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The fifteenth studio album released by Diana Ross & the Supremes for the Motown label, released in 1968. This was the group's first studio LP (excepting covers and tribute albums) not to include any songs written or produced by any member of the Holland–D

On From Left to Right, the great Bill Evans plays both Fender Rhodes and acoustic piano simultaneously in real time, trading off themes and improvisations with impeccable taste and unique talent. First released on the MGM label in 1971, the album showcase

Released in 1969, it was Jorge Ben’s first album with Trio Mocotó, a group that would be backing him along the 70’s on many other seminal albums, such as Força Bruta (1970), Negro É Lindo (1971) and A Tábua de Esmeralda (1974). The present album is said t

Motown boss Berry Gordy sought to position The Supremes as America’s musical ambassadors, capitalizing on ‘Beatlemania’ and some friendly transatlantic competition between Detroit and Liverpool. Recording during a visit to Motown’s second ‘Hitsville’ stud

Released on the Motown label in 1970, the Jackson 5’s appropriately named Third Album featured their fourth consecutive #1 single on the pop charts with, “I’ll Be There,” and the #2 single, “Mama’s Pearl.” The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard Top LPs c

A mysterious European model/chanteuse with a deep voice, Nico's solo 1967 debut Chelsea Girl was released mere months after the groundbreaking The Velvet Underground & Nico album. Titled after Andy Warhol's experimental 1966 film of the same name, the dar

Debut album by the English rock band The Soft Machine (named after William S. Burroughs' novel), one of the best known exponents, along with Caravan, of the "Canterbury Sound". This masterpiece was released in 1968 and features the trio of Robert Wyatt (d

New reissue of Brazilian maestro MarcosValle's celebrated LP Garra, which featuresan outstanding mix of bossa nova, baiãoand samba, with foreign influences likejazz, rock, pop, soul and funk. Recorded in1971 with his brother, lyricist Paulo Sérgio, Garra

Following three "psychedelic soul" albums produced by Norman Whitfield, The Temptations' 14th studio album, Sky’s the Limit, marked a return to a more soulful, Motown sound. Released in 1971, tenor Eddie Kendricks would depart the group just before the al

In The Groove, the eighth studio album by Marvin Gaye, released by Motown on August 26, 1968, was reissued and retitled as I Heard It Through the Grapevine after the unexpected success of that song, which became one of the biggest hits of 1968. This marke

The first and only studio album recorded by the duo team of Motown artists Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells, Together was released on April 15, 1964. It became the first charted album credited to Gaye, peaking at #42 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and yielde

"David Axelrod delivered one of the great psychedelic albums with 1968's Song Of Innocence, based around the poetry of William Blake. It is considered by many his masterpiece. Song Of Innocence is this weird hybrid that no one, not even Axelrod himself, c

Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! was released in 1976, at a time when she wasn’t ruling the charts but wasn’t adverse to climbing back into the Top 40 either. The ten funky cuts on this record do not lack bravado and she certainly sings her heart out on what wou

Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse (1965-1966), brings forth a collection of previously unreleased recordings of the iconic pianist Ahmad Jamal captured live at the hallowed Seattle jazz club. Featuring trios with bassists Richard Evans and Jamil

Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse (1963-1964) brings forth a collection of previously unreleased recordings of the iconic pianist Ahmad Jamal captured live at the hallowed Seattle jazz club. Featuring trios with bassists Richard Evans and Jamil N

Elemental Music proudly presents the WOODY SHAW QUARTET LIVE IN BREMEN 1983, a complete previously unissued live performance in Germany by the brilliant trumpeter, digitally remastered from the original master tapes.

Although Woody Shaw’s 1983 European

The fifth solo studio album by the Brazilian genius, Araçá Azul, is considered his most experimental work to date and also the most controversial. In its time it was rejected by part of his audience, which expected a more pop-oriented record (following th