"Cambodian Rocks", a collection of Cambodian psych and garage music from the 60s and early 70s

In 1996, the Parallel World label released the LP "Cambodian Rocks", a collection of Cambodian psych and garage music from the 60s and early 70s (probably), compiled by an American tourist named Paul Wheeler from some cassettes he bought in Phnom Penh. No information on the songs was provided at all, no artist names, no song titles, and no recording dates. Four years later, Parallel World reissued this compilation on CD with a few extra tracks, but still without any identifying information. Unfortunately, it is more than likely that many of the featured musicians, showing a definite Western influence in their music, were murdered by the Khmer Rouge regime which took over power in 1975. Certainly none of them ever received any money from the sales of this compilation. However, the music is wonderful, and here it is for your enjoyment.

Vampisoul Goes to Africa: Afrobeat Nirvana: Various Artists

In this special compilation, you'll find a variety of Nigerian Sounds from the late 50's to the 80's and showcases some of the finest artists including Tony Allen, Orlando Julius and of course Fela Kuti. Mixing jazz, soul, rock, psychedelia and more with traditional African sounds and rhythms, the music that emanates from this fine collection is a testament to the rich, modern musical history of Nigeria. All of these songs come from current or upcoming releases on Vampi-Soul's huge West African Re-issue project but this CD, in itself, is a great introduction to the music that has come to be termed "Afrobeat". The full list of artists include Bola Johnson, Fela-Ransome Kuti, Opotopo, Tony Allen with Africa 70, Olando Julius & Afrosounders, Godwin Omobuwa, Fred Fisher Atolobor.

Jamaica Funk Original Jamaican Funk & Soul 45's

The music on this album contains original Jamaican funk and soul mainly released on 45s released in the years 1972-78. These cross-cultural musical gems exist on account of the hidden triangle of communication between 3 countries: America, Jamaica and Britain. The first link is the influence of American music on that of Jamaica from the late-1950s onwards; the second is the way in which, from the 1960s onwards, the new emerging market for Jamaican music in the UK influenced the styles of reggae coming out of Kingston. As a phase in the history of black American music, funk and soul spans from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s (roughly between rhythm and blues and disco); but throughout the world, funk and soul was also absorbed into the musical melting pot of many different countries: from the afro-beat of Fela Kuti, the boogaloo of Tito Puente to the diverse sounds emanating from Kingston in the late-1960s and early-1970s. The connection between funk, soul and reggae is one of the strongest, all three containing a certain rawness and concentration on rhythm. Everyone knows the influence of rhythm and blues on ska and of soul music on rocksteady - both fostered by the powerful US radio stations in New York, Miami and New Orleans beaming the music across the Atlantic. But funk’s influence is more pervasive; the syncopation of funk sits nicely over the off-beat of reggae, making the former an ingredient found in many of the latter’s stylistic turns from the late 1960s onwards; roots, steppers, rocksteady, dub can all be as funky as the more obvious versioning of James Brown, Gamble and Huff, Motown, The Meters, etc. On June 22, 1948 the SS Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks bringing the first wave of post-war immigrant Caribbeans to Britain. Twenty tears on and thriving Jamaican communities in places such as Brixton, Bristol and Birmingham meant that Kingston record producers were now able to export their sounds to this new market; and a network of labels, distributors, promoters enabled Jamaican records to achieve success for the first time outside of their own country. With funk, soul and reggae sounds found at many a local disco in the UK, an obvious cross-pollinisation took place, with Jamaican producers and artists always quick off the mark with new trends. Here you will find heavyweight versions of funk and soul tunes by the likes of Betty Wright, The JBs, Bill Withers, Earth, Wind and Fire alongside original material from The Heptones, Cedric Brooks, Lee Perry and other greats of the Kingston musical scene in the early 1970s.

The Funky 16 Corners

The Funky 16 Corners is a compilation of funk songs and instrumentals by little-known performers from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. The album, released on

Stones Throw Records in 2001, pays homage to these forgotten funk bands and musicians.

Track listing

1. "Intro"
* Performed by Ebony Rhythm Band
2. "Dap Walk"
* Performed by Ernie & The Top Notes
3. "Let's Go (It's Summertime)"
* Performed by James Reese & The Progressions
4. "Trespasser"
* Performed by Bad Medicine
5. "The Funky 16 Corners"
* Performed by The Highlighters Band
6. "The Kick"
* Performed by The Rhythm Machine
7. "What About You (In The World Today)"
* Performed by Co Real Artists
8. "Interlude"
* Performed by Ebony Rhythm Band
9. "The Dump"
* Performed by Soul Vibrations
10. "Jody's Freeze"
* Performed by James Reese & The Progressions
11. "Kashmere"
* Performed by Kashmere Stage Band
12. "Fish Head"
* Performed by Slim & The Soulful Saints
13. "Tighten Up Tighter"
* Performed by Billy Ball & The Upsetters
* Featuring Roosevelt Matthews
14. "Southside Funk"
* Performed by The Soul Seven
15. "Can We Rap"
* Performed by Carleen & The Groovers
16. "Beautiful Day"
* Performed by Spider Harrison
17. "Go To Work [Alternate Version]"
* Performed by Revolution Compared To What
18. "The Phantom"
* Performed by Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One
19. "In The Rain"
* Performed by The Wooden Glass
* Featuring Billy Wooten
20. "Outro"
* Performed by Ebony Rhythm Band
21. "Bunky's Pick [Bonus Track]"
* Performed by Cut Chemist
22. "The Funky Buzzard [Bonus Track]"
* Performed by James Bell & The Turner Brothers

James Brown - Star Time

Star Time is a 1991 71-track, 4-CD box set by James Brown. Its contents span most of the length of his career up to the time of its release, starting in 1956 with his first hit record, "Please, Please, Please", and ending with "Unity, Pt. 1", his 1984 collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa. It includes a few previously unreleased tracks.

The box set's title comes from the question Brown's announcer would traditionally ask audiences at the start of Brown's concerts: "Are you ready for star time?"

Star Time's liner notes, written by Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George, Alan M. Leeds and Brown himself, won a 1991 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. The notes also include album and singles discographies and a one-page comic by Mary Fleener, a visual interpretation of the song "I Got You (I Feel Good)."

In 2003, the album was ranked number 79 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Crosby, Stills & Nash [BOX SET]

CSN is a box set released in 1991 by Crosby, Stills and Nash. It features material from their albums as a group in addition to selections from their various solo and duet albums. It also features many outtakes, including from sessions that did not result in an album by the group. Highlights include a cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird" and the full length take of "Almost Cut My Hair."

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Soup (1995)

1 The New Rising Sun 3:21
2 Belly Button Window 3:35
3 Stepping Stone 4:08
4 Freedom 3:26
5 Angel 4:20
6 Room Full Of Mirrors 3:10
7 Midnight 6:02
8 Night Bird Flying 3:47
9 Drifting 3:52
10 Ezy Ryder 4:09
11 Pali Gap 4:43
12 Message To Love 3:34
13 Peace In Mississippi 5:26
14 In From The Storm 3:41

Stone Free ~ A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

1 The Cure - Purple Haze
2 Eric Clapton - Stone Free
3 Spin Doctors - Spanish Castle Magic
4 Buddy Guy - Red House
5 Body Count - Hey Joe
6 Seal and Jeff Beck - Manic Depression
7 Nigel Kennedy - Fire
8 The Pretenders - Bold as Love
9 P.M. Dawn - You Got Me Floatin'
10 Slash and Paul Rodgers with the Band of Gypsies - I Don't Live Today
11 Belly - Are You Experienced?
12 Living Colour - Crosstown Traffic
13 Pat Metheny - Third Stone From the Sun
14 M.A.C.C. - Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun)

V.A. ~ In From The Storm (1995)

1 Doug Pinnick - ...And the Gods Made Love
2 Buddy Miles, Doug Pinnick, Steve Lukather - Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
3 Taj Mahal, Robben Ford - Rainy Day, Dream Away
4 Sting, John McLaughlin - The Wind Cries Mary
5 Sass Jordan, Carlos Santana - Spanish Castle Magic
6 Toots Thielemans - Little Wing
7 Corey Glover, Eric Schenkman - In From the Storm
8 Corey Glover, Steve Vai, Hiram Bullock - Drifting
9 Paul Rodgers, Steve Vai - Bold as Love
10 Doug Pinnick, Eric Schenkman - Burning of the Midnight Lamp
11 Buddy Miles, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell - Purple Haze
12 Brian May - One Rainy Wish

Jefferson Airplane - The Best Of

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success.

Throughout the late 1960s Jefferson Airplane was one of the most sought-after and highly-paid concert acts in the world. Their recordings were internationally successful and sold in great quantities, and they scored two US Top 10 hit singles and a string of Top 20 albums. Their 1967 record Surrealistic Pillow is still widely regarded as one of the key recordings of the so-called Summer of Love period, and brought the group international recognition (as well as two chart hits: "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit").

Successor bands to Jefferson Airplane include Jefferson Starship and Starship while spinoffs include Hot Tuna and KBC Band. Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.....

Santana - Aniversario

Santana is a band consisting of a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. The range of these artists has varied greatly. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world.

Psychedelic Archaeology - Vol. 7+8+9+10

The Rest Of The Psychedelic Archaeology Series

Psychedelic Archaeology - Vol. 6

01 - tony and the vizitors - saturday's son
02 - flower pot - black motto
03 - american express - when the city sleeps
04 - mcdonald's farm - between the lines
05 - emergency exit - maybe too late
06 - the raven(s) - calamity jane
07 - west coast natural gas - jumping frog
08 - the sun - soul sync
09 - epitome - sleep #9
10 - the human touch - sally go round the roses
11 - five by five - 15 going on 20
12 - these vizitors - rippling road
13 - mad john fever - breath and thunder
14 - flower of purple - luv's so free
15 - west coast natural gas - a favor
16 - zekes - leaving you
17 - caretakers - epic
18 - shy limbs - trick or two
19 - troyes - morning of the rain
20 - the paper train - brother
21 - dave miller set - bread and butter day
22 - black narcosis - land of stone
23 - graylock mansion - over my shoulder
24 - higher elevation - summer skies
25 - second summers - sad vibrations

Psychedelic Archaeology - Vol. 5

01 - bumps - ode to a toad
02 - cosmic brotherhood - sunshine world
03 - delicate balance - night is almost gone
04 - crowd + 1 - try
05 - t.i.m.e. - what would life be without it
06 - bad boys - black olives
07 - ronny and the daytonas - brave new world
08 - pops merrily - help me down
09 - giant crab - listen girl
10 - conception - babylon
11 - future - shape of things to come
12 - second helping - floating downstream on an inflatable rubber raft
13 - le cirque - land of oz
14 - changing colours - da da da da
15 - sheb wooley - the love-in
16 - five by five (5x5) - good connection
17 - second helping - on friday
18 - bumps - shining
19 - messengers - must we always live for tomorrow
20 - epic splendor - cowboys and indians
21 - wrongh black dog - wake me, shake me
22 - ronnie james reincarnation - is this the only life you've ever had
23 - giant crab - esp
24 - bill soden - my mermaid and me
25 - crowd + 1 - don't hold back
26 - uk baby - michael's daughter
27 - thorndike pickledish - sf bound

Psychedelic Archaeology - Vol. 4

01 - sound vendor - mr. sun
02 - lynx - look at me
03 - the collectors - ring the bells
04 - the collectors - uncle wiggley
05 - accents - friendly stranger
06 - beautiful - shadows in the sun
07 - sixth day creation - cherry pie
08 - velvet haze - last day on earth
09 - act of creation - yesterday noontime
10 - east river drive - hard way to go
11 - enemys - mo-jo woman
12 - aluminum dream - strangers calling
13 - benjamin carry ltd - old man
14 - medicine mike - i've never been so high
15 - merlin - dirty woman
16 - rose garden - here's today
17 - sagittarius - virgo
18 - sawdust - sunbeam
19 - shane - woman don't you go
20 - turquoise - 53 summer street
21 - the cellar - think about now
22 - the raves - mr. man
23 - hugh mccracken - you blow my mind
24 - act of creation - i've just seen you
25 - chateaux - reference man pt. 2

Psychedelic Archaeology - Vol. 3

01 the trip - radio promo spot
02 velvet seed - flim flam man
03 flower pot - wantin' ain't gettin'
04 owl - spirits
05 dave heenan set - alice in wonderland
06 young californians - in a garden
07 owen b. - nowhere to run
08 eclectic mouse - where do the hounds go
09 whatt four - you're wishin' i was someone e
10 fountain of youth - day don't come
11 rogue show - make me over again
12 sweet smoke - the great evacuation of haight
13 dave travis extreme - last night the flowers bloomed
14 granny's intentions - story of david
15 rock garden - sweet pajamas
16 fair exchange - out in the open
17 this generation - the children have your tongue
18 neal ford & fanatics - movin' along
19 rumble - rich man poor man
20 cups - good as gold
21 excalibur - dreamin'
22 avengers - strange faces
23 suburban 9 to 5 - elevator operator
24 california bear - in my dreams
25 alexander rabbit - malagua

Psychedelic Archaeology - Vol. 2

01 - lynx - just a friend
02 - whatt four - dandelion wine
03 - the hardtimes - they said no
04 - lyte - it's gonna work out fine
05 - the mission - calmilly
06 - tidal waves - searching for love
07 - pendragon - never gonna go back
08 - aorta - shapes of things to come
09 - she trinity - climb that tree
10 - oracle - don't say no
11 - the new phoenix - give to me your love
12 - joyride - the big bright green pleasure machine
13 - the free - what makes you
14 - american zoo - magdalena
15 - london phogg - the times to come
16 - barry mann - young electric... psychedelic band
17 - lexington ave. local - along comes mary
18 - lyte - i don't believe you
19 - shades inc - sights
20 - cyrkle - the words
21 - the mission - gailing made it
22 - underground sunshine - nine to five (ain't my bag)
23 - fenwyck - i cry
24 - moorpark intersection - i think i'll just go & find me a flower
25 - sunshine - dream selection
26 - stonybrook people - there's tomorrow

Psychedelic Archaeology - Vol. 1

01 - west coast natural gas - a favor
02 - rochelle rosenthal and the kickball queen - lottery
03 - the sandals - house of painted glass
04 - kim fowley - strangers from the sky
05 - aorta - strange
06 - american blues - say so
07 - mary maiden - the scarlet letter
08 - neal ford and the fanatics - mary wanna mary me
09 - the david - people saying, people seeing
10 - the chosen few - the earth above, the sky below
11 - the mass - raining sorrow
12 - hot water - reaction
13 - west coast natural gas - go run and play
14 - natural gas - sunnydays
15 - jefferson lee - pancake trees
16 - sound sandwich - zig zag news
17 - groundspeed - l-12 east
18 - aphrodite's child - magic mirror
19 - gregorians - dialated eyes
20 - chapter vi - oracle
21 - stone hedge - desiree
22 - mind garage - asphalt mother
23 - the raik's progress - why did you rob us tank
24 - layne martine jr - surabian lament