Daily Archives: November 13th, 2026
BOZ SCAGGS – SILK DEGREES (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION).
Boz Scaggs – Silk Degrees (50th Anniversary Edition). Label: Music On Vinyl. Format: Vinyl. Standing as one of the most consequential studio triumphs of the mid-seventies, Boz Scaggs’s seventh studio effort ‘Silk Degrees’ – issued via Columbia Records in March 1976 – marks both the commercial zenith of his storied career and a foundational blueprint …
IKE WHITE – CHANGIN’ TIMES (50TH ANNIVERSARY VERSION) (RECORD STORE DAY 2026).
Ike White – Changin’ Times (50th Anniversary Edition) (Record Store Day 2026). Label: Rhino. Format: Vinyl. Captured in 1974 within the concrete confines of the California Institution for Men in Chino and issued in 1976 via the LA International imprint – before achieving mythic, “holy-grail” status among crate-diggers and eventually receiving a revered archival resurrection …
FABIO FRIZZI – AMORE LIBERO (FREE LOVE) (RECORD STORE DAY 2026).
Fabio Frizzi – Amore Libero (Free Love) (Record Store Day 2026). Label: AMA Format: Vinyl. Standing as a remarkable sonic artefact from the golden age of Italian genre cinema, the original soundtrack to Pier Ludovico Pavoni’s 1974 erotic-exotic adventure film ‘Amore libero’ which was released internationally under titles such as Free Love and The Real …
DR. JOHN AND THE WDR BIG BAND – BIG BAND VOODOO (RECORD STORE DAY 2026).
Dr. John and The WDR Big Band – Big Band Voodoo (Record Store Day 2026). Label: Orange Music Records. Format: Vinyl. Few posthumous archival releases document an artistic collision as improbable – yet as immediately combustible – as ‘Big Band Voodoo.’ Captured during a series of sessions in 1995 at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) studios …
STANLEY TURRENTINE – SUGAR.
Stanley Turrentine – Sugar. Label: King Japan. Format: CD. Tracked over two decisive days in November 1970 inside engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s hallowed studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, ‘Sugar’ captures the exact artistic inflection point where tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine evolved from a revered Blue Note hard bop stalwart into one of the defining …
TERESA BRIGHT – TROPIC RHAPSODY.
Teresa Bright – Tropic Rhapsody. Label: Aloha Got Soul. Format: Vinyl. Few recordings in the modern Hawaiian canon achieve the rarefied equilibrium of cultural stewardship and cosmopolitan elegance found on ‘Tropic Rhapsody.’ Initially unveiled in 2008 by the venerable Mountain Apple Company, the album’s enduring resonance has been further solidified in recent years through discerning …
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