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100% analog reissue of flautist Bobbi Humphrey s Mizell Bros-produced masterpiece to celebrate 80 years of Blue Note! One of the best Blue Note soul fusion albums. A hot box of soul jazz samples. Most notable is Jasper County Man, sampled by Digable Planets on their highly underrated second album. Blacks and Blues with its…
Messages in the music that remain relevant after all these years. Melodies International with another revelatory reissue courtesy of forgotten soul genius Bobby Wright. Wright, who now goes by Abu Talib, penned these two beautiful pieces of stripped-back folk soul back in the 1974 – an era of social unrest not unlike modern times. It was through music that Abu believed he…
Highly coveted southern soul gem repressed! Boco s Running The Mardi Gras is a cult classic among diggers in the soul scene, fetching upwards of $1K when it pops up on the second hand market (ratio game crazy on the cogs). Factoring prices and scarcity, it s damn near impossible to get your hands on this…
Highly sough-after cosmic disco repressed! Brian Bennett s 1978 space disco opus Voyage is the stuff of digger legend, and as such, has been the subject of some pretty bad bootlegs in recent years. Thankfully Australia s Isle Of Jura label has come to the rescue with a proper and official reissue of this funky gem (complete with…
PPU stay funky. Release number 77 from our favorite funk label comes by way of the homie Benedek and his funky posse (including Jamma-Dee). The lo-fi synth funk vibe is just oozing off the wax on C.O.O.L. Band s Jam I, which sounds like a live jam session of the highest (and funkiest) caliber. Max D (of…
An absolute classic and one of the most important albums in Brazilian music. Originally released in 1968, the self titled solo debut by Caetano Veloso is one of the first forays into Tropicália music, demonstrating the “antropofagia” (artistic cannibalism) of the Tropicália movement. Drawing inspiration from psychedelia, rock, pop, Indian Music, Bossa nova, and Bahian…
Bossa Nova… out of Argentina? That s exactly what came to be on Candeias sole full length from 1976. As the story goes, Argentinian multi-instrumentalist Guillermo Reuter was invited by French producer Jaques Subileau to the Buenos Aires-based studio Sound Center to write an album. Sambaiana was the resulting album, a lost fusion masterpiece that blends Brazilian Jazz…
Third studio album from deep soul crooner. When Bradley and Menahan Street Band dropped the RSD exclusive 45 of Black Sabbath s Changes last year, it was a wrap… Their vision of the song gave it all new meaning and truly brought out the soul that was masked in the original. Fast forward and here…
Another round of expertly curated French boogie from Favorite Recordings! After the success of French Disco Boogie Sounds Vol.1, the Parisian label taps DJ producer Charles Maurice once again for an encore selection of killer boogie grooves from across the pond. As expected, Maurice does not disappoint and brings together an incredibly funky batch of French gems from the…
Essential recording from legendary jazz bassist Charles Mingus. Blues & Roots was originally recorded in 1959 and Mingus direct response to critics saying that his ambitious music somehow did not swing enough. Working at the behest of Atlantic Records iconic producer Nesuhi Ertegun, Mingus turned to the blues, gospel and New Orleans jazz for inspiration….
First class sessions from Mingus reissued. Originally released in 1963, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus features two sets of recordings from the renowned bassist composer. The majority of tracks ( II B.S., Mood Indigo, Theme For Lester Young, Hora Decubitus, and Better Get Hit In Yo Soul ) were recorded on September 20, 1963 with…
Final collaboration between jazz greats Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Bird And Diz was originally recorded in 1950, but was not released until 1952. Producer Norman Granz, who Parker was working with at the time, helmed the sessions and saw the release as an opportunity to introduce Parker to a larger audience. Both Bird and…
Jam on to a sound more sophisticated. Another welcome deep dive from Numero, this time into a universe of outsider synth funk from University City s Chasman. If the name looks familiar, chances are you picked up Numero s excellent Escape From Synth City compilation, on which Chasman s Windfall was the opening cut. The…
Debut studio album from Senegalese singer Cheikh Lô back in print for Record Store Day 2018! The Youssou N Dour produced album features a mix of African and Cuban rhythms supporting Lô s high, reedy vocals. Seven tracks in all. Released by World Circuit on 180 gram vinyl housed in a full color sleeve with…
All forms of expression in sound are valid, as all people are… this is the mantra of Ancestral Recall. Constantly shifting in form, Christian aTunde Adjuah s Ancestral Recall uses jazz as the connector between different sounds from different cultures. The record is complex and refuses to be put in a category, but rhythms from…
“She does all the things that I like” – we all know the type. Not much info surrounding this faceless slice of electric boogie by unknown outfit Circuitry, credited only to Electro Wayne & Lo Joe (?). We’re inclined to believe this is another lost 80’s boogie gem unearthed by the PPU crew, as previous…
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