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A Love Supreme Cobalt Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Impulse!)

The Peace-Maker Verve By Request

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most influential albums in all of jazz. Recorded in 1964 with the likes of Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones & McCoy Tyner

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Harold Land Quintet

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hip Hug-Her Pink Vinyl Edition

Booker T. And The Mg's

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

And Now! Orange Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All Analog Process From The Original Master Tapes. Cut by Kevin Gray. 1967’s Hip Hug-Her is one of their most beloved records. Spawning two significant hits, their cover of the Young Rascals “Groovin” and the title track "Hip Hug-Her"

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Booker T. And The Mg's

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

Soul Dressing Mono Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All Analog Process From The Original Master Tapes. Cut by Kevin Gray. Long out of print 1966 release. 1966’s And Now!’ is the first to feature long-term bassist Duck Dunn, who helps create a nightclub feel that alternates between some of their most aggressive recordings and most sultry.

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Booker T. And The Mg's

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

LP | 1962 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All Analog Process From The Original Master Tapes. Cut by Kevin Gray. Long out of print 1965 Mono release. Featuring the legendary The Mar-Keys’ horn section. Includes the hit single "Soul Dressing". Limited Clear Vinyl Pressing

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Howling Wolf

Sings The Blues

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Lady Soul Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1962 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Howlin' Wolf was a true bluesman who stuck to his own style. This LP reissue of an album compiled from his recordings in 1951-1952 for RPM label, sub-label of Modern Records and released in1962 on Crown Records, also a substance of Modern.

The album features Willie Johnston on guitar, a rule-breaking mix of primitive delta blues and fancy jazz chords; Willie Steele on drums and unidentified musicians providing unparalleled backing; and Ike Turner on vibrant piano, Wolf barked out wild and tough blues in West Memphis.

Although the piano, the guitar and the harmonica were clearly out of tune, the sounds were outstandingly thumping and beautiful - there was no greater shock. This is a classic in blues history that captured the rampaging blues wolf of the blues at the beginning of his career, when he made his recording debut after the age of 40. The reissue LP will be available with iconic OBI strip.

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Aretha Franklin

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mr. Natural Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Stanley Turrentine

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bring It Home To Me Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Blue Mitchell

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | US | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Doris Troy

Just One Look

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Crescent Acoustic Sounds Edition

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | US | Reissue (Impulse!)

Coltrane

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Psychicemotus Verve By Request Edition

Yusef Lateef

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Freddie Hubbard

Hub-Tones

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Kenny Dorham

Una Mas

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Lonnie Smith

Think

Together Original Master Mono

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This Blue Note 80 Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Motown)

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Motown)

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vinyl LP pressing.

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Supremes

I Hear A Symphony

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited green colored vinyl LP pressing.

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Hampton Hawes

For Real

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vagabundeando! Hangin' Out

Joe Cuba Sextet

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Ike Turner

Rock The Blues

LP | 1962 | US | Reissue (Spin The Blues)

Release: 1963 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ike Turner, a guitarist, pianist, band leader, producer, talent scout... With his diverse talents, he excelled in many fields. In a recent announcement from Rolling Stone magazine, he was ranked 148th in the "250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," highlighting his undeniable talent as a guitarist. His 1st album "Rock The Blues," recorded in the 1950s and released on Crown Records in 1963, serves as proof of his exceptional skills and originality as a guitarist. P-vine is delightfully reissuing the important album on Japanese edition vinyl with Obi-strip for the first time.

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Arthur Big Boy Crudup

Mean Ol' Frisco

The Exciting Wilson Pickett Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* Originally released in 1962 * Japanese OBI-strip * The jacket is reproduced based on the original edition Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup was an American Delta blues songwriter and guitarist from Forest, Mississippi. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his song 'That's All Right' which was later recorded by Elvis Presley when he debuted in 1954. 'Mean Ol' Frisco' is his first solo album which was released in 1962 from Fire Records when he was 57 years old and there are no reissues on LP in recent years. As a pioneer of Japanese blues music, P-vine proudly presents this important album historically and musically with the artwork of the original edition!

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Wilson Pickett

LP | 1966 | UK | Reissue (Rhino Atlantic)

Release: 1966 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Don't Play That Song Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Ben E. King

LP | 1962 | UK | Reissue (Rhino Atlantic)

LP | 1967 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Release: 1962 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Although Ben E King's name is synonymous with The Drifters, he only actually sang on a dozen tracks with them, most of which were recorded concurrent with the start of his own solo career. This compilation anthologises Ben's solo recordings between 1960-62, presenting his early singles plus a handful of standout album tracks.

All his early hits are here, including the Drifters-like First Taste Of Love, his first million-seller Spanish Harlem, his signature song Stand By Me, the lilting Latin shuffle of Amor, the dramatic, bluesy Here Comes The Night/Young Boy Blues, his Sex'n'Soul double-sider Ecstasy/Yes, the explosive Don't Play That Song, the soulful Too Bad, the haunting I'm Standing By and Goffin & King's Tell Daddy.

Ben E. King’s ‘Don’t Play That Song!’ album is pressed on a single clear LP and is a one time pressing.

This vinyl release is a part of Atlantic Records' 75th Anniversary vinyl collection.

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Cynthia Schloss

Ready And Waiting

Sweet Rain Acoustic Sounds Edition

Release: 1967 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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How Cynthia Schloss’ debut album Ready And Waiting ended up as part of the infamous tax-scam label TSG Records’ catalogue is characteristically mysterious and unknown. Originally released on Merritone Records in 1976, it’s rich reggae sound is a celebration of life and love, and the Jamaican singer’s syncopated grooves stand apart from familiar TSG funk and soul territory - though both find space to breathe inside the mix of this expansive album. Nevertheless, a year later the album found itself with a new sleeve and identity under the distinct TSG colour and logo. P-vine is thrilled to be reissuing Ready and Waiting as a limited edition LP for the first time in the world with an iconic Japanese obi strip attached.

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Stan Getz

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Quest Limited Ojc. Series

Mal Waldron

LP | 1961 | Reissue (Concord)

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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East Broadway Run Down Acoustic Sounds

Sonny Rollins

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Intensity Limited Contemporary Records

Art Pepper

LP | 1963 | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1963 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cannonball Adderley / Bill Evans

Know What I Mean Original Jazz Classic Series

LP | 1961 | Reissue (Concord)

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Iron Man Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Gold & Black Marbled Vinyl Edition

Eric Dolphy

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Culture Factory)

LP | 1965 | JP | Reissue (Think!)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
Iron Man (aka the Eric Dolphy Record), originally released in 1968, is known as an extraordinarily complex and challenging recording. A jazz multi-instrumentalist who gained prominence in the 1960s, Dolphy extended the vocabulary and boundaries of the alto saxophone and was among the earliest significant jazz flute soloists. Vinyl for the album ALL MUSIC calls “ESSENTIAL” has been long out of print and unavailable. This deluxe package for RSD Black Friday includes an OBI side strip, single album jacket, original album art work, printed inner sleeve, original record labels and specialty color vinyl.

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Mighty Sparrow

Tattoo Woman

LP | 1963 | JP | Reissue (Think!)

Release: 1965 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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"Tattoo Woman" was originally released in 1965 and includes "Under My Skin", a favorite not only among calypso fans but also Ska and Reggae lovers! This is a calypso arrangement of Cole Porter's original song "I've Got You Under My Skin" and is truly a masterpiece! The album as a whole contains many wonderful pieces that convey the breath of calypso in its heyday! Please enjoy these two historical masterpieces by the god of calypso, Mighty Sparrow, together with "The Outcast", which will be released at the same time on analog LP!!

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Mighty Sparrow

The Outcast

Czeslaw Niemen & Akwarele

Release: 1963 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released in 1963, "The Outcast" is a masterpiece that includes "Tour of Jamaica", the strongest jazzy calypso song that continues to captivate many DJs and music lovers!! No other song makes the listener dance with such happiness! The quality of the album as a whole is excellent, and this is truly one of Mighty Sparrow's masterpieces! Please enjoy these two historical masterpieces by the god of calypso, Mighty Sparrow, together with "Tattoo Woman", which will be released at the same time on analog LP!!

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Dziwny Jest Ten Swiat..

LP | 1967 | PL | Reissue (Warner)

39,59 €* 43,99 € -10%

Release: 1967 / PL – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1968 | BR | Reissue (Polysom)

Tom Ze

Grande Liquidacao

LP | 1963 | BR | Reissue (Polysom)

Release: 1968 / BR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a 180g vinyl pressing. In 1968 Tom Zé; moved from Salvador Bahia to Sao Paulo where he hung out and wrote with his friends Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso. Although initially part of theTropicalia movement,Zé was so independent he was determined to forge his own musical path. He started by recording Grande Liquidacao, a hyperactive pop album backed up by two incredible psychedelic rockbands: Os Brazoes and Os Versateis.

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Jorge Ben

Sacundin Ben Samba

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Ascensionale)

Release: 1963 / BR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Polysom Brazil vinyl LP repress import, released in 1964.

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Jorge Lopez Ruiz

B.A. Jazz

LP | 1965 | BR | Reissue (Polysom)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jorge López Ruiz is one of most versatile of musical talents to emerge from Argentina. As a bass player, composer, performer and arranger he has worked across many genres including jazz, pop as well as stage productions and feature films. The "B.A. Jazz" album has been a rarity for years and original pressings attract huge amounts from collectors. It's rarity is matched by the fantastic music contained with its grooves. It's a genuinely important record in the development of jazz in South America.

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Moacir Santos

Coisas

Release: 1965 / BR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | BR | Reissue (Polysom)

Jorge Ben

Samba Esquema Novo

Release: 1963 / BR – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Afro-Harping Deluxe Edition

Dorothy Ashby

2LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Jimmy Smith / Wes Montgomery

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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Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Anagram Music)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Anagram Music)

Bill Evan

With Symphony Orchestra

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Intermusic)

Ben E. King

Dont Play That Song!

40,99 €*

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Howlin' Wolf 60th Anniversary Edition

Howlin' Wolf

LP | 1962 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

40,99 €*

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Greatest Hits - Stand By Me Red Vinyl Edition

Ben E. King

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

41,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

Miles Davis

Nefertiti

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Ramblin' (Bonus Track) Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g audiophile pressing.

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The Jack Wilson Quartet

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Friday Rights Mgmt)

41,99 €*

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Spirits Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Freddie Hubbard

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Best Of Wilson Pickett Volume Two

Wilson Pickett

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Brother And The Holding Company

Cheap Thrills SACD Edition

CD | 1968 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bobby Hutcherson

Stick Up!

Steppin' Out Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and Billy Higgins. The quintet covers a vast expanse of post-bop territory on five Hutcherson originals plus Ornette Coleman’s “Una Muy Bonita.”

This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Herbie Lewis (bass); Billy Higgins (drums)

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Harold Vick

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Breaking Point Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1963, tenor saxophonist Harold Vick made his sole album as a leader for Blue Note, the underrated soul jazz gem „Steppin’ Out“. The record finds its groove from the first downbeat and stays firmly in the pocket throughout this set featuring Blue Mitchell, Grant Green, John Patton, and Ben Dixon.

Blue Note Tone Poet Edition: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket

Harold Vick (tenor saxophone); Big John Patton (organ);

Grant Green (guitar); Ben Dixon (drums); Blue Mitchell (trumpet)

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Freddie Hubbard

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For DJango Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Joe Pass

LP | 1964 | UK | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1964 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pastel Blues Acoustic Sounds Edition

Nina Simone

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Charlie Brown Christmas Deluxe Edition

Vince Guaraldi Trio

2LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Guitar Forms Acoustic Sounds

Kenny Burrell

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Total Eclipse Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kenny Burrell's album "Guitar Forms" stands as Burrell’s definitive musical statement. It was nominated for three Grammys in 1965, is considered one of the true masterpieces in the Verve catalog. This is partly due to the outstanding performance of the guitarist himself, of course, but also to the unforgettable arrangements that Gil Evans wrote for five of the album's nine tracks. According to AllMusic, these were in no way inferior to the brilliant arrangements that Evans had made for Miles Davis classics such as "Birth Of The Cool", "Porgy And Bess" and "Sketches Of Spain".

Verve Acoustic Sounds Series: mastered fully analogue from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, QPR pressing (180 g), firm tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve, Gatefold Sleeve.

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Bobby Hutcherson

LP | 1968 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Life Time Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1968 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bobby Hutcherson’s 1968 album "Total Eclipse" was the vibraphonist’s first recording to feature saxophonist Harold Land who would become a key collaborator for years to come. Rounding out the band were pianist Chick Corea, bassist Reggie Johnson, and drummer Joe Chambers on this impassioned and probing 1968 set of post-bop.

BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

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Anthony Williams

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Silver's Serenade Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Der frühreife und begnadete Schlagzeuger und Komponist Tony Williams war bereits Mitglied des Miles Davis Quintet und wirkte an zahlreichen bahnbrechenden Blue-Note-Aufnahmen mit, darunter Herbie Hancock "Empyrean Isles", Eric Dolphy "Out To Lunch", Andrew Hill "Point Of Departure", Jackie McLean "One Step Beyond" und Grachan Moncur III "Evolution", als er im August 1964 sein eigenes abenteuerliches Debütalbum "Life Time" aufnahm, als er gerade einmal 18 Jahre alt war.

Williams hatte nicht die Absicht, auf seiner Jungfernfahrt als Leader auf Nummer sicher zu gehen und machte sich daran, seinen kompromisslosen Ausdruck auf diesem Programm mit innovativen Originalkompositionen zu dokumentieren. Seite 1 präsentiert die ausgedehnte zweisätzige Suite "2 Pieces of One", bei der der Schlagzeuger von dem Tenorsaxophonisten Sam Rivers und den Bassisten Gary Peacock und Richard Davis unterstützt wird. Seite 2 beginnt mit dem fröhlichen "Tomorrow Afternoon", bei dem Williams, Rivers und Peacock mitwirken. Auf dem frei improvisierten "Memory", bei dem Herbie Hancock am Klavier und Bobby Hutcherson am Vibraphon mitwirken, spielt Williams verschiedene Perkussionsinstrumente, und das nachdenkliche Klavier-Bass-Duett "Barb's Song to the Wizard", das von Hancock und Ron Carter gespielt wird und das Album abschließt, ist ganz auf ihn zugeschnitten.

Diese Stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition wurde von Joe Harley produziert, von Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) von den originalen analogen Masterbändern gemastert, bei Record Technology Inc. (RTI) auf 180g Vinyl gepresst und in einer luxuriösen Gatefold-Tip-on-Hülle verpackt.

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Horace Silver

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Silver’s Serenade" was the last album Horace Silver made with his celebrated Quintet with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Roy Brooks. These five Silver tunes epitomize his compositional style: captivating melodies, sophisticated harmonies and intricate rhythms with an unerring sense of swing.

BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.

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Tex Book Tenor Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

LP | 1968 | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1968 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Down With It! Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Blue Mitchell

LP | 1965 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Extensions Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1965 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Trumpeter Blue Mitchell had a soulful, swinging style and was equally at home in jazz, R&B, and funk settings. This 1965 date featured his Horace Silver bandmates Junior Cook on tenor sax and Gene Taylor on bass along with a 24-year-old Chick Corea on piano and 22-year-old Al Foster on drums.

“BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

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McCoy Tyner

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson

Very Tall Acoustic Sounds

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Easterly Winds Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Jack Wilson

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Easterly Winds"—the second of three Blue Note albums Jack Wilson recorded for Blue Note in the late-1960s—found the pianist at the helm of a first-rate hard bop sextet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Garnett Brown on trombone, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums.

BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION: Stereo, produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

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Charles Mingus

Pre-Bird Acoustic Sounds

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Out Of The Afternoon (Acoustic Sounds)

Roy Haynes

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Impulse!)

The Latin Bit Tone Poet Vinyl Edition

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Drummer Roy Haynes was just about everywhere in the golden age of jazz, recording classic albums with some of the most legendary names of the genre. The hard-bop-verging-on-post-bop Out Of The Afternoon is an excellent example of the adventurous spirit that was taking flight in the jazz world in the early 1960s. Haynes swings as the leader of this 1962 Impulse! session, featuring A-list jazzmen Roland Kirk (multiple instruments including stritch and nose flute!), Tommy Flanagan (piano) and Henry Grimes (bass).

VERVE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SERIES: mastered fully analogue from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, QPR pressing (180 g), firm tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve.

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Grant Green

LP | 1962 | UK | Reissue (Blue Note)

47,99 €*

Release: 1962 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At The Village Vanguard Acoustic Sound Edition

LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

47,99 €*

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Evans At Town Hall Volume One Acoustic Sounds Edition

Bill Evans Trio

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

48,99 €*

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A timeless piano jazz classic: Bill Evans’ first-ever performance at a concert hall in New York City. Featuring the sensitive accompaniment of Chuck Israels on bass and Arnold Wise on drums. Includes a thirteen-minute solo suite dedicated to the memory of Bill’s father who had only recently passed at the time of the recording.

Verve Acoustic Sounds Series: Stereo, mastered fully analogue from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, QPR pressing (180 g), firm tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve.

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Miles Davis

My Funny Valentine

49,99 €*

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | UK | Reissue (Roulette)

Count Basie

Basie In Birdland

50,99 €*

The Genius After Hours Sacd Edition

Release: 1961 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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e-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London

'Basie at Birdland' is a 1961 live album featuring Count Basie and his famed orchestra playing at Birdland in New York City. Recorded on June 27-28th of 1961, and released just one month later in July of that year, 'Basie at Birdland' proved once again that Count Basie was one of the world's best players, band leaders, and flag bearers of Jazz. Birdland, the self-proclaimed, 'Jazz Corner of the World' provides a raucous, lively backdrop to the band's soulful Kansas City style Jazz, on tunes like, 'Blue Backstage', and 'Good Time Blues' alongside their harder hitting, big band bop. 'Basie at Birdland' features the Count at the height of his prowess, and he and his band's fervent, swinging performance cannot be missed - it's perfect for novices and aficionados alike.

This is a jaw-dropping recording of Basie's band in 1961. The band is so tight and swings so hard it sounds at times as if one is listening to a Wurlitzer organ. There simply was no band that swung as hard as Basie's - at least not as recorded on this live date. Amazing.

Simply the best live recording of a big band ever!

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Ray Charles

SACD | 1961 | UK | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

51,99 €*

LP | 1961 | JP | Reissue (Teichiku)

Release: 1961 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hideo Shiraki

In Fiesta

52,99 €*

Release: 1961 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exultation! 200g Vinyl Edition

53,19 €* 55,99 € -5%

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Intensity marked everything that Booker Ervin played. In his harmonic concept, slashing attack, and broad Texas sound, Ervin demanded attention and constantly built improvisations of searing drama and epic sweep. His primary legacy is a series of albums recorded for Prestige in the 1960s, of which this was his first, a riveting quintet recital where the alto saxophone of Frank Strozier supplies an urgent complement and the rhythm section is piloted by Horace Parlan, Ervin’s longtime compatriot from their days together in the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop and in a cooperative quartet that worked at "Minton’s Playhouse". In addition to four inspiring originals by Ervin and drummer Walter Perkins, the session features an eloquent reading of Fats Waller’s immortal "Black And Blue" and an exploration of the show tune "Just in Time". Both the latter and "No Land’s Man" are included in two versions, the shorter of which were cut for release as a 45rpm single.

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

Song Book 180g Edition

53,99 €*

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Coltrane Hq Ltd 200g Editionmono Numbered

LP | 1962 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

53,99 €*

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Ubatuqui)

Joao Gilberto

Warm World Of

54,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Impex)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Time Further Out

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miles Davis

Seven Steps To Heaven

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin'

Out There 200g Vinyl Edition

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Lightnin'" is among the rewarding acoustic dates Lightnin' Hopkins delivered in the early '60s. The session has an informal, relaxed quality, and this approach serves a 48-year-old Hopkins impressively well on both originals like "Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend" and the familiar "Katie Mae" and enjoyable interpretations of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee's "Back To New Orleans" and Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's "Mean Old Frisco". Hopkins' only accompaniment consists of bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Belton Evans, both of whom play in an understated fashion and do their part to make this intimate setting successful. From the remorseful "Come Back Baby" to more lighthearted, fun numbers like "You Better Watch Yourself" and "Automobile Blues", "Lightnin'" is a lot like being in a small club with Hopkins as he shares his experiences, insights and humor with you.

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Eric Dolphy

Kenny Burrell & Coleman Hawkins

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1960, the free jazz pioneered by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Horace Tapscott and a very few others was rejected by many musicians and most listeners. For the visionary saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist Eric Dolphy, it was simply new music fed by the mainstream, a logical extension of the jazz tradition. In "Far Cry" without leaving form behind, he incorporated the spirit of adventure and abandon with which free jazz at its best infused freshness into jazz. Recording with a pianoless quartet that used Ron Carter’s cello as the other melody instrument, Dolphy worked from chord patterns developed within structures that depart from ordinary 32-bar jazz and popular song forms. He used 30-bar, 35-bar and 18-bar structures, but he also observed standard practice with 12-bar blues, “Serene”. Dolphy’s speech-like improvisations and Carter’s bowed or plucked cello solos soar over the impeccable and responsive accompaniments of bassist George Duvivier and drummer Roy Haynes.

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Bluesy Burrell 200g Vinyl Edition

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This session is a model of the emotionally intense ballad programs featured on Prestige's Moodsville subsidiary. The great Kenny Burrell receives a major assist from saxophone patriarch Coleman Hawkins (who is in exemplary early-Sixties form), Hawkins' rhythm section of the time (made up exclusively of natives of Burrell's hometown Detroit) and conga drummer Ray Barretto. The choice of material and variety of settings are inspired, with Burrell heard solo on "No More", over just bass and drums on "Guilty", in two different settings and on three titles by the full sextet. Each soloist is fully engaged throughout, with things shifting into even higher gear when Burrell and Hawkins converse on "Montono Blues" and "I Thought About You".

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Standard Coltrane 200g Vinyl Edition

LP | 1962 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

Release: 1962 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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John Coltrane brought a new sound and style to jazz, and he applied it in his own unique way to the standard material of the storehouse of American music gathered from Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley. With the excellent rhythm team of Red Garland, Paul Chambers (both of whom had done so many concert, club and recording dates with him) and Jimmy Cobb and the Miles-directed flugelhorn of Wilbur Harden, Trane puts his personal stamp on numbers not done that often like Henry Nemo's "Don't Take Your Love from Me", Fred Ahlert's "I'll Get By" and two more familiar yet still not overdone songs, Richard Rodgers' "Spring Is Here" and Bronislau Kaper's "Invitation."

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Eric Dolphy

At The Five Spot

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One night during a one-time, two-week engagement at the Five Spot produced enough music of lasting merit for three albums. When Rudy Van Gelder took his portable equipment down to the fabled Cooper Square jazz club on July 16, 1961, he captured the interaction of an extraordinary quintet.
Eric Dolphy, Booker Little, Mal Waldron, Richard Davis and Ed Blackwell had formed a cooperative group and, if LIttle had not died in October 1961, there is no doubt that it would have been a potent force in the music of the 1960s and beyond. Dolphy himself died in June 1964, after establishing himself as one of the important contemporary reedmen. Here his alto saxophone and bass clarinet and Little’s trumpet explore three originals: "The Prophet" by Dolphy, "Bee Vamp" by Little, and "Fire Waltz" by Waldron. It’s time caught in a bottle — music for the ages.

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Jimmy Forrest

Out Of The Forrest

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From the time Coleman Hawkins firmly established the tenor saxophone on the jazz map, it has been one of the most potent forces in the music, its best practitioners able to raise the roof with a jumping blues, soothe the savage beast with a tender love ballad, and do just about anything in between. At the time of this recording (1961), Jimmy Forrest, the St. Louis-born reedman, was a veteran of the Fate Marable, Jay McShann, Andy Kirk, and Duke Ellington bands. Later in his career he starred with Count Basie. Here he leads a quartet of teammates from the combo of 'Sweets' Edison, including the young Austrian pianist Joe Zawinul, through a gamut of the aforementioned moods from "Crash Program" to the caressing "That's All", with a few tips of the cap to Ben Webster along the way. With Joe Zawinul, Tommy Potter and Clarence Johnston.

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

The Freedom Book

Latin In A Satin Mood 200g Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Booker Ervin's recordings with Charles Mingus and Randy Weston brought him good reviews and a bit of notoriety. But it was his series of Song Books for Prestige Records that broadcast the stentorian announcement that a jazz orator of gigantic stature had arrived. Ervin's tenor saxophone sound was haunted by the loneliness and spaciousness of the Texas plains where he was raised. The Southwest moan was an integral part of his playing. But his style went beyond the classic Texas tenor tradition to incorporate the intricacies of bebop and suggestions of the free jazz that was initiating one of the periods of self-renewal that keeps jazz fresh and interesting. "The Freedom Book", recorded at the end of 1963, was one of Ervin's masterpieces. He is abetted by the power and drive of Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, and Alan Dawson.

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Julie London

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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She was the sultry film starlet-turned-torch singer-come-TV actress whose dusky alto captivated a generation. Julie London was 'discovered' while running a department store elevator in Hollywood.
Just three years earlier the bountiful 15 year old, born Julie Peck to her parents, a song-and-dance duo of the vaudeville era, was singing on her parents' radio show. When she started working in the movies in the 1940s, she changed her name to London. During the course of a celebrated career in acting and music, she made more than 30 albums.
The sultry-voiced actress, who was once married to "Dragnet" producer-star Jack Webb, had a hit record with the 1950s single "Cry Me a River". The single debuted in 1955, sold three million copies and remained in demand into the 1960s.
Analogue Productions has brought back Julie London sings Latin In A Satin Mood in damatic, deserving fashion. Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, and plated and pressed on 200-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, the crispness and vibrancy of this recording is spectacular.
Exotic and Latin albums were big deals in the 1950s and early '60s, and singers as diverse as Dean Martin, Lena Horne, and Peggy Lee were recording with castanets and bongo drums. Like Peggy Lee, London combines a restrained vocal approach with jazz phrasing and a cool attitude with icy sex appeal on this album of relaxing Latin standards. Julie does look beautiful on the cover, and the backup male 'mariachi-esque' serenade adds to the romantic ambiance.
And as to the cover, expect only top-notch reproduction for our Analogue Productions reissue. Originally a single LP jacket, we've upgraded to a gatefold incorporating more original photographs provided by Universal Music.
Describing her smoky vocal style, London once said, »It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to a microphone. But it is a kind of over-smoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate.« A style inimitable, in our estimation.

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Lush Life 200g Vinyl Edition

2LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here is one of the musical giants of the 20th century, poised on the precipice of greatness. Between the spring of 1957 and the winter of 1958, during which time "Lush Life" was recorded, the music of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane (1926-1967) was developing in giant steps, thanks in great part to a six-month 1957 stint with Thelonious Monk that had much to do with sharpening Coltrane’s harmonic conception and torrential attack.
"Lush Life" contains Coltrane’s first recordings as sole leader, his initial date fronting a pianoless trio, and one of his first extended readings of a ballad, Billy Strayhorn’s resplendent title track. We also hear him at the helm of a quartet and quintet, featuring pianist Red Garland, with trumpeter Donald Byrd, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes added to “Lush Life”. Coltrane handles the tune’s delicate complexities with infinite style and finesse.
Coltrane and jazz would never be the same.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet

At Carnegie Hall

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Impex)

Bud Shank

Barefoot Adbenture

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Love Supreme (Acoustic Sounds)

LP | 1965 | UK | Reissue (Verve)

56,99 €*

Release: 1965 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Thelonious Monk Quartet

Monk's Dream

LP | 1963 | US | Reissue (Impex)

57,99 €*

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Original Jazz Classics Series)

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Craft)

59,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | EU | Reissue (Dialogo)

V.A.

Passaporto Per L'italia

63,04 €* 96,99 € -35%

LP | 1962 | UK | Reissue (Impex)

Release: 1962 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First time officially reissue, sourced from the original master tapes in a new edition, the Milan based imprint Dialogo, returns with this compilation published in Italy by RCA Victor in 1962 - a precious historical document of some important international jazz and pop artists who came to Italy and left their marks, influencing the generations of those golden years. The RCA artists on this LP record have only two things in common: “Inter-continental Airport Rome-Fiumicino” stamped on their passports and a great love for Italy. As a tribute to the country which gave them a friendly welcome and where they spent unforgettable vacations and reaped enthusiastic applause, all of them chose to sing songs in Italian or perform - in the case of Perez Prado - a number of outstanding Italian hits. The dazzling trumpets and electrifying rhythms of Perez Prado, the captivating voice of Helen Merrill, rightly considered the top-notch white jazz singer by critics over the world, the young, all-time best-sellers, Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka, the fantastic trumpet of Chet Baker and his mysterious swinging style of singing, and lastly Antonio Prieto, the Latin-American singer-songwriter who wrote “LA Novia”, are the guest stars of this “passport TO Italy”, which, more than a record, is a full-fledged musical show, with a vast assortment of voices, of musical styles and songs. The Italian pronunciation of these North and South American recording artists is virtually perfect and particularly praiseworthy, if for no other reason than for the effort they have made in getting around, in just a few days, the difficult twists and turns of the Italian language. Their accent is naturally somewhat exotic but it only adds to the charm and the originality of the interpretations. The “show” opens with the already classic “arrivederci Roma”, which, though turned into an overpowering “chunga” by Perez Prado, has kept all its original melody intact. Prado, the wizard of Latin-American dance music, is an extremely refined blender of sounds and rhythms, and without any difficulty can take even a Neapolitan song, change it into a mambo and adapt it to his orchestra. In “guaglione”, for example, the “corruption” comes off perfectly and testifies to the everfresh inventiveness and the unmistakable personality of the Cuban-born pianist arranger. Helen Merrill prefers quality over quantity and so has made very few records but they already occupy a place of their own in the annals of jazz. She consented to record two popular ballads only because Armando Trovajoli, the most qualified exponent of Italian jazz as well as a far-out modernist, was to conduct the orchestra. Furthermore, the two songs, “nessuno AL Mondo” and “estate” are particularly congenial to her musical temperament, for she is most of all concerned with creating subtle and seductive moods, making an intelligent use of her vocal resources in that she tries to “add” her voice to the orchestra as though it were another instrument. Canadian-born Paul Anka, by now a regular member of the exclusive club of top-selling vocal artists of America, presents one of his own songs, “ogni Giorno” originally entitled “love ME Warm AND Tender”, the most requested hit in his present-day repertoire. And the young singing star’s interpretation of “voglio Sapere” (“i’d Like TO Know”) once again makes clear why his name became a permanent fixture as all-time best-seller. Neil Sedaka is another representative of the younger generation of American singers. When he was still in high school in Brooklyn, Neil became a close friend of one of schoolmates: Howard Greenfield. The two of them wrote numerous songs together for school shows: Neil handled the music and Howard the words. Their collaboration proved extremely fruitful, and they were soon to make their debut as professional songwriters with two hits of the calibre of “stupid Cupid” and “falling”. The Sedaka-Greenfield team, which in only a few year time has become one of the best-known, presents, in Italian, two songs which in their original tongue have already climbed to the top: “esagerata” (“little Devil”), translated by Leo Chiosso, and “UN Giorno Inutile” (“I Must BE Dreaming”), translated by Gentile and De Simoni. After Sedaka comes one of the big names of cool jazz: Chet Baker. Trumpet-player and singer, he proves here for the nth time that the names “Golden Trumpet” and “Angel Voice”, given him not only by his fans but by the crites as well, are in no way exaggerated. With an at once restless, desperate and almost possessed musical style, Chet sings and plays two songs which he himself wrote: “IL MIO Domani” and “SO CHE TI Perdero”. His reserved, curiously, precarious and profoundly dramatic way of singing, virtually the mirror-image of his life, is the same in both songs and makes them seem almost unconsciously autobiographical. The “show” then closes with Antonio Prieto. Precisely because of his Latin origins (he was born in Chile, but is Argentine by adoption), it is perhaps easier for him than for the others to express himself in Italian. As is well-known, the name of Prieto soared to the Olympic heights of popular music with “LA Novia” which he wrote in collaboration with his brother, Joaquin. He is a typically Latin singer with a warm, melodious and romantic voice, tinged with melancholy, and on more than one occasion he has shown that he thoroughly understands the tastes of the public. Listen to his two most recent compositions: “papà”, written in collaboration with singer-songwriter Sergio Endrigo, the author of “aria DI Neve”, and “baciami” and... judge for yourselves.

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Kenny Dorham

Matador

66,99 €*