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  • Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    As the man who basically brought the conga into the modern age with his innovative multi-percussion set-ups and tunable congas, and as a former member of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
    The Doug Carn Trio – The Doug Carn Trio LP
    $33.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    Keyboardist/composer Doug Carn was the biggest star on the legendary Black Jazz Records label, with four releases to his credit (all reissued by us at Real Gone Music), and remains […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Tintern Abbey – Beeside – The Anthology (Purple Vinyl)
    Tintern Abbey – Beeside – The Anthology (Purple Vinyl)
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    The 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 […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
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    In 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 [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
    East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
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    The 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 [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
    George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
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    This 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 [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Man – Revelation (Purple Vinyl)
    Man – Revelation (Purple Vinyl)
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    Like 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 […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tim Buckley – The Dream Belongs to Me (Gold Vinyl)
    Tim Buckley – The Dream Belongs to Me (Gold Vinyl)
    $38.00 | , Add to cart

    Of 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, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Bonniwell Music Machine – S/T (Olive Green Vinyl)
    Bonniwell Music Machine – S/T (Olive Green Vinyl)
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    The 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 […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Rock / Pop
  • Kellee Patterson – Maiden Voyage
    Kellee Patterson – Maiden Voyage
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    As 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Calvin Keys – Proceed With Caution
    Calvin Keys – Proceed With Caution
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    Bay 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chester Thompson – Powerhouse
    Chester Thompson – Powerhouse
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    With 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady
    Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady
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    In 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, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rudolph Johnson – Spring Rain
    Rudolph Johnson – Spring Rain
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    Columbus, 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cleveland Eaton – Plenty Good Eaton
    Cleveland Eaton – Plenty Good Eaton
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    The 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Roland Haynes – 2nd Wave
    Roland Haynes – 2nd Wave
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    This 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Doug Carn – Adam’s Apple
    Doug Carn – Adam’s Apple
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    Doug 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) […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
    Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
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    The 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Walter Bishop, Jr’s 4th Cycle – Keeper Of My Soul
    Walter Bishop, Jr’s 4th Cycle – Keeper Of My Soul
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    Keyboardist 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 [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gene Russell – New Direction
    Gene Russell – New Direction
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    The 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
    Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    Of 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 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz