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VA – Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Sound of Philadelphia Volume 2 (2021)
8-CD set Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 2 feature the following 8 albums, originally released in 1973: Billy Paul, Feelin’ Good at the Cadillac Club, The...
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VA – Buganda Royal Music Revival (2021)
The Kingdom of Buganda was founded in the 14th century and is located in the central part of what is now Uganda. Following the country’s independence in 1962 the traditional kingdom was abolished in...
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VA – Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs from Discos Horoscopo...
Episodes of mass urban migration have historically given birth to major new musical forms, the most obvious example being the Great Migration of southern American Black folks a century ago, spreading...
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VA – Un-Scene!: Post Punk Birmingham 1978-1982 (2022)
While some of the bigger names of punk’s earliest waves — the Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Damned, etc. — were coming out of London, other regional scenes were just as active producing exciting new...
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VA – Black Lives: From Generation to Generation (2022)
There is no existing compilation that even comes close to resembling Black Lives: From Generation to Generation. It has 20 tracks spread across two discs featuring over 60 musicians. Executive producer...
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VA – Viento Sur: Experimental Music & Fusion Music from Argentina (2022)
Following the success of Vampisoul’s 2020 release América Invertida, a fascinating survey of Uruguay’s lesser-covered ’80s endeavours in new wave pop, jazz-fusion, ambient folk and electronics, it’s...
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VA – C91 (2022)
In the label’s continuing effort to document the U.K. indie scene, on C91 Cherry Red takes the listener deep into the year 1991. Like previous compilations, the label tries to give an overarching view...
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VA – Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-1983 (2022)
Even the boldest of musical freaks would be forgiven for never discovering the genre known as rebajada. Even the head honchos at Analog Africa were clueless to this intoxicating scene until 2010 when...
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VA – Herb Dust: 18 Classic Roots Gems from the Vault of Tamoki-Wambesi-Dove...
Since Roy Anthony Cousins, founding member of The Royals, started to produce his own works and that of other artists at the beginning of the 1970s, he has released a trailer load of music on his own...
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VA – This Love Was Real: L.A. Vocal Groups 1959-1964 (2021)
…Ace Records compilation This Love Was Real: L.A. Vocal Groups 1959-1964 features 24 tracks that are a mixture of singles and unreleased tracks. These tracks were recorded at the studios of Gary S....
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VA – The Rough Guide to Delta Blues (Vol. 2) (2022)
There can be few finer examples of how grand culture can emerge from the most horrendous conditions and then flourish than the story of the Delta blues. Born of the oppressed labouring the rich soils...
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VA – Dave Brock Presents… This Was Your Future: Space Rock & Other...
On the face of it there are few people better qualified to oversee a boxset of space rock than Dave Brock. After all, he has piloted Hawkwind all the way through the years since their formation in 1969...
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VA – Sounds from the Iranian Ultraverse (2022)
Shaytoon Records champions artists of Iranian heritage in an effort to showcase the breadth of creativity of this massive diaspora group. Started in late 2020 by Sepehr — a Bay Area-turned-New York...
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VA – PC Music Volume 3 (2022)
Despite PC Music’s high-concept visuals, shape- shifting production, and ambitious collaborations with multinational beverage corporations, the aims of the label are modest. For founder A. G. Cook,...
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VA – If Music Presents: You Need This! An Introduction to Enja Records (2022)
Part of IF Music founder Jean-Claude’s ever expanding You Need This! series of compilation albums, the London record shop impresario and DJ takes us on another scintillating musical journey, this time...
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VA – Soul Jazz Records presents: Studio One Women Vol. 2 (2022)
Soul Jazz Records follows up one its most popular Studio One releases with a brand new selection of rare and classic releases by women in reggae. Featuring legendary artists such as Marcia Griffiths,...
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VA – Eddie Piller Presents: British Mod Sounds of the 1960s (2022)
Eddie Piller was a pivotal figure on the 80s mod scene. He edited Extraordinary Sensations, one of the key fanzines at the time, and also helmed a string of influential labels including Well Suspect...
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VA – Joe Gibbs Presents Freedom to the People (2022)
In many ways Joel Gibson aka Joe Gibbs bucked the general downward turn in reggae music’s fortunes during the early 1970s. He was very much one of the bright lights behind the boards in Jamaica, after...
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VA – Síntomas de techno : Ondas electrónicas subterráneas desde Perú...
This compilation presents for the first time various underground techno groups and projects that emerged in Lima in the mid-1980s. Projects such as Disidentes, Paisaje Electrónico, T de Cobre, Meine...
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VA – Exploring Gong Culture of Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago (2022)
This project, Massif and Archipelago, is a field recording project initiated by Japanese sound artist Yasuhiro Morinaga, documenting traditional gong music by different Southeast Asian ethnic groups....
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