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VA – Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta (2016)
Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta is a hefty, handsome box set; it’s equal parts photo exhibit and musical anthology documenting the landlocked nation (now known as Burkina Faso) during the ’70s....
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VA – New Orleans Funk 4: Voodoo Fire in New Orleans 1951-1975 (2016)
Soul Jazz Records began the New Orleans Funk series in 2000. Its first volume, subtitled The Original Sound of Funk 1960-75, established a blueprint for what would follow: it sequenced hits by Crescent...
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VA – Shazam! and Other Instrumentals Written by Lee Hazlewood (2016)
One of the many hats worn by Lee Hazlewood is that of rock & roll instrumental pioneer. Working with guitarist Duane Eddy, he created a moving, grooving sound suited for wide screens and wide-open...
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VA – Rhythm ‘n’ Bluesin’ By the Bayou: Nights of Sin, Dirty Deals and Love...
“This 15th compilation in the “By the Bayou” series takes us back to the R&B sounds you would have heard belting out of a Louisiana juke joint on a steamy night in the 1950s or early ’60s. All of...
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VA – I Don’t Care Collection: Dutch Punk 1977-1983 (2016)
The image the term “Dutch punk” conjures up for many is that of the pitched battles during the squat clearances and the coronation of Queen Beatrix, in 1980. This is a shame as the equally tough,...
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VA – Mojo Presents: Heavy Nuggets vol. 4 (2016)
1. Cowboy Lovers – Poor Lord 2. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – Mind Crawler 3. Charles Bradley – Changes 4. Wolf People – Ninth Night 5. Rival Sons – Thundering Voices 6. Elephant9 – Dodovoodoo 7....
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VA – I’m a Freak Baby: A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych & Hard Rock...
The story of rock music’s evolution from ’50s blues and country to the sonic pomp and lyrical pageantry of the 1970s is often told in terms of a growing sophistication, of a genre moving beyond its...
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VA – Let’s Go Down and Blow Our Minds: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967...
The psychedelic road has always taken many twists and turns, and this was just as true in 1967 as it is now. The art of a good psychedelic box set is balance and variety, and Cherry Red have definitely...
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VA – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic VI: Celtic Roots (2016)
The concert series “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic” has set itself the ambition to reflect current developments and shifts in jazz, and in European jazz in particular, ever since it started. A new...
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VA – Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1962-1970 (2016)
Once the British pop boom took hold in the wake of the Beatles in 1962, Decca compensated for their Fab fumble by signing a lot of acts, including a bunch of female singers. Ace’s compilation Love Hit...
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VA – Psychemagik: Ritual Chants (2016)
“I love that smell, it’s one of my favorite smells,” Danny McLewin told RA in 2013, extolling the odorous joys of digging through moldy, dusty boxes of vinyl. That love has made him and Psychemagik...
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VA – An Anthology of Turkish Experimental Music 1961-2014 (2016)
An Overview of Experimental and Electronic Music in Turkey: this anthology features 29 turkish artists: from the electronic music of the ’60s to all forms of experimental music of the ’10s. This is...
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VA – Merritone Rock Steady 2: This Music Got Soul 1966-1967 (2016)
American rhythm & blues fervour, boosted by a multitude of sound systems playing 78rpm records on increasingly larger sets, gripped Jamaica from the late forties onwards but, towards the end of the...
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VA – Merritone Rock Steady 1: Shanty Town Curfew 1966-1967 (2016)
Ken Khouri was born in the parish of St. Mary in 1917. In 1949 he bought a disc-cutting machine, while visiting Miami. Soon he started recording mento artists, Lord Flea’s “Naughty Little Flea” being...
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VA – The Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues: Reborn and Remastered (2016)
Whatever the worldly origins of using a glass or metal object to slide across the strings of a guitar, this style has become famously associated with the blues. For many of the finest early blues...
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Adrian Sherwood – Dread Operator: From the On U Sound Archives (2016)
The prolific and prodigious output of the Adrian Sherwood from the late ’70s right up to the dawning of Acid House presents the clearest stating of aims, ideals and sounds of the crossover between Punk...
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VA – Putumayo Presents Jazz Café (2016)
Putumayo Music’s Jazz Café follows the distinctive, yet diverse sounds of jazz from around the globe. 11 stand-out tracks capture the vibe and feel of cool jazz sounds from Brazil, Germany, Finland,...
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VA – Uncut: Picture This (2016)
1. Dexys – Curragh of Kildare 2. Daniel Romano – Valerie Leon 3. Ben Watt – Gradually 4. The Skiffle Players – Til Stone Day Comes 5. Ronnie Spector – I’d Much Rather Be with the Girls 6. Kel Lamma –...
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VA – Mojo Presents: Something Else – A Tribute to The Kinks (2017)
1. American Wrestlers – David Watts 2. Wreckless Eric – Death of a Clown 3. Les Liminanas – Two Sisters 4. Boogarins – No Return 5. Modern Studies – Harry Rag 6. Declan McKenna – Tin Soldier Man 7....
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VA – Classical Gassers: Pop Gems Inspired By the Great Composers (2016)
This is a nifty idea for a compilation: collect a bunch of ’60s hits, singles, and oddities inspired by classical composers. The key differentiating factor here is that these are “gassers,” not...
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