Vinyl, CD & Tape 819 Items

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ain't Nothing But A House Party EP

The Showstoppers

7" | 1968 | EU | Reissue (You Are The Cosmos)

7" | 1968 | EU | Reissue (You Are The Cosmos)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Show Stoppers was formed in 1967 by Alex Burke and Laddie Burke (Yes! they were brothers of Solomon Burke...) who joined with fellow brothers Timmy Smith and Earl Smith, all of them were students of Germantwon Highschool (Philadelphia). They are best remembered for their 1967 hit "Ain't Nothin' But A House Party" and they have recorded a bunch of 7" EP/Sge until they disbanded in 1972. This EP contains four of their best songs.

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Jon & Jeannie

Lover's Holiday EP

Motown Feeling / Mean Old World

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Very unknown artists from Brixton (London), they have recorded two singles on Beacon label in 1968. And no more info about them. But we Love these four tracks of killer Soul & R'n'B in the vein of Ike & Tina.

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Maynell Wilson

7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Record Prayer)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Record Prayer)

Norma Lee

Hurt / Rolling On

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Tramp)

Offbeats

The Hump

Melvin Black Vinyl 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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The Belles

7" | 1966 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Stubborn Heart / How Do You Like It

The Sheppards

7" | 1967 | UK | Reissue (Mirwood)

Infatuation / What Have I Got Now

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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“You can’t beat the classics” and in the Northern Soul world, no label is more renowned than Mirwood. The Sheppards ‘Stubborn Heart’ has been played since the early days of the scene but is still a guaranteed floor-filler.

Its flip ‘How Do You Like It’ has also picked up many spins in more recent years. As is our habit, to distinguish from the originals, we have changed the label colour - this time we’ve gone for a fetching purple and gold.

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Darrow Fletcher

7" | 1967 | UK | Reissue (Jacklyn)

Reuben Bell With The Casanovas

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Darrow Fletcher’s belated success in Europe - from the 70s onwards, but particularly in this century - has been very rewarding from him; he has been thrilled by the interest and admiration for his past work. These are two of his revered Jacklyn label sides; Jacklyn being owned by his father, who named the imprint after Darrow’s sister. This Repro coupling will be welcomed by collectors who cannot afford the high price of the originals – many of which are often found in poor condition as they were played the hell out of in 1960s Chicago. track listing

A. Infatuation – Darrow Fletcher B. What Have I GOT NOW – Darrow Fletcher

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It's Not That Easy / Hummin' A Sad Song

7" | 1967 | UK | Reissue (BGP)

I Caught You In A Lie Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This slice of Louisiana deep Southern soul has taken on a life of its own since Dave Godin included it on his first “Deep Soul Treasures” CD, and the single has shot up to well over three figures in value.

In 2021 the song is the subject of a cover version by the-name-to-drop Lady Blackbird and we felt it was about time that it was reissued in its original format.

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Robert Parker

7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Nola)

The Famous Ward Singers / Jessy Dixon

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release. Finally, after 53 years, “I Caught You In A Lie” is now rightly regarded as one the Great New Orleans Soul classics. Whilst many people may only know the various cover versions, Robert Parker’s original sublime slice of heartfelt Soul has steadily built in reputation, especially recently. That’s why original Nola copies are £150+, even for battered ones! So here is the official legitimate, remastered repress on the sacred Nola label. 7 Inch with replica artwork.

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I'm Getting Richer / Wade In The Water

7" | 1960 | UK | Reissue (Honest Jon's)

What You Want To Bet? / These Are The Songs

Release: 1960 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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

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Tim Maia

7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

7" | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Debut single from the mighty Tim Maia! Released upon his return from the USA in the late 60’s. Highly sought after and prized in its original form, we are very proud to reissue this record. Maia sings in English here – influenced by his time spend travelling and working in the USA. Both songs are very soulful, reminiscent of the great soul singers of 1960’s USA, who were clearly a powerful inspiration to him. Official Mr Bongo reissue. Licensed from Som Livre.

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O’Seis

Suicida / Apocalipse

2CD | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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‘O’Seis’ are the core members of the mighty and legendary ‘Os Mutantes’ – namely Rita Lee and brothers Arnaldo and Sérgio Baptista, accompanied here by Raphael Vilardi, Maria ‘Mogguy’ Malheiros and Luiz Pastura. The record features anthemic, heavyweight, psychedelic rock on ‘Suicida’ b/w deeper, tripped-out MPB-folk on ‘Apocalipse’. Both tracks were written by Rita Lee, assisted by Tobe and Vilardi respectively. The term ‘holy grail’ is a little overused these days perhaps, but this definitely is one. Originally pressed and released by the band themselves in 1966, apparently only a handful of copies are known to exist (sources/numbers vary). The record has changed hands for up to a staggering $5000! Ouch.
Official Mr Bongo reissue. Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK LTD.

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The Who

The Who Sell Out

12,79 €* 15,99 € -20%

Fire Horses / Silence On The Shore

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Following recent super-deluxe editions and multi-format releases of classic Who albums – ‘My Generation’, ‘Tommy’ and ‘Quadrophenia’, and the success of ‘Live at Fillmore’, we follow with The Who Sell Out – this set shaping up to be the most superlative of all…!! Released in December 1967 – the album reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. As well as being forever immortalised as the moment when the counterculture and the ‘Love Generation’ went global, 1967 produced tremendous musical upheavals as “pop” metamorphosed to “rock”.

Originally planned by Pete Townshend and the band’s managers, as a loose concept album including jingles and commercials linking the songs styled as a Radio London broadcast – born out of necessity as the band’s managers wanted a new album and there weren’t enough songs.

The original plan was to sell advertising space on the album – Jaguar cars, Coca-Cola etc. The jingles pay tribute to the pirate radio stations and expose the myths of ‘pop-culture’ and mock consumer society – way ahead of their time…

The homage to pop-art is evident in both the advertising jingles and the iconic sleeve design – created by David King (art director at the Sunday Times) and Roger Law (who invented Spitting Image) producing four giant images for each band member – Odorono deodorant, Medac spot cream, Charles Atlas and Heinz baked beans (Roger apparently caught pneumonia from sitting in the cold beans for too long).

Photography by renowned portrait photographer David Montgomery (rare out-takes included)

The album is a bold depiction of the period in which it was made – the tail-end of the ‘swinging-60s’ meets pop-art mixed with psychedelia and straight-ahead pop craft. It’s glorious blend of classic powerful Who instrumentation, melodic harmonies, satirical lyrical imagery crystallised for what was only the group’s third album – the ambition and scope is unrivalled by the Who, or any others from that period.

Within the bold concept, were a batch of fabulous and diverse songs – I Can See for Miles (a Top Ten hit) is a Who classic, Rael, a Townshend ‘mini-opera’ with musical motifs that reappeared in Tommy and the psychedelic blast of Armenia City in the Sky and Relax are among the very best material of the 1960s.

One of the most extraordinary albums of any era – it’s The Who’s last ‘pop’ album. Two years later came Tommy – a double concept album about a deaf, dumb and blind kid…

“We were hoping to get free Jaguars. We got fifty tins of free Baked Beans”

Pete Townshend

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Les Marquis

7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (You Are The Cosmos)

Melvin Blue White Marble Vinyl Edition

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Les Marquis were an Austrian band active in the 1967-1971 period. Their debut single - Fire Horses - released in 1969, is one of the best Garage/Folk-Rock European gems of the late sixties. Limited edition of 400 copies.

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The Belles

7" | 1966 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Know What I Mean / Why Don't You Do Right? Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Blue White Marble.

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Nichelle Nichols

7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Epic)

Poor Dog / A Little Bit Of Something

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Star Trek to soulstress - Lieutenant Uhura aka Nichelle Nichols was a groundbreaking actor, singer and trailblazer and these two standout tracks sound as sweet as they did over 50 years ago.
A valuable collectable must for Soul, Northern fans & well as any true Trekkie...original copies are changing hands for £250+.
Remastered and reissued on 7 inch with large / dinked centre hole in Epic generic paper sleeve.

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Little Richard

7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Outta Sight)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 1968 | EU | Reissue (High Note)

Paragons

Riding High

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Altercat)

The Paragons

Abba / Better Man Than I

Desmond Dekker / Roland Alphonso

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"Let me hear you say YEAH!!!". We’re proud to bring you the first official reissue of this essential 60s garage classic, after several bootlegs hitting the market in recent times and its appearance in countless compilations in the last 20 years. Done in cooperation with surviving band members Pat Walters and Danny Huntley, the single receives the usual deluxe treatment at Altercat and comes housed in a brand new picture sleeve, with a 12-page booklet with the band’s story written by Mike Stax (Ugly Things magazine) and previously unseen pictures. Sound mastered by Tim Warren (Crypt Records / Back From The Grave). We aim to get these to you Asap so they are available for the Christmas period. Read on below

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Pretty Africa / El Toro

7" | 1967 | US | Reissue (Pyramid)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Wah Wah)

Brenner's Folk

Daurat Oest +3

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The most elusive Edigsa 7" gets its first ever vinyl reissue on Wah Wah. An unsung moody garage folk-rock act, Brenner's Folk where the embryonic Pic-Nic (of "Cállate niña" fame) and featured a very young Jordi 'Toti' Soler right after he had gone through Els Xerracs (who also had released an EP on Edigsa), drummer Jordi Barangé (also from Els Xerracs) and brothers Vytas and Haakon Brenner. The Brenner brothers were born in Germany but grew up in Venezuela, where their family had emigrated after the devastation of World War II. The Brenner family would return several years later to establish in Europe, first in Italy and later in Barcelona. The new band started to rehearse under the name of The Vytas Brenner Quartet, and their main influences came from american modern folk acts like Peter Paul and Mary or The Mamas & The Papas, a.o. Not long after they started rehearsing, a very young Jeanette joined them thus becoming Brenner's Folk. Edigsa approached them and offered a contract for the recording of their only EP, sung in catalan and issued in 1966. A showcase of their folk and folk rock influences, the Brenner's Folk 7" is a lo fi garagey jewel that has become an elusive piece due to the importance that its band members would gather in years to come. Toti Soler became the biggest master of guitar, he went to psychedelic and progressive / jazz rock with Om prior to trading in his electric for a Spanish guitar and pioneering instrumental flamenco jazz rock fussion sound on his early solo albums. He is still active nowadays, he is one the biggest Catalan geniuses of modern guitar. The Brenner brothers returned to Venezuela where Vytas became a big solo act, recording the sought after LPs "La Ofrenda de Vytas" and "Hermanos" with his brother Haakon on production duties. Vytas continued a solo carrer that would last until his premature death in 2004 at only 57 due to a heart attack. Jeanette, of course, went on to lead the successful Pic-Nic along with Toti Soler and later enjoyed a successful solo career in the 1970s and 1980s, plus a come back in the early 2000s.

The 4 original Catalan sung tunes will appeal to lovers of Catalan sixties aborigen sounds, Euro & Nederbiet or American teen moody folk rock garage a la Rising Storm, Dovers, Nightcrawlers, Tormentors and the likes.

A facsimile reproduction of this mega rare EP, originally released on Edigsa in 1966, coming with remastered sound and an insert with lyrics, photos and notes.

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Booker T & The MG's

Melting pot

12" | 1967 | US (Stax)

7" | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Arsivplak)

Release: 1967 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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/ Bar Kays 'soul finger'

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Beybonlar

Gelin Aysem / Nenni

Good Time Rock / Love Brother Love

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Here is Beybonlar Orkestrasi. Ultra rare Turkish heavy psychedelic single by Beybonlar from 1969.

Amazing stuff from the teenagers band that the drummer was only 12 years old when they recorded the tunes Side A is Gelin Ayse (Bride Ayse) which is very sad traditional Turkish folk song that arranged by the psych form Side B is Nenni (Lullaby) that is a traditional tune, but what a traditional tune by the teenagers!!! Enjoy it..!

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Hugh Malcolm

7" | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Harlem Shuffle)

Ray Conniff And His Orchestra & Chorus

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Yet another killer double sider with the first repress of the very rare and terrific "Good Time Rock". Extremely in demand, this rocking track has never been repressed on 7inch vinyl until now. The B side features another rare and wicked tune from Hugh Malcolm. Absolutely essential.

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Latin Rock

LP | 1960 | US | Reissue (Waxtime)

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Release: 1960 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Open The Door To Your Heart Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Darrell Banks

12" | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Revilot)

Could It Be / Goin' Back / Headlines EP

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2019! Often quoted as being one of the greatest Soul records of all-time, “Open The Door To Your Heart” was Darrell Bank’s first release and biggest hit. A one-off UK issue copy on London Records recently sold for a huge £14,543 in 2014 and is testament to the quality of the song and recording. Here, for the first time ever, is the previously unissued instrumental version by the Funk Brothers - the Solid Hitbound musicians including Rudy Robinson, Uriel Jones, Eddie Willis, Bob Babbit and Dennis Coffey. This work of art will be reissued on the original Revilot label.

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Goldie

7" | 1966 | UK | Reissue (Top Sounds)

Release: 1966 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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I'll Be A Happy Man / Take A Trip Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Latin Blues Band

7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Speed)

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Philly Groove)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissued for the first time ever on 7 inch, having previously only ever been on the Take A Trip Pussycat LP, Latin Blues Band - (I'll Be A) Happy Man. A dynamic dancefloor jazz and boogaloo belter from 1968, with a legendary piano riff and breakbeats that were most famously sampled by DJ Premier for Christina Aguilera’s classic ‘(Ain´t No Other Man)’. The B side houses another boogaloo bomb in the form of ‘Take A Trip’ that will set you back £80+ for an original copy. Yellow label version with white sleeve.

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Delfonics

Sound Of Sexy Soul

7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Outta Sight)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by Afu-Ra, Diamond D ...

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Tobi Legend

Time Will Pass You By

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Iconic 1968 Northern Soul Anthem, One Of The Famed “3 Before 8” As Played Every Sunday Morning At Wigan Casino During It’s 8 Year Reign Coupled With The Original Demo, Recorded By The Writers At The Impact Studio, Detroit, 1965

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His Hand In Mine Aqua Blue Vinyledition

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Schema)

Sahib Shihab

Summer Dawm

7" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sahib, besides being an undisputed leader and releasing records for prestigious European and American labels, was one of the key members of the prestigious Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band.

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William Penn Fyve

Swami / Blow My Mind

Please Don't Go / My Heart Remembers Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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First ever band-sanctioned reissue of this legendary ‘Pebbles’ garage-psych 45 from 1967. William Penn Fyve aka William Penn & His Pals were a regular presence on the early Bay Area scene, opening for the likes of Jefferson Airplane, Paul Revere & the Raiders and Them. Their line–up included lead singer / organist Gregg Rolie, later of Santana / Journey. In 1966 they recorded their lone single, "Swami" / “Blow My Mind”, for the Thunderbird label. The A-side (written by guitar player Mike Shapiro and famous for being included on “Pebbles-The Acid Gallery”) is early acid-punk with fuzzed-out raga guitars and hilarious lyrics about a guru. The flipside is an energetic garage-punk number with swirling Vox organ and a fuzz rave up á la Yardbirds.

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Willie Tee

7" | 1967 | UK | Reissue (Nola)

LP | 1967 | DE | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First official reissue of this essential and insanely rare Willie Tee double sider. New Orleans gold from the Nola vaults, the A side ‘Please Don’t Go’ is a certified Northern Soul classic with the flip a fantastic smokey, low slung soulful number that’s become a real collector’s favourite. With original copies having traded hands for £1800 in the past, it’s high time this was made available to a new generation of listeners. Red label version original black sleeve.

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George Braith

Extension

Release: 1967 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I`M So Happy / Love Me For All The Right Reasons

Brenda Holloway

7" | 1967 | EU | Original (Record Shack)

Epitaph Für Aikichi Kuboyama / Sechs Studien

Release: 1967 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exclusive Version Of The Mega Northern Soul Classic With None Other Than The One And Only Mrs. Holloway Providing The Soulfulful Vox

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Herbert Eimert

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Fantome Phonographique)

Alton Ellis / The Soul Syndictae

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Herbert Eimert was a German music renaissance man, with his expertise ranging from theory to composition, editing, radio production, and criticism. He wrote numerous books on music theory, worked for years at the British occupational forces run Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk. It was there in 1951 that he established a studio for electronic music that he ran until 1961, which hosted recordings from Stockhausen, Xenakis, and Cardew, among others. This brilliant work begins on side A with 'Epitaph Für Aikichi Kuboyama', a brilliant piece of voice and electronics dedicated to a Japanese fishing boat radioman, who lost his life from complications related to radiation poisoning in 1954, after the ship he worked on was contaminated from fallout after the USA's nuclear testing at Bikini atoll. In addition to being a brilliant piece of electronic musique concrete, it is a damning indictment of nuclear warfare, as prescient now as it was during The Cold War. Side B is made up of six studies in electronic music, showcasing Eimert's talents which are as impressive as his more famous contemporaries. Essential early electronic music.

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If I Could Rule The World / Lava

12" | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Only Roots)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissue of a 1967 rocksteady gem (extended version) b/w and extended mix of The Soul Syndicate's 'Lava'.

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Free For All

LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Blue Note)

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At Last! Orange Vinyl Edition

Etta James

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Genius Sings The Blues Green Vinyl Edition

Ray Charles

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Steamin' 180g Vinyl Edition

Miles Davis

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Boo-ga-loo & shing-a-ling

The Latin Souls

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Kapp)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Verve)

The Blues Project

Projections

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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incl. 'flute thing' sampled by Beastie Boys for 'flute loop'

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Is Back! Blue Vinyledition

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Something For Everybody Purple Vinyledition

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Blue Hawaii Turquoise Vinyledition

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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G.I. Blues Yellow Vinyledition

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Elpalmas Music)

Los Calvos

Estos Son Los Calvos

7" | 1967 | UK | Reissue (Tay-Ster)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Few have done as much for salsa in Venezuela as band-leader, composer and pianist Ray Pérez. He burst on to the scene in the mid-60s with his group Los Dementes, creating the blueprint for guaguanco, pachanga and boogaloo in Venezuela. When the name salsa began to be used as something of a catch-all-term he was still at the forefront, recording two hugely-popular salsa albums with Los Dementes in 1967. Remarkably, that very same year, he also recorded two albums with a brand new group, Los Calvos, that showed how as well as being the genre’s most visible band-leader, he was also pushing the nascent genre to its limits. Looking back, revered journalist Alfredo Churion states that Los Calvos were “one of the most innovative experiences in Venezuelan popular music.” Estos Son Los Calvos is the first of the two albums he made with Los Calvos. On it, he made a few alterations to the line-up that may seem minor, but created a completely new sound. For the first time, he recruited a drummer (unprecedented at the time for a salsa ensemble, which always used percussionists), he switched from the trombones of Los Dementes to the much harder, direct sound of trumpets, and he recruited Carlos Yanez, best known as El Negrito Calavén, as singer. Whereas Los Dementes had been aligned with the slightly pop sound of tropical orchestras, Los Calvos took an almost-jazz approach, allowing room for the musicians and vocalists to improvise, and they also took inspiration from the sounds of surf rock swirling around Caracas. The group’s drummer El Pavo amusingly once described the group’s sound as like “wearing a dinner suit with flip-flops”. Opening track “El Kenya” is the clearest example of that surf rock influence; it’s opening lines make clear its intentions: “una linda trigueña que me invitó a bailar el Kenya” (“a beautiful trigueña – tri-ethnic girl – invited me to dance the Kenya”). They are intent on creating their own dance craze, El Kenya. If the group had ever performed live, then maybe it would have taken off, as the song had all the credentials: rollicking montuno piano from Pérez, ingenious scatting and vocal improvs from Calavén, and a middle section where the drums and trumpets battle it out hard, with an audience screaming its appreciation throughout. It’s followed by ‘Mi Salsa Llego’, which Pérez had already recorded with Los Dementes; here, it’s a tougher beast, the sparser hits of the drums and trumpets giving a harder sound evocative of the times, with more and more people moving to the cities, and wanting a grittier, urban soundtrack. The secret weapon in Los Calvos was the fact that this was a group made up of some of Venezuela’s finest musicians, many of which, Pérez included, had working class roots. Music for them was as much a part of their day-to-day lives, as it was a profession, it was what they did. The legendary Frank “El Pavo” Hernandez was on drum kit, with revered names like Alfredo Padilla, Carlos “Nene” Quintero, Pedro García, Miguel Silva, Enrique Vazquez, Rafael Araujo and Luis Lewis, also involved in the group. Their versatility allowed Los Calvos to go from the slower, haunting groove of “Negrito Calavan”, a showcase for their singer to improvise, and on to “Bailemos Kenya”, another attempt by the group to create their own version of “The Twist”! Los Calvos never played live, but that was always the intention. Pérez was in demand by the record labels of the time and his deal with RCA Victor to make two albums as Los Calvos was only ever that. But the spirit of Los Calvos remained when Pérez then formed Los Kenya, whose name came from the opening track of this album, and whose line-up featured the same inventions as Los Calvos, with a drum kit, two trumpets and the same vocalists (for their second album, Carlín Rodríguez joined as a singer, and remained for Las Kenya). For this reason, Los Calvos would never have the same successes as Pérez’s other groups, though even Pérez has revealed in interviews that the two albums he made as Los Calvos are some of the most fun he ever had recording. With the price of originals for both albums ever increasing for vinyl collectors, this is a great chance to get hold of two of the heaviest salsa albums ever issued in the 60s, and an important moment in the life of Venezuela’s salsa king, Ray Pérez.

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Lillie Bryant

Mamma / Meet Me Halfway

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (CBS)

Joe Thomas Group

Comin' Home

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Wagram)

Joan Baez

Donna Donna

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Leonard Bernstein

OST West Side Story

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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50,000,000 Fans / Golden Records Volume 2 180g Vinyl Editio

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Excello)

Kelly Brothers

Sweet Soul

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Brunswick)

Artistics

The Articulate Artistics

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Riverside)

Lou Courtney

Skate now shing-a-ling

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Arsenio Rodriguez & The Afro-Cubano Sound

Viva Arsenio!

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Bang)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | EU (Survival Research)

Apryl Fool

16,14 €* 18,99 € -15%

Is The Blues Limited Edition +1 Bonus Track

Release: 1968 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The story of Japanese psychedelic band Apryl Fool and their eponymous debut album is simply extraordinary. It was the vehicle by which bassist Haroumi Hosono first came to prominence, years before he became known as the “Godfather of Japanese electronica” as the founding member and leader of Yellow Magic Orchestra, though this musical titan had work released prior to the group’s 1968 founding, such as the song “The Sea Of Summer Day,” recorded with Yuko Okuyama and released by King Records the year before. Drummer Takashi “Rei” Matsumoto was a Beatles maniac that had covered songs by Them and Sam & Dave in his earlier group, Burns, while pioneering prog-rock keyboardist Hiroyoshi Yanagida and guitarists Chu Kosaka and Eiji Kikuchi had all been part of a group called The Floral, formed in 1967 through the Japanese wing of the official fan club of The Monkees (whom they supported during a Japanese tour enacted in October 1968). In September 1969, Apryl Fool played behind musical theatre group Tokyo Kid Brothers, the recording issued in minute quantity as the Love & Banana EP, issued on Columbia Japan’s Musicolor subsidiary; Apryl Fool’s own LP, also issued on Musicolor that year, had extended spacey psychedelic freak jams in the form of “Tanger” and “Pledging My Time,” marathon blues-rock tracks such as “April Blues” and “Honky Tonk Jam,” with the employed English sounding fairly credible, though both parts of epic opus “The Last Mother Land” feature Japanese lyrics. Of course, the day that the LP was actually released is reportedly the day that Apryl Fool announced their termination, giving this scarce release another level of legend for connoisseurs.

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Otis Spann

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Blues Joint)

16,14 €* 18,99 € -15%

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Fantome Phonographique)

Pierre Henry

Orphée Ballet

16,14 €* 16,99 € -5%

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Scored for Maurice Béjart's choreography to the 'Orphée Ballet', based on the Greek god Orpheus, this is one of Pierre Henry's finest works of musique concrète, the genre in which Henry was an early innovator and to which he devoted his career. After years working for the French national radio (RTF) and honing his studio chops on radio spots and editing/composition, Henry formed his own studio in 1958 and began working on modern dance and ballet and soundtrack work. Incorporating percussion, industrial soundscapes, nature sounds, spoken French narrative, and synthesized tones, 'Orphée Ballet' is a beautiful piece that, while less known than what is perhaps his most famous work, also for Béjart's ballet production, 1967's 'Les Jerks Électroniques De La Messe Pour Le Temps Présent Et Musiques Concrètes Pour Maurice Béjart', is equally compelling and groundbreaking. Following his passing in 2017 at age 89, Henry's work has found renewed interest, and this is a welcome reissue of one of his rarest and finest works. Truly brilliant.

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John Coltrane

My Favorite Things

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (International Artists)

Lost And Found

Everybody's here

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1960 | US | Reissue (Vee Jay)

John Lee Hooker

Travelin'

Release: 1960 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers

A Hard Road

LP | 1967 | EU (Decca)

Release: 1967 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1961 | EU (Survival Research)

Etta James

At Last!

Release: 1961 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Quiet Nights Clear Vinyl Edtion

Miles Davis

LP | 1964 | EU (Destination Moon)

7" | 1961 | Reissue (Culture Factory)

Release: 1964 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The last of the collaborative LPs Miles Davis recorded with Gil Evans for Columbia, Quiet Nights is easily the most controversial. Following the success of Sketches Of Spain, Davis and Evans aimed to further the Latin explorations, this time pointing to Brazil, as heard on the adaptation of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Corcovado’ and Joao Gilberto’s ‘Aos Pés Da Cruz,’ with its stellar Ron Carter bass accompaniment, though some were surprised by the brevity of the proceedings, including Miles himself. Nevertheless, those who get to know the album will appreciate its intricacies, the product of the pair’s unique creative chemistry.

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Johnny Hallyday

Salut Les Copains

Release: 1961 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Second)

Hank Mobley

Soul Station

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Second)

Etta James

Miss Etta James

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers

A Night In Tunisia

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Second)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Wax)

Wes Montgomery

Montgomeryland

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU (Destination Moon)

Mance Lipscomb

Trouble In Mind

We Insist! Freedom Now Suite

Release: 1961 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The son of a slave and of part-Native American heritage, Texan blues songster Mance Lipscomb began recording albums in 1960 after the Arhoolie label became aware of his talents, the work coming at the start of the country blues revival, which he became a key part of. The excellent follow-up Trouble In Mind, released by Reprise in 1961, has top-notch renditions of favourites such as ‘Alabama Bound,’ ‘Ballad of the Boll Weevil’ and ‘Motherless Children,’ the latter with great slide guitar work, yet somehow the LP sold poorly, rendering it a sought-after rarity. Definitely one of Mance Lipscomb’s best!

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Max Roach

LP | 1960 | UK | Reissue (Intermusic)

Release: 1960 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Demon)

Barbara Acklin

Love Makes A Woman

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Gema)

El Gran Combo

Boogaloos

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Brunswick)

T. Bone Walker

The Truth

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Essential Carnegie Hall Concert 1956

Billie Holiday

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Pan Am)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1960 | US | Reissue (Vee Jay)

Paul Chambers

1st Bassman

Release: 1960 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Oscar Peterson Trio

Live From Chicago

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger

Bo Diddley

LP | 1960 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 1960 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Wet Soul)

T-Bone Walker

Stormy Monday Blues

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Duke)

Bobby Bland

Two Steps From The Blues

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (ATCO)

Bo Grumpus

Before The War

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Stax)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Signed By Simeon

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Booker T. & The M.G.'s

Soul limbo

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Argo)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Introducing Roland Kirk

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Roger Saloom & The Vest Pocket Players

The City In An Owl's Eye

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Void)

17,49 €* 24,99 € -30%

7" | 1966 | US | Reissue (Slovenly)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Legendary and rare folk-psych private press record from 1967 that holds up well. Furthermore, the LP is legendary in a literal sense: until recently, few collectors really even knew it truly existed. And Roger Salloom? imagine Jack Kerouac, John Belushi, Lord Buckley, and Lenny Bruce, then throw in Leadbelly, Jimmy Reed, Lonnie Johnson, and Geoff Muldaur… all rolled into one person, and you have a glimpse of poet, singer-songwriter Roger Salloom. Salloom was in the center of the 1960s San Francisco psychedelic scene, playing the Fillmore with Santana, Van Morrison, BB King and Procul Harum. In the 1970s he moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting, then disappeared for two decades to raise a family as a single parent and draw a syndicated cartoon. There is a story here. A story so intriguing that it enticed an award-winning filmmaker to make a film about the subject. So Glad I Made It, the Saga of Roger Salloom, America’s Best Unknown Songwriter, won six awards, was on the 2006 Grammy ballot, and received rave reviews across the U.S.

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Gökcen Kaynatan

Moda / Firtina EP

Thanks To You Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Slovenly is proud to present the first ever official reissue of a Turkish holy grail—the 1966 tripped-out surf 45 by Istanbul’s Gökçen Kaynatan. Originals of this record—his first ever release, and from 1966—are so rare that none of our Turkish pals have ever seen a copy, and believe us, they’ve been on the hunt! “Moda / Fırtına” is the platter from his early years as a teenage rock’n’roller, and these two tracks each offer a compelling listen and demand motion. While mostly drenched in the twang of his custom built guitar with relentlessly swinging beats, his budding experimentation with electronics steals the show. Imagine the sought-after Countdown! LP by legendary session man Jimmy Haskell with an Anatolian lean during the peak of modernism and you’re starting to get the point. Gökçen Kaynatan was recently honored by Finders Keepers with an LP reissue of his 70s-era pioneering in electronic realms that reminds of Suicide and Mort Garson, but with the pungent tang of Turkey. This dancefloor ready 7-inch, however, fills a glaring gap for the Wild, and satisfies the raw global itch that is the Slovenly Recordings modus operandi.

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The Egyptians

7" | 1967 | US | Reissue (Fraternity)

Live At The Village Vanguard

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Egyptians - Thanks Yo You

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John Coltrane

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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People Grudgeful / Pan Ya Machete

Sir Gibbs

7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Harlem Shuffle)

Free Form Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This is the first re-release on 7inch vinyl single of the mythic double sided single credited to producer Joe Gibbs and released in 1968 on Amalgamated Records in the U.K. Although both tracks are credited to Joe Gibbs, many believe the A side “People Grudgeful” was sung by The Ethiopians whilst the B side “Pan Ya Machete” was performed by The Pioneers. “Grudgeful” though does not really sound like The Ethiopians and according to Trojan, both sides were performed by The Pioneers. Which makes sense for several reasons. Firstly, the sound of the song is indeed more reminiscent of the Pioneers/Joe Gibbs work of that time. In fact The Ethiopians did not record with Joe Gibbs, with the exception of The Ring which was released in 1972, four years later, while the Pioneers were routinely involved with Gibbs in 1968. Last but not least, The Ethiopians had no beef with Lee Scratch Perry whilst The Pioneers songs were clearly incriminated by Scratch in his hit song “People Funny Boy. Attention: This is a special limited edition strictly limited to 500 copies - one release only. Note: the number of copies is now included in the catalogue number “hsrss-0023c-500” printed on the single label, “500” standing for 500 copies and C for collector.

THE Pioneers The Pioneers were formed in 1962 by two brothers Derrick and Sidney Crooks and their friend Winston Hewitt later replaced by former Heptone Glen Adams. The Pioneers' early singles were not successful, and the group broke up in 1967 Sydney started working at Joe Gibbs shop and then in the studio where he met a talented new young singer: Jackie Robinson. The new Pioneers were reborn as a duo. They recorded several successful singles such as "Longshot" "Jackpot", "Catch the Beat" with Gibbs before joining producer Leslie Kong where they recorded Samfie Man which topped the Jamaican charts. They then recruited George Agard and became a trio again. They scored in the charts again with "Long Shot (Kick De Bucket)" a sequel to “Long Shot”, the tragic story of a race horse that never won and died racing! “Kick De Bucket” became an instant hit both in Jamaican and in the U.K. particularly among skinheads in 1969. More hits followed and the band moved to the UK in 1970. Over time, their sound changed and became more sophisticated and pop and they eventually recorded soul albums with Eddy Grant as a producer in 1976. It was not successful and the band split before reforming. They have been performing sporadically since then.

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Joe Harriott Quintet

LP | 1961 | EU (Destination Moon)

Release: 1961 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The West Indian-born alto saxophonist Joe Harriott was one of the most convincing boppers outside of the USA, though by the end of the 1950s he was exploring freer musical pastures, and the quintet with which he undertook the exploration was an outgrowth of the hard bop band with which he'd made a name on the British scene. Often in the past the group's music, in which trumpet and flugelhorn player Shake Keane figured alongside Harriott in the front line, has been compared with that of the early Ornette Coleman quartets, but here it's far more interactive, a fact borne out most obviously by the lack of soloists. Here on Free Form (1961) is where the rhythm of that indigenously West Indian form is extraordinarily maintained in the midst of characteristic group exchanges.

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V.A.

Riot On Sunset Strip

LP | 1967 | EU (Sparton)

Release: 1967 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Baile Ud. Con Betico Salas

Betico Salas Y Su Sorona

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Vampisoul)

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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HIGHLIGHTS:First solo LP by the talented Peruvian artist Betico Salas, lead trumpet player of the great Sonora de Lucho Macedo, one of the best ensembles playing Cuban repertoires in the early '60s.This 1966 album features Alfredo Linares on piano and sonero vocals by Benny del Solar, and combines a mix of guarachas, guanguancó and even cumbias. Betico Salas would later release two more albums and become a legendary trumpet player in Peruvian musical history.First time reissue.- DETAILS:Alfredo Linares on piano and sonero vocals by Benny del Solar stand out on this album. Benny del Solar sings lead vocals on the cumbia of Argentine origin 'Nos vamos a casar'; the Colombian 'Lo que pasa es que la banda está borracha', a continental hit since the early sixties; the guaracha 'A los muchachos de Belén', by Puerto Rican musician Tito Rodríguez; the guaracha 'Ritmo del amor'; the elegant Cuban guaguancó 'Así namá', also well known for Tito Rodríguez's rendition; and the cumbia 'Qué le digo a mi mujer'. Singer, César Gonzales, who would have an extensive career in Peruvian tropical music, sang lead vocals in the guaguancó by the Sonora Matancera 'Lindo Omelenko' and the bolero 'El árbol', a hit for the singer Roberto Ledesma, also recorded that same year by Peruvians Carmita Jiménez, Anamelba, Raul del Mar and Lucho Macedo himself, who decided to sing for his new record label.The mythical singer Johnny Arce, years later known as Mr. Macondo, also appears on the album on the two guarachas: 'La renga', a composition by Esther Forero, known as La novia de Barranquilla; and 'Yo soy candela', a composition by the Colombian Ray Rodríguez.Finally, 'La chola' is a cumbia by Peruvian composer Tomás Benítez; and 'Mambo Jazz' is a version of the descarga 'Yayi's instant mambo', an innovative instrumental track performed by Puerto Rican Willie Rosario, who recorded it in the United States at the start of 1966 with his own orchestra.Betico Salas would later release two more albums and bec...

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Together For The First Time

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When stars collide, sparks will fly. At least that's the theory. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington accepted the invitation to record together with dignity and polite courtesy. While keen to see what this pairing might produce artistically speaking, it was certainly an historic occasion. As the red light went on and the tapes rolled, Duke on piano and Louis on trumpet and vocals, backed by the Armstrong All-Stars began to play. As Ellington hits the keys on a riff that sounds suspiciously like C Jam Blues and Satchmo sings cheerfully 'Baby, take me down to Duke's Place!' the champions are ready to exchange ideas rather than blows. Perhaps unsurprisingly Louis soon emerged from this unique musical gathering as the natural born leader. But all the source material was firmly Ellingtonian. Both men had enjoyed extraordinary careers and were world renowned figures when the idea of bringing them together was first proposed.

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Eddie Harris

Plug Me In