george scott
find someone to love (green vinyl)
This soul-funk nugget, released in the early '70s on the uber-collectible Maple label, qualifies as a major find based on George Scott's Wilson Picket..
east coast
east coast (orange)
The only conceivable reason this 1973 album isn't generally recognized as a soul-funk classic is because it came out on Bernard Purdie's Encounter lab..
les baxter
the soul of the drum
If Les Baxter's 1951 album Ritual of the Savage invented exotica, his 1963 album The Soul of the Drums perfected it. Here was the sonic Space Age jour..
electronic system
vol. ll (yellow)
In the early-to-mid 1970s, Belgian recording engineer and synthesist Daniel Lacksman née Lanckmans recorded and released a series of pop music records..
Of all the singer-songwriters to emerge from the ‘60s, Tim Buckley was the most difficult to pigeonhole. Was his music folk? Rock? Jazz? Even R&B? The..
max roach
members don't git weary
Max Roach wasn't just one of the greatest drummers and percussionists in jazz history; he was also one of the greatest bandleaders in all of jazz, abl..
rudolph johnson
spring rain
Columbus, Ohio's Rudolph Johnson drew comparisons to John Coltrane during his career; like the jazz legend in his later years, Johnson eschewed drugs ..
cowboy junkies
lay it down
Every Cowboy Junkies album is a sonic treat, full of gorgeous guitar tones from Michael Timmins haunting vocals from Margo Timmins, and beautiful arra..
alan vega
saturn strip (clear vinyl)
Alan Vega's work with Suicide is revered by just about every electronic music artist who's tapped a keyboard or moved a mouse; his snarling, rockabill..
unruly child
unruly child
Not only did the 1992 debut from L.A. band Unruly Child never come out on vinyl here in the U.S., but when it was originally issued on LP in Europe, t..
gorky's zygotic mynci
barafundle (record store day 2025 exclusive, limited)
Having countryman John Cale label your first-ever commercial release “his favourite album ever” is about as good a start as a Welsh rock band could ho..
original soundtrack
the matrix
Every decade or so a science fiction film comes along that captures the Zeitgeist and simultaneously casts a searchlight into the murk of what's to co..