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Mind Games Deluxe Box Set

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sacd: Mastered ON Mobile Fidelity's Renowned Mastering System: Numbered-edition Hybrid Sacd Plays With Expressive Clarity / Released only eight months after his exhilarating debut, Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle contains rousing dispatches from the boardwalk, the street, the beach, and the bedroom. It explodes with energy, dares to dream, teases with humour, crackles with tragedy, clings to hope, and overflows with discovery, youthfulness, and personality. It features an unforgettable cast of characters — corner boys, teenage hustlers, doomed lovers, jazz men, junk men, factory girls, fortune tellers, alley cats, pimps, escorts, and more — illuminated by vivid colour, breathtaking detail, and poetic action.

Musically, the heartfelt 1973 record is inhabited by sympathetic vignettes and cinematic arrangements steeped in rock 'n' roll, soul, jazz, and R&B. It finds the New Jersey native looking beyond the parameters of his preceding record and seeking to move on from environments he knows well (and chronicles here) by rushing headlong toward unknown territories, adventures, and people. Underpinned by the singer-guitarist's ambitious poetic enterprise and will to succeed, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the album on which Springsteen becomes the Boss.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's renowned mastering system, pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, and strictly limited to 7,500 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 33rpm LP set is the definitive-sounding version of Springsteen's sophomore record. Benefitting from SuperVinyl’s nearly non-existent noise floor, superb groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle plays with a clarity, energy, presence, and openness that complement the expressiveness, dynamics, and scope of the seven restless songs that comprise a work Rolling Stone ranked the 345th Greatest Album of All Time.

Beyond the audiophile sonics that practically place you behind the console at 914 Sound Studios — listen to the separation between the instruments, natural decay of the notes, interplay within the widescreen soundstaging, and nothing-to-lose youthfulness of Springsteen’s voice — this reissue takes seriously this record’s influential merit by presenting it in packaging that underlines its status. Tucked in a beautiful slipcase, the LP is housed in a special foil-stamped jacket with faithful-to-the-original graphics. This reissue is made for listeners who prize sound quality and who want to engage themselves in everything involved with the invigorating set that busted Springsteen loose from the club circuit and landed him on the radio

Determined to liberate anyone within earshot and unafraid to come on strong, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle serves as the debut of the E Street Band — not only heard but seen for the first time by most of the public courtesy of the back-cover photograph. This is where saxophonist Clarence Clemons, organist-accordionist Danny Federici, and pianist David Sancious step out of the shadows — and drummer Vini Lopez and bassist Garry Tallent again stoke a fiery rhythmic engine that helps drive the untamed, reimagined big-band swing of “Kitty’s Back,” breathless R&B thrust of “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),” and carefree dance steps of the funky “The E Street Shuffle.”

Of course, the main attraction remains a then-24-year-old visionary on the precipice of becoming a sensation and turning a then-bloated rock scene on its head. Recorded over three months while Springsteen and company were busy touring his debut LP, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle reflects the high-octane approach the vocalist embraced onstage and drifts away from the label-dictated acoustic-based frameworks of his debut. The set also witnesses Springsteen deepening his observational skills, with narratives such as the romantically tinged “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” and redemptive epic “Incident on 57th Street” mirroring changes taking place in the singer’s own life, small towns, and America at large.

A thrilling collision of memories, reflections, and composites — Sandy, Rosalita, and the latter’s parents are all based on actual people Springsteen knew, as is the community depicted in the opening track — the aptly titled The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle resonates decades on due to its truths, authenticity, and spirit. Those characteristics — as well as the fact that many of its lengthy songs come on as the equivalent of sweaty, feverish soul revue that won’t stop until you’ve been exhausted — also explain how this now-iconic album triumphed over the reservations of industry “experts” that both demanded Springsteen re-record it and instructed deejays not to play it. Yet there’d be no stopping a record that saw the past, present, and future, a band whose will would not be denied, and a phenomenon who was born to run. A never-ending invitation to act real cool and stay up all night, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle always feels alright.

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John Lennon

Box | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Beatles Solo)

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CD | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Dialogo)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Slipcase including 6 CDs (walleted) + 2 BLU-RAYs (walleted & sleeved) + 128 Page Hardback 10” Book + Poster + Postcards 6CDs: Stereo Versions of The Ultimate Mixes, Elements Mixes, Elemental Mixes, Evolution Documentary, Out-takes and Raw Studio Mixes. Easter Egg tracks on every disc 2 BLURAYs: High Resolution 24-96 Stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos versions of The Ultimate Mixes, Elements Mixes, Elemental Mixes, Evolution Documentary, Out-takes and Raw Studio Mixes + 2024 Remastered ‘Mind Games’ music video + ‘You Are Here’ (additional out-take) tape boxes video. Easter Egg tracks and videos on both discs. Book: 10-inch square, 128-page glossy hardback coffee table book about the writing and recording of the album, in the words of John & Yoko (taken from hundreds of hours of archive interviews), featuring brand-new interviews with all the musicians and engineers, exclusive never-before-seen photographs by Bob Gruen and exclusive photos, lyrics, letters, original tape boxes and memorabilia from the John Lennon & Yoko Ono Lennon Archives. Poster: Reproduction of the original triptych marketing poster for the album Postcards: Postcard-sized reproductions of artworks made for the marketing of the album in 1973 “citizen OF Nutopia” Passport: With exclusive QR code for use in the forthcoming text based “game” and treasure hunt. More details to follow of “The Game”, no purchase necessary to enter.

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Spirale

CD | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Soul Brother)

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This is a release known mostly by Italian progressive rock lovers, since its sound can be easily associated to the jazz-rock delivered by the way more popular Napoli Centrale and Perigeo - but also to the ‘fundamentals’ Dedalus, Arti & Mestieri, Uno, if not Maad, Nadma or Aktuala, or even the lesser known Bauhaus for instance. But playing this kind of music and trying to release an album in the first half of the ’70s in Italy was also incredibly hard and courageous: Spirale, in fact, was one of the many bands that lived a very short life, before splitting up and disappear forever.
Spirale were an Italian quintet from Rome, consisting of Gaetano Delfini (wind instruments, vocals, percussion), Giancarlo Maurino (saxophone, ute, percussion), Corrado Nofri (piano, marimba, mbira, siren, Jew’s harp), Giuseppe Caporello (contrabass, guitar, percussion) and Giampaolo Ascolese (drums) who released a single eponymous album in 1974.
Spirale was originally released on the International King record label, thanks to Mario Schiano, a free-jazz saxophonist who discovered the band, and producer Toni Cosenza, who included the album in the ‘King Jazz-Line’ series. Consisting of just four tracks, most of which taken by the 13-minute long “Cabral, Anno 1” and the marvellous 17-minute “Peperoncino (Cose vecchie, cose nuove)”, Spirale is an incredibly balanced and owing record that sounds still fresh and inspired even today, and it’s a shame that it has remained hidden and overlooked for such a long time. Moreover, it is characterized by that undescribable and particular Mediterranean avour that only Italian musicians were able to obtain.
This beautiful album is of course immensely rare in its original edition, and is now nally reissued on Dialogo record label in a faithful restored version that will finally satisfy any collectors who have waited for years for this beauty to see the light again!
Italy has proven to be a treasure trove of obscure, archival sounds. For decades, the products of its free-wheeling sonic countercultures - spanning numerous musical genres - remained as overlooked from within as without, until being uncovered by diggers searching for treasures in the shadows of time. Thankfully, those efforts have morphed into countless revelations via the reissue market. Leading the way is the Milan based imprint Dialogo, who have made their name by diving far from the predictable path. Their latest, the first ever vinyl reissued of the lone, self-titled LP produced by the Rome based quintet, Spirale, in 1974, stands among their most exciting offerings to date. A visionary hybrid at the juncture of rock and jazz, it was so ahead of its time that it remained almost entirely overlooked for decades, before ultimately ascending to holy grail status among lovers of Italian prog. Creatively thrilling - filled with emotive highs and lows - it’s a crucial piece in the puzzle of Italy’s wild and wonderful history of radical sound.
Founded in Rome by Gaetano Delfini (wind instruments, vocals, percussion), Giancarlo Maurino (saxophone, flute, percussion), Corrado Nofri (piano, marimba, mbira, siren, Jew’s harp), Giuseppe Caporello (contrabass, guitar, percussion) and Giampaolo Ascolese (drums), Spirale is among the most obscure projects to have emerged from Italy during the first half of the 1970s. Almost as soon as their lone, self-titled LP was issued by International King Record in 1974, the trial goes dark. Members turn up on recordings by Gaetano Liguori Collective Orchestra, Folk Magic Band, and numerous other projects over the years, but in this incarnation the music on Spirale seems to be all we have.
Spirale’s fate seems to have rested with the simple fact that they were too ahead of their time, producing a music that would subsequently come to find broad favour among audiences of popular music only a year or two down the road. Their lone, self-titled LP, carving out uncharted territory between Bitches Brew era Miles Davis and mid-70s Soft Machine, pushed progressive rock into a near undefinable realm; not rock enough to be called rock, not jazz enough to be called jazz.
Across the two sides of Spirale, comprising four works, a band of uncompromising talent stretches out, laying down cycling rhythms and bass lines that channel the modalism of John Coltrane, the funkiness of Donald Byrd, and hypnotic psychedelia, before embarking upon melodic excursions - peppered with Mediterranean sensibilities - into the outer realms.
Joyous, engrossing, and the product of exacting musicianship, how Spirale remained overlooked for all these years is one of the great mysteries of Italian music. An absolute revelation of the highest order brought to us by the capable hands of Dialogo, the first time ever reissue of this 1974, obscure masterstroke is an absolute must for any fan of prog, jazz, or Italian music at large. Beautifully pressed with fully restored and remastered audio and issued in a facsimile gatefold sleeve, reproducing the stunning original design, Spirale is just about as good as reissues get.

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Johnny Hammond

Gamblers Life

On The Border Sacd Edition

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This amazing album from 1974 was the natural predecessor to Johnny Hammond’s classic “Gears” recorded with the Mizell brothers the following year. It contains the rare groove/Jazz Funk anthems “Star Borne” and “Yesterday Was Cool”.

“Gambler’s Life” was the album where Hammond switched from his customary organ to electric piano at a time the Mizell brothers had just produced Donald Byrd and Bobbi Humphrey for Blue Note. They had become noted for their "multi-layered funky sound". As much as Hammond shines on electric piano, this album is a true band effort, an all-star jam session of sorts, thanks to the presence of ace musicians such as George Benson, Eric Gale, Melvin Sparks, Ron Carter, Harvey Mason, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Airto Moreira, Ralph MacDonald, Grover Washington, and of course the Mizell brothers themselves.

In addition to the 8 tracks that were on the original "Gambler's Life" album, this CD reissue includes 4 bonus tracks, all of which originally appeared on other Kudu/CTI studio albums in 1971 and 1974, and on those 4 tracks you get to hear Hammond's trademark organ. Title track “Gambler’s Life” was also sampled by Erykah Badu on "Mama's Gun" LP

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The Eagles

CD | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

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CD | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Repertoire)

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Judas Priest

Rocka Rolla

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Williams

Winter In America Record Store Day 2024 Cd Edition

CD | 1974 | US | Reissue (Culture Factory)

28,99 €*

OST Dolemite: Expanded Edition

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Winter in America is the fifth studio album by American Jazz vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson, released in 1974. The album is produced in a stripped-down fashion, relying on traditional African and R&B sounds. The subject matter deals with the African-American community and inner city in the 1970s. “Scott-Heron’s most Righteous & Provocative” – ALL Music. Vinyl has been out of print and unavailable. This deluxe package includes an OBI side strip, gatefold album jacket with one pocket, original album art work, printed inner sleeve, original record labels and specialty color vinyl.

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Rudy Ray Moore

CD | 1975 | US | Reissue (Traffic)

Straight Shooter Atlantic 75 Series Sacd

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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Who's the baddest mo-fo to blow onto blaxploitation screens? Forget Shaft, Superfly or The Mack. It's Rudy Ray Moore, the "Godfather of Rap". He gave you the gospel of street hustler, pimp, and all-around ghetto superhero Dolemite. Without a doubt one of the best known and most enduring of all blaxploitation films and scores, Dolemite's legendary story and music helped define a film genre and the sound of an entire decade.

Dolemite's long sought-after soundtrack is available now as a official reissue and comes with 28(!) bonus tracks made from the original multi track master tapes. One of the undisputed blaxploitation classics, the original motion-picture score is a wicked blend of uptempo funk instrumentals, soul ballads, loud 'n' proud themes and Dolemite's crucial statement of intent. This soundtrack's raw genius helped pave the way for countless gritty, street-level funk soundtracks to follow. The pedigree that the oft-duplicated sound spawned is undeniable and the music here is hot enough to melt your stereo. Dolemite is sure to appeal to admirers of pimps, players and private eyes.

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Bad Company

CD | 1975 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

50,99 €*

CD | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Lonnie Smith

Afro-Desia

CD | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The second in our Mr Bongo series opening the vault on classic recordings from the fabled Groove Merchant Records catalogue. This time the spotlight turns to the Hammond B3 organ maestro Lonnie Smith, as we proudly present a reissue of his cosmic jazz-funk journey, ‘Afro-Desia’.

Originally released in 1975, this much-loved album was produced by Groove Merchant label owner Sonny Lester and features the mysterious 'Compliments Of A Friend' on guitar. Considering Smith was part of George Benson’s quartet in the ‘60s, that not so discreet veil appears to have been lifted on who this ‘friend’ might be. However, presumably due to contractual reasons, Benson had to remain covert for this recording. The lineup doesn’t stop there though, with the likes of legendary bassist Ron Carter and Grammy award winning saxophonist Joe Lavano joining the outfit.

An album of two parts, the first side sees Lonnie Smith in a spaced-out, cosmic jazz funk setting. The opener 'Afrodesia' is a funk flexing, steamy groover. Greg Hopkins and Lavano trading off on trumpet and sax respectively, as that bassline walks its way over fluttering jazz percussion and off-kilter electronics. 'Spirits Free' is an epic 15-minute free-wheeling jazz-funk workout. A mind melting trip that rises and falls, in parts spacey and serene, with Smith’s organ playing complimented by stretched out horns. Before long it opens out into unconstrained fluid sections that do its title proud. Pure ‘70s jazz-funk at its most stellar.

Side B takes a more classic soul-jazz flavour, with touches of Latin spice. 'Straight To The Point' kicks off with a carnival zing, full-frontal horn and organ lines providing a fiery party punch. It’s a swinging jazz cut that used to receive spins by DJs at Russ Dewbury's Jazz Room's sessions in Brighton in the ‘90s.

Finally, 'Favors' and 'The Awakening' close out the release. Two sure shot, quintessential Lonnie Smith firing Hammond grooves. Each conjuring up images of packed out, smokey jazz bar jams, every player letting loose with masterful improv sections to whip the crowd up into a frenzy.

A truly wonderful album, and an archetypal release showcasing the height of jazz musician excellence from this era.

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Asha Puthli

The Devil Is Loose

De Las Colonias Del Rio De La Plata

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We can’t think of many artists that have had as diverse a career and who have been involved in as many different genres of music as Asha Puthli. A musical pioneer who forged a path through 60's psych, free-jazz, pop, rock, disco, and more. Asha's 1976 album 'The Devil Is Loose' is maybe her most well-known record. Featuring the beautiful disco-funk-classic 'Space Talk’, Asha's ethereal soaring vocals take us on a journey that almost mirrors Asha's eclectic career. The track was championed by a wide-range of musical scenes and movements, and over space and time it has been commandeered as their own. You would hear it played by David Mancuso at the now ‘mythical’ underground New York party 'The Loft’, in the most discerning disco nightclubs across the globe, in the Rare Groove scene, and also being sampled by hip-hop heavyweights such as The Notorious B.I.G / P Diddy, and The Pharcyde. The appeal and lifespan of ’Space Talk’ keeps on extending and morphing as new audiences gleefully discover it for the first time - it still sounds as relevant and fresh on the dancefloor today - a sign of a true classic. Here at Mr Bongo we are thrilled to be releasing records by such an iconic musical maverick as Asha, from her roots in India to becoming a globe-trotting artist with a celebrated career in music and acting, whilst always staying true to her art. She has blazed a trail so that others could follow. Whether you are buying this album as a replacement for your worn-out original copy or it's the first time you've heard of Asha Puthli and you're just intrigued and drawn in by the cover, we hope you enjoy this quintessential slice of Asha's world.

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Viejas Raices

CD | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Altercat)

CD | 1976 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Altercat proudly presents the definitive reissue of one of the crown jewels of South American jazz. Essentially the brainchild of Argentinian jazz's leading figure Jorge López Ruiz, the project Viejas Raíces marked Lopez Ruiz's departure from the traditional forms of jazz. The trio that recorded this album, consisting of López Ruiz joined by his life-long friend drummer Pocho Lapouble and gifted Chilean pianist Matías Pizarro, created a thrilling blend of jazz and Uruguayan candombe, surrounded by an undeniable cinematic feel spurred by López Ruiz's long experience in the soundtrack field. When read as one element, the cleverly chosen combination of group name and album title (in English: 'Old Roots of the Colonies of the River Plate') readily hints at the kind of sounds the listener will be challenged with when diving into this LP.

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Ryo Kawasaki

Juice

Trans Europe Express Japan Import Edition

Release: 1976 / UK – Original

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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Kraftwerk

CD | 1977 | JP | Reissue (Warner)

Ebo Taylor Jnr & Wuta Wazutu

Release: 1977 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Reissue from 2014, Japan

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Gotta Take It Cool

CD | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Visions Of John Clarke / Rootsy Reggae

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tough, mid-tempo Ghanaian funk & Highlife grooves from Ebo Taylor Junior, son of the mighty Ebo Taylor.
Originally released in 1978; now extremely difficult and expensive to find in its original form.
Today Ebo Taylor Jnr plays keys in his fathers band that continues to tour when he is able to.
Official Mr Bongo reissue. Licensed from Ebo Taylor Jnr.

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John Clarke

CD | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Wackies)

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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CD | 1980 | US | Reissue (Warner)

The B-52's

Wild planet

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Taxi)

Gregory Isaacs

Showcase

Computer World Japan Import Edition

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Another stone cold classic from the vaults of Taxi Records. The Cool Ruler, aka singer songwriter Gregory Isaacs. Perfectly crafted songs and precise rhythm construction by the Taxi Gang at Channel One Studio. Each song drifts seamlessly into percussive dubs with subtle sonic landscapes sculpted by the engineers Maxie & Ernest Hookim at the mixing board

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Kraftwerk

CD | 1981 | JP | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1981 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Foreigner

CD | 1981 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

50,99 €*

Thriller 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Michael Jackson

2CD | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Creatures Of The Night 40th Anniversary Edition Super Deluxe Box

Kiss

6CD | 1982 | US | Reissue (Universal)

357,99 €*

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Michael Jackson

CD | 1982 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

49,99 €*

Creatures Of The Night 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Putting into perspective the incalculable impact and pioneering significance of the best-selling album of all time – Michael Jackson's Thriller – has never been easy. Though Thriller lays claim to mind-boggling statistics that serve as reminders of how pervasive and indispensable it remains to music snobs and casual listeners alike, its essence always traces back to the greatness, power, and scope of the music. Now, as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, the record that reimagined pop; united audiences; made strides towards achieving racial equality; established the video as an artistic and commercial format; and taught the world how to dance sounds even more invigorating than it did during the advent of the Walkman. Mastered from the original analog master tapes, pressed at RTI, and limited to 40,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 33rpm LP set does for Thriller what Jackson's unforgettable appearance on the "Motown 25" TV special in 1983 did for his career: It makes the music personal, human, desirable, relatable, imaginative – the definition of cool. This extraordinary reissue does so by presenting the songs in lifelike fashion, zeroing in on the fundamentals with laser focus, and magnifying the brilliance of the production, arrangements, and vocals in ways that let everyone experience Thriller as if hearing the album for the first time.

Surpassing the sonics of earlier reissues and pressings, Mobile Fidelity's 180g LP set strips away prior limitations and provides a clear, dynamic view of a landmark that crashed through every conceivable barrier and permanently transformed music, culture, and society. The expanse and depth of the soundstage, range of detail, percussive textures, air around the vocals, and natural decay of notes come through with demonstration-grade realism.

The gorgeous packaging of the Thriller Ud1s pressing befits the album's select status. Housed in an open-ended slipcase, the set features a special foil-stamped jacket and faithful-to-the-original graphics that illuminate the splendor of the recording. Aurally and visually, this reissue exists as a curatorial artifact meant to be preserved and examined. It is made for discerning listeners that prize sound quality and production, and who desire to fully immerse themselves in everything involved with the album.

Given that no album released during the past four decades even approaches the magnitude of Thriller, everything about it remains important. Numbers – even the "40" tied to its anniversary – don't even tell half the story. The 1982 blockbuster has sold more than 34 million copies in the U.S.; globally, it has moved upwards of 70 million units. Thriller dominated the 1984 Grammy Awards, winning a record-breaking eight trophies and sweeping every major category. It repeated the feat at the American Music Awards. Seven of its nine songs were released as singles; each charted in the Top 10. Perhaps most astonishingly, Thriller topped the Top 200 Albums chart for 37 weeks during a 59-week stretch. Fast forward 24 years, and the album was the biggest-selling catalog title of 2008.

The record's unimpeachable accolades and archival standing help provide another frame of reference. Acclaimed upon arrival, Thriller topped The Village Voice's comprehensive Pazz & Jop poll in 1983. Included in both the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry and the Grammy Hall of Fame, Thriller was ranked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at No. 3 on its Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone named it the 12th Greatest Album of All Time. Time deemed it "the greatest pop album of all time." The Independent called it "the most inspiring album of all time."

Thriller proved as influential as it did inspiring. Its unparalleled success, dazzling style, and sleek architecture changed every facet of culture and entertainment. The reverberations echoed throughout society. Thriller crossed over to mainstream channels and white audiences with a degree that no Black musician managed in decades (if ever); prompted MTV to give Black artists a widespread platform; elevated choreography and dance to higher-level artforms; shattered long-standing racial boundaries; and reconceptualized music via a genre- and color-blind blend of fleet pop, funk, disco, soul, and rock sent up with cinematic panache, oversized ambition, and dynamic energy.

Its effect on multitudes of subsequent artists cannot be overstated. Thriller opened up a new galaxy in which Prince soon strolled. It's the same universe that Usher, Maxwell, and Jamiroquai joined in the ‘90s and that contemporary headliners like Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, and Bruno Mars orbit today. Their style-blurring identities, R&B-rooted foundations, and interdisciplinary approaches directly link to those on Thriller. Notably, the album's first single – "The Girl Is Mine," a duet and co-write with Beatles legend Paul McCartney – captured the record's unwillingness to cater to a specific race, generation, class, or style. Eddie Van Halen – at the time, the world's premier rock guitarist – performed a similar bridge role by supplying the electrifying solo on "Beat It."

Jackson, Quincy Jones, and company do the rest. Drop the needle on any track on Thriller and the insatiable desire to move takes hold. So do sensations of familiarity, pleasure, fun, and soulfulness. Be it the breathless, bass-laden swagger of the Moonwalking "Billie Jean"; horn-accented, post-disco slide of the gossip critique "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"; rousing tempo of the lush, sequin-adorned "P. Y. T. (Pretty Young Thing)"; gentle balladry and liquid vocal phrasing of "Human Nature"; vivid hybrid of funk-disco and horror-film drama of the title track; or streetwise strut and rhythmic fantasia of "Beat It," Thriller never lets up.

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Surpassing the sonics of earlier reissues and pressings, this hybrid Sacd strips away prior limitations and provides a clear, dynamic view of a landmark that crashed through every conceivable barrier and permanently transformed music, culture, and society. The expanse and depth of the soundstage, range of detail, percussive textures, air around the vocals, and natural decay of notes come through with demonstration-grade realism. Put simply, this reissue makes the phenomenon that is Thriller eternal.

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Kiss

2CD | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Creatures Of The Night 40th Anniversary Edition

Kiss

CD | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 1983 | UK | Reissue (Wackies)

Jah Batta

Argument

Release: 1983 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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E2-E4 (2016 - 35th Anniversary Edition)

Manuel Göttsching

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

Martin Cooper & David Hughes

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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CD Jewel Case With 8 pages Booklet, Pictures , Notes In anticipation of the 35th anniversary next year one of electronic music´s most influential recordings, the legendary E2-E4, from 12.12.1981 does get an official rerelease by Manuel Göttsching on his own Label MG.ART. Carefully overseen by the Master himself

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OST C.H.U.D.

CD | 1984 | US | Reissue (Waxwork)

LP | 1984 | UK | Reissue (DGM Panegyric)

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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Waxwork Records is proud to present C.H.U.D. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack! In close partnership with the film's composers Martin Cooper and David Hughes, we located the original 1984 master tapes, restored them, and mixed and mastered the complete film music to create the definitive and official C.H.U.D. soundtrack album release.

Released in 1984, C.H.U.D. has gained a devoted cult following amongst B-Movie Horror fans. The film is widely referenced in pop culture via The Simpsons, Archer, and most recently, Jordan Peele's Us. C.H.U.D. has also served as a launching pad for several actors such as John Goodman (Roseanne, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona), Daniel Stern (Home Alone), and John Heard (Home Alone).

The primitive electronic score composed and performed by Martin Cooper and David Hughes captures the seedy, grim landscape that embodied early 1980s NYC via synth drones, sound design, loops, and arpeggiated notes.

Waxwork is thrilled to present the complete film music to C.H.U.D. on CD package featuring art by Ghoulish Gary Pullin, gatefold jackets with matte satin coating, and more.

C.H.U.D. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Features:

Re-Mastered From The Original 1984 Master Tapes Artwork By Ghoulish Gary Pullin

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XTC

The Big Express

Release: 1984 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2CD | 1984 | US | Reissue (Modern Harmonic)

John Fekner City Squad

Idioblast 1983-2004

30,99 €*

Run-DMC Super Audio CD Edition

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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With words as weapons and public infrastructure as his blank slate, John Fekner’s City Squad are always questing for the ineffable, even as they yearn for concrete change. Make no mistake, Idioblast is a serious party where everyone is welcome.

Released in 1984, Idioblast is a lost classic, a future shock narrative ahead of its time, and yet completely of its era, like few artifacts before or since. The cover tips you off from the jump—a crude but effective collage featuring classic Fekner slogans like Toxic Junkie, Growth Decay and Soft Brains Watch The Screen And Buy The Jeans. In an uncanny and tragic coincidence, the very first lyric on the album—“The place to be is on the space shuttle/if you’re brave enough to get on it”—seems to anticipate the Challenger disaster just two years later. But for the most part, the tracks on Idioblast directly reference the concepts that inspired Fekner’s visual art.

Musically, “Rapicasso” utilizes pneumatic pounding with an industrial edge as Fekner equates the great and controversial painter with risk-taking graffiti kids bombing trains and billboards across the city. Art is in a constant state of exploding—forms, paradigms, outdated ideas. Splitting the difference between hip-hop and new wave, the Santaniello-sung “The Beat” is like Thomas Dolby meets Run-DMC and should’ve been a radio staple for at least one sticky summer. It could soundtrack either a couples roller skate or a drug-fueled evening out.

Channeling Fekner’s slogan-stencil aesthetic, “Travelogue The 80’s” is a tour de force reminiscent of Negativland’s experiments in audio culture jamming. As Fekner details, “I grabbed all of the sounds via a shortwave radio picking up transmissions from LaGuardia airport and the TV. I recorded and edited on a Sony Pro Walkman and an Aiwa dual cassette deck.”

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Run DMC

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

50,99 €*

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Wewantsounds)

Akiko Yano

Tadaima.

22,99 €*

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Brothers In Arms Sacd Edition

Dire Straits

CD | 1985 | UK | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity)

47,99 €*

CD | 1986 | US | Reissue (Venegeance)

Release: 1985 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sacd

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The Cramps

A Date With Elvis

Release: 1986 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Techno Pop Japan Import Edition

Kraftwerk

CD | 1986 | JP | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1986 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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CD | 1986 | US | Reissue (Waxwork)

Chuck Cirino

OST Chopping Mall

Paid In Full Remastered & Expanded

Release: 1986 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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"Have a nice day!" Waxwork Records is beyond thrilled to release Chopping Mall Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Chuck Cirino!

We originally released the 1986 hyperactive electronic soundtrack to Chopping Mall for the very first time in any format back in 2014. It was only our fifth release ever and it sold out within 24 hours. After nine years, we are so very excited to offer a brand new pressing of one of our most requested titles on CD with exclusive composer liner notes, and artwork by We Buy Your Kids!

Chopping Mall is a 1986 American horror film co-written and directed by Jim Wynorski, produced by Julie Corman, and starring Kelli Maroney, Mary Woronov, and Barbara Crampton. It focuses on three high-tech security robots turning maniacal and killing partying teenage employees inside a shopping mall after dark.

Chuck Cirino is an American composer with over 75 feature length projects to his credit including including film, TV, and web. Known for an energetic and experimental approach and his usage of electronics and synthesizers, Cirino's soundtrack to Chopping Mall remains a cult classic.

Chopping Mall Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Features:

The Complete 1986 Soundtrack by Chuck Cirino Compact Disc Artwork by We Buy Your Kids Composer Liner Notes

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Eric B. & Rakim

CD | 1987 | US | Reissue (Island)

SACD | 1987 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs)

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Eric B. & Rakim's 1987 debut PAID IN FULL is now released in an expanded edition. Features bonus tracks "As the Rhyme Goes On" radio mix and "Paid in Full" the coldcut remix.

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Whitney Houston

Whitney SACD Edition

48,99 €*

LP+CD | 1988 | UK | Reissue (Fire)

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Mastered From THE Original Master Tapes AND Pressed AT RTI ON Mofi Supervinyl FOR Spectacular Sound

Whitney did more than turn Whitney Houston into a pioneering sensation known around the world by her first name. Originally released in June 1987, the singer's blockbuster sophomore record became the first album by a female artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart — a position it claimed for a total of 11 weeks en route to selling more than 10 million copies in the U.S. The Diamond platinum effort also contains four No. 1 Hot 100 hits that, when combined with the three chart toppers from her 1985 debut, gave her seven consecutive No. 1 singles — an accomplishment that no other artist has accomplished. Commercially and creatively, Whitney stands on hallowed ground — especially now that the record plays with a sound that puts into perspective just how extraordinary, engaging, and vital Houston's music remains.

Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 33rpm SuperVinyl LP of Whitney invites listeners to experience the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee's pivotal album in audiophile quality for the very first time. Free of the dynamic limitations and tonal flatness prevalent on prior vinyl and CD pressings, it lets the music breathe and reveals the copious detail, nuance, and texture within the immaculately produced songs. MoFi's SuperVinyl profile offers further advantages in the forms of a nearly inaudible noise floor, dead-quiet surfaces, and superb groove definition.

In addition to featuring extreme clarity and immediacy, this numbered-edition reissue does wonders for the attribute that inspired more than 20 million people around the globe to add Whitney to their record collections: that inimitable voice. Houston's trademark mezzo-soprano — an acrobatic instrument equally capable of taking off on fantastic flights and unwinding for hushed meditations — benefits from the fantastic airiness and transparency afforded by this meticulously restored edition. Whitney has never sounded or looked better. The crossover landmark deserves nothing less.

Issued just two years after Houston's breakthrough debut, Whitney immediately signalled the genre-defying singer's intent to continue to push ahead and expand her palette. Shot by photographer Richard Avedon, the album cover depicts an iconic image of Houston — captured with a gleaming smile, bright eyes, teased-out afro, toned arms, and a right hand that appears to wave a friendly hello — whose active, athletic profile stands in contrast to the extremely formal sit-down shot of her that graces her '85 record. The change is telling: Whitney overflows with unfettered joy, rhythmic vibes, and deep-seated emotions that forever endeared her to the hearts and minds of countless listeners — and which set the standard for the wave after wave of divas that followed in her footsteps.

It's no coincidence that the first track on Whitney is the declarative "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." Like Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and Madonna's "Material Girl," the feel-good smash is one of the quintessential '80s gems — a lithe, melodic, celebratory release of pent-up energy and loneliness that glides across club floors, shouts to the rooftops, and shrugs off any concerns about vulnerability or embarrassment. Houston's swooping voice moves in sync with the sleek beats and dipping-and-diving synths. She practically takes her fellow musicians by their hand and leads them in a blissful dance that nobody would dare sidestep. Focusing on Houston's singing — a task made challenging only because of the impossible-to-ignore hooks and grooves — showcases the virtuosic facets of not only her register but her control, discipline, smoothness, and warmth.

That she replicates those feats for the entirety of the nearly 53-minute-long album makes Whitney that much more special. Houston reaches back and channels her childhood gospel training on the R&B-flared "So Emotional"; effortlessly slips into Quiet Storm mode on the duet with her mother, gospel great Cissy Houston, on "I Know Him So Well"; flirts with smooth jazz and collaborates with tenor saxophonist Kenny G on the lush "Just the Lonely Talking Again"; conjures dreamscapes and shadow-boxes with supple funk on a romantic cover of the Isley Brothers' "For the Love of You"; and, for the majestic power ballad "Didn't We Almost Have It All," displays the sky-scraping reach of her vocals amid a grand arrangement made even bigger by Houston's sweeping performance and triumphant finish.

Houston's once-in-a-generation talents weren't lost on the adoring public, radio deejays, or industry experts. In addition to harbouring four No. 1 hits and receiving nominations for four Grammy Awards, Whitney generated another Top 10 success in the guise of the Afro-Cuban-leaning "Love Will Save the Day." The album also netted Houston four American Music Awards; two Billboard Music Awards; back-to-back People's Choice Awards; a Soul Train Award; and various other accolades. It all makes the crux of the Washington Post's July '87 review of the album appear prophetic: "Her voice sounds stronger still and the songs are varied but so consistent she could garner 10 Top 10s out of a field of 11." That claim still holds true. A brilliant fusion of pop, R&B, smooth jazz, and soul, Whitney is a showstopper – and one of the key reasons Houston is the most-awarded female artist of all time.

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The Lemonheads

Lick Deluxe Edition

22,99 €*

I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing

Release: 1988 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Lick is the third full-length album by the Lemonheads, and the last to feature founding member Ben Deily. It was the group's last independent label-released album before signing to major label Atlantic. An odd mixture of brand-new, and considerably older, sounds, 1989’s Lick brings together the output of several distinct recording sources: six brand new songs recorded with Minneapolis-based band friend and producer Terry Katzman, and a collection of older, B-side and never-released material originally overseen by producer and engineer Tom Hamilton.

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Rudy Ray Moore

CD | 1988 | US | Reissue (Dolemite)

The Rudy Ray Moore Zodiac Album

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another raucous and raw comedy album from Rudy Ray Moore's vast crazy catalog! He's got some nasty ass shit to talk and you will thrill with the exploits of Dangerous Dan, Lolita (who likes mucho peetah) and even Romeo & Juliet (!). Don't be ashamed if you find yourself repeating these bits to friends as there's plenty here to laugh at. This album is over 40 years old and a testament to the power and shock of Moore's material. If you need to catch your breath, Moore gives you a break by the album's end as he reworks one of his old vocal tracks with... well... some pretty nasty lyrics. What did you expect? This is a Rudy Ray Moore album!

- Mark Jason Murray, Biographer

Rudy Ray continued to cut his comedy party records, rappin' out his street rhymes with a little music behind. The room was packed with guys and gals, friends and partiers from the neighborhood. Dudes, pimps, gangsters, players, winos, and just plain Bad Ass Kids! And this album is breakout time! I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing blew the doors open, set the trend, the one that a decade later in 1986 launched 2 Live Crew when they sampled Rudy Ray Moore on hit singles "Throw That D" and "Get it Girl" from their debut album The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are. Through word of mouth and pure outrageousness the 2 Live Crew album sold over half a million copies.

And it didn't stop there!! Rudy Ray was now deep in the Hip Hop mix. 2 Live Crew's "Movin' Something" audaciously sampled "Romeo and Juliet," Rudy Ray's nasty duet with Lady Reed, aka Queen Bee from the Dolemite movies and one of Rudy's early label signings back in the day. Ice Cube with Funk Master George Clinton throws out in "Bop Gun" a Rudy Ray Moore line from on this very album, "No One Knows Where the Nose Goes." Big Daddy Kane loves the track "Dangerous Dan."

I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing is the album that sets the tone for the Hardcore Hip Hop scene. Here you can hear where Dr. Dre, N.W.A. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, and Ice T got their stuff. Also where comedian Robin Harris took Rudy's joke "Piccolo Player" and made it one of his own laugh line bits. All of it jumped off
this album and swayed a generation. Straight off the street from shooting dice, playin' the horses in a bookie joint, and cruising in a lowrider car to smoking weed and late night listening when the kids are all asleep. Yeah, right!

As Rudy Ray Moore said, "Rappin' and cappin' is my game. And all those young men are rappin' good! BUT, when it comes down to rappin', I was through with it before they even learned what to do with it!!"

- Liner Notes by Donald Randell

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Rudy Ray Moore

CD | 1988 | US | Reissue (Dolemite)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rudy Ray Moore was a lot of things. In his Dolemite persona, he was a Kung Fu master. In a smoky club late at night, a comedy master. And his comedy was known to be of the sort that would make Red Foxx blush. The Rudy Ray Moore Zodiac Album is just that sort of record - and then some. Risqué from its cover art, right through the A-side and right through the B-side. When released in the early 70s, this was the sort of record kept under the counter or sold in a brown paper bag. On Zodiac, Rudy Ray is joined by The Madam - as they talk the listener through some solid sexual advice for men and women based on the signs of the zodiac. The illustrations on the cover art give you an idea as to the sort of advice they're offering up...and from the sound of it perhaps demonstrating.

This one is among Rudy Ray Moore's filthy best!

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CD | 1988 | EU | Original (Jive)

Life Is Too Short

Release: 1988 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1988 | JP | Reissue (Universal Music Japan)

N.W.A.

Straight Outta Compton

Release: 1988 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1988 | UK | Reissue (Fire)

The Lemonheads

Creator

22,99 €*

CD | 1989 | US | Reissue (Capitol)

Release: 1988 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Creator is the second album by legendary Boston band The Lemonheads. Still featuring the full original line-up of Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz, the album also includes John P. Strohm (of the Blake Babies, Antenna, and Velo-Deluxe) on drums.

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Beastie Boys

Paul's Boutique

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1989 | US | Original (Jive)

Born To Mack

As Nasty As They Wanna Be

Release: 1989 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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classic !

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2 Live Crew

CD | 1989 | US | Reissue (Lil Joe)

CD | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Hip Hop Enterprise)

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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incl. me so horny

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Bass Way International

Gangster Feelin'

CD | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Chrysalis)

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Jubwa is an American hip-hop persona from Mountain View, CA first created by Jonathan Brown in 1981. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneers in the Bay Area and one of the first radio hip-hop DJ’s of the early 80’s that already highlighted the importance of live freestyling, mixing and scratching.

As a part of “The Members Only Crew” he released an Electro classic in 1985 called “You’re Not Down”, which was the first hip-hop record ever produced at Stanford University. Jubwa followed up with the instant classic and often imitated “Bass Creator” track later that year in 1985. Due to a packed schedule the full album, “Bass Creator!!”, wasn’t released until 1988 under his moniker Nation Def Grooves. “Bass Way 1988” was also released that year, the first release on his own Bass Way Records label.

In 1989 Jubwa took his talents across the whole West Coast and South West with the release of “Gangster Feelin”. After a concert in Tulsa, OK that also featured Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick and LL Cool J, Jubwa passed off his “Def Cars” tape single he released back in 1987 to the shuttle driver and everybody started jamming and praising the track. The next year LL releases “The Boomin’ System” on the “Mama Said Knock You Out” album copying Def Cars’ flow, beat concept and even some lyrics.

More than 30 years after Gangster Feelin’ was released on tape and LP, Hip-Hop Enterprise has worked along with Jubwa to bring you a very limited CD edition of “Gangster Feelin”. The artwork was entirely handled by Spek the Architek and the mastering was done by our dear friend Jee Van Cleef. To make it extra special we will include the infamous “Def Cars” track as a bonus. Enjoy!

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De La Soul

3 Feet High And Rising

17,09 €* 17,99 € -5%

CD | 1990 | EU | Original (Tommy Boy)

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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R.I.P. Trugoy the Dove

Finally back on vinyl. Now also back on CD, officially reissued. Must have! 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by hip hop trio De La Soul and was released on March 3, 1989 It marked the first of three full- length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. Critically, as well as commercially, the album was a success. It contains the singles, "Me Myself and I", "The Magic Number", "Buddy", and "Eye Know". The album title came from the Johnny Cash song "Five Feet High and Rising". It is listed on Rolling Stone's 200 Essential Rock Records and The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. When Village Voice held its annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising was ranked #1. It was also listed on the Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, "Me, Myself and I". Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a 'hippie' group, based on their declaration of the 'D.A.I.S.Y. Age' (Da. Inner. Soul. Yall). Sampling artists as diverse as Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and The Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop (and especially jazz rap).

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Digital Underground

Sex packets

Release: 1990 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Hip Hop Enterprise)

Bizzie Boyz

Droppin' It

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Originally released on YO! Records in 1990, this is the first time this hip-hop classic has been reissued! All tracks remastered by Justin Perkins and limited to only 300 copies!

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CD | 1990 | EU | Original (Jive)

Short Dog's In The House

Release: 1990 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP+CD | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Spittle)

Kina

La Gioia Del Rischio

CD | 1990 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally released on cassette by Blue Bus in 1990 and issued here for the first time on vinyl This was Kina's first live album. An in your face snapshot of the band caught live during their 1900 European tour. Special Edition LP + CD + printed inner sleeve

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Boogie Down Productions

Edutainment

Release: 1990 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Smoke On)

Mac Dre

Young Black Brotha

17,09 €* 17,99 € -5%

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1991 | EU | Original (Jive)

The Low End Theory

Release: 1991 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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instant classic folks, a must have for all hip hop connaisseurs!

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People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm

CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Jive)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Domino)

my bloody valentine

loveless

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Metallica Remastered 3CD Box Edition

Metallica

3CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Universal Music International)

30,99 €*

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Metallica Remastered Standard Edition

Metallica

CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Universal Music International)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nevermind Remastered Edition

Nirvana

CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Love's Secret Domain 30th Anniversar Edition

Coil

CD | 1991 | US | Reissue (Wax Trax!)

Nevermind 30th Anniversary Edition Deluxe CD

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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The CD Edition includes the remastered 13 tracks and reproduces the original Wax Trax! booklet utilizing new photographs of the Steven Stapleton painting.

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Nirvana

2CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nevermind 30th Anniversary Edition Box

Nirvana

5CD+BluRay | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

124,99 €*

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Use Your Illusion I & II Super Deluxe CD & Blu-Ray Box Edition

Box | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

312,99 €*

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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UYI Super Deluxe 7-CD box with 97 total tracks – 63 unreleased audio & video tracks. UYI I & II albums remastered for first-time ever. LIVE IN NEW YORK & LIVE IN LAS VEGAS albums are first-ever-released complete concerts for UYI-era GN’R. LIVE IN NEW YORK Blu-ray features full concert film in HD with surround & stereo audio. 100-page hardcover book with unreleased photos & images. Bonus items include replica Conspiracy Inc fan club kit, 10 double-design lithos, 4 backstage passes & much more.

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Use Your Illusion I Deluxe CD Edition

2CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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USE YOUR ILLUSION I 2CD Deluxe Edition presents the album remastered for first-time ever on CD1. UYI I now features “November Rain” with a real 50-piece orchestra for the first-time ever – newly recorded, conducted & arranged by Grammy® Award winner & Emmy Award nominated composer Christopher Lennertz. CD2 features 13 unreleased live tracks from London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York & Las Vegas on the UYI 1991/1992 tour all newly mixed. Expanded artwork with unreleased photos & images.

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Use Your Illusion II Deluxe CD Edition

2CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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USE YOUR ILLUSION II 2CD Deluxe Edition presents the album remastered for first-time ever on CD1. CD2 features 13 unreleased live tracks from London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York & Las Vegas on the UYI 1991/1992 tour all newly mixed. Special guest appearances by Steven Tyler & Joe Perry on two tracks. Expanded artwork with unreleased photos & images.

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CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

Use Your Illusion I

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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USE YOUR ILLUSION I remastered for the first-time ever from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog master tapes onto 44.1kHz 16-bit CD. Includes “November Rain” with a real 50-piece orchestra for the first-time ever – Newly recorded, conducted & arranged by Grammy® Award winner & Emmy Award nominated composer Christopher Lennertz. Jewel case with 16-page booklet.

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CD | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

Use Your Illusion II

Prince & The New Power Generation

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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USE YOUR ILLUSION II remastered for the first-time ever from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog master tapes onto 44.1kHz 16-bit CD. Jewel case with 16-page booklet.

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Diamonds & Pearls Super Deluxe Edition CD Box Set

Box | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

164,99 €*

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Prince & The New Power Generation

Diamonds & Pearls Audiophile Atmos / Hd Audio Blu-Ray

Blu-Ray Disc | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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CD | 1991 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

DJ Quik

Quik Is The Name

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1992 | US | Reissue (Grand Royal)

Beastie Boys

Check Your Head

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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classic !

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U.G.K Underground Kingz

Banned

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Smoke On Records & Bigtyme Recordz come together to "Banned" by the legendary Group U.G.K. The Underground Kingz of the South.

Rest in Peace Pimp C.

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U.G.K Underground Kingz

The Southern Way

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Smoke On Records with a classic release by Point Blank from S.P.C. - Prone To Bad Dreams CD Digipack

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Rascalz

Really Livin'

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Southwest Enterprise)

Ice Mike

True 2 Da Game

14,39 €* 17,99 € -20%

OST Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes Original Soundtrack Special Edition

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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SWE in collaboration with Dust & Dope are excited to announce the release of legendary Nola rapper/producer Ice Mike's debut "True 2 Da Game!" originally released back in 1992 on cassette only. For the first time ever on CD and limited to only 300 copies.

The tracklist has been re-arranged and improved. An extra track has been added and the last 2 tracks of the original tracklist have been replaced. The love song "Good 2 U" and the shoutout outro "Atdasamtyme!" have been cut. Here's what Ice Mike had to say about "Good 2 U": "We were experimenting. I was the wrong artist to record it. Good song but, at the time I was recording all my ideas and back then i was trying to fill up the tape minutes as much as possible for the people with music in their mitsubishi trucks and somehow chose that one."

We have now included the hard hitting "Still A WestBank Thang" Introducing the Disturbed Young Hustlaz who later on in 1998 released the classic "Homiez N My Head". This track received radio play back in the days and was used at live shows but never actually made it to an album due to street beef.

"I Got Game" which originally was the B-Side of the "Doin' My Thang" 12" was added as well and then we have another previously unreleased gem called "Bad Attitude" which will surely please everyone. All tracks were taken from the OG Dats to give you top notch quality.

The vinyl headz will be taken care of as well of course, and the record will become available in early 2022 with pre-orders coming later on.

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Falcom Sound Team JDK

CD | 1992 | US | Reissue (Streaming Arrow)

Prohibited By Law Regiment

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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Originally released in 1989, Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes marks the beginning of Nihon Falcom’s Long-running turn-based RPG series “The Legend of Heroes”.

The soundtrack to Dragon Slayer VI Legend of Heroes as a whole is more relaxed and light-hearted in contrast to its other role-playing game contemporaries that Nihon Falcom released on the PC-88. From the relaxing themes of “Town” that instill a sense of peace and safety and the music of “Ship” accompanying you as you sail across the sea.

Falcom Sound Team jdk has taken great care to give the soundtrack to Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes a unique identity in comparison to all of Nihon Falcom’s other numerous PC-88 offerings.

Mastered from entirely new recordings captured specifically for this release we are excited to be sharing this underappreciated piece of Nihon Falcom’s music history soundtrack with you for its first release on vinyl record!

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Marked For Death

CD | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Hip Hop Enterprise)

CD | 1992 | UK | Reissue (Greyhaze)

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Prohibited By Law Regiment was a pioneering rap group from Anchorage, AK. They released their debut album in 1990 through Seattle's Black Emerald Records, entitled "Armed And Dangerous". They followed it up in 1992 by dropping their sophomore & last album, "Marked For Death" as the group disbanded soon after.

"Marked For Death" was only released on tape originally and is an absolutely amazing album from start to finish with just under 70 minutes of pure heat. Now 30 years later HHE is proud to drop it on CD for the first time ever, in a limited edition of 300 pieces. All tracks have been remastered by Jee Van Cleef.

Due to delays caused by RSD and the poor excuse of an album from Adele the LP version will be coming in a few months along with tons of other vinyl editions of killer hip-hop!

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Sarcofago

Inri

CD | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Northcyde Vinyl)

Release: 1992 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"Inri" is the 1987 debut album by Brazilian extreme metal band Sarcofago. Inri would become the unofficial staple of the emerging extreme metal subgenres. Today, it still stands as one of the most iconic and influential releases of the decade, if not all time. It’s been impersonated, emulated, and ripped off countless times, yet there’s something about makes it stand head and shoulders above the countless imposters it spawned. Recorded at J.G. Studio (Sepultura, Sextrash, Holocausto, Uakti), Brazil, in August 1987. Legendary blackened death album finally made available again! "Inri" is the 1987 debut album by Brazilian extreme metal band Sarcofago. "Inri" would become the unofficial staple of the emerging extreme metal subgenres, and today it still stands as one of the most iconic and influential releases of the decade, if not all time. It’s been impersonated, emulated, and ripped off countless times, yet there’s something about makes it stand head and shoulders above the countless imposters it spawned.

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The Govenor

Govenor's Taxin

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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First official CD reissue of The GOV's first solo tape "Govenor's Taxin" featuring 2Pac & Richie Rich. Originally released in 1992 on tape only.

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Trinity Garden Cartel

The Ghetto My Hood

19 Naugthy III 30th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Smoke On Records and Cartel Records dropping Trinity Garden Cartel - The Ghetto My Hood on black and colored splatter Vinyl.

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Naughty By Nature

2CD | 1992 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

23,99 €*

CD | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Interscope)

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Despite an excellent debut album, "Naughty By Nature" was pegged as a one-hit wonder by some, after all, they'd never duplicate the inescapably catchy "O.P.P.". But when 19 Naughty III was released on February 23, 1993 with the lead single "Hip Hop Hooray, " the group proved that they could recreate that magic. Celebrating it's 30th Anniversary this year, the album has been certified platinum and "Hip Hop Hooray" has become a hip hop anthem. The single was #1 on the charts, earning the band their second Top 10 hit, with the video directed by Spike Lee, featuring appearances from Tupac Shakur, Run-DMC and more. The album also contains the hits "Written on Ya Kitten" and "It's On" and has guest appearances from Heavy D and Queen Latifah. Production was handled entirely by group member KayGee, who has one foot in the clubs and the other one on the street corner, and that's true of the group as a whole.

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Dr. Dre

The Chronic

The Chronic 30 Year Anniversary Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Longbox W/ Rolling Paper Edition

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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It's all over the news right now, Dr. Dre finally got all the rights back and now we can all relax and get The Chronic on vinyl, CD and even on streaming platforms if there is no turntable nearby.

Now coming via Interscope who bought the physical distribution rights we are happy to get fresh copies of CDs and vinyl for you.

The blueprint of early 90s Westcoast Gangsta Rap. If you say you like Gangsta Rap and you don't own a copy, there is no excuse for that.

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Dr. Dre

CD | 1992 | Reissue (Aftermath)

33,99 €* 39,99 € -15%

CD | 1992 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

Release: 1992 / Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

Dr. Dre’s iconic debut album, The Chronic, was originally released in 1992 and features the hits “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang,” “F*ck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” and “Let Me Ride.” 30-Year Anniversary Edition is presented in a special CD longbox package with collectible rolling papers included. Available exclusively for RSD Black Friday 2023.

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Comptons Most Wanted

Music To Driveby

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

Cypress Hill

Black Sunday

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

CD | 1993 | EU | Original (Loud)

Release: 1993 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The album that started the whole Wu-dynasty. The clan is in effect any everybody can sing along!

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CD | 1993 | EU | Original (Jive)

Midnight Marauders

Release: 1993 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Food)

Blur

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 1993 | US | Original (Up All Nite)

Get In Where You Fit In

Release: 1993 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1993 | EU | Original (Jive)

Midnight Marauders

Release: 1993 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Reachin (a new refutation of time and space)

Digable Planets

CD | 1993 | US | Reissue (Pendulum)

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Music On CD)

KRS-One

Return Of The Boom Bap

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Hip Hop Enterprise)

Soul King Productions

Trace Ya Stepz

CD | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Southwest Enterprise)

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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HHE is proud to announce the CD release of "Soul King Productions - Trace Ya Stepz"! This 1993 banger out of New Jersey was originally only released on cassette, which these days is a pretty hard find.

Entirely remastered by Justin Perkins, and as an extra we added on 2 bonus tracks! Limited to 350 copies!

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U.N.L.V.

6th & Baronne