Doo wop / Vocal groups
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| Impalas / Tommy Edwards - Sorry / My Melancholy Baby rare, original FINNISH pressing. Condition VG |
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MGM | Single/EP | 10.00 € |
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| Impressions - Definitive Impressions .. "The Impressions' Big Sixteen". I can still remember the first copy I ever saw, hanging in the window of "The Melody Inn" - the hippest record shop in Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex and, luckily for me, my local record shop. It was in a drop-down strip of plastic that also housed an import copy of James Brown's Try Me album, Motown Magic and The Late, Fantastically Great Elmore James. All four were second-hand, which showed an unbelievable lack of taste on the previous owner's part. I later found out from the young, ultra-aware shop proprietor Martin Hubbard - my original musical mentor, and the man who later gave me my first job in the record business - that they belonged to an ex-mod called Ron, who'd 'grown up' and traded them in for Procol Harum and Grateful Dead albums, having declared to himself that "Soul was sh*t". Silly fella... For weeks, Big Sixteen and the others blazed brazenly from the Melody Inn's window, almost daring me to buy them all. Like most kids on a limited budget, I could ill afford to even think about that, as I barely made enough money from various paper rounds, shelf-filling and eventually, a Saturday job at the 'Inn', to pay for all of the singles I wanted to buy, let alone long players (even second-hand ones!). The weekend before my 14th birthday, it was still there in the window. Someone had 'tried' JB, and someone else was experiencing the 'Magic' of Motown. But Elmore was still inexplicably up for grabs - and so was Big Sixteen. With birthday money looming large, I knew it would be mine within the week... ...Inevitably, it wasn't. Someone came in on the Saturday and bought it. I'd never asked Martin to save it, because I was convinced that everybody in my home town knew that I was going to buy it as soon as I had the money. My disappointment had to be assuaged by a just-arrived copy of The Rhythm Of Major Lance, which Martin recommended as being a good 'consolation prize', from the same source and was probably part-exchanged for "Piper At the Gates Of Dawn", "Surrealistic Pillow" or something similar - as Big Sixteen. Nice make-do if you can get it, of course. ...I still have that copy of TROML. Sadly, by the time I was working for a living and could afford to buy albums on a regular basis, Big Sixteen had been deleted. Down the years I managed to get every one of its fantastic tracks on other albums and/or singles, but I never did own that album, with its simple yet memorable cover image and its content of a dozen and four of the greatest records ever made. At least, I didn't until it eventually added another 12 tracks and re-emerged triumphantly, in 1988 and in CD form, as Kent's Definitive Impressions. This was the first compact disc to offer an exhaustive overview of the Impressions' superlative ABC-Paramount recordings. And, despite several others that have followed in its wake, it's still the only one that lives up to its title from beginning to end... ...Now, after a very lucky (for us) 13 years as a mainstay of the Kent catalogue, Definitive Impressions has been given its equivalent of a long service award, via a spruce-up that will gladden the hearts of old soul boys everywhere. We've obviously made no changes to the music - with a track listing like it has, how could there be any need for changes? - but it's been given a new packaging, with a newly-written appreciation of the Imps by yours truly plus a wealth of record labels and rare pix/ephemera for your visual pleasure. Best of all, it now boasts a front cover that pays deserving and respectful homage to Big Sixteen, by using that same cover shot on that unmistakable pale blue background. There can be few more reassuring and welcoming sights in any record collection than this... Even those with only a passing interest in soul music would have to agree that Definitive Impressions is a cornerstone to any serious collection of soul music. The proof, should you need any, is in the tracklisting - here you'll find Gypsy Woman, I've Been Trying, Keep On Pushing, You've Been Cheating, We're A Winner, I'm So Proud and People Get Ready, to name but a few of its unchallenged contenders for any musical Hall Of Fame. These, and the other 22 sumptuous, soulful songs featured have few equals in the annals of American music. There can be no questions about this that a quick scan of the remaining titles won't answer. There are many who will gladly tell you that the exquisite harmonies of Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden and Fred Cash make them the finest soul group of all time, I would be unwilling and unable to oppose any such assertion, and I'm willing to bet that even Ron - who, you'll remember, we already met at the top of this piece - has long since outgrown his psych leanings and would once again agree with me. Here, then, are two dozen and four of the greatest recordings made by anyone, anytime and anywhere - Definitive and, unquestionably, Impressive. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2002 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Ink Spots - Time Waits For No One Bill Kenny and company's unique blend of hot jazz and sweet balladry made them the most successful vocal group of their day next to the Mills Brothers and were a huge influence on the doo-wop groups to come. We've assembled something of a radio career retrospective of the group, starting with five performances from 1939, right at the start of their string of hits, then 11 tracks from 1944, smack-dab in the sweet spot of their career, all the way up to a special bonus 1948 appearance on Jack Benny's radio show. A gloriously harmonious 'Collectors' Choice Music' exclusive! |
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Collector's Choice Music 2004 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Innocents / Jammers - My Heart Stood Still / Doin' The Look |
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Jukebox Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Inspirations - Raindrops / Maggie re-issue |
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Apollo | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Invaders feat Johnny Burton - Slop It Out / Paradise white vinyl |
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El Toro Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Isley Brothers - Shout And Twist With Rudolph, Ronald & O'Kelly The early days of Rudplph, Ronald and the late O'Kelly Isley are highlighted here, from the pre Fab Four 'Twist and Shout' to a brace of previously unissued sides. |
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Ace Records 1990 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Isley Brothers - Showdown album from 1978 |
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Icon Classic Records 2008 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Isley Brothers - You Make Want To Shout: The Essential Collection 1956-1959 One of the most influential groups in popular music history with one of the longest, most diverse careers embracing every new trend in R&B and are still performing today. For the first time on one package all of their earliest single releases including the groups breakthrough hit 'Shout' - Parts One and Two. No other group has lasted as long and this superb new set of their early material is a great intro to this genre and cultural busting phenomenon, The Isley Brothers. |
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Jasmine Records 2010 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Jackie And The Starlites - Featuring Jackie Rue |
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Relic Records | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Jackie And The Starlites meet The Bopchords - Jackie And The Starlites meet The Bopchords 22 biisiä |
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Collectables 1994 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Jacks - Greatest Hits |
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Relic Records | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Jacks / The Cadets - Why Don't You Write Me Early in 1955, Joe Bihari of Modern Records hired a local gospel quintet and turned them into an in-house R&B act. From 1955-1958, the group recorded 20 singles - 14 as The Cadets and 6 as The Jacks - on a variety of different labels. They hit the charts under both guises. An earlier volume "The Cadets Meet The Jacks" (CDCHD 534) was the first of two to bring together their collective output. It concentrated on the recordings attributed to The Cadets, whereas the second now emphasises recordings released as by The Jacks (though both contain songs by their group alter-egos.)The Cadets big hit was Stranded In The Jungle-.-released on Modern, it entered Billboard's R&B chart on 21st July 1955, rising to the No. 4 slot and crossing over into the Pop chart at No. 15. It was released in the UK on London Records. Recently the song was used in the movie "Dead Poets Society".Maxwell Davis arranged, and Joe Bihari supervised most of the groups' sessions. Usually bass singer Dub Jones or tenor Aaron Collins sang lead on The Cadets recordings, while tenor Willie Davis fronted The Jacks. (Ted Taylor was also featured on several songs - check out his Do You Wanna Rock). A couple of Jacks recordings which sound stylistically closer to The Cadets were included for good measure on the first volume and the reverse applies here. All this may sound confusing, but the music isn't. The Jacks and The Cadets turned out (as sleeve note writer and West Coast R&B expert Jim Dawson asserts) some fine, fun-tinged pop records which are amongst the most enjoyable of the late 50s period.Collectors note: This CD includes out-take and rare material recorded as The Rocketeers on the band's own MJC label (including the wonderfully titled They Turned The Party Down At Bessie's House). (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 1995 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Jayhawks - Betty Brown / New Love repro |
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Firefly | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| Jaytones - Gasoline / The Clock repro |
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Brunswick | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| Jeanne And The Darlings / The Charmels - We're The Soul Girls ! - The Complete Volt Recordings This Stax distaff double-header anthologises two underrated teams of ladies whose voices were utilised behind the scenes at McLemore Avenue as well as in their own right. Both were with the company for a number of years and neither ever had a long-playing vinyl release, which makes this new CD extremely welcome. “We’re The Soul Girls” features everything released on Volt by Jeanne and the Darlings and the Charmels, as well as eleven tracks that were not issued at the time. Their original 45s are admired by girl group fans, and both the Darlings’ ‘Soul Girl’ and the Charmels’ ‘As Long As I Have You’ are also cherished by collectors of original breakbeats. The Charmels were at Stax throughout the Atlantic-distributed years. As the Tonettes, theirs were the first voices to be heard on the Volt label when ‘No Tears’ became Volt 101 in early 1962 (#100 was an instrumental by the Triumphs). The Tonettes had a second single a few months later, and recorded enough material to fill four more 45s, but they caught an unexpected break when Nashville label Sound Stage 7 needed a black female group to go out as the Dixiebelles to promote a studio-created Hot 100 hit called ‘Down At Papa Joe’s’. The Tonettes masqueraded as the Dixiebelles until that concept had run its course, and returned to the Volt roster in late 1966 as the Charmels (and, on their final Volt 45, the Charmells). Working with Isaac Hayes and David Porter they rolled out four exemplary 45s over an 18 month period that extended into the early days of the post-Atlantic era. They also backed up a number of Stax’ solo artists during part of that period, a role they shared with a trio of equally estimable ladies led by Arkansan Jeanne Dolphus – or Jeanne Darling as she was known professionally. Jeanne and her fellow Darlings would quickly become Stax’ equivalent of Motown’s Andantes, lending their vocal backups to an increasing number of sessions featuring solo Stax acts. Unlike the Andantes, who managed just one single in their own name during the years they were with Motown, Jeanne and the Darlings saw six singles issued over a three-year period with Volt. They too started their own career under the supervision of Hayes and Porter, before moving on to work with other great Stax writer-producers, including Don Davis and the celebrated ‘We Three’ trio of Bettye Crutcher, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson. None of the unissued tracks by either group is inferior, and just about all of them could have been considered for singles. You might think that there can’t be much left to do with Stax, given how many great CDs have preceded these two on the Ace catalogue. That’s not the case and, even as these two are finding their way into your collections, I’m mining the tape vaults for yet more exciting projects by both familiar and fairly obscure Stax acts. The ‘clicks’ just keep on coming…. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2012 | CD | 23.00 € |
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| Jerry Hilton And The Diadems - My Little Darling / Dancing On Moonbeams |
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Goodie Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Jesse Belvin - Hang Your Tears Out To Dry 17 tracks. gatefold sleeve |
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Earth Angel | LP | 17.00 € |
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| Jimmy Curtis And The Regents / Peter Jarrett And The Fifth C - Let's Dance Close |
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MGM | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Jimmy Ricks - At Sunrise The greatest bass singer of all the time!! For the first time on CD de complete recorded output from Jimmy Ricks for the Signature label, with 12 extra bonus tracks featuring his best solo songs recorded right after leaving The Ravens. |
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El Toro Records 2013 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Jive Aces - King Of The Swingers - A Salute To Louis Prima The 16 track album features some Louis Prima and Keely Smith favourites, a few lesser well-known Prima songs and also our hit version of "Bring Me Sunshine" as we felt the great man would have done it. It also features special guest artists including Toni Elizabeth Prima, Louis and Keely's daughter, dixieland jazz legend Kenny Ball, Ray Gelato, Marco Palos from Louis Prima Jr's band, Rebecca Grant, The Flirtinis and Hossam Ramzy on percussion. |
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Golden Age Recordings 2012 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Jive Five - Greatest Hits |
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Relic Records | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Jive Five - Hurry Back / You Know What I Would Do re-issue |
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Beltone | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Jive Five - Live On Stage 13 biisiä |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Jive Five - My True Story feat Eugene Pitt. 20 tracks |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Jive Five - My True Story / When I Was Single |
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Collectables | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Jive Five - Our True Story 18 tracks |
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Ace Records 1991 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Jive Five - The Best Of The Jive Five Priceless Collection sarjaa - bändin 10 parasta |
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Collectables 2005 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Jo Ann Campbell / Larry Waters / The Enchantments - Come On Baby / Sad Stories / Pains In My Heart |
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Flash Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Joey And The Lexingtons - Bobbie / Tears From My Eyes repro |
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Dunes Records | Single/EP | 6.00 € |
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| John Shaw And The Dell-O's - Why Did You Leave Me / Why Does It Have To Be Her re-issue |
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U-C Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Johnny Amelio - Jugue / Downbeat's re-issue on red vinyl. Killer R&B !! |
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Blue Moon | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Johnny Maestro & The Crests - The Best Of The Rest Of 29 tracks from 1959-1961 |
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Ace Records 1991 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Johnny Maestro (of The Crests) - Model Girl / We've Got To Tell Him EX- |
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Collectables | Single/EP | 4.00 € Käytetty |
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| Johnny Maestro And The Brooklyn Bridge - Greatest Hits Of |
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Collectables | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Be Cool 25 tracks featuring Frankie Ervin and Mari Jones. Six unissued tracks |
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Ace Records 2007 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Jordanaires - Classics From Elvis' Legendary Backing Singers 14 tracks |
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Castle Music 2000 | CD | 9.00 € |
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| Kenny Vance & The Planotones - Soundtrack to the Doo Wop era: A Kenny Vance Collection 24 tracks |
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Ace Records 2006 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Keynotes - In The Evening 20 tracks Apollo Records |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Keystoners - Magic Kiss / I'd Write About The Blues re-issue on red vinyl |
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G & M Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| King Cobras - Blue Diamond / To Hold Your Love re-issue |
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Irvanne | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Knightsmen - Pistol Packin' Mama / Darlin' Why ? re-issue |
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Bocaldun Records | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Kodaks - Best Of The Kodaks featuring Pearl McKinnon |
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Relic Records | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Kodaks - Oh Gee, Oh Gosh - featuring Pearl McKinnon 12 biisiä |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| La-Rells - I Guess I'll Never Stop Lovin' You / Tomorrow Will Only Brin |
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Robbee | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Laddins - Greatest Hits Bobby Jay Presents |
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Relic Records | LP | 13.00 € |
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| Larks - Hold Me / I Live True To You re-issue |
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Apollo | Single/EP | 5.00 € |
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| Larks - Part 1: My Reverie 20 tracks |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Larks - Part 2: When I Leave These Prison Walls 20 tracks |
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Relic Records | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Larks - When I Leave These Prison Walls 16 biisiä |
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Relic Records | LP | 13.00 € |
