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Eela Craig - Hats Of Glass (LP)
Vertigo 6360 638, 1978 Germany Austrian electronic prog rock pioneers with a later 70s release on Vertigo. Solid album with a very floating and symphonic sound. Highlights in my book are the tittle track and notably Holstenwall Fair. Original 1st p...
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SBB - Nowy Horyzont (LP)
Muza SX 1206, 1975 Poland Must have progressive space rock release by the pioneering force in Polish rock, SBB. Packed with loops and breaks for production but also an album you can simply play, kick back and explore your mind. Sure to find so...
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Perfect - Perfect (LP)
Muza SX 2114, 1981 Poland Polish 80s prog rock with sound effects and lots and lost of solo work. Not a must have album but some good tracks on here if you like that soundscape. Straight VG+ condition vinyl, cover is EX.
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Beat Rock & Blues - Aus Der VR Polen (LP)
Amiga 8 55 394, 1974 Germany An incredible line up with all Polish heavy hitters recording for the famous DDR Rundfunk Studios. Breakout, Stan Borys, Krzystof Sadowski and many more are on here. Funked prog and jazz pave the way and a few short b...
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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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