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I love you Mary Jane. Funky 4 + 1 meets B-real! YES! We are live with Drop number … 23? 15.. who knows, what I can say is this one is solider than a lump of something very solid.
Theres a gargantuan motherlode.. largesseness, of Jazz. Really good stuff. Check the Herbie & Coltrane sections.. that Pharoah LP! mmhmm… But then the Hip Hop & Soul List have some sweet moments on them too.. Oh the afro Latin & reggae Heat! Triston Palma, Light Of Saba, Lafayette afro rock..
Then you hit the new LPs.. This section represents a hell of a lot of work, tracking down records like Massive attacks Mezzanine, Anderson Paaks Malibu, The Avalanches Since I left You.. Theres some tasty things in there, requires attention!
On the 7″ level a small but nice selection of original Ethio / Afro Jazz Funk titles are in this time.. Also not typed up as much but still dropping, a little bunch of 80s boogie funk 7″ & again another 100 or more 12″ disco titles will be added to the growing section.
ok thats all the waffling for now, remember we can ship as many records as u want for $10 Australia wide.
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THE DROP.
Maki Asakawa – Maki Asakawa (Honest Jon’s) $35
Enchanting introduction to the exquisite, smoky melancholy of a Japanese jazz and blues singer/songwriter/composer who collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto and penned some 30 solo albums, yet is scarcely known in the West.
Born 1942 in a small, northern Japanese fishing village, Maki grew up during the era of American occupation and cultural imperialism, eventually moving to Tokyo and nurturing a passion for the records of Billie Holliday and Mahalia Jackson, which would lead her to perform on US military bases and cabarets and subsequently cover many US traditional folk and blues for the Japanese market.
With her distinctive, husky croon, aching songs and head-to-toe black outfits, she’s seemingly possessed by the spirit of her heroes – Billie, Nina, Mahlia among them – and apparently had the mysterious countenance to match her unusual aesthetic.
We’ll have to take that for granted from Hitoshi Jin Tamura’s photos and Alan Cummings’ enlightening liner notes, but Maki’s music remains the best gauge of her character, taking in big band experiments along with an amazing, sitar-lead psych-out, plus runs into modal, spiritual jazz and the kind of lounge styles that prompt imagery of Bill Murray or some lonely salaryman clutching a single malt in the shadows of a Tokyo bar..
Amanaz – Africa (Now Again) $48
Issued in 1975, this is the articulation of Zambia’s Zamrock ethos. While other albums – Rikki Ililonga’s Zambia, WITCH’s Lazy Bones!! – are competitors, it’s hard to best this album as it covers each major quadrant of the Zamrock whole: it came from the mines; its musicians were anti-colonial freedom fighters, it envelops Zambian folk music traditions, and it rocks – hard.
Africa was issued in two separate mixes and two separate presses in 1975: one version is dry, with the vocals and drums mixed loud, the other slathered in reverb, with the vocals and drums disappearing into the mix, and with the guitar solos mixed much louder. Africa’s master tapes are long lost, but we have restored both versions in new transfers from the absolute cleanest copies of this incredibly rare album and presented them both in a 2 LP set. Also included, an extensive booklet containing an essay on the album and detailing the history of the Zamrock scene and this album, with notes from Amanaz’s Isaac Mpofu and Keith Kabwe and rare photos. Download card included with LP version.
Orchestra of Spheres – Brothers & Sisters of the Black Lagoon (Fire) $35
Born out of Wellington’s fertile creative music scene, their members have names like Mos Iocos, EtonalE and Baba Rossa.. Woild Boin bangs the drums, except he doesn’t in the studio – that’s someone or something called Tooth…
Their influences range, they say, from kuduro and “psychedelic primary school disco” to kwaito, free improv, shangaan electro, inner brain clap and funk puppetré. Really, though, think a lo-fi Heads with a shoestring budget and the no-limits creativity often borne of penury. They’ve been called “futuristic and unsettlingly primal” and “the most out-of-this-world band in music today”. Even Dan Snaith of Caribou has been singing the praises of their music “Part Sun Ra otherworldiness, part Sublime Frequencies and part ESG … Orchestra of Spheres blew us away”
Which, they admit, offers the sort of escapist fantasy-funk you’d want in “dark times … of remote war, mass deceit and money worship”.
Mary Afi Usuah – Ekpenyong Abasi (Voodoo Funk) $30
A stupendous blend of scintillating highlife, smoking Fela and spaced-out, funkdafied Black Jazz, from 1975 — Mari Affiong Usuah from Oron town, by way of Calabar in southeastern Nigeria, fronting a knockout band led by Daniel ‘Satch’ Asuquo from the Atomic 8 (and formerly of Bobby Benson’s orchestra).
The Afrofunk cuts are especially killer — with James Brown just percolating through by the end — but it’s a stunning, magnificent album, through and through. Beautifully sleeved, too, with excellent notes by Uchenna from Comb & Razor.
Anderson.Paak – Malibu (Steel Wool) $45
Anderson. Paak needed solutions. The California native saw both of his parents and stepfather sent to prison by the time he was 18, and earlier in his adult life, he, his wife, and his son endured homelessness after he was unexpectedly let go from his job at a Santa Barbara marijuana farm. “When I look at my tree, I see leaves missing, generations of harsh living, and addiction,” he sings in his old-soul rasp on Malibu, his second album as Anderson .Paak.
He’s faced uncertainty as a musician, too, but after “Suede”, a song he recorded with beatmaker Knxwledge under the name NxWorries, caught Dr. Dre’s ear, .Paak became a significant part of Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, making six appearances on the album. Not surprisingly, those songs combined for .Paak’s big break, and now, eight years after deciding he wanted to make music his livelihood, he’s released his best project yet, an affecting album that masterfully marries hip-hop, R&B, and soul.
OLD STUFF
SOUL / GOSPEL
* Al Wilson – Show & Tell (Rocky Road) $20
* Barrabas – Heart of the City (ATCO) $20
* Barry White – Together Brothers (20th Century) $25
* Bobby Bland – Two Steps from the Blues (MCA) $30
* Bobby Womack – Greatest Hits (Liberty) $25
* Curtis Mayfield – Got to Find a Way (Curtom) $35
* Del Jones – Positive Vibes (Hikeka Records) $35
* Earth, Wind & Fire – The Best (Columbia) $20
* Esther Phillips – Alone Again, Naturally (Kudu) JP ed. $30
* Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues (Kudu) $25
* Fred Wesley & Horny Horns – A Blow For Me… (Atlantic) $40
* Funkadelic – Hardcore Jollies (Warner Bros) $40
* Geater Davis – Lost Soul (Luv N’ Haight) $30
* George Clinton – Computer Games (Capitol) $30
* Ike & Tina Turner – Greatest Hits (Warner Bros) $35
* Johnny Ace – Memorial Album (Duke) $35
* Jon Lucien – I Am Now (RCA) promo $45
* Kool & the Gang – Music is the Message (De-Lite) $30
* Liquid Liquid – Successive Reflexes (Mo Wax) $45
* Little Richard – Greatest Hits (Vee Jay) $25
* Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man (Tamla) $30
* Otis Redding – History Of (Atco) $35
* Patrice Rushen – Pizzazz (Elektra) promo $25
* Pollution – Pollution II (Prophesy) $30
* Roberta Flack – First Take (Atlantic) $30
* Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor) $30
* Simon & Garfunkel – Book Ends (CBS/Sony) $30
* Sly & Family Stone – There’s a Riot Going On (Epic) $40
* Sydney Joe Qualls – So Sexy (20th Century) $50
* The Contours – Do You Love Me (Tamla) $35
* The Last Poets – This is Madness (Douglas 7) $30
* The Meters – Rejuvenation (Reprise) $35
* The New Birth – It’s Been a Long Time (RCA) $20
* The O’Jays – Collectors Items (Philadelphia International) $30
* The Supremes – The Best Vol. 1 (Motown) $30
* The Temptations – Anthology (Motown) $35
* V/A – Classic Mellow 3 (Mastercuts) $35
* V/A – Disco Funk Flavas (Salsoul) $45
* V/A – James Brown’s Funky People (People) $50
* V/A – Keb Darge’s Funk Spectrum (BBE) $45
* V/A – Keb Darge’s Legendry Deep Funk (BBE) $50
* V/A – Strange Games and Things (BBE) $50
* Voices of Harlem – Can You Feel It (Just Sunshine) $35
JAZZ / JAZZFUNK
* Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana Revisited (Impulse) $40
* Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village (Impulse) 1st US press w insert $70
* Alice Coltrane – A Monastic Trio (Superior Viaduct) $40
* Alice Coltrane – Reflection on Creation and Space (ABC) $45
* Airto – Free (CTI) $30
* Bill Evans – Alone (Fantasy) $30
* Bill Evans & Jim Hall – Intermodulation (Verve) $40
* Bob James – Sign Of The Times (CBS/Sony) JP press w obi $30
* Bob James – Two (CTI) $30
* Bobby Hutcherson – Dialogue (Blue Note) $30
* Charles Mingus – Jazz Workshop… (Warner) JP press w obi $40
* Charles Mingus – S/T (CBS/Sony) $30
* Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock – Corea/Hancock (Polydor) w/obi $35
* Chico Freeman – Kings Of Mali (India Navigation) 1st US press $50
* Cortex – Troupeau Bleu (Dare-Dare) $30
* Crusaders – 1 (MCA) $25
* Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz Goes To College (CBS/Sony) JP promo $35
* Dexter Gordon – A Swingin’ Affair (Blue Note) $40
* Don Cherry – Here & Now (Atlantic) $45
* Doug Carn – Revelation (Black Jazz) $30
* Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – S/T (Impulse) $40
* Eric Dolphy – At The Five Spot (Prestige) $35
* Frank Sinatra – Strangers in the Night (Reprise) $20
* Freddie Hubbard – Backlash (Atlantic) $40
* Freddie Hubbard – Polar AC (CTI) $30
* Freddie Hubbard – The Body & the Soul (Impulse) $45
* Gary Bartz NTU Troop – Harlem Bush Music (Milestone) $60
* George Benson – Beyond The Blue Horizon (CTI) $25
* George Benson – In Flight (Warner Bros) w/obi $30
* George Benson – George Benson Collection (Warner Bros) $20
* George Duke & Feel – S/T (MPS) JP press w obi $50
* Grant Green – Gooden’s Corner (Wax Time) $30
* Grant Green – The Main Attraction (Kudo) $30
* Herbie Hancock – Crossing (Warner) 1st JP press $45
* Herbie Hancock – Man-Child (Columbia) $20
* Herbie Hancock – Secrets (CBS/Sony) $35
* Herbie Hancock – The Prisoner (Blue Note) $30
* Herbie Hancock – V.S.O.P (Columbia) $25
* Herbie Hancock – Feets Don’t Fail Me Now (CBS) $25
* Herbie Hancock – Monster (Columbia) $30
* Jack Johnson – Music by Miles Davis (CBS/Sony) $50
* Jaki Byard – Here’s Jaki (Prestige) $40
* Jimmy McGriff – One Of Mine (Sue) $35
* Jimmy Smith – Plain Talk (Blue Note) $30
* Joe Sample – Rainbow Seeker (ABC) w/obi $30
* John Coltrane – Coltrane (Prestige) $30
* John Coltrane – Blue Train (Blue Note) $40
* John Coltrane – Kulu Sè Mama (Impulse) $35
* John Coltrane – My Favourite Things (Atlantic) $30
* John Coltrane – My Favourite Things (Atlantic) $35
* John Coltrane Quartet – Crescent (Impulse) $30
* John Coltrane Quartet – Ballads (Impulse) $35
* John Coltrane Quartet – Chim Chim Cheree… (Impulse) $40
* Jon Faddis – Good and Plenty (Versatile) $30
* Kawaida – S/T (Mercury) JP press $50
* Kenny Burrell – Asphalt Canyon Suite (Verve) $30
* Kenny Burrell Trio – A Night At Vanguard (Cadet) $35
* Lee Morgan – S/T (Blue Note) $35
* Les McCann – Jazz Waltz (Fontana) $20
* Lonnie Liston Smith – Cosmic Funk (Flying Dutchman) $30
* Lorez Alexandria – The Great (Impulse) $40
* McCoy Tyner Trio – Inception (Impulse) $50
* Michael Gregory Jackson – Karmonic Suite (IAI) $25
* Miles Davis – In Person (CBS/Sony) JP press w obi $50
* Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain (Columbia) $50
* Nina Simone – Forbidden Fruit (Colpix) $35
* Pharaohs – Awakening (Luv N’ Haight) $40
* Pharoah Sanders Quintet – Pharoah (ESP DISK) $100
* Ramsey Lewis – Dancing in the Street (Chess) $20
* Ron Carter – Third Plane (Milestone) $30
* Shirley Scott – For Beautiful People (Prestige) $30
* Sonny Rollins – Sonny Boy (Prestige) $45
* Stanley Turrentine – Don’t Mess With Mister T (Citi) $35
* The Headhunters – Survival of the Fittest (Arista) $30
* Thelonius Monk – Monk Misterioso (CBS/Sony) $40
* V/A – Strut’n’ Get Up (Blue Note) $45
* Wayne Shorter – Super Nova (Blue Note) $30
* Weather Report – Black Market (CBS/Sony) Rare JP press $25
* Weldon Irvine – Spirit Man (BMG) $30
* West Montgomery – Incredible Jazz Guitar (Riverside) $30
ROCK / PROG / PSYCH
* Bob Dylan – Slow Train Coming (CBS/Sony) w/obi $35
* Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A. (CBS/Sony) $35
* Bruce Springsteen – The River (CBS/Sony) $30
* Cream – Wheels of Fire (Polydor) $40
* Credence Clearwater Revival – Mardi Gras (Fantasy) $40
* David Bowie – Let’s Dance (EMI) $25
* David Bowie – Tonight (EMI) $35
* Fleetwood Mac – Heroes are Hard To Find (Reprise) $25
* Iron Butterfly – Metamorphosis (Atco) $30
* Janis Joplin – Gold Disc (CBS/Sony) $35
* Janis Joplin – ST (CBS/Sony) $35
* Jimi Hendrix – In The West (Polydor) $35
* Joni Mitchell – Mingus (Asylum) $35
* Rolling Stones – Metamorphosis (Abkco) $40
* Rolling Stones – Tattoo You (EMI) $30
* Sonic Youth – Master=Dik (Blast First) $25
* The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (Apple) JP Press $45
* The Eagles – Hotel California (Asylum) $30
* The Eagles – Hotel California (Asylum) w/obi $35
* The Monkees – More Of… (Arista) $30
* The Pixies – Indie Cindy (Pixies Music) $45
* The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup (Promotone) $35
BLUES / COUNTRY
* Modern Blues Anthology (Trio) $35
* V/A – Texas Blues Anthology (Trio) $45
* V/A – West Coast Blues (Liberty) $25
HIP HOP / BEATS
* A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders (Jive) 1st US $60
* A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels… (Jive) $40
* Booty Brown – Come a Little Closer 12” (Props) $25
* D’Angelo – Black Messiah (RCA) $45
* D’Angelo – Voodoo (Virgin) $45
* Diamond D – Hatred, Passions & Infidelity (Mercury) $40
* Flying Rhythms – Specialoose Fly 12” (Lastrum) $30
* Flying Rhythms – Assiko (Lastrum) $30
* Gangstarr – Hard to Earn (Chrysalis) $50
* Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks… 12” (Rap-A-Lot) $25
* Ice T – Home Invasion (RSR) $45
* Jolz – Down Pressure (Down Pressure) $40
* Jurassic 5 – Jayou 12” (Manhattan) $24
* Lootpack – Weededed (Superrappin) $25
* Lord Finesse – From the Crates to the Files (NOL) $45
* Madlib – Shades Of Blue (Blue Note) $50
* Massive Attack – Angel 12” (Circa) $20
* Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy 12” (Wild Bunch) $20
* Metal Fingers – Special Herbs Vol.5&6 (Nature Sounds) $40
* Missy Elliott – Under Construction (Elektra) $35
* Mos Def – Black on Both Sides (Back to Black) $45
* Nas – Life’s a Bitch 12” (Columbia) $20
* Nearly God – Nearly God (Durban Poison) $50
* Outkast – Big Boi & Dre present… (LaFace) $40
* Outkast – Aquemini (LaFace) $40
* Pete Rock – Petestrumentrals 2 (Mello Music Group) $40
* Pete Rock & CL Smooth – The Main Ingredient (Elektra) $45
* Public Enemy – Welcome to the Terror Dome (CBS) $20
* The Beastie Boys – Root Down (Grand Royal) $40
* The Fugees – Ready or Not 12” (Columbia) $15
* The Pharcyde – Runnin’ 12” (Delicious) $25
* The Roots – From The Ground Up (Talkin’ Loud) $45
* Ultramagnetic Mc’s – Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau) $30
* V/A – Black Gangster (Black Radio) $25
* V/A – Ghost Dog Soundtrack (Epic) $40
* V/A – Urban Renewal Program 12” (Ninja Tune) $15
* V/A – Wild Pitch Classics (Wild Pitch) $35
* Wu-Tang – C.R.E.A.M. 12” (RCA) $20
* Wu-Tang – Wu-Tang Forever (Loud) $40
REGGAE / AFRO / WORLD / LATIN
* Antonio Carlos Jobim – Composer Of The Desafinado Plays (Polydor) $30
* Antonio Carlos Jobim – Wave (AM) $25
* Astrud Gilberto – The Best (Verve) $25
* Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rastaway Vibration (Tuff Gong) $20
* Bob Marley & the Wailers – Uprising (Island) JP edition $45
* Cedric Im Brooks – The Magical Light of Saba (Honest Jons) $75
* Cosa Nostra – ST (RAFF) $40
* Egbert Gismonti – Sol Do Meio Dia (ECM) $35
* Fela – Black Man’s Cry (Eurobound) $50
* Gregory Isaacs & Dennis Brown – Judge Not (Music Works) $50
* Jorge Ben – A Banda Do Zé Pretinho (Som Livre) $40
* Joy Lindsay – Caress My Boy (Grade One) $30
* Lafayette Afro-Rock Band – Malik (Makossa) $60
* Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa – Jazz Samba Encore! (Verve) $40
* The Specials – More (2 Tone) $25
* Triston Palma Meets Early B – The Doctor (Fantastique) $60
* V/A – High Times All-Star Explosion (Alligator) $35
* V/A – Phono 73 No.3 (Philips) Brasilian goodies $30
* V/A – Theooabutr Productions (Light In The Attic) Thai music sweet cuts $50
JAPANESE
* Masayoshi Takanaka – T-Wave (Kitty) $25
* Tats Yamashita – On the Street Corner 2 (Moon) $25
* Tatsu Yamashita – Moonglow (Air) $30
* Tatsuro Yamashita – For You (Air) $40
* Tatsuro Yamashita – Melodies (Moon) $30
OST
* Ennio Morricone – L’umanoide (RCA) $45
* V/A – Patty (Stang) $30
* V/A – Willie Dynamite (MCA) $35
NEW STUFF
SOUL / JAZZ / JAZZFUNK
* Amy Winehouse – Frank (Back to Black) $38
* James Mason – Recollection E Echo (James Mason) $38
* Kelan Philip Cohran & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – ST (Honest Jon’s) $35
* Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Sounding Lines (Honest Jon’s) $35
* Rasputin’s Stash – Hidden Stash (AOTN) $35
* The Blackbyrds – Walking in Rhythm (Decision) $50
* V/A – Christians Catch Hell (Honest Jon’s) $35
HIP HOP / BEATS/ ELECTRONICA
* Anderson.Paak – Malibu (Steel Wool) $45
* Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (Grand Royal/Capitol) $45
* D’Angelo – Black Messiah (RCA) $45
* D’Angelo – Brown Sugar (Back to Black) $40
* Erykah Badu – Mama’s Gun (Music on Vinyl) $35
* Floating Points – Elaenia (Pluto) $40
* Fugees – The Score (Music on Vinyl) $45
* Hiatus Kaiyote – Tawk Tomahawk (Flying Buda) $38
* M.F. Doom – Doomsday (Metal Face) special ed. split-colour vinyl $55
* M.F. Doom – Live From Planet X (Metal Face) $45
* M.F. Doom – Operation Doomsday (Metal Face) $45
* Massive Attack – Mezzanine (Virgin/Circa) $40
* Nas – Illmatic (Columbia) $38
* St Germain – Boulevard (F Communications) $40
* Tame Impala – Currents (Fiction) $50
* Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Fiction) $40
* The Avalanches – Since I Left You (XL) $48
* The Avalanches – Wildflower (XL) $48
REGGAE / AFRO / WORLD / LATIN
* Amanaz – Africa (Now Again) $48
* Batsumi – Moving Along (Matsuli) $30
* Batsumi – S/T (Matsuli) $38
* Berkeley Ike Jones – Nation Building (PMG) $35
* Dadawah – Peace & Love (Dug Out) $30
* Fela & Africa 70 – Alagbon Close (Knitting Factory) $35
* Fela & Africa 70 – Confusion (Knitting Factory) $35
* Fela & Africa 70 – Everything Scatter (Knitting Factory) $35
* Fela & Africa 70 – Na Poi (Knitting Factory) $35
* Fela & Egypt 80 – Beasts of No Nation (Knitting Factory) $35
* Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 – He Miss Road (Knitting Factory) $35
* Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 – Fear Not For Man (Knitting Factory) $35
* Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 – Sorrow, Tears & Blood (Knitting Factory) $35
* Maki Asakawa – S/T (Honest Jon’s) $35
* Mary Afi Usuah – Ekpenyong Abasi (Voodoo Funk) $30
* Rhythm & Sound – No Partial 10” (PK) $18
* Rhythm & Sound – See Mi Yah (Burial Mix) $30
* Rhythm & Sound – The Versions (Burial Mix) $30
* Rocket Juice & The Moon – ST (Honest Jon’s) $35
* Singers & Players – War of Words (On-U Sound) $40
* Takeshi Terauchi – Nippon Guitars (Big Beat) $35
* V/A – Son Cubano NYC (Honest Jon’s) $35
* V/A – Sugar & Spice (Drum&Bass) $45
* V/A – Trevor Jackson presents Dancehall Classics (On-U Sound) $50
* Witch – In the Past (Now Again) $40
* Witch – Lazy Bones (Now Again) $40
* Witch – Lukombo Vibes (Now Again) $40
INDIE/ PUNK / NEW WAVE / METAL
* Joy Division – Closer (Warner Records 90) $35
* Joy Division – Still (Warner Records 90) $50
* Joy Division – Substance (Warner Records 90) $40
* Orchestra of Spheres – Brothers & Sisters of the Black Lagoon (Fire) $35
* Orchestra of Spheres – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music (Fire) $35
* The Mothmen – Pay Attention! (On-U Sound) $38
ROCK / PROG / PSYCH /BLUES
* King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard – I’m In Your Mind Fuzz (Heavenly) $45
* King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard – Quarters (Heavenly) $42
* Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Pink Floyd) $35
* Radiohead – In Rainbows (XL) $40
* Radiohead – OK Computer (XL) $48
* Radiohead – The Bends (XL) $40
* Red Hot Chill Peppers – Californication (Warner Brother) $45
* Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magic (Warner Brother) $40
DISCO
* Larry Levan – Paradise Garage (West End) ltd. ed. run $48
7 INCH
* Junior Soul – Miss Cushie (Gay Feet) $15
* Leslie Butler – Gay Drums (Gay Feet) $15
* Long Tall Shorty – By Your Love (Warner Bro) $60
* Lusious – Dance Till We Drop (HFA) Rare Synth Boogie $70
* The Brothers – Everyday (Pressure Sounds) $15
* The Inventors – food For Love (Pressure Sounds) $15
* The Unlimited – Reaction (Pressure Sounds) $15
* The Vidiots – It’s Your Birthday So Be Happy! (Slice-O-Melon) Rare Punk Promo $125
* Wham – Funky Street (Sunbird) $30
African 7”
* Bereket Mengistaab – Meley (Philips) $30
* Bereket Mengistaab – Nibeyney Koyne (Philips) $50
* Bereket Mengistaab – Uffey Bireri (Philips) $40
* Beyene Fire – Meritseki (Philips) $40
* Bizunesh Bekele – Bayn Yemitay Edel (Kaifa) $50
* Gregory Kembo & Leonard Omedo – Afline December Gift (Sulwe) $30
* L’Orch: Simba National – Betha Nyar Ambalo (Matata) $25
* Mahmoud Ahmed – Antchin Kalkhu (Philips) w picture sleeve $100
* Menilik Wesenatchew – Bati (Philips) $100
* Orchestre Tabou National – Makale Nawe (Editions Biby) $30
* Tamerat Ferenj – Bultikow Weya (Kaifa) Beautiful cuts $100
* Tamrat Molla – Ber Ambar Seberelewo (Amha) Heavy funk cut $100
* Tilahun Gessesse – Min Libejegn (Philips) w picture sleeve $75
* Tilahun Gessesse – Yikir Yibelatchew (Philips) $50
STAFF PICKS
SHIO
* Madlib – Shades Of Blue (Blue Note) $50
* Weldon Irvine – Spirit Man (BMG) $30
* Pharoah Sanders Quintet – Pharoah (ESP DISK) $100
* Kawaida – S/T (Mercury) JP press $50
* Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village (Impulse) $70
* King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard – Quarters (Heavenly) $42
* Anderson.Paak – Malibu (Steel Wool) $45
GRACE
* Orchestra of Spheres – Brothers & Sisters of the Black Lagoon (Fire) $35
* Doug Carn – Revelation (Black Jazz) $30
* Dadawah – Peace & Love (Dug Out) $30
* Liquid Liquid – Successive Reflexes (Mo Wax) $45
* Barrabas – Heart of the City (ATCO) $20
ARI
* Mahmoud Ahmed – Antchin Kalkhu (Philips) w picture sleeve $100
* Junior Soul – Miss Cushie (Gay Feet) $15
* Fela & Africa 70 – Everything Scatter (Knitting Factory) $35
* Amanaz – Africa (Now Again) $48
* Orchestra of Spheres – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music (Fire) $35
* Ennio Morricone – L’umanoide (RCA) $45
* Jorge Ben – A Banda Do Zé Pretinho (Som Livre) $40
* John Coltrane – Blue Train (Blue Note) $40
* Bobby Bland – Two Steps from the Blues (MCA) $30
* Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana Revisited (Impulse) $40
* Joe Sample – Rainbow Seeker (ABC) w/obi $30
* Triston Plama Meets Early B – The Doctor (Fantastique) $60
* Cedric Im Brooks – The Magical Light of Saba (Honest Jons) $75
