Rolling Reissues 2017

soteric records are reissuing all of Patto's material, starting with the 1st 2 lps on April 28th.
S/t comes with 3 extra tracks
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/patto-remastered-and-expanded-edition/
1. THE MAN
2. HOLD ME BACK
3. TIME TO DIE
4. RED GLOW
5. SAN ANTONE
6. GOVERNMENT MAN
7. MONEY BAG
8. SITTIN’ BACK EASY

BONUS TRACKS
9. HANGING ROPE

RECORDED AND MIXED 16th JULY 1970

10. LOVE ME
11. GOVERNMENT MAN

BBC RADIO ONE “SOUNDS OF THE 70s” SESSION
3rd NOVEMBER 1970 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

2nd lp
Hold Your Fire is expanded to 2cds including various BBC material and outtakes. These include an IN Concert set.
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/move-into-the-light-the-complete-island-recordings-1969-1971-remastered-edition/
DISC ONE “HOLD YOUR FIRE”
THE ORIGINAL ALBUM RE-MASTERED:
1. HOLD YOUR FIRE
2. YOU, YOU POINT YOUR FINGER
3. HOW’S YOUR FATHER
4. SEE YOU AT THE DANCE TONIGHT
5. GIVE IT ALL AWAY
6. AIR RAID SHELTER
7. TELL ME WHERE YOU’VE BEEN
8. MAGIC DOOR

BONUS TRACKS
9. BEAT THE DRUM
10. BAD NEWS

“HOLD YOUR FIRE” SESSIONS
RECORDED & MIXED 4th MAY 1971

DISC TWO: BBC SESSIONS & OUT-TAKES:
1. SAN ANTONE
2. GOVERNMENT MAN
3. BEAT THE DRUM
4. SITTIN’ BACK EASY
5. SO COLD

BBC RADIO ONE “IN CONCERT”
4th MARCH 1971 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

6. GIVE IT ALL AWAY
7. AIR RAID SHELTER
8. YOU, YOU POINT YOUR FINGER

BBC RADIO ONE “SOUNDS OF THE 70S” SESSION – 28th JUNE 1971 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

9. DON’T SHOOT ME (“HOLD YOUR FIRE”) (FIRST VERSION)
10. GIVE IT ALL AWAY (ALTERNATIVE VERSION)
11. AIR RAID SHELTER (ALTERNATIVE VERSION)

“HOLD YOUR FIRE” SESSIONS
RECORDED & MIXED 29th JULY 1971

TRACKS 9 & 10 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

I have the old repertoire version of the 1st lp and it's pretty great. This Esoteric version is the first one fully sanctioned by the band..

The same date , 28th April sees a 2cd set off the material that Quintessence released on Island compiled as Move Into The Light
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/move-into-the-light-the-complete-island-recordings-1969-1971-remastered-edition/

pretty groovy Notting Hill Hippie rock stuff.

Stevo

This first album (compilation) is apparently new, but goes back 40 years, so seems to fit:

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Spiritual Jazz 7: Islam
JAZZMAN (CD, LP)

The seventh volume of Jazzman's acclaimed 'Spiritual Jazz' series examines the influence and impact of Islam on four decades of jazz innovation. Featuring sought-after, spiritual contributions from the likes of Yusef Lateef, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Creative Arts Ensemble and more. Essential release!
More Info & Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/spiritual-jazz-7-islam

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Manu Dibango
Ceddo (Bande originale du film)(LP)
AFRICA SEVEN

Now available on vinyl! Killer re-issue of this afro funky jazz soundtrack from 1977 by one of Africa's most respected artists, the Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango!
More Info & Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/manu-dibango-ceddo-bande-originale-du-film

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Din A Testbild
Programm 3 (Reissue)(LP)
MANNEQUIN

Early pioneers of the German New Wave music scene, Din A Testbild were formed in 1978 by Mark Eins and Gudrun Gut (former member of Einstürzende Neubauten, Mania D. and Malaria!). Din A Testbild played a significant role in defining the avant-garde music of Berlin. Legendary is their partecipation at the “Festival Genialer Dilletanten" in 1981.'Programm 3’ is their third album. Mixed and auto-produced by Mark Eins with help of Ziggy Schöning, it was originally released on Klaus Schulze’s record label Innovative Communication in 1983.
More Info & Audio https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/din-a-testbild-programm-3

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Early pioneers of the German New Wave music scene, Din A Testbild were formed in 1978 by Mark Eins and Gudrun Gut (former member of Einstürzende Neubauten, Mania D. and Malaria!). Din A Testbild played a significant role in defining the avant-garde music of Berlin. Legendary is their participation at the “Festival Genialer Dilletanten" in 1981.'Programm 4’ is their fourth album. Mixed and auto-produced by Mark Eins near the Wall in West/Berlin in 1983, the album was rejected at the time by Innovative Communication, considered too much “synth/punk/techno”, while the new label managers were looking more into new age stuff. In fact Schulze eventually sold the label in 1983, which started to release a plethora of acts loosely grouped around the NAM genre.
More Info & Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/programm-4-reissue

Programme 4 is also vinyl-only, at least on soundsoftheuniverse.

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Far Out follow up the long overdue reissue of Jose Mauro's 'Obnoxious" with another gem from the Quartin catalogue - Victor Assis Brasil Plays Jobim.

Unlike Jose Mauro, whose biography is almost completely shrouded in mystery, Victor Assis Brasil’s tragically short life is a better known story. He passed away aged just thirty-five, but by this point his status was already cemented as one of Brazil’s top players. Gifted his first saxophone by his aunt at the age of fourteen, his debut LP was recorded just four years later, alongside some mercurial greats of Brazilian jazz, Tenorio Jr and Edson Lobo. Following the release of his first two albums, Victor was granted a place to study at Berklee College of Music, and it was during this period he recorded toca antonio carlos jobim upon returning to Brazil in the summer of 1970. At a time in Brazil when the smooth n’ easy groove of the bossa beat no longer reflected the inflamed politics of a nation under the cosh of military dictatorship, Victor Assis Brasil morphed Jobim’s soothing originals into raw, deep jazz cuts, with the help of Brazilian legends Edison Lobo, Helio Delmiro and Edison Machado. The album’s influences span both American continents, finding a meeting point for Latin jazz and North American post-bop, with Roberto Quartin’s perfectionist approach to sound elevating the already incandescent music to divine new heights.
More Info & Audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/victor-assis-brasil-toca-antonio-carlos-jobim I gotta check that one.

Single of the week!

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Tony Allen & Africa 70
Afro Disco Beat (Disco Afro Reedit Vol.2)(12" vinyl)
COMET

Comet release the second 2nd part of the Tony Allen & Africa 70 'Disco Afro Series' featuring remastered original versions of the dancefloor smash 'Afro Disco Beat' and remixes by Africaine 808 & Mexican Institute of Sound - massive!
More Info & Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/afro-disco-beat-disco-afro-reedit-vol2

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When Young Marble Giants imploded in 1980, founder Stuart Moxham was at something of a loss. He played both guitar and organ in the band, wrote nearly all their material and was largely responsible for their beguilingly original aesthetic sensibility, which - despite their paucity of output - manages to sound as fresh and mysterious as it did when it appeared.

At first, Stuart’s future success seemed assured. He was the first artist to sign a long-term contract with Rough Trade. In the wake of the success of “Colossal Youth,” calls came in from a variety of successful musicians who wished to work with him. The output of Young Marble Giants grew continuously in stature.

The Gist started slowly, with the recording of five songs at the same session which produced the last recordings made under the Young Marble Giants’ name, though tellingly these were instrumentals which did not feature Alison Statton’s bewitching vocals. The Gist’s debut single, “This Is Love” / “Yanks” owed plenty to the wistful nature of Young Marble Giants, with Stuart’s warm baritone complementing the songs, which were originally intended as Young Marble Giants tunes. The single sold well.

Work began on an album, with Stuart recording demos at home and later polishing them up in Cold Storage with the assistance of Phil Legg and a number of post-punk luminaries (among them Swell Maps’ Epic Soundtracks, This Heat’s Charles Bullen, artist Wendy Smith, Viv Goldman . . . not to mention both Alison and Phil from Young Marble Giants.)

Years after its release, Stuart spoke of The Gist’s “Embrace The Herd” album as one in which he felt he had little to say, which is why the album featured a large number of instrumentals and songs with minimal lyrics. “Embrace The Herd” does not grab the listener in the same way as Young Marble Giants’ “Colossal Youth.” While the latter album presented a unique sonic world, “Embrace The Herd” sounds shattered somehow - not so much a lack of anything to say as much as a thousand possibilities, a difficulty in choosing. These days, Stuart contends that he simply wasn’t ready to express what was in his head.

The album sold in disappointing numbers, though today its originality and freshness is readily recognised, with multiple reissues and a greater understanding of its Eno-esque pop songs. The single which preceded the album (and was included on it), “Love It First Sight” has belatedly become a standard of the era, with both a well-loved cover by shoegazers Lush, and a genuine pop smash in France by Etienne Daho, where the lyrics were sung in French in highly-altered form under the name “Paris Le Flore.” It’s frequently used in film soundtracks, including two more this year.

Yet “Love At First Sight” did not trouble the charts. One single, “Fool For A Valentine,” followed. It too stalled. Somehow summoning up a tremendous amount of nerve, Stuart assembled old friends from Cardiff and went into the studio to demo his next release for Rough Trade. The results - included here - point towards a new and fresh direction that would have beautifully bridged the divide between the direct commercial appeal Rough Trade would soon chase and the to-thine-own self-be-true nature which can be found in all of Stuart’s work. Assured and confident, Stuart entered Rough Trade, only to be told that his contract was a “meaningless bit of paper” and that he was, henceforth, dropped from the label. Most of the remaining artists who defined Rough Trade’s early days suffered the same fate, and for Rough Trade is was soon the era of The Smiths and licensing American college acts.

What part the relative market failure of “Embrace The Herd” played into all this is hard to say, but it’s not as if Stuart had lost his touch with the economical and heartfelt pop song. During this period, he had written and recorded dozens and dozens of potential masterpieces which, with few exceptions, went unheard. “Embrace The Herd” would have been a totally different album had Stuart included many of the songs now presented here, on what amounts to the unreleased second album by The Gist, recorded back then but released more than a third of a century later.

“Holding Pattern” will be distributed throughout the world as a 14-track LP or CD. A limited number of early orders through Bandcamp will be available with several bonuses - A SMALL BOOK written and SIGNED by Stuart himself, detailing this period of his history with pictures anecdotes and more, A SET OF FOUR GIST BADGES and half a dozen or so FREE DOWNLOADS of songs not on the album, sent now and again in the coming months. Vinyl buyers will also receive their copy on GREY VINYL, as opposed to the regular black vinyl which will be available elsewhere.

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I just spent $87 (including shipping) on a reissue of Santana's live album Lotus. Here's the story:

- limited edition, Japan-only;
- comes in 7" square packaging with a miniature version of the original giant foldout artwork (the vinyl is actually bigger, fully unfolded, than Hawkwind's Space Ritual, if that gives you any idea);
- remastered (in 4.0 if you've got a multi-channel system) from the original Japanese master tapes from 1973;
- expanded to 3 CDs (it was originally a triple LP, then reissued as a 2CD set);
- includes 35 minutes (seven tracks) of previously unreleased music

I know I buried the lede there a little.

Full track listing of the new version:

Disc 1:
01. Meditation
02. Going Home
03. A-1 Funk
04. Every Step of the Way
05. Black Magic Woman　
06. Gypsy Queen
07. Oye Como Va
08. Japan (previously unreleased)
09. Bambele (previously unreleased)
10. Umm/Uumuu (previously unreleased)　
11. Yours is the Light

Disc 2:
01. Batuca
02. Xibaba
03. Stone Flower
04. Waiting
05. Castillos de Arena, Part 1
06. Free Angela
07. Samba de Sausalito
08. Mantra
09. Kyoto
10. Castillos de Arena, Part 2
11. Light of Life (previously unreleased)
12. Se a Cabo

Disc 3:
01. Samba Pa Ti
02. Mr. Udo
03. The Creator Has a Master Plan (previously unreleased)
04. Savor (previously unreleased)
05.Conga Solo (previously unreleased)
06. Toussaint L'Overture　　　
07. Incident at Neshabur

Lotus was already my favorite Santana album, and one of my favorite albums ever, period. I seriously can't wait to hear this expanded version. Here's where to order one, if you're of a mind. It'll be out April 19.

There's video footage from the same period in Japan I think. Had it a few years ago, think it was Japan anyway. Definitely same era. Not seen it in a while.

That video was around on torrent sites a few years back. Think it was from same visit as the lp recording but not got access to computer right now.

Dang, I want that. That was always the coolest Santana release, kind of the classic rock mirror of Hawkwind's Space Ritual. A friend goes to Japan sometimes and can get stuff cheaper while there, but probably not for a few months.

BTW you can get it here for $69.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w679Q1G5xKs

In conjunction with Cirith Ungol's first ever live show on European soil at the Keep It True festival in Lauda-Konigshofen, Germany, Metal Blade Records will release the Ultimate Edition of Cirith Ungol's King Of The Dead album on the weekend of the fest, April 28th! To hear the classic track, "Atom Smasher", please visit: http://metalblade.com/cirithungol - where the King Of The Dead - Ultimate Edition can be pre-ordered in the following formats:
--CD/DVD Digipak
--180g black vinyl
--clear ice blue vinyl (limited to 300 copies - EU exclusive)
--turquoise green/black-marbled vinyl (limited to 200 copies - EU exclusive)
--blood-red vinyl (limited to 200 copies - USA exclusive)
*plus digital options are also available!

The King Of The Dead - Ultimate Edition digipak CD features a full re-mastering by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony, five bonus tracks, expanded packaging and a bonus-DVD! The King Of The Dead - Ultimate Edition LP will be released as part of the Metal Blade Originals series; featuring 400 g spine sleeves, a 12-page booklet and an A1 sized poster, the vinyl was also mastered and fully restored by Patrick W. Engel in January 2017. This version reflects the original sound of the 1st vinyl pressing, released on Enigma in 1984!

King Of The Dead - Ultimate Edition track-listing:
1. Atom Smasher
2. Black Machine
3. Master of the Pit
4. King of the Dead
5. Death of the Sun
6. Finger of Scorn
7. Toccata in D minor
8. Cirith Ungol
9. Last Laugh (Live)*
10. Death of the Sun (alt mix)**
11. Master of the Pit (Live)***
12. King of the Dead (Live)***
13. Cirith Ungol (Live)***
* Live 1984 (bonus Track on original CD)
** alternative version (taken from Metal Massacre I)
*** Live at Frost & Fire Fest II at the Majestic Ventura Theater in Ventura on October 8th, 2016

Bonus-DVD track-listing (Live at The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA on January 19th, 1983):
1. Atom Smasher
2. I'm Alive
3. Black Machine
4. Master of the Pit
5. King of the Dead
6. Death of the Sun
7. Finger of Scorn
8. Cirith Ungol

Max's Kansas City: 1976 & Beyond coming to CD and Vinyl on May 5th via Jungle Records

The original Max's Kansas City 1976 pioneering punk club album, extended with an extra 30 tracks and historical notes

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In 1976 Peter (Crowley) compiled a studio album of acts associated with the club, Max's Kansas City 1976, to help promote the club. It featured the first released recordings of Suicide, The Fast and Warhol-era veteran Wayne County, whose title-track gave a roll-call of many of the famous acts who'd regularly performed there.

Now the original album is reissued as Max's Kansas City 1976 & Beyond, greatly extended to 40 tracks on a double-CD and a selection of 25 tracks on a double-LP. As well as the aforementioned Suicide, Fast and Wayne County, the new extended album features the New York Dolls, the Stillettos, the Offs, the Senders, Philip Rambow, VON LMO, Iggy Pop, Knots, Roland Alphonso, Cherry Vanilla, Nico, Joy Ryder, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers and Sid Vicious amongst many others. It includes many previously unreleased tracks and rarities. Compiled by Peter Crowley, who also contributes notes detailing the history of the album. Writer, musician and Max's scenester Jimi LaLumia provides historical overview sleeve-notes along with biographies of the artists in a 20-page booklet.

Track Listing

Disc 1

• Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys - Max's Kansas City
• The Fast - Boys Will Be Boys
• Harry Toledo - Knots
• Cherry Vanilla and her Staten Island Band - Shake Your Ashes
• Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys - Cream In My Jeans
• The Fast - Wow Pow Bash Crash
• Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys - Flip Your Wig
• John Collins Band - The Man In Me
• Suicide - Rocket USA
• The Fast - Kids Just Wanna Dance
• Philip Rambow - Night Out
• Suicide - Ghost Rider
• New York Dolls - Bad Girl
• The Stilettos - Pink Stilettos
• The Knots - Heartbreaker
• The Senders - 6th Street
• Jimi Lalumia & the Psychotic Frogs - Death To Disco
• The Brats - First Rock Star on the Moon
• The Offs - You Fascinate Me
• The Terrorists - Riis Park
• Roland Alphonso & the Terrorists - Sax Skandal

• Von LMO - This Is Pop Rock
• Fast Floyd & the Famous Firebirds - Frogs Legs
• Cellmates - Everybody Wants
• Science - Twisco
• BMTs - Clothes & Alchohol
• Keiran Liscoe & the Attitude - Hello St. Vincents
• Freddy Frogs - Days On Earth
• Joy Ryder - Johnny Was A Fireman
• Sea Monster - Halloween In Detroit
• Ruby & the Rednecks - Ruby From The Wrong Side of Town
• Joey Kelly Allstars - Amanda
• Philippe Marcade - All Quite Wasted
• Jayne County - Max's Kansas City (reprise)
• Iggy Pop - Rock Action
• Nico - Saeta
• Gang War - These Boots Are Made For Walking
• Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - M.I.A.
• Sid Vicious & The Idols - Take A Chance

Ha, just now came here to paste that, rat on! Would def like to check the expanded Lotus too.

I'm in the middle of this, which would be a good companion to that comp. It starts out shaky (oh no, yet another half-assed oral history), but when it covers the more obscure nearly forgotten clubs and the forgotten artists better than anything previously.

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For reasons that will become lysergically clear once you’ve heard the samples, Midori Takada's sublime debut album Through The Looking Glass [1983] is widely regarded the holy grail of ‘80s Japanese ambient & minimalist music. Perhaps it’s no wonder that 2nd hand copies are known to trade for over £600, and, therefore this deluxe reissue is welcomed by a whole new generation of listeners tracing this enchanted sound back to source.

Rooted in Midori Takada's fascination with Asian and African percussion traditions, Through The Looking Glass documents the Japanese musician navigating syncretic channels of practice between floating fantasy kingdoms and parallel ambient dimensions whilst guided by a deeply ethereal, oneiric spirit that’s utterly key to the album’s appeal. While it broadly falls under the ambient banner, the results are far too grand and ambitious to be considered sonic wallpaper - they’re more like widescreen tableaus that open out exponentially the deeper in you dive.

The image of a Lady Godiva-like character riding a hare-sheep-horse chimera on the cover symbolises the surreal confluence of ideas and gestures within; a Japanese musician translating Victorian psychedelic fantasies into a language of rippling rhythmelodies and softly pealing harmonics that nod to Pygmy music as much as gamelan traditions, the soundtracks of Cocteau films and precise marimba patter.

The rest, we’ll leave for your dilated discovery. Take it on trust that this is especially spellbinding and sui generis stuff without complete comparison. A dream.

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^ indeed. A beautiful record and very proud of my friend who's behind this reissue as well as a few other great ones (Mariah and Woo).

Intriguing, thanks for the news.

Colourbox: 'Music of the band (1982-1987)' 4AD Store Exclusive LP

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24th March 2017
To coincide with Wolfgang Tillmans' first major exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, Music of the band (1982-1987), a celebration of Colourbox, is available as a limited double LP. An HD audio version is also now available to stream / download via Bower & Wilkins. You can buy the LP edition from the 4AD Store, and the LP is also available from the Tate Modern in London.

The 16 tracks chosen by Wolfgang were originally selected to be played on loop at a conceptual playback listening space at Tillmans’ Berlin gallery, Between Bridges, in 2014, where lyrics and samples were pasted on the walls and where copies of the v23-designed records sat alongside original session ½” and ¼” tape reels, seeking to provide a unique environment for the audience to immerse themselves in the band’s modest but potent legacy. A limited number of CDs featuring those exhibition tracks were made available at this 2014 exhibition.

Both Colourbox and the Playback Room now form part of Tillmans’ exhibition in London (running until June 11th 2017) and this gatefold 2xLP edition of the compilation is now available exclusively through both the Tate shops and via the 4AD online store. This version features a new variation of the Tillmans-designed CD sleeve, a previously unreleased photograph series of his that features his prized Canon Colour Laser Copier, ripped apart and dismantled after a decade of service; “Eighties technology has influenced me a lot. When I won the Turner Prize I bought this copier with the money. Ten years later it was no longer repairable and I made this 'deconstruction' of it." You can find full details of the exhibition at the Tate Modern here.http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/wolfgang-tillmans-2017

Previously speaking of the band, Wolfgang said, "Brothers Martyn and Steven Young together with Ian Robbins, Lorita Grahame and Debian Curry were pioneers of experimental pop music. They created an eclectic sound drawing from reggae and soul influences, beat-box driven hip-hop rhythms, blue-eyed soul, as well as a fusion of far-ranging influences spanning from classic R&B, to dub and industrial. Using montages of analogue magnetic tape pieces and experimenting with tape machines, Colourbox were at the fore-front of sampling, which in its digital form would become ubiquitous in the course of the 1980's. The band worked in a seeming contrast of pure artistic research in the studio and an anti-intellectual stance towards the outside world.”

Between the initial exhibition in Berlin and this, Steven Young has sadly passed away. This release is also being pressed as a tribute to him and to Ian Robbins, who left us in 2014, and the wonderful music they made.

Colourbox - Music of the band (1982-1987)
TADD3443
A1 - Looks Like We’re Shy One Horse / Shoot Out (7:57)
A2 - Sleepwalker (2:16)
A3 - Just Give ‘em Whiskey (4:19)
A4 - Baby I Love You So [7” version] (3:20)

B1 - Edit The Dragon (2:43)
B2 - Hipnition (3:06)
B3 - We Walk Around the Streets (0:24)
B4 - Nation (10:00)

C1 - Justice (4:51)
C2 - Sex Gun (4:08)
C3 - Shotgun (4:50)
C4 - The Moon Is Blue [7” version] (4:34)

D1 - Keep On Pushing (5:18)
D2 - Fast Dump (5:40)
D3 - Arena I (4:22)
D4 - Hot Doggie (2:58)

From Rhino: a real whole bunch of vinyl for Record Store Day, mixed bag incl. musical quality-wise of course, but (get the 7" of Patti Smith's "Piss Factory"/"Hey Joe" even if you have it; a spare can't hoit): http://view.e.wbr.com/?qs=9747d2ac29ae3c05b318849a452b453bd4ae8262ac14a3f675f19827070f0f18105438b121f26c2b2854a368f14c1077856eefb2281f3d880a64effb380eda7d

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Everloving Records announces the US reissue Super Furry Animals’ 1996 debut album, Fuzzy Logic, for Record Store Day 2017!

On Saturday April 22nd, Fuzzy Logic will be available on 180g LP with an additional 35 bonus tracks and on 2xCD. Gruff Rhys says: “The reissue is radically different to the original, some songs have alternative beginnings and endings and people will notice the difference in definition, especially in high resolution digital and the new vinyl cut.”

Despite the Lennon-aping antics of their peers, Wales’s Super Furry Animals were the closest Britpop came to the adventuring spirit of the Beatles. Their indie rock, psychedelic pop, dance, country, glam and space-folk mashup was as pioneering as their aesthetic was madcap … These homecoming gods showed us the old magic.” — The Guardian

The madness and the majesty of Super Furry Animals’ chaotic emergence as an indefinable, thrillingly exciting addition to the innovative margins of mainstream rock and roll is irresistibly encapsulated in the US reissue of their 1996 debut album, Fuzzy Logic for Record Store Day 2017 on Saturday April 22nd via Everloving Records. From the two-decade deep well of their adventurous catalogue come B-sides, a legendary festival performance and demo versions from low-key 1995 recording sessions, revealing the genesis and winding roads taken by many of their early hits.

Super Furry Animals are comprised of Huw Bunford (Guitar/Vocals), Cian Ciaran (Keyboards/Effects/Vocals), Dafydd Ieuan (Drums/Vocals), Guto Pryce (Bass) and Gruff Rhys (Vocals/Guitar). This is the original lineup that burst onto the music scene in 1995 with the release of their first EP Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space). They were quickly recognized as being amongst the most interesting and inventive bands of the ‘90s British music boom and a string of lauded albums. Renowned for an energetic and exhilarating live show, the band has become synonymous with their native Wales and are considered a bona fide national treasure.

The significance of the reissue and the forensic remastering process was heightened as the band learned of the tapes’ near destruction in a storage fire sometime between the original Rockfield Studio sessions in late 1995 and their retrieval in 2016. Official Furries Archivist and Co-Compiler, Kliph Scurlock dusted off the smoke-tinged reels and led a fingertip search for each and every track, working with Mastering Engineer, Donal Whelan to unpeel layers of primitive, mid-nineties digitization, correct subtly corrupt edits and expose the warmth and ingenuity of the original, analogue recordings in superior, high resolution.

Gruff Rhys says: “The reissue is radically different to the original, some songs have alternative beginnings and endings and people will notice the difference in definition, especially in high resolution digital and the new vinyl cut. 1995/6 was an overwhelming whirlwind of touring, gimmickry and mayhem for us so it’s been a real treat to take some time to relive and reassess all these songs and compile everything that we recorded in that short, magical period in one place. In the unfamiliar environment of a big studio, Fuzzy Logic didn’t end up sounding anything like what we’d had in our heads for those years of songwriting building up to it, but it does have that undefinable vigor and energy of youth which isn’t included in the price of hiring a multitrack studio.”

Super Furry Animals spent six weeks in Rockfield Studios, South Wales completing the album, which was then released on Creation Records in May of 1996, climbing to 23 in the UK charts. The productivity of the time is evident in a separate collection of eight rock-solid b- sides, including the boisterous, fan favorite, Guacamole, creating parallels with bands such as The Beatles, The Smiths and The Jam, all renowned for the songs on the flipside being of the same, unquestionable quality as the lead.

Super Furry Animals
Fuzzy Logic
April 22, 2017
Everloving Records – EVE055 – 180g LP & 2XCD

more info via the orig. press sheet: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=252b821bb623c0544fd0dfc64&id=73e5d7c978&e=adc06515ce

LOOK BLUE GO PURPLE

Game Theory - Two Steps From The Middle Ages
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Following up 1987’s Lolita Nation (whose reissue appeared on numerous year-end “best of” lists for 2016) would be no easy task for Game Theory. But, Scott Miller and company were certainly up for the task. Re-teaming with producer Mitch Easter (R.E.M., Marshall Crenshaw, Velvet Crush), 2 Steps From The Middle Ages was released in 1988, and showed the band had no shortage of energy, experimentation, and excellent material.

This reissue contains the original 13 songs supplemented with a whopping 11 bonus tracks—demos, live performances and covers—all previously unissued. The translucent orange, first pressing of the LP (on vinyl for the first time since its initial release), contains a download card for the entire CD/Digital program.

Packaging includes rare and previously unseen photos from the band’s photographer, Robert Toren, as well as essays from Easter, Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star), and Franklin Bruno (The Village Voice, Salon.com). The band’s drummer, Gil Ray, who was involved in all aspects with the Game Theory reissue series including this title, sadly passed away earlier this year. This reissue is lovingly dedicated to him.

As the first track says, there’s “room for one more, honey.” That 1 more is 2 Steps From The Middle Ages.

Can - The Singles
Released 16th June 2017

Pre-order now:
Buy: http://smarturl.it/CanTheSinglesBuy
Stream: http://smarturl.it/CanTheSinglesStream

This unique document is the first time the singles have been presented together and shows the breadth of their influential career, from well loved tracks like Halleluwah, Vitamin C and I Want More to more obscure singles such as Silent Night and Turtles Have Short Legs.
The tracks are all presented in their original single version, many of which have been unavailable for many years and not presented outside of the original 7" release.

The triple vinyl comes packaged in a trifold sleeve, decorated with a beautiful spot gloss lamination, and is designed by the award winning Julian House from Intro, a long time design collaborator of Can's.

CAN - THE SINGLES - TRACKLISTING:
Soul Desert
She Brings The Rain
Spoon
Shikako Maru Ten
Turtles Have Short Legs
Halleluwah (Edit)
Vitamin C
I’m So Green
Mushroom
Moonshake
Future Days (Edit)
Dizzy Dizzy (Edit)
Splash (Edit)
Hunters And Collectors (Edit)
Vernal Equinox (Edit)
I Want More
...And More
Silent Night
Cascade Waltz
Don’t Say No (Edit)
Return
Can Can
Hoolah Hoolah (Edit)

streams and more info at the Smog Veil site:

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Smog Veil has a small limited number of the Brad Warner (0DFX, Dimentia 13) directed documentary film double DVD set, "Cleveland's Screaming!" Our friends at Red Hour Records produced this release and also licensed to us The Guns double LP.

"Cleveland's Screaming!" is a documentary film about the hardcore punk rock scene in northeast Ohio in the era of Reaganomics (1981-1984). A new breed of punk rock music came about named hardcore, which led to kids forming bands and building scenes around the country, networking a community of people from all over the world. This film shows the beginnings of NEO hardcore punk's scene to its demise a few years later, as told first hand by the people and bands that were there, including interviews, rare concert footage, photos and fliers, never before seen until now. Even yours truly, Frank Smog Veil, makes an appearance in the film!!

DVD 1 - Full Length Documentary
DVD 2 - Special Bonus DVD with rare 80s concert footage, interviews and other extras

Our double LP retrospective of Cleveland's greatest hardcore band, The Guns, went out of print nearly immediately after release in 2012. We constantly get questions about it, and now we're happy to report that a repress is on the way.

For the uninitiated, hands down the top-end standard by which all other Cleveland hardcore bands should be measured, Cleveland hardcore history could not have been the same without The Guns. Scott Eakin and Dave Araca formed the band originally as a 2-piece, later adding to the lineup some amazing rippers in the form of Sean Saley, Bob Ries, and Scott Silverman. Though a couple compilation appearances is all they managed back in the day, this release collects those tracks plus all other studio recordings, as well as some choice live cuts. The LP also features Vince Rancid's original cover art as commissioned by the band in the 80s and informative liners penned by Scott's brother, Tom Dark, and Sean Saley.

"The Guns is a fitting tribute to an excellent band." --Hunter Bennett/Ugly Things #34

"This is a definite must-have for any old-school hardcore punk..." --Janelle Jones/AMP#111

The numbers: double LP with free download code, 43 songs, 2nd press limited to 500 copies, black and red marble vinyl.

Platters du Cuyahoga series 2 update Masters for the 3rd entry in series 2 are being assembled now at SUMA Studios in Painesville, Ohio. Parts for Allen Ravenstine's "Terminal Drive" studio album from 1975 are off to the pressing g plant within the week. The same can be said for the super secret 3rd entry, a double LP retrospective of Cleveland's groundbreaking electronic improv troupe that existed in 1972 and 1973. This release will include both studio and live tracks and extensive liners and photos. The whole series can be ordered by clicking the links below.

Praise for the first of our Platters du Cuyahoga series 2 releases: the legendary and never before released 1967 studio demo from Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade "Sunday Morning Revival":

"...destined to bring a smile to the face of Butterfield and Musselwhite fans far and wide while deepening the already rich history of its municipality..." --Joseph Neff/The Vinyl District

"...the band winds you up and leaves you begging for more". --Elmore Magazine

"As I grew to love the blues, I wanted to try to see if we could come up with something worthy of recording, and the only way to do that was to actually try it."
- Jimmy Fox (James Gang/Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade)

Though once believed to have been lost or to only exist in theory, the lone 1967 studio demo recording by The Schwartz-Fox Blues Crusade featuring Mr. Stress - consisting of Cleveland legends and then members of the James Gang and Mr Stress Blues Band, Glenn Schwartz (guitar/vocals), Jimmy Fox (drums) Bill "Mr. Stress" Miller (vocals/harmonica), Tom Kriss (bass), Rich Kriss (guitar/vocals), and Mike Sands (piano) - is finally being released for music fans to savor and enjoy.

9 studio tracks of pure post-teen garage rock blues are accompanied by extensive liners and and never before published photos. The LP features colored vinyl, a free download code, and is limited to 1500 copies. Both the CD and the LP contains extensive liner notes penned by Nick Blakey and never before published photos.

Want to order the entire series 2 at a discount? Here's the details:

The three releases comprising Platters du Cuyahoga series 2 are: (1) Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade: "Sunday Morning Revival" (1967); (2) Allen Ravenstine: "Terminal Drive" (1975) (spring 2017 release); and (3) a soon to be announced double LP release of studio and live recordings from the first and most influential improvisational electronic outfit that called Cleveland home (1972-1973 recordings). All the releases will be formatted on vinyl as well as CD and download/streaming. A hallmark of the series will be that each release contains extensive liner notes, all carefully crafted and researched.

Praise for our recent Platters du Cuyahoga Series 1 releases:

ROBERT BENSICK BAND "French Pictures In London" LP/CD/digital:

"...deepens the already labyrinthine rewards of its region and rescues its namesake from footnote status." --Joseph Neff/The Vinyl District

MR. STRESS BLUES BAND "Live At The Brick Cottage 1972-1973" LP/CD/digital:

"At the risk of mythologizing a past I wasn't there for, Live at the Brick Cottage captures a particular scene and time, and Nick Blakey's extensive liner notes help to contextualize it. But it's not just a valuable time capsule, it's more important as a fun listen." --Justin Cober-Lake/
Dusted

X_X "Albert Ayler's Ghosts Live At The Yellow Ghetto" LP/CD/digital:

"I love how it starts off in chaos before it coalesces toward the end." --Ron Kretsch/Dangerous Minds

Pere Ubu and Rocket From The Tombs have announced a series of special gigs. Note that Cheetah Chrome will make a special appearance with Rocket From The Tombs at the Austin gig. Here's the dates:

May 11: Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland (Rocket From The Tombs)
May 13: Ace Of Cups, Columbus (Rocket From The Tombs)
May 19: Beerland, Austin (Rocket From The Tombs)
May 20: Beerland, Austin (Pere Ubu)
Aug 24: London, The Lexington (Pere Ubu Moon Unit)
Aug 28: Prague, Palace Akropolis (Pere Ubu Moon Unit)
Aug 29: Dresden, Jazzclub Tonne (Pere Ubu Moon Unit)

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JETHRO TULL - SONGS FROM THE WOOD

40th Anniversary Edition Featuring Mixes By Steven Wilson

3CD/2 DVD Set With Rare Live Records And Footage Available On May 19

Vinyl, Digital, And Standalone CD Versions Will Follow In July

Contents, many other details here:
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Numerophiles-

It’s that time of the year again. Wait, that’s exactly how we started this off last year. We’ve run out of ideas, folks. From here on out it’s going to be one rehash after another, as we trot out both tired tropes and borderline product in a vein attempt at maintaining RSD cred. We’ve tried to do interesting things in the past, be it WTNG or Los Alamos Grind! Our hope was that the average RSD chud-thumber might need a break from flipping past 311 triple 11” box sets, Feldman & Haim rap 12”s, and Mac Demarco reading fan tweets EPs. But it turns out that most people just want the same reheated garbage every year. You’ve been burned before with long lines and punishing prices, and if we get our way it’ll be more of the same, with hopefully longer lines and even higher prices. Who are we to argue with your terrible life choices?

But this is Numero, after all, and if we’re going to go big, we’re going to do it in a way that surely frustrates record buyers. In the past when we trotted out Hüsker Dü and Dinosaur Jr. sets, we pressed them in quantities that insured against the flipper economy. We wanted to make enough so that average fans who didn’t set up tents on the street the night before RSD would have a chance to buy our wares at an affordable price. Not this year. This year we’re pressing just enough copies to make you wonder if we actually pressed anything at all. The only way you’ll know for sure is if you come to one of our pop up stores (details below), pop a tent, or get a bowl of Pop Secret in your lap for the long, dark night of eBay refreshing for the soul.
more info incl many links in web version of this press release:
http://numerogroup.com/sendy/w/KGfkwQIbooVTdJucmNY1892Q/PtzdMeEx763iy9sRJJjiM8ww/GEjMthjFuCS892dpDyvJSB4g

Telefon Tel Aviv's Map of What is Effortless reissued digitally today & original pressing vinyl available via Ghostly
BUY IT HERE
STREAM: Map of What is Effortless -
https://soundcloud.com/ghostly/sets/telefon-tel-aviv-map-of-what-is-effortless/s-uZzQo
By 2004, New Orleans friends Joshua Eustis and the late Charles Cooper had fixed their flag in the landscape of the American electronic underground as Telefon Tel Aviv. The duo’s acclaimed 2001 debut Fahrenheit Fair Enough, released by John Hughes III’s Chicago-based Hefty imprint, offered a deep Southern sweep on glitchy IDM and pastoral post-rock, drawing as much from bounce rap, R&B, and jazz as it did Autechre and Aphex Twin. The follow-up, Map of What Is Effortless, managed to both expand and refine the sound. Signature polyrhythmic programming met new vocal presences on seven of the nine tracks. The Loyola University Chamber Orchestra contribute to the title track; a sumptuous centerpiece exemplifying Telefon Tel Aviv’s craft for wordless, cinematic storytelling.

Ghostly International, having reissued Fahrenheit Fair Enough at its 15th anniversary in 2016, will update Map of What Is Effortless on April 14th. The digital release, noticeably absent in most streaming libraries until now, features three bonus tracks: “Jouzu Desu Ne,” “Sound In A Dark Room,” and a remix of the latter by legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Also, there is a modest amount of original vinyl pressings from 2004 available for purchase at The Ghostly Store. Hefty Records were kind enough to help us source an unsold batch of the original pressing (long since unavailable). Stored for over a decade, the LPs have some character.

Track List:
01. When It Happens, It Moves All By Itself
02. I Lied
03. My Week Beats Your Year
04. Bubble And Spike
05. Map Of What Is Effortless
06. Nothing Is Worth Losing That
07. What It Is Without The Hand That Wields It
08. What It Was Will Never Again
09. At The Edge Of The World You Will Still Float
10. Jouzu Desu Ne (Digital Bonus)
11. Sound In A Dark Room (Digital Bonus)
12. Sound In A Dark Room (Ryuichi Sakamoto Remix) [Digital Bonus]
TOUR DATES:

Sad Lovers And Giants - Where The Light Shines Through – 1981-2017: 5CD Box Set Apr 28
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Formed in 1980, Watford band Sad Lovers & Giants carved a unique furrow through the 1980s independent music scene, creating music which was haunting, atmospheric, melodic and evocative and which somehow straddled post-punk, synth pop, psychedelia and indie.

Compiled, designed and curated by the band, WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH is the first comprehensive anthology of the band’s recordings.

After singles on their own Last Movement label, they signed to Midnight Music, issuing two albums – Epic Garden Music (1982) and Feeding The Flame (1983) – before splitting. This period also witnessed a John Peel session and a live concert for Dutch Radio Hilversum (subsequently issued as Total Sound in 1986). All of these recordings appear here.

Sad Lovers & Giants returned with a revitalised line-up in 1987 – still fronted by ever- present vocalist Garce (Simon) Allard. New albums followed – The Mirror Test (1987), Headland (1990) and Treehouse Poetry (1991) – as the band found new audiences in the Netherlands, Spain and France.

When Midnight Music dissolved, so too did the band. But Sad Lovers & Giants reunited in the noughties, playing to loyal fans and recording a new album, Melting In The Fullness Of Time. Since then, Sad Lovers & Giants have stayed active, culminating in a short tour of North America in spring 2016, during which they were invited to showcase at the prestigious SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.

WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH spans the band’s entire career, with every recording of note, sleeve-notes by Garce and design by ex-member Simon Blanchard.

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Studio One Hi Fi Special
Ltd. Edition Collectors Edition 7" Record Store Day Box Set
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS

Studio One Hi-Fi Special super-limited Record Store Day 5x7" Box Set special!

This record is only available direct from independent record stores on Record Store Day Sat 22nd April. So you need to get on down to one to ensure you get a copy!
This is the second of three Soul Jazz Records RSD Specials! - you will receive info on the third one tomorrow!

Unique Soul Jazz Records’ Record Store Day seven-inch box set comprising five separate singles featuring ten killer rare collectors tracks from Studio One Records, featuring Ska, Roots, Rocksteady, Dub.

Seminal, rare and classic tunes! These singles have only ever ever been available exclusively direct from Soul Jazz Records' Soho shop in London and are available worldwide only for this collectors box set RSD special release.

This unique box-set edition is only available as a one-off pressing especially for Record Store Day 2017.

Release Date
22 April 2017
5×7" Boxset
Cat. No.: SJR 377 BOX
Barcode: 5026328003771
Tracklisting
1 Joseph Hill – Behold The Land
2 Tommy McCool & The Skatalites – Full Dread
3 Roland Alphonso – Drums Of Fue Man Tru
4 Tommy McCook and The New Establishment – Blues For I
5 The Traps – Higher
6 The Traps – Higher Version
7 Larry Marshall – I've Got To Make It
8 The Skatalites – Coconut Rock
9 The Magnificent Seven – Jack Johnson
10 Dobby Dobson – Seems To Me I'm Losing You
More Info & Audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/press/kqg1uy7mjm7y

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Nigeria Soul Power 70
Record Store Day 7" Box Set
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS

Nigeria Soul Power 70 super-limited Record Store Day 5x7" Box Set special!

This record is only available direct from independent record stores on Record Store Day Sat 22nd April. So you need to get on down to one to ensure you get a copy!
This is one of three Soul Jazz Records RSD Specials! - you will receive info on the next one tomorrow!

Soul Jazz Records’ Record Store Exclusive Limited-Edition Soul 7” Box Set comprising five heavyweight 70s Afro-Funk, Afro-Disco & Afro-Rock seven-inch singles all with unique bespoke label artwork and all digitally re-mastered. Seriously rare, killer and classic Nigerian 70s Afro-Funk, Afro-Disco & Afro-Rock tunes bought together here in this unique one-off Record Store Day box-set edition.

Release Date
22 April 2017
5×7" Boxset
Cat. No.: SJR 379 BOX
Barcode: 5026328003795
Tracklisting
1 Geraldo Pino – Heavy, Heavy, Heavy
2 Geraldo Pino – Africans Must Unite
3 Wings – We'll Get Home
4 Wings – Single Boy
5 Tony Grey and The Ozimba Messengers – You Are The One
6 Don Bruce and The Angels – Sugar Baby
7 Geraldo Pino – Shake Hands
8 Geraldo Pino – Power To The People
9 MFB – Beware
10 Colomach – Kassa Kpa Sama Kpa
More Info & Audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/press/3smq7pa5waus

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Soul 70
Record Store Day 7" Box Set
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS

Soul 70 super-limited edition collectors Record Store Day 5x7" Box Set special!

This record is only available direct from independent record stores on Record Store Day Sat 22nd April. So you need to get on down to one to ensure you get a copy!
This is the third of three Soul Jazz Records RSD Specials!

Soul Jazz Records’ Record Store Exclusive Limited-Edition Soul 7” Box Set comprising five fantastic 70s soul seven-inch singles reproduced here in exact replica bespoke label artwork and all digitally re-mastered. Previously only available individually and direct from Soul Jazz Records website. Seriously rare, killer and classic soul tunes brought together here in this unique one-off pressing Record Store Day box-set edition.

Release Date
22 April 2017
5×7" Boxset
Cat. No.: SJR 378 BOX
Barcode: 5026328003788
Tracklisting
1 Arnold Blair – Trying To Get Next To You
2 Arnold Blair – I Won The Big Deal
3 Brief Encounter – Total Satisfaction
4 Brief Encounter – Human
5 Johnny Adams – Feel The Beat, Feel The Heat
6 Johnny Adams – Spanish Harlem
7 Norma Jean – I've Taken Over
8 Norma Jean – Raising Hell
9 Richard Brown – Sweet and Kind
10 Richard Brown – Don't Listen To The Grapevine
More Info & Audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/press/hdtawbsgmrbh

The track listing for the deluxe reissue of Prince's Purple Rain has leaked; it's a 3CD set that may also contain a DVD/Blu-Ray, since it's supposed to include two concert films as well. Street date is supposedly June 9.

JOHN COLTRANE

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Rhino's New Compilation Spotlighting Coltrane's Atlantic Years Will Be Released
On June 9
The Acclaimed Documentary Chasing Trane In Theaters Now

Five Individual Releases Of The Pioneering Saxophonist's Mono Albums For Atlantic
Records Out June 16

LOS ANGELES - John Coltrane will take the spotlight this year when John Scheinfeld's highly anticipated Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary begins its theatrical run on April 14. Shortly after, Rhino will focus on the revolutionary music the "heavyweight champion" of jazz recorded for Atlantic Records with a series of releases.

It all begins on June 9 with the arrival of a new anthology that includes nine tracks selected from recordings the saxophonist made for Atlantic Records between 1959 and 1961. TRANE: THE ATLANTIC COLLECTION will be available on LP ($19.98), CD ($14.98) and digitally.

The compilation will be followed by mono reissues for five Coltrane studio albums: Giant Steps, Olé Coltrane, Coltrane Plays The Blues, Bags & Trane and The Avant-Garde. Each will be available on 180 gram LP ($21.98), and digitally on June 16, with the mono CD of the classic Giant Steps ($11.98) coming July 7. These albums were recently issued together as part of Rhino's boxed set John Coltrane: The Atlantic Years In Mono. The set received critical acclaim in 2016 including five stars from Downbeat which noted, "With no alternate takes and presented verbatim and presented as the albums were originally issued song-by-song, there is certainly a warmth, clarity and a sense of wholeness that can give new fans a fresh way to listen to Coltrane."

The mono albums and new compilation cover the time when Coltrane - after playing on Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue - was moving away from the life of a sideman and embracing the role of bandleader. The music he recorded at Atlantic features some of his finest work, including the wise blues of "Equinox," a bright, swinging version of "My Shining Hour," the exuberant "Giant Steps," and the hit single "My Favorite Things."

In the liner notes that accompany TRANE: THE ATLANTIC COLLECTION, author and noted jazz critic Ben Ratliff writes: "You can listen through this 46-minute collection of romantic or purposeful or slightly mysterious music...and get it clearly: the sense of a strikingly original sound and intelligence."

Coltrane is poised to reach a new audience this year thanks to Chasing Trane. Written and directed by critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker John Scheinfeld, it is the definitive documentary film about an outside-the-box thinker with extraordinary talent whose boundary-shattering music continues to impact and influence people around the world. Some the film's notable appearances include Bill Clinton, Sonny Rollins, and Common, with Coltrane's own words spoken by Denzel Washington. Following its theatrical launch in New York, the film will be shown in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, with additional cities planned.

TRANE: THE ATLANTIC COLLECTION
Track Listing

1. "My Favorite Things" (Part I) - Single Version
2. "Like Sonny"
3. "Cousin Mary"
4. "Giant Steps"
5. "Central Park West"
6. "Equinox"
7. "Naima"
8. "My Shining Hour"
9. "Mr. Syms"

I just bought the deluxe double edition of X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents, which apparently was reissued in 2009. It's one of my alltime favorite albums, how did I not know about this? I checked and it wasn't mentioned in the rolling 2009 thread. Anyone know of deluxe reissue plans for Lust For Life/The Idiot, Low/Heroes, Blank Generation or New York Dolls, pipe up!

Trying to decide whether it's worth it to buy the Coltrane mono CD box set. Leaning towards no.

Oh yeah, guess I should put this here too (just now on Rolling Jazz)--note forthcoming reissue and single (check Luaka Bop to order):

Alice Coltrane Tribute show on May 21st!
RBMA Festival New York: As you may have heard, we are working very hard on a large celebration of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda. This year marks the 80th year since she was born, and the tenth year after she passed to another place. We just announced a large tribute concert and ceremony in her honor, which will take place In New York at the stunning performance and arts space called The Knockdown Center, as part of Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York. The first part of the show (that we are involved with) is inspired by the Sunday ceremonies Alice held at her Sai Anantam Ashram in California. Timed to coincide with sundown, the powerful, spiritual music will be performed by an ensemble led by music director Surya Botofasina, who grew up at the Ashram. The latter half will be a concert led by her son, Ravi Coltrane, featuring an all-star band playing music from throughout Alice's career. Tickets are available here.

A few weeks prior to that, we will be releasing the compilation of her spiritual music, which we told you about last time. Titled World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, it features a lot of beautiful artwork, photos and essays. You can pre-order it here.

Ps. if you have read this far, you may also find it interesting to learn that we have a handful of the very limited Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda 7"s we made for the "Come Together" Record Fair last weekend. If you would like to order one, you can do so here.

I just bought the deluxe double edition of X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents, which apparently was reissued in 2009. It's one of my alltime favorite albums, how did I not know about this? I checked and it wasn't mentioned in the rolling 2009 thread. Anyone know of deluxe reissue plans for Lust For Life/The Idiot, Low/Heroes, Blank Generation or New York Dolls, pipe up!

― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, April 20, 2017 8:23 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have that XRay Spex double cos it turned up in HMV when they were having the closing sale. Had the previous cd so hadn't picked it up previously.

Would love an update on the 2 late 70s Iggy lps. But not sure there's even a remaster around though have seen that there is a 2 fer iof the 2 lps on cd from 2011. Thought there may be another version around. THink the 2011 thing is just a repackaging of the previous cds which I think may be late 80s.

I thought that people were slowly working through the Bowie lps and making them doubles with a loto f bonus, but that was possibly on the basis of Ziggy Stardust coming out followed by at least Aladdin Sane and that might be 15 odd years back.
Is there likely to be a Berlin era thing like the recent set that covered the build up to Young Ameriocans and Station to Station. Who Can I be Now?

I think Blank Generation was done as a single cd with some bonus tracks an age ago and that there have been some other anthologies mopping up various bits of Richard Hell's history.

Only thing I know about NY Dolls semi rarities is a llive box set from sometime around that era, Sanctuary 2008. But I think t hat covers some later stuff too by ex members.

The long-deleted Ryko Bowie CDs' bonus tracks are listed and described here: http://bowiesongs.tumblr.com/post/29565725664/a-bowie-rykodiscography

Yeah I got the deluxe sets of everything up to Station To Station, which was in 2010. Then they stopped.

What's Rhino's reputation these days?

Rhino's Wilson Pickett set was really nice. I've been debating whether it's worth getting the Sabbath Paranoid Super Deluxe set, I might pick it up used. They did Otis' Dictionary of Soul in October, and Led Zep's 3 disc BBC Sessions reissue was cool. Stevie Nicks and later Fleetwood Mac deluxes. Everything is tip top quality that I can tell. But they also do a lot of vinyl only reissues which I have no interest in. It's just a matter of time 'til they revive 8-tracks (I think I saw a glimmer of that), then 78s and wax cylinders.

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Happy Record Store Day!
Vic Chesnutt's West of Rome now available for the first time on vinyl
New West Records is proud to present Vic Chesnutt’s second studio album, West Of Rome. Meticulously remastered and pressed on vinyl for the very first time, West Of Rome is widely regarded by fans and hailed by critics as Chesnutt’s best record. Produced by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, this vinyl pressing features an alternate tracklisting curated by Vic and Stipe in which “Latent/ Blatant” no longer kicks off the album and is moved to the bonus tracks. In addition, the closing instrumental which was “hidden” in the original release is now titled “Little Fugue” and has been resequenced as the fourteenth track. West Of Rome’s two studio outtakes, “Nathan” and “Where’s The Clock,” appear in the bonus tracks. Also included are four-track demos and live versions of songs from the same time period. This pressing is West Of Rome as it was meant to be.

You can pick up a copy of West of Rome at your favorite independent record store, exclusive for Record Store Day.

Also Available:
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Drunk
“On his third and maybe most conceptually complete album, Vic Chesnutt emerges as that rare kind of artist who can see right into the living room of small-town America. Drunk is an example of how he can turn seemingly self-absorbed songs into something strangely universal. In the end, it is probably that ability which makes his genius the most readily apparent.”
– All Music

Little
“Little served notice of Chesnutt’s singular gift for finding deep truths in the commonplace, and unfurled his affectionate embrace of the sad and funny foibles that comprise the bulk of our lives.”
– No Depression

“The most elemental of any of Chesnutt’s albums.”
– Pitchfork

Coming Soon

Silver Lake
“Chesnutt’s stories always strike an honest and recognizable emotional chord, no matter how oddball the situations that surround them.”
– All Music

“Vic Chesnutt might never be famous, but his songs touch on inner truths that lurk around us. They strike something deep inside their listeners’ beings.”
– Pop Matters

Ghetto Bells
“These songs are ultimately and admirably patient and fluid, building not to grandiloquent climaxes but to a greater and greater complexity of meaning.”
– Pitchfork

“The songs are all-encompassing. They sweep you up. They really get to you.”
– Washington Post

Pre-order Now

Copyright © 2017 New West Records, All rights reserved.

PAUL COLLINS' BEAT TO RELEASE LONG TIME GONE / TO BEAT OR NOT TO BEAT ALBUM APRIL 28TH VIA LOLIPOP RECORDS!

THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO LONG LOST EPS WILL BE RE-ISSUED ON ALL FORMATS (VINYL, CD, CASSETTE & DIGITAL)

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PREVIEW OF PAUL COLLINS' TRACK "ALWAYS GOT YOU ON MY MIND" https://soundcloud.com/lolipoprecords/always-got-you-on-my-mind

THE KING OF POWER-POP KICKS-OFF SOLO EUROPEAN TOUR MAY 6TH IN FRANCE!
Paul Collins' (from The Nerves, The Breakaways) two long lost EPs with his band The Beat from the early '80s make it to Lolipop Records as the first re-issue on all formats in over 30 years, from the "king of power pop" himself. To Beat Or Not To Beat was recorded in New York in 1983 at The Ranch with John Mathias (The Romantics) and Paul Collins/Steven Huff producing. It was released in the U.S. by Jem/Passport Records and then it was later released in Europe on Closer Records France and Dro Records Spain. The single "All Over The World" was featured regularly on KROQ in Los Angeles and got a lot of airplay in France and in Spain. Steve and Paul toured in Europe off that record for several years until they wound up in London where they recorded their follow-up EP Long Time Gone, just before returning to the States. Long Time Gone was released in 1985 on Closer France and Dro Spain, and both records were released as a two-fer on Wounded Bird Records in 2004. Paul recalls those days fondly, “I remember getting an $800 royalty check for 'All Over The World' when I was living in San Francisco so I went out and bought a used green Datsun B210! I would always hum 'All Over The World' as I drove up and down all those hills in SF!"

Paul Collins' Beat's Long Time Gone / To Beat Or Not To Beat will be released on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats April 28th via Lolipop Records (distributed by Cobraside Distribution).
LONG TIME GONE / TO BEAT OR NOT TO BEAT TRACK LISTING:
Broken Hearted
Long Time Gone
Working On A Good Thing
Find Somebody Else
Standing In The Rain
Good Times
All Over The World
Dance Dance
Making You Mine
Burning Desire
Give Me The Drugs
Always Got You On My Mind
PAUL COLLINS 2017 TOUR DATES

FRANCE
5/6 Clermont-Ferrand @ Bombshell
5/7 Marseille @ Le Jam
5/8 Toulouse @ Dispensary
5/10 Rouen @ 3 Pieces
5/11 Vannes @ Jam Session
5/12 Paris @ La Mecanique-Ondulatoire

ENGLAND
5/13 London @ The Finsbury
5/14 Adam Smith's Black Wax Radio Live Show

BELGIUM
5/16 Kortrijk @ Den Trap

NETHERLANDS
5/17 Rotterdam @ V11
5/18 Haarlem (Amsterdam) @ Patronaat

GERMANY
5/19 Düsseldorf @ The Tube
5/20 Berlin @ Cortina Bob
5/21 Hamburg @ Monkeys Music Club

SWEDEN
5/23 Malmo @ Folk & Rock
5/24 Gothenburg @ Liseberg Amusement Park Power Pop Festival
5/25 Eskilstuna @ Ölkultur
5/26 Karlskoga @ Rockbar
5/27 Stockholm @ Pet Sounds record shop show!

SPAIN
5/30 Madrid @ Fun House
5/31 Burgos @ Matarile
6/1 Leon @ Chelsea Bar
6/2 Zarragoza @ Teatro Arbolé
6/8 Barcelona @ A Wamba Buluba
6/22 Elche @ Hotel Galicia
6/24 Fuengirola @ Fuengirola Pop Weekend with The Beach Boys

PORTUGAL
6/28 Algarve, TBC
6/29 Lisbon @ Popular Alvalade

FRANCE
7/21 Tourville-Sur-Mer "Le Sable, Les Mouettes et Les Guitares Electriques" Festival

FOR MORE INFO ON PAUL COLLINS:
http://www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com
https://www.facebook.com/Paul-Collins-Beat-46392812761

Diggin' deep---don't think they had the best rep album-wise, but maybe better live?

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Plasmatics - Live! Rod Swenson's Lost Tapes 1978-81
coming to DVD and VOD on May 19th

The rare Wendy O. Williams / Plasmatics live footage in this DVD has, in the main, never been released before.

During the early years Plasmatics creator Rod Swenson, who directed and shot all the Wendy O. / Plasmatics conceptual videos (AKA known for his footage of the Ramones, Dead Boys, Blondie, and Motorhead among others) shot numerous Plasmatics shows the footage from which was never edited or released. Except for some short excerpts most of it until the discovery of this footage was thought to be lost or degraded (shot on tape which has been shown as with audio tape to degrade over time).

Recently during the moving of WOW / Plasmatics archive material the footage here was found unlabeled in buried boxes. While much had degraded producer / director Randy Shooter was able to discover, relabel, and with additional editing and restoration, salvage the rare and remarkable footage in this DVD. A lot of it is raw (and much of the audio is the audio from ambient video deck mics, noise and all) but the energy and power is there straight through.

The material includes two tracks from CBGBs the first of which was among the first Plasmatics shows ever as well as other footage from benchmark shows. A bonus track (Monkey Suit) features footage shot by Swenson when he was shooting the iconic album cover for "New Hope for the Wretched," but never released.

Complete details, hi-res cover art, specs, etc can be found HERE
https://mvdb2b.com/s/PlasmaticsLiveRodSwensonsLostTapes197881/MVD9695D

Track Listing:
Want You (Baby) (July 26, 1978
Tight Black Pants (June 9, 1979)
Dream Lover (May 17, 1980)
Sometimes I Feel It (May 17, 1980)
Squirm (May 17, 1980)
Butcher Baby (May 17, 1980)
Living Dead (May 15, 1981)
Summer Night (May 15, 1981)
Fast Food Service (May 15, 1981)
Nothing (June 19, 1981)
Summer Night (June 19, 1981)
Sex Junkie (September 22, 1981)
Squirm (September 22, 1981)
Lunacy (September 22, 1981)
Black Leather Monster (September 22, 1981)
Monkey Suit (June 18, 1980)

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Speaking of Motorhead, think Wendy O. did at least a single with them, or a track meant for one.

Yeah, they duetted on "Stand By Your Man."

Just got deluxe 2CD reissues of Uriah Heep's Look At Yourself, Demons and Wizards, and The Magician's Birthday in the mail. Remastered, with the second disc of each a shit-ton of supposedly previously unreleased alternate versions (not sure about that; the Castle remasters from the early 2000s had a ton of alternates, too, and realistically, how many could there actually be?). I'm waiting for the publicist to send me the 2CD versions of Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble and Salisbury and then I'm gonna write a whole big thing about Uriah Heep for Burning Ambulance.

See Smog Veil site for more info, incl. orders:

Smog Veil Records is pleased to announce that the 2nd entry in our Platters du Cuyahoga series 2 releases, Allen Ravenstine's electronic sonata, "Terminal Drive" is now available for pre-order.

Terminal Drive is studio recording of a mythical piece of electro-acoustic music composed and performed in 1975 by Allen Ravenstine with assistance from Albert Dennis on string bass. Terminal Drive's significance in terms of Cleveland underground music cannot be understated and has been cited as partially responsible for Ravenstine's invitation to co-form the musical unit Pere Ubu in September 1975. Ravenstine gained recognition for his unusual and inventive synthesizer work in Pere Ubu, which he would also contribute to other groups such as Red Crayola and David Thomas & The Wooden Birds as well as his solo work.

Despite Terminal Drive's legendary status, it is a piece very few have heard in its complete state. Terminal Drive has never been officially released in its entirety and no complete recording of the piece could be located for many years. There have also been numerous inconsistencies as to what Terminal Drive's origins and sources were. The Pere Ubu box set Datapanik In The Year Zero (released on DGC in 1996) included a bonus disc of various Pere Ubu-related bands and projects - itself entitled Terminal Drive - that contains a 6:43 track called "Home Life" stated to have been extracted from Terminal Drive. This excerpt was all the world would hear of this fabled yet somewhat mysterious piece of music...until now.

The origins of Terminal Drive lie within the Cleveland band Hy Maya, which was centered around multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Robert Bensick, working most prominently and consistently with synthesist Ravenstine, bassist Albert Dennis, and drummer Scott Krauss. Despite playing only a handful of gigs, Hy Maya's purely experimental and highly improvisational nature working within the contexts of art rock and electronica were unlike anything that Clevelanders - used to the likes of Dragonwyck, Glass Harp, Left End, and Raspberries - had never really seen or heard before. Hy Maya, perhaps unconsciously, built upon the wilder aspects of Tonto's Expanding Headband, parts of the 1969 album An Electric Storm by White Noise, and the Sun Ra Arkestra, as well as the collective improvisation methodology of Oregon, prefiguring elements of the industrial music scene that Pere Ubu would later have considerable influence upon.

The single-sided LP is pressed on red vinyl and includes extensive liner notes written by Nick Blakey and never before published photos along with a free download card.

Hey--we recently cleaned our warehouse and found 3 (as in three and three only, if the link is bad that means they are all sold) sealed copies of the Easter Monkeys CD/DVD. First come, first served, nice price.

Smog Veil has a small limited number (we have 5 left and will not restock!!) of the Brad Warner (0DFX, Dimentia 13) directed documentary film double DVD set, "Cleveland's Screaming!" Our friends at Red Hour Records produced this release and also licensed to us The Guns double LP.

"Cleveland's Screaming!" is a documentary film about the hardcore punk rock scene in northeast Ohio in the era of Reaganomics (1981-1984). A new breed of punk rock music came about named hardcore, which led to kids forming bands and building scenes around the country, networking a community of people from all over the world. This film shows the beginnings of NEO hardcore punk's scene to its demise a few years later, as told first hand by the people and bands that were there, including interviews, rare concert footage, photos and fliers, never before seen until now. Even yours truly, Frank Smog Veil, makes an appearance in the film!!

DVD 1 - Full Length Documentary
DVD 2 - Special Bonus DVD with rare 80s concert footage, interviews and other extras

Our double LP retrospective of Cleveland's greatest hardcore band, The Guns, went out of print nearly immediately after release in 2012. We constantly get questions about it, and now we're happy to report that a repress is on the way.

For the uninitiated, hands down the top-end standard by which all other Cleveland hardcore bands should be measured, Cleveland hardcore history could not have been the same without The Guns. Scott Eakin and Dave Araca formed the band originally as a 2-piece, later adding to the lineup some amazing rippers in the form of Sean Saley, Bob Ries, and Scott Silverman. Though a couple compilation appearances is all they managed back in the day, this release collects those tracks plus all other studio recordings, as well as some choice live cuts. The LP also features Vince Rancid's original cover art as commissioned by the band in the 80s and informative liners penned by Scott's brother, Tom Dark, and Sean Saley.

"The Guns is a fitting tribute to an excellent band." --Hunter Bennett/Ugly Things #34

"This is a definite must-have for any old-school hardcore punk..." --Janelle Jones/AMP#111

The numbers: double LP with free download code, 43 songs, 2nd press limited to 500 copies, black and red marble vinyl. Test pressings have been approved and we are waiting in line at the pressing plant. Details, song stream and special sale code are available from here:

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Praise for the first of our Platters du Cuyahoga series 2 releases: the legendary and never before released 1967 studio demo from Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade "Sunday Morning Revival":

"...destined to bring a smile to the face of Butterfield and Musselwhite fans far and wide while deepening the already rich history of its municipality..." --Joseph Neff/The Vinyl District

"...the band winds you up and leaves you begging for more". --Elmore Magazine

"As I grew to love the blues, I wanted to try to see if we could come up with something worthy of recording, and the only way to do that was to actually try it."
- Jimmy Fox (James Gang/Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade)

Though once believed to have been lost or to only exist in theory, the lone 1967 studio demo recording by The Schwartz-Fox Blues Crusade featuring Mr. Stress - consisting of Cleveland legends and then members of the James Gang and Mr Stress Blues Band, Glenn Schwartz (guitar/vocals), Jimmy Fox (drums) Bill "Mr. Stress" Miller (vocals/harmonica), Tom Kriss (bass), Rich Kriss (guitar/vocals), and Mike Sands (piano) - is finally being released for music fans to savor and enjoy.

9 studio tracks of pure post-teen garage rock blues are accompanied by extensive liners and and never before published photos. The LP features colored vinyl, a free download code, and is limited to 1500 copies. Both the CD and the LP contains extensive liner notes penned by Nick Blakey and never before published photos.

Want to order the entire series 2 at a discount? Here's the details:
The three releases comprising Platters du Cuyahoga series 2 are: (1) Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade: "Sunday Morning Revival" (1967); (2) Allen Ravenstine: "Terminal Drive" (1975); and (3) a soon to be announced double LP release of studio and live recordings from the first and most influential improvisational electronic outfit that called Cleveland home (1972-1973 recordings). All the releases will be formatted on vinyl as well as CD and download/streaming. A hallmark of the series will be that each release contains extensive liner notes, all carefully crafted and researched.

Of course even more for xpost National Record Store Day, various genres and subgenres, from various labels----still need to check out Sonny Clark, also this:
a live recording of the night Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers), Clem Burke (Blondie), Tommy Stinson (The Replacements) and Wayne Kramer (The MC5) took on Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers’ L.A.M.F. album are just the tip of the messy, beautiful pile of rock releases hitting the racks at record stores starting November 24.
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Grand Funk Railroad's catalog has been reissued in two budget boxes - Trunk of Funk Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. The first one has 1969's On Time; 1970's Grand Funk, Closer to Home, and Live Album; and 1971's Survival and E Pluribus Funk. The second has 1972's Phoenix; 1973's We're An American Band; 1974's Shinin' On and All the Girls in the World Beware!!!; 1975's Caught in the Act; and 1976's Born to Die. I bought 'em both on eBay for $32 each, since I don't currently have physical versions of the catalog in the house.

Another for National Record Store Day, vinyl ed. of CB box---

Chris Bell
Complete Chris Bell [Boxed Set]

DETAILS
Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2017
Release Date: 11/24/2017
Format: Vinyl Box Set
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

After co-founding and subsequently leaving Big Star, Chris Bell only issued two tracks of new music during his short lifetime. For RSD Black Friday 2017, Omnivore Recordings, with the help of the Estate of Chris Bell, are releasing his complete recordings, titled The Complete Chris Bell! This magnificent six LP set of Chris Bell's recorded output contains everything he ever recorded, including Looking Forward: The Roots Of Big Star Featuring Chris Bell, Rock City's See Seven States, I Am The Cosmos (Expanded), and two LPs of Outtakes and Alternate versions. Rounding out the box set is an exclusive unissued London interview from 1975 conducted by Barry Ballard, and a 20 page color booklet with previously unseen photos. This release should serve as the definitive collection of the massively influential Chris Bell, and would make a wonderful gift for any Big Star fan!

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Even A Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973
Light In The Attic
LITA 156
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Release Notes

PRE-ORDER EDITION INCLUDES:
- “Weeping Sakura” wax limited to 300 copies. Limit two per customer.- SOLD OUT
- 18×24 folded poster featuring original cover artwork
First-ever fully licensed compilation of this music to be released outside Japan
Double LP housed in a deluxe gatefold Stoughton tip-on jacket
Original artwork by illustrator Heisuke Kitazawa
Includes book with extensive liner notes and bios by Yosuke Kitazawa and Jake Orrall
Compiled and produced by Jake Orrall, Yosuke Kitazawa, Matt Sullivan, and Patrick McCarthy

Available: October 20th, 2017.

There was something in the air in the urban corners of late ‘60s Japan. Student protests and a rising youth culture gave way to the angura (short for “underground) movement that thrived on subverting traditions of the post-war years. Rejection of the Beatlemania-inspired Group Sounds and the squeaky clean College Folk movements led the rise of what came to be known in Japan as “New Music,” where authenticity mattered more than replicating the sounds of their idols.

Some of the most influential figures in Japanese pop music emerged from this vital period, yet very little of their work has ever been released or heard outside of Japan, until now. Light In The Attic is thrilled to present Even a Tree Can Shed Tears, the inaugural release in the label’s Japan Archival Series. This is the first-ever, fully licensed collection of essential Japanese folk and rock songs from the peak years of the angura movement to reach Western audiences.

In mid-to-late 1960s Tokyo, young musicians and college students were drawn to Shibuya’s Dogenzaka district for the jazz and rock kissas, or cafes, that dotted its winding hilly streets. Some of these spaces doubled as performance venues, providing a stage for local regulars like Hachimitsu Pie with their The Band-like ragged Americana, Tetsuo Saito with his spacey philosophical folk, and the influential Happy End, who successfully married the unique cadences of the Japanese language to the rhythms of the American West Coast. For many years Dogenzaka remained a center of the city’s “New Music” scene.

Meanwhile a different kind of music subculture was beginning to emerge in the Kansai region around Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. Far more political than their eastern counterparts, many of the Kansai-based “underground” artists began in the realm of protest folk music. They include Takashi Nishioka and his progressive folk collective Itsutsu No Akai Fuusen, the “Japanese Joni Mitchell” Sachiko Kanenobu, and The Dylan II, whose members ran The Dylan cafe in Osaka, which became a hub for the scene.

Even a Tree Can Shed Tears also includes the bluesy avant-garde stylings of Maki Asakawa, future Sadistic Mika Band founder Kazuhiko Kato with his fuzzy, progressive psychedelia, the beatnik acid folk of Masato Minami, and the intimate living room folk of Kenji Endo.

Nearly 50 years on, this “New Music” is born anew.
More info, audio: https://lightintheattic.net/releases/3178-even-a-tree-can-shed-tears-japanese-folk-rock-1969-1973
In-depth backstory: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/arts/music/japan-archival-series-folk-rock.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic&action=click&contentCollection=music®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA’S LAST STUDIO ALBUM, UNION CAFE, WILL BE REISSUED
ON DECEMBER 1ST VIA ERASED TAPES

REISSUE MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF BAND LEADER SIMON JEFFES’ PASSING

LISTEN TO “NOTHING REALLY BLUE”
https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/penguin-cafe-orchestra-nothing-really-blue

Erased Tapes has the huge privilege of reissuing the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s last ever studio album Union Cafe including a first-time vinyl edition, out December 1st 2017 to coincide with the 20th Anniversary of founder Simon Jeffes’ passing in 1997.

It was 1972 in the South of France when Simon had an unfortunate experience with food poisoning which lead to a much more fortunate circumstance when a vivid dream, induced from his illness and depicting a dystopian future, conceived the Penguin Cafe; a charming place where solace, harmony, and the orchestra’s unique music could be found amidst brutal concrete structures and darkness. For the following 25 years, Simon carried out this vision bringing brightness into a world full of noise. Sadly, after his passing, the original orchestra disbanded, but the doors to this happy place reopened when his son Arthur decided to continue his father’s legacy under the name Penguin Cafe.

The continuation of the PCO began at London’s Union Chapel in 2007 when Arthur and the original musicians commemorated Simon 10 years after his death. Another 10 years forward, 2017 will see Penguin Cafe pay tribute to him once again at the Union Chapel on December 11th where they will perform Union Cafe in full – a union from all corners of this magical world.

Union Cafe was the fifth, and the last studio album by Penguin Cafe Orchestra. It was initially released in 1993 merely on cassette and CD, and will now be given a new breath of life, for the first time available on vinyl, and another chance to reach old and new fans alike.

"The first song from Union Cafe that I’d unknowingly heard was Nothing Really Blue, performed live by Arthur and his successor band Penguin Cafe at the Barbican in summer 2016. He simply announced it as “another one of my dad’s”, and left me wondering all night about which record it was from… It wasn’t until summer 2017, a whole year later, that Arthur shared his father’s last studio recordings with me. Union Cafe is a record that somehow missed me, simply because it wasn’t available on vinyl like the other records I had gathered over the years. I couldn't help but feel privileged for the chance to discover another original PCO album. And so I put my headphones on and lay down at the foot of the small lake in Victoria Park to listen to this box of treasures. And as with all of Simon’s works, a whole world appeared in front of my closed eyelids — a world full of love and wonder, that manages to put tears in my eyes, shivers down my spine and a smile on my face. Scherzo And Trio would become the song that manages to brighten up my days, no matter how grey London sometimes gets. Organum would become the piece that Arthur played at my wedding. Cage Dead with its déjà vu-like character would become the theme song to a series of live sessions with artists from all around the world performing in the Sound Gallery, our new home on Victoria Park Road. Songs like Silver Star Of Bologna and Kora Kora, just like all the classic PCO songs, would feel familiar, though I’d never heard them before. Lie Back And Think Of England sounded like the work of a seasoned composer and yet unfamiliar at the same time — it made me wonder if Simon was planning a new adventure for his orchestra. Lastly, Passing Through would remind me that having a hidden track on your album was very popular with bands in the 90s, but finishing your album with the sound of water dripping out of a sink, slowly forming a musical pattern within all the chaos before the record suddenly ends, surely must be the most perfect way to say goodbye.” – label founder Robert Raths

“Union Cafe was the last studio album recorded by the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra and marked a move towards a definitive English pastoral sound combined with larger string arrangements set against longer solo piano pieces. With this last album they got even closer to the PCO idea of squaring the circle of intellectually challenging modern music that is still actually beautiful. For me this has always been a contender as my favourite PCO album, and the fact that it never ended up on vinyl was more to do with the way things were in the early 90s, and chance rather than it being deliberate. So in that sense this release is righting an old wrong. The slow development of the pieces means that you can really get lost in them and vinyl is of course the perfect way to do that.” — Arthur Jeffes

Arthur very kindly gave access to the original Union Cafe painting that currently lives in his North London home studio, created by Arthur’s mother Emily Young and now photographed by Alex Kozobolis for this special reissue edition.

Listen to Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s “Nothing Really Blue” –
https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/penguin-cafe-orchestra-nothing-really-blue

Pre-order Union Cafe:
http://phonofile.link/union-cafe

Union Cafe Tracklist:
1. Scherzo And Trio
2. Lifeboat (Lovers Rock)
3. Nothing Really Blue
4. Cage Dead
5. Vega
6. Yodel 3
7. Organum
8. Another One From Porlock
9. Thorn Tree Wind
10. Silver Star of Bologna
11. Discover America
12. Pythagoras On The Line
13. Kora Kora
14. Lie Back And Think Of England
15. Red Shorts
16. Passing Through

Union Cafe is really good. It's crazy that PCO only did five studio albums! He really made a little world for himself.

Smog Veil November newsletter:

The 3rd and last entry in the Platters du Cuyahoga series 2 releases offers to fans of Cleveland underground rock, private press aficionados, and electronic/prog/improvisational music devotees the first ever glimpse into the much mythologized but never before released in any form 1972-1973 studio and live recordings of Hy Maya.

The experimental Cleveland musical collective Hy Maya was first conceived and visualized by Robert Bensick [The Robert Bensick Band/Fins/Berlin West], in the Spring of 1972 as a performance piece debuting at Robert's Cleveland State University artist of the year show. The group's core members included drummer/percussionist Scott Krauss [Pere Ubu/Home & Garden/Cinderella Backstreet], synthesist Allen Ravenstine [Pere Ubu/Red Crayola], and electric and acoustic bassist Albert Dennis [Cinderella Backstreet/Wolves]. Pianist Bob Friedhofer [Froggy & the Shrimps], conga player/percussionist Richard Schneider, and Mellotron player Cynthia Black [Cinderella Backstreet/Peter & the Wolves] also contributed significantly to the collective at various times.

Hy Maya created sounds that were heavily driven by an artistic and spiritual foundation and were undeniable and pivotal influence upon Pere Ubu (and, for that matter, related bands that came in between such as the aforementioned Fins and The Robert Bensick Band). Hy Maya were usually namechecked as a mere footnote in Ubu's pre-history despite the fact that two of Hy Maya's members (Ravenstine and Krauss) would go on to co-form Pere Ubu in September 1975. Few had witnessed Hy Maya perform; fewer remembered them or even knew who or what they had been, sadly a re-occurring issue for influential artists who languish in obscurity due to limited available information.

"The Mysticism of Sound & Cosmic Language" is an attempt to right these wrongs and to give as much of a complete portrait of Hy Maya in its various incarnations as possible. While portions of the group's history are still somewhat uncertain in regards to timelines, the discovery of numerous live and studio recordings with a variety of Hy Maya's line-ups tells the story of the group's progression in a way, perhaps, that is much closer to the band's overall intent and philosophy. The recordings captured on this release have never before been issued and represent a landmark in the history of Cleveland underground music. A perfect accompaniment to both our recent Allen Ravenstine release* as this record includes Allen's earliest studio recordings and Robert Bensick Band's "French Pictures In London" as many of the musicians performing on that record also perform on this.

This double LP is pressed on stunning blue marbled vinyl and includes a free download code with bonus tracks and extensive liner notes from Nick Blakey along with never before published photos. The double CD version contains all the same tracks plus the same liners and photos. More information, song streams, and ordering information can be found here:https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/hy-maya-the-mysticism-of-sound-cosmic-language-double-lp
*More on Ravenstine's (w Albert Dennis) Terminal Drive:
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/allen-ravenstine-terminal-drive-lp

We have a limited supply of Allen's recent collaborations with Robert Wheeler. Spread over 2 CDs and offered at 1 low price, "City Desk" and "Farm Report" represent a pleasing mix of electronic improvisation and expert composition skills honed over many years from these Pere Ubu veterans.
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/allen-ravenstine-and-robert-wheeler-city-desk-and-farm-report-cds

OW INVENTORY ALLERT!: Our Director of Shipping and Receiving, Cheese Borger, has informed me that we have exactly 2 remaining copies left in stock of the Mr Stress Blues Band "Live at the Brick Cottage 1972-1973" CD. So, first come, first served on those, but since we have just 2 left, these will only be offered as part of our Platters du Cuyahoga series 1 CD subscription. The good news is that we lowered the price on that bundle, so act quick!!

Our double LP retrospective of Cleveland's greatest hardcore band, The Guns, went out of print nearly immediately after release in 2012. We constantly get questions about it, and now we're happy to report that a repress is now shipping! Though a couple compilation appearances is all they managed back in the day, this release collects those tracks plus all other studio recordings, as well as some choice live cuts. The LP also features Vince Rancid's original cover art as commissioned by the band in the 80s and informative liners penned by Scott's brother, Tom Dark, and Sean Saley.

"The Guns is a fitting tribute to an excellent band." --Hunter Bennett/Ugly Things #34

"This is a definite must-have for any old-school hardcore punk..." --Janelle Jones/AMP#111

The numbers: double LP with free download code, 43 songs, 2nd press limited to 500 copies, black and red marble vinyl. Test pressings have been approved and we are waiting in line at the pressing plant. Ordering details, song stream are here, we have less than 100 left:
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-guns-double-lp
More on Platters du Cuyahoga releases, individually and otherwise:
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/platters-du-cuyahoga-series-2-lp-subscription
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/platters-du-cuyahoga-series-1-lp-subscription

Finally got the Jazz Butcher - Wasted Years box in the mail. Nice little hardcover book. However, in the liner notes, Pat Fish admits that Distressed Gentlefolk (1986) is short on good songs because the best ones were being put out at singles. To mention that, yet give no indication if those will ever be reissued, is perverse. I guess that's one expects from the world's most semi-competent band.

Also, the fact that people on here have not heard of Richard Hell confirms the world is broken.

Was Shirley MacLaine a jazz butcher single? I'd like to hear that again

Also, the fact that people on here have not heard of Richard Hell confirms the world is broken.

― Fastnbulbous

oh come on, richard hell is great but we're not all born with complete world knowledge you know

Tim Buckley, reissues and prev. unreleased, reviewed here: http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/album-reviews-tim-buckley-venice-mating-call-greetings-from-west-hollywood-the-dream-belongs-to-me-sefronia-look-at-the-fool/

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This has been subject to a third edition reissue, sick album ino.

imo, even!

I just interviewed her for a podcast which will go live on Friday - we talked about that trio quite a bit.

King Crimson
Earthbound - 40th Anniversary Edition

Boz Burrell: Vocals, Bass
Robert Fripp: Guitar, Mellotron
Mel Collins: Saxes, Flute
Ian Wallace: Drums

Earthbound, originally released in 1972, was one of the earliest (if not the first) “official bootleg” released by a major rock band, consisting of a series of deliberately lo-fi live recordings of King Crimson’s Islands era line-up on tour in the USA. When issued, because of its mid-price it was excluded from the main album charts in the UK but topped the mid-price charts rubbing shoulders with Jim Reeves & Mantovani. Atlantic in the USA didn’t even bother to release it. By then, the band had broken up & the label had already been alerted to the likelihood of a new King Crimson line-up promised for later in the year. Like the later live album, USA, Earthbound remained unavailable in the early CD era, with both finally being released in 2002 on CD. Ironically this non-availability served to enhance interest in the album while DGM’s live releases made fans aware that there was a larger story to be told of this line-up’s history. When Robert Fripp was asked to guest on the second Grinderman project, Nick Cave noted: “I wanted to work with Robert Fripp because he has done some of the most uniquely unsettling guitar work I have ever heard along with some of the most delicate and finessed” explained Cave. “I grew up listening to a lot of the King Crimson stuff. The vinyl copy of the phenomenal live album Earthbound, is one of my most treasured possessions.”

The new version of Earthbound features an expanded version of the original album on CD & DVD. As a series of stereo only/low-fi recordings, a 5.1 edition was neither possible nor appropriate. However, also included on the DVD of this release is the full performance from Summit Studios, captured on the same US tour in 1972, appearing in both new stereo & quadraphonic mixes, providing the only live surround recordings of this line-up. This release also features 15 minutes of material not included on the original mail order only CD of Summit studios as issued by DGM in 2000. The DVD also features the “Schizoid Men” sequence from the Ladies of the Road live album & a transfer of a 1972 vinyl edition of the Earthbound LP.

• Earthbound – is the twelfth release in the acclaimed King Crimson 40th anniversary series.
• The album has been expanded ON CD & DVD
• CD features an expanded 12 track version of the original 5 track album.
• DVD features the 12 track expanded album in 24/96 hi-res stereo audio.
• DVD also features the Summit Studios performance in a new stereo mix & in quadraphonic.
This is the only surviving multi-track performance from the 1972 tour.
• DVD features the album length “Schizoid Men” sequence of edits of 21st Century Schizoid Men taken from the Ladies of The Road live album
• A transfer of the original vinyl album completes the audio selections.
• Presented as a 2 x digi-pack format in a slipcase with new sleeve notes by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith along with rare photos & archive material.
• Continues the highly collectable King Crimson series.

Out 11/17. I ordered one, because I have all the other 40th anniversary CD/DVD editions from Court through USA and wanted to complete the set. (I hate the Belew-era 80s version of the band, and the albums from the '90s and beyond bore me.)

Music on Vinyl is reissuing Dorothy Ashby's 1969 album Dorothy's Harp in a few weeks. It's a really killer funky jazz harp record.

https://lightintheattic.net/releases/3725-dorothy-s-harp

Cool! last year's Rolling Reissues incl. Ashby reissues via Sound Of The Universe, Soul Jazz Records' store site. Also here: http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/historical-jazz-releases-2016/ And Night Lights did a really good presentation of her music history: http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/fantastic-jazz-harp-dorothy-ashby/

Tompkins Square label has reissued Meredith Monk's groundbreaking 1971 debut album, Key. Pitchfork named it "Best New Reissue" (8.7)

BUY LP

Composer, singer, director/choreographer, creator of new opera, musical theater works, films and installations, Meredith Monk is one of the most unique and influential artists of our time. Awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Obama in 2015, Monk has blazed her own trail through music and movement over the past 50 years. Pitchfork noted : "Meredith Monk's influence as a singer and composer extends through Björk, Joanna Newsom and beyond."

Key contains Monk's earliest compositions for voice, composed and performed from 1967-1970. In her words:
"In Key I wanted to create a constantly shifting ambience. Each song dealt with a different vocal character, landscape, technical concern or emotional quality. I was trying for a visceral, kinetic song form that had the abstract qualities of a painting or a dance. I knew that I didn't want to set music to a text: for me, the voice itself was a language which seemed to speak more eloquently than words. I chose certain phonemes for their particular sound qualities. In a sense, each song became a world in itself with its own timbre, texture and impulse."

The Tompkins Square reissue faithfully reproduces the original 1971 LP on Increase Records, with textured cover and original insert images and notes.

TSQ5371 - Tompkins Square is distributed by INgrooves and Revolver in NA, Cargo UK for Europe.
xgau:
Dolmen Music [ECM, 1980]
Monk has classical voice training, but I expect it was her folk and rock experience that taught her how to make these almost wordless songs sound so demotic, so literally unrefined--they obviously don't merely "express" emotion, but they don't merely distill it either. On record, the ostinato structures mean that the four shorter pieces composed between 1972 and 1975 come across better than the title work, which lasts 23:39 and features six voices with intermittent accompaniment. But anybody who wants to go further than Lora Logic and Pere Ubu will listen to it all. A-

Been listening to the U-Men s/t anthology on Sub Pop a lot lately, highly recommended if you like scabrous Birthday Party/Grong Grong/Bloodloss style blues-garage-punk-abilly.

+1. I'd heard a lot of the U-Men stuff at the time, but totally kind of forgot about 'em. Sort of a missing link between BP/Scientists and Gun Club/Scratch Acid. Great comp.

From Soul Jazz Records' storefront Sound Of The Universe:

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Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3
Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1971-81
Soul Jazz Records

Available worldwide in all good retail and internet record stores this Fri 1 Dec or direct from us right now! Buy the 3xLP and get a free limited edition poster (direct from us only here). Buy the 2xCD and get a free limited edition badge (direct from us only here).

This latest instalment in Soul Jazz Records’ successful Deutsche Elektronische Musik series delves deeper into the German nation’s vaults to bring a fascinating new collection that again brings together a selection of classic German electronic and rock groups, including Neu!, Cluster, Popol Vuh, La Düsseldorf, Agitation Free, alongside a host of rare tracks by lesser known artists which includes Michael Bundt, Bröselmaschine, Dronsz, Achim Reichel and others.

The music of Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3 ranges from the introverted pastoralism of Hans Joachim Roedelius and Bröselmaschine, to the angular and futuristic electronic experimentations of Klauss Weiss, Pyrolator, Deuter, Michael Bundt and others, to the proto-punk of La Düsseldorf and the heavy space, progressive and cosmic rock of Missus Beastly, Niagara and Dyzan.

The music on Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3 was all recorded in the 1970s up to the early 1980s, at a time when forward-thinking German electronic and rock groups were searching for a new musical identity in order to separate themselves from both the cultural legacy of post-world war two Germany as well the ‘cultural imperialism’ of USA and UK rock. In this process German groups created some of the most unique and inspired music, the defining motorik beat alongside a host of ethno-musical influences from far afield – including Turkey, India, Brazil – as well as the musical and futurist possibilities of developments in electronics and technology itself.

Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3 is released as a heavyweight 3xLP, deluxe double CD pack and digital release. The new extensive sleevenotes are by David Stubbs, who is the author of the acclaimed book, ‘Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany’ (Faber & Faber).

Deutsche Elektronische Musik: “A near-definitive guide to some of the world’s most extraordinary music’’ ***** The Guardian

Release Date
01 December 2017
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1 Klauss Weiss – Wide Open Space Motion
2 A.R. & Machines – I'll Be Your Singer, You'll Be My Song
3 Deutsche Wertarbeit – Deutscher Wald
4 Dzyan – Khali
5 Missus Beastly – Geisha
6 Alex – Derulé
7 Agitation Free – In The Silence Of the Morning Sunrise
8 Georg Deuter – Pearls
9 Michael Bundt – The Brain Of Oskar Panizza
10 Popol Vuh – Ja, Deine Liebe Ist Sußer Als Wein
11 Novalis – Dronsz
12 Bröselmaschine – Schmetterling
13 Neu! – Neuschnee
14 Between – And The Waters Opened
15 La Düsseldorf – White Overalls
16 Klauss Weiss – Constellation
17 Achim Reichel – Tanz Der Vögel In Den Winden
18 Roedelius – Lustwandel
19 Pyrolator – Die Haut Der Frau
20 Cluster – Hollywood
21 Streetmark – Passage
22 Niagara – Rhythm Go
23 Michael Bundt – Neon

More Info & Audio
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/experimental-german-rock-and-german-music-197181

I got the Rhino deluxe 2 disc master of Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation which was only available in b&m stores for Black Friday. It's inexplicably missing "I'm Your Man," "All The Way," and the Ork single of "Blank Generation," even though it has the other track, "Another World." However, the liner notes are nice, and I just added the missing tracks to my flac folder, shrug.

PET SHOP BOYS ANNOUNCE THE THIRD SET OF RELEASES IN
CATALOGUE: 1985-2012, THE LANDMARK SERIES OF REISSUES
OF THEIR PARLOPHONE STUDIO ALBUMS

The Albums Please, Actually And Introspective Are Remastered And
Reissued With "Further Listening" Albums Of Additional And
Previously Unreleased Material

Reissues Out March 2 From Rhino

LOS ANGELES - Pet Shop Boys will release the third set of albums in their definitive CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 series of reissues of all their Parlophone studio albums. This third set sees the PSB albums Please from 1986, Actually from 1987 and 1988's Introspective, and will be reissued on March 2. The albums have been remastered and repackaged, and will be accompanied by "further listening" albums of master quality bonus tracks - including demos, extended mixes and remixes of tracks from the albums and others created in the same period as each record.

The three albums will be packaged with an extensive booklet in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss each song, illustrated with many archive photographs. The entire project is designed by Farrow.

Please was the debut album by Pet Shop Boys and produced by Stephen Hague. Released in March 1986, the album hit Billboard's Top Ten, was certified Platinum, and has sold over three million copies worldwide. Comprising of ten tracks in its original release, the album's track-listing includes the duo's debut single "West End Girls" - PSB's first number one single in the USA. Singles "Love Comes Quickly," "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)" and "Suburbia" are also featured on Please. The CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 re-issue of the album features a remastered and repackaged vinyl and double CD, featuring 7" and 12" mixes and remixes of tracks from Please and the album's period.

In 1987, Pet Shop Boys released their second album Actually. The album was produced by Julian Mendelsohn, Stephen Hague, Shep Pettibone, Andy Richards and Pet Shop Boys. This period saw Pet Shop Boys reach new critical and commercial heights and included singles, "It's A Sin," "Always On My Mind And Heart," and "What Have I Done To Deserve This," their single featuring Dusty Springfield which climbed to number two on the US singles chart. The CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 re-issue of Actually includes the remastered original album, with the 2-CD version featuring bonus material including the Shep Pettibone mix of "Heart," and demo versions and alternative mixes of tracks including "One More Chance" and "Always On My Mind."

Also remastered, repackaged and re-issued as part of the CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 is Pet Shop Boys' 1988 release Introspective. This album has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide to date and was the first to feature production by Trevor Horn, whose lavish orchestrations marked a new sonic direction for PSB. House music legend Frankie Knuckles created the mix of "I Want A Dog," while "Domino Dancing" was recorded in Miami with hit producer Lewis Martinée. Introspective also saw Pet Shop Boys introduce a new approach to the format of an album and its respective singles: each of the 6 tracks on the album's original track-listing is over six minutes in length, and they were later edited to fit the more traditional format of a seven-inch single. The CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 re-issue features, along with the newly-remastered original album, bonus material such as demo versions of "Don Juan" and "Domino Dancing," seven-inch and disco mixes of "Losing My Mind" and "Left To My Own Devices."

The CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 reissue series began earlier this year on July 28 with the release of Nightlife, Release, and Fundamental, followed by re-issues of Yes and Elysium, which were released on October 20. The series will continue until all PSB Parlophone albums have been released with "further listening" albums:

Behaviour/Further listening: 1990-1991
Very/Further listening: 1992-1994
Bilingual/Further listening: 1995-1997

The reissues of Please, Actually, Introspective, Behaviour, Very, and Bilingual were originally released with bonus "further listening" albums in 2001 and are being newly remastered with their original track-listings for these projects.

Please / Further Listening: 1984-1986

CD 1:
1. Two Divided By Zero
2. West End Girls
3. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
4. Love Comes Quickly
5. Suburbia
6. Opportunities (Reprise)
7. Tonight Is Forever
8. Violence
9. I Want A Lover
10. Later Tonight
11. Why Don't We Live Together?

CD 2:
1. A Man Could Get Arrested (Twelve-Inch B-Side)
2. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Full Length Original Seven-Inch Mix)
3. In The Night
4. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Twelve-Inch Mix)
5. Why Don't We Live Together? (Original New York Mix)
6. West End Girls (Dance Mix)
7. A Man Could Get Arrested (Seven-Inch B-Side)
8. Love Comes Quickly (Dance Mix)
9. That's My Impression (Disco Mix)
10. Was That What It Was?
11. Suburbia (The Full Horror)
12. Jack The Lad
13. Paninaro (Italian Remix)

Actually / Further Listening: 1987-1988:

CD 1:
1. One More Chance
2. What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield)
3. Shopping
4. Rent
5. Hit Music
6. It Couldn't Happen Here
7. It's A Sin
8. I Want To Wake Up
9. Heart
10. King's Cross

CD 2:
1. I Want To Wake Up (Breakdown Mix)
2. Heart (Shep Pettibone Version)
3. You Know Where You Went Wrong
4. One More Chance (Seven-Inch Mix)
5. It's A Sin (Disco Mix)
6. What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) [extended mix]
7. Heart (Disco Mix)
8. A New Life
9. Always On My Mind (Demo Version)
10. Rent (Seven-Inch Mix)
11. I Want A Dog
12. Always On My Mind (Extended Dance Mix)
13. Do I Have To?
14. Always On My Mind (Dub Mix)

Introspective / Further Listening: 1988-1989

CD 1:
1. Left To My Own Devices
2. I Want A Dog
3. Domino Dancing
4. I'm Not Scared
5. Always On My Mind/In My House
6. It's Alright

CD 2:
1. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
2. Don Juan (Demo Version)
3. Domino Dancing (Demo Version)
4. Domino Dancing (Alternative Version)
5. The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
6. What Keeps Mankind Alive?
7. Don Juan (Disco Mix)
8. Losing My Mind (Disco Mix)
9. Nothing Has Been Proved (Demo For Dusty)
10. So Sorry, I Said (Demo For Liza)
11. Left To My Own Devices (Seven-Inch Mix)
12. It's Alright (Ten-Inch Version)
13. One Of The Crowd
14. It's Alright (Seven-Inch Version)
15. Your Funny Uncle