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Frank Ocean - Blond RARE! (2xLP, Colored Vinyl)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Frank Ocean – BlondYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Released independently after Ocean fulfilled his Def Jam contract with the visual album Endless just one day earlier. Studio Lore: Features uncredited appearances by André 3000, Beyoncé, and James Blake amid Ocean’s sparse, controlled production process. Media Nar...
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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...
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Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life (Inclu...
Title: Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of LifeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, R&B, Progress...
Title: Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of LifeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, R&B, Progressive Soul, Detroit, Michigan Matrix #: T13-340C2Condition: EX, sounds great, some light marks (CC) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Born six weeks early, Wonder lost his sight from retinopathy of prematurity, worsened by incubator oxygen. Political Science: He used “Happy Birthday” and public pressure to help push the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday campaign. Studio Lore: After turning 21,...
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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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Sam Cooke – The Best Of Sam Cooke (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Sam Cooke – The Best Of Sam CookeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1962, R&B, Soul, Chicago, IllinoisCondition: New Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Oct 1963, Shreveport: a pre-booked room was refused under segregation; Cooke was arrested for “disturbing the peace” and jailed overnight. Public Scandal: Dec 11, 1964: shot at LA’s Hacienda Motel by manager Bertha Franklin; ruled justifiable homicide, but friends ...
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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. ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Van Morrison - MoondanceYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, R&B, Celtic Soul, Belfast, Northern Ireland 5/26Matrix #: WS-1835Condition: EX sounds amazing (VZ) | Members: Van M (45' - Alive)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Morrison left Belfast for the U.S. after Them, carrying contract fights and exile-like distance from home into his early solo work. Studio Lore: Moondance was built with jazz-t...
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Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life (with ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of LifeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Soul, Progressive Soul, Detroit, Michigan 5/26Matrix #: Tamla 1976 T13-340C2Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Stevie W (50' - Alive)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Wonder was born premature and became blind as an infant, then entered the music industry as a child under Motown’s intense control. Studio Lore: The album...
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Title: Pointer Sisters - Energy Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Soul, Pop Soul, Oakland Matrix #...
Title: Pointer Sisters - Energy Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Soul, Pop Soul, Oakland Matrix #: P-1 Condition: NM, sounds great, looks great Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle The sisters were raised in a strict minister’s household in Oakland, where secular music was discouraged, so pop success meant pushing past their church upbringing. Band Drama This came right after Bonnie left the group, forcing Ruth, Anita, and June to rebuild the act as a trio. Media Narrative Energy was the res...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Snoh Aalegra – FEELSYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2017, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Prince reached out after hearing her music; she’s said he mentored her for a couple years before his 2016 death. Scene Ecology: She moved from Sweden to Los Angeles in 2012, building her U.S. career outside a radio-first pipeline. Studio Lore: She rebranded fro...
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Snoh Aalegra – Ugh, Those Feels Again (SUPER St...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Snoh Aalegra – Ugh, Those Feels AgainYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2019, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Prince heard her early work, reached out, and she’s said he mentored her for a couple years before his 2016 death. Scene Ecology: Moved from Sweden to L.A. (2012) and later plugged into No I.D.’s ARTium circle without a radio-first pathway. Fam...
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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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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Blood Orange – Negro SwanYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2018, R&B, Alternative R&B, New York City, New YorkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Largely self-produced by Dev Hynes, built from a tight inner-circle of collaborators instead of a writer-camp machine. Media Narrative: Positioned as a statement on Black vulnerability and masculinity, landing during a heated 2018 moment of U.S. race and...
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Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – Diana & Marvin
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – Diana & MarvinYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, R&B, Soul, Detroit / Washington, D.C. Matrix #: C5RS-8028Condition: VG+ visible wear, but plays great (VZ)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Gaye came into this still carrying the emotional wreckage left by Tammi Terrell’s death and had sworn off female duet albums for a time. Studio Lore Ross was pregnant and the ...
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Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake up Everybody
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up EverybodyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1975, R&B, Philly Soul, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMatrix #: BL 33808Condition: VG slight static but plays through great Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Teddy Pendergrass became the breakout voice, and the gap between the group name and who audiences came to see created real internal tension over power, money, and identit...
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Sly & The Family Stone – Fresh
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Sly & The Family Stone – FreshYear/Genre: 1973, Funk / SoulCondition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Made during Sly’s reclusive, paranoid studio phase—sessions ran late and fragmented as the band’s unity started breaking down. Band Drama: The “Family” ideal was collapsing behind the scenes; tensions over control and direction were turning a collective into factions. Political Science: It landed in...
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