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  • Frank Ocean ‎– Endless (2018 Blonded Pressing)
    Frank Ocean ‎– Endless (2018 Blonded Pressing)
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    “New improved full-dimensional stereo.” Only available for purchase for about one week via Frank Ocean’s website, blonded.co, starting on Cyber Monday, November 27, 2017. Orders [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
    Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
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    Angel Bat Dawid’s International Anthem debut The Oracle introduced her multifaceted voice to the world. The response to its modest, initial cassette/digital release in January of 2019 was [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bevis Frond – Inner Marshland (Purple Vinyl)
    Bevis Frond – Inner Marshland (Purple Vinyl)
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    This is the second album by Nick Saloman, aka the Bevis Frond. Released after the unexpected success of Miasma, it features some of his most enduring tracks including “Eyes in […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Automatic – Is It Now?
    Automatic – Is It Now?
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    The third album from Automatic, Is It Now? sees the Los Angeles trio hone their sound, pairing topical, irreverent lyrics with danceable “deviant pop” songs. Produced by Loren Humphrey (Arctic [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Wet Leg – Moisturizer
    Wet Leg – Moisturizer
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    moisturizer is the bold, second album from Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight five-piece founded by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers. Joined by Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, and Joshua Mobaraki, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Sound-Dust
    Stereolab – Sound-Dust
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    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
    Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
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    Rare Mingus tracks unavailable on vinyl for decades, reassembled as a stand-alone album. The companion album to Incarnations.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Max Roach – We Insist! (Mono)
    Max Roach – We Insist! (Mono)
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    An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of it’s day, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Mingus
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    At the time of this recording, Mingus had been working regularly with the piano-less quartet of Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond. The same group featured on the 1960 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
    Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
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    At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with Columbia Records, notably one of the biggest jazz labels […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Clark Terry – Color Changes
    Clark Terry – Color Changes
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    Color Changes is considered by many to be one of the finest albums by trumpeter and pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, Clark Terry. Rather than have the usual jam […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Yves Tumor – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume  (Yellow Vinyl)
    Yves Tumor – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume (Yellow Vinyl)
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    Yves Tumor reveals a complex intimacy with each album: offering glimpses in familiarizing with Sean Lee Bowie, while simultaneously elevating the beautiful myths and fantasies that embolden our [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
    Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
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    An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of it’s day, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
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    In 1960, celebrated jazz critic Nat Hentoff called Charles Mingus to record a number of sessions for the new Candid label. Mingus was given absolute freedom on these sessions, and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas – K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
    K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas – K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
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    Alhaji K Frimpong’s 1977 Highlife masterpiece, melding traditional Ghanaian musical forms with experimental instrumentation and innovative arrangements. The Black Album expands the electronic [...]

    GENRE: African
  • Lee “Scratch” Perry – Cloak & Dagger
    Lee “Scratch” Perry – Cloak & Dagger
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    “Once again Clocktower bring you the massive and powerful tracks, such as ‘Cloak & Dagger’ DJ style led by King Tubby and Lee Perry. And they’ve also included the slow [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Prince Jazzbo – Ital Corner
    Prince Jazzbo – Ital Corner
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    Clocktower reissue of UK release of Prince Jazzbo’s Natty Passing Thru (1976) with a different tracklist and sleeve. “The full-on Black Ark sound from the Super Ape era. Riddims [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Freddie McGregor – Roots Man Skanking
    Freddie McGregor – Roots Man Skanking
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    “Another breezy old melody returns to the dancehalls in fine fashion with ‘Roots Man Skanking’. The Roots Radics revel in the possibilities, with the keyboards carrying the [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Horace Andy – Pure Rankin
    Horace Andy – Pure Rankin
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    Reissue of this 1979 album, mixed at King Tubby’s Studio. Tracks: “Pure Ranking,” “I’ve Been Around,” “What Eyes Don’t See,” “African [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Bill Orcutt – Another Perfect Day
    Bill Orcutt – Another Perfect Day
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    “Another Perfect Day is Bill Orcutt’s first solo electric guitar record since 2017’s eponymous Bill Orcutt. While that eight-year gap might not seem like a ton of time on the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Triston Palma – Show Case (In A Roots Radics Drum And Bass)
    Triston Palma – Show Case (In A Roots Radics Drum And Bass)
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    “As a man who can see far, I know one day Triston Palma style is gonna reach far, so I — Man Jah Thomas, the music maker from Jamaica, take […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Sly & Robbie Meet King Tubby – Reggae Rasta Dub
    Sly & Robbie Meet King Tubby – Reggae Rasta Dub
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    Recorded at Channel One. Credits: Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Robbie Shakespeare (bass), Hoss Mouth, Sly Dunbar (drums), Earl “Chinna” Smith (guitar), Ossie (organ), Ansel [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Johnny Clarke – Sings In Fine Style
    Johnny Clarke – Sings In Fine Style
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    1975 album from Johnny Clarke. His dread conscious/love song-style graces such tunes as “None Shall Escape the Judgement,” “Enter the Gates,” “Walk Away,” and [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Richard Youngs – Hidden
    Richard Youngs – Hidden
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    The inimitable Richard Youngs returns to Black Truffle with this third full-length for the label, Hidden. Like CXXI (BT 081LP) and Modern Sorrow (BT 101LP, Hidden unfolds across two side-long [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Johnny Osbourne Meets Roots Radics* – 1980 – 1981 “Vintage”
    Johnny Osbourne Meets Roots Radics* – 1980 – 1981 “Vintage”
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    Johnny Osbourne with Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 “Vintage”. Osbourne is one of the most popular Jamaican reggae and dancehall singers of all time. His nickname is the [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Owen Gray – Hit After Hit After Hit
    Owen Gray – Hit After Hit After Hit
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    Originally released in 1984. Personnel: Backing vocals – Owen Gray, Sidney Crooks, Winston Reid; bass – Franklyn Dunn; drums – Jah Bunny; guitar – Locksley Gichie; [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • King Tubby And The Aggrovators – Shalom Dub
    King Tubby And The Aggrovators – Shalom Dub
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    King Tubby and producer Bunny “Striker” Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. After discovering a mistake that was made into a “serious joke” they went on to […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Gregory & Dennis – Blood Brothers
    Gregory & Dennis – Blood Brothers
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    Originally released by RAS in 1994. Recorded and mixed at Leggo Recording Studio Kingston, Jamaica. Blood Brothers review by Jo-Ann Greene: “After the success of 1984’s Two Bad [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters – Eternal Dubs: Chapter 2
    Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters – Eternal Dubs: Chapter 2
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    Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters’ Eternal Dubs Chapter 2 on Clocktower. Tracks: “Brad Draw,” “Clocktower Version,” “Clocktower [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Gregory Isaacs – I.O.U.
    Gregory Isaacs – I.O.U.
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    “Tough personal choices, romantic frustrations, and ‘Jealousy’ are all explored, the latter with the able assistance of Jimmy Cliff. Gussie Clarke again takes the production [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Augustus Pablo – Raggae Hot Rocks Dub
    Augustus Pablo – Raggae Hot Rocks Dub
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    Tracks: “Hot Dub,” “Rockers Rock,” “555 Crown Street,” “Forever Dub,” “Dub in Africa,” “Mount of Olives Dub,” “Dub [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Culture – Good Things
    Culture – Good Things
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    Originally released in 1989. “Culture delivers a stellar album and reinvents the sound of reggae along the way under the guiding hand of member Joseph Hill’s phenomenal arrangements [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Delroy Wilson – Get Ready For Delroy
    Delroy Wilson – Get Ready For Delroy
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    Delroy Wilson (1948-1994), one of Jamaica’s best loved singers. This 1975 album has also been released under the title Sings For I & I. Recorded with the Aggravators; produced by […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Project Undark – Radium Girls
    Project Undark – Radium Girls
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    In the shadow of the nuclear accident in Fukushima in 2011, Japanese musician Phew, artist Erika Kobayashi, and German electronic music pioneer Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) came together [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • Ranking Toyan – Ghetto Man Skank
    Ranking Toyan – Ghetto Man Skank
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    Originally released by Jah Thomas’s Midnight Rock label from Jamaica, in 1982; now repressed by Clocktower. Ranking Toyan was already a seasoned veteran of Kingston’s soundclash [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • King Tubby & Friends – Rod Of Correction Showcase
    King Tubby & Friends – Rod Of Correction Showcase
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    Track by King Tubby and Aggrovators, Tower Unlimited, Rod Taylor, Augustus Pablo, Ossie All Stars, Linval Thompson, Horace Andy, Johnny Clarke, and Johnny Lover. Track Listing: A1. Johnny Lover [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • U-Roy – Hold On Rasta
    U-Roy – Hold On Rasta
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    U-Roy was the only artist to hold simultaneously the top three positions in the Jamaican charts with three consecutive singles. This collection features “Gorgon,” “Hold On [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Airto ‎– Virgin Land
    Airto ‎– Virgin Land
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    An all-star cast accompanies Brazilian percussion master Airto Moreira on this percolating collection of jazz fusion pieces. Produced by drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham, the album locks into [...]

    GENRE: International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Mick Trouble ‎– It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP
    Mick Trouble ‎– It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP
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    Following on from the success of the critics and fans favorite 2019 Debut LP, the maverick tunesmith Mick Trouble returns to the fold with 12 solid “A”s. “It’s Mick [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Power Pop / New Wave
  • The Horace Silver Quintet ‎– Song For My Father
    The Horace Silver Quintet ‎– Song For My Father
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    One of Blue Note’s greatest mainstream hard bop dates, Song for My Father is Horace Silver’s signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics. Silver was […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gershon Kingsley’s First Moog Quartet ‎– First Moog Quartet
    Gershon Kingsley’s First Moog Quartet ‎– First Moog Quartet
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    Gershom Kingsley had Robert Moog build three more synthesizers just so he could pull this thing off. The Moog Quartet played the first live performance of synthesized music at Carnegie […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Jesus Lizard ‎– Shot (Red Vinyl)
    The Jesus Lizard ‎– Shot (Red Vinyl)
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    JL go major. Label: The Billions Corporation – C1-1-36778 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red Translucent Country: US Released: Apr 1996 VG+/VG Sleeve has some noticeable creasing/edgewear

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Yusef Lateef ‎– Jazz ‘Round The World
    Yusef Lateef ‎– Jazz ‘Round The World
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    Yusef Lateef’s first Impulse! date Jazz ‘Round the World anticipates the emerging vogue for global music with a series of impassioned interpretations of traditional ethnic folk songs. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Heldon – II
    Heldon – II
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    Inexplicably, Pinhas repudiated this reissue in a 1992 interview, along with its sequel, It’s Always Rock ‘n’ Roll, as recordings that “did not stand time.” Heldon [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kluster ‎– Klopfzeichen
    Kluster ‎– Klopfzeichen
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    Imagine finding a message in a bottle, forty years after it was dispatched. That is what it feels like when you listen to Kluster’s Klopfzeichen for the first time, mysterious, […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Jah Woosh – Ital Movement
    Jah Woosh – Ital Movement
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    Collection of roots reggae from Neville Beckford aka Jah Woosh.

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Jah Thomas Meets Scientist – In Rock Dub
    Jah Thomas Meets Scientist – In Rock Dub
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    Jah Thomas meets Scientist In Rock Dub. All titles written by Nkrumah Manley Thomas. 14 dub tracks, featuring the Roots Radics. MIxed by Scientist. Originally released 1996.

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • King Tubby – Crazy Bald Head Dub
    King Tubby – Crazy Bald Head Dub
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    Previously available in the 3LP box on Clocktower (CT 8388LP), now available as a single LP for the first time. Dubs from the 60s/70s. Bass: Robert Shakespear alias Robbie/George Fulwood […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • V/A – Rockers Almighty Dub
    V/A – Rockers Almighty Dub
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    “… has some of the hardest Roots Rockers Rhythm and mixed with Ghetto Dance Style in mind. The result, incredible sound and fantastic effects and Dubwise Like Dirt.”

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Kreidler – Early Recordings 1994-95
    Kreidler – Early Recordings 1994-95
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    While working in Berlin Wedding at andereBaustelle studio on their upcoming album – scheduled for release in May 2026 on Bureau B – Kreidler found also time to dig deep […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk