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In many facets, Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills is the quintessential album to spring from the outcome of the Summer of Love Best known as Janis Joplin's major-label debut, the 1968 set arrived when the countercultural movement was in full swing and before co-optation, drugs, and violence signaled the fall of... -
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From Elvis in Memphis retains the distinction of being the most cohesive, passionate, mature, and emotionally invested record Elvis Presley ever made Named one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone, the white-soul landmark features backing by "The "Memphis Boys" and teems with rhythm-heavy country, gospel,...
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"Why be predictable," Willie Nelson asked Columbia Records executive Nick Blackburn, after the latter resisted the Red Headed Stranger's decision to make an album of classic pop tunes Talk about outlaw country Cutting against the genre's traditions and Music Row conventions, Nelson's Stardust remains a genius-level creation as...
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How does one properly introduce an epochal record Perhaps by unequivocally stating that it is the best-selling jazz album in history Or by affirming that, every year, it sells tens of thousands of copies more than five decades after its original release There's also the matter of its status as the most-referenced, and arguably,...
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Excitable Boy established Warren Zevon as rock's gonzo figurehead – or, as Jackson Browne aptly called him, "the first and foremost proponent of song noir" A supreme collision of over-caffeinated energy, acerbic wit, dark humor, irreverent reporting, bittersweet romance, swept-under-the-rug truth, and illicit desire sent up with...
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Mastered by Kevin Gray and Robert Pincus from the Original Analog Master Tapes During the 1970s, a new brand of pop music was born – one that was steeped in African and African-American styles – particularly jazz and R&B but appealed to a broader cross-section of the listening public As founder and leader of the band...
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If a more significant, influential, and lasting result of a creative musical partnership exists than that of Miles Davis and Gil Evans' Porgy and Bess, society hasn't seen it It's impossible to overstate the importance of the pair's collaboration on the landmark 1959 update of George Gershwin's opera Transcending genre, time, and...
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Miles Davis’s two-night stand at The Blackhawk in San Francisco marked a watershed in jazz history, a seminal event transforming the American musical landscape Davis had never been recorded live in a club with his combo and the performances over the course of two sets a night on April 21 and 22, 1961 more than justify the legend...
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Reissue, originally released in 1968 The sole album by cultish psychedelic pop band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina They formed in 1964 and split up after their debut, which appeared on prestigious label Decca in 1968 The line "Is it much too much to ask / Not to hide behind the mask" from "If You Only Had the Time" was sampled...
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Reissue, originally released in 1969 Experimental prog act East Of Eden's daring debut album Mercator Projected was released by Deram in 1969 Former Graham Bond Organisation bassist Steve York and drummer Dave Dufort supply the tough rhythmic backbone on which frontman Geoff Nicholson weaves his edgy guitar, with Dave Arbus's...
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First ever vinyl release Monster rarity here! An incredible find for anyone into late '60s/early '70s underground hard-psych and blues-rock A full unreleased album by British hard-blues band Sam Apple Pie, recorded in 1970 possibly as a follow up album to their Decca debut Taken from the only surviving copy of a recently found...
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Reissue, originally released in 1969 Produced by David Briggs (Neil Young, Alice Cooper) and recorded at the famous Wally Heider Studio 3 in Hollywood, CA during 1969, their self-titled album features ten original compositions, with essential contributions from the four members of the band Summerhill certainly spotted a late-1960s...
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The New Dawn’s “There’s A New Dawn” has been hailed as one of the rarest and best psych albums to come out of the late 60s / early 70s Fuzz guitar, minor-chord organ dirges, tender vocals and monumental bass are the calling cards of this private press gem Maybe it’s all the rain, but like their Northwest counterparts,...
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Reissue, originally released in 1969 One of the key albums when talking about psychedelic hard-rock and early proto-metal Featuring the great John Du Cann (The Attack, Atomic Rooster, Hard Stuff) on guitar plus Mick Hawksworth (Fuzzy Duck, Alvin Lee) on heavy bass plus the powerful drumming of Ian McLane (Neat Change, Ray Owen's...
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Mythical Sussex psychedelic proto-prog band Five Day Rain cut an album that never was in 1970, since a dispute nixed its official release This must-have collection of rarities includes outtakes such as the fuzz box-filled "Dartboard" and the raunchy "Floating," as well as a tasteful cover of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny," plus full version...
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The legendary Andromeda album from 1969, a hard-psych classic, as it was originally conceived and intended to be heard by John Du Cann prior to editing: a double (not single) LP featuring his never released at the time original (punchier and clearer) mix and a different tracklist, including songs and extended takes that were not...
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Enigmatic psychedelic proto-prog act Five Day Rain was formed in Sussex in the late 1960s by guitarist Rick Sharpe and bassist Clive Shepherd of Iron Prophet, and keyboardist Graham Maitland, who had been in Les Fleur Des Lys with Bryn Haworth, whose brother Kim joined on drums This mythic self-titled debut has pop harmonies from...
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PSYCHIC ILLS keyboardist, BRENT CORDERO and SUNWATCHERS bassist, PETER KERLIN's first full length collab A Sublime Madness is the culmination of decades of circling each other's creative orbits After years of casual jamming, numerous fledgling one offs, and touring sideman gigs Here, the two sidemen synchronize orbits and create a...
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What is a standard to a forest What makes that different to what’s a standard, in that jazz classic compositional sense, to a desert To a city To a suburb To a plain A wetland A grove The only thing standard in a forest, like any other environment, is the search for balance Nature seeks an equilibrium and, given enough time, it...
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Tenor and alto saxophones from Aaron Leaney with drummer Guy Thouin is a Canadian free jazz legend and founding member of Le Quatuor De Jazz Libre Du Québec Lockdown featuring Guy Thouin by Aaron...
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Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis was still near the start of his storied career when he cut the three sessions that comprise his Blue Note recordings in 1952, 1953, and 1954 In 1955, Blue Note compiled the tracks into two 12” LPs as part of the 1500 series The music presents all the hallmarks of his early style from blazing...
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American pianist and composer Joanne Brackeen has been called the "Picasso of jazz piano" for her unique style and complex improvisations Her work is at the forefront of what avant-garde jazz can be and she has long been one of the giants of modal, post-pop piano Snooze from 1975 is Brackeen's extraordinary debut album...
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The prodigiously talented trumpeter Fats Navarro was a bebop innovator whose career was cut tragically short when he died in 1950 at age 26 As part of the 1500 series Blue Note later compiled this 12” LP with selections from various dates Fats had featured on from 1947-49 with the Tadd Dameron Sextet, Bud Powell Quintet,...
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Reissue, originally released in 1960 In 1959, at the time of this recording session, Yusef Lateef was already approaching a new and more open form of jazz A sophisticated, spiritual yet urban music form informed by non-western languages and cultures Cry! - Tender is a deeply inventive, mostly contemplative album inspired by an...
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Keyboardist and composer Weldon Irvine is among the most celebrated Jazz-Funk artists of all time He was Nina Simone’s bandleader for years, and wrote the lyrics for her iconic civil rights anthem “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” Throughout the 1970s, Irvine released a series of seminal albums full of deep, soulful, funky...
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Long before becoming an icon of funk, acid jazz, and R&B, Roy Ayers was a promising young jazz vibraphonist Originally released in 1967, Virgo Vibes was Ayers' second album, and his debut for Atlantic With five cool, funky jazz tracks, the LP features talented musicians like Joe Henderson, Charles Tolliver, Bruno Carr,...
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Improvised modal free jazz in trio from Finnish underground Cut live on analog 8-track tape recorder The sound is clear, immediate and direct -- intimate as in your living room There is a sense of elation in this music as the trio search for tranquility in one voice, speaking the unfettered language of everyday realities It is...
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Recorded in November 1969 at the US Embassy, Live In Ankara saw the adventurous jazz trumpeter Don Cherry performing with saxophonist Irfan Sümer, bassist Selçuk Sun, and drummer Okay Temiz, with arrangements by trumpeter Maffy Falay, who had introduced Cherry to Temiz in Stockholm Mostly comprised of Cherry originals and...
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Recorded over a four-week period in early 2022, Freedom Lapse is the debut solo release of Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, Adam Halliwell A versatile improviser and lover of performance, Halliwell has been an active contributor to numerous musical communities in recent years The release of Freedom Lapse marks an...
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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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Eventually crowned Queen of the Norfolk Sound, Barbara Stant was just a teenager when she auditioned for Shiptown impresario Noah Biggs in 1970 A dozen sides were tracked throughout the decade, producing a body of work that stretched from deep soul to northern soul to sister funk By 1978 disco was in overdrive, Noah Biggs...
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Record Kicks presents “The Black Stone Affair” the lost Italian Cinematic Masterpiece by Whatitdo Archive Group (Ltd edition Gatefold LP - CD - Ltd 45 - Digital) For the first time ever, Record Kicks is pleased to announce the release of the long lost soundtrack by Whatitdo Archive Group to the Italian Cinematic...
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Gather together beneath the sun as we journey through the rhythmic sands of time, Paul Hillery, an esteemed collector and vinyl hunter, presents his follow-up to the highly acclaimed "We Are The Children Of The Sun" Andrew Male of MOJO Magazine calls the album "One of the most emotionally uplifting and hazily beautiful...
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Third album from former Temptations member David Ruffin, the LP made it into the US R&B Top Five in 1973 David Ruffin was ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2008, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 for his work with The Temptations Marvin Gaye once said...
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Another side of modern Malian praise songs: an intimate, stripped down, acoustic session from Namian Sidibé From a rising generation of young Malian divas leveraging social media, Namian has built a following, publishing videos and dedications in song, accompanied by her cousin Jules Diabaté on acoustic guitar Recorded at...
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"Released in 1974 with a 'quadraphonic' sound Brilliant songs by a cohesive band that knew how to materialize a memorable and original fusion project at an international level If Latin funk exists, it's thanks to pioneering bands like Black Sugar, a Peruvian group created in the early seventies that recorded two fundamental albums...
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Reissue, originally released for the first time in 1983 on the UK label Vista Sound Fight Against Corruption sees Cornell Campbell backed by most of The Aggrovators musicians (Sly & Robbie, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Jackie Mittoo, Winston Wright) The album was produced by Bunny Lee and Campbell itself, who -- here -- clearly skims...
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In Nakibembe, a small village in Uganda's Busoga kingdom (one of the country's four remaining constitutional monarchies), locals have long reserved a communal area for musical performances and social events In the middle of this space lies a deep pit that serves a single purpose: to amplify the embaire, an immense xylophone made...
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"1978's Slum in Dub album re-issued on 180 gram red vinyl in its original cover Coupled with the succinct Revolutionaries band and Isaacs quality songwriting, the deconstructed cuts, weave and flow like any good quality dub album should with some of the track names giving more than a hint of the original song title such as Public...
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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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Super Tight…is the second album from Hip Hop legends UGK, originally released in 1994 The title of the album is taken from its stand out single Front, Back & Side to Side Bun B and Pimp C (RIP) were already on fire from their debut album a few years prior but they perfected the Southern Playa sound with this record At the...
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J-Live’s sophomore effort All Of The Above continues the high quality form of his debut The Best Part Once again, J showcases his thoughtful and intellectual lyricism coupled with his adept production skills on nearly half of the album, but also enlists the assistance of the legendary DJ Spinna to help round out the majority...
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2014 Vinyl pressing of the Los Angeles-based rapper's third album, OXYMORON The album includes the singles 'Collard Greens,' 'Man of the Year,' and 'Break the...
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Classic '94 full length from Guru and Primo on official double vinyl Hard To Earn was finally supposed to make Gang Starr go gold, but was once again under-publicized and half-way slept on by the general public despite the hits "Dwyck" (first time on album after 2 years of floating on B-sides with tons of club play), "Code of the...
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Pressed on Black Vinyl with Limited OBI Limited to 150 copies! Features from The Musalini, Rasheed Chappell & Risktaker! Fully produced by 38 Spesh! Vic Spencer’s unconventional rap style coupled with his consistent output has made his name synonymous with the new era of underground Hip-Hop And while 38 Spesh may be...
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Hypnotised was the bands top 10 second LP, released in 1980 The album has been remastered in 2016 from the original master tapes The album includes the hits My Perfect Cousin and Wednesday Week pressed on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl, with the original artwork replicated The Undertones ·...
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Sally Cinnamon is acknowledged as the first release in the style which would come to be recognized as the Stone Roses' trademark sound This EP includes 12" single mix, all the B Sides and additional live tracks This is the first time this new configuration has ever been released Exclusive Red heavyweight 180g vinyl Half-speed...
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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing The Undertones' 1979 debut LP has often been called Ireland's most sublime piece of pop-punk ever, thanks to straight-as-an-arrow pop melodies and Feargal Sharkey's quivering vocals Appearing in both the Q magazine list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever and the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear...
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