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2021 restock. "Talking To The People is the debut release from the Detroit group Black Nasty that was originally issued on Stax-Enterprise Records in 1973. The album features socially conscious songs that reflected the reality of black urban life in the early 1970s. Fans of early Funkadelic will find much to their liking with this funk-soul-rock underground classic. Reissued on 180 gram vinyl with tip on jackets by 4 Men With Beards."
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"Reissue of the stone cold Island Records reggae classic Funky Kingston by Toots & The Maytals. Showcasing some of the Maytals best songs including 'Pressure Drop', 'Time Tough', the title track and their incredible version of John Denver's 'Country Roads', the album is the closest reggae ever got to soul music and is a funky, uplifting listening experience. On 180 gram translucent blue vinyl."
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"Originally released on Prestige in 1957, this is the third LP from NYC street performer and avant-garde/minimalist composer Moondog. Perhaps the least accessible of his early releases, this album is made up of percussive jams, usually on instruments of his own creation, street sounds, poetry, and Far East melodies, despite opening with a swinging number that is, oddly, the most bizarre thing on the album. Another classic from Moondog reissued with its original Andy Warhol artwork. Limited edition of 1,000 on purple and green starburst vinyl."
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"Good Times is the debut album by Chicago harpist and vocalist Shakey Jake (uncle to Magic Sam) which was released in 1960 on Bluesville. Recorded in New Jersey by Rudy Van Gelder with Brother Jack McDuff on organ and guitarist Bill Jennings rounding out the drummer less trio. Reissued on 180 gram vinyl on a tip on sleeve with a paper and poly lined inner sleeve."
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"Originally released in 1977, this was the first album Iggy Pop made after the dissolution of the Stooges, several jailings and a self-imposed stay in a mental institution. Produced by David Bowie, and including music written almost entirely by him, this is Iggy's most introspective and heavy work. Much more mechanical than the sleazy proto-punk of the Stooges, The Idiot was a huge influence on the post-punk sound of folks like Joy Division and Magazine. An absolute classic on purple vinyl. Limited edition of 1,000."
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"Originally released in 1963 on Bluesville from sessions recorded in 1962, Smokes Like Lightning features Hopkins solo on guitar and vocals except for a full band on three of the tracks. Includes a re-recording of 'T Model Blues' and 'Let's Do The Susie-Q'. Reissued on 180 gram vinyl on a tip on sleeve with a paper and poly lined inner sleeve."
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"Over 50 years since his discovery by ethnomusicologists Dr. Harry Oster and Richard Allen in the prison farm of Angola, Louisiana, what is it that makes the blues as sung and picked by Robert Pete Williams such a singular listening experience, unequaled elsewhere in that musical form... As Peter Guralnick, in his Feel Like Going Home book writes: 'It's difficult to approve the banalities of most blues singers after listening to Robert Pete Williams. More than anyone else he shatters the conventions of the form and refuses to rely upon any of the clichés, either of music or of lyric, which bluesman after bluesman will invoke. Instead, he sings blues which reflect a unique and personal vision; he makes each song unmistakably his own.' Unfamiliar keys, cliché-free lyricism, spontaneity, an individualistic style in invoking his particular blues, all make Robert Pete Williams an idiosyncratic entry into the canon. It's impossible to listen to blues artists before him and hear strains of his particular style. None have matched it since. Louisiana Blues contains 10 songs recorded in the month of July 1966 out in Berkeley, California for John Fahey's Takoma imprint. Comes with an eight-page booklet. Limited edition of 600 on bottleneck brown vinyl."
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2021 repress. Gold vinyl. "Television's second LP highlights the guitar interplay of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. It shows the dreamier, reflective side of this groundbreaking band. Original artwork. On gold vinyl with inner sleeve featuring lyrics and an essay on the album. Limited edition of 1,000."
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2021 restock. Orange vinyl. "Originally released in 1966. Fahey's never recorded an album that was more thoroughly of its moment. From the groovy flute and twangy sitar accompaniment to the backwards guitar, this Birthday Party is a charmingly trippy '60s time capsule. But it isn't a two dimensional one. The album gains immense depth from the tension between his sweeping, fingerpicked melodies and discordant string-battery. It's the audible battle between yearned for rose colored luminescence and ankle blistering hellhound darkness that enables this record to transcend its hippie dreaminess."
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2021 restock. 180 gram vinyl. "Last Night Blues by Lightnin' Hopkins was originally released in 1961 by Bluesville. Joined by harpist Sonny Terry this is a stripped down, soulful release with Sonny delivering instinctive accompaniment to Lightnin's fluid finger picking guitar and gritty vocals. Reissued on 180 gram vinyl on a tip on sleeve with a paper and poly lined inner sleeve."
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2022 repress. "Police & Thieves is a roots reggae classic by Junior Murvin originally released in 1977 which was produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry (who also wrote or co-wrote many of the songs) at his legendary Black Ark Studios with The Upsetters. The title song was memorably covered by The Clash in a very different arrangement than Murvin's. Perry's imaginative and groundbreaking production surrounded Junior's falsetto vocals and the musicians in a dense, echo heavy, spaced out sound to create one of the great songs, and albums, of the roots era. Limited edition of 500 now available on gold vinyl!"
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2022 repress. "War Ina Babylon by Max Romeo & The Upsetters was originally released in 1976 by Island Records. Produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry at his Black Ark Studio, with backing by his superb band The Upsetters, this record has Perry's trademark gritty, swampy sound while the socially and politically conscious songs and the musicians performances show all involved at the height of their powers. This is a classic of the roots era and an essential record for reggae fans. On black vinyl."
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"Johnny Jenkins' Ton-Ton Macoute! originally released in 1970, is a classic Southern cooked blues, rock, soul and country album. The recording started life as a Duane Allman solo record which was then taken over and completed by Jenkins and crafted into this release with help from future Allman Brothers members Berry Oakley, Jaimoe and Butch Trucks. Highlights include a cover of Dr. John's 'I Walk On Gilded Splinters' which has been sampled many times, Bob Dylan's 'Down Along The Cove', Muddy Waters' 'Rollin' Stone' and J.D. Loudermilk's 'Bad News.' Also included are the bonus tracks 'I Don't Want No Woman' by Don Robey and Otis Rush's 'My Love Will Never Die.' On 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold sleeve."
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"Funkadelic's second LP, originally released in 1970, is another straight up masterpiece from the stoniest, strangest funk and R&B group of all-time. Opening with the 10 minute title track complete with a shredding keyboard solo from Bernie Worrell and, of course, the six-stringed insanity of Eddie Hazel. One of George Clinton's finest sets of songs and another essential part of the Parliament-Funkadelic catalog reissued on blue starburst vinyl in a deluxe gatefold jacket."
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"Released less than a year after The Idiot, Lust For Life is a return to the sloppy, sleazy, blues-y, swagger of the Stooges. Though the record is, again produced by David Bowie, he takes much more of a back seat musically, allowing for Iggy Pop to take center stage in his return to form. His best solo album and an absolute classic from this legend. Limited edition of 1,000 on red vinyl."
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"1971's Maggot Brain is the all-out Funkadelic masterpiece. Absolutely no one working in soul and funk at the time had the scope, or vision, to pull off the kind of record that George Clinton and his collaborators have made here. Eccentric funk jams are book ended by two of the heaviest tracks ('Maggot Brain' and 'Wars of Armageddon') ever committed to tape. The title track, and album opener, is nothing short of mind-blowing, Eddie Hazel's guitar is a revolution brought on by Clinton asking him to play 'as if your mother just died.' Maggot Brain is an essential classic and the deepest album to come out of the Parliament-Funkadelic camp. Clear & blue vinyl in a deluxe classic style gatefold sleeve. Limited edition of 1,000."
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"Originally released in 1977, this was the first album Iggy Pop made after the dissolution of the Stooges, several jailings and a self-imposed stay in a mental institution. Produced by David Bowie, and including music written almost entirely by him, this is Iggy's most introspective and heavy work. Much more mechanical than the sleazy proto-punk of the Stooges, The Idiot was a huge influence on the post-punk sound of folks like Joy Division and Magazine. An absolute classic on white - clear vinyl."
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"The seminal debut album from the quintessential American power pop band originally released in 1972 is now reissued on 180 gram vinyl. #1 Record features the classic line up of Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Andy Hummel and Jody Stephens. LP includes faithfully restored sleeve and label art including UV coating for the cover which duplicates the original Ardent album release. On purple vinyl."
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180-gram vinyl. "Originally released in 1964, Dance of Death offers a glimpse of an artist in transformation. More than half the album's titles draw from the traditional blues and country repertoire Fahey had spent his teen years and young adulthood collecting, listening to, and learning to play, yet the recordings proved once and for all that his interests lay in musical transfigurations rather than preservation -- Fahey was not afraid to use these old tunes as raw material."
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2021 restock. "Lady Lake is the second album by British progressive rock band Gnidrolog led by twin brothers Stewart and Colin Goldring. Lady Lake was originally released in 1972 while the group was often compared to Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator with a touch of early Yes and King Crimson also and at times an edgy jazz sound. The songs are beautifully arranged and recorded. Opening with the powerful anti-war epic 'I Could Never Be A Soldier' to the last track 'Social Embarassment,' the album is an eclectic showcase for the band and shows why this is a underground progressive rock classic. A long-out-of-print record that fetches large sums online, Lady Lake is reissued on 180-gram vinyl with additional liner notes by Stewart Goldring on a double-sided insert."
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2021 restock. "Hey Jude is the classic 1969 release by Wilson Pickett cut with the Muscle Shoals session crew while Duane Allman added his intense, bluesy guitar to the mix. This album of hard southern soul features Pickett in top form with his powerful vocals featured on soul tunes such as 'A Man and a Half' and 'Toe Hold' alongside choice rock covers including the title track and 'Born to Be Wild.' Reissued on 180-gram vinyl with tip-on jacket by 4 Men With Beards."
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"Tell Mama by Etta James was originally released in 1968 and it put her back in the top 10 with the single 'Tell Mama.' Produced by Rick Hall at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, this album is a stone cold soul/blues classic from start to finish. Standout tracks include the title track, a cover of Otis Redding's 'Security,' 'I'd Rather Go Blind,' and 'Don't Lose Your Good Thing.' Easily one of the best albums of her long career it is now being reissued on 180-gram vinyl in glorious mono!"
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"Hammer and Nails is a reissue of the classic 1962 release by The Staple Singers. This album showcases the group in their southern gospel prime on the title track, 'Gloryland,' and 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen.' The group would go on to soul glory when they signed with Stax Records later in the decade but this is the group doing what they do best: gospel. Reissued on 180-gram vinyl by 4 Men With Beards."
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2021 restock. "The Academy in Peril by former Velvet Underground member John Cale was originally released in 1972. The album is an exploration of his influences and training in classical music and features mainly instrumental compositions including two tracks that feature the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Cale balances the rock-classical fusion on the record with touches of humor while the music is beautiful and subtle showing Cale's skills at composing and arranging. Contributors include Ron Wood on guitar, Del Newman on drums and 'Legs' Larry Smith of The Bonzo Dog Band. Cover art and design by Andy Warhol. 180 gram vinyl reissue in a die-cut custom gatefold jacket."
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2021 restock. "Canadian singer/song writer David Wiffen's 1971 self-titled album, originally released on Fantasy Records, is now being reissued by 4 Men With Beards. The album is a showcase for David's rich baritone voice and his world weary, laid back songs. Standout tracks include the classic 'Driving Wheel' covered by Tom Rush, The Byrds, The Jayhawks, Roger McGuinn and The Cowboy Junkies among many others, plus the openly confessional 'More Often Than Not' and 'I've Got A Ticket'. A underground folk/chamber pop classic reissued on 180 gram vinyl."
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