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SVVRCH 063LP
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RELEASE DATE: 8/12/2022
Reissue, originally released in 1973. An icon of Brazilian popular music, Tim Maia was a musical polymath and prolific recording artist best known for introducing American soul to the Brazilian music scene, pioneering the sambalanço style by blending elements of soul, funk, rock, and samba. Maia recorded four self-titled albums for Polydor Brazil, this fourth release from 1973 is arguably the best, with its outstanding hits "Réu Confesso" and "Gostava Tanto de Você"; "Do Your Thing, Behave Yourself" shows how the soul form fitted him perfectly and "O Balanço" full to bursting with Brazilian flavor. A superb set from start to finish, it's a must for all Tim Maia fans.
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SVVRCH 060LP
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Survival Research present a reissue of The Battered Ornaments' Mantle-Piece, originally released in 1969. Following the breakup of Cream, lyricist/vocalist Pete Brown formed his Battered Ornaments with guitarist Chris Spedding, drummer Rob Tait, bassist Butch Potter, percussionist Pete Bailey, and saxophonist Nisar Ahmed Khan, but during the recording of sophomore album Mantle-Piece, Brown fell out with Spedding, resulting in his departure. The resultant spacey venture has jazz and blues shades, riding the sonic waves under Spedding's direction, with Khan's sax and Potter's bass fitting foils to Spedding's guitar and keyboards. This is another great piece of the Spedding puzzle, with pleasantly meandering interludes. Gatefold sleeve.
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Reissue, originally released in 1978. The only album by Althea & Donna, a Jamaican reggae duo active between 1977 and 1979, mostly known for the number one hit "Uptown Top Ranking". "Uptown Top Ranking" was a song by Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity.
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Survival Research present a reissue of May Blitz's self-titled album, originally released in 1970. Obscure hard rock power trio May Blitz spun off from British blues-rock act Bakerloo, but after founding members quit to join Vinegar Joe, Uriah Heep, and Colosseum, lead singer/guitarist Jamie Black recruited fellow Canadian Reid Hudson on bass, scoring a major coup when Tony Newman joined on drums, following stints with Jeff Beck, The Hollies, and Sounds Incorporated. Their self-titled debut, released on Vertigo in July 1970, is heavy psych with a blues underpinning that edges toward metal, an overlooked gem that will appeal to all who like their rock down 'n' dirty, trippy and bluesy, hard hitting and free from excess. Gatefold sleeve.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Clara Mondshine's Visions Of Audio, originally released in 1987. The final instalment of the electronic fusion projects that Walter Bachauer concocted for Klaus Schulze's Innovative Communication label, Visions Of Audio delves further into minimalist musique concrete, extending themes developed on Memorymetropolis (1983) in drawing on non-European vocal chants, here applied in dissociative layers. The diverse, complex arrangements include the symphonic synths of "Promised Land" and the war-mode Sensurround of "1922 In Baku", as well as the obtuse loops of "The Final Ritual", the work inspiring future hitmaker Pilooski. Mondshine fans, Berlin School freaks, and abstract electronica lovers should bag it.
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SVVRCH 054LP
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Chet Baker's work is legendary and the arrival of this previously unreleased live set, recorded at Palermo's Brass Club in 1976, is a real delight for his fans. Here, Baker's marvelous trumpet revelry is matched by the rest of his dynamite Quartet, this time featuring the esteemed composer and vibraphonist Enzo Randisi on piano (his only collaboration with Baker), Vito Tommaso's brother Giovanni making full use of the fretboard on melodic stand-up bass, and Gianni Cavallaro taking an unusual approach with the drums. Their keen musicianship helps spur Baker to squeeze the best from his horn, and there's a rare take of the ballad "I Can't Get Started" too, making this a must-have for all serious Chet devotees.
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SVVRCH 055LP
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Recorded at the infamous Spahn Ranch in 1970, while their leader Charles Manson was facing trial for the murder of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, The Manson Family Sings is a highly disconcerting listen. Beneath the harmonic brilliance and folksy innocence of these campfire-styled recordings are the hallmarks of Manson's twisted worldview, rendering a dystopian edge to what is otherwise compelling singalongs. Squeaky Frome, Brenda Gold, Gypsy Share and Sandra Blue all feature, with Clem Grogan fronting the beast, the end result being some of the freakiest and troubling songs you are ever likely to encounter.
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Survival Research present a reissue of 's Memorymetropolis, originally released in 1983. Walter Bachauer has been an active part of Berlin's but all in all Germany's electronic and progressive music scene as long as he lived with his greatest achievements being the Meta Music festivals in Berlin in 1974, 1976, and 1978 while he worked as a line producer at RiasBerlin, the city's biggest radio station. In the early to mid-80s he got back to compose and play music under the pseudonym Clara Mondshine and this is his second out of three albums from 1983, Memorymetropolis. Easy listening melodies come in smaller doses here despite his fondness for the pop-oriented side of the so-called Berlin School electronics and the overall time in which he operated this project.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Girls' self-titled album, originally released in 1977. Pioneers of the josei rock movement, Japanese girl group Girls looked to the Runaways for inspiration, successfully adapting their "Cherry Bomb" in a mix of Japanese and English. Racier than contemporaries such as Mizutama Shobodan (or Polkadot Firebrigade), the band was driven by the teasing antics of lead singer Takako Nomoto, alias Rita, and the axe work of lead guitarist Atsuko Okuno, alias Iria. This riveting debut sees the Girls tackling "Honkey Tonk Woman", "Johnny B. Goode", and Blondie's "In The Flesh". The title track, "Nora Necko", or "Stray Cat" are a few of their irresistible hits.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Goliath's Hot Rock & Thunder, originally released in 1975. Never achieving the glory they deserved, Goliath was formed in Terre Haute, Indiana, as a psychedelic/prog offshoot of Sons of Sound, formed by rhythm section Bill and Steve Peters, with vocalist Jim Kitchen. Future Eagles manager Irv Azoff raised their profile, but guitarist David Graham succumbed to drugs; other members left to form Raven in 1974, so the band recruited guitarist Paul Bays and keyboardist Dave Wood to cut Hot Rock & Thunder for Ray Allen's Bridges label, blending hard rock, wistful prog, and country shades, with Bays and Wood defining melodic features. It's another lost gem, ripe for rediscovery.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Judas Jump's Scorch, originally released in 1970. Prog-rock supergroup Judas Jump was formed by saxophonist Alan Jones, following the demise of Amen Corner, with future Status Quo keyboardist/vocalist Andrew Bown and future McCartney/Clapton/Pete Townshend drummer Henry Spinetti, who had both been in Herd with Peter Frampton. At the heavy, hard-rocking end of prog, Judas Jump's prominent woodwinds and occasional Mellotron yielded the distinctiveness that is all over this compelling debut LP, but despite featuring at the Isle of Wight festival and making the front cover of NME, Judas Jump broke up by 1971, rendering Scorch a lost classic.
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Limited repress. Survival Research present a reissue of Terry Gibbs & Alice Coltrane's El Nutto, originally released in 1963. Before joining vibraphonist Terry Gibbs' quartet in 1962, Detroit-born pianist Alice McLeod played intermissions at the Paris Blue Note and appeared on French TV with saxophonist Lucky Thompson, reaching Gibbs' attention in a duo with vibraphonist Terry Pollard; in the quartet, she became the perfect foil for Gibbs, her understated piano making room for his intense improvisation, stepping up with her own expression when needed. El Nutto, their third LP, captures Alice at her best in this setting, as heard on the reveries of "El Flippo" and the title track, this solid set of Gibbs originals showing her virtuosity, composure, and curiousness, which would soon reach more cosmic highs, once she became Alice Coltrane.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Merryweather & Carey's Vacuum Cleaner, originally released in 1971. Canadian bassist/vocalist Neil Merryweather relocated to Los Angeles in the late 1960s and hooked up with the singer, actress and future Penthouse pet, Lynn Carey. They would find greater fame upon forming the band Mama Lion in 1972, but Vacuum Cleaner captures the prototype of the group on this collaboration cut the year before, after RCA signed them as a duo. Merryweather's bass is a solid anchor and his harmony and musical arrangements help keep everything in place; Canadian keyboardist JJ Velker adds atmosphere, but it is Carey's powerful voice that really drives this hard rockin' beast, gleaning comparisons with Janis Joplin. Merryweather & Carey notably appeared in Russ Meyer's The Seven Minutes too.
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Survival Research present a reissue of West Coast Revival's self-titled album, originally released in 1977. Seattle-born preacher's son Luther James Rabb played sax with Jimi Hendrix in the Velvetones and after forming popular horns-based rock act Ballin' Jack, moved to Los Angeles, where soul harmony trio West Coast Revival was born. Early singles for United Artists were produced by Howard Scott and Lonnie Jordan of War, and their sole LP, released in 1977, is an exceedingly rare soul-funk gem, with solid vocal harmony, hard funk breaks, and a touch of sophisticated strings. "My Mind Is At Ease" is a breakbeat special and "Feelin' Allright" rides a meaty bass groove, both underlining the War connection. Survival Research's edition comes with bonus love song "Beautiful Girl", an early single B-side. Overall, this is prime soul-funk with uncommon elements, ripe for rediscovery by all discerning funk fans.
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Survival Research present the first vinyl reissue of Children Of One's self-titled album, originally released on Real Records in 1969. Released towards the end of the '60s, Children Of One's sole album was is a rare and obscure psych-rock delice for acid fans, heavily influenced by the so-called "Eastern trend". This quartet from New York picked several typical Indian instruments like sitar, tablas and others. Improvisation is largely present in their songs and, overall, the feeling is that of a really forgotten gem that ranks up there with the best productions of that era. Recommended for all obscure US psychedelic rock fans out there. Edition of 500.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Privilege's self-titled album, originally released in 1969. An acid rock LP on the Isley Brothers' T-Neck label? Yes, the unlikely collaboration resulted from a Jimi Hendrix concert at New York's Syracuse University, supported by the Isley Brothers and mixed soul-rock group, Soul Survivors, who had worked with Tom Bell and Gamble & Huff. When Soul Survivors morphed into Privilege, they convinced the Isleys to sign them to T-Neck, the result being this rare self-titled album, a fine set of hard-rocking originals, expertly produced by the Isleys with plenty of stereo panning, blistering guitar from front man Edward Leonetti, atmospheric organ from Paul Venturini, and melodic bass lines from Jack Douglas, later an engineer for Aerosmith, Lou Reed, and Cheap Trick. A true classic, not to be missed!
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Survival Research present a reissue of Chico Magnetic Band's self-titled album, originally released in 1971. Lyon-based freakers Chico Magnetic Band began as Chico & the Slow Death, its front man a wild Tunisian-born singer otherwise known as Mahmoud Ayari, with drummer Patrick Garel, bassist Alain Mazet, and guitarist Bernard Lloret, later replaced by Bernard Monneri. Conjuring a dark, excessive sound with unfettered guitar, pummeling drum rolls and Ayari growling and grumbling over the top, this sole LP is culled from different permutating sessions, with plenty of audio freakery and extreme effects from Jean-Pierre Massiera; Hendrix cover "Cross Town Traffic" is rendered with love, despite Ayari's hefty accent.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Teenage Head's Frantic City, originally released in 1980. Hailing from the city of Hamilton, outside Ontario, melodic Canadian punk band Teenage Head was formed at Westdale High School in 1975; later, co-founder Frank Kerr became lead singer Frankie Venom, and guitarist Gord Lewis brought in bassist Steve Mahon and drummer Nick Stipanitz. Major label Epic issued debut singles "Picture My Face" and "Top Down" in 1978, paving the way for acclaimed debut LP, Frantic City; aside from punkish covers of Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else" and Vince Taylor's "Brand New Cadillac," power-pop punk originals like "Let's Shake" and "Infected" helped the disc go gold.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Manu Dibango's Africadelic, originally released in 1972. The strange and majestic musical beast that is Africadelic was Dibango's follow-up to Soul Makossa (1972), but it was initially released on Louis Delacour's library music label, Mondiaphone, before Soul Makossa became an international phenomenon. As a Mondiaphone release, it was aimed at television and film producers seeking atmospheric background music, so the original titles are simply "Theme No 1," "Theme No 2," etc., with corresponding rhythmic notations such as "3/4 Africain," "Afro Beat 12/8," and "Medium Soul Beat," though once "Soul Makossa" hit the stratosphere, subsequent reissues bore actual song titles. In any case, the album is simply wonderful, a driving mix of Afro soul, funk, and jazz, with an undercurrent of Latin percussion throughout, given further shades by rock guitar and soul organ, as heard on "African Battle" and the title track; opener "Soul Fiesta" builds dramatic percussive tension before Dibango drops a killer vibraphone riff, while "African Carnival" makes the most of the full horn section, Dibango's sax soloing giving room for complex polyrhythmic percussion breaks. "Oriental Sunset" has beautiful vibraphone from Dibango too, as well as a thrilling flute melody, "Monkey Beat" and "Wa Wa" are funky soul struts and "Percussion Storm" has the band marching off into the African sunset as Dibango unleashes another killer vibraphone melody. Listening back to the album now, it is hard to believe that the whole shebang was written in a couple of days and committed to tape within the space of a week, but that is all more testimony to the greatness of Manu Dibango, one of African music's true pioneers.
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Survival Research present a reissue of The Chequers' Check It Out, originally released in 1976. British funk/disco band The Chequers began in reggae, formed by bassist John Matthias and his guitarist brother Richard in 1973, with drummer George Young, keyboardist Paul War, and vocalist Jackie Robins. Despite the success of early single "Rudi's In Love," the group soon aimed for a broader sound informed by lush disco and Philly soul; thus, debut LP Check It Out had Mike Spear on congas, Andy Dummit on sax and flute, and Ken Freeman on string synth. Tracks like "Theme One" and "Rock On Brother" are heavily orchestrated, and there's an unusual funk/disco reading of The Wailers' "Get Up Stand Up" too.
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Reduced price, last copies. Survival Research present a reissue of Magic's self-titled release, originally released in 1971. Spanning the divide between backwoods swamp rock and US psychedelia, Magic evolved from Lansing, Michigan-based band, Next Exit, which singer-songwriter Duane King and his bassist brother Nick joined in 1968. The following year the group became Magic and things stepped up a gear with the introduction of lead guitarist Joey Murcia, a Miami native that was a session player for TK Records. The band moved to Miami and became the first white act on TK, their debut album released on their own Armadillo label. Returning to Michigan in 1970, Motown producer Scott Regan brought them onto the Rare Earth subsidiary for this excellent self-titled LP, with none other than Stevie Wonder playing piano on three tracks.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Willie Rosario and his Orchestra's El Bravo Soy Yo!, originally released in 1963. Puerto Rican composer, bandleader, and percussionist Willie Rosario was a giant of Latin music, known as Senor Afinque or Mr. Tight for the strength of his musical arrangements. Born in Coamo in 1930, Rosario had already formed the Coamex band, prior to his emigration to New York in 1947, where he played in various orchestras, forming his own band in Spanish Harlem in 1959 and also presenting a Spanish-language music show on radio station WADO. Signing to Alegre in 1962, he began touring widely, the label issuing this sought-after debut in 1963; mixing covers and original, the hot salsa here features the dulcet tones of lead singer, Frankie Figueroa.
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Survival Research present a reissue of The Incredible Shrinking Dickies, originally released in 1979. Hyperactive Ramones-influenced cartoon punk rock from Los Angeles. One debut LP that made the history in the genre. Frantically fast and short versions of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", the Monkees' "She", and Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction", along with a few unforgettable hits like "You Make Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)" and "Give It Back". A must for all California punk completists.
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Survival Research present a reissue of Tito Puente's El Rey Del Timbale (Puente In Percussion), originally released in 1956. Percussive titan Tito Puente brought various forms of Latin rhythm into the consciousness of mainstream America and western Europe through a career that lasted over half a century, introducing enthralling Latin styles to the broader public from the early 1950s. His 1956 masterpiece El Rey Del Timbale features an all-star line-up consisting of Mongo Santamaria, Wilie Bobo, Cuban-born congero Carlos "Patato" Valdes (who had already recorded with Kenny Dorham for Blue Note and who was soon to record with Art Blakey), and Miami-born acoustic bassist Bobby Rodriguez (who had played with Dizzy Gillespie and Noro Morales), and Tito himself. The end result was simply astounding, a powerhouse of percussive jams delivered Latin style. It would spawn several copycat successors, including Puente's own Top Percussion (1958), but nothing really tops the invigorating, spontaneous feeling captured on "Puente In Percussion". A dramatic, action-packed set from start to finish, the beauty of the collaboration is ably reflected on "The Big Four" and "Congo Beat"; "Tito And Mongo On Timbales" is a percussive duel and "Swinging The Mambo" betrays the influence of jazz on the percussive styles. Puente In Percussion was so ahead of its time that it has enjoyed repeated demand throughout the decades, reaching back into circulation in the 1960, '70s, '90s and into the new millennium. Puente went on to pioneer all kinds of other incredible innovations in Latin jazz and other genres, yet Puente In Percussion is reminiscent of the primeval percussive core at the heart of his work. Crank it up and let the rhythms work their magic.
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Reissue. Released in 1971 by Okko Bekker, a Dutch sitar player, keyboardist, and producer who has worked with the likes of Brian Eno, Conny Plank, Asmus Tietchens, and Moebius. As the title suggests this is a sitar and synthesizer led trip through six groovy and jazzy originals and two covers. Featuring help from the jazz legend Herb Geller on flute, Sitar & Electronics is a funky and rare piece of European exotica finally available again on LP.
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