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Funky Best HHV Exclusive Yellow Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Japanese jazz and Jazz Funk masterpieces are re-released on clear green color vinyl!

A jazz-rock masterpiece by the virtuoso Jiro Inagaki! Beyond jazz and rock. Led by Jiro Inagaki, Soul Media arrived at the ultimate tight, cool groove. As Inagaki himself has said, ""I did black funk,"" his musicality leaped to another dimension by combining the explosiveness of jazz-rock that he had cultivated up to that point with the tenacity and elasticity of black music. Combined with the virtuoso Hiromasa Suzuki's arrangement, the groove is polished, glossy, and shiny. All songs are highlights, such as ""Painted Paradise"" full of dynamism and galloping, ""Breeze"" where funkness and mellowness coexist, and a cover of ""Funky Stuff"" by Kool & the Gang with a low center of gravity and sharpness. It is now a definitive masterpiece that is constantly wanted from all over the world.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS/DEEP JAZZ REALITY)"

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Jiro Inagaki & Friends

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 100 copies on yellow vinyl. Only available at hhv.de

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The Sound

From The Lions Mouth

31,99 €*

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Run-DMC Numbered Limited Edition 180G Super Vinyl Edition

Run DMC

LP | 1984 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

74,99 €*

Sunshower Clear Pink Vinyl Ediiton

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited to 3000 copies. The impact, influence, and importance of Run-D.M.C.'s self-titled debut – the album that invented hardcore hip-hop and bridged rap, rock, and funk in then-unparalleled ways – cannot be measured. The first full-length record released by Profile Records, the 1984 set permanently changed the sound of music, broadcast streetwise wisdom to every corner of the country, and made the notion of a one-man band a distinct reality. Produced by Russell Simmons and Larry Smith – and bolstered by an incendiary blend of staccato deliveries, stark beats, aggressive exchanges, evocative hooks, and socially conscious messages – Run-D.M.C. still hits listeners in the jaw with the same intensity it did nearly 40 years ago when it could be heard booming from ghetto blasters carried around city blocks nationwide.

Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP is the definitive-sounding version of this groundbreaking work.

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Taeko Ohnuki

LP | 1977 | JP | Reissue (Nippon Columbia)

Takeshi Inomata / Sound Limited

Release: 1977 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Taeko Onuki's 2nd album "Sunshower will be released in clear pink vinyl specifications! (Originally released on July 25, 1977) Featuring gorgeous musicians such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Chris Parker, this is a great city pop album that incorporates fusion, crossover, and AOR.

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Sounds Of Sound L.T.D. Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 1970 | JP | Reissue (Columbia Japan)

LP | 1978 | JP | Reissue (Sony Music Japan)

Release: 1970 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Japanese jazz and Jazz Rock masterpieces are re-released on clear vinyl!

The raging drums scorch the times. Accompanied by a whirlwind of young talents, Takeshi Inomata proudly heralds the arrival of the golden age of jazz-rock.
Takeshi Inomata, a drummer who led the jazz scene in Japan with his precise stick work and musicality that looked ahead to the times. At the end of the 1960s, he was influenced by brass rock, which was flourishing at the time, and formed Sound Limited.
""I want to fuse jazz and rock and bring together young musicians to do music with vitality, and I want this group to be a large-scale group that does not fit into the small framework of modern jazz,"" he says.
His first album and masterpiece was ""Sounds of Sound L.T.D.""(1970). Led by ""Theme ~ Moustache"", which is loved as a symbolic song, it is a masterpiece full of dynamism and enthusiasm throughout the film.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS/DEEP JAZZ REALITY)"

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Taeko Onuki

Mignonne

36,99 €*

Release: 1978 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Rhino)

The Sound

Jeopardy

31,99 €*

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (We Release Jazz)

Ryo Fukui

Scenery

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Trad Vibe)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the Standard Edition, mastered at half speed, 140g vinyl and Sticker. We Release Jazz (WRWTFWW Records’ new sister-label) is proud to present its first release, the official reissue of Ryo Fukui’s highly sought-after masterpiece Scenery (1976), sourced from the original masters.

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Cortex

Troupeau Bleu

Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited 2020 repress of this Euro-Jazz-Funk classic - this time with poster!

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Junior Parker

LP | 1974 | WW | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

22,99 €*

No More Mr. Nice Guy Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 1974 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Next up in Mr Bongo's Groove Merchant Records reissue series, sees an outing for a much-loved and heavily sampled funk/soul/blues album by Junior Parker. Originally issued under the title The Outside Man on Capitol Records in 1970 with an alternative cover, this reissue replicates the Groove Merchant release titled Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On featuring the car cover released in 1971.

The Mississippi-born, Memphis-based blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter Junior Parker (aka Little Junior Parker) had a stellar career in music. Since the early 1950s he released records on labels such as Duke, Mercury, United Artists Records and more. Sadly though, Parker died at the young age of 39 during surgery on November 18, 1971.

Originally released under the alternate title a year before his untimely death, Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On is drenched in Parker’s trademark buttery vocals and soulful grooves, swaggering between smokey blues, raw funk outings and orchestrated soul ballads (with sublime arrangements by Horace Ott).

The album also features three Beatles cover versions in the form of ‘Taxman’, ‘Lady Madonna’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’. For 'Taxman', Parker completely reinterprets the song taking into a New Orleans funk realm, a sample of which was used as the main hook line on Cypress Hill's classic 'I Wanna Get High'. Elsewhere, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is flipped into a tripped-out, psychedelic soul-swamp blues ballad, whilst 'Lady Madonna' is given a funky blues makeover.

As shown with Cypress Hill’s use of ‘Taxman’, since the ‘70s Parker’s legacy has been immortalised for future generations through the deep well of samples that his music has become a source of. Tracks from Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On have been sampled by some of the biggest names out there, such as A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow and De La Soul.

A seriously smooth album oozing with soul and emotion from a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Junior Parker’s Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On is a superb example of the early ‘70s crossover funk/soul sound.

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Gang Starr

2LP | 1989 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

44,99 €*

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Slice Me Nice 40th Anniversary

Fancy

10" | 1984 | Reissue (Polydor)

Release: 1984 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Selector Series)

Gloria Scott

What Am I Gonna Do

Wrong Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gloria Scott’s ‘What Am I Gonna Do’ is considered by many as one of the greatest soul records of all time. A masterpiece produced by Barry White, that oozes class, lush instrumentation and the remarkle vocal talent and emotive delivery of Ms Scott.

From the impecable opener ‘What Am I Gonna Do’ through to the Modern Soul scenes favourite, ‘(A Case Of) Too Much Love Makin’, nearly every cut on the LP is a classic.

An extremely rare LP since it’s release in 1974, with original copies changing hands for over £100. Now 50 years on it has been officially licenced & lovingly reissued by the Selector Series label and arguably an LP every Soul fan needs in their collection.

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Nomeansno

LP | 1989 | US | Reissue (Alternative Tentacles)

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (We Release Jazz)

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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At last, one of the all-time bat legends, Nomeansno has returned to Alternative Tentacles Records. The entire catalog no less, starting with their most beloved album, Wrong. Using the original all-analog master, from the original mother, as engineered by George Horn, John Wright, and Jello Biafra.

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Hiroshi Suzuki

Cat

26,99 €*

Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Release Jazz is ecstatic (purrrr!) to announce the official reissue of Hiroshi Suzuki’s glorious jazz-fusion-funk Holy Grail Cat (originally released in 1976), sourced from the original masters and available on limited edition 180 gram vinyl mastered at half speed for full audiophile sound, as well as on digipack CD. Both versions come with liner notes by Teruo Isono. Cat was recorded in October 1975 at at Nippon Columbia Studio, while Hiroshi Suzuki was visiting his home country of Japan after moving to Las Vegas in 1971 to play with Buddy Rich and perfect his craft. Back on his old stomping grounds, the man known as Neko (Cat) immediately reunited with his dear friends for an epic two day session of groove magic. The chemistry was still intact. The skills and style had grown. The result, Cat, is a smooth masterpiece, a deep and soulful affair where stunning trombone solos by Hiroshi Suzuki flirt with Takeru Muraoka’s heavenly saxophone and the sensual rhythm section of Hiromasa Suzuki (keyboards), Kunimitsu Inaba (bass), and Akira Ishikawa (drums). Celebrated in jazz collectors circles, in the lofi beat scene, and among music diggers around the world, Cat has become one of the most sought-after Japanese jazz albums of all time and, much like Ryo Fukui’s Scenery, has fascinated old and young generations alike.

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Planet Rock

2LP | 1986 | US | Reissue (Planet Rock)

41,99 €*

Release: 1986 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Seychelles Clear Sky Blue Vinyl Edition

Masayoshi Takanaka

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music)

55,99 €*

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Wax Trader)

Natural Four

Good Vibes

22,99 €*

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ein Typ Wie Du / uD eiW pyT niE Blue Marbled Vinyl Edition

Tandem

7" | 1982 | EU

11,99 €*

Ein Typ Wie Du / uD eiW pyT niE Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 1982 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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This is a wonderful German version of Althia & Donna* / Mighty Two* - Up Town Top Ranking / Calico Suit with a great storytelling. Incredibly rare. The original goes for 300 euros.

Track B "uD eiW pyT niE" is the same song backwards. You can play it backwards and will get an interesting result.

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Tandem

7" | 1982 | EU

11,99 €*

Horizon Unlimited Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1982 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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The Lijadu Sisters

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

26,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Funky Best Black Vinyl Edtion

Jiro Inagaki & Friends

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Cinedelic)

21,99 €*

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nebraska Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Bruce Springsteen

LP | 1982 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

33,99 €*

12" | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Discotheque Tropicale)

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Why you'll love it...
"“Released on September 30, 1982, Bruce Springsteen’s sixth studio album, Nebraska, came in a stark sleeve, dominated by David Michael Kennedy’s black-and-white photograph of a perfectly flat highway stretching down a barren wintertime plain. It sold enough copies to earn a Gold Record award, and if some listeners were mystified, or even disappointed, by the gloomy music, critics doubled down on their praise for Springsteen’s writerly skill and artistic daring. Other artists were inspired by the work; generations of subsequent musicians, ranging from Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello to pop country singer Kelly Clarkson, cited Nebraska as a crucial influence on their careers. Forty years later, the power of Nebraska is undiminished.”

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Manix

Voyager

20,99 €*

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Words from Discothèque Tropicale: Guadeloupe’s Manix is a self taught musician drawing inspiration from traditional Caribbean Folk and Beguine, to Salsa, Reggae and beyond. In 1980 Manix met the group ‘Tamtam 2000’ in Mulhouse, France. Embarking on many worldwide tours, Manix cemented his place in the group with 'Ti Cherie’ becoming a global hit beloved throughout the Antilles, Cape Verde, and La Réunion. Describing his singular philosophy of inciting joy ”At this moment I realised quickly that the simple act of playing wasn't just about one’s own satisfaction, but rather the need to create and share music”.

Browsing the French Football Federation's website, Dijon’s ‘Under Radaar’ was able to track down Manix as he was once the match report coordinator for his club ‘Red Star Richwiller’. It’s now our pleasure to share his music once again.

Words from Manix: "Now in my 70s, what a joy it is to discover my songs now being loved in new parts of the world that I could never have imagined them spreading to in the mad 80s. A reissue is like a renaissance, a second wind that reaffirms my believe that both music and love will never die”

We are so excited to share our debut release which has already received support from Antal, Hunee and Palms Trax.

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Santana

Abraxas

LP | 1970 | WW | Reissue

Box | 1984 | Reissue (Chrysalis)

Release: 1970 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Abraxas Remains the Consummate Latin Rock Record: Sophomore Santana Effort Includes “Black Magic Woman,” Ranks #334 on Rolling Stone’s List of the Greatest Albums of All Time

Sourced from the Original Analog Master Tapes for Exceptional Sound: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition 180g 33rpm SuperVinyl LP Plays with Remarkable Clarity, Depth, Detail, and Presence

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe

Abraxas remains the consummate Latin rock album. The confident sound of Santana stretching out and carving out new musical territory, the band's 1970 effort pulses with psychedelic accents and Afro-Latin grooves. Ranked on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its National Recording Registry, Abraxas immediately captured the public’s ear, spending six weeks at the No. 1 spot and sending the band's cosmic cover of Fleetwood Mac's “Black Magic Woman” into the Top 5. More than five million copies and countless global accolades later, Abraxas is legend.

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Ultravox

Lament

67,99 €*

Release: 1984 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Moral Tem Hora / Minas Do Rei Salomão

Cristina Camargo

7" | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Disques Messagers)

14,99 €*

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Parisian label, Disques Messager, presents its first release and not the least. As its name suggests, the label has a simple leitmotiv: to place itself among the best messengers for rarities and sought-after gems of the international rare groove. A mission which begins rather well, with the official reissue of these two stirring titles by Brazilian singer and composer Cristina Camargo. Native of Rio De Janeiro, Cristina Camargo had quite a short career, releasing only 2 albums in 1980 and 1981, but still enough to collaborate with some of the best composers, musicians and producers at that time. Her first self-titled album was therefore produced by Robson Jorge & Lincoln Oliveti and recorded with some of the finest musicians. “Moral Tem Hora” comes from this same LP and is a perfect example of the unique alchemy that emerged when the Disco and Boogie invaded the Brazilian music scene. A quite hard to find Boogie killer, composed by famous brothers, Marcos and Paulo Sérgio Valle. On B side comes “Minas Do Rei Salomão”, a more chilled-out title extracted from Cristina’s 2 nd album, Santa Maravilha. With its funky slapped bass, airy keyboards and the sweet vocals of Cristina, the song seems made to sip a nice cocktail at Ipanema.

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New Order

Movement

18,99 €*

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Jay Richford And Gary Stevan

Feelings

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Be With)

27,99 €*

LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Rhino)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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More than once Jay Richford and Gary Stevan’s Feelings has been described as the greatest library record ever released. Of course Be With can’t be seen to be playing favourites, but we have to admit, it’s pretty good. Insanely rare and immensely sought-after, it’s a tough funk, street jazz masterpiece coveted for many years by collectors of all musical genres. Since its original release on Italian label Carosello in 1974, Feelings has appeared on several labels with different sleeves and even under a different artist. Indeed cult library label Conroy put it out in one of their iconic red sleeves in 1976 and yes, Feelings has indeed had more than one modern re-issue since these “original” releases. But a record this special deserves to be kept in press and we think it deserves the Be With treatment. No, Jay Richford and Gary Stevan aren’t two of the most Italian sounding names. As the story goes these were the pseudonyms adopted by Stefano Torossi and Giancarlo Gazzani who wrote the album but couldn’t use their real names on the original release for legal reasons. But Stefano Torossi himself later both clarified and confused the tale further by explaining that Feelings was the work of four people not just Gazzani and himself. Fellow composers and musicians Sandro Brugnolini and Puccio Roelens also worked on the album and as Torossi himself explained “we all worked together”, with all four gents “dividing the royalties in equal parts… that’s the story.” Right, so, with that all sorted out let’s get back to talking about the music.

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Gang Of Four

Entertainment

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 1977 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

Masayoshi Takanaka

An Insatiable High

LP | 1974 | JP | Reissue (Sony Music Japan)

Release: 1977 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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" Pressed on clear yellow vinyl
Originally released in 1977
Takanaka's third studio album Released in 1977 on Kitty Records, An Insatiable High is the third studio album by jazz fusion guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka. This unforgettable features many big LA musicians of the time, including Harvey Mason, Chuck Rainey, and Ritenour."

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto

Misty

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Heavenly Sweetness)

Release: 1974 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The second release by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, one of the most popular works on the TBM label. A definitive disc by a Japanese piano trio, packed with lyricism, powerful swing and a variety of other jazz delights! (From series supervisor Koki Hanawa).

Remastered and cut by Bernie Grundman. Includes original reissue liner notes.

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The John Betsch Society

Earth Blossom

Careless Whisper Red Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 1000 copies!

To celebrate the 15th birthday of our first ever vinyl reissue, we did a new edition of this spiritual Jazz classic on cult label Srata East.

New vinyl mastering and lacquers done by the great Frank Merritt at The Carvery (London).
Mastered to and from 1/4” tape for added warmth and character.
Tape layback to disc; direct analogue lacquer cut from 1/4” tape using pure analogue signal path. Studer A80 preview to Neumann VMS70.

180g black vinyl.

New scans of the original artwork . Exact replica of the original cover.
Printed on deluxe Tip-on sleeve. Heavy cardboard;

The definitive edition of this incredible album by drummer John Betsch and his Society.
A must have for any spiritual jazz fan.

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George Michael

12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Black Disco 3 HHV Exclusive Purple Vinyl Edtion

Black Disco

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Afrodelic)

Illusion Purple Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 100 copies on purple vinyl. Only available at hhv.de

With a Yamaha organ and a dream, Pops Mohamed started his musical journey in mid-1970s South Africa as the founder of Black Disco, creating a hip and innovative blend of chill-out jazz with spiritual overtones. Playing original compositions as well as reimagined soul and pop hits, the group appeared on producer Rashid Vally's As-Shams/The Sun label alongside Abdullah Ibrahim and Harari. On the band's self-titled debut from 1975, Mohamed's cosmic organ is supported by two of the most sought-after session players on the South African jazz scene, Cape Town's sax and flute wizard Basil Coetzee, who had risen to fame in 1974 as one of the soloists on the hit “Mannenberg,” and Sipho Gumede, the young bass prodigy from the city of Durban. The album is a mostly downtempo affair with the drum machine on Mohamed’s organ laying down the beat while the trio soars in blissful improvisational territory. Bassist Peter Odendaal and drummer Monty Weber join Mohamed and Coetzee for Black Disco 3 in 1976, preserving the New Age lounge aesthetic but allowing the group to flex their jazz chops more adventurously. “Spiritual Feeling” from the debut album is revamped as “Spiritual Feeling Riding the Blue” but the album opener “Dawn” is the centrepiece – a trippy, flute-driven awakening that unfolds over a period of ten minutes. Reissued and available internationally for the very first time, Afrodelic's 2024 replica editions of Black Disco (1975) and Black Disco 3 (1976) are fully licensed and sourced from the original analog master tapes.

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Illusion

12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (I.D. Limited)

16,99 €*

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Greensleeves)

The Travellers

Black Black Minds

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Descending Moonsine Dervishes

Terry Riley

LP | 1982 | US | Reissue (Beacon Sound)

Jingo / Thousand Finger Man Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Accurately described by Thurston Moore as "great for meditating to the cosmos," Terry Riley's classic Descending Moonshine Dervishes is available again in a limited edition repress manufactured by Optimal in Germany. Originally recorded live in Berlin in 1975 and released by Kuckuck in 1982, Beacon Sound reissued the album in 2016 to widespread acclaim. Using just intonation and a modified organ, Riley conjures forth a rich and layered sound that challenges the Western ear, reflecting his associations with Indian classical singer Pandit Pran Nath and La Monte Young , whose Well Tuned Piano was well underway. Descending Moonshine Dervishes is a virtuosic and kaleidoscopic performance, standing as one of the finest works of a revolutionary composer and musician at the height of his powers. Recorded in concert November 29, 1975 at Metamusik Festival in Berlin.

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Candido

12" | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Salsoul)

13,99 €*

E2-E4 (2016 - 35th Anniversary Edition)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2021 repress. Candido Cameron was a Cuban percussion maestro who had played with luminaries such as Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich and Count Basie throughout his illustrious musical career which started in 1952. Fast forward to 1979 and Candido finds himself caught up in the Disco boom that had engulfed his adopted New York City. Feeling he could add his trademark quick-fire Conga and Bongo playing to Disco's straight 4 x 4 syncopated rhythm he cut some records with legendary NYC label Salsoul. The fruits of this partnership were 2 full length LP's and a handful of 12" singles that changed the face of underground Disco."Jingo" is an all-time classic dance record, sampled, edited, re-configured and coveted by too many names to mention! It's a killer funky Disco version of master Nigerian drummer Olatunji's 1969 percussion suite of the same name, Salsoul style, while over on the flip we have one of the deepest Disco records of all time; "Thousand Finger Man" a testament to Candido's percussion prowess and a spacey, beautiful voyage that has left more than an indelible mark on modern House music, often being cited as a huge influence by artists such as Masters At Work and more. Essential stuff basically, every collection should have a copy!

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Manuel Göttsching

LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (MG.Art)

LP | 1977 | UK | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP 180g, beautiful embossed Chess Board Artwork Print, inner sleeve with artist picture and text by David Elliott, Sounds June 16, 1984!

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Junior Murvin

Police And Thieves

Release: 1977 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 1978 | EU | Reissue (LAVA ON WAX)

Outfit

Dr. Spougenstien

Paname City Rappin' 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Re-issue of this hyper rare single from 1978 on Whirl (West Indies Records Limited). George Clinton's Parliament getting funked up in the Caribbean. TIP!

The Outfit was one of the funkiest bands ever coming from The Caribbean. They showed (together with other top bands from Barbados like The BRC or The Organization) the potential of Spouge music and the many creative possibilities that this genre can lead to.

This single is one of the finest examples of Spouge and Funk blended perfectly together in an explosive, ultra funky cover of the Parliament's "Dr. Funkenstein", titled for the occasion "Dr. Spougenstien". Despite being an extremely rare single, this song used to be quite popular in Barbados, to the point where most people on the Island used to think this was an original song. B side "Theme From Peter Gunn" serves up a punchy and groovy Cosmic disco tune on the very popular Theme from the Peter Gunn tv show.

This single is proposed to you as a first issue on the newly born Lava On Wax Records, started by Dj and Collector Matteo Fava, who have been to Barbados multiple times and works together with former Wirl label since 2020. The release has been possible thanks to help of GUTS from France, who worked since the start of this project to the end in close collaboration with Matteo. Here is what he has to say about this release: " Lava on Wax , It's putting love into old things to make them new with conscience and respect "

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Dee Nasty

LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Vinymatic)

32,99 €*

Last Scream Of The Missing Neighbors

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The masterpiece of French hip-hop that started it all. The first album in the history of French hip hop by Grand Master Dj Dee Nasty. A true piece of history. I released a first version on white vinyl at 500 copies

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Jello Biafra With D.O.A.

LP | 1989 | US | Reissue (Alternative Tentacles)

Max Romeo & The Upsetters

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The album-length result of Biafra's collaboration with long-time associates D.O.A. for the super soundtrack of Terminal City Ricochet! Both DKs and D.O.A. began playing music in the same week of 1978, so perhaps this project was bound to happen. It sure seems like it...

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War Ina Babylon

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Black Disco HHV Exclusive Blue Vinyl Edtion

Black Disco

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Afrodelic)

Party In Me / Take My Love

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 100 copies on blue vinyl. Only available at hhv.de

With a Yamaha organ and a dream, Pops Mohamed started his musical journey in mid-1970s South Africa as the founder of Black Disco, creating a hip and innovative blend of chill-out jazz with spiritual overtones. Playing original compositions as well as reimagined soul and pop hits, the group appeared on producer Rashid Vally's As-Shams/The Sun label alongside Abdullah Ibrahim and Harari. On the band's self-titled debut from 1975, Mohamed's cosmic organ is supported by two of the most sought-after session players on the South African jazz scene, Cape Town's sax and flute wizard Basil Coetzee, who had risen to fame in 1974 as one of the soloists on the hit “Mannenberg,” and Sipho Gumede, the young bass prodigy from the city of Durban. The album is a mostly downtempo affair with the drum machine on Mohamed’s organ laying down the beat while the trio soars in blissful improvisational territory. Bassist Peter Odendaal and drummer Monty Weber join Mohamed and Coetzee for Black Disco 3 in 1976, preserving the New Age lounge aesthetic but allowing the group to flex their jazz chops more adventurously. “Spiritual Feeling” from the debut album is revamped as “Spiritual Feeling Riding the Blue” but the album opener “Dawn” is the centrepiece – a trippy, flute-driven awakening that unfolds over a period of ten minutes. Reissued and available internationally for the very first time, Afrodelic's 2024 replica editions of Black Disco (1975) and Black Disco 3 (1976) are fully licensed and sourced from the original analog master tapes.

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Gene Dunlap

12" | 1981 | UK | Reissue (Selector Series)

16,99 €*

Awakening Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1981 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Selector Series are back with more holy grail goodness, this time in the form of early 80’s boogie from Detroit.

Gene Dunlap was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He began his music career at age four when his father taught him to play the drums, honing his craft at Detroit Mumford High School. He went onto perform with Roy Ayers before releasing two solo albums in 1981, It’s Just The Way I Feel & Party In Me.

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Hiroshi Sato

LP | 1982 | JP | Reissue (Sony Music Japan)

Release: 1982 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Disco Segreta)

Pat & Pats

Tobago

Midnight Cruisin Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Disco Segreta announces DS M 006 official repress of 1984 italo-boogie track “Tobago” by Pat&Pats. “Tobago Bay Tobago Night / No quiero casi ni pensar / Será feliz cerca de ti / Verano largo sin final" Ever dreamt to travel to Trinidad&Tobago?
Disco Segreta makes this dream come true with its 6th release: the much awaited officially licensed reissue of this tropicalo-disco synth bass boogie atomic bomb, from the original analog masters. Written in late 1983 by Mario Baldoni aka Miro (of “Real Life Games” LP (1977) and Brina’s “Stranamore” (1984) 7” fame), was originally released in July 1984 on the small Pineapple label – a sublabel of Armando Sciascia’s “Vedette” – with close to no success and a pressing fault: a glitch on the vocal version, that affected all
copies.
This tropical summerish blend of italo and boogie, along with the male/female alternate spanish/english singing, turned into a true classic of the genre over the years, slowly making the playlists of the most respected DJs and diggers worldwide.
The 4-tracks 12" features the original vocal and instrumental versions in their original lenght, carefully dubbed from the analog stereo masters and taken back to new life through Disco Segreta’s usual respectful mastering. Also, two new remixes are
featured. “Miro’s Piano Paradise” on A2, is the truly unique chance of a new revamped version by the track original author, resulting in a balearic-infused mellow rework, inspired to 1989-1993 italian house era, whose key elements were – among others -
repeated melodic piano chord progressions alongside lustful female vocals and the blueprint factory presets sounds of the likes of KORG M1, Roland TB-909, and D50. Flipside sees on B2 the chiefs of Berlin’s “Oscillator” and “Dancing for Mental Health”
parties, Tom Bolas & Andrea Dama, working with their “Bolas&Dama Dub”, a contemporary rendition of a possible “Dub” version of Tobago.

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Kingo Hamada

LP | 1982 | JP | Reissue (Warner Music Japan)

36,99 €*

Release: 1982 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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High Flying Clear Purple Vinyl Edition

Hiromasa Suzuki

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (Nippon Columbia)

54,99 €*

Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hiromasa Suzuki is a composer, arranger, and keyboardist who has worked in many genres, including jazz, pop, movies, TV, and commercials. From the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, he worked with Terumasa Hino, Akira Ishikawa, and Jiro Inagaki, who were at the forefront of their time. This 1976 album is the result of his innovative work, which was always one step ahead of the times. This pre-fusion/crossover album also features Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, Akira Okazawa, and Masayoshi Takanaka.

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Pacific

LP | 1978 | EU (Victory)

Minna Tanoshiku Shonen Knife

Release: 1978 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reuniting the best session musicians Japan had to offer to make an album that would evoke the atmospheres of South Pacific islands, the kind of places Japanese people spend their vacations in. Pacific (1978) is a treat to the ears; its theme of the southern Pacific ocean and its warm cerulean waters relax its listeners with a fusion of city pop, soft jazz, and that good old 1970’s funk while remaining surprisingly fully instrumental throughout all contributions from artists Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, and Tatsuro Yamashita. A true cult LP and an inspiration for a lot of, so called, “vaporware” music.

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Shonen Knife

LP | 1982 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

35,99 €*

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Dischord)

Release: 1982 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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After the release of their world debut Catch A Fire, Bob Marley & The Wailers would embark on a U.S. tour supporting the legendary Sly And The Family Stone. Yet after five dates, they were fired from the tour, supposedly for upstaging the main acts! Left with no money and nowhere to go, they performed one legendary show at San Francisco's The Matrix! These recordings, taken from a studio session before their legendary performance, find Bob Marley and The Wailers at their best. Featuring the classic lineup of Bob Marley (vo/gt.), Peter Tosh (vo/gt), Joe Higgs (per.), Earl Lindo (pf.), Family Man Barrett (b.), and Carlton Barrett (ds.), the Wailers are imbued with the kind of Rock and Roll energy that could only come from outshining Sly Stone! Even sweet rocksteady ballads such as “Stir It Up” take on the form of a rock and roll anthem in this session. Discovered and released on CD by P-vine in 2005, these mythical studio recordings are finally getting a long deserved analog release! The double LP on black vinyl comes complete with an obi-strip! Don’t miss this reggae gem from Bob Marley and The Wailers!

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Fugazi

Fugazi Red Vinyl Edition

Heroes (2017 Remastered Version)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This is Fugazi's debut record, released in 1988. These 7 songs were later combined with the 6 tracks from the Margin Walker EP and released on the 13-Songs Maxi CD. This EP (on red vinyl) was re-cut from the Silver Sonya masters in 2008 at Chicago Mastering Service and comes with a free MP3 download of the album.

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David Bowie

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone)

20,99 €*

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

Wipers

Is This Real?

25,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1986 | UK | Reissue (Warner)

The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead

Shohjo-Tai & Red Bus St Project

Release: 1986 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Official remastered reissue on 180 gram wax.

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Escape

12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Thank You)

LP | 1986 | US | Reissue (Dark Entries)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Although all three tracks offer the listener valuable insight into the level of music production ingenuity that was going on in Japan at the time, it's "Electric City" that really stands out as an unmistakably unique dancefloor track, where the then teenage female vocalists from Shohjo-Tai are left out and a galloping 120bpm beat sets a blank canvas for a number of unexpected elements to present: completely unorthodox accents in a wide range of unidentifiable sounds, a very enthusiastic electric guitar solo, the Ennio Morricone-esque Spaghetti Western vocal moments, all of which get contrasted with a blissful chorus that reminds one that this is somehow still a collaboration with a Japanese female idol band from the 80s. A hard track to forget even in the less sober dancefloors, it is no surprise that it would be a fundamental secret weapon in the repertoire of diggers such as Dea Barandana. Can't go wrong, buy on sight. Remastered with new artwork.

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Eleven Pond

Bas Relief

27,99 €*

LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1986 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Dark Entries celebrates its 15th anniversary by returning to where it all started, our initial darkest entry: Eleven Pond’s masterpiece Bas Relief, an ultra-obscure album from 1986 that would become a definitive dark pop holy grail. Eleven Pond was James Tabbi (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jeff Gallea (drum machine, synthesizer, vocals), Jack Schaeffer (guitar) and Dan Brumley (synthesizer, samples, vocoder, melodica). They met in Rochester, NY, while attending art school, brought together by their shared love of 4AD and Factory Records. Taking cues from acts like Joy Division, Fad Gadget, and For Against, Eleven Pond’s infectious basslines, churning guitar riffs, and atmospheric synths will charm all fans of moody music. But what really makes Bas Relief shine is the timeless songwriting on classics like “Tear and Cinnamon”, “Portugal”, and the anthemic “Watching Trees.” With only 500 copies in it’s initial release, Bas Relief resurfaces with a fresh remaster that corrects a pitch shift from previous reissues. Each copy is housed in a screen printed jacket, like the 1986 edition, and includes a lyric sheet, two postcards and a bookmark. Bas Relief is a true lost relic of the cold 80’s and an essential piece Dark Entries history.

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Los Reyes 73

Love Trip Sky Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Continuing the Mr Bongo Cuban Classics Series, we shine a light on Los Reyes 73 and their sensational debut LP from 1975. The album had multiple different pressings under various titles and artworks, but the music stayed the same and speaks for itself. The group set the bar high with this fiery Afro-Cuban-funk gem, letting loose a vibrant Latin workout combining psych rock trippiness with a heavy dose of deep funk. Elements that fuse to firmly cement this album as a ‘70s Cuban masterpiece and one of our favourites here at Mr Bongo HQ.

Releasing just two albums and a handful of 7-inch singles, the band were a popular and influential group in Cuba at the time. Since then, they have featured on several compilation albums across the 2000s that have helped raise their profile amongst new audiences worldwide.

Produced by the magical Raúl Gómez, the album featured a list of heavyweight Cuban musicians. Directed by Santiago Reyes and Ovidio Guerra, with orchestration from greats including Ricardo Eddy Martinez who also released the much-loved album 'Expreso Ritmico' in 1978 alongside Ignacio Herrera, Mario Valdes and Gilberto García. The album also features the writing prowess of Los Van Van’s Miguel Ángel Rasalps.

Blending traditional Cuban Son aesthetics with funk influences and psychedelic touches, the music housed within showcases a cosmic fusion that stands up on any modern dancefloor. The scintillating opener ‘Grandes Amigos’, the tripped out ‘Adeoey’ and the grooving ‘Un Lamento Hecho Cancion’ are just a handful of examples that exhibit the sheer musical melting pot of this album.

For this reissue, we have chosen to use the artwork from a Mexican version of the album released on Pentagrama Records that features the beautiful bird illustration cover art. The Cuban edition was released on the state-run Areito.

An outstanding and wondrous Latin record that has long been calling out for an official reissue.

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Takako Mamiya

LP | 1982 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Jamdung)

Release: 1982 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Kazuo Shiina, Hiroyuki Namba, Yoshihiro Naruse, Akira Inoue and other skilled musicians participated in Takako Mamiya's only album released in 1982, a masterpiece representing 80's city pop, on clear sky blue vinyl. Limited re-release!

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Prince Jammy

Kamikazi Dub

Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong / Summer (The First Time)

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Kamikaze Dub" by Prince Jammy is undoubtedly one of the most beloved albums by dub music lovers and a record to have in every self-respecting record collection. An album for any time of the day, or season, that never bores and indeed has aged very well always amazes and stimulates.

Re-released for Jamdung distributed exclusively by Kudos in limited edition LP from the original master tapes is available again at an affordable price, but hurry!

Jamaican Dub music first appeared in the mid-70s under the guidance of the creative master mind, King Tubby. By the late 70s, two of his top co-workers, Scientist and Prince Jammy were ready to branch out on their own, and they did.

Jammy's record came out first and that's why "Kamikaze Dub" (1979) is often cited as the album that raised the bar for good. After its release, many Jamaican producers aspired to create the same swirling psychedelic minimal sound that Jammy presented on these near perfect tracks. The musicianship on here is outstanding as well, with other Dub stars taking part such as Sly and Robbie on drums and bass, Augustus Pablo on keyboards, 'Deadly' Headley Bennett and Bobby Ellis on horns, as well as many others.

Stunning cover artwork, which, like the album title and songs, is inspired by 1970s Kung Fu Movie

Essensial

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Gene Harris

7" | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Selector Series)

OST Stridulum (The Visitor)

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This one’s for the steppers!

Gene Harris, the American jazz pianist, appearing on over 50 albums in his career, including on labels Blue Note & Concord Jazz, known for his warm sound and known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz.

Originally released in 1974 on the classic soul jazz album Astral Signal, Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong gained a second wave of popularity when it was played as part of the London centric, Rare Groove scene in the late 80’s.

Remastered and lovingly reissued on the increasingly ‘buy or cry’ Selector Series label, this seminal laid back stepper is available for the first time In over 45 years!

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Franco Micalizzi

LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Beatball)

LP | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Canopy)

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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This is the masterful score that Italian composer Franco Micalizzi created for the 1979 Sci-fi horror film Stridulum (aka. The Visitor). The Giulio Paradisi film featured a star-studded cast including Mel Ferrer, John Huston, and Shelley Winters. Although it wasn’t as commercially successful as expected at the time, its unique subject matter and expressive style eventually attracted a cult following. While Micalizzi is better known for his ‘Poliziotteschi’ flic scores and collaborations with director Umberto Lenzi, his trademark sound is unmistakably present on Stridulum with its visually evocative, engaging, and spacey take on funk. The film’s commercial performance aside, all this is enough to make Stridulum one of Micalizzi’s most captivating, if eccentric, works. Packed with great tracks such as the film’s main theme, the multiple variations on the ‘Sadness Theme’, and the standout sci-fi disco-funk of ‘Jerzy Again’, the Stridulum score offers plenty in the way of listening enjoyment. The present re-issue features the original artwork from the 1979 first pressing, along with bonus tracks including 7 alternate tracks and outtakes.

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Myke Moul

Oppressor

Trans-Europa Express German Version Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The label say: This release marks the first complete album reissue on Canopy. Originally released in Nigeria in 1987, “Oppressor” was executive produced by Myke Moul himself and distributed domestically by EMI Nigeria & Tropic Records.

“Oppressor”, the album, finds the sweet spot between synth reggae, boogie, and euphoric Balearic island vibes.

Written by Myke Moul and arranged in collaboration with reggae star Majek Fashek in Nigeria, it was later re-crafted and recorded in France with a host of French musicians. Most notably the contribution of multi instrumentalist Pierre de St Front added engaging synthesiser parts and electronic drums.

Unfortunately the pressing of the album suffered from inherent technical flaws which adversely affected the sound quality and therefore even those lucky enough to find a copy, will not be able to enjoy it without considerable sonic defects. Therefore this remastered reissue will prove welcome to both collectors and new discoverers.

The titular track “Oppressor” stands out as a mid-tempo synth-reggae-boogie jam espousing the turbulent political times in Nigeria that were present in the late 80s. Elsewhere “Shadows in the Rain” is an instrumental cut displaying a jazz-funk sensibility which was unusual for a Nigerian artist at that time, and reflects Myke’s influences outside his home country. “Heading for the Top” is a boogie dance floor gem that shows the popularity of this genre at the time, as evidenced in many Nigerian releases and still sounds just as vital today. “Rescue us. O! Lord” shows Myke’s great song writing and Pierre’s fine musical skills working in tandem to create a reggae boogie tune, displaying the reggae & ska tendencies that were present in pop music in this era, from artists such as Grace Jones, Sly & Robbie or The Police.

All in all, the album demonstrates something fresh & exciting for Nigerian album reissues, touching down in a reggae fusion direction, with some fuller sounding production aesthetics, making the dynamics full and crisp on sound systems while also well suited to home listening.

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Kraftwerk

LP | 1977 | UK | Reissue (Parlophone)

25,99 €*

Release: 1977 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Studio Mule)

Eiji Nakayama

Aya's Samba

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Bear Family Productions)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Johnny’s Disk Record is an independent jazz label run by the owner of jazz cafe Kaiunbashi No Johnny located in Rikuzentakata city in Iwate prefecture, Japan. The legendary label released a string of albums of high quality but down-to-earth music, spanning from modern jazz, avant-garde jazz to left-field pop. Albums such as “farewell my johnny / left alone” and “aya’s samba” has reached cult status among fans as some of the best works to come out of the japanese jazz scene. Another japanese jazz classic, Aya’s Samba was a debut effort by bassist Eiji Nakayama, who played as part of elvin jones’ jazz machine and toured with Don Friedman. This album is an important release in the johnny’s disk catalogue, not only because it is the first ever release, but also because the owner hearing the band play was the reason why the label came to be. “Aya’s Samba” is a mellow jazz samba in minor key that’s considered a japanese jazz classic. Slow ballad “yellow living” is drenched in melancholy with emotive keys and sax notes, while the dreamy “sea sea town” impresses with a captivating, expressive sax solo. The 4 tracker ends with “far-away road,” an uptempo tune with rhythmic keys.

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Bobby 'Blue' Bland

Dreamer

Keep The Fire Burning / Funky Sensation

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bobby ’Blue’ Bland
Bobby ’Blue’ Bland (1930 – 2013) was one of the leading US-American Blues, R&B and Soul entertainers. He knew how to combine the intensity of Gospel music with the expression of the Blues. His voice sounded as he wanted to bear witness to one's resolve but he was able to let his voice sound soft, sometimes cool but always culitvated so he could also reach the fans of Frank Sinatra and Nat ’King’ Cole with tremendous success. He formed his remarkable style of singing out of many different influences, characteristic and remained solely reserved for Bobby ’Blue’ Bland.
Duke-Label & ABC Dunhill
Blands voice was always the center of attention. After his huge successes during the 1950s and 1960s for the Duke label, he moved to ABC Dunhill when Duke was sold. He could reach a wider white audience in the early 1970s with his two LPs, ’His California Album’ and ’Dreamer’, plus productions together with B.B. King. ’

Dreamer’ was the record company's trial to produce an album in California with the cool Soul appeal of the city of Los Angeles. As a timeless Soul and Blues classic the album 'Dreamer' contains the in recent years often sampled track Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City, one of the musical back bones to one of the favorites by Jay Z. The whole album is a wonderful soundtrack for those lonely nights alone and blue in a sleazy joint trying to forget a lost love in a bottle of bourbon.
Dreamer
’Dreamer’ is the warm velvet cover against cold loneliness with so many great songs like I Wouldn’t Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) and Whose Foolin’ Who?, the bluesy Cold Day In Hell, Lovin’ On Borrowed Time and When You Come To The End Of Your Road. I Ain’t Gonna Be The First To Cry has indeed the lyrical quality of The Thrill Is Gone. The production by Steve Barri and Michael Omartian sounds full and ponderous.

The accompanying musicians, guitarists Dean Parks and Larry Carlton, bassist Wilton Felder and drummer Ed Green, ranked as being part in the cream of L.A.'s studio musicians. When ’Dreamer’ was first issued in 1974 a controversial discussion started regarding the production and the arrangements containing a brass section and strings. But now, forty years later, the LP album counts as one of the great masterpieces of its genre and the songs became standards in the repertoires of many Soul and Blues performers. Newly remastered with its original gatefold cover jacket the first real reissue on vinyl after 43 years comes from Bear Family Records!
Grammy® as a lifetime achievement award in 1997
Bobby ’Blue’ Bland was inducted into the ’Blues Hall of Fame’ in 1981 and 11 years later the induction into the ’Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame’ followed. He received a Grammy® as a lifetime achievement award in 1997.
1-LP, 180 gram Vinyl-LP, 10 tracks

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Gwen McCrae

12" | 1981 | UK | Reissue (Expansion)

18,99 €*

Release: 1981 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Iggy Pop

Lust For Life

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

Marshall Jefferson / Jamie Principle

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“Lust for Life” is the second studio album by Iggy Pop, his second solo release and his second collaboration with David Bowie, following “The Idiot” earlier in the year. As well as achieving critical success, it was Pop's most commercially popular album to date, and remains his only Gold-certified release in the UK.

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Move Your Body / Baby Wants To Ride

12" | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Trax)

14,99 €*

First Light Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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More quality from the Trax vaults. One of the biggest all time house music anthems from Marshall Jefferson, mixed by Ron Hardy and produced by Virgo. Re mastered versions from the Traxbox compilation.

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Makoto Matsushita

LP | 1981 | JP | Reissue (Warner Music Japan)

34,99 €*

Done By The Forces Of Nature Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1981 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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"Makoto Matsushita's ""First Light"" will be reissued on clear color vinyl for the first time! Guitarist Makoto Matsushita is known for his participation in the fusion funk group AB's with Fujimaru Yoshino, and for his involvement in pop hits. The photo front cover by Kaoru Ijima has been faithfully reproduced exactly as it was on the original."

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Jungle Brothers

2LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

33,99 €*

LP | 1986 | UK | Reissue (Mute)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Jungle Brothers 1988 debut, Straight Out The Jungle , is important for many reasons. It is lo-fi and goofy, but had moments of real focus and social consciousness. It is a true kitchen sink record, that caught a rap fanbase enraptured by Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy, and Boogie Down Productions a bit off-guard. Also of note, beyond the excellence of the album itself, the Jungle Brothers were the fulcrum for what would become the Native Tongues movement - they came first, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest followed, under their guidance. By 1989, the group had even more confidence, plus a Warner Bros. contract and advance in their back pocket. They used it to great advantage on the self-produced and criminally underrated Done By The Forces Of Nature , expanding their sonic palette and continuing their Afrocentric approach to music and life. Singles like "What U Waitin 4" and "Doin Our Own Dang"(with De La Soul and Q-Tip, alongside Monie Love) show the group's fun side. But things weren't all fun and games, as deeper, more pensive album tracks like "Black Woman", "Beeds On A String", and "Acknowledge Your Own History" show. It was another accomplished mix of fun, frolic, and knowledge-of-self, proving that you could be serious in the rap game but still let off steam and fill the dancefloor. Done By The Forces Of Nature stands as one of the most cherished hip-hop documents of the late 80s among true-school heads. Get On Down is proud to present a new limited-edition pressing on Tri-Colored vinyl in a gatefold jacket with full lyrics and numbered OBI limited to 1000 copies.

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Throbbing Gristle

TGCD1

Release: 1986 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The Honey Drippers

7" | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Alaga U.S.)

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Special Sound Series Vol. 2 - The Word Clear Salmon Pink Vinyl Edition

Shigeo Sekito

LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (Nippon Columbia)

54,99 €*

Nasty Gal Metallic Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The song "The Word II" was sampled by Mac DeMarco on “Chamber of Reflection" and by Travis Scott and Quavo's project Huncho Jack on "How U Feel." This sampling led to the song becoming widely recognized around the world. The reissue of Shigeo Sekito's masterpiece includes the song. This is the most listened to Electone album in the world, attracting attention from a diverse range of musical genres, including hip-hop, Balearic, and dream pop.

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Betty Davis

LP | 1975 | US | Reissue (Light In The Attic)

35,99 €*

LP | 1970 | JP | Reissue (Sony Music Japan)

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"In the 1970s, Betty Davis defied genre and gender by pushing her voice to extremes and embracing the erotic. She articulated a kind of pre–punk, funk–blues fusion that had yet to be normalized in mainstream music — a style that few musicians have come close to replicating. As one of the first Black women to write, arrange, and produce her own albums, Betty was a visionary who disregarded industry boundaries and constraints. Raw, unapologetic, and in full control, Betty paved the way for generations of future artists who said ‘funk you’ to the music industry and social norms.

In 1975, Betty Davis’s star was on the rise. With the backing of Island Records and a new band, Funk House, Betty’s third album, Nasty Gal, leans into the hyper-sexualized persona with which her critics were so obsessed. She raps, purrs, shrieks, and moans on top of Funk House’s manic funk-rock and lays claim to the “bad girl” anthems that now saturate the music industry. Mastered from the original tapes, Nasty Gal showcases Betty’s groundbreaking work as a performer, writer, and producer."

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Kosuke Mine

Mine

2LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

Release: 1970 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A monumental work that marks the historical beginning of the prestigious Three Blind Mice label, and the shivering debut album by saxophonist Atsusuke Mine, with a tension that seems to tear through the entire album. (Series supervisor: Koki Hanawa). This is the first release of the "three blind mice premium reissue collection" series, the first commercial LP product on the TBM label from SME.

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Foreigner

4 Atlantic 75 Series

86,99 €*

Black Disco Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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180g 2LP 45rpm Gatefold Sleeve

Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
Foreigner's No. 1-selling fourth studio album!
Featuring "Urgent," "Waiting for Girl Like You," and "Juke Box Hero"
180-gram 45 RPM double LP
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing

Throughout the course of three late-70s albums, Foreigner (along with Journey and Styx) was recognized as one of the top AOR bands of the era. But the band was still looking for that grand slam of a record that would push them to the very top of the heap. Released in 1981, 4 would be that album, writes AllMusic.

In producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange — fresh off his massive success with AC/DC's Back in Black — guitarist and all-around mastermind Mick Jones found both the catalyst to achieve this and his perfect musical soulmate. Lange's legendary obsessive attention to detail and Jones' highly disciplined guitar heroics (which he never allowed to get in the way of a great song) resulted in a collaboration of unprecedented, sparkling efficiency where not a single note is wasted.

"Nightlife" kicks off a series of energetic and nearly flawless melodic rock songs on the album. Within this collection, you'll find tracks like "Woman in Black," "Don't Let Go," and the '50s-inspired "Luanne." However, the standout gem in this album is "Juke Box Hero." This song manages to be both a mainstream hit and exceptionally unique. It blends heavy metal guitar riffs, harmonized vocals, and lyrics that capture the desire to become a rock star.

But there's more to this album. It also includes the essential power ballad, "Waiting for a Girl Like You." This emotional song transcended genres, becoming one of the most successful tearjerkers of the decade. It's a constant presence on soft rock radio and has overshadowed another beautiful ballad from the album called "Girl on the Moon."

And let's not forget the surprising and funky "Urgent." This track stands out as one of the band's most memorable and uncharacteristic smash hits, thanks to Junior Walker's signature saxophone solo.

As awesome as the music is this definitive deluxe 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP package. Foreigner 4 has never sounded better!

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Black Disco

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Afrodelic)

Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With a Yamaha organ and a dream, Pops Mohamed started his musical journey in mid-1970s South Africa as the founder of Black Disco, creating a hip and innovative blend of chill-out jazz with spiritual overtones. Playing original compositions as well as reimagined soul and pop hits, the group appeared on producer Rashid Vally's As-Shams/The Sun label alongside Abdullah Ibrahim and Harari. On the band's self-titled debut from 1975, Mohamed's cosmic organ is supported by two of the most sought-after session players on the South African jazz scene, Cape Town's sax and flute wizard Basil Coetzee, who had risen to fame in 1974 as one of the soloists on the hit “Mannenberg,” and Sipho Gumede, the young bass prodigy from the city of Durban. The album is a mostly downtempo affair with the drum machine on Mohamed’s organ laying down the beat while the trio soars in blissful improvisational territory. Bassist Peter Odendaal and drummer Monty Weber join Mohamed and Coetzee for Black Disco 3 in 1976, preserving the New Age lounge aesthetic but allowing the group to flex their jazz chops more adventurously. “Spiritual Feeling” from the debut album is revamped as “Spiritual Feeling Riding the Blue” but the album opener “Dawn” is the centrepiece – a trippy, flute-driven awakening that unfolds over a period of ten minutes. Reissued and available internationally for the very first time, Afrodelic's 2024 replica editions of Black Disco (1975) and Black Disco 3 (1976) are fully licensed and sourced from the original analog master tapes.

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Head Rock Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 1970 | JP | Reissue (Nippon Columbia)

54,99 €*

OST Once Upon A Time In America Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 1970 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a work by the legendary Jiro Inagaki that represents Japanese jazz-rock. Jiro Inagaki was one of the key musicians in the development of jazz rock in Japan. Inagaki, who felt the limitations of existing jazz music at the time, quickly turned his attention to jazz rock with this work, recorded in 1970. From the opening track, "The Vamp," to the closing track, "Head Rock," Inagaki poured all his ideas and passion into this jazz-rock showcase that leaves no time to exhale. This is a masterpiece that has an overwhelming presence in the history of Japanese jazz.

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Ennio Morricone

LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Klimt)

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Record is close to VG+. Cover has slight waterdamage.

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Ryo Kawasaki

Juice

LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Soundway)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Classic jazz-funk fusion from the late, great Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki. Recorded in New York, and originally released in 1976, 'Juice' presents Ryo at the height of his powers.

Born in Japan in 1947, Ryo had a long and stellar career recording and releasing music up until his passing on 13 April 2020, in Tallinn, Estonia. Ryo is one of the pioneers of the jazz fusion genre, with the Japanese jazz fusion / funk sound becoming extremely influential within the 80s UK club scene and amongst its DJs. His track 'Trinkets & Things' became a bonafide underground classic. In the US he worked with some of the greats of jazz, such as Elvin Jones, Chico Hamilton and Bobbi Humphrey, to name but a few. A forward-thinking and ever-evolving musician, Ryo collaborated with the Roland Corporation and Korg on the 'guitar synthesizer' and later wrote music software for computers. Later in life he relocated to Estonia and worked there, as well as Finland, Sweden, and the Baltic states.

'Juice' has become a much-loved album for crate diggers and jazz-funk enthusiasts, with its tracks frequently being sampled and re-imagined in hip-hop. The smokey, beat-down, spiritual funk jam 'Bamboo Child' has been flipped by Diamond D, Puff Daddy, and Kool G Rap. The album was released in 1976 on RCA Records and features the musicians' drummer Jimmy Young, rhythm guitarist Hugh McCracken, and bassist Stu Woods amongst other luminaries. A solid album throughout that incorporates a heavy dose of tripped-out synths alongside the emerging disco sound of the time. Tracks such as the opener ‘Raisins’, with its drum beat intro and bubbling bass-line, rivals The Headhunters at their finest. A superb album from an underground legend.

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Steve Monite

Only You

20,99 €*

Fela Kuti & The Africa 70

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following on from 2016’s Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria, Soundway Records return to that blistering set for the first and only officially licensed re-issue of the highly coveted debut album from Steve Monite, featuring the single ‘Only You’ that recently seeped its way into popular culture. Lovingly restored and remastered on 180g vinyl with liner notes. Shooting, space-synth sounds ripple and vibrate, incessant grooves keep the tracks in motion and Nkono Teles production, a producer often overlooked for his hand in the Nigerian boogie sound, sets the LP into orbit. An album that was largely overlooked on release in 1984, the track list includes the latter day hit ‘Only You’ and ‘Things Fall Apart’, the melody of which was lifted for Young Franco’s 2020 single ‘Fallin’ Apart’.

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Zombie

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Knitting Factory)

22,99 €*

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Wall Remastered Edition

Pink Floyd

2LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Parlophone)

32,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Miles Davis

Bitches Brew

26,99 €*

Throw Down / Time To Move 2024 Repress

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram pressing!

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Carmen

12" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Miss You)

Youthman Skanking Deluxe Re-Issue

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Although originally released in the mid 80's, Carmen's work needs little introduction amongst contemporary dancefloors. Ever since “Throw Down” first surfaced on the maps of music lovers with Chromeo's DJ Kicks selection back in 2009, it's been a choice cut by top selectors world wide such as Hunee and Palms Trax to name a few. By popular demand, after the first re-isssue on Sound Metaphors, we decided to quench the thirst with this double dose of Carmen featuring both the “Throw Down” and “Time to Move” singles in one EP. Both falling well in the 130bpm range with a fast paced assertiveness to the rhythm, characteristic of the productive influences of Kevin McCord (from Al Hudson & The Partners). 2 for 1, digitally restored and remastered to perfection, now with full cover artwork featuring Carmen and some of her current passions.

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Wayne Smith

LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (VP)

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Grey Skies White Collar Vinyl Edition

Taeko Onuki

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (Nippon Columbia)

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

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Taeko Onuki's 1st album "Grey Skies" will be released on white collar vinyl! (Originally released on September 25, 1976) After Sugababes disbanded, he signed a solo artist contract with Crown Records.

Recorded between June ~ August 1976, Tatsuro Yamashita, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Makoto Yano, and Tin Pan Alley (Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuo Hayashi) participated in this masterpiece of city pop.

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Joyce

Passarinho Urbano

32,99 €*

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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

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Rodriguez

Cold Fact

LP | 1978 | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rest in peace, Sixto Rodriguez.

Newly remastered by Alex Abrash at AA Mastering, pressed on 180 gram vinyl!

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Bobby Caldwell

Pocket Park Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1978 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Known principally as a smooth titan of blue-eyed soul, Bobby Caldwell transcended genre tags with consummate ease; he was a musical icon of real class and versatility, cherished the world over. Tragically passing away in March 2023 at the too young age of 71, it still feels as if Bobby's true artistry is profoundly under-appreciated. His double platinum self-titled album from 1978 is a timeless masterpiece of sophisticated jazzy soul brilliance and is strictly canonical. Yes, it's perfect, yet it's been out of press on vinyl for years. We're deeply honoured to present the long-awaited reissue this summer.

Whilst Ned Doheny is known in Japan as "Mr California", native New Yorker Bobby Caldwell has always been "Mr AOR" to his Far-Eastern friends. His distinct charm is an irresistible blend of soul, jazz, and pop influences. He possessed phenomenal songwriting prowess, smooth vocal performances, was both a great soul guitarist and dextrous keyboard player and known for genius chord progressions. It all added up to a multi-layered brilliance entering the studio, and the singular sound he landed on was laced with soulful, sweeping strings and funky horns, touching lightly on disco, while allowing his supple voice to carry the stunning tracks he'd crafted.

String-swept opener "Special To Me" immediately sets the tone with its lush instrumentation, rich harmonies, and Caldwell's velvety-smooth vocals. Next up, a huge one. The infectious, mid-tempo bounce of "My Flame" showcases Caldwell's ability to effortlessly blend catchy pop hooks with soulful arrangements. It's an exquisite, emotive ballad that, at the same time, absolutely SLAPS. Game recognise game, and all that, so, accordingly, Notorious B.I.G. memorably ran with “My Flame” for his 1997 single “Sky’s The Limit”. The rolling, disco-very "Love Won't Wait" is a slick, uptempo track containing heartfelt lyrics intertwined with elegant strings and a horn section to die for. Aching - and achingly cool - single "Can't Say Goodbye" is a real fan favourite, and it's no surprise. It's a laconic, slow-mo jazz-funk stepper, with fantastic, very deliberate playing that closes out the A Side quite exceptionally. "Come To Me" slows proceedings down elegantly to open Side B before the universally agreed-upon masterpiece enters proceedings.

"What You Won't Do for Love," the standout hit that became a classic in its own right, perfectly captured Bobby's ability to infuse a contagious groove with introspective and relatable lyrics. With its instantly recognisable horn riff and Caldwell's soulful delivery, this timeless, chiller anthem continues to captivate audiences and define his musical legacy. He scored huge with the track, taking over the pop and R&B airways with this mellow soul stepper. It has remained a perennial favourite and has been heavily sampled, such is its unique allure; Aaliyah sang over snatches of it on "Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number" and you can hear Caldwell’s vocal sample used for the hook on Tupac’s posthumously released “Do For Love”.

Upon submitting the finished album to his label, they requested more material in hope of a big single. As Bobby remembered to Wax Poetics a few years ago: “Now at this point, I’m mentally exhausted...and bear in mind that I got so close to all the songs I’d written. I gave each song a profound amount of thought, and maybe too much. So, in haste, I went in and cut this song, "What You Won’t Do For Love". Wrote it in a day, cut the rhythm track, overdubbed the horns, I sang the song, and literally turned it in three days after. And lo and behold, the one song I gave the least thought to,” Bobby laughed, “ended up being a national anthem.”

The mysterious, magical "Kalimba Song" is a cosmic, kalimba-driven melodic-funk instrumental - short but oh, so sweet. It's followed by the supreme tear-jerker "Take Me Back To Then", Bobby's otherworldly voice deeply longing for a simpler time, "when life was mellow". I think we can all get behind this sentiment. The final cut is arguably its deepest, its low-key finest moment. For us, it is, anyway. The glorious, driving, effortlessly funky guitar-soul jam "Down For The Third Time" is a huge melancholic Be With favourite and has been played by discerning genre-hopping DJs with significant glee for years. Hypnotic, melodic, beautiful. Like the album it elegantly rounds out.

Bobby sadly passed away on 23rd March 2023, after a long struggle with mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress, due to an adverse effect from a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. The reissue of his wonderful eponymous album will be available on vinyl across the globe, ensuring that fans of his incomparable talent - and soul music enthusiasts worldwide - can radiate in the deep beauty of this seminal album. Meticulously remastered and cut by both Simon Francis and Cicely Balston respectively, it has been pressed to the highest possibly quality at Record Industry in Holland.

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Miki Matsubara

LP | 1980 | JP | Reissue (Pony Canyon)

38,99 €*