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VA – Studio One: Rocksteady Got Soul (2021)
Soul Jazz Records new Studio One release Rocksteady Got Soul is a collection of uplifting and superb rocksteady and soulful reggae from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Studio One is the number one...
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VA – The ‘Sound’ of the R&B Hits (2020)
With the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Georgie Fame and many more mining Motown songs, The ‘Sound’ of the R&B Hits was the first UK compilation of studio recordings from Berry Gordy’s hugely...
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VA – La Ola Interior: Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990 (2021)
Following La Contra Ola, Bongo Joe is pleased to present La Ola Interior, a compilation exploring the ambient side of the Spanish electronic music produced in the 80’s. It gathers musicians from...
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VA – New Horizons: A Bristol ‘Jazz’ Sound (2020)
Bristolian collective, Worm Disco Club are proud to present their label Worm Discs, the collective recruit some of Bristol’s most notable emerging talent for an exploration into the new wave of Jazz...
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VA – Silk Road: Journey of the Armenian Diaspora 1971-1982 (2021)
Terrestrial Funk’s sixth release Silk Road: Journey of the Armenian Diaspora 1971-1982 explores over a decade of Armenian disco, funk, and soul. Compiled by Darone Sassounian who spent three years...
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VA – Witch Camp (Ghana): I’ve Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be (2021)
Now that it is fashionable for aggrieved political factions to dismiss criticism as a “witch hunt”, it’s worth remembering what makes actual witch hunts so pernicious. It’s not that the women thus...
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VA – Mathias Modica presents Kraut Jazz Futurism Vol. 2 (2021)
The Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation shows what’s cookin’ in the new German Jazz scene. Young German bands and a few of the international musicians working in Berlin now. Fresh artists that combine...
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VA – Riot City: Complete Singles Collection: The Sound of UK 82 (2021)
Riot City Records originally came into being when Bristol punk outfit Vice Squad decided they wanted to release their own record. For this, they sought the assistance of Simon Edwards, who had been...
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VA – Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left-field Pop from the CD Age, 1989-1996 (2021)
…Norio Sato and Eiji Taniguchi, the owners of Osaka record stores Rare Groove and Revelation Time, respectively, are interested in putting in the legwork to find lost treasure themselves. Though their...
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VA – Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio’s Musical Legacy (2021)
During the middle decades of the 20th century, the factories of southwestern Ohio drew hundreds of thousands of migrants from Appalachia, including innumerable musicians. Industrial Strength Bluegrass...
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VA – The Soul of the Memphis Boys (2020)
Way back in 2012, Ace Records collected the multi- faceted sounds of Chips Moman and Don Crews’ American Studios on Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios. The 24-song tribute collection featured...
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VA – Dynam’hit: Europop Version française 1990/1995 (2021)
Born Bad Records’ Dynam’hit compilation is a brief but tantalizing selection of French and Belgian dance-pop tunes from the early half of the 1990s, after the original explosion of house music altered...
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VA – Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes and Archives 1980-1989 (2021)
Oz Echoes peels away another layer of Australia’s ‘80s DIY hive mind. The Oz Waves successor exposes a deeper circuit of micro-run cassettes, community radio archives and irrationally abandoned studio...
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VA – The Harry Smith B-Sides (2020)
An anthology of music is a mirror of the world. It says something about a specific time, a place, a genre, a label, or the life story of an artist. But in a few rare cases, an anthology can also help...
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VA – Greg Belson’s Divine Funk: Rare American Gospel Soul and Funk (2021)
Following on from the success of Greg Belson’s Divine Disco series Greg Belson and Cultures of Soul team up again to explore the world of Gospel Funk. Belson is one of the world’s leading collectors...
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VA – Bills & Aches & Blues: 40 Years of 4AD (2021)
Bills & Aches & Blues’ 18 recordings contain fascinating connections between artist and track. The earliest song chosen (by U.S. Girls) is The Birthday Party’s ‘Junkyard’, from 1981; the most...
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VA – Johnny Cash: Forever Words [Expanded Edition] (2021)
Back in 2018, Legacy Recordings released Forever Words, a collection of new songs featuring previously unheard lyrics by Johnny Cash. The 16-track set offered new melodies and performances by a “Who’s...
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VA – How the River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces of Indian Violin,...
Over the past few decades, record collector and writer Chris King has taken us deep into various musical scenes from the past, from the Mississippi Delta to the mountains of northwestern Greece. His...
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VA – Piano Cloud Series [Vol. 1-6] (2016-2021)
No one should be too surprised to see a collection of acoustic piano pieces being issued by 1631 Recordings. After all, one of the label’s co-founders is David Wenngren (Kning Disk label overseer...
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VA – Spiritual Jazz 13: NOW! Part 1 (2021)
Little did anyone at Jazzman Records know when they released Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, Modal and Deep Jazz from the Underground 1968-77 in 2008, that this was the first instalment in what would become...
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