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=== ''World Psychedelic Classics'' ===
The '''''World Psychedelic Classics''''' series was the first from Luaka Bop to have no geographic aspect to it. The five entries in the series span decades and continents.

* [[Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes|World Psychedelic Classics 1: Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes]] (1999)
* World Psychedelic Classics 2: California Soul: [[Inspiration Information]] (2001) (rework and reissue of Shuggie Otis’ 1974 album)
* [[World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 3: Love's a Real Thing|World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s a Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa]] (2004)
* World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia (2012)
* [[Who is William Onyeabor?|World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?]] (2013)<ref name=":4" />

World Psychedelic Classics 3 helped “inspire an industrious coterie of crate diggers and lead to an explosion of ‘70s funk from Nigeria and Ghana”, with other labels crediting it with influencing the look and sound of their later releases.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> It also featured the song “Better Change Your Mind” by [[William Onyeabor]], which eventually led to the release of ''World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?''

The popularity of Onyeabor’s music in these compilations led to an eventual Luaka Bop reissue of Onyeabor’s entire discography and the formation of the [[Atomic Bomb! Band]], a “supergroup” dedicated to performing his music live. This was the first time Onyeabor’s music was played live, as he never performed himself.<ref>{{Cite web|title="The Atomic Bomb Band" Available Record Store Day! « LUAKA BOP|url=https://luakabop.com/front-news/the-atomic-bomb-band-available-record-store-day/|access-date=2020-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref>