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This reissue is of two extremely rare LPs that came out on Musicism in 1983, a couple of years after dub had declined in popularity as an album form in Jamaica They were released in the generic 12-inch sleeves of the American label TK Disco, which had recently ceased trading, picked up on Herman’s travels to Miami The labels... -
Life On Mars is the 1976 debut album by the American R&B/jazz fusion singer, arranger, musician, composer and conductor Dexter Wansel The album is considered to be a "space-funk" classic, inspired by David Bowie's "Life On Mars" Wansel composed his own sci-fi sounds with swirling, ring-like oscillators, cosmic sub tones, and...
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Hear the music of Philip Glass as you've never heard it before, as Donald Joyce performs Glass's haunting works on one of America's best tracker pipe organs The intricate nuance and rich texture of Glass's music are given sonic splendor by this handcrafted instrument with 4861 pipes, four keyboards, and 70 stops Glass Organ...
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Welcome To The Monkey House is the fourth studio album by The Dandy Warhols and was originally released in 2003 It was produced by front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran The album features musical and production collaborations with Simon Le Bon, Nile Rodgers, Tony Visconti, and Evan Dando The album track...
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Ancient Melodies of the Future is the fifth full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill The album was recorded at Bear Creek in Woodinville, Washington With Ancient Melodies of the Future, Built to Spill expanded on the big sound that they crafted with Keep It Like a Secret "In Your Mind" is a beautiful track...
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This is the eponymous debut studio album by the American Rock band The Modern Lovers, originally released in 1976 Six tracks ("Roadrunner", "Astral Plane", "Old World", "Pablo Picasso", "She Cracked" and "Someone I Care About") were produced by John Cale They influenced numerous aspiring punk rock musicians on both sides of the...
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Fontanelle is the second studio album by American punk rock band Babes in Toyland, which was originally released in 1992 After extensive touring throughout 1991, the band entered the studio to record their major label follow-up to their debut album Spanking Machine The album was co-produced by Kat Bjelland with Lee Ranaldo...
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Founded in 1971, Matumbi was among the earliest and best British reggae bands They did, however, also record under different guises, including 4th Street Orchestra In their acclaimed Rough Guide to Reggae, Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton rate this album (and its counterpart Ah Who She Go Deh!) as 'the best showcases for Matumbi's...
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Miles Davis is regarded to be one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music At the request of Columbia Records executive George Avakian, he formed his first regular quintet in 1955 After all members of the first quintet left Davis a few years later, he hired the core of the second...
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Limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on red coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl Introducing brings together ten seminal track from Shuggie Otis's core catalog: Here Comes Shuggie Otis (1969), Freedom Flight (1971), and Inspiration Information (1974) Shuggie Otis' three solo releases from the 1970s are now regarded...
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Nina Simone's Baltimore can be seen as the one true hidden gem in her discography Without any promotion or lead singles, Baltimore was a commercial failure with no chart position In recent years, the album has been rediscovered and Baltimore has become one of her most popular songs of the internet era The album is praised for its...
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The Marshall Suite is the 1999 album by the Fall The album builds on the techno-influenced beats of its predecessor Levitate, while also returning to a more rockabilly-influenced sound reminiscent of earlier Fall line-ups with songs such as the catchy "Touch Sensitive" and the strange, complex, thumping jungle beats of "The Crying...
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Funk masters The Meters influenced many groups in Soul music, with their as-tight-as-a-metronome grooves, exciting interplay and infectious vocal group shouts The band released Rejuvenation in 1974, their best album to date The crystal clear production was an improvement on the band's earlier works, maintaining their stripped...
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The Jamaican musical group Toots & the Maytals can be considered as one of the best known and most important ska and rocksteady groups of all time Reggae comes in many forms and the music of the Maytals is a seamless blend of reggae and soul Their second international album In The Dark is a ska/reggae classic that captures the...
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Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread is a studio album by Jamaican reggae legend Lee “Scratch” Perry, released in 1978 Although Perry had been in the Jamaican music business for a long time by 1978, this album, produced by himself at his Black Ark Studio, was the first album he released that only included songs sung by...
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Desmond Dekker recorded some of his best known songs together with his backing group the Aces Their track “Israelites” from 1968 became one of the earliest international reggae hits Dekker's other hits include “007 (Shanty Town)”, “It Mek” and “You Can Get It”, which are all featured on the 1973 compilation album...
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Agharta was recorded on the afternoon in 1975, at one of two concerts Miles Davis performed at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan The album has received retrospective acclaim as an important and influential Jazz-Rock record Its abrasive music and Cosey's innovative playing influenced a generation of young musicians, including those...
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Symarip was a ska and reggae band from the United Kingdom and originating in the late 1960s The group had built their reputation as Prince Buster's backing band They are widely marked as one of the first skinhead reggae bands Symarip recorded only one studio album; Skinhead Moonstomp An instant classic and it includes fan...
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The British shoegaze band Chapterhouse released two albums during their existence, Whirlpool (1991) and Blood Music (1993) Blood Music spawned the single “We Are The Beautiful”, which was released during that same year and also appeared as a 12” The 1993 EP We Are The Beautiful features the title track, a mix of the title...
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Desmond Dekker recorded some of his best-known songs together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard) Their debut album 007 (Shanty Town) includes their single of the same name, which made him Jamaican music's first 'outernational' superstar, reaching #14 on the UK charts You'll...
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Donald Byrd was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, vocalist, composer and bandleader In his early career he was one of the few hard bop musicians exploring funk and soul while remaining true to his jazz roots His 1973 album Street Lady was produced by Larry Mizell and contains the classic jazz-funk tracks...
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Juicy Lucy formed after the demise of The Misunderstood Steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell, and Blackburn saxophonist Chris Mercer recruited guitarist Neil Hubbard, bassist Keith Ellis, and drummer Pete Dobson to complete the band Their eponymous debut album was originally released in 1969, and is a heavy form of blues-rock,...
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Hold It Down can be seen as the rebirth of Das EFX For the recordings, the American hip-hop duo worked together with acclaimed producers DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Easy Mo Bee The album contains the singles "Microphone Master" and "Real Hip-Hop" In addition, the track "Real Hip-Hop" features a guest performance by KRS-One, and on...
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In 1969, the High Priestess Of Soul, Nina Simone, descended onto the stage of the Philharmonic Hall in New York to record her new live album, Black Gold It became a legendary performance with the first recording of the Civil Rights song "To Be Young, Gifted And Black", a song which 'is not addressed to white people primarily...
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Idris Muhammad is a American jazz drummer and bandleader and is one of contemporary music's most sampled drummers His resume includes nearly 500 recording credits that range across the genre spectrum and 12 studio albums as a bandleader, including the 1976 House Of The Rising Sun The album is arranged by David Matthews, also known...
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry was a pioneer of dub music and worked together with artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Clash and The Beastie Boys At the age of 84, he passed away in 2021, but will be remembered as a true icon This legendary album of Lee Perry's studio band The Upsetters brings together the very best of...
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The Jamaican reggae group The Revolutionaries were set up in 1975 as the house band of the Channel One Studios With Sly Dunbar on drums and Bertram “Ranchie” McLean on bass, The Revolutionaries created the new “rockers” reggae style that would change the whole Jamaican sound Recorded at the Channel One studios, the 1979...
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Floating Into The Night is the debut album by the American dream pop musician Julee Cruise, released in 1989 The album was produced, and all songs were written by, composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch Badalamenti composed the music to which Lynch wrote the lyrics Two singles were released from the album:...
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Born in Oakland, California, the American underground hip hop MC Del tha Funkee Homosapienis the cousin of seminal west coast rapper Ice Cube, and began his career writing lyrics for Ice Cube's group, Da Lench Mob In 1991, with the help of Ice Cube (also as executive producer) , Del released his debut solo album, I Wish My Brother...
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Fat Albert Rotunda is the venture into jazz-funk by keyboardist Herbie Hancock The record is centered around the music Hancock wrote the Fat Albert cartoon show It's one of the records which appeared in the period between his landmark album Maiden Voyage of 1965 and his 1973 classic Head Hunters Fat Albert Rotunda is a unique item...
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It Is Finished is a live album from Nina Simone with sitar, Madagascar harp, Spanish guitar and lots of interesting-sounding African percussion instruments This live album includes the epic heavy-afro version of "Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter" with a massive percussion breakdown Simone is at her best when she performs live and...
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No slouch as a songwriter herself, Nina Simone ably picked a variety of compositional classics from the new Rock era for her 1969 LP To Love Somebody Opening with a beautiful, introspective version of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," Simone shows an obvious affinity for social statements with the Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything...
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Carter Jefferson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who first made name for himself as member of Woody Shaw's first working quintet As a sideman, Carter played amongst many jazz icons, including Art Blakey, Walter Davis, Jr and Jack Walrath In 1978, he released his first and only solo studio album, The Rise Of Atlantis, which...
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Rhythm Shower is the 1973 studio album by The Upsetters, but also features tracks by Dillinger and Sir Lord Comic Many of the rhythms on the album are known as those done by Lee “Scratch” Perry Originally released in a very limited Jamaican pressing with no sleeve, it became better known after its reissue by Trojan Records as...
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The English shoegaze band Slowdive formed in 1989 and consisted of Nick Chaplin (bass), Rachel Goswell (vocals, guitar), Christian Savill (guitar), Simon Scott (drums), and the band's primary songwriter Neil Halstead (vocals, guitar) The production on Slowdive's debut commenced shortly after Halstead convinced Alan McGee, head of...
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The Jamaican saxophonist Tommy McCook was a founding member of The Skatalites, but also directed The Supersonics and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or The Revolutionaries As a producer, McCook also released several album on his own name, including Reggay At It's Best The album's selection of top Reggae tunes perfectly suit...
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Culture is the Jamaican roots reggae group who founded in 1976 The trio was led by Joseph Hill and also featured Kenneth Dayes and Albert Walker Not long after releasing their classic debut album Two Sevens Clash, a dub version followed This version having the tunes produced by Jamaica's first female producers Sonia Pottinger and...
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Scratch The Super Ape is the 1976 studio album by Lee Perry's studio band The Upsetters The lineup consisted of Boris Gardener on bass, Mikey Benbow on drums, Earl Smith on guitar, Keith Sterling on keys and the horn quartet Bobby Ellis, Dirty Harry, Herman Marquis, and Vin Gordon The album is recorded at Lee Perry's studio and is...
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Mwandishi is one of Herbie Hancock's first departures from his traditional jazz sounds The album which was recorded in a single session on New Year's Eve is a much more spacier effort compared to his earlier works, created by Hancock's us of electronic effects devices His sextet is the most progressive ensemble he played with and...
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The English shoegaze band Slowdive formed in 1989 and primarily consisted of Nick Chaplin (bass), Rachel Goswell (vocals, guitar), Christian Savill (guitar), Simon Scott (drums) and the band's primary songwriter Neil Halstead (vocals, guitar) Souvlaki is Slowdive's second studio album, originally released in 1993 It's considered...
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July were a psychedelic rock band from Ealing, London that lasted barely a year, leaving behind one of the most sought-after LPs of the British psychedelic boom The band's music was a blend of psychedelic rock and psychedelic pop, marked by lush harmonies, acoustic guitars, keyboards, and intricate lead guitar work Although...
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Shades Of Blue is a project that turns over the legacy of the esteemed Blue Note jazz label to one of hip-hop's most unique artists, Madlib He is considered to be one of hip-hop's most inventive visionaries and connects it's productions through smart lyrics and poetics The album opens with the declaration that "We are now...
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On their fourth album BGM, YMO continued where they left off with X∞ Multiplies, by venturing further into synthesizers, drum computers and experimentation with rhythm, sequences and speeds This album is more focused on atmosphere and mood, some even say this album is a turning point for YMO and the international Pop music...
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Morphine is an alternative rock band formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1989 Their debut album Good was released in 1992 The band's instrumentation was slightly unusual for a rock band: front man Mark Sandman's used a two-string bass guitar played with a slide; while adding touches of guitar, piano, electronic organ, and other...
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The American rock band Cracker origins from Bakersfield, California and was formed in 1990 by lead singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman, who both came from the band Camper Van Beethoven After signing with Virgin in 1991, they released their self-titled debut album the year after The album included “Happy Birthday To...
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Lords Of The Underground (LOTUG) is a hip-hop trio consisting of Newark, New Jersey's MC's Mr Funke, Dupré "Doitall" Kelly and Cleveland-native DJ Lord Jazz who met while still at University Introduced by a friend they hooked up with legendary producer and radio personality Marley Marl, and with him and K-Def, laid the basis...
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By the late 1970s, dub was firmly established as a favorite subgenre of the reggae canon, with every Jamaica-based record producer devoted to the style Sonia Pottinger was no exception, and with Treasure Isle Studios sound engineer Errol Brown, she had one of the best exponents in the business His dub master talents reflected in a...
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Love Quantum is the seventh studio album by Grammy Award nominee Theo Croker since his 2007 debut The album finds Croker making his first-ever foray into the concept of love, once again inviting listeners on a genre-defying journey across time and space in discovery of the self and our shared human experience Of the album, Croker...
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