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VA – Uncut: Blue Notes (2013)
1. Lily & Madeleine – I’ve Got Freedom 2. Nick Lowe – Children Go Where I Send Thee 3. Josephine Foster – I’m a Dreamer 4. Kelley Stoltz – Are You My Love 5. Mazzy Star – California 6. Barrence...
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VA – The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12B: 1972 (2013)
Appropriately enough for the final volume of Universal’s monumental series The Complete Motown Singles, The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12B: 1972 is filled with endings. The last single the Four Tops...
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VA – Which Way Does the Blood River Flow? (2013)
Compilation of some of the best songs recorded for the Testament label between 1961 and 1967. Mostly recorded in the south by aging players who never would have gotten their due, had the label not gone...
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VA – Lethal Weapon Soundtrack Collection (2013)
8CD box set featuring Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, and David Sanborn’s iconic film scores, containing fully remastered and expanded versions of the soundtracks to all four Lethal Weapon films. The...
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VA – Saint Heron (2013)
The Weeknd’s House of Balloons is one of the more influential records of this decade, but thanks to Solange Knowles, “alt-R&B” would have happened without it. The sonic aesthetic she’s pieced...
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VA – The Rough Guide to Voodoo (2013)
Contrary to the image projected by Hollywood B-movies, voodoo has virtually nothing to do with zombies, pinpricked dolls, loquacious ghosts or any other manifestations of the occult. The term is a...
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VA – Americana: Rock Your Soul, Vol. 2 (2013)
The second volume of BBE’s Americana: Rock Your Soul series suffers a little from the “been there, done that” syndrome, but ends up delivering nearly the same amount of wonderfully cheesy, undiscovered...
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VA – New Orleans Funk vol. 3: The Original Sound of Funk: Two-Way-Pocky-Way,...
Soul Jazz Records’ returns with their most successful series to date, New Orleans Funk. This new instalment of New Orleans Funk subtitled ‘Two-Way-Pocky-Way, Gumbo Ya Ya and the Mardi Gras Mambo’...
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VA – Songs of Anarchy: Vol. 3 (2013)
The Songs of Anarchy, Vol. 3 features vocal performances from Chris Goss (Masters of Reality), singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen and cast members Maggie Siff and Katey Sagal. Eleven of the soundtrack’s...
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VA – Northern Soul (2013)
Herb Newman’s Era Label was well established in Los Angeles by the time the soul era (pun intended) came about. With over 150 singles behind him by the time our musical story starts in 1962, Herb was...
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VA – Romark Records: Kent Harris’ Soul Sides (2013)
As soon as Los Angeles-based R&B singer/ songwriter Kent Harris achieved some success as a performer and songwriter — “Cops & Robbers,” a song he cut with his Boogaloo & His Gallant Crew...
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VA – American Hustle [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2013)
Like Goodfellas and Boogie Nights before it, American Hustle‘s music celebrates the epic feel of ’70s pop, rock, and disco and uses it to give its story extra heft. David O. Russell’s tale of con men,...
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VA – 100 Moons: Hindustani Vocal Art 1930-55 (2013)
Absolutely great compilation of early Indian vocal 78′s. Features artists such as Faiyaz Khan, Hirabai Barodekar, Dattreya Vishnu Paluskar, and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Mediative and exciting vocals from...
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VA – Punk 45: Kill the Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys...
Punk 45: Kill the Hippies! Kill Yourself! collects rare, obscure, or outright classic single releases from the earliest days of punk, proto-punk, art rock, and all other middle ground of the raw,...
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VA – Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia (2013)
The consistently amazing Dust-to-Digital label present the fruits of collector/compiler David Murray’s shellac-scouting missions in Southeast Asia. Five years in the making, Longing for the Past...
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VA – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [Music from and Inspired By the Motion...
Based on author James Thurber’s fantastical 1939 short tory of the same name, the 2013 big screen rendering of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty features Ben Stiller in the role of the mild-mannered...
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VA – Mojo Presents: The Bad Seeds Jukebox (2014)
1. Thurston Moore – Benediction 2. Karen Dalton – Something On Your Mind 3. Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn – Lover… 4. Max Roach (feat. Abbey Lincoln) – Driva’Man 5. Moondog – Bumbo 6. Else...
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VA – Peru Maravilloso: Vintage Latin, Tropical & Cumbia (2013)
The 1960s were a pivotal era not only for young Americans in the U.S. but also for their counterparts in Peru. As the country’s political stability slowly fell to pieces, peaking with the ouster of...
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VA – Uncut: The Sound of 2013 (2014)
1. My Bloody Valentine – Only Tomorrow [06:22] 2. Roy Harper – The Enemy [07:34] 3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street [06:37] 4. Jason Isbell – Live Oak [03:35] 5. Richard Thompson – Good...
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VA – Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways (2013)
The banjo is a “bigger than life” instrument, a symbol of deep southern American heritage. At the same time, beneath its veneer of old-time icon, the story of the banjo is one of enormous creativity...
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