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VA – Czech Up! Vol. 1: Chain of Fools (2016)
Czech Up! Vol. 1: Chain of Fools is Vampisoul’s first collection of gems from the vaults of the Czech Supraphon label, which has been continuously active since the early ’50s. While it has always been...
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VA – Derrick Harriott Rock Steady 1966-1969 (2016)
After an incredible sixty years in the Jamaican music business the ever youthful Derrick Harriott is still actively involved in making music, reissuing classics from his copious catalogue, performing...
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VA – Heartworn Highways (2006, Reissue 2016)
Sometimes, a documentary maker is present at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened with essential punk doc The Decline of Western Civilization, it happened with...
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VA – Polyvinyl Plays Polyvinyl (2016)
Polyvinyl Plays Polyvinyl is a 20-track collection of new recordings in honor of the 20th anniversary of Polyvinyl Record Company. Still independently owned and operated, based in the U.S. Midwest...
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VA – Reeko: Unknown Landscapes Vol. 4 (2016)
Spanish DJ/producer Reeko (aka Juan Rico) is a perfect fit to take control of the fourth edition of PoleGroup’s Unknown Landscapes mix series, and he brings together 21 unreleased tracks from Oscar...
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VA – Nigeria Freedom Sounds! Calypso, Highlife, Juju & Apala (2016)
When it comes to the music of Nigeria, the experience of most listeners begins and ends with Fela Kuti. While Kuti is a legend and worthy of the stature he is afforded, it does a disservice to a...
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VA – Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm vol. 1 & 2 + Kan-Gu-Wa &...
The first four volumes in Stag-O-Lee’s Exotic Blues & Rhythm series were released on limited edition 10″ vinyl in 2013. Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 1 & 2 combines the...
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VA – La La Land [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2016)
A musical romance about a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) set in the City of Angels, La La Land was written and directed by Damien Chazelle, the man behind the 2014...
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VA – Can’t You Hear Me? 70’s African Nuggets & Garage Rock from Nigeria,...
Can’t You Hear Me? 70’s African Nuggets & Garage Rock from Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe is the second collaborative anthology between Now- Again’s Egon and French fashion maven Christophe Lemaire,...
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VA – Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock 1972-1977, vol. 2 (2016)
…Where other Nigerian vinyl compilations have focused on various permutations of rock, funk, soul, and disco, Wake Up You! specifically covers the short-lived but influential period of Nigerian rock in...
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VA – Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura Anthology (2016)
As a crate-digging teenage DJ, Gilles Peterson fell in love with Latin music via “dodgy bossas”. A couple of decades later the broadcaster and tastemaker was producing albums in Cuba, forging links...
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VA – (The Microcosm) Visionary Music of Continental Europe, 1970-1986 (2016)
Nominally, The Microcosm is a European sequel to I Am the Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America, 1950-1990, a heavyweight compilation of American new age music curated by Douglas Mcgowan of...
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VA – Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture (1996, Reissue 2016)
Trainspotting concerns the adventures of a group of young, nearly criminal, drug-addicted Scottish friends. The novel, written by Irvine Welsh, became one of the most popular books in the British indie...
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VA – Venezuela 70: Cosmic Visions of a Latin American Earth, Venezuelan...
The 2016 compilation Venezuela 70: Cosmic Visions of a Latin American Earth: Venezuelan Experimental Rock in the 1970s is a fairly self- explanatory title that offers a delightfully heady cross-section...
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VA – Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth Disco 1980-1984 (2016)
In order to appreciate Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth Disco 1980-1984 fully, a brief bit of history is necessary. During the apartheid era, the United Nations sanctioned an embargo on South...
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VA – Rough Trade Shops: Covers Vol. 1 (2016)
Rough Trade Shops celebrates their 40th anniversary this year and one of their special celebratory projects is this compilation of some favourite cover versions, one from each year since the company...
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VA – Son-Of-A-Gun and More from the Lee Hazlewood Songbook (2016)
Lee Hazlewood – songwriter, singer, producer, independent record label entrepreneur, DJ, raconteur and self-proclaimed “ol’ grey-haired sonofabitch” – is a key figure in the history of modern popular...
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VA – Derrick Harriott Reggae, Funk & Soul, 1969-1975 (2016)
…Recently Dubstore Records out of Japan released the awesome compilation set Derrick Harriott Rock Steady 1966-1969. This 20 track set shines on Derrick Harriott‘s productions during the heydays of...
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VA – Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria (2016)
The superb 2016 anthology Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria combines tracks recorded by various R&B artists who burst onto the Lagos, Nigeria nightclub scene in the ’70s...
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VA – Uncut: Let Uncut Shake (2016)
01. Sturgill Simpson – Brace for Impact (Live a Little) 02. Mogwai – Ether 03. Kevin Morby – I Have Been to the Mountain 04. The Jayhawks – Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 05. Bombino – Timtar 06....
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