By 1973, Faust had already rewired the circuits of German rock. Their first two albums had exploded traditional song form with a joyous disregard for continuity, coherence, or commercial appeal. [...]
Faust is a group of artists who shared intense musical experiences in the years 1971 to 1974. Supported by producer Uwe Nettelbeck and sound engineer Kurt Graupner, they produced an […]
Faust is a group of artists who shared intense musical experiences in the years 1971 to 1974. Supported by producer Uwe Nettelbeck and sound engineer Kurt Graupner, they produced an […]
Hamburg’s kosmische custodians at Bureau B welcome legendary synth maestro Peter Baumann back into the studio for his first solo album since Machines Of Desire (BB 234CD, 2016). A defining [...]
“On Convex, as on many of his other albums, Schnitzler definitely used a sample-and-hold generator (S/H generator), a device that converts sounds stored as desired into random sequences of [...]
The 1960s weren’t just about The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and hippies; they also ushered in new forms of art: happenings, Fluxus, Neo-Dada, video art, to name just a few. […]
Hazy dream chronicles. “A Martin Rev album is always liable to spring a surprise. Think of the rough guitars which unexpectedly appeared on his 2003 release To Live (BB 417CD/LP) […]
“[Martin] Rev initially explored free jazz and similarly free forms of musical expression before discovering the magnetic attraction of electronic production and instrumentation, enabling [...]
On their last trip to Silberland, hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual motorik motion. This time, however, the Hamburg [...]
There’s something perversely fabulous about the thought of this warped masterwork wandering into 60,000 unsuspecting British homes in 1973. Faust’s second-and-a-half album hit the [...]
Japanese producer Saeko Killy returns for her second album of psychedelic electronics and drum machine workouts with Dream In Dream on Bureau B. In contrast to her first LP Morphing […]
“Like a blizzard in a snow globe American indie label File 13 Records released what was already Martin Rev’s sixth solo album in the autumn of 2003. The previous year, […]
“Fun Fun Fun…” The fourth studio album from Kraftwerk, and the first one to grant them any sort of commercial success. Released in 1974, Autobahn followed the band’s first [...]
Horses by Patti Smith Group? Yeah, that 1975 slab of raw nerve and poetry vomit. Don’t let the “Group” fool you – this is Patti’s show, front to back. She […]
What our staff has to say: “Absolute classic of New York’s No Wave scene. Dissonant James Brown funk punk. Reissued by Superior Viaduct” – Jon Soon after their 1978 debut [...]
Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany Blue Note Records has […]
On October 15, 1965, tenor saxophone master and composer Wayne Shorter recorded The All Seeing Eye, a brilliant and ambitiously multi-layered album for Blue Note. Shorter’s goal for the album [...]
Pianist McCoy Tyner was an acknowledged force of nature. On the aptly-named Expansions, Tyner fronts a remarkable band consisting of Woody Shaw on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Gary [...]
Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP repressing of this album by the Manchester post-punk icons featuring the original Peter Saville designed packaging. Closer, the band’s 1980 sophomore album [...]
The quartet of Sonam Parikh, Pier Harrison Juliette Rando & Kat Bean are the glorious blood & guts behind Eraser. Much can be said of their paths to this apex, […]
“Historically, Biograph is significant not for what it did for Dylan’s career, but for establishing the box set, complete with hits and rarities, as a viable part of rock history. [...]
A new Miles Davis boot available in our shop. Live in Belgrade, very very fried material from an early 1970s set in Belgrade. Get em while they’re hot. “Details, revisions […]
Solid jazz influence Mambo/Cha-Cha Label: Seeco – CELP-437 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: US Released: 1960 VG+/VG. Nametag on sleeve. Some rubbing/discoloration. Upper seam starting to split.
Deep & soulful tracks from the Haitian singer, formerly of Orchestre Septentrional Label: RID Records – RID-102 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Haiti Released: 1971 VG+/VG+. Light marks/sleevewear
Classy Latin swing/pop from Zeppy & his large band. Label: United Artists Records – UAL 3583 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: US Released: 1967 VG+/VG+. Light marks, some sleeve […]
Lovers Rock trio featuring Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths and Rita Marley Label: Rita Marley Music – no cat number Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Jamaica Released: 1986 VG+/VG+. Light marks/wear
“Understandably, Tony Rebel’s solo debut, Rebel With a Cause, created quite a stir with its blinding ragga rhythms and the DJ’s eloquent cultural toasts. In the dancehalls, that [...]
“In 1972, things were rapidly shifting in Marvin Gaye’s world. He was coming off of one of his most wide-reaching hit albums with 1971’s instant classic What’s Going On, [...]
“The Time’s third and final album before the band splintered into three different camps, Ice Cream Castle is yet another six-song offering highlighted by a cache of fantastic songs [...]
“When Instant Funk’s debut album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, came out in 1976, those who heard the LP agreed that the Philadelphians had a very recognizable and distinctive […]
“This was Billie Holiday’s penultimate album, recorded when her body was telling her enough was enough. During the sessions with arranger Ray Ellis she was drinking vodka neat, as if [...]
“Marvin Gaye’s In Our Lifetime came after 1978’s confessional and meandering double album Here, My Dear. Although this better set does seem effortlessly conceived, it [...]
Features a crazy rendition of Piece Of My Heart Label: Commonwealth United Records – CU-6001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1969 VG+/VG+. Light marks and sleevewear.
“In 1975, Margie Joseph enjoyed one of her greatest triumphs when she teamed up with Blue Magic for a spectacular remake of the Philadelphia soul ballad “What’s Come Over [...]
“Booker T. Jones exited Stax Records before it came to a complete crash and married singer Priscilla Coolidge, Rita’s sister, and the two hooked-up musically as well. Great things [...]
The debut solo album by the oldest Jackson of the Jackson 5. Label: Motown – M 785V1 DJ Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG+. Sleeve low […]
“A stellar debut from Chicago’s the Independents, a quartet that featured activist Jessie Jackson’s younger brothers: Chuck on lead vocals, and Maurice; the other members were [...]
“The first (and best) of their albums, before inferior songwriting and unsympathetic production sabotaged their promising career. The hit single, “You Can’t Turn Me Off (In the [...]
Classic R&B from the great Marv Johnson Label: United Artists Records – UAS 6118 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1960 VG/VG. Some splittin in top right corner […]
“Breaking from the James Brown Revue with Brown’s permission, Martha High recorded this neglected LP produced by Thomas Stewart in Georgia; Stewart, along with Julian Chatman and [...]
Sole album of yacht-soul by the multi-instrumentalist, David Astri Label: Award Records – EA 12001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1983 VG+/VG+. Some stray light marks. Sleeve has [...]
Heavy funk from Oakland. Label: Buddah Records – BDS 5690 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1977 VG+/G+. Split at upper seam. Some noticeable edgewear. Staining to back […]
Concept-driven soul-jazz about Bonnie & Clyde. Label: Bluesway – BLS-6018 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1968 VG+/VG. 2″ seam split in top right corner. TIny [...]
Debut album by the Philadelphia soul songwriter/producer who worked with diverse artists Curtis Mayfield, The Roots & MFSB Label: Parkway – P-50,000 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: US [...]