Herbie Hancock Vinyl Records

Few musicians have crossed as many stylistic borders as Herbie Hancock. From his Blue Note hard-bop debut Takin' Off in 1962 through Miles Davis's second great quintet, the electric jazz-funk of Head Hunters, and the synth-driven Future Shock era, his catalogue maps a half-century of restless invention.

Pressed onto vinyl, the Blue Note records get the warm dynamic range the original masters were cut for, and the 70s fusion records — long, dense, bass-heavy — were genuinely designed for the LP format.

Best Herbie Hancock Albums on Vinyl

Head Hunters (1973)
— The album that put jazz-funk on the map. "Chameleon" is one of the great extended grooves; the whole record sounds enormous on vinyl.

Maiden Voyage (1965)
— The most lyrical of his Blue Note dates, with Freddie Hubbard, George Coleman, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. Modal, patient, beautifully recorded.

Empyrean Isles (1964)
— Quartet date with Freddie Hubbard. "Cantaloupe Island" sits here; the rest of the album is just as strong.

Thrust (1974)
— The follow-up to Head Hunters, with more compositional muscle and an even more locked-in band.

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