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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of John Lee Hooker’s electrifying blues classic, Burnin’, this 180-gram reissue offers newly remastered audio from the original analog tapes. Featuring a stereo mix of the album, as it was first released in 1962, the set i

Saxophonist Benny Carter's Jazz Giant album boasts performances by André Previn, Shelly Manne, Barney Kessel and Ben Webster amongst others. First released in 1958 and recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann, this new edition features all-analog masteri

50th anniversary edition of the Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe classic salsa album El Juicio! Featuring such Fania legends as Johnny Pacheco, Héctor Lavoe, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Miranda, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, Willie Colón, and Ray Barretto, the third

First-ever vinyl reissue of critically acclaimed Saharan Tuareg group Tinariwen's third album, Aman Iman: Water Is Life . Released internationally via Independiente in 2007, reissued here on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl, the album was produced by long-time

Genie Of The Keys: The Best Of Korla Pandit collects sixteen choice cuts featuring Pandit’s inspired blend of Eastern, Latin, and South Pacific musical traditions. Among the artist’s original compositions is his famous “Magnetic Theme,” which opened Korla

Craft Recordings are pleased to reissue Big Star's acclaimed, first two albums on 180-gram vinyl. #1 Record and Radio City feature all-analog mastering by Jeff Powell at Memphis' Take Out Vinyl, and were also manufactured locally – in Big Star's hometown

This recording is the King of Latin Soul's 1967 debut album featuring his classic swinging and vibrant sounds, led by the musical direction of Fania Records co-founder Johnny Pacheco. The title track is a nod to the 1961 The Impressions' hit of the same n

As Violent Femmes celebrate their 40th year together, Craft Recordings honors the band's enduring catalog of cult classics with the long out-of-print vinyl reissue of the popular 1993 collection Add It Up (1981 – 1993). The 23-track compilation features V

Limited snowstorm vinyl (in September... oh boy). With such iconic tracks as “Christmas Time is Here” and the instantly recognizable “Linus and Lucy”, the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas remains the second–best-selling jazz t

Much like Art Pepper, a fellow Angelino, Hampton Hawes would make an excellent subject for a Hollywood biopic (and like Pepper's memoir Straight Life, Hawes' Raise Up Off Me is a classic account of the jazz life that could serve as the screenplay). Even m

2021 marked 70 years of Contemporary Records, the Los Angeles-based audiophile jazz label that both defined and radically expanded the sound of West Coast jazz. Throughout the '50s, '60s and '70s, Lester Koenig's artist-friendly company released career-de

35 Anniversary Edition of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers’ final studio album. Delivering a surprisingly lush sound, the musicians perform an upbeat selection of playful, acoustic tunes, including “I Love Hot Nights,” “African Lady,” and “Gail

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Newly curated compilation of classic and rare R&B, doo-wop and soul tracks from the catalogs of Fania, Stax, Vee-Jay and more. Pressed on clear and black swirled vinyl.

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Few musicians have embodied the romantic – and ultimately tragic – jazz figure as totally as Chet Baker. Unschooled yet eloquent in his music, and a fast-liver who survived for nearly six decades, the Baker mystique has only reinforced one of the most hau

Few musicians have embodied the romantic – and ultimately tragic – jazz figure as totally as Chet Baker. Unschooled yet eloquent in his music, and a fast-liver who survived for nearly six decades, the Baker mystique has only reinforced one of the most hau

Creedence Clearwater Revival is arguably the definitive American rock band. Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area and borrowing heavily from the musical traditions of the Deep South, the gritty and powerful foursome served up a potent stew that appealed