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Two classic 70s jazz-fusion albums by Ian Carr’s Nucleus reissued

Within about a month’s span, both UK labels We Are Busy Bodies and Be With Records are reissuing (or have reissued) two hard-to-find mid-seventies albums from Nucleus, which was an incredible British progressive jazz-fusion group led by legendary trumpeter Ian Carr that existed in different forms from 1969 all the way through to 1989. Both labels will be putting out the bands 1974 Under The Sun recording, as well as the group’s brilliant 1975 release, Alleycat.

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Trunk Records reissues extremely rare 1978 British jazz-fusion album ‘Magician’

London’s Trunk Records has recently reissued the extremely rare 1978 British jazz fusion self-titled album from Magician, which at the time of it’s release only sold a few copies (rumor has the number around 10).

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Diplomats of Soul reissue Grady Tate’s rare 1974 soul-jazz rendition of Jon Lucien’s ‘Lady Love’

The Diplomats Of Soul, which is a London-based label (distributed by Expansion Records) run by acclaimed DJs and diggers Mike Allin and Ralph Tee, have recently reissued drummer and vocalist Grady Tate’s very obscure and highly sought-after 1974 soul jazz rendition of Jon Lucien’s “Lady Love”.

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Jazz Room Records reissues rare 1977 jazz-funk album from Florida group Jazzberry Patch

With each incredible release, Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room Records has quickly become the source for essential jazz dancefloor reissues. The London-based label has most recently put out a welcomed reissue of the extremely obscure 1977 private-press jazz-funk album from South Florida trio Jazzberry Patch, featuring the late great Mike Longo as a special guest on Fender Rhodes.

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Jazz Room Records reissues massive Latin jazz album ‘Denga’ from Robin Jones Quintet

Legendary London DJ Paul Murphy and his label Jazz Room Records continue to turn up the heat this summer with another essential in-demand dancefloor gem in Robin Jones Quintet’s 1971 Latin cooker Denga.

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Perfect.Toy Records reissues rare 1980 adventurous vocal jazz album from Munich group Bhakti Jazz

German-based Perfect.Toy Records, who just recently re-released Bobby Cole’s 1967 A Point of View LP, has officially reissued another incredible rare vocal jazz album, First Step by the Munich-based group Bhakti Jazz.

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Bobby Cole’s rare 1967 vocal jazz dance classic ‘A Point Of View’ officially reissued

German-based label Perfect.Toy Records has recently officially reissued one of the greatest vocal jazz recordings of our time in Bobby Cole’s highly obscure 1967 album A Point Of View.

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London’s Olindo Records reissues obscure 1968 salsa album by Venezuelan group Los Kenya

London-based Olindo Records has reissued one of the rarest and most essential recordings to come out of the Venezuelan salsa scene during the late sixties, in Los Kenya’s 1968 album ¡Siempre Afro-Latino!.

TONY LAVORGNA AND THE ST. THOMAS QUARTET

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Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room Records reissues 1982 organ-led soul jazz rarity from Ohio’s Tony Lavorgna

Legendary UK jazz DJ Paul Murphy and his Jazz Room Records label continues it’s unearthing of jazz dance gems with the recent reissue release of Youngstown, Ohio’s Tony Lavorgna and The St. Thomas Quartet’s 1982 soul jazz album Chameleon.

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Kalita Records reissues in-demand 1980 soulful funk album from Nashville student medical group The IgG Band

London’s Kalita Records, who consistently unearths essential gems, has recently reissued the obscure 1980 soulful disco-funk masterpiece Ultra/Sound from The IgG Band, which was made up of medical students at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.