Cheap Vinyl Classics
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Roots is Curtis Mayfield's visionary album, a landmark creation every bit as compelling and as far-reaching in its musical and extra-musical goals as Marvin Gaye's
contemporary What's Goin' On. Op...read more
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The choice of Curtis Mayfield to score the blaxploitation film Superfly
was an inspired one. No other artist in popular music knew so well, and
expressed through his music so naturally, the sha...read more
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As one of the first albums Herbie Hancock recorded after departing Miles Davis' quintet in 1968, as well as his final album for Blue Note, The Prisoner is one of Hancock's most ambitious efforts. A...read more
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Released at the tail end of the '60s, Hot Buttered Soul set the precedent for how soul would evolve in the early '70s, simultaneously establishing Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays as major forces withi...read more
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After greatly increasing their visibility with Skin Tight, the Ohio Players became even more visible with Fire
-- an unpredictable masterpiece that boasted such explosive horn-driven
funk jewels ...read more
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1971's Here Comes Shuggie Otis was the debut album by the guitarist and songwriter, issued by Columbia, when Shuggie was only 18. Produced and arranged by his father, R&B legend Johnny Otis, th...read more
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While La La Means I Love You is the trio's debut LP, the Delfonics had actually been working with producer Thom Bell as far back as their 1966 single "He Don't Really Love You." By the time this al...read more
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The Sound of Sexy Soul is the Delfonics' second long-player and builds upon the notable impact of their first, La La Means I Love You.
This album provides the trio a platform for their next batch...read more
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The title is a tip-off, as is the garish, blaxploitation-chic photo on the cover -- Rejuvenation, the Meters'
second album for Reprise, should be seen as a bit of a new beginning
for the quinte...read more
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This seminal New Orleans funk group's 1969 debut album features the semi-hit
"Cissy Strut" and its follow-up, "Sophisticated Sissy." -All Music Guide
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As the third full-length album released by the Meters, Struttin may not appear to be drastically different than its predecessors, at
least not on the surface. After all, the title of the lead sin...read more
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Wilson Pickett's
first album, from 1965, was a bit of a hodgepodge, including singles
from as far back as 1962. Three of these tracks were actually issued as
singles by The Falcons (for whom ...read more
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