4xlp box set + booklet

heavyweight 180gr vinyl + extensive liner notes.

strong soundtrack!

a collection of all sun ra singles from 1952 - 1961 on triple vinyl with download code included.

lp incl 16 page booklet

a previously unreleased live recording of art blakey & the jazz messengers captured at hibiya public hall in tokyo on january 14, 1961 during the band’s first-ever tour of japan. mastered by bernie grundman, pressed on 180 gram double vinyl at optimal, housed in a gatefold slveeve with 16-page insert and 6 collector postcards included.

die schlager chart-hits des jahres 1961 auf vinyl-lp.

jazz

ltd collectors item

an essential collection of early songs from bob dylan on double vinyl.

lp + 16 page booklet

the stan getz quartet live at the village gate nyc, november 26, 1961. the triple vinyl is housed in a gatefold sleeve.

split ep ! moby & the shamen!

reissue of the 1961 debut album from saxophone player booker ervin, remastered from the original master tapes by bernie grundman.

reissue of the 1961 album from trumpet player booker little, remastered from the original master tapes by bernie grundman.

reissue of the 1961 album from pianist cecil taylor, remastered from the original master tapes by bernie grundman.

reissue of the 1961 album from trumpet and flugelhorn player clark terry, remastered from the original master tapes by bernie grundman.

reissue of the 1961 otis spann album.

japanese jazz, repress on black vinyl, original released in 1961

tape release

world music, recorded between 1961 and 1964

reissue of the 1961 collaboration from pee wee russell and coleman hawkins, remastered from the original master tapes by bernie grundman.

reissue of the 1961 charles mingus album.

reissue of the 1961 lightnin’ hopkins album.

reissue of the 1961 max roach album.

ltd. to 300 copies, wide-spine sleeve incl. download code

re-issue of an 1961 rhythm & blues classic by etta james on 180 gram picture vinyl with bonus tracks included.

1961 sarah vaughan album back on vinyl.

masterpiece of quincy jones, limited and hand numbered lp

girl group sounds usa 1961-1968

thelonious monk quartet live at concertgebouw, amsterdam 1961.

reissue of stanley turrentine’s 1961 session in blue note’s tone poet series. remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180 gram vinyl, housed in deluxe gatefold sleeve.

blue note brings the 1961 album from the horace silver quintet back to vinyl.

the 1961 album by baby face willette reissued as part of the blue note tone poet series. audiophile pressing on 180 gram vinyl.

the 1961 b.b. king album back on limited 180 gram vinyl with 4 bonus tracks included.

the 1961 aretha franklin album back on limited edition 180 gram vinyl.

the first songs from the young aretha franklin, recorded in 1960 and early 1961.

musikalisch besonderer fund mit feinstem sinfonischem jazz aus dem berlin der nachkriegszeit. unbekannte aufnahmen des orchesters unter der leitung von werner müller, produziert april 1960 und september 1961. exzellenter crossover von westcoast, hard bop, moderner klassik und blues, mit exklusiven auftragswerken: blues in studio 7 (helmut brandt), ouverture in jazz (klaus wüsthoff) und feuilleton in jazz (peter sandloff), dazu jazz versionen von pavane und sakura, sakura, gesungen von caterina valente. neues aufregendes kapitel des progressiven jazz in deutschland. exklusive 10inch vinyl-lp & digital mit müllers avanciertesten produktionen.

box set featuring volume 1 - 3 of the bob dylan bootleg series with rare and unreleased tracks from 1961-1991 - available for the first time since its original release in 1991. includes 5 lps and a 36 page booklet.

west side story became the smash hit stage musical of 1957 through a combination of leonard bernstein’s dramatic score with jerome robbins exuberant dance routines. the long awaited film version arrived in 1961 and starred richard beymer as tony, rita moreno as anita and natalie wood as maria. its original soundtrack album clocked up 53 weeks on top of the billboard stereo albums chart and 12 on the mono, making it the album with the most weeks at number 1 of the rock (post 1955) era.

welcome to the ska beat!. the sound that came from jamaica between 1961-67. based on the american rnb and doo-wop records that sound systems in kingston town used to play. the american records style started to mellow out while the jamaican preferred a more upbeat sound.. so to meet this demand the sound system bosses became record producers to cater for this demand. sir coxonne and duke reid lead the way by putting the top musicians on the island in the studio to make this ska sound!! here for your enjoyment is a selection of the some of the top tunes that made ska so great… we hope you enjoy the best….

alemayehu eshete is considered the golden voice of ethopia. since his first hit single seul in 1961 he has become the father figure of the soulful stream of ethopian music. in ethiopia no other musician adapted the newest trends from the us soul scene as consequently as alemayehu did. with this new 7- he continues his soulful approach on ethopian music. his funky classic alteleyeshegnem is here re-interpretated by the philophon house band in an even funkier way than the original. a tough beat is crisscrossed by mystic harmonies and a pumping bassline. temar ledje points out the sweet side of master alemayehu. this is another classic tune that comes dosed with a rejuvenating cure by the philophon production team. just listen! the cooperation between alemayehu eshete and philophon was initiated by listros e.v. berlin with support by the federal cultural foundation of germany.

first ever reissue of “rito esclavo”, pedro laza’s eighth album as leader of los pelayeros, originally released on discos fuentes to great success in 1961. . this early fuentes classic lp is distinguished by high quality engineering that holds up brilliantly more than half a century later, with bright and deceptively intricate interlocking brass featuring a distinctive reed section, rolling tropical percussion and a wide variety of caribbean rhythms from both colombia (cumbia, porro, paseaíto, fandango) and cuba (cha-cha-chá, mambo).

one of jamaicas most highly-rated vocalists, alton ellis made an incredible contribution to the islands popular music. blessed with a particularly emotive voice that brings shivers to the spine whether singing original material or cover tunes, ellis was born and raised in trench town, the west kingston ghetto area that gave rise to bob marley and the wailers and countless other singers. ellis and singing partner eddie parkins hit big in 1961 with the ballad muriel for coxsone dodd, and after parkins moved to the usa, ellis teamed briefly with john holt, and then began fronting the flames harmony group. he excelled in the rock steady style, christening the genre with rock steady and i have got a date, bouncing between studio one and treasure isle for a number of years. from 1971, he spent increasing period in london, but continued to record hits in jamaica for various producers. the 1979 release love to share was arranged by the great studio one keyboardist, jackie mittoo, who co-produced the album with junior lincoln, founder of the london-based bamboo label, the disc straddles the line between lover’s rock and roots reggae, remaining a lesser-known classic

i did not know what achievements, what mockery, even what tortures awaited me. i knew nothing, and i persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past. - stanislaw lem (solaris, 1961)
this paragraph from solaris, the novel written in 1961 by stanislav lem, is the starting point for the concept this 30drop album has been built upon. science fiction masters like lem are one of the greatest influences for the artist, who devised this album after the mental challenges that humans should overcome in a future: encounter with beings from other civilizations: capable of interacting with us in a totally unthinkable way so far.