Pure Pleasure Records

Pure Pleasure Records specialise in 180g audiophile vinyl reissues, remastered from the best available sources. Labels they have licensed recordings from include Strata-East, Flying Dutchman, CTI, Columbia, Capitol, RCA, Enja, Nimbus West, Theresa and many others.

The artists read like a who’s who of jazz and blues, with a smattering of classic soul, rock and pop: Pharoah Sanders, Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus, John Lee Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ike & Tina Turner, Fleetwood Mac, Motorhead and many others.

"As with all reissues from the PP People, exquisite re-mastering, sleeve printing and 180g pressing gives the album all the credit and respect it deserves." - UK Vibe

Dance Of Magic
LP £16.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue of drummer/composer Norman Connors's 1972 LP 'Dance of Magic', featuring an all-star group that includes Herbie Hancock, Gary Bartz, Stanley Clarke, Airto Moreira and Alphonse Mouzon, with re-mastering by Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering. "Recorded with...
Visions Of A New World
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  Funk  
Soul-jazz album with smooth, soulful grooves. Notable collaborations include vocalist Donald Smith, Dave Hubbard, and Reggie Lucas.
Criss-Cross
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London. "Criss-Cross - Thelonious Monk's second album for Columbia Records - features some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s...
Hooker 'n' Heat
2LP £47.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Blues  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, double LP housed in a gatefold sleeve, remastering by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios.

"When this two-LP set was initially released in January 1971, Canned Heat was back to its R&B roots. Sporting a slightly...
Sunflower
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue.
Let My Children Hear Music
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue includes insert of Charles Mingus essay. Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London. On the original LP issued by Columbia, Mingus thanked producer Teo Macero for "his untiring efforts in producing the best...
Body & Soul
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue of saxophonist Archie Shepp's 1989 duo recording with bassist Richard Davis on Enja, which is appearing on vinyl for the first time, with re-mastering by Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering. Demonstrates the deep blues feeling and...
Boogie with Canned Heat
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Blues  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios. Canned Heat's second long-player, Boogie With Canned Heat (1968), pretty well sums up the bona fide blend of amplified late-'60s electric rhythm and blues, with an expressed emphasis...
Suitcase
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Blues  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, housed in a gatefold sleeve. Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, London. "On Suitcase, his eighth studio release, Keb' Mo' (Kevin Moore) reunites with John Porter, the producer of Moore's critically lauded first album, and...
Journey To The One
2LP £47.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
By 1980 when 'Journey To The One' was originally released, Pharoah Sanders was solidly entrenched with his own voice on tenor. The passing of John Coltrane and Sanders's fruitful years of playing with the prolific saxophone genius resulted with an unmistakable influence on his sound and explorations of the instrument. Naturally Sanders is featured as the main instrument and his horn can be bold and demanding of your full attention.
Live At IUCC
2LP £47.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile double vinyl reissue of this superb rare, deep and spiritual jazz opus album, recorded at the Immanuel United Church of Christ, Los Angeles, in 1979, with re-mastering by Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering.

The music of Horace...
Concierto
2LP £47.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue.
Masterpieces
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  Big Band  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London. "When Ellington went into the studio in 1950 to record the longer tracks on this LP, his orchestra was a bridge between its late-1940's configuration (the...
Blood Sweat & Tears
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Rock  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Ray Staff, Air Mastering, London. Winner of 3 Grammys in 1970 ("Album of the Year", Best arrangement for "Spinning Wheel" and Best Contemporary Instrumental performance for "Variations on a Theme by Erk Satie") "This...
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Blues  Electric Blues  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue of 'Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band', remastered in London. Noted for Taylor's maximalist blues guitar packed with torrents of notes and unexpected phrasing, described as 'truly electrifying'. Includes minimal overdubs, vocals in Albert King mode, a mix of originals and classic covers. Guitar, vocals by Taylor, with Willie Smith on bass and Steve Potts on drums.
Nutcracker Suite
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastered by Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman. Duke Ellington plays Tchaikovsky; Nutcracker Suite is swinging and sexy, perfect for any occasion.
Cab Calloway
LP £33.99
Pure Pleasure Records  /   Jazz  
180g audiophile vinyl reissue with remastering by Ray Staff featuring Cab's orchestra and influential collaborations with jazz icons.

Artists Featured:

Archie Shepp & Richard Davis, Blood Sweat & Tears, Cab Calloway, Canned Heat, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Jim Hall, John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat, Keb Mo, Lonnie Liston Smith, Melvin Taylor, Milt Jackson, Norman Connors, Pharoah Sanders, Thelonious Monk

Labels Featured:

Pure Pleasure Records

Genres Featured:

Big Band, Blues, Electric Blues, Funk, Jazz, Rock