Stark Reality – Definitive Reissue Of The Band’s Legendary LP

This is the definitive reissue of The Stark Reality’s Discovers The Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop (1970), lacquered by Bernie Grundman in an all-analog transfer directly from the master tapes

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The story of this album begins in Boston the late 1960s, with a wild jazz band landing a deal with Ahmad Jamal’s nascent AJP imprint after the jazz pianist heard their demo recordings. Bandleader Monty Stark had been tasked by the great American songsmith Hoagy Carmichael’s son, Hoagy Bix Carmichael, to create interpretations of the elder Carmichael’s children songs for a Mr. Rogers-themed show that the younger Carmichael was producing for local PBS affiliate WGBH. MORE

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Boris Gardiner – Super Ultra Dub Vols. 1 and 2: First Artist-Sanctioned Issue Of Ultra Rare Jamaican Albums

GUARANTEED IN AND SHIPPING VIA OUR RAPPCATS WEBSTORE: BORIS GARDINER – SUPER ULTRA DUB V.1 & 2

The lost albums in Jamaican bass player, bandleader, songwriter, singer and producer Boris Gardiner’s discography – first official issue of these impossibly rare albums.

Contains extensive booklet, with Jeff Mao detailing Gardiner’s career and the 70s Jamaican music industry. Unpublished photos and ephemera. MORE

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The Story of Joe Bataan’s Ghetto Records

Joe Bataan Presents: The Story of Ghetto Records, a Now-Again x Vinyl Me, Please release.

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The Story of Ghetto Records is told through 7 landmark albums of Latin jazz, deep soul, raucous boogaloo, and heavy salsa. Issued under the guidance of Latin propellant and Ghetto Records co-founder Joe Bataan, the now soldo-out box set included the unreleased Joe Bataan album Drug Story

The albums are now available in stand-alone LP format via our Rappcats store and at the Now-Again Bandcamp and can also be purchased as a value-priced bundle.

Box Set Details:


Heavyweight two-piece slip and hand-numbered slash box.
Lacquering by Bernie Grundman.
Limited to 1000 copies.
Pressed on 180g black vinyl with heavyweight tip-on jackets.
Vinyl Me, Please designed letter-sized booklet with extensive liner notes and newly unearthed photos.

The Story of Ghetto Records was a exclusive, limited-edition vinyl box set featuring seven revered, and rarely heard gems of Latin jazz, deep soul, raucous boogaloo, and heavy salsa. Produced in collaboration with Vinyl Me, Please, The Story of Ghetto Records takes listeners on an immersive experience through the brief but bright story of a groundbreaking Latin music label. MORE

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