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Big Crown 79.5: Predictions LP
Attempting to pigeonhole 79.5 into something as narrow as a single genre would be an ill advised, if not impossible task. The New York City band sounds like someone spinning a radio dial with such passionate intensity that all the stations blend together
79.5: Predictions LP
C$29.99
Big Crown El Michels Affair: Ekundayo Inversions (Instrumentals) (yellow) LP
By popular demand, we are proud to present Ekundayo Inversions Instrumentals. Liam Bailey released his debut album Ekundayo on the label at the end of 2020, then in the summer of 2021 El Michels Affair took the tapes from that and did a dub version of the
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El Michels Affair: Ekundayo Inversions (Instrumentals) (yellow) LP
C$25.99
Big Crown Bailey, Liam: Ekundayo (translucent red vinyl) LP
Big Crown Records is proud to present Ekundayo, Liam Bailey’s debut record on the label. This album is a long time in the making, and after listening, clearly worth the wait. It didn’t take a long time to record, but it did take years for all the stars to
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Bailey, Liam: Ekundayo (translucent red vinyl) LP
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Big Crown Paul & The Tall Trees: So Long (blue vinyl) LP
Paul Schalda is a poet, perhaps a bit of a tortured soul, a hopeless romantic, and a guy from Staten Island. That last bit might not make sense to people who aren’t from New York. Let’s say that it puts the blue in his collar and sticks his feet to the gr
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Paul & The Tall Trees: So Long (blue vinyl) LP
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Big Crown Brainstory: Buck LP
What is Buck?

Buck is a state of mind, a way of life, a demeanor that gets you through the good times and the bad. If you ask Brainstory, It is also the energy that permeates their debut album.

Kevin, Tony, and Eric are a trio of brothers bounded by
Brainstory: Buck LP
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Big Crown El Michels Affair: Adult Themes LP
Big Crown presents Adult Themes, the latest full length offering from El Michels Affair. This album takes the band's "Cinematic Soul" aesthetic literally and sends the listener on a journey through a whirlwind of moods and energies. With their 2005 debut
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El Michels Affair: Adult Themes LP
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Big Crown El Michels Affair: Return to the 37th Chamber LP
The wait is over, Return To The 37th Chamber is El Michels Affair’s highly anticipated follow up to 2009’s underground cult classic Enter the 37th Chamber. Churning out classic records since then for the likes of Lee Fields, The Arcs, The Shacks, and tons
El Michels Affair: Return to the 37th Chamber LP
C$29.99
Big Crown Oroza, Bobby: Get On The Otherside (neon orange) LP
Bobby Oroza puts his desire for the profound on wax with his sophomore album Get On The Otherside. Musically, he has updated the formula we were introduced to on the first record. But lyrically, songs are bravely rooted in the more complicated, ubiquitous
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Oroza, Bobby: Get On The Otherside (neon orange) LP
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Big Crown Various: Crown Jewels Vol. 2 (golden haze) LP
Big Crown is proud to present the second volume of Crown Jewels, their various artists compilation series that highlights some of the most popular tunes next to the more obscure. The Crown Jewels comps are a chance to listen to the whole roster in one pla
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Various: Crown Jewels Vol. 2 (golden haze) LP
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Big Crown Holy Hive: Holy Hive (translucent pink with blue splatter) LP
In 2020 Brooklyn's Holy Hive introduced us all to something we didn't know we needed. Homer Steinweiss' thickly pocketed drumming paired with Paul Spring's floaty falsetto vocal produces a sound that's like a salve. It's been dubbed Folk Soul and Holy Hiv
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Holy Hive: Holy Hive (translucent pink with blue splatter) LP
C$26.99
Big Crown Lady Wray: Piece Of Me (deep emerald) LP
Piece of Me is the sophomore full length offering from Lady Wray. This is something of a homecoming for Nicole. Where her 2016 solo debut Queen Alone leaned more towards Soul and R&B with tinges of hip-hop, this record changes the mixture. It's still R&B
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Lady Wray: Piece Of Me (deep emerald) LP
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Big Crown El Michel's Affair: Yeti Season LP
Fresh off of their 2020 offering Adult Themes, El Michels Affair is back with a new full-length release. Titled Yeti Season, this newest album has everything we've come to expect from EMA's patented cinematic style of instrumental soul music. Where Adult
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El Michel's Affair: Yeti Season LP
C$49.99
Big Crown El Michels Affair: The Abominable EP (indie exclusive-yeti baby blue) LP
El Michels Affair follows up the massive success of their full length Yeti Season with The Abominable EP. A collection of unreleased tracks, alternate takes, and instrumentals from the Yeti Season recording sessions.
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El Michels Affair: The Abominable EP (indie exclusive-yeti baby blue) LP
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Big Crown Various: 2021RSD1 - Demoitis Vol. 1 LP
Sometimes the demo recording of a song has a vibe that cannot be duplicated. Whether that first recording is a voice memo on your phone or half haphazardly recorded with one mic in the room, there’s an undeniable charm to these recordings. If you spend so
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Various: 2021RSD1 - Demoitis Vol. 1 LP
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Big Crown Various: Dear Sunny (translucent yellow) LP
Coloured vinyl! Big Crown Records is proud to present Dear Sunny... a compilation of Sunny & The Sunliners covers by Big Crown artists. Everyone here stepped up to fill very big shoes doing these covers. Bobby Oroza teamed up with Cold Diamond & Mink and
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Various: Dear Sunny (translucent yellow) LP
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Big Crown Oroza, Bobby: I Got Love/Loving Body 7"
The Finnish crooner, Bobby Oroza, is back with a new set of tunes that pick up right where his glorious 2018 debut album, This Love, left off.

The A side “I Got Love” is a sweet soul anthem for those with their priorities straight and an encouraging r
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Oroza, Bobby: I Got Love/Loving Body 7"
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Big Crown Oroza, Bobby: This Love LP
When Bobby Oroza and the Cold Diamond & Mink production duo first got together in the studio they cut “This Love”. That turned out to be a hell of a start. Since they originally released it in 2016 the tune has become somewhat of an underground hit. From
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Oroza, Bobby: This Love LP
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Big Crown Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: 55 LP
Keeping in the tradition of Steel Drum records, 55 is a journey through re-interpolations and covers with an updated approach, pushing Steel Pan music to uncharted territory. Flawlessly bringing previously untouched genres into the steel pan cannon rangin
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: 55 LP
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Big Crown Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: The Serpent's Mouth LP
Following up on the massive worldwide success of their debut album 55, Bacao Rhythm & Steel band is back with another heavy duty offering. Picking up where they left off and incorporating a ton of new recording techniques they take a huge step forward wit
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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: The Serpent's Mouth LP
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Big Crown El Michels Affair feat. Bobby Oroza: Reasons/Hipps 7"
Big Crown is proud to present this must have two-sider from El Michels Affair.

The A side “Reasons” is a collaboration that is sure to get all the soul collectors very, very excited. Last time Bobby Oroza was in New York, El Michels invited him to the
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El Michels Affair feat. Bobby Oroza: Reasons/Hipps 7"
C$11.99
Big Crown Various: YIA Talent Contest Winners LP
Big Crown Records is proud to present the reissue of one of Brooklyn’s most sought after “holy grail” soul records, YIA Talent Hunt Winners. Youth in Action, Inc. (YIA) was formed in 1963 when the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council received a grant to
Various: YIA Talent Contest Winners LP
C$29.99
Big Crown Various: Crown Jewels Vol. 1 (gold) LP
Big Crown is proud to present our first compilation on the label, Crown Jewels Vol. 1. This is something of a highlight reel for what we have released in the three years that we’ve been around.



Some of our artists are world famous at this point wh
Various: Crown Jewels Vol. 1 (gold) LP
C$26.99
Big Crown El Michels Affair: Sounding Out The City LP
Over 10 years ago, Leon Michels released his first full length record, Sounding Out The City. It was Michels' first full length record under the moniker El Michels Affair. At the time, the budding retro soul scene consisted of mostly organ quartets a la T
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El Michels Affair: Sounding Out The City LP
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Big Crown Holy Hive: Float Back To You LP
Homer Steinweiss, the Brooklyn based soul/funk drummer, always had a soft spot for folk music. Paul Spring, a young idealist folk singer traveling the country with his guitar, always had a beautiful falsetto in his back pocket. A family introduction would
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Holy Hive: Float Back To You LP
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