Rolling Reissues 2017

oh man i really want that ravenstine

hopefully there will be an opportunity to purchase it as a download without buying the vinyl

Yeah, and I want to check out some of his other solo releases, the ones on Spotify recently for inst.

More on the aforementioned Alice C. comp, and note at end about additional booklets etc.; this is from Soul Jazz Records' soundoftheuniverse.com

http://i2.cmail20.com/ei/i/DE/09E/1B4/184925/csimport/lbop087cover-1-600x600_1.jpg

Alice Coltrane
World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
LUAKA BOP

**Shipping this Friday**

Essential Alice Coltrane recordings issued for the first time on vinyl by Luaka Bop!

Alice Coltrane was a legendary pianist, composer, spiritual leader, and the wife of John Coltrane, the most venerated and influential saxophonist in the history of jazz. In 1967, four years after meeting John, he died of liver cancer, leaving Alice a widow with four small children. Bereft of her soul mate, Alice suffered sleepless nights and severe weight loss. At her worst, she weighed only 95 pounds. She had hallucinations in which trees spoke, various beings existed on astral planes, and the sounds of “a planetary ether” spun through her brain, knocking her into a frightening unconsciousness.

The critical event of this period was not that Alice fell into the nadir of her existence, but rather that she experienced tapas, a vital period of trial. These tapas (a Sanskrit term she used to describe her suffering) helped prepare Alice for the spiritual ally she found in Swami Satchidananda, an Indian guru, with whom Alice made her first trip to India. On her second trip there, Alice had a revelation instructing her to abandon the secular life and become a spiritual teacher in the Hindu tradition – so she moved out West – eventually opening the Shanti Anantam Ashram on 47 acres she’d bought in Agoura Hills, California.

Music was the foundation of Alice’s spiritual practice. From the mid 1980’s to mid 1990’s, Alice Coltrane self-released four brilliant cassette albums. These cassettes contained a music she invented, inspired by the gospel music of the Detroit churches she grew up in, mixed together with the Indian devotional music of her religious practice, and even finds Alice singing for the first time in her recorded catalog. Originally only made available through her ashram, they are her most obscure body of work and possibly the greatest reflection of her soul.

“World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda”, is the first-ever compilation of her recordings from this period, making these songs available to the wider public - well played Luaka Bop!

This First Pressing includes two extra booklets of essays, photos, stories and a hand painted first pressing stamp - Don't sleep!

*LP version only

2xLP + Download Code

CD

More Info & Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/world-spirituality-classics-1-the-ecstatic-music-of-alice-coltrane-turiyasangitananda

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/NVVYSGM0V1lYaXVveEZuOTZtN3pzdz09/ethiopiques.jpg

Ethiopiques Box/7"

Many of the tracks were later included on the iconic Ethiopiques series of albums and compilations, which brought the treasures of the Ethiopian music scene of the 60s and 70s to a wider audience. Includes tracks by Mulatu Astatke, Getatchew Mekurya, Mahmoud Ahmedm Girma Bèyènè, and Alemayehu Eshete. The original 7"s are almost impossible to track down these days and sell individually for jaw-dropping amounts online, including one for over £600!
More Info: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/ethiopiques-box

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/eFBqalV3cnpwNkhiOFNDOE93NkZPZz09/unnamed.jpg

Amos and Sara
The Private World of Amos

Originally released in 1981 as a cassette on the It's War Boys label - this is a precious, thrilling reminder of UK post-punk DIY at its most inspired! According to one of the performers, its themes are "moral negotiation, mistrust, social class, distress, comedy, wild adventure, chemical derangement, as well as anarchic joy, and love". Huge SOTU recommendation!
More Info and Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-private-world-of-amos

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/UWR5Q01tTXplWEtVOGI1Rng4TmNWZz09/nashville-500x500.jpg

Like Nashville In Naija: Nigeria's Romance with Country Music, Yesterday and Today
COMB & RAZOR SOUND

Country music is big in Africa. Yes, we realise how absurd that probably sounds to most ears, but it’s really true: American country & western records have been tremendously popular and deeply beloved across the continent for almost a century. The people of the West African nation of Nigeria have long been not only voracious consumers of country music, but fairly enthusiastic performers of it as well. Cowboy songs have remained a consistent part of most bands’ live repertoire, but relatively few artists have dedicated themselves to actually recording country music. They did exist, though; mostly in the1970s and 80s, but they were rarely heard outside the country, and in the intervening years, most of their output has fallen through the cracks of posterity, forgotten even by ardent music fans at home. Until now. Like Nashville in Naija: Nigeria’s Romance with Country Music, Yesterday and Today collects some of the best country recordings as a loving tribute to Nigeria’s cowboy troubadours of yore. To the best of our knowledge, only in Nigeria.
More Info, Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/various-like-nashville-in-naija

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/N0Y2V3dkR1IwWVBlaFh4bXlpZm9zUT09/function-underground.jpg

Function Underground: The Black And Brown American Rock Sound 1969-1974
NOW-AGAIN RECORDS

This anthology – which has its origins in the Dante Carfagna bootleg Chains and Black Exhaust release - focuses on the Black & Latino American rock bands that spread their wings after Jimi Hendrix came to prominence, in unlikely locales such as Dayton, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the music here is being reissued for the first time. Comes with an illustrated cover by French illustrator Sanghon Kim and a booklet detailing the history of Black and Latino contributions to American rock music by leading music historians and collectors. This collects private pressings from the late 60s / early 70s. There was a bootleg of many of these selections, but that was in 2002. It features 1984, Purple Snow, Jimi Macon, Ebony Rhythm Band, The Revolution, Black Maffia etc.
More Info, Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/various-function-underground-the-black-and-brown-american-rock-sound-19

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/dUxMdm8velFacFBPRHc0YkYwSlgxZz09/unnamed-1.jpg

Tewolde Redda
Eritrea's Guitar Pioneer
DOMINO SOUND

Drawn from his six monumental singles for the Philips, Amha and Yared labels between 1970-73, revolutionising traditional Eritrean music via the innovations of amplified kirar, electric guitar and horns.Thick, deep declarations and considerations of love over a mixture of sombre and joyous tunes (with the hand-clapped beat often shifting into double-time near the end).Co-released with Mitmitta Musika in Addis Ababa; handsomely presented in a tip-on sleeve, with extensive liner notes, translations and exclusive photos.
More Info, Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/eritreas-guitar-pioneer

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/cHBCM1JHclBPdWt0S3doNGNIOE5KQT09/unnamed.jpg

Golden Afrique: Highlights & Rarities From The Golden Era Of African Pop Music (1971-1983)
Various
NETWORK

Rare treasures from the golden age of African pop music from 1956-1982. A comprehensive collection of the highly divers African music, originating from the independence-movements of the African continent in the mid 20th century. Featuring songs of legends such as Youssou N’Dour, Salif Keïta, Idy Diop and many more. Available for the first time on vinyl!!!
More Info, Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/golden-afrique

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/clJrOFZQWFVTWWsyZjR1NzUzdDBZQT09/carl-craig-versus-announcement.jpg

Carl Craig
Versus
INFINE

CBOOKSFILMSSTUFFPREORDERSNEWSINFO
Everything (1 items)

Carl Craig
Versus
InFine
Carl Craig
Versus
INFINEELECTRONIC , CLASSICAL

3×LP IF1042LPX£21.99
In stockADD TO BAG
CD IF1042£10.99
In stockADD TO BAG
1. Darkness
2. Sandstorms
3. At Les
4. Desire
5. Barceloneta Trist
6. Domina
7. The Melody
8. Technology
9. At Les (Acoustic Version)
10. Desire (Acoustic Version)
11. The Melody (Acoustic Version)
12. Sandstorms (Acoustic Version)
Monumental symphonic versions of Carl Craig’s classic material, reinforced and magnified by Les Siecles Orchestra. Iconic French conductor François-Xavier Roth is at the helm of the symphony whilst InFiné mainstay Francesco Tristano supports on piano. Support from Lefto and Gilles Peterson!
Info (track listings for 3-LP and CD differ) https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/versus_2

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/L3BxRWthNHNPcWphcGRacGQrTCtZQT09/dedsec-watch-dogs-2-ost-hudson-mohawke.jpg

Hudson Mohawke
Dedsec - Watch Dogs 2 OST (RSD 2017)
WARP RECORDS

2LP in printed inners in 5mm spine sleeve, download card insert. First time on vinyl. Following the maximalist hymns of 2015’s Lantern, HudMo once again proves his versatility, applying his signature style to the soundtrack of Ubisoft’s video game Watch Dogs 2. Cinematic melodies are at the heart of his 15 original compositions, bringing the action adventure’s open world to life. Between the gothic minor chord progression of Haum Sweet Haum and the playful glistening reverie of Balance, the Glaswegian producer has a real talent for conjuring a wide set of moods to fit different scenarios. The thick bass lines and syncopated rhythms of tracks like Eye For An Eye allude to his more beat-focussed earlier work. Yet, the intricacy of the percussion throughout sets this soundtrack apart from his albums and EPs – showing HudMo progress to the next level.
More Info: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/hudson-mohawke-dedsec-watch-dogs-2-ost

The Rolling Stones
The Stones In The Park (Live 1969)
NETWORK
DVD
A documentary record of the free Rolling Stones concert which took place in Hyde Park on 5th July 1969, two days after the death of guitarist Brian Jones. Includes interview footage and a number of classic performances.
More Info: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-stones-in-the-park-live-1969

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/clhHLzFvNkpFTjJiS0Z1aXlXUVBxdz09/unnamed.jpg

Desert Blues: Ambiances Du Sahara
Various
NETWORK
2-LP
First ever vinyl release of this classic, comprehensive collection of songs and music in the tradition of the Sahara, Sahel and the surrounding territories. Featuring artists such as Baly Othmani, Dimi Mint Abba, Youssou N’Dour and more.
More Info, Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/desert-blues-ambiances-du-sahara

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/bGdpMDdpY3J3dFRBMHdsRXJsaGx3Zz09/mahogany-brown-moodymann.jp

Moodymann
Mahogany Brown (2017 Reissue)
PEACEFROG RECORDS

Long awaited reissue of Detroit pioneer Moodymann's second LP from 1998 - 'Mahogony Brown'. This is laid back, deep grooved, Jazzy, funked out deep house at it's very best. Quite simply - Everyone should have one of these.
More Info, Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/moodymann-mahogany-brown

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/dWo4R3JvN2VJZHlmMTRhY2xWQTh0dz09/2df312546d49e23ebb6a6adf1f9a63b6-1000x1000x1.png

Television Personalities
...And Don't The Kids Just Love It (RSD 2017)
FIRE RECORDS

Ahead of its time, And Don’t The Kids Just Love It was Television Personalities’ influential debut album released in 1981 and features I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives. The legendary lo-fi release sees them produce British inspired 60s pop and post-punk that captured the period and ‘sounds remarkably prescient’ (Pitchfork’s Best 100 albums of the 1980s). With the formidable Daniel Treacy at its core, Television Personalities remain one of new wave’s longest serving and seminal artists with a career spanning over three decades.

14 tracks. Limited edition, black on white marbled vinyl, DL card, 1000 only. Single sleeve - download card included.
More Info: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/television-personalities-and-don-t-the-kids-just-love-it

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/WW14c3FhQkcyWDUzQmZJVU5JMFlqZz09/10-000-kids-with-guitars-noise-addict.jpg

Noise Addict
10,000 Kids With Guitars (RSD 2017)
NUMERO GROUP
2-LP

What does teen spirit smell like, anyway? It might smell something like Noise Addict. Like the real life stars of some sort of choose-your-own-adventure book about pursuing rock stardom, few bands ever led a more charmed existence, springing from the Sydney suburb of Bondi into seemingly overnight international fame as friends and collaborators of Sonic Youth, Fugazi, and the Beastie Boys. Through a combination of relentless drive, luck, and an admirable lack of self-doubt, Noise Addict spanned puberty(?) to surpass the haters and join Radio Birdman and Nick Cave as a strange but permanent piece of Australian punk history. The entire sordid adolescent tale is covered in incredible detail inside the black and white 16 page zine. And finally, for the first time in the history of record pressing, and for no good reason at all, the cover for 10,000 Kids With Guitars doubles as a working chalkboard. 25 tracks. Limited to 2000 copies on black vinyl.
More Info: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/noise-addict-10-000-kids-with-guitars

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/RUkwODZ0MzBXTmdHemR4YWJQN28vQT09/2000-klaus-dinger.jpg

Klaus Dinger
2000! (RSD 2017)
GRÖNLAND RECORDS

Previously unreleased album from German Kosmische Musik legend Klaus Dinger (NEU!, La Dusseldorf, et al). Beautifully manufactured LP sleeve with artistic ‘inside out’ paper. Released for Record Store Day because it's the last album of Klaus Dinger that isn't available yet. For this special recording, Klaus Dinger teamed up with various musicians in order to create a new recording experience, “turning documentary into art” would indeed be the best way to describe this album.
More info:https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/klaus-dinger-2000

If that's not truly old enough:

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/dTBTV0U0SUNWQk8vbDZYRkJDWVpOQT09/documents-1975-harmonia.jpg
Harmonia
Documents 1975
GRÖNLAND RECORDS

Issue of the previously unreleased 'Documents 1975' tape that captured Moebius, Roedelius, Rother and Eno playing in a rare, live capacity.
More Info, Audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/harmonia-documents-1975

oh hey a standalone CD for Documents 75! That's awesome! Will buy.

Raymond Scott - Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space, 1961-1971

http://www.raymondscott.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3WP-cover-400x398.jpg

In 2000, Basta issued Manhattan Research Inc., a 2-cd set of 69 tracks recorded 1953–69, spotlighting Scott’s groundbreaking electronica — a gallery of strange sounds seemingly beamed down from UFOs. MRI also presented some of the earliest TV & radio commercials to feature electronic music, as well as early film soundtrack collaborations with Jim Henson.

Basta is now releasing Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space, 1961–1971, containing 61 previously unissued gems by Scott. Many feature hypnotic rhythm tracks played by Scott’s Electronium — an invention which composed and performed using programmed intelligence. That Scott produced beat-oriented proto-techno before the 1970s explosion of electronic music and rhythms on the pop charts is a significant achievement that should not be overlooked.

Willow Park Center was an industrial rental complex of offices and warehouses in a Long Island suburb. Following his 1965 marital breakup, Scott set up shop at WPC. He operated a musical lab — researching, experimenting, testing, and measuring. He twirled knobs, flipped switches, and took notes. He installed equipment and machines, and used them to build new equipment and machines. This makeshift compound remained Scott’s workspace and bedroom until 1971, when he decamped for L.A. to work for Berry Gordy at Motown.

Scott was a highly qualified engineer who also happened to be a conservatory-trained (Juilliard) musician. He could compose, arrange, perform, improvise and edit, but given a shelf of hardware and a soldering iron, he could also rig an appliance to further his musical aims. Like many visionaries, Scott foreshadowed the future. He developed technological processes which were pivotal in the evolution of the fax machine. He composed a “silent” piece years before John Cage‘s 4′ 33″. He predicted (in 1944) that composers would someday reach audiences via thought transference. He applied for and was awarded numerous patents. Foremost, he developed electronic and automated sound-generating technology to craft the elements of pop music at a time when circuit-made sound was largely a novelty, used in “serious” works, or cranked-up for special effects in science fiction films.

In 1946, while still leading jazz bands, Scott established Manhattan Research, Inc., billed as “Designers and Manufacturers of Electronic Music and Musique Concrète Devices and Systems.” By the 1950s, he was using his inventions to produce commercials with electronic soundtracks, as well as developing automated sequencer technology. His friend and colleague Bob Moog said, “Scott was definitely in the forefront of developing electronic music technology and using it commercially as a musician.”

Besides the Electronium, sounds heard on Three Willow Park were generated by the Circle Machine; Clavivox; Bass-Line Generator; Bandito the Bongo Artist (a drum machine); tone, melody, rhythm and sound effects generators (some controlled, others random); oscillators, sequencers, and modulators; tape montages; and acoustic instruments and voices. These recordings, like those on MRI, define and establish Scott’s legacy in electronic music history.

Produced by Gert-Jan Blom and Irwin Chusid; Associate Producer: Jeff Winner
Release: June 30, 2017 (Basta Music)
formats: 3-LP / 2-CD / Digital

(Manhattan Research Inc. is now also available on vinyl btw)

Awesome! Will def check that out, thanks!

Light In The Attic has several things for National Record Store Day:

https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/release_image/19980/image/large_550_tmp_2F1487724577316-hudwd51toux9e32p-c61fa374b32419169f5ad9cf442167be_2F826853080910.jpg

V/A - Ciao! Manhattan
Ciao! Manhattan Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
vailable: April 22nd, 2017

Edie Sedgwick was the true “It Girl” of the Pop Art age; a woman who famously said she wanted “to turn the world on just for a moment”. Part of Andy Warhol’s Factory for a year in the mid-‘60s, she is widely believed to have inspired The Velvet Underground’s “Femme Fatale” as well as Bob Dylan’s “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat” and “Just Like A Woman”.

1973’s Ciao! Manhattan, the model and actor’s final film, gave some indication of why she inspired such devotion. Written and directed by Factory affiliates John Palmer and David Weisman, the movie tells a quasi-fictionalised account – a chronicle à clef in Weisman’s words – of Sedgewick’s journey from New York to Santa Barbara.

In the film, Sedgwick is Susan Superstar, a New Yorker who winds up living in a drained Santa Barbara swimming pool in a narcotic daze, life and art just a hair away from each other. Shot over a five year period, Sedgwick died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 28 before filming wrapped in 1971.

For a movie starring some of rock’s great muses, the soundtrack fittingly features cult figures of the era: Richie Havens (“Shouldn’t All The World Be Dancing”, “To Give All Your Love Away”, “I Can’t Make It Anymore”), John Phillips (“Malibu People”) and Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers member Skip Battin, who performs Kim Fowley’s “Citizen Kane”. Other artists are less well-known, including actor Kim Milford, who sings the stirring “Justice”, and Factory man Gino Piserchio, an artist and dear friend of Weisman, whose synthesizer compositions anchor the score.

Never before released in any format, this long-overdue pressing includes all of the above plus selected dialogue from the film, each snippet like a beat poem in its own way. The Village Voice once called Ciao! “The Citizen Kane of the drug generation"; deeply evocative of the era, the mood of the soundtrack captures the psychedelic spirit of the film, as well as the darkness and tragedy that characterized Edie’s life.
Cinewax
CINE809
BUYING OPTIONS
Release Notes
Official Record Store Day title
Limited to 3,000 copies on “Angel Shock” color wax
Never before released in any format
Audio restored and remastered from original film transfers
LP housed in a deluxe gatefold Stoughton tip-on jacket
Includes 20-page book with rare archive photos and liner notes Q&A with writer/director David Weisman
More infor, audio samples: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/3007-ciao-manhattan-original-motion-picture-soundtrack

Don't know her movies, but did read Jean Stein and George Plimpton's dark panorama, Edie: An American Biography; so did Megan Abbott, at an even more impressionable age:
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/02/251651304/a-suburban-teen-saw-the-sparkle-of-edie-but-not-the-pain

THE CARS: EXPANDED EDITIONS

Remastered And Newly Expanded Versions Candy-O And Panorama Feature The Original Album Plus Rare And Unreleased Recordings

CD, Vinyl, And Digital Versions Available From Rhino On July 28

LOS ANGELES - Following the massive success of The Cars' multi-platinum debut in 1978, the band kept its platinum-album streak rolling with Candy-O and Panorama, releases that include memorable hits like "Let's Go," "It's All I Can Do" and "Touch and Go."

For the first time ever, the band has expanded those classics to create versions that include rare and unreleased recordings taken from the sessions for each album. Band member Ric Ocasek recently supervised the remastering of these albums for last year's boxed set The Cars: The Elektra Years, ensuring superior sound quality on these new versions.

Expanded editions of CANDY-O and PANORAMA will be available on July 28 for $14.98 (CD) and $24.98 (2LP). Presented in gatefold sleeves, the vinyl versions include music on three sides with an etching on the fourth. In addition, the music on these expanded editions will be released digitally and available via streaming outlets.

For the follow-up to its eponymous debut, The Cars teamed up one again with producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen) to record Candy-O. The album was released in the summer of 1979 and became a huge hit, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Album Chart and eventually earned quadruple-platinum certification in the U.S. alone. One of the singles, "Let's Go," was the band's first Top 15 hit on the Billboard singles chart.

CANDY-O: EXPANDED EDITION goes beyond the original album's 11 tracks with seven bonus tracks. Among the highlights are unreleased alternate mixes of "Let's Go" and "Lust For Kicks," as well as the previously unissued song "They Won't See You (The Northern Studios Version)." The album's liner notes were written by David Wild and include a new interview with guitarist Elliot Easton.

The Cars returned in the summer of 1980 with Panorama, which became the band's third consecutive platinum album and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Album Chart. The album became a fan favorite thanks to songs like "Touch And Go," "Up And Down," and "Gimme Some Slack."

PANORAMA: EXPANDED EDITION builds on the original album's 10 songs with four bonus tracks. They include the B-side "Don't Go To Pieces," as well as unreleased songs like "Shooting For You," and "Be My Baby." For this release, Wild once again pens the liner notes, along with reminisces from keyboardist Greg Hawkes.

CANDY-O
Track Listing:

1. "Let's Go"
2. "Since I Held You"
3. "It's All I Can Do"
4. "Double Life"
5. "Shoo Be Doo"
6. "Candy-O"
7. "Night Spots"
8. "You Can't Hold On Too Long"
9. "Lust For Kicks"
10. "Got A Lot On My Head"
11. "Dangerous Type"
Bonus Tracks
12. "Let's Go" - Roy Thomas Baker Monitor Mix
13. "Candy-O" - Northern Studios Version
14. "Nights Spots" - Northern Studios Version
15. "Lust for Kicks" - Roy Thomas Baker Monitor Mix
16. "Dangerous Type" - Northern Studios Version
17. "They Won't See You" - Northern Studios Version, Previously Unissued
18. "That's It" - "Let's Go" B-side

PANORAMA
Track Listing

1. "Panorama"
2. "Touch and Go"
3. "Gimme Some Slack"
4. "Don't Tell Me No"
5. "Getting Through"
6. "Misfit Kid"
7. "Down Boys"
8. "You Wear Those Eyes"
9. "Running Up To You"
10. "Up and Down"
Bonus Tracks
11. "Shooting For You" - Previously Unissued
12. "Be My Baby" - Previously Unissued
13. "The Edge" - Previously Unissued
14. "Don't Go To Pieces" - "Don't Tell Me No" B-side

out June 9:

https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/release_image/20165/image/large_550_tmp_2F1489520897842-jlazg7qmsb6oqq0g-2370edbcb8cba9f259fce3a47c583b4d_2FLITA157.jpg

Lynn Castle
Rose Colored Corner

Light In The Attic
LITA 157

Available: June 9th, 2017

Though most of the world may not know the songs of Lynn Castle, she is an artist whose work stretches across seven decades. She has created a diverse and vast (albeit mostly unreleased) discography of pop, folk, country, gothic, rock, punk, blues, and children’s songs. Light In The Attic Records is very excited to continue its Lee Hazlewood Archive Series with Rose Colored Corner, a collection of intimate recordings Lynn Castle made with Jack Nitzsche in 1966 and her complete recorded output with Lee Hazlewood on LHI Records. For the first time ever Lynn is sharing recordings from her personal archive and telling her story.

In the 1960s Lynn became the first lady barber in LA just as long hair on men became hip. By day she was styling The Monkees, Boyce and Hart, Del Shannon, Sonny & Cher, the Byrds and countless others…by night she was writing songs. Despite lacking the desire to self promote and a crippling insecurity that made it hard to sing in front of anyone, her songs managed to bend the ears of such industry heavyweights as Phil Spector, Jack Nitzsche and Lee Hazlewood. “It was so hard to get me to sing,” explained Castle. “I had buried it so low, I didn’t think I was good at all. Lee heard my songs and thought I was fabulous. He said, ‘Oh my god, you’re really good! Let’s cut a record.’

Her sole 1967 45 “The Lady Barber" b/w "Rose Colored Corner,” released on Lee Hazlewood Industries is a slice of psychedelic pop heaven. A full length album was never completed, but her sparse demos with Jack Nitzsche give the listener a peek of what one might have sounded like. If you are familiar with Nitzsche’s mid-60s work with Tim Buckley, Bob Lind, and Buffalo Springfield…you can squint your ears and imagine her songs bejeweled with lush strings, finger cymbals, and delicate harpsichord. Instead, the songs remained unheard until now.

Just because her songs weren’t recognized at the time doesn’t diminish their magic. This music is meant to be found and heard. Though commercial success may remain elusive, sometimes strange premonitions are realized… “When I was young, making music in the ‘60s, I had this strange thought that one day I would be this old woman, and young people would come find me and tell me that my music meant something to them.” – Lynn Castle
More info, audio: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/3091-rose-colored-corner
(also see those other LHI reissues at the bottom of the page, Lee Hazlewood and omg Honey Ltd)

https://light-in-the-attic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/release_image/20376/image/large_550_tmp_2F1494368866498-hkf8nlm86uq-fc2cbf0b5e43e7218d5724fd2e7b1956_2FP4050297.JPG

Release Notes
This bundle includes the following albums:

1. Paul Parrish – Forest Of My Mind (MAPACHE0010)
2. Goldberg – Misty Flats (FDR612LP)
3. Bert Jansch – Live In Australia (EARTH017LP)
4. Sylvie Simmons – Sylvie (LITA122LP)
5. Scott Fagan – South Atlantic Blues (CEC003LP)

Fagan is Stephin Merritt's father. The only one of these I've heard is Sylvie, by the journo/L. Cohen biographer. It's fine, just her searching voice and strings for the most part, with a few tweaks from Howe Gelb.

More info: http://lightintheattic.net/releases/3223-folksie-five

Keiji Haino's classic debut album Watashi Dake? will be available on vinyl for the first time since 1981 and for the first time ever as originally intended by the artist- in a special gold and silver edition.

Coming June 16

Over the last fifty years few musicians or performers have created as monumental and uncompromising a body of work as that of Keiji Haino. Through a vast number of recordings and performances Haino has staked out a ground all his own- creating a language of unparalleled intensity that defies any simple classification. For all this, his 1981 debut album Watashi Dake? has remained enigmatic. Originally released in a small edition by the legendary Pinakotheca label, the album was heard by only a select few in Japan and far fewer overseas. Original vinyl copies became impossibly rare and highly sought after the world over.

Watashi Dake? presents a haunting vision – stark vocals, whispered and screamed, punctuate dark silences. Intricate and sharp guitar figures interweave, repeat and stretch, trance-like, emerging from dark recesses. Written and composed on the spot – Haino's vision is one of deep spiritual depths that distantly evokes 1920's blues and medieval music- yet is unlike anything ever committed to record before or since. Coupled with starkly minimal packaging featuring the now iconic cover photographs by legendary photographer Gin Satoh, the album is a startling and fully realized artistic statement.

Produced in close cooperation with Keiji Haino as well as Gin Satoh, Black Editions is proud to make this masterpiece of underground music its inaugural release. Re-issued on LP for the very first time, it is also the first ever edition to feature the originally intended metallic gold and silver artwork. The release also presents the first ever translation of the lyrics and titles by Alan Cummings. Each album also includes a digital download with an extended bonus live track from that era.

This special edition was meticulously remastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters and cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Pressed to high quality vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI).

It comes housed in specially printed heavy Stoughton tip-on jackets with custom printed matte metallic gold and silver covers with black on black inserts and extras.

http://www.theblackeditions.com/

xpost. Candy-O is such an amazing album. While I'm happy for a reissue, I really want some crazy huge box set with demos, live, etc. I could listen to multiple versions of Shoo-Be-Doo happily for a full day. Probably one of the best follow ups to a theoretically unfollow-up-able debut. Cars stinginess with extra stuff = annoying.

Legit excited about the Haino reissue

10th anniversary reissue and tour performances of Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer, details here:

http://mailchi.mp/polyvinylrecords/8mbcyn147s?e=e256bac75c

Few will care but this is great news. A reissue of Matt McGinn's first four albums, the first time available in over 40 years. This is not something you hear too often but good ol' Cherry Red!

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-road-to-aldermaston-complete-transatlantic-recordings-1966-1969/

Just got this from Soundohm

gruppo di improvvisazione nuova consonanza
Azioni/Reazioni 1967-1969 (Deluxe Box Set)
€ 180.00
LABEL: DIE SCHACHTEL
GENRE: Experimental | FORMAT: 5Lp, 4Cd, Dvd, Book BOX | CATALOG N. DS33-Box LP limited | YEAR. (2017)
Pre-Order
Add to Wishlist

**Shipping in mid June - Art Edition of 100 copies** The year 2007 saw one of the most remarkable findings in the long treasure-hunting history of Die Schachtel: the complete set of recordings of the early manifestation (1967-1969) of one of the most legendary improv group of all times, the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. Rescued by the private archives of Mr. Walter Branchi, one of the original founding members – alongside with Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morricone, Ivan Vandor, Roland Kayn, Egisto Macchi, Mario Bertoncini and John Heineman – the tapes were then restored in their entirety, but only a part of them were published in an epic 500 copies -CD-only boxset titled "Azioni 1967-1969", which also featured a DVD with the original film "Nuova Consonanza" shot by Theo Gallher during the rehearsal and the concert that the group held on March 19th and 20th, 1967, at the Galleria d'arte Moderna in Rome. Spanning from free-jazz to total abstract noise to wild electronic sounds (thanks mainly to the wizardry of Roland Kayn and Walter Branchi), their music was – and remains – one of the most dynamic, original and uncompromising expression of a period defined by intense experimentation and musical bravery, that anticipated a lot of the experiments to come in later years. Or, to put it simple, "They were utterly unique", as per the words that John Zorn – a long time admirer of the Gruppo – expressely wrote for this edition.

To mark the 10-years anniversary of its original release, and to finally make it available for the vinyl aficionados throughout the world, Die Schachtel is proud to present AZIONI/REAZIONI 1967-1969, the complete cycle of improvisations (which in fact means thirteen additional inedit pieces, spanning over 2 and a half LPs and two CDs ), taken from the original tapes, lovingly remastered by Mr. Giuseppe Ielasi and masterly cut to five black vinyls, with a new design and an even more complete information apparatus, that includes a 64 page LP-size book in English and Italian, complete with essays, memories from the members of the Group, a new article by Valentina Bertolani exploring in detail the techniques of the group (based on the enclosed DVD), a chronology and a collection of original reviews by Maurizio Farina, and – to add an additional cherry on the almost rather juicy cake - a set of stunning (and inedit) black and white photos of the group playing in the glorious Venice "Teatro della Fenice" in 1968, taken from the archives of the Venice Biennale.

This is your unique opportunity to grab one of the 100 Limited Collector Edition, the only ones complete with both 5LPs, 4CDs and 1DVD, the coffee-table book, an exclusive large poster and – to add an even more appealing dimension to the whole thing – hosted in a hand made (in Italy) custom wooden boxset designed by Dinamomilano, whose stunning tactile, "arte-povera" inspired artwork (by Dinamomilano as well) is in fact made by two laser-cut pieces of black rubber and white felt, complete with a matt grey foil-stamped title on the side. You can almost feel the weight of the edition (in metaphorical terms too).

To sum it up, the monumental "AZIONI/REAZIONI" boxset includes:

- 5 vinyl LPs

- 4 CDs

- 1 DVD (with English and Italian subtitles)

- 1 large poster on high-quality paper

- a 64-page sewn-bound large book

- handmade wooden boxset with rubber and felt motif

Please consider that this Limited Edition will be followed by a "regular" one, comprised by 5 LPs+DVD+book (hence no CDs and poster), hosted in a standard cardboard boxset, and a 4CD+DVD+book (hence no vinyls) edition. Please also bear in mind that this is going to be a 1-timer pressing: no further pressing are foreseen for the years to come.

We suggest you don't delay and act now... the expression has never been more appropriated.

Wow! Think I'll wait for the 4CD/DVD/book version (no turntable, no place to hang a poster).

Awww man that Haino album is my favorite of his. Psyched.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ef973e9c5e109d553648cc178/images/06c2fef3-1e05-4f6a-ba81-60e6698714d8.jpg

Yep Roc is excited to announce that for the first time in decades, you can now own Nick the Knife, The Abominable Showman, Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit, The Rose of England, Pinker and Prouder Than Previous, and Party of One on CD and LP! Bundle all of them together and get a great discount PLUS a limited edition Nick Lowe lunchbox for free!

These albums mark the period in Nick Lowe's career where he was experimenting with numerous genres, ranging from roots rock to country to reggae to the pub rock and power pop sounds that he made so famous. These albums are absolutely worthy of second listen and showcase his collaborations with artists such as Elvis Costello, Huey Lewis, Paul Carrack, and many more.

more info, links: http://mailchi.mp/yeproc/thank-you-for-following-yep-roc-records?e=1acce46fd4

Not a fan of his more recent albums, but seems to be one of those artists who gets better the farther back you go.

So a bunch of vinyl comps coming out on Rhino, mostly well-known tracks, but this one has me curious:

http://image.e.wbr.com/lib/fe8e137075670c7572/m/1/TRANSPARENT_DAYS_2400_PR.jpg

TRANSPARENT DAYS: WEST COAST NUGGETS
2LP Track Listing

Side One
1. "Transparent Day" - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
2. "Time Is After You" - The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
3. "Linda's Gone" - The West Coast Branch
4. "I Could Be Happy" - The Dovers
5. "My Race Is Run - The Motleys
6. "The Happiness Song" - Gerry Pond
7. "Here's Today" - The Rose Garden
8. "Bye Bye Bye" (Warner Bros. Single Version) - The Tikis

Side Two
1. "Make It Easy" - The Collectors
2. "I'll Sell My Soul" - The Allies
3. "Goin' Down" - The Waphphle
4. "Out Of Sight Out Of Mind" - Limey & The Yanks
5. "Where You Gonna Go" - Art Guy
6. "Got Love" - The Front Line
7. "She's My Baby" - The Mojo Men
8. "Going Home" - Butch Engle & The Styx

Side Three
1. "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" - The Association
2. "If You Could Be Him Instead" - Wayne Stewart
3. "Candlestickmaker" - Ron Elliott
4. "Smiling" - M.C. 2
5. "Momentarily Gone" - The Truth
6. "Degeneration Gap" - Tandyn Almer
7. "Baby Please Don't Go" - The Ballroom

Side Four
1. "Come Alive" - Things To Come
2. "House Of Glass" - The Glass Family
3. "The Eagle Never Hunts The Fly" - The Bonniwell Music Machine
4. "Dawn Lights The Way" - Clear Light
5. "Shadows" - The Electric Prunes
6. "Changes (Tygstl)" - The Ceyleib People
7. "Your Mind & We Belong Together" - Love

info on the series: http://view.e.wbr.com/?qs=cfe9481475b5dc3da9ec21aff234088e6ada30c48119cd62bd9c75f70d097b4b6d860098dacf7073780d0b983a0828f29be1256598186d66dc64e7ab8fc159e8

http://i2.cmail19.com/ei/i/0C/FE8/C91/210725/csimport/newsjr-cd370-boombox-2-cover_1.jpg

Boombox 2
Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979 - 83
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS
(3-LP, CD, mp3)

Out this Friday worldwide in all good retail and internet stores.

Soul Jazz Records’ new Boombox 2 is a new selection of early rap music from the period 1979-83, with barely a household name in sight. Featured here are some the earliest hip-hop records that came out of New York City following the enormous commercial success of the first ever rap record, ‘Rapper’s Delight’ by the Sugarhill Gang, in September 1979. Artists and producers alike tried to jump aboard the new commercial possibilities of hip-hop. By the end of the year there were 30 hip-hop singles, all released by independent New York labels. The following year there were over 100 more, and so on.

Boombox 2 tells the story of how hip-hop went from its evolutionary roots in the Bronx through DJs Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa through to this second phase where veteran music producers – Paul Winley, Peter Brown, Joe Robinson and others – all based in Harlem, began to put rap on vinyl for the first time.

Harlem is also where the separate worlds of disco and hip-hop met through the styles and influence of earlier ‘uptown’ DJs - DJ Hollywood and Eddie Cheba. In similar fashion these veteran Harlem-based producers instinctively tapped into a long lineage of African-American rhythm and blues, soul and disco.

The album features many early and rare cuts from the first generation of early rap artists including Lovebug Starski (as Little Starsky), Busy Bee, Eddie Cheba, Kool DJ AJ as well as many other little known artists.

Boombox 2 is a triple-vinyl set (+ download code) LP and double CD pack that features extensive text, exclusive interviews and stunning photography by Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper and others.

Reviews of Boombox 1:

‘The vital launch pad between hip-hop’s birth and its worldwide impact’ THE WIRE

‘This compilation of early rap is a legit party in a box, one of the best Soul Jazz Records releases in years.’ FACT

‘A brilliant compilation of first wave underground rap records made in New York circa 1979-83' TWISTED SOUL

Release Date
31 May 2017

Tracklisting
1 Harlem World – Let's Rock
2 Lonnie Love – Young Ladies
3 Kool DJ A.J. – Ah, That's The Joint
4 Terry Lewis and Wild Flower – The Peoples Message Take Two
5 Rappers Rapp Group – Rappin' Partee Groove (Club Version)
6 Eddie Cheba – Lookin' Good
7 MC Rock Lovely – One Time Two Time Blow Your Mind
8 Little Starsky – Dancin' Party People
9 Manujothi – Shake Your Body
10 Busy Bee – School Days
11 TJ Swann, Pee Wee Mel and Swann Controllers – Maximus Party
12 Margo's Kool Out Crew – Death Rap
13 Grand Master Chilly T and Stevie G – Rock The Message Rap
14 Zoot II – Dr. Ice Rap
More Info & Audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/ejyybbqmn

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/VVhPN2h3SVJyWDN2YnBNV21lWUhTZz09/sjr373-lloyd-mcneill-asha-slve.jpg

Lloyd McNeill is a multidisciplinary artist – a painter who lived in Paris in 1965 and was a friend of Picasso, a musician who has worked with Nina Simone, Nana Vasconceles, Ron Carter, Cecil McBee and many more and a music anthropologist, poet and teacher.

In the 1960s he was involved in the civil-rights movement and produced music for ballet, paintings and installations. His music mixes jazz with Latin, Brazilian and African rhythms that McNeill learnt was studying anthropology in his travels through much of Africa and Brazil (where he joined with Dom Salvador, Paulinho da Viola, Paulo Maura and Martinho da Vila).

The album comes with extensive sleevenotes and interview with Lloyd McNeill as well as exclusive photos and text. Vinyl is heavyweight vinyl pressing + download code limited to 1000 worldwide.

Lloyd McNeill features on two earlier Soul Jazz releases, 'New Thing' and 'Freedom, Rhythm and Sound". Soul Jazz Records have also recently reissued Lloyd McNeill's stunning 'Washington Suite' album recorded in 1970.

Lloyd and Nina
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/a21hRk1QVDVDdm1UeWQrcGR2ZGxVUT09/lloyd-mcneill-and-nina-sim-copy.jpg

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/MnVad0JxU2Z3a2xTTXdrUVVKOXlLQT09/lloyd-mcneill-with-mural-1970-2.jpg

Oops, forgot the More Info & Audio link for Lloyd:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/lloyd-mcneill-quartet-asha

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/TmpqQWtKSmRBZHJKQ0Q3cGxPS0NrUT09/image003.jpg

Vodou Drums in Haiti 2
The Living Gods Of Haiti : 21st Century Ritual Drums & Spirit Possession
Drummers Of The Societe Absolument Guinin

Soul Jazz Records’ new album features the truly intense, hypnotic and fascinating Vodou drums of Haiti, a stunning collection of trance-like rhythms and beats traditionally used to induce spirit possession in the Vodou religion.

Soul Jazz Records first journeyed to Haiti in 1996 to record a series of three albums about Haitian Vodou music and culture. One of these, ‘Voodoo Drums’, featuring the drum rhythms used to bring about spirit possession struck a striking chord with listeners, and amazingly went on to become one of their best-selling albums.

"I haven't heard anything quite like this; the rhythms are very deeply orchestrated yet it also sounds like improvisation. There are tonalities and textures coming from this album like I've never heard. A great album by Soul Jazz, very well recorded. Some of the sounds I have no idea how they are getting them! This album is bending my ear and setting off the dancing devils in my soul!! Unreal!" Guardian

In 2016 Soul Jazz Records returned to Haiti once more to record a new second volume of the same intense Vodou drumming. Recorded in the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, some 20 years after their first visit, this album also features the very same musicians, the Drummers of the Société Absolument Guinin.

"This record, which consists entirely of recordings of vodou drumming made in Port-Au-Prince, is one of a series of Soul Jazz releases exploring Haitian music, all of which are worth your attention. Nonetheless there's something about the intensity and virtuosity of this particular drums-based album that's particularly transportive. It captures the extraordinary complexity and sophistication of these ceremonial rhythms, which shift, interlock and switch angle of attack with a logic that's near-indecipherable as a listener unable to see visually how they unfold.

These drum rituals are central to Haitian vodou, their power to awe and mesmerise isn't dimmed through being relatively unfamiliar with the traditions that underlie them; these recordings are dynamic and riveting in their intricacy and power." Quietus

Like the first album, these new recordings somehow manage to walk the line between serious ethnological authenticity and a connection with the energy and intensity of the dance rhythms of techno and house music that make them quite unique:

"Soul Jazz yet again come correct with the roots and culture. This amazing set of ritual breakbeats Haitian style has to be the most phenomenal, left field battle breaks album you could imagine. The rhythms used cause spirits to manifest themselves in the physical world, all powerful, some benevolent, others less so. Enjoyable and really quite mind expanding, this is recommended to anyone who thinks traditional music is not for them. Really unparallelled, both in terms of quality and the competition." Boomkat

This album is released worldwide on heavyweight double LP + download code, deluxe CD and digital.
More Info, Audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/vodou-drums-in-haiti-2

all over that Boombox 2 thing thx

First one's good too.

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/VFdIcjc5S3dvS3BhQ1FRS0tET0dvUT09/sjr-lp-cd375-skatalites-sleeve.jpeg

The Skatalites
Independence Ska and The Far East Sound - Original Ska Sounds From The Skatalites 1963 - 65

Fantastic new collection of rare and classic killer ska from the legendary Skatalites, one of the most important groups in the history of Reggae.

This album was first released only as a limited-edition collectors 7-inch box set (now deleted) and is now available for the first time as a double LP edition (+ Download Code), CD and digital release - complete with 10 extra bonus tracks and new extensive sleeve notes!

The Skatalites brought the sound of Jamaica to the world. At the start of the 1960s, in the space of just a couple of years Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Jackie Mittoo, Ernest Ranglin, Johnny ‘Dizzy’ Moore, Lloyd Knibbs, Lloyd Brevett and others defined the exciting beat of ‘Ska’ as the sound of newly independent Jamaica.

As the house band at Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s newly launched Studio One Records at 13 Brentford Road, the group comprising the finest jazz musicians on the island played on literally 1000s of recordings – Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and The Maytals, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Alton Ellis and many, many more.

During their existence (1963-65) The Skatalites also recorded 100s of their own songs, released either under their own name, or The Studio One Orchestra, or that of band members Drummond, McCook etc. This is the first collection on Soul Jazz Records to bring you some of their finest material – from classics such as ‘Guns of Navarone’, ‘El Pussy Cat Ska’, ‘Christine Keeler’ through to some serious rarities such as Dizzy Johnny and The Studio One Orchestra’s ‘Sudden Destruction’ and Don Drummond’s ‘Coolie Boy’.

The Skatalites’ ska sound brought together aspects of jazz, latin, rhythm and blues, proto-Rastafarianism (tracks such as ‘Full Dread’, ‘Beardsman Ska’) and more. The intensity and energy of their sound was matched by the experimentation of the troubled genius of Don Drummond whose ‘far east’ modal trombone sound added a complex melancholy to the music of the Skatalites (the group split-up after Drummond was charged with murdering his wife, dancer Margarita Mahfood).

More Info, Audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/independence-ska-and-the-far-east-sound_2

The soundtrack album to Robert Altman's Popeye is reportedly being reissued as a 2CD package, including Harry Nilsson's original demos on the second disc, due July 28.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/480cdd9e0b390c18e4fc2e8a4/_compresseds/82302e16-58fb-4dfc-a74d-daa4fcc658a1.jpg

CAN

THE SINGLES OUT JUNE 16

LISTEN TO RARE TRACK
"SHIKAKO MARU TEN"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNnilECnMpw&feature=youtu.be

CAN The Singles - a collection of all of the band’s single releases - is out June 16 on triple vinyl, download, CD and streaming services.

“Shikako Maru Ten” was the B-side to “Spoon,” which was a Top 10 hit in Germany in 1972. The singles on this compilation are all presented in their original 7” version and “Shikako Maru Ten,” which never appeared on a studio album, is available here for the first time on vinyl outside its original release.

This unique document is the first time the singles have been presented together and shows the breadth of CAN’s 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". Preorder The Singles HERE.

The Barbican in London recently hosted a very special event to mark CAN’s 50th anniversary year: Irmin Schmidt conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, presenting the world premiere of an original orchestral work composed by Schmidt and Gregor Schwellenbach called CAN Dialog while a specially curated supergroup brought together by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and featuring CAN’s first singer Malcolm Mooney performed a set of CAN tracks, including “She Brings The Rain,” “Yoo Doo Right” and “Mother Sky.”

CAN, founded in 1967, released their debut album Monster Movie (1969) which set them apart from the mainstream, carving out a sound that transcended the boundaries of experimental electronic, jazz and modern classical music. CAN’s influence extends from post-punk musicians such as Joy Division and Primal Scream, through avant-garde composers including Bernhard Lang and Radiohead. Schmidt himself began his musical career as a pupil of Stockhausen and Ligeti, and conducted numerous high-profile orchestras in his native Germany and abroad. Hearing the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa in the ‘60s led to the formation of CAN but Schmidt never lost touch with his avant-garde classical upbringing, and it is to Schmidt that CAN owed much of its musical eclecticism.

In spring 2018, Faber & Faber will publish a new book devoted to CAN titled All Gates Open. The special edition will come in two volumes: one will be the first complete, authorized biography of the band written by Rob Young and the second, CAN Kiosk by Irmin Schmidt, is a collage of thoughts, visuals and interviews (interviews collated by Max Dax and Robert Defcon).

CAN – THE SINGLES TRACKLISTING
1. Soul Desert
2. She Brings The Rain
3. Spoon
4. Shikako Maru Ten
5. Turtles Have Short Legs
6. Halleluwah (Edit)
7. Vitamin C
8. I’m So Green
9. Mushroom
10. Moonshake
11. Future Days (Edit)
12. Dizzy Dizzy (Edit)
13. Splash (Edit)
14. Hunters And Collectors (Edit)
15. Vernal Equinox (Edit)
16. I Want More
17. ...And More
18. Silent Night
19. Cascade Waltz
20. Don’t Say No (Edit)
21. Return
22. Can Can
23. Hoolah Hoolah (Edit)

Dunno deal with link--if don't see it, check youtube.

Why is it that Rhino has put out at least half a dozen Nuggets followups (Nuggets II, Children of Nuggets and the San Francisco and L.A. boxes, plus a few Rhino Handmade single-disc Sunshine Pop comps), but never a sequel to the One Kiss Can Lead To Another girl group box?

Not that it answers your question, but I think they haven't done a various artists box set since the L.A. Nuggets one in 2009. I understand some of the Rhino people went to work elsewhere amidst greater Warner downsizing; some of them I think went to RockBeat Records, where they have done further "nuggets" collections (Surf Age Nuggets, Halloween Nuggets, Los Nuggets).

I pre-ordered the Purple Rain set. It's about damn time!

Thinking of getting Uriah Heep reissues, and this: Doctors Of Madness - Perfect Past: The Complete Doctors of Madness

Doctors Of Madness were the missing link between Bowie and the Sex Pistols. Formed in 1974, they were too early for punk but their music was abrasive, angular and uncompromising. Members of The Adverts, The Damned, Penetration and The Skids were in their audiences. The Sex Pistols were their support band. After they split in 1978, Doctors Of Madness were tagged “punk before punk”: as author Simon Reynolds put it in his 2016 book Shock And Awe: Glam Rock And Its Legacy.

Perfect Past: The Complete Doctors Of Madness is the first ever all-inclusive anthology of this important British band. Over three discs, their three albums – Disc One: Late Night Movies, All Night Brainstorms (March 1976); Disc Two : Figments Of Emancipation (October 1976); Disc Three: Sons Of Survival (March 1978) – are supplemented with never-before-heard recordings from June 1975 and late 1976, along with live recordings of songs they never tackled in the studio, including those with The Adverts’ TV Smith, and a prospective 1978 single made with The Damned’s David Vanian on vocals. All tracks are newly remastered.

In-depth liner notes by MOJO magazine’s Kieron Tyler, the author of Damned biography Smashing It Up: A Decade Of Chaos With The Damned, draw on exclusive new interviews with the band’s charismatic, outspoken frontman and songwriter Richard Strange and their violin/guitar player Urban Blitz.

Presented in a clam shell box, including LP facsimile wallets, and a fully illustrated booklet featuring illustrations from Richard Strange’s personal archives.

The band-approved Perfect Past: The Complete Doctors Of Madness is the last word on Doctors Of Madness and essential for anyone with any interest in British rock and how punk evolved. Watch out for reunion shows in 2017.

DISC ONE:
LATE NIGHT MOVIES, ALL NIGHT BRAINSTORMS (MARCH 1976)
1. WAITING
2. AFTERGLOW
3. MITZI'S CURE
4. I THINK WE'RE ALONE
5. THE NOISES OF THE EVENING
6. BILLY WATCH OUT
7. B-MOVIE BEDTIME
8. MAINLINES

BONUS TRACKS
9. DOCTORS OF MADNESS **
10.BALLAD OF A THIN MAN *
11.WE DON’T GET BACK *
12.B-MOVIE BEDTIME *
13.OUT *

* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO’S
** OUTTAKE

DISC TWO:
FIGMENTS OF EMANCIPATION (OCTOBER 1976)
1. BROTHERS (FOR JOHN & BRIAN)
2. SUICIDE CITY (FOR JACQUELINE)
3. PERFECT PAST (FOR RENE)
4. MARIE & JOE (FOR MARIE & JOE)
5. IN CAMERA (HUIS CLOS)
6. DOCTORS OF MADNESS (FOR ME & YOU)
7. OUT (FOR MITZI)

BONUS TRACKS
8. FRUSTRATION * 9. I MAKE PLANS *
10.TRIPLE VISION **

* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO’S
** ACOUSTIC DEMO

DISC THREE:
SONS OF SURVIVAL (MARCH 1978)
1. 50s KIDS
2. INTO THE STRANGE
3. NO LIMITS
4. BULLETIN
5. NETWORK
6. SONS OF SURVIVAL
7. BACK FROM THE DEAD
8. TRIPLE VISION
9. KISS GOODBYE TOMORROW 10.COOL (LIVE IN THE SATIN SUBWAY)

BONUS TRACKS
11.DON’T PANIC ENGLAND
12.WILLIAM BURROUGHS INTRO TAPE (LIVE)
13.TROUBLE (LIVE)
14.MAKING MACHINES (LIVE)*
15.WHO CRIES FOR ME? (LIVE)*

* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

I was offered a promo of that but I'd never heard of them so I passed.

Yep, they continue to be a band lost between the cracks. Ultravox, Simple Minds and OMD have cited them as an influence.

Got an advance of it -- great set!

Describe please (within discreet bounds, if you might be covering it)!

"the missing link between Bowie and the Sex Pistols" sounds like Cheech and Chong's band from Up in Smoke

Lawl

Too late for glam, too early for punk *kinda* describes it but it's more like these characters would have been weirdos in any scene. But they didn't eschew catchy songs either.

Come to think of it, Mark Sinker once told me that really early on (with Matlock, I take it), the live (and maybe demo?) Pistols did sometimes sound kinda like frayed Bowieoid glam fans---and if them then, why not others?

https://guerssenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/slights-still-unspoken-selected-recordings-1978-1979

Formed in Sydney in 1976, VOIGT/465 was a truly unique band from the exciting days of the Australian post-punk scene. Heavily influenced by such luminaries as the Velvets, Stooges, Syd Barrett, Pere Ubu, Can, Faust, Henry Cow, Slapp Happy and Eno’s Roxy Music, they created an abrasive sound in which Krautrock, DIY, avant-garage, post-punk, psych, art-rock and free improv-noise combined to form a sound unlike any other.

In 1978 they released one of the first DIY 45s from Australia, “State” / “A Secret West”, which showed their “pop-psych” side and was played by John Peel in the UK.

The following year, their bass player Lindsay O’Meara decided to leave the band and join Crime & The City Solution in Melboune. Before parting ways, Voigt/465 decided to record one last album as a testament. “Slights Spoken”, saw the light in 1979 and it’s without doubt one of the most fascinating albums from the post-punk /DIY era. Here it is including the two tracks from their first 45 as bonus tracks.

*LP and CD come with free digital download coupon, featuring the complete album plus five studio / live bonus tracks from '78-79, including killer covers of Faust, Can and Roxy Music.

*Remastered sound

*Insert with rare photos and liner notes by band member Phil Turnbull

RIYL: CAN, FAUST, PERE UBU, ROXY MUSIC, FAMILY FODDER, THE HOMOSEXUALS, SLAPP HAPPY, THIS HEAT, POP GROUP, PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS...

“An interesting schizophrenic mix of punk, krautrock, psychedelia with RIO/Homosexuals/This Heat weirdness.” – Mutant Sounds

“These guys and gals were something like a psychedelic meeting of This Heat, Krautrock and the Homosexuals, with a healthy dose of that good old English-born DIY spirit thrown in.”
- Dominique Leone (Pitchfork)

LP Tracklist:

Side A: 1. State* - 2. Voices A Drama - 3. A Welcome Mystery - 4. Red Lock On See Steal - 5. Imprint - 6. Many Risk

Side B: 1. A Secret West* - 2. Is New Is - 3. 4 Hours - 4. P - 5. F1 - 6. Winchsoul

* Bonus tracks.

CD and DIGITAL Tracklist:

01. State* - 02. A Secret West* - 03. Voices A Drama - 04. A Welcome Mystery - 05. Red Lock On See Steal - 06. Imprint - 07. Many Risk - 08. Is New Is - 09. 4 Hours - 10. P - 11. F1 - 12. Winchsoul - 13. And The Following Page* - 14. So Long As One Knows* - 15. Remake / Remodel (Live)** - 16. Connection (Live)** - 17. It's A Rainy Day (Live)**

*Bonus Tracks
** Digital only bonus tracks.

www.guerssen.com
credits
released June 1, 2017
tags
tags: #post-punk australia d.i.y experimental punk rock can faust improv krautrock noise rock Spain

CHIMERA MUSIC AND SECRETLY CANADIAN ANNOUNCE SECOND BATCH OF YOKO ONO REISSUES

FLY, APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE, & FEELING THE SPACE TO BE REISSUED JULY 14TH

WATCH A TRAILER FOR THE SECOND BATCH OF REISSUES
https://youtu.be/WYhhhBsE19c

LISTEN TO "WHAT A BASTARD THE WORLD IS"
Via SoundCloud - http://bit.ly/2s4g7Ao
Via YouTube - http://bit.ly/2rTUW5x

Secretly Canadian is honored to partner with Chimera Music on releasing Yoko Ono’s musical output from 1968 to 1985. Comprised of eleven studio albums, the reissue project’s focus is to painstakingly reconstruct the original vinyl packaging, to thoroughly excavate and appropriately curate the treasure-laden archives of never-before-seen photos and ephemera, and to re-master the audio, all for the purpose of creating the definitive editions of this timeless work. In addition to making the vinyl available for the first time in decades, each album will also be available digitally for the first time ever.

Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music couldn’t be more proud to be a part of re-introducing Yoko Ono’s seminal work. The first batch was reissued last year and included 1968's Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins, 1969's Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions, and 1970's Plastic Ono Band. The second batch, which will see release on July 14th, will feature 1971's Fly, 1973's Approximately Infinite Universe, and 1973's Feeling The Space.

In the meantime, you can watch the reissue trailer and stream the re-mastered version of "What A Bastard The World Is" off of Approximately Infinite Universe.

FLY
What you hear on Fly is Ono’s disarming combination of opacity and visceral, personal transparency in full bloom. It’s also one of the most unbridled, most captivating soul albums ever made. And that’s right where she wants you: Vulnerable, wide open to any-and-everything, ready to have your world tipped onto its head. She’s a master of spinning your head around. First, you get the Bar Band from Hell of “Midsummer New York” to kick things off. It’s about the last thing you’d expect from Ono coming off Plastic Ono Band. But here you are, listening to Ono channeling Elvis. At 16-minute-plus, the tranced-out, motorik-inspired boogie “Mind Train” is rough-and-ready for your next basement get down. Movement and perspiration required. Ono’s band of session heavy hitters burrows deep in a sort-of locomotive raga while Ono’s punchy vocables and rhythmic syllables do interpretive dances around one another. If Ono’s voice were Miles Davis’s trumpet, “Mind Train” might not sound totally out of place on Davis’s Jack Johnson or On The Corner. Then, we have the absolutely gutting blues of “Don’t Worry, Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand in The Snow).” Full of ache and raw emotion, the song is a love note, a plea for forgiveness, to her estranged daughter Kyoko shot across the universe on a flaming arrow. “Don’t Worry...” is the only song on Fly to feature the truly legendary line-up of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman — all masters laying down a totally crude assault on the blues form. Ono follows this stampede of emotion with the self-referential torch song “Mrs. Lennon,” a wounded — personally wounded, spiritually wounded — song that gets right into the Universal Loneliness. And so here you are. You’re devastated. You're exhausted. You're exhilarated. And you’re only 1/4 of the way up the mountain that is Fly. Dig deep, traveler, it’s worth the climb.

APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE
There’s a fury at the core of Yoko Ono’s 1973 rock opus Approximately Infinite Universe that was not apparent on previously recorded efforts. Ono has always been a master of turning pain and sadness into art, but here, there’s a clenched-fist intensity that sets it apart in her deep, unparalleled catalogue. Ono is angry. She proved that one can carry a boundless love for humanity and still be furious — furious at male/female relationships, at war, at your partner. Meanwhile, on a sonic level, Ono ups the ante on the more centered rock-n-roll sounds she approached with 1971’s Fly. Backed by members of New York band Elephant's Memory, with limited guitar contributions from John Lennon (listed as "Joel Nohnn"), the album is also one of the most traditional-sounding rock chapters in Ono's sprawling catalogue. There are moments here that absolutely rival Jersey legends the E Street Band, though of course Ono’s vision leads her band down darker, more mystical paths than the E Street Band ever dared tread. Approximately Infinite Universe is an essential and progressive piece of Ono’s output, both in the advancements she made as a songwriter/conceptualist, and as a solidified statement of her staunch feminist role within the very male-dominated mainstream rock ghetto of the mid-1970's. Add this powerful feminist statement to the fact that the music business in 1973 was in its post-Woodstock explosion: A&R men, radio programmers, marketing execs, booking agents: men with a chokehold over the business, and Yoko's entry into it a complete question mark to them all. Ono absolutely intended to boggle the boys' club of the music industry. Fast-forward to today, and Approximately Infinite Universe stands as a template for powerful female artists to follow in the years ahead.

FEELING THE SPACE
The fact that the once-reviled Yoko Ono is inspiring a new generation of activists comes as no surprise if you’ve listened to Feeling the Space, her personal-is-political 1973 album that resonates remarkably forty-four years later. On such songs as the righteous chant “Woman Power,” the empathetic ballad “Angry Young Woman,” the hilarious proto-grrrl “Potbelly Rocker,” and the satirical “Men Men Men,” Ono sings in surprisingly straightforward fashion about the burdens carried by women and the mandate for feminism. Supported by such skilled studio vets as guitarist David Spinozza, sax player Michael Brecker, and drummer Jim Keltner, this is perhaps Yoko’s most accessible album, and her most intimate. Feeling the Space was recorded during the time when the avant-garde visionary artist became estranged from her rock-star husband John Lennon. He plays only briefly on the album (billed as Johnny O’cean); she produced and wrote all the songs. The result is a definitive soundtrack/document of the era of consciousness raising and of radical critique of the family structure. Yoko and company deliver this hard message soft rock style, or as soft as Yoko could get – think of Feeling the Space as Tapestry with talons, or the second-wave godmother of Lemonade. Yoko was on the front lines of the women’s liberation movement. Dedicated “to the sisters who died in pain and sorrow and those who are now in prisons and in mental hospitals for being unable to survive in the male society,” it’s an emotional exploration of the psychological toll of oppression.

YOKO ONO DISCOGRAPHY TO BE REISSUED
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968) - out now
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions (1969) - out now
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band (1970) - out now
Fly (1971) - out July 14th
Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) - out July 14th
Feeling the Space (1973) - out July 14th
A Story (recorded in 1974)
Season of Glass (1981)
It’s Alright (I See Rainbows) (1982)
Starpeace (1985)
Unfinished Music No. 3: Wedding Album (1969)

Pre-order Yoko Ono Reissues:
https://yokoonoplasticonoband.lnk.to/fly
https://yokoonoplasticonoband.lnk.to/approximately
https://yokoonoplasticonoband.lnk.to/feelingthespace

Download hi-res images and one-sheets here: http://www.secretlycanadian.com/press/onoyoko

Yoko Ono Online:
http://imaginepeace.com/
https://twitter.com/yokoono/
https://www.facebook.com/yokoonopage/
https://www.instagram.com/yokoonoofficial/

Ingénue: 25th Anniversary Edition
July 7, 2017
k.d. lang's Ingénue: 25th Anniversary Edition marks the double platinum-selling, Grammy-winning album's silver anniversary. The new two-disc set includes remastered versions of the album's original ten tracks, including its huge hit "Constant Craving," along with eight previously unreleased performances from lang's 1993 MTV Unplugged episode, recorded in New York City's famed Ed Sullivan Theater. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an exclusive, limited-edition print signed by lang.

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/shelleyan-orphan
Shelleyan orphan complete works coming out as Limited edition box sets in cd and vinyl.

From THE DRAG CITY NEWSLETTER---as ever, please adjust your shades to dig this prose:

MAGICAL MIYASHITA TOUR
We're always on about the weirdness of time and vagaries of fate, but it's not entirely our fault - time and fate continue to demonstrate new aspects of the improbable way it all works! Take our other July release (yes, please), Fumio Miyashita's Live On the Boffomundo Show. We're not sure what's more unlikely - us putting out edited performances from two thirtysomething-year-old performances by Fumio on LA's obscure cable-access
"Boffomundo Show" or the fact that Fumio Miyashita appeared twice on an LA cable access show in 1979 and 80! Because see, first of all, Fumio Miyashita is a well-known name in Japan, but still a cult figure over here even today. After debuting with Far Out in 1973, then morphing to the equally proggy Far East Family Band
(with Kitaro!) in 1974, Fumio was on his way to a prolific solo career, with over 50 album releases from the eighties through the aughties. Sure, people know what the Far East Family Band were about, and groups like Tangerine Dream were known to be about in 1979. But still! Somehow fate brought Fumio to the attention of Aaron Weiner and Ron Curtiss and he duly appeared, with his synthesizers, tapes, flute and percussion in full flight. A second trip produced a session featuring guitar and bass in addition to Fumio's arsenal. Our good friend Brian Weitz brought this to us, and we absolutely did not say no! A nice combination of seeming amazing on paper and also playing AWESOME in the ear, the "Boffomundo Tapes" are bound to please kraut collectors, new age enthusiasts and just plain ol' tripheads alike! Root Strata blog has remarkably clear video footage of the shows, but even without the pristine black and white images of Fumio attending his keyboards, this music is a deep recital of experimental and spiritual vibes, prefiguring the new age drifts of the decade to come with a nice early edge still on the music. That the sands of time have shifted to allow us all to hear this just tickles us! Hats off to sticking around - the honor of still being here for this is all ours. But the pleasure is something we're determined to share.

PET SHOP BOYS ANNOUNCE CATALOGUE: 1985-2012

http://image.e.wbr.com/lib/fe8e137075670c7572/m/1/PSB+Art+Revised.JPG

Landmark Series Of Remastered Parlophone Studio Albums Packaged With "Further
Listening" Albums Of Additional And Previously Unreleased Material Out July 28

press release: http://view.e.wbr.com/?qs=aa5300a735c9e73da9b720a246bc049be2036895cfdb6042d891deb772f3cd27bb61a5e8138bb75696a14053042708e5207253b3ac0774bf28b2543291a5ac0b