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The World Of Cecil Taylor

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Remastered double LP incl. 18 tracks ... produced by James Brown, sampled by Del, EPMD, Special Ed, Funkdoobiest, ...

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Cecil Taylor

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Candid)

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The World Of Cecil Taylor is the fifth studio album by radical, free jazz pianist pioneer, Cecil Taylor.Taylor's music is often described as ahead of its time. And it's easy to imagine what the reaction of the average jazz fan was to this 1961 recording. It is arguably a tremendous departure from what jazz was widely considered to be at the time. At once a modern approach to standard material and a genre pushing exploration, it is a document of an artist pushing the boundaries of what jazz meant and where it was capable of going. This brand new reissue is available on CD and LP (180g) and has been remastered from the original Candid Records master tapes by Bernie Grundman.

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Piero Umiliani

OST Playtime

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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We Are Busy Bodies is proud to announce the first official reissue of ‘Playtime’ by popular and prolific Italian composer, Piero Umiliani. Incorporating styles like jazz, easy listening/lounge, rock, funk, and bossa nova to a genre largely dominated by orchestral scores, he penned some of the most outstanding film music from the '60s and '70s with over 150 titles under his belt. Originally released on Umiliani‘s own Omicron label in 1968, the album has been remastered from the original recordings by Noah Mintz.

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Barney Wilen

Zodiac

It's A Long Way Down Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Are Busy Bodies is proud to announce the first official reissue of 'Zodiac' by brilliant French tenor saxophonist, Barney Wilen. Originally released on the Disques Vogue label in 1966, the album has been restored and remastered from Barney Wilen's personal copy of the album. The album was recorded a few years after performing on albums and European tours with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis. The album is an exploration of free jazz, dedicated to the signs of the zodiac. Wilen and his friend, photographer Jean Larivière worked together to create the photos and artwork for his album, Zodiac. The intention at the time was to also create a film with a storyline and characters developed by Jean. Unfortunately, the concept was never fully realized at the time,. Sketches, photos and further context are included in the accompanying album insert.

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The Fallen Angels

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Candid)

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Released only one year after their psychedelic debut, The Fallen Angels’ sophomore album, It’s A Long Way Down, lays it all out on the line. Unfettered by label interference, The Fallen Angels’ second and final record highlights all the band has to offer. Off-kilter time signatures, experimental soundscapes, and white-hot guitar licks abound across It’s A Long Way Down’s dozen tracks, with lead singer Jack Bryant’s vocals serving as a guiding light through the paisley-patterned tunnel. Album high points like “Poor Old Man” and “Something New You Can Hide In” tease early signs of progressive rock with their weird and winding melodies, and impress with rock-solid instrumentation. An early marvel of psych rock that holds up to this day. Mastered from its original tapes and pressed at RTI on color vinyl, in its original gatefold design.

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Abbey Lincoln

Straight Ahead

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' In New York

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marvin Peterson And The Soulmasters

In Concert

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

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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OST Russ Meyer's Vixen

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke At The Copa

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Soul Album 180g Edition

Otis Redding

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At The Apollo Volume 2

James Brown

2LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Polydor)

Otis Blue - Otis Redding Sings Soul

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram vinyl!

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Otis Redding

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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11 tracks ... sampled by Guru, Ghostface, Geto Boys ... 180 gram vinyl

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Part One Mono Edition

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was considered by many to be Calfornia's answer to the Velvet Underground. The group created psych/rock music that was both fragile and dreamy. 'Part One' (the band's second LP!) was originally released in 1967 on Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records. Though band leader Bob Markley and his companions didn't achieve the fame or notoriety of other bands from the area, they have nonetheless achieved cult status among collectors. For the first time, this legendary records gets reissued in MONO, with sound from the original master tapes.

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Herb Albert

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Rykodisc)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Atlantic)

Otis Redding

The Dock Of The Bay

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly From Hunger Color-In-Color Vinyl Edition

Hunger

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

2LP | 1967 | UK | Reissue (GNP Crescendo)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Killer Doorsy organ and fuzzed-out guitars, including all-time psychedelic classics like "Colors", "Workshop" and "Mind Machine".

Transplanted from Portland to the Sunset Strip, Hunger played at all the hip places (Whisky a Go Go, Cheetah, Kaleidoscope...), rubbing shoulders with bands like Hour Glass (pre-Allman Brothers), the Doors or Steppenwolf.

In 1969 they released "Strictly from Hunger!" for the small Public label. Highly sought after, we’re proud to present a straight reissue of such collectable album.

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The Seeds

Future

LP | 1969 | WW | Reissue (Wienerworld)

Release: 1967 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The ensuing album, “Future”, seemed at once both calculated and confused. For some, it represents the Seeds’ grand psychedelic statement, a mind-blowing articulation of the flower power movement of which they had been proclaimed torchbearers. To others, “Future” is Sky Saxon’s folly: an over-egged, acid-damaged pudding that submerged the true power of the band with meaningless grandeur. The truth lies somewhere between. A narcissistic over-confidence made Sky feel the need to now augment Daryl, Jan and Rick in the studio with numerous overdubs – strings, harp, tuba – on hastily cobbled material that brimmed with bizarre lyrical concepts. On certain tracks the combination worked fine, on others it seemed almost like a parody of psychedelia. Nevertheless, “Future” contains many fan favourites such as ‘Painted Doll’, ‘Flower Lady’, ‘Two Fingers’ and ‘A Thousand Shadows’.

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Dizzy Gillespie

Soul & Salvation

Release: 1969 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Charly)

Don Cherry

Mu. First Part

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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OST La Morte Ha Fatto L'uovo Orange Vinyl Edition

Bruno Maderna

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (AMS)

Jimmy & Wes (The Dynamic Duo)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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“La Morte Ha Fatto l’Uovo” (1968), here reissued for the very first time on vinyl, is a unique score characterized by avant-garde sounds that combine with the bright tones of an atypical thriller that pays homage to the cinema of Luis Buñuel.

“La Morte Ha Fatto L’Uovo” (Death Laid an Egg) is a 1968 detective movie directed by Giulio Questi, featuring an international cast whose main actors are Ewa Aulin, Gina Lollobrigida and Jean-Louis Trintignant; the warm and bright tones of its photography strongly contrast against the dark and gloomy atmospheres and plot. The soundtrack of the film, composed and directed by Bruno Maderna, is even more peculiar and distant from the typical sounds of the time, and from almost any other soundtrack released in the 60s: there’s no trace of beat or psychedelia at all, but rather a collection of abstract and dissonant compositions, which we could classify as avant-garde and partly associate with certain experiments made by a contemporary group called Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, but also with the less common side of the library music genre. All the songs were created with the sole use of strings, acoustic guitar, piano and spoken word. A truly unique work, unpredictable and almost impossible to categorize!

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Jimmy Smith

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Geffen)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first and best out of just two collaborative albums by organist Jimmy Smith and guitarist Wes Montgomery, Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo was recorded in 1966 and features arrangements by Oliver Nelson. It is frequently listed among Jimmy Smith's best albums. The duo's follow-up record, Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes, was taped during the same sessions and released in 1968. Al/Music critic Richard S. Ginell gave The Dynamic Duo the maximum * * * * * rating, stating that "Creed Taylor matched two of his most famous artists, Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, on this session (Montgomery's last for Verve), and the results are incendiary- a near-ideal meeting of yin a.nd yang. Smith comes at your throat with his big attacks and blues runs while Montgomery responds with rounder, smoother octaves and single notes that still convey much heat. They are an amazing pair."

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The Who

My Generation

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

The Biggest Twang Of Them All

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Sundazed Music Inc.)

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Biggest Twang Of Them All Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Twangy Touch On 1960s Hits!

As one of America’s most influential guitarists, Duane Eddy’s famed twangy, reverb-drenched guitar shines on a wide variety of pop-rock hits, standards, and more!

Backed by two drummers, four more guitars, organ, piano, bass, saxes, and that's just the beginning, Duane goes unafraid at the kind of tunes that normally are "one person songs" Like "Ballad of the Green Berets" which becomes a twang-bang march under Duane's banner. Like "Monday, Monday" which was "The Mamas and Papas" and now has the wild newness of Duane Eddy.

After rising to fame in the late ‘50s with “Rebel Rouser,” Eddy’s influence on radio inspired musicians like George Harrison and Bruce Springsteen. Rockabilly and country music were both major factors in Eddy’s trademark sound; heavy, catchy guitar riffs over a ska-type beat. His hits included “Peter Gunn,” “Because They’re Young,” and “Twistin’ ‘n’ Twangin’.”

As music morphed into melodic sunshine pop, Eddy adapted his sound to fit chart hits of the ‘60s in his own twangy style.

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Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

The Tiffany Shade Lavender Vinyl Edition

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Legend On Legend!

Eddy’s superb reverb-drenched renditions of Dylan’s biggest hits gives your ears a fresh take on these familiar favorites. Full of twang and gut bucket harmonica, this collection of 12 songs encapsulates the ‘60s in a way only Duane Eddy could.

Originally released in 1965, the album has remained one of the rarest and hard-to-get collectibles for Duane Eddy fans everywhere. Produced by Lee Hazelwood, the album is completely instrumental and showcases Eddy’s individual stylings of the 1960s.

Eddy’s guitar romps and soars through Dylan’s brain waves – translated in this album into notes which build and explode into bar lines of enjoyable melodies. By instrumentally interpreting 12 of the significant songs of the 60’s, Eddy proves there is quality and richness in popular music, too often knocked down for its tendency toward shrillness and over-amplification.

What Bob Dylan is capable of saying with his magical way with words, Duane Eddy is capable of saying instrumentally. As you will undoubtedly hear, it’s a happy marriage.

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The Tiffany Shade

The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Heavenly, crystalline psychedelic sounds, in our favored stereo mix! Jazzy, acoustic guitars and stacked Association-like harmonies showcase Tiffany Shade’s gorgeous originals and a rendition of Love’s “Softly To Me.” Pressed on lavender vinyl!

After a chance meeting in a record store, this Cleveland band got their start on Upbeat!, a local teen dance show similar to American Bandstand. Though their album was cut in two days over the course of 2 eight hour sessions, their arrangements shine through what was a scattered recording session. “We really worked hard in the studio even though we didn’t have enough time to do all the things we wanted to do with music,” bassist Robb Murphy remembers.

“We were pretty excited. We just had no experience with that sort of thing. We had heard things but never had any experience. We were really babes in the woods. It was a terrific experience looking back on it. It was really a hell of a lot of fun, we loved the idea of being able to overdub even though we didn’t get to do too much of that, it was still fun. That was pretty high tech in those days, being able to lay down a couple of tracks with your voice.” guitarist Mike Barnes recalls.

Similar to the Bosstown sound (Orpheus, Ultimate Spinach), Tiffany Shade lean towards harmony-driven vocals that combine their clever pop sensibilities with a versatile showcase of keys, organ, and scintillescent guitars. After their album’s release in ‘68, they had the opportunity to open for Big Brother & Holding Co., but because of poor sales (and like many Mainstream artists) the band didn’t last and went their separate ways in ‘69.

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The Oscar Peterson Trio

LP | 1964 | JP | Original (Verve)

Release: 1964 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Nucleus White Vinyl Edition

Nucleus

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Bbc Radiophonic Music Pink Splattered Vinyl Edition

V.A.

LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Silva Screen)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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What We Did On Our Holidays

Fairport Convention

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Proper)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Sundazed Music Inc.)

Link Wray

Sings And Plays Guitar

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Orient Express Seaglass Bue Vinyl Edition

The Orient Express

LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Charly)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sitar-laden raga rock-xotica! Light the incense, turn on and tune out to this acid folk blend of electric oud, minitar and melodica - its genuine organic blend of both Eastern and Western sounds make this band truly sound like no other. Pressed on seaglass blue vinyl!

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P.P. Armold

Kafunta

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Superfine Dandelion Blue Vinyl Edition

The Superfine Dandelion

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

Love Cry Verve By Request Edition

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Flower power psych pop that’ll blow you away! Exploring the jangly folk and garage sounds of the late ‘60s, the Superfine Dandelion picks a wide variety of colorful folk, country and jug band influences and puts a psychedelic tint on their all-original compositions. Our favored stereo mix, pressed on blue vinyl! Formed in 1967, this Phoenix, AZ band would only last for a year before parting ways, leaving behind just one album – a fate many Mainstream artists ultimately faced, no matter how quality their style and sound was. The Superfine Dandelion features Mike McFadden (formerly of the garage rockin’ Mile Ends) and Rick Anderson (founding member of the Tubes) showcasing the sound of the Summer of Love – kaleidoscopic, sunny & groovy! “While the cheeriest cuts have the sunny folk-pop/rock feel of, say, some of the L.A. folk-rock issued by the Dunhill label (‘Don't Try to Call Me’ recalls P.F. Sloan) or the Monkees, their self-titled LP had a good deal of sub-Jefferson Airplane folk-psych-rock, with plenty of minor chords, harmonies, and wistful lyrics. Then ‘Janie's Tomb’ and ‘It's Raining’ have a jokey jug band vibe, like a cross between the Charlatans and the Lovin' Spoonful.” – Richie Unterberger (AllMusic)

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Albert Ayler

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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1968’s Love Cry mixes Albert Ayler’s free jazz with a catchy combination of nursery rhythms and brass band marches, resulting in a peak example of experimental jazz of the period. This was Ayler’s last recording with his brother, Donald, who keeps the pace fiery along with the rhythm section of bassist Alan Silva and drummer Milford Graves, and harpsichordist Call Cobbs.

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, gatefold sleeve.

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A Hard Road

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Proper)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Doxy)

Nina Simone

At Carnegie Hall

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Bull Of The Woods Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Black & White Vinyl Edition

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition on clear wax!

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13th Floor Elevators

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Culture Factory)

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Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Senza Sapere Niente Di Lei Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Ennio Morricone

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (CAM SUGAR)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Long Hair)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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Senza Sapere Niente di Lei (1969, Luigi Comencini) is one of the first scores composed by Ennio Morricone for a Giallo film, just ahead of the great season of the cult Italian thrilling genre forged by Dario Argento...so far unreleased on vinyl (with the exception of two tracks included on a 1980 CAM anthology LP, now pretty much impossible to find). With “Senza Sapere Niente di Lei” Morricone composed one of his most dreamy and ethereal scores, with a sweet and delicate theme unfolding in a lullaby to the rhythm of a valzer, and interpreted in multiple keys: from lounge-jazz to experimental music. The final result is a sensual and suave sound that well matches the quintessential morbid style of Giallo cinema and of the film’s plot.

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Touch

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler On The Roof

Cannonball Adderley

LP | 1964 | US | Original (Capitol)

Le Stelle di Mario Schifano

Release: 1964 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

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Dedicato A Purple Vinyl Edition

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (AMS)

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Western Union Gold Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

Five Americans

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited to 1200 copies. While overshadowed by its euphonic earworm, this is a remarkably deep and diverse album. With saccharin-saturated jangly pop that verges on bubblegum ('If I Could'), infectious Vox organ propelled grooves ('Sound Of Love'), fuzz-driven garage ('Reality') and the splendid and inventive sonic atlas 'Big Cities'! Come for the single, stay for the album! All analog, pressed on Abnak gold vinyl!

1. Western Union 2. Gimme Some Lovin’ 3. Husbands & Wives 4. If I Could 5. Sympathy 6. Big Cities 7. Sound Of Love 8. I Put A Spell On You 9. Tell Ann I Love Her 10. Reality 11. Now That It’s Over 12. See-Saw-Man

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Ro-D-Ys

Earnest Vocation

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Matsuli)

Gideon Nxumalo

Gideon Plays

Is Alive And Well At The Whiskey

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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

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Hugh Masekela

LP | 1967 | US | Original (UNI)

John Mayall / John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Release: 1967 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Monarch pressing.

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The Diary Of A Band Volume Two

LP | 1968 | DE | Original (Decca)

Release: 1968 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

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Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Edition

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Apple)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Apple)

Help!

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop, Soundtracks

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

2012 reissue on 180gr vinyl. Still sealed with hype sticker.

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LP | 1969 | DE | Reissue (Apple)

Yellow Submarine

Release: 1969 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Just one word to say: Essential!

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LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Apple)

With The Beatles

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Just one word to say: Essential!

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LP | 1964 | DE | Reissue (Apple)

Beatles For Sale

Release: 1964 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Just one word to say: Essential!

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LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Apple)

A Hard Days Night

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Just one word to say: Essential!

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Apple)

Help!

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Just one word to say: Essential!

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LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Apple)

Please Please Me

Book of Taliesyn Mono Edition

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Just one word to say: Essential!

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Deep Purple

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Island)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2015!

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White Noise

An Electric Storm

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Alive)

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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An Electric Storm is justly renowned among techno boffins as one of the first albums to fuse pop and electronic music before the advent of the Moog synthesizer. But you don't have to be versed in the language of sine waves and oscillators to enjoy this mostly delightful and hugely inventive album. For although the White Noise were almost exclusively composed of virtuoso knob twiddlers and tape splicers moonlighting from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, luckily they were no slouches when it came to penning a decent tune. There's also anarchic humor at play on the manic "Here Come the Fleas," which contains more edits in its two minutes than the whole of Sgt. Pepper's.Yet it's the retro-futurist textures that still grab the ear most. These are sounds that will be familiar to anyone who knows the soundtrack of Forbidden Planet or the early series of Doctor Who, but they had never before been deployed in the service of pop music, nor have they since. And whereas the Moog would supplant all of these primitive, time-consuming techniques of sound generation and manipulation within the year, it also destroyed much of electronic music's spirit of adventure in the process. How could you boldly go where no man had gone before when your sound universe was suddenly overlaid by tram lines and route maps? So although most of the songs that make up the first half of An Electric Storm are pretty much your standard-issue polite British psychedelia (the somewhat embarrassing United States of America-style orgy of "My Game of Loving" aside), the way they're dressed up still sounds innovative decades later. Sometimes songs dissolve into bleeps, whooshes, and gurgles that hurtle between your speakers, but compared to the extended guitar and organ solos that were common currency at the time, they are the very essence of restraint. That said, restraint was put to the sword on the final two tracks, the 12-minute "The Visitations" and the seven-minute "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell." The former is a decidedly spooky "Leader of the Pack"-style drama with a supernatural twist. The biker, having departed this life, attempts to make one last attempt to cross over and console his grieving beloved, only to fall agonizingly short. If you can suspend your disbelief -- and persuade yourself that the biker's departing spirit doesn't sound like a cappuccino machine -- it's spine-tingling stuff that you won't dare listen to with the lights off. Which is more than can be said for the concluding track, a would-be satanic jam session botched together in a hurry to meet Island's suddenly imposed deadline.

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Doris Duke

I'm A Loser

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (ATCO)

Dr. John

Gris Gris

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

MC5

Kick Out The Jams

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Columbia)

Thelonious Monk

It's Monk's Time

LP | 1969 | DE | Reissue (Sonorama)

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 Gram Vinyl

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Memphis Black

Soul Club

Release: 1969 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

close to NM. 2005 reissue.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

LP | 1967 | JP | Reissue (Apple)

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Release: 1967 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Japanese pressing. 1969 reissue. OBI is missing.

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Pharoah Sanders

Jewels Of Thought

LP | 1964 | EU | Reissue (Impulse!)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jewels of Thought is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on October 20, 1969, and was released on Impulse! Records in the same year.

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John Coltrane

A Love Supreme

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (ABKCO)

Release: 1964 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

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The Rolling Stones

Let It Bleed

I Want My Woman White Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

2019 reissue.

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The Emperors

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Beatrocket)

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Blisterin’ bleach blonde garage punk from Long Beach’s Emperors!

Previously limited to a handful of singles, this full length LP includes all of their material, including 4 unissued tracks! From the maniacal laughter on “Laughin’ Linda” to their foot-tappin’ cover of the Zombies’ “You Make Me Feel So Good” it’s easy to see why this group of teens were hailed as Long Beach’s favorite group.

Susan Gilmore, an Emperor fan, recollects, “The highlight of the dances were when they played. While attendance was pretty good for other bands, the Emperors packed the place every time. The buzz would start during the week at school. ‘The Emperors are playing this weekend. Are you going to go?’”

The wild teenage sound of the original Emperors is still the greatest. “It's just a lifetime experience,” concluded Randall. “In a way, I felt that we were ahead of our time. The way we played and the way we presented everything on stage, nobody was shy. It was a wonderful experience.”

A new version of the band rebranded as simply Emperor, led by Steve Watts and Randy Budihas, would record for RCA, then Private Stock during the ‘70s. After a 20-year break, The Emperors reformed in 2002 and are still performing and entertaining fans today.

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2LP | 1968 | DE | Reissue (Apple)

LP | 1967 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Release: 1968 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Spine is torn. Vinyl is Close to VG+. Numbered reissue. Swedish Contract Pressing.

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Wes Montgomery

California Dreaming

The Mugwumps Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 1967 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Released in 1967, California Dreaming was Wes Montgomery's last album for Verve (other than an exciting collaboration with Jimmy Smith). It’s an extraordinary orchestral date featuring arrangements by Don Sebesky that showcases soloists such as pianist Herbie Hancock and percussionist Ray Barretto. The songs (which include "Sunny" and the title tune "California Dreaming") are in this case mostly pop material of the era, from which the great performer extracts magic sounds. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard jazz album chart and No. 4 on the R&B chart, and was one of the last great works by Montgomery, whose later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz. At the peak of his popularity, the guitarist unexpectedly died of a heart attack on June 15, 1968, at the age of 45.

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The Mugwumps

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1969 | UK | Reissue (Charly)

Hubbels

Introducing

Release: 1969 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1965 | FR | Reissue (Mercury)

Barbara

Barbara N°2

LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

Release: 1965 / FR – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Clear white vinyl. Side 2 is NM. 2019 reissue.

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Crosby, Stills & Nash

Sunshine & Shadows Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Vinyl seems unplayed. Cover is close to NM. With insert. 2009 reissue.

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Ars Nova

Ars Nova Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Touted as the “new Doors,” Ars Nova’s second release shows the band genre-bending jazz and heavy psychedelia in a style that’s their own. Shifting from a largely classical centric sound, this was the group’s last album before going their separate ways. Pressed on pink vinyl!

Sunshine & Shadows takes the baroque-meets-psych sound of the debut and turns a bit more to the psych side. The stately brass interludes are gone, but horns still figure prominently in the mix. There’s some jazzy New Orleans flavor to a couple of the tunes, albeit twisted into a 7/4 vamp on “You Had Better Listen.”

The instrumentalists in the band, featuring trumpet and trombone, really give the music a unique flavor, setting them apart from the multitudes of other American psych bands. Ars Nova might be likened to Ultimate Spinach (but without the overly serious, pretentious lyrics) or later Zombies (though with less emphasis on the keyboards).

It’s all very well written and nicely played, and when they do a tender ballad like “Temporary Serenade,” the acoustic guitar is very lute-like, much more along the lines of classical than folk (like the later work of Jan Akkerman with Focus), and the trumpet descant adds a lovely spice.

“Well, Well, Well” is the heaviest rock tune in their repertoire, with a great electric guitar riff and hot organ playing, again set apart by trombone and trumpet. This one is definitely worth seeking out for baroque pop fans.

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Ars Nova

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

Ars Nova Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Classical infused psych from NY groovers Ars Nova! Through their creative use of medieval modes, hook-driven pop, & trombone, Ars Nova delivers psychedelia within a classical & prog rock lens, a style that’s their own, yet recalls bands like Left Banke, Honeybus, and Aphrodite’s Child - all who were experimenting with the short-lived baroque pop craze. Pressed on green vinyl! Ars Nova was something totally different for the musical ears of 1968, and still sounds fresh and exciting today, when you think of the great albums of ‘68, like Abbey Road, White Light/White Heat, The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, The Move, Electric Ladyland, This Was or Wonderwall Music shows how influential the year was and yet, Ars Nova with its wide sphere of influences has nothing in common with the trends of the year. The only albums that it can be vaguely compared to is either the Velvet Underground or United States of America, both bands that, like Ars Nova, bucked against existing trends and the end of psychedelia, instead preferring to go their own unique way. This is American progressive music, and takes the art of music making into a different genre, an alternative alleyway. The intelligence and musical nous that spans [this album] is really worth diving into and enjoying. It’s always great to get to hear albums like this, as it provides a counterpoint to the contemporary of the time and gives a real insight into the underground and alternative scene of that era. The beauty of being underground and away from the mainstream is that something that is not of its time ends up being timeless.

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Ars Nova

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

Contact/ Metallic Vinyl Edition

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Silver Apples

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Rotorelief)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Elemental)

Wynton Kelly

Smokin' At The Half Note

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An American jazz critic once said that Wes Montgomery was the "best thing that could happen to a guitar." Grand words, one might say quickly racking one's brains to come up with other great names. But after only a few minutes of listening to this live recording made in 1965 at the Half Note in New York, you will forget your brain-storming and concentrate on the unfused performance of this brilliant guitarist and the superb Wynton Kelly Trio. The music which gets down to the nitty-gritty, is always cool and straight with no fuss or frills getting in the way; the message comes over clearly--and it makes the blood surge through one's veins! This legendary session was recorded at a New York nightclub. It captures Montgomery at the height of his improvisational powers. Many consider it the best performance on record by one of the most inventive guitarists in jazz history.

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The Biggest Twang Of Them All Coke Boittle Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Sundazed)

LP | 1966 | JP | Reissue (Verve)

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Wes Montgomery

California Dreaming

We Insist Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

1977 reissue. Cover and vinyl are close to NM. With insert. OBI is missing.

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Max Roach

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of it’s day, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite is one of the most important artistic statements of Civil Rights Movement and one of the most groundbreaking jazz albums of all time. Max Roach was already almost a decade into his career as one of the most influential jazz drummers and composers when he teamed up with lyricist Oscar Brown Jr. to collaborate on a piece they planned to perform at the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1963. Recorded just months after the February 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, the album stands as an early musical testament to the burgeoning rage, anger and passion that would take the Civil Rights Movement from its early victory in Montgomery in 1955 into a future that would dramatically alter race relations in the United States.

The second release from the newly launched New York City based jazz label Candid Records, and produced by label co-founder, famed music critic and social activist, Nat Hentoff, the album is a bold statement, focused on civil injustices in black history ranging from slavery to contemporary racial prejudices, and featuring some of the finest jazz musicians ever, including Abbey Lincoln, Coleman Hawkins, Eric Dolphy, Booker Little, and Michael Babatunde Olatunji.

The five movements of the work are organized as a historical progression through African-American history, a shape similar to the one in Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown and Beige. The Freedom Now Suite moves from slavery to Emancipation Day to the contemporary civil-rights struggle and African independence.

The LP includes extraordinary liner notes written by Hentoff himself, giving a context and insight that adds to the experience of hearing these magnificent performances.

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Max Roach

We Insist (Mono)

Buddy Rich And Alla Rakha

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rich A La Rakha Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Moder Harmonic)

Buddy Rich And Alla Rakha

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz snare & ride cymbal meet classical Indian tabla & pakhawaj!

What happens when one of the best jazz drummers of all time combines efforts with one of India’s most renowned tabla players? Voilà! Rich À La Rakha. Calypso-flavored compositions, spontaneous jams, and a genuine instrumental dialogue between the two greats truly makes this a one-of-a-kind listen.

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Rich A La Rakha Gren Vinyl Edition

LP | 1968 | US | Reissue (Moder Harmonic)

Art Gallery Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Release: 1968 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Artwoods

LP | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Guerssen)

Francoise Hardy With Ezio Leoni And His Orchestra Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Essential ‘60s British beat, R&B, Mod album from 1966 by this band fronted by Art Wood (elder brother of Birds/Rolling Stones/Faces guitarist Ronnie) and featuring a young, pre-Deep Purple Jon Lord on organ, plus Keef Hartley (John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers) on drums, Derek Griffiths on guitar and Malcolm Pool on bass. Now reissued for the first time ever in Mono, just like the 1966 original.

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Francoise Hardy

LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (SAAR)

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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I Rock & Roll Di Celentano Green Vinyl Edition

Adriano Celentano

LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (SAAR)

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Toshiko Mariano

Toshiko Mariano Quartet

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Toshiko Mariano Quartet is the 1961 album from fourteen time Grammy Nominated pianist and composer Toshiko Akiyoshi - then known as Toshiko Mariano. Women have long been denied the credit they deserve in jazz. It must be noted that as a Japanese women in jazz, Akiyoshi had to battle for acceptance on many fronts. Jazz has been a patriarchy community from the beginning, and even critical praise of her playing could not help but take note of her gender. Leonard Feather, for example, writing at the time in the Encyclopedia of Jazz called out Akiyoshi’s playing as “fiery, powerfully articulated and exceptionally fluent,” but added that there was “nothing delicately feminine.” Even today it is still hard for people to see Jazz in any other way. We are pleased to be a part of shifting the narrative and shine a spotlight on this talented artist and this wonderful album. While she was later to compose using themes, harmonies, and instruments connected to her Japanese heritage, this album captures the pianist early in her career playing a straight ahead, harp bop style. This was already her 7th album as a band leader, and it is a shining example of her confidence and mastery of her instrument and as a band leader. Recorded at the Nola Penthouse Studios in New Your City in December of 1960, the LP includes extraordinary liner notes by Candid A&R man and producer Nat Hentoff giving a context and insight that adds to the experience of hearing these extraordinary performances.

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Phil Woods

Rights Of Swing

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When he first came on the scene, Phil Woods was often referred to as “The New Bird,” in a nod to the legendary Charlie Parker. A testament to his genius on the saxophone to be sure. But while obviously indebted to Parker - as all modern jazz saxophonists of a certain era were - there is no question that Phil Woods was an original. After earning a degree in music from Juilliard in the early 1950’s, Woods found himself in the orbit of the great Quincy Jones. At Jones’ invitation Woods joined Dizzy Gillespie’s infamous Jazz Ambassadors - a tour sponsored by the US State Department as part of a global cultural diplomacy initiative - and subsequently became a member of Jones’ own touring band. This recording, his 9th album as a band leader, consists entirely of Woods’ five-part Rights of Swing Suite. An ambitious large-scale composition based solidly on jazz traditions. A culmination of the influences the then 30 year artist had absorbed. Arguably considered one of Woods finest recordings, the record features a stellar section made up of Wood’s fellow Quincy Jones band members. (It should be noted that these same musicians, for the most part, are also the section on Benny Bailey’s Candid Records recording, Big Brass, recorded a a few months prior in November of 1960). Recorded at the Nola Penthouse Studios in New Your City on two dates in January and February of 1961, and conducted by Quincy Jones. The LP includes extraordinary liner notes by Candid A&R man and producer Nat Hentoff, and in-depth commentary from Woods himself, giving a context and insight that adds to the experience of hearing these extraordinary performances.

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Charles Mingus

Mingus

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At the time of this recording, Mingus had been working regularly with the piano-less quartet of Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond. The same group featured on the 1960 Candid release, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus. The Mingus album, also recorded that year, features one track, "Stormy Weather," recorded with that same quartet, and two tracks recorded with a larger group featuring piano and additional horns. Of note, "mdm (Monk Duke & Me)” consumes the majority of this album. The piece consists of three intertwining themes - Duke Ellington's “Main Stem”, Thelonious Monk's “Straight, No Chaser”, and Mingus' “Fifty First Street Blues.” Released in 1961, and recorded in the fall of 1960 by Candid A&R and Producer Nate Hentoff at the Nola Penthouse Sound Studios. The LP includes extraordinary liner notes written by Hentoff, giving a context and insight that adds to the experience of hearing these magnificent performances.

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The Allman Brothers Band

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Wes Montgomery

Bumpin'

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Abc Command)

Soft Machine

Yakhal’ Inkomo HHV Summer Of Jazz Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Debut album by the English rock band The Soft Machine (named after William S. Burroughs' novel), one of the best known exponents, along with Caravan, of the "Canterbury Sound". This masterpiece was released in 1968 and features the trio of Robert Wyatt (drums & vocals), Mike Ratledge (organ & piano), and Kevin Ayers (bass, vocals & piano). This was the only album by the band showcasing Ayers. Additional personnel includes bassist Hugh Hopper (who would later become a permanent member after Ayer's departure), and the NYC vocal group The Cake. The Soft Machine was one of the first albums recorded at the legendary Manhattan studios The Record Plant, which had been inaugurated with Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland that same year. The album was given a 5-star rating on AllMusic by reviewer Richie Unterberger. The group is considered one of the most influential underground bands of their era.

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Mankunku Quartet

LP | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

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