Style: Balearic Funk

Format: LP
Label: Pacific Theatre (Au)

Year: 2025

Condition: M/M 

You can thank me later if you should have missed this until now.

My personal #1 of 2025 so far...

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Style: Downbeat

Format: 2LP
Label: Growing Bin Records

Year: 1995 / 2025

Condition: M/M

30 years old and sounding better than ever!

The growing bin is over the moon to present a vinyl reissue of Maim That Tune,

the timeless downbeat album that many regard as Cobby & McSherry‘s best joint effort.

Back on wax for it‘s 30th birthday - remastered with finesse by master Sergey Luginin

it will blow the minds of those who have listened to to it for hundreds of times

and those who have the pleasure to be At Home In Space for the first time.

Music by Steve Cobby & David McSherry

Mastered by Sergey Luginin @ Luginin Studio in Moscow

Distributed by wordandsound from Hamburg

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Style: Dawntempo / Balearic

Format: LP
Label: Hell Yeah

Year: 2024

Condition: M/M 

This fantastic downtempo album is from last year and I almost missed it. I mean I almost missed getting a vinyl copy. Had the files for a while and the tunes grew on me badly. I mean badly in a good way of course. I realized that I cannot live without owning this in physical form. And I am over the moon that I am not too late again... How about you? Y'all have it already?

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Style: UK Streetsoul

Format: LP
Label: AOTN

Year: 2024

Condition: M/M 

Finest Manchester Streetsoul straight from Moss Side :)

The $$$ought after anthems plus unheard material from 1997 - 2008.

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Style: Percussive Dreams / Improvisation

Format: LP
Label: Squama

Year: 2025

Condition: M/M 

Improvised percussion and electronics recorded mostly outdoors––on pedalo boats, up mountains and deep in forests near the namesake Swiss town of Vevey.  Arranged in-doors and coming much straighter than you might think when haveing read improvisation before ;) you may even feel the need to dance to the tunes!!

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Style: Jungle

Format: 12" EP
Label: Astrophonica

Year: 2020/2025

Condition: M/M 

2025 repress of this unbeatable Jungle monster!

Every track is TOP, but POISON is just killing it.

Last time I played it out the place exploded...

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Style: Library Style Electronica / New Age 

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 198?

Condition: VG+/VG+

With a cheap drumcomputer, a bunch of synths and keyboards the two guys create something that I have only heard on italian libraries from the 70s. Rich in melody and kitsch, mysterious and deep sounds from the outerworld. Have you ever seen this one before??

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Style: 

Format: LP
Label: Gold

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG+

Finally some percussion love songs.

Or some Proto-Gabber? Maddest breaks?

Go and check!

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Style: Kraut-Electro

Format: 12"
Label: Modell Records

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Super obscure dark synthpop made - who would have guessed - in Germany.

If you dig crazy synthesized vocals over a damn deep groove, hit that button immediately...

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Style: DUB!

Format: LP
Label: Love

Year: 1975

Condition: VG+/NM

Wonderful copy of BB Seaton's majestic Gun Court Dub.

The vinyl just show some inaudible scuffs and plays NM.

Hypnotic as hell!!!!

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Style: Odd Waves

Format: LP
Label: Giant / Les Disques Du Crépuscule

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

Slow Crépuscule dancers and obscure Pop.

Pretty dark in general. I'll reming you in October ;)

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Style: Demented NDW

Format: 12"
Label: Signal

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Three bonkers NDW joints with punts towards german Spiessigkeit

There is a high probability for any of them to create smiles on the floor.

This floor needs to understand some german though!

HÖRMAL!

 
Style: Various / Early Deutsch-Rap / Fake Reggae / Deviant Pop

Format: LP
Label: Calren

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+ including printed inner

German X-mas Rap meets blue-eyed Soul-Folk.

Fake Reggae beats Outsider Pop.

Funny germans!

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Style: Mnml Wv / Coldwave

Format: LP
Label: No Fun

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

A stunning album filled with mostly Coldwave hits.

And then there's this insane bastard of a track ...

... sounding like Berlin School on MDMA!

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Style: Experimental

Format: LP
Label: Pipe (UK) Black labels

Year: 1980

Condition: VG+/VG+

Just perfect for today's attention span:

Miniatures by experimental minds and alter egos of MF.

Highly entertaining for the free and sampler feed for the rest.

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Style: X-Mas Punk / Odd Waves / Fake Reggae

Format: LP
Label: Ata Tak

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+ hairlines

Ata Tak teamed up with fellow Indi labels Totenkopf and Sneaky Pete.

It's just the Ata Tak tunes thet do it for me here. 

Allen voran S.Y.P.H.'s fake Reggae And Go

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Style: Chilled Rai

Format: LP
Label: ARC

Year: 198

Condition: NM/VG+

When the sun sets over the pyramid of Djoser

and Imhotep's spirit makes your belly dance...

... it's time to worship Hossam Ramzy.

And the Star Collector ofc!

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Style: Ambient Jazz

Format: LP

Label: Biber

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

Wonderful ambient esoterica by the master of Sentimental Elegance.

A lot of people call this one Friedemann's best album.

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Style: Underwater Ambient

Format: LP
Label: Storyville

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful ambient jazz by Björn Jason Lindh.

IMO there's only a few tunes out there as beautiful as Transea...

You heard it first in a Tako mix? Yep, your memory is on point.

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Style: Organic Harp

Format: LP
Label: Folk Freak

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+ 

Deepest Ethnic Harp-Jazz / Fusion by Rüdiger Oppermann accompanied by Dario Domingues on Flutes and Holger Michalski on bass. The 20 minute long Nebelreiter is a masterpiece of psychedelic organics!!

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Style: Elektronik / Krautrock

Format: LP

Label: Sky

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+

Rother's 2nd solo album in nicest condition! Including one of his best songs: Fontana Di Luna.

Not a rarity but still one of the highlights in 70s Kraut. With Jaki on drums and Conny on the console - what could possibly go wrong? Yeah right... nix!

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Style: Ambient / Organic Chill Pills

Format: LP
Label: WEA

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG water stains

A scarce album full of wonderful laid back tunes.

Whatever happens - the Blue Lotus calms me down again immediately.

It seems like they didn't produce many vinyl copies of this CD era album. What a pity!

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Style: Dub Clash!

Format: LP
Label: Fünfundvierzig

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/NM

It holds one of the sickest bits of Electro Dub out there...

And then some!

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Style:  Ethno Gems / Organic Ambient

Format: LP
Label: Chlodwig

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+ 

This is a true gem that has received little recognition by now. Let's change this!

Vassilos Nikitakis is a greek guitar and bouzouki player with a deep understanding of tunes.

He's accompanied by a some of the cologne Jazz Haus heads like Dieter Manderscheid or Fritz Wittek and the whole thing was recorded by master Ansgar Ballhaus. Enough of the name dropping.

Please take some time and ....

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Style: Ambient / Organic

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1992

Condition: NM/VG+

Various percussion and flute is enough to light the fire.

Actually this hard to find private pressing from 1992

has enough fire to burn entire woods.

Light yer insense and burn the socks.

It's time to dance!

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Style: Leftfield Dance / Disco

Format: LP
Label: Philips (Fr)

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+ including printed innersleeve

Great Mutant Disco Album filled with dubbed hits.

Mambo master Wally Badarou in the boat!

The vinyl is in "Like new" condition ...

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Style: Avant Pop

Format: LP
Label: Virgin

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+

The voice of the Walker Brothers rightfully scaring away all the old fans.

This beautifully awkward album produced by the man himself 

shows Scott in top form and absolute freedom...

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Style:  Emotional Synth

Format: Mini-LP
Label: Fünfunvierzig

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+ 

Anna Domino's first recordings produced by the lady herself and Blaine Reininger -

pretty much amazing in every DIRECTION you may turn your head!

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Style: Proto Vaporwave / Ambient Pop

Format: LP
Label: MCA

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Art Deco houses. A white Testarossa.

Jan on the synthesizer. Tubbs and Valerie!

My 1987 was ruled by Paid in Full, Yo! Bum Rush The Show,

Tango In The Night and this opus magum here!

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Style: Mod Groovers / Blue Eyed Soul

Format: LP
Label: Go Disc

Year: 1992

Condition: NM/VG+ small corner bump

Weller's first solo album released 4 years after the Council's Confessions.

An amalgamation of styles only Paul Weller was capable of blending...

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Style: Over the top Balearic Disco

Format: 12"

Label: CBS

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

Big Fun under the sun with this one.

Wether you're a gigolo or a nice guy!

PS. it's about the Seaside Dub (of course)

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Style:  Balearic Disco

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

Looks pretty cheesy but it's a big personal fave for the summer days!

Just imagine this being played at an Ibiza beach...

and that's what the title is about!

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Style: AOR Groovers / Funky Kraut

Format: LP
Label: Sky

Year: 1976

Condition: VG+/VG+

Groovy Kraut jams played incredibly tight and sung in english. Let me guess that half of the band went on holiday in Canterbury before recording the album. The other half went to California

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Style: Sensual Pop

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+ stickered labels

Cosy and sensual pop. I got asked for Let's Make Love

more than one time ... such a tune!

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Style: Dubby Dancing

Format: LP
Label: Island

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

The club's second album filled with dubby hits.

No matter if you want to uptempo or slow.

The Tom Toms got you covered!

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Style: Balearic Pop

Format: LP
Label: Island

Year: 1982

Condition: VG+/VG+ indcluding printed inner

Wonderful pop tunes by the man with the golden voice.

Culminating in Valerie. What a song!!!

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Style: Smooth Operations

Format: 12"
Label: Epic

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG

The mad grooving uberhit Hang On plus coming in remiced form,

plus the latin tinged non-LP track Should I Love You,

and the wonderful cover of the Timmy Thomas hit.

Calling this 12" useful to play out woud be...

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Style: Soft Rock / Blue-Eyed Soul

Format: LP
Label: WB (Ger)

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/NM

THE voice of Soft Rock!

Here are all his HITS...

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Style: Balearic Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: Mgic / WEA

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+

Don't worry about the money, honey

as long as you feel the SWEET BUMP.

What a JAM!

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Style: Ultra Balearic Romance

Format: 12"
Label: Jupiter

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

This is an old friend of mine. Taped it from the radio back in the days and it feels like it's been in my head forever, so I might be biased when praising this balearic anthem. Maybe give a try and see what your ears say... Vocal or Instrumental?

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Style: Mellow Gold / Yacht Funk

Format: LP
Label: Creole

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG corner bump

The moon sets over the Yachtclub. Some of the cooler dudes swim out to the small island and light a spliff. Peters says What a slabo day! Nobody really understands what he's talking about but yeah, what a slabo day. Let's just not swim back...

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Style: Disco Pop

Format: 12"
Label: WEA

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+ generic stickered cover

A major hit that doesn't fail almost 40 years later.

Including the extended Version and most important:

THE INSTRUMENTAL!!

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Style: Americana / Soft Rock / AOR Groovers

Format: LP
Label: Trio (Jp)

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+

Seldom seen Soft Rock "coming with Obi and Insert".

Friends of AOR grooves wil enjoy the funky soft steppers here!!

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Style: Slow Jam

Format: 12"
Label: Chrysalis

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG

This is the Fox from the british group Fox. IMO its's a miracle that this song has not been a major hit when it came out. Ultrasleazy vibes at 79 BPM coming with a soft Fake reggae touch.

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Style:  Metric Funk / Soft Rocks

Format: LP
Label: Island

Year: 1974

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Lovely Yacht rock album including the 12 minute long jam Through It All There's You.

On this tune Mr. Palmer is backed by the mighty Meters!!

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Style:  Italian Weirdness

Format: LP
Label: Pull

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  

Craaaaaazy Italian Disco and Psyched Out jams for all you freaks in the woods or at the beach out there. Worship the Jungle Child and his noodling synths and off beat drum machines!

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Style: Chilled AOR

Format: LP
Label: WEA (Benelux)

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+

Chilled and emotional AOR from the shores of Belgium.

Well, the westcoast of Belgium as one would suppose.

They have that bridge on the cover for a reason...

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Style: Balearic Boogie / Jazz Funk / New Age Dance

Format: LP
Label: Happy records

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Busy Mats of Gaz and Munich Machine fame delivering a really nice bunch of tunes

ranging from New Age Dance to Balearic Boogie and Italo Disco.

Calling this overlooked would be an understatement!

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Style: Hawaiian Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: CTI (NL)

Year:  1976

Condition: NM/VG+

Heavenly sweet Jazz Funk imported straight from big island. Tunes to melt away with ...

You could just buy the album for the ultimate beauty He Loves You and be happy,

but there's actually more of the good stuff !!

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Style: Esoteric Cocktails

Format: LP
Label: MCA

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

You like your cocktail with an extra drip of esoteric bliss? John is your man then.

If booking him to play at your house is not an option I recommend buying this album!

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Style: Ambient Jazz / Jazz Ambient

Format: LP
Label: ECM

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG small rip top left

For this celestial celebration of ambient jazz Garbarek asked Bill Frisell, Eberhard Weber and Jon Christensen to join him. In my imagination the four went to the sauna and afterwards swam in ice cold water for an hour before they started to play...

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Style: Organic Fusion

Format: LP
Label: ECM

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG

Smoothest Organic Fusion in the vein of Codona.

I could listen to that Waterwheel all day!!!

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Style: Esoteric Knowledge

Format: LP
Label: ECM

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+

Deep and meditative soundscapes. 

Wood Flute, Saxophone and guitar.

No socks!

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Style: Spiritual Jazz

Format: LP
Label: JCOA (It)

Year: 1974

Condition: VG+/VG+

It is actually Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra playing here. 

Of course their spiritual improvisations are deep, groove driven and organic! 

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Style: AfroSynth

Format: LP

Label: Trixx

Year: 1990

Condition: VG+/VG+ including printed inner

A late release by the african-german combo Saraba. Doesn't show that often - unfortunately.

It's a little more uptempo and bringing in PROPER dancefloor vibes, Afro Salsa Rhythms,

Synthesizer-Percussions and a little bit of Rai feeling too.

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Style: Afro Funk

Format: LP

Label: Silent Sun

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+ 

Saraba play an awesome mix of reggae, highlife and funk.

All of their records are heavily recommended. 

Just check out the Afro Funk gem Barlia ... 

... and you'll be sold!

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Style: Outsider Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+ bottom seam partly taped

MASSIVE diy Synth-Boogie from Düsseldorf including a short trip to Brazil.

You're cordially invited to this private party with lots of interesting guests.

No sleep 'til Oberbilk!

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Style: Blue Eyed Boogie

Format: LP
Label: HWM

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG creases, tiny tears

More blue eyed boogie Bombs from the Supervision guys.

Even harder to come by than the Motorcycle Mama ...

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Style: Summer Funk / Balearic Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: BCM

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+ generic

Wait for the first rays of sun and pump this breezy piece of Funk as LOUD as possible.

The Long Canadian Hot Summer Mix...

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Style: Boogie BOMBS

Format: 12"
Label: Buzz

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+  ringwear

They're so damn right:

It only took seconds until they got me.

And I'm sure you'll have a similar experience!

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Style: Purple Funk

Format: 12"
Label: Atlantic

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

My jaw dropped when the legendary DJ International Idiot dropped this one at the golden Pudel club many moons ago. All the music nerds around me (including myself) were sure this would be some unknown Prince production. It's not and it's AWESOME!

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Style: Street Soul

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+

THIS is how the now high-priced UK Street Soul records were made to sound like. 

Tashan - in the tradition of Marvin, James and Syl - addresses what is not right in the US.

He does that very intelligent, incredible smoth and with a WHOLE lot of soul. 

I have been listening to this album from start to finish a couple of times now 

and never felt the urge to stand up and skip...

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Style: Euro-Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: Barclay (Fr)

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG+

Slick Euro Boogie perfect for warming up or sweetening the bar gig.

Funny Funk is a typically french midtempo groover clocking in at 104 BPM 

whilst the slow jam Remember June is an overlooked soul stepper with a great build. 

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*PS. It's Didier Makaga :) 

 
Style: 80s Funk

Format: LP
Label: Epic (UK)

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

80s Funk has never been more juicy than this?

Chilled downtempo dancing for the soul... I LIKE IT!!!

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Style: Euro House / New Age Streetsoul

Format: 7"
Label: Blaxx Maxx

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+  

That incredibly positive Euro House track on side a smiling like Shanice would be enough for some people but there's this JAM on the flip that one would expect on a 90s Dancing Fantasy single - and that one 's the HIT in my house!

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Style: Pumping Italo Boogie / Euro Disco

Format: 12"
Label: Polydor

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG

Pumping Disco-Boogie with that irrestible Italo naivety.

Two mixes. The special mix is indeed special!

Prime Time material...

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Style: Timeless Trance

Format: 12"
Label: Tesseract

Year: 1995

Condition: NM/VG+

Three Timeless Trance bangers on this dutch EP. 

Umptempo fun that you can easily slow down for the oldies...

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Style: Rave / UK Dance

Format: 2LP
Label: Creation

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+

12 massive rave hits ranging from downbeat over midtempo to balearic house.

Remixes by Danny Rampling, Hypnotione and the Guv'nor.

Enjoy the ride and keep the faith!

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