 | Solid Air by John Martyn
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £8.95 2009 2CD DELUXE EDITION reissue of his 1973 Island Records masterpiece with Disc 2 being shockingly good - outakes equal to the album tracks - see REVIEW...
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 | Occasional Rain by Terry Callier
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £6.03 Part of the Universal's ORIGINALS series (over 100 mostly jazz titles), this 1972 USA-only SOUL masterpiece on Cadet has been given a beautiful 2008 Gavin Lurssen remaster - absolute gem - see REVIEW
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 | The Brentford Trilogy by Nick Lowe
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £9.99 July 2009 reissue in a card wrap with a new booklet of his last 3 albums - "The Impossible Bird" (1994), "Dig My Mood" (1998) and "The Convincer" (2001) - witty, sly, brill - see REVIEW...
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 | Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £5.49 June 2009 Polydor remaster of their 1981 album - fantastic sound quality - carries over the same 'long' version of "Slave" that the Virgin 1993 CD had - see REVIEW...
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 | No Guru, No Method, No Teacher by Van Morrison
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.25 June 2008 remaster of a long-forgotten gem from 1986 on Mercury - gorgeous sound quality and two geuinely excellent bonus tracks - see REVIEW...
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 | The Spice Of Life by Marlena Shaw
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £9.44 August 2005 remaster of her stunning 2nd album on Cadet from 1969 - Charles Stepney production (Terry Callier above) - beautiful remaster - righteous soul - see REVIEW...
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 | I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinéad O'Connor
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.99 April 2009 2CD remaster of her 2nd album on Ensign Records in 1990 (number 1 on both sides of the pond) - long overdue overhaul - some great outtakes on Disc 2 - see REVIEW...
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 | Give Me the Night by George Benson
Buy used from: £22.95 June 2009 Japan-only SHM-CD of his huge 1980 album on Warner Brothers - truly glorious sound quality and tunes - pricey as an import but worth it - see REVIEW...
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 | The Confessions Of Dr Dream And Other Stories by Kevin Ayers
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £5.00 March 2009 EMI reissue of his trippy/druggy 1974 album on Island Records - stunning Peter Mew remaster with geuinely excellent bonus tracks & booklet - see REVIEW...
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 | Living in the Past by Jethro Tull
1997 2CD USA-only Mobile Fidelity ULTRADISC-2 reissue - 'full' version with tracks that appeared on both UK & US issues of this 1972 2LP/Book set - great sound, but it costs - see REVIEW...
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 | Show Your Hand & How Sweet Can You Get & Average White Band by Average White Band
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £8.09 April 2009 2CD set on Edsel which gathers up the MCA debut "Show Your Hand" (1973) with "AWB" (1974) with "The Clovis Sessions" - outtakes from that '74 funky masterpiece - stunning - see REVIEW...
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 | Memorial Collection by Buddy Holly
Buy new: £9.68 / Used from: £13.88 2009 long-delayed 3CD haul of his extraordinary recording legacy - lots of stuff off the 6LP 1979 "Complete" box set finally seeing the light of CD day - see REVIEW...
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 | Little Mama: Remastered by Monk Higgins
Buy used from: £9.68 2004 EMI remaster of a rare United Artists 1972 funk-fusion-soul LP - part of their "Masters Of Funk & Soul" Series of CDs - see detailed REVIEW...
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 | The Complete Reprise Recordings 1971-'73 by Crazy Horse
Buy new: £15.28 2006 2CD Rhino set which compiles their wicked 1971 debut "Crazy Horse" with their less than great follow-up "Loose" (1972), but has really ace outakes from their debut - see detailed REVIEW...
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 | Tighten Up Volume 2 by Various Artists
Buy new: £8.98 March 2009 2CD DELUXE EDITION of the iconic and much-loved 1969 reggae compilation on Trojan Records - chockers full of goodies - see detailed REVIEW...
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 | Very Extremely Dangerous by Eddie Hinton
Buy used from: £24.95 A white man who sounds like Otis Redding's younger brother, Hinton put out this lovely soul/rock debut LP on Capricorn in the States in 1978 - this CD is rare too - but sooooo good... see REVIEW...
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 | Piece of My Heart: The Best of 1969-1978 by Bonnie Bramlett
Buy new: £13.98 / Used from: £10.90 Once a part of the Ikettes, Bramlett's wonderfully gutteral rock/soul vocals get a great remaster on this 19-track 2008 Raven CD compilation - fab stuff - see REVIEW...
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 | Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers by Various Artists
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £1.50 2006 Rhino CD compilation raiding the Atlantic/Cotillion/Atco vaults for unreleased goodies and finding them (mostly) - there's a companion "Soul Sister" volume also. See REVIEW...
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 | The Undertones by Undertones
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £5.67 March 2009 Salvo CD reissue of their explosive and joyful 1979 debut on Sire. Huge hawl of non-album 7" single tracks throw in too and a video. Loved it. See REVIEW...
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 | Dark End of the Street 1963-1969: The Operatic Soul of Roy Hamilton by Roy Hamilton
Buy new: £11.98 2009 28-Track CD covering his overlooked MGM and RCA Victor soul sides - great booklet and beautiful remastered sound - a bit of a rediscovery. See REVIEW....
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 | The Platinum Collection by Big Joe Turner
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.48 21 Tracks from 1951 to 1959 of the best Atlantic label Rhythm 'n' Blues - a joy from to finish and for peanuts money too. See REVIEW...
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 | Margie Joseph by Margie Joseph
Buy used from: £9.95 Her 3rd album and her debut for Atlantic - this 2007 Vivid Sound Japanese CD is a hard-card sleeve repro of that 1973 rarity and is ltd to 3000 copies. Nice remaster too. See REVIEW...
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 | The Platinum Collection by Lavern Baker
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £3.15 20 Remastered Tracks stretching from 1953 to 1963 - fantasically upbeat Atlantic Rhythm 'n' Blues - and again very cheap to buy. See REVIEW...
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 | Patches/The Dynamic Clarence Carter by Clarence Carter
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £10.03 Combines his 4th LP "Patches" (1970) with his 2nd album for Atlantic "The Dynamic..." (March 1969) on a 2000 USA CD. Great sound, huge number of tracks on here are never on "Best Ofs". See REVIEW...
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 | Forever: The Complete Motown Albums, Volume 1 by The Marvelettes
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £19.38 2009 Hip-O Select 3CD Haul - Great Sound & Booklet and given a UK release - a reasonable price instead of an extortionate import. See REVIEW...
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