Friday, November 30, 2012

Disco 12"s, Hip Hop, Jazz and more!

Well over 400 new records listed this week including loads of disco 12"s from cheapies to rarer stuff as Whole Darn Family, Loose Joints and Chicago Gangsters. Strong jazz too this week with Day Is Over, Benny Bailey's "Soul Eyes" and Coltrane's "Lush Life" being the tops but great stuff in all price ranges. We have also listed a big bunch of Hip Hop 12"s on the site as well as two full crates of Hip Hop at 10 SEK/each in the store (no mailorder on these, sorry...). Take a look below for this weeks rarer stuff or browse the site www.recordmania.net for more records!



Very rare Finnish jazz/fusion LP with Koivistoinen, Linnavalli, Örsted Pedersen, Botschinsky and Rosnell. Contains the driving fusion track "458 R.T." and the killer jazz track "Playtime". 


Original press of truly superb live LP from 1968, with Nathan Davis, Mal Waldron, Jimmy Woode etc.


Brilliant version of "Feel like making love"! Sealed US original.



COMMON SENSE - RESURRECTION
His best album on US original.


Rare latin album that feels pretty progressive compared to what was made at the time.


Lovely album with Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers & Red Garland. PRLP 7188 with yellow fireworks label and Bergenfield address.


 Fresh copy of Italian only album with the slow funk mover "So".


Leftfield disco with a driving piano and catchy hooks - one of my favorites from Arthur Russell.



OBY ONYIOHA - BREAK IT
Plenty of heavy cuts of rare Nigerian only LP with a tough electronic boogie sound.


"Prayer for Simon" lovely, sad and beautiful tune on this independent spiritual jazz-album. 


Nathan Davis-produced LP with killer funk/jazz "Fonky first" & "Lunar invasion". 



SILVER, PLATINUM & GOLD - JUST FRIENDS / I GOT A THING
Big soulful disco track with a great piano coupled with the fast and furious "I got a thing".


US original of huge funk/disco classic used by EPMD for "It's my thing".


SALE - HIP HOP AND ELECTRONIC!

Loads of new records in our store sale bins this friday - two new bins of hip hop and one with new house, beats and electronic stuff, all at 10 SEK each. Store only, no mail order.



Friday, November 23, 2012

Free Jazz, Steady Wailin' Sid, Walt Dickerson and more!

Hi again!
We have recently bought a large collection of 12"s from 70s and 80s, ranging from cheapies to top stuff. These will be listed on the webstore the coming weeks but many of them will be in our store only sale bins with prices from 10 SEK to 30 SEK.

This week we have made some changes to the website such as New In Stock and Recommendations and the House- and Broken Beats & Nu Jazz-sections have been merged into House, Beats & Electronic. We now also have a dedicated Free Jazz & Avantgarde-section. To celebrate this we have added some 70 free jazz records including top titles on classic labels such as ESP-disk, FMP and BYG Actuel. Check below for examples.

Since last Friday we have in total listed almost 500 new records. Really strong stuff in all sections, check below for the some of the more exclusive titles.





Great copy of ultra rare soul/funk LP with brilliant, deep and moody "Mechanic".


ABBEY LINCOLN - ABBEY IS BLUE
Brilliant 60's vocal jazz LP. Top version of "Afro blue" but the whole LP is good. 


"Mystery of ages" killer vocal fusion with hard drums. We have also listed his "Black Love"-album today.


"Searchin' for the soul" wonderful soul/jazz club track with boogie influences.


Original US pressing of massive West coast classic from 1992.



HAROLD LAND - THE FOX
Quality jazz with Elmo Hope and Herbie Lewis, first issue from 1960 on HiFi.


US original with the awesome and uplifting latin/funk tunes "Latin strut" and "Aftershower funk" . 


Absolutely fantastic album on orange/black label stereo original. A couple of more Coltrane-originals on Impulse added this week.


LAMB - SAME
Rare electronica/beats LP from 1996.


Super fresh US original of album with the wicked bossa/jazz tune "Consola coa" and a good version of "Lickin' stick". 


MICHAEL JACKSON - ROCK WITH YOU
My favorite party tune from Michael, rare promo only US 12".


UK-released Danish fusion from 1976. Contains the beat-heavy "Pluto" and the trippy "Samba libre" that's for all you who like Stark Reality.


French library LP with plenty of funky jazz and fuzzed out psych moments. One of a handful of library-albums added this week.


Fusion set with a smokey, progressive sound. Sounds like a mix of Placebo and "Bitches brew". 


Nice to be able to offer this classic album, US promo original. 


Rare modal jazz album on the original purple label New Jazz pressing from 1961. "Death and taxes" and "The cry" are lovely.


Rare private jazz LP from 1978 featuring Allen Houser and Buck Hill.





BENGT NORDSTRÖM - BNLP 9F / 10M

Ultra rare Swedish private press free jazz on the Bird Notes label. 15-40 copies only to my knowledge, and a truly special piece.


Avantgarde/experimental LP on the highly collectable FMP label. Many more Brötzmann- and FMP-albums listed this week.





BYRON MORRIS / UNITY - BYRON & GERALD
Free improvised octet sounds from 1972 together with Byard Lancaster.



FRANZ KOGLMANN WITH STEVE LACY - FLAPS
Superb copy of rare Austrian free jazz LP feat. Steve Lacy.



INFINITE SOUND - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN-AMERIKAN MUSIC
Leftfield, spiritual jazz on the edge to free jazz in parts.



JEF GILSON / BUTCH MORRIS - EUROPAMERICA
French avantgarde jazz on the collectible Palm-label. 



JOHN SURMAN - THE TRIO / DNLS 3006
UK original on Dawn from 1970. With Stu Martin and Barre Phillips .



KAORU ABE - PARTITAS
Rare Japanese free jazz from 1973.



KELLERS / BRÖTZMANN - EDELGARD MAAR HELAAS
Full on free jazz from 1981! FMP 0800.



LOWELL DAVIDSON TRIO - SAME
ESP-DISK 1012, challenging trio jazz with Milford Graves & Gary Peacock from 1965.



MARC LEVIN ENSEMBLE - SONGS DANCES AND PRAYERS
Spiritual/free jazz from 1973.



PETER BRÖTZMANN GROUP - ALARM
FMP 1030 with Willem Breuker, Frank Wright & Alexander von Schlippenbach.


SALE!

Our store sale bins have been filled with new stuff this week. Loads of new House, Jazz Beats, Soul, Funk, Disco and Hip Hop at 10 SEK/each! Store only, no mail order.



Friday, November 16, 2012

Modern soul, boogie, disco and more!

This week's focus is on modern soul, boogie and disco with a large number of records added that more or less fit in those boxes. Everything from rarities such as Timothy Wilson, Stage Coach and Lorraine Johnson to great cheapies from Willie Hutch, Linda Clifford and Leroy Hutson. As always there's also loads of great records added in all genres, check below for examples of the rarer stuff.

For those of you who don't know us well we list about 300-400 records every week on our site www.recordmania.net and every Friday we send out a newsletter with the week's listed records. To sign up for our newsletter please use the link below:

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/ Lars & crew



Very rare Danish jazz LP with all star line-up: Botschinsky, Jaedig, Rostvold etc!


Spanish original from 1973 in impeccable condition! 


Mono original of strong boogaloo album with several highlights like "Let's ball", "Mani picante" and "My shingaling.


AS-95, stereo original of tough Coltrane set.


Anytime, anyplace disco classic on rare promo only US 12"!


Excellent LP in his typical folk/soul bag with must-have tracks "I just can't help myself" and "Gotta get closer to you".

MODERN SOUL, BOOGIE AND DISCO


One of the rarest Prelude LPs with my favorite "Just can't walk away" and the dancer "We fell in love while dancing".


Bobby Patterson under a different name - "Let's do something different" and "If every man had a woman like you" are great modern soul tunes.


Must-have disco classic, including the dub mix with that long acapella intro. 


Modern/sweet soul album from 1981 that's very seldom seen. "When will I see you" and "Steal away love" are great.


Solid modern soul LP that just seems to get more and more indemand.


Hard to find album with a killer version of "The more I get the more I want" plus "Let your love fall like rain" is great too. 


Badass disco funk and one of the rarest TK releases.


Seldom seen LP from 1987 released by a radio station which blends quality 80's soul, boogie and a surprise cosmic disco instrumental.


Very rare modern soul/boogie album with spectacular cover! Including the great "Playing games" and the slowie "When you left, you did me in".


Killer boogie on US 12", what more do you need!


Sealed copy of classic modern soul LP with the fantastic "It's love baby", "Gotta fall in love again" and "Follow me".


Fantastic disco classic b/w a great boogie track!