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VA – The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, vol. 2 (1928-1932) (2014)
In 2103, Jack White’s Third Man Records teamed with the late John Fahey’s Revenant Records to release The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, vol. 1. Housed in an oak cabinet, the expensive object...
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VA – Songs of Anarchy, Vol. 4 (2015)
The fourth volume of music from the iconic TV series is easily its most diverse. House band the Forest Rangers, who will be familiar to fans of the series, back a variety of singers including Billy...
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VA – Putumayo Presents Australia (2014)
Australia features exceptional musicians whose songs reflect the broad diversity of cultures and international music that have influenced the country. Putumayo Presents: Australia is a compilation of...
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VA – The Mike Maurro Peak Hour Remixes (2015)
East Coast, U.S.A., 2014 and the remix culture elite squad are alive, well and continuing the spirit and heritage first created by Tom Moulton some 34 years ago, when he created the both the remix and...
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VA – BBC Introducing Presents… Volume 1 (2015)
BBC Introducing Presents… Volume 1 is a double compilation album celebrating the biggest success stories from the award winning BBC Introducing platform. The album serves as a definitive guide to some...
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VA – Next Stop Soweto 4: Zulu Rock, Afro Disco & Mbaqanga 1975-1985 (2015)
London-based label Strut Records releases the latest edition of their ‘Next Stop Soweto’ series with Next Stop Soweto 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco, & Mbaqanga 1975-1985. According to Strut, this era of...
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VA – The Rough Guide to Latin Rare Groove, vol. 2 (2015)
Pablo E Yglesias’ excellent sleeve notes to Latin Rare Groove Volume 2 evoke a subterranean world of obsessive record collectors seeking out funky, tropical dance music, with a breed of über-fans from...
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VA – Disco Dildar (2015)
Never one to merely scrape the surface of a niche genre the Finders Keepers bloodhound digs deeper still into the core of the Indian subcontinent exhuming a concise party pack of opulent, off-centre...
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VA – A Fine Selection of Independent Disco, Modern Soul and Boogie 1978-82...
A Fine Selection of Independent Disco, Modern Soul and Boogie 1978-82 is an amazing collection of rare and independent tracks from disco’s halcyon period expertly compiled by Disco Patrick. Blurring...
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VA – Mojo Presents: Modern Life Is Rubbish (2015)
1. Carl Barat & the Jackals – Glory Days 2. The Amazing Snakeheads – Where Is My Knife? 3. Fat White Family – Cream of the Young 4. Nadine Shah – Stealing Cars 5. Kate Tempest – Marshall Law 6....
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VA – Sherwood at the Controls, Volume 1: 1979-1984 (2015)
Compilation of early tracks produced or remixed by the legendary Adrian Sherwood; a pioneering blend of post-punk, mutant disco, dub, funk and electro. Features The Slits, Prince Far I, The Fall and...
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VA – The Odyssey: A Northern Soul Capsule 1968-2014 (2015)
Hot on the heels of the 2014 release of the film Northern Soul and its soundtrack, Demon Music Group’s Harmless Records imprint is celebrating the R&B subgenre with what’s likely its most...
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VA – Hanoi Masters: War Is a Wound, Peace Is a Scar (2015)
In April, Vietnam will mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the war. In commemoration of the conflict, German music label Glitterbeat, best known for its work with Tuareg rockers Tamikrest, has...
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VA – The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco (2014)
James Brown’s trombonist Fred Wesley famously said ‘Disco music is funk with a bow-tie’ – a witty observation but much too modest for Bollywood. In typically high-voltage fashion, disco done Indian...
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VA – PUNK 45: Burn, Rubber City, Burn! Akron, Ohio: Punk and the Decline of...
Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Punk 45’ album Burn Rubber City, Burn! charts the rise of the music scene in the mid-West city of Akron, Ohio, at a time when the city and the rubber industry it was associated...
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VA – Highlife On the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from...
Highlife On the Move covers a period of musical history that remains under-documented but has been hugely influential on the ensuing half century. It brings together thirty-eight tracks by musicians of...
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VA – Under the Influence Volume 4 (2014)
Z Records release the fourth instalment in the Under the Influence series in September, compiled by Nick The Record. The seminal disco label, run by Dave Lee, AKA Joey Negro, is famous for its...
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VA – Best of Northern Soul’s Classiest Rarities, Volume 5 (2015)
A new volume in Northern Soul’s Classiest Rarities series is eagerly anticipated and always “on the go”. Northern Soul is a sufficiently broad field to make various styles of records potential...
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VA – Millions Like Us: The Story of the Mod Revival 1977-1989 (2014)
Spread out over four discs and lovingly packaged, Cherry Red’s Millions Like Us tells the tale of the mod revival, one of the most insular and focused music scenes to ever come out of the U.K. Inspired...
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VA – The Soul of Designer Records (2014)
Chances are, you’ve never heard of Designer Records. One of many independent labels run on a little less than a shoestring in the ’60s and ’70s, Designer Records was one of the many imprints run by...
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