Organic Grooves 543 Items

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A cult album from 1968 that has long since become known as a groove classic across genre boundaries, now for the first time as a deluxe edition, freshly remastered, with bonus tracks and attractive packaging. Along with Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby was the only world-famous jazz harpist. Thanks to deep grooves and sophisticated orchestral sounds, “Afro-Harping” is her most famous album to date, which is continually breathed new life into thanks to samples and remixes by Pete Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Dee (aka J Dilla), Madlib, Flying Lotus and others. Remastered from the original ¼-inch tapes by Alex Wharton/Abbey Road Studios and featuring eight strong, previously unreleased alternate tracks, including an explosive version of the single “Soul Vibrations”, the classic album is now available for the first time in a high-quality format appropriate to its ever-growing importance.

2-lp: gatefold sleeve, padded black inner sleeves, illustrated eight-page insert with detailed liner notes by Seán Casey/Shindig! magazine.

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Thelonious Monk

Monk's Blues

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ray Charles In Person Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Ray Charles

The Magic Of Christmas Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
Creating harmony out of unlikely combinations was integral to Charles’ genius, and that’s evident with how effortlessly he navigates multiple genres on In Person, oftentimes on the same song. It’s an album that’s a testament to him as a versatile musical pioneer: someone who was unafraid to explore different ideas and sounds throughout his career, becoming a seminal figure in American music in the process.

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Soulful Strings

Queen Of Latin Soul / Reina De La Cancion Latina Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Christmas

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Cadet Records was one of the oddest jazz labels to ever issue LPs in America; it was the jazz imprint of Chess Records, and most of its releases came from the minds of two men: Charles Stepney and Richard Evans. The latter man ran point on the short-lived label's lone holiday release, which found the label's house band – which included luminaries like Phil Upchurch – doing their thing on 10 holiday classics. A curio for the cratedigger who already owns every Dorothy Ashby album, this album was AAA remastered by Barry Grint.

Limited to 2,000 copies, the VMP exclusive version of The Soulful Strings' The Magic of Christmas is pressed 180g Opaque Olive vinyl at Independent Record Pressing (IRP). The AAA 1 LP will arrive in a single, tip-on, foil-stamped and numbered jacket. The lacquers were cut by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering at AIR.

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La Lupe

7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Tramp)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There is something raw and disruptive about La Lupe and her modalities of performance, something that far exceeds tropes of so-called hysteria and all the gendered and racial scripts that come along with it. Uncontrolled expression opens up new routes; it presses against obligatory composure.

The boleros, boogaloos and salsas of Reina de la Canción Latina contain lessons about love, about a willingness to stay alive, about what it means to push against the confines. Reina de la Canción Latina asks us to listen to La Lupe outside of a binary mode — to look a little deeper, to find her personhood and to search for flashes of freedom wherever we can.

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Offbeats

The Hump

11,99 €*

Nuff Said! Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Monstrous blue-eyed soul / garage double-sider and a must for any rare groove DJ.
250 copies pressed.

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Nina Simone

35,99 €*

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Polydor)

James Brown

The Popcorn

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Limelight)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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heavily sampled classic funk album!!

- "In the Middle" sampled by Chubb Rock for "Organizer"

- "The Chicken" sampled by 2 Live Crew for "I Ain't Bullshitin'",
Big Daddy Kane for "Calling Mr. Welfare",
CEO for "Hit Me with the Beat" and
Main Source for "Think"

- "Why Am I Treated So Bad" sampled by The Associates for "From the Ground Up"

- "Soul Pride" sampled by Digable Planets for "9th Wonder (Blackitolism)",
Mad Flava for "Gotz ta Flow ta This",
Mr. X & Mr.Y for "1956",
Peshay for "Psychosis" & "Vocal Tune" and
Roni Size for "Hot Stuff"

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Melvin Jackson

Funky Skull

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram vinyl

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Dusty Springfield

Dusty In Memphis

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Brunswick)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram vinyl ... classic !

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Barbara Acklin

Seven days of night

27,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Solid State)

Candido

Thousand finger man

14,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Trojan)

Jimmy Cliff

16,99 €*

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (T-Neck)

The Isley Brothers

The brothers: Isley

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Cadet)

Ramsey Lewis Trio

Another voyage

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Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Rearward)

The Sahib Shihab Quintet

Seeds

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alan Silva & His Celestrial Communication Orchestra

Luna Surface 180 Gram Edition

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (BYG)

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 Gram Vinyl!

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Reuben Wilson

Love Bug

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The World Of Harry Partch

Harry Partch

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Columbia)

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram vinyl!

A composer, a theorist, and an innovator, Harry
Partch stands out among so many other
American classical artists as one of the most
eccentric. He notably rejected the tradition of
composers like Beethoven and Bach for a lack
of theatricality and drama, and took his greatest
inspirations from Eastern Noh theater,
frequently incorporating speecn and dance into
his pieces, as well as requiring participants to
perform multiple parts. His theories reflected
this dismissal, which sought to return musical
tradition to those of the pre-Classical era, with a
heavy focus on microtonality, and octave
intervals beyond what was traditionally utilized.
Many of the pieces he composed would
prominently feature instruments of his own
invention, including heavily modified string
instruments, mallet instruments, and
pipe organs.
Over the course of his life, Partch released a
number of records, soundtracked numerous
films by Madeline Tourtelot, and wrote the highly
influential text Genesis Of A Music, which would
introduce his theories to a contemporary
audience, and inspire fellow avant-garde
composers as Lou Harrison, Ben Johnston,
James Tenney, and even the famed
experimental collective The Residents.

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Lonnie Smith

Turning Point

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Lonnie Smith

Move Your Hand

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Metromedia)

Sugar Creek

Please Tell A Friend

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP+CD | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Lilith)

Tropicalia

Ou Panis Et Circencis

26,99 €*

OST - Engelchen Macht Weiter

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 Gram vinyl!

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Improved Sound Limited

LP+7" | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Wah Wah)

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Alive)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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The soundtrack to this 1969 German sexual comedy was produced by Improved Sound Limited, showcasing their killer blend of experimental pop, blues, rock, jazz, funk and easy listening, augmented with tape effects, phasing, distorted guitar... Groovy songs influenced by 60's beat and psychedelia.

Newly mastered sound by Jörg Scheuerman. Comes complete with an insert with photos and liner notes. Limited to 500 copies only.

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Doris Duke

I'm A Loser

30,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (ECM)

Abdullah Ibrahim

African Piano

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (T-Neck)

The Isley Brothers

It's Your Thing

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Ella Fitzgerald

Sunshine Of Your Love

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Great Electric Show And Dance

Lightnin' Hopkins

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Jewel)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Stax)

Ollie & The Nightingales

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Nina Simone

To Love Somebody

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nina Simone ably picked a variety of compositional classics from the new Rock era for her 1969 LP To Love Somebody. Opening with a beautiful, introspective version of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," Simone shows an obvious affinity for social statements with the Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" and a trio of Dylan standards: "I Shall Be Released," "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," plus a dramatic, meditative "The Times They Are A-Changin'."

180g vinyl.

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Freddie Hubbard

The Hub Of Hubbard

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Out-Sider)

Soft Soul Transition

SST

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Premium Cool)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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

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

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

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

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

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Bobby Womack

My Prescription

27,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Epic)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Sly & The Family Stone

Stand

27,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Supraphon)

Marta Kubisova

Songy A Balady

26,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Concord)

John Lee Hooker

That's Where It's At!

22,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

Greatest Hits

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Sony Legacy)

Greatest Hits

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Prestige)

Rusty Bryant

Rusty Bryant Returns

15,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music Poland)

Jerzy Milian Trio

Bazaar

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is 180g vinyl.

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James Brown

Popcorn

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Traffic)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram vinyl!

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Bukka White

Parchman Farm

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Chrysalis)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Born Booker T. Washington White, Bukka’s trajectory as a blues performer follows a familiar template for his
time. Born in Mississippi, maybe in Houston, MS – maybe in Aberdeen, MS – maybe in 1902, maybe in 1909
or even 1906 he recorded throughout the 1930s. Bukka even recorded while incarcerated in the Mississippi
State Penitentiary aka Parchman Farm. Asked about his time at Parchman White commented “Well, I mostly
played guitar.”
During the 1940s and 50s as Blues moved from the Delta to Chicago, from rural to urban, Bukka’s career went
dormant. And then, like many of his time, his talent was “rediscovered” in the early 60s, in no small part thanks
to a brilliant guitarist in his own right, John Fahey. Performances and all new recordings happened throughout
the 60s, building interest in Bukka White’s Delta roots. This compilation of White’s best early material was first
issued in 1969 (1970 in the US), collecting Bukka’s 78s recorded for Vocalion and Okeh. His influence on rock
performers of that day cannot be understated. He opened for rock bands he’d inspired at venues like The
Fillmore, played his instrument in such a fashion that some said it’s like he was trying to destroy that guitar, his
most famous guitar, a 1933 National Duolian, was even known as “Hard Rock.” And then there’s the fact that
his song “Shake‘em On Down” was so influential on Led Zeppelin that they, “borrowed” from the song for both
“Hats Off To Roy Harper” and “Custard Pie.”
Bukka White was many things, a strong influence on his cousin B.B. King, a cotton picker, a mule driver, a hobo,
a player in the old Negro Leagues, a boxer, a preacher, a convict, a factory laborer and, as celebrated here,
one of America’s blues pioneers.

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Blodwyn Pig

Ahead Rings Out

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Irene Colored Vinyl Edition

Caetano Veloso

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Lilith)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Although Veloso had already been thrown in jail once for his criticism of Brazil’s military regime, he continued to speak out against it on his second album (1969), with tracks like “Irene”, (about a machine gun-toting outlaw celebrated by the left). No wonder he would soon find himself in political exile in the UK. The general tone of the album is in keeping with its dire message and actually, Veloso felt it was important for his voice of protest to be heard around the world. If he was a high profile public figure, he felt that he would be safer. All this (or perhaps because of all this) and the man still managed to make excellent records! Color vinyl version.

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Oscar Peterson

Motions & Emotions

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Cree)

Andre Tanker Five

Afro Blossom West

16,99 €*

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When this album was first released in 1969, the young combo around vibraphonist and singer Andre Tanker conveyed a new style mix, which apparently naturally merged quite different musical influences into a new whole. At the centre of the music of the Andre Tanker Five was jazz in its Caribbean, Trinidadian style, a combination of the modern jazz of those days and the sounds of the extremely popular steeldrum bands of the time. A very decisive addition is typical for Trinidad: Calypso. Calypso stands for the attitude to life of this young generation of musicians, for the 'Good Time Feeling' and the desire to incorporate danceable Caribbean rhythms and Afro-Latin grooves into their individual style.
Although the original sounds of the young Andre Tanker Five are deeply rooted in the music of the West Indies, Afro-American elements always remain in the foreground. The young combo is musically equally at home in the Caribbean as in the 'hip' jazz clubs of the US megacities and the juke joints of the south with their sultry blues as well as the soul dance halls in Detroit or Memphis. The combination of vibraphone and electric guitar plus bass/drums is also rather unusual in those days. Not a pure instrumental album, 'Afro Blossom West' delivers some surprising vocals - rather unusual for a groove-jazz-based project with a sophisticated rhythmic sound.
Bandleader and vibraphonist Andre Tanker is considered a very creative and versatile musician. His exciting improvisations are a dominant feature of this group. Party In The City, Lena and Swahili are original compositions of which he sings the first two himself. Guitarist Clarence Wears is a gifted accompanist and effective soloist. His sometimes 'funky soul style' is more reminiscent of 'Memphis' than 'Trinidad'. Bass player Clive Bradley, who also plays piano and guitar, is a fine all-round musician who knows his music to the limit, and the rhythm section around Kester Smith (drums and timbales) and Mikey Coryat (congas) are able to provide the necessary power, but they can also play softly and subtly when the mood demands it.
As the album's name suggests, the combo refers deeply to the music and rhythms of Africa, whose roots - when shifted to the West - have produced the calypso, blues and Afro-Latin rhythms heard on this LP. We have had the album reworked from the original master tapes for this limited high quality LP edition by mastering expert Tom Meyer. New liner notes by Ron Reid shed light on the history of Andre Tanker, his combo and the circumstances that led to this creative product!

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Lee Gagnon

Jazzzzz

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Le Quatuor De Jazz Libre Du Quebec

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Return To Analog)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Heikki Sarmanto Sextet

Flowers In The Water

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Bija)

Michael Gregory Jackson

Clarity

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Bar-Kays

Gotta Groove

35,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Prisoner Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Herbie Hancock

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alfredo Linares Y Su Sonora

Yo Traigo Boogaloo Record Store Day 2020 Edition

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Vampisoul)

17,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.
Limitation: 500 copies.

Long sought after by collectors, DJs and lovers of hard salsa and boogaloo alike, 'Yo Traigo Boogaloo' is now lovingly reissued in replica form with the original cover art, remastered from the studio tapes, reproducing that magical MAG stuio sound for today's aficionados to enjoy like it was 1969 all over again.

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

In A Silent Way

30,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mickey & The Soul Generation

Iron Leg

7" | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Gc Production)

12,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissued and remastered with replica artwork - the highly sort after classic rare groove track, 'Iron Leg' by DJ Shadow's favourite Funk band, Mickey & The Soul Generation.

Original copies trade hands for £125+. Black 7" dinked centre hole vinyl.

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Miles In Tokyo

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Polysom)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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'Miles in Tokyo' is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964, by the Miles Davis Quintet (featuring Sam Rivers, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams) at the Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It is the first recording of Davis in Japan and the only album to showcase an early incarnation of his Second Great Quintet featuring Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone, following George Coleman's departure. After this, Wayne Shorter's appointment completed the classic line-up which recorded such albums as 'ESP' and 'Miles Smiles', through to 'Miles in the Sky'. The legendary 'Miles in Tokyo' album is now available on vinyl in Europe for the first time. The heavyweight gatefold contains a 4 page-booklet glued inside, like the original 1969 Japanese LP version.

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Brazilian Octopus

39,99 €*

Springtime / I Am Satisfied

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The only LP from the group Brazilian Octopus, featuring Hermeto Pascoal and Nilson da Matta. Originally released in 1969 on the Fermata label. Rare in its original format, a much welcomed re-issue from the Polysom label. Deep soul-funk grooves meet library-esque progressive cinematics and psychedelics meet jazz dance jams! Full range.

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Jimmy Thomas / Owen Grey

7" | 1969 | EU | Reissue

13,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Endless Happiness)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Deep/Mod Funk heavy hitter previously comped on Le Beat Bespoke and a deep Jamaican Soul cut increasingly in-demand among progressive Northern/Rare Soul deejays.

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Kashmere Stage Band

Our Thing

Mutantes Bottle Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Self-released in 1969 ‘Our Thing’ is the debut album of the performing Houston unit known as Kashmere Stage Band. The Texas student band came together at the Kashmere High School and under the direction of musical director Conrad O. Johnson, released a series of cult album on Kram Records, before disbanding in 1978. Raw funk, that’s basically what they’ve been playing and clearly there was a blacksploitation feel all over the place, but their drive was quite unique. Rediscover the myth.

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Os Mutantes

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Lovers)

Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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One album into their career in 1969, Mutantes showed few signs of musical burnout after turning in one of the oddest LPs released in the '60s. Similar to its predecessor, Mutantes relies on an atmosphere of experimentation and continual musical collisions, walking a fine line between innovation and pointless genre exercises. The lead track ("Dom Quixote") has the same focus on stylistic cut-and-paste as their debut LP's first track ("Panis et Circenses"). Among the band's musical contemporaries, Mutantes sounds similar only to songs like the Who's miniature suite "A Quick One While He's Away" -- though done in three minutes instead of nine, and much more confusing given the language barrier. The album highlights ("Nao Va Se Perder por Ai") and ("Dois Mil e Um") come with what sounds like a typically twisted take on roots music (both Brazilian and American), complete with banjo, accordion, and twangy vocals. Though there are several other enjoyable tracks, including "Magica" and a slap-happy stomp called "Rita Lee," there's a palpable sense that the experimentation here isn't serving much more than its own ends. If the first album's relentless eclecticism did in fact occasionally result in dry passages, it's especially true here

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A Day In Copenhagen

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

Tony Joe White

Black And White

46,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Polk Salad Annie" was the song and cadence for delivering White's unmistakable swamp rock sound, which called to mind the sound John Fogerty whipped up on Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bayou Country" and "Green River". Released in 1969, White's album debut "Black And White" contains some of the best swamp-folk-soul-funk of the era. White grew up in the soggy marshlands of Louisiana, his real-deal deep voice sounding like it's dredged from the bottom of the Delta. Rural life in the dirty south provided the inspiration for witty, sometimes funny, and sometimes poignant lyrics (later Tony Joe would pen the smash "Rainy Night In Georgia"). This Analogue Productions edition is the highest-quality reissue of "Black And White" released to date. It was mastered from the original analog tape by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, and features unsurpassed plating and pressing on 200-gram heavyweight vinyl by Quality Record Pressings, makers of the finest-sounding LPs in the world. The dead-silent LP playing surface captures White's voice and his strong and funky backing band in true analog majesty. Besides "Annie", side one of "Black And White" includes several other White originals. AllMusic judges the best of these to be "Willie And Laura Mae Jones", a song about race relations with an arrangement similar to "Ballad Of Billie Joe", and "Soul Francisco", a short piece of funky fluff that had been a big hit in Europe in 1968. "Aspen, Colorado" presages the later "Rainy Night in Georgia," a White composition popularized by Brook Benton. The second side of Black and White consists of covers of hits of the era, with the funky "Who's Making Love" and "Scratch My Back" faring better than the slow stuff. Dusty Springfield had a minor hit with "Willie And Laura Mae Jones", and White's songs were recorded by other performers through the years, but "Polk Salad Annie" and the gators that got her granny provided his only march in the American hit parade. Highly recommended for fans of Creedence Clearwater Revival, J.J. Cale, and 1960s soul!

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Jimmy Ruffin

Ruff 'N Ready

LP | 1969 | Reissue (Vinyl Magic)

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All killers and no fillers on this fabulous 1969 Motown masperpiece. It is a shame that Jimmy lived in the shadow of those other Motown singers such as Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. It really is one of Motown's best albums!

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Oronzo De Filippi

Meccanizzazione

Ken Wheeler / John Dankworth Orchestra

Release: 1969 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At the end of the '60s in Italy - but also abroad, especially in France and
England - a very particular trend began to spread, that one known as 'Library
music' or 'sonorization': as suggested by its name, those were real music
libraries intended for the accompaniment of audiovisual productions such as
television programs, advertisements, documentaries and films. Since they
were created in total artistic freedom condition, they are often difficult if not
impossible to catalog, as they're not anchored to a specific musical genre;
this freedom also allowed the authors to compose, sometimes in the most
complete anonymity, experimental and avant-garde music, capable of
anticipating the sounds that only many years later would have been
widespread on a larger scale.
Oronzo De Filippi is known not only for his library music works, but also for
having been part of the project The Braen's Machine, together with
Alessandro Alessandroni, another very important name in this context.
"Meccanizzazione" is a completely instrumental record - like practically all
LP's in this genre - literally dominated by the sound of the harpsichord, and it
substantially features two main kinds of compositions: the most 'friendly' and
easy-listening ones with a jazz-lounge and bossanova flavor, and the darker
and hypnotic ones, decidedly more fitting the repetitiveness of the industrial
world and its machines at work.
"Ritmo dell'industria N. 2" is part of a reissues series, made in collaboration
with Edizioni Leonardi (Milan, Italy), of extremely rare library music LP's
published between late '60s and early '70s, most of which have never been
released again until today, and that are finally made available again for
collectors and sonorization music lovers.

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Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Decca)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Decca)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A deep dive into the one of most collectable jazz catalogues in the world, a selection of some of the rarest and most sought-after recordings from the 60s and 70s, a time when British jazz began to find its own identity. Drawn from the iconic labels of Decca, Deram, Argo, EMI Columbia/Lansdowne Series, Fontana, Mercury, & Philips. Kenny Wheeler was born Canada in 1930 and, with encouragement from his father - himself a trombone player - began playing trumpet at age 12. After studying at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory, he arrived in London in 1952, his playing enveloped in the sounds of Miles Davis, Booker Little, and Fats Navarro. In 1959, Wheeler joined the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra and stayed there until 1963, although he returned frequently for shows and other projects in the years that followed. He quickly become a distinguished soloist in the Orchestra and appeared on Dankworth’s key sixties albums. Wheeler met and played with the rising artists of London’s free jazz scene. Players such as Trevor Watts, Derek Bailey, and Evan Parker, musicians who would challenge the conventions of the day, eschewing formal composition and structure to embark on group improvisation. For a musician thoroughly schooled in all the conventions of charts and dance bands as Wheeler was, this was a radical departure. Wheeler’s contributions proved his ample flexibility and showed he was capable of inhabiting both the free environment and the more formal and controlled settings of a big band and orchestra. This was shown most clearly on his debut album, Windmill Tilter, recorded for Fontana with the John Dankworth Orchestra. The album features a young John McLaughlin on guitar along with bassist Dave Holland and a roster of talented and well respected musicians playing on one of the greatest modern jazz big band and orchestral albums.

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The New Jazz Orchestra

Le Dejeuner Sur L'herbe

LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Matsuli)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A deep dive into the one of most collectable jazz catalogues in the world, a selection of some of the rarest and most sought-after recordings from the 60s and 70s, a time when British jazz began to find its own identity. Drawn from the iconic labels of Decca, Deram, Argo, EMI Columbia/Lansdowne Series, Fontana, Mercury, & Philips. If one were asked to pick an album that represented the best of British jazz in the 1960s, Le Déjeuner Sur l’Herbe by the New Jazz Orchestra would be a serious contender. Recorded in September 1968, it draws together many of the key streams that had developed in British jazz in the preceding years, and also presages much of what was to come. Notwithstanding the line-up, which includes some of the very best British jazz musicians directed by an inventive and ingenious leader in Neil Ardley, the session features pieces written by the most distinctive jazz composers active in Britain at that time alongside idiosyncratic interpretations of works by John Coltrane and Miles Davis. And it’s all captured beautifully by engineer Howard Barrow and producer Tony Reeves and it features a stella cast of some of the greatest musicians, not just from that era or genre but beyond; Jack Bruce, who would become one of the founding members of Cream, Barbara Thompson, Ian Carr, Michael Gibbs, Dave Gelly, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Jon Hiseman, who went on to form one of the greatest jazz/progressive/rock bands – Colosseum.

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Gideon Nxumalo

Gideon Plays

27,89 €* 30,99 € -10%

Marvin Peterson And The Soulmasters

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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• Long lost 1968 album from visionary South African jazz composer incorporating traditional African music sources and instruments.

• Officially licensed from the Nxumalo family and reissued with inner sleeve containing archival photographs and new liner notes by Francis Gooding.

Gideon Nxumalo’s Gideon Plays might just be the most mythologised and sought-after LP in the whole South African canon. A sophisticated bop excursion with a distinctive African edge, it was only Nxumalo’s second LP as leader, despite his crucial place in South African jazz history. Pianist Nxumalo was a visionary jazz composer who had recorded regularly during the 1950s, and his 1962 Jazz Fantasia album was the first South African jazz recording to incorporate traditional African musical sources and instruments. But he was also the country’s most significant radio presenter and jazz tastemaker – from 1954 onwards, he had worn the nickname ‘Mgibe’ to introduce ‘This Is Bantu Jazz’, South African radio’s premier jazz show. But in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre in 1961, Nxumalo had been side-lined from radio play, and was eventually sacked for playing records with political meanings. By 1968, he had not been heard on record or airwave for several years. Gideon Plays was a celebrated return to the studio for one of South Africa’s best loved and most forward-thinking jazzmen, and it showcases Nxumalo’s deep understanding of jazz, his brilliant touch as a composer, and his commitment to bringing South Africa’s indigenous sound into the music. However, it was released on the tiny JAS Pride label owned by production impresario Ray Nkwe, and after one pressing in 1968, Gideon Plays fell into the undeserved silence that has obscured so much of the South African jazz discography. It has since become a legend: hardly more than a rumour, it has been bootlegged by the unscrupulous, changed hands for eye-watering sums, and has scarcely been heard outside the circles of the most committed South African jazz devotees. It goes without saying that it has never been released outside South Africa, and even now only a handful of original copies are known to have survived. Over the last ten years, Matsuli Music has been proud to present some of the greatest lost and found jazz recordings in South African history – but we have never presented a rarer, lesser known album than the mighty Gideon ‘Mgibe’ Nxumalo’s Gideon Plays.

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In Concert

LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

31,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An impressive live album by Marvin Peterson who was one of the finest trumpetersin the 60's-70's is making its return on vinyl format. These tracks were performed by the band led by Hannibal Marvin Peterson, though he had yet to add "Hannibal" to his name at the time of recording. Here, he performed with eight musicians in his hometown of Texas, and theirperformance crossed the boundaries of jazz, soul and funk with skilled musicians. These included organistEugene Carrier who also participated in the BB King Band and drummer Emry Thomas who would later participate in the band led by Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

With a glance at the cover art, you can get a sense of the powerful and passionate live recording that brought joy to its many fans. The opening "Groove for Otis" (m1) with a jazz-funk whose edgy beat excites rare groove fans. "Our Groove" (m4) is also a fine track whichhas a slick bassline and Eugene'sorgan fusing in harmony. P-vine are very proud to be repressing this record with its intimate feeling akin to being there in the crowd as the mighty Peterson walks up to take center stage.

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Don Cherry

Where Is Brooklyn?

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First Taste Of Hurt / I'm Having So Much Fun Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

Willie Tee

7" | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Gatur)

13,99 €*

Speed And Space - The Concept Of Space In Music

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following on from the incredible success of 2020's "Teasin' You Again", we're proud to follow that up with one of Willie Tee's greatest double-siders and one of his very rarest 45s. Welcome to the incredible "First Taste Of Hurt" backed with "I'm Having So Much Fun".

This record was first discovered in Los Angeles in 1976 primarily for "I'm Having So Much Fun" which drew interest from the Northern Soul crowd, but then "First Taste Of Hurt" started catching on in wider circles. These days "First Taste Of Hurt" is the key side with a truly international audience across several scenes. An original Gatur copy of this will set you back £5000 and even the UK Grapevine reissue will cost you the best part of £100 these days. Expect another across-the-board Willie Tee smash which will match perfectly with "Teasin' You Again" and sell to many audiences.

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Masahiko Togashi Quartet

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Mad About)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in November 1969 at Teichiku Kaikan Studio, Tokyo, "Speed and Space - The Concept of Space in Music" is one of those landmark works in which Masahiko Togashi is accompanied by talented musicians who possess a unique style and innovative approach. The album is an exploration of Togashi's notion of the “Time Law" and can be seen as a study of how texture, rhythm and differing rates of change effect our perception of the passage of time in music. Sounding quite obscure and contemplative, the brief introductory theme signed as “Presage” prepares the listener for powerful and scathing Free Jazz. In a pace of increasing intensity, “Panorama” remits us to the liberating ways of an absorbing percussion where the more muscular interventions are interspersed with moments of enormous sensitivity. Grounded by Togashi’s varied percussion, the disconcerting piano of Masahiko Sato and the vigorous bass of Yoshio Ikeda mark the guidelines of this long abstract exercise. Among several solo notes and brilliant moments played through an energetic improvisation, this theme of 14:35 minutes flows into a grand finale with the involvement of all the musicians. “Expectation” closes the A side in a short but intense reverie of percussion, bass and flute, guided by an improvisation free of harmonic prejudices. The floating world of 'Expectation' closes side A in a brief but intense reverie of percussion, bass and flute, guided by an improvisation devoid of harmonic prejudices. At the piano (and gong), Masahiko Sato (another illustrious representative of Japanese music) assumes a mediation function, granting some harmony traits to the, almost always, abstract and corrosive concepts of this collective. Certainly less known, bassist Yoshio Ikeda (which in the 70s recorded, among others, with trumpeter Terumasa Hino and in the early 80s with the renowned pianist Aki Takase) through a valuable contribution, imprints a decisive mark to the robust rhythm-section as to the overall sound of this date. Even with a less active participation, Mototeru Takagi helps impart a tonal diversity and a colorful exoticism through his forays into the tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute. Of sharp forms dominated by technique and irreverence, side B continues with the title track, divided in two distinct but equally penetrating parts. With a depth marked by Togashi’s percussion, “Speed & Space # 1” unfolds on a fast tune over 11 minutes of a harsh and incisive improvisation. The interaction of an irreverent rhythm section finds its complement in the disturbing screams of a delirious saxophone. Shorter, the 2nd part gives voice to an ambiental and minimalist concept in which the central role of Togashi finds an interesting matching in Masahiko Sato’s piano as well in the saxophone and flute of Mototeru Takagi. In this challenging exercise, the flank “space” reaches its fullness before culminating in an entrancing performance by Togashi (percussion, vibraphone, bells, etc.). Includes OBI and insert

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The Four Sounds

Jazz From District Six

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Sommor)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Impossible-to-find gem from 1969 finally reissued in a deluxe edition. Ultra Rare South African Jazz from District Six with legendary musicians Clifford Moses, Richard Schilder, Basil Moses and Basil Coetzee.

True Jazz today is becoming a rare art whose existence depends not only on the Jazz-musician but also on the medium by means of which it is propagated. This album is the combined effort of musician and Trutone Record Company to add their contribution to the interest of the arts. The theme for this album is set in "District Six", the community which brought forth "The Four Sounds".

Basil Moses is perhaps most widely known, in the context of South African jazz history, as having recorded prolifically – including performing on seven or eight of Abdullah Ibrahim’s 1970s recordings. He also features on Sathima Bea Benjamin’s African Songbird (The Sun, GL 1839).

Guitarist Cliffie Moses, three years older than brother Basil, was also a professional musician and the two, along with Richard Schilder and Billy Bowers (aka Billie Dollie), formed the Four Sounds in the early 1960s. The group with Basil ‘Manenburg’ Coetzee and Roy Nolly recorded their debut album, Jazz from District Six, in 1969 for Trutone (tblc 1).

In 1970 Basil, Cliffie, Roy Petersen and Monty Weber were all hired to tour the country as the core of Percy Sledge’s backing band for a seventeen-week sell-out tour of South and southern Africa. Percy Sledge described it as the “greatest tour of [his] career”.

Notes by Siemon Allen at Flatinternational”

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Hugo Y Osvaldo

La Bossa Nova De ...

23,99 €*

Tenderness George Semper Mix

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After the demise of LOS Shakers, brothers Hugo & Osvaldo Fattoruso released in 1969 "La Bossa Nova de Hugo & Osvaldo".

Here, they paid homage to the music they grew-up with: jazz, bossa nova and candombe but adding Beatlesque pop-psych and Brazilian/Latin sounds to the mix, following what they had already done with Los Shakers in songs like "Never Never" or "Adorable Lola".

Cool covers of Burt Bacharach, George Harrison and candombe pioneer Manolo Guardia blend together with lovely self-penned songs and even new, bossa-styled versions from Los Shakers catalogue.

Recorded in 1968 mostly by Hugo and Osvaldo playing all the instruments by themselves, it was originally released in 1969 in a tiny edition of 400 copies, making it one of the most desirable collectable albums related to Los Shakers.

The missing link between "Toto's Bar" and OPA's "Goldenwings"?

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Candy Rae

7" | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Record Shack)

15,99 €*

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Spirits Known And Unknown

Leon Thomas

LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (BGP / Flying Dutchman)

22,99 €*

Markley (West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band)

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Leon Thomas’ debut as a leader was this classic of spiritual jazz recorded for Bob Thiel’s Flying Dutchman label. Originally pressed in 1969, it features an all-star band including Pharoah Sanders (under the name Little Rock), Lonnie Liston Smith (piano), James Spaulding (alto sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Roy Haynes (drums) and Richard Landrum (bongos).

“Spirits Known And Unknown” features versions of ‘The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)’, the classic ‘Song For My Father’, ‘One’, ‘Echoes’ and the topical ‘Damn Nam (Ain’t Goin’ To Vietnam)’. Subtitled New Vocal Frontiers upon release, the rear sleeve noted that “Thomas is searching as far into himself as he can go for spirits known and unknown and is creating new dimensions of vocal expressiveness to bring these spirits – these feelings – into the experience of others.” The fact that this album is hailed as a classic shows that he succeeded.

Pressed on 180gm vinyl we have remained faithful to the original pressing replicating the Flying Dutchman label style and gatefold-sleeve.

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Markley, A Group

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Markley, A Group is the sixth and final album by the American psychedelic rock group, the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and was released in 1970 on Forward Records, owned by Mike Curb. The album was released under another group name, Markley A Group, as decided by the group owner, Bob Markley. It features compositions by Danny Harris, Michael Lloyd and Shaun Harris with lyrics by Bob himself. The content is simple and soft, reminiscent of the band's earlier work. A gently pop-psych stroke of genius.

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Ram John Holder

Black London Blues

Noisy Silence - Gentle Noise

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fully licensed ! Ltd to 500 copies. Singer and guitarist Ram John Holder was born in. 1939 in Georgetown, British Guiana, then moved to Cincinnati in 1954, and to the East Coast to work as folk blues singer in the early 1960s. In 1963, he took residency in England where he recorded several albums. Released in 1969 Black London Blues is surely is masterpiece. A socio-political manifesto the album chronicles the trials and tribulations that were the result of being a black-immigrant in London, and it contains all the pathos and pain one can imagine. Self-conscious, as concept albums often are, the record is almost like an audio A-Z or pub guide. It’s funky and represents his own black experience. It is a must have for all the blues revivalist out there, a record to rank along the lines of early Mike Cooper and american stalwarts like Eugene McDaniels or Sixto Rodriguez !

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The Dave Pike Set

LP | 1969 | Reissue (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1969 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (Daiei)

Shintaro Katsu

Sing The Night

51,99 €*

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gira Gira / Parabéns Meu Bem Black Vinyl Edition

Marcos Vermelho

7" | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Groovie)

11,99 €*

LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The Polydor label released a few singles in the late 1960s that became very obscure and unknown, even to researchers. Most of these 7 inches are super psychedelic and very creative, but totally anti commercial. Own compositions, recordings and good productions, always with a top team. These works were not promoted or publicized by the label and very few copies circulated at the time. The impression is that the intention was to freeze or disappear with the artist in question. Vermelho is one of them, a work that is little talked about or known but that always attracts the attention of those who have access to these two tracks. Arrangement by Rogério Duprat, who was proud to have participated in these recordings, with Rafael Moreno on bass, Alberto Niccoli Junior on drums, Bolão on Sax and Marcos Ficarelli, the “Vermelho” on guitar and vocals.

Marcos already knew well the ways of recording and producing an album, having participated in historical groups of Brazilian rock in the 60's such as Top Sounds, Código 90 and Loupha, to name a few. At this stage, he had already acquired good knowledge of recording and studio management. Excerpts such as “And in the hole of the corners, to look for, is what I try in vain” presents the listener with the mood of the dark times of that time, and today seems a premonition about the difficulty of finding this single, even in private collections.

“Parabéns Meu Bem” and “Gira-Gira” are tracks with an advanced rhythm for the time. Drums very well marked, with an original take and very close to North American funk. The bass is consistent and strong and the guitar full of effects and very reminiscent of the sound and energy of Jimi Hendrix, Santana and Blood Sweat & Tears. There is yet another musical layer created by Duprat, who managed to insert a mini orchestra along with the sound mass created by “Banda do Vermelho”.

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Spanky Wilson

Spankin' Brand New

34,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album that started it all! Spanky Wilson’s legendary debut from Mother’s Records saw Philadelphia’s soon to be soul diva teaming up with legendary producer/arranger H.B. Barnum to deliver a killer 11-track LP! From the opening notes of “You’re Gonna Miss Me”, to the final fading chimes of “The Last Day of Summer”, Spanky Wilson’s beautiful voice is always on full display. Despite the fullness of her voice, there’s a surprising tenderness - undercutting soulful funky numbers with an element of emotionality unlike anything her peers would ever put out. As Spanky’s voice soars, her backing band, at times as sparse as a single piano, and at times as full as a big band, is always tight, giving Spanky plenty of room to shine while showing off their own immense talents. Don’t miss the album that started it all for legendary soul diva Spanky Wilson, now available on limited edition vinyl with a special Japanese Obi-strip!

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Ethiopians

Reggae Power

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Ebalunga!)

Gabor Szabo

1969

30,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Charly)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Gabor Szabo exploded onto the American jazz scene in the early sixties. His unusual approach and unique sound brought something startling and new to jazz. With Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd and Gary McFarland, Szabo offered something few in jazz had ever heard before: guitarist as enchanter and conjurer and musician as storyteller and mesmerist. Once Szabo declared his independence in 1966, he also proved how seamlessly jazz can blend the Beatles and Bacharach with Latin and Indian styles. The guitarist released a string of albums on Impulse that challenged many assumptions about jazz and stand out today as some of the most radical, yet appealing music of the period. But the times were woefully a-changing. Szabo biographer Károly Libisch considers the year 1969 a “turning point” for the guitarist. The spell Szabo weaved in the press was beginning to wane. The blizzard of coverage he generated in the previous few years began to trickle off. Perhaps the rise of rock – and rock-guitar heroes – tamped down the guitarist’s exotic allure and faddish charm. Then, too, Szabo’s erratic behavior started attracting poor notices and hastened the demise of his storied quintet, featuring guitarist Jimmy Stewart and percussionist Hal Gordon, in late 1968. Now, both Gabor Szabo, the artist and businessman, needed a hit. 1969 was his response to the call of 1969.

The album was released in August 1969, initial reviews were positive. Cash Box raved that Gabor Szabo 1969 “is magnificent music, and an album that deserves great success” while Record World called it “luscious guitaring” that features “lots of contemporary material, which he makes completely his own.” Gabor Szabo 1969 never did find the success it was seeking. But it remains a lovely listening experience that finds the guitarist at his melodic best at an important crossroads in his recording career. “

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Archie Shepp

Yasmina, A Black Woman

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

Whispers

Planets Of Life

LP | 1969 | JP | Reissue (Craftman)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Formed in 1964 in Watts, California, U.S. and based in Los Angeles, the original members were the texan twin brothers Wallace Scott and Walter Scott plus Gordy Harmon, Marcus Hutson and Nicholas Caldwell. In 1973 Gordy Harmon injured his larynx in a driving accident and was replaced by Leaveil Degree. Planets Of Life was the result of the incoming change, a vocal soul-funk masterpiece from a renewed harmony group. Often compared to the Isley Brothers, due to Scotty Scott vocal similarities to Ronald Isley, the band was an excellent r&b combo, turning lately into an electric funk vibe with a clear Temptations twist.

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Masahiko Togashi

We Now Create

45,99 €*

Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83° Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The most important artists in the history of Japanese free jazz, Masahiko Togashi, Masayuki Takayanagi, Mototeru Takagi and Motoharu Yoshizawa. A solemn and crazy improvisation work originally recorded in 1969! "It was not until 1969, when this album was recorded, that the quality of Japanese free jazz works reached a world-class level. The most important artists in the history of Japanese free jazz feast the solemn and insane improvisation has not faded away even in the present age of 2022." - Kouki Hanawa (Craftman Records)

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Yusef Lateef

LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Arc Records)

43,99 €*

LP | 1969 | EU (Trading Places)

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Gilles Peterson has been given the keys to Warner’s impressive Jazz back-catalogue and hand-selected Yusef Lateef’s legendary Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83° for Arc Records next release. This is the first time the album has been reissued on vinyl since its originally came out in 1969. The album is Lateef’s nostalgic love-letter to his hometown and one of the rawest works in his catalogue but the record looks forward as well as back. The compositions are laced with the seeds of 70s Jazz Funk that would come to dominate the following decade. Arc Records have given this overlooked piece in Lateef’s oeuvre a bespoke reissue treatment. The audio has been remastered in mono from the original tapes by legendary engineer Bernie Grundman - best known for personally mastering industry landmarks such as Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” among many others. The artwork, printed on heavy-weight card, is faithful to the original down to the 1960’s-style tip on sleeve and features the original sleeve notes alongside updated liner notes. The record itself is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. The release is physical only and limited to just 2000 copies."

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Amalgam

Prayer For Peace

(We Ain't Here Looking For) No Trouble

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While stationed in Germany in the RAF during the late 1950s and early 1960s, York-born alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts met the drummer John Stevens, with whom he would form the Spontaneous Music Ensemble upon returning to the UK in 1965, which became an important vehicle for British free improvisation. Watts’ spin-off project Amalgam came two years later with Stevens and bassist Jeff Clyne, previously in the Jazz Couriers with Ronnie Scott; their debut LP Prayer For Peace is jazz improv at its most melodic, an unpredictable album of varying shades, with three unique takes of the song ‘Judy’s Smile.’

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Jimmy Thomas

7" | 1969 | EU | Reissue (You Are The Cosmos)

9,99 €*

Our Meanings And Our Feelings

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First official reissue of this Soul classic originally released in 1969 by Spark label.

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Michel Portal

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Le Très Jazz Club)

Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins) Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On June 27th, 1969, Michel Portal pushed the door of the Pathé Marconi studios. With him were drummers Jacques Thollot and Aldo Romano, bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark and pianist Joachim Kühn. They hadn"t rehearsed anything, as if entering the studio to record an album without any plan was something normal. The musicians were obviously very used to playing with each other, as the five tracks on Our Meanings And Our Feelings seem to flow perfectly without any hint of improvisation. The zokra, an oriental clarinet that Michel Portal plays on "Walking through the land" and "Dear old Morocco" brings a singular touch to this album. This singularity is transcended by Joachim Kühn"s ability to easily go from the piano to the saxophone alto, from supporting to soloing, before playing the bells, then the tambourine, opening the soundscape. Our Meanings And Our Feelings may not be the first French free jazz record - as it was preceded by the fantastic Free Jazz by François Tusques, released in 1965 and on which Michel Portal plays as well - but it remains one of the most important. Its incredible outburst of sounds and melodies is completely free yet never turns into cacophony. 44 years after its release, it is still urgent to listen to Our Meanings And Our Feelings and what these five talented musicians had to tell us.

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Lightnin' Hopkins

LP | 1969 | EU (Destination Moon)

16,99 €*

Tommy James & The Shondells

Release: 1969 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Texan country blues kingpin Lightnin’ Hopkins was rated one of the top 100 guitarists of all time by Billboard, and was a notable influence on Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others. Recordings for Aladdin and Gold Star cemented his reputation, and after performing at Carnegie Hall with Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, ‘Mojo Hand’ was a breakthrough hit. The superb 1961 LP Lightnin’ (The Blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins) benefits from the understated presence of King Curtis’ drummer, Belton Evans, and jazz bassist Leonard Gaskin, placing Hopkins’ guitar licks and raspy voice at centre stage, playfully relating heartbreak and woe.

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The Best Of Blue Vinyl

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

65,99 €*

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Got 'Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues

Janis Joplin

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

41,99 €*

The Meters Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g

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The Meters

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

35,99 €*

Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Debut 1969 Album by New Orleans Funk Legends: The Meters. Sourced From the Original 1969 Analog Master Tapes. Cut by Kevin Gray of Cohearent Audio. Features the hit song "Cissy Strut". Limited Red Apple Vinyl LP.

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A Black Man's Soul

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Legacy)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here’s the official reissue of the album originally released on Dallas Pompeii label in April 1969. When he was out on tour with his regular gig, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Ike found the time to cut this unbelievable instrumental album. Whenever he had some spare time he would drag the band into a local studio and lay down tracks, resulting in these 12 funky soul jams that sound like they were lifted from a blaxploitation movie. The band is tight and laid-back at once, with horns at the forefront most of the time. Los Angeles hip-hop group Jurassic 5 later sampled "Getting Nasty" on their self-titled EP.

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Jeff Beck

Beck-Ola

A Jackson In Your House Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jeff Beck's second album, originally released in 1969 and featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on guitar.

Track Listing:

Side A: 1. All Shook Up 2. Spanish Boots 3. Girl From Mill Valley 4. Jailhouse Rock Side B: 5. Plynth (Water Down The Drain) 6. The Hangman's Knee 7. Rice Pudding

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Art Ensemble Of Chicago

LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Charly)

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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K.B. Burrell Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Kenny Burrell

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

43,99 €*