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  • Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
    Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
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    What our staff has to say: “Neutral live tape – now reissued on wax via Happiest Place. Disturbing “true industrial” sound. No flexing – akin to throbbing gristle or buried […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • 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
  • Sam Rivers ‎– Contrasts
    Sam Rivers ‎– Contrasts
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    “Dave Holland always described Sam Rivers’ groups as his finishing school. It was Sam who instructed him to play “all the music” – inside, outside, atonal, swing, blues, and all […]

    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
  • Steve Kuhn Quartet – Last Year´s Waltz (Sealed)
    Steve Kuhn Quartet – Last Year´s Waltz (Sealed)
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    “Last Year’s Waltz has everything a great live jazz album should: a present feel, gobs of atmosphere, and, oh yeah, Sheila Jordan. Right off the bat, interplay from Bob Moses […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ‎– Buhaina
    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ‎– Buhaina
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    Early 70’s exploration into soul-jazz from Art Blakey that sounds sample ready. Label: Prestige – PR-10067 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1973

    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
  • Guy Clark ‎– Texas Cookin’ [1976 Original]
    Guy Clark ‎– Texas Cookin’ [1976 Original]
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    “Guy Clark’s sophomore effort sounds more like a party of friends who got together to pick together on a Saturday night that it does a sensitive singer/songwriter outing. Essentially [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • 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
  • Circle ‎– Paris – Concert
    Circle ‎– Paris – Concert
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    “Circle was a band on fire with creativity. Chick Corea and Dave Holland had just left Miles Davis’s band, keen to explore all parameters of new music in an improvised […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ayalew Mesfin ‎– Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death)
    Ayalew Mesfin ‎– Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death)
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    “Ayalew Mesfin stands aside the likes of Mulatu Astake, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hailu Mergia and Alemayehu Eshete as a legend of 1970s Ethiopia. Mesfin’s music is some of the funkiest to […]

    GENRE: International
  • Warmer Milks – Soft Walks
    Warmer Milks – Soft Walks
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    “”…Let’s just say that the year is 2003, and we’re finally meeting the protagonist of this story, a young aspiring post-post-post-punk musician playing guitar (and burning CDRs) [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ornette Coleman ‎– The Empty Foxhole
    Ornette Coleman ‎– The Empty Foxhole
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    “Ornette Coleman’s brief tenure at Blue Note was neither as seminal as his Atlantic output nor as brazenly ambitious as his early-’70s work for Columbia and later with Prime [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Freddie Hubbard – Keep Your Soul Together
    Freddie Hubbard – Keep Your Soul Together
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    “Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s CTI recordings have long been underrated and a bit downgraded by writers who get them confused with his much commercial output for Columbia. For this LP [...]

    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
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral… My Trial
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral… My Trial
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    “Reduced to a quartet for the most part, with Barry Adamson joining Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey and Thomas Wydler on only a couple of tracks, the Bad Seeds […]

    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
  • New Order – Brotherhood
    New Order – Brotherhood
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    “New Order had been so good at integrating synth and guitars (often on the same song) that fans who greeted 1986’s Brotherhood with the realization that it was split into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • 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
  • Eyvind Kang / Tashi Dorji ‎– Mother Of All Saints (Puppet On A String)
    Eyvind Kang / Tashi Dorji ‎– Mother Of All Saints (Puppet On A String)
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    “The second twin in Unrock’s sub-series of actively anti-western music is an ultra-heavyweight. In the worlds of contemporary global avant-art, composition and improvisation, it [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Sunwatchers – Brave Rats
    Sunwatchers – Brave Rats
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    “SUNWATCHERS’ Brave Rats EP (AMI 051) is the band’s third Amish-related release (also see: 3 Characters with Eugene Chadbourne and Arthur Doyle’s First House).  Quick on the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Mighty Sparrow – The Calypso Genius Vol. 1
    Mighty Sparrow – The Calypso Genius Vol. 1
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    “Calypso Genius, one of Sparrow’s best albums, was recorded and released in 1966. The first pressing on the National label sounded terrific. Later that year, after Sparrow won the [...]

    GENRE: International
  • 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
  • Kim Weston – Kim Kim Kim [WLP Stereo – rare variant]
    Kim Weston – Kim Kim Kim [WLP Stereo – rare variant]
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    Kim Weston’s penultimate studio album, featuring Penny Blues. Label: Volt – VOS 6014 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1971 VG/VG. Jacket has a bit of shelf wear, […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Art Ensemble Of Chicago ‎– The Sixth Decade – From Paris To Paris (Live At Sons D’Hiver)
    The Art Ensemble Of Chicago ‎– The Sixth Decade – From Paris To Paris (Live At Sons D’Hiver)
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    “The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, expanding to a chamber orchestra, marks its sixth decade as a vital force on the world music stage with an ear-opening live recording on two […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Greg Foat Group ‎– Girl And Robot With Flowers
    The Greg Foat Group ‎– Girl And Robot With Flowers
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    “It’s been a year since the magnificent ‘Dark Is The Sun’ first enchanted listeners back in 2011, and we’re thrilled to announce the next installment of mesmerizing [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Geoffrey Stoner – Watch Out (quad/promo)
    Geoffrey Stoner – Watch Out (quad/promo)
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    Funky soul-jazz featuring Phillip Upchurch on guitar Label: Ovation Records – OVQD / 1431 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Quad, Promo Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG+. jacket is low end VG+, […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • David Grubbs & Nikos Veliotis – The Harmless Dust (Green Vinyl)
    David Grubbs & Nikos Veliotis – The Harmless Dust (Green Vinyl)
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    “The Harmless Dust is a unique release in the discographies of both David Grubbs and the Athens-based cellist Nikos Veliotis (Mohammad). In 2005 the duo were on tour in the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise