ABNER JAY
Folk Song Stylist LP
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Another Abner Jay LP from Mississippi Records compiling material from 45s and LPs spanning the period 1964-1973, including his long-lost album debut. The best material here is original, in amongst...
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Hour Logic
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After the skewed, non-standard pop songs of her last EP King Felix, Laurel Halo’s six-track Hour Logic is a marked departure in style and approach. Largely ignoring vocals and rigid structures,...
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Tshetsha Boys EP
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Two EPs of storming, squinty Shangaan Electro to herald the current European tour of Tiyiselani, the Tshetshas and producer Dog — and kicking off an extended series of Honest Jon's twelves,...
TIYISELANI VOMASEVE
Tiyiselani Vomaseve EP
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Two EPs of storming, squinty Shangaan Electro to herald the current European tour of Tiyiselani, the Tshetshas and producer Dog — and kicking off an extended series of Honest Jon's twelves, with...
THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA A OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI
The National Orchestra A Of The Republic Of Mali LP
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Classic Malian dance-orchestra music from the 1970s, fronted by the Guinean-style guitar of Keletigui Diabate, and even better than Mississippi's previous raid on this series, originally issued in...
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I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die LP
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Fifth installment in the Field Recordings From Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey", 1959-1960 series, featuring recordings from North Carolina's Mountaineers, migratory labor songs from fishermen The...
VARIOUS ARTISTS
I'll Meet You On That Other Shore LP
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Third installment in the Field Recordings From Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey", 1959-1960 series, featuring recordings from Fred McDowell, Carlos "Bookmiller" Shannon's rendition of "The Eighth of...
ISHILAN N-TENERE
Guitar Music From The Western Sahel LP
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Sublimely beautiful, spellbinding acoustic guitar and singing from Senegal and northern Mali (with one rocking electric Tuareg band). Twelve-page booklet with loads of full-colour photos....
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Brass Pins And Match Heads LP
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Sublime, captivating stuff — another String Of Pearls, a second scoop from the Black Mirror, more Sprigs Of Time. Hats off to Ian Nagoski once again.
DEAN CARTER
Rebel Woman / I Got A Girl
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A head-on collision of Rockabilly, tectonic garage punk and the production inventiveness usually attributed to the likes of Joe Meek or Phil Spector. Dean Carter started recording rockabilly in...
KEB DARGE & LITTLE EDITH'S
Legendary Wild Rockers LP
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In Keb Darge’s own words: "I've done many a compilation in my day, mostly based around the tunes I played at my long running Deep Funk nights in Madame Jo Jo's. That night is no longer on the...
THE VERY BEST
Super Mom / Ndeka
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Back in 2008 The Very Best's original mixtape - "Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are The Very Best" - was a runaway success and has since been downloaded almost 1 million times. This paved the way...
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Palenque Palenque : Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 LP
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Boasting twenty one pulsating tracks drawn from the northern coasts of Colombia, ‘Palenque Palenque!’ reveals a unique and fascinating story of how Afro Colombian music developed from the...
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Watch The Closing Doors LP
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Kris Needs’ frighteningly-ambitious project aims to capture the fast-vanishing magic of New York City, documenting major musical landmarks and developments, decade by decade over a series of...
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Watch The Closing Doors CD
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Kris Needs’ frighteningly-ambitious project aims to capture the fast-vanishing magic of New York City, documenting major musical landmarks and developments, decade by decade over a series of...
HEROES OF THE GALLEON TRADE
Neptune's Last Stand
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Golf Channel just keep on delivering the goods! An absolutely beautiful duo of tracks from this mysterious production outfit Equal parts laid back Psychedelic Disco-Rock and Pink Floydesque epic,...






















