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VA – The Rough Guide to Railroad Blues (2023)
The clickety-clack of the railroad and the haunting sound of a train whistle run through the DNA of American blues music. The train could be a symbol of separation taking one away from loved ones, but...
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VA – Johnny Nicholas Presents Moon and the Stars: A Tribute to Moon Mullican...
Dubbed king of the honky-tonk piano players, Aubrey “Moon” Mullican’s output was an eclectic mix of styles and genres. The rowdy pianist called his sound East Texas rock, but it’s a bit more...
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VA – Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia (2023)
Before the banjo, the instrument at the heart of so much folk, country and bluegrass music, was the ekonting: a self-built, three-string gourd instrument with a muted but characterful tone, played by...
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VA – Steven Wilson Presents Intrigue: Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative...
Curated by Porcupine Tree guitarist Steven Wilson, the four-disc compilation Intrigue: Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative Music 1979-89 tackles the entirety of the 1980s with the mission of exposing...
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VA – I Killed the Monster: The Songs of Daniel Johnston (2006, Remastered 2023)
In the late 1980’s, Kramer brought Daniel Johnston into his Noise New York recording studio and produced the LP that remains – to this day – his masterpiece; “1990”. Prior to these recordings (his very...
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VA – CYCLES II: Cyclic Law’s 20th Anniversary Label Sampler (2022)
The Cyclic Law label, based in France, has been producing some of the most compelling dark, experimental, and electroacoustic ambient music for two decades. This label sampler, running almost two...
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VA – Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen (2022)
Eric Andersen is a song writing legend who hit the floor running with his early albums as part of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s. He could folk with the best of them, but when he...
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VA – Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre (2023)
In 2020, the Blue Note Re:Imagined compilation showcased the U.K.’s current generation of London jazzers dialoging with and interpreting selections from the label’s catalog. A companion volume appeared...
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VA – Home Listening: Acid and House (2022)
Most releases on Brighton label Chicago Bee feature the kind of greyscale acid that can completely erase time on the dance floor. The imprint ostensibly operates as vinyl-only, discouraging people from...
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VA – Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection (2023)
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic WATTSTAX event that took place at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in 1972, Stax Records presents the most comprehensive collection of audio recordings from...
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VA – Roy Cousins Presents Uphill Struggle (2022)
Initially released on a vinyl LP by the defunct Heartbeat Records from Cambridge, MA in 1986 under the title Roy Cousins Presents Wambesi All Stars and then, in 1995, reappearing on CD in Heartbeat...
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VA – Money in My Pocket: The Joe Gibbs Singles Collection 1972-1973 (2022)
As the 1970s went on, Joe Gibbs’ status at the top of the Jamaican music scene was more or less assured. He had scored many successes from the middle of the 1960s onwards and later had set up his own...
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VA – Neverending Songs of Love: Hits & Rarities from the Treasure Isle Vaults...
First compilation to focus on the final works of Duke Reid’s legendary label. 35 tracks new to CD. By 1973, Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle Records had been a dominating force on the Jamaican music scene for...
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VA – All Turned On! Motown Instrumentals 1960-1972 (2022)
Motown and its related labels have been heavily collected and meticulously scrutinised since the early Sixties. There ought to be nothing left to say. Yet here this is, a smart, 24-track collection of...
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VA – Groove of ESSR II: Funk, Soul, Disco and Jazz from Estonia (2023)
The Groove of ESSR project has garnered attention around the globe. From the first volume released in 2019, tracks were picked up by Gilles Peterson, Mehmet Aslan, Zag Erlat and DJ Tahira… “ESSR” in...
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VA – East Africa Highway (2023)
No Wahala Sounds are proud to present East Africa Highway latest compilation of rare recordings of the early 1980s from the vaults of Audio Productions Limited, Nairobi, Kenya. The bands featured are...
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VA – ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [DELUXE EDITION] (2023)
With 2022’s Elvis, director Baz Luhrmann turned the life of the legendary rock icon Elvis Presley into a cinematic fever-dream fairy tale. So, it’s fitting that the soundtrack follows suit, offering a...
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VA – Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants – Industrial Romance for Bruised...
Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants — Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels, 1992-1995 is a compilation combining original recordings and select DJ tracks from the vaults of Blacklips...
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VA – Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR and Boogie 1975-1987 (2023)
Light in the Attic released the first Pacific Breeze compilation in 2019 and followed up swiftly the next year with Pacific Breeze 2. The enterprise seemed like it might have been a done deal until the...
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VA – Ost-Kraut! Progressives aus den DDR-Archiven (1976-1982), Teil 2 (2022)
After the tremendous success of the four-volume edition KRAUT! The innovative years of Krautrock 1968-1979 on Bear Family Records, it was obvious to also honor progressive music from the former GDR for...
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