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Pat MethenyMoonDialModern Recordings
DJ QuikRhythm-al-ismBe With Records
Sam MortonDaffodils & DirtXL Recordings
Will Gregory Moog EnsembleHeat Ray: The Archimedes ProjectMute
David BowieRock ‘n’ Roll Star! (Half-Speed Master)Parlophone
Arthur Baker presentsBreaker's RevengeOriginal B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1975-84Soul Jazz Records
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill FrisellAngel SongECM
Amon TobinPermutation (25 Year Anniversary)Ninja Tune
Paul Weller66Polydor
Sugar MinottBitter SweetMusic On Vinyl
Lonnie SmithFunk ReactionMr Bongo
Danger Mouse & JeminiGhetto Pop LifeLex Records
Beth GibbonsLives OutgrownDomino Records
Kings of LeonCan We Please Have FunCaptiol US
Ghana Special 2Various ArtistsSoundway
Kenny BurrellGuitar Forms (Acoustic Sounds)Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm(Feat. ACR, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, etc)Soul Jazz Records
Jordan RakeiThe LoopDecca
Group ListeningWalksPRAH Recordings
Goma LacaCala Boca MeninoJazz Room Records
Fontaines DC / Massive Attack / Young FathersCeasefireBattle Box
Eccentric Soul: The Tammy LabelVarious ArtistsNumero Group
Kamasi WashingtonFearless MovementYoung
Kleenex / LiliputFirst SongsKill Rock Stars
Dua LipaRadical OptimismWarner Records
Delta 5Singles & Sessions 1979-1981Kill Rock Stars
Bobby HutchersonTotal Eclipse (Tone Poet)Decca (UMO) / Blue Note
William DevaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon
Earth, Wind & FireGreatest HitsMusic On Vinyl
Marlena ShawMarlena Shaw EPJazzman Special Products
Gerry MulliganNight Lights (Acoustic Sounds)Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve
Mo KoloursOriginal FlowWe Release JAZZ
Mixmaster Morris, Jonah Sharp, Haruomi HosonoQuiet LogicWRWTFWW Records
Gloria Coleman feat. Pola RobertsSoul Sisters (Impulse, 1964) (Verve By Request)Decca (UMO) / Verve
Robert "Dubwise" Browne & Dean FraserSun GoddessJazz Room Records
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Street and Gangland Rhythms Beats And Improvisations By Six Boys In Trouble (1959)
Smithsonian Folkways
- CD FD5589£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
- Street and Gangland Rhythms – Ole
- 1. Two Bongo Drum Sets and Sticks
- 2. Bongo Drums and Sticks
- 3. One Boy Playing Three Sets of Bongo Drums with His Hand and One Drum Stick
- 4. Rhythm Ensemble with Voices
- 5. Zum, Zum
- 6. Ole
- 7. Bo Diddlie
- 8. Gugamuga
- 9. Riding Hood Boogy Man
- 10. Sister Suki
- 11. Why Can't I Get It Too
- 12. Cha Cha Cha
- 13. The Fox
- 14. Gang Fight
- 15. Shoe Shine
- 16. Shoe Shine Shakedown
- 17. Dumb Boy
- 18. Money Honey
- 19. I Want Some Food
Street percussion, drumming, songs and chants recorded in New York in 1959 by a group of street kids. Kind of like a prototype Haryou Percussion Group ('Welcome to the Party'). Wicked!
MatmosReturn to ArchiveSmithsonian Folkways
It contains sounds sourced from dozens of LPs, from Sounds of North American Frogs to Speech After the Removal of the Larynx, Sounds of Insects to Voices...
- LP FW40261LP£21.99Expected 03 MayPreorder
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Charles Cha Cha ShawInto MorningSmithsonian Folkways
Charles "Cha Cha" Shaw released his first solo album on Folkways in 1976 after having performed and recorded trumpet for pop and jazz icons like Curtis...
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Steel Band ClashSteel Band ClashSmithsonian Folkways
Recorded in 1955, three sixteen-person steel bands—Big Shell, Brute Force and Hell's Gate—come together to provide a sampling of lively music...
- Original LP£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Pre-Owned Original USA vinylIn stockAdd to Bag
- CD COOK01040£9.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Lead BellyLead Belly Sings Folk SongsSmithsonian Folkways
Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry.
- CD SFW40010£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sarah Webster FabioJujus - Alchemy of the BluesSmithsonian Folkways
Super-tough funky, funky, funky female proto-rap poetry from Sarah Webster Fabio. Killer!
Armed with an incredible rhythm section this album is a classic...
- – The hand that rocks
- – Sweet songs
- – Juju for Grandma
- – Chromo
- – Still, a Red Hot Axe
- – If we come as soft rain
- – Jujus/Alchemy of the blues
- – Jujus/Alchemy of the blues (instrumental)
- 1. – The hand that rocks
- 2. – Sweet songs
- 3. – Juju for Grandma
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- LP FW09714LP£21.99In stockAdd to Bag
East New York Ensemble de MusicAt The Helm (1974)Smithsonian Folkways
Amazing deep, deep jazz as featured on our "New Thing!" compilation! Includes heavyweight African/Eastern styles and the out-there 13 minute version of...
- – Sun Flower
- 3. – Sun Flower
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- CD FTS33867£12.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
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Drums Of Haiti (1950)Music of Haiti, Vol 2Smithsonian Folkways
Heavy, heavy, heavy drum rhythms recorded in Haiti. Voodoo plus some Rara. This is like Soul Jazz Records' own "Voodoo Drums", only recorded in 1950! Produced...
- – Bumba Dance
- 13. – Bumba Dance
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- CD FE4403£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Rhythms of RaptureSacred Musics of Haitian Vodou (1995)Smithsonian Folkways
Excellent recordings of Haitian voodoo music in all its many forms and variations. Comes with superb booklet.
Cuts from live Vodou ceremonies are juxtaposed...
- Port-Au-Prince Zepol – Vye Gran O (Song for Ezili)
- 6. Port-Au-Prince Zepol – Vye Gran O (Song for Ezili)
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- CD SFCD40464£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
The Montgomery MovementThe Montgomery Express (1974) (Reissue)Smithsonian Folkways / Numero Group
** Now available on vinyl **
Super rare funk album released on smithsonian folkways in the early 1970s. "The music of the Montgomery Express is a buried...
- – Montgomery Movement
- – Who
- – Steal away
- – Precious wing
- – Party fever
- – I'm standing by
- – Gotta make a comeback
- – Left me with a memory
- 1. – Montgomery Movement
- 2. – Who
- 3. – Steal away
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Music of Haiti / Various ArtistsMusic of Haiti: Vol. 1 - Folk Music of HaitiSmithsonian Folkways
Folklorist, ethnographer and ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, known for his important early work documenting the “vast unwritten literature,...
- CD FE 4407£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Mary Lou WilliamsMary Lou's MassSmithsonian Folkways
The long-awaited reissue of Mary Lou Williams's magnum opus of religious jazz: Mary Lou's Mass. Newsweek called the score "an encyclopedia of black music,...
- – Willis
- – O.W
- – Credo
- 1. – Willis
- 2. – O.W
- 12. – Credo
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- CD SFW40815£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Sun RaThe Magic CityMonaural
N.B. Vinyl format is released on 'Cosmic Myth Records'.
- New LP CMR001LP£25.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
- Reissue LP SATUN711£13.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
- CD 9786305058540£15.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Screw DriverComputer RuleSunset
- – Computer Rule
- 1. – Computer Rule
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- 7"£4.49Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Barry Stoller / Barbara MooreCondition Red / Steam HeatSoul Jazz Records
EXCLUSIVE 7" 45! EXCLUSIVE 7" 45! EXCLUSIVE 7" 45!
500 COPIES WORLDWIDE!
Check out this killer, killer, killer new electronic/funk/jazz 45...
- Barry Stoller – Condition Red
- Barbara Moore – Steam Heat
- 1. Barry Stoller – Condition Red
- 2. Barbara Moore – Steam Heat
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Seven SeasSuper Jaws (1975)Jayboy
A TK Production from 1975 - you can hear the sound of Disco creeping in. Good, more straight ahead funk mix on the B side too
- – Super Jaws
- – Super Jaws (Alternate Mix)
- 1. – Super Jaws
- 2. – Super Jaws (Alternate Mix)
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- Original 7"£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+
Henrik Schwarz, Ame, & DixonThe Grandfather Paradox: an Imprudent Journey through 50 Years of Minimalistic MusicBBE
Great compilation featuring some of our favourite leftfield artists including Liquid Liquid, Steve Reich, John Carpenter, Moondog, Conrad Schnitizler,...
- Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint
- To Rococo Rot – Testfeld
- Conrad Schnitzler – Elektocon
- John Carpenter – The President is Gone
- Raymond Scott – Bass-Line Generator
- 1. Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint
- 7. To Rococo Rot – Testfeld
- 11. Conrad Schnitzler – Elektocon
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Pheeroan ak LaffHouse of Spirit : MirthUniversal Sound
American composer and drummer Pheeroan AkLaff's celebrated ‘House of Spirit:Mirth’ features in our recent revolutionary jazz records book (compiled...
- – Ayin of Love
- – Tzaddi Vau
- – Michelle Del
- – Jarawa
- – Freedom
- – 3 in 1
- 1. – Ayin of Love
- 2. – Tzaddi Vau
- 3. – Michelle Del
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Louisiana Creole Music / Various ArtistsLouisiana Creole MusicSmithsonian Folkways
The French-speaking, black Creoles from the prairies of lower Louisiana produce a wide variety of music, from Cajun two-steps to the blues. This album...
- CD FA 2622£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
J.D. Short and Son HouseJ.D. Short and Son House: Blues from the Mississippi DeltaSmithsonian Folkways
This album presents the distinctive blues born from the hardships of life—especially African-American life—in northern Mississippi. In addition...
- CD FA 2467£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Shangaan ElectroNew Wave Dance Music From South AfricaHonest Jon's
An astounding compilation of the breakneck Shangaan dance music from South Africa! Shangaan is traditional South African music fused with electronics...
- BBC – Ngunyuta Dance (The Shake-Your-Behind Dance)
- Tshetsha Boys – Nwa Pfundla (Pfundla's Daughter)
- Zinja Hlungwani – Ntombi Ya Mugaza (Shangaan Woman)
- BBC – Ngozi (Danger)
- 1. BBC – Ngunyuta Dance (The Shake-Your-Behind Dance)
- 2. Tshetsha Boys – Nwa Pfundla (Pfundla's Daughter)
- 4. Zinja Hlungwani – Ntombi Ya Mugaza (Shangaan Woman)
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Cult Music of CubaCult Music of Cuba (1951)Smithsonian Folkways
Excellent early recordings of Yoruba, Lucumi and more religious afro-cuban cult music with songs for Shango, Legba etc. Recommended.
These recordings...
- – Song to Legba and Yemaya (Two Male Voices, Drum, Rattle)
- 1. – Song to Legba and Yemaya (Two Male Voices, Drum, Rattle)
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- CD FE4410£11.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Ian Dury And The BlockheadsDo It Yourself (1979)Stiff
Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel at their musical funky punky jazzy finest. Includes the marvellous "Inbetweenies"!
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+