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Eartha Kitt – The Best of Eartha Kitt (Staff Pick!)
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Title: Eartha Kitt – The Best of Eartha Kitt
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1961, Pop, Vocal Jazz, New York City, New York
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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Media Narrative: She was effectively blacklisted after publicly criticizing the Vietnam War at a White House event, and the industry punished her for years.
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Scene Ecology: A global entertainer who moved between cabaret, film, and international stages, building a career outside the U.S. when America closed doors.
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Personal Struggle: Kitt grew up in extreme poverty in South Carolina, with an abusive childhood and unstable family life, then rebuilt herself through performance.
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Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Miles Davis – Kind Of BlueYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1959, Jazz, Modal Jazz, New York CityCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Miles brought skeletal modal frameworks and relied on first-take psychology—minimal rehearsal so the band had to invent solutions in real time. Band Drama: The lineup was a pressure cooker of competing bandleaders (Coltrane, Cannonball) under Miles’ control—genius collaborat...
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Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings (180g Rare Yellow)
Title: Chet Baker – Chet Baker SingsYear/Genre: 1954, Vocal JazzCondition: New (sealed; 180g limi...
Title: Chet Baker – Chet Baker SingsYear/Genre: 1954, Vocal JazzCondition: New (sealed; 180g limited yellow vinyl) Cultural Facts: Recorded in Los Angeles sessions that helped shift Baker’s reputation from West Coast trumpeter to unlikely vocal star. Early critics were divided on his soft, fragile singing, but the album became one of his most enduring and reissued titles. Helped popularize the cool jazz image of Baker as a matinee-idol figure, tying his music to 1950s beat-era West Coas...
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Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions (S...
Title: Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic Studio SessionsYear/Genre: 2005, SoundtrackCondition: New (re...
Title: Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic Studio SessionsYear/Genre: 2005, SoundtrackCondition: New (repackaged at Power Plant Records) Cultural Facts: Recorded for Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, these performances were captured on set as Seu Jorge played Portuguese versions of David Bowie songs. The project highlighted Brazil’s long conversation with Anglo pop, filtering Bowie’s catalog through samba-influenced guitar and Rio-born street-musician traditions. David Bowie p...
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