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Big Crown Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Expansions (deep emerald) LP
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, the mysterious steel pan outfit hailing from Hamburg, Germany have amassed a cult following around the globe. With a slew of classic 7"s and two critically acclaimed full length albums, they set a high bar for themselves, one th
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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Expansions (deep emerald) LP
C$25.99
Big Crown Brainstory: Ripe EP (transparent with green & orange swirl) LP
Recorded during the thick of the Covid lockdown, Kevin, Tony, & Eric hunkered down in their studio and turned their energy inward. With all live shows and future tours canceled, Brainstory had no other outlet besides their rehearsal space which had been c
Brainstory: Ripe EP (transparent with green & orange swirl) LP
C$23.99
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
C$25.99
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
C$29.99
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
C$29.99
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
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79.5: Predictions LP
C$29.99
Big Crown Holy Hive: Float Back To You (blue seafoam wave coloured) 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
Holy Hive: Float Back To You (blue seafoam wave coloured) LP
C$26.99
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
C$25.99
Big Crown El Michels 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 Michels Affair: Yeti Season LP
C$23.99
Big Crown El Michels Affair: Yeti Season (LP+book/red) LP
Deluxe box! Red vinyl + Book. 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 instrum
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El Michels Affair: Yeti Season (LP+book/red) LP
C$49.99
Big Crown El Michels Affair: Yeti Season (clear blue) 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 Michels Affair: Yeti Season (clear blue) LP
C$25.99
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"
C$11.99
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
C$29.99
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
C$26.99
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
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Brainstory: Buck LP
C$25.99
Big Crown Fields, Lee & The Expressions: Big Crown Vaults Vol. 1 (lavender swirl opaque vinyl) LP
Big Crown Records is always sitting on a handful of unreleased songs that didn't make their way to albums. Listening back to these gems they decided to launch a new series entitled Big Crown Vaults and the first volume features the music of Lee Fields & t
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Fields, Lee & The Expressions: Big Crown Vaults Vol. 1 (lavender swirl opaque vinyl) LP
C$26.99
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
C$26.99
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 El Michels Affair: Adult Themes (opaque white vinyl) 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 (opaque white vinyl) LP
C$26.99
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: 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
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El Michels Affair: Return to the 37th Chamber LP
C$29.99
Big Crown Fields, Lee & The Expressions: Special Night LP
There are a few terms that get thrown around loosely, two of which are legend and retro-soul. One of these fits Lee Fields hand and glove, one of these doesn’t fit at all. Very few people in music have both earned the status of legendary and continue to
Fields, Lee & The Expressions: Special Night LP
C$25.99
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
C$29.99