Born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas, and beloved the world over, B.J. Thomas enjoyed a career that spanned six decades and over 70 million records sold. |It began with the Houston-based band The... more

Doug Carn made four records for the Black Jazz label, more than any other artist, and each one topped the previous release's lofty standard. Adam's Apple was his last (1974) album for the label,... more

The second Black Jazz release came courtesy of this piano man of impeccable taste, who was also an esteemed composer. Walter wrote all these pieces, most notably "Soul Turn Around," a groover that... more

Dan Hacksman's third LP (and second as Electronic System) is a cult classic of synthesizer kitsch and innovation, one which became such a collectors' item that original copies are just plain... more

The jazz world lost a true legend when this renowned bassist died in the summer of 2020. Soon after he left the band of Ramsey Lewis (with whom he recorded 17 albums), Eaton recorded this 1975 LP for... more

Black Jazz label producer Gene Russell also found time to make two LPs of his own for that highly collectible imprint (which, you may remember, only put out about 20 albums). His first (already... more

The only 'group' on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early '70s jazz. That they're not is the result of the Black Jazz label's distribution... more

Doris Day - Early Day-Rare Songs from the Radio 1939-1950 - Wanna know'and wanna hear'how Doris Day became one of the biggest multimedia stars on the planet? This 24-track collection carefully culls... more

AKA JIHAD JERRY & THE EVILDOERS - Devo's Gerald V. Casale - In 2005, Devo's Gerald V. Casale released the notorious Jihad Jerry & The Evildoers album as a limited edition CD from Cordless Recordings.... more

Digitally remastered edition. Keyboardist Walter Bishop, Jr. Recorded the second album released by the Black Jazz label, Coral Keys, a masterpiece of Blue Note-style atmospherics infused with '70s... more

Digitally remastered edition. The album title is apt, as this was saxman Rudolph Johnson's second album for the Black Jazz label (and this reissue marks only the second time this 1973 album has been... more

The run of pop hits that B.J. Thomas accrued from 1966–72 is highly impressive—all the more so being that they came out on the independent label Scepter. Those hits have been collected in the past,... more

DARLENE LOVE: THE MANY SIDES OF LOVE - COMPLETE 50 years of criminally overlooked recordings by one of the greatest R&B and rock vocalists ever! Darlene Love's work for Phil Spector gets most of the... more

After making early recordings for the Takoma label, Robbie Basho moved to Vanguard, where he recorded the LPs "Voice of the Eagle" and "Zarthus." Well, it turns out those LPs were recorded during one... more

Talk about "red hot." That's what Steppenwolf was in late '68/early '69, when "Born to Be Wild," "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Rock Me" all went Top 10 in less than eight months. They didn't cool after... more

With his sound and spirituality, this saxophonist from Ohio earned Coltrane comparisons—but Rudolph mixes bebop, soul-jazz and groovy funk in his own way on this 1971 LP, his first Black Jazz Records... more

Electronic-music enthusiasts are happy to see Real Gone Music reissuing three original LPs by this Belgian recording engineer/synth pioneer. The first in the series, this 1973 LP is unusual in that... more

Whereas Dan Hacksman's first LP of '73 was an atypical singer-songwriter foray, his second of that year featured the full flowering of his synthesizer wizardry. Released under the name Electronic... more

The second of four Black Jazz albums released by keyboardist/composer Doug Carn, this 1972 LP featuring Doug's wife Jean (and her remarkable five-octave vocal range) is the most collectible of the... more

Two CD set includes bonus disc of bonus material. Welcome to the world's first (and only) post-punk-industrial-trance-psychedelic-surf album! The fact that it took us so many adjectives to describe... more

Three CDs. Live archive release. Start spreading the news: Liza Minnelli's long-lost live album recorded in the very heart of New York, New York is getting the deluxe treatment. When the Oscar, Emmy,... more

Myspace's first-ever webcast (2006) featured Ben Folds, who delivered a live show for a small audience in a custom set built right into his Tennessee home studio. This is a tremendously enjoyable... more

Bassist Henry Franklin's 1972 release for Black Jazz, The Skipper, is one of the highlights in a label catalog full of many, and his 1974 follow-up, The Skipper at Home ('The Skipper' is Franklin's... more

STONEY AND MEATLOAF - EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN-THE MOTOWN RECORDINGS - Meat Loaf exploded to superstardom like a Bat Out of Hell with his 1977 solo debut. But the roots of his success could be traced... more