounding than his other, early to late '70s works, this is also an album that catches you at first listen. There's less guitar than usual here, yes, but it's a splendid set of ethnic Turkish traditional sounds with some occidental feel, with some real killer tracks on it.
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V/A- DON'T STOP: RECORDING TAP 3LP/CD (numero group, usa)
34.98usd/20.94gbp/23.22eur/3063jpy (approx)


*In January of 2006 the Numero Group found itself sitting three wide on a weight bench in a damp garage. Eight hours later, we peeled out of the driveway with a thirty-seven tape mystery. Though Jeremiah Yisrael's Tap label only issued a handful of 12"s between 1981-83, the tape deck never stopped rolling, producing dozens of lavish songs in disco's last days. From the string-heavy sugar boogie of Jackie Stoudemire and Arnie Love to pioneering raps by Missy Dee & the Melody Crew and the Fabulous 3 MCs, Recording Tap covers a wide swath of New York's all night sound. The triple LP set includes ten bonus tracks, miniature song book, expansive booklet stuffed with photos and memorabilia and a CD copy of the album, all housed in a replica tape box. Includes rare and unreleased recordings by Arnie & the Lovettes, Annette Denvil, Bonnie Freeman, the Fabulous 3 MCs, Missy Dee & the Melody Crew, Magnetism, and Jackie Stoudemire.

V/A- RAKS! RAKS! RAKS! 17 GOLDEN GARAGE PSYCH NUGGETS FROM THE IRANIAN 60s SCENE LP (raks, eec)
34.98usd/20.94gbp/23.22eur/3063jpy (approx)


*Raks Discos is proud to present one of the most anticipated as well as unexpected compilations from the global depths of '60s and '70s rock'n'roll: The Persian scene. Let alone coming across with a representative compilation, even solid evidences of such a scene has not been seen until now and has been largely suspected, maybe save for a select few of eager garage and psychedelic record collectors and enthusiasts of worldwide rock, who have been trying to hunt such sounds on the internet and private collectors' circles, usually to no avail. Needless to say, the most important factor in this has been the obvious hideously rare status that Iran's pre-Revolution East-West cross cultural artifacts are in right now. As with almost all Asiatic countries, the Shadows and the Ventures seem to be the true and primal influence in the Iranian music scene of the most part of '60s for the rock sound and attitude to penetrate the country's fledgling record industry and its swinging public base. In 1964, the legendary Top4 company opened up and started releasing choice chart hits from the worldwide lists, on 4-track EPs, followed soon by MonoGram and other companies. These mixed up records featured a lot of popular songs of the day, spanning the whole European continent i.e. including what's referred to now as 'Euro pop' hits and the 'big brothers,' UK and US charts. The day's youth back then was lucky: they could follow the West moment by moment now. The foremost impact of these were to feature and spread British invaders, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, otherwise available only on radio. Come 1966, '60s was in full swing in Iran too! On eye-popping purple & green Persian rug-colored vinyl. Includes full-color glossy insert with liner notes and rare photos.

V/A- OUAGA AFFAIR: HARD WON SOUND OF THE UPPER VOLTA 1974-1978 2LP (savannaphone, uk)
32.98usd/19.74gbp/21.89eur/2888jpy (approx)


*The third release on savannaphone and their first vinyl outing. Gatefold sleeve with photos, biographical information plus a trailer load of Upper Volta bangers… Stunning collection recovering releases from CVD and Volta Discobel, two of the Upper Volta's (now known as Burkina Faso) first indigenous record labels. Features the outstanding Super Volta (with singers Cisse Abdoulaye and Sandwidi Pierre), the prolific Harmonie Voltaique orchestra's blistering Latin-Mossi track "Nwendaramba" and the downbeat moral tale of "Kulig Runde," the unparalleled voice of Amadou Ballake and his group Les 5 Onsuls, the heavy rhythms of Super Mande, and more. An essential document of the raw, eccentric sounds of the Upper Volta's golden age, produced in the turbulent environment waged by the country's oppressive government.


UNDER 50.00USD



WITCH- INTRODUCTION LP (shadoks music, germany)
47.98usd/28.72gbp/31.85eur/4201jpy (approx)


*Numbered edition of 500, glossy heavy sleeve on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released in Zambia, 1973… Another out-of-nowhere African '70s rock discovery in the Blo mold. Completely unknown band from Zambia, privately pressed on a small local label, this five-piece electric band plays a strong electric African underground style. Tons of wah wah-fuzz guitar in every track, African style beats and vocals and all original songs. After the successful release of the other Witch album Lazy Bones, here is the earlier Introduction. Crazy & wild fuzz guitars all over, African beats and chanting, as good as it gets. Incredible cool and stoned album from the southern African country. Again we need to say: if you're feeling depressed, low, disturbed, out-of-sorts, sad, frustrated or widely demented, then folks, we suggest you seek out a quiet place, indulge in some soothing meditation and cut away that headache by listening to this inspirational album.


UNDER 70.00USD



V/A- LIGHT: ON THE SOUTH SIDE 2LP/BOOK (numero group, usa)
69.98usd/10.11gbp/11.36eur/1513jpy (approx)


*i got this amazing (an understatement if there ever was one!) in a couple weeks ago and sold em out in 24 hours. the first run of 1000 (with the bonus 45) are pretty much sold out and i’m only expecting two more on friday. don’t snooze… Between 1975-1977 Chicago's South Side night clubs were a little lighter. Not just because of a lanky white guy skulking about, but rather because of the camera and strobe light he carried. Michael Abramson hit Perv's House, Pepper's Hideout, The High Chaparral, The Patio Lounge, and The Showcase Lounge, not to capture the artists on stage, instead popping off a half dozen rolls every night on the crowd. Light: On The South Side gathers for the first time over 100 of these images, as Numero shines its own strobe on yet another dark corner of the past. The 132-page hard back book features photos, an ephemera section, and an essay by Nick Hornby. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase with the 12X12 book is Pepper's Jukebox, a seventeen track compilation of the kind of funky Chicago blues heard from the stage and the Wurlitizer. The deluxe 2LP set is packaged in a sharp gatefold jacket with two inner sleeves crammed to the gills with label scans and stories All in all, it's the classiest Numero record ever made, spotted easily from across the room with it's near 2" spine. But just when you thought we couldn't make it any more mouthwatering, we went ahead and upped the ante. The first 1000 copies contain a limited edition bonus 45.


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Thursday, November 19, 2009

NEW ARRIVALS/RESTOCKS FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

NEW ARRIVALS AND RESTOCKS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19


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another jam packed week of new arrivals and restocks, this time from numero group (a partial listing, but still tons of essentials, hand delivered by the numero group guys), more norton restocks (with still more on the way), new and restocked ricky-tick 7s, 10s and 12s, new 7s from peoples potential unlimited. as always, more is expected friday and monday, so check the tequila sunrise records facebook page and/or twitter feed for up-to-the-minute new arrivals and restocks.


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as always, many of these titles are in very limited quantity, so if you're interested in anything listed below and can’t make it to the shop you can make a purchase via paypal or over the phone with a credit card and pick them up later or have them shipped (see more information below). i will no longer hold records. sorry.


prices are subject to change without notice.


prices do not include shipping and handling. for those of you shipping within the continental united states I offer a 5.00usd flat shipping rate for any amount of records and/or compact discs. shipping cost for international orders are calculated on an order by order basis. payments for orders can be made via paypal or with a credit card by telephone between 12-6pm/est.


i also offer bike messanger service via timecycle couriers. for the low cost of 10.00usd i can deliver any amount of records and/or cds you wish to purchase to your center city philadelphia location (this includes some parts of south, west and north philadelphia) within two hours (and for those of you who need your records even faster, we also offer ‘rush’ service for the low flat rate of 20.00usd for any amount of records/cds delivered to you within one hour). of course, we are still more than happy to ship records via the usps within philadelphia. orders placed before 5pm/est will ship out that evening and should reach their destination by the following day.


TOP PICK



CIRCUIT RIDER- CIRCUIT RIDER LP (the bookworm, usa)
18.98usd/11.30gbp/12.69eur/1691jpy (approx)


*Authorized exact replica reissue of this private press LP from approx 1980? or so. Recorded in Norwalk, CT; edition of 800 copies. This is the ultimate burnout biker-psych masterpiece. Finally repressed directly from tapes to flawlessly restore the cigarette burns, Harley fumes, and cocaine hangovers of the original ride. This is a 40 minute recipe for complete mental breakdown. Included on the Acid Archives' list of Top Ten LPs Most Likely To Be Owned By A Serial Killer. Circuit Rider is lost on the same journey as Kenneth Higney, Nicodemus & Matchez, YaHoWa, Boa, Heitkotter, Dave Lamb & Gye Whiz, Raven, Fraction, and The Doors' L.A. Woman. “...projects visions of a biker high on PCP driving over a cliff at 100 mph, laughing and screaming all the way." -- Patrick Lundborg, The Acid Archives


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BOSCOE- BOSCOE LP (numero group, usa)
16.98usd/10.11gbp/11.36eur/1513jpy (approx)


*Combining the spiritual soul and funk of Earth, Wind, & Fire with the proto-rap of the Last Poets and the cosmic jazz of Pharaoh Sanders, Boscoe's lone album has long eluded bootleggers and the collector elite. At last, and via Numero's * imprint, this Chicago spiritual soul jazz masterstroke will see the light of day. Impeccably remastered and housed in a CD gatefold sleeve with a booklet full of copious liner notes, personal testaments from the group, and never-before-seen archival material, this thirty-five year old album is a must for anyone interested in soul's secret history.

WEE- YOU CAN FLY ON MY AEROPLANE 2LP (asterisk, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*The second in a trilogy of Columbus, Ohio soul albums to be issued on Numero's Asterisk imprint comes from the twisted pen and mind of Norman Whiteside. His lone album, under the pseudonym Wee, is firmly ensconced in Innervisions-era Stevie Wonder, with nary a trace of his work as a writer for Bill Moss' Capsoul label a few years prior. Smooth, sexy, and synthy, You Can Fly On My Aeroplane is a peerless sprawling psychedelic soul concept album. The original nine-song LP has been expanded to nineteen, including seven previously-unreleased panty soakers. Lovers rejoice.

CATHERINE HOWE- WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE CD (numero group, usa)
14.98usd/8.92gbp/10.02eur/1335jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The first ever compact disc issue of Catherine Howe's brilliant debut album. Produced by legendary jazz pianist Bobby Scott, the album is a pastoral blend of English countryside folk and London orchestral pop, not unlike Nick Drake's Bryter Layter or Bridget Saint John's Songs For a Gentle Man. Originally released on Reflection Records in 1970, the much sought after album disappeared after only a few months in the racks. Lovingly restored by The Numero Group (the label that Paste magazine calls 'America's finest music archivists'), the original 12 song album has been fully re-mastered, includes bonus tracks, a thoroughly researched history of the album, and a tidy slip case tying it to the rest of the Numero library.

FERN JONES- THE GLORY ROAD CD (numero group, usa)
14.98usd/8.92gbp/10.02eur/1335jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… She sounded like Saturday night on a Sunday morning. Patsy on Jesus. Elvis without the pelvis. A mother, a wife, even an ordained minister. In the space of twenty years Fern Jones would perform in over 2,000 tents and churches for nearly 50,000 people. She'd release two albums and a few impossibly rare 78s, and write one song that would be a classic on the gospel circuit for years to come. So why hasn't anyone ever heard of Fern Jones? How is her record selling on Ebay for less than $15? How is it possible that rockabilly scholars can tell you every detail about the players on Fern's album, but not a single thing about her? In what world can a musician be covered by Jimmie Davis, the Blackwood Brothers, Jimmy Swaggart, and even The Man In Black himself, Johnny Cash, and yet register not so much as a footnote in any history of country or gospel music? How could something so wonderful be so impossibly obscure? From a purely historical perspective, we knew we had to release this record. Singing A Happy Song had not one, not two, but four members of Nashville's prestigious A-team fresh off June 1958 sessions with Elvis. On guitar was Hank 'Sugarfoot' Garland (Roy Orbison, Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Sr., Everly Brothers), Floyd Cramer played piano (Bobby Bare, Patsy Cline, Wings, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins), Joe Zinkan on bass (Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn), and the lovable Buddy Harman on drums (Reba McEntire, Hank Snow, Willie Nelson). Why this towering foursome was backing up a preacher's wife from Arkansas is anyone's guess. The lone album Fern Jones released on Dot Records in 1959 was the culmination of almost 20 years on the gospel highway. Singing A Happy Song was Sister Fern bringing the same untamed energy to church music that young white Southerners were bringing to their rock n' roll.

PISCES- A LOVELY SIGHT LP (numero group, usa)
16.98usd/10.11gbp/11.36eur/1513jpy (approx)


*By the late '60s, radio-delivered psychedelia had saturated even the heartland. A Lovely Sight, Pisces' only attempt at an LP, never made wax; but the fuzz guitar phrases and tambourine shuffle of 'Dear One' instantly illustrate the band's woozy realm. Deeper inside, bass scales borrowed from Sgt. Pepper give way to Who moves wrecked by bad fidelity and harsh intrusions of found audio. Jefferson Airplane's swirled, lysergic Haight Street utopia melds with the urban narcosis of the Velvet Underground's East Village. But Pisces hailed from another ghost town altogether: Rockford, Illinois, where rusted, endless plains bear close resemblance to a bummer acid trip or a junkie's rock bottom. In 1969, the industrial Midwest was hurting for the hard stuff, but what it got was plenty of the White Album -- enough to have Jim Krein, Paul DiVenti, and Linda Bruner recording through a glass onion all their own. The unsettling balance of their unissued LP combines homespun psychedelic vision and secondhand studio trickery with naive readings of the rock sound of the day, resulting in a diverse, haunted rock headspace few coastal bands ever flew through, let alone over.

24-CARAT BLACK- GONE: THE PROMISES OF YESTERDAY LP (numero group, usa)
23.98usd/14.28gbp/16.04eur/2137jpy (approx)


*An era was finding its end. Union Planters National Bank had finally pulled up the roots of Stax Records, leaving hundreds of musicians locked out of 926 East McLemore and the Chicago chapter of 24-Carat Black on the hook for months spent in the studio. Their debut album, a commercial and financial disaster, was par for the course during Al Bell's reign as the Memphis label's head. Rediscovered in the early '90s by Britain's rare groove scene, Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth has since been known as 24-Carat Black's first and final chapter, barely a footnote in the well documented history of Stax. Dale Warren's brainchild band simply pushed past their concept's conclusion, piling up dozens of reels for an intimate follow-up album that no one in the world wanted to hear. With their ambitious LP downgraded to cutout status when Stax finally shuttered in 1975, 24-Carat Black found themselves watching their moment recede in the rearview. In his post-Ghetto work, Dale Warren had clearly aimed for a complete reinvention, of both his band and his songwriting past. Of more than 20 songs he considered for the 24-Carat Black follow-up, we've refurbished the six that hadn't flaked off their reels. Gone: The Promises Of Yesterday is by no means a sequel to Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth. Missing are the poignant and bleak sermons on the pain of inner-city existence, replaced by dusky, sensuous re-workings of love songs Warren had written as far back as 1965. Wildly divergent in tone, scope, and mission, the second 24-Carat Black album is tethered to the first by a single, crucial element: its creator.

V/A- CULT CARGO: BELIZE CITY BOIL UP 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Samba Soul. Afro-beat. Reggae. What were once loose-fitting descriptions for American influenced homegrown R&B, are now but common parlance in the lexicon of genre classification.These regional movements all yielded monumental sonic innovations that returned to America with tidal force, eventually flooding the world with third world treasure. The music of Detroit and Memphis were quite possibly America's largest cultural export of the 1960s, spawning imitators with every radio wave that whispered 'I've got sunshine... or Sittin' in the morning sun... into the fertile ear of the uninitiated. For every Nigeria there were ten Ghana's, and every shiny Brazilian soulster had his counterpart in Peru, Argentina, and Columbia. Good news travels fast, and as the gospel of American soul hit the beaches of Trinidad, the Bahamas, and in this case, Belize, it was as though the Gods had not just spoken, but sung. A Cargo Cult is what happens when one culture begins worshipping the byproducts of another. Cult Cargo is the unexpected result of that devotion. It is here in these sixty odd minutes that The Numero Group unveils a style of music completely unknown to the greater world before we dragged it from the beaches of Belize. The national dish of Belize is made with a diverse mixture of ingredients, pig's tail, potatoes, plantains, bananas, boiled eggs, yams, whole fish, thrown in a pot, and boiled to perfection. They call it a Boil Up. The music of this collection combines equal parts of R&B, calypso, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk, and whatever else can be found back on the bottom shelf of the musical pantry. This too is called Boil Up, and it's anything but leftovers.

V/A- DON'T STOP: RECORDING TAP 3LP/CD (numero group, usa)
34.98usd/20.82gbp/23.39eur/3118jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… In January of 2006 the Numero Group found itself sitting three wide on a weight bench in a damp garage. Eight hours later, we peeled out of the driveway with a thirty-seven tape mystery. Though Jeremiah Yisrael's Tap label only issued a handful of 12"s between 1981-83, the tape deck never stopped rolling, producing dozens of lavish songs in disco's last days. From the string-heavy sugar boogie of Jackie Stoudemire and Arnie Love to pioneering raps by Missy Dee & the Melody Crew and the Fabulous 3 MCs, Recording Tap covers a wide swath of New York's all night sound. The triple LP set includes ten bonus tracks, miniature song book, expansive booklet stuffed with photos and memorabilia and a CD copy of the album, all housed in a replica tape box. Includes rare and unreleased recordings by Arnie & the Lovettes, Annette Denvil, Bonnie Freeman, the Fabulous 3 MCs, Missy Dee & the Melody Crew, Magnetism, and Jackie Stoudemire.

V/A- ECCENTRIC SOUL: SMART'S PALACE 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*Smart's Palace was anything but royal. Beyond the bloodlines of the Smart Brothers and their jester brother Leroy, the only kings and queens to be discovered there were JB and Aretha playing on the Wurlitzer. However, between 1963-1975 the club held court for the entire Wichita, Kansas soul scene. At its heart was Dick Smart, bassist, club owner, DJ, record store owner, promoter, and sole proprietor of the Solo label. Collected here for the first time is the story and songs that came out of this thriving, if not totally unknown scene. Housed in Numero's signature slipcase, the 19 track disc features Theron & Darrell, Baby Neal, Chocolate Snow, L.T. & the Soulful Dynamics, Fred Williams & the Jewels Band, and The Hard Road, on labels like Solo, Kanwic, Vantage, and Lee-Mac, all fully annotated with a ransom of pictures, posters, and ephemera fit for a king.

V/A- ECCENTRIC SOUL: THE YOUNG DISCIPLES 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… By 1967, East St. Louis, once dubbed an 'All-American' city by the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce, had become St. Louis, Missouri's evil twin. Unemployment, drug addiction and vicious gang activity put a dark and heavy lid on a bi-state area that once cooked-up world-changing talent the likes of Chuck Berry, Josephine Baker and Miles Davis. But both cities still spawned heroes, and Allen Merry was one of them. Already a living legend for his early work with Ray Charles and Ike Turner, Merry channeled his talent into teaching, forming the Young Disciples through the South End Community Center to keep the kids off the streets, out of the gangs and into the studio, where young men and women spiraling downward could ride the spiral groove upward on Merry's YoDi, Gateway and Merry labels. With nearly 80 local youths involved from both sides of the Mississippi, the Young Disciples (named for one of the area's most notorious gangs) encompassed solo acts, duos, male and female vocal groups, a massive horn section and a troupe of African dancers. Every sweat-drenched recording included here emerged from this grass-roots organization that changed, if not saved, lives. Former East St. Louis Mayor Carl Officer had a slogan he liked to pitch: 'There's A City Under Here.' Here's the musical proof of that possibility.

V/A- ECCENTRIC SOUL: THE OUTSKIRTS OF DEEP CITY 2LP (numero group, usa)
23.98usd/14.28gbp/16.04eur/2137jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Instead of rehashing and expanding upon an already established story, The Outskirts of Deep City serves to color in the spaces left open by its predecessor. In addition to seven previously unissued tracks, we've added thirteen other related gems from the Solid Soul, Sun Cut, Reedsville, Lloyd, and Concho labels, and four LP-only bonus cuts. Old style tip-on gatefold sleeve for the vinyl, featuring a wealth of unpublished photographs, an appendix, bibliography, and discography. Featuring unheard cuts by Clarence Reid, Helene Smith, Betty Wright, Frank Williams & the Rocketeers, Johnny K Killens & the Dynamites, James Knight & the Butlers, Deep City Band, The Rising Sun, The Rollers, Perk Badger, Snoopy Dean, Nasty Dog Catchers, and Lynn Williams.

V/A- ECCENTRIC SOUL: THE PRIX LABEL CD (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Three years after the release of our landmark Capsoul Collection, we return to the scene of the crime, Columbus, Ohio, to unearth their crosstown rival: The Prix Label. The tiny imprint released less than a dozen singles between 1969-1973, but one look at the Prix archives told us that the tape never stopped rolling. In addition to choice cuts from their catalog, we've included four previously unreleased masters and a slew of demos. The 19 track CD features Marion Black, Eddie Ray, The Royal Esquires, OFS Unlimited, The Soul Ensemble, Mitch Mitchell, Chip Willis, Penny & The Quarters, and Joe King.

V/A- ECCENTRIC SOUL: TWINIGHT'S LUNAR ROTATION 2CD (numero group, usa)
32.98usd/19.63gbp/22.06eur/2939jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… this is the Big Dig, the Tutankamen of R&B: Twinight. After two years of interviews, cold calls, storage spaces, half truths, unknowns, and dead ends, we've finally completed a large piece of Chicago's secret soul history. Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation takes a look beyond their hit maker Syl Johnson, and instead focuses on the records that never had a shot at the charts. It's the story of struggling disc jockeys moonlighting as producers, high school talent show winners, major label cast offs, minor label upgrades, girlfriends with decent voices, and master purchases traded for chart position. It happened after midnight, and it happened right here in our backyard. Comprising 40 tracks in all by 22 artists, among them Renaldo Domino, Dynamic Tints, Annette Poindexter, Nate Evans, Radiants, Notations, Mystiques, Kaldirons, Perfections, Mist, Harrison & The Majestic Kind, Schiller Street Gang, Velma Perkins, Jimmy Jones, Sidney Pinchback, Stormy, Johnny Williams, Elvin Spencer and Pieces Of Peace. This comprehensive two CD set includes a complete label history (32 pages), a baker's dozen of unpublished photos and three unreleased tracks, including two that were only rumored to exist.

V/A- ECCENTRIC SOUL: THE CAPSOUL LABEL 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Short for 'Capital City Soul,' the Columbus Ohio Capsoul label's history spans only five short years throughout the 1970's. Founded by Bill Moss, a local singer and DJ at WVKO in Columbus, Capsoul released just a dozen 45's and one highly sought after LP resulting in a few regional hits. Numero 001 is a compilation of nineteen tracks spanning the label's all but forgotten history. The album features Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr, The Kool Blues, Ronnie Taylor, the Four Mints, Bill Moss, Elijah and the Ebonites and Marion Black. The soul is there by the bucketful -- sweet '70s gems by such little-known artists as Marion Black, Bill Moss, and the staggering Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr -- but there's nothing particularly esoteric or unusual about the music. To the contrary, it goes down as smoothly as that of Marvin Gaye, the JBs, the Four Tops, and other R&B legends.

V/A- LOCAL CUSTOMS: DOWNRIVER REVIVAL 2LP/DVD (numero group, usa)
25.98usd/15.47gbp/17.38eur/2315jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Between 1967 and 1981 Detroit's downriver neighbor Ecorse, MI had its very own Moe Asch. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, Felton Williams' Double U Sound chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse's citizens and issued them on the Solid Rock, Compose, and Revival labels. Compiled here are 24 of Williams' most fascinating recordings, covering gospel, group soul, garage-punk, northern, jazz, and funk. Also included in the 2LP package is a DVD of the nearly 200 sound recordings pulled from his archives and a 30 minute documentary on the making of Downriver Revival. Deluxe 2LP set contains 24 prime tracks from the Double U archives housed in a thick gatefold sleeve with a tipped in booklet stuffed with photos and detailed notes on the recordings. DVD contains a virtual vault for a 'dig your own' experience. Artists include Shirley Ann Lee, Gospel Supremes, Coleman Family, Calvin Cooke, Bobby Cook & the Explosions, Organics, Combinations, Apostles Of Music, Deliverance Echoes, The Young Generation, Junior Mays Group, The Burgess Band, Mighty Voices Of Wonder and Voices Of Deliverance.

V/A- SOUL MESSAGES FROM DIMONA 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The Numero Group discovers yet another stop on the soul diaspora tour: Dimona, Israel. Between 1975-1981, a group of American ex-pats took the native sounds of their Detroit and Chicago homes, combines them with the messages of the Israeli Black Hebrew culture and declared Dimona the center of the spiritual universe. The results are a joyful mix of spiritual soul, jazz, and Old Testament gospel psychedelia. Featuring the Soul Messengers, the Spirit Of Israel, Sons Of The Kingdom, and the Tonistics, Soul Messages From Dimona is the only living document of a thriving community at both the center and edge of the world. Deluxe CD and 2LP set comes stuffed with rare pictures, sleeves and expansive liner notes about the African Hebrew Israelites' journey from the sounds of slavery to the intonations of liberty.

V/A- WAYFARING STRANGERS: LONESOME HEROES 2LP (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*The standard route for popular music -- songwriter to publisher to label to artist -- survived the '60s only to be overrun by a generation of folkies agog at giants strumming in the rearview. They were inspired by iconoclasts from Charley Patton to Woody Guthrie, artists entirely reliant on one guitar, one voice, and one's own words. But our heroes were not the agrarian luddites of yesterfolk. They cheered when Dylan plugged in and were rapt when Lennon and McCartney modernized songcraft, making the studio process just as important to song creation as setting the chords and words down. The resultant work wasn't as readily reduced to words on paper as the Broadside pages that preceded them -- success relied heavily on the way these songs were captured and transmitted: the sound of the room, the turn of a phrase, the odd way a piano got mic'ed, or the way a guitar fell perfectly out of tune. As long as the end result was somber, dark, and meditative, it didn't matter if it was a conscious choice or a happily unhappy accident. Each of our lonesome heroes began his journey from a wildly divergent place. Some of the stops may been similar, but each was made in different ways at different times for different reasons. All these travellers somehow found their ultimate destination on this disc. From artists who never played one professional gig to those that never stopped playing professionally, whose only shared experience is a journey set upon with no known end, sharing their thoughts, emotions and dreams with a lonely few along the way. Male singer/songwriter companion to Numero 008, Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies From The Canyon and Numero 018, Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli. 17 rare tracks by folk unknowns Jim Schoenfeld, Jim Ransom, Richard Smyrnios, Tucker Zimmermann, Kierian White, Les Moore, Rob Carr, Jack Hardy, George Cromarty, Jay Bolotin, Tony Trosley, Roger Lewis, Tim Ward, David Kaufmann, John Villemonte, Bob Brown and Robb Kunkel.

V/A- WAYFARING STRANGERS: LADIES FROM THE CANYON CD (numero group, usa)
19.98usd/11.89gbp/13.36eur/1781jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Compilaton of obscure and unknown 1970s female folk artists, featuring Becky Severson, Collie Ryan, Linda Rich, Caroline Peyton, Carla Sciaky, Judy Kelly, Shira Small, Jennie Pearl, Mary Perrin, Priscilla Quinby, Marj Snyder, Barbara Sipple, Ginny Reilly & Ellen Warshaw. For those looking to go beyond the Perhacs/Sill resurgence, this is a pretty insightful set, well documented in Numero-style. By 1970 the folk revival was all but over. Gone were the days of 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken' and 'If I Had A Hammer.' ABC's Hootenanny had been cancelled. Broadside was out, Rolling Stone in. Richard Farina was dead. Dylan plugged in. Joan Baez and Judy Collins gave way to a younger, more introspective generation of songwriters. The sound that began in the hills and caught fire on the lower east side of Manhattan was now being reborn in the canyons of California. The fruits of folk's second renaissance are collected here. Wedged beneath the infrastructure of the music business, playing in coffee houses and at church picnics. Deeper than recent crit-revisionist darlings Linda Perhacs, Judee Sill, or Vashti Bunyan, Ladies From The Canyon takes a solid look at folk's private and obscure underbelly.

V/A- YELLOW PILLS: PREFILL 2CD (numero group, usa)
32.98usd/19.63gbp/22.06eur/2939jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Jordan Oakes began publishing his seminal power pop 'zine, Yellow Pills in the summer of 1990 out of pure teenage puppy love for riffing, jangly guitars, fake British accents and harmonizing voices that ache with pimply adolescent yearning. In 1993 Jordan curated his initial Yellow Pills release, the first of a series collecting power pop essentials from 20/20, Dwight Twilley, The Rubinoos, The Plimsouls, and five dozen others. The series rapidly became the sonic rosetta stone for a newer generation of poppers who, sans the skinny ties, held true to the power pop manifesto of harmony, melody and ringing, rocking 6 and 12 string guitars. The archaeological artifacts of power pop soon found a home in living museums of the genre from Teenage Fan Club to Green Day. The 33 tracks assembled here represent the least-heard, best examples of an era that felt nostalgic even the first time around. But heard in the context of today's 'pop' music industry as it lip syncs itself into history's cut-out bin, these 'hopefuls' sound as startling and menthol-fresh as the word 'Liverpool' drifting from Jane Asher's lips. Artists: Luxury, Tweeds, Colors, Speedies, Shoes, Sponsors, Bats, Randy Winburn, Toms, Kids, Treble Boys, Tommy Rock, Finns, Tactics, Trend, LMNOP, Jack Stack A Track, Brat.


ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIC



THE SONICS- HERE ARE THE SONICS!!! LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The utterly most fabulous debut album from the loudest crowd of punk rockers ever! Originally released in early ‘65, this hard-hitting screamfest took the local teen scene by the eardrums and never let go! An astonishing battle of the wills of Parypa, Bennett, Roslie, Lind and Parypa, this LP has long provided the measuring stick for all wishful thinkers! Lush packaging, interviews, tons of info, pix! Featuring Nortophonic Loud Sound mastering for massive fidelity. Long out of print! 4 bonus cuts!

THE SONICS- BOOM LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The ultimate garage kings’ second killer album blows neighborhood gourds just like it did in 1966! Norton delivers the entire original album plus 1972 live tracks of The Witch and Psycho plus acool crazed first sesh alt take of their first hit! Giant gatefold cover features the original front plus interviews with all the Sonics, pix, clippings, the whole wild shebang!

THE SONICS- BUSY BODY!!! LIVE IN TACOMA 1964 LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Ferocious Northwest live radio broadcasts from the Tacoma Sports Arena and the Red Carpet Teen Club!

THE SAVAGE YOUNG SONICS- THE SAVAGE YOUNG SONICS LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… A-Rab (home recording 1961) / Rumble (home recording 1961) / Shanghied (home recording 1961) / Sonic Blues (home recording 1961) / Mashed Potato Time (home recording 1962 w/Marilyn Lodge) / Wailin' (Clover Park High School Dance 1962) / High Wall (Clover Park High School Dance 1962) / Lucille/Slippin' And Slidin' (Lake City Teen Club 1963) / Swing Shift (Lake City Teen Club 1963) / Louie Louie (Lake City Teen Club 1963) / Sac O' Woe (Gaslight Teen Club 1963) / Hey Mrs. Jones (Gaslight Teen Club 1963) / In The Open (Gaslight Teen Club 1963) / Bony Moronie (Gaslight Teen Club 1963) / Just Pickin' Around (Gaslight Teen Club 1963 / Sonics Dance Ad (home recording 1964) / Wailers House Party (home recording 1964) / Keep A-Knockin' (home Recordings 1964) / Hold It (home recordings 1964) / Think (home recording 1964) Long before they delivered the full blown crunch of The Witch and Psycho, the Sonics were cutting their teeth in Tacoma teen clubs! These crude 1961-64 sides were taped live at dances and at home, showing the heavy influence of their primo idols the Wailers and includes the ultra primitive A-Rab, the group's very first recording - raw!! These tapes were recently found in a Tacoma attic. This is their first appearance ever! Liner notes by Sonics founder/guitarist Larry Parypa!

THE WAILERS- THE FABULOUS WAILERS LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The Wailers’ original 1959 Golden Crest material is now on Norton! Thrill to 15 drivin’ instrumentals (includin’ the dynamic hit Tall Cool One) & three scorchin’ vocal workouts! Dig primo sides from the Wailers original debut LP, rare singles, the unished Snake Pit plus four early demos added to the CD! These classic sides forged the hallowed Northwest Sound! From original master tapes for maximum whomp!

THE WAILERS- AT THE CASTLE LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The most influential early Northwest combo at their very wildest, live n’ loud in 1963 at the legendary Spanish Castle with full revue including fifteen year old sensation Gail Harris & the late, everso great Rockin’ Robin Roberts! Reissued with gorgeous original jacket, mega monstrous Nortophonic Loud Sound! Outta print for way too long! Lush packaging, in-depth interviews, pix and info plus two bonus cuts! Essential stuff for all ye who demand unrelenting howling excellence! Yeah!

V/A- STOMP! NORTHWEST KILLERS VOL. 1 1960-1964 LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Let your backbone slip to a full on set of 1960-64 unreleased Northwest dance floor shakers from the Adventurers, Imperials, Frantics and Artesians plus landmark singles Little Bill's Louie Louie and ace spooker Werewolf by the Frantics! Fans of the early Wailers R&B based thud will certainly be thrown out of their tree by this volume! Crypt Records prexy Tim Warren has already crowned the Artesians' clobber of Trick Bag Record of the Year!

V/A- SHOUT! NORTHWEST KILLERS VOL. 2 1964-1965 LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… This brash brawl rounds up nineteen tracks cut during Audio Recording's frenzied 1964-65 period (when Kearney piloted the HERE ARE THE SONICS LP and all meters were in the red!) and delivers raw workouts from the Incredible Kings and the Elegants (both featuring future Moby Grape string king Jerry Miller), Little Daddy and the Bachelors (with Tommy Chong on guitar!) plus the Nomads, Legends, Eccentrics, Canadian VIPs and mo'!

V/A- WORK IT ON OUT! NORTHWEST KILLERS VOL. 3 1965-1966 LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… And for the loud crowd, we wrap up with an entirely unissued 1965-66 garage collection! Dig the speaker shredding fury of Rocky and his Friends' Wailers cover You Weren't Using Your Head, the snotball take-a-hike punk of the Jet City Five's Huh and the spunky teen crank of the Extremes' Long Dark Collar - and that's just the first three cuts!

V/A- GET OFF MY BACK!: UNISSUED SIXTIES GARAGE ACETATES VOLUME 1 LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… Four volumes of unissued USA sixties garage band mayhem! The ultimate shock and delight to all garage fans! From the pummeling fuzz assault of the Night Crawlers to the inept lo-fi crud of the Khuns, these originally unreleased recordings present a treasure trove of garage killers! All selections were recorded 1964-68 but none were released at the time. LP only!" Tracklisting: Cirkit - "Yesterday We Laughed"; Coachmen - "Too Many Reasons"; Hayze - "She Won't Come Back"; Thorns - "I Want You"; Unknown - "Blue Jean Man"; Unknown - "Look For Me Babe"; Hidden Charms - "The Hill"; Night Crawlers - "Want Me"; Muphets - "You Don't Worry Me"; Vampires - "Fire"; Unknowns - "She's In Another World"; Henchmen - "Get Off My Back"; Bedlam's Offspring - "The Thrill Is Gone"; Khuns - "Hey Baby".

V/A- SHE WAS SO BAD!: UNISSUED SIXTIES GARAGE ACETATES VOLUME 2 LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… All selections recorded 1964-68 and not originally issued. Tracklisting: Loved Ones - "Life Of My Own"; Briks - "It's Your Choice"; Apparitions - "She's So Satisfyin'"; Others - "I Love You So"; Muphets - "My Money"; Loved Ones - "La Da Do Da Da"; Other Ones - "The Laugh's On You"; Fabulous Courdels - "And You Believe Me"; Unleashed - "My Flash On You"; Creations - "I've Paid My Dues"; Hollow Steps - "They Hear About Us"; Blue Embers - "She Was So Bad"; Half Beats - "Should I"; Sheep - "Thinkin' About It".

V/A- TRAIN TO NOWHERE!: UNISSUED SIXTIES GARAGE ACETATES VOLUME 3 LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… Volume three in a series of unissued USA sixties garage acetates. Tracklisting: Fanatics - "Woman"; Noblemen - "I'm Gone"; Dave And The Wanderers - "My Heart Is In Pain"; Six Minus One - "Fun And Games"; Bedlam's Offspring - "I'll Be There"; Wombats - "Hey"; Method - "Free As The Wind"; Muphets - "One Thing"; Juveniles - "Let Me Tell You Girl"; Fanatics - "Bitter Bells"; Wombats - "Please Come On"; 4 Dimensions - "I Feel So Well"; Straight Jackets - "I'm On My Own"; Unknown - "Train To Nowhere".

V/A- I'VE HAD ENOUGH!: UNISSUED SIXTIES GARAGE ACETATES VOLUME 4 LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… Volume four in a series of unissued USA sixties garage acetates. Tracklisting: Blue Embers - "Don't Want To See You"; Henchmen - "Jack Of All Trades"; Unknown - "Voodoo"; Michelle's Menagerie - "Stay Away"; Unknown - "I've Had Enough"; Sideburns - "You're No Good"; Jagged Edge - "Gonna Find My Way"; Henchmen - "Walk With Me Baby"; Creations - "Get On My Train"; Henchmen - "Sad Clown"; Younger Set - "Do You Love Me"; Henchmen - "Strangers"; Reign - "Zippered Up Heart".


ROOTS



CHARLIE FEATHERS- UH HUH HONEY LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Stutterin' Cindy / Tear It Up / Gone Gone Gone / Tongue Tied Jill / Wild Side Of Life / Do You Know / She Knows How To Rock Me / Wide River / Crazy Heart / Chicken Plucker / Uh Huh Honey / Cold Dark Night / Rain / Mama Oh Mama / There Will Be Three / Rain / Long Time Ago / That Certain Female / I Guess I'm Crazy / We're Getting Closer To Being Apart… Echo ridden genius behind 50's rockabilly killers like Tongue Tied Jill, One Hand Loose, Bottle To The Baby, Jungle Fever! Don't let the 60's n' 70's vintage throw ya, 'cause ya git some of the tip top daddy's most primo flipouts (inc. his entire classic LP THAT ROCKABILLY CAT + wigged 45's like Stutterin' Cindy n' That Certain Female) plus previously unissued material!

CHARLIE FEATHERS- TIP TOP DADDY LP (norton, usa)
12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… This Lonesome Feeling / Talkin' 'Bout Lovin' / Live And Let Live / Bottle To The Baby / Have You Ever / Wide River / You Believe Everyone But Me #1 / Don't You Worry Little Darlin' / Yesterday Is That Other Day In Life / Johnny Come Listen / Don't Let Me Cross Over / The Rules Of Love / Nobody Answered / Fireball Mail / You Believe Everyone But Me #2 / Early In The Morning / Crazy Heart / You Believe Everyone But Me #3 / When You Decide / She Done Gone / Am I Losing What I Found… Two dozen incredible unissued acoustic demos 1958-73 further boost the rep of Memphis' primo daddy-o! Awesome, spine chilling supremity!

CHARLIE FEATHERS- WILD SIDE OF LIFE: RARE & UNISSUED RECORDINGS VOLUME 1 LP
(norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Norton is very proud to present three full volumes of Charlie Feathers, featuring rare and unissued recordings spanning his entire career. This series has been much anticipated by rockabilly fans worldwide and the wait is over! Each set features liner notes by Mike Hurtt including interviews with Charlie's family, friends and fellow musicians as well as unbelievable photos. Many rare titles are offered from master tapes for the first time since their initial release. Twenty-five performances that have never been issued anywhere! Also features part one of a previously-unissued interview.

CHARLIE FEATHERS- HONKY TONK KIND: RARE & UNISSUED RECORDINGS VOLUME 2 LP
(norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Volume 2 of 3 volumes of Norton's Charlie Feathers series, featuring rare and unissued recordings spanning his entire career. Also including part two of a previously unissued interview.

CHARLIE FEATHERS- LONG TIME AGO: RARE & UNISSUED RECORDINGS VOLUME 3 LP
(norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Volume 3 of 3 volumes of Norton's Charlie Feathers series, featuring rare and unissued recordings spanning his entire career. Also including part three of a previously unissued interview.

V/A- EVERYBODY'S BOPPIN: EARLY NORTHWEST ROCKERS & INSTRUMENTALS VOL. 1 LP
(norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


V/A- CHICKEN SESSION: EARLY NORTHWEST ROCKERS & INSTRUMENTALS VOL. 2 LP
(norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


V/A- SHAKE UM UP ROCK: EARLY NORTHWEST ROCKERS & INSTRUMENTALS VOL. 3 LP
(norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)


*shop favorites restocked… Three massive volumes of rare and unissued early boppers, rockers and instrumentals 1957-1964! Includes earliest recordings by Paul Revere & The Raiders and the Wailers!

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 1: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… Moonlighters Guitar Rock / Detonators Honey Hush / Detonators Slow Down / Danny Dell Pogo Walk / Felicia / Scotty McKay Cry Me A River / Max Lipscomb Don't Wait / Unknown Genius Go To School / Rhythm Tones Wobble Wickie / Unknown Flipster Tonight We're Gonna Rock / Charles Looper & The Loops She's My Baby Now / Jimmy Grubbs I Got A Rocket In My Pocket / Arlie Neaville Rockin' Star / Ray Pate & Rhythm Rockets I've Got That Feeling / Art Adams Dancing Doll (early version) / Art Adams Rock Crazy Baby (early version) You thought you knew it all? Think again! Here comes the debut volume of KICKSVILLE, our newly hatched series of wild unissued 1950's rockabilly acetates that defies all logic! Forget looking for these on original 45's-- they were never issued to begin with! Available on vinyl for the first time ever are early unished slammers from legendary stars Jimmy Grubbs, Scotty McKay, Ray Pate, Danny Dell and Art Adams, presented side by side with mayhem from unknown kings. In a word, this blast is atomic! For the crowd who wants it all and more, we serve up KICKSVILLE, on the washable, resilient , eternally reliable black polyvinyl chloride format preferred by sound hounds.

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 2: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… The Crew - Red Chevrolet / Don Dell and the Montereys - Honey Doll / Eddie McCall & the 3 Shades - You Rock Me Out Of This World / Morty Shann and the Morticians - Movin' In / Hasil Adkins and unknown band - Can't Help It Blues / Joe, Ron And George - Come Back Baby / Joe, Ron And George - My Special Girl / Unknown Wombat - The Place / Unknown Wombat - Bongo Guitar / Jimmy Sysum and the Rockin' Three - Big Time Mama / Morty Shann and the Morticians - Red Headed Woman / The Crew - Why Did You Leave Me Baby? / Ferris Coffey - Teen Queen / Walter Brown and the Wildcats - Cherry Lou / Jimmy Sysum and the Rockin' Three - Tears Of Happiness / Joe, Ron And George - Half Ton Mama / The Jokers - I Found My Baby / The Jaguars - Railroad Drag / The Dynatones - Fender Rock Looka here! Make way for the massive second volume in the super hep and ultra rockin' KICKSVILLE series of raw rockabilly acetates! Heard it all, you say? Think again! You ain't heard none of these flat out monsters and that's for darn sure! Plus the only way to complete your Hasil Adkins collection is to nab this honey! And speakin' of honeys, yes that's the Haze's favorite platinum powerhouse, roots and all, on the cover, gettin' her two bits worth outta the Seeburg Select-o-matic!

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 3: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… Eddie McCall and the Three Shades Lucky Lucky Me / Danny Dell Fun Lovin’ Baby / Johnny Clark and the Four Playboys I Need A Woman / Benny Joy Little Girl, Little Girl / Ray Pate and the Rhythm Rockets My Love Is Gone / Jimmy Reagan and the Rhythm Rockers Just One Time / Jerry Arnold and the Rhythm Captains Slewfoot Sue / Flip Johnson and the Choppers Jacqueline / Kenny Parton and the Jones Boys Jump, Wiggle And Shake / Joe Gibson Evil Evie / Benny Joy You’re A Bundle Of Love (early version) / Johnny Clark and the Four Playboys Be-Bop-A-Lula / Gary Usher and the Twisters Blue Blue Dream / Eddie McCall and the Three Shades This Feeling Is Killing Me / Ray Pate and the Rhythm Rockets The Slide / Danny Dell I Want To Know / John Strickland and the Rebels Cry Some More / Ralp (Ral) Donner and the Rockin' Five Miss Ann Here’s the third set in Norton’s popular KICKSVILLE series of raw unissued rockabilly acetates! This installment comes on like gangbusters with never before heard demos from rockin’ icons Benny Joy and Danny Dell, Florida mauler Ray Pate (with 12 year old bro Donnie’s stunning guitar work!), Volume Two favorite Eddie McCall and other deadly rhythm kings! 18 unissued killers! Dig a special two-fisted bonus as you feast your ears on first ever demo recordings by future surf legend Gary Usher and hit maker Ral Donner!

V/A- KICKSVILLE VOL. 4: RAW ROCKABILLY ACETATES LP (norton, usa) 12.98usd/7.73gbp/8.68eur/1157jpy (approx)

*shop favorite restocked… Gene Rambo & the Flames My Little Mama / Hot Lips & Swivel Hips / Dance To The Bop / Shake Rattle & Roll / Sweet Dolly, Pink Pedal Pushers & Bright Red Hair / Don’t Be Cruel / Reel & Rock With My Baby, Scotty McKay Bad Times / Don’t Wait, Casper & the Ghosts Rockin’ Round The Tombstone, Vince Murphy & the Catalinas Evil Eye / Smooth Move, Bobby Rambo Your True Love / C’mon Everybody / Bony Moronie Twist, Star Combo Honey Bunny Baby, Gene Vincent and Ronnie Dawson Hey Mama (Say Mama), Carl Canida & the Flames That’s All Right / I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Kenneth Osmit My Babe Still more wild rockabilly acetates! This SPECIAL DALLAS EDITION showcases the strong influence that Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps held over the wild bands on the Big D teen scene. In fact. Vincent’s original demo of Say Mama (with Ronnie Dawson on guitar!) is on tap here! Be sure to dig all four volumes of this sensational series!


FUNK AND SOUL



TMS/CAPRICE- GET THE FEELING/CANDY MAN 7” (peoples potential unlimited, usa)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Obscure South Carolina Disco - Produced by Wilbert Harris in his home studio. Harris has a number of releases ranging from disco to RnB to rap. Keep an eye out for some of his other original titles… good luck! backed with Caprice "Candy Man" coming at you from Illinois. This group, led by Elliot Lipford was slated to be on Ed McMahon's StarSearch. As Elliot told me, "we just ran out of money and we never made it to the show".. Vocalist Larnette Winston is the sister of Apollonia, and you'll know Henry Clash from his work Prince in the 80s. Incredible line-up that delivers with this sharp mid-tempo track.

CHECKER KABB/SATELLITE BAND- BY MY SIDE/REJUVENATE THE FONK 7”
(peoples potential unlimited, usa) 9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Originally released in 1983 on the legendary Bevnik label out of Baltimore Maryland. It took over two years to track down the artist James Carter for this release. James Carter has written numerous hit records, check out his credits below. But listen to the Checker Kabb First! backed with Rejuvenate the FONK… We had to get this Oklahoma artist back on vinyl. Morris Rentie Jr's high school group! Listen to Rentie's slap bass mastery even at the young age of 18.

CRUNCH-CRUISE/FUNKY BEAT 7” (peoples potential unlimited, usa)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Get ready for an analog ride. These 80s multi-tracks are all we have left from creative mind, CRUNCH. Hurricane Katrina wiped out the home studio and master recordings. Now back from the bayou, every struggling sound, tape flutter, and disco hiss are re-released on vinyl, and sounding extra dirty.

HENRI RICH- BE YOU 7” (peoples potential unlimited, usa)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Rare collector's disco that surfaced in 2005 in limited quantity, maybe less than a handful of copies total. Our release is on a small hole 45" with two edits from Ebony Cuts.

INITIALS- MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC 7” (peoples potential unlimited, usa)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Sublime modern soul funk tune from South Carolina and a welcome addition to the Peoples Potential Catalog.

CARDELL FUNK MACHINE- SHOOT YOUR SHOT 7” (peoples potential unlimited, usa)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Two tracks ranging from funk to steppers soul. Recorded in Donald Burnside's studio when Cardell was only 19.

SIR BENTLEY- STREET SHUFLE 7” (peoples potential unlimited, usa)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*We couldn't possibly squeeze more sleaze on a record.. and Sir Bentley's 1979 disco masterpiece is sure to please. Just listen to those lyric. Tom Noble EDIT & Original Version.

MINORITY BAND- JOURNEY TO THE SHORE 12” (peoples potential unlimited, usa)
14.98usd/8.92gbp/10.02eur/1335jpy (approx)


*Jersey Shore's Finest Funk... Tasty Tune b/w "Live".


JAZZ



DALINDÈO FEAT. BAJKA- VINTAGE VOYAGE 12” (ricky-tick, finland)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Dalindèo introduces a new cinematic sound on “Vintage Voyage.” Dalindèo leader Valtteri Pöyhönen sees the band moving away from their early “Brazilica” influences into a world of sound with increasingly visual connotations. The new EP introduces a more hard-driving, perhaps a bit more “live” sound for the band than that heard on previous releases.

TIMO LASSY FEAT. JOSÉ JAMES- THE MORE I LOOK AT YOU 7” (ricky-tick, finland)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*Sax man Timo Lassy returns with a banger of a two-tracker. The new Ricky-Tick 7-inch features the tracks “The More I Look at You” (w/ José James) plus “Ya Dig.” On board with Lassy and his band is a very special guest from New York, the jazz voice of the 21st century, José James. The pairing of Lassy’s deep sax sound and James’s velvet of a voice is pretty much as perfect a match as you are likely to get. And as the evidence stands, that’s plenty and then some.

ASTRO CAN CARAVAN- THE NAGUAL JULIAN EP 12” (ricky-tick, finland)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The first Ricky-Tick offering by astral travellers Astro Can Caravan. Includes the tracks 'The Nagual Julian', 'Athatoolagooloo', and 'Cosmo Jones'.

AUTEUR JAZZ- TWO JAGUARS IN WARSAW 12” (ricky-tick, finland)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Auteur Jazz, a new addition to the Ricky-Tick roster led by producer-multi-instrumentalist Antti Hynninen, is gearing up for its debut release. The EP "Two Jaguars in Warsaw" features three tracks of far-reaching cinematic jazz for the floor.

JUKKA ESKOLA- JOVA/CHIP 'N' CHARGE 12” (ricky-tick, finland)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Jukka Eskola is set to return with style with his new double A-sider entitled "Jova / Chip 'n' Charge". The upcoming offering finds Eskola in moods not unlike those championed by the famed label CTi some decades ago. That being said, this is jazz in the present tense with a distinctively fresh angle.

THE FIVE CORNERS QUINTET- HOT CORNER 10” (ricky-tick, finland)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… The mighty Five Corners Quintet come through with a brand new three-tracker to give us taste of what's around the corner. Features 'Hot Rod', 'Easy Diggin'' and 'Shake It'.

POVO- CITY BLUES 12” (ricky-tick, finland)
9.98usd/5.94gbp/6.67eur/889jpy (approx)


*shop favorite restocked… Danish jazzers Povo will release an EP's worth of remixes of tracks previously heard on the On the Spot compilations. The EP features new interpretations of "Bennie's Groove" by Finn Mickelborg, "Di-Da" by Sahib Shihab, and "City Blues" by Cy, Maia & Robert. Single release April 15 2009, with a full-length album to follow later on.


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