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  • Pax Nicholas And The Nettey Family – Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef
    Pax Nicholas And The Nettey Family – Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef
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    Nicholas Addo-Nettey became a full member of Fela´s legendary band Africa 70 as a conga player and background singer in 1971. The first record he appeared on was Lady Shakara […]

    GENRE: International
  • T.R. Mahalingam – Flûte En Concert – Inde Du Sud
    T.R. Mahalingam – Flûte En Concert – Inde Du Sud
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    “Intégrale du concert enregisstrée le 1er décembre 1978 à la Maison de la Culture de Rennes” Label: Stil – 0112 S 78 0212 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album, Boxset Country: France […]

    GENRE: International
  • Mohamed Abdel Wahab – The White Rose
    Mohamed Abdel Wahab – The White Rose
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    Mohamed Abdel Wahab’s soundtrack to the film The White Rose. Label: El Ahram – SLPN 185 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo Country: US Released: VG+/VG+, with light marks & wear.

    GENRE: International
  • Françoise Hardy – Françoise Hardy
    Françoise Hardy – Françoise Hardy
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    Solid compilation of Françoise’s 70’s tracks Label: Pathe – 2C 068-72172 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: France Released: 1980 VG+/VG.

    GENRE: International
  • Kalyanji Anandji – Don (Bollywood)
    Kalyanji Anandji – Don (Bollywood)
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    Funky & sample-ready Bollywood music. Label: His Master’s Voice – 45 NLP 1011 Format: Vinyl, LP, 45RPM Country: India Released: VG+/VG. Thin Indian import jacket, has spine split [...]

    GENRE: International, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Bhimsen Joshi – Abhangwani
    Bhimsen Joshi – Abhangwani
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    Marathi devotional songs by various saint, played by Bhimsen Joshi Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD 2793 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1977 VG+/VG with some light marks & [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Ustad Ali Akbar Khan – Pre-Dawn To Sunrise Ragas
    Ustad Ali Akbar Khan – Pre-Dawn To Sunrise Ragas
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    Ali Akbar Khan at his most tranquil and meditative Label: Connoisseur Society – CS 1967 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo Country: US Released: VG/VG+

    GENRE: International
  • Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
    Marir Tayeb – Oued Mila Demat Aini
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    Algerian Gasba music. Label: SAR – SAR 1127 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: G+/Gen. Noticeable popping and surface noise on some rotations, particularly A-side.

    GENRE: International
  • Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
    Mohamed Tounsi – Alah Maana / Rihat Leblad
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    Tunisian Folk music Label: El Kadra – EKA 250 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Tunisia Released: VG/Gen. Low end VG with some noticeable surface noise and label wear. No pic sleeve.

    GENRE: International
  • Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
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    Radio Topo #021   Born from the rich musical heritage of the Berber people, the music of Algeria is as diverse as Algerian culture itself. While primarily associated with Rai, […]

    GENRE: International
  • The Good Samaritans – No Food Without Taste If By Hunger
    The Good Samaritans – No Food Without Taste If By Hunger
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    “Put your dancing shoes and be ready to kill the dancefloor, the intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk from Benin City, Nigeria is back. Following the planetary success of […]

    GENRE: International, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Rachid Mesbahi – Yama Aazizene
    Rachid Mesbahi – Yama Aazizene
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: La Voix Du Globe – VDG 103.185 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM, Single Country: France Released: undated VG+/Gen. Some light marks & some surface noise, but [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Slimane Azem – Diminou / Our Irouh Our Yeqime
    Slimane Azem – Diminou / Our Irouh Our Yeqime
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    Algerian Chaabi music. Label: La Voix Du Globe – 101 973 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: 1972 G+/Gen. Noticeable light marks & surface noise throughout both sides. No [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Jeanette – Errayeh Goulou
    Jeanette – Errayeh Goulou
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    Algerian Chaabi Label: Oasis Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: Algeria G+/Generic

    GENRE: International
  • Slimane Azem – Baba Ghayou
    Slimane Azem – Baba Ghayou
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: Pathe Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45RPM Country: France Released: A side plays VG, B plays G+

    GENRE: International
  • Boutaïba Saïdi* – El Koubida (warp, plays through)
    Boutaïba Saïdi* – El Koubida (warp, plays through)
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    Label: Sawt-Hilali – SH 142 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: France Genre: Folk, World, & Country   Large warp, plays through but is noticeable for a few rotations. No […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Atmani-  Atsane Athatchali
    Atmani- Atsane Athatchali
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: Oasis Disques Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: France Released: VG/Gen.

    GENRE: International
  • Slimane Azem – Azguer Yakel Egmas / Lahbab Elouaktha
    Slimane Azem – Azguer Yakel Egmas / Lahbab Elouaktha
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    Algerian Kabyle music. Label: Pathe 45 804 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: France Released: VG/Gen.

    GENRE: International
  • Kel. Putra Bali Purantara Jogjakarta* – Gending2 Tarian Bali
    Kel. Putra Bali Purantara Jogjakarta* – Gending2 Tarian Bali
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    Ethnographic field recordings of Balinese cultural ceremonial music. Label: Lokananta Records – BRD-020 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Indonesia Released: 1969 VG+/VG with Old store sticker. Some [...]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Rock Rendez Vous: M​ú​sica Moderna Portuguesa 1985​-​1986
    V/A – Rock Rendez Vous: M​ú​sica Moderna Portuguesa 1985​-​1986
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    The seductive sounds of Portugal swing to Dark Entries on Rock Rendez Vous: Música Moderna Portuguesa 1985-1986, a compilation of vintage Iberian synth, wave, and postpunk gems. The legendary [...]

    GENRE: International, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth, Techno / House / Electronic
  • V/A – Backup Expediente Tecno Pop
    V/A – Backup Expediente Tecno Pop
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    On Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop, Dark Entries brings us 10 divergent tracks of Mexican electronics from 1980-1989, full of skittering analog drum boxes and saucy synthesizer hooks. 8 of […]

    GENRE: International, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut
    Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut
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    In 1968, while he was also the leader of the Military Music Departments in Heliopolis, Salah Ragab formed the first jazz big band in Egypt, The Cairo Jazz Band. Some […]

    GENRE: International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Japan: New Psychedelic Underground
    Japan: New Psychedelic Underground
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    Recorded live at Seikazoku, Nagoya on July 20-21, 1996. Label: Manifatture Criminali – bob 107/indigo 4157-2 Format: CD, Compilation Country: Germany Released: VG+/VG+ with small crack in case [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International
  • Eiichi Ohtaki ? Niagara CM Special Vol. 2
    Eiichi Ohtaki ? Niagara CM Special Vol. 2
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    City Pop 12″ with some solid melodies and grooves Label: Niagara Records – 15AH 1515 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Mini-Album Country: Japan Released: 1982 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: International, Rock / Pop
  • Fantastic Tchico* ? Mon Enfant
    Fantastic Tchico* ? Mon Enfant
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    Folk/pop from the Republic Of Congo Label: Pili-Pili – AC-10012 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 1984 VG+/VG+ with some wear to sleeve. Includes liner.  

    GENRE: International
  • Nyboma* Et L’Orchestre Les Kamal? Dynamiques Du Za?re* ? Doubl? Doubl?
    Nyboma* Et L’Orchestre Les Kamal? Dynamiques Du Za?re* ? Doubl? Doubl?
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    Stellar Soukous music from Zaire Label: Pili-Pili – AC10006 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 1984 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: International
  • Morio Agata ? Zipangu Boy
    Morio Agata ? Zipangu Boy
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    Hosono produced experimental, psychedelic pop album. Label: Phillips – FW-8001~2 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG with a seam split. Includes liner.  

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 2
    Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 2
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    On August 26, 1971, the Fania All Stars electrified the Cheetah Club stage in New York, causing a salsa-induced delirium that not only defined their career, but the salsa genre. […]

    GENRE: International
  • Willie Colon – The Hustler
    Willie Colon – The Hustler
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    In 1964, a young musician from the Dominican Republic by the name of Johnny Pacheco teamed up with ambitious Italian-American lawyer Jerry Masucci for the creation of a record label […]

    GENRE: International
  • Ralfi Pagan – With Love
    Ralfi Pagan – With Love
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    Craft Recordings present a remastered vinyl reissue of With Love, one of the most transcendental Latin Soul LPs in the history of the genre. Released in 1971, just as Latin […]

    GENRE: International
  • Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 1 (Colored Vinyl)
    Fania All Stars – Live at the Cheetah: Vol. 1 (Colored Vinyl)
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    On August 26, 1971, the Fania All Stars electrified the Cheetah Club stage in New York, causing a salsa-induced delirium that not only defined their career, but also the salsa […]

    GENRE: International
  • Ray Barretto – Que Viva La Musica
    Ray Barretto – Que Viva La Musica
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    Que Viva La Música just turned 50 and features Ray Barretto at his peak of the “Hard Salsa” era. The album contains the track “Cocinando” from the famed documentary Our [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
    Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
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    Nowhere is the richness of Balinese art more evident than in the glitteringly brilliant music and dance of gamelan gong kebjar, which uses a 25-piece orchestra of xylophone-like bronze-keyed [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Lumumba – Lumumba
    Lumumba – Lumumba
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    Heavy & underrated afrobeat dancefloor jammer. Label: A & M Records – SP-3610 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1974 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: International
  • Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth​-​Pop, Boogie & House (1982​-​1992)
    Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth​-​Pop, Boogie & House (1982​-​1992)
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    The 21 track selection curated by Trujillo, a Venezuelan producer, DJ and record collector based in Berlin, explores the forgotten corners of the 1980s and early 90s Spanish music scene. […]

    GENRE: International
  • Arundhati Bhaumik, Hemant Kumar ? Devotion and Love
    Arundhati Bhaumik, Hemant Kumar ? Devotion and Love
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    Stellar and obscure Indian classical album. Label: Oriental Records – BGRP 1047 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG+, sleeve still in shrink with light marks & wear

    GENRE: International
  • Os Mutantes – A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado (White Vinyl)
    Os Mutantes – A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado (White Vinyl)
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    2023 repress. Originally released in 1970 this was the third album from Os Mutantes, the geniuses of wacked out Brazilian psychedelic rock. They may have been trying to pay homage […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International
  • V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
    V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
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    Four essential cuts from Ghana & Cape Verde, compiled by Arp Frique… Music is a great connector, bringing people together in many ways. On his journey in music so far, […]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Afro Exotique 2: Further Adventures In The Leftfield Africa 1975-87
    V/A – Afro Exotique 2: Further Adventures In The Leftfield Africa 1975-87
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    After “Afro Exotique – Adventures In The Leftfield, Africa 1972-88” was enthusiastically embraced by heads, collectors and core Africa Seven enthusiasts alike, we dived back [...]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – YORUBA! Songs and Rhythms for the Yoruba Gods in Nigeria
    V/A – YORUBA! Songs and Rhythms for the Yoruba Gods in Nigeria
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    Soul Jazz Records latest album Yoruba! Songs and Rhythms for the Yoruba Gods in Nigeria is newly recorded in Lagos, Nigeria. The album is co-produced by Soul Jazz Records label […]

    GENRE: International
  • Tom Zé – The Hips Of Tradition – Brazil 5: The Return Of Tom Zé
    Tom Zé – The Hips Of Tradition – Brazil 5: The Return Of Tom Zé
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    “Tom Zé continues to feed off of these conflicts in Brazilian life. His music reflects an acute awareness of what is going on. You can hear it without understanding the […]

    GENRE: International
  • Tom Zé – Brazil Classics 4: The Best Of Tom Zé
    Tom Zé – Brazil Classics 4: The Best Of Tom Zé
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    “Tom Zé continues to feed off of these conflicts in Brazilian life. His music reflects an acute awareness of what is going on. You can hear it without understanding the […]

    GENRE: International
  • Baad John Cross – New Revolution Chapter 1
    Baad John Cross – New Revolution Chapter 1
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    Baad John Cross’s New Revolution is a Afro-electro-funk-boogie-disco banger that could only come from 1980s Nigeria. Bright, optimistic, with an unrelenting eye on the dance floor, it is regarded [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Black Children Sledge Funk Group – Love Is Fair (RSD Italy)
    Black Children Sledge Funk Group – Love Is Fair (RSD Italy)
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    INDIE EXCLUSIVE, RSD ITALY APRIL RELEASE. Nigerian classic, Black Children Sledge Funk Group’s 1976 debut album is full of positive vibrations and feel-good grooves. A sunny blend of Reggae [...]

    GENRE: International
  • João De Bruçó, R.H. Jackson – Caracol
    João De Bruçó, R.H. Jackson – Caracol
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    First time reissue of Caracol. Brazilian underground music in the 1980s produced fascinating and mysterious records, where organic and regional percussion finally gained electronic and synthetic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, International
  • Cinema – S/T
    Cinema – S/T
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    First time vinyl reissue. 1985 was one of the most important years in Brazil’s recent history, when the country was freed from more than 20 years of military dictatorship. The […]

    GENRE: International
  • Nahawa Doumbia – Kanawa
    Nahawa Doumbia – Kanawa
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    Nahawa Doumbia’s new album Kanawa concisely captures this current moment in Malian history. The singer, whose storied career spans more than four decades, reflects on the immigration crisis from [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane
    Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane
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    Sweet and sublime school recordings from elementary school group in Northern Niger from the 1980s. All-girl group accompanied by their instructor on the guitar, recalling Guinean folk and early [...]

    GENRE: International