GOOD TASTE Records News Blog
Aug 24, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals August 28, 2026
August refuses to go quietly. The final Friday opens Prince's vault, breaks Alabama Shakes' eleven-year silence, and delivers the first solo album ever from a Beastie Boy, while a lost Post Malone mixtape gets pressed for the first time in its existence. Because it's month-end, this guide also rounds up every record from August's earlier drops still moving through the racks, from Plastic Love to the Famicom. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Funkadelic "Maggot Brain" Listening Party - Friday, September 11 at GOOD TASTE Records
Join us Friday, September 11 from 5pm for a listening party celebrating Org Music's long-awaited all-analog reissue of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. Be among the first to hear the newly remastered album front to back, pick up a copy in every format we are carrying, and stick around for giveaways and prizes from Org Music. Free to attend at 4 Thacher St in Boston's North End.
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Aug 24, 2026
Mariah Carey on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From a five-octave debut to the architect of pop-R&B, Mariah Carey wrote her own legend. Our guide runs from Emotions and Butterfly through the comeback of The Emancipation of Mimi to the sleek late-career Caution.
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Aug 23, 2026
Mac Miller on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Mac Miller grew from Pittsburgh mixtape rapper to one of his generation's most searching artists. A guide to his vinyl catalog, from Blue Slide Park and Faces to Swimming and Circles.
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Aug 21, 2026
Madlib on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Madlib is one of hip-hop's most prolific crate diggers, recording under a dozen names. Our guide maps where to start, from Quasimoto's The Unseen to Madvillainy and Shades of Blue.
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Aug 21, 2026
Casiopea on Vinyl: Where to Start With the Japanese Fusion Pioneers
Casiopea turned bright, precise jazz fusion into a signature across their Alfa years. Here is where to start on vinyl, from the classic live set Mint Jams to the 1979 self-titled debut and the new Recorded Live & Best: Early Alfa Years.
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Aug 20, 2026
DJ Shadow on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
The producer who built music entirely from other people's records. From the sampled landmark Endtroducing to The Mountain Will Fall and Action Adventure, here is where to start with DJ Shadow on vinyl.
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Aug 19, 2026
Dub and Reggae Essentials on Vinyl: A Starter's Guide
From the Wailers' Island debut to King Tubby's mixing desk, these are the ten essential dub and reggae records on vinyl we hand people first, every one a pressing we carry.
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Aug 19, 2026
Joe Hisaishi on Vinyl: Where to Start With the Studio Ghibli Composer
Joe Hisaishi's piano and orchestra gave Studio Ghibli its feeling, from My Neighbor Totoro through Princess Mononoke to Spirited Away. A record clerk's guide to the Studio Ghibli Records vinyl we carry, and where to go next.
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Aug 18, 2026
Funkadelic on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
George Clinton's wildest band ran Detroit soul through acid rock across three foundational Westbound albums: the self-titled debut, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, and the landmark Maggot Brain.
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Aug 17, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals August 21, 2026
This Friday tells five stories at once: Weezer's first album in four years, Sam Smith's love letter to New York, a Daptone debut with soul royalty in its bloodline, Brazil's greatest album rejoining its sequel, and the clown record we told you to reserve in July, finally landing. Deeper in: a four-LP Tobacco box, French boogie from Born Bad, and Japanese fusion cut from the Alfa masters. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Aug 17, 2026
James Brown on Vinyl: Where to Start With the Godfather of Soul
The Godfather of Soul invented funk and became its most sampled source. Our guide starts with The Payback, In the Jungle Groove, and Black Caesar, then shows where to go next.
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