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Tintern Abbey – Beeside – The Anthology (Purple Vinyl)
$50.00 | 2xLP, Vinyl Add to cartThe biggest British psych find of the century! Think that’s hyperbole? Well, of the 24 tracks on this collection, the only two to be previously issued on vinyl, “Beeside” b/w […]
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Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
$26.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartIn an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and “godfather of black cinema” Melvin Van Peebles only made one studio film. 1970’s Watermelon Man shattered [...]
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East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
$26.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe only conceivable reason this 1973 album isn’t generally recognized as a soul-funk classic is because it came out on Bernard Purdie’s Encounter label, which mustered only five LP [...]
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George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
$25.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThis soul-funk nugget, released in the early ’70s on the uber-collectible Maple label, qualifies as a major find based on George Scott’s Wilson Pickett-meets-James-Brown vocal [...]
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Julian, Don and The Larks – Super Slick (Blue Vinyl)
$25.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartOne of the holy grails of ‘70s soul-funk collectors finally gets a proper reissue (and yes, original copies of this 1974 release on the Money label will cost you a […]
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Brief Encounter – Introducing (Smoky Mountain Vinyl)
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartIf you own a copy of this 1977 release on legendary Nashville deejay John Richbourg’s Seventy-Seven Records label, then you are on your way to amassing generational wealth! But it’s […]
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Little Willie John – The Complete R&B Hit Singles (Yellow “Fever” Vinyl)
$25.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartDiminutive in size but gigantic in stature, Little Willie John was a genuine architect of soul. Along with Clyde McPhatter, Ray Charles, and Sam Cooke, the visionary singer stood at […]
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Booker T. & the MG’s – The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 1 (1962-1967) (Red Vinyl)
$40.00 | 2xLP, Vinyl Add to cartWith apologies to groups like The Meters, Bar-Kays, and Average White Band, when it comes to all-time great instrumental R&B bands, for most folks Booker T. & the MG’s represent […]
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Man – Revelation (Purple Vinyl)
$26.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartLike most concept” albums of the period Man’s 1969 debut release was a little short on continuity and well concept but who cares when in the space of one wildly […]
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Tim Buckley – The Dream Belongs to Me (Gold Vinyl)
$38.00 | 2xLP, Vinyl Add to cartOf all the singer-songwriters to emerge from the ‘60s, Tim Buckley was the most difficult to pigeonhole. Was his music folk? Rock? Jazz? Even R&B? The answer was, of course, […]
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Dandy – Dandy Returns (Orange Vinyl)
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartDandy is Robert Livingstone Thompson a.k.a. Dandy Livingstone, the Jamaican British songwriter performer producer responsible for the hits Suzanne, Beware of the Devil, Rudy, A Message to You [...]
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Kool & The Gang – S/T (Purple Vinyl)
$25.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe 1970 debut album from Kool and the Gang scored a couple of hits with “The Gangs Back Again” and the title cut, but more importantly, it heralded the arrival […]
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Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn & Zoot Sims / Blues and Haikus (100th Birthday) (Tobacco Tan Vinyl)
$30.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartJust like its predecessor, Poetry for the Beat Generation, legendary beatnik writer Jack Kerouac’s second album, Blues and Haikus, teamed him with producer Bob Thiele and came out on Thiele’s [...]
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Bonniwell Music Machine – S/T (Olive Green Vinyl)
$25.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe music business is replete with stories of outsized talents who, due to label mismanagement, misguided career advice, or just plain bad luck, never got their due. But the story […]
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Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer (Hot Pink Vinyl)
$35.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThough the lyrics to its big hit, “F**k You,” were decidedly NOT something you would hear on a classic soul record, in many ways Cee Lo Green’s 2010 album The […]
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Savage Republic – Tragic Figures (40th Anniversary, Expanded, Red Vinyl)
$45.00 | 2xLP, Vinyl Add to cartWelcome to the world’s first (and only) post-punk-industrial-trance-psychedelic-surf album! The fact that it took us so many adjectives to describe Tragic Figures lets you know just how unique of [...]
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Kellee Patterson – Maiden Voyage
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartAs purportedly the first Black-owned jazz imprint since the ‘20s, the Black Jazz label had its roots in the Black Power movement of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. But […]
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Walter Bishop Jr. – Coral Keys
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe first release on Black Jazz was by pianist and label producer Gene Russell; for the label’s second release, Russell chose another piano man of impeccable taste, Walter Bishop, Jr. […]
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Calvin Keys – Shawn-Neeq
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartCalvin Keys’s 1971 debut album for the Black Jazz Records label announced the arrival of a new star in the jazz guitar firmament. Keys had spent the ‘60s backing up […]
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Calvin Keys – Proceed With Caution
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartBay Area jazz guitar legend Calvin Keys released his debut solo record, Shawn-Neeq, in 1971, and it remains one of the most beloved albums on the Black Jazz label. But […]
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Doug Carn – Revelation
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartAside from McCoy Tyner’s “Contemplation,” John Coltrane’s “Naima,” and René McLean sic McClean’s “Jihad,” Doug Carn himself takes the composing reins on this masterful 1973 release, which further [...]
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Chester Thompson – Powerhouse
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWith long-standing stints in Tower of Power and Santana, Chester Thompson just might be the most decorated and distinguished keyboardist in all of rock and R&B, let alone of the […]
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Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartIn between acting as Producer on all of the Black Jazz label releases, keyboardist Gene Russell also cut two fine albums for the imprint, of which this is the second, […]
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Rudolph Johnson – Spring Rain
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartColumbus, Ohio’s Rudolph Johnson drew comparisons to John Coltrane during his career; like the jazz legend in his later years, Johnson eschewed drugs or alcohol and spent his time every […]
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Cleveland Eaton – Plenty Good Eaton
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe jazz world lost a true legend when bassist Cleveland Eaton passed away in the Summer of 2020. This 1975 album, one of the real gems in the hallowed Black […]
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Roland Haynes – 2nd Wave
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThis 1975 album is one of a kind in lots of ways. First, it’s keyboardist Roland Haynes’ only album. But more importantly, Second Wave has a sound—and line-up—unlike pretty much […]
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Doug Carn – Adam’s Apple
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartDoug Carn made four records for the Black Jazz label, more than any other artist, and each one topped the previous release’s lofty standard. Adam’s Apple was his last (1974) […]
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Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe album title is apt, as this was saxman Rudolph Johnson’s second album for the Black Jazz label (and this reissue marks only the second time this 1973 album has […]
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Walter Bishop, Jr’s 4th Cycle – Keeper Of My Soul
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartKeyboardist Walter Bishop, Jr. recorded the second album released by the Black Jazz label, Coral Keys, a masterpiece of Blue Note-style atmospherics infused with ‘70s soul-jazz. But a mere two [...]
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Henry Franklin – The Skipper
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThough it’s hard to pick a winner among the estimable Black Jazz catalog, this 1972 release from bassist Henry “The Skipper” Franklin would have to be near the top of […]
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Henry Franklin – The Skipper At Home
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Total free jazz explosion” – Kobe Bassist Henry Franklin’s 1972 release for Black Jazz, The Skipper, is one of the highlights in a label […]
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The Deviants – #3
$26.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe Deviants were the closest thing the ’60s British rock scene had to The Mothers of Invention, with a Stooges-like fondness for fuzz guitar freakouts thrown in. And playing the […]
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Bobby Patterson – It’s Just A Matter Of Time
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartIf this 1972 record for the Paula label was the sum total of Dallas, Texas soul man Bobby Patterson’s career output, then he’d still be reckoned a cult figure among […]
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Gene Russell – New Direction
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe first album released by the most sought-after label, bar none, among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz, it was only […]
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Errol Dunkley – Darling Ooh
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartErrol Dunkley was an early reggae star and one of the youngest, recording his first side (“My Queen”) at the age of 12 for Prince Buster in 1964 and scoring […]
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Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
$24.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartOf all the artists who recorded for the Black Jazz label, keyboardist and composer Doug Carn was the most prolific, releasing four albums for the imprint. 1972’s Spirit of the […]