Rolling Reissues 2023

That is an incredible record, just discovered it last year. Was able to find that 2001 CD issue relatively cheap.

And he's got Blood Ulmer on there!

And Pharoah!

yeah that album is a monster, and I can also confirm it exists on CD

new vinyl:

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Alice Coltrane
Journey in Satchidananda (Acoustic Sounds Series)
DECCA / VERVE
Alice Coltrane’s fourth Impulse! album finds her on piano and harp in the company of saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. "Almost 50 years after [it] was released, the album remains a vision of universal healing, spiritual self-preservation in times of trouble and the god that appears when you seek her out." (NPR)Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Release Date
31 March 2023

From Dirty Projectors:

MOUNT WITTENBERG ORCA

RECORD STORE DAY 2023 REISSUE

In 2010, we made an EP with Björk called Mount Wittenberg Orca. It’s been out of print for 13 years and now we’re reissuing it, with 13 bonus tracks! It will be out on Record Store Day next month (4/22) on 2xLP black vinyl. The never-before-released bonus material includes the original live performance at Housing Works bookstore in 2009, early demos, and archival material of the band and Björk rehearsing.
Backstory etc.:
nspired by a conversation between Dirty Projectors band leader David Longstreth and Björk about the small theaters in Italy where opera was born in the 1500s, the original seven-song collection was written to be performed unamplified in a small Manhattan bookstore called Housing Works. The result feels like part children's story, part choral music from some strange future. It's unlike anything else in the Projectors' body of work: drums and guitars are all but absent. It's all about voices here — and the voices are astonishing. Björk sounds seismic and elemental and Longstreth, sharing lead vocal duties, intones with his trademark croon. The Projectors' singers Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian and Haley Dekle add magical 3-part vocal harmonies.

The recording was informed by the simple, direct feel of early rock ‘n’ roll recordings from the '50s. The band and Björk rehearsed for three days at the Rare Book Room in Brooklyn, then recorded the songs as quickly and as live as possible, overdubbing only lead vocals and solos.

The 2xLP Expanded Edition adds 13 bonus tracks of never-before-released material including the live Housing Works performance from 2009, early demos of Mount Wittenberg Orca and archival audio of the band and Bjork rehearsing the material. This is the definitive version of Mount Wittenberg Orca.

1. Intro (Live from Housing Works 2009)
2. Ocean (Live from Housing Works 2009)
3. On and Ever Onward (Live from Housing Works 2009)
4. When The World Comes To An End (Live from Housing Works 2009)
5. Beautiful Mother (Live from Housing Works 2009)
6. Sharing Orb (Live from Housing Works 2009)
7. No Embrace (Live from Housing Works 2009)
8. All We Are (Live from Housing Works 2009)
9 Wave Invocation (MWO I Inverness Demo)
10 Motherwhale Song (MWO II Inverness Demo)
11 Whale Watcher Song (MWO III Inverness Demo)
12 Fugal Swim (MWO IV Inverness Demo)
13 First Duet (MWO V Inverness Demo)
14 Migration (Unfinished MWO VI Inverness Demo)
15 Jubilation (MWO VII Inverness Demo)
16 Benediction (MWO VIII Inverness Demo)
17 When the World Comes To An End (Freewrite Demo)
18 When the World Comes To An End (Vocalise Rehearsal Rough)
19 Beautiful Mother (Vocalise Rehearsal Rough)
20 On and Ever Onward (Full Rehearsal Rough)

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finally, something fucking good is getting reissued

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From Sounds Of The Universe:

Deep jazz Strata-East special & beyond! Pharoah Sanders | Cecil McBee | Stanley Cowell | Piano Choir and loads more!

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The Piano Choir
Handscapes 2
STRATA-EAST
New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
In Stock

The Piano Choir
Handscapes
STRATA-EAST / PURE PLEASURE
2×LP (180g)£50.00
Gatefold sleeve
In stock

SEMINAL & SUPER-RARE STRATA-EAST double album - six pianos! This album is a genre defying mix of deep, deep spiritual jazz with the addition of Steve Reich/Phillip Glass modernism! Heavy tracks like 'Nation Time' and more.

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'Handscapes' is a double live album by The Piano Choir featuring an absolutely HEAVYWEIGHT set of pianists together - Strata-East co-founder Stanley Cowell alongside Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, Danny Mixon, and Sonelius Smith recorded and originally released in 1972.

At the time of release Ebony reviewer Phyl Garland said "One needn't be a "piano freak" to appreciate a truly new recording. First of all imagine seven gifted and talented pianists sitting down to seven grand pianos (with electric piano, organ, harpsichord, a few tambourines for spice) and proceeding to tear up these instruments - musically, that is. ...the torrrent of sound springing from their 70 fingers is so powerful and majestic as to be unlike anything one has ever heard."

This one is very fine:

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Pharoah Sanders
Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
In stock

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Stanley Cowell
Musa-Ancestral Streams (1974)
STRATA-EASTJAZZ

LP (180 gram)£36.00
In stock

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The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe
A Spirit Speaks
PURE PLEASURE

Pure Pleasure reissue of this classic spiritual jazz LP originally released on Strata East in 1974. Bill Lee’s family band is a must have album for all spiritual jazz fans, and includes killer tunes such as ‘Coltrane’ & ‘Attica’. A quality repress on 180g vinyl.

LP (180 gram) £36.00

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Charles Rouse
Two Is One (1974)
PURE PLEASURE JAZZ

LP (180 gram)£36.00
In stock
Heavyweight Strata-East deep and heavy funky jazz bomb - Hopscotch is a KILLER tune + loads more. Airto in the line-up as well as Stanley Clarke with some heavy b-lines!

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Cecil McBee
Mutima
PURE PLEASURE

Just landed! - Super deep jazz from Cecil McBee on Strata-East vinyl new vinyl - boom! Includes the seminal heavy cut 'Tulsa Black'

w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater, Cecil McBee, Michael Carvin, Jimmy Hopps, Billy Hart & more. The real deal!

New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) £36.00

Pharoah Sanders
Shukuru (1985)
PURE PLEASURE JAZZ

New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
In stock

Super-duper deep spiritual modational (made up word but you get what we mean) vibrations from Pharoah with fellow deep jazz royalty guest Leon Thomas on vocals. Check out 'Jitu'. Uplifting and rare.

Elvin Jones
Midnight Walk (1966)
SPEAKERS CORNER RECORDS

New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
In stock

Classic album, Elvin Jones joined by Thad Jones, Hank Mobley, Dollar Brand, Steve James, Don Moore on Atlantic Records.

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Nathan Davis Sextet
Peace Treaty
SAM REOCRDSJAZZ

LP (180 gram)£44.00
in stock

One of the first true moments of genius from saxophonist Nathan Davis - originally released in the mid 60s for the tiny SFP label - and a record that's even rarer than his early classics for MPS! The sound here is similar to the MPS sides - a mixture of soul jazz and modal jazz - served up with a bit more freedoms than Davis might have gotten on the US scene, and featuring a lineup that includes Woody Shaw on trumpet, Jean-Louis Chautemps on baritone sax, Rene Urtreger on piano, Jimmy Woode on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums.

Alice Coltrane
Eternity (1976)
SPEAKERS CORNER

New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) £36.00
In Stock

Later deep jazz album from the legendary Alice Coltrane featuring strings and more!

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Phil Ranelin
The Time Is Now!
PURE PLEASURE

LP (180 gram)£36.00
In stock

Phil Ranelin's first record as a leader differs from his later, 1976 offering, 'Vibes From the Tribe'. 'The Time Is Now' is full of the spirit, determination, and innovation inspired by John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Cecil Taylor, Pharoah Sanders, and Archie Shepp. Recorded in 1973 and 1974 (and released at the end of 1974), the set shows Ranelin to be an imposing composer and adept trombonist. The original album contained six compositions that are a deep musical brew of avant-garde improvisation, hard bop jazz esthetics, and soulful melodic ideas that were superimposed as a jump off point for both harmonic and rhythmic invention - the sound of Detroit!

Included in an extensive, oversized booklet, Larry Gabriel and Jeff “Chairman” Mao take us through the history of the Tribe, in a compelling story that delves not just into the history of the label and its principals, but into the story of Black American empowerment in the latter half of the 20th Century.

The booklet features never-before-seen archival photos and rare ephemera from Tribe’s mid-1970s heyday.

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Billy Harper
Capra Black
PURE PLEASURE / STRATA-EAST

New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
In stock

...Spiritual Jazz LP with a vocal choir featuring Eugene McDaniels - check the title track and 'Soulfully I Love You (Black Spiritual of Love)'!

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Yusef Lateef
The Doctor Is In...And Out (1976)
ATLANTIC
New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
In stock

Lateef recorded classic soul jazz material at Atlantic during the 1970s that belied some serious experimentalism that lies beneath the music - early sampling and electronics being but two examples. Check out all his Atlantic dates - innovative stuff.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Bright Moments
ATLANTICJAZZ

New Audiophile 2×LP (180 GRAM)£50.00

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Norman Connors
Love From The Sun (1974)
PURE PLEASURE

New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£36.00
In stock
Deep, deep album w/ Herbie Hancock, Hubert Laws, Gary Bartz, Carlos Garnett, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more -

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Horace Tapscott
The Call
NIMBUS WEST

LP (180 gram)£36.00
In stoc

Reissue of Horace Tapscott's amazing album 'The Call' from 1978 which was recorded by the 16-piece ensemble the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. A four track delight of spiritual jazz from the pioneering conductor, arranger, pianist and composer at the heart of the Los Angeles jazz scene.

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Horace Tapscott
Live At Lobero Vol. II
NIMBUS WEST RECORDS

LP£36.00
In stock
Recorded Nov. 12 1981 in the Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, California."Lobero Theatre was built in 1872 by Jose Lobero, a local composer and musician. It is presently owned by the community and run as a non-profit entity."

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Horace Tapscott
Live At Lobero
NIMBUS WEST / PURE PLEASURE

LP (180 gram)£36.00
In stock

Reissue of a supremely rare and out of print Nimbus classic, Horace Tapscott "Live At Lobero" recorded as a trio, featuring the man himself on piano, Roberto Miranda on bass & Sonship on percussion. This is a momentous offering from start to finish!

I wish those Piano Choir albums were being reissued on CD as well as LP. They're pretty amazing.

Yeah, seems like I've got an import promo of one of them somewhere? From a previous decade---great stuff, somebody should use the same concept.
speaking of xxxxpost Bill Lee last week, last night the local station played a composition of his from the Do The Right Thing soundtrack: orchestration and themes for Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard, fairly brief, watchful, intriguing, burned away by pressure of events in the movie, maybe.

Pitchfork on what's added to Exploding Hearts reissue:

The Exploding Hearts’ power pop classic Guitar Romantic is being reissued for its 20th anniversary. Guitar Romantic (Expanded & Remastered) is out May 26 via Third Man. The reissue features previously unreleased material, including an unheard take of “So Bored,” studio dialogue from the band members, and “I’m a Pretender (King Louie Mix),” which you can hear below.

Stereogum's Dusty Henry on personal takes, associations, basics, incl. appeal and (incl.) arrested development tendencies of power-pop-rock romanticism. somewhat beyond while fitting the safely dead-too-soon forever young legendary-historical status, and enduring sonic appeal (also quotes, links to interview material):

The Exploding Hearts had the power-pop heart of Big Star and the Buzzcocks mixed with the glue-sniffing aesthetics of the Ramones – the song “Jailbird” even ended with the band sniffing their noses against the mics. They were loud, occasionally crass, and never put out a song that didn’t have an insanely catchy hook. The artwork for Guitar Romantic practically glows with its hyper-saturated pink and yellow photo of the band standing in front of a spray-painted wall marked with the album’s title.
...Most of the songs on Guitar Romantic are about heartbreak, one way or the other. And while lots of the songs find Cox scoffing at partners who left him feeling dejected, there seems to be some self-awareness that he may be part of the problem. Just a few lines later on “Modern Kicks” he laments his girlfriend’s indifference to their relationship falling apart, only to find himself alone, stoned, and staring into space. Cox is even blunter on another standout track, “I’m A Pretender,” declaring, “I’m a pretender at the game of love, I need somebody to shatter my heart.” The upbeat, jangling guitar riffs on the song sway like they’re soundtracking an anarchist sock-hop. It’s maybe the quintessential Exploding Hearts song: It doesn’t just describe heartbreak, it’s practically begging for it. Anything to escape the boredom of being 21, loveless, and feeling like your life is passing you by.
...What happened to the Exploding Hearts is tragic. But the tragedy is not Guitar Romantic’s legacy. It’s an album that celebrates life and all of the fuck-ups that come with it.

From Bomp:

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WEIRDOS -Live! At The Club Azteca (1978) FIRST OFFICIAL WEIRDOS BOOTLEG! on ltd ed red vinyl with dbl sided insert

"Live! At The Club Azteca" documents the legendary show the WEIRDOS performed at the SoCa club one hot night of 1978. The set is presented in its entirety. The release is complete with photos taken on the actual night, shot by legendary photographer Melanie Nissen, and includes an insert with liner notes by Weirdos' guitarist/songwriter, and founding member, Cliff Roman. It is an exciting document of an era when punk was young, loud and snotty, but also clever and fun. Destroy all music!

They only have 1 copy of this, but worth noting for future hunts because Ra (no idea what it sounds like)
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SUN RA & His Intergalactic Arkestra-Outer SPace Employment AGency- NER 3021 LP
Total Energy
SKU: 25669
$30.00
Recorded in concert at Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 9th September 1973.

A1 Discipline 99 13:49
A2 Love In Outer Space 4:58
B1 At First There Was Nothing/The Universe Has More To Offer You/Wake Up Angels/Outer Space Employment Agency 20:14

Some from Last Copies that might be worthwhile (aside from all the many I've never heard of)

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STONE THE CROWS -Stone the Crows Featuring Maggie Bell- CD
TALKING ELEPHANT
SKU: 24888
$10.00

STEELEYE SPAN -Please To See The King (1971 reissue) CD
TALKING ELEPHANT
SKU: 24887
$10.00

HERON, MIKE -Smiling Men With Bad Reputations (1971 rock solo debut) CD
TALKING ELEPHANT
SKU: 24881
$14.00

ASHTON,GARDNER,DYKE & CO -WHAT A BLOODY LONG DAY IT'S BEEN(70s Brit power rock trio) CD
GONZO
SKU: 23634
$10.00

And possibly?

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COLOGNE CURIOSITIES -THE UNKNOWN KRAUTROCK UNDERGROUND 1972-1976' - DBL COMP LP
MENTAL EXPERIENCE
SKU: 23550
$30.00

Cologne Curiosities' collects, for the first time on vinyl, all the otherwise unpublished/un-reissued material that originally appeared on the three 'Unknown Deutschland - The Krautrock Archive' CD's, released by Virgin in 1996.

These recordings date from 1972-1976 and were made at studios in Cologne and surroundings. The material was produced by Toby Robinson, mainly to have fun at the studio. Bands would come in for practice sessions, to record demos, and during slack periods impromptu jams would happen. Most of these sessions were recorded by Toby, and they feature Toby himself plus a revolving cast of friends and musicians (some of them apparently big Kraut names using made up monikers).

The music ranges from killer proto-new wave to far-out space rock, proto-ambient electronic, dark kraut psyche and raw kosmische sounds with lots of analogue synths/Moog.

Tracklist
A1 –The Astral Army Interstellar Shortwave 4:32
A2 –Spirulina The Message 10:24
B1 –Chronos (6) Schaudernacht 6:52
B2 –Neil Andersen Feuerwerk 7:17
C1 –Baal (10) No God / Astaroth 6:40
C2 –Ten To Zen Innerst 10:16
D –Fuerrote Ganz Wie Du Willst 14:01

That Sun Ra album above is a pretty decent-sounding live disc from his "synth noise plus chanting" period. I owned it many years ago and liked it at the time.

There's still no consensus on whether those Unknown Deutschland records are authentic products of the 70s or 90s pastiches. My thought is that, at minimum, there was overdubbing and remixing done to older tapes. In more than 25 years, no-one has come up with a single copy of the supposed "original LPs" that were supposedly pressed at the time.
I have one of the Virgin CDs, and the track by Fuerrote is a worthy atmospheric guitar-feedback Amon Düül II type exercise.

I had volume 1 and I remember it being pretty unlistenable

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Experimental Electronic and Acoustic Soundscapes 1961 - 88

Brand new edition of this Soul Jazz Records long out-of-print classic album available now as a new limited-edition one-off pressing triple yellow vinyl album (plus download code), and limited-edition one-off pressing special yellow CD edition.

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Soul Jazz Records’ Space, Energy and Light is a collection of music by early electronic and synthesizer pioneers (from the 1960s through the 1970s), mid-1970s proto-new age gurus and 1980s guerrilla D-I-Y cassette-era electronic artists, spanning in total over a near 30-year time frame. All of these artists used electronic advancements in music technology as a means of exploring not only space and the idea of the future, but also of looking inwards to the soul and of creating music in harmony with the natural world.

From computer software and hardware experimentalists and sound pioneers such as Laurie Spiegel and Kevin Braheny, as well as Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company – the first synthesizer ensemble created in collaboration with Robert Moog – through to musique concrète experimentation, the album shows how technological advancements and creative artistic expression often went hand in hand.

In the mid-1970s artists Steven Halpern and Iaxos were instrumental in creating proto-new age music, experimenting in both the healing properties of sound and its relationship with the natural world. These artists also pioneered a new self-contained and underground D-I-Y approach to music, creating their own record labels, forming new distribution networks (with albums sold in meditation centres, health food stores and ashrams) far away from the commercialism of the mainstream music industry. In the early 1980s after the revolution of punk, these D-I-Y attitudes and ideas appeared once more in the growth of the distinctly anti-commercial and underground cassette-only careers of artists such as Germany’s Stratis and Carl Matthews in Britain.

Artwork includes some of the earliest photography of the Plieades star cluster dating from the 1880s.

REVIEWS

"Listening to Space, Energy & Light in one sitting is a bit like experiencing constellations exploding within constellations inside your brain." Record Collector

"Incredible collection of spacey electronics and meditative soundscapes dating from the early 60s to the late 80s here, lovingly assembled by the Soul Jazz team. This compilation has it all if you like your music deep. Big names such as Iasos and Laurie Spiegel feature, but even if you think yourself a bit of a nerd in this field, there are some lesser known pearls to be found." Bleep

"Quite simply an amazing mix of some quite bizarre and interesting pieces of music, no way to describe it other than to buy it, put on some headphones and drift off to inner space". Music

"New compilation charting almost three decades of experimental electronic and synthesizer music from the most influential and often unsung composers of their generation. Beginning and 1961 and following the story until 1988, Space, Energy and Light connects proto-new age gurus and DIY tape vigilantes who were equally inspired by the advancements of new technology and its potential to unlock utopian futures in both the music and the soul." Vinyl Factory

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Punk 45: The Singles Cover Art of Punk 1976-80
Edited by Jon Savage and Stuart Baker with a new introduction by Bobbie Gillespie
SOUL JAZZ BOOKS

rand new edition of Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book on punk, England’s Dreaming) and Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records).

This new edition comes with a new introduction from Bobbie Gillespie, founder of Primal Scream (who has recently also published his memoirs Tenement Kid).

Contributors include Peter Saville, Richard Hell, Richard H Kirk, Seymour Stein, Geoff Travis, Martin Moscrop, Glenn Branca, Jamie Reid, Dave Robinson, Roger Armstrong, Martin Mills, Gee Vaucher, Savage Pencil, Dennis Morris and more.

This book is a revelatory guide to hundreds and hundreds of original 7” record cover sleeve designs – visual artefacts found at the heart of the most radical and anarchistic musical movement of the 20th century.

As well as the encyclopaedic visual imagery featured inside, the book also includes interviews with a number of significant figures in punk music: artists and groups including Richard Hell, Martin Moscrop (A Certain Ratio), Richard H Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire), Glenn Branca and David Thomas (Pere Ubu); record label owners including Seymour Stein (Sire Records), Geoff Travis (Rough Trade), Roger Armstrong (Chiswick), Martin Mills (Beggars Banquet), Dave Robinson (Stiff Records), David Brown (Dangerhouse); and the celebrated designers involved in creating punk’s original iconic imagery – Peter Saville (Factory Records), Gee Vaucher (Crass Records), Jamie Reid (Sex Pistols), Gee Vaucher (Crass Records) and Dennis Morris (Public Image Limited).

The revolutionary do-it-yourself ethic of punk was applied to the aesthetic of design as much as it was to music, and record sleeves acted as lo-fi signifiers of anarchy, style, fashion, politics and more with an urban and suburban invective courtesy of the 1000s of new bands - punk, post-punk, pre-punk, nearly-punk and more - that emerged at the end of the 1970s.

This book is an exhaustive, thorough and exciting celebration of the stunning artwork of punk music – everything from the most celebrated and iconic designs through to the stark beauty of the cheapest do-it-yourself lo-fi obscurities.

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Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979 - 83
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS

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o! Boombox is the new instalment of Soul Jazz Records’ Boombox series on the early days of hip-hop on vinyl and features some of the many innovative underground first-wave of early rap and disco rap records made in the USA in the period 1979-83.

The album includes the first releases of seminal groups such as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and The Funky Four Plus One through to a host of rarities and little-known obscurities such as the Carver Area High School band’s ‘Get Live 83’, an awesome record made at a Chicago high school.

The album is released as a deluxe triple LP complete with 3x full inner sleeves of extensive sleeve notes, exclusive photography and original label artwork. There is also a very-limited one-pressing indies-only special deluxe version that comes with an extra bonus super-rare 7” single of ‘Magic’s Rap’ by Magic’s Trick, aka ex-marine Magic Fraga, a record that was only ever available on US military bases! The album also comes as a deluxe double CD pack with 30-page booklet and slipcase.

Yo! Boombox also features the stunning photography of Sophie Bramly one of a very select group of photographers (alongside Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper, and Joe Conzo) who were allowed full access to document the exciting early days of hip-hop in New York.

These first exuberant wave of innocent, upbeat, party-on-the-block rap records were the first to try and create the sounds heard in community centres, block parties and street jams that first took place in the Bronx in the mid-1970s. Where the first DJs - Flash, Kool Herc and Bambaataa - were back-spinning, mixing and scratching together now classic breakbeat records like The Incredible Bongo Band’s Apache or Babe Ruth’s The Mexican, these first pre-sampling rap records were all made using live bands, often replaying then current disco tunes. As Chic’s ‘Good Times’ was to ‘Rappers’ Delight’, the songs here feature then-current dancefloor hits such as the Tom Tom Club’s ‘Genius of Love’, Cheryl Lynn’s ‘To Be Real’, MFSB’s ‘Love Is the Message’ while MCs rapped over the top, creating a unique new sound. In fact, the links between disco and rap date back earlier to the ‘party style’ MCing of figures such as the legendary DJ Hollywood or radio DJs like Frankie Crocker.

Flashing the hits there, but I've never heard many, maybe most of these (2-CD, 3LP etc.)

Well yeah they gave examples of rare stuff too, sorry SJR.

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1970 as hell: country soul folk rock, unpretentiously engaging singing and songs and Nashville cats:

Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
by Linda Martell

The only album from South Carolina’s Linda Martell, 1970’s Color Me Country helped her make musical history as the first Black woman to both debut on the Grand Ole Opry and find success on the country Billboard Charts. Remastered and reissued in celebration of Sun Records’ 70th Anniversary, fans can enjoy timeless tracks like the yodeling “Bad Case of the Blues,” the heart-wrenching “Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” and more as they’ve never heard them before.

Zappa was joined in the studio by former Mothers member Ian Underwood (keyboard, saxophone, rhythm guitar), violinist and vocalist Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Wrecking Crew bassist Max Bennett and English drummer Aynsley Dunbar. With Frank also behind the board in the producer role, the five-piece rolled through new originals, interesting cover choices and free-flowing jams. “Largely instrumental, these recordings showcased the guitarist’s virtuosity, while offering what could have easily been the sequel to Hot Rats, had it ever been released,” noted press materials announcing the compilation.

Frank Zappa did pick his favorite takes and mixed the tracks for potential release before mothballing the project. Joe Travers and Ahmet Zappa chose those 11 cuts as the basis of Funky Nothingness. A three-disc expanded deluxe edition adds two discs of outtakes, alternate edits, unedited masters of songs from the era, studio jams and “other bonus nothingness.”

Funky Nothingness has been previewed with the previously unreleased track “Work With Me Annie/Annie Had A Baby.” The medley pairs covers of two Hank Ballard & The Midnighters’ 1954 hits: the Ballard-penned “Work With Me Annie” and its answer song, “Annie Had A Baby,” written by Henry Glover and Sydney Nathan. Don “Sugarcane” Harris provides vocals. Listen to the medley below:

Also track lists for editions.

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Announcing: Rings of Saturn — a new collaborative vinyl series from Shimmy-Disc, featuring six 7" EPs (@33rpm), packaged in an ornate wooden box.

Each record (with cover photography by William Coupon) is a unique "mini-album" collaboration between Kramer and this amazing group of artists:

Britta Phillips (Luna, Dean & Britta)
Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers)
Jad Fair & Danielson
Eerie Wanda
David Grubbs (Gastr del Sol)
Rob Crow (Pinback, etc.)

Pressed on red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple vinyl, respectively; and packaged within a custom wooden laser-etched box.

This box set is limited to just 333 hand-numbered copies, and is only available directly from Shimmy-Disc.

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To help introduce the project, today, Kramer shares his collaboration with Britta Phillips, "Nocturne," alongside an accompanying music video.

"'Nocturne' is a song possessed of deeply personal origins that must remain hidden. But I can illuminate the fictional parameters of its emotional birthplace, as follows, if you can imagine along with me…you have fallen in Love with a woman who is in Love with someone else. That 'someone else' then leaves her, and despite your desire to be the one who can now finally be near her, to hold her, to comfort her, you just can’t bear the thought of her being alone. And if she finds someone else, someone other than you, that’s good enough. So long as she’s no longer alone. It’s your knowing that she’s lonely that’s killing you, and as long as SOMEONE is there for her, at night, you know you’ll both be fine. That’s a Nocturne. And that’s Love."

Nocturnes (w/ Britta Phillips)
Psalms (w/ David Grubbs)
Preludes (w/ Eerie Wanda)
Elegies (w/ Jad Fair & Danielson)
Laments (w/ Paul Leary)
Hymns (by Rob Crow)

from Numero:

Back In Stock: Current - Yesterday's Tomorrow Is Not Today
In case you missed this the first go around last fall. We've restocked the in-demand hardcore piece.

Screaming suburban blues straight from the pages of HeartattaCk magazine, Current exploded out of the early-’90s Midwestern emo scene in a fit of D.C. hardcore-inspired rage. Spread across three LPs, Yesterday’s Tomorrow Is Not Today compiles the quartet’s lone album, two EPs, split 7"s with Indian Summer and Chino Horde, miscellaneous compilation debris, and nine previously unissued alternates, including the infamous KLXU radio show. Remixed and mastered from the original tapes, Current’s complete discography is annotated in Leor Galil’s exhaustive survey, illustrated with period photos, flyers, and cut-n-paste sleeve art across 24 pages.

Pre-Order: Helene Smith - I Am Controlled By Your Love.
Teenage melancholy from the original Miami Sound Machine. Backed by the infamous FAMU Marching 100 Band and Frank Williams’s crack shot players The Rocketeers, I Am Controlled By Your Love compiles sides from Helene Smith’s ’60s tenure with the Deep City, Lloyd, Reid, and Blue Star labels. A sweltering album of 12 deeply soulful, alternate universe hits from the First Lady of Miami Soul.

I recently found a couple boxes of the Eula Cooper LP so throwing up a bundle option available while supplies last. All 3 are necessary.

Helene Smith - I Am Controlled By Your Love
Barbara Stant - My Mind Holds On To Yesterday
Eula Cooper - Let Our Love Grow Higher

Expected to ship early May.

Trey Gruber - Herculean House Of Cards
A tortured songwriter and struggling addict who jolted the tired Chicago DIY scene with his own brand of primal despair, Trey Gruber and his band Parent were on track to join the ranks of Twin Peaks, Mild High Club, and Whitney. His death in 2017 at the age of 26 brought it all to a halt. In his final years Trey wrote and recorded hundreds of previously unheard demos, dandelions in the cracked concrete of 21st century disconnect, an alphabet’s worth of which have been compiled by his family and friends for his only album: Herculean House Of Cards.

For more information on Trey and his story, read our full feature here

Now On Numero: The American Analog Set
We’re thrilled to welcome Austin, Texas mopers American Analog Set to the Numero Universe. You can now safely stream The Golden Band, From Our Living Room To Yours, The Fun of Watching Fireworks[, and Through The ’90s from the comfort of your phone. We’re hard at work on a giant box to stuff all these brilliant records in—stay tuned.

Thanks for your work in this thread! Immediately ordered that Kramer collab set.

You're welcome---haven't noticed anything new by Kramer or any of his collaborators in quite a while (oops this is new stuff, why did I put it here? Automatically associate Shimmy-Disc with the Good Ol' Days, that must be it)

He had a new collaborative project called Let It Come Down a couple of years ago that was really good.

"In a world insatiable for glitz, the music of Daniel Johnston reminds us that the human heart could really give a shit about all that. What it wants is a kind of robust humility, an integrity of purpose, and the love apparent in an artist that puts the all of their humble soul into their work. It’s beautiful in that way, and it’s rare."
- StereoEmbers
On February 10, Shimmy-Disc shared the first-time vinyl release of I Killed The Monster, an 11-track compilation of songs written by the celebrated American music legend, Daniel Johnston, whose classic LPs 1990 and Artistic Vice were produced by Kramer — the former at his legendary Noise New York recording studio and the latter at Daniel's home in West Virginia — and released on Shimmy-Disc in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

The compilation, originally shared as a CD-only release in 2006, features standout performances of Johnston classic by some of indie music's greatest talents, including: Danielson & Sufjan Stevens, Kimya Dawson, Dot Allison, Mike Watt, Jad Fair & Kramer, Jeffrey Lewis, LUMBEROB, R. Stevie Moore, and more. Kramer produced and mixed most of the songs on the LP, and he himself delivers one of the most startling tracks on this release, Daniel's great masterpiece, "Bloody Rainbow."

All of the songs included on the compilation were re-mastered by Kramer in 2022, and will be available on vinyl for the very first time, and on a limited edition cassette, which will also feature an additional 10 tracks (for a total of 21), from the original 2006 CD-only release.

To celebrate the recent release, today, Shimmy-Disc has shared a brand new video* for the track "Blue Skies Will Haunt You From Now On" by The Electric Ghosts (Daniel Johnston & Jack Medicine + Kramer). The video was directed by Nicholas Baranek.

I Killed The Monster: The Songs of Daniel Johnston - TRACKLISTING:

Disc 1, Vinyl Version & Cassette Side A

01. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances (Dot Allison)
02. Worried Shoes (Danielson & Sufjan Stevens)
03. Bloody Rainbow (Kramer)
04. Cathy Cline (R. Stevie Moore)
05. Follow That Dream (Kimya Dawson)
06. Honey I Sure Miss You (Lumberob)
07. True Love Will Find You In The End (Jad Fair & Kramer)
08. Blue Skies Will Haunt You From Now On (The Electric Ghosts)(Daniel Johnston, Jack Medicine, and Kramer)
09. The Adventures of God as A Young Boy (Jeffrey Lewis)
10. Walking the Cow (Mike Watt)
11. It's Over (Tess)

Digital Bonus Tracks & Cassette Side B

01. Held The Hand (Joy Zipper)
02. Tears Stupid Tears (Rope, Inc.)
03. Going Down (Chris Harford)
04. Rowboat (Mad Francis)
05. Mind Contorted (Major Matt Mason USA)
06. Now (Toby Goodshank)
07. Go Fast And Go Some More (The Dick Panthers)
08. Foxy Girl (The Sutcliffes)
09. Cosmic Kid (Kickstand)
10. Love Wheel (Emily Zuzik)
I Killed The Monster - CREDITS:

All Songs Written by Daniel Johnston (BMG Music Publishing)
Except "Blue Skies Will Haunt You From Now On" (Eternal Yip Eye & Bedlam Circus Music)

*videos, other links:
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David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture 50th anniversary edition
“The last reissue we’ll ever do…”
BY PAUL SINCLAIR

The ‘Motion Picture Soundtrack’ to David Bowie’s last gig as Ziggy Stardust will be reissued for the 50th anniversary in July.

Bowie retired his alter-ego on 3 July 1973, at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, and the show was filmed by D.A. Pennebaker who captured the evening’s events, including Bowie’s famous speech just before the final encore, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’, where he revealed that he was retiring the Ziggy Stardust persona. The announcement shocked and surprised everyone, including members of his own band!

The film and the audio recording were mothballed for a decade as Bowie was keen to leave Ziggy behind, but once he left RCA for EMI in 1982 the label (RCA) were free to release it without worrying about was David did or didn’t want to do, and that’s exactly what happened in 1983. Suspecting this would happen, Tony Visconti and Bowie mixed the audio in 1981 so they at least had some input on how it would sound when released.

t took almost another decade for this live album to be released on CD, when Rykodisc issued it towards the end of their Sound + Vision reissue campaign of the early Nineties. Unlike most of Ryko’s other Bowie reissues, there were no bonus tracks.

Ten years after that EMI released what was then a 30th anniversary 2CD set, with audio newly mixed by Visconti. The concert film was also issued on DVD with a 5.1 surround sound mix.

For this new 50th anniversary reissue, the soundtrack has been newly remastered and finally includes the medley of ‘The Jean Genie/Love Me Do’ and ‘Round And Round’ featuring Jeff Beck. These additions have been newly mixed by Tony Visconti. The film has also been digitally restored by D.A.’s son, Frazer Pennebaker and will be issued on blu-ray and will be shown at over 1000 cinemas worldwide during July 2023.

There's a Chick Corea box coming out in November (on streaming services now): The Chick Corea Elektric Band: Complete Studio Recordings 86-91. Five LPs/CDs of the most garish, tasteless, fuzoid splatter you'll ever hear in your life. I'm tempted to review them just for horrified laughs.

kinda want to hear that. frank gambale!

Wow, Frank Gamble was in that? I only remember him in more of a Guitar World blues-rock vein, pretty hot. DO IT UNPERSON!

First Ash Ra Tempel album getting a reissue, thank god cuz originals are expensive as hell

https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/ash-ra-tempel-50th-anniversary-re-edition

just stunning
https://melodiesinternational.bandcamp.com/album/ill-show-you-how

Our next release, “I’ll Show You How” by the Cinnamon Soulettes is by far one of the most beautiful love songs we’ve ever heard. Close to no information is available about it other than it was published and released in the 1970s as a private press through the late legendary Seattle producer Kearney Barton. Unfortunately, most information the estate had was lost in a flood and none of the collectors and music historians from the PNW area we contacted, nor the University of Washington State who inherited a large part of Barton’s tape collection knew anything about the band or its mysterious songwriter “L. Leavy”. We are still searching for the band, anyone who knows anything, give us a shout! Mrs./Mr. Leavy, where are you..?

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“MEAT JOY were the DIY jewel of the Austin weirdo punk scene of the early 80’s—essential, uncategorizable, and entirely insane.” -Steve Shelley, SONIC YOUTH (US, 2022)

from Bandcamp: Meat Joy was difficult to categorize. They were a leaderless collective. Often
improvisational, they moved fluidly among many genres seeking joy and truth. Their sound was alternately queer and straight, dark and funny, heartfelt and biting. Loud soft fast slow beautiful ugly music, sometimes all in the same song.

Out October 13th, listen to "Another Pair" now:

Fans in Austin have two chances to see the reunited band play live:

October 19, 2023 at Cheer Up Charlie’s

October 21, 2023 at The Museum Of Human Achievement

more hype & info here:
https://riotactmedia.disco.ac/view-campaign-email/601f0be3-bc3b-4cf4-bb7e-fe9514ea3a05/100536/

50th Anniversary

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Talked to Darren Hill years ago about this and let him know I had to resort to buying a pirate copy. He was fine, didn't expect a legit reissue. Glad to see it finally is happening.

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Preorder now! This title will be available October 20th, 2023. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock.

“Red Rockers sound like they’ve been locked in a cupboard with the Clash’s first album for three years. Yeah, great isn’t it?”

- Lester Bangs

It sounded like nothing else released in 1982 – not Signals by Rush, Avalon by Roxy Music, the Cure’s Pornography, Rio by Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, Toto IV, Donald Fagan’s The Nightfly, nor Robert Plant’s Pictures At Eleven. It didn’t even seem akin to such ‘82 punk classics as the Circle Jerk’s Wild In The Streets, the Descendents' Milo Goes To College or Fear’s The Record. And it sure as hell didn’t sound like the Clash’s Combat Rock.

Rather, Condition Red, the debut album from New Orleans punk band Red Rockers, echoed the power, aggression, and highly charged political anger of the Clash’s early work. And deliberately so.

Eventually, the Red Rockers joined their inspirations on a few US tour dates, showing audiences how the Clash used to do things as they leaped about in spray-painted shirts before hammer and sickle-festooned amps, screaming about “Guns Of Revolution.” Both Creem and Rolling Stone featured them, the latter beknighting them “the American Clash,” telling of plans to tour Cuba and release a vicious new single called “Voice of America.” The song instead surfaced the following year as a B-side to massive MTV pop hit “China,” an echo of what Red Rockers had been just the year before and were no longer.

"The missing 24” master tapes were found in a garage by Johnny Colla from (Huey Lewis &) The News at Sandy Pearlman’s estate sale. Thanks to Cris Cohen they were returned to us. We were able to mix the 80’s out of the record and discovered a missing track that wasn’t included on the original 1981 release."

- Darren Hill (Red Rockers) 2023

Also available on CD!

INCLUDES:

Guns of Revolution • Teenage Underground • Peer Pressure • Can You Hear • Grow Up • Know What I Think • United We Stand* • Voice Of America* • Dead Heroes • Folsom Prison Blues • Condition Red • Hold On • White Law • Live Or Die • Missing In Action*

*LP bonus tracks

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4 cd West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band compilation. have had the first one on my amazon wishlist since about 2005...

A major Airto Moreira/Flora Purim compilation coming in November...37 tracks on either 3 CDs or 5 LPs.

http://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/airto-flora-a-celebration-60-years-sounds-dreams-other-stories

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I have a bunch of Flora's 1970s albums but very little by Airto...might need to buy this.

BBE is also putting out the 4th volume in their J Jazz series in November:

https://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/j-jazz-vol-4-deep-modern-jazz-from-japan-nippon-columbia-1968-1981

From Real Gone Music:

Al Stewart Songs on the Radio Complete U.S. Singles 74-81 CD

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The Vietnamese Lunar New Year identifies 2023 as The Year of the Cat…and the timing couldn’t be better! Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are proud to announce a definitive, first-ever singles collection from legendary singer-songwriter Al Stewart. In 1976, Stewart took “Year of the Cat” to the top ten of the Pop and AC charts, inaugurating a run of timeless hits still heard on radio today. Now, for the very first time, each and every one of the British troubadour’s seminal A- and B-sides from his halcyon period has been brought together. Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981 brings together 20 tracks which catapulted the artist from folk clubs to the mainstream. Often in collaboration with producer-engineer Alan Parsons, Stewart bridged the gap between FM rock and AM pop. He brought his passion for historical events and flair for lyrical invention to these singles originally issued on the Janus and Arista labels, including “Nostradamus,” “Carol,” “On the Border,” “Midnight Rocks,” “Year of the Cat,” “Song on the Radio,” and the record-breaking, chart-topping “Time Passages.” And the B-sides (“Terminal Eyes,” “Sirens of Titan,” “A Man for All Seasons,” “Merlin’s Time”) are every bit as compelling as the A-sides! Every track is presented in its original U.S. single version (most of which are new to CD and not even included on Stewart’s massive The Admiralty Lights box set) as newly remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision. The deluxe 20-page booklet features Joe Marchese’s extensive interview with Al Stewart as well as rare photos and memorabilia. As a special bonus, the unique U.K. single edit of Al’s signature song “Year of the Cat” is also included. With vivid lyrics, captivating melodies, crisp guitars, and, yes, smooth saxophone, these Songs on the Radio celebrate the remarkable discography of a master musical storyteller. Limited edition of 2500…and they’re gonna go fast!

1. Nostradamus
2. Terminal Eyes
3. Carol
4. Sirens of Titan
5. Year of the Cat
6. Broadway Hotel
7. On the Border
8. Flying Sorcery
9. Time Passages
10. Almost Lucy
11. Song on the Radio
12. A Man for All Seasons
13. Midnight Rocks
14. Constantinople
15. Paint by Numbers
16. Optical Illusion
17. Running Man
18. Merlin’s Time
19. Indian Summer
20. Soho (Needless to Say)
21. Year of the Cat (UK Single Version)

Soul Jazz Records

Originally available as a very limited-edition (sold out) coloured vinyl for RSD23 and now available as a black double vinyl edition (gatefold sleeve, bespoke inners, download code) and also for the first time on CD.

Ships for rel date 22 Sep 2023

PRE-ORDER: Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul: A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971 - 83

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oul Jazz Records’ Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 draws upon the extensive links between black American gospel music and soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caeser, Dorothy Norwood, Andrae Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this period.

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Many of the most successful soul artists - from Aretha Franklin to Al Green, The Staple Singers to Sam Cooke - all drew upon their upbringing in the church for their musical inspiration. This album discusses how important the links between the black church and soul music were in creating soul music and spotlights some of the many important (and also little-known) gospel artists who walked this line between sacred music and soul, funk and disco in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul shows how sacred gospel music was at home with Stevie Wonder, Blaxploitation-style funk and produced music celebrated both in New York’s underground discos (The Paradise Garage, Studio 54, etc) and later sampled by the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Mary J Bilge.

REVIEWS

"Curated with an obvious passion and sense of history, Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul serves as the perfect intro to the funky spirituals that once served as the foundation for various schools of sound (Philly R&B, disco, soul) over the last 50 years" The Wire

Andrae Crouch & The Disciples – Satisfied
2. Shirley Caesar – Jesus Children Of America
3. The Meditation Singers – Trouble's Brewin'
4. The Clark Sisters – You Brought The Sunshine
5. Dorothy Norwood – Let Your Feet Down Easy
6. Shirley Caesar – Jesus Is Coming
7. Swan Silvertones – If You Believe Your God Is Dead
8. The Alvin Darling Ensemble – Is There Anybody Here ?
9. Roscoe Robinson – There's A Creator
10. Destiny – Nothing Can Stop Me Now
11. The Meditation Singers – Good Old Gospel Music
12. Keith Barrow – Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
13. Roscoe Robinson – Elijah
14. Dyson's Faces – Till I've Got This Feelin' Of Love
15. The Violinaires – The Upper Way
16. Leomia Boyd and The Gospel Music Makers – Higher in Jesus' Love
17. Keith Barrow – The Right Road Now

Anybody else pre-order that Luaka Bop Pharoah reissue? I got an notice that is shipped back on August 18th and that it should arrive by September 1st, but the tracking still shows that it's just sitting at the "label created" stage. I'm assuming it has to do with the 9/15 official release date, but wondered if anyone else saw the same thing.

Fwiw, I get that it's the USPS and not the labels, but I really hate getting a "Your order has shipped!" email when it's just the label and will still sit somewhere for weeks before it actually ships.

Lush’s 3 albums were reissued on vinyl last monrh

Fwiw, I get that it's the USPS and not the labels, but I really hate getting a "Your order has shipped!" email when it's just the label and will still sit somewhere for weeks before it actually ships.

Yeah, I ignore every email about something I've ordered until I get the one that says "Your order has been delivered!" And even those are bullshit sometimes — it can take two days for the USPS to actually put something in my PO box.

More from Real Gone Music (Sept. newsletter)

We have a trio of modern rock gems for you today, vinyl debuts all around!

Rooney (named after the principal in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) was formed in high school by singer-songwriter Robert Schwartzman, whose list of celebrity connections is long: brother to actor Jason Schwartzman, cousin to actor Nic Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. But it wasn’t just celebrity that turbocharged Rooney’s rise; songs like “Blueside,” “I’m Shakin’,” and “I’m a Terrible Person” blend power pop with British Invasion and punk influences to create a sort of rock and roll classicism in the best sense of the word. That’s why none other than Johnny Ramone selected them for the Ramones tribute album We’re a Happy Family, and why the band were tabbed to tour with such cult faves as Weezer, The Strokes, and The Donnas (they also appeared as themselves in the first season of The O.C.). That’s also why their 2003 self-titled debut (produced by Jimmy Iovine among others) sold a cool half million copies…but somehow it’s never been out on LP. Our Real Gone release of Rooney comes in gold vinyl housed inside a jacket with printed inner sleeve. Another one of those early aughts records that’s way, way overdue for wax.

Before Butch Walker produced and/or wrote for such huge acts as (gulp) Pink, Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, Weezer, Green Day, Katy Perry, and (double gulp) Taylor Swift, he fronted the fondly-remembered power pop trio Marvelous 3. Hey!Album actually first came out as an independent release in 1998, but the band re-recorded almost half of it when they signed to Elektra, who released it in 1999. The extra TLC proved well worth it, as the record scored a hit with “Freak of the Week” and introduced Walker’s hooky and sardonically self-deprecating songwriting to the masses (it also landed Marvelous 3 fashion spreads for Abercrombie & Fitch and Calvin Klein…they were, as the saying goes, easy on the eyes). This Real Gone reissue marks the FIRST time Hey!Album is making it to music retail on vinyl, and for its debut we’re pressing it pretty in pink vinyl, with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics. A ‘90s classic!

Want a little history lesson along with your thrash metal? The 1989 release Heresy from the German band Paradox was a full-fledged concept album, commemorating the 13th century Albigensian Crusade that sought to eliminate the heretical Cathar sect. And truly, no foe could withstand the twin guitar attack, soaring harmonies, and machine-like rhythm section of this band. Other like-minded members of this particular metal horde include Anthrax, Testament, and Exodus, but really, Heresy is a one-of-a-kind record, and a hard act to follow, as this was the last release from Paradox for eleven years. For its U.S. vinyl debut, we’ve pressed up a limited edition of 1000 copies in dark gray “inquisitor’s robe” vinyl, which comes in an album jacket with inner sleeve featuring lyrics. Thinking man’s thrash!

Grab these while you can and get ready…something very, very big is coming your way next week!

Real Gone Gordon and Gabby

That Paradox album really is good.

This too! The original, anyway, haven't heard the bonus tracks:

In celebration of his legacy, Shimmy-Disc has announced a remixed and remastered reissue of Allen Ginsberg's 1989 album of spoken-word pieces, entitled The Lion For Real, Re-born.

This forthcoming release, due November 3, finds Allen Ginsberg — the voice of a generation, fierce, gentle, profound and profane — paired with music created especially for his work, by some of the guiding lights of Jazz in the modern era: Mark Bingham, Bill Frisell, Arto Lindsay, Marc Ribot, and others. All masterfully coordinated and produced by the mad scientist of collaborations, Hal Willner.

First released as The Lion For Real in 1989, this time capsule surges forth into the now with 8 additional tracks never included on the original release. These are timeless works, a garden of eden on vinyl to wander through repeatedly, guided by the founding father of Beat Poetry. Graced by an irresistible coda co-written with Shimmy-Disc founder Kramer, his lyrical mantra of "Don’t Grow Old."

Damn! Here's the vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qct4pmWnBtk

Just seen this is happening
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/high-tide-the-complete-liberty-recordings-3cd-box-set/
do wish live audio or video footage would appear.
First lp is really really good anyway.

High Tide: The Complete Liberty Recordings, 3CD Box set
High Tide

£23.99
Released September 29, 2023.

• NEW REMASTERED 3CD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET FEATURING ALL OF THE RECORDINGS BY PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND HIGH TIDE.

• WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET FEATURING AN ESSAY AND A REPRODUCTION POSTER.

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• NEW REMASTERED 3CD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET FEATURING ALL OF THE RECORDINGS BY PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND HIGH TIDE.

• FEATURING THE ALBUMS ‘SEA SHANTIES’, ‘HIGH TIDE’ AND AN ADDITIONAL CD OF DEMOS AND STUDIO OUT-TAKES RECORDED IN 1969 AND 1970.

• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.

• WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET FEATURING AN ESSAY AND A REPRODUCTION POSTER.

• REVIEWS AND FEATURES IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS, UNCUT, MOJO, RECORD COLLECTOR AND CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINES WITH COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES AND FANZINES.

Formed in London in 1969, High Tide featured the intense guitar playing of Tony Hill (formerly with The Misunderstood), the violin and keyboard skills of Simon House, bassist Peter Pavli and drummer Roger Hadden. The band was managed by Clearwater, also home to Hawkwind, Skin Alley and Cochise and were signed to Liberty Records soon after their formation. Their debut album, the stunning ‘Sea Shanties’ was recorded at Olympic studios and some of the heaviest gothic psychedelic rock record ever recorded. Issued in a striking sleeve designed by artist Paul Whitehead, the album is now regarded as a true classic of the era.

Their second album, ‘High Tide’, was recorded in 1970 and was another wonderful work. Despite their originality both critical acclaim and commercial success eluded the band and by the close of 1970 they had disbanded. Tony Hill would continue to plough his own musical furrow as one of Britain’s most original guitarists while Simon House would join the Third Ear Band before becoming a member of Hawkwind. Peter Pavli would go on to join author Michael Moorcock’s band Deep Fix.

Five decades on from their release, the two albums are now regarded by aficionados of this musical era as essential listening. ‘The Complete Liberty Recordings’ features both albums released on the label along with ten bonus tracks drawn from demos and studio out-takes from sessions in 1969 and 1970 and has been newly remastered from the original master tapes. The set features an illustrated booklet with an essay and a rare reproduction poster.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
Sea Shanties
Released as Liberty LBS 83264 in December 1969
1 Futilist’s Lament
2 Death Warmed Up
3 Pushed, But Not Forgotten
4 Walking Down Their Outlook
5 Missing Out
6 Nowhere

DISC TWO
High Tide
Released as Liberty LBS 83294 in 1970
1 Blankman Cries Again
2 The Joke
3 Saneonymous Bonus track
4 The Great Universal Protection Racket (Recorded at Morgan Studios 10 April 1970)

DISC THREE
Demos & Studios Sessions 1969 & 1970
1 Pushed, But Not Forgotten (demo) (Apple Studios March 1969)
2 Death Warmed Up (demo) (Apple Studios March 1969) 3 Dilemma (Apple Studios March 1969)
4 The Great Universal Protection Racket (Recorded at Olympic Studios 18 June 1969)
5 Time Gauges (Recorded at Olympic Studios 8 July 1969) 6 The Joke (first version) (Recorded at Olympic Studios May 1970)
7 Blankman Cries Again (first version) (Recorded at Olympic Studios May 1970)
8 Ice Age (Recorded in 1970)

Superior Viaduct is putting out several early Milford Graves titles on LP in November: Bäbi and the two live albums with Don Pullen, Nommo and In Concert at Yale University. There's also a 2LP set that combines both the live albums (the same way Corbett vs Dempsey combined them on CD a couple of years ago). The disc of bonus material that was on CvsD's CD reissue of Bäbi is not part of this run, though.

https://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/milford-graves

you alluded to it but just want to emphasize that it's all already available on CD and has been

Welllll...those CDs went out of print fast. A few online stores (Squidco, Wayside) might still have copies, but you'll have to do some searching.

Kirsty MacColl: See That Girl 1979-2000
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/kirsty-maccoll-see-that-girl-1979-2000/

CD 1: The Singles
They Don’t Know (03:01)
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (02:58)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (03:08)
See That Girl (02:57)
You Still Believe In Me (02:57)
Terry (03:56)
A New England (03:50)
He’s On The Beach (03:29)
Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl) (04:31)
Free World (Radio Version) (02:38)
Days (02:59)
Innocence (Remix) (04:02)
Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! (03:47)
Walking Down Madison (7″ Mix) (04:40)
My Affair (Radio Edit) (03:34)
All I Ever Wanted (Single Mix) (03:31)
Angel (Single Edit) (03:40)
Caroline (02:57)
Perfect Day (Kirsty MacColl & Evan Dando) (03:50)
Mambo De La Luna (Single Edit) (03:31)
In These Shoes? (03:39)

CD 2: 1979 – 1983
Turn My Motor On (02:27)
I Don’t Need You (02:56)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Truck Stop Swears He’s Elvis (03:08)
Nothing To Do (The Clock Goes Round Demo)* (02:19)
Falling For Faces (Demo)* (02:25)
The Real Ripper (Demo)* (04:13)
Teenager In Love (02:37)
Mexican Sofa (03:14)
Until The Night (03:50)
Over You (02:35)
Queen Of The High Teas (02:27)
Bad Dreams* (04:48)
Time* (03:45)
Sticked and Stoned (03:46)
Annie (04:30)
Camel Crossing (05:21)
Berlin (03:34)
Man With No Name* (03:28)
Lullaby for Ezra* (03:50)
Up the Grey Stairs* (06:38)
Roman Gardens (04:58)
Tracks 12-21 are the 1983 Polydor album ‘Real’, presented here complete and sequenced for the first time.

CD 3: 1983-1989
Terry (Extended Version) (05:20)
Quietly Alone (02:39)
One Little Lie (Demo)* (04:08)
A New England (Extended Version) (07:57)
Patrick (03:09)
I’m Going Out With An Eighty Year Old Millionaire (02:55)
Trouble With People (Demo)* (03:03)
Man Of Steel (Demo)* (02:59)
He’s On The Beach (Extended Version) (08:08)
Please, Go To Sleep (02:33)
You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby (She’s Having A Baby Version) (03:40)
Closer To God (03:53)
The End Of A Perfect Day (Original Demo Version) (03:23)
La Forêt De Mimosa (03:36)
Fifteen Minutes (03:12)
What Do Pretty Girls Do? (02:37)
Dancing In Limbo (02:51)
You And Me Baby (02:31)
Happy (02:33)
El Paso (03:46)
Still Life (02:57)

CD 4:
Innocence (The Guilt Mix) (04:09)
No Victims (Guitar Heroes Mix) (04:23)
Clubland (04:04)
Other People’s Hearts (03:37)
One Good Thing (03:37)
He Never Mentioned Love (03:50)
The Hardest Word (04:38)
My Way Home (04:30)
My Affair (Olive Groove Mix) (06:26)
All The Tears That I Cried (03:31)
A New England (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:55)
Innocence (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (04:10)
You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:28)
Fifteen Minutes / Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (05:40)
Happy (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (02:40)
Tread Lightly (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:15)
Train In Vain / Walking Down Madison (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (07:15)
Free World (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (02:30)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:35)

CD 5: 1993-1996
Soho Square (04:25)
Last Day Of Summer (04:20)
Can’t Stop Killing You (04:10)
Titanic Days (05:43)
Big Boy On A Saturday Night (03:56)
Angel (Stuart Crichton Piano Edit) (03:17)
King Kong (Demo) (03:56)
Dear John (Demo) (02:43)
Fabulous Garden (03:13)
Touch Me (03:36)
Free World (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, California 01/12/93) (02:43)
Miss Otis Regrets (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, California 01/12/93) (03:01)
Irish Cousin (04:49)
The Butcher Boy (03:57)
As Long As You Hold Me (Electric Version)* (04:39)
Eu So Quero Un Xodó* (03:15)
In These Shoes? (Demo)* (03:40)
Things Happen (Demo) (02:58)
Treachery (Demo) (a.k.a. Stalking A Fan)* (03:51)
Siempre Tu Rosa (Always Your Rose)* (02:35)

CD 6: 1999-2000
1. Mambo De La Luna (Mint Royale Mix) (05:36)
2. In These Shoes? (UR Crazy Remix) (06:04)
3. Good For Me (03:34)
4. Autumngirlsoup (03:54)
5. Us Amazonians (04:09)
6. Nao Esperando (04:04)
7. Wrong Again (04:20)
8. I Believe In Love* (02:47)
9. Sun On The Water (Demo) (04:07)
10. Here Comes That Man Again (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (05:10)
11. Head (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:50)
12. Celestine (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:45)
13. England 2 Colombia 0 (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:50)
14. Designer Life (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (02:40)
15. Days (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:10)
16. Walking Down Madison (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (06:25)
17. How Insensitive (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:25)
18. My Affair (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (08:30)

CD 7: BBC recordings 1981 – 2000
I Don’t Wanna Play House (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)* (03.35)
Queen Of The High Teas (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)* (02.30)
You Can Have My Husband (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)* (02.10)
Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89) (03.41)
What Do Pretty Girls Do? (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89) (02.36)
Don’t Run Away From Me Now (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89 (02.56)
Still Life (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89 (03.05)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26/06/91) (03:48)
Walk Right Back (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26 June 1991) (03.37)
Darling, Let’s Have Another Baby (with Billy Bragg) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26 June 1991) (02.39)
Angel (Later… BBC TV 19 November 1992)* (04.10)
Can’t Stop Killing You (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)* (03.54)
Soho Square (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)* (04.13)
Bad (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)* (01.56)
My Affair (BBC Radio 1 Session for Simon Mayo, 07/03/94) (03.44)
16. Miss Otis Regrets (with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards) (Later… BBC TV 31 December 1994)* (03.13)
Caroline (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 16 February 1995)* (02.29)
Free World (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 16 February 1995)* (02.46)
A New England (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 20/02/95) (03.29)
He’s On The Beach (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 20/02/95) (03.27)
Tread Lightly (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park 10/06/95) (04.18)
I Wanna Be Sedated (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park 10 June 1995) (02.32)
In These Shoes? (Later… BBC TV 15/04/00)* (03.57)

CD 8: Other People’s Songs (Guest Appearances & Collaborations)
Peggy Seeger – Darling Annie (4.09)
Jane Aire & The Belvederes – Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (2.54)
Jools Holland & Kirsty MacColl – Shutting The Doors (4.22)
Tracey Ullman – You Broke My Heart in 17 Places (2.49)
Billy Bragg With Johnny Marr & Kirsty MacColl – Greetings To The New Brunette (3.30)
David Byrne – Make Believe Mambo (Orisa) (5.23)
Ewan MacColl – The Manchester Rambler (4.42)
Happy Mondays – Hallelujah (MacColl Mix) (2.39)
Mary Coughlan – Invisible To You (4.28)
Alison Moyet – Wishing You Were Here (3.57)
Holly Johnson – Boyfriend ’65 (3.08)
Kirsty MacColl & Billy Bragg – Darling Let’s Have Another Baby (2.39)
The Wonder Stuff – Welcome To The Cheap Seats (Naked Mix) (2.41)
Engine Alley – Song For Someone (3.46)
Anthony Thistlethwaite – Red Jeans (2.36)
Sharon Shannon & Kirsty MacColl – Libertango (4.23)
Chucho Merchán, Kirsty MacColl and Phil Manzanera – People Uniting (5.05)
Ghostland & Kirsty MacColl – Sail Away (3.14)
*Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.

now THIS is what i'm talking about

https://www.strandedrecords.com/cdn/shop/files/luther-thomas-human-arts-ensemble-funky-donkey-vol-1-1973-lp_1024x1024.jpg
Luther Thomas Human Arts Ensemble - Funky Donkey Vol. 1 (1973) LP

Wewantsounds, in collaboration with Corbett vs. Dempsey, reissues one of the great albums out of the BAG galaxy recorded by Luther Thomas

From Sony Legacy:

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hollywood Bowl August 18, 1967
Live at The Hollywood Bowl: August 18, 1967 has never before been released or bootlegged. It captures the Jimi Hendrix Experience at a unique moment in their illustrious career. Before a sold out audience of 17,000 people, the Experience overwhelmed an unsuspecting audience with a superb show that encompassed his renditions of songs by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters as well as signature songs such as “Purple Haze” and “The Wind Cries Mary.” Out November 10th, the album is currently available for pre-order on CD, vinyl, and digitally.

Sorry not to get this in sooner. Omnivore is having one of their flash sales: albums by or featuring Peter Holsapple (ends tomorrow, the 28th)"
https://omnivorerecordings.com/holsapplesale/
The sessions with Chilton incl. a couple I'd want to keep, The Continental Drifters many more, as well it might, for inst with the Psycho Sisters. Vicki Petersen and Susan Cowsill, singing the best tracks. Also, despite not being a big seasonal music fan, I like a lot of The dB's & Friends' Christmas Time Again!, which has had tracks added several times over the years, and keeps getting better. Have not heard the PH Combo xmas alb, the solo, or duet set w Stamey.

Also on Omnivore--hadn't heard of this!

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Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson
Louisville Sluggers
Release date: May 12, 2023

Expanded reissue of the 2006 release from co-founders of NRBQ
In 1966, Terry Adams and Steve Ferguson, two musicians from Louisville, Kentucky, formed the New Rhythm And Blues Quartet after playing together in earlier bands. From the release of their 1969, self-titled debut, NRBQ became not only one of the greatest genre-defying bands on the planet, but also a band whose live shows were as unpredictable as they were unparalleled in the joy they brought their audiences. Although Ferguson left the band in 1971, he was never far away—periodically showing up at gigs (much to the delight of fans), and playing with Adams on various releases keeping their musical friendship alive and well.

The pair got together in the mid 2000s to re-explore that kinship. They brought along NRBQ drummer Tom Ardolino, Terry’s brother Donn (of The Whole Wheat Horns, whose work is prevalent on many NRBQ releases), and some other friends. Donn says in the album’s liner notes, “No outside producers. No time constraints. No budget influences. Just Terry and Steve and friends.”

Louisville Sluggers appeared in 2006 to the delight of the NRBQ faithful. In addition to originals from both Adams and Ferguson, the friends also explored the music they loved: Thelonious Monk, Jimmie Rodgers, Louis Armstrong, Hank Williams, and more. No matter the writer or influence, Louisville Sluggers was totally inventive, and a whole lot of fun.

Now, Louisville Sluggers returns, with updated artwork (retaining Donn Adams original liner notes) and four previously unissued bonus tracks including recordings of “Turkey In The Straw” and Allen Toussaint’s “Java.” This reissue expands the wonder and merriment of Louisville Sluggers for the new and old generations of fans of NRBQ and beyond.

CD / DIGITAL TRACK LIST:
PEANUT VENDOR
OUTER SPACE BOOGIE (Alternate Mix)
SAME TRAIN
MULE SKINNER BLUES (Take 1)
ICHABOD
PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE
IT’S TOO SOON TO KNOW
KNUCKLEHEAD
DUTCHESS COUNTY JAIL
SOUTH OF THE ORIENT
HI-HEEL SNEAKERS
TURKEY IN THE STRAW *
BLUE MONK
JAVA *
DUET FOR COUSINS *
HEY GOOD LOOKIN’
ICHABOD (Take 1) *
* Previously unissued bonus tracks.

my fave single album of Omnivore's ongoing NRBQ series is groovy speculative rowdy backyard Louisville s/t debut, finally reissued in 2018:

The return of their classic debut album!
The New Rhythm And Blues Quintet formed over 50 years ago, and after playing together for a few years, the band began recording with Eddie Kramer and inked a two-record deal with Columbia Records. Their eponymous debut appeared on shelves in 1969, featuring the band’s wide-ranging originals peppered with versions of songs from artists as wide-ranging as Eddie Cochran and Sun Ra, plus a co-write between the band’s Terry Adams and Jazz experimentalist Carla Bely. It was, and is, a wildly original and influential release.

For all of its stature, it’s hard to believe in its 49-year existence, it has never been reissued, nor ever appeared on CD or Digital. That changes in March when NRBQ is available once again, on CD (for the first time), Digital, and as a gatefold LP. Combining elements of the original, with additional photos and new liner notes from Jay Berman, the package has never looked, nor sounded better.

The band is still going strong, and this reissue follows hot on the heels of their 5-CD boxed set, High Noon – A 50-Year Retrospective, and last year’s critically acclaimed EP, Happy Talk.

Big Tina Turner compilation coming in November:

Tina Turner
Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
A Collection Of All Her Singles From 1975-2023
55 Tracks Presented Chronologically On 5-LP & 3-CD Sets With A Foreword From Bryan Adams

CD1
Whole Lotta Love
Acid Queen
Root, Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roller
Viva La Money
Sometimes When We Touch
Music Keeps Me Dancin’
Let’s Stay Together
Help
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Better Be Good To Me
Private Dancer
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Show Some Respect
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
One Of The Living
It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
Typical Male
Two People
What You Get Is What You See
Girls

CD2
Break Every Rule
Paradise Is Here
Afterglow
Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
Addicted to Love (Live in Europe)
A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe)
Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
The Best (Edit)
Steamy Windows
I Don’t Wanna Lose You
Look Me In The Heart
Foreign Affair
Be Tender With Me Baby
It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version)
Love Thing
Way Of The World

CD3
I Want You Near Me
I Don’t Wanna Fight
Disco Inferno
Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
Proud Mary
Goldeneye
Whatever You Want
On Silent Wings
Missing You
In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White)
Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
When The Heartache Is Over
Whatever You Need
Open Arms
Teach Me Again (with Elisa)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix)
Something Beautiful (2023 Version)

Laibach's Nova Akropola is being reissued as a 3CD set in December. Discs 1 and 3 are crucial — it's a great album, and they were incredible live back in the old days — but Disc 2 is probably pretty skippable.

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DISC ONE
1. VIER PERSONEN
2. NOVA AKROPOLA
3. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA
4. VOJNA POEMA
5. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (OUTRO)
6. DIE LIEBE
7. DRŽAVA
8. VADE RETRO
9. PANORAMA
10. DECREE

DISC TWO
LIVE IN EUROPE 1997-2020
1. VADE RETRO (LIVE IN LJUBLJANA, 1997)
2. NOVA AKROPOLA (LIVE IN ZAGREB 2019)
3. VIER PERSONEN (LIVE IN LJUBLJANA, 2019)
4. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA (LIVE IN SERBIA, 2021)
5. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (LIVE IN SERBIA, 2021)
6. DIE LIEBE (LIVE IN SKOPJE 2018)
7. DRŽAVA (LIVE AT LJUBLJANA CASTLE, 2020)

DISC THREE
LIVE IN LONDON 1985-1987
1. VIER PERSONEN (LONDON, 1985)
2. NOVA AKROPOLA (LONDON, 1985)
3. VADE RETRO (LONDON, 1985)
4. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA (LONDON, 1986)
5. DIE LIEBE (LONDON, 1985)
6. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (LONDON, 1985)
7. DRŽAVA (LONDON, 1985)
8. VOJNA POEMA (LONDON, 1985)
9. DRŽAVA (LET’S MAKE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE FIRST AGAIN!) (LONDON, 1987)

10CD or 10LP box: The Complete Obscure Records Collection

** Limited Collector Edition of 1.000 copies. Includes hand-numbered certificate, 10 LPs in faithful replicas of the original covers and polylined inner sleeves, a 80-page LP-sized book in English, all housed in a custom lavish linen box. ** In a very special Soundohm exclusive, we’re thrilled to announce pre-orders for the first ever box set gathering the entire ten album collection of Brian Eno’s Obscure Records, originally issued between 1975 and 1978. Containing the debut releases of Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, John Adams, David Toop, Max Eastley, Harold Budd, Christopher Hobbs, Jan Steele, and Simon Jeffes / The Penguin Café Orchestra, in addition to important works by John Cage, Tom Phillips, and John White, not to mention Eno’s seminal “Discreet Music”, the label’s output collectively amounts to a monument in the history of minimalist experimental music that has captivated audiences since it first appeared - a rare bridge between the avant-garde and popular realms. This remarkable collection, coming as a deluxe box set designed by Bruno Stucchi / dinamomilano, and issued by Dialogo in CD and vinyl editions completely remastered by Andrea Marutti - both including a book filled with rare photos, archival material and texts by, among others, Gavin Bryars, Bradford Bailey, David Toop, Max Eastley, Richard Bernas, and Tom Recchion - marks the first time this seminal series has received a complete repress on any format, with a number of the albums within having never been reissued on vinyl and/or CD since their original release. You can't get any better than this, simply a dream come true.

Mighty tempting... I have seven of those albums in one form or another already; it was one of those collector impulses that eventually subsided. Still haven't heard Machine Music, Ensemble Pieces or Voices and Instruments.

Think that the vinyl version comes with downloads?

Hmmm. Probably not.

In my latest newsletter, I write about three new South African jazz reissues:

South Africa '75

Three early '80s Henry Threadgill albums — 1982's When Was That?, 1983's Just The Facts And Pass The Bucket, and 1985's Subject To Change, have popped up on Bandcamp, which is notable because Subject To Change was only ever available on LP. The other two were reissued on CD at one point but have been out of print for decades. You can get them all at https://about-time-records.bandcamp.com/ along with some other great records by trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah, percussionist Jerome Cooper, Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, and others.

Anyone hear the new Brinsley Schwarz box set? It's basically a reissue that collects all of their albums, remastered with bonus tracks. (The old CD's were really hit-or-miss in the mastering department, so I'm hoping these are done right.)