GOOD TASTE Records News Blog
Oct 10, 2026
Jamiroquai on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From the acid jazz of Emergency on Planet Earth to the house-leaning funk of A Funk Odyssey, Jay Kay's band spent a decade rebuilding 1970s soul for the dance floor. Here are the six Jamiroquai albums GOOD TASTE carries, plus the 30th anniversary Virtual Insanity single.
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Oct 10, 2026
Ghostface Killah on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Wu-Tang Storyteller
From Ironman in 1996 to Supreme Clientele 2 in 2025, Ghostface Killah has spent thirty years writing the most vivid verses in the Wu-Tang Clan. Here is where to start on vinyl, what we carry, and who to reach for next.
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Essential Metal on Vinyl: A Starter's Guide
Ten records that trace heavy metal from its Birmingham birth to the masked chaos of the late 90s. The essential metal vinyl worth starting with, straight from our racks.
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Oct 7, 2026
Yuji Ohno on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Lupin the Third Composer
Yuji Ohno wrote for commercials, then for Kon Ichikawa, then spent more than four decades as the sound of Lupin the Third. Here is the GOOD TASTE shelf: the Columbia soundtracks, the 1976 Inugami Family score, and Full Course, his band with nothing to illustrate.
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New Album Releases & Arrivals October 9, 2026
This week runs on extremes: JPEGMAFIA demolishes genre across twenty-five tracks while Cameron Winter sits alone at a Carnegie Hall piano, and Type O Negative's October Rust returns as a picture disc in the only month it should. Remi Wolf passes microphones around the kitchen, Robyn unifies Body Talk at last, Joey Valence and Brae land three albums at once, and the Japan corner runs from Sato to Yoshimura. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Oct 6, 2026
RSD Black Friday 2026: The Official Release List
The official RSD Black Friday 2026 list is here. See all 185 exclusive releases arriving at GOOD TASTE Records in Boston on Friday, November 27, 2026, from 2Pac and Prince to Bruce Springsteen, Masayoshi Takanaka and Vince Guaraldi, plus how the day works and how our interest survey helps us order what you want.
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Oct 6, 2026
Erykah Badu on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Erykah Badu went from the Baduizm debut to the New Amerykah albums without repeating herself once. Here is the path through the seven records GTR carries, up to her 2026 collaboration with The Alchemist.
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Oct 5, 2026
El Michels Affair on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Leon Michels built El Michels Affair into the band that rebuilt RZA's beats with live horns and tape, then kept going. Here is the run we carry, from Enter the 37th Chamber and Return To The 37th Chamber to Glorious Game with Black Thought and the new 24 Hr Sports.
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Oct 5, 2026
Amyl and the Sniffers on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Four housemates in Melbourne wrote and recorded their first EP in twelve hours, and ten years later Amyl and the Sniffers have one of the loudest catalogs in modern punk. Here is the run we carry, from Comfort To Me and Cartoon Darkness to the new live record cut in a Los Angeles bar.
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Oct 5, 2026
Red Hot Chili Peppers on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From the 1991 Rick Rubin sessions that produced Blood Sugar Sex Magik to the Californication comeback and the Stadium Arcadium double album now back on four LPs for its twentieth year, here is the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog we carry and where to start with it.
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Oct 2, 2026
Larry June on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Bay Area Independent
The San Francisco rapper who walked away from a major label and built The Freeminded into one of independent rap's steadiest catalogs. Start with Spaceships on the Blade, The Great Escape with The Alchemist, and the new Who Coppin.
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Oct 1, 2026
Vince Guaraldi on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Peanuts Scores
The San Francisco jazz pianist who became the sound of Peanuts, from the 1962 trio date Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus to A Charlie Brown Christmas and the 1970s scores the Mendelson tapes brought back.
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