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Eloy - Dawn (LP)
Harvest 1C 064-31 787, 1977 Germany Sci-Fi rock made in Essen (Germany) with a series of progressive concept albums adding plenty of spacey elements to the soundscape. Listen to a snippet of Le Reveil Du Soleil for afeel of direction. German pressing on...
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Eloy - Performance (LP)
EMI 064-46714, 1983 Germany Of the later Eloy albums this one stand out to my ear mainly thanks to the slow cosmic nugget Mirador. Gotta love that cover art too... German press with vinyl in visual VG+ but audible EX condition, cover and inner s...
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Flaming Bess - Verlorene Welt (LP)
Polydor 2372 062, 1981 Germany Not a particular rare krautish rock release but does not mean it is not good, actually a solid release, pretty upbeat with Mythos, Zay and Verlorenen Welt the best to my ear. Lovely EX shape with printed inner sleeve ...
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Bobby Caldwell - Bobby Caldwell (LP)
T.K. TKR 83362, 1979 Netherlands Essential recording that has a strong following in most musical fields from soul over rock to jazz, disco or hip hop. Little wonder really as the New Yorker's talents as songwriter and performer really comes to show o...
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Kieran White - Open Door (LP)
Gull 622307 AS, 1975 Germany Lovely crossover affair by Steamhammer lead Kieran White. His only solo recording with Cajun Moon a superb downbeat folk funk nugget with drumbreak intro. Rare item with vinyl in immaculate condition, cover with stick...
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Steve Marrs - Somebody Somewhere (LP)
Columbia AL 37908, 1982 United States One of the very best Westcoast albums we have crossed with of recent (thx to DaM-FunK for putting us unto this). It practically never shows up on vinyl despite a formal Columbia release so has taken forever to track d...
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Erik Tagg - Smilin' Memories (LP)
EMI 5C 062-25174, 1975 Netherlands Superb crossover recording by Dutchman Erik Tagg that only ever came out on vinyl in Europe on EMI. An obvious jazz background is heard on many of the core track and the album should certainly sit well with blue eyed ...
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Pages - Future Street (LP)
Epic JE-36209, 1979 United States Super smooth stuff by this fine Los Angeles group spearheaded by Richard Page and Steve George, joined by a handful of the finest Westcoast session heads. A solid listen from start to finish but start with a little hi...
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Pages - Pages (LP)
Capitol 1A06286350, 1981 Netherlands High up the list of AOR albums that fans of soul and funk can get down with. Lots of excellent tunes here like O.C.O.E., Fearless and the beautiful ballad Come On Home. Time to get your cruise on....
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The Dukes - Bugatti & Musker (LP)
WEA K58479, 1982 Germany Still very much unexplored 80s blue eyed soul release by The Dukes including quality cuts in Soul Mates, Nite Music and the supreme slow jam So Much In Love. Like new vinyl grade, cover with petit tear at bottom front...
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Mick Jackson - Square Deal (LP)
Blow Up 145501, 1982 Germany German only album with the good-crossover soul tune Good Lovin but you can expect a bit of everything on here from AOR to disco. Clean EX vinyl grade, cover with wear to front edges.
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Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (LP)
WB K 57 018, 1982 Germany I Keep Forgettin' famously sampled by Warren G on Regulate but a killer blue eyed soul track in its own right. Near perfect pressing with printed inner sleeve, cover and wax all NM.
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Ish - Ish (LP)
Clouds CL 8808, 1979 United States Back in stock! Fantastic Ish debut with a superb modern soulish feel particularly on Faster Than A Speeding Bullit and Don't Stop. Essential album here as US original on Clouds. Solid EX vinyl grade, cover and inner s...
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Steve Satten - Whatcha Gonna Do For Me (LP)
Columbia PC-33478, 1975 United States Was positively surprised when needle dropping on this Columbia '75 release. Soulful, jazzy rock with a fat slice of funk on top. Broadway Bill sounds like a lost track from a blaxploitation flick with an long clean bo...
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Lee Oskar - Before The Rain (LP)
Elektra 6E-150, 1978 United States Famed harmonica player with War here on a solo tip payin dues to his home town wonderful San Francisco. My favorite tracks though are the dead funky Steppin and joyful Feelin Happy. US original with lightest groove we...
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Stanky Brown Group - Our Pleasure To... (LP)
Sire SASD-7516 , 1976 United States Untapped crossover soft rock debut by the Stanky Brown Group. Melodic yet groovy and a record soul fans would likely enjoy as well. The ballad A Hundred Times Around is great but start with the smooth Westcoast sound ...
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Joe Chemay Band - The Riper The Finer (LP)
Unicorn 2374 185, 1981 Germany Fine soulful AOR release on indie label Unicorn Records with Bad Enough, Proud and Never Gonna Let You Go the best tracks to my ear. Cover with bumped corners, record is perfectly clean EX but has light scuffs on A1 s...
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Doobie Brothers - One Step Closer (LP)
WB HS 3452, 1980 United States A popular record in AOR circles with Real Love, No Stoppin Us Now and other goodies by Michael Mcdonald, Patrick Simmons and co. US pressing in lovely EX shape, cover with light storage wear and cut out.
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Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (LP)
Columbia PC 33920, 1976 United States Boz Scaggs demonstates the term 'crossover' better than most. Silk Degrees is so perfectly balanced between soul, jazz and rock that that everyone from head nodding rap heads to hipsters cruisers can get down with it....
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Player - Player (LP)
Philips 9124 370, 1977 Germany Oh so smooth this debut album by Yacht rockers Player including their career highlight Baby Come Back. That bassline is seriously cool. Superb crossover track useful on soul, disco and rockish floors, well give it a g...
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