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Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Drag City)

Nuno Canavarro

Plux Quba

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1970 | JP | Original (Arista Novus)

Larry Coryell

Standing Ovation - Solo

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 1970 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

With OBI. close to NM

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Bill Withers

Greatest Hits

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1970 | US | Original (A&M)

Quincy Jones

Gula Matari

LP | 1975 | US | Original (CTI)

Release: 1970 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

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Bob James

Two

Release: 1975 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Gordy)

The Temptations

Psychedelic Shack

Merry Christmas To You Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

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Joseph Washington Jr.

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

All About Money Remastered

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Washington Jr.’s 1983 holiday LP puts a soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frosty Christmas cuts. In that season of music’s traditional descent into threadbare schmaltz, Merry Christmas to You restores joy and wonder to a blizzard of bland. Under this tree, find undiscovered classics for our cynical age: the buoyant “Jesus’ Birthday,” the hot and bothered soul of “Merry Christmas,” the ridiculously catchy wallet-opener “Shopping.” The world of records produces just a precious few yuletide keepers: Spector’s A Christmas Gift for You; Fahey’s The New Possibility; Guaraldi’s indelible Charlie Brown Christmas. Down another nog and file Joseph Washington Jr. comfortably next to those.

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Spontaneous Overthrow

LP | 1984 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Epic)

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Synth chutes, synth ladders, popcorn 808 beats, dirge-y chants and busted sub-woofer hums from inner-galactic soul pioneers Nathaniel Woolridge and Anthony Freeman intertwine to create this hypnotic, mythical 1984 LP from Newark, New Jersey. The most damaged party record ever set to black, or the most partied cry of the heart ever howled into personal space. Probably both.

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The O'Jays

Ship Ahoy

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Matsuli)

Pacific Express

Black Fire

LP | 1982 | US | Original (Capitol)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Militant jazz, fusion, funk and soul from mid-seventies Manenberg, outside Cape Town, with a set of roots in club dance traditions like ballroom ('langarm'), Khoisan hop-step and the whirling 'tickey draai' ('spin on a sixpence') of the mine camps; others in jazz-rock and the New Thing, from Santana and Chicago to Shepp and Coltrane.

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O'Bryan

Doin' Alright

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Hot Casa)

Release: 1982 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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Sue Barker

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Legacy)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fantastic and rare Soul-Jazz album recorded in Adelaide (Australia) in 1976. Originally pressed and released on Crest records and fully licensed by the Hot Casa team to reissue it on a deluxe 180g vinyl.
Sue Barker is a Jazz singer from the 70s – and one who isn't afraid of picking up a bit of Soul. Most of the album features covers from Duke Ellington to Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield or even James Brown!
Actually this is more than just a vocal album, there’s a lot of space for instrumental solo from her top Adelaide musicians team. She gets hip small combo of seven musicians backing that match all the right inflections in her vocals – jazzy when needed, more southern Soul at other points – often with more of a 60s acoustic mode than the sorts of more-electric and groovy instrumentation others singers of the time were using. Arrangements are by Grahame Conlon, the guitarist in the group.
A classic Soul-Jazz album finally available to everybody…

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Earth, Wind & Fire

Gratitude

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1976 | US | Original (Motown)

Diana Ross

LP | 1980 | JP | Reissue (Atlantic)

Release: 1976 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

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Johnnie Taylor

Wanted One Soul Singer

Release: 1980 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1973 | JP | Original (CTI)

Eumir Deodato

Deodato 2

LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (RCA)

Release: 1973 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

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Elvis Presley

From Elvis In Memphis

Malik Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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Lafayette Afro Rock Band

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

Soul Makossa Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut proudly presents the first official remastered reissue of Lafayette Afro Rock Bands exlusive funk/Afro original album, Malik, originally released in 1974. This remastered reissue, the first of its kind, meticulously crafted by The Carvery from the original tapes, showcases the album in its entirety and includes the full original artwork.

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Lafayette Afro Rock Band

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Farfalla)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut proudly presents the first official remastered reissue of the funk/Afro classic, Lafayette Afro Rock Bands "Soul Makossa" from 1973. This remastered reissue, the first of its kind, meticulously crafted by The Carvery from the original tapes, showcases the album in its entirety and includes the full original artwork.

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The Rainbow Orchestra

Wonderland Of Sound

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Warner Bros.)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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To mark its 50th anniversary, Farfalla Records is proud to announce the reissue of the highly sought after German library gem "Wonderland of Sound". Originally released in 1974, the album was produced by Brillant-Musik's founder Werner Tautz and recorded in Zurich. Wonderland of Sound is the epitome of the classic 70s library sound. A jazzy bliss orchestrated by the hottest European session players making up the Big Band "Rainbow-Orchestra". A Splendidly funky and stunning set of compositions and arrangements with ultra-stylish horn section.

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Rickie Lee Jones

Pirates

LP | 1975 | JP | Original (Monument)

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

no Obi, with insert and OIS.

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Maxine Weldon

Alone On My Own

LP | 1972 | IT | Reissue (Sonor Music Editions)

Release: 1975 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

With insert. Close to NM. OBI is missing.

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Sandro Brugnolini

Utopia

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Vampisoul)

Release: 1972 / IT – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Still in shrink but opened. tiny wear. Vinyl is close to NM. 2021 reissue.

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Ghetto Brothers

Power-Fuerza

Skip Mahoaney & The Casuals

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Ghetto Brothers' "Power-Fuerza" (1972), one of the best Latin funk albums ever recorded_ Produced by boogaloo don Bobby Marin, this masterpiece is a sonic testament to the Ghetto Brothers' fusion of resilience, cultural richness, and musical innovation. Each track is a vibrant tapestry, weaving together the raw energy of the South Bronx streets and the soulful melodies born from the trio's Puerto Rican heritage. Out of print for quite some time now, we are so happy to make this obscure Latin funk gem available again! The Ghetto Brothers embraced music, crafting a potent, NYC-flavored musical fusion that caught the attention of record mogul Ismael Maisonave (Salsa Records). Their collaboration resulted in the recording of eight tracks in a single electrifying day at Manhattan's Fine Tone Studios, skillfully produced by Latin studio maestro Bobby Marin (Harvey Averne, La Lupe, Brooklyn Sounds_). This musical odyssey showcases the band's ability to seamlessly blend genres, creating a NYC-flavored stew that captivates listeners with its authenticity. The hypnotic rhythms, infectious guitar riffs, and impassioned vocals reflect the Ghetto Brothers' commitment to expressing their unique experiences and uplifting their community through the universal language of music.

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Your Funny Moods Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Thanatos Of Funk Red Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As the empowerment of the '60s gave way to the societal bankruptcy of the '70s, a turned-on black music emerged to soundtrack the agony of america at a crossroads. Tracked at DB Sound in silver spring, maryland by producer R. Jose Williams, your funny moods is built around the rhythms and keys of drumming wiz James Purdie. Remastered here from the original analog tapes, this 50th anniversary edition is peak group harmony soul from the chocolate city.

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Minoru Fushimi

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (180g)

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Sabura)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Killer and cult shamisen electro funk from 1985 Japan!

Minoru "Hoodoo" Fushimi's impossible to find first album finally reissued for the first time ever.

Sound restoration, mastering and lacquer cut by Timmion Cutting Lab.

180g heavy vinyl pressing, reverse board print.

Comes with a 4 pages insert including the original hand-written insert/comic by Minoru Fushimi, with English translations.

Description:

Minoru “Hoodoo” Fushimi’s most wanted and impossible to find first album Thanatos Of Funk is finally reissued for the first time ever, in collaboration with Fushimi himself. Thanatos Of Funk is a milestone in Japan's underground music and electro funk/early hip hop history. Entirely self-produced, designed and distributed in 1985 by Fushimi, a high-school teacher by day and music experimenter by night, Thanatos Of Funk is a love-letter to counter-culture, DIY, drum machines and synthesizers blent with some killer shamisen and guitar playing. This is truly unique music. The LP, re-mastered and cut at the Timmion Cutting Lab, comes with the original hand-written comic by Fushimi, with English translations. Essential!

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José Casimiro

Sabura DJâ Nfrontam

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LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (The Carolean)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Sabura Djâ Nfrontam" by one of the biggest names in the triumph of the electrification of Funaná, the great José Casimiro. The album was recorded in 1981, celebrates music made in Portuguese-speaking Africa, finally reissued for the first time.

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George McCrae

Rock Your Baby

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Four Flies)

Giuliano Sorgini

Scappo Per Cantare

LP | 1976 | JP | Original (Trio)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Straight from the original master tapes and remastered on Limited Edition Vinyl LP for the First Time Ever 'ScappoPerCantare' by Giuliano Sorgini is one of the finest titles in his vast production. New cover artwork designed by Eric Adrien Lee.

Another dream coming true! One of Giuliano Sorgini’s finest and most sought-after titles is finally available as an official LP reissue – the first ever – remastered from the original tapes.
Originally released in 1971 on the small library music imprint FAMA, which operated as a sub-label of RCA Italy, the record contains the original music written for Scappo per cantare, a small, pseudo-psychedelic ‘musicarello’ (musical comedy film) broadcast on RAI television and starring, among others, Italian singers Gianni Morandi and Mauro Lusini.
The only credited album artist is Sorgini, but it’s impossible not to perceive, in this record, the hand of his close friend and colleague Alessandro Alessandroni.
This should not come as a surprise. In the early 70s, the two composers and multi-instrumentalists had a fruitful collaboration that saw them, under the monikers Braen (Alessandroni) and Raskovich (Sorgini), produce an abundance of works together, most of which have now gained the recognition they deserve. These include, among others, two 7” singles from their band The Pawnshop, three records in the series Alle sorgenti delle civiltà (Folkmusic), the crime/noir library albums Quarta pagina (Usignolo) and Inchiesta giudiziaria (Octopus Records), as well as the LP Tempo Libero (Panda Records), which was released shortly after the record presented here and in some ways drew rhythmic inspiration from it.
While their collaboration remained unacknowledged on the original release of Scappo per cantare (this was not uncommon at the time, especially in the field of library music), the record sounds perfectly in line with other works composed by Alessandroni in the early 70s, such as Complesso Gisteri’s Mostra Collettiva (co-written with Oronzo De Filippi), or even a landmark album like Spontaneous, where Sorgini contributed to a handful of tracks.
So, yes, the sheer beauty of Scappo per cantare is the result of an incredible synergy between two heavyweights of Italian library music! Airy and sweeping melodies à la Zoo Folle, psychedelia à la Under Pompelmo, and various percussion instruments played by Sorgini seamlessly blend and fuse with elements and touches provided by Alessandroni.
More specifically, we find Alessandroni’s signature, melancholy whistle in “Desolazione”; the peaceful and dreamy sound of his 12-string guitar in “Scogliere” and “Con Amore”; the trademark harmonies of his vocal ensemble Cantori Moderni in the last two tracks mentioned and in “Per cantare”; and his ingenious use of distortion on his Fender Stratocaster in the suspenseful transitions “Concentrazione” and “Fantocci”, as well as in the frantic/hypnotic hippie numbers “Mordente” and “Fendente” (as a side note, it is worth remembering that Alessandroni experimented extensively with distortion in the rock-infused album Underground, co-written with De Filippi and released in 1971 under the moniker Braen’s Machine, probably a reference to British psychedelic band Soft Machine).
The creative relationship between Sorgini and Alessandroni was so symbiotic that it would be useless to try to identify in more detail their respective contributions to the sound of Scappo per cantare. The alchemy between these two musical geniuses is the key to the album’s exquisitely Italian mixture of cheerful lounge, sweet psychedelia and smooth easy listening.
To do justice to the quality of the music, this remastered reissue is enriched by a new artwork by Eric Adrian Lee, who drew inspiration from the psychedelic visual culture of the period in which the album was written and recorded.

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Kalapana

Kalapana II

When Do We Get Paid Golden Sleeve Edition

Release: 1976 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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The Staples Jr. Singers

LP | 1975 | US | Reissue (Luaka Bop)

Active Force Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When Do We Get Paid is now available for the first time since its original release (nearly 50 years ago) with its original gold cover.The Staples Jr. Singers were part of a vanguard of soul gospel artists in the 1970s that broke from tradition to testify with the groove. They found their inspiration in the secular music they heard on the radio, and wrote songs that were nothing but stone cold soul.

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Active Force

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram audiophile vinyl
Soul, boogie, funk album produced by Michael Stokes
Includes the big club hit "Give Me Your Love"
Reissue for the first time since 1983, celebrating its 40th anniversary

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Remigio Ducros

Tempo Di Naja

26,09 €* 28,99 € -10%

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Lovers)

Stevie Wonder

Innervisions

26,09 €* 28,99 € -10%

Pop Music Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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... 180g remastered reissue

- "All in Love is Fair" sampled by Jedi Mind Tricks for "War Ensemble"

- "Too High" sampled by Alkaholiks for "All Night"

- "Living for the City" sampled by Public Enemy for "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos",
Sylvester for "Living for the City" and
Wu-Tang Clan for "The City"

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Structure

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Sommor)

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cool library-styled French album from 1970. Psychedelic, proggy jazz-funk with Brazilian/Bossa touches! Groovy flute by Bernard Wystraëte plus heavy bass, drums (by André Ceccarelli), violin, occasional fuzz-wah guitar and Urszula Dudziak-like scat vocals. In 1970, the AFA label asked flautist Bernard Wystraëte to register a “pop” album after the worldwide impact of progressive bands like Aphrodite’s Child and Jethro Tull. Bernard recruited some of his friends who were professional musicians and Structure was born. He wrote a collection of songs influenced by progressive rock, jazz and Brazilian music. The “Pop Music” album was recorded live in the studio to give a “live show” feel. It was released later that year housed in a superb psychedelic sleeve. The band even toured across France and several countries at the same time that Bernard and other Structure members started backing famous French singer Marie Laforêt live. After the good reception given to the album, another label asked Bernard to record a Structure 45. “Dilatation” / “Scale” was released under a new line-up. Both tracks of this 45 are included as bonus tracks on the Digital Download version and the CD.

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Dakila

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Dakila (a Filipino word meaning Greatness) emerged from the melting pot of musical fusions that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area of the late 60s. They often could be seen playing at Bill Graham's Fillmore West, SF Winterland and all the major clubs in the SF Bay Area and festivals.

Singing in Tagalog, Spanish and English, Dakila was the first Filipino-American band signed to a major label. Their sole album from 1972 combined their Filipino heritage with Latin Rock, psychedelia / acid-rock and afro-funk. The result was an explosive, hot jamming sound full of congas/percussion, Hammond, dual fuzz guitar, fuzz-bass…

This, the first ever official reissue, features corrected pitch (the original was speeded up by the producers against the band’s will) and a 4-page color insert with detailed liner notes.

*50th Anniversary Reissue

*One of the hidden gems from the original Latin-Rock movement

Riyl: Santana, El Chicano, Barrabás, Chango, Malo, Mandrill…

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War

The World Is A Ghetto

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soul Impressions Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Janko Nilovic

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Underdog)

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Petit Cherie)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 300 copies.

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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Marlon Hunter

It's Summer

Courtial With Errol Knowles

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rare soul/funk album out of Oakland, CA. Featuring Marlon Hunter along with the Group The Standards Of Living. Six songs full of jazz/funk groove and Modern Soul atmospheres. First time released in 1980 as a private press this rare pearl represents a must have for diggers, djs and collectors

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Don't You Think It's Time

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Akuma Ga Kitarite Fue Wo Fuku

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First time worldwide reissue on 180 gram vinyl with original 6 pages insert book with lyrics. Cult LP including rare groove classics like “Losing You”, “Don’t You Think It’s Time” or “Love Nevermore” Released in 1976 on Pipeline, a small label from Woodside, California.

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Hozan Yamamoto & Yu Imai

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

LP | 1975 | US | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We've got a bit of an obsession with Hozan Yamamoto here at Mr Bongo! A legend of Japanese jazz, he is rightly regarded as a true master and was recognised as a "living national treasure" by the Japanese government in 2002. Over five decades he pushed the genre into new directions, absorbing fusion, funk, spiritual jazz and many other sounds, resulting in a discography studded with gems of rare beauty. Exploring his back catalogue has taken us on an engrossing journey that now sees us reissuing another work from this ground-breaking musician.

Though not translating perfectly into English 'Akuma Ga Kitarite Fue Wo Fuku', (kitarite has not been a modern expression in Japanese) roughly means 'The Devil Comes Playing The Flute' / 'The Devil Is Coming While Blowing The Whistle' or 'Devils Flute’. It is the original soundtrack to Kôsei Saitô’s 1979 mystery and suspense movie, ‘Devil’s Flute’. The film is based on a story by the famous author, Seishi Yokomizo, and is centred around a much-loved fictional Japanese detective, Kosuke Kindaichi. A Japanese Sherlock Holmes that has been popular for generations.

Hozan Yamamoto was invited to compose the soundtrack directly by the producer of the film, Haruki Kadokawa. Mr Kadokawa also hired keyboard player and producer Yu Imai as assistant producer on the project, resulting in a stunning cosmic, breaks and beats-laden, funk, disco soundtrack extravaganza.

When it comes to the soundtrack and the technology of the time, Hozan Yamamoto and Yu Imai got inventive, tripped out, funked up, and experimented, creating a quirky soundtrack masterpiece that needed to be heard more outside of Japan. Differing from the more traditional Japanese music orientation of some of his other albums such as 'Beautiful Bamboo-Flute' (also released on Mr Bongo) the album showcases a number of genres, from lush atmospheric incidental music to disco and funk grooves, experimental nuggets, drum and flute workouts, to neo-classical and more.

A special record that showcases the further depths of this wonderful musician's talents.

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Total Eclipse

A Great Combination

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1971 | US | Reissue (Curtom)

Curtis Mayfield

Roots

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Jackie Wilson

Nobody But You

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Brown Sugar

Featuring Clydie King

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hugo In Wonder-Land Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Hugo Montenegro

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.
Limitation: 1200 copies.

"You have taken what I write, play, and sing about to an even higher level of expression. "
-Stevie Wonder

Hugo Montenegro was a prolific composer and orchestra leader, best known for crafting dynamic film and television soundtracks throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to original compositions, the New York native also recorded many unique interpretations of contemporary work by other artists. In 1974, Montenegro released Hugo In Wonder-Land, his take on the catalog of music icon Stevie Wonder. The album is entirely instrumental, offering a brand new perspective on Wonder’s acclaimed originals. Montenegro’s lush arrangements and Moog-heavy electronic elements make for a genre-bending classic that Stevie Wonder himself has championed. After years out of print, Hugo In Wonder-Land is now back on limited-edition vinyl.

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Harrison Kennedy

Hypnotic Music

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Laura Lee

Two Sides Of Laura Lee

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

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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8th Day

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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1970s Detroit American funk-soul group signed to Invictus, part of the legendary HDH label group (Holland- Dozier- Holland), who helped define the iconic Motown sound. Reissued with original artwork, printed inner sleeve and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl

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Satisfaction Unlimited

Think Of The Children

2LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (BBE)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally released in 1972 this is a rare LP originally released on Invictus, Hotwax label. This release is so obscure there is little information about them online. This is a vocal, soul classic that features the masterful title track ‘Come On Back’ and the monster club cut ‘Lets Change The Subject’ Line-up includes Lorenzo Hines (lead tenor), James Isom (second tenor), Earl Jones (baritone), and Fletcher Lee (bass). Reissued on 180gm heavyweight classic black vinyl.

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Ralph Thomas

Eastern Standard Time

Voyage: A Journey Into Discoid Funk

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following hard on the heels of BBE delving into the archives of
Detroit’s Strata Records and delivering their widely acclaimed
and hugely in-demand exploration of J-Jazz, comes another
crate digger’s delight- Ralph Thomas’ ‘Eastern Standard Time’,
which dropped the USA back in in 1980, on the obscure Zebra
Jazz imprint.
This is the is the kind of “spiritual’ jazz gem that appears on You
Tube and upon checking it out on Discogs reveals a price well in
excess of £150.00. To have it widely available in its original
vinyl format, as well as digitally and on CD, is a real treat. So,
who is Ralph Thomas?
The self-produced ‘Eastern Standard Time’ features Thomas on
baritone, alto and tenor saxophones as well as flute and
percussion. He describes himself as a practicing ethnomusicologist
who’s musical vision evolved during the Sixties and
it’s Thomas’ multifaceted, global approach that gives the music
on Eastern Standard Time’ an engaging and distinct flavour.
"My music has always been open to different cultures and
sounds Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Mexican, Peruvian, American,
Hebrew, Turkish, African, Indian and Japanese,” declares the
Chicago born musician. While attending the Chicago
conservatory of music in 1969 he became a member of the
Chicago A.A.C.M, studying with master musicians Phil Cohran
and Richard Muhal Abrams. He also recorded with well-known
blues legends, Howlin' Wolf and Mighty Joe Young for the Cadet
imprint of Chess records.
In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and was employed as a
session player with both 20th Century Fox and Motown – where
he recorded with Marvin Gaye, Jermaine Jackson, Smokey
Robinson and Rick James. In the early Eighties he was working
for Quincy Jones Productions appearing on the soundtrack of
Roots and The Color Purple but a passion for reggae music led
him to Jamaica where he recorded with producer Jack Ruby and
artists like Augustus Pablo and Gregory Isaacs.
In ’86 he moved to NYC where he collaborated with Boogaloo
legend Johnny Colon and played with like-minded musical
explorers Sun Ra, Don Cherry and Olatunji. However, by 1993
his restless spirit carried him to Paris where studied
Ethnomusicology and performed with trumpeter Mra Oma and
film-maker Ranaivo-Rajaona Hery. There were also gigs with
percussionist Trilok Gurtu as well as drummer Sunny Murray
and saxophone legend Archie Shepp. Upon moving to the
South of France Thomas ran an art gallery and initiated his
MusArt project – which has since toured in the US, Canada and
Japan
After a productive stint in Chiang Mai, Thailand – where he
immersed himself in Issan culture – Ralph Thomas recently relocated
back to the US to live and work.

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Brian Bennett

LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Isle Of Jura)

Sons And Daughters Of Lite

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Isle Of Jura's first LP reissue, the highly sought after 'Voyage'. A Journey Into Discoid Funk by Brian Bennett originally released in 1978. A cosmic disco classic completely re-mastered from the original master tapes by Matt Colton. 180g vinyl. Bootlegged badly in the past, re-issued with love now, the sound quality s top notch! TIP.

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Let The Sun Shine In Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Luv N Haight)

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Underdog)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back in by popular demand!

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Janko Nilovic

Pop Impressions

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Mirumir)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Remastered for the 2014 season!

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Edward Artemiev

OST Solaris

LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Guerssen)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Originally only officially available on a ultra-rare Japanese pressing, Mirurmir is incredibly pleased to announce the first issue of the groundbreaking and mindblowing soundtrack to Tarkovsky’s masterpiece, Solaris, in 20+ years. Composed by the electronic music pioneer, Edward Artemiev, Solaris was the first project in what proved to be a fruitful collaboration between director and composer. An absolutely essential piece of electronic music and Russian cinema history, lovingly reissued in a gorgeous package including rarely seen photos and a cover pulled from the Italian poster for the film, 180 gram vinyl.

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Baris Manco

2023 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Nodlew)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From 1975, this is Baris Manço’s masterpiece. Stunning cosmic, psychedelic, groovy conceptual album with fantastic electronics use and a strong Turkish folk flavour as usual. Legit deluxe release.

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Weldon Irvine

Liberated brother

The Devil Is Loose Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Asha Puthli

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide! We can’t think of many artists that have had as diverse a career and who have been involved in as many different genres of music as Asha Puthli. A musical pioneer who forged a path through 60's psych, free-jazz, pop, rock, disco, and more. Asha's 1976 album 'The Devil Is Loose' is maybe her most well-known record. Featuring the beautiful disco-funk-classic 'Space Talk’, Asha's ethereal soaring vocals take us on a journey that almost mirrors Asha's eclectic career. The track was championed by a wide-range of musical scenes and movements, and over space and time it has been commandeered as their own. You would hear it played by David Mancuso at the now ‘mythical’ underground New York party 'The Loft’, in the most discerning disco nightclubs across the globe, in the Rare Groove scene, and also being sampled by hip-hop heavyweights such as The Notorious B.I.G / P Diddy, and The Pharcyde. The appeal and lifespan of ’Space Talk’ keeps on extending and morphing as new audiences gleefully discover it for the first time - it still sounds as relevant and fresh on the dancefloor today - a sign of a true classic. Here at Mr Bongo we are thrilled to be releasing records by such an iconic musical maverick as Asha, from her roots in India to becoming a globe-trotting artist with a celebrated career in music and acting, whilst always staying true to her art. She has blazed a trail so that others could follow. Whether you are buying this album as a replacement for your worn-out original copy or it's the first time you've heard of Asha Puthli and you're just intrigued and drawn in by the cover, we hope you enjoy this quintessential slice of Asha's world.

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Reuben Wilson

Blue Mode

Thin Line Between Love And Hate

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2019 reissue.

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The Persuaders

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

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Holy Grail)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by Kid Frost, Heavy D & Arrested Development

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Truth & Devotion

Heaven At Last

25,64 €* 26,99 € -5%

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Sugar II Black Vinyl Edition

Black Sugar

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Discos Monterey)

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Arabusta)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Released in 1974 with a "quadraphonic" sound. Brilliant songs by a cohesive band that knew how to materialize a memorable and original fusion project at an international level.

If Latin funk exists, it's thanks to pioneering bands like Black Sugar, a Peruvian group created in the early seventies that recorded two fundamental albums for the Afro-American and Latin genre. A pair of albums that are now re-released by the Valencian label Discos Monterey with the usual sound and visual quality to which we are accustomed. The roots of this band come from the Far-Fen (syllables for Farfisa and Fender), formed in the late sixties by guitarist Víctor "Coco" Salazar and Miguel "Chino" Figueroa on keyboards. One night they were spontaneously joined by the sensational voice of Carlos "Pacho" Mejía. In the seventies, in the Peruvian capital there was a shortage of "white" sugar and the darker cane sugar was consumed. Hence the group's name. Peru was in the midst of a dictatorship and the military were against music that did not come from Peruvian folklore.

Rock and roll with foreign roots languished due to the imposition of the established power, and Black Sugar emerged, whose main skill was to mix, with enormous passion and fascinating ability, Latin sounds and the funk that came from the United States.

The result is two memorable albums, with a large part of their own songs and most of them composed by Pacho. The first, with an eponymous title, was released in 1971 by Sono Radio, whose musical director Jaime Delgado Aparicio was in charge of the fiery arrangements with generous brass and energetic percussion. Released with the credits in English, they managed to break into the Top Ten of the Miami charts with the song "Too Late". They even received an offer to record their next album in the United States, but decided to stay in their country. That second album was released in 1974 with a "quadraphonic" sound, taking advantage of the label's magnificent studios. From the mid-seventies onwards the desertions began and it would not be until 2010 that the project would be recovered with some historical and younger musicians.

To listen to Black Sugar is to go back to the Peruvian night of the seventies with fiery music, full of sensuality and rhythm. Brilliant songs by a cohesive band that knew how to materialize a memorable fusion project, very original and at an international level. Two unique albums reissued by Monterey that will delight all lovers of Afro-Latin sounds and good music in general. Alex Magic Pop

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Pluto Shervington

Rhythm Of The City

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* First ever official reissue * LP includes insert featuring lyrics and liner notes with artist bio and album story * Pressed on black vinyl

Rhythm Of The City

The time was 1988, and urban life in Miami was at its apex. After having moved from Jamaica to The Magic City in the summer of 1977, Pluto saw the future. Rhythm Of The City fully expresses this forward thrust, where technology, nightlife, love and urban vibes mingle in an exciting vision of a past future. Recorded at Earthman Studio in Miami, and produced by Geoffrey Chung, the album overthrows the normal rules of reggae, mixing it together with funk, soul and disco, and giving birth to what Pluto himself describes as urban reggae folklore.

Pluto Shervington

Leighton “Pluto” Shervington was born in Kingston, Jamaica on August 13th 1950. Determined to be a musician for as long as he remembers, Pluto built his very first guitar with his own hands, and in 1966, at the age of sixteen, joined his first band: The Presidents. After The Presidents came The Hurricanes, and in 1968 he became a member of the showband Tomorrow’s Children.

After releasing hits like I Man Bitter, Ram Goat Liver, Dat, Your Honour and I Man Born Ya, Pluto climbed the charts, both in Jamaica and overseas, and established his solo career, selling tens of thousands of copies with every album release. In 1972 he founded Sound Associates Limited, a recording studio which provided radio, TV and advertising agencies with original jingles produced on a sixteen-track reel to reel recorder and a twenty-four-track mixing board which Pluto had bought from Byron Lee.

In 1977, due to political shifts in Jamaica, Pluto moved to Miami, where he formed Pluto & Co. The band played regularly for eighteen years at Sunday’s On The Bay in Key Biscayne, Florida, and in June 1982 toured throughout England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. In August 1984, Pluto returned to Jamaica on tour, performing at the Reggae Sunsplash in Montego Bay. Through the years, Pluto continued his musical career between the United States and Jamaica, and is yet to stop experimenting and exploring what he can do with reggae music.

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Expansions HHV Exclusive Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (BGP)

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Cosmic Rock)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 500 copies on transparent yellow vinyl in gatefold sleeve, exclusively available at HHV.

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Mer-Da (Black Merda)

Long Burn The Fire

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Back in stock ! Once there was Black Merda, such a funny a name if you happen to have any Italian heritage. To be true, that was meant as Black Murder, but something went wrong along the way. For their second album the proto black rock band changed his name, turning simply into Mer-da. Long Burn The Fire was their last effort ever, soon came darkness and all of a sudden the group disbanded, before being praised in the early 2000 as forerunner of a young black generation. Officially a funk combo the band shared more than a moment with The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Geroge Clinton Funkadelic. Their acid-fuzz numbers brought similarities with early 70’s psychedelic nomads, while some vocal harmonies had a more contemporary late-'60s soul vibe. Coming from Detroit rock city, they became sort of a local legend, now you know why !

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The Jazz Clan

Dediction

LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue

LP | 1980 | JP | Original (Motown)

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the rarest and most sought after South African recordings of the early 1970s, available again for the first time since its original South African release – the swinging township groove of The Jazz Clan’s 1973 debut LP, Dedication

Die-hard fans of South African jazz speak about The Jazz Clan in hushed tones. One of the dozens of South African groups who styled themselves as ‘jazz dignitaries’ – like the Jazz Giants, the Jazz Ambassadors, or the Jazz Ministers, for instance – their two widely separated studio albums for Gallo (Dedications and Makwenkwe, released in 1973 and 1976 respectively) are extremely hard to find, and were never repressed after their initial runs. Until now their work has graced neither re-release nor compilation. But they were no also-rans. They may have left a small recorded footprint, but it was an impressive one, epitomised by their hard-swinging 1973 debut, Dedication – a tough, swinging soul-jazz set with distinct African touches which is counted by those in the know as among the best South African jazz recordings of the era.

Once you dig down into the history of the group, this is no surprise: the players that comprised the Jazz Clan were veterans. And they thought big – their first incarnation during the 1960s had been as a 16-piece, and they had held down a residency at one of Nelson Mandela’s regular haunts, the Planet Hotel in Fordsburg. The original leader, drummer Gordon ‘Micky’ Mfandu, had been a regular on the Johannesburg jazz scene since the early 1960s and had recorded with figures including Gideon Nxumalo, and the famous Blue Notes; along with bassist Mongezi Velelo he had also been a member of the revered Soul Giants unit. Baritone player Cornelius Khumalo had also played with Chris McGregor and the Blue Notes in the pit band of the musical play Mr Paljas, and had also recorded with township legend Zakes Nkosi. Also in the line-up, and handling most writing duties on this disc, was the great trumpeter Peter Segona – a quicksilver hornsman, Segona later sought exile in Europe, where he played with musical luminaries across the continent including Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, Cymande, and Manu Dibango.

By the 1970s Mfandu was dead, murdered in Soweto, and the group had consolidated as a septet – the late drummer is memorialised here on closer ‘Micky’. South African jazz was moving toward electrified funk and bump, and the new township style of Dollar Brand was just around the corner. But Dedication captures the acoustic jazz sound of the early 1970s in its pomp – a handful of tightly wound songs jostling for space, blending uptempo soul-jazz sensibilities with Latin influences and pronounced township jazz accents, the latter especially audible in Dimpie Tshabalala’s piano vamps, Jeff Mpete’s pattering hi-hat emphases, and the unmistakably South African swagger and dip of the horns on cuts like ‘Rabothata’. It is music on the brink of a transition, looking ahead but still dedicated to the sound of the golden years, and it could have been made nowhere else on earth but in Soweto.'

Transferred from the master tapes by Gallo in South Africa. Mastered for release by D&M. Pressed at Pallas. Fully licensed from Gallo South Africa.

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Diana Ross

Diana

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (A&M)

Release: 1980 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

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Quincy Jones

The Dude

The Showmen Blue Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with obi, includes insert | Faintest edge wear, close to NM

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The Showmen

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (RCA)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Supraphon)

Olympic

Jedeme, Jedeme

LP | 1974 | JP | Original (Tamla)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Continuation of the successful reissue series, this time in 1971

Olympic’s third album was the result of personnel and author changes. The co-founder, bassist and lyricist Pavel Chrastina left the band. Jan Hauser took his place at the instrument and Zdenek Rytir added lyrics to Janda’s melodies. The arrangements became more colourful, the stylistic Olympic anchorage was preserved. The shift took place in a looser compositional form, allowing for songs in previously unconventional lengths of over five minutes.

Jiri Stivin was a surprise guest, adding flute and saxophone passages to the rock. From today’s point of view, the biggest hit was “Bon soir, mademoiselle Paris”, but you will also remember “Kdyz jsem bejval tramp” (When I Was a Tramp), “Blaznivej Kiki” (Crazy Kiki), “Elixir” or “Strazce majaku” (The Lighthouse Keeper).

Not only the music has changed, but also the cover art. After Pacak’s recession-era Turtle and pop-art Wolverine, Olympic dressed up in historical cycling, motoring or aviation costumes to feature a stylish collage of Alan Pajer’s photographs on the cover and inside.

Reconstructing the fold-out packaging was extremely difficult this time, as the source photos were confiscated by the StB during the raid. The surprise will be the vinyl sound, newly recorded this year from the original tapes. The extensive editorial notes by O. Zamostny also push this release into the ultimate form of Olympic album reissues.

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The Miracles

Do It Baby

LP | 1975 | TR | Reissue (Emre Grafson)

Release: 1974 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Without OBI. With insert.

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Baris Manco

2023

Baris Manco & Kurtalan Ekspres

Release: 1975 / TR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Re-mastered 180g black vinyl, in gatefold cover 12 pages booklet + poster. Originally released in 1975 by the Pioneer of Anatolian Rock, Baris Manco. He was one of the best musician in golden Era of Turkish Rock Scene. The album contains both traditional lyrics and space rock, progressive rock and psychedelic elements. In other words, nice blend of Turkish understanding with western instruments. Simply hypnotic, groovy.

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Sözüm Meclisten Disari

LP | 1981 | TR | Reissue (Emre Grafson)

Nico Gomez And His Afro Percussion Inc

Release: 1981 / TR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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2019 Re-mastered, 180g black vinyl in gatefold cover. It was originally released in 1981. May be the last impressive album of Baris Manco and his band Kurtalan Ekspres which is giving a respect to 1970’s Golden Era of Turkish Rock. The album consists of funk and progressive rock elements from track to track just like their previous release. Hypnotic, cool and clear sound, will make this LP as a reference album.

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Ritual Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 1971 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1971 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Belgium, not the first place you'd think of when it comes to Latin or Afro funk. Yet one of the greatest records to blend both styles came from the small northern European country, masterminded by Nico Gomez and his Afro Percussion Inc.

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Alphonse Mouzon

By All Means

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1986 | US | Original (Warner)

Paul Simon

Graceland

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Christmas Card Colored Vinyl Edition

The Temptations

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Island)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Popcorn

Prime Choice

LP | 1984 | US | Reissue (Philadelphia International)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rare Modern Soul/Funk private press LP from Miami! Almost impossible to find an original copy of this 1983 Modern Funk Soul Boogie masterpiece.

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The O'Jays

O'Jays Greatest Hits

Carole King In Concert - Live At The Bbc 1971 Black Friday Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Still in shrink but opened with hype sticker. US reissue.

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Carole King

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

LP | 1975 | US | Original (Casablanca)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 6550 copies worldwide. Recorded Live for the BBC In Concert Series in 1971, and produced by Series producer Stanley Dorfman, Carole King performs hits from the seminal album Tapestry. Backed by members of Jo Mama (who were featured on the album), including her longtime friend and collaborator Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar on guitar. The setlist includes her songs “I Feel the Earth Move”, “(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman”, “So Far Away” (ft. James Taylor), “It's Too Late”, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” and “Up on the Roof.” Never before released on vinyl.

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Parliament

Chocolate City

LP | 1970 | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1975 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Original US pressing. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with ring, shelf wear and spine damage.

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Willie Hutch

Season For Love

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Matsuli Music)

Release: 1970 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A monumental force firmly rooted in the soul canon, Willie Hutch is most notable for recording two of the best Blaxploitation soundtracks, The Mack and Foxy Brown. Yet his legacy is much greater. Outside of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, Hutch was arguably Motown's top male solo artist of the 70s. Prior to his association with Gordy et al, Hutch crafted his opening statements for RCA, two vital LPs that Be With Records is honoured to present today. Often-overlooked, his second album Season For Love (1970) is a must for all deep soul fans and has been sought-after by collectors of different stripes for decades. Whereas his debut featured thundering, gritty numbers, Hutch treats us to a mellower soul here - sumptuous, warm and string-led. He compared his approach to that of Otis Redding and there are definite parallels; from the raspy, rough-hewn vocals that tend to roam between sweet and deeply impassioned to the horn-heavy, emphatic sonic backdrops.

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Harari (The Beaters)

Rufaro

LP | 1982 | US | Original (Tappan Zee)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Top reissue of their in demand 1976 LP by the super group. Includes the long jam ''Oya Kai'', keeps on going.. Also holds their known tune ''Musikana'', killer groove. Alec Khaoli, Selby Ntuli and Sipho Mabuse with their first album as Harari made a great debut channeling a raw energie following up their LP as the beaters. The Beaters – Harari was released in 1975. After changing their name, Harari went into the studio late in 1976 to record their follow-up, Rufaro / Happiness. In 1976 they were voted South Africa’s top instrumental group and were in high demand at concert venues across the country. Comprising former schoolmates guitarist and singer Selby Ntuli, bassist Alec Khaoli, lead guitarist Monty Ndimande and drummer Sipho Mabuse, the group had come a long way from playing American-styled instrumental soul in the late sixties to delivering two Afro-rock masterpieces. Before these two albums the Beaters had been disciples of ‘Soweto Soul’ – an explosion of township bands drawing on American soul and inspired by the assertive image of Stax and Motown’s Black artists. The Beaters supported Percy Sledge on his 1970 South African tour (and later Timmy Thomas, Brook Benton and Wilson Pickett). But their watershed moment was their three month tour of Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) where they were inspired by the strengthening independence struggle and musicians such as Thomas Mapfumo who were turning to African influences. On their return, the neat Nehru jackets that had been the band’s earliest stage wear were replaced by dashikis and Afros. “In Harari we rediscovered our African-ness, the infectious rhythms and music of the continent. We came back home inspired! We were overhauling ourselves into dashiki-clad musicians who were Black Power saluting and so on.” Sipho Hotstix Mabuse, talking of the band’s time spent on tour in the (then) Rhodesian township from where they took their name. As well as expressing confident African politics, Alec Khaoli recalled, they pioneered by demonstrating that such messages could also be carried by “...happy music. During apartheid times we made people laugh and dance when things weren’t looking good.” The two albums capture the band on the cusp of this transition. One the first album Harari, Inhlupeko Iphelile, Push It On and Thiba Kamoo immediately signal the new Afro-centric fusion of rock, funk and indigenous influences. Amercian soul pop is not forgotten with Love, Love, Love and, helped along by Kippie Moeketsi and Pat Matshikiza a bump-jive workout What’s Happening concludes the album. The second album Rufaro pushes the African identity and fusion further, with key tracks Oya Kai (Where are you going?), Musikana and Uzulu whilst the more pop-styled Rufaro and Afro-Gas point to where Harari were headed to in years to come. The popularity and sales generated by these two classic albums saw them signed by Gallo and release just two more albums with the original line-up before the untimely death of Selby Ntuli in 1978. Whilst they went on to greater success, even landing a song in the US Billboard Disco Hot 100 in 1982, it was never the same again. “Harari’s music still speaks directly to one of my goals as a younger artist: to express myself as an African without pretending that I don’t have all these other musical elements – classical, jazz, house – inside me.” (Thandi Ntuli, niece of Selby Ntuli).

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Bob James

Hands Down

Dave Grusin / Lee Ritenour

Release: 1982 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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Harlequin

LP | 1985 | JP | Original (GRP)

Stanley Clarke/George Duke

Release: 1985 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI!

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The Clarke / Duke Project

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Epic)

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert

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Jay Days

Between The Swells

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Killer AOR Rarity. Highly recommended ! Jay Days' only album presents eight killer funky AOR sounds and blue eyed soul tracks. Rarely surfaced in the collectors' market but now the album is finally reissue on vinyl. A band formation with mysterious session men who support JAY Days of slack guitar vocal, gentle electric piano with jazzy rock, blue-eyed soulful medium mellow, female chorus with mystic groove. It contains Hawaiian-style acoustics and dense performances unique to the Private Press. It is a hidden AOR masterpiece where you can feel the tropical atmosphere of the street along with the wind of the West Coast.

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J.R. Bailey

Just Me 'N' You

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

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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Junie

Suzie Super Groupie

3LP | 1973 | US | Original (Motown)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison released his third solo LP, Suzie Super Groupie, in 1976. A slick, smooth and soulful record, it’s a genre-melting tour de force with rich elements of proto-boogie, funk and jazz. In short, this is yet another essential album reissue from Be With.

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The Miracles

Anthology

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1973 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

close to NM

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Linda Majika

Don't Treat Me So Bad

Hey Lady / Just To Be With You

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2020 re-issue, 140g vinyl, remastered from the original tapes Track List. Linda “Babe” Majika’s insanely brilliant Don’t Treat Me So Bad is a tight six tracks of blistering electro-flavoured bubblegum and synth-drizzled solar-powered machine-funk. It has become increasingly hard to find, with copies currently moving for over £200. But this is definitely a case of eye-watering price equalling heart-thumping quality. Once of the Hot Soul Singers, Don’t Treat Me So Bad was Linda’s debut LP as a solo artist. It was produced by Ace Mbuyisa of boogie-funk maestros Freeway and was originally released on Umkhonto Records in South Africa in 1988. The enormous “Let’s Make A Deal” is probably the best known track here, and it’s definitely the best one if you ask us. Linda’s vocals drip with attitude over warm, breezy synths and an urgent, edgy electro beat to create a timeless club-ready bomb that sounds as fresh as ever.

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Elements

7" | 1971 | JP | Reissue (Numero)

Release: 1971 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 1976 | US | Reissue (Unidisc)

Van McCoy

The Hustle

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Capitol)

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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/ love is the answer / soul cha cha

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Diana Ross

Silk Electric

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Japanese pressing with obi.

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V.A.

Breath Of Danger