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VA – The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (2018)
Just as American jazz musicians of the ’50s headed off to jam sessions following their last sets at clubs, Cuban musicians did the same in Havana. Between 1956 and 1964, musicians who dressed in...
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VA – Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR and Boogie 1976-1986 (2019)
Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world’s second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent...
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VA – Jalapeno Soul Sisters, Vol. 3 (2019)
From humble beginnings the Jalapeno Records family has become a glorious melting-pot of styles and genres spanning music designed for both the dancefloor and the lounge. That being said, the lifeblood...
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VA – The Mr K Edits: The Classic Club Box (RSD 2019)
Changing the 7-inch single dance music landscape with a single stroke, Most Excellent Unlimited’s latest collaboration with famed DJ and edit master Danny Krivit is a motherlode of sure shots straight...
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VA – Too Slow to Disco NEO – En France (2019)
The latest (sixth) entry in the series that describes itself as “Late 70s Westcoast Yacht-pop you can almost dance to”, Neo En France is series curator DJ Supermarkt’s crate-diving trawl through the...
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VA – Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (2019)
Few music festivals are as rich, profound, and joyous as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now entering its 50th year. With 50 tracks recorded live, Jazz Fest captures the festival’s...
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VA – Greg Belson’s Divine Disco Volume 2: Obscure Gospel Disco from 1979 to...
Although gospel and disco music seem like polar opposites, one is secular while the other has embraced a hedonistic culture, the marriage of the two genres has birthed the uplifting spirituality and...
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VA – Stick in the Wheel present From Here: English Folk Field Recordings...
There is a debate to be had about the slippery notion of belonging and the nature of place in creativity, and Stick in the Wheel are determined to have it. On 2017’s From Here: English Folk Field...
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VA – Room 37: The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders [Original Motion...
Room 37: The Mysterious Death Of Johnny Thunders (or simply Room 37) is a new film that fictionalizes the final days of New York punk rock icon Johnny Thunders! Written and directed by Vicente Cordero...
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VA – Winds of Time: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal 1979-1985 (2018)
Coming after the first wave of heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple in the early ’70s and the initial appearance of punk in the mid-’70s, a scene developed during the late ’70s in the...
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VA – Jobcentre Rejects: Ultra Rare NWOBHM 1978-1982 (2019)
Following hot on the heels of Cherry Red’s seemingly exhaustive box set Winds of Time: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal 1979-1985, which covered the big names and obscurities of the era, Jobcentre...
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VA – Carl Craig: Detroit Love Vol. 2 (2019)
Carl Craig established Detroit Love in 2014 as a way to represent the rich, diverse heritage of the Detroit techno scene throughout the world. Teaming up with nearly all of the scene’s first and second...
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VA – Sad About the Times (2019)
Curators Mikey Young and Keith Abrahamsson began their quest to uncover ’70s gems of all shades with 2017’s Follow the Sun, a collection of tracks gathered from the forgotten past of the Australian...
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VA – Mojo Presents: The New Thunder Revue (2019)
1. Bob Dylan – The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll 2. Margo Price – Most Likely You Go Your Way… 3. Jeff Tweedy – Don’t Forget 4. Courtney Barnett – Walkin’ On Eggshells 5. Kevin Morby – No Halo 6....
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VA – Jon Savage’s 1968: The Year the World Burned (2018)
50 years ago, America was in turmoil. An ever-increasing public awareness of both the vast brutality and absolute futility of the Vietnam War stretched itself like a cinematic backdrop across all that...
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VA – Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records (2019)
Eighty years on from their very first release – Paddy Bryan’s The Man That Waters The Workers’ Beer – Topic Records, the world’s oldest independent label, celebrates its fascinating history with the...
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VA – Buntús Rince: Explorations in Irish Jazz, Fusion and Folk 1969-81 (2019)
‘Buntús Rince’ translates from Irish as ‘basic rhythms’, and this new compilation explores how Irish musicians were influenced by strands of different genres of music from around the world, merging...
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VA – Soul Explosion (1969, Reissue 2019)
Craft Recordings has announced the next phase of its campaign to honor one of the great labels of soul – Stax Records. …Fifty years ago, the iconic imprint was in a rebuilding period after ending their...
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VA – Untitled [18 Artists] (2019)
Anja Ngozi and Lonely Table’s Lexy Morvaridi introduce the many aspects of this multi-facetted release. Over two years in the making, Untitled has evolved to take on many forms. Initially born out of...
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VA – Would She Do That For You?! Girl Group Sounds USA 1964-68 (2019)
Compiled and annotated by Mick Patrick, this collection is housed in an eye-grabbing sleeve containing an inner bag featuring scarce photos and a 3000-word track commentary chronicling the often...
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