★Mr. Bongo
Bamboo
Fantastic high quality Mr Bongo reissue of Japanese Jazz holy grail. Japanese bamboo flute genius Minoru Muroka's holy grail masterpiece -- a unique mixture of traditional Japanese folk and heavy hip-hoppy jazz as played by DJ Shadow and Egon! Combi…
Aguia Nao Come Mosca
Golden-era, 1977, Brazilian jazz-funk-fusion album from the legendary, Azymuth. Lush Rhodes, soaring synths and fusion guitars from Malheiros and Bertrami combine with the inimitable drum grooves from Ivan “Mamao” Conti that create the signature Azym…
Estudando O Samba
Incredibly unique concept album from the one and only, Tom Zé. As featured in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Brazilian Albums of all-time list (2007). One of Ze’s finest albums in our opinion, originally released by Continental Brazil in 1976…
Celia 1970
Beautiful debut album from the incredible, Célia. Conducted & arranged by Arthur Verocai and Rogério Duprat; featuring songs by Lo Borges, Antonio Adolfo and Joyce amongst others. Célia recorded four self-titled albums for Continental between 1971…
No Sub Reino Dos Metazoários
Another incredibly original album from the Solar/Rozenblit catalogue, this features the fabulous trio of Lula Cortes, Marconi Notaro and Ramalho. With Lula Cortes at the controls, writing, playing and illustrating the album cover. Soon after recordin…
Paêbirú
CD Edition. The album is a collaboration between Brazilian artists Lula Côrtes and Zé Ramalho, a wonderfully off-kilter record full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range from full-on freakouts to quiet pastoral numbers displaying the entire…
Let's Start/Bongo Rock
Japanese RSD 2018 release of Akira Ishikawa's awesome cover versions of Fela Kuti's 'Let's Start' and Incredible Bongo Band's 'Bongo Rock'. On 7" vinyl for the first time. Two fantastic funky numbers from this hip Japanese drummer! "Let's
Start" is…
The Return Of The Incredible Bongo Band
Re-released for the first time since 1974, this is the sequel to the classic 1973 ‘Bongo Rock’, which became a foundation of rap and popular music, up to the present day. Reproduced on heavyweight 180g vinyl and in top-quality Japanese sleeves. The …
Mexico Magico Cosmico, en el ombligo de la Luna
**CD Version. Official audiophile reissue. Replica original artwork, including the insert with listening instructions, in Spanish and English** Originally recorded in Mexico, 1981, it offers a mescaline-sharp vision of deep grooving "cosmic ethnograp…
Krishnanda
The official Mr Bongo reissue. Krishnanda is an album in the truest sense of the word – a spiritual, psychedelic Brazilian masterpiece from start to finish – celebrated by everyone from Seu Jorge and Kassin to Floating Points, Madlib, Quantic, Gilles…
Mudei de Ideia
A truly fantastic record that sounds the way it looks – psychedelic rock, samba-funk and tripped out MPB. Features Kabaluerê as sampled by Marcelo D2 on his hit Qual e?. Arranged by Rogerio Duprat, featuring legendary guitarist Lanny Gordin. Antonio …
Arthur Verocai
Complete album masterpiece in every sense of the word, considered by many people to be one of the greatest ever made, regardless of genre. Recorded at Studio Somil, Rio De Janeiro in 1972, the album was produced, arranged, directed by the self-taught…
Acabou Chorare
Acabou Chorare is the second album from Novos Baianos, who formed in Bahia, Brazil in the 1960’s. They are considered to be one of the most important and revolutionary groups in Brazilian music. Acabou Chorare (translated as Stop Crying) was original…
Burnier & Cartier
Sought-after Brazilian LP from 1974 that touches on MPB, soul, jazz, disco and boogie, reminiscent of Steely Dan in places. Deep guitar arrangements intertwine with layered vocals creating an airy, floating vibe. Extremely expensive theses days, this…
Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata
Pat Thomas career began in 1969 with the Broadway Dance Band, leaving a year later to join the Uhuru Dance Band. He then played with Ebo Taylor’s Blue Monks and finally formed the Sweet Beans in 1973 where he really made his name. The group released …
Grande Liquidacao
Quite incredibly, this is the first vinyl reissue of the earliest and best work by legendary Brazilian musician, Tom Zé. 'Grande Liquidação' was originally released in 1968, the same year Zé contributed to the Tropicália blueprint 'Tropicália: ou Pan…
Chapter One
Re-mastered audio pressed on high quality vinyl, packaged in a gatefold with exact original artwork.
African rock pioneer, Blo’s debut album, ‘Chapter One,’ was originally released by EMI in 1973.
Blo is most known for being the first rock band to em…
Hareton + Meta
With a life spent record digging across the world and a near encyclopedic knowledge of Brazilian music, its rare for David 'Mr Bongo' to come across an incredible record from that rich period that he doesn’t already know, but that's what happened wit…