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One of the earliest and rarest compilation of Jamaican ska jazz, released in 1961 on the iconic Blue Beat Record. Featuring Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Cecil Lloyd, Alton Ellis, Derrick Harriott, Rico Rodriguez, The Charmers, The Jiving Juniors and more.Tracklist:Side A 1 Stew Peas And...
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Here's for the real thing! A late 60s Japanese compilation investigating the so-called "group sound" movement. Includes early recordings by a series of musicians later to perform with legendary bands such as the Flower Travellin' Band, Speed Glue & Shinki, Les Rallizes Denudes and Foodbrain....
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"On a faim!" was originally an anarchist music fanzine created in 1984. An entire network, with no geographical ties, grew up around the fanzine, helping to write articles and distribute them (often by hand). The fanzine's name even began to appear in connection with the organisation of concerts...
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In 1987 with the Family Funktion team (Norman Jay & Judge Jules) Femi Fem and Marco Nelson compiled the groundbreaking album ‘Got To Get Your Own (Some Rare Grooves)’ for Charly Records. This, and its follow up volume introduced us to a strange world of obscure singles on exotic sounding...
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15 Heavy Funk Rarities Presented As A Double LPCold Heat is Eothen “Egon” Alapatt’s a follow-up to the famous Funky 16 Corners set he curated in the early 2000s. And like that one, Cold Heat is overflowing with great bits that had barely (or never) been heard by the rest of the world at...
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Soul4Real continues to provide invaluable service to lovers of quality soul music from the 1960s and 1970s, with another carefully curated long-playing selection of incredible music from the enormous vaults of the Ertegun brothers and Jerry Wexler’s Atlantic group of labels.Atlantic was and is...
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Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98) comprises 17 obscure Soca B-side versions, dubs, instrumentals and edits as well as vocal tracks influenced by disco, boogie, house-music, soul and the more conscious lyrics of roots reggae. This compilation traces the soca genre from its...
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Compilation including six originally unissued tracks by James and Bobby Purify, Esther Phillips, Walter Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight & The Pips and Marvin Gaye.It doesn’t always hurt to hurt… Soul 4 Real’s first venture into the albums market is as compellingly essential as...
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Deejay-turned-produced Jah Thomas’ Midnight Rock helped shift roots reggae to dancehall in the late 1970s and Thomas continued producing in the new millennium, sometimes revamping Roots Radics tracks from Channel One, and alternately cutting fresh work at King Jammy’s, Black Scorpio, and Mixing...
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I am facing a dilemma: how does the founder of an independent music label – whose very survival depends on album sales – justify creating a project highlighting, even praising piracy, the very plague that has brought many labels to the brink of bankruptcy?I first became aware of “pirata”...
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The psychedelic scene that never was – the perfect subtitle to this compilation. There were barely any drugs in Hungary to begin with. In this era, alcohol, music, and imagination have served as the primary means of mind alteration among the youth. The Communist party had a firm grip on culture...
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161 original unreleased tracks from the likes of Stelvio Cipriani, Francesco De Masi, Piero Umiliani, Gianni Ferrio, Giorgio Gaslini, Riz Ortolani, Armando Trovajoli, Piero Piccioni and many other great masters of the Italian soundtracks.This is a collection called “Tidbeats”.Its title means...
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Rare and obscure dub roots reggae compilation, produced by Clement Bushay in 1975 and released on Chalwa Records in 1978. Arranged by Alton Ellis and mixed by King Tubby. Recorded at King Tubby Studio, Kingston, JA & Chalk Farm, TMC, SWM Studios, UK...Featuring King Tubby, The Cimarons, Dennis...
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The dawn of psychedelic rock in Mexico, ten tracks introducing a worldwide phenomena in the realm of the South American memory. A fascinating voyage led by cultish band La Revolución De Emiliano Zapata and several other nuggets-style combo. Originally released in 1971 the compilation was aptly...
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Bongo A-Go-Go!!! By gosh, but of course! How is it that El Vidocq had never before cast a spell upon this percussively practical instrument? Indeed, though modest in size, the sonorous bongo is rather difficult to ignore. Ever groovy and convivial, this instrument straight out of the ‘50s and...
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The Beatles spread the use of the electric guitar across the world and Bolivia was no exception. The “British Invasion” hit a politically convulsed country and fell upon a rich multicultural scene that expanded even further when psychedelic counterculture youth movements coming from San...
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After digging deep into the overwhelming archives of Discos Fuentes and Codiscos in our previous volumes, this third instalment in the series "Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!" comprises a selection of 28 Peruvian cumbia bangers for the dance floor from the deep vaults of Discos MAG, all of them originally...
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This anthology follows Now-Again's Loving On The Flipside, issued more than a decade ago. And that anthology itself got its start in a different time, a decade even earlier - the era in which Now-Again's Egon and his friends chased down funk 45s and the odd LP for their testosterone riddled,...
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A counterculture movement united by an expansive, experimental and deeply soulful sensibility, Japan’s rebel protest music challenged the status quo and changed the country’s music industry in the process.The birth of Japan’s nascent acid folk scene was rooted in the messy and invigorating...
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Oh, boy! Volume 2 of the absolutely infamous (and highly sought after) Cult Sounds compilation is here, so it's time for another bad trip through the music produced by weird, extreme cults all over the world. From hypnotic Manson Family recordings, to the catchy 80s pop manufactured by The Family,...
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If you have been following the subsidiary label of Bilbao’s Soul4Real Records, you will know they have delivered fourteen singles over the last three years and now comes their first compilation.The album opens with the rarer 12” mix of Samuel Jonathan Johnson’s seventies disco funk offering,...
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Long-awaited reissue of this rare Jamaican compilation, originally licensed in 1964 on local imprint Soulsville Center. Prince Buster is the obvious matador here with 5 exclusive tracks. Also featuring ska stalwarts The Maytals, Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso and – obviously - The...
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Macola Records fue un referente de la música groove independiente de los 80, marcando la evolución del funk, el electro, el boogie y el soul moderno con un innegable toque street. Ahora, por primera vez, las joyas más codiciadas del sello se reúnen en un LP esencial: un viaje electrizante por...
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Jugoton Funk regresa con una segunda entrega más funky y alocada que antes, capturando incluso la decadencia disco y folk de principios de los 80 tras la muerte de Tito. Jugoton, líder de la discografía yugoslava en todos los sentidos, sigue inspirándonos y nos mantiene con los dedos preparados...
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Essential Funk, Soul, and Jazz grooves finally unearthed Highly regarded lost classics — never reissued until now. At last, here they are in all their Funky glory! Citation - "Inspiration of My Life" Led by Nate Jones, Citation was a vocal group from Highland Park, on the outskirts of...
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Tired of waiting for a compilation of the wildest and most hilarious punk-leaning music of the '60s? Yes, you may have already been taught a lesson by mediocrity and endless volumes. Well, the wait is over. Here we present 19 atomic bombs from wonderful Mexico with doses of lysergia, frat, go-go,...
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La rica historia musical de Yugoslavia revela un amor duradero por la música latinoamericana.Entrelazados con ritmos afrocubanos, los salones de baile vibraban, se balanceaban y se movían, reuniendo a músicos apasionados por las bandas y orquestas de jazz, sobre todo en Liubliana, Zagreb y...
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Motown's legacy extends far beyond its iconic 60s hits. By the early 1970 and amidst political unrest, the Vietnam War and rising urban crime, the label evolved to embrace deeper and more socially conscious themes. Concept albums like Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, The Temptations' Psychedelic...
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Some of the hottest garage and rock and psych to be released in Canada during the mid-‘60s! Eleven sizzling tracks from rare singles recorded for Gaiety Records, the indie label formed by Don Grashey and Lloyd Palmer, and active from 1961-1969. Formed by Don Grashey and Lloyd Palmer in Winnipeg,...
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A second collection of rare singles from the Gaiety Records label, featuring the cream of the mid-sixties crop of Canadian garage, punk, and psychedelic music! Highlights include more terrific songs from the Plague and Lexington Avenue, bands whose members would be better known when they created...
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** Pioneering compilation / concept album from 1968 featuring key psychedelic bands from San Francisco. A real fest of fuzzed-out psychedelia , garage and folk-rock** Conceived by legendary (and controversial) producer Matthew Katz, Fifth Pipe Dream – Volume I is a groundbreaking psychedelic...
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Dance The Ska is an essential collection of early Jamaican ska music. It includes iconic tracks from Prince Buster, Jimmy Cliff and other key artists from the 1963–1966 period, celebrating the energetic and upbeat sound of Jamaican independence. The album also features artists like Prince Buster...
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Ultra-cool compilation, cibernetic futuristic cumbia from Mexico, with TURBO SONIDERO, BIGOTE, ATO 05, ARRABALERO, AMANTES DEL FUTURO, etc. Comes in GLOW IN THE DARK VINYL!!
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Saboo!! Vol.3 from the Va-Va Voom series!! 16 Tittyshakers to dance to, either at the Club or in the Bedroom!. Fantastic early 60's instrumental action from Swingin' Big Bands, R'n'B Aces and Cookin' Garage Combos. All successfully tried on the dancefloor: Not a dud in the batch!
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A dozen prime cuts from Jamaica's finest, this compilation spans ska and rocksteady rhythms courtesy of The Maytals, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, and more. From Drummond's smoky, trombone-led themes to The Maytals' soulful vocal groups, the collection captures the depth and range of the island's...
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FILE UNDER: WORLD JAZZ / BRAZIL / FOLK Spiritual, intimate and revolutionary, yet firmly rooted in Brazil’s folklore. Africadeus was the breakthrough album of the mighty Naná Vasconcelos. In his first solo album, Naná discovered the berimbau to the world, taking the instrument, which was...
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Super heavy mix of descarga, salsa and boogaloo by accordion virtuoso Anibal Velasquez, done in the "salsa con acordeon" style, featuring hot piano and timbales, yet played with a uniquely Colombian flavor. Recorded with fantastic production quality, this replica LP contains 8 hard-hitting dance...
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Back In Print! A majestic reissue of Caetano Veloso's Caetano Veloso (Irene), originally issued in 1969. Although Veloso had already been thrown in jail once for his criticism of Brazil's military regime, he continued to speak out against it on Caetano Veloso (Irene), with tracks like "Irene",...
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"The Tropicalia art movement of the late 1960s, with flourishes in visual art, poetry, theatre and music, is one of Brazil's most adored cultural concoctions. It was a movement which began out of necessity, shortly after a repressive military dictatorship seized power after 20 years of peaceful...
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Originally released in 1968, Caetano Veloso's debut album did for Brazilian music what the Beatles' Sgt. Peppers did for rock & roll, giving birth to the soon-to-be Tropicalia movement, which fused Brazilian music with pop, psychedelia and social awareness (and Veloso's leftist politics...
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180 gram LP re-mastered reissue of the original 1972 album. Track Listing - Side A: 1. You Don't Know Me 2. Nine Out Of Ten 3. Triste Bahia Side B: 1. It's A Long Way 2. Mora Na Filosofia 3. Neolithic Man 4. Nostalgia (That's What Rock'n Roll Is All About)
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Born in Yakima, Washington, in 1966, The Velvet Illusions were a cool teenage garage-psych band whose members were barely 14–17 years old when they began making music together, quickly built a following across Washington and Oregon. Managed by George Radford Sr., the band developed a distinctive...
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Congo's turbulent and exhilarating '70s: Nightclubs and dance floors were packed to the brim in the capital, Kinshasa. Exuberant crowds, still giddy from independence a decade prior, grooved to the sounds of the country`s classics. In fact the whole continent was submerged into the Congolese Rumba...
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* Official reissue of one of the crown jewels of South American jazz, originally released in 1976 in Argentina.* Sound sourced from the original master tapes.* 12-page booklet with bilingual liner notes by Argentine music journalist Claudio Parisi, with previously unseen pictures.Altercat proudly...
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Los Violadores fue una banda de punk rock argentina, formada en Buenos Aires a principios de los años '80. Es una de las pioneras del género en su país y es considerada como la primera que obtuvo repercusión masiva a nivel nacional y en Latinoamerica.Éste álbum es un documento histórico, el...
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Formed in Sydney in 1976, VOIGT/465 was a truly unique band from the exciting days of the Australian post-punk scene. Heavily influenced by such luminaries as the Velvets, Stooges, Syd Barrett, Pere Ubu, Can, Faust, Henry Cow, Slapp Happy and Eno’s Roxy Music, they created an abrasive sound in...
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