Spaceark
Spaceark Is [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] The second album from SpaceArk. More brilliant self-released, private-press jazz/soul from 1976 Los Angeles. 'SpaceArk Is' came out on Color World records in 1976, on a limited run of about 5,000 copies. It followed their self-titled debut (also... |
Spaceark
Spaceark Is (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 1/Mar/2019 ] The second album from SpaceArk. More brilliant self-released, private-press jazz/soul from 1976 Los Angeles. 'SpaceArk Is' came out on Color World records in 1976, on a limited run of about 5,000 copies. It followed their self-titled debut (also... |
Spaceark
Spaceark (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Brilliant self-released, private-press jazz/soul LP from 1975, recorded at Sunset Sound studios in LA. This is the super-rare debut album from SpaceArk, a band of brothers on an interstellar voyage to discover "electrifying new sounds". It's... |
Super Elcados
Togetherness Is Always A Good Venture (Tambourine Party Vol. 2) (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Official Mr Bongo reissue of the ultra-rare album by 'Super Elcados'. A fusion of heavyweight Nigerian funk, soul & disco, this album was originally released by EMI Nigeria in 1976. The 'Super Elcados' (and 'Elcados' on other recordings) recorded... |
Surprise Chef
All News Is Good News (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News' - the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and Janko... |
Surprise Chef
Daylight Savings (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] 'Daylight Savings' is the follow-up to Surprise Chef's debut album 'All News Is Good News'. That album earned the band a much-deserved following across the world and triumphantly marked their arrival onto the international stage. Their new album was... |
Sven Wunder
Impasto / Prussian Blue (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 3/Dec/2021 ] In collaboration with Piano Piano Records, Mr Bongo is thrilled to present a taster 7" single, 'Impasto' / 'Prussian Blue'. The single showcases the colourful palette of Sven Wunder's fabulous forthcoming third album 'Natura Morta'. First up is... |
Tadao Sawai & Kazue Sawai & Hozan Yamamoto & Sadanori Nakamur & Tatsuro Takimoto & Takeshi Inomata
Jazz Rock (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] They say you can't judge a book by its cover, and going by 'Jazz Rock', nor a record by its title. Though entering into jazz territory and featuring some distorted guitar, 'Jazz Rock' is more a beautiful marriage of funky breakbeat drumming and... |
Terry Callier
Speak Your Peace (RSD Black Friday 2023 LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Terry Callier's ninth studio album, 2001's Speak Your Peace, continued his trademark sound of folk-infused jazz, but added a modern twist through collaborations with the likes of 4 Hero, Groove Armada's Tom Findlay and Paul Weller amongst... |
Tim Maia
Disco Club (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 6/Apr/2018 ] Recorded in 1978, this is a latter-period gem from the larger than life legend, combining the glitz and glamour of disco's heyday with Maia's raw funk and soul roots. For 'Disco Club', Maia left his usual band and went into the legendary Estudios... |
Tim Maia
Tim Maia [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Reissue of the 1977 album from legendary Brazilian artist Tim Maia. Maia released over 30 albums during his extensive and well-publicised career, touching on funk, bossa nova, disco, MPB, rock, soul and jazz. He was a driving force behind the... |
Tim Maia
Tim Maia (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Reissue of the 1977 album from legendary Brazilian artist Tim Maia. Maia released over 30 albums during his extensive and well-publicised career, touching on funk, bossa nova, disco, MPB, rock, soul and jazz. He was a driving force behind the... |
Tom Brock
I Love You More And More (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] |
Tom Ze
Estudando O Samba [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] 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, Estudando do Samba, originally released by Continental Brazil in 1976... |
Toquinho
Toquinho [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 14/Dec/2018 ] All-time classic Brazilian album, featuring Jorge Ben on 'Que Maravilha', 'Zana' and 'Carolina Carol Bela' as sampled by DJ Marky on 'LK'. Brazilian guitarist and singer Toquinho (real name Antônio Pecci Filho) was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the... |
The Toreadors
Thembi / Gwinyitshe (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 11/Jun/2021 ] This deep soul-jazz double-sider, recorded on October 3rd, 1972, was released as a seven-inch single on Motella, one of the many labels of the Mavuthela Music division of Gallo Africa (now Gallo Record Company). Mavuthela was founded by the talent... |
A Tribe Called Quest
Scenario (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 19/Jul/2019 ] All-time classic hip-hop of the highest possible grade from A Tribe Called Quest! Near-replica reissue of the prized Germany-only 7" from 1992. Cut loud. Official Mr Bongo reissue. |
Trio Mocoto
Trio Mocotó [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] |
Trio Mocoto
Trio Mocotó (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 1/Mar/2019 ] Essential and sought-after Brazilian samba-jazz classic. |
Tunde Mabadu
Viva Disco (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Official Mr Bongo reissue of the ultra-rare Nigerian disco-boogie album from 1980. Originally released on the Afrodisia label, this one is unknown to even the most knowledgeable collectors out there. Tunde Mabadu recorded two albums in the 70's -... |