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Savoy - Apa Trece, Pietrele Ramin (LP)
Electrecord ST-EDE 02284, 1981 Romania Recommended album release with interesting ethno folk influence. Should sit well with space rockers and cosmic fans as well. Clean white label EX copy, fragile cover with light ring and storage wear.
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Holograf - III (LP)
Electrecord ST-EDE 03442, 1988 Romania Late eighties rock album with a space guitar on the cover I expected the worst. Lots of arena rock influence on here but also some synthy new wave styled tracks.
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Snowball - Defroster (LP)
Atlantic ATL 50 463, 1978 Germany One of the very best German fusion projects spearheaded by Curt Cress and Kristian Schulze. Including the amazing Tender Storm. Such a brilliant track. Lovely copy, vinyl looks EX but plays NM, cover has date penned o...
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Karl Ratzer Group - Finger Prints (LP)
CMP 7 ST, 1979 Germany Solid Karl Ratzer release on CMP Records that musically spans from straight jazz over latino funk to abstract prog. Nice to see Dan Wall on keys here. Not a rare pick but recommended.
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Toto - Toto (LP)
Columbia PC 35317, 1978 Canada Toto debut with Hold The Line, Takin It Back and the marvelous crossover dancer Georgy Porgy with Cheryl Lynn's soulful backing. Drum breaks and samples galore on here as well for the beatheads. Canadian press in dece...
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Gino Vannelli - Powerful People (LP)
A&M SP-3630, 1974 United States A firm favorite Gino Vannelli album. Top drawer smoothness with brilliant blue eyed soul ballads in Jo Jo and People Gotta Move. Sampled heads will recognise the former flipped by Big Pun. US original with soft superf...
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Gino Vannelli - The Gist Of The Gemini (LP)
A&M SP4596, 1976 United States Very interesting jazz rock concept by the Vanelli brothers with the entire b-side a progressive affair called War Suite. Plenty of melodic pieces here as well though, give Summers Of My Life a listen. US original gate...
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Ryan & Kleinfeld - Sun And Moon (LP)
RCA Victor PL 70045, 1983 Germany Highly recommended German only album release with the wonderful discoed soul tune Heartbeat that we have had on repeat here all summer. Other goodies in Bulding Bridges and Lonely Like The Moon. Includes text inner sl...
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Carly Simon - Boys In The Trees (LP)
Elektra ELK 52 066, 1978 Germany Pure brilliance by Carly Simon (and Arif Mardin) on Tranquillo (Melt My Heart). How one can not like a tune like this will remain a mystery to me. German gatefold Elektra pressing in lovel EX shape not far from NM.
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Cory - Fire Sign (LP)
Phantom BPL1-1948, 1976 United States Take It Or Leave It is a brilliant crossover soul spin that has turned very popular but the album has got more blue eyed soul on offer with One Step Away and I Wanna Do It Over Again. US original with cut out, wax is ...
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Steely Dan - Greatest Hits (1972-1978) (LP)
ABC AK 1107-1/2, 1978 Germany If I should choose one (and one only) rockish album to move the crowd with back-to-back this Steely Dan's Greatest Hits would be a strong contender. The Fez, Peg, Black Friday, Kid Charlemagne, Do It Again....
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Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (LP)
ABC 27 552 XOT, 1976 Germany Essential release by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker with a little (or lot of) help from star producer Gary Katz. Lots of famous sample material to be found as well with Kanye West and Large Pro surely pleased to have ...
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Chicago - Chicago 13 (LP)
CBS 86093, 1979 Netherlands Masters At Work taking this US rock release to new hights for their clever sample of Street Player. Great track in its own right though with amazing solo work and extended percussion breakdown. Record is clean EX, cov...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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