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Machine Machine

Wewantsounds

Funk/Soul

LP WWSLP68£28.00
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CD WWSCD68£14.00
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1. Time Is Running Out
2. Only People Can Save The World
3. Why Can't People (Be Colors Too?)
4. Headhunter
5. World
6. Trails
7. Lock Your Door
8. Boots In The Snow

Machine's self-titled album is shrouded in mystery. Supposedly released in 1972 on All Platinum Records, it completely disappeared without a trace and only a few copies seem to have survived, making it one of the rarest Funk albums on the planet.

The album, only known to a handful of hardcore collectors, fetches prices in excess of $5000 whenever one turns up on the auction market, which happened four times in the last twenty years. Consisting of three young session musicians backing their label mates The Whatnauts, the group display a superb mix of socially conscious hard-hitting funk and earthy soul.

Nobody seems to have an explanation as to why this elusive album is so rare fuelling rumours it actually never came out. We will probably never know the full story of Machine, but Wewantsounds is glad to make up for this injustice and put this funky gem back into circulation for the pleasure of all the soul and funk heads.

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Hitomi Penny Tohyama Tokyo Funk Diva 1981-1988 Wewantsounds

While a celebrated and well-known voice in her native Japan throughout the 1980s, the work of Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama is pretty much unknown elsewhere in...

Disco

– Love Is The Competition
– Brand-New Day
– SFO-Oakland
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– I Love You Shika Omoitsukanai

1. – Love Is The Competition
2. – Brand-New Day
3. – SFO-Oakland
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CD WWSCD112£18.99
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Tokyo Bliss Wewantsounds

A selection of superb Japanese funk, boogie and city pop from the King records archive from 1974 to 1988 - selected by the legendary DJ Notoya!

Compilations

– BUZZ - Garasumado
– Mami Ayukawa - Sabita Gambler
– Johnny Yoshinaga - The Rain
– Keiko Toda - Fade In
– Koji Kobayashi - Bokura no Date
– Yuko Imai - Hotel Twilight 4.49
– Kumiko Sawada - Your Love’s Away
– Masatoshi Kanno - Day by Day
– Yuji Mitsuya - After Five at Café-Bar
– Fujimaru Band - Paper Machine

1. – BUZZ - Garasumado
2. – Mami Ayukawa - Sabita Gambler
3. – Johnny Yoshinaga - The Rain
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LP WWSLP98£34.99
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CD WWSCD98£18.00
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Black Artist Group For Peace And Liberty, In Paris Dec 1972 Wewantsounds

The Black Artist Group (BAG) was founded in St Louis, USA, in 1968 to promote local artists from the burgeoning Black Arts movement, including musicians,...

Jazz

– For Peace and Liberty Part 1
– For Peace and Liberty Part 2
– For Peace and Liberty Part 3
– For Peace and Liberty Part 4
– For Peace and Liberty Part 5
– For Peace and Liberty Part 6

1. – For Peace and Liberty Part 1
2. – For Peace and Liberty Part 2
3. – For Peace and Liberty Part 3
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LP WWSLP91£36.99
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CD WWSCD91£17.99
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Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Ha Ziad Rahbani Wewantsounds

Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the reissue of Ziad Rahbani's cult album "Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah," one of his praised albums from the...

World/Global Sounds Funk/Soul

– Al Muqademah 1 (Introduction 1)
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– Mashad Al Fahes (Examination)
– Tango
– Break
– Al Muqademah 2 (Introduction 2)
– Al Muqademah (Introduction)
– Tagheer Awal (First Change)
– Oghniyat El Shahadeen
– Tagheer Thani (Second Change)
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– Hake Ad Ma Baddak Fee
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– Mashhad Al Hob
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– Mashhad Al Serk
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1. – Al Muqademah 1 (Introduction 1)
2. – I'alan (Advertisement)
3. – Mashad Al Fahes (Examination)
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LP WWSLP86£30.99
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DJ Notoya presents Funk Tide - Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 Wewantsounds

Following the success of their previous Tokyo Glow compilation, Wewantsounds once again team up with Japanese Tokyo-based DJ Notoya to dig up the rich...

Compilations Funk/Soul

– Shunzo Ohno - In The Sky
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1. – Shunzo Ohno - In The Sky
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New LP WWSLP 81£34.99
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Luther Thomas Human Arts Ensemble Funky Donkey Vol. 1 Wewantsounds

Jazz doesn't come much more wildy expressive, idiosyncratic, off the cuff, challenging and dense that this album from 1977. The Human Arts Ensemble came...

Jazz

– Funky Donkey
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1. – Funky Donkey
2. – Una New York
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LP WWSLP85£35.00
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Harold Land Damisi Wewantsounds

Featuring Buster Williams (bass), Ndugu (drums), Bill Henderson (keys) and Oscar Breashear (trumpet) the album was recorded at a crucial time when Land...

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– Step Right Up To The Bottom
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1. – Step Right Up To The Bottom
2. – In The Back, In The Corner, In The Dark
3. – Pakistan
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LP WWSLP75£36.00
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Sharayet el Disco Wewantsounds

Most tracks have never been released on any other format and are making their vinyl debut with this set. A journey through the funky sound of 80s Egypt,...

World/Global Sounds Compilations

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LP WWSLP60£35.99
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Alice Clark Alice Clark Wewantsounds

When it comes to legendary albums, very few can match the cult status achieved on the international jazz and funk scene, by Alice Clark's eponymous album,...

Funk/Soul

– I Keep It Hid
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1. – I Keep It Hid
2. – Looking At Life
3. – Don't Wonder Why
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LP WWSLP25£36.00
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Ryuichi Sakamoto Hidari Ude No Yume Wewantsounds

Reissue of Ryuichi Sakamoto's landmark 1981 album reissued for the first time in decades outside of Japan featuring the rare Japanese edition in a superb...

Electronic

– Boku No Kakera
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1. – Boku No Kakera
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LP WWSLP34£35.99
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**Features the cult, Lebanese disco classic, 'Al Bosta'. Composed and arranged by the great, Ziad Rahbani!** Essential reissue reissue of 1978's 'Wahdon'...

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