Music on Vinyl

California composer Terry Riley launched what is now known as the minimalist movement with his revolutionary classic Terry Riley In C in 1964. If ever there were a popular work of minimalism, one that stated its purpose so clearly it could not be mistaken

Lee Perry first came to prominence working with Coxsone Dodd's fabled Studio One. This is where Scratch earned the nickname with the wildly popular Jamaican hit record and dance craze "Chicken Scratch." After a fall out with Dodd, Perry moved on to a stin

Shuggie Otis spent virtually his entire young life playing in and around the various Johnny Otis bands which introduced such R&B legends as Big Jay McNeely, Wynonie Harris, Charles Brown, and Little Esther Phillips. Shuggie was finally "discovered" by Al

The Real Thing (1989) turned out to be Faith No More's most aptly named record as it presents the band's most revered line-up. Mike Patton on vocals proved a massive improvement on their previous singer.

Added at the last moment to complement a set of

A collection of material recorded between 1969 and 1972, the period just after Bitches Brew, Big Fun was not issued until 1974. By then, Davis had moved on in other directions, so it became a much-neglected album. The compositions are too scattered to mai

Sam Cooke, inventor and true King of Soul, recorded Mr. Soul in the same year as Night Beat [MOVLP163], and seems to be its more adult counterpart, with soulful ballads taking up most of the album. A laidback tempo and rich arrangements lay the foundation

Originally released on the Beserkley label in 1976 (though most of the material was recorded in 1973), The Modern Lovers eponymous first album is a universally lauded proto-punk classic. It's an album that bridges the gap between The Velvet Underground, a

Scorned by critics at the time of its release, Miles Davis' 1972 album On The Corner is now seen as a forerunner of Post Punk, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass and Electronic music, thanks to its revolutionary recording techniques.

Miles wanted to reconnect with

Clearly Sam Cooke’s most intimate, most soulful and ultimately most realized recordings. Night Beat has the feel of a private performance captured after hours when the audience had gone home and the singer was singing purely for the love and soul of his s

Davis, Miles: Tribute to Jack Johnson (MOV version) LP

Agharta was recorded on the afternoon in 1975, at one of two concerts Miles Davis performed at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. He performed with his septet—flautist and saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Al Foster, percussio

Recorded in two days in the summer of 1967 Nefertiti is Miles Davis' last fully acoustic album, with no compositions from Miles himself. Most tracks are written by Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock. Best known for its unusual title track, where the horns kee

Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. There are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electro

Mercurial bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus was signed to Columbia Records for the briefest of time during 1959. His Columbia recordings, however, remain some of the most inspired, mood-jumping jazz in history. The flowing sadness of "Goodbye Porkpie

It has been said that Jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward. Even if that isn't true, Miles Davis certainly was one of the greatest music innovators of the 20th century, pioneering Cool Jazz (with the 1949 recording of Birth Of