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VA – Secret City Records: 10 Years (2016)
Secret City Records has been a staple of the Canadian indie music industry for a decade now, and to mark its milestone 10th anniversary, the label release a brand new compilation featuring some of its...
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VA – Quiero Creedence (2016)
Concord Picante’s Latin tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival details the California quartet’s lasting influence beyond U.S. borders. The band’s catalog has not only sold in Central and South America...
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VA – Scotch Bonnet Presents: Puffers Choice (2016)
Scotch Bonnet loves reggae music’s rich heritage. Not only is it is as strong today as it ever has been, soundsystem culture has now spread to every corner of the world. To celebrate this, Scotch...
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VA – Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia (2016)
The multiplicity of tributes to Jerry Garcia is as much testament to his own love of music as his influence on multiple generations of musicians. Dear Jerry is particularly notable as it may be turning...
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VA – Lazarus (Original Cast Recording) (2016)
In the final months of his life, David Bowie wrote an off-Broadway musical called Lazarus. A spiritual sequel to the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth — which Bowie himself starred in — Lazarus...
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VA – The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music (2016)
As one of the leading lights of New Orleans music, Dr. John deserves a splashy, star-studded celebration — which is precisely what producer Don Was assembled on May 3, 2014 at New Orleans’ Saenger...
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VA – Junjo Presents: Wins the World Cup (2016)
It’s not often that a reissue reframes the narrative around a record. This edition of the 1982 ….Wins the World Cup tells an interesting story and exemplifies a particular moment in Jamaican music...
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VA – Big Deal! Weinberger Funk Library UK 1975-1979 (2016)
Killer funk compilation full of highlights from the music archives of Josef Weinberger Ltd. in London, pulled from the most famous library albums on labels like JW (Josef Weinberger/ Theme Music), IA...
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VA – Shanghai’d Soul: Episode 4 (2016)
“Everybody’s still talking about the good ol’ days! A rough and rugged collection of ol’ dirty classics that have inspired swarms of killer beats. A head nod to the sounds of Shaolin, the thirteen...
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VA – Punk 45: Les Punks: The French Connection, The First Wave of Punk...
The latest in Soul Jazz’s Punk 45 series, Les Punks: The French Connection, The First Wave of French Punk 1977-80 documents the first radical underground punk bands to come out of France. Emerging from...
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VA – The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris (2016)
When you have been a respected and acclaimed roots artist for as long as Emmylou Harris (her solo major label debut was in 1975 but she was working with Gram Parsons in 1972, she’s won 13 Grammy...
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VA – The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz (2016)
New Orleans is widely seen as the birthplace of jazz, where African slaves created groundbreaking music that fused elements from both Africa and Western traditions. By the twentieth century, jazz (and...
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VA – Boppin’ By the Bayou: Drive-Ins & Baby Dolls (2016)
This exciting new addition to popular By the Bayou series features 28 tracks from the vaults of Louisiana and South East Texas record men J.D. Miller, Eddie Shuler, Sam Montel, Pappy Daily, Huey Meaux,...
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VA – Hypercolour: 10 Years (2016)
It’s fair to say that Hypercolour have come a long way in the ten years since their inception, growing from humble beginnings to a roster of artists spanning across continents, genres, styles and...
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VA – Togo Soul 70 (2016)
Hot Casa Records return with a must have for all music lovers with the soundtrack of Liz Gomis & Dj Julien Lebrun’s documentary, Togo Soul 70. A treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings mostly...
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VA – Uncut: On the Highway (2016)
1. Margo Price – Hurtin’ (On the Bottle) 2. Chris Forsyth – The Rarity of Experience Pt. II 3. The Coral – Chasing the Tail of a Dream 4. Richmond Fontaine – I Can’t Black It Out If I Wake Up and...
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VA – Kenya Special: Volume Two (Selected East African Recordings from the...
Soundway Records present Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & ‘80s – a treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings from East Africa. It follows on from Soundway’s much...
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VA – Saint Marie Records: Static Waves 5 (2016)
The fifth annual compilation release by the sonically-driven label Saint Marie Records. Specializing in Shoegaze, Dreampop, Indie Pop and Electronica. Featuring tracks exclusively from the Saint Marie...
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VA – Nigeria Soul Fever: Afro Funk, Disco and Boogie, West African Disco...
Following their excellent Nigeria Freedom Sounds! compilation, which covered the newly independent country’s early-’60s era, Soul Jazz delivers another gem, this time chronicling Nigeria’s vibrant...
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VA – Cooking Vinyl 1986-2016 (2016)
To celebrate its thirtieth birthday, Cooking Vinyl, the home of the Prodigy, Billy Bragg, Marilyn Manson, Richard Ashcroft, Madness, James, Frank Black, Gary Numan, Amanda Palmer, The Pretty Reckless,...
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