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Barabajagal is the seventh studio album, eighth album overall and most fascinatingly the third of our re-issue programme from British singer-songwriter extraordinaire Donovan.

Repress. The unreleased soundtrack from the 1970 film.

'Based On A True Story' aka BOATS is the debut studio album from Fat Freddy's Drop unleashed ten years ago in May 2005.

Basket of Light is the most progressive release by the British folk-rock group Pentangle. Traditional English folk songs are reinterpreted with a mix of jazz, pop and rock influences.

When jazz bass virtuoso Paul Chambers recorded his third and final album as a Blue Note lead, Bass On Top, he was already well established.

Fat Freddy's Drop release their fourth studio album 'Bays'. Following the worldwide success of 'Blackbird' in 2013, the New Zealand based seven-piece are back with 'Bays', a 9-track LP recorded at the band's Bays Studio in Kilbirnie, Wellington a former 1950s HMV vinyl pressing plant.

For San Holo, everything is personal. Every note is a story and each lyric a memory, a hyper-real exploration of purpose and shared experience.

In this incredibly entertaining autobiography, Ronnie Spector takes the reader on a journey through the dazzling highs and devastating lows that have shaped her life.

Released in March ’74, sold almost 2 million copies, reached the tip of the U.S. R&B charts and four on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

Historical and exclusive live performance from the almighty Chicago soul singer, Curtis Mayfield.

The third and fourth installments of Madlib's Beat Konducta series take listeners on a tour of Bollywood, circa 1975.

The prodigious 20-year old South East Londoner Tom Misch releases Beat Tape 2 through his own label Beyond The Groove.

Much about Beat Bop is shrouded in mystery. Who really produced it? Why was Jean-Michel Basquiat relegated from rapper on the track to drawing the cover and labels? What are they actually rapping about for most of the ten-minute length?

Long, long awaited stereo remasters of the beatles' studio albums on vinyl.

A few months ago, I gave myself two weeks to start and finish a Beat Tape. I hired an Airbnb in Ojai after a tour of the US West Coast and set about making ‘Beats & Pieces.’

It doesn't hurt that Q-Tip and Phife Dog are feeling the flow here; an inspired pairing with distinctive voices and different strengths, they trade verses with fluid grace.

Beautiful Rewind is the seventh studio album by electronic musician Four Tet.

In scoring Becoming, director Nadia Hallgren's Michelle Obama documentary, saxophonist, composer, and arranger Kamasi Washington reveals a side of his musical universe we've not encountered.

The first decades of the 21st century saw dramatic changes in the music industry as new technology transformed creation, communication, and consumption.

A crate staple for any lover of feminine funk, Beehive Breaks gathers 15 sultry singles from across the Numero-verse.

Completing the essential quartet of Eno's early vocal albums is 1977's Before and After Science.

박혜진 Park Hye Jin releases her highly-anticipated debut album Before I Die on Ninja Tune.

박혜진 Park Hye Jin releases her highly-anticipated debut album Before I Die on Ninja Tune.

Before The Verdict, an action-adventure psycho-thriller in the form of a full-length rap album. 

The album draws from Scrimshire's passion for jazz, soul and electronic music of all styles; from energetic Afro-disco through lushly orchestrated neo-soul to harmonious jazz experiments.

Big old swaggering horns and funk hip hop, following a great lineage of the genre that brings in the rich history of jazz, rnb, soul and funk, the instrumentals are alive and as large as city skylines with McKinley Dixon's urgent tales and monologues tightly riding instrumentals that bring in a variety of influences from piano jazz to African gospel to hard bop and trap. 

'Below Dawn' marks the second studio album by singer, songwriter and musician, Bryony Jarman-Pinto. 

Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated, wild, funny, demonic, anguished, shocking and profoundly moving memoir, is the greatest autobiography ever written by a jazz musician.

Released over six years ago, NYC producer Thornato's debut album "Bennu" was a milestone here at Wonderwheel.

Three years after Reno Wurzbacher’s entry into the series, Cook Strummer now offers up his own Berlin Gets Physical, a collection of all-new and exclusive tracks.

Tha God Fahim has earned his spot at the forefront of hip-hop’s modern underground movement, crafting immersive musical experiences rooted in raw instrumentation and elevated by razor-sharp lyricism.

When most fans think of Mac Miller, the first thing that comes to mind is his seminal work Best Day Ever, its recognizable artwork, or its most popular track: Donald Trump

Released in 1977, The Best of Arlo Guthrie is a worthwhile collection, if only for rescuing cuts like "Alice's Restaurant" and the live "Motorcycle (Significance of the Pickle) Song," and placing them in better company than some of his '60s records provided.

Originally released in 1974, the best-selling Grateful Dead album of all time is back.

Best-Of's don't come much better than this: 20 tracks from one of the superlative bands of all time.

Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years, by both fans and their musical peers alike, The Beta Band formed in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1996.

At Pride last year I played an 8 hour set which spanned the genres but kept everyone dancing. House, Disco, Funk, Garage, Soul, dub and reggae. 2 hours of pure acid or 2 hours of post punk funk, I'm a happy man.

Johannes Kolter is Kolter, an artist formerly known as DJOKO, and now a hotly tipped breaks and garage head who has already got plenty of attention.

Between Two Points by David Gilmour with Romany Gilmour, this vinyl only release celebrates one of the stand-out tracks from the #1 album ‘Luck and Strange’.

Beware of the Monkey is the eighth album by MIKE, and is now available on vinyl via his own 10k label.

First Word Records are very proud to bring you a new album from Don Leisure with Amanda Whiting.

Bicep - the Belfast-born, London-based duo of Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson - release their self-titled debut album, a record that truly encapsulates their history and the distillation of their passion for music and club culture since their first release in 2010. 

The 1953 Bud Shank/Laurindo Almeida recordings are recognized as being the precursors of bossa nova-jazz fusion. However, two 1962 Stan Getz LPs, Jazz Samba and Big Band Bossa Nova (presented here), and the albums that followed them in 1963, Jazz Samba Encore and Getz-Gilberto, would start the bossa nova craze.

The personnel here is fabulous; flugelhornist Clark Terry, altoist Phil Woods, pianist Lalo Schifrin, guitarist Jim Hall, and (on "Soul Bossa Nova") the remarkable Roland Kirk.

Big Calm (released in 1998) is the second album by Morcheeba. Burbling analog synths and gritty slide guitar dominate on 'Part Of The Process,' setting the pace for the wild diversity of sounds to follow.

Featuring musical contributions from El Michels Affair, The Shacks, Fleet Foxes and more.

Vince Staples releases his eagerly anticipated second album Big Fish Theory. Big Fish Theory is one of the most ambitious, dazzling hip-hop albums of 2017 so far – neck-and-neck with Kendrick’s Damn.

The album marks the Hot 8 Brass Band's first new project since 2019, featuring previously released single "Big Tuba", their cover of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" and Al Green's "Let's Stay Together".

Not one, but TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS from the De La Soul vaults!

The esteemed scribe, proper DJ, and discreetly deft twiddler Bill Brewster, drops the latest instalment in his ‘After Dark’ series, for Late Night Tales.

Reissue of this classic hits compilation of songs from the soul legend who passed away recently. 

Italian producer Enrico Sangiuliano may have been serving up dark and intoxicating techno twelves for the best part of a decade, but never before has he turned his hand to the full-length format.

This 1952 collection is one of bebop’s key artefacts and also represents two jazz milestones: the only and only time that pianist Thelonious Monk recorded with the dynamic duo, and the last time Gillespie and Parker appeared together in the studio.

Before her critically acclaimed album The Return (Ninja Tune), equal parts songwriter, poet, singer and lyricist Sampa The Great made her mixtape debut on Big Dada with Birds And The BEE9.

Miles Davis’ first truly influential project as a leader—which produced a series of recordings between 1949 and 1951 that helped shift the course of improvised music—was publicly underappreciated for almost ten years.

“The enchanted chemistry of these late 1940’s sessions has lost none of its unalterable magic.” JAZZ MAGAZINE

Miles Davis’ first truly influential project as a leader—which produced a series of recordings between 1949 and 1951 that helped shift the course of improvised music—was publicly underappreciated for almost ten years.

Bitches Brew Live offers three previously unissued tracks recorded July 5, 1969 at Newport Jazz Festival.

A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon

A full album of Tribe x Pharcyde mash-ups from Amerigo Gazaway! Ya'll should remember Amerigo from his last mash-up effort Fela Soul, and here on Bizarre Tribe he puts those blending skills to work on classics from two legendary rap groups.

Stro Elliot (of The Roots) put his spin on 10 James Brown classics. 

The debut album Black Acid Soul from Lady Blackbird. It's instant and within a minute you are hooked. Rough Trade Shops loves this album. Think Nina Simone, Hot Buttered Soul-era Isaac Hayes, Billie Holiday and Chaka Khan. Gilles Peterson called her "the Grace Jones of Jazz".

Drum and bass reggae legends, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespear, are the featured strongholds of The Revolutionaries, a conglomeration of many of reggae's finest studio musicians, brought together to create some of the best dub of the late 70's.

Archie Shepp's Black Ballads first came out in 1992 and celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2022.

Seminal sophomore album from MF Doom's original group. Bl_ck B_st_rds was voted in ego trip's book of rap lists as the most notable rap album of all time that was never released commercially, and with good reason.

Collectible original artwork re-issue for this acclaimed Roots Reggae harmony group classic from 1977.

Multi-instrumentalist and visionary artist Yussef Dayes releases his highly anticipated debut solo studio album Black Classical Music via Brownswood Recordings, Warner Music and Cashmere Thoughts Recordings.

The borders between London’s musical tribes have always been porous. For Yussef Kamaal, the sound of the capital - with its hum of jungle, grime and broken beat - has shaped a self-taught, UK-tipped approach to playing jazz.

Exclusive collection of the Jamaican reggae singer and DJ. All the tracks are Clement Bushay productions from the years between 1974 and 1979 and never released on a single vinyl. Born in Clarendon, Jamaica on December 3rd, 1951, Prince Jazzbo, also known as Linval Roy Carter, burst into the music scene with his hit "Every Nigger is a Winner" and followed it up with "Step Forward Youth." These songs catapulted him to international fame, leading to a successful world tour. "Upon arriving in the UK, Prince Jazzbo connected with me, that I was already making waves with artists like Louisa Mark, Owen Gray, Tappa Zukie and Zabandis. This partnership led to a fruitful collaboration, and I am excited to share some of the incredible music that came out of our work together. I hope you enjoy it.” (Clement Bushay, November 2024)

The album is influenced by David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Numan, New Order and Roxy Music. The vocal collaborations on the album include Bryan Ferry, Fenech-Soler, Jess Larrabee, Nick Littlemore, Saint Saviour and Will Young.

Weather Report was one of the most influential jazz-fusion groups of their era, and outlasted many of its contemporaries such as Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and The Mahavishnu Orchestra.

D'Angelo has made another album that invites comparisons to the purposefully sloppy funk of Sly & the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On

One of those releases that makes you feel like no other music exists for a hot minute, Dean Blunt returns with a second Black Metal album for Rough Trade, delving deeper into his unfathomable yet completely approachable and direct take on visceral x melancholic folk-pop.

Rare Jazz-Funk album from 1978 by Headhunters founder. Featuring an all-star line- up including Herbie Hancock. Originally released in 1978 on Tobisha EMI Japan.

Mos Def's partnership with Talib Kweli produced one of the most important hip-hop albums of the late '90s, 1997's brilliant Black Star.

Presenting the much celebrated 'Black Panther' soundtrack, in which internationally-celebrated Grammy Award-winning global superstar Kendrick Lamar and Billboard Magazine's Executive of the Year, Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith, curates and produces 'Black Panther: The Album'. The album features music from and inspired by Marvel Studios' 'Black Panther' film including the lead single, 'All The Stars', featuring Kendrick Lamar and label mate SZA

First official reissue of this essential Zamrock album, painstakingly restored, remastered and pieced together from multiple copies of the incredibly rare original album.

Ten years ago in 2012, Robert Glasper changed the game. After several acclaimed Blue Note albums that solidified his Jazz cred while hinting at his Hip-Hop leanings, the visionary pianist went all in with Black Radio.

An excellent drummer who has appeared in many types of settings, Idris Muhammad became a professional when he was 16.

Wu-Tang DJ/producer/artist Mathematics comes with a collection of songs featuring fellow group members from the iconic Wu-Tang Clan as well as other legendary artists.