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AL 8442LP
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$11.00
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Original cutout copies of this1986 Aretha Franklin album -- features five hits: "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Jimmy Lee," "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," "Rock-A-Lott," and "If You Need My Love Tonight." Andy Warhol cover art.
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AB 4189LP
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$11.50
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Exact repro of 1978's Secrets, the sixth album from the inspiring collaboration of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson. Songs about drugs ("Angel Dust"), the music industry ("Show Bizness") and the rest of that voice-of-our-times America stuff ("Betters Days Aheads," "A Prayer For Everybody/To Be Free").
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ARISTA 4051LP
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$11.50
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Exact repro reissue, originally released in 1975. Fucking heavy pre-Bitches electronic jazz fusion.
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ARISTA 4072LP
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Originally released in 1976, Spaceball reached uncategorizable heights of cosmic jazz-funk. Catch the title track, a funk assault with orgasmic wailing, and "Moonwalk," where exotic percussion falls perfectly in alignment with a tripped out groove.
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ARISTA 5509LP
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Exact repro of this 1982 album from NYC's Don Blackman. No one in the western world has gone at least a few months without having one of those weird, prolonged-eye-contact dreams involving this album cover, but the music has also been sampled by the likes of Jay-Z, Madlib, Beat Konducta and People Under The Stairs. And for good reason. If handclaps and slap bass could hurt, this record would beat the shit out of you. "Yabba Dabba Doo" opens the album, but might as well be the title of every other song on this record. "You Ain't Hip" is absolutely terrifying; something like Betty Davis in a cocaine-psychosis mounting a saddle on your back and riding you ass-naked around a shag-carpeted studio. There's a few slow-funk ballads, notably "Since You Been Away So Long," which has its heart in the right place but ultimately goes down as smooth as oatmeal from a paperbag. This is a monstrous and unrelentingly killer piece of sick funk that will annihilate you.
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ARISTA 4038HLP
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Exact repro 180 gram reissue, originally released in 1975. First album recorded by The Headhunters without original band leader Herbie Hancock. Includes the oft-sampled "God Make Me Funky."
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AB 4147HLP
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180 gram exact repro reissue, originally released in 1977. "Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson, and the Midnight Band take a slightly different approach with their 1977 effort, Bridges. With less of the gaping and world-infused sound prevalent on previous albums, the songs are more concise and Scott-Heron comes into his own as a singer depending less on his spoken word vocal style... the excellent songwriting exposes Scott-Heron at the height of his powers as a literary artist. The social, political, cultural, and historical themes are presented in a tight funk meets jazz meets blues meets rock sound that is buoyed by Jackson's characteristic keyboard playing and the Midnight Band's colorful arrangements. Scott-Heron's ability to make the personal universal is evident from the opening track, 'Hello Sunday! Hello Road!,' all the way through to the gorgeous '95 South (All of the Places We've Been).'" -- All Music Guide
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GRP 5011LP
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$11.50
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Exact repro reissue, originally released in 1981. "Like Tom Browne and Lenny White/Twennynine, Bernard Wright was part of Jamaica, Queens' R&B/funk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, which gave us such major hits as Twennynine's 'Peanut Butter' and Browne's 'Funkin' for Jamaica.' Browne and White were both talented jazz musicians, but R&B/funk was their main focus at that time. Similarly, keyboardist/pianist Wright occasionally flirts with instrumental jazz on his debut album, 'Nard, but pays a lot more attention to vocal-oriented soul and funk. The only instrumentals on this out-of-print LP are the jazz-funk smoker 'Firebolt Hustle,' the Rodney Franklin-ish 'Bread Sandwiches,' and a relaxed interpretation of Miles Davis' 'Solar,' which finds Wright forming an acoustic piano trio with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Roy Haynes. Otherwise, this is an R&B album that is defined by such impressive funk as 'Spinnin',' 'Master Rocker,' and the goofy but wildly infectious 'Haboglabotribin'." -- All Music Guide
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ARIS 4264LP
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"Breakwater may have only released two albums while signed to Arista Records in the late 1970s, but those releases established a cult following for the eight-piece Philadelphia-based band that remains strong long after their breakup. Splashdown, their second LP, takes the romantic balladry and harmonies of Philly soul stalwarts like The Stylistics and Blue Magic and seamlessly infuses them with a dose of jazz and funk, creating tight, upbeat arrangements that fully exploit the group's robust rhythm section. Their solitary funk rock track 'Release the Beast' endures the most thanks to Daft Punk, who sampled the song's unmistakable synthesizer part for their 2005 single 'Robot Rock.' Packaged in an old-school paste-on jacket."
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P 754946HLP
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180 gram reissue, originally released in 1978. Featuring the always-quotable "Rock N Roll Nigger," the Bruce Springsteen-cowritten "Because The Night," the spoken word piece "Babelogue" and the most well-groomed patch of armpit hair you will ever see in a record store.
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