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Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Staf...
Title: Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn HillYear/Genre: 1998, Funk / Soul / Neo-S...
Title: Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn HillYear/Genre: 1998, Funk / Soul / Neo-SoulMatrix #: 88875021571 Condition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded partly at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica, merging live soul instrumentation with hip-hop production. Hill wrote and produced the album while pregnant, giving it a deeply personal and spiritual tone. Its release reshaped late ’90s R&B, bridging rap, gospel, and soul into one cohesive statement. AH 3/11/24 OB 1 EK 4/19...
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Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture) (S...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Various Artists – Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture)Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1994, Soundtrack, Film Soundtrack, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Tarantino and music supervisor Karyn Rachtman assembled it like a mixtape—dialogue clips treated as “tracks” to control pacing outside the film. Media Narrative: It helped revive careers without “new singles”—older cuts re-ent...
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Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (2xLP Colored Vinyl)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Frank Ocean – Channel OrangeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2012, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: He published a deeply personal Tumblr letter days before release, but he refused to turn it into a rollout—no big TV victory lap, just the work sitting there with the context hanging over it. That restraint became part of the legend: the industry wanted a s...
$64.99
Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (Staff Pick!)
Title: Marvin Gaye – What’s Going OnYear/Genre: 1971, Soul / R&BMatrix #: TS 310Condition: Ne...
Title: Marvin Gaye – What’s Going OnYear/Genre: 1971, Soul / R&BMatrix #: TS 310Condition: New Cultural Facts: Inspired by letters from Gaye’s brother in Vietnam and police brutality in Detroit, it turned personal grief into protest art. Motown executives initially resisted releasing it, fearing its political tone would alienate pop audiences. Gaye produced the album himself—unheard of at Motown—establishing artist autonomy within the label’s system. +3 4/2/25- EK 4/23/25 TC 6/19/...
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Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
Title: Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of LifeYear/Genre: 1976, Soul / FunkMatrix #: T13-340C2Co...
Title: Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of LifeYear/Genre: 1976, Soul / FunkMatrix #: T13-340C2Condition: VG Cultural Facts: Wonder spent over two years recording the album, sometimes working 48-hour sessions with no breaks. Musicians recalled him keeping multiple studios running at once so ideas could be captured the moment they hit. Early demand was so intense that record stores held midnight openings, with lines wrapping around blocks in major cities.
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Prince – 1999Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Pop, Synth-Funk, Minneapolis, MNCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Prince played most instruments himself and treated the studio like a lab—stacking takes fast, then obsessing over tiny edits. Scene Ecology: The record sits inside the early “Minneapolis sound” ecosystem—Prince’s circle (The Time, Vanity 6, etc.) helped define a whole local network. P...
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Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Curtis Mayfield – Super FlyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Soul, Funk, Chicago, ILCondition: New Cultural Facts: Political Science: Wrote it as a critique of the drug economy and the glamorization of hustling—using the film’s world to argue against it. Studio Lore: Mayfield ran his own operation (Curtom) and controlled the sessions, a rare level of Black artist ownership in early-’70s soundtrack culture. ...
$26.98
The Best Of Etta James (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Etta James – The Best Of Etta JamesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, R&B, Soul, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Got “discovered” as a teenager in L.A. by bandleader Johnny Otis after sneaking into his revue world—her career starts in clubs, not labels. Legal Trouble: Spent years trapped in addiction and court pressure; managers, tours, and paychecks kept collapsing, then res...
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ZAPP - ZAPP (COLOR) (Staff Pick!)
Title: Zapp – Zapp (Zapp & Roger)Year/Genre: 1980, FunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Zapp ...
Title: Zapp – Zapp (Zapp & Roger)Year/Genre: 1980, FunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Zapp emerged from Dayton, Ohio’s dense late-1970s funk community, which also produced acts tied to the wider Parliament-Funkadelic orbit. Produced with heavy involvement from Bootsy Collins, the album cemented Roger Troutman’s talk box as a visual and sonic signature in live shows and videos. Its riffs and keyboard lines became core source material for West Coast hip-hop, especially 1990s G-funk pr...
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Title: Stevie Wonder – InnervisionsYear/Genre: 1973, Soul / FunkMatrix #: T 326LCondition: VG+ pl...
Title: Stevie Wonder – InnervisionsYear/Genre: 1973, Soul / FunkMatrix #: T 326LCondition: VG+ plays absolutely perfect but the cover has a coffee ring on itDescription: Recorded in Los Angeles and New York, Innervisions marked a defining moment in Stevie Wonder’s run of groundbreaking 1970s albums. Using the TONTO synthesizer, Wonder layered new textures that pushed soul and funk into modern territory while tackling themes of race, spirituality, drug addiction, and political corruption. Rele...
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Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than JulyYear/Genre/City: 1980, Soul / R&B, Detroit, MIMatrix #: B0026292-01Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Political Science: Wonder’s campaign for a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was cresting in this era, tying his celebrity directly to legislation-level activism. Media Narrative: After his ’70s “control” run, every release got judged as a referendum—public expectation b...
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Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Whitney Houston – Whitney HoustonYear/Genre/City: 1985, Pop/R&B, Newark, NJMatrix #: AL8 8212Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Family Ties: Raised inside a pro music network—Cissy Houston’s circle and cousin Dionne Warwick gave her early, real industry access. Media Narrative: One of the first Black women positioned as an across-formats MTV pop star, forcing mainstream TV and radio gatekeepers to shift. ...
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Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!
Title: Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!Year/Genre: 1969, Funk / Soul / Psychedelic Rock...
Title: Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!Year/Genre: 1969, Funk / Soul / Psychedelic RockMatrix #: BN 26456Condition: VG+ (light scuffs, plays strong) Cultural Facts: Released during the height of the Civil Rights era, it blended social commentary with radical optimism. Features “Everyday People,” a unifying anthem against prejudice inspired by Sly Stone’s own interracial band. The album’s raw mix and layered production shaped the direction of 1970s funk and soul. For fans of ...
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Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain (Staff ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Prince And The Revolution – Purple RainYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984, Pop, Pop Rock, Minneapolis, MNCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: The project was built as a film + album strategy; key performances were captured in front of a live audience and then shaped into the final record. Scene Ecology: The “Minneapolis sound” was a real local system—Prince’s circle (The Time, Vanity 6, Wendy & Lis...
$28.98
The Isley Brothers – Harvest For The World
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: The Isley Brothers – Harvest For The WorldYear/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1976, Soul/R&B, FunkMatrix #: PZ 33809Condition: VG+++ (amazing quality, cover worn tiny bit with age but super awesome nonetheless) Cultural Facts: Cincinnati family band that migrated through gospel and doo-wop circuits before building a self-contained ’70s R&B institution. Mid-’70s America: post–civil-rights optimism colliding with r...
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STEVIE WONDER – Fulfillingness' First Finale (7...
Year/Genre: 1974 / SoulMatrix #: T6-332S1Condition: Sounds great! Light surface marks that do not...
Year/Genre: 1974 / SoulMatrix #: T6-332S1Condition: Sounds great! Light surface marks that do not affect playability. Description: Released in July 1974, Fulfillingness’ First Finale marked a more introspective turn in Stevie Wonder’s “classic period,” following the ambitious Innervisions. Recorded between Los Angeles and New York, it pairs socially conscious messages with playful moments, earning the Grammy for Album of the Year. Its success reflected Stevie’s growing creative control during...
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Year/Genre: 2016, R&BMatrix #: B01KU5VKY4Condition: NEW Description: Endless marked Frank Oce...
Year/Genre: 2016, R&BMatrix #: B01KU5VKY4Condition: NEW Description: Endless marked Frank Ocean’s unexpected return after a four-year hiatus, released as a visual album to fulfill his Def Jam contract just one day before Blonde. The move was both a creative statement and a masterclass in industry maneuvering, allowing Ocean to self-release future work on his own terms. New, repackaged at Power Plant 4/12/24 EK 12/10/24 TC
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