Yola - Stand For Myself (Easy Eye Sound)

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Stand For Myself is the anthemic new album from Yola. Produced by Dan Auerbach, the record is a timeless masterpiece marking an idiosyncratic sonic shift, which will defy all expectation. A sophisticated and diverse sonic mix of symphonic soul and classic pop, tracing an expansive musical thread to Yola’s most eclectic musical inspirations. Yola’s inimitable vocals share nuanced stories of allyship, black feminine strength through vulnerability, collective awakening and loving connection from the sexual to the social. Yola declares that it is only when we stand for ourselves, and acknowledge our complexity, that we can be truly alive. For Yola, living is more than merely surviving.

Track Listing:

Side A: 1. Barely Alive (3:36) 2. Dancing Away In Tears (3:48) 3. Diamond Studded Shoes (3:25) 4. Be My Friend (3:29) 5. Great Divide (3:36) 6. Starlight (4:03)
Side B: 1. If I Had To Do It All Again (3:47) 2. Now You’re Here (4:09) 3. Whatever You Want (3:52) 4. Break The Bough (3:21) 5. Like A Photograph (5:03) 6. Stand For Myself (4:14)

Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Jazz In Silhouette (Waxtime In Color)

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Sun Ra and His Arkestra's classic 'Jazz in Silhouette', including a bonus track featuring John Gilmore.

Track Listing:

1. Enlightenment - Sun Ra 2. Saturn - Sun Ra 3. Velvet - Sun Ra 4. Ancient Aiethopia - Sun Ra 5. Hours After - Sun Ra 6. Horoscope - Sun Ra 7. Images - Sun Ra 8. Blues at Midnight - Sun Ra 9. Back in Your Own Backyard - Sun Ra

Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off (20th Century Masterworks)

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Herbie’s classic debut album. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on 28th May 1962. Featuring a truly impressive quintet of Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Dexter Gordon (tenor), Butch Warren (bass) and Billy Higgins (drums). Rooted firmly in hard bop but also showcasing the exquisite ballad Alone And I. Features the all-time classic Herbie standard Watermelon Man, a top 100 pop hit for Herbie and number 10 hit for Mongo Santamaria. Produced by Alfred Lion. The famous cover art was designed and photographed by Reid Miles.

Bill Evans - Easy To Love (Waxtime In Color)

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Compiled from early sessions for Riverside during 1956, 1958 and 1962, this release presents pianist Bill Evans unaccompanied, apart from one trio performance with bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Paul Motian. Produced by Orrin Keepnews, these are among the earliest recordings of Bill Evans under his own name.

Track Listing:

1. No Cover, No Minimum - Bill Evans 2. Some Other Time - Bill Evans 3. Easy to Love - Bill Evans 4. No Cover, No Minimum (Take 2) - Bill Evans 5. Danny Boy - Bill Evans 6. Like Someone in Love - Bill Evans 7. In Your Own Sweet Way - Bill Evans

Miles Davis - Milestones (20th Century Masterworks)

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Limited edition 180g blue vinyl with its own unique sticker, includes specially prepared liner notes by the 'Penguin Guide to Jazz' writer, Brian Morton.

Track Listing:

1. Dr Jekyl 2. Sid's Ahead 3. Two Bass Hit 4. Milestones 5. Billy Boy 6. Straight No Chaser

John Coltrane - Coltrane (Waxtime In Color)

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Overlooked on its original release, 'Coltrane' has since been regarded as a major recording in the saxophonist's discography. Featuring the classic quartet and produced by Bob Thiele for Impulse, this special edition has two bonus tracks from the same sessions not included on the original LP: 'Impressions' and 'Up 'Gainst The Wall'.

Track Listing:

1. Out of This World - John Coltrane 2. Soul Eyes - John Coltrane 3. Impressions - John Coltrane 4. The Inch Worm - John Coltrane 5. Tunji (Toon-gee) - John Coltrane 6. Miles' Mode - John Coltrane 7. Up 'Gainst the Wall - John Coltrane

John Coltrane - Giant Steps (20th Century Masterworks)

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Fifth studio album by the American jazz musician, originally released in 1960. Many of the tracks on the album have become practice templates for jazz saxophonists.

Track Listing:

1. Giant Steps - John Coltrane 2. Cousin Mary - John Coltrane 3. Countdown - John Coltrane 4. Spiral - John Coltrane 5. Syeeda's Song Flute - John Coltrane 6. Naima - John Coltrane 7. Mr. P.C. - John Coltrane 8. Harmonique (Bonus Track) - John Coltrane

PRESALE - Madlib - Medicine Show #5 - The History Of The Loop Digga 1990-2000 (Madlib Invazion)

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Estimated Shipping Date 8th July 2022

The Madlib Medicine Show series is a combination of Madlib's new hip-hop productions, remixes, beat tapes, and jazz, as well as mixtapes of funk, soul, Brazilian, psych, jazz and other undefined forms of music from the Beat Konducta's 4-ton stack of vinyl.

Back in the 90s, “beat tapes,” as a Hip Hop producer’s demo-reel is now quaintly referred to, were literally that: cassette tapes of beats that a producer made either for himself, his friends, or for potential collaborators. As you can imagine, Madlib made a bunch of ‘em in the days between his early productions for the Alkaholiks (circa ’92) and the release of his Quasimoto album (2000) – after which he took a couple of years off of the beats to focus on making jazz music with his fictional five piece, Yesterdays New Quintet.

This collection of beats showcases the way that Madlib’s early Hip Hop demos were filtered out to his friends and associates and provides an opportunity for a unique view into Madlib’s working process: these beats, often freestyled on whatever machine he had at the ready, were picked up by rappers over a period of many years. Trainspotters will find it interesting that beats later destined for the likes of Wildchild and Percee P were made some years before those albums saw release. This album is punctuated with a series of early solo-raps by Madlib and his Quasimoto alter ego and features the cadre known collectively as CDP – those rappers who worked side by side with Madlib during the days of his Oxnard-based “Crate Diggas Palace” studios.

Tracklisting:
1. Rendezvous Feat. Vanessa Baker 2. Obio Feat. Gabriel Otu 3. Don't Wanna Be Your Lover Feat. Raymond Lédon 4. Ge United in Grief N96 Worldwide Steppers Die Hard (Feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer) Father in Time (Feat. Sampha) Rich (Interlude) Rich Spirit We Cry Together (Feat. Taylour Paige) Purple Hearts (Feat. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah)
Count Me Out Crown Silent Hill (Feat. Kodak Black) Savior (Interlude) Savior (Feat. Baby Keem & Sam Dew) Auntie Diaries Mr Morale (Feat. Tanna Leone) Mother I Sober (Feat. Beth Gibbons of Portishead) Mirror

PRESALE - Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (TDE)

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Estimated Shipping Date 26th August 2022

Kendrick Lamar releases his first album in 5 years. The sprawling and dense double album is a cathartic, soul-baring autobiography.

Tracks:
1. Rendezvous Feat. Vanessa Baker 2. Obio Feat. Gabriel Otu 3. Don't Wanna Be Your Lover Feat. Raymond Lédon 4. Ge United in Grief N96 Worldwide Steppers Die Hard (Feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer) Father in Time (Feat. Sampha) Rich (Interlude) Rich Spirit We Cry Together (Feat. Taylour Paige) Purple Hearts (Feat. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah)
Count Me Out Crown Silent Hill (Feat. Kodak Black) Savior (Interlude) Savior (Feat. Baby Keem & Sam Dew) Auntie Diaries Mr Morale (Feat. Tanna Leone) Mother I Sober (Feat. Beth Gibbons of Portishead) Mirror

Chino XL - Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary (Messiah Music)

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Limited Edition on Gold Colored Vinyl Limited to 300 copies.

Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary is the fourth studio album by rapper Chino XL. It was released on CD on September 25, 2012. The album won the 2012 Hhug Album of the Year award. Chino comes with heavy lyrical content, lots of deep concepts, subject matter and a socially introspective highlight on his childhood. Artist Guest Appearances include: Immortal Technique, Tech N9ne, Travis Barker, Bun B, B-Real (Cypress Hill), Rakka Iriscience (Dialated Peoples), Roc Marciano, Sick Jacken (Psycho Realm), Thirston Howell, Sinful, Kid Frost, DV the General, and Big Pun.

Jean Carne / Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 12 (Jazz Is Dead)

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Limited smoked orange coloured and black vinyl LP on Jazz Is Dead.

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s ongoing ‘Jazz Is Dead’ series continues with its twelfth instalment, showcasing the talents of the legendary singer Jean Carne. The ex-wife of jazz pianist Doug Carn (who contributed to the fifth JID album in 2021) is still going strong in her seventies, her voice exuding gospel, R&B and jazz influences.

PRESALE - Vince Guaraldi - It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Concord)

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Estimated Shipping Date 26th August 2022

Limited Pumpkin-shaped orange vinyl and black edition on Concord Records.

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Music from the Soundtrack) features some of the most iconic tracks in pop culture, including the instantly recognizable “Linus and Lucy,” as well as the languid, lyrical “Great Pumpkin Waltz.” The music was recorded on October 4, 1966 at Desilu’s Gower Street Studio in Hollywood, California by Guaraldi (piano) and his longtime friends and trio sidemen — bassist Monty Budwig and drummer Colin Bailey — joined by Emanuel Klein (trumpet), John Gray (guitar) and Ronald Lang (woodwinds). The entire scoring process was overseen by composer, arranger and conductor John Scott Trotter, well known for a three-decade run as Bing Crosby’s music director and close friend. The slowdown of the pandemic gave the Mendelson family, (Lee Mendelson was the Executive Producer of the TV Special), an opportunity to dig deep through their archives and they discovered what were previously thought to be lost to time: the original analog session reels for It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. What you will hear on most tracks of this new and improved “best” version of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown are the musical cues as recorded by Vince and crew before they were edited for the television special, in show order, as well as a selection of alternate takes.

TRACKLIST:

Side A
LINUS AND LUCY | GRAVEYARD THEME | SNOOPY AND THE LEAF/FRIEDA (WITH THE NATURALLY CURLY HAIR) | THE GREAT PUMPKIN WALTZ | LINUS AND LUCY (REPRISE) | CHARLIE BROWN THEME/CHARLIE BROWN THEME (MINOR THEME)/GRAVEYARD THEME (REPRISE) | THE GREAT PUMPKIN WALTZ (REPRISE) | THE RED BARON/MILITARY DRUM MARCH | THE GREAT PUMPKIN WALTZ (2ND REPRISE)/THE GREAT PUMPKIN WALTZ (3rd REPRISE) | GRAVEYARD THEME (TRICK OR TREAT) (2nd REPRISE) | FANFARE/BREATHLESS/ GRAVEYARD THEME (TRICK OR TREAT) (3rd REPRISE) | CHARLIE BROWN THEME (REPRISE)

Side B
BREATHLESS (2nd REPRISE) | IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY/THERE’S A LONG, LONG TRAIL A-WINDING/PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG/ROSES OF PICARDY | GRAVEYARD THEME (TRICK OR TREAT) (4th REPRISE) | LINUS AND LUCY (2ND REPRISE)/LINUS AND LUCY (3rd REPRISE) | CHARLIE BROWN THEME (2ND REPRISE) | LINUS AND LUCY (ALTERNATE TAKE 1) | GRAVEYARD THEME (ALTERNATE TAKE 1) | CHARLIE BROWN THEME (ALTERNATE REPRISE TAKE 1) | LINUS AND LUCY (ALTERNATE TAKE 2) | THE GREAT PUMPKIN WALTZ (ALTERNATE TAKE 2) | LINUS AND LUCY (ALTERNATE REPRISE TAKE 1) | CHARLIE BROWN THEME (ALTERNATE REPRISE TAKE 2)

PRESALE - Sai Galaxy - Get It As You Move (SOUNDWAY)

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Estimated Shipping Date 23rd September 2022

As the name suggests, Sai Galaxy represents a star-studded cluster of artists from around the world - their varied styles colliding to form a refreshing fusion of classic Afrobeat, disco and West African funk.

Drawing from the influence of 70s and 80s Nigerian artists such as Nkono Teles, Jake Sollo and Mike Umoh, the Sai Galaxy collective is on a mission to reproduce the analogue warmth and groove from those decades. Consequently, they lean heavily on 70s production techniques - free from the predictable rigidity of digital sequencing. Spearheaded by Australian multi-instrumentalist Simon Durrington (from Digital Afrika), the members include Olugbade Okunade - former trumpet player from Seun Kuti's Egypt 80 - as well as guests Gabriel Otu, Ray Lédon and Vanessa Baker. While the EP seeks to reflect 70s production, glimpses of contemporary elements can be found in the arrangements and harmonies, at times reminiscent of modern artists such as Lord Echo, Bosq and Voilaaa.

Tracks:
1. Rendezvous Feat. Vanessa Baker 2. Obio Feat. Gabriel Otu 3. Don't Wanna Be Your Lover Feat. Raymond Lédon 4. Get It In The Sun Feat. Olugbade Okunade

PRESALE - The Upsetters - Return Of The Super Ape (VP RECORDS 2022 REMASTER)

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Estimated Shipping Date 22nd July 2022

ANOTHER STONE COLD CLASSIC, FRESHLY REMASTERED FOR 2022

Return Of The Super Ape is the follow-up album to the highly acclaimed dub album Super Ape. Just like its predecessor, the album was produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry. It was the last album by The Upsetters before Perry closed down his Black Ark Studio. The album showcases yet again the prodigious production skills of undisputed dub master Lee “Scratch” Perry's insanely layered textures and technical wizardry. With The Upsetters providing their musical backing. Now freshly remastered and restored for 2022 with original press artwork complete with inner disco sleeve. Tracks:

Tracklist:
1. Dyon Anaswa (2022 Remaster) 2. Return Of The Super Ape (2022 Remaster) 3. Tell Me Something Good (2022 Remaster) 4. Bird In Hand (2022 Remaster) 5. Crab Yars (2022 Remaster) 6. Jah Jah Ah Natty Dread 7. Psyche & Trim (2022 Remaster) 8. The Lion (2022 Remaster) 9. Huzza A Hanna (2022 Remaster) 10. High Rankin Sammy (2022 Remaster)

Kanye West - Donda (Getting Out Our Dreams)

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Donda is the tenth studio album by American rapper Kanye West, released through GOOD Music, with distribution handled by Def Jam Recordings. It is West’s final album for Def Jam, as he fulfilled his contract with the label with this album. West recorded much of the material at multiple locations in the summer of 2021, including Bighorn Mountain Ranch in Wyoming and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It features guest vocals from the Sunday Service Choir, Jay-Z, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, the Weeknd, Vory, Kid Cudi, DaBaby, Baby Keem, and Marilyn Manson, among various others; vocals from Chris Brown were also included prior to the album being updated. West, BoogzDaBeast, Dem Jointz, Mike Dean, and Ojivolta primarily helmed its production.

The album’s style has been described variously as hip hop, gospel, progressive rap, and pop, and incorporates elements of trap and drill. It is both minimalist and maximalist, with darker lyrical content and the reduced use of drums in comparison to West’s prior efforts. Themes explored include religion, Kanye’s divorce from Kim Kardashian, and Donda West, whose forename is used for the title.

The Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited - Dream Queen (Record Store Day Exclusive, Now Again)

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Record Store Day 2022 Limited Release.

Reissue of the sought-after deep/spiritual jazz album, the first time it’s been pressed from the master tapes. All analogue lacquer by Bernie Grundman. Bobby Hamilton founded the band Anubis in Syracuse, New York, and they put out their awesome ‘Ecology’ single on Charles Bazen’s Salt City imprint. It’s a highlight on the Soul-Cal anthology Now-Again issued in 2012, something akin to Terry Callier and Gil Scott Heron’s most soulful works. Shortly after issuing that single, Bobby put together the Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited and recorded and issued ‘Dream Queen’ in 1972. The last clean copy Bobby Hamilton had, he sold to the musician Jamie XX in 2021 for a princely sum. Few originals will ever surface again, its original run of 500 units having disappeared into the ether decades ago. This is your chance to hear a masterwork of deep, spiritual jazz lacquered directly from its original master tape in an all analogue transfer by the legendary Bernie Grundman.

El Michels Affair Meets Liam Bailey - Ekundayo Inversions Instrumentals (Big Crown Records)

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El Michels Affair formally teamed up with Liam Bailey to re-interpret Liam's 'Ekundayo' album to create 'Ekundayo Inversions'. Now available is a limited edition instrumental version on yellow coloured vinyl.

A1. Conquer & Divide / A2. Amazing Woman / A3. Angel Face / A4. Walk With Me / A5. No One Else / A6. King
B1. Ugly Truths / B2. I Love NY / B3. Superstar / B4. Awkward (Take 2) / B5. Lucky Man / B6. Faded / B7. Awkward Take 2

Oddisee - Rock Creek Park (Mello Music Group Reissue, Ltd)

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Oddisee once again proves why he’s such a celebrated producer, creating a slick record that feels like a tremendous ode to summer, perfect days, 1970s cool and an iconic D.C. locale. Released in August 2011, Rock Creek Park is a 10-track, mostly instrumental album of sample-based production and live arrangements, saturated with nostalgic grooves and soulridden compositions. "It's a soundtrack to my memories and experiences in Rock Creek Park," Oddisee says. It has received rave reviews from media outlets such as the Washington Post, Filter Magazine and BBC Worldwide.

Side A : Still Doing It (feat. yU) / Skipping Rock / The Carter Baron / Scenic Route To You / All Along The River / Uptown Caberet
Side B : Beach Dr / Clara Barton / Mattered Much / Closed After Dark / For Certain (feat. Diamond District) / Mattered Much (feat. Olivier Daysoul)

Prodigy - H.N.I.C. (Get On Down Reissue)

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When it comes to authentic, ride-or-die hip-hop, few crews have as muchresonance as Mobb Deep.

Featuring two double-threat MCs who also produced – Havoc and the sadly-departed Prodigy – the crew changed the hardcore rap game in 1995 with their sophomore classic The Infamous, and went on to rule the dark corners of hip-hop for the second half of the 90s and well into the 2000s. After multiple Mobb Deep platters in the ‘90s, Prodigy entered the 2000s as a solo artist with force, rolling over a stomping, piano-freaked backdrop laced by producer The Alchemist, with “Keep It Thoro.” It has held up over time, proving itself as an anthemic classic that the streets and clubs still respect. Flaunting a smooth-but-menacing flow, Prodigy’s no-nonsense lyricism on “Keep It Thoro” is prototypical modern age brag rap. Countless MCs have followed his flow, from Fabolous to Joey Bada$$. The song is short and sweet, clocking in at just over 3 minutes. There are no wasted verses, just hardcore rhymes that stay with you. But “Thoro” was the tip of the iceberg on what proved to be one of the more coveted rap full-lengths of the era. The album boasted other charting singles, including “Rock Dat Shit” and “Y.B.E.” (featuring B.G.), but it can be argued that the album’s real gems are buried deeper. “Genesis,” “What U Rep” (featuring Noreaga) and “Three” are all sinister yet pensive. “Wanna Be Thugs” and “Delt With The Bullshit” are strong and evocative Mobb Deep cuts, featuring production and vocals by Havoc. And alongside other standouts, perhaps the deepest cut of all – especially in light of Prodigy’s recent and way-too-soon passing due to complica- tions from Sickle Cell Anemia – is “You Can Never Feel My Pain,” which details the health issues and challenges this talented MC and producer had been facing his whole life. H.N.I.C. was Prodigy’s first solo album, but it is perhaps his best. Among fans he will never be forgotten, for his skills, his storytelling and his no-B.S. approach to the art of MCing.

Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout (Bad Boy Records)

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Alternative Cover Edition.

‘mainstream sellout’ is the sixth album by emo/pop/rap sensation Machine Gun Kelly. The album sees Kelly collaborating with the likes of L’il Wayne, Young Thug, blackbear, Bring Me The Horizon and WILLOW. His collaboration with the latter, emo girl’ set Tik Tok alight clocking up nearly 20 million views in a day. For fans of Blink 182, Bowling For Soup and Limp Bizkit.

Czarface - Czarmageddon! Lunchbox Edition (Silver Age)

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Limited Edition Collector's Lunchbox with CZARMAGEDDON! Cassette and Exclusive Trading Cards (Series II)

Hot off their two smashes for Marvel’s blockbuster film Venom: Let There Be Carnage, CZARFACE is back, triumphantly swinging into your universe with their new album CZARMAGEDDON! Expect many twists and turns as Wu-Tang’s Inspectah Deck and Esoteric go to war with an all-new, all-different soundscape from Czarface producers the Czar Keys. Alt-rap icon Kool Keith shatters the lyrical glass and the enigmatic Frankie Pulitzer, who first appeared on the Venom soundtrack on Czarface’s Today’s Special, is back with guns blazing.

Tracklist:

Side 1:
1. Damien’s Dinner Time 2. The Czarlaac Pit feat Frankie Pulitzer 3. Can It Be? 4. Walk thru Walls 5. Splash Page 6. Bob Laczar

Side 2:
1. Big Em Up feat Lion Eye 2. Nu Mutantes 3. Fearless & Inventive feat Kool Keith 4. Boogie Defmix 5. Czarv Wolfman 6. Logan-5

Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain, Record Store Day 2022 (Get On Down)

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First time on vinyl for many years. For 2003's Vaudeville Villain MF Doom took on yet another pseudonym. Where MF Doom drew from Doctor Doom, Viktor Vaughn drew from the Doctor's government name, Victor von Doom. The influence of superheros and supervillians however goes much deeper than the nom de plume, the silver age sci-fi vibe is present, musically, throughout Vaudeville Villain. Long out of print on vinyl, Get On Down presents this landmark of Doom's career as a double gatefold LP for RSD 2022.

Track Listing:

A Side: 1. Overture 2. Vaudeville Villain 3. Lickupon 4. The Drop 5. Lactose And Lecithin.
B Side: 1. A Dead Mouse 2. Rae Dawn 3. Let Me Watch (feat. Apani B).
C Side: 1. Saliva 2. Modern Day Mugging 3. Open Mic Nite (feat. Creature, Lord Sear, and Rodan).
D Side: 1. Never Dead (feat. M. Sayyid) 2. Popsnot 3. Mr. Clean 4. G.M.C.

Various - Brazilian Beats Brooklyn (Mr Bongo)

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Long-awaited repress of a classic Mr Bongo compilation, compiled by Sean Marquand and Greg Caz, 2 DJs well-known for their epic parties at Williamsburg’s legendary Black Betty club, that sadly closed in 2009.

The duo played a deep variety of strictly vintage samba, samba-rock, Tropicalia, and Brazilian funk under the banner of Brazilian Beats Brooklyn. Sean is known as half of Embassy Sound Productions. He took his team to Brazil to help resurrect Black Rio legends Uniao Black for a new release. Greg has DJ'd at some of the hottest Brazilian parties around the globe and presents a monthly radio show ‘Warm Wave’ on Soho Radio NYC.Featuring Noriel Vilela’s singular “16 Toneladas,” a sublime cover of the Tennessee Ernie Ford smash “16 Tons” with a spare samba groove and unbelievable baritone vocals and hot jams from Tim Maia, Erasmo Carlos, Joao Bosco, Toni Tornado.Included in this compilation of original 60's and 70's Brazilian gems are some of Greg and Sean's favourite tracks that have been filling dance oors for years.

Tracklist:
Nonato Y Su Conjunto - Cafua | Os Novos Crioulos - Mar Afunda | Jose Roberto - Crioula Multicolorida | Rita Lee & Tutti Frutti - Agora E Moda | Trio Esperanca - Nao Aguento Voce | Noriel Vilela - 16 Toneladas | Chocolate Da Bahia - Ele Guenta | Tim Maia - E Necessario | Joao Bosco - Cobra Criada | Som Tres - Tanga | Os Incriveis - Uma Rosa Pra Dita | Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti -aleluia | Erasmo Carlos - Jeep | Chalo Eduardo - Beija-flor Suite | Ely Camargo -taieiras | Silvio Cesar - A Festa | Edson Frederico - Tava Mas Nao Tava | Helio Matheus - Mais Kriola | Toni Tornado - O Jornaleiro | Miguel De Deus - Black Soul Brother | Ana Rosely - Skim Dum Dum Dum | Quarteto Uai - Marcas

PRESALE - Ghostface Killah - Ironman (Get On Down 25th Anniversary Edition)

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Estimated Shipping Date: 24th July 2022

Limited 25th Anniversary Edition Pressed On Blue & Cream And Chicken & Broccoli Colored Double Vinyl!

Ghostface Killah released his debut solo album 25 years ago on October 29, 1996. Produced by fellow Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, Ironman found inspiration in sources ranging from blaxploitation films to classic soul and charted a whole new direction for hip-hop in the process. The album features classic bangers like Daytona 500 featuring Raekwon and Cappadonna to soulful emotionally moving cuts like All That I Got Is You with Mary J Blige. To commemorate the 25 year anniversary Get On Down is proud to present Ironman in a 2xLP set available on both ‘Blue & Cream’ and ‘Chicken & Broccoli’ half-n-half colored vinyl, each version housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket, packed inside a ‘shoebox’-style 2nd outer jacket embossed with the year 1996.