Latin | Brazil Vinyl 336 Items

12" | 1979 | UK | Original (Island)

Release: 1974 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G

Cover with strong wear and long seam split! Record shows scuffs and some scratches!

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Hi-Tension

Funktified

6,99 €*

Release: 1979 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

LP | 1970 | US | Original (Caytronics)

15,99 €*

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Week-End)

Release: 1970 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Cover with ring wear and spine damage.

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Joyce

Passarinho Urbano

32,99 €*

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1975, Joyce Moreno, who had just wrapped up a tour with legendary Brazilian composer Vinicius de Moraes, found herself in a studio with producer Sergio Bardotti in Rome, Italy.

She had been taking a break from writing and she decided to pick up a selection of her favorite compositions from contemporary Brazilian writers who‘s songs were beacons of hope in times of an ongoing intense Military leadership in her home country. Unlike their previous albums, these recordings live from their reductiveness and intimacy.

For a long time, Passarinho Urbano was considered a secret masterpiece and was highly sought after by record collectors, now Week–End Records is glad to be making it available internationally on vinyl for the first time ever.

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Don Beto

Nossa Imaginacao

La Misa Criolla Dei Calchakis

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mad About Records is delighted to present Brazilian Soul Boogie all time classic. Limited Edition on 180 gram black vinyl transfer from Master Tapes Don Beto was born in Uruguay and became one of the most forerunners of Soul Music in Brazil in 1979, he recorded "Nossa Imaginação" LP wich featured arrangements by the legendary producer Lincoln Olivetti, and where we can listen to classics such as "No quero Mais", "Tudo again" and "Renascendo em mim". This album was awarded the Golden Globe in 1979. Don Betto's "Nossa Imaginação" attracts not only Brazilian Music Fans but also Soul, AOR. Official Reissue Under License Som Livre

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Los Calchakis

LP | 1976 | IT | Original (Arion)

Release: 1976 / IT – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1978 | ES | Original (CBS)

Canta Sus Grandes Exitos

Release: 1978 / ES – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1980 | EU | Original (CBS)

Release: 1980 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Amparo Ochoa con Los Folkloristas

El Cancionero Popular

LP | 1975 | MX | Original (Discos Pueblo)

14 Joyas Musicales Cubanas - Volúmen 4

Release: 1975 / MX – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Ringwear.

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V.A.

LP | 1987 | VE | Original (Guantanamera Record's)

LP | 1981 | CU | Original (Areito)

Release: 1987 / VE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Bumped corners.

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V.A.

Tambor Yuka

Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77

Release: 1981 / CU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Some ringwear and small stains on cover.

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愛されたあとで / The Magic Wheels

7" | 1975 | JP | Original (Epic)

6,99 €*

Release: 1975 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Quintessence

29,99 €*

7" | 1980 | UK | Original (Island)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mad About Records officially reissues super rare private press Quintessence’s 1981 LP. With every famous jazz recording, many others remained on the shelf of oblivion without ever receiving the recognition they deserved, and this is the case of Quintessence.

Led by Ron Ancrum, with George Sovak, David Gaedeke, Winston Johnson and Steve Muse recorded an exceptional and fundamental album of 80's jazz.

If you are into Fender Rhodes, this is an LP to be collected.

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Gibson Brothers

Mariana

Release: 1980 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Vampisoul)

Combo Los Yogas

Canabrava

17,99 €*

Chiquito de Guadalajara Et Ses Mariachis

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This late '60s Colombian cult-LP (originally on Discos Fuentes) with a really raw and hard sound sees a welcome reissue on 180-gram vinyl. 'Canabrava' is a collection of cover tunes in the guaguanco, son, guajira, descarga and cha-cha-cha rhythms.

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Fiesta Mexicaine

2LP | 1976 | FR | Original (Disques Carrere)

LP | 1985 | DE | Original (pläne)

Release: 1976 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Lamination is starting to come off.

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Salsa Picante

Sabrosita!

LP | 1988 | Original (Egrem)

Release: 1985 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Cover close to VG+.

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Pablo Milanés

Proposiciones

LP | 1982 | CU | Original (Egrem)

Release: 1988 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Record close to Vg+

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Pablo Milanés

Aniversario

10,99 €*

Juan D'Arienzo Y Su Orquesta Típica

Release: 1982 / CU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Split on spine. Small writing on cover.

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Siempre D'Arienzo

7" | 1972 | AR | Original (RCA Victor)

Release: 1972 / AR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Rodney Franklin / Willie Bobo

The Groove / Always There

12" | 1980 | US (Columbia)

13,99 €*

Release: 1980 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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George Benson / Earl Klugh

Collaboration

LP | 1987 | US | Original (Warner Bros.)

10,99 €*

LP | 1974 | BR | Reissue (Polysom)

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

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Jaime & Nair

39,99 €*

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Philips)

Release: 1974 / BR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl. Incredible stuff – the kind of obscure Brazilian 70s album that first got us into the music in the first place, and which keeps us digging through the racks for more and more over the years!

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Paco De Lucía

Castro Marin

17,99 €*

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Epic)

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG

Cover has foxing.

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Julio Iglesias

A Mis 33 Años

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

LP | 1977 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Luperce Miranda

História De Um Bandolim

Release: 1977 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66

Ye-Me-Le

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

LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Philips)

Release: 1970 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

No obi.

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Paco De Lucía

Castro Marin

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing with obi and insert. Cover has light foxing.

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LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (Express)

Adoro, La Reine De Saba

Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

OBI is missing

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Live At Expo'70

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

49,99 €*

LP | 1972 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Release: 1970 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Original Japanese pressing without OBI!

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Chick Corea

Return To Forever

LP | 1976 | US | Original (Epic)

Release: 1972 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing. Includes insert, no Obi.

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Labelle

Chameleon

Claudio Segovia & Héctor Orezzoli

Release: 1976 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Cover is close to VG+.

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Tango Argentino - Original Cast Recording

2LP | 1986 | JP | Original (Atlantic)

13,99 €*

LP | 1982 | JP | Original (Epic)

Release: 1986 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

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Julio Iglesias

Emociones

29,99 €*

Release: 1982 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Kid Creole And The Coconuts

In Praise Of Older Women And Other Crimes

LP | 1985 | JP | Original (Sire)

18,99 €*

Release: 1985 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

OBI is missing. With insert. Tiny wear.

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LP | 1974 | JP | Original (Express)

Ruidos

Release: 1974 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing, no Obi.

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LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (Express)

Ruidos

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

OBI is missing!

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LP | 1975 | JP | Original (Express)

Recital

LP | 1980 | JP | Reissue (A&M)

Release: 1975 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

With OBI and insert.

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Paul Desmond

Summertime

40,99 €*

Sérgio Mendes & The New Brasil '77

Release: 1980 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

1980 reissue. OBI is missing. With insert. Some foxing on cover.

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Sergio Mendes And The New Brasil '77

LP | 1977 | JP | Original (RCA)

28,99 €*

Vikki Carr En Español: Los Exitos De Hoy Y De Siempre (The Hits Of Today And Always)

Release: 1977 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

OBI is missing. With insert.

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Vikki Carr

LP | 1972 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

LP | 1972 | JP | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1972 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

OBI is missing, With insert.

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Chick Corea

Return To Forever

22,99 €*

LP | 1977 | JP | Original (P-Vine Special)

Release: 1972 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

With insert. Early reissue. close to NM

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Bill-O-Men

Black Soul Brothers Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1977 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

close to NM. stained cover

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Miguel De Deus

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Groovie)

27,99 €*

Black Soul Brothers Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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For the first time reissued, with the great contribution of Miguel de Deus's family in São Paulo, that supplied the amazing collection of photos for the 4 pages inner, inside the LP. This limited edition is a highly collectable for fans of brazilian soul, groove and psychedelia. It's our contribution to pay respect to one of the most important brazilian musicians of the late 60's and early 70's. Main brain of bands like OS Brazões and Assim Assado, he let us an amazing legacy for new generations. This is a small, but more than deserved homage to him, finally. Miguel de Deus was the protagonist of this amazing Afro-Funk movement, together with a group of “heavy” musicians, as they were called in those days of consolidation of a strong Black Power scene, mainly composed of black youth from the outskirts of the suburbs of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, where the movement took the name of Black Rio. Its raw Rock-Funk-Psychedelic-Tropicalia.

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Miguel De Deus

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Groovie)

Assim Assado Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Assim Assado

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Groovie)

26,59 €* 27,99 € -5%

En La Conquista Del Mundo Latino

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The name of the band and the cover of the disc explicitly reveal the influence: Secos&Molhados. Investing in androgenia, progressive rock and samba-soul, Assim Assado tried to be a response of the small CID label to the enormous success that the Secos&Molhados did to the young public.

Led by Miguel de Deus (formerly Os Brazões), who signed most of the compositions and assumed the guitar and vocals, the group never took off, leaving only this LP, now almost forgotten. Curiosity: in 1977 Miguel de Deus falls headlong into funk, casting the rather interesting (and rare) "Black Soul Brothers" Also repressed on Groovie Records.

Band formed by Miguel de Deus in 1974, inspired by the Secos&Molhados and making clear both in the name, which is copied from a song of Secos&Molhados, both on the cover of the band's only album. Also the visual was well androgen but the music, a mixture of psychedelic, Progressive and a strong touch of Brazilian Soul music. The only album that had the same name as the band, did not get repercussion despite presenting a lot of quality.

Now the repress of this rare pearl brings to the light the huge talent of Miguel De Deus.

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Salsa Suprema

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Elpalmas Music)

27,99 €*

LP | 1972 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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El Palmas Music rescues a hidden gem of Venezuelan salsa

With the vinyl reissue of En La Conquista del Mundo Latino (1979), by the Salsa Suprema Orchestra, it pays a fair tribute to Larry Francia.

“Larry Francia's work deserves nothing less than transcendence,” says Miguel Álvarez, the Venezuelan musical collector and archaeologist who one day came across with this Salsa legend from his country without planning it and knew it was fair and necessary to spread this magnificent work.

Born in Barlovento, an Afro area of Venezuela where the drum rules, Larry Francia grew up in San Agustín del Sur, a Caracas neighborhood that is salsa territory par excellence. When he was barely 12 years old, Víctor Piñero, one of the most popular orchestra singers in Venezuela in the 60s, summoned him to record choirs. An early initiation that marked Larry forever and at the same time revealed his indisputable talent.

“His driving force is singing. If you're talking to him, he often stops talking to sing" says Álvarez. “He was a man who never stopped being a musician, even though his living conditions were never the best. And the legacy of Salsa Suprema is key to Venezuelan popular music.”

When that orchestra stopped working (there were no producers who supported their tours, their records were pirated in Spain in the 80s), Larry suffered an emotional breakdown and even gave up devoting himself to music for a few years. He was someone who undoubtedly lived for and through music.

Larry Francia left this world in 2023, but we are left with a fabulous album like En La Conquista del Mundo Latino, recovered from the chest of memories by Álvarez and the Suicide Diggerz collective, specialists in rescuing hidden gems. “It’s a collector's item of the most exquisite and least known Venezuelan salsa” he defines.

The El Palmas Music label - created by musician, DJ, designer and cultural agitator Maurice Aymard, whose base of operations is in Barcelona - has been committed since 2020 to making known the best and least visible of the rich heritage of the popular music from Venezuela. Now he is pleased to present the reissue of this fundamental album as a posthumous tribute to an artist with capital letters: the great Larry Francia.

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Santana

Caravanserai

32,99 €*

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Left Ear)

Release: 1972 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing without OBI, but with insert. Cover close to VG+

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Kingsley Bucknor

Just U And Me

LP | 1985 | US | Original (GRP)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nigeria’s Kingsley Bucknor’s ‘Just U and Me’ LP gets the long-awaited reissue treatment from Melbourne’s Left Ear Records. After cutting his teeth playing with Fela in the 70’s and releasing two afrobeat LP’s Kingsley travelled the globe before finding himself in London, it’s here that he laid down 6 distinctive electro-funk tunes inspired by African rhythms and music he’d heard through his travels in the States and in Europe. Originally issued on Kinglsley’s own KAB records in ’85 and according to Kingsley the release was well received at the time, but due to constraints of international marketing the record remained mostly unknown outside of his homeland. Fast-forward to 2017 and the stage is set for a new global audience to appreciate the distinct sound of KB.

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Special EFX

Modern Manners

6,99 €*

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (Express)

Adoro, La Reine De Saba

LP | 1980 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Original japanese pressing without OBI

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Al Di Meola

Splendido Hotel

49,99 €*

LP | 1978 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

Release: 1980 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Vinyl close to NM. Cover with stains

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Ralph MacDonald

The Path

17,99 €*

Release: 1978 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

The Fascinating Latin Piano Of Carmen Cavallaro

Carmen Cavallaro

LP | 1970 | JP | Original (MCA)

Release: 1970 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Teatro Amadeo Roldan Recita

Grupo Irakere

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

29,99 €*

LP | 1978 | US | Original (Columbia)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the third release in our Mr Bongo Cuban Classics series, we reissue the iconic 1974 debut album by the mighty Grupo Irakere. Led by Chucho Valdés, son of Cuban pianist and bandleader Bebo Valdés, the band would go on to become of the most influential and successful groups emanating from Cuba in this period. Their debut ‘Teatro Amadeo Roldan Recital’ is an in-demand and incredible Afro-Cuban, jazz-funk masterpiece originally landing on Cuba’s state-owned imprint, Areito.

One of the jewels of the album is the beast of an opener, 'Bacalao Con Pan’. A heavy dancefloor Latin-funk burner, with ripping Wah-Wah guitar, a blistering mix of Latin percussive elements and horns firing on all cylinders. It’s a song which builds and breaks with an energy and power that still lights up the dance to this very day.

The album is a varied bag of tricks, traversing moods, styles and genres whilst melding traditional rhythms with more contemporary mindsets. Take the delectable downtempo ballad ‘Danza Nañiga’ or ‘Valle Picadura’ that starts on a similar tip, before erupting into a horn heavy heater. Move through to find ‘Taka Taka Ta’ where Afro-Cuban jazz, call and response vocals and brain-busting organs marry in steamy unison.

Elsewhere, continuing this melting pot of musical influences, the prog/psychedelic rock leaning 'Quindiambo', expertly combines traditional Latin music with psych rock in a similar way to Santana. 'Misaluba' is another highlight, a cover version of a song by the British-Italian based group Cyan, written by Mario & Giosy Capuano, making it their own with this tripped-out, percussion-rich makeover.

As debuts go, Grupo Irakere’s ‘Teatro Amadeo Roldan Recital' is about as good as it gets and gives a snapshot of Cuba in the mid ‘70s, with a band that were destined for big things.

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Al Di Meola

Casino

12" | 1981 | DE | Original (Polydor)

Release: 1978 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

US original.

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Gibson Brothers

Sheela

Release: 1981 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

LP | 1986 | US | Original (Warner Bros.)

Al Jarreau

L Is For Lover

11,99 €*

LP | 1979 | US | Original (Casablanca)

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

US original.
Small handwriting on front

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C.D. Band

HooDoo VooDoo

Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66

Release: 1979 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Original US pressing.

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Greatest Hits

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

14,99 €*

LP | 1983 | US | Original (MT)

Release: 1970 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Pitman pressing. Unipak.

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Geater Davis

Better Days

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Manhattan)

Release: 1983 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: G+

Cover with water damage

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Al Di Meola

Cielo E Terra

15,99 €*

LP | 1988 | EU | Original (Elektra)

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

US original.

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Ruben Blades

Nothing But The Truth

Release: 1988 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1977 | US | Original (A&M)

Gato Barbieri

Ruby, Ruby

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Release: 1977 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Vinyl slightly warped but still enjoyable. Cover with bumped corner. Copy close to VG+

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Greatest Hits

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

LP | 1984 | FR | Reissue (Capitol)

Release: 1970 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Qithout OBI, Cover with writing on the back, close to VG+

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Yma Sumac

Legend Of The Jivaro

11,99 €*

Release: 1984 / FR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

LP | 1983 | BR | Original (Odeon)

Claudio Nucci

Volta e Vai

16,99 €*

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

Release: 1983 / BR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Candido Y Su Movimento

Palos De Fuego

31,99 €*

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Now-Again Records presents catalog-wide reissues of Latin music propellant Joe Bataan’s legendary Ghetto Records. Next up in the series - Joseph “Candido” RodrÌguez - Candido was mentored by Tito Punete, and his debut features a fantastic mix of fiery Salsa, Latin Jazz and Sweet Latin Soul. Ghetto Records was Joe Bataan’s way to get over on “The Man” and out of the ‘hood, a bold move by an artist looking for independence and creative control in an industry that had exploited his talents and treated him like chattel. As Bataan puts it today, “Ghetto Records was part of my journey, a stepping stone to everything else that I’ve done. I learned enough that it enabled me to get out of the box with my thinking, it showed me how to deal with adversity.” Like many dreams and schemes born of the street, this one was audacious, perhaps even reckless to a fault. Hatched from desperation yet full of hope Ghetto Records came crashing down shortly after its inception. The seven albums in its discography languished out of print - until now. These are the definitive reissues of these albums, licensed from Joe Bataan, with his oversight and input into a 16 page oversize book by Pablo Yglesias that details Bataan’s larger-than-imagination life and his little Latin label that could.

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Majoie Hajary

La Passion Selon Judas

25,49 €* 29,99 € -15%

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Ici Bientot)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Majoie Hajary is an atypical musician. Born in Paramaribo (Suriname) to Indian parents and raised in Amsterdam. In 1970, in France, accompanied by the best Jazz musicians and with arrangements by Roger Guerin, she recorded “La Passion Selon Judas”.

The result was an incredible fusion of Psych, Funk, Indian and Jazz elements – deep religious Jazz in the vein of Jef Gilson.

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Nyssa Musique

Comme Au Moulin

26,99 €*

LP | 1986 | EU | Original (Virgin)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After NEF's album in 2019, Ici Bientôt is happy to present today the reissue of Comme Au Moulin by Nyssa Musique. Paris 1985... ‘Extra-European’ Traditions meet Jazz and Minimal Music. An unusual array of instruments turn music into a dialogue. For a unique record ... vivid, full of texture, somewhere between Midori Takada, Don Cherry and Jon Hassell. Beginning of the eighties, 5 musicians rehearse in a contemporary dance class hall, upstairs from the ‘’New Morning", renowned Music venue in Paris. Nyssa Musique is born. Passionate for a long time about traditional music, like those of the Middle East, India and East Asia, but also about African traditions, they throw a bridge between Jazz and ‘Extra-European’ traditions, resulting in what would be called "Spiritual Jazz" today, a little bit in the style of Don Cherry's Organic Music or Pharoah Sanders. With the notable difference, however, that their creations are strongly infused by contemporary classical and repetitive music, notably Steve Reich's work with whom they share a great interest for the traditional cultures of Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and its gamelans. In the original group we have Armand Amar, Ballet Music composer and John Boswell. Both specialists of traditional hand percussion which they had been studying for a long time in India and the Middle East, they are also very fond of synthesizers. Three other talented musicians quickly join them: Jean-François Roger, percussionist, marimba and vibraphone specialist, Henri Tournier, multi-flutist and Renaud Garcia-Fons, double bass player, who has a passion for the Middle East and has developed a virtuosic play of the bow, reminding that of Cecil Mc Bee. Each of them enriches the ensemble with their personality, originality and musical generosity. The rehearsal hall is rapidly invaded by the phenomenal instrumentarium put together by Armand Amar. A great opportunity for the musicians, for the dancers, to have access to an endless choice of instruments, offering infinite possibilities for mixing different colors and timbres. Their sense for being a group and their great capacity for improvising culminates, in 1985, in the composition of their first and only album Comme au Moulin (« As by the windmill"), testimony of years of creating without hidden agenda. Authentic, free and vibrant, still today, this album has no real equivalent. Even though it recalls the Fourth World current by its combination of traditional instruments with a subtle use of synthesizers, Comme au moulin gives more space to improvisation. It may also recall those of Midori Takada, less the New Age esthetics. An album that should delight as well lovers of "Love Supreme" by John Coltrane, of "Vernal Equinox" by Jon Hassell, as those of Moondog, an artist who, like them, invented a music based on the use of untypical percussions, at the confluence of 'Extra-European' traditions, Jazz and Classical, all together complex and hypnotic.

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V.A.

Absolute Beginners

Release: 1986 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Distant Horizon - Rio / New York

Kenia

LP | 1988 | US | Original (Zebra)

Release: 1988 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1984 | BR | Reissue (Discos CBS)

Terremoto Richter 6:25-Managua

Release: 1984 / BR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Alfonso Noel Lovo

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Vampisoul)

16,99 €*

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Komos)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eve

Canto Alberto

18,69 €* 21,99 € -15%

Dizzy Gillespie With The Orchestra

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Everaldo Marcial aka Évé, born in 1951 and raised in Sao Paulo, fled the Brasilian dictatorship in 1974 to settle in France. Canto Aberto, originally released on the Free Lance label in 1979, is his one and only sought-after recording, made before he moved to the US in the early 80s and decided to quit music. Recorded with Parisian musicians, noteworthy fellow expatriate Manduka on one song and the African American saxophonist Bruce Tobe Grant as musical director, the music of Évé will please fans of Egberto Gismonti, Nana Vasconselos, Milton Nascimento, Edu Lobo... This first vinyl reissue is remastered from the original master tapes by Frank Merritt at The Carvery

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One Night In Washington

LP | 1983 | US | Original (Elektra Musician)

59,99 €*

LP | 1977 | US | Reissue (Lion Productions)

Release: 1983 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jorge Trasante

Folklore Afro Uruguayo

26,99 €*

LP | 1970 | CA | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1977 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A masterpiece of South American percussion, recorded in 1977 by worldwide legend and Gipsy Kings percussionist Jorge Trasante—and impossible to find for decades—finally reissued!

'In the mid-'70s I was struck by a young Uruguayan percussionist named Jorge Trasante. I met him accompanying Rada and Pippo Spera, in recordings in the Sondor Studio. He turned out to be an experienced percussionist and remarkable musical researcher, despite his young age, only 23 years old. At that time he invited me to a rehearsal with Eduardo Mateo, at his house in El Cordón. We decided to record the album 'Mateo y Trasante', which today is an iconic album of Uruguayan music. And at the same time, I suggested to Jorge, to record an LP of instrumental percussion, based on Afro Uruguay rhythms. It became his letter of introduction when a few months later he traveled to Europe, where he joined very good groups, including the Gipsy Kings, with whom he recorded 18 albums between 1987 and 2001, and also accompanied other great artists. Jorge Trasante settled in Paris, France, where he lived for more than 30 years. The album “Folklore Afro Uruguayo” was not a success of the moment, but is a sound document which maintains its validity through time.” —Enrique Abal Oliú

'I left (Uruguay) in early 1977. We were finishing a cycle with Mateo, Buscaglia, Yánez and Mariana Vigil. I studied technical drawing at the Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay… and worked in a cigar and cigar factory—that was my mother's trade—which allowed me to buy the instruments that Emilio Acevedo made in Ansina 1036; he was the great teacher. The first drums I paid for in a thousand installments. He would lend me pailas, Ameijenda or Galletti would lend me a cymbal, I never had anything.

I left because here I was very “wounded' and the political thing got very hard with the dictatorship and the music weighed more than everything. I decided to jump to Europe, where there were great friends. And I went with 70 kilos of drums to Paris to Mario Aguerre, former bassist of Los Delfines. Knowing that I had arrived, Emilio Arteaga called me and he proposed to set up a group with Jorge Pinchevsky, a great Argentine violinist who had played in La Pesada del Rock & Roll. We set up an experimental group with Latin rhythms to play on the street, in clubs, where he would paint. I used to play a set of congas, timbales, and we made Andean music, very fashionable then… and that summer of 1977 in the south of France we did very well. There I crossed paths for the first time with the Gipsy Kings, who also played on the street doing 'the manga' with their gypsy rumba.” —Jorge Trasante

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Marius Cultier

Release: 1970 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 1979 | DE | Original (Polydor)

Gibson Brothers

Better Do It Salsa

Release: 1979 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Grupo Irakere

32,39 €* 35,99 € -10%

LP | 1977 | US | Reissue (Future Rootz)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the second instalment in our Cuban Classics series, we proudly present this sought-after slice of sublime Afro-Cuban jazz from 1976. It comes courtesy of one of Cuba’s most influential acts, Grupo Irakere. Founded in 1973 by Chucho Valdés (son of the Cuban pianist and bandleader Bebo Valdés) the group was home to many of Cuba’s finest musicians over the years. With an electrifying style and sound, they mixed traditional Cuban music with jazz, funk, and rock.

This self-titled album includes the much-loved, dancefloor heavy-hitter 'Chequeré-Son’, a Latin-jazz funk masterpiece with Cubanized bebop-flavoured horn lines, lush keys, and ‘70s hip swagger. Though 'Chequeré-Son’ is the keystone of the record, the album is laced with brilliance at every turn, from the Carlos Santana-esque channelling ‘Iya’ with its percussive Latin power, to the sultry, slick and passionate '38 1/2’. Elsewhere, the absorbing, ever-building energy of 'Juana 1600’ and steamy vocal dancer ‘Xiomara’ are also highlights of this incredible album.

Pressed on Cuba’s state led Areito Records, the album was well received internationally, garnering distribution in Finland on Love Records, in Italy on Phase 6 Super Stereo, and also in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Venezuela.

A cherished Afro-Cuban triumph, this album has been crying out for a reissue and we’re delighted to make that happen.

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Grupo Los Yoyi

Yoyi

26,99 €*

Poder Del Alma HHV Exclusive Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1977 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Future Rootz has collaborated with Canal Sounds and Egrem to release this gem from bass player and producer Jorge Soler León.

Originally released in 1977 under Egrem, it has become one of the rarest and most wanted albums to come out of the Cuban music archives. While Jorge Soler recorded and produced many tracks for many artists from that period, Grupo Yoyi is his only known solo project. This album presents a fusion of traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz, funk and disco, and it is full of amazing horn solos and incredible synth work. This is a must have, bringing both chillness for lounging and energy to heat up the dance floor.

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Poder Del Alma

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Pharaway Sounds)

27,99 €*

Poder Del Alma Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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HHV Exclusive edition on clear blue wax, limited to 100 copies worldwide.

First ever reissue!! Psychedelic Latin-funk holy grail from Nicaragua, 1974!! Poder del Alma (“Soul Power”) was a supergroup formed by some of the best musicians from the Nica scene. This all-star band of nine members was assembled to play at the famous free concert of Santana in Managua in benefit for the 1972 earthquake. After that successful gig supporting the Latin-Rock superstar, what was to be a one-night stand became the seed of the most loved Nicaraguan act from the 70s. All the members had already played an important role in the history of the Nica music / hippie scene in the 1960s. Among them, we can find Román Cerpas (previously on Bwana), René “Chapo Domínguez (Los Rockets), Edgar “El Gato” Aguilar… A few months after the Managua concert with Santana, Poder del Alma traveled to Guatemala to record their first long play for Dideca (Discos De Centroamérica, S.A.) in just one week of recording sessions. Despite the low budget and precarious recording equipment, the band managed to obtain a powerful psychedelic / afro / funk-rock sound full of electric guitar, heavy drums, hot, percussion, horns, Spanish male/female vocals…featuring titles like “El Valle del Ayatimbo”, “Ia-Taa Yo”, “Zúmbale”…

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Poder Del Alma

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Pharaway Sounds)

25,64 €* 26,99 € -5%

LP | 1985 | BR | Reissue (Polysom)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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First ever reissue!! Psychedelic Latin-funk holy grail from Nicaragua, 1974!! Poder del Alma (“Soul Power”) was a supergroup formed by some of the best musicians from the Nica scene. This all-star band of nine members was assembled to play at the famous free concert of Santana in Managua in benefit for the 1972 earthquake. After that successful gig supporting the Latin-Rock superstar, what was to be a one-night stand became the seed of the most loved Nicaraguan act from the 70s. All the members had already played an important role in the history of the Nica music / hippie scene in the 1960s. Among them, we can find Román Cerpas (previously on Bwana), René “Chapo Domínguez (Los Rockets), Edgar “El Gato” Aguilar… A few months after the Managua concert with Santana, Poder del Alma traveled to Guatemala to record their first long play for Dideca (Discos De Centroamérica, S.A.) in just one week of recording sessions. Despite the low budget and precarious recording equipment, the band managed to obtain a powerful psychedelic / afro / funk-rock sound full of electric guitar, heavy drums, hot, percussion, horns, Spanish male/female vocals…featuring titles like “El Valle del Ayatimbo”, “Ia-Taa Yo”, “Zúmbale”…

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Legiao Urbana

39,99 €*

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Altercat)

Release: 1985 / BR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a 180 gram pressing. Polysom re-issue of Legiao Urbana S/T debut album from 1985 to get first ever vinyl release.

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Luis Vecchio

Contactos

21,99 €*

LP | 1976 | ES | Original (Belter)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cosmic jazz from the Canary Islands. After a few years in London, where he worked with Archie Shepp and recorded a sought-after album for the famed library music label De Wolfe, Argentinian pianist Luis Vecchio settled in the island of Gran Canaria following advice from a superior entity from outer space. Vecchio subsequently opened the first jazz school in the Canary Islands, effectively planting the seeds of jazz in the archipelago. In Contactos, recorded in 1978 in the Mayra studio owned by Ramiro González, Vecchio gives a free jazz account (with a dash of funky jazz rock) of his contacts with Adionesis, who delivers his ominous message upon the human race on side B of the album. Fellow Argentinean Fernando Bermúdez on percussion and Japanese bass player Yoichi Yahiro complete the line-up of Contactos.

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Rumba Tres

El Tiburón

Ricardo Marrero & The Group

Release: 1976 / ES – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Babalonia / And We'll Make Love

7" | 1976 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Black Sugar II Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Considered ultra rare, even amongst TSG’s mythical catalog, Ricardo Marrero and The Group’s A Taste is getting a special edition 7-inch single! Featuring “Babalondia” and “And We’ll Make Love” this is a one of a kind doublesider!

Active in the Latin music scene of New York City during the 1970’s, pianist and composer Ricardo Marrero’s debut album “A Taste” has been considered by some collectors as the crown jewel of releases from famed tax scam label TSG. This special edition 7-inch single features floor killer latin funk number “Babalonia” on the A-side, and the mellow grooves and lively female vocals of “And We’ll Make Love” on the B-side.

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Black Sugar

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Discos Monterey)

Gelson Oliveira & Luiz Ewerling

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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Terra

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Rebirth On Wax)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Debut album by the influential gaucho musician Gelson Oliveira, in partnership with the drummer Luiz Ewerling, released independently in 1983, with minimal resources. In spite of all this, they made a unique and very beautiful album, with a spectacular musicality, a mix of sounds, ranging from jazz, funk and fusion.

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Les Ya Toupas Du Zaire

Les Ya Toupas Du Zaïre

22,99 €*

LP | 1985 | US | Original (Doctor Jazz)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Les Ya Toupas is a band formed in 1976 by Bopol Mansiamina (Bass - Success Mode, 4 Stars ..), Manuaku Waku (aka Grand Zaiko Wawa) and Ray Lema (Piano, Organ and Guitar) Between 1976 and 1978, they recorded several 7inches including the famous title “Je ne bois pas beaucoup” (1976) compiled on the series of Sofrito (Tropical Discotheque ) in 2011. In 1978, they recorded this unique and unclassifiable instrumental album, Les Ya Toupas du Zaïre, produced by Gérard Akueson (founder of Akue Records and Abeti's producer). The LP is composed of minimalist Afro Jazz rhythms and Deep Funk grooves that are close at times to a tropical trance, all played by musicians who used to offer more classic Rumba rhythms. It is their only album before the departure in 1979 of Ray Lema for the United States and then France. Ray Lema's departure follows a violent disagreement which opposed him to the dictator Mobutu then in place in Zaïre. Let's not forget that the album was released in 1978 and can be seen as their last musicial project.

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Gato Barbieri

Apasionado

Zé Rodrix E A Agencia De Magicos

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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O Esquadrao Da Morte

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

22,49 €* 24,99 € -10%

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Little Butterfly)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mr Bongo is proud to present an official reissue of Zé Rodrix E A Agência De Mágicos ‘O Esquadrão Da Morte’. Written, arranged and composed by the genius of Zé Rodrix and performed by his band 'Agência de Mágicos’, this Brazilian library funk beauty is the soundtrack to Carlos Imperial's 1975 film of the same title. Echoing European soundtrack maestros such as Roy Budd and Ennio Morricone, but with a Brazilian swagger, Zé Rodrix's score is a sublime gem that needs rediscovery.

Rich in 70's soundtrack cool, the score is packed with orchestrated jazz, chase scene-funk, breaks, psychedelic freakouts and plenty of drama. The loose and quirky break-beat jazz-funk of 'Assalto' feels almost tailor-made for today's hip-hop production aesthetic. The opening drum break of 'Esconderijo' is a sampler’s dream and has already been reinterpreted by the Turkish Rapper Anıl Piyancı, as well as Brazil's DJ Caique.

Carlos Imperial was a jack of all trades. As a songwriter and music producer, he created a highly impressive back catalogue. It includes working with or writing songs for Tim Maia, Elza Soares, Brigitte Bardot, and Wilson Simonal. He also co-wrote the rare cult Brazilian 7" compacto 'Lindo Sonho Delirante (L. S. D') by Fábio. Carlos Imperial wrote liner notes and was an actor, filmmaker, television presenter, and media figure. His film 'O Esquadrão da Morte' is a violent heist movie starring Beto Bandeira, Claire Chevalier, and Baby Conceicao; in the vein of exploitation films and gritty, raw B-Movie cinema of the day. Both the film and album share striking, macabre artwork by artist Benicio.

The instrumentalist, arranger, and singer-songwriter Zé Rodrix has a musical achievements list that is also one to admire. He’s worked with the cream of Brazilian music, having written songs covered by the greats, including Quarteto Em Cy, Ronald Mesquita, Elis Regina, Karma, and Célia, to name just a few. His written arrangements have graced the music of Luli Lucinha E O Bando and Helio Matheus. He was a member of the iconic group Som Imaginário and played piano and synthesizer on Secos & Molhado's classic 1973 album.

We are super pleased to make this dusty treasure available again. It is a wonderful soundtrack score that more than holds its own with its European and American counterparts of the era.

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Jorge Galemire

Segundos Afuera

31,99 €*

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Far Out)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Directly connected with the universe of America Invertida, Jorge Galemire's second album, recorded and released in 1983, is considered a landmark of 80s Uruguayan music. Candombe, rock and jazz shake hands with singer- songwriter vibes, creating a sophisticated pop with South American roots and equal doses of groove and psychedelia. A forgotten gem reissued for the first time since its original release. '

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Segundos afuera was recorded at La Batuta, the first recording studio in Uruguay to have 16 channels. The sound engineer (and partly music co-producer) was again Dario Ribeiro.

Ribeiro was instrumental in the album's sonic experimentations, encouraging Galemire's ideas. The textures achieved with backward tapes in "Sin saber por qué" and "Un son", the overlapping female voices (performed by the trio Travesía) in that song, the three drums added in "Kublai Kan" and its male choral canon are a sample of these searches, unusual until that moment in Uruguayan music.

Segundos afuera had a generous studio budget for the time. It was recorded in about 300 hours, when it was usual for the Orfeo label to assign a maximum of 100 hours for these projects. Despite that fact, it’s surprising how Galemire and Ribeiro achieved a work so stylized taking the best of Uruguayan studios technical limitations.

The rhythm section of Segundos afuera was the same as the previous record: Andrés Recagno on bass (who also played synthesizers, backing vocals and some arrangements) and Gustavo Etchenique on drums, plus Carlos "Boca" Ferreira on percussion.

More than thirty musicians are featured in the album. Among them are some of Galemire's artistic heroes such as Osvaldo Fattoruso, Eduardo Mateo and Dino.

All played the best out of them, maybe at Galemire's influx or just for the joy of participating in such an attractive project.

Segundos afuera was released at the end of 1983 and went almost unnoticed by the general audience. However, it became an instant classic in the Uruguayan music scene from the very moment of its release. The sophistication of its sound; the unique way of combining pop, rock, jazz, candombe, milonga and murga; the search for moods and textures; the lyrics that mixed common themes and existential reflection dazzled and influenced different generations of artists.

Galemire released only three studio albums after Segundos afuera. None of them were as ambitious as this one. Its cult status was reinforced when it became inaccessible. After a first release of a few hundred vinyl and cassette copies, the album was never reissued in any format. The few copies available became a prized collector's item in Uruguay and abroad. It was only in 2020 that the album was released on streaming sites.

This mythical, but almost unknown album is now sounding again, showing its beauty intact.

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Victor Assis Brasil

Esperanto

22,99 €*