Tuesday, June 9, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Funny Funky Rib Crib
A rare jazz recording deeply soaked in funk and soul. Saxophonist/flutist Byard Lancaster captured several 1974 sessions full of heat and life — feverish tributes to James Brown and Sammy Davis, joined by François Tusques (electric piano), Clint Jackson III (trumpet) and others. Officially reissued by French label Souffle Continu Records on 180g vinyl with Obi.
Snowdrop
MONO's deeply personal new album Snowdrop arrives ahead of its 6/12 release date. The Boysenberry double-vinyl edition has just two copies left at the launch price of NT$1080. The record is MONO's love letter to the late Steve Albini, and also a promise to Taipei — they play SUB LIVE on Saturday 7/11.
Brown Sugar
Since D'Angelo's passing, these have rarely been seen at this price. His landmark 1995 debut Brown Sugar — the album that effectively opened the neo-soul era — arrives this month on double vinyl. NT$1280, or NT$2400 for the pair with Black Messiah.
Black Messiah
D'Angelo and The Vanguard's 2014 third album, released in a rush amid the Ferguson protests after a 14-year silence — welding soul, funk, blues and political lament into one of the 21st century's most important Black albums. Double vinyl arrives this month at NT$1280.
Thank You
Beastie Boys' Mike D delivers his first solo album since 2011 — the first single, dropped two hours ago, hits like Chemical Brothers' brawnier electronic drums crossed with Thee Oh Sees, a sharp glimpse of where electronic music might go next. Out 8/28 on clear and purple vinyl.
Oh Yeah?
Compton's Steve Lacy returns with a self-produced follow-up to the Grammy-winning Gemini Rights — still pushing past the borders of pop, alt and R&B, with streaming numbers still racing through the billions. Out 8/7.
Complete Island Recordings
The complete Island catalogue of the king of reggae, Bob Marley & The Wailers — all nine studio albums collected as 11 titles across 12 LPs in a silver Zippo-style metal box. From Catch A Fire and Burnin' through Natty Dread, Exodus, Kaya and Uprising. Arrives this month at NT$12,800.
Xscape
Likely the last overseas stock at this price. Michael Jackson's posthumous Xscape returns on vinyl this month in limited quantities. NT$1280.
On overcast days, The Durutti Column's gauzy, trembling guitar lines come naturally to mind. This 1989 album, produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, New Order), pairs Vini Reilly's signature classical/flamenco-tinged guitar with heavy sampling — operatic, folk and soul vocals chopped into ghostly phantoms drifting between melodies. Reilly was reportedly so unwell during recording he had to be wheeled in and out of the studio, yet the album captures the band at their most beautifully fragile.