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Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Questions Of Life / Dubwize

Monyaka

7" | 1979

Release: 1979

Genre: Soundtracks

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Libreville)

Albert Alan Owen

Keyboards & Strings

23,19 €* 28,99 € -20%

LP | 1979 | JP | Reissue (Rca/Air)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Albert Alan Owen was born in Wales in 1948 to parents of Welsh and Latvian heritage. His family later moved to Zimbabwe, where his father took up a teaching position. There, Owen was deeply influenced by local music and culture, while also exploring American RnB and jazz. It was during this period that he became acutely aware of the harsh inequalities under British colonial rule, which instilled in him a lifelong aversion to discrimination and racism.

In 1967, Owen returned to Europe to pursue his studies and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He went on to spend time in Paris, studying composition with the eminent Nadia Boulanger and piano under Jacques Février, a favorite pianist of Ravel’s and Poulenc’s. Owen's focus shifted almost entirely to composition, and the acquisition of a Fender Rhodes electric piano marked the beginning of a divorce from his classical Western training. This transition allowed him to merge his passion for African and African-American music with the impressionistic styles of Ravel and Debussy while exploring the innovative realm of electroacoustic composition. These formative experiences framed Owen’s career as a composer and educator at the Royal Academy of Music and London’s Working Men’s College. He eventually returned to Wales, where he continues to reside. In 1979, 29-year-old Albert Alan Owen released “Keyboards & Strings”, a light magical chamber music masterpiece. Transcending the formal conventions of its era, “Keyboard & Strings” is an acoustic and electric piano piece, where the violin is met by synths and electronics.

As is often the case in Albert Alan Owen’s most intimate works, there is a sense of ethereal beauty that emerges from the music, akin to the emotional state one might experience while contemplating a Félix Vallotton landscape or the unfathomable mystery of dawn’s first light. Quiet, profound, and immersive, “Keyboard & Strings” stands out as an electronic-age tone poem, a rare gem that transcends time and place.

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Tatsuro Yamashita

Moonglow

57,99 €*

OST Star Trek: The Motion Picture Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Originally released in 1979 Limited edition Pressed on 180g black vinyl Bursting with energy on the eve of his big break, Yamashita’s 4th record was a major milestone. The highly acclaimed Moonglow is Yamashita’s record that stayed the longest in the Oricon charts. Most of the songs included in this album were written by Minako Yoshida and composed by Tatsuro Yamashita.

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Jerry Goldsmith

2LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Enjoy The Ride)

48,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volume I & II

Donna Summer

2LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Def Jam)

29,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 1979 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

The Lijadu Sisters

Horizon Unlimited

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

Van Halen

154,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Zombi / In The Land Of The Zombi Black Vinyl Edition

The Zombies

12" | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Best Record Italy)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Zombi / In The Land Of The Zombi Red & Black Marbled Vinyl Edition

The Zombies

12" | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Best Record Italy)

15,29 €* 16,99 € -10%

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mark Of Slavery Slow Down Red Vinyl Edition

Iganda

7" | 1979 | Reissue (Reggae Archive)

Release: 1979 / Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music)

Pooh

Viva

39,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Supersempfft

Roboterwerke

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station

Full House Milky Pink Vinyl Edition

LP | 1979 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

36,99 €*

OST Stridulum (The Visitor)

Release: 1979 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The elegant City Pop album released in 1979, which shines with Junko Ohashi's unchanging overwhelming singing and the sophisticated performance of the second generation Minoya Central Station, which added new members, is available exclusively on milky pink vinyl. Re-release!

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Franco Micalizzi

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Beatball)

38,99 €*

Barbara Ed Altri Carella Turquoise Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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This is the masterful score that Italian composer Franco Micalizzi created for the 1979 Sci-fi horror film Stridulum (aka. The Visitor). The Giulio Paradisi film featured a star-studded cast including Mel Ferrer, John Huston, and Shelley Winters. Although it wasn’t as commercially successful as expected at the time, its unique subject matter and expressive style eventually attracted a cult following. While Micalizzi is better known for his ‘Poliziotteschi’ flic scores and collaborations with director Umberto Lenzi, his trademark sound is unmistakably present on Stridulum with its visually evocative, engaging, and spacey take on funk. The film’s commercial performance aside, all this is enough to make Stridulum one of Micalizzi’s most captivating, if eccentric, works. Packed with great tracks such as the film’s main theme, the multiple variations on the ‘Sadness Theme’, and the standout sci-fi disco-funk of ‘Jerzy Again’, the Stridulum score offers plenty in the way of listening enjoyment. The present re-issue features the original artwork from the 1979 first pressing, along with bonus tracks including 7 alternate tracks and outtakes.

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Enzo Carella

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (The Saifam Group)

33,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Fred Locks & Creation Steppas

Love & Only Love

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Tribe Man Records)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Horizon Unlimited Black Vinyl Edition

The Lijadu Sisters

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Horizon Unlimited Opaque Green Vinyl Edition

The Lijadu Sisters

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

29,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Sonor Music Editions)

Filippo Trecca

Aquarium Sounds

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone Label Group)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sonor Music Editions is honored to announce the reissue of the very rare LP Aquarium Sounds by Italian composer Filippo Trecca. Originally released in 1979 as a promo-only item, “Aquarium Sounds” is a hybrid collection of tracks; some were used as the soundtrack to the thriller TV series “Così Per Gioco” (1979), directed by Leonardo Cortese; others from the talk show “Acquario” (1978-1979) hosted by Italian journalist and writer Maurizio Costanzo. The album also includes “Elena Tip” which features playful vocals by a young Ilona Staller (aka Cicciolina).

Aquarium Sounds were composed by Trecca himself, Achille Oliva (bass), Alessandro Alessandroni Jr. (keys), Giancarlo de Matteis (guitars), and Marco Parisi (drums), playing together for the creation of this progressive pop gem sought after by many collectors from around the world.

The album, recorded using simple acoustic elements and early synths, is a treasure buried deep into the ocean of time that Sonor Music Editions is bringing back to the surface; a journey into the depths of our music memory as well into the universe of Italian music heritage.

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Peter Tosh

Mystic Man

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Skyrover Colored Vinyl Edition

Omega

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (MIG)

23,99 €*

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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After four studio albums and one compilation, the Hungarian megastars Omega were still much of an insider tip in the West. However, sales figures were noticeably rising, though far from going through the roof. In addition, the band had evolved, becoming more professional, both in their live performance and in their appearance. Those in charge at Bacillus/Bellaphon definitely meant to hold on to Omega, so in 1976 the contract with the quintet was extended till 1980. And the band, to...

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Roberto Cacciapaglia

Sei Note In Logica

Mingus Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Roberto Cacciapaglia is an Italian composer and pianist who started out in the fertile Milan avant-garde scene of the 1970s, which included Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Lino Capra Vaccina, Francesco Messina, among others. After studying at the conservatory, he worked at RAI's Studio of Musical Phonology – an electronic music laboratory similar to Ndr/wdr in Germany, Grm/ircam in France or BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Originally released in 1979, Sei Note In Logica (Six Notes In Logic) is Cacciapaglia's second album. While his debut, Sonanze, offers a series of ambient mini-soundtracks, Sei Note presents a singular, sinuous piece. The composition is based on a finite set of musical notes, yet this limitation is the point of departure for a grand tour of possible combinations and enthralling timbres (marimbas, strings, reeds and human voice).

Like Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians, the joyous experiment of Sei Note is grounded in constant variation. Often doubled by multiple instruments, non-repeating patterns are exquisitely layered, while electro-acoustic signals transform and further refract through visceral effects. Within this conceptual framework, Cacciapaglia does not so much juxtapose rigid dichotomies – acoustic vs. electronic, melodic vs. dissonant, simple vs. complex – as fuse them into an expansive whole.

What started as an inspired study in Minimalism becomes a bold feat of 20th century music. Sei Note In Logica is deeply sincere and, at the same time, quite playful. With one foot firmly planted in the past and the other steeped in technology, Cacciapaglia's influence can be heard in the work of Jim O'Rourke, Fennesz and Ben Vida.

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Joni Mitchell

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Elektra)

56,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Wie Ein Baum 2024 Repress

Heike Tittmann

12" | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Miss You)

Secondhand Daylight Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beautifully produced German Disco release with an environmental edge. Originally released in 1979 on a Contemporary Christian Music Label called Lord, this rarity is remastered and brought back to life with a respectful extended, previously unreleased, edit.

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Magazine

LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Integral Distribution Services)

31,99 €*

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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OST Brutes And Savages Green Vinyl Edtion

Riz Ortolani

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Quartet)

30,99 €*

LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Burning Sounds)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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Quartet Records, in collaboration with the Riz Ortolani estate, presents the expanded vinyl edition of one of the titles most requested by maestro Ortolani’s fans: the bizarre 1978 mondo movie Brutes AND Savages (aka Savana Selvaggia) Written by Jenny Craven and directed by Arthur Davis, this belongs to the select group of mondos that became notorious not for their shocking content, but for their lack of understanding of the genre. Surviving in two different cuts (92 mins and 107 mins), Brutes AND Savages focuses on mostly Latin American customs from local natives who do unspeakable things to animals. The single most entertaining feature of Brutes AND Savages is its music by Riz Ortolani, the “de facto” mondo master who was the key musical figure of the genre since its conception in Mondo Cane and its Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated song, “More.” Ortolani scored countless mondos from Africa Addio (1966) through Addio ZIO TOM (1971) to, obviously, Cannibal Holocaust (1980), netting a few great titles along the way. The composer always found a way to create cool tunes that managed to tie together the insanely wide-ranging episodes that featured inconsistent quality and tone—and when all else failed, he created singular, individually successful cues for self-contained segments that saved as much of the film as possible. A 1978 LP release of the music from Brutes AND Savages is quite hard to come by. Export LPs originating from Australia and Hong Kong routinely fetch outrageously high prices on the secondary market. This new vinyl edition includes a crucial suspense cue that was cut for not meshing with the style of the record. The audio was mastered by Chris Malone from the original master tapes provided by the Ortolani estate, and the discs are pressed in transparent green-jungle, audiophile vinyl.

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Linval Thompson

I Love Jah

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kamikazi Dub HHV Exclusive Lime Green Vinyl Edition

Prince Jammy

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Jamdung)

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited to 100 copies on lime green vinyl. Only available at hhv.de

Kamikaze Dub by Prince Jammy is undoubtedly one of the most beloved albums by dub music lovers and a record to have in every self-respecting record collection. An album for any time of the day, or season, that never bores and indeed has aged very well always amazes and stimulates. Re-released for Jamdung distributed exclusively by Kudos in limited edition LP from the original master tapes is available again at an affordable price, but hurry! Jamaican Dub music first appeared in the mid-70s under the guidance of the creative master mind, King Tubby. By the late 70s, two of his top co-workers, Scientist and Prince Jammy were ready to branch out on their own, and they did. Jammy's record came out first and that's why ""Kamikaze Dub"" (1979) is often cited as the album that raised the bar for good. After its release, many Jamaican producers aspired to create the same swirling psychedelic minimal sound that Jammy presented on these near perfect tracks. The musicianship on here is outstanding as well, with other Dub stars taking part such as Sly and Robbie on drums and bass, Augustus Pablo on keyboards, 'Deadly' Headley Bennett and Bobby Ellis on horns, as well as many others. Stunning cover artwork, which, like the album title and songs, is inspired by 1970s Kung Fu Movie Essensial.

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Il Giardino Dei Semplici

B / N

35,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Io Sto Con Gli Ippopotami Green Marbled Vinyl Edition

Walter Rizzati

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Beat)

31,99 €*

Head Games Translucent Light Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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It was 1979, and I was barely 5 years old. Some memories are impressed on my mind with a sort of solarized texture, like in the photographs of the period, full of icons and myths. My father Franco and mother Luciana were like crazy pinballs, touring the world: America, France and Germany were the sides against which they continuously bumped and Italy's capital the hole to which they always returned. I was really young, but I remember very well the period in which my father worked on this little jewel, produced and shot with great love and poetry by Mr. Zingarelli. I remember Italo, a large guy who made an enormous impression on me: tall, with an imposing frame and often wearing a big beard that made him both tender and menacing, like an Italian version of Santa Claus. We owe a lot to this man who gave so much to Italian cinema, sensibly enriching our artistic fortune, sometimes, as in this case, with great irony and poetry. Shot in Africa in the late '70s, Io sto con gli ippopotami (aka I'm for the Hippopotamus), is a movie that in my imagination is just like Italo: humorously menacing and bulky, protective, awesome and sweet, a description that also fits the mascot of this delicious film, the hippopotamus. In this movie we feel the presence of its producer/director's poetry, often handed down with great passion and cheerfulness through his cinema. It's a simple message of love for nature, respect for the weaker and the duty to intervene when they are subjected to abuse. Everything is presented with disarming simplicity, as powerful as it is beautiful. You must confess that you were moved when Terence Hill, toward the end of the movie, delights himself with his friend-of-a-thousand- adventures Bud Spencer by watching the flight of the animals from Mr. Ormond's boat to the wonderful notes of "Freedom," where my father's harmonica together with the melody infuses the scene with an almost maternal sweetness. Well, we are all in debt to this big guy for his kind message and the clean, sparkling, soft and amusing sincerity that dwells there, among the lines of his cinema, apparently devoted to simple entertainment but so wonderfully deep and full of feeling.

Heartiest thanks, Italo. This album, dedicated to the memory of Italo Zingarelli, is released on a 180 grams colored vinyl, mastering by Enrico De Gemini, graphic layout by Daniele De Gemini.

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Foreigner

LP | 1979 | Reissue (Rhino)

32,99 €*

Release: 1979 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Dark Entries)

Robert Rental

Mental Detensions

35,99 €*

Kamikazi Dub Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Robert Rental takes up residence with Dark Entries again for an expanded double vinyl reissue of Mental Detentions. Robert Rental was a Scottish pioneer of DIY electronic music. Along with his illustrious collaborators like Thomas Leer and Daniel Miller, Rental helped shape the countercultural sound of the UK with his timely melding of Krautrock, dub, and punk. Originally from Port Glasgow, he moved to the south of England with Thomas Leer in the late 1970s, and became involved with the local music scene. Robert Rental however released very little of his solo music - the only solo recording from The 1970s is the 7" single "Paralysis" first released on the homemade Regular Records in 1978, and re-released on Dark Entries in 2020. Mental Detentions was released as a cassette in 1979, the same year as his masterpiece The Bridge, a collaboration with Thomas Leer. Using an assortment of budget electronics - a Roland drum machine, a kid’s Stylophone keyboard, and an Electroharmonix DrQ - Robert takes us on a gauzy, trip, at once expansive and intimate, minimalist and maximalist. “Stuck” is mangled motorik, like Neu! run through a meat grinder, while “Vox” meanders like an 18 minute ambient fever dream. Robert spoke to friends of his frustration at being unable to replicate his sound in a commercial studio - it was these demos' sound that he wanted to create. Sometimes having only access to the most rudimentary of equipment can sharpen one’s craft - necessity is the mother of invention, indeed. This ethic shines in his work, providing a throughline to the now, as the world feels bigger and smaller than ever.

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Prince Jammy

LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Jamdung)

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Kamikaze Dub" by Prince Jammy is undoubtedly one of the most beloved albums by dub music lovers and a record to have in every self-respecting record collection. An album for any time of the day, or season, that never bores and indeed has aged very well always amazes and stimulates.

Re-released for Jamdung distributed exclusively by Kudos in limited edition LP from the original master tapes is available again at an affordable price, but hurry!

Jamaican Dub music first appeared in the mid-70s under the guidance of the creative master mind, King Tubby. By the late 70s, two of his top co-workers, Scientist and Prince Jammy were ready to branch out on their own, and they did.

Jammy's record came out first and that's why "Kamikaze Dub" (1979) is often cited as the album that raised the bar for good. After its release, many Jamaican producers aspired to create the same swirling psychedelic minimal sound that Jammy presented on these near perfect tracks. The musicianship on here is outstanding as well, with other Dub stars taking part such as Sly and Robbie on drums and bass, Augustus Pablo on keyboards, 'Deadly' Headley Bennett and Bobby Ellis on horns, as well as many others.

Stunning cover artwork, which, like the album title and songs, is inspired by 1970s Kung Fu Movie

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Kurtis Blow

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Muse)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Vic Juris

Horizon Drive

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (CBS)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by DJ Premier for Gang Starr 'mass appeal'

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Sweat Band

Sweat band

9,99 €*

LP | 1980 | FR | Reissue (Epic)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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produced and arranged by Bootsy Collins & Fred Wesley

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AC/DC

Back in black

12" | 1980 | US (Mercury)

Release: 1980 / FR – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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sampled by BDP, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J ...

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Kurtis Blow

The breaks

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ instrumental

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Stevie Wonder

Master blaster

12" | 1980 | US (Motown)

12" | 1980 | US (Mercury)

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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/ instrumental

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Yarbrough & Peoples

Don't Stop The Music

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 1980 | US (Prelude)

The Nick Straker Band

A little Bit Of Jazz

12" | 1980 | US (Emergency)

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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/ space age

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Firefly / Kano

Love / I'm Ready

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Na broke no fight over woman

Barrington Levy

7" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Jah Guidance)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 1980 | US (T.K. Disco)

John Tropea

Livin In The Jungle

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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/ odyssey

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Tom Browne

Funkin' for Jamaica

12" | 1980 | US (Arista)

Rodney Franklin / Willie Bobo

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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classic 1980 funk track sampled by NWA, EPMD, Slum Village, Black Eyed Peas, Erykah Badu, ... / fungi mama

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The Groove / Always There

12" | 1980 | US (Columbia)

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Master Jay & Michael Dee

T.S.O.B.

10,99 €*

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Where Is Your Love Mankind

Rod Taylor

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Greensleeves)

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Secretly Canadian)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Neuauflage des Albumklassikers von 1980, aufgenommen im Channel One Studio und abgemischt in King Tubbys Studio von Scientist. Der Produzent Henry 'Junjo' Lawes engagierte folgende Musiker: Bass: Errol 'Flabba' Holt, Drums: Santa Davis, Sly Dunbar, Style Scott, Guitar: Sowell, Bingy Bunny, Melodica: Jimmy Becker, Organ/Piano: Ansel Collins, Steely, Gladstone Anderson, Percussion: Bongo Herman, Sky Juice, Sticky Thompson, Saxophone: Headley Bennett, Trombone: Val Bennett, Trumpet: Bobby Ellis

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Bobb Trimble

Iron curtain innocence

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Cure

Seventeen Seconds

37,99 €*

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (VP)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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180 gram vinyl

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Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller lives on

CD | 1980 | US | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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reissue incl. rare 12" mixes

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The B-52's

Wild planet

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (BOMP!)

The Hypstrz

Hypstrization!

30,99 €*

12" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Tyson)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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180 gram vinyl reissue

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Family Four

Rap Attack

10,99 €*

LP | 1980 | JM | Reissue (Jah Life)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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classic old school rap!

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Barrington Levy

Place Too Dark

29,99 €*

Release: 1980 / JM – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

Prince

Dirty Mind

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Return Of Pipecock Jackxon

Lee Perry

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Honest Jon's)

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Bureau B)

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released in 1980, this album is the final work to emerge from the Black Ark studio, before its permanent destruction. It concludes a series of such LP masterworks as Super Ape, War In A Babylon, Police And Thieves, and The Return Of The Super Ape. Enthrallingly, it crosses the soundworld of Roast Fish Collie Weed And Cornbread with new hybrids — like the irresistible elevenminute opener, rolling and delirious, a kind of reggae prophesy of Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing, but musically richer, and more glazed, randy and visionary.

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Der Plan

Geri Reig

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

Talking Heads

Remain In Light

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Universal)

Black Uhuru

Sinsemilla

22,99 €*

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Captured Tracks)

Bok Bok

Come Back To Me / Misfit

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2014!

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Dead Kennedys

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Cherry Red)

39,99 €*

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Weird World)

Blowfly

Blowfly's Party X-Rated

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

George Benson

Give Me The Night

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Give Me The Night is the 1980 album by ten-time Grammy Award-winning American musician and singer-songwriter George Benson. Produced by Quincy Jones and originally released on Jones' start-up label Qwest Records, the album charted number one on both the Top Soul Albums and Jazz Albums Chart as well as number three on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

180g audiophile vinyl.

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George Benson

Give Me The Night

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Dub Mir)

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the peak of George Benson's courtship of the mass market -- a superbly crafted and performed pop album with a large supporting cast -- and wouldn't you know that Quincy Jones, the master catalyst, is the producer. Q's regular team, including the prolific songwriter Rod Temperton and the brilliant engineer Bruce Swedien, is in control, and Benson's voice, caught beautifully in the rich, floating sound, had never before been put to such versatile use. On "Moody's Mood", Benson really exercises his vocalese chops and proves that he is technically as fluid as just about any jazz vocalist, and he become a credible rival to Al Jarreau on the joyous title track. Benson's guitar now plays a subsidiary role -- only two of the ten tracks are instrumentals -- but Q has him play terrific fills behind the vocals and in the gaps, and the engineering gives his tone a variety of striking, new, full-sounding timbres. The instrumentals themselves are marvelous: "Off Broadway" is driving and danceable, and Ivan Lins' "Dinorah, Dinorah" grows increasingly seductive with each play. Benson should have worked with Jones from this point on, but this would be their only album together.

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Scientist

Heavyweight Dub Champion

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Dub Mir)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Scientist was only 20 years old when, working with fellow producer “Junjo” Lawes, came up with this stunner, a sinuous groove party with cartoonlike special effects (a lots of bongs and boings like pans hitting one another, blips and squeals that sound like a Pac-Man game). All the “song” titles are references to boxing (a motif that Scientist was obviously mining for all it was worth), and all are great individual bits of dub sound that cohere into a meaningful whole.

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Scientist

Big Showdown

Winston Edwards & Blackbeard

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hopeton “Scientist” Brown and Lloyd “Prince Jammy” James both learned their dubcraft at the feet of the universally-acknowledged master of the art form, King Tubby. The 10 tracks from this classic LP from 1980 sound pretty strong in terms of style and approach, all of them are quietly brilliant, reflecting a complete mastery of the form. Rhythms are supplied by the unstoppable Roots Radics band!

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Dub Conference At 10 Downing Street

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Greensleeves)

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Sanctuary)

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Classic dub album from 1980 re-issued! Ten speaker-shaking Matumbi powered dubs recorded under the Well Pack Band flag. Produced by Winston Edwards and engineered by the legendary Dennis 'Blackbeard' Bovell. "Dub Conference: 10 Downing Street" - this re-release is timed to coincide with the 2015 UK general election.

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Motörhead

Ace Of Spades

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Los Angeles

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Los Angeles is the debut album of the American Punk rock band X, released on April 26, 1980. In 2003, the album was ranked number 286 on the Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Los Angeles is considered by many to be one of Punk's all-time finest recordings, and with good reason.

180g vinyl.

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Grover Washington, Jr.

Winelight

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Winelight (1980) is a Grammy Award winning album by revered Jazz musician Grover Washington Jr. It received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1982. The album also includes the Grammy Award winning hit "Just the Two of Us" sung by Bill Withers.

180g vinyl.

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Rush

Permanent Waves

43,99 €*

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Joy Division

Closer

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Double Fantasy

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

Queen

Flash Gordon

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Beggars Banquet)

Gary Numan

Telekon

30,99 €*

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Elvis Costello

Taking Liberties

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Introducing Scientist - The Best Dub Album In The World

Scientist

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

21,99 €*

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Legacy)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for nearly 40 years. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne, producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname.

Introducing Scientist – The Best Dub Album in the World, his 1980 debut LP, lives up to its boastful title. Recorded with Sly & Robbie at Channel One Studio and mixed at King Tubby’s, the album features hypnotic basslines, reverb-drenched keyboards, and fluid, start-stop rhythms. Opening track “Steppers,” with its well-balanced phrasing and organic contours, shows Scientist’s mastery of the studio-as-instrument concept. On “Scientific,” the effects-laden guitars are stretched to their outer limit to create magnificent, spaced-out textures and muted tension. Introducing Scientist displays the talents of a man obsessed with every element of production, drawing out the very best of the dub form.

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Ozzy Osbourne

Blizzard Of Ozz

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Clyde Alexander & Sanction

Got To Get Your Love

12" | 1980 | US (Heavenly Star)

17,99 €*

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Palace Of Lights)

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back in the day a very young Clyde Alexander went into the studio with Gary Davis and Sanction at the behest of Mr. Peter Brown. The cut they laid down that day has been sought after and filling dance floors ever since. Gary Davis and his neighbor Truck constructed what many believe to be the ultimate hook in "Gotta Get Your Love". Gary's lavish yet simple arrangement and Trucks lyrics are backed with one of the most solid bass lines you'll ever hear over a beat so steady it's like bedrock. This record is so tight it's hard to believe every player at this session was in their teens when this was laid down on tape. That is with the exception of Gary Davis who was the elder statesman of this outing at the advanced age of 24. Give this one a spin and you'll understand how Gary and his crew from Camden made history that afternoon in '79.

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K. Leimer

Closed System Potentials

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Soul Brother)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Following the RVNG reissues of A Period of Review (ranked the No. 7 reissue of 2014 by WIRE) and Artificial Dance (ranked the No. 2 reissue of 2015 by WIRE) Closed System Potentials, recorded in 1979 and originally released in 1980, finds its way back to vinyl in a completely remastered + expanded edition. The LP includes two previously unreleased tracks plus the included digital version includes an additional two unreleased tracks, all taken from the original CSP sessions. Also included is a four-page insert featuring an essay by Paul Dickow. Remastered by Taylor Deupree at 12K.

K. Leimer founded Palace of Lights in 1979. In addition to his own work, PoL has released albums by Ang Mo Faux, Marc Barreca, Roy Finch, Michael William Gilbert, Steve Peters, Savant and Gregory Taylor. Leimer’s early work has recently been reissued by Autumn and RVNG, and his early cassette work is in the critically acclaimed VOD box set American Cassette Culture. Leimer has been actively producing music since the mid 1970s – his current catalog includes 16 still in print albums plus 2 collaborative albums with Marc Barreca.

Leimer’s work is included in the collection of The British Library.

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Wood, Brass & Steel

Hard & Heavy

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso "Mahuno" And High Lifes Celebration

Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (PMG)

Peter Gabriel 3: Melt Half-Speed Master Edition

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor are the Jagger and Richards of Nigerian Highlife. Drawn together by a mutual love of the genre – and an equally intense desire to stop it becoming moribund and bereft of ideas – Ghana’s two most progressive musicians added a western twist to this traditional form of African music and gave it relevance again. It was by no means a continuous process. Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor first came together in 1966. Over the decades they’d venture off to play in different bands and even different countries. Periodically they’d get back together and implement the new ideas and skills they’d developed. In 1980, they met up in London and recorded Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso Mahuno. Composed and arranged by Taylor, burnished by Pat Thomas’s honeyed vocals, the album is a mix of highlife, calypso, funk, jazz, soul and pop. From the title track to ‘Ma Huno’, the album’s undisputed highlight, the ambition – and musicianship – is breathtaking. Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso Mahuno is arguably the purest example of this extraordinary musical partnership. And what Highlife, unshackled, can be. - Peter Moore

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Peter Gabriel

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Caroline)

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (PMG)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Finally, this classic Peter Gabriel album is back in print.

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Tony Igiettemo

Hot Like Fire

9,99 €*

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Leaning against a wall, his shirt unbuttoned to his navel and cradling a tumbler of something strong and sophisticated, Tony Igiettemo looks every bit the smooth talking 80s gent. When you put Hot Like Fire on the turntable and drop the needle, however, it is immediately clear that Smooth Tony is also a little bit freaky. Sirens, slap bass, squelchy synths and a titchy high hat that just won't give up, Hot Like Fire is a cosmic call from a dance floor on the far side of the universe. Produced by John Malife – the go-to man in Nigeria when you wanted your funk freaky – it's driven by a heavy low end that compels you to move. 'Baby You Can Do It' is Boney M's 'Daddy Cool' via a sweaty Nigerian dance floor. 'I Feel So Good' has a Kool & The Gang vibe, albeit with a freaky, warbling synth. And 'Hot Like Fire' is a strange reggae/funk fusion, fuelled by the righteous herb. 'We Are One' and 'Africa Must Unite', meanwhile, are post-disco, reggae-tinged calls for African Unity. 'Rock Your Baby' is the album's most relentless dance floor banger and sums up its ethos best. Clap your hands everybody and get down on it. Tony Igiettomo is here to make your body move. - Peter Moore

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Stevie Wonder

Hotter Than July

7" | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Thompson Sound / Top Ranking Sound)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Hotter than July” is the nineteenth album by American recording artist Stevie Wonder, originally released on Motown's Tamla label September 1980. It was certified platinum and reached number three on the US Billboard chart. This was his most successful album in the UK, peaking at number two and producing four top ten singles.

“Hotter than July” was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album at the American Music Awards in 1982.

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Wayne Wade

Down In Iran / Version

Stars in Your Eyes / Saturday Night

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Check out this classic Roots material from around 1980 by Wayne Wade produced by Linval Thompson!

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Herbie Hancock

12" | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

3LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We are proud to announce another belter of a double-sided monster. Welcome to the brilliant Herbie Hancock with the always in-demand slinky groover Stars In Your Eyes on the much coveted 11.21 "special disco remix".
This is quite simply one of the smoothest Disco rides you will ever take with a production made in heaven and a vocalist supreme with Gavin Christopher taking it to another level. Find an original U.S. promo of this if you can.
There's lookalikes about which are inferior quality! As if that wasn't enough, we've only gone and paired it with the hugely rare U.S. promo-only 12" "special
disco remix" of the scintillating Saturday Night.
This is as rare as hens teeth and you'd be lucky to find a mint one for less than €50.
Featuring an extended percussion break from the fantastic Sheila E, this a very different mix to the original album version and was never widely circulated at the time.
So another nice rare gem. As double-siders go, this really takes some beating. Order with confidence because this will still be selling for years to come.

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The Clash

Sandinista!

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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INXS

INXS (2011 Remaster)

22,99 €*

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Capitol)

Paul McCartney

McCartney II

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Brain)

Klaus Schulze

Dig It (2017 Remaster)

21,99 €*

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [2017 Remastered Version]

David Bowie

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft

Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Grönland)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music Poland)

Maanam

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Jamwax)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This is 180g vinyl.

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Ital Foundation

Ital Foundation Volume 1

21,99 €*

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (PMG)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ital Foundation came together in the winter of 1977, out of a shared belief in Rastafarianism and deep love of reggae music in their home place Bermuda. Their music tackles global issues of colonialism, poverty, prophecy and redemption. They released only one album in their legendary career, the 1980 release Ital Foundations Vol.1. A tumultous history rought with trial and tribulation resulted in Ital Foundation being an underground musical movement that saw record sales all over the world while the band languished in obscurity.

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Theadora Ifudu

First Time Out

9,99 €*

2LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (BBE Music)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First Time Out is a cosmic soul transmission from Nigeria’s own Diana Ross, Theadora Ifudu. The arty co-host of hit TV program, ‘The Bar Beach Show’ hooked up with the guys from Monomono to created an album that is sultry, sexy and effortlessly cool. It’s a smoky, New York Soul Club on wax. A graduate of the New York film school, Ifudu considered herself an artiste, and the opening track, ‘Hello There!’ Is arresting in its cinematic scope and intriguing strangeness. After briefly channelling Miriam Makes in ‘Gbata Ngwa’, she moves into full diva mode. ‘(When Will It Be) Right Time’ features vocal runs that Mariah Carey would be proud of and ‘That Man’ has a smoky, jazz club vibe. It’s easy to imagine Theadora, under a single spotlight, dazzling in a sparkling figure-hugging crowd, holding a hard-to-please New York audience in her thrall. At times funky, laidback and smooth, the greatest compliment that can be paid to First Time Out is that it sounds international. The musicianship is first class, the vocals faultless and the mood super smooth. Theadora Ifudu, the self-proclaimed ‘moon watcher, ragdoll and artiste’, created an Afro soul masterpiece for the ages. - Peter Moore

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Ralph Thomas

Eastern Standard Time