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Released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, Shelly Manne & Friends' My Fair Lady is the first album to ever consist of jazz versions of songs from just a single Broadway musical First released in 1956 and recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann, this new edition features... -
Ornette Coleman’s second album Tomorrow is the Question! (1959) has been newly mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original tapes for this new SACD format Featuring Don Cherry, Shelly Manne, and either Percy Heath or Red Mitchell on bass, the emphatic, pianoless Tomorrow Is the Question! made it clear that Coleman’s concepts...
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Released in 2001, Reveal was co-produced with long-time collaborator Patrick McCarthy The album sees REM experiment with synthesized sound, but also make “a conscious return to their classic sound” (Allmusic) The record features hits “Imitation of Life” and “All the Way to Reno (You’re Gonna Be a Star) This edition is...
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Accelerate is REM’s 14th studio album, released in 2008 The album was intended as a departure from their last album, Around the Sun, and was complimented for the aggressive, purposeful sound of the songs Stipe said his lyrics on Accelerate were inspired by the contemporary state of the nation, saying, "When the empire is going...
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Originally released in 1957, Mal Waldron's Mal/2 album features some of jazz music's biggest names Joining Mal Waldron (piano) are John Coltrane (tenor sax), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) and Ed Thigpen (drums) among others This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on...
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Something Else!!!! (1958) is jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s debut album and helped introduced the world to him as a seminal improviser and composer This SACD edition, exclusive to craftrecordingscom, has been newly mastered by legendary engineer Bernie Grundman, who like Coleman, got his start at Contemporary...
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Sorcery finds DeJohnette teamed up with a tight crew of virtuosic bandmates, including veterans of Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew sessions (bassist Dave Holland) and Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters band (Bennie Maupin) Discursive, meditative, trippy but grounded in tasty grooves (the deep digger drum break “Epilog”) and laced...
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Collapse Into Now is REM’s fifteenth and final studio album Released in 2011, the band aimed to create an expansive, varied album; there are slow, beautiful songs juxtaposed with fast-paced rock songs The band cites the record as more personal than political, intending to touch upon universal themes The album peaked at #5 on the...
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Around The Sun is REM’s 13th studio album, released in 2004 The album hit #1 on the UK albums chart and #13 on the Billboard 200 Includes the singles "Leaving New York," "Aftermath," "Electron Blue," and "Wanderlust” Also features “The Outsiders” with guest vocals from Q-Tip This 2-LP set is pressed on 180-gram vinyl and...
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Black Rhythm Revolution! Is the first solo album from the jazz-funk legend Idris Muhammad, a New Orleans-bred rhythm king who successfully made the leap from the finest soulful jazz records of the ’60s to the nastiest fusion funk of the ’70s Here we catch him literally on the cusp of the two in 1970, with one good foot in the...
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The very definition of ‘70s soulful jazz, Where I’m Coming From has all the hallmarks of Prestige Records at its finest, with an all-star cast of sidemen (The legendary Idris Muhammad! Hello to Madlib’s uncle, Jon Faddis! Greetings to the funky flute of Hubert Laws!) recorded at Van Gelder’s studio and packed with down and...
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Big Star, considered to be among the founders of power pop, has been cited as an influence by many of the major alternative bands of the ’80s and ’90s, and continues to be a powerful presence in today’s musical landscape Artists such as REM, Teenage Fanclub, The Replacements (who famously penned the song “Alex Chilton”)...
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The fourth and final album by one of the most influential groups in jazz history, the Bill Evans Trio album “Waltz For Debby” was originally released in 1962 as a companion to “Sunday At The Village Vanguard” This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on 180-gram...
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Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ two studio albums for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records, Way Out West and And The Contemporary Leaders, with a third disc, Contemporary Alternate Takes Featuring remastered audio by Bernie Grundman Sonny Rollins · Go West!: The...
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Lavoe made his solo debut on the Colón-produced album La Voz in 1975 The album reached gold José Febles arranged Lavoe’s composition “Paraíso de Dulzura” and dazzlingly updated the ’50s Chappottín classic “Rompe Saragüey,” featuring an elegant and ingenious 2:30 minute piano solo by Mark “Markolino” Dimond...
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This new pressing of bassist Leroy Vinnegar's first album as a leader, Leroy Walks!, is released as part of Acoustic Sounds' celebration of Contemporary Records Originally released in 1958, the album sees Victor Feldman, Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards, Carl Perkins, and Tony Bazley joining Vinnegar Recorded by Roy DuNann, this...
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If you were a soul music fan and young-ish in Los Angeles during the summer of ’72, you had to be one of the estimated 112,000 other festival-goers that witnessed the first act to hit the Memorial Coliseum stage on August 20 Wattstax was massive The event grew out of a desire to celebrate a black and rebellious area of LA, which...
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A second set of material issued in celebration of the legendary Wattstax concert by Stax Records in LA in 1972 – and a set that mostly features material from the famous show at the Los Angeles Coliseum, but also includes some sly studio material that was pumped up with applause to fit nicely into the mix! Richard Pryor acts as...
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When Monk and Trane spent six months of 1957 working together at New York's Five Spot Cafe, it was an historic event which certainly should have been exhaustively recorded But non-musical conflicts made that impossible, leaving as the only permanent reminders of this momentous encounter the three remarkable quartet selections that...
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Que Viva La Música just turned 50 and features Barretto at his peak of the “Hard Salsa” era The album contains the track “Cocinando” from the famed documentary Our Latin Thing which alone makes the record worth the price of admission Other key tracks include “La Pelota” and “Que Viva La Música” Recorded in 1972,...
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Recorded at Ardent Studios and released in 1972, the album has gone on to become one of the most influential and iconic debut albums of all time This 50th-anniversary indie exclusive edition is pressed on 180-gram metallic gold with purple smoke vinyl and features all-analogue mastering by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl The album...
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Acoustic Sounds celebrates Contemporary Records with this new reissue of the West Side Story album by pianist André Previn, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Shelly Manne Originally released in 1960, the album contains eight cuts from the musical soundtrack reinterpreted in a jazz style Recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann,...
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Undeniably one of the most iconic smaIl bands in the history of jazz, the Miles Davis Quintet of the mid-1950s featured an all-star line-up of Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums) This edition of Workin'— released as part of the Original Jazz...
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Craft Latino is proud to present an all-analog reissue of Crime Pays, an anthology of Willie Colón’s most influential songs from his first 4 albums The ironically titled Crime Pays was a comment on the success of Colón’s carefully cultivated bad guy image that he sustained until the mid-1970s The album contains nine key cuts...
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Release to celebrate Albert King’s Centennial this new edition of his legendary first album for Stax Records, Born Under A Bad Sign is pressed on 180-gram Vinyl with ALL-ANALOG mastering from the original stereo tapes by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl Inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame and included in Rolling Stone’s “500...
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Craft Latino is proud to present an all-analog reissue of Esto Fue Lo Que Trajo El Barco, one of Ismael Rivera’s most remarkable albums with Rivera and Los Cachimbos performing at their apex Accompanying was Cuban pianist, arranger, and composer Javier Vázquez, who had become a regular sideman with Rivera and later musical...
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The Birth of Bop is a collection celebrating the enduring legacy of Savoy Records Bop catalog spanning 1944-1949 Presented on 5x 10" Vinyl with audio restoration by Joe Tarantino and new liner notes by GRAMMY®-winning writer and broadcaster Neil Tesser The set Includes 30 tracks from such jazz legends as Charlie Parker, Dexter...
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This reissue features all-analog mastering from original tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl with original artwork reproduced on an old-school tip-on jacket 2023 is the centennial of Tito Puente’s life and Craft Latino will have initiatives yearlong promoting the legacy of...
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The four albums included in this package were recorded across three sessions: June 20, September 12, and December 5, 1958 The place that so marvelously captured these thoroughly blues-immersed moments in time was the historic original habitat of Van Gelder Studio, in Rudy Van Gelder’s parents’ home at 25 Prospect Ave in...
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This reissue celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Ismael Rivera’s third album, Lo Ultimo en la Avenida, recorded with Kako y Su Orquesta Ismael was known as one of the greatest soneros in salsa and Kako was one of the most popular timbaleros during the 60s and 70s, making the combination undeniably electric Highlight tracks...
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Vince Guaraldi Trio's breakthrough, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, this deluxe and expanded reissue offers 16 bonus tracks, including 12 previously unreleased selections, with outtakes and alternate takes of nearly every track on the album Produced by Nick Phillips, the original album is...
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of John Lee Hooker’s electrifying blues classic, Burnin’, this 180-gram reissue offers newly remastered audio from the original analog tapes Featuring a stereo mix of the album, as it was first released in 1962, the set includes the King of the Boogie’s signature hit, “Boom Boom,” and...
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Originally released in 1992 through the iconic Delicious Vinyl, this RIAA Gold-certified album was featured as one of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time & critically acclaimed as an absolute classic of the alternative Hip-Hop genre This album features the singles “Passin’ Me By” “Ya Mama” and...
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First-ever vinyl reissue of critically acclaimed Saharan Tuareg group Tinariwen’s third album, Aman Iman: Water Is Life Released internationally via Independiente in 2007, reissued here on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl, the album was produced by long-time associate Justin Adams and features the voice and guitar of founding member...
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On August 26, 1971, the Fania All Stars electrified the Cheetah Club stage in New York, causing a salsa-induced delirium that not only defined their career, but the salsa genre This live recording captures that unforgettable performance, featuring fiery grooves “Anacaona” (feat Cheo Feliciano) and “Quítate Tú” with...
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Joe Bataan’s classic debut album Gypsy Woman is set to be reissued in remastered, audiophile-worthy format later this year The seminal 1967 record, which includes the hits “Gypsy Woman” and the first-ever recording of “Ordinary Guy”, will be re-released on Craft Latino on September 16 The King Of Latin Soul’s first...
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This special 60th Anniversary reissue of groundbreaking jazz artist Sun Ra’s iconic 1962 album The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra features all-analog re-mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI The package includes Tom Wilson’s original liner notes, plus insightful new essays by jazz historian...
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On Halloween night, this pumpkin-shaped LP will rise from sincere vinyl collections the world over and bring audible presents to all the good girls and boys Featuring the music of GRAMMY-winning composer/performer Vince Guaraldi, this limited run album includes insightful liner notes by Derrick Bang, Peanuts historian and author...
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The sophomore follow-up to the wildly successful Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia showcases the production talents of a then virtually unknown J Dilla The first single from the album, the Dilla-produced “Drop,” was a hit and the accompanying music video, performed backwards and replayed backwards by director...
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Be altitude Rise above your everyday tribulations Let yourself fly Its name echoed the Beatitudes, Jesus’ eight blessings during the Sermon On The Mount, according to the Gospel Of Matthew But so you get the message that they want you to soar, the sleeve to Be Altitude: Respect Yourself found The Staple Singers smiling while...
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Recorded in 1977 and released in 1981, just months after Evans’ death, the album marks the artist’s final studio recording with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Eliot Zigmund and includes stunning performances of “We Will Meet Again (for Harry)” and “B Minor Waltz (for Ellaine)” You Must Believe in Spring features...
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This release marks the first vinyl reissue of the jazz classic by master conguero Mongo Santamaría First released in 1976, Sofrito combines jazz with Afro-Cuban grooves, funk and soul From the simmering blues of “Spring Song” to the devastating bass line of “O Mi Shangó” to the rousing groove of the title track, this...
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One of the most transcendental Latin Soul albums in the history of the genre Released in 1971, it underscores New York native Ralfi Pagan’s status as one of the most talented singer/songwriters in the Fania roster The masterful album includes highlights like the swinging salsa opener “Mi Chamaco,” the Joe Bataan-penned song...
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Containing newly remastered audio, Genesis Of Genius: The Contemporary Albums combines legendary Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman's albums for Lester Koenig's Contemporary Records This deluxe box set features Coleman's first albums as a bandleader, Something Else!!!! and Tomorrow Is The Question! Both albums were originally...
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A loose concept album, it’s both an intense expose and a roughneck tribute to the hip-hop lifestyle that broke new ground by merging the grimy lyrical sensibility and beats of East Coast rap with the funk-influenced subsonic bass grooves of the West Coast producers of the time The track “Jeep Ass Niguh” was a major hit and a...
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The second album from Masta Ace Incorporated, Sittin’ on Chrome spawned three top 100 hit singles, “Born to Roll,” which went top 25 the previous year and is included here, and both “The INC Ride,” and “Sittin’ on Chrome” Sonically, the album represents some of the best production elements of mid-90’s East Coast...
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