A brief introduction to Civil Rights jazz on vinyl

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From Azymuth to Jorge Ben: Mr Bongo’s 20 best Brazilian bangers

The Archivist: “We are obscure and bizarre people” – A rare interview with Eric Isaacson of Mississippi Records

From the vaults: The 20 best Colombian records ever made

“We were like monks in an abbey making distilled liquors”; William Basinski on analogue sound

The essential collection: July’s 15 best vinyl releases

Why collect records? An extract from Kevin M. Moist’s “Record Collecting as Cultural Anthropology”

Speaker science: Despacio engineer John Klett explains James Murphy and 2ManyDJs’ vinyl-only soundsystem

The 50,000-watt Despacio: James Murphy and 2ManyDJs discuss their vinyl-only soundsystem, the art of DJing and being uncool

How to release a compilation: A step-by-step guide