Organic Grooves Sale 959 Items

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Indigo Blue / Live At The Iridium

Mike Clark

CD | 2019 | US | Original (Ropeadope)

7,64 €* 16,99 € -55%

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Anatomy Of Angels: Live At The Village Vanguard

Jon Batiste

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Verve)

32,29 €* 37,99 € -15%

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (Grief Thief Records)

Skeleton Beach

Ritual

22,39 €* 27,99 € -20%

Universal Togetherness Band

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* New pressing on pink colored vinyl

Ritual is the product of a series of live late night ambient recording sessions, focusing track-by-track on different themes and aspects of witchcraft. From the opening drone of Blood Moon until the very last melodic notes of Ritual, its intent is to transport your mind to another place.

By nature, a ritual is a very ceremonial thing. Everything has its place, and everything has a purpose. The same as the cadence of a spell, or the ingredients to a potion, every track ebbs and ﬂows in a delicate balance, at times slowly slipping under consciousness in a warm and inviting manner that dances with moments oftension to keep from tipping too far into the light.

The subtle beauty, even at its most lawless moments, pull listeners to the powers and true magic of ambient electronic experimental music. Blurring the lines between destruction and creation in an immersive and entrancing experience from start to ﬁnish.

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Dreamality / Lucky Stars

7" | 2019 | US | Original (Numero Group)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Numerophon)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two brilliant, previously unissued modern soul discoveries from the archive of U.T.B. mastermind Andre Gibson. “My Lucky Stars” rides the 120 BPM crest, with sharp horns, handclaps, triangle, and a wild guitar solo filling out the four and a half minute ride. “Dreamality” cops a Steve Miller vibe and goes on a spaced-out future funk adventure.

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V.A.

King Bullard Version

20,24 €* 26,99 € -25%

12" | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Left Ear)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On Cleveland’s late ‘60s gospel scene, the BOS label was the refined, professional ying to Boddie’s lo-fi yang, galloping to the fore bearing a torch for Curtis Mayfield’s robe-wearing roots. Founded by gospel impresario James Bullard, BOS is the first chapter in story that includes stints producing major spiritual albums for the Birthright, Roadshow, and Word labels. BOS got its start inside Lester Johnson and Bill Branch’s Way Out concern, running the devotional wing of Cleveland’s largest black-owned record company, and picking up a ton of Way Out’s soulful flavor in the process. Compiled here are BOS’s less traditional moments—12 bridges between FM R&B and AM sermons from a time when those worlds were splitting apart.

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Justine

Wordless Songs

15,29 €* 17,99 € -15%

Afrotunes: Best Of Juju Volume II - Oba Mimo Olorun Ayo

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mysterious Sydney songstress Justine recorded one album in ’79, which was never officially released. Left Ear have chosen two tracks for a 45 RPM 12” single, which they feel best highlights Justine’s unique vocal talents and songwriting ability. Here the crafty songstress wields melancholic soul and a funky Jazz inspired number with personal and reflective lyrics, both with an intimate and honest approach.
Elusive Sydney songstress Justine (Bradley) almost entirely wrote, produced and arranged her sole LP in ’79, an album that was funded by a radio station as the beneficiary for emerging talent. The music was created specifically for radio play without any intention of being manufactured. Luckily however, a friend with ties to a pressing plant known aptly as ‘Midnite Flite’, managed to sneak into said plant one evening and press up a small number for the enjoyment of family, friends & those involved.
Left Ear have decided to release what they consider to be the two most significant tracks from this release onto a 12” single, now for the enjoyment of all. The A-Side will feature the haunting ‘Wordless Songs’, a melancholic soulful number which according to Justine explores the “capacity to comprehend a partner’s internal quest for authenticity and connection”. The B-side ‘Mama Didn’t Tell Ya’ is more uplifting in both tempo and arrangements comprising an extended outro, while the lyrics remain just as personal and reflective.

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Ojo Balingo

CD | 2019 | EU | Original (BBE Africa)

5,59 €* 13,99 € -60%

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What Freedom Means / Tenderly

A.M. Muhammad

7" | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Rain&Shine)

Living From Day To Day / Where Are You

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in 1980, four years after the seminal ‘Open Your Heart’, Ishola Muhammad recorded what he describes as “The funkiest, most exciting session I had done, and the drummer, a white guy whose name I don’t recall either, was “the best””.
The idea that, "responsibility is what freedom means", came from a speech given by, the late, Imam W.D. Mohammed, leader of the, then, American Muslim Mission. “Subsequently, I chose to use the pseudonym, A.M. Muhammad, which was a play on the American Muslim Mission acronym, AMM. Since the speech was heralded and echoed throughout the community and around the country, I hoped the song would catch on, but it didn't.
40 years later, and “What Freedom Means” is now hot in demand with spins by top DJs across the globe.
Support from Tone B. Nimble.

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Family Of Swede

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Cordial)

10,39 €* 12,99 € -20%

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Tamla)

Miracles

Hi We're The Miracles

16,99 €* 19,99 € -15%

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Super Disco Edits)

Klimate

Esp / To See You

11,99 €* 15,99 € -25%

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Z Production)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When growing up as a young teenager many dream of hitting the recording studio and getting that record deal.
The sheer musical drive inside you to lay down those raw and emotional feelings.
The chances of going to high end studios were slim and expensive. Opportunities were sparse to say the least.
So the next best thing was to go into one of the ever growing number of home studios that were popping up in the 1980's
Studios in peoples garages or in the spare bedroom.
And so we bring you to a small group of teenagers called Klimate.
They ventured into a un-named 8 track studio in Walsall around 1981 to record a series of 2 tracks.
There is little remembered about the group of lads from member Harbans Srih who played drums on both tracks and was in charge of writing duties. Harbans Srih was also the man behind sde 42 Sticks & Co "Jazz Dancin"/"Jazz funkin" .
The 5 piece band was very multicultural that really represented music in britain at the time. 3 of the players were of Afro-Caribbean decent giving us lead vocals, guitar, bass and keyboard. The 4th member was only known as a ginger haired youth (we like him!!) who was on saxophone duities.
shortly after these recordings tragedy struck Klimate and the bass player was killed in a car accident whilst on vacation in Italy.
fast forward 37 years and Harbans Srih discovers just a single D.A.T from that 1981 session.
We did our utmost to sonically get the recordings up to our very high standards at Super Disco Edits. Whilst we feel it perhaps just falls short, we couldn't ignore these recordings that optimises British youth culture and the heritage of Brit funk .
We hope you enjoy them.

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Supergombo

Explorations

13,29 €* 18,99 € -30%

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Are You Ready / Love On A Sailboat

Taylor Graves

7" | 2019 | US | Original (Omega Supreme)

11,99 €* 14,99 € -20%

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Oh Babe / My Hearts Forever Yearning

Lester Robertson

7" | 2019 | EU (Montel)

8,24 €* 10,99 € -25%

Release: 2019 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Melvin Hicks & The Versatiles / The Lyrics

I'm Just Passing Time

7" | 2019 | UK | Original (Deep Soul)

Eddie Parker / Sandra Richardson

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The soul CD hit of 2019 so far has been the Lowrider compilation and on that, the previously unissued ‘I’m Just Passing Time’ by Melvin Hicks & the Versatiles has impressed everyone – including the Southern Soul Spinners of California who initiated the compilation. Its flip is another stunning ballad, ‘Now Girl’, taken from the Goldwax master tapes and sung by the Lyrics. Now it is available on vinyl, it is guaranteed to have a new lease of life.

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Crying Clown / Deserted Garden

7" | 2019 | UK | Original (Deep Soul)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (BMG)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Our Deep Soul series already sports Eddie Parker’s acclaimed ‘But If You Must Go’ and now we have his supremely soulful version of ‘Crying Clown’ taken from the same sessions. Already a great ballad cut by him in the 60s, this sparser piano-led take is as intense as soul music gets. It is backed with the beautiful melancholy of Detroit great Sandra Richardson’s ‘Deserted Garden’, previously only available on our first “Jack Ashford - Just Productions” CD.

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The O'Jays

The Last Word

21,24 €* 24,99 € -15%

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2019 | US | Original (Star Creature)

Potatohead People

Stop The Games

11,69 €* 12,99 € -10%

Return Of Dolemite: Superstar Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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High quality boogie featuring production by top-shelf duo THE POTATOHEAD PEOPLE featuring THE PENDLETONS own TRAILER LIMON on vocals. Sexy, classy, niceness in pure STAR CREATURE fashion. NICKY WISDOM laces up a tasty dub journey on the flip so doubles are highly recommended.

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Rudy Ray Moore

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Dolemite)

22,94 €* 26,99 € -15%

Goin' Back Home / Catfish

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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AS PRELUDE TO THE UPCOMING EDDIE MURPHY-STARRING NETFLIX FILM DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, THE EPONYMOUS DOLEMITE RECORDS PRESENTS THIS RECORD STORE DAY-EXCLUSIVE VINYL REISSUE FROM CULT COMEDIAN RUDY RAY MOORE

Despite never achieving major mainstream success in his career, the scope of influence from cult comedian Rudy Ray Moore is palpable and far-reaching. A consummate performer and raconteur, Moore's comedy emphasized raw and explicit story-telling and wisecracking, often told in rhyme, and featuring a backing band; a style of performance that inadvertedly set a blueprint for early hip-hop music. Following in the footsteps of comic legends Redd Foxx and Moms Mabley, his stage presence would inspire the likes of Katt Williams and Snoop Dogg, find widespread underground success among inner cities in the 1970s, and would lead him to collaborate with a wide swath of artists into his later years, from Big Daddy Kane to Insane Clown Posse. His various bits and sketches would even become sampling fodder in tracks by Madlib, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow, 2 Live Crew, and innumerable others. Above all else, Rudy Ray Moore's best known and most beloved claim to fame is his tales of the legend of Dolemite the pimp. Derived from various obscene stories he overheard while working in a record store, Moore's most famous routine saw him take on the role of Dolemite, and recount humorous stories and anecdotes which framed the hustler as something of a ghetto folk hero. These anecdotes proved to be incredibly popular in urban clubs and parties, and would later be adapted into the hit 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite, of which Moore would produce and star. In celebration of Rudy Ray Moore's extensive works, as well as the upcoming Eddie Murphy-starring Netflix biopic featuring him, Dolemite Records proudly presents this vinyl reissue of one of his 1975 release, The Return Of Dolemite. Coming just on the cusp of the feature film's release, Return sees Moore at the top of his game, spinning anecdotal yarns about sexual conquests, hustling stories, and in his own parlance: “F*ckin' up motherf*ckas!” Exclusive to Record Store Day 2019, this deluxe reissue comes decades after its initial release, and the first time pressed on vinyl in over 40 years.

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Cousin Leroy

7" | 2019 | EU (Groove)

8,24 €* 10,99 € -25%

Release: 2019 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Diamond Street Players With Amanda Joy

Million Miles

7" | 2019 | US | Original (Gemco)

8,79 €* 10,99 € -20%

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazz45)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Diamond Street Players, Atlanta, GA's modern equivalent of Stax, Motown, or Fame Studio's legendary in-house studio bands, follow up last year's mesmerizing "Living In Harmony" with two distinctive 7" sides, melding two different vibes of this versatile group of true soul/funk purveyors. Led by organist, writer and producer, Spencer Garn, The Diamond Street Players focus first on laying down gritty soul, funk and R&B tracks that more than hold their own instrumentally. Occasionally a track works out well for a lead vocalist, as is the case with the A-Side Million Miles, a smooth and soulful mid-tempo love-soul bender that brings forth remeniscenses of Al Green and Shuggie Otis. This cut features a collaboration with Amanda Joy, whos love for soul and gospel began at age 5 singing in church. A top graduate of the performing arts school she attended, she brings a powerfully soulful voice to the Diamond Street funk.The B-Side is quite another side, indeed, displaying one of those aforementioned "other vibes" of The Diamond Street Players. This edgy, raw and funky "Murky Retrograde" has already received dance floor approval from b-boys and b-girls nationwide--with early floor-filling spins from ATL to Portland, Oregon. But don't worry, it's not just this one side.

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Emanative

New Day

11,04 €* 12,99 € -15%

LP+Book | 2019 | US | Original (Goat Hill)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An upbeat positive and spiritual groove paves the way for our new 'Jazz45' label.
Taken from the forthcoming album 'Earth' from Emanative, with a sublime vocal performance from Ahu.
JAZZ45 - Exciting new sounds from the world of independent & creative jazz artistes!
Original artwork & original music on each and every release, and limited to just 600 copies worldwide!

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Anthony Wilson

Songs & Photographs

64,49 €* 74,99 € -14%

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Soundway)

Jon K / Pat Thomas

Asafo / Enye Woa

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Smithsonian Folkways)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After much online hype shrouded in mystery, Soundway presents the first in a new series of 12” releases which will make available many hard-to-find and in-demand dancefloor tracks on loud, DJ-friendly pressings.
On this first 12” are two late 1980s Ghanaian highlife cuts taken from the catalogue of Nakasi Records. Nakasi was run by the late producer Nana Asiedu (Big Joe) - a well-known figure in the Ghanaian and African music community of 1980s London.
The A-side showcases a track from Jon K’s second solo album, which was a re-working of a traditional Fanti language Asafo company song Asafo Beesuon. Made famous by C.K.Mann on his seminal album ‘Funky Highlife’, this version very much reflects the more westernised late 1980s sound of highlife music recorded in the UK, Holland, Canada and Germany for both ex-pat Ghanaian audiences and those back home in West Africa.
The album features the stalwart session musician Alfred Bannerman, the go-to Ghanaian guitarist known for the classic cut of ‘Let Me Love You’ by Bunny Mack, among many other tracks over the last 40 years, including his work on contemporary releases for Soundway such as Konkoma and Ibibio Sound Machine.
On the B-side, Pat Thomas (the brother in-law of Big Joe) needs little introduction having been touring the world extensively in recent years with the Kwashibu Area Band. Somehow this dancefloor-heavy cut has eluded recent compilations and reissues. With horns arranged by long time friend and collaborator Ebo Taylor, it’s an instantly recognisable sound that also features Rex Gyamfi - himself a well-known purveyor of 1980s ‘burger-highlife’.

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Joseph Spence

Bahamian Folk Guitar

26,09 €* 28,99 € -10%

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2018 | US | Original (Ppu 089)

The Fool Bros

Suicide Squeeze

12,79 €* 15,99 € -20%

12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Athens Of The North)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Single sided with both the original 1983 private release and Victor Giordano's updated 2018 recording! Recorded at V AUDIO INC. Baltimore Maryland, "Suicide Squeeze" is the second baseball related record to be released on PPU!

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Bobby Boyd

Rock On Bob Blank Remix

10,39 €* 12,99 € -20%

LP | 2018 | BR | Original (Polysom)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hot on the heels of the well received Dirty Channels Vs Danny Russell 'Watchin Out/ Frazelle 'Today Is The Day' (Linkwood edit), we bring you more twelve inch heat. This time in the shape of an unreleased nugget from funk and soul legend, Bobby Boyd, the founding member and lead singer of Bobby Boyd's Congress - who metamorphosed into The Lafayette Afro Rock Band, after Bobby's departure in 1971.

On the A-side, producer and engineer extraordinaire Bob Blank - who's worked closely with the likes of Arthur Russell, Taana Gardner,Sun Ra, Larry Levan and Kid Creole - turns out a mix that hits the sweet spot between boogie and proto-house with a hint of Latin freestyle.

Whilst the flip sees darting synths and swirling pads layered over a tight machine groove, as Bobby reminds us of the simply joy that dancing can bring.

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Baianasystem

Batukebox

37,99 €* 39,99 € -5%

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2018 / BR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a 180g pressing.

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Kandace Springs

Indigo

24,29 €* 26,99 € -10%

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Resistance Clear Vinyl Edition

Brandon Coleman

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

23,39 €* 25,99 € -10%

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

The Definitive Collection

3LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

46,79 €* 51,99 € -10%

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Take Me To Your Disco / Special Lady

Splendor

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Columbia Disco Series)

14,39 €* 15,99 € -10%

Jesse Sharps Quintet & P.A.P.A.

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another much welcomed reissue of the late 70's funk laden, disco two tracker from Splendor. The A side 'Take Me To Your Disco' is emblematic of disco records from that golden era where big bands and big budgets were rife. Yet there's an interplanetary twist to this one, with the mysterious, eerie, spacecraft sounding intro paving the way for a tale of extraterrestrials wanting to get down at one of planet earths discos. You can tell this came from an era were disco really was taking over
Flip it over and you've got the mighty Special Lady. With Philip Bailey, of Earth, Wind and Fire fame, on production his style comes through strong in the vocal arrangement with the level of feeling and power he squeezes out of each voice.
A chance to add these two anthems to the collection!

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Sharps And Flats

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Outernational Sounds)

29,69 €* 32,99 € -10%

2LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Far Out)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Issued on vinyl for the first time, Outernational Sounds proudly presents a monumental spirit music document from the Los Angeles underground – Jesse Sharp’s slept-on deep jazz classic Sharps And Flats.

“He became the Ark leader…he was hardcore. They’d all be quiet and listen to him when he talked.”
Horace Tapscott, on Jesse Sharps

You could be forgiven for not knowing how important saxophonist, bandleader and composer Jesse Sharps is. After all, the only album to come out under his name, Sharps And Flats, was recorded in 1985, and wasn’t issued on CD until 2004.

But despite this seemingly small recorded footprint, Jesse Sharps is a major figure in the history of jazz music in Los Angeles. As the bandleader for Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan People’s Arkestra (P.A.P.A.) – the Marshall Allen to Tapscott’s Sun Ra – he led Tapscott’s seminal music community through its most cohesive phase. And, after a hiatus living in Europe, his return to Los Angeles in the 2000s saw him build a new group, The Gathering, which linked original heads including acclaimed singer Dwight Trible and legendary trombonist Phil Ranelin with a new generation of LA jazz voices, including none other than Kamasi Washington. Sharps has been around, and he’s made an indelible mark.

Born in Los Angeles in 1953, Jesse Sharps spent his childhood in Watts. He first encountered the visionary pianist Horace Tapscott when he was still at high school – the Arkestra were performing on 103rd Street, and when Sharps heard them he knew what his future would be. Tapscott soon invited the young Sharps to rehearsals, where he played baritone. At college, Sharps studied under Cecil Taylor. When he came back to LA he rejoined the Arkestra on flute and reeds, and eventually took over band-leading duties from the great altoist Arthur Blythe. Trusted completely by Tapscott, as bandleader Sharps turned the Arkestra into a well-drilled unit. This was the time of the classic P.A.P.A. recordings Flight 17, Live at I.U.C.C, and The Call, and Sharps also wrote for the band. The funky, deep spirituality of compositions like ‘Desert Fairy Princess’, ‘Macramé’ and ‘Peyote Song III’ has made his tunes among most celebrated in the whole P.A.P.A. catalogue.

Sharps And Flats was recorded in 1985 for Tom Albach’s legendary Nimbus West imprint, a label Albach had founded specifically to document the work of Horace Tapscott and his circle. Featuring a quintet of P.A.P.A. regulars at the height of their game, Sharps And Flats is one of the great lost Nimbus sessions – it lay unissued until 2004, and never saw a vinyl press.

In line with the original Nimbus CD release, this edition of Sharps And Flats includes ‘McKowsky’s First Fifth’, a stunning 16 minute bonus cut by the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra featuring Horace Tapscott, recorded in 1979. A lost classic of the LA underground, on wax at last!

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Azambuja & Cia

21,24 €* 24,99 € -15%

High Diamond / Snake Bomb

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This 180g LP is a Vinyl only release. In 1975, the prolific and multi-talented Brazilian comedians Chico Anysio and Arnaud Rodrigues recorded an album based on the protagonist of one of their most celebrated TV series. This soundtrack/musical re-imagining of the series combines jazz-funk with samba soul and MPB, with the help of cult Brazilian trio Azymuth.

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Chandeliers

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Potions Music)

11,04 €* 12,99 € -15%

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition vinyl!
Finally opening up the garage after 8 months of deep winter, Chandeliers are hopping in the black Chrysler LeBaron convertible, and rumbling down Western Ave to a bubbling, dark and sensual soundtrack called "High Diamond". A gothic synth-funk house beat pumps the blood of this diamond, brooding and mood-altering, evoking a feeling that there is something menacing going on just blocks away, but for now, we are here, and we will dance. The flip side "Snake Bomb", is a wicked, reptilian instrumental, where the promises of our new snake democracy lies in the power of those with their hands on the synthesizers and drum machines. With a trapped-out drum kit pushing us into the future, and industrial metallic synth bombs being hurled over our newly shed skins lying on the sand next to us, "Snake Bomb" spins us at 45 revolutions per minute into some distant but oddly familiar past, when we were still trying to escape from our lizard leaders.

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Celia

19,54 €* 22,99 € -15%

LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Célia Regina Cruz recorded four self-titled albums for Continental between 1971 and 1977, ‘Amor’ in 1982 plus several more before she sadly passed away late in 2017. Célia was a Brazilian vocalist who worked frequently with master arranger-composer Arthur Verocai in her early years and many other heavyweights over the course of her extensive career.
This, her second self-titled LP from 1972, features an all-star line up including Arthur Verocai, Erasmo Carlos, Roberto Carlos, Marcos Valle, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Nonato Buzar and Vinicius de Moraes amongst others. Célia’s version of ‘Na Boca do Sol’ – taken from this album – is arguably her most well-known and well-loved song. An incredible take on Verocai’s original, featuring waling fuzz guitars, strings, piano, horns and drums. Needless to say clean, original versions of this record now change hands for silly money! We are very proud to be able to reissue it officially, at long last. Official Mr Bongo reissue. Replica original gatefold artwork. Licensed from Warner Music.

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Blind Willie McTell

Atlanta Twelve String

20,79 €* 25,99 € -20%

LP | 1959 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180 gram vinyl!

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Annie Ross & Zoot Sims

A Gasser

30,39 €* 37,99 € -20%

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Philophon)

Release: 1959 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Although best known as a member of the vocalese supergroup Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, the great jazz singer Annie Ross's solo albums are gems unto themselves and "A Gasser!" from 1959 is the finest of them all. Miss Ross is in peak vocal form here and is joined by the great Zoot Sims on saxophone and much of the same band featured on the Lambert, Hendricks & Ross classic "The Swingers". Don't expect any of the vocal acrobatics of the Lambert, Hendricks & Ross recordings however. This is straight-ahead jazz singing by one of the great singers in her prime. From the wry wit of "Everything I've Got" through the sheer perfection and beauty of "You're Nearer", this set is a must-have for jazz vocal fans. Highly recommended.

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Jimi Tenor

Quantum Connection

11,39 €* 11,99 € -5%

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Dinked)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Named after the tenor saxophone, actually, Jimi Tenor is not just Jimi Tenor - he's as well Jimi Keys, Jimi Flute, Jimi Vox and Jimi Composer. Yeah, he is, as a multi-instrumentalist and music master in general, all of this! But wait: Active since the mid-80's he's also Jimi Legend. And if you overlook his whole oeuvre then finally you will find out that on top of all of this he's Jimi Genius.
Quantum Connection is Jimi's contribution to the recent Kraut-Life craze of the Berlin underground. Kraut-Life is the brand-new hybrid of Ghanaian Highlife and German - here extended to Northern Europe, as Finnish kitchen is also kraut-based - romantic melancholy. A heavy and driving Highlife beat (yeah, it's not Afro-Beat), screaming psychedelic sound-fragments and a sung desire for a subatomic love affair makes the song another undoubted original by Jimi.
My Mind Will Travel (Teen Party Edit) is a heavily danceable edit of the epic eight minutes version of that piece, which you can hear on Jimi's upcoming full-length album Order Of Nothingness, released on Philophon this May. For Jimi, the physical world seems to be limited: but he is confident that his mind can dive deeply and boarder less in the mystery of our micro- and macro-cosmo.

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The King Rooster

18,69 €* 21,99 € -15%

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (World Circuit)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2018!

The King Rooster are a heavy funk quartet consisting of Ian Stevens & Mark Claydon (Bass & Drums from London funksters, The Getup) joined by Sam Montero on keys & James Forster on guitar. Collectively the band have played, recorded and shared stages with artists such as Sir Joe Quarterman, Alexia Coley, JTQ, Gizelle Smith, Reuben Wilson, Pee Wee Ellis, The Getup, Speedometer and Rhoda Dakar to name but a few. Having released a cassette only EP, Charisma Café, last year followed by a string of limited 7 vinyl only releases on various independent labels in Europe and the US, The King Rooster & Dinked Records are pleased to announce their self titled debut LP on heavy weight 180g black vinyl for Record Store Day 2018. Limited to 500 copies with picture sleeve and printed inner, each copy comes with a unique download card for digital. 14 tracks, including 8 previously unreleased ones. Droppin' hard hitting instrumental workouts along with some heavy vocal bangers, real funk is the order of the day!

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Orchestra Baobab

Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng

29,44 €* 30,99 € -5%

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Michael Boothman & Family Tree

Tabu / So Dey Say

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Cree)

11,69 €* 12,99 € -10%

LP | 2017 | US | Original (World Galaxy / Alpha Pup)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition vinyl!
Only one copy per customer!
Family Tree was a coming of age band marking a change of consciousness for a group of young musicians who had started their musical careers at the dawn of Trinidad and Tobago's Independence from Britain in 1962.
They grew out of The Rockerfellars, the first band spearheaded by the internationally renowned guitarist and songwriter Michael Boothman. The successful ’60s combo band playing rock and roll based popular music had reached the limits of its potential at a time when the excitement of Independence had given way to the anger of the civil rights movement which had been bubbling in Trinidad since 1967 and eventually spilled into the streets of Port of Spain in 1970 in what came to be known as the Black Power Uprising.
It was with this movement as a backdrop that the focus for Boothman and his friends began to change.
The Boothman brothers also had the benefit of coming from one of Port of Spain's most respected artistic families. Their uncle Geoffrey Holder was already the toast of New York's Broadway theatre scene, excelling as both a dancer and actor. Their younger uncle Boscoe Holder was on his way to becoming one of Trinidad and Tobago's most important visual artists.
Family Tree represented a new generation re-discovering Trinidadian folk music forms and giving them a contemporary treatment. Under the guidance of drummers like Andrew Biddeau, Family Tree infused old Shango rhythms in their new sound. They were also the first to experiment with steel pan, fusing it with the standard instrumentation of the day.
In 1972 the band won Trinidad & Tobago's 10th Anniversary Independence Music Festival with best original composition So Dey Say and they also won the Best Arrangement of the festival song Mighty Terror's Pan Talent.
Tabu is a cover of a Cuban standard made popular in Trinidad by 1950s calypso musicians Cyril Diaz and his Orchestra and So Dey Say was an original composition by David Boothman.
Although they only ever recorded these two songs, the band toured with Derek Walcott's Trinidad Theatre Workshop and forged long standing musical connections with some of the country's leading musicians.
Among these are Andre Tanker, who plays the flute on Tabu. Tanker was another of the musicians who had made the transition from the more conservative mainstream pop music sound to embracing Trinidad's folk forms, inspired by African, Indian and Indigenous antecedents.
Family Tree consisted of the Boothman brothers Michael on Guitar and David on Keyboards; Wayne 'Barney' Bonaparte on bass; Dennis Thomas on drums; Earl 'Biter' Edwards on African drums; Allan Nightingale on percussion; Rawle Mitchell on steelpan. Rawle Mitchell was succeeded by Len 'Boogsie' Sharp, then a 16 year old pan prodigy who went on to become one of Trinidad's foremost steelpan players and composers.

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Ryan Porter

Spangle Lang-Lane

14,39 €* 17,99 € -20%

Don't Let My Rainbow Pass Me By

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Running in parallel with the powerful wave of transformation that occurred with the advent of recording technology in the 1800s, children’s music has been a critically important part of the evolving pace of modern culture. Through the entire body of children’s music, few have truly deviated from the normal harmonic and melodic structures of past composers. This is about to change in the fall of 2017 as West Coast Get Down co-founder Ryan Porter will present Spangle-Lang Lane, a collection of music that revamps and puts a facelift on some of the world’s most beloved children’s songs.
The ethos of Spangle-Lang Lane equally lives in the visual realm, coupled with puppets and a film series that takes on the life of the West Coast Get Down and various jazz luminaries. From episode to episode, you can expect to see main characters Ryan Porter and Crazy Jake, along with puppet versions of Duke Ellington, Kamasi Washington, Louis Armstrong, Brandon Coleman, Tony Williams, Terrace Martin, Miles Davis, Thundercat, John Coltrane, and many others. As the influence of Sesame Street started to filter into Ryan Porter’s dreams, he quickly sought out the right tools and knowledge for creating his own puppets. Ryan adds more detail on how the puppet world of the album formed.

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Cloud One

12" | 2017 | US | Original (Golden Flamingo)

14,44 €* 16,99 € -15%

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A true Holy Grail from the Cloud One catalog, “Don’t Let My Rainbow Pass Me By” is the third of a string of titles on Golden Flamingo produced by the P&P duo of Patrick Adams and Peter Brown and featuring vocals from “Guardian Angel” singer Margot Williams.

Similar to previous Cloud One’s productions, this record had all the elements of a Patrick Adams classic, but with vocal arrangements that foreshadowed the work he would do with Inner Life and Jocelyn Brown at Salsoul. Perhaps not so much of a coincidence then that Margot Williams would provide backing vocals on Inner Life’s Second and final album.

Even though it was originally released in 1981, “Don’t Let My Rainbow Pass Me By” is still championed by high-profile deejays today. Over the years, it’s been notably sampled in Basement Jaxx’s Romeo and covered by Todd Terje and Prins Thomas in “Reinbagan"" as a Dub-Disco cut. Available for the first time since it’s original release, our only piece of advise is to don’t let this classic pass you by.

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Jimmy Smith

Midnight

20,39 €* 23,99 € -15%

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Azul Max Graef, Contours & Glenn Astro Remixes

Ivan "Mamao" Conti

12" | 2017 | EU | Original (Far Out)

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Super Disco Edits)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The release comes on 180g vinyl. For the second 12” of the series we’ve enlisted two of the most on-fire producers in Germany: Max Graef and Glenn Astro, along with one of the UK’s brightest ascendant producers. Back fighting, kicking and beating as strong as or perhaps even stronger than ever before, Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti is releasing a brand new solo album next year. Now fitted with a new iron hip- thanks to the immense generosity of his fan base who crowdfunded the operation – the Azymuth drummer still remains one of the greatest and outright funkiest drummers alive anywhere in the universe as he enters this new bionic era. As people of earth are not yet quite ready to hear the explosively ethereal cosmic samba of his new album just yet, we’re easing into it with a series of appropriately propulsive percussive jazz-headed remixes. For the second 12” of the series we’ve enlisted two of the most on-fire producers in Germany: Max Graef and Glenn Astro, along with one of the UK’s brightest ascendant producers.

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John Simmons

Safe / I Wanna Be Closer

8,99 €* 11,99 € -25%

12" | 2017 | US | Original (Cultures Of Soul)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited vinyl edition!

Although best known in the global music world for his four years (1984-1988) as the music director and bandleader for Whitney Houston, John’s tenure in the soul music field began when he was a member (with his brother Edmund ‘Butch’ Simmons) of The Reflections, a New York City-based quartet who toured from 1972-1975 as the backing group for the legendary Melba Moore. In 1975, The Reflections had a Top 10 R&B hit with “Three Steps From True Love.”

In 1978, John began touring with Stephanie Mills, at the same time collaborating with Phillip Ballou, a member of another New York-based vocal group, Revelation and UK soul music journalist David Nathan (who he met when Nathan did an interview with The Reflections for Britain’s “Blues & Soul” magazine in 1975). The trio wrote a number of songs for Ballou’s demo as a solo artist and while nothing transpired in that regard, John recorded his own version of one of the tunes, “Ain’t Nothing Like The Love” for a small independent Michigan label, Sabrina Records in 1981. John had worked with Cissy Houston at New Hope Baptist Church in New Jersey where she was the minister of music was asked by her to do some initial promotional dates with her daughter Whitney after Arista Records released her first single in 1984; he continued doing world tours with Houston until he passed away at the age of 45 in March 1989.

The Ballou sessions (held mostly in Montclair, New Jersey) expanded into recording dates for both Nathan and Simmons. None of the original recordings were released commercially – until now. In the wake of the interest among rare groove collectors in John’s version of “Ain’t Nothing Like The Love,” Nathan – himself a recording artist since 2003 – has uncovered the tapes of all the material he, Phllip and John recorded in 1978 and 1979.

Gaining its first-ever release now on Nefer Records via Super Disco Edits is the coupling of John’s solo composition, the upbeat gospel-infused “Safe” and the midtempo, “I Wanna Be Closer,” another one of the songs also recorded (and thus far unissued by both Ballou and Nathan).

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Junior Byron

Trying To Hold On

12,74 €* 14,99 € -15%

LP | 1956 | EU | Reissue (Speakers Corner)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cultures of Soul is back! This time it's with a new set of 12"s - the Carib Boogie Synth series. Featuring the iciest synths, the slickest basslines, and other '80s-sounding vibes from the Caribbean islands, all of the tracks are fully licensed. First up in the series is the killer Junior Byron track "Trying To Hold On," written and produced by Wild Fire's Oliver Chapman and originally released on the Wild Fire label back in 1985. The A-side includes the original mix as well as the Version. On the B-side we've got the epic "Megamix." The track was reworked by Gerd Janson, who created the mix old-school style with two copies of the record, a mixer, and an EFX box. Adding the final touches to this track is mixing and mastering engineer LOPAZZ, who mastered many of the best techno tracks in the Get Physical catalog and released the seminal dance-classic "I Need Ya" on Output.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet

Fontessa

26,99 €* 35,99 € -25%

CD | 2017 | US | Original (Young & Foolish)

Release: 1956 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The famous critic and jazz expert Ralph J. Gleason quite rightly mentioned two highly distinctive men in his liner notes – John Donne and Pablo Picasso. Almost four hundred years and a great deal of seawater separate the two exceptional artists from England and Spain. Nevertheless the four black US-Americans who make up the Modern Jazz Quartet bridge the gap between time and continents effortlessly.
And what’s more, blues is also to be heard – and bebop! And evergreens from the Broadway shows of the Thirties too!
In contrast to some of the other rather more dawdling and laid-back MJQ LPs, "Fontessa" offers diversified and intense music. Nothing is routine, perhaps because the drummer Connie Kay had replaced Kenny Clark just one year previously. But maybe too because Milt Jackson’s blues influence inspired John Lewis perceptibly to forget all about discipline. All seven numbers are true gems. But if you want a special hint, just listen to "Bluesology". Well, perhaps the present author is too much of a Milt Jackson fan. Be that as it may, the music magazine "Rolling Stone" gave this LP a five-star rating!

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

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Nooky Jones

12,99 €* 19,99 € -35%

A Man To Love A Woman / You Make My Life A Sunny Day

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After 3 years of captivating audiences with their unique blend of soul, jazz, and undertones of hip-hop, Minneapolis-based Nooky Jones are finally releasing their debut self-titled album via Young And Foolish Records. A truly cohesive collection of love stories and music that takes listeners to beautiful places alongside deeply provocative characters, the album is a much-needed artistic expression of self for vocalist/frontman Cameron Kinghorn.

In early 2014, Kinghorn was working mostly as a trumpet player and singing in cover bands around town when he caught the eye of local trumpet player Adam Meckler, who tapped him to front a new project he was starting with drummer Reid Kennedy. That new project would eventually become Nooky Jones, and it would be Kinghorn’s first real foray into this type of artistic expression.

Produced over the course of 15 months at RiverRock Studios in the band’s hometown of Minneapolis, their debut album relies on each musician’s unique style as a critical part of the overall sound. Atop airtight yet comfortably loose drum and bass grooves often reminiscent of 90s R&B and Hip-Hop, layers of harmonically complex piano, organ, and Fender Rhodes create a lushness associated with jazz that rarely integrates into pop music so tastefully. Adding flairs of excitement throughout, the horns bring their powerful chops to the forefront when appropriate without ever stepping on the vocals, which float effortlessly from deep sultry textures to a silky smooth falsetto on par with the best soul crooners in the business. A non-stop rollercoaster of emotions, the album masterfully draws the listener in with slow burns that eventually boil over, only to be brought back down and start over again.

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Eddie & Ernie

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Deep Soul)

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It is fitting to have Eddie & Ernie on both sides of a Deep Soul single as they were original label founder Dave Godin’s ultimate Deep Soul act. Both tracks were recorded in the late 60s but first came out on our Eddie And Ernie CD in 2002. It is a tribute to their excellent quality that we release them on this vinyl series now.

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Brenton Wood

Baby You Got It

28,79 €* 35,99 € -20%

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Evolution (Beats Edit) / It's The Music That Makes Us Do It Black Vinyl Edition

Magnum

7" | 2017 | US | Original (Brewerytown Beats)

16,14 €* 18,99 € -15%

12" | 2017 | EU | Original (Splash Music)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Standard Edition on black vinyl WITHOUT picture cover.

Remastered form the original Session Tapes.

First time ever on the flip - It's The Music That Makes Us Do It.

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Thames River Soul

Volume 1 EP

12,34 €* 18,99 € -35%

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | US | Original (Musique Plastique)

Pedro (Peter Mekwunye)

One Kind Of Love

22,39 €* 27,99 € -20%

Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Peter Mekwunye, who had moved from Nigeria to the United States, self-released 'One Kind Of Love' as a small run cassette in 1993 under the moniker Pedro. His songs were influenced by traditional Nigerian music, as well as the popular tunes he heard on the radio while growing up, f.i. by Fela Kuti and William Onyeabor. Now 'One Kind Of Love' is available on vinyl for the first time ever.

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Hemispheres

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Jakarta)

20,89 €* 21,99 € -5%

Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff release the follow up album to their critically acclaimed “Dubplates from Jakarta #5” release.

Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff have a special bond. They met one year ago at a local R&B contest in Louisville. Dr. Dundiff was the DJ of the night and Otis Junior happened to be the only contestant he had never heard of. He took the stage just playing piano and singing and Dr. Dundiff was so blown away that they ended up in the studio together shortly after. They released their debut EP “1moment2another” on Jakarta Records only very few months after they had first met in early 2016. And it's was widely appreciated with heavy daytime rotation on french gate keeper radio station Nova, many appreciating blog as well as a feature on Radio Nova's “le grand Mix 2016” compilation.
Despite the fact they have not been working together for a long time they managed to create their very own and unique take on hip hop production influenced soul music. While Otis comes from a classic soul background, Dundiff's previous release were classic underground leftfield hip hop records that even had him handle mic duties. “Consider each of us as one hemisphere, the world we create together is new, different, and unexpected.” is how Otis Junior summarizes their approach of bringing their two worlds together musically.
Dundiff's organic yet hard hitting productions compliment Otis Junior soulful timbre perfectly while they were able to perfect their style even further comparing their debut EP to their debut album “Hemispheres”. Dundiff sums this development up: “Otis and I have this mutual agreement that we want to continue pushing our music in different directions. Hemispheres is a perfect embodiment of that approach."

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V.A.

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Music From Memory)

32,29 €* 33,99 € -5%

Mamao's Brake / Ah Que Legal

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For their first multi-artist compilation, Music From Memory take us on a trip to the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Outro Tempo: Electronic and Contemporary Music From Brazil, 1978-1992 is a double LP that explores the outer reaches of Brazilian music, where indigenous rhythms mix with synthesizers and where MPB mingles with drum computers. As Brazil faced the last years of its military dictatorship and transition to democracy, a generation of forward-thinking musicians developed an alternative vision of Brazilian music and culture. They embraced traditionally shunned electronic production methods and infused their music with elements of ambient, jazz-fusion, and minimalism. At the same time they referenced the musical forms and spirituality of indigenous tribes from the Amazon. The music they produced was a complex and mesmerising tapestry that vividly evoked Brazilian landscapes and simultaneously reached out to the world beyond its borders.

The product of extensive research, this compilation is a unique introduction to this visionary music and features many fresh discoveries in a country well trodden by record diggers. It gathers tracks from obscure albums that have for too long been neglected by even the most avid collectors of Brazilian music. It includes now highly sought after music by Andréa Daltro, Maria Rita, and Fernando Falcão, as well as unknown gems like those of Cinema, Carlinhos Santos, and Anno Luz. This is an essential release that reveals a broader spectrum of Brazilian music, striking a unique sonic signature that is full of innovation, experimentation, and beauty.

Compiled by John Gómez and featuring extensive liner notes, Outro Tempo showcases this overlooked corner in Brazil’s rich music history for the first time.

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Ivan "Mamao" Conti

12" | 2017 | BR | Original (Far Out)

10,49 €* 13,99 € -25%

Pastel Blues Back To Black Edition

Release: 2017 / BR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited heavy-weight 12" vinyl to 300 copies only. Azymuth drummer Ivan 'Mamao' Conti's forthcoming self-titled solo project, remixed by West London broken beat pioneer IG Culture for a scorching club monster, alongside three future-funk remixes from 22a records family Tenderlonious, Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Jeen Bassa.

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Nina Simone

LP | 1965 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

29,74 €* 34,99 € -15%

2LP | 2016 | US | Original (Aaron Abernathy Music)

Release: 1965 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This 180g reissue comes with a download code.

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Aaron Abernathy

Monologue

22,39 €* 27,99 € -20%

12" | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Saph)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here comes the highly anticipated album release from Aaron Abernathy featuring Black Milk, Deborah Bond, Nat Turner, Phonte (of Little Brother + The Foreign Exchange), Zo!

Aaron Abernathy, is a jazz pianist/soul singer and multi-talented entertainer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Abernathy comes from a long-line of historical pioneers including Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and student of the same high school music program as the late R&B great Gerald Levert.

He joined the ranks of artists like Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack as a graduate from the prestigious music program at Howard University, where he sharpened his piano playing and musicianship by majoring in jazz piano. With outstanding talents as both a pianist and a vocalist, he has acted as musical director for global touring acts Black Milk and Slum Village and collaborated with Grammy-nominated artists including Jack White, The Foreign Exchange, and Eric Roberson.

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Tantara

I.D.O. / Rumours

12,74 €* 14,99 € -15%

Musica Per Commenti Sonori

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Killer official reissue of this fabulous UK Boogie track produced by the great
Eric Matthew during 1986!! Limited to 300 copies only!

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Brugnolini - Torossi

LP+CD | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Schema)

19,79 €* 21,99 € -10%

LP | 1965 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Yet another collaboration between Sandro Brugnolini and Stefano Torossi, who also worked together on the masterpiece “Feelings”. “Musica per commenti sonori” consists of twelve amazing tracks that will excite lovers of the wildest funk, producers in search of rare breaks, and those with a penchant for the psycho-beat atmospheres of the sixties. One of the rarest library music releases ever, that’s never been re-released in any form until now!

“Musica per commenti sonori” is a cult series within the diverse world of Italian library music. In the late sixties and seventies, the small record label Costanza Records has published several releases precisely focusing on ‘background music’, including works of great composers such as Peppino De Luca, Roberto Pregadio, Franco Micalizzi, Vito Thomas, Giancarlo Thomas Puccio Roelens, Riccardo Luciani, and by the protagonists of this long-time due reissue: Sandro Brugnolini and Stefano Torossi.

The two musicians, who had also worked together on the masterpiece “Feelings” (1974), have often collaborated and delivered some of the best Italian library music of all time. “Musica per commenti sonori” is certainly one of the most interesting. On the two equally split sides of this LP, the first for Torossi and the second for Brugnolini (but it seems that this partition was exclusively dictated by legal demands), there are twelve amazing tracks that will excite lovers of the wildest funk, producers in search of rare breaks, and those with a penchant for the psycho-beat atmospheres of the sixties.

Among the most heated tracks featured on Torossi’s side, we can’t pass over the amazing “Sweet-Beat”, “Interrupted” (perhaps the best track of the album) and “Repetition” while “Polyphony”, “Motuproprio” and the closing track “Flyer” shine on Brugnolini’s. Virtually impossible to find, even at astonishing prices, this reissue puts back into the market one of the best examples of ‘The Italian Art of Library Music’: a genre worldwide envied and collected.

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Aretha Franklin

Yeah!

33,24 €* 34,99 € -5%

Release: 1965 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All Right Black Vinyl Edition

BWH

12" | 2016 | EU | Original (House Of Music)

13,59 €* 16,99 € -20%

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP+7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Wah Wah)

Charles Wilp

Fotografiert Bunny

18,89 €* 20,99 € -10%

Jeffrey Turpin & His Friends / Cinnamon Suns

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First ever vinyl LP reissue of one of the best easy listening / jazz / groovy albums from Germany. Conceived and recorded in 1965 as (sort of) the soundtrack for advertising-designer, artist and photographer Charles Wilp photo sessions, it was composed by classical trained musician Siegfried Ulbrich, credited here under one of his pseudonym Marvin Martin. The album is a fantastic sequence of jazzy easy listening sounds, sometimes spiced with the actual sound of Wilp and his models speaking through the session, completed with female wordless vocals here and there and some electronic gimmicks - used with maximum care. Peter Thomas spoke favourably of these recordings, noting influences from A.C. Jobim, Frank Sinatra and Claus Ogermann. This LP was never commercialised in shops, but instead produced specifically for 16 organisations for whom Wilp had worked for, and copies of it were given away to employees and customers of those companies.

As a curiousity, Charles Wilp did the earliest photos of Nico when she started modelling in Germany, and also did the fabulous photos of 1960s punk legends The Monks when they were established in Germany.

It is splendid from beginning to end, top class groovy / easy listening sounds for your cocktail parties and night dancing and comes in a gorgeous gatefold sleeve reproducing the original artwork.

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Music For The Head - Rumours / Party Time

7" | 2000 | EU | Original (Cree)

11,69 €* 12,99 € -10%

Release: 2000 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Tricatel)

Chassol

Indiamore

24,64 €* 28,99 € -15%

LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album from 2013 now available on vinyl!

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Nina Simone

The Amazing Nina Simone

24,29 €* 26,99 € -10%

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Albums Volume 2 1966-1970 Box Set

Marvin Gaye

8LP Box | 2015 | US | Original (Motown)

199,79 €* 221,99 € -10%

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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James Reese & The Progressions

Joker (Where Did You Come From) / He'll Never Go

7" | 2015 | UK | Original (Super Disco Edits)

7" | 2015 | EU | Original (Bouvier)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Personnel: William “Chicken” Murphy - Guitar, Willie Hall- Drums and Percussions, Robert Goforth - Bass, James Reese - Piano and Trombone, John Lamkin II - Trumpet and Rudolph Riley - Alto and Tenor Sax. A Couple of String Players from the Memphis Symphony. Lead Vocals - Rosalyn Foster.

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Rodney Davis Jr

Anna

8,49 €* 9,99 € -15%

7" | 2015 | EU | Original (PPL)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes instrumental on the flip! Limited to 300 copies!

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Eddie Jay & Ray

Keep Smiling

8,49 €* 9,99 € -15%

What A Wonderful World, The Great Satchmo Live

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes instrumental on the flip! Limited to 300 copies!

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Louis Armstrong

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

24,69 €* 25,99 € -5%

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Hot Casa)

Stanislas Tohon

Dans Le Tchink Systeme

20,69 €* 22,99 € -10%

Mannish Boy - Best Of Muddy Waters

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Afro-Soul Holy Grail by the “Soul Brother from Benin“, featuring the famous “Vis à Vis” band from Ghana and recorded in Kumasi in 1979.

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Muddy Waters

LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

23,39 €* 25,99 € -10%

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Basso Valdambrini Quintet

Fonit H602 - H603

2LP+CD | 2014 | EU | Original (Rearward)

30,59 €* 35,99 € -15%

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rocks The House Blue Vinyl Edition

Etta James

LP | 1963 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

30,39 €* 31,99 € -5%

Don't Mess With GR / Hard Way To Go

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Best known for the lush 1961 rendition of the ballad “At Last”– a slow-dance staple at wedding celebrations everywhere,she is also celebrated for having recorded one of the bestlive albums of all time, “Rocks the House.” Recorded in 1963at the New Era Club in Nashville, James is captured at her performance peak. The foundation for her reputation as a fiery no-holds-barred performer was firmly established in this recording.

Blues, soul, jazz, R&B, and rock vocalist Etta James, needs no introduction. An icon from early rock’n’roll’s pantheon of divas, she has inspired 5 decades of listeners and fellow artists with her vocal stylings. From Janis Joplin to Beyonce, her expressive and guttural style has been imitated but never quite matched.

Jackpot Records is honored to release this momentous record on stellar blue vinyl, with the original album artwork and including 3 bonus tracks which have only ever been released previously on CD. Her powerful version of “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” will shake you. Her impassioned version of “All I Could Do Is Cry,” will break you.

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The Great Revivers

7" | 2014 | US | Original (Funk Night)

9,34 €* 10,99 € -15%

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Truth & Soul)

Shirley Nanette

Never Coming Back

18,69 €* 21,99 € -15%

John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We could get some more copies for a lower price, so we also lowered your price. A bargain! /

In the early seventies, Hank Swarn and Shirley Nanette collaborated to form Never Coming Back. Swarn had been on the road for five years, lending his guitar-backing talent to Earl Grant and his band. While on tour, he wrote some tunes that were ultimately released on the Never Coming Back album. Al Nanette approached Hank about putting together a record with Shirley, who was also keen on getting in the studio. Luckily, Swarn already had songs to bring to the session. With the support some talented local musicians, the album was recorded–mostly in one or two takes–in a little over a week. Unfortunately, the album saw little exposure. Needless to say, this tremendous effort by Nanette, who continues to sing and perform in Portland, has touched the hearts of many who’ve recently heard the album for the first time.

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John Coltrane

LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

24,69 €* 25,99 € -5%

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Groove Merchant)

Jimmy McGriff

Fly Dude

14,44 €* 16,99 € -15%

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | US | Original (Jenk-Al-Ron)

Back Street Band

Shake

15,29 €* 16,99 € -10%

Release: US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2012 | EU | Original (Schema)

Timo Lassy

Teddy The Sweeper

7,99 €* 9,99 € -20%

Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First part in the Schema 7" series. No gimmicks needed here, this jazz is cooking.

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Fountains Of Wayne

7" | 2011 | UK | Original (Lojinx)

6,39 €* 7,99 € -20%

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | US | Original (Mississippi)

Fred McDowell

Alan Lomax Recordings

28,49 €* 29,99 € -5%

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2011 | US | Original (Fort Knox)

Empresarios

Sabor Tropical

16,14 €* 18,99 € -15%

Let's Take It To The Stage

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vinyl version of the debut album from this five man collective, based in Washington, DC. Blends downtempo, Latin, dub, house, reggaeton and more. Sophisticated and sexy (as is the cover art). Highly recommended to fans of ESL.

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Funkadelic

LP | US | Reissue (4 Men With Beards)

34,84 €* 40,99 € -15%

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2010 | EU | Original (Record Kicks)

Dojo Cuts

Grand Carnival

9,89 €* 10,99 € -10%

Oh No Vs. Now Again Volume 1

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This double-sider 45 confirms that this band from Down Under is headed straight for the top. On side A’s “Grand Carnival” Dojo get raw n dirty with a killer deep funk groove complete with scratchy guitar, flying horns and some bass action. On the flip, the band provides a more soulful number with a super crossover cut.

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Oh No

CD | 2009 | US | Original (Now-Again)

17,84 €* 20,99 € -15%