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  • V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
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    A sonic snapshot of America’s steel capital, developed in the prosperous cavern between the departure of the Jackson 5 to Motown and the collapse of U.S. Steel, Skyway Soul is […]

  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
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    After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got to work reinventing […]

  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Shoestring Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Shoestring Label
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    Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, pipeline man Howard Neal and his appropriately named Shoestring label was Alton, Illinois’ answer to [...]

  • Gerycz Powers Rolin – Activator
    Gerycz Powers Rolin – Activator
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    Activator is the third installment from the trio of Jayson Gerycz, Jen Powers and Matthew Rolin, who respectively need no introduction writ-large. For anyone observing the American underground in [...]

  • Bill MacKay And Nathan Bowles – Keys
    Bill MacKay And Nathan Bowles – Keys
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    Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles’ debut is well titled: keys are what they play and keys unlock things too. Their trad bonafides are balanced with inquisitive playing that adds surprise […]

  • Eli Winter – S/T
    Eli Winter – S/T
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    Chicago-based guitarist / composer Eli Winter’s new self-titled album finds him building on the promise of his recent records—like 2020’s Unbecoming and his 2021 collaboration with Cameron [...]

  • Ananya Ganesh – Precis​-​Loving
    Ananya Ganesh – Precis​-​Loving
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    Ananya Ganesh (b. 1997) is an improviser from Madras based in North America. Their idiosyncratically simultaneous improvisation of the voice and piano lies between the unrealizable and what could [...]

  • Small Sur – Attic Room
    Small Sur – Attic Room
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    Attic Room is Bob Keal’s fifth full-length album as Small Sur and first since his daughter’s birth in 2014. In this collection of songs, Keal meditates on the rhythms of […]

  • Ralph E. White – It’s More In My Body Than In My Mind
    Ralph E. White – It’s More In My Body Than In My Mind
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    Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David […]

  • Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
    Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
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    Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David […]

  • System Olympia – Racing Heart
    System Olympia – Racing Heart
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    I Changed My Mind Lying in a hotel as water begins to rush out from under my bed. I open my eyes. All Mine Now My body unleashes vivid visions […]

  • Arp Frique – Analog People Digital World
    Arp Frique – Analog People Digital World
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    Arp Frique returns with a new album after a string of releases, leaving the cratediggers and dancefloor tastemakers with underground classics like Nos Magia, Voyage and Nyame Ye. On ”Analog [...]

  • Arp Frique – The Seed
    Arp Frique – The Seed
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    Arp Frique’s second album on Colorful World, exploring the globe via a concoction of sounds that takes in disco, synth boogie, funk and the sounds of the Caribbean, West and […]

  • Michael O’Shea – S/T
    Michael O’Shea – S/T
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    Having sold his instruments to fund a nomadic 1970s lifestyle, eccentric Irish experimentalist Michael O’Shea was forced to create his own handmade answer to the sitars and zelochords he’d become [...]

  • V/A – Eccentric Boogie (Frosted Blue)
    V/A – Eccentric Boogie (Frosted Blue)
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    THE ONLY BOOGIE RECORD YOU’LL EVER NEED TO OWN

  • Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    On the same label that brought us that Pat Metheny “Zero Tolerance for Silence” ‘reissue’ last year…. Insane “private press” ultra-obscurity reissued for [...]

  • Mark Fry ‎– Dreaming With Alice
    Mark Fry ‎– Dreaming With Alice
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    What our staff has to say: “Total classic of the acid folk underground, finally reissued direct from the original master tapes.  Recorded in 1972, when he was only 19, this […]

  • V/A – L80’s: So Unusual
    V/A – L80’s: So Unusual
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    The tenth volume of Numero’s elaborately packaged Cabinet of Curiosities series, L80s finds the group exploring the far-flung corners of the global downtempo underground. This 12-song mix [...]

  • Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool
    Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool
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    Lee Fields is arguably the greatest soul singer alive today. In an age when the shelf life of an artist largely depends on posturing and trends, he has proven to […]

  • Smog ‎– Wild Love
    Smog ‎– Wild Love
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    What you remember: the upside-down crosses on your girlfriend’s jean jacket. Always drawn with magic marker. Always smeared in the wash.

  • Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Pyschedelic Folk
    Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Pyschedelic Folk
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    In the late 60s and early 70s the inherent weirdness of folk met switched-on psychedelic rock and gave birth to new, strange forms of acoustic-based avant-garde music. Artists on both […]

  • JJ Band – Live I Kungsten
    JJ Band – Live I Kungsten
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    While working on his solo albums, JJulius put together a live band consisting of Clara Flygare (Standard) on drums and vocals, Gustav Danielsbacka (Incipientium) on guitar and Mattias Rörström [...]

  • Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over You
    Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over You
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    Durand Jones’s Wait ‘Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Jones’s life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown […]

  • V/A – Mid-Atlantic Story Vol. 3
    V/A – Mid-Atlantic Story Vol. 3
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    For the lowriders, the souleros, and for any armchair drag racer who still has a record player within reach, Mid-Atlantic Story pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of soul music, […]

  • Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
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    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar’s long overdue debut album finally makes landfall! Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody’s fingers. But his artistry escapes that fate thanks to I, Who [...]

  • Try to Tell a Fish about Water: The Art, Music, and Third Life of Norma Tenega
    Try to Tell a Fish about Water: The Art, Music, and Third Life of Norma Tenega
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    In addition to her accomplishments as a gifted musician and songwriter, Norma Tanega was a noted gallerist, teacher, and a central figure in the vibrant and homegrown creative scene of […]

  • V/A – Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul – A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971-83 (RSD, Red Vinyl)
    V/A – Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul – A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971-83 (RSD, Red Vinyl)
    $39.00 | , Add to cart

    Soul Jazz Records’ new Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 is a one-off limited-edition heavyweight red vinyl pressing + download code exclusively [...]

  • Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken (RSD)
    Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken (RSD)
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    Funky Chicken is the 1970 album from Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions. As evident by the name, it is infinitely danceable from the moment you press play. The band’s […]

  • V/A – Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage (RSD)
    V/A – Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage (RSD)
    $36.00 | , Add to cart

    Compilation of Salsoul classic hits, legendary artists and deep cuts. Includes original Larry Levan remixes – currently unavailable and exclusive for RSD The cover artwork uses an iconic [...]

  • Phil Ochs – Best Of The Rest: Rare And Unreleased Recordings (RSD)
    Phil Ochs – Best Of The Rest: Rare And Unreleased Recordings (RSD)
    $45.00 | , Add to cart

    Phil Ochs is known primarily as a songwriter, but his talents extend far beyond that to short stories, poetry and satire. More than a torrent, less than a flood, the […]

  • The Incredible String Band ‎– Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air
    The Incredible String Band ‎– Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air
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    1972 US Pressing on Eletrka, EKS-74112 VG/VG Some marks on LP. Ring wear on back of jacket. Some discoloration and some corner wear.

  • Splinterskin – Wayward Souls
    Splinterskin – Wayward Souls
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    Splinterskin unveils his spell after years of solitude and hermetic isolation, in the form of a harsh, dark folk music. His tales are told using an old classical guitar accompanied […]

  • Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Brief Encounter – Introducing (Smoky Mountain Vinyl)
    Brief Encounter – Introducing (Smoky Mountain Vinyl)
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    If 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 […]

  • Little Willie John – The Complete R&B Hit Singles (Yellow “Fever” Vinyl)
    Little Willie John – The Complete R&B Hit Singles (Yellow “Fever” Vinyl)
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    Diminutive 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 […]

  • Booker T. & the MG’s – The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 1 (1962-1967) (Red Vinyl)
    Booker T. & the MG’s – The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 1 (1962-1967) (Red Vinyl)
    $40.00 | , Add to cart

    With 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 […]

  • Tim Buckley – The Dream Belongs to Me (Gold Vinyl)
    Tim Buckley – The Dream Belongs to Me (Gold Vinyl)
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    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, […]

  • Matthew J Rolin – Passing
    Matthew J Rolin – Passing
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    What our staff has to say: “I’m a big fan of Matthew Rolin’s guitar style, and this recent record is stunning. Each track is a dense, glimmering passage of fingerstyle […]

  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label
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    From a humble storefront studio located in a shoeshine parlor on Norfolk, Virginia’s Church Street, Noah Biggs built a world. Hustler by day, gambler by night, the always-in-a-suit Biggs took [...]

  • Sunny & The Sunliners – Mr. Brown Eyed Soul Vol. 2
    Sunny & The Sunliners – Mr. Brown Eyed Soul Vol. 2
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    Sunny Ozuna is a living legend and a man worthy of praise on many levels. In the Texas and Latin Music pantheon, few have been at it longer and are […]

  • Archie James  Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
    Archie James Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
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    A masterpiece of the schooner rock variety, Black and White Raven is an album that emerged from Archie James Cavanaugh’s youthful dream of recording his own music while stuck in […]

  • Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
    Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
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    Kelly Finnigan’s debut solo album for Colemine Records represents the culmination of his 15 years of experience – in the studio as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer [...]

  • Flanger Magazine
    Flanger Magazine
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    “A set of spry, pastoral Aecoustic Guitar and errant Electronic pieces that harken back to libraries by Teisco, Vittorio Marino, and the like, yet mapped in an alien manner unlike […]

  • Felix Lebarty – Girls For Sale (sealed)
    Felix Lebarty – Girls For Sale (sealed)
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    PMG – PMG061LP Austrian Reissue SEALED

  • Joan Shelley – The Spur
    Joan Shelley – The Spur
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    I want to explain these songs / I want to leave them unexplained. We’ve all been working with a lot of silence. I was tired from touring, remembering the long […]

  • Young-Holt Unlimited – Plays Super Fly (Yellow Vinyl) (RSD)
    Young-Holt Unlimited – Plays Super Fly (Yellow Vinyl) (RSD)
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    YELLOW VINYL. Young-Holt Unlimited were one instrumental groups mixing jazz and R&B into songs that captured the essence of the late ’60s and early 70’s music. This 9-track set is [...]

  • V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
    V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
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    First ever compilation of the deep ’60s soul from Jetstar, including Alder Ray Mathis’ Northern Soul stepper ‘Take Me Baby’! Featuring previously unissued tracks from [...]

  • Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
    Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    After breaking through with a batch of restless, itinerant songs on Honest Life in 2016, Courtney Marie Andrews longs for something more permanent on the follow-up. The Seattle singer spends […]

  • Mickey Murray – People Are Together
    Mickey Murray – People Are Together
    $40.00 | , Add to cart

    Federal – FS 13000 OG Pressing Media Condition – VG, has some hairline scratches Sleeve Condition – VG+, light shelf wear. Still in shrink.

  • Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band ‎– Smokin’ The Dummy
    Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band ‎– Smokin’ The Dummy
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Fate Records – 38121 Media Condition – VG, has some scratches/marks Sleeve Condition – G, sharpie marks on sleeve as photographed, ring wear, sleeve is also splitting in some spots.

  • Ibeyi ‎– Spell 31
    Ibeyi ‎– Spell 31
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    Ibeyi are French Afro-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz. Performing from a young age, the daughters of famed Cuban percussionist Ánga Diaz, have released two critically acclaimed [...]

  • Norma Tanega – I’m the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964–1971
    Norma Tanega – I’m the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964–1971
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    I’m the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964-1971 compiles the enduring and unheard work of Norma Tanega, the musician, painter, activist, teacher, and dreamer. Tanega’s lifelong pursuit of art [...]

  • Loren Connors – 9th Avenue
    Loren Connors – 9th Avenue
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    What our staff has to say: “Room next door practice amp blues. Total control and fearlessly personal riffing – TRUE BLUES.” – Alex For me, this is the blues. Utterly […]

  • Richard Thompson – Music From Grizzly Man
    Richard Thompson – Music From Grizzly Man
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    Richard Thompson’s score for Grizzly Man – Werner Herzog’s 2005 documentary film of real life and death in the Alaskan wilderness – is one of the best-kept secrets in the […]

  • Bill Fay – Still Some Light: Part 2
    Bill Fay – Still Some Light: Part 2
    $32.00 | , Add to cart

    Bill Fay has always sung about attempting to understand the most universal questions: those of nature, spirituality, humanity. His songs are “calming hymns for another chaotic time”, he says. His [...]

  • Sylk – S/T
    Sylk – S/T
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    Sylk was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Aiken, South Carolina – Augusta, Georgia border area (better known as the CSRA) who released just one album in 1983. […]

  • Quinn  Harris – Statements
    Quinn Harris – Statements
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    Born in Texas but raised in Riverside, California, Quinn Harris first started playing music in 1954 when he saved up his paper route money for an alto sax. At a […]

  • JPQ – Quintessence
    JPQ – Quintessence
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    JPQ (Jimmy Person Quintet) was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Greensboro, North Carolina area who released just one album in 1983. Their only album (Quintessence) would become […]