April 12th Newsletter
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  • Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch! [1975 pressing]
    Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch! [1975 pressing]
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    “This article originally appeared in The Wire 11 (January 1995). The American poet Robert Frost once likened free verse to playing tennis with the net down. Jazz probably has more […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • David Murray – Ming’s Samba
    David Murray – Ming’s Samba
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    Although David Murray had already recorded a countless number of sessions as a leader by the late 1980’s, Ming’s Samba was his first on a large American label. Using an […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Krystall Klear And The Buells – Ready For The 90’s
    Krystall Klear And The Buells – Ready For The 90’s
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    “Four of the five selections on this LP have some adventurous playing from a quartet consisting of tenor saxophonist Marty Krystall, trumpeter Warren Gale, bassist Buell Neidlinger and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bob Dylan – Empire Burlesque
    Bob Dylan – Empire Burlesque
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    Mid 80s Dylan genius at work. A “he’s back” album if there ever was one. Infidels was great too. I’m no hater. DARK EYES. Label: Columbia – FC 40110 Format: […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • McDonald And Giles ‎– McDonald And Giles
    McDonald And Giles ‎– McDonald And Giles
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    Following the meltdown of the original King Crimson lineup, Ian McDonald and Michael Giles brought brother Peter Giles back, which helps to account, in some ways, for the resemblance of […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
    Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
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    “After a steady decline in both inspiration, mental stability, and commercial appeal throughout the second half of the ’70s, metal icons Black Sabbath were reborn with 1980’s [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • The Damned – Damned Damned Damned [2022 repress]
    The Damned – Damned Damned Damned [2022 repress]
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    Easily one of the most energized riff heavy punk records of all time. Unbeatable. Label: BMG – BMGAA01LP Series: The Art Of The Album Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 2022 […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sun Ra – The Magic City
    Sun Ra – The Magic City
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    “The boundaries of Sun Ra’s self-proclaimed “space jazz” underwent a transformation in the mid-’60s. The Magic City is an aural snapshot of that metamorphic process. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Black Sabbath – Born Again
    Black Sabbath – Born Again
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    Regularly heralded as a flop meet up of Sabbath & Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan, I think Born Again rocks. The weird 80s production doesn’t help my case at all, […]

    GENRE: Metal, Rock / Pop
  • Lee Morgan ‎– Search For The New Land (1973 Stereo)
    Lee Morgan ‎– Search For The New Land (1973 Stereo)
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    “All that seriousness and intensity is embodied in the album’s mesmerising title track, which, at nearly 16 minutes long, takes up most of the first side. From its opening moments, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • R.E.M. ‎– Document
    R.E.M. ‎– Document
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    “R.E.M. began to move toward mainstream record production on Lifes Rich Pageant, but they didn’t have a commercial breakthrough until the following year’s Document. Ironically, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
    Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
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    Pretty vacant… Label: Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3147, Virgin – BSK 3147 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Jacksonville Pressing Country: US Released: Nov 11, 1977 VG/VG [Some pretty large scuff [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Herbie Hancock ‎– Man-Child
    Herbie Hancock ‎– Man-Child
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    “Perhaps the funkiest album of Herbie Hancock’s early- to mid-’70s jazz/funk/fusion era, Man-Child starts off with the unforgettable “Hang Up Your Hang Ups,” and the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chet Baker ‎– Chet Baker Sings (Japanese Pressing)
    Chet Baker ‎– Chet Baker Sings (Japanese Pressing)
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    “As Gerald Heard’s liner notes point out, it’s difficult to decide whether Chet Baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet. When the 24-year-old [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Karate ‎– The Bed Is In The Ocean (Splatter Vinyl)
    Karate ‎– The Bed Is In The Ocean (Splatter Vinyl)
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    “Karate’s third full-length album showcases the Massachusetts’ quartet’s knack for simple indie rock instrumentation and emo-esque lyrics. “The Same Stars” [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Adverts ‎– Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts [Green vinyl]
    The Adverts ‎– Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts [Green vinyl]
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    “A devastating debut, one of the finest albums not only of the punk era, but of the 1970s as a whole, Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts was the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Scorpions – In Trance
    Scorpions – In Trance
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    “The Scorpions’ third release, In Trance, continues to display their high-energy music, which is impossible to ignore. With the eyebrow-lifting “Dark Lady” as the opening [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Sekou Batourou Kouyaté – Et Sa Cora (180g Reissue)
    Sekou Batourou Kouyaté – Et Sa Cora (180g Reissue)
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    This definitive example of Malian kora playing, by the legendary and influential Sekou Batourou Kouyaté was recorded in 1976, and has been digitally remastered for the first time, allowing the [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Lee Perry & Diggory Kenrick ‎– The Antisnake
    Lee Perry & Diggory Kenrick ‎– The Antisnake
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    Killer 10′ from Mr Perry and Diggory Kenrick. Rhythm is ‘Long Way’ by Junior Byles. Four cuts and the 2 on the flipside are particularly nice. Label: Pressure Sounds – […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Max Roach – Confirmation
    Max Roach – Confirmation
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    Label: Fluid Records (4) – FLUID 103 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1978 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: VG   Recorded 10.6.1978 at the studio Sysmo Records

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Hank Mobley ‎– Straight No Filter
    Hank Mobley ‎– Straight No Filter
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    “Straight No Filter finds tenor Hank Mobley in several settings from the mid-’60s, each of them excellent. The overall roster is quite impressive, starting with the first set which [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues
    Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues
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    “Galveston gal, Esther Phillips, was a teenage R&B sensation in the 1950s (when she went under the name ‘Little Esther’) but reinvented herself as a raspy-voiced blues/jazz song stylist [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Paulinho Da Costa ‎– Happy People
    Paulinho Da Costa ‎– Happy People
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    “Whomever the real Paulinho DaCosta is, there isn’t any doubt that he was heavily plugged into the American R&B hitmaking mode when this, one of his few albums as a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • James Brown – Sings Out Of Sight
    James Brown – Sings Out Of Sight
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    “Brown actually recorded this album in 1964, during his brief alliance with Smash; a court injunction from King Records prevented its release at the time, and it wasn’t issued until [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Brother Jack McDuff ‎– Walk On By
    Brother Jack McDuff ‎– Walk On By
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    Soulful and groovy organ-jazz led by the master, Brother Jack McDuff. Label: Prestige – PRST 7476 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1966 VG+/VG+. Light marks, some sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Brother Jack McDuff – Tobacco Road
    Brother Jack McDuff – Tobacco Road
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    “Brother Jack McDuff recorded an enormous number of albums during the ’60s, so it can be difficult to figure out where to start digging a little deeper into his output […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Michael Howell – Looking Glass (promo)
    Michael Howell – Looking Glass (promo)
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    Underrated Milestone soul-jazz chiller, features the incredibly slinky Through The Looking Glass. Label: Milestone – M-9048 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ray Brown – Something For Lester
    Ray Brown – Something For Lester
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    “This excellent trio session forms a sort of transition between bassist Ray Brown’s work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and his own small-group sessions of the ’80s and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ornette Coleman and Prime Time – Opening The Caravan Of Dreams
    Ornette Coleman and Prime Time – Opening The Caravan Of Dreams
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    “Ornette Coleman’s innovative Prime Time band is heard at the peak of its powers on this LP from the small Caravan of Dream label. The altoist/leader is the main voice […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nina Simone – Nina Simone With Strings (Promo)
    Nina Simone – Nina Simone With Strings (Promo)
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    “Nina Simone has been the subject of countless accolades. She has, over the years, become one of the best known interpreters of songs, both on records and well as in […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • John Coltrane ‎– Blue Train (French DMM Reissue)
    John Coltrane ‎– Blue Train (French DMM Reissue)
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    “Although never formally signed, an oral agreement between John Coltrane and Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion was indeed honored on Blue Train — Coltrane’s only collection [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Evans With Jeremy Steig ‎– What’s New (Sealed)
    Bill Evans With Jeremy Steig ‎– What’s New (Sealed)
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    “This LP has the debut of drummer Marty Morell with Bill Evans and bassist Eddie Gomez, and this particular trio would retain the same personnel for six productive years. Actually, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charlie Mariano – Mirror
    Charlie Mariano – Mirror
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    Solidly psychedelic jazz-funk that features vocals by Asha Puthli Label: Atlantic – SD 1608 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1972 VG+/VG. Sawcut and sleeve discoloration. Large [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus (Mono, check condition, plays w/noise)
    Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus (Mono, check condition, plays w/noise)
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    “Having completed what he (and many critics) regarded as his masterwork in The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Charles Mingus’ next sessions for Impulse found him looking back over [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – Vibrations
    Albert Ayler – Vibrations
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    “Vibrations is the second album released by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler’s quartet featuring Don Cherry, Gary Peacock and Sonny Murray. The album was recorded in Copenhagen [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Harold Land ‎– A New Shade Of Blue
    Harold Land ‎– A New Shade Of Blue
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    “Recorded in 1971 in Los Angeles, A New Shade of Blue by Harold Land was produced by Bob Shad. The album is nothing but a Harold Land – Bobby Hutcherson […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Stepney ‎– Step On Step (Gold Vinyl)
    Charles Stepney ‎– Step On Step (Gold Vinyl)
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    “International Anthem is proud to present ‘Step on Step’, a double LP collection of home recordings marking the de-facto eponymous debut album by enigmatic producer, arranger, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Animals With Sonny Boy Williamson – S/T [1985 Portugese Import]
    The Animals With Sonny Boy Williamson – S/T [1985 Portugese Import]
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    The Animals back the legendary bluesman on this early live set. Label: Charly Records – LP 10027 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Portugal Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Blues
  • Darius Jones ‎– Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye)
    Darius Jones ‎– Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye)
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    “Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) is the powerful new work by composer & alto saxophonist Darius Jones. His tremendous artistic strengths are to the fore here in a fully […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane ‎– Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (180g Reissue)
    Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane ‎– Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (180g Reissue)
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    “Originally released in 1963 on Prestige, Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane features Burrell and Coltrane alongside Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb playing across 5 tracks. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Darius Jones ‎– fLuXkit Vancouver (i​̶​t​̶​s suite but sacred)
    Darius Jones ‎– fLuXkit Vancouver (i​̶​t​̶​s suite but sacred)
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    “A radiant manifesto of artistic freedom, fLuXkit Vancouver (i̶t̶s suite but sacred) brings together a composition in four movements written and performed by Jones on alto saxophone, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Amiri Baraka, Leroi Jones With David Murray And Steve McCall ‎– New Music – New Poetry
    Amiri Baraka, Leroi Jones With David Murray And Steve McCall ‎– New Music – New Poetry
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    “A reading of AMIRI BARAKA of his poetry with DAVID MURRAY on tenor sax and bass clarinet and STEVE McCALL on drums. Recorded in performance at Soundscape in New York […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Freddie McCoy ‎– Lonely Avenue
    Freddie McCoy ‎– Lonely Avenue
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    Vibraphone-led soul-jazz smoker on Prestige. Label: Prestige – PR 7395 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1965 VG/VG. High end VG, with light marks. Sleeve has some [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Billy Higgins – Soweto
    Billy Higgins – Soweto
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    “Higgins hasn’t been a bandleader on many sessions; this date was one of those rare times, as he headed a quartet on this release for the Italian Red label. Higgins […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joe Farrell ‎– Penny Arcade
    Joe Farrell ‎– Penny Arcade
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    “Joe Farrell gained his greatest fame with his popular string of CTI recordings. For this set, he performs three of his originals, guitarist Joe Beck’s “Penny Arcade,” and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nick Cave Featuring The Bad Seeds* – From Her To Eternity
    Nick Cave Featuring The Bad Seeds* – From Her To Eternity
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    “Nick Cave launched his solo career in style with From Her to Eternity, an accomplished album mixing the frenzy and power of his Birthday Party days with a dank, moody […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Ramones – It’s Alive (Japanese Pressing)
    Ramones – It’s Alive (Japanese Pressing)
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    “No band so richly deserved the adjective “unrelenting” as the Ramones, especially on-stage. On their studio albums, the Ramones occasionally threw in some overdubs and [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Joseph Allred – New Jerusalem
    Joseph Allred – New Jerusalem
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    “Joseph Allred isn’t sure how many albums they have released. It is thought to be in the neighborhood of twenty-two, not counting collaborations, digital only, and split releases. Most of [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • John Cage Meets Sun Ra – The Complete Concert • June 8, 1986 • Coney Island, NY  (Clear Vinyl)
    John Cage Meets Sun Ra – The Complete Concert • June 8, 1986 • Coney Island, NY (Clear Vinyl)
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    “If you were going to envision the ultimate avant-garde meeting-of-the-minds jam session, who would you pick? Even the most hopeful fan of strange and innovative music couldn’t have [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sam Prekop and John McEntire ‎– Sons Of (White Vinyl)
    Sam Prekop and John McEntire ‎– Sons Of (White Vinyl)
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    “Sam Prekop and John McEntire are two artists, who together and as individuals, have expanded the definition of rock. Each is acclaimed for their singular musical voice and for their sonic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise