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VA – The Other Side of the Trax: Stax-Volt 45rpm Rarities 1964-1968 (2016)
The premise of Kent/Ace’s compilation The Other Side of the Trax: Stax-Volt 45rpm Rarities 1964-1968 is so simple, it’s startling that it’s taken until 2016 to do: anthologize the flip sides of singles...
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VA – Jack Ashford: Just Productions (2016)
A veteran of Motown’s studio, Jack Ashford struck out on his own in the late ’60s, helping to launch the Detroit soul imprint Pied Piper in the mid-’60s. Once Pied Piper shuttered in 1967, Ashford set...
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VA – It’s a Rockabilly Riot Vol. 2 (2017)
Western Star release It’s a Rockabilly Riot Vol. 2, 26 tracks of stompin’ rockabilly music from some of the current scene’s best bands including: Little Lesley & The Bloodshots a original...
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VA – Uncut: Hustle (15 Tracks Curated by Kurt Wagner of Lambchop) (2016)
1. Sleaford Mods – Urine Mate (Welcome to the Club) 2. Kort – Penetration 3. William Tyler – The Great Unwind 4. Tiny Ruins – Me at the Museum, You in the… 5. Tom House – Poetry Is in Fashion Again 6....
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VA – Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power –...
In the ’60s, American music and culture were going through profound changes, and the seismic shifts in both politics and the arts were felt especially strongly in the African-American community. The...
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VA – Mojo Presents: Return to the Star-Club (2016)
1. The Top Notes – Twist and Shout 2. Billy the Kid Emerson – Red Hot 3. The Olympics – Shimmy Like Kate 4. Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven 5. Buddy Holly – Reminiscing 6. Carl Perkins – Lend Me...
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VA – Mojo Present Dream Forever: A Dream Pop Compendium (2016)
1. School of Seven Bells – Elias 2. Polica – Lately 3. Jenny Hval – Conceptual Romance 4. The Album Leaf – Never Far 5. Nite Jewel – Running Out of Time 6. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atmos VI...
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VA – Surinam Funk Force (2016)
As a former Dutch colony, Surinam has had a connection to The Netherlands since the 17th century. Most albums cut by Surinamese artists in the late ’70s were either recorded in Dutch studios or...
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VA – Pied Piper: Finale (2017)
“Although this is our final volume of Pied Piper material, it is almost certainly not the end of the history of this short-lived but influential company. It features more exciting tape finds, and there...
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VA – Doré Northern Soul: L.A. Black Music Magic (2017)
“Known primarily as the label of soul groups the Superbs, Whispers and Entertainers IV, it has taken at least 40 years for Dore’s fluttering feather on the light blue background to reveal its full...
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VA – Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa (2017)
Although influenced by Black American funk and soul as well as Jamaican reggae, the music on Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa is strikingly unique, and the collection...
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VA – Uncut: The Goldrush (2016)
1. Bat for Lashes – In God’s House 2. Thee Oh Sees – Web (Live) 3. Lou Rhodes – All the Birds 4. Plaid – Do Matter 5. The Julie Ruin – I’m Done 6. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We Be All… 7....
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VA – Uncut: Ones from the Heart (2016)
1. Teenage Fanclub – I’m in Love 2. Ryley Walker – The Roundabout 3. De La Soul – TrainWreck 4. Lydia Loveless – Longer 5. Wild Beasts – Big Cat 6. Hans Chew – Early Light Waltz 7. Dinosaur Jr. –...
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VA – Uncut: Stereotypes (2016)
1. Conor Oberst – Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch) 2. Goat – Alarms 3. Luke Roberts – Silver Chain 4. Chivalrous Amoekons – Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem 5. C Duncan – Wanted to Want It Too 6. Kristin Hersh –...
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VA – Superlongevity 6 (2017)
It’s tempting to view the six editions of Perlon’s Superlongevity series as capstones summarising the various phases of the label’s 20-year history. But what’s most striking is how little has changed...
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VA – C88 (2017)
Following up their C87 box set, which was the next step after their C86 box set, Cherry Red takes yet another step in documenting the U.K. indie pop scene with the 3-disc C88. It follows the fortunes...
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VA – Kompakt: Total 17 (2017)
Here we have 21 tracks from Germany’s ever reliable, ever visible Kompakt: big on names and content and practically covering every square inch of dancefloor ever laid. Making festival tent pegs take...
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VA – Inner Peace: Rare Spiritual Funk and Jazz Gems: The Supreme Sound of...
For a guy who ended up being perhaps better known for his more pop-oriented productions (not to mention being the grandfather of the modern comedy’s uber-writer/director in Judd Apatow), Bob Shad’s...
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VA – Twin Peaks [Music from the Limited Event Series + Original Soundtrack]...
The talent booker at the Roadhouse is an enigmatic figure in the town of Twin Peaks. Unseen, unnamed, and unmentioned, the bar’s curatorial mastermind secures acts to play this small-town dive bar,...
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VA – Fundamentum (2017)
Atmophile Electronics, a new Berlin based label focuses on atmospheric side of techno, launches with a compilation called Fundamentum. Made up by eight tracks on double-vinyl, Fundamentum brings...
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