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A scorcher from the golden age of gospel, via its cardinal label.
From 1960, during the family’s second decade with Savoy, featuring Gertrude Ward, Christine Jackson, Mildred Means and Vermettya Royster — and Clara, totally riveting and in-your-face with evangelistic fervour and raw soul.

Plus a rambunctious, floor-filling Wade In The Water, by Jessy Dixon and his Singers.

Handsomely sleeved (showing a contemporary but slightly different Wards lineup).

Original US pressing.

Torn spines. Original US pressing. Writing on cover.

Expertly utilised in hit series 'Breaking Bad' to soundtrack Walt and Jesse's meth manufacturing, The Peddlers 'On A Clear Day You Can See Forever' is a sumptuous smooth soul journey - full of exquisite organ solos and deep vocal tones.
2019 marks 50 years since it's release and with original copies pushing £40 it's a chance to bag this iconic record at a fraction of the price.
Remastered and reissued on 7 inch with large / dinked centre hole in Epic generic paper sleeve.

US original.
Sleeve has open seams.
LP has scratches.

Cut corner.

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

US original, Terre Haute pressing. Small scratch on "Been A Long Time"

US original, Hollywood pressing. Drill hole.

Cover close to VG+

1965 funky Instro-Soul album from Chicago that originally came out on Mercury. It deals with new interpretations of James Bond themes and own Bond inspired compositions. Feat. Studiomusic Clarence Perry (tenor), Richard McCrea (organ) and Ed Townsend (Piano).

Driving mid-paced R’n’B crossover with nice blues on the flip.

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines. Cover with seam split on top spine and shelf wear

180 gram vinyl!

- "Sex Machine" sampled by Beastie Boys for "Sex Machine"

- "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" sampled by Geto Boys for "Punk Bitch Game",
Ice Cube for "Horny Lil' Devil",
Ice T for "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey",
KAM for "Stereotype",
MOP for "G-Building" and
Schoolly D for "Don't Call Me Nigger"

- "Stand" sampled by 3XDope for "Believe Dat",
7A3 for "Coolin' in Cali",
A Tribe Called Quest for "Rap Promoter",
Kool Moe Dee for "Rise 'N' Shine",
Professor Griff for "Last Asiatic Disciples",
Public Enemy for "Who Stole the Soul?" and
Scarface for "The Diary"

- "You Can Make it if You Try" (Drums) sampled by 7A3 for "Coolin' in Cali",
Diamond D for "What You Seek",
DJ Quik for "Niggaz Still Trippin'",
DJ Shadow for "Basic Mega-Mix",
Ice Cube for "The Product", "True to the Game" & "Wicked",
Ice T for "New Jack Hustler",
Insane Poetry for "Grim Reality",
Jungle Brothers for "Because I Got it Like That",
King Sun for "Be Black" & "Stunts",
King T for "Take You Home",
Lifer's Group for "Jack U. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)",
Mad Flava for "Wax on tha Belt (Baby G Gets Biz)",
Mobb Deep for "Hit it from the Back",
Powerule for "Gots to Get This",
Public Enemy for "Night of the Living Baseheads",
Queen Latifah for "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children",
Rumpletilskinz for "I-N-I",
Schoolly D for "Mr. Big Dick" & "This is It (Ain't Gonna Rain)",
Stetsasonic for "Talkin' All That Jazz",
Tupac for "Troublesome",
Two Kings in a Cipher for "Movin' on 'Em",
X-Clan for "Xodus" and
Yo-Yo for "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo"

- "I Want to Take You Higher" sampled by De La Soul for "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" & "Ladies Nite Decision",
DOC for "Mind Blowin'",
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five for "Magic Carpet Ride" and
Schoolly D for "Dis Groove is Bad"

- "Sing a Simple Song" (Drums) sampled amongst others by A Tribe Called Quest for "Jazz (We've Got)",
Ahmad for "Can I Party?",
Akinyele for "Bags Packed",
Alkaholiks for "Make Room",
Arrested Development for "Mr. Wendal",
Big Punisher for "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)",
Boss for "Drive By",
Chubb Rock for "Lost in the Storm",
Compton's Most Wanted for "I Don't Dance",
Craig Mack for "That Y'all",
Cypress Hill for "Latin Lingo",
Da King & I for "Krak Da Weazel",
Da Lench Mob for "Buck tha Devil",
Das EFX for "Hard Like a Criminal" & "Mic Checka",
De La Soul for "Eye Know",
Del for "Worldwide",
Diamond D for "Check 1, 2",
Digital Underground for "Return of the Crazy One" & "The Humpty Dance",
Domino for "Getto Jam", "Long Beach Thing" & "Sweet Potato Pie",
Dr. Dre for "Deep Cover",
E-40 for "Hide n Seek" & "Nuttin' A-s Nigga",
Eazy-E for "Eazy-Duz-It" & "It's On",
Ed OG for "Skinny Dip",
Erick Sermon for "Stay Real",
Fu-Schnickens for "Props" & "Sneekin' up on Ya",
Gorillaz for "192000",
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five for "Kid Named Flash",
Group Home for "Supa Star",
Heather B for "All Glocks Down",
Ice Cube for "Gangsta's Fairy Tale 2",
"Jackin' for Beats", "Really Doe" & "Who's the Mack?",
Ice T for "Ricochet",
Insane Poetry for "How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho",
Jungle Brothers for "For the Heads at Company B", "J. Beez Comin' Through" & "Simple As That",
KAM for "Ain't That a Bitch", "Holiday Madness", "Pull Your Hoe Card" & "Stereotype",
Kris Kross for "Can't Stop the Bumrush",
KRS-One for "Sound of da Police",
LL Cool J for "How I'm Comin'" & "Mama Said Knock You Out",
Lords of the Underground for "Here Comes the Lords",
MadKap for "Check it Out",
Mary J. Blige for "Love is All We Need",
Me Phi Me for "Put Sho' Hands Together",
Mellow Man Ace for "Me La Pelas",
Naughty by Nature for "Ready for Dem",
ODB for "Hippa to da Hoppa",
Papa Chuk for "Trunk of Funk",
Paris for "Check it out ch'all",
Pete Rock & CL Smooth for "Anger in the Nation" & "For Pete's Sake",
Pharcyde for "I'm That Type of Nigga",
Public Enemy for "Brothers Gonna Work it Out", "Can't Truss It", "Get the Fuck out of Dodge", "Livin' in a Zoo" & "Party for Your Right to Fight",
Redman for "Blow Your Mind", "So Ruff" & "Time 4 Sum Aksion",
Rumpletilskinz for "Sweet Therapy" & "Theramixx",
Run-DMC for "In the House",
Salt-N-Pepa for "Somma Time Man",
Scarface for "Your Ass Got Took",
Schoolly D for "Dis Groove is Bad",
Showbiz & A.G. for "Represent",
Sir Mix-A-Lot for "The Jack Back",
Soul II Soul for "Nuff Love",
Stereo MCs for "The Other Side",
Stetsasonic for "It's in My Song",
Stezo for "Gets into His Move",
Terminator X for "Back to the Scene of the Crime",
TLC for "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "Hat 2 Da Back" & "What about Your Friends?",
Tupac for "Peep Game", "Souljah's Revenge", "Temptations" & "Young Niggaz",
UTFO for "Rough and Rugged",
WC & the Maad Circle for "Behind Closed Doors",
West Street Mob for "Sing A Simple Song",
Wu-Tang Clan for "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)",
X-Clan for "Funk Liberation" and
Yo-Yo for "Mackstress"

11 tracks ... sampled by Guru, Ghostface, Geto Boys ... 180 gram vinyl

Seam split and storage wear. Vinyl is Close to VG. 1965 reissue.

The album Rock 'n Soul was originally released in 1964 by Grammy Award winning Solomon Burke (†2010). 7 tracks ended up in Top 100 Billboard Hits at the time. "If You Need Me" went as high as #2 in the Black Singles Chart. This extraordinary album is not only soulful but a confirmation that Burke is a genius when it comes to writing music and making it happen in a studio!

This is an excellent 1964 soul-jazz album, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder.

Breezy Sunshine-Pop / Soft-Rock / Psych-Pop from California, 1970, featuring Peter Clark a.k.a Chet DeMilo.

Crystal clear recording, awesome vocal harmonies, superb musicianship, bossa & blue-eyed-soul-jazz touches,folk-rock moves…

In 1969 Chet Demilo was appearing at Donkin's Inn, Marina Del Rey, where he met Arnie Marcus and Ray Hames, who together were to become part of an incredible slice of history. Donkin's became the hottest and most famous destination in Southern California for the next seven years, and Chet was the magnet that started the new singles scene in Los Angeles with Marina Del Rey as ground zero.

Arnie sat in on bongos with Chet from time to time, and Ray, who was managing an apartment complex that housed 200 flight attendants, just happened to have a unit available!! Chet moved in, and he and Ray started working on songs together. Chet suggested forming a vocal group with Arnie and SST was born. For three months they practiced the intricate vocal harmonies and in early 1970 cut the album, "Soft Soul Transition". A thousand records were pressed, and an album release party was held at Donkins where SST gave their one and only performance that night!

There was interest in the project at Burt Bacharach's Blue Seas Music, but it was not to be and SST faded away...until more than 20 years later when the SST album was discovered by a new generation of DJs and collectors looking for cool and groovy sounds from the 60s-70s.

Original US pressing.

Pink/Brown ATCO-labels.
Cover has edge wear, writing and a water stain on back. The record has a lot of scuffs and plays with pretty quiet surface noise (depending on the songs' volumes it's more or less (in-)audible)

Womack returned to American in 1969 to cut My Prescription, also produced by Moman, at a time that the venue was becoming exceptionally hot with visits from the likes of Elvis, Dusty Springfield, Neil Diamond and others. Womack's sophomore album may however well be one of the most demonstrative showcases of studio and session crew, incandescent on a finely-honed program of classy and soulful performances, with the singer in full control. Tracks like 'How I Miss You Baby,' 'Arkansas State Prison' and 'I Can't Take It Like A Man' stand as some of Womack's greatest moments, and taken as a whole, My Prescription stands not only the man's first truly great solo album, but also a timeless slice of sophisticated southern soul-making.

US original.
Sleeve has heavy edge wear,

Originally released in 1969, “Fischiando in beat” presents twelve gems of instrumental beat music,
fabulous specimen of that music genre often labelled with the much-abused term ‘lounge’ – or ‘easy
listening’, if you prefer. Forget about the experimental “Synthi Time”: here you can only breathe an
incredible desire for fun and dream of the late 60s, Rome and its exclusive cocktail party.

Copy is close to VG+!

Writing on cover.

Sly & the Family Stone came into their own with their second album, Dance to the Music, released in 1968. It contains the Top Ten hit single of the same name. "Dance to the Music" peaked at #8 in The Billboard Hot 100, and reached 9th place in the R&B Singles of 1968. The song propelled Sly & The Family Stone into the stratosphere. This seminal album helped lay the groundwork for the development of Funk music.

180g vinyl.

Tear in spine. Writing on cover.

Slightly damaged seams.

Terre Haute pressing.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Small light scuff on side 1

'Tell Mama' is the eighth studio album by American singer Etta James. The album was originally released in 1968 on Cadet Records and was produced by Rick Hall.