REAL GONE MUSIC

If your circle of friends includes any guitar players, take this little test. Ask them if they are familiar with Eddie Hazel's Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs. Chances are their eyes will widen,...

Sax session man on records by Bobby "Blue" Bland, Barbara Acklin, the 5 Dutones, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, Alvin Cash, Otis Clay, and just about any soul artist who cut for...

One of the great, lost albums of Philly Soul! And we mean really lost... we had to go to Italy and pay close to 500 euros to snag a copy for artwork. Jean Davis, Gwen Oliver, and Cassandra Wooten...

We are always on the lookout for soundtracks to reissue on LP, especially from the late '80s/early '90s when labels were barely releasing vinyl if at all. But we'd sort of hit a rough patch, a slump...

A rare and sublime Hammond/tenor date from Prestige Records, quite different than the usual groove for the label! The set marks the first appearance on record of a young Sonny Fortune who's already...

Limited to just 300 copies. Coke-bottle-clear with yellow swirl vinyl LP. If you like vintage R&B and soul and you love owning rare records, read on! First, the wax. As for the music, Motown legend...

Just like it's predecessor, Poetry for the Beat Generation, legendary beatnik writer Jack Kerouac's second album, Blues and Haikus, teamed him with producer Bob Thiele and came out on Thiele's...

Calvin's 1971 debut for Black Jazz Records heralded the arrival of a new jazz guitar star. Already esteemed for his work with organists Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff and Jack McDuff, Calvin teamed with...

Perhaps because bassist Jennifer Finch left the band during the recording sessions, 1996's The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum has never quite gotten it's due. But Donita Sparks counts it as her...

L7 wasn't just one of the best all-female bands of the late '80s and '90s; they were one of the best bands, period, paving the way for the grunge and riot grrrl movements with killer songs, crunching...

Limited neon green vinyl LP pressing. In the early-to-mid 1970s, Belgian recording engineer and synthesist Daniel Lacksman n?e Lanckmans recorded and released a series of pop music records, using...

Limited red and white swirl colored vinyl LP pressing. Leave it to Cyndi Lauper to record a Christmas album that's upbeat without being sappy! Honestly, the stories that surround the making of this...