Ad Fontes JETZT ODER NIE –Phontec – AF 001Germany1985 JETZT ODER NIE (now or never), the only one album by the band Ad Fontes. Private released and made with a lot of passion. I discovered it, as ever, because the cover artwork made me very curious. As usually for a private press record only printed…
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Johann Baeriswyl Jo Baeriswyl– IVS SUISA N°133933 TOURS STEREOFrance French music released on a tiny label from Switzerland. Finest French 80’s vocal Pop. Towering is the smooth Balearic TROPICAL CLIMAX which was also my title theme for WIWWG.COM/MIXTAPE/002 uploaded summer 2019. Check availability of the original vinyl record for sale! オリジナル アナログレコード 販売 WIWWG.COM/FOR-SALE Tracklist…
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Jean-Claude Watrin Hôtel – Franc’Amour – FC 017 Belgium 1985 [envira-gallery id=”5998″] Franc’Amour Superbe! Finest French Funk even when it comes not from France. Belgian artist Jean-Claude Watrin delivers soulful french sung Chanson and some slightly kitschy Pop Music charged with dope beats and catchy synthesizer sounds. Towering is the laid-back Boogie Funk track GAME…
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Various Rock aus der alten Schule – RD Records – RDR 1002 L Germany 1981 Wormser Rockgruppen aus der alten Schule Rare, obscure and published privately vinyl compilation record of bands from the rock music scene of the city Worms. Local musicians, formations from all genres, that had their rehearsal room at an…
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Terry Keegan MEPHISTOPHELES TANZT UM MITTERNACHT Conga Musik für Leute, die gerne Tanzen. – STEREO – 0280002 Germany 1980 Second, also private released, studio album by street musician Terry Keegan. On this record he set the focus on music that supports dancing. Side A for example is only one, 18 minute long, track that…
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Agua Project Dieci Anni Di Silenzi – Lakota Music – LAK Z 299 Italy 1989 A1 Uomo Vero Sound sample of the actual offered copy. With little scratches, plays with some light noises. Late 80s feel good sounds made in Bologna, Italy. Positive vibes in many directions. Reggae, Brazil, Latin Disco, relaxed Jazz, Bossa Nova…
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Incognito Five Music In The Ear – Happy Records – HR 2231 Germany 1981 Refresco De Samba Another delicious BRAZIL tune made by Werner Drexler’s Incognito Five with superb Percussion inserts by Freddie Santiago. [envira-gallery id=”5316″] Tracklist A1 Music In The Ear 2:26 A2 Brazo Gitano 2:38 A3 Irish Rose 2:47 A4 Five Plus 3:10…
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Ruphus Inner Voice – Brain – 60.060 Germany 1977 NO DEAL Percussion – Svein Hansen – Sound sample of the actual offered copy in VG/VG condition. Another record by Norwegian Progressive Rockband Ruphus. Contains NO DEAL which is towering on this, in general nice, Jazz-Rock, Fusion album. Opening with a solid Breakbeat followed by some Cuica sounds…
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Mythen in Tüten Die neue Kollektion – No Fun Records – NF 014 Germany 1981 Mäzen Vocals – Angelika Maiworm Written by Maiworm, Winschetti, Wolter, Erlhoff, Klose Debut album by Mythen in Tüten. Full of outstanding, multifaceted and sometimes dance floor qualified New Wave (Neue Deutsche Welle) sound from Hannover, released on the small German…
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Various Maxi-Music (Volume 2) – Tele Music – TM 3080 France 1980 Probably one of the most interesting Library records from this label. Very useful. Especially in a DJ-context. Funk & Soul, Electronic, Disco, Latin & Brazil … great sounds in many different directions. You can listen to all of the tunes on…
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Embryo Apo Calypso – April – APRIL-RECORDS 000010 Germany 1977 Knast-Funk Very interesting Krautrock album, released on April Records, full of musical diversity. My personal highlight is a funny, funky tune called KNAST-FUNK with groovy organ grinds. [envira-gallery id=”4940″] Tracklist A1 Break Into Pieces (4:42) A2 Endless Feeling (7:18) A3 Together (5:39) A4 Knast-Funk (5:57)…
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Kapingbdi Don’t Escape – Trikont – US-0081, Trikont – US-81 Germany 1981 AFRICAN MUSIK FROM LIBERIA Another African record that was released in Germany. This time with amazing music from Liberia. Good vibes between Spiritual Jazz, Afro Funk and some Soul. This third album by KAPINGDBI is, like the two others, released on the German…
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HORST BÖCKING CHOR & ORCHESTER Einblicke – PETZ – E 81333 Germany 1980 A1 NORWEGIAN WOOD (Lennon/McCartney/Pfeifer) HORST BÖCKING CHOR & ORCHESTER The Beatles song NORWEGIAN WOOD made it for two times on the album. The first version by bass and sitar player Johannes Pfeiffer is very exciting. Just a short cover song and…
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Mavii Welt Am Abend – 231084 Switzerland 1984 Bossa Nova – Nice “Bossa Nova” tune with German vocals on this great and obviously rare private press New Wave album by Mavii from Switzerland. Mavii B2 Zeichen auf der Stirn (4:12) [envira-gallery id=”4809″] Tracklist A1 Terroristen (4:58) A2 Tage am Telephon (4:40) A3 Früher (2:30)…
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C.A.T. Join The Party – Good Noise – VGNS 2006 Germany 1981 Hi Berlin So groovy and funky as Rock-music can be. Soulful vocals, proper percussion beats, a rolling baseline and on top the flashy keyboard sounds by Rüdiger Arndt. I would call it SOUL! [soliloquy id=”4737″] Join The Party The great and seldom seen…
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Chilly Showbiz – Polydor – 2417 137 Germany 1980 Chilly – I Hear You Knocking (1980) Written by Bernt Möhrle, Brad Howell Showbiz Another record by CHILLY, the spicy German glamour Disco group leaded by producer and songwriter Bernt Möhrle. But aside from the cool and relaxed I HEAR YOU KNOCKING this album…
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Various Jazz, Rock – Nachwuchswettbewerb Pop ’79 – Philips – 6449 011 Germany 1980 FREE (Seawind) ANNE HAIGIS Interesting NACHWUCHSWETTBEWERB ’79 compilation by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie. Contains some exclusive and nowhere else released debut recordings by Martin Müller, Ex Ovo Pro, Matter Of Taste, Rozz and other German Jazz and Rock formations. Towering and for…
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Kati És A Kerek Perec Kati És A Kerek Perec – Pepita – SLPX 17605 Hungary 1979 TITANIC Narrator – Bőzsöny Ferenc Another album from Hungary that contains some real dope Disco sounds. For my taste are the tunes in all sometimes a little bit overloaded. But there is mostly a catchy hook line, a…
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Orchester Dave Martin MUSIK FÜR SCHÖNE STUNDEN – Altaxon – AL-1025 Germany 1981 My Delights Catchy and slightly kitschy Bossa tune by Orchester Dave Martin released on the German Altaxon Records Library Music label. Dave Martin is just an more international sounding pseudonym for the German Jazz-Pianist, composer and arranger Fritz Maldener. MUSIK FÜR SCHÖNE…
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Lev Leshchenko and the «Spektr» Group ЛЕВ ЛЕЩЕНКО И ГРУППА «СПЕКТР» – Мелодия – С60-16769-70 USSR 1981 Родительский Дом Nice and relaxed grooving USSR Pop. One of some nice tunes on this extraordinary album by the Russian singer Lev Leshchenko with the «SPEKTR» group. Especially the synthesizer work outs are, as the name of the…
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Maryla Rodowicz Cyrk Nocą – Pronit – SLP 4004 Poland 1979 Cyrk Nocą Solid SOUL made in Poland. Groovy bass lines, catchy fender rhodes and on top this wonderful female Polish vocals. Nice album packed in a idiosyncratic designed gatefold cover. Tracklist A1 Wielka Woda (4:45) A2 Wariatka Tańczy (3:50) A3 Gdzie Są Ci…
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Janko Nilovic & J. J. Debout Music Bazaar – TELE MUSIC – TM 3009 France 1969 Bossa A Gogo Rare 60s Library album where Janko Nilović has taken over the musical direction but I must say that I like more FACE A with the compositions of Jean-Jacques Debout like BOSSA A GOGO for example. Record…
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Real Ax Band NICHT STEHENBLEIBEN/ MOVE YOUR ASS IN TIME – April Records – april II/0009 Germany 1977 Samba Mortale Fast German Krautrock-Samba, carried through the fascinating vocals by Maria Archer. Also my long time favorite on this album full of fantastic grooves, interesting instrumentation and a sound that goes in many different directions. Psychedelic…
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Lutz Keißner Bitkarawane – Syncomp – SYN 11987 Germany 1987 Start Catchy, cosmic electro sounds in a relaxed mood even if START counts fast 135 BPM. It’s complete a highly interesting but very seldom seen German Synthesizer-Ambient album. Issued on a label called SYNCOMP which has released exactly only this single record. Behind the…
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Berry Lipman & His Orchestra / Rex Brown Company Season Opening – Selected Sound – ST 113 Germany 1978 Highway Patrol Dangerous thrilling Library sounds. Big Band Funk with some prickly bumblebee synths. Berry Lipman autograph card from www.rocknroll-schallplatten-forum.de Dancing Stars Another very nice one. 106 BPM unheard unhurried, catchy and a little bit kitschy.…
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Robert Antoine African Sax – Studio 1 Paris – SU 18034 France 1983 Sax “Flash” Crazy sound-effects, pulsating Synthesizer grooves and some rough, tight beats for that the wording “flogging beats” fits so good that it hurts. Over all this feels the slightly easy-cheesy sax grooves by Robert Antoine really zippy and flashy. Tracklist A1…
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El Calefón Salir Del Agujero – La Ducha Records – OGT 13 Switzerland Quando Lembro The wonderful Brazil tune QUANDO LEMBRO is surely one of the bright highlights on this versatilely Swiss vinyl kickshaw. [envira-gallery id=”3903″] Modern Latin Music – no Room in the Stew-pot The group “El Calefón” (founded in 1983 by musicians from…
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Max Greger Junior Thursday Night – Happy Records – HR 2224 Germany 1980 Dancing Nice and easy Jazz Library album by German jazz pianist, composer and arranger Max Greger Junior, son of Max Greger (famous German jazz musician, saxophonist, band leader and conductor). Contains the light kitschy but catchy tune DANCING, written by Martin Böttcher.…
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Ralph Marco Band Mister Marco’s Music – Happy Records – HR 2206 Germany 1974 High Snobiety Soul Beat, Happy Beat, Bossa Beat, Heavy Beat, Shuffle Beat, Rock Beat … many tunes on this Germany Library curiosity are promised as a kind of Beat. My favorite track is HIGH SNOBIETY written by guitar player Siegfried Schwab. Mr. Marco’s…
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Invaders Steelband Gimme Dat – Telefunken – 6.23 422 Germany 1977 Watermelon Man Another funky Steelband jam that delivers many crisp Caribbean-Beat versions of popular 70s music and some Funk & Soul. Especially the funny version of WATERMELON MAN catches me. Furthermore this album contains also the Tropical Funk pearl WATU CADA sometimes also „Batucada“…
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New Hope Let Your Light Shine – Free – FR 3004 Netherlands 1975 Let Us Be One Pure FREE SOUL! The beautiful and catchy LET US BE ONE is definitely the burner on this interesting and seldom seen christian Religious Rock, Funk & Soul album. New Hope New Hope, New Hope Singers and also sometimes…
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Supermax Electricity – Ariola – 205 301 Germany 1983 Coconut Reggae The dope COCONUT REGGAE, for me, simply the best tune on this seldom seen SUPERMAX album. Also available as Ariola (600 791-213) 12″ Super Sound Single and often also the much cheaper way to get this great Reggae-pearl on vinyl. Tracklist A1 Loversnight…
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Awake First Born – Smash Original Cast – SM 902 Italy 1973 Ivory Fast, lively and positive grooving synthesizer sounds. A quirky kind Jazz. First Born Squirrelly album by the Italian composer, conductor, producer and keyboardist Oronzo De Filippi released under his pseudonym AWAKE on the Italian SMASH label from Rome. Exactly the same…
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The Dave Pike Set Noisy Silence — Gentle Noise – MPS Records – MPS 15215 STEREO Germany 1969 Mathar Dope Indian vibe dance classic with Volker Kriegel on sitar. [envira-gallery id=”3471″] The Dave Pike Set: „Noisy Silence — Gentle Noise“ Dave Pike (Vibraphon, Tamburin); Volker Kriegel (Gitarre, Sitar); Hans Rettenbacher (Kontrabaß); Peter Baumeister (Schlagzeug). MPS…
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Sinto Sonho Negro – AMAYANA – A 4506 Germany 1978 Feeling Right At the time I discovered this nicely made album by the formation around the German violinist, jazz musician and composer Hannes Beckmann I enjoyed and played often, but not ever understood by the dancing audience, this fast and wicked Latin tunes like…
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Paolo Casa Soul Tracks – Manhattan Records – MNLP 00021 Italy 1978 Slap It Another essential Italian Library record that contains very funky, useful and DJ-friendly tunes. I would say that my favorite is SLAP IT with relaxed 110BPM but it’s just the one that I mostly like and play … there are so many…
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Alain Leroux, Christer Norden Disco Time – CAM – CML 165 Italy 1977 Discomaniac One of many great tunes on this CAM Library record. Funky, very useful and DJ-friendly sounds. Latin, Disco and some great instrumental Funk & Soul gems. Some comes also with short alternative cuts what reminds of Funk 45’s with a PART…
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Joy Fleming I Only Wanna Get Up And Dance – Atlantic – ATL 50 469 Germany 1978 The Final Thing With the 15:05 minutes THE FINAL THING the German Soul queen from Mannheim finally entered 1978 also the Disco-Train. Superior collaborating with Donna Summer’s producer Pete Bellotte and Silver Convention’s Sylvester Levay. As usual in…
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Atmosfear First / Fourmost – Elite – ATM 33-1 UK 1984 Extract Yes exactly EXTRACT is this days my favorite track on this essential 12″ by the British Disco-Jazz band ATMOSFEAR. But all the four spacey tunes on this 33⅓ RPM Mini-LP are great and very useful. Contains also their most notable tune DANCING…
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Pete York’s New York Into The Furnace – TELDEC – 6.24463 Germany 1980 Now I Know Soulful snatchy grooving vocal tune. Deep and powerful sound for a four men group. Between Rock and Jazz Pete York, an serious British drummer, from 1963 until 1968 member of the SPENCER DAVIS GROUP which is ever noted…
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Tom Cunningham Have A Little Faith In The Kid – Toledo – INT 162.501 Germany 1978 The New Rock Singer Tom Cunningham, singer-songwriter originally from New York, has made his home in Berlin Germany since the 70’s and released his debut album 1978 on the German Toledo – INTERCORD label. Announced as THE NEW…
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TRIP Eine Pop-Oper von Silke Schwinger und Fatty George – Telefunken – SLE 14 678-P Germany 1972 Weisser Sand Dope and very raw female vocal funk sung in German by Su Kramer. Contains a long and wide open drum-break with funky wah wah sounds. TRIP was a psychedelic Austrian musical about a religious purposes ravisher…
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R. Fogù / C. Taormina Jumping – Edipan – MPS 3014 Italy 1977 Africa I love this dope and relaxed flute tune called AFRICA. Spiced up with some slightly kitschy strings and some rococo harpsichord sounds. But all well balanced. Nice and groovy Italian movie effects music. Quite the best sound to set your latest…
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Gianni Oddi 4 ODDI – RCA Italiana – TPL1-1075 Italy 1974 Teenager One of the interesting albums by the Italian saxophonist Gianni Oddi and TEENAGER is my favorite tune on this one. Dope beats, funky wah wah, a breeze of strings and yeah, this deep grooving sax. That’s all you need for a thrilling car…
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Lino / Pasquale Castiglione Clouds – Octopus Records – OTP 0293 Italy 1975 Games The slightly African influenced and extraordinary grooving flute tune GAMES is my long time favorite on this lovely Italian Library album. Hot Groovy Records As many Italian Library and Soundtrack albums im my collection I got also this one from my…
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Andy Goldner Belleville … – Peak – pea 3480 Germany 1981 White Lion In A Babylon Very dope, soulful Reggae nugget made in Kirchheim/Teck, Southern Germany. Smoky beats, nice organ grinds, decent guitar riffs and catchy vocals. Repeat, repeat and loop it … the regular 5.05 minutes are not enough, I would like to hear…
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Charly Kingson Born In Africa – Fleet – 26 165 XOT Netherlands 1978 Manyaka If you ask me today I would say MANYAKA (118 BPM) is my absolutely favorite tune. Incredible baselines, dope Synthesizer grooves, the decent operation of the „The Munich Strings“ and this catchy female chorus at the refrain. But this LP…
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Charly Kingson Born In Africa (Remix 1982) – Ariola – 600.608 Germany 1982 Born In Africa (Remix 1982) Slightly edited 12″ Maxi-Single version of BORN IN AFRICA remixed by percussionist, Eddie Conard. Tidy and dance floor friendly. With 117 BPM little faster but also shorter than the album version from 1978. [envira-gallery id=”3314″] Charly…
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Mombasa African Rhythms & Blues – Spiegelei – 26 564-5 U Germany 1975 Nairobi The non-circular grooving soulful Jazz tune NAIROBI is my favorite on this first MOMBASA album. If you also had the chance to ride with the notorious “Lunatic Express” from Nairobi to Mombasa at the Indian Ocean coast Kenya, this tune…
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Karl Ratzer A fool for your sake – GiG Records – GIG 222 103 Austria 1981 Gone too long Catchy and pure grooving soulful Blues track with vocals, guitar work outs and a touch of 80’s synths. [envira-gallery id=”3292″] B-Funk Early 80’s album by Karl Ratzer the Austrian Jazz guitarist released on the also Austrian…
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