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Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Checker)

Violinaires

Groovin' With Jesus

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (20th Century)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 Gram vinyl!

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Barry White

Can't Get Enough

Do You Still Feel The Same Way

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by Kool G Rap, 50 Cent, Raekwon

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Tommie Young

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Soul Power)

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Fantasy)

Pleasure

Future Now

15,99 €*

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Nodlew)

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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- "Thoughts of Old Flames" sampled by Big Daddy Kane for "Give it to Me",
Questionmark Asylum for "Hey Look Away Now",
Rakim for "Remember That" and
Under Ground Kings for "It's Supposed to Bubble"

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Weldon Irvine

Liberated brother

LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Prestige)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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early release on his own label ... real nice!

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Leon Spencer Jr.

Sneak preview!

21,99 €*

LP | 1977 | DE | Original (Atlantic)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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with Melvin Sparks, Idris Muhammad, Grover Washington Jr., ...

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Supermax

World Of Today

Release: 1977 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Tambourine Party)

Revelation

Love Affairs

29,99 €*

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

LP | 1985 | JP | Original (Palo Alto Jazz)

George Howard

Dancing In The Sun

The Highway QC's Featuring Spencer Taylor

Release: 1985 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Japanese pressing with obi, includes insert |

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Watching Over Me

LP | 1987 | US | Original (Messiah)

LP | 1976 | UK | Original (CBS)

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs, close to VG+. Cover with bumped corner

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Santana

Festivál

8,99 €*

Release: 1976 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

close to NM. Original inner sleeve

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Stevie Wonder's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants

2LP | 1979 | US | Original (Tamla)

8,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Thin Line Between Love And Hate

The Persuaders

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Win Or Lose)

LP | 1978 | JP | Reissue (Epic)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by Kid Frost, Heavy D & Arrested Development

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Jeff Beck

Blow By Blow

23,99 €*

LP | 1977 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

Release: 1978 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs, closer to VG+. Japanese pressing without OBI

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Bob James

Heads

LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Dee-Lite)

Release: 1977 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing with obi.

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Kool & The Gang

Music is the message

7" | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Athens Of The North)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by ATCQ, Biz Markie, Casual ...

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Papa Bear & His Cubs

You're So Fine

The Jacksons = The Jacksons

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Deepfunk / soul super rarity flipped with one of the best deep soul sides ever recorded, the family had some great images so we opted for a picture sleeve on this one, 400 copies only. forget about finding an O.G. Researched by our man, Brian Sears
Papa Bear And His Cubs were the brainchild of Eddie Disnute Sr., aka Papa Bear. A native resident of Hampton, Arkansas. Eddie started his music career in gospel then transitioned into secular music after moving to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1963. While living in Milwaukee with his wife and children, Eddie played with a group called the Fenders but eventually decided to start a group of his own with his kids aptly named Papa Bear And His Cubs.
Eddie Sr., a naturally gifted musician, taught his children how to play music. Creativity is a part of the Disnute DNA and before long Eddie's cubs were perfecting chops of their own. Papa Bear And His Cubs started performing together around the late 1960s. Although a few memorable gigs came their way, Wisconsin proved to be too cold for the Disnutes so they made their way back to Hampton, Arkansas.
The family continued to perform in Arkansas then made another move to Houston, Texas where they hoped to break into the music scene down south. They lived there for nearly three years and even recorded at SugarHill Studios, yet nothing materialized and the recordings remain a mystery to this day. For their final move, the Disnutes returned home to Hampton after Eddie's wife Christine (aka Mother Goose) received word that her father was ill.
In 1975 the group recorded their only vinyl record at Sam Griffith's home recording studio in Camden, Arkansas. Disnute Sr. recalls it only taking "one night, and one take" for both "Sweetest Thing On This Side Of Heaven" and "You're So Fine" to be born. Both songs have an entrancing quality that is inescapable and will surely resonate with listeners for years to come.
The group continued to perform until the early 1980s, at which point the cubs were bears themselves, who decided to go their own separate ways. When thinking back to their prime days, one thing will always remain clear in Eddie Sr.'s memory, "we could play, all it took was a countdown of 1, 2 ,3, 4 and we're gone".

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Victory = ビクトリー

LP | 1984 | JP | Original (Epic)

Bound / Remember You Opaque Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

No obi.

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Ponderosa Twins Plus One

7" | 1971 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

LP | 1982 | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An American soul vocal group that would go on to shape the sound of pop music much farther beyond their imaginations, Numero is proud to present the first official American 45' repressing of the Ponderosa Twins + 1 original 1971 release of Bound b/w I Remember You.

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Keni Burke

Changes

27,99 €*

Release: 1982 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Groovin)

Roundtree

Hit On You

13,99 €*

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First official reissue of the disco-funk classic tune produced by Kenny Lehman including original 1982 mixes by Tony Humphries and the new unreleased retouch by Moplen.

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Laura Lee

Two Sides Of Laura Lee

Soul Greatest Hits Series

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This classic is reissued on 180g heavyweight black vinyl with original artwork and printed inner sleeve.

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The Three Degrees

LP | 1977 | JP | Original (Epic)

Philip Bailey = Philip Bailey

Release: 1977 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert. Warped vinyl, but still enjoyable, with foxing.

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Chinese Wall = チャイニーズ・ウォール

LP | 1984 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

7,99 €*

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1984 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing without OBI

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The Eliminators

Loving Explosion

26,99 €*

LP | 1972 | EU (Survival Research)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally released in 1974 on BRC Records (Brunswick Records Corporation). This is rare and in demand LP proudly reissued by Demon Records on 180g Heavyweight LP with original artwork and printed inner sleeve.

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Cane And Able

Release: 1972 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1981 | JP | Original (RCA)

Odyssey

I Got The Melody

9,99 €*

Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing with OBI

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Junior Parker

LP | 1974 | WW | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

22,99 €*

It's Just Begun / Troglodyte Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 1974 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Next up in Mr Bongo's Groove Merchant Records reissue series, sees an outing for a much-loved and heavily sampled funk/soul/blues album by Junior Parker. Originally issued under the title The Outside Man on Capitol Records in 1970 with an alternative cover, this reissue replicates the Groove Merchant release titled Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On featuring the car cover released in 1971.

The Mississippi-born, Memphis-based blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter Junior Parker (aka Little Junior Parker) had a stellar career in music. Since the early 1950s he released records on labels such as Duke, Mercury, United Artists Records and more. Sadly though, Parker died at the young age of 39 during surgery on November 18, 1971.

Originally released under the alternate title a year before his untimely death, Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On is drenched in Parker’s trademark buttery vocals and soulful grooves, swaggering between smokey blues, raw funk outings and orchestrated soul ballads (with sublime arrangements by Horace Ott).

The album also features three Beatles cover versions in the form of ‘Taxman’, ‘Lady Madonna’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’. For 'Taxman', Parker completely reinterprets the song taking into a New Orleans funk realm, a sample of which was used as the main hook line on Cypress Hill's classic 'I Wanna Get High'. Elsewhere, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is flipped into a tripped-out, psychedelic soul-swamp blues ballad, whilst 'Lady Madonna' is given a funky blues makeover.

As shown with Cypress Hill’s use of ‘Taxman’, since the ‘70s Parker’s legacy has been immortalised for future generations through the deep well of samples that his music has become a source of. Tracks from Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On have been sampled by some of the biggest names out there, such as A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow and De La Soul.

A seriously smooth album oozing with soul and emotion from a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Junior Parker’s Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On is a superb example of the early ‘70s crossover funk/soul sound.

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The Jimmy Castor Bunch

7" | 1972 | UK | Reissue (RCA)

15,99 €*

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Soul Jazz)

Release: 1972 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What we gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time…and one of the most sampled refrains in dance music history. A 7 inch double header of two of the biggest records from the Jimmy Castor Bunch, the 1 million plus selling ‘Troglodyte’, flipped with ‘It’s Just Begun’. This funk masterpiece lit up the Bronx in the ‘70’s and was the spark from where Hip Hop caught fire. Get in early and go in hard. Funk, Soul, Hip Hop and dance fans all need this beaut. Original RCA labels and sleeve, all remastered for 2024.

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Ripple

Ripple (Remastered)

31,99 €*

The Stylistics = The Stylistics

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Seminal rare groove funk and deep soul album originally released in 1973 on GRC Records now released 50 years later on Soul Jazz Records in this fully remastered edition of this Classic album. The album "Ripple" contains the all-time classic "I Don"t know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky", one of the most memorable funk tunes of all time and sampled many times over. Ripple"s unique blend of funk, soul, rock, proto-disco and more stood them alongside groups like Funkadelic, Brass Construction, Mandrill, Pleasure, Kool and the Gang and The Blackbyrds, who were all blending these styles while remaining firmly focussed on the dancefloor. Like the group Funkadelic, Ripple hailed from Michigan and in 1976 opened for the group on their Parliament/Funkadelic Mothership Connection tour. This classic album has been out of print for nearly 30 years on vinyl and is now fully remastered and presented here in its original artwork.

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Fabulous = 16小節の恋

LP | 1976 | JP | Original (H & L)

12" | 1981 | UK | Original (R & B)

Release: 1976 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert. Warped vinyl, but still enjoyable, with foxing.

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Imagination

Flashback

Release: 1981 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Generic

I'll Cry Over You Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Cynthia Sheeler

7" | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Jb's Records)

14,99 €*

I'm Still In Love With You 50th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An impossibly rare double sider from the JB's Records vaults gets a much called for official reissue. Cynthia Sheeler - I'll Cry Over is one of the rarest and greatest Southern Soul classics out there, always held back due to the scarcity of its original 1975 release. The last copy sold on Discogs five years ago for £400 and it’s easy to tell why. A luscious slice of Baton Rouge crossover soul that will sweep you up and whisk you away in it’s blissful grasp. An absolutely essential 7 inch for any collection. Black label version original black sleeve.

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Al Green

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Fat Possum)

33,99 €*

Here Come The Girls / Back Street Lover Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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AL GREEN's magnum opus and one of soul music’s finest moments. By the time I’m Still In Love With You was released in 1972, the Al Green/Willie Mitchell Hi Records team was a well-oiled hit-making machine. With one number one hit under his belt, this album put Green right back at the top of the charts with hits like “Look What You Done For Me” and “Love And Happiness.” Essential vinyl for any collection!

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Ernie K. Doe

7" | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Janus)

11,99 €*

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. Most people will remember the Boots advert from 2007 which used Ernie K. Doe's infectious funky 'Here Come The Girls' and caused a surge of new interest in this killer 1970 New Orleans vintage groover. The Sugababes then nicked it and managed a Top 3 hit. However, accept no substiture for the original! An essential Allen Toussaint song and production which should be in everyone's 7Inch box as a staple. Instant flloor-filler anywhere and everywhere.

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Shuggie Otis

Inspiration Information

28,99 €*

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl!

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L.J. Reynolds

Travelin'

26,99 €*

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Mabu's Madness

M-Square

32,99 €*

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Don Julian & Larks

Super Slick

31,99 €*

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Nickel And A Nail And Ace Of Spades

O.V. Wright

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

35,99 €*

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love Childs Afro Cuban Blues Band

Out Among 'Em

LP | 1975 | US | Original (Roulette)

11,99 €*

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1975 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Cover with long open seam split on top spine and shelf wear.

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J.R. Bailey

Just Me 'N' You

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A dramatic, string-drenched epic, James Ralph Bailey’s Just Me ’N’ You has been a sought-after soul masterpiece for decades. A lush suite of beautiful songs, it was conceived as a concept album; a sophisticated paean to love. Originally released by MAM Records in 1974, Just Me ’N’ You is a breathtaking jazzy soul album. It’s similar in style to Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On - particularly the performances, orchestrations and chord progressions - but dealing with a different universal subject matter. If What’s Going On was about romance instead of politics, it would sound like this.

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Celia

22,99 €*

Gloria Ann Taylor & Walter Whisenhunt's Orchestra

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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MRBLP188 Beautiful debut album from the incredible, Célia. Conducted & arranged by Arthur Verocai and Rogério Duprat; featuring songs by Lo Borges, Antonio Adolfo and Joyce amongst others. Célia recorded four self-titled albums for Continental between 1971 and 1977, ‘Amor’ in 1982 plus several more before she sadly passed away late in 2017, aged 70. This is her debut album from 1970. Célia was a Brazilian vocalist who worked frequently with master arranger-composer Arthur Verocai in her early years and many other heavyweights over the course of her extensive career. Joyce was particularly supportive in the making of this album, writing the beautiful “Abrace Paul McCartney” and her husband at the time, Nelson Ângelo, recorded some of the songs.
Features an exclusive insert of a translated interview with Celia, completed in 2011 in her hometown of São Paulo. Focusing, in particular on her recording work with Arthur Verocai, it showcases her wonderful sense of humour and how she was embracing her new legion of fans, particularly in the world of hip hop. Official Mr Bongo reissue. Licensed from Warner Music.

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Deep Inside You EP 180g Edition

EP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Ubiquity)

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Make Up Your Mind / Let Your Body Go

Cake

12" | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Mutual Intentions)

18,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

LP | 1978 | FR | Original (Disques Ibach)

Chocolat's

African Choco

7,99 €*

Release: 1978 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Round Robin Monopoly

Alpha

37,99 €*

LP | 1970 | JP | Original (Stateside)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vinyl LP pressing. Originally released in 1974 on the Stax imprint Truth Records, The Round Robin Monopoly's funk-soul extravaganza Alpha returns to vinyl for the first time in 50 years! Evoking the feeling of a car chase scene in a mid-'70s action movie, Alpha lives right at the intersection of top-notch musicianship and immaculate vibes. This Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf reissue was cut from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray.

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Three Dog Night

Naturally

18,99 €*

Release: 1970 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert. Vinyl closer to VG+

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2LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Original Musiquarium I

38,99 €*

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back in print!

"Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I" is a compilation album by R&B/soul musician Stevie Wonder that was released in 1982 by Tamla Records.

It collects eleven Top 40 hit singles and five album tracks, including four tracks from 1972 to 1980. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, at No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the U.S.

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3LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Motown)

Songs In The Key Of Life

52,99 €*

Come To My Garden Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl

- "Love's in Need of Love Today" sampled by Blackstreet for "Love's in Need",
Busta Rhymes & Erykah Badu for "One",
George Michael for "Love's in Need of Love Today",
Kwame for "Can U Feel It?" and
X-Clan for "Ooh Baby"

- "Sir Duke" sampled by A Tribe Called Quest for "Footprints" and
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince for "Let's Get Busy Baby"

- "I Wish" sampled by Will Smith for "Wild Wild West"

- "Knocks Me off My Feet" sampled by Ja Rule for "Thug Lovin'" and
ODB for "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"

- "If It's Magic" sampled by Craig Mack for "Making Moves with Puff"

- "Ordinary Pain" sampled by Erykah Badu for "Penitentiary Philosophy"

- "Pastime Paradise" sampled by Coolio for "Gangsta Paradise",
Cru for "Up North",
Gangsta Blac for "Blaze Up Anotha One",
Mary J. Blige for "Time" and
Three 6 Mafia for "3 6 in the Morning"

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Minnie Riperton

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

26,99 €*

Diana Ross Live At Caesars Palace

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What a beauty here. A proper re-issue of Minnie Riperton debut album on GRT, originally puvlished in 1970. Her name came to prominence with the highly influential Chicago band Rotary Connection, forerunners of the rock & soul crossover. In addition to their own recordings, including their 1967 debut album Rotary Connection, the band is notable as the backing band for Muddy Waters on his 1968 psychedelic blues album Electric Mud. Standing on her own, Minnie cut a series of sublime albums moving in a more soulful way. Opening track ‘Les Fleur’ is a shiny cover of Ramsey Lewis – who is musical assistant and contributor here – classic number penned in 1968, literally a cornerstone for contemporary hip-hop and r&b being sampled by the likes of Jurassic 5 feat. Nelly Furtado, Damu the Fudgemunk, Dr. Octagon and Cut Chemist among others. Produced by Charles Stepney (already in with Rotary Connection and subsequently behind the desk with Earth Wind & Fire), the album benefits from is lushy orchestral arrangements, pushing the vocal duties of Minnie even forward (her five-octave vocal range, enabled her to sing in ‘whistle register’ nevertheless). The jazzy soft-pop feel overall will mark comparison with Stevie Wonder, Riperton’s future employer/mentor.

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Diana Ross

LP | 1974 | US | Original (Motown)

Release: 1974 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Gladys Knight And The Pips

Standing Ovation

LP | 1971 | US | Original (Soul)

Release: 1971 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: G+

Stage Two Clear Vinyl Edition

Pat Thomas

LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Tidal Waves Music)

We've Only Just Begun / I'll Do Anything For You Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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North American version on CLEAR vinyl
Limited 180g Vinyl Edition (500 copies) with obi strip
Rare Ghanese Highlife-Soul album from 1976
Featuring the Marijata band backing up Pat Thomas
First ever vinyl reissue
First ever release outside of the African continent

The legendary Ghanaian singer-producer Pat Thomas needs little introduction, he is a globally recognized vocalist and songwriter, famed for both his solo works and that with the highlife bands The Blue Monks, Broadway-Stargazers Dance Band, The Satellites, The Sweet Beans, Marijata, The Kwashibu Area Band and The Uhuru Dance Band. Between 1974 and 2019, he issued more than two dozen recordings offering a unique take on highlife, funk, reggae, soul and Afro-beat/pop. Pat Thomas’ work was sampled many times and continues to be featured on compilations by renowned reissue-labels across the globe.
Born in 1946 in Agona (in the Ashanti region) as Kwabena Nyamekye Amoo-Mensah, Pat Thomas almost literally had music in his DNA: his father was a music theory teacher and his mother worked as a bandleader. His uncle was none other than legendary Ghanaian guitarist King Onyina, who was not only renowned for his own recordings, but for his performing work with Nat King Cole, Miriam Makeba, Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald. Thomas went to live with his uncle where he learned musical notation, began to study guitar and play drums. He became a notable composer, and as a teenager, quickly established a reputation in the local club scene as a singer.
In the early Seventies, he moved to Accra to join Ebo Taylor’s legendary highlife band The Blue Monks (their residency at the Tip Toe Nite Club is an important part of Ghanaian musical history). Pat Thomas left Taylor’s band (though their friendship and their musical association continued) and moved to the Ivory Coast in 1973, where he formed The Satellites. The band was short-lived but they did record a few singles. In 1974, he formed The Sweet Beans (which also featured Ebo Taylor in some of its incarnations) and started to cut several albums for the Ghanaian label Gapophone Records between 1974 and 1980. Soon, his singles started to become major radio-DJ favorites.
1976 turned into Pat Thomas’ busiest year…this was the year that he released his most-famed works: the “Stay There”, “Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata” and “Stage Two” albums! Marijata was a notable funky Ghanaian group (who had their own unique identity) that started to back Thomas’ on several of his classic albums.
In 1978, he was voted “Mr. Golden Voice of Africa” and in the first half of the Eighties he started issuing his well-known ‘Action’ album series…here his musical vision got broader and Thomas started to include Afro-Latin sounds & funky African disco parallel to his already signature Afrobeat-Afropop sound. It was also during this period that he moved to London to record several of his own albums and collaborations with other artists. Pat Thomas was restless…he moved and played all over Europe for the next years, recording for a series of labels. In 1990 he moved to Canada where he began teaching in addition to playing and recording (his 1991 album “Sika Ye Mogya” on Fire Records won the Album of the Year award in Ghana).
Pat Thomas remains active as a performer and recording artist in the 21st century and currently resides in Ghana, where he resumed his teaching career and plays across the African continent, making occasional forays to Europe.
The album we are presenting you today (Stage Two from 1976) comes swinging right out the gate with a set of nine monster tunes, heavy drum-breaks, reggae infused afro-beats, funky bass lines, Wah-wah-psyche guitars and lyrics that straddle between a sense of melancholy and frantic urgency. This is a quintessential Pat Thomas (backed by the Marijata band) record that every serious collector or fan needs to have in his collection.
Originally released in 1976 on Gapophone Records Ghana, Tidal Waves Music now proudly presents the first official reissue of this rare album (original copies tend to go for LARGE amounts on the secondary market…that is if you’re lucky enough to come across one). This is also the FIRST time Stage Two is being released outside of the African continent. This North American vinyl version is limited to 500 copies on 180g Clear Vinyl and also comes with an obi strip.

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Lee McDonald

7" | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Selector Series)

LP | 1978 | US | Original (Casablanca)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. 40 year anniversary release of this in demand modern soul masterpiece. For their third vinyl outing, Selector Series dig into the Archives of New Jersey’s Debbie Records from 1981 to re-issue this storming boogie re interpretation of The Carpenters standard, which found itself a legion of fans in the UK thanks to Gary Dennis’s championing of it. In a pre Discogs era, this record attracted a £400 price tag amongst serious collectors back in the late eighties, with the original pressings still going for £500+ even now. The album has been re issued by several different labels over the ensuing years, but this double header is being made available for Record Store Day on a seven inch format for the first time officially, featuring the original album sleeve artwork.

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Paris Connection

Gladys Knight And The Pips

Release: 1978 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

US original.

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I Feel A Song

LP | 1974 | US | Original (Buddah)

Release: 1974 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Concord Jazz)

Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham

Sweet Baby Blues

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Gladys Knight And The Pips

Life

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Columbia)

Let Me Sing My Song To You

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Writing on labels.

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Larry Jon Wilson

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

And His Magnificent Movie Machine

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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He can break your heart with a voice like a cannonball.” - Kris Kristofferson. Larry Jon Wilson came to the party late. When he arrived in Nashville, country soul pioneer Tony Joe White had already made six albums. Townes Van Zandt had made seven, Mickey Newbury eight. Kristofferson, the accepted High Priest of the New Nashville, had made five. Larry Jon, by the time he arrived, had spent ten years in corporate America. He did not start playing guitar until the age of 30, but five years later he released his debut, New Beginnings (1975) and followed it just a year later with Let Me Sing My Song To You, both on Monument Records. A revelation among the hipsters and critics of Nashville, the LPs ensured Larry Jon was immediately embraced as part of the mid-70s “outlaw country movement” that eschewed slick production in favour of a raw, gritty approach.

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Van McCoy

LP | 1977 | US | Original (H & L)

Release: 1977 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow

Funkadelic

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Westbound)

21,99 €*

LP | 1970 | UK | Reissue (Kent)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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- "Eulogy and Light" sampled by Above the Law for "Black Triangle"

- "Free Your Mind" sampled by JCD and the Dawg lb for "Bon Appetit",
Kris Kross for "Freak da Funk" and
X-Clan for "Earth Bound" & "Shaft's Big Score"

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Preston Love

Omaha Bar-B-Q

23,99 €*

Release: 1970 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1977 | US | Original (ABC)

The Mighty Clouds Of Joy

Truth Is The Power

Release: 1977 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Miss Hot Stuff / Mr. Hot Stuff

Clarence Reid

7" | 1971 | UK | Reissue (Alston)

14,99 €*

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Columbia)

Release: 1971 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Catch this blistering funk rarity from 1971 - Do not sleep!

Clarence Reid should need no intro, but for the uninitiated he's one of the voices and creative forces behind numerous Miami funk and soul sides from the 1960s onwards. Known for his deep, soulful, rough and ready style and bugged out take on things (see Blowfly for example.... but be careful!) Reid recorded 100s of sides during his illustrious career. This particular record, originally released in 1971 on Henry Stones mighty Alston Records serves us up some red hot raucous funk. One side for the ladies, one side for the dudes! This one has long been a favourite of serious diggers and DJs hunting for breakbeats, and one spin of this 45 will tell you why, this one has it all.

Unmissable, rare as hen's teeth and now freshly restored and repressed for your 7" box! Clarence Reid's "Miss Hot Stuff / Mr. Hot Stuff", available again in repress form for the first time in over a decade. Fully licensed and agreed by Henry Stone Music / TK Disco and boasting some fresh new artwork for 2024.

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Earth, Wind & Fire

All 'N All

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Gag A Maggott Red Vinyl Edition

Swamp Dogg

LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Alive)

36,99 €*

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Firebirds Live At Berkeley Jazz Festival Volume 1

Prince Lawsha

LP | 1975 | US | Reissue (Birdseye)

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Just Called To Say I Love You

12" | 1984 | DE | Original (Motown)

Release: 1984 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Why Can't We Live Together

Illusion

12" | 1982 | DE | Original (Ariola)

4,95 €*

LP | 1985 | EU | Original (Mercury)

Release: 1982 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Only slight edgewear.

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René & Angela

Street Called Desire

Release: 1985 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

2LP | 1979 | US | Original (T-Neck)

The Isley Brothers

Winner Takes All

8,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Rhino)

George Benson

Breezin'

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Mercury)

Jerry Butler

The Best Of Jerry Butler

6,95 €*

LP | 1977 | US | Original (Columbia)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Cover has a cut corner. Writing on cover.

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Ramsey Lewis

Love Notes

7,99 €*

Release: 1977 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Underdog)

Janko Nilovic

Pop Impressions

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Gordy)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Remastered for the 2014 season!

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Undisputed Truth

Law Of The Land

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony

Love Is The Answer

LP | 1974 | CA | Original (Avco)

Sylvia Robinson / The Moments & The Whatnauts

Release: 1974 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

US original with promo sticker.

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Pillow Talk / Girls

12" | 1987 | CA | Original (Unidisc)

9,99 €*

Release: 1987 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

12" | 1984 | FR | Original (RCA)

Agents Aren't Aeroplanes

The Upstroke

Release: 1984 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Hold On I'm Coming / Set Me Free / Nobody Else

Karen Silver

12" | 1988 | CA | Original (Unidisc)

Release: 1988 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Merry Clayton / Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

Yes / (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

12" | 1987 | US | Original (RCA Victor)

12" | 1988 | DE | Original (Teldec)

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Label cover.

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La Toya Jackson

You're Gonna Get Rocked

12" | 1987 | UK | Original (Arista)

Release: 1988 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Sticker on cover.

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Helena Springs

Paper Money

Release: 1987 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

12" | 1982 | UK | Original (Virgin)

Sharon Brown

Love Don't Hurt People

Release: 1982 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

The Best Disco In Town (Original Remix 87)

The Ritchie Family

12" | 1987 | NL | Original (High Fashion Music)

Release: 1987 / NL – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

12" | 1987 | UK | Original (MCA)

Pointer Sisters

Be There

Release: 1987 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Roy Ayers

Ubiquity

29,99 €*

LP | 1985 | DE | Original (Casablanca)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ubiquity Review by Jason Ankeny. Roy Ayers' leap to the Polydor label inaugurates his music's evolution away from the more traditional jazz of his earlier Atlantic LPs toward the infectious, funk-inspired fusion that still divides critics and fans even decades after the fact. Although Ubiquity maintains one foot in Ayers' hard bop origins, the record favors soulful grooves and sun-kissed textures that flirt openly and unapologetically with commercial tastes. Several cuts feature the male/female vocals that would become a hallmark of subsequent Ubiquity efforts, while mid-tempo instrumentals like "Pretty Brown Skin" and "The Painted Desert" feature evocatively cinematic arrangements and intriguing solos that unfurl like psychedelic freak flags. The crack supporting cast including bassist John Williams, keyboardist Harry Whitaker, and drummer Alphonso Mouzon proves equally effective on high-energy numbers like "Can You Dig It" and the Nat Adderley-penned "Hummin' in the Sun" which point the way to the mind-expanding funk Ayers would perfect across the sessions to follow. An outstanding record.

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Cameo

Single Life

Release: 1985 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

2LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Backatcha)

Betty Lou Landreth

Betty Lou

Soul Impressions Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

2021 reissue.

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Janko Nilovic

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Underdog)

If You Want My Love / Stay And Dance

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following the recent reissues of Pop Impressions (UR000651) and Super America (UR000651), Underdog Records label follows-up to the series with another brilliant album by French underrated composer and producer, Janko Nilovic!

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Nina Dunn

7" | 1978 | EU | Reissue (La Freak)

13,99 €*

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the very first 7’’ of the label, La Freak reissued this very sought after disco gem recorded in Quebec by the one and only Nina Dunn. Inimitable voice (she was vocalist for legends like Zachary Richards), "Stay and Dance" is a clavinet, strings and horns arrangement masterclass, that won’t leave your 45's bag!

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Berro E Sombaro Record Store Day 2023 Numbered Vinyl Edition

7" | 1979 | US | Reissue (Diplomats Of Soul)

Yum Yum Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From Washington DC group Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, the latin belter "Berro e Sombaro" has been sampled and re-edited over the years, but not issued in it's original form on the single side of a 7". It was first released as the closing track on Chuck's "Bustin Loose" album from 1979 where the go-go- funk title track was centre stage. "Berro e Sombaro" came through on the 80s rare groove scene. The 'b' side is an exclusive 7" edit of the Gamble & Huff composed masterpiece "Never Gonna Give You Up", also from the same album, and never previously on 7" single.

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Fatback Band

LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Ace)

LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Westbound)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Formed by drummer Bill Curtis in 1970, the Fatback band started off as a funk band although when disco began to break in 1974, they added that four-to-the-floor wrinkle to their sound to serve up some classics. In 1975 Fatback released both their fifth and sixth albums - “Yum Yum” and “Raising Hell” - in the same year. Although singles had been released Stateside as early as 1971, it was not until 1975 that Fatback began to appear on singles here.

Their third UK 7” – ‘Yum Yum (Gimme Some)’ - got to number 40 in the UK charts in August. Later in November, ‘Are You Ready (Do The Bus Stop)’ got to number 18, which helped propel the “Raising Hell” LP into the top 20. This album also spawned the Top 10 hit ‘Spanish Hustle’ in early 1976. Both “Yum Yum” and “Raising Hell” have been out of print on vinyl for decades. These new editions allow funky Fatback fans to drop the needle and get back into the groove.

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Ohio Players

Ecstasy