Best of 2009 (Reissues)

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   1. Olatunji: Drums of Passion

   Back in the white-bread 1950s, world music was considered too raw to place before the record buying public in unadulterated form. Add some strings, some white people, call it exotica, and then mayb...read more

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   2. Comet Gain: Broken Record Prayers

   Broken Record Prayers, a collection of singles and rarities from the longstanding British pop group Comet Gain, opens with “Jack Nance Hair,” which boasts multiple spoken testimonials o...read more

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   3. Peter Walker: Long Lost Tapes 1970

   Wait, STOP! Don’t look at the goofy cover photo of geekly grinning Peter Walker—holding an acoustic in his best smash-me-Belushi pose—until you’ve given me a chance to convi...read more

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   4. Philip Jeck: Stoke

   A long-overdue reissue of one of British turntablist Philip Jeck’s finest works, his third album, Stoke, from 2002. The record was made using Bush, Fidelity and Philips record players, a Casi...read more

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   5. Pisces: A Lovely Sight

   One line-drive into the gap after another for the champs over at the Numero Group. Amid their unending soul, gospel and R&B excavations they uncover a true left-field odyssey-oddity that was ne...read more

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