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APRYL FOOL - APRYL FOOLOriginally dating back to 1969, this classic psychedelic LP by a legendary Japanese band sees another reissue on vinyl. Apryl Fool's line-up included bassist Haroumi Hosono, who'd later become the founding member and leader of Yellow Magic Orchestra! |
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BAKER, CHET -& PIERO UMILIANI- - ITALIAN MOVIESItalian film composer Piero Umiliani began working with the trumpeter and actor Chet Baker during the late 1950s. Baker and Umiliani first joined forces in 1958 for the crime film 'I Soliti Ignoti' (AKA Big Deal on Madonna Street, Persons Unknown or Le Pigeon), reportedly ... read more » |
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BEN, JORGE - SOLTA O PAVAOJorge Ben is one of Brazilian music's iconic and best-loved figures. Born Jorge Duilio Lima Menezes in Rio in 1942, he took the stage name, Jorge Ben, in deference to his mother's Ethiopian roots, and later used Jorge Ben Jorge for further distinction. Playing tambourine ... read more » |
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CHEQUERS - CHECK US OUTBritish funk/disco band The Chequers began in reggae, formed by bassist John Matthias and his guitarist brother Richard in 1973, with drummer George Young, keyboardist Paul War and vocalist Jackie Robins. Despite the success of the early single 'Rudi's In Love,' the group ... read more » |
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CHICO MAGNETIC BAND - CHICO MAGNETIC BANDLyon-based freakers Chico Magnetic Band began as Chico & The Slow Death, its front man a wild Tunisian-born singer otherwise known as Mahmoud Ayari, with drummer Patrick Garel, bassist Alain Mazet and guitarist Bernard Lloret, later replaced by Bernard Monneri. ... read more » |
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COUNT FIVE - PSYCHOTIC REACTION (IT)The über-classic 1966 full-length by The Count Five, the band's sole album, gets reissued on vinyl, including reproduced artwork. Based in San Jose, CA, The Count Five became famous due to the over-night success of the utterly exciting single 'Psychotic Reaction', ... read more » |
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DIBANGO, MANU - AFRICADELICThe strange and majestic musical beast that is 'Africadelic' (1972) was Dibango's follow-up to 'Soul Makossa', but it was initially released on Louis Delacour's library music label Mondiaphone, before 'Soul Makossa' became an international phenomenon. As a Mondiaphone ... read more » |
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DICKIES - THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DICKIESHyperactive Ramones-influenced cartoon punk rock from Los Angeles, 1979. One debut LP that made the history in the genre. Frantically fast and short versions of Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid', The Monkees' 'She,' and Barry McGuire's 'Eve Of Destruction' along with a few ... read more » |
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EMBRUJO - EMBRUJOChilean prog band Embrujo began as El Embrujo Ques Besa or Kissing Spell, formed by the guitarist, singer and drummer Carlos Fernandez with chief songwriter Juan Carlos "Tato" Gomez on bass and vocals and Ernesto "Kiko" Murillo on lead guitar, with ... read more » |
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HAPPY END - HAPPY ENDFollowing the abortive appearance of Japanese psychedelic band Apryl Fool, which imploded after producing an album and an EP for Columbia Japan in 1969, bassist/keyboardist/singer and main creative force Haroumi Hosono and drummer Takashi "Rei" Matsumoto formed ... read more » |
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HOWL THE GOOD - HOWL THE GOODDuring the early 1970s, Detroit rock band Howl The Good signed to Motown's prog-rock offshoot, Rare Earth. Travelling to London to record their self-titled debut album at Olympic Studios, they were fortunate to work with engineer Chris Kimsey (best known for his later work ... read more » |
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IT - VIAJE: MUSICA ELECTRONICA LIBRECult obscure 1976 proto-electronics masterpiece 'Viaje' is a purely brain frying avant garde flipout from the electroacoustic musicians Eduardo Polonio and Horacio Vaggione (probably most known for his album on Cramps). Together, they deploy synths, electric guitars, organs ... read more » |
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JOHNSON, HAROLD -SEXTET- - HOUSE ON ELM STREETLos Angeles-based child prodigy Harold Johnson began playing piano in church when he was five years old. He began receiving private piano lessons that same year and went on to study string instruments at elementary school and guitar and double bass while in middle school, ... read more » |
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KIKUCHI, SHUNSUKE - HURRICAN POLYMAR O.S.T.Shunsuke Kikuchi is one of the best-known composers of background music for Japanese television and film soundtracks. Born in 1931 in Hirosaki, located in the far north of the main Japanese island of Honshu, Kikuchi enjoyed a long and illustrious career that began in the ... read more » |
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KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - POLYGONDWANALAND (IT)Limited 500 only, on purple and white splatter vinyl for this modern psych classic! |
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KORAY, ERKIN - 2Pioneer Erkin Koray may have been the first Turkish rock artist, he and his band reputedly playing Fats Domino and Elvis covers in 1957; by combining rock 'n' roll and Turkish traditional music, he spearheaded Anatolian rock and became the leading Turkish psychedelic ... read more » |
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LEE, RITA -& TUTTI FRUTTI- - ENTRADAS E BANDEIRASAs a founding member of innovative Brazilian psychedelic group Os Mutantes, Rita Lee's reputation is assured as a ground-breaking pioneer. Born Rita Lee Jones in 1947 in the upscale Vila Mariana district of Sao Paulo, Rita's father was an American descended from a ... read more » |
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MAGIC - MAGICSpanning the divide between backwoods swamp rock and US psychedelia, Magic evolved from Lansing, Michigan-based band, Next Exit, which singer-songwriter Duane King and his bassist brother Nick joined in 1968. The following year the group became Magic and things stepped up a ... read more » |
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MOUZAKIS - MAGIC TUBEDelaware-based power trio Mouzakis conjured an intriguing sound somewhere between traditional rhythm and blues and garage rock, with psychedelic and hard rock leanings. The band occupied something of a unique space during their short reign during the early 1970s, and it was ... read more » |
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OGYATANAA SHOW BAND - AFRICAN FIRE - YEREFREFREThe Ogyatanaa or Burning Fire Show Band was one of the more esteemed of the funky highlife groups that rocked the Ghanaian music scene during the 1970s. The band was formed in 1971 by diplomat-turned-composer, musical arranger, organist, vocalist and record producer Kwadwo ... read more » |
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OKKO - SITAR & ELECTRONICSReleased in 1971 by Okko Bekker, a Dutch sitar player, keyboardist, and producer who has worked with the likes of Brian Eno, Conny Plank, Asmus Tietchens, and Moebius. As the title suggests this is a sitar and synthesizer led trip through 6 groovy and jazzy originals and 2 ... read more » |
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PSI COM - PSI COMOn vinyl, this is a release of mid-'80s radio recordings of the US glam/goth rock band fronted by a pre-Jane's Addiction Perry Farrell. The session was engineered by Blue Cheer's Ethan James. |
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PUENTE, TITO - EL REY DEL TIMBALEPercussive titan Tito Puente brought various forms of Latin rhythms into the consciousness of mainstream America and western Europe through a career that lasted over half a century, introducing enthralling Latin styles to the broader public from the early 1950s. His 1956 ... read more » |
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ROSARIO, WILLIE -Y SU ORQUESTA- - EL BRAVO SOY TO!Puerto Rican composer, bandleader and percussionist Willie Rosario was a giant of Latin music, known as Senor Afinque or Mr. Tight for the strength of his musical arrangements. Born in Coamo in 1930, Rosario had already formed the Coamex band, prior to his emigration to New ... read more » |
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TAPSCOTT, HORACE - SONGS OF THE UNSUNGDistinguished Los Angeles-based jazz pianist Horace Tapscott is probably best-known as the founder of the Pan-Afrikan People's Orchestra of PAPA, also known as The Ark, though he began his career as a trombonist, working with Lionel Hampton and others during the late 1950s. ... read more » |
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