Rolling Reissues 2020

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Far Out Recordings reissue Milton Nascimento’s 'Maria Maria'! Recorded in 1974 and unreleased until almost thirty years later, the album was written as the soundtrack to a ballet which dealt with the legacy of slavery in Brazil. Raw, atmospheric and emotionally charged, Maria Maria reveals one of Brazil’s greatest ever songwriters at his creative peak.

info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/maria-maria

cor just got a crossword I couldn't finish a little closer to completion.
Probably ought to know that name a bit better though.

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A favourite within the rare-groove scene and Latin jazz scene alike, this classic from Eumir Deodato gets reissued via Far Out! At the height of Deodato’s productivity in the early 70s, 'Os Catedraticos 73' was recorded between Rio de Janeiro and New York, featuring a Brazilian rhythm section comprising Azymuth drummer Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, percussion master Orlandivo and Sergio Barroso on bass, while the horn section features some of NYC's top players from CTI's in-house brass section.
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/eumir-deodato-os-catedrticos-73
They also have reissues of the Deodato-produced group Caterdraticos, Azymuth, and a bunch of other Brazilain on the Far Out Label.

And speaking of jungle etc

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All Crews: Journeys Through Jungle/Drum & Bass Culture
By Brian Belle-Fortune
Killer book on the evolution of Jungle and Drum and Bass in the UK. The raves, the shops, the djs, the
mcs. Essential!

"The Definitive book on Jungle". GROOVERIDER
More info: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/all-crews-journey-s-through-jungle-drum-bass-culture-by-brian-belle-fortune

And several, maybe all, Felas on Knitting Factory, incl. The Complete (?) Works[/i]:

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One copy for sale £542 on Discogs! Buy it here for £442 less!

29 cds + dvd! The whole kaboodle, the whole nine yards, the big whammy. Complete indeed! Phew!
Info, no audio (for this particular release):
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/fela-kuti-the-complete-works-of-fela-anikulapo-kuti

More Red Kross reissues/editions, optimistic tour dates----excerpt from Third Man Records press release:

Brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald formed Redd Kross (originally Red Cross) in Hawthorne, CA in the late ‘70s. Rumor has it that the band name was inspired by a prop from the 1973 horror film The Exorcist. Their first show was opening for Black Flag and they released their debut record the mythical Posh Boy EP in 1980 when they were just 17 and 13 respectively. The Posh Boy EP features Black Flag’s 2nd singer, Ron Reyes, on drums and founding member of Circle Jerks, Greg Heston, on guitar. 1982 saw a line up change and the release of Born Innocent, a high water mark of American Punk Rock. Containing nods to Jim and Tammy Faye Baker, Linda Blair, Lita Ford and breakfast cereal as well as a killer cover of Charlie Manson’s "Cease To Exist." Redd Kross loves pop culture.

The brothers have kept Redd Kross going through the decades (and line-up changes), releasing 8 studio albums and a slew of EPs and singles. They have also stayed busy with side projects, production gigs and even occasional acting jobs. What are Redd Kross? Punk Rock? Psychedelia? Heavy Metal? Bubblegum? Power Pop? Whatever they are they are 100% Redd Kross, the catchiest of catchy, chock full of hooks, melodies and harmonies, impossible to not smile and sing along.....maybe even dance. Their live show just keeps getting better. Redd Kross are one of those rare bands who would be equally at home in a dark punk club and on stage at the Enormodome.

Phaseshifter

The McDonald brothers are joined by drummer Brian Reitzell, guitarist Eddie Kurdziel (R.I.P.) and keyboardist Gere Fennelly on 1993’s Phaseshifter. Redd Kross leaves the ‘60s and ‘70s pop culture references at the door (well, most of them) and brings their strong melodies, dreamy harmonies, psychedelic punk/bubblegum metal to the front, tearing through 12 new Redd Kross tunes. Every track is a full-on Redd Kross gem, with standouts like "Crazy World," "Dumb Angel," "Pay For Love" and "After School Special."

Show World

Phaseshifter line-up intact (Gere Fennelly would soon move on, but plays all the keyboards on the recording), Redd Kross came back at us with amps turned up and smiles on their faces on 1997’s Show World. The album starts off with a spot on cover of The Quick’s L.A. power pop classic, "Pretty Please Me," and sets the tone for yet another killer album by the thinking person’s good time band.

Like all RK albums before and since, this one is all killer, no filler, with special highlights "Stoned," "Vanity Mirror," "One Chord Progression" and the absolutely sublime "Follow The Leader."

REDD KROSS

ON TOUR 2020

09-24 Cologne, Germany - Yard Club at Kantine

09-25 Copenhagen, Denmark - Stengade

09-26 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser

09-27 Oslo, Norway - Krosset

09-29 Malmo, Sweden - Plan B

10-02 Hamburg, Germany - Headcrash

10-03 Berlin, Germany - Hole 44

10-05 Epinal, France - La Souris Verte

10-06 Paris, France - Petit Bain

10-07 Antwerp, Belgium - Kavka Zappa

10-08 Brighton, England - The Albert

10-09 London, England - The Lexington

10-10 London, England - The Lexington

10-11 Bristol, England - Exchange

10-13 Glasgow, Scotland – Broadcast

10-14 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club

10-15 Manchester, England - The Deaf Institute

Oops. should have started w this info:
Third Man Records has released its reissues of Redd Kross' two beloved 1990s albums, Phaseshifter (1993) and Show World (1997). The 180-gram vinyl-only reissues, which come on the heels of their amazing 2019 album Beyond The Door and after 40 years as a band, mark the first-ever North American vinyl pressings of either album. Exclusive colored vinyl editions are also available -- Phaseshifter is available on red vinyl, and Show World on green. Purchase Phaseshifter HERE and Show World HERE. The band has also scheduled a slate of fall European tour dates, and will have the colored vinyl editions for sale on the road.

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THE MYSTERY KINDAICHI BAND
The Adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke LP

The ‘imaginary’ soundtrack to the adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke, the cult detective book series by writer Seishi Yokomizo is on many DJ want-lists. Arranged by soundtrack master Kentaro Haneda and featuring a mysterious group of the best 70s Japanese Funk musicians, the album is pure undiluted Disco Funk. This reissue is the album's first official release outside of Japan. Remastered from the original tapes, it features artwork by renowned illustrator Ichibun Sugimoto, OBI strip and a 4 page insert with a new introduction by Anton Spice. Writer Seishi Yokomizo is an institution in Japan. He could be compared to Agatha Christie with his series of novels based on the adventures of detective Kosuke Kindaich...a peculiar character. He is a sort of goofy, yet scrupulous detective, not dissimilar to Columbo, and has become legendary in Japan over the decades. Yokomizo's novels have been a prime source for film and TV scenarios, so when, in 1977, Japanese label King Records decided to record a concept album based on the Kindaichi novels, it made complete sense. The writer was slightly surprised though...

The concept album was arranged by pianist Kentaro Haneda, a key TV and film composer who has worked on many anime films and is also famous outside of Japan for composing the music for the video game 'Wizardry'. For "The Adventures Of Kindaichi Kosuke" album, he assembled a supergroup of some of the best Tokyo funk and City Pop musicians. The long list includes jazz pianist Hideo Ichikawa who played on the 1971 'Joe Henderson In Japan' album, Jun Moriya (ds), who is on Joe Hisaichi's cult 'Wonder City Orchestra' album, Tadaomi Anai (perc) who played with Disco singer Eri Ohno, Koji Hadori (tpt) who's featured on Haruomi Hosono's "Pacific" album. Also present on the album are Takeru Muraoka (sax) who plays on many Tatsuro Yamashita cult albums including "For You" and "Spacy", Kimiko Yamauchi (koto) who's on Akiko Yano's landmark "Japanese Girl" and, last but not least, Koji Yamaguchi (fr horn) who plays on Yazuaki Shimizu's "Kakashi" album Together they lay the funk on ten instrumentals filled with pur disco and funk breakbeats, making the album one of the highly-coveted Japanese LPs on international cratedigger scene.
This reissue which Wewantsounds is delighted to officially put back on the market, features OBI strip and a four page insert faithfully reproduces the original artwork plus audio remastered from the original tapes.
Hear some of it here: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/the-mystery-kindaichi-band-the-adventures-of-kindaichi-kosuke-lp-wewantsounds/165913

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VARIOUS ARTISTS
This Is Mainstream! LP
WEWANTSOUNDS

£24.98
2 x LP

Wewantsounds continues its collaboration with Bob Shad's grandchildren, Mia and Judd Apatow, to present a 2LP selection of 13 turntable-friendly Mainstream Records tracks recorded between 1970 and 1973 and showcasing the label's superb blend of Funk, Soul and Jazz. All tracks remastered from the original tapes, most of them released for the first time since their original release with a few highly sought-after ones. Liner notes by UK journalist Paul Bowler. The Mainstream sound is unmistakable: earthy, rich and funky, it's the signature sound of producer Bob Shad. After working with such geniuses as Charlie Parker, The Platters, Billie Holiday and Janis Joplin over three decades, Shad decided to go back to producing Great Black Music in the early 70s through his label Mainstream Records and started releasing a formidable series of jazz albums known as the 300 series. Released between 1971 and 1974, these albums are the main source of this set. Coincidentally, it opens with one of the two tracks on the tracklist not produced by Shad himself. Saundra Phillips' "Miss Fatback" is nonetheless fascinating as it's one of cult disco producer Greg Carmichael's earliest productions from 1975 (before he went on to produce Inner Life, Bumblebee Unlimited, Universal Robot Band with fellow producer Patrick Adams). The other track not issued by the Shad sound factory is Almeta Lattimore's 7" single "These Memories," a truly great soulful track from 1975 and now a sought-after classic on the international Soul scene. Shad's forte was Jazz, and the sessions usually used the best musicians you could think of, including Bernard Purdie, Billy Hart, Stanley Clarke, Dom Um Romao, Joe Sample, Freddie Robinson, Gordon Edwards, Larry Willis, Wilbur Bascomb to name just a few. Filled with gorgeous Fender Rhodes chords and heavy basslines, they define the unmistakable Mainstream sound which had one foot in the great jazz and bop tradition and the other in the sonic jazz explorations of the early 70s. Oscillating between jazzed-up covers of soul hits like Jay Berliner’s "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" or Afrique’s "Kissing My Love" and more introspective originals such as Hal Galper's "This Moment" or Dave Hubbard's "T.B.'s Delight", They all have this perfect
balance between groove and depth. One perfect example is Pete Yellin's "Bird and The Ouija Board," a superb 12 min opus starting off with a deep abstract improvisation before switching to an up-tempo funk beat fueled by drummer Billy Hart and bass player Stanley Clarke.

Audio etc.:
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/various-artists-this-is-mainstream-lp-wewantsounds/162609

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From Numero's Wayfaring Strangers series:

ACID NIGHTMARES

As the hippie movement hurtled towards its imminent demise, bad vibes infiltrated the rock world. Tainted LSD, loud motorcycles, and a series of brutal deaths spawned inspiration for guitar-wielding teenagers across the globe. Implementing deafening fuzz and satanic screams to create their proto-metal monstrosities, short-lived stoner bands pressed their lysergic experiments in microscopic quantities before blacking out entirely. Lifted from the ashes of the acid rock hell fire are 18 distorted tales of dope fiends, pill poppers, and the baddest of trips.

Deluxe 2LP comes housed in a blacklight poster-style jacket illustrated by Benjamin Marra, replete with flocking and lysergic neon. 24 pages documenting the creeping existential dread of the hard rock underground are tucked into the gatefold pocket alongside two dead dinosaur-heavy LPs. Compact disc is packaged in standard Numero slipcase, with digipak and 40-page book, limited to 2000 copies.
In the fall of 1967, signs of San Francisco’s darkening fell like leaves. The transient young people who’d invaded the Bay Area to cash in on the media’s cheap drugs/free love promises had departed for points east. Haight-Ashbury, what remained of it, had become an open-air market for illicit substances, overrun with speed freaks, panhandlers, and Hell’s Angels motorcycle club adherents. Throughout the summer, leather-clad Hells Angels had become a fixture in the San Francisco scene, their Harleys crowding sidewalks outside the Fillmore West and the Carousel Ballroom, on nights when hometown rock n’ roll heroes the Grateful Dead or Big Brother and the Holding Company crowded the stage.

Hippie harbingers Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters had established ties to the Angels in ’65, introducing the biker brutes to LSD at a house happening in the hills of nearby La Honda. The Angels turned on and, for the most part, got along with psychedelic types who just liked to get high and groove. They loathed Berkeley’s politico set and were far from peaceniks. In less than two decades of activity, Angels had racked up more than 800 felony arrests—for sexual aberrations, drug charges, assault, and even attempted murder. On August 24, 1967, a prominent Hell’s Angel known as Chocolate George cruised Haight and crashed—at high speed and most likely high otherwise—into the back of a ’55 Chevy. For droves of locals, the demise of Chocolate George signified the Summer of Love’s departure.
From his apartment at 369 Haight Street, San Francisco musician Dickie Peterson looked down on the deathscape of Chocolate George’s last ride. At summer’s end, suffused with the Haight’s baddest vibes, Peterson and his bandmates took to Amigo Studios in North Hollywood to capture their fried acid trips on tape. They named themselves Blue Cheer, after a potent strain of LSD cooked up by Grateful Dead engineer and chemist Augustus Owsley Stanley. Vincebus Eruptum—mangled Latin for some kind of conquering eruption—emerged at the dawn of ‘68. The LP’s lead single was a fuzzed-over rendition of Eddie Cochran’s 1954 hit, “Summertime Blues.” On May 4, 1968, the single hit #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, sending fuzz-fueled acid rock into wildfire combustion. With pained ears and expanded minds, early Stateside adopters wasted little time cutting their own lysergic episodes to wax.

In 1968, Ty Gilliland was introduced to hard drugs by a member of the Outlaws motorcycle club after a gig in Columbus, Ohio. “They liked us enough because we played some Stones songs,” Gilliland said. “One of the Outlaws they called Muscles came up to me after a show. He held out his hand and said, ‘This’ll make you feel better.’ It was speed. Boy, I could sure play fast on that stuff.” And so he did. One amphetamine addiction later, Gilliland wrote “Speed Freak” for his band, The Rituals. Four hundred miles away, on the eastern seaboard, Baltimore high schoolers The Cross Blood Experiment were turning on with LSD—Orange Sunshine, specifically, a varietal concocted by the Brotherhood Of Eternal Love. They named their distortion-drenched single after the stuff, and made the drug’s effects sound far less than sunny. The embodiment of a bad trip, it comes on slowly, weaving vivid lyrical trails before speeding on into a rhythmic gallop beside an unhinged guitar solo. Out in Kansas City, Paul Parkinson of Bulbous Creation was having just as little fun, on pot or smack or whatever it was that had him “Hooked.” “I’m sick of hearing myself,” he sang. “My head hurts like hell. My mouth so dry I can’t spit. Oh Lord, I wish I had another hit.”
Darkness billowed out of the psychedelic cloud in the final weeks of 1969. In the months leading up to the West Coast answer to Woodstock, lurid tales of Charles Manson’s deathcult and their affiliations with rock’s literati had spilled across the headlines. The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young were set to share the bill at Altamont Speedway in northern California on December 6. Bad vibes disturbed the air long before sunrise. Concert-goers arrived the night before, ill-prepared for near-freezing temperatures; for warmth, they burned fencing, garbage, and rock show road cases, adding a crusty stench to a cold, dusty valley. As the morning rolled on, the highway leading to Altamont clogged for miles. Hell’s Angels showed up for security duty, parting the dense crowd on 800-pound metal bikes. By noon, the medical tent overflowed with acid casualties. An hour later, when Santana took the stage, the Angels had long since helped themselves to handfuls of uppers, downers, wine, joints, and the $500 beer allotment they’d received in lieu of pay. Power-mad, they descended on any fan who posed even the slightest threat, unleashing flurries of fists and pool cues. At sundown, the Stones mounted the stage, as tension filled the air. "The vibes were bad,” Grace Slick recalled. "It was that kind of hazy, abrasive and unsure day. I had expected the loving vibes of Woodstock but that wasn't coming at me. This was a whole different thing." Breaking point at Altamont and “Under My Thumb” arrived together, when a juiced-up Angel stabbed 18-year-old fan Meredith Hunter repeatedly with a buck knife. Hunter had been armed; he’d been on speed; he died of his wounds. The 1960s were officially fried.

Noxious fumes quickly crossed the Atlantic, as evidenced by Black Sabbath’s emergence from the haze on a Friday the 13th in February of 1970 with their Billboard debut LP. It’s a record that bears the pall of the sunny ’60s into a drug-addled English wood; lyrics are written in Lucifer’s voice, and “The Wizard” is as much an ode to Gandalf as it is to the band’s dealer. Sabbath countrymen Brass Alley and Sardonicus got the memo, dropping pink pills on the way toward eroding their own brains. In Portugal, the like-minded band Xarhanga didn’t even bother to mince words, delivering an actual “Acid Nightmare” that spun at 45 RPM. And a Viennese group called Novak’s Kapelle planted a flag firmly in the drug rock canon with their daring single “Hypodermic Needle,” its message mangled by a language barrier and a misunderstanding of what exactly was happening in the U.S. rock scene.
As the ’70s dragged on, a deep, dark hangover set in. In the American Midwest, Whistler’s Mother, TNS, and Gollum came in dehydrated and fumbling with the child-proof cap on a bottle of expired aspirin before issuing “Dark Dawn,” “Times Up,” and “Prayer of Despair.” In the south, the Shy Guys fretted about the dangers of lightning, Mass Temper wrote an ode to a drunk driving casualty, and The Purple Sun preached of “Doomsday.” Terre Haute, Indiana’s Goliath had made most of their career abusing drugs, but the comedown came at a terrible cost. “I had two guitar players and both of them committed suicide,” said Goliath drummer Steve Peterson. “In those days, it was very hard to keep young guys straight.”

The nightmare is over, but the flashbacks remain.

DROP OUT

Bulbous Creation
YOU WON'T REMEMBER DYING
NUM1227
A truly underground document of the national obsession with heavy, mind-bent psychedelia....
[LP, Digital]
Bulbous Creation
YOU WON'T REMEMBER DYING

Goliath
HOT ROCK & THUNDER
NUM5004
Crib notes from a 12-step confession gone awry. Wasted Terra Haute, Indiana, hard rock for the blue...
[Digital]
Goliath
HOT ROCK & THUNDER

Warfaring Strangers
DARKSCORCH CANTICLES
NUM048
With Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles, the impacts of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath on US...
[LP, CD, Digital]
Warfaring Strangers
DARKSCORCH CANTICLES
more info, videos etc.
http://www.numerogroup.com/products/warfaring-strangers-acid-nightmares

cd?
I thought they totally dropped those.

From MVD Entertainment Group:

FLAMIN' GROOVIES To Reissue
"Now" and "Jumpin' In the Night" This Summer

The band that played a major role in the evolution of power pop and are considered a forerunner of punk rock readies two of their most popular albums.

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The Flamin' Groovies played a major role in the evolution of power pop and are considered a forerunner of punk rock. This summer they will reissue two classic albums: "Now" on July 10th and "Jumpin' In the Night" on August 7th.
NOW (CD, July 10th)

While it took a long and torturous five years for the Flamin' Groovies to find their way back to an American record deal with Shake Some Action, a year and a half later the band had a follow-up ready, and while 1978's Flamin' Groovies Now isn't quite as cohesive as the album that preceded it, in many respects the band sounds at once tighter and more relaxed, with some time on the road firming up the rhythm section while giving the songs a bit more room to swing (which wasn't one of the strong suits of the British Invasion bands that provided their aural template). The band lost guitarist James Ferrell during the post-Shake Some Action tour, but former Charlatans picker Mike Wilhelm proved to be a more than simpatico replacement on these sessions, and while leader Cyril Jordan didn't come up with another new song as transcendent as "Shake Some Action," "All I Wanted" comes pretty close. But it's significant that most of the songs on Flamin' Groovies Now are covers, and while all of them are played with love, enthusiasm, and the right period flair (especially the Beatles' "There's a Place," Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Ups and Downs," and "Move It," an early U.K. hit for Cliff Richard), they give the album a feeling of being padded, and just because covering the Rolling Stones rarity "Blue Turns to Grey" was a good idea didn't mean the Flamin' Groovies had any business tackling "Paint It Black." All in all, Flamin' Groovies Now is a terrific-sounding record that captures a fine band when it was in great form, but it also makes clear that the gremlins that often dogged the Groovies in the studio (namely their inability to make a 100 percent satisfying album) hadn't gone away.

Tracklist:
Feel A Whole Lot Better 2:26 Gene Clark
Between the Lines 4:15 Cyril Jordan/Chris Wilson
Ups and Downs 3:07 Mark Lindsay/Terry Melcher
Move It 2:57 Ian Samwell
Take Me Back 2:50 Cyril Jordan/Chris Wilson
Reminiscing 2:03 King Curtis
Good Laugh Mun 2:55 Dave Edmunds/Cyril Jordan/Chris Wilson
Yeah My Baby 3:55 Dave Edmunds/Cyril Jordan/Chris Wilson
House of Blue Lights 2:18 C. Miller/Don Raye/Freddie Slack
Blue Turns to Grey 2:29 Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Paint It Black 3:04 Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
All I Wanted 3:02 Cyril Jordan/Chris Wilson
Don't Put Me On 4:12 Cyril Jordan/Chris Wilson
There's A Place 1:50 John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Credits:
Cyril Jordan: Lead/rhythm guitars, guitars, mellotron, vocals
Chris Wilson: Vocals, Rhythm guitar, harpsichord
Mike Wilhelm: Lead/rhythm guitars
George Alexander: Bass/vocals
David Wright: Drums
All percussion: David Chris, George
Dave Edmunds: Piano, guitar on "Move It" and Piano, vocals on "Yeah My Baby"
JUMPIN' IN THE NIGHT (CD, August 7th)

The third and last of the Flamin' Groovies late-'70s albums for Sire, Jumpin' in the Night storms out of the gate with the title song, a top-shelf rocker that brings the muscle of the Flamingo-era lineup of the Groovies to the more style-conscious British Invasion sonics of Cyril Jordan's version. Though Jumpin' in the Night never rocks that hard or that well again, it does sound decidedly tighter and tougher than 1978's Flamin' Groovies Now, and guitarist Mike Wilhelm, a new addition to the Now lineup, is much better integrated into their wall of guitars, with the Groovies sounding more solid than they did a year before. But while Jumpin' in the Night finds the Flamin' Groovies sounding better than ever, the material unfortunately lets them down. It's no wonder why the Flamin' Groovies loved the Byrds -- both were American bands who fell in love with the sounds of British rock and crafted their own variation on the style -- but three Byrds covers on this album is about two too many (especially given how clunky David Wright's drumming sounds on "5D"), and though having the Groovies tackle "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and "Please Please Me" sounds good on paper, the audible results are a bit underwhelming. (On the other hand, their cover of "Werewolves of London" is better than anyone had a right to expect.) The production and engineering by Roger Bechirian is crisp and flattering to the guitars, but lacks the resonance of Dave Edmunds' more layered approach on Shake Some Action and Now. A great band, the Flamin' Groovies often seemed to have a hard time reconciling their best qualities with the record-making process, and Jumpin' in the Night is probably the best example of this dilemma, though it has more than enough worthwhile moments to compensate.

Tracklist:
Jumping In the Night (3:24) - Cyril Jordan; Chris Wilson
Next One Crying (2:36) - Cyril Jordan; Chris Wilson
First Plane Home (3:50) - Cyril Jordan; Chris Wilson
In the U.S.A. (3:20) - Cyril Jordan; Chris Wilson
Down, Down, Down (2:49) - James Burton
Yes I Am (2:35) - Cyril Jordan; Chris Wilson
Werewolves of London (3:37) - LeRoy Marinelli; Waddy Wachtel; Warren Zevon
It Won't Be Wrong (1:57) - Roger McGuinn, Harvey Gerst
Please, Please Me (2:00) - John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Cyril Jordan; Chris Wilson
Tell Me Again (2:00) - Cyril Jordan; Chris Wilson
Absolutely, Sweet Marie (3:15) - Bob Dylan
5D (Fifth Dimension (2:41) - Roger McGuinn
Lady Friend (2:31) - David Crosby
Credits:
Cyril Jordan: Lead/rhythm guitars, mellotron, vocals
Chris Wilson: Vocals, Rhythm guitar, harpsichord
Mike Wilhelm: Lead/rhythm guitars
George Alexander: Bass/vocals
David Wright: Drums

Expanded Editions added here:
https://elliottsmith.bandcamp.com/

Ugly things has a review of a compilation of the songs cowritten by the pair of Chris Wilson and Cyril Jordan between 1971 and whatever.

Jackpot Records is coming out with five very special releases on August 29, the rescheduled first date of Record Store Day 2020

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Artist: DUNE - OST
Title: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
Format: Limited Edition Color Vinyl
Limited to 2000
Release Date: Aug. 29th, 2020 (Record Store Day)
Catalog Number: JPR063
UPC: 602508565625
LP Suggested List: $34.99
• Soundtrack to David Lynch’s 1984 cult film.
•
Composed by T
OTO and Brian Eno.
• Sourced from the original master tapes.
•
Limited “Spice” colored vinyl.
•
Includes 24 x 24 full color poster.
•
Audiophile Pressing a
t RTI.
• Limited to 2000 copies.
1. Prologue, Main Title
2. Robot Fight
3
. Leto’s Theme
4. The Box
5
.
The Floating F
at Man (The Baron)
6. Trip to Arrakis
7. First Attack
8. Prophecy
Theme
9. Dune (Desert Theme)
10. Paul Meets Chani
11. Prelude (T
ake My Hand)
12.
Paul T
akes The Water Of Life
13.
Big Battle
14. Paul Kills Feyd
15.
Final Dre
am
16.
Take My Hand

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Artist: Martin Denny
Title: Exotic Moog
NEW RELEASE FROM JACKPOT RECORDS
Format: Limited Edition Color Vinyl
Limited to 1500
Release Date: Aug. 29th, 2020 (Record Store Day)
Catalog Number: JPR061
UPC: 602508591679
LP Suggested List: $29.99
• The Inventor of Exotica/Cocktail Music goes
Electronic/Moog.
•
First time ever reissued.
•
Originally released in 1969.
•
“Exotic Moog” starts off
our reissue campaign of
Martin Denny classics coming out in 2020.
•
Colored Vinyl.
•
Audiophile pressing at RTI.
•
Limited to 1500 copies.
•
RSD exclusive.
Track listing
1. Quiet Village
2. I Talk To T
he Trees
3. Yellow Bird
4. The Enchanted Sea
5. Delilah
6. Let Go (Canto de Ossanha)
7. Midnight Cowboy
8. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
9. Let It Be Me (JeT’ Appartiens)
10.A Taste Of Honey
11.Was It Really Love
12.Love Me Tonight (All Fine Della Strada)

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Artist: Ted Cassidy
Title: The Lurch
Format: Limited Edition 7” - Limited to 500
Release Date: Aug. 29th, 2020 (Record Store Day)
Catalog Number: JPR060
UPC: 602508561603
LP Suggested List: $14.99
• Ted Cassidy (Lurch of TV - The Addams Family)
sings as Lurch, the Motown influenced monster
track : “The Lurch”.
•
One of the rar
est US Capitol Records 7”
picture sleeves.
•
Never before reissued.
•
Sourced from the original 1965 master tapes.
•
Limited to 500 copies.
Track listing
1.
The Lurch
2.Wesley

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Artist: Wild Tchoupitoulas
Title: Wild Tchoupitoulas
Format: Limited Edition Color Vinyl Edition
Limited to 1500
Release Date: Aug. 29th, 2020 (Record Store Day)
Catalog Number: JPR062
UPC: 602508630811
LP Suggested List: $29.99
• 1976 New Orleans funk masterpiece of Mardi
Gras Indians backed up by The Meters and
The Neville Brothers.
•
Inducted into the Library Of Congress
National Recording Registry for its cultural,
artistic and historic importance.
• Sourced from the original master tapes.
•
Features liner notes and lyrics.
• Colored Vinyl audiophile pressing at RTI.
•
Limited to 1500.
Track listing
NEW RELEASE FROM JACKPOT RECORDS
1.Brother John
2.Meet De Boys On The Battlefront
3.Indians Here Dey Come
4.Hey Pocky A-Way
5.Indian Red
6.Big Chief Got A Golden Crown
7.Hey Mama (Wild Tchoupitoulas)
8.Hey Hey (Indians Comin’)

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Artist: Wipers
Title: Is This Real? Anniversary Edition: 1980 – 2020
Format: Limited Edition Color Vinyl w/ 7”
Limited to 2000
Release Date: Aug. 29th, 2020 (Record Store Day)
Catalog Number: JPR059
UPC: 843563123706
LP Suggested List: $34.99
• Celebrating the 40 year Anniversary of the debut LP by the Wipers.
•Includes individually AUTOGRAPHED concert poster by Greg Sage.
• Bonus 45 with four songs from the original 4 track sessions.
• Transparent Clear Audiophile Vinyl pressed at RTI
with custom reflective mirror board jacket.
• Limited to 2000 worldwide.
RSD exclusive.
Track listing
1. Return Of The Rat
2. Mystery
3. Up Front
4. Let’s Go Let’s Go Away
5. Is This Real?
6. Tragedy
7. Alien Boy
8. D-7
9. Potential Suicide
10.Don’t Know What I Am
11.Window Shop For Love

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for more info on these releases, check jackpotrecords.com

If they wanted me to publicize those RSD releases, why not let me post the jpegs they sent me---oh well here's some more RSD, from jambase:
Aug. 29 highlights include the archival ChangesNowBowie by David Bowie – spotlighting unreleased acoustic tracks circa 1996 stemming from a number of rehearsals at Madison Square Garden – as well as a 50th anniversary reissue of Paul McCartney’s solo debut, McCartney. Sept. 26 will spotlight Fleetwood Mac’s The Alternate Rumors – with alternate versions of the group’s iconic 1977 release... Also, according to the following linked pages:

ROBBIE BASHO
Selections from Song of the Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes(sampler rom forthcoming box on Tompkins Square)
DAVID BOWIE
I’m Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)
PENDERECKI/DON CHERRY & THE NEW ETERNAL RHYTHM
Actions
DON CHERRY
Cherry Jam

For more info, check this list and click on artists/titles:
https://recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/9003

One of my favorite Anthony Braxton albums, Town Hall 1972, has been reissued. It's a live set, obviously, featuring Braxton and John Stubblefield on various reeds, Dave Holland on bass, Phillip Wilson and Barry Altschul on percussion (Altschul also plays marimba), and Jeanne Lee on vocals. It's a Japanese reissue, but it's cheap - I got mine from importcds.com for the price of a regular domestic CD. Maybe my favorite album cover in the whole Braxton corpus:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71gpfhSy3DL.jpg

Had a japenese version of that way back but I lost it after a couple of years and have wanted a new copy. cool

Third Man Records is excited to announce The Stooges' Live At Goose Lake: August 8, 1970. This previously-unheard, high-quality soundboard recording of the original Stooges lineup's final performance -- recorded just before the release of their earthshaking 1970 album Fun House -- will be available on vinyl, CD and digital on August 7, 2020, nearly 50 years to the day after the performance. Hear "T.V. Eye - Radio Edit" HERE, and pre-save the album HERE. More info: https://thirdmanrecords.com/news/third-man-records-announces-the-stooges-live-at-goose-lake-august-8th-1970-out-on-vinyl-cd-and-digital-on-august-7-2020

YouTube comment lol

James Williamson
What's this?!!!!
20 hours ago

Well--pre-order and other links leading to blank pages so far, but meanwhile here's the basic news:

Fans of This Heat, the British experimental music group formed in late-1975 in Brixton, London, have never been able to enjoy all seven of the band’s challenging and rewarding releases digitally -- until now.

Multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (drums, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and the late Gareth Williams (keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, tapes), have their entire discography offered to the world for endless plays for once in perfect sound---a sonic adventurer’s rare downloading delight come true.

RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2020
Includes the initial two studio albums and EP, This Heat, Deceit, and Health and Efficiency; as well as the three live records released from Light in The Attic and not available as downloads before; and more, More info here when I get it.

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Music in Twelve Parts. Concert à Paris​,​1975
by Philip Glass
Lost PHILIP GLASS Recording from 1975 (1h10).

ORTF Recordings by the Philip Glass Sextet,
live at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris.

Also included a very rare Philip Glass interview from 1974 in his NYC loft during the rehearsals of this piece, produced for the french radio by Daniel Caux.
Remastered from the orginal master tapes (ORTF).
he newly discovered and unreleased concert from 1975 recorded by the Philip Glass Sextet at La Maison de Radio, Paris.
The sextet is composed of Philip Glass, Jon Gibson, Dickie Landry,
Michael Riesman, Joan La Barbara and Richard Peck.

Music in Twelve Parts is a set of twelve pieces written between 1971 and 1974. This performance in France includes part 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12 on a double LP.(+ download code)
© INA 1974-1975
℗ 2019 Transversales Disques
credits
released April 24, 2020
https://transversales.bandcamp.com/album/music-in-twelve-parts-concert-paris-1975

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Live in Paris (1975)
by Pharoah Sanders

Deluxe Edition - Classic Gatefold Tip-On Jacket
including exclusive liner notes and pictures.
First official release.
Mastered from the original master tapes.

ORTF Recordings by the Pharoah Sanders Quartet,
live at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris.
Concert du Quartet de Pharoah Sanders,
Concert à Paris, 1975 - Enregistrements inédits.

Pharoah Sanders Quartet :
Saxophone ténor : Pharoah Sanders
Piano et Orgue : Danny Mixon
Contrebasse : Calvin Hill
Batterie : Greg Bandy

Enregistré le 17 novembre 1975 au Grand Auditorium / Studio 104 - Maison de la Radio.

Production exécutive : Jonathan Fitoussi & Sébastien Rosat.
Restauration sonore : Ian Debeerst.
Coordination juridique : Léo Puy.
Graphisme : Jean-Philippe Talaga.
Texte : Jacques Denis.

Photos : Pharoah Sanders performs live, 17/11/1975.
© Christian Rose - Fastimage.

© Ina 1975
℗ 2020 Transversales Disques ®
credits
released March 13, 2020
Mastered from the original master tapes.
https://transversales.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-paris-1975

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Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo
by Ennio Morricone
For the first time on LP, Maestro Morricone's full score for "Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo". A 1969 giallo-noir, full of cruel twists, directed by Salvatore Samperi, .

This almost unknown soundtrack wasn't released at the time and the original master tapes were carefully archived in the vault of legendary C.A.M. label.

Conducted by Bruno Nicolai and featuring voices by Edda Dell'Orso.The maestro delivers one his best scores from the late 60's. A psych-baroque journey with typical beat arrangements, crazy organs solos, wah-wah guitars and tense harpsichord phrases.

Including the previously unreleased "Shake introspettivo".

REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES
LIMITED EDITION
credits
released May 22, 2020

Music composed and orchestrated by Ennio Morricone.
Conducted by Bruno Nicolai.
Solo voices : Edda Dell'Orso.
* Previously unreleased.

This reissue : 2020 Transversales Disques.
Executive production by Sébastien Rosat & Jonathan Fitoussi.
Edited by Sébastien Rosat & Romain Turzi.
Mastering : Benjamin Joubert at Biduloscope.
Graphic design : Jean-Philippe Talaga.
(p) & (c) 1969 Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. Srl, una società del Gruppo Sugar
https://transversales.bandcamp.com/album/uccidete-il-vitello-grasso-e-arrostitelo

Previous years' reissues on this label: more Morricone, also Luc Ferrari, François Bayle, others:
https://transversales.bandcamp.com/

Smog Veil Records Clearing The Air newsletter
July 2020

A few months back we started our series of FREE streams of entire releases in our catalog. These will run periodically from our SoundCloud site. There, you'll be able to listen to entire albums from our numerous releases for FREE. Enjoy the music in these troubling times.

Here's the next in the series...let it flow my friends...

This week we offer a limited free stream of Peter Laughner original compositions included in our Peter Laughner 5LP+book box set.

Peter Laughner was a singer songwriter from Cleveland like no other. Before his untimely death in 1977, he played in numerous bands, most notably Rocket From The Tombs and Pere Ubu, and also as a solo performer. He wrote for a variety of weekly newspapers and Creem, where he was a contemporary of Lester Bangs. He famously told Jane Scott of the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he wanted to do for Cleveland what "...Brian Wilson did for California and Lou Reed did for New York." In many ways, Peter did in fact put the Cleveland underground on the map.

In cooperation with Peter's estate and his many collaborators, Smog Veil Records worked for 10+ years compiling the material contained in the 5LP+book box set. The box set is the definitive statement of Peter's musical talents and additionally showcases his writings and the many works he created with a variety of talented friends. Smog Veil's research team has looked in every basement, attic, and corner to uncover numerous gems and we are pleased to be able to place Peter's work on display.

More details about the box set are available by clicking HERE.https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/peter-laughner-box-set-5-lps-plus-book

This free stream sampler includes 16 tracks included in the box set, all written by Peter and will be available only until the end of the day on July 5, 2020.

Stream the tracks for free by clicking on this:
https://soundcloud.com/franklisa/peter-laughner-originals-sampler-from-box-set
Thanks fans--stay safe.

Updates for all the new stuff, reviews, mp3 samples and videos available daily at the Smog Veil Facebook fan page. Check it out:

https://www.facebook.com/Smog-Veil-Records-66696836527/?fref=ts
Or check us out on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/smogveilrecords/
Or Twitter: https://twitter.com/SmogVeilRecords

The new BBC 90-min documentary 'Keith Haring: Street Art Boy' is now streaming on BBC iPlayer.

Soul Jazz Records' ESSENTIAL 'Keith Haring - The World of Keith Haring' CD & LP is available now on triple vinyl, double CD, large booklet, lots of text and exclusive photography. Features music by Sylvester, Jonzun Crew, Talking Heads, Yoko Ono, Fab 5 Freddy and many more! The World of Keith Haring coincides with the presentation of the first major exhibition in the UK of Keith Haring’s work at Tate Liverpool on now.

The album comes in deluxe artwork and three formats: Double CD + 48-page book; 3xLP + download vinyl version.* All formats of the album feature original photography, extensive sleevenotes and interviews.
1. B Beat Girls – For The Same Man
2. Damon Harris – It's Music
3. Pylon – Danger£0.99
4. The Jonzun Crew – Pak Man (Look Out For The OVC)
5. Funk Masters – Love Money£0.99
6. John Sex – Bump and Grind It£0.99
7. Sylvester – Over And Over (12" Disco Mix)
8. The Girls – Jeffrey I Hear You£0.99
9. Johnny Dynell and New York 88 – Jam Hot (Rhumba Rock)£0.99
10. Talking Heads – I Zimbra (on CD version only)
11. Art Zoyd – Sortie 134 (Part 2)£0.99
12. Class Action – Weekend (Larry Levan Mix)
13. Adiche – Chuka-Ja (Get Ready)£0.99
14. The Girls – The Elephant Man£0.99
15. The Golden Flamingo Orchestra – The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us
16. Gray – Cut It Up High Priest£0.99
17. Extra T’s – E.T. Boogie£0.99
18. Convertion – Let's Do It
19. Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice
20. Fab 5 Freddy – Change The Beat
More info, audio (*also mp3 album or some individual tracks, on this page):
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/the-world-of-keith-haring

Which reminds me: just now ordered VA - Love Saves the Day : A History Of American Dance Music Culture 1970-1979 - 2 X CD (though could get MP3, Flac, etc because bandcamp, but I'm old-fashioned)--Tim Lawrence's listening companion to his book--vinyl is going to be Parts 1 & 2 sold sep and more expensive. You can hear exactly 1 freebie streamer from Pt. 2 (none from 1) here: https://reappearingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-saves-the-day-a-history-of-american-dance-music-culture-1970-1979-part-2
And note on upper right rail of that page, link to prev Lawrence comp tie-in:https://reappearingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/life-death-on-a-new-york-dance-floor-1980-1983 His book of that title has some stuff about Haring, but wish there was more---move over, Basquiat!

Scheduled for September 11, a box set covering Richard & Linda Thompson. Official announcement is forthcoming, but Linda Thompson herself let the cat out of the bag on her own Facebook page back in April when she posted some photos of the LP-sized book and told commenters it was for the box set. (The set was originally schedule for an April release before it was pushed back.)

Track list and cover leaked out today:

https://i.imgur.com/DzQHNd8.jpg

Track List:

DISC 1
01 SWEET LITTLE ROCK N' ROLLER / THE BUNCH (ALTERNATE VERSION / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
02 THE LOCOMOTION / THE BUNCH
03 MY GIRL IN THE MONTH OF MAY / THE BUNCH
04 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED / THE BUNCH (DEMO)
05 AMAZON QUEEN / RICHARD THOMPSON (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
06 SHAKY NANCY / RICHARD THOMPSON
07 THE ANGLES TOOK MY RACEHORSE AWAY / RICHARD THOMPSON
08 EMBROIDERED BUTTERFLIES / BRIAN PATTEN
09 AFTER FROST / BRIAN PATTEN
10 SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS (DEMO)
11 RESTLESS BOY
12 THE WORLD IS A WONDERFUL PLACE
13 SHADY LIES (LIVE AT LONDON UNIVESITY COLLEGE 25.10.1972)
14 NAPOLEON'S DREAM (LIVE AT THE MEMPHIS FOLK CLUB, GUILDFORD HOTEL, LEEDS, JANUARY 1973)

DISC 2
01 WHEN I GET TO THE BORDER
02 THE CALVARY CROSS
03 WITHERED AND DIED
04 I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT
05 DOWN WHERE THE DRUNKARDS ROLL
06 WE SING HALLELUJAH
07 HAS HE GOT A FRIEND FOR ME
08 THE LITTLE BEGGAR GIRL
09 THE END OF THE RAINBOW
10 THE GREAT VALERIO
11 MOTHER & SON (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
12 DOWN WHERE THE DRUNKARDS ROLL (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
13 THE END OF THE RAINBOW (LINDA VOCAL VERSION / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
14 A HEART NEEDS A HOME (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
15 THE GREAT VALERIO (LIVE AT THE RAINBOW, UK, 16.03.1975)

DISC 3
01 HOKEY POKEY (THE ICE CREAM SONG)
02 I'LL REGRET IT ALL IN THE MORNING
03 SMIFFY'S GLASS EYE
04 THE EGYPT ROOM
05 NEVER AGAIN
06 GEORGIE ON A SPREE
07 OLD MAN INSIDE A YOUNG MAN
08 THE SUN NEVER SHINES ON THE POOR
09 A HEART NEEDS A HOME
10 MOLE IN A HOLE
11 HOKEY POKEY (LIVE ON MARC TIME, 1975 / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
12 A HEART NEEDS A HOME (ALTERNATE VERSION)

DISC 4
01 STREETS OF PARADISE
02 FOR SHAME OF DOING WRONG
03 THE POOR BOY IS TAKEN AWAY
04 NIGHT COMES IN
05 JET PLANE IN A ROCKING CHAIR
06 BEAT THE RETREAT
07 HARD LUCK STORIES
08 DIMMING OF THE DAY / DARGAI
09 WANTED MAN (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
10 LAST CHANCE (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
11 DIMMING OF THE DAY (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
12 THINGS YOU GAVE ME (LIVE AT OXFORD POLYTECHNIC, 27.11.1975)
13 IT'LL BE ME (LIVE AT OXFORD POLYTECHNIC, 27.11.1975)
14 CALVARY CROSS (LIVE AT OXFORD POLYTECHNIC, 27.11.1975)

DISC 5
01 DARGAI (LIVE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, LONDON 25.04.1975)
02 NEVER AAGIN (LIVE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, LONDON 25.04.1975)
03 DARK END OF THE STREET (LIVE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, LONDON 25.04.1975)
04 BEAT THE RETREAT (LIVE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, LONDON 25.04.1975)
05 THE SUN NEVER SHINES ON THE POOR (LIVE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, LONDON 25.04.1975)
06 IF I WERE A WOMAN AND YOU WERE A MAN (LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, LONDON 01.05.1977)
07 THE MADNESS OF LOVE (LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, LONDON 01.05.1977)
08 NIGHT COMES IN (LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, LONDON 01.05.1977)
09 A BIRD IN GODS GARDEN (LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, LONDON 01.05.1977)
10 THE KING OF LOVE (LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, LONDON 01.05.1977)
11 LAYLA (LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, LONDON 01.05.1977)

DISC 6
01 RESTLESS HIGHWAY
02 SWEET SURRENDER
03 DON'T LET A THIEF STEAL INTO YOUR HEART
04 THE CHOICE WIFE
05 DIED FOR LOVE
06 STRANGE AFFAIR
07 LAYLA
08 PAVANNE
09 HOUSE OF CARDS
10 FIRST LIGHT
11 STRANGE AFFAIR (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
12 DRUNK (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
13 THE DUST OF YOUR ROAD (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
14 LAYLA (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
15 DIED FOR LOVE (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
16 FIRST LIGHT (DEMO)

DISC 7
01 CIVILISATION
02 BORROWED TIME
03 SATURDAY ROLLING AROUND
04 YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEBODY
05 WHY DO YOU TURN YOUR BACK?
06 SUNNYVISTA
07 LONELY HEARTS
08 SISTERS
09 JUSTICE IN THE STREETS
10 TRACES OF MY LOVE
11 GEORGIE ON A SPREE (B-SIDE TO 'CIVILISATION'7")
12 LUCKY IN LIFE (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
13 SPEECHLESS CHILD (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
14 TRACES OF MY LOVE (DEMO / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
15 FOR SHAME OF DOING WRONG (GERRY RAFFERTY VERSION)
16 THE WRONG HEARTBEAT (GERRY RAFFERTY VERSION)
17 BACK STREET SLIDE (GERRY RAFFERTY VERSION)

DISC 8
01 DON'T RENEGE ON OUR LOVE
02 WALKING ON A WIRE
03 A MAN IN NEED
04 IT'S JUST THE MOTION
05 SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS
06 THE BACKSTREET SLIDE
07 DID SHE JUMP OR WAS SHE PUSHED
08 THE WALL OF DEATH
09 LIVING IN LUXURY (B-SIDE TO 'DON'T RENEGE ON OUR LOVE'7")
10 THE WRONG HEARTBEAT (SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS VERISON)
11 I'M A DREAMER (GERRY RAFFERTY SESSION / 1996 REMIX)
12 WALKING ON A WIRE (GERRY RAFFERTY SESSION / 1996 REMIX)
13 PAVANNE (LIVE AT SECOND STORY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, 29.05.1982 / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
14 HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (LIVE AT SECOND STORY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA,1982 / PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

Anthony Braxton albums, Town Hall 1972, has been reissued

does it have the poster ?

Just wanted to put this wish out there to the reissue gods: An expanded box set of Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-86. 13 tracks is tooo short. Any other comps that cover this besides of course single artist collections like Grace Jones and Linton Kwesi Johnson? Like more along the lines of Sly & Robbie Ultimate Collection: In Good Company?

To be more specific, the stuff produced by Alex Sadkin in the 80s. Also, beyond the Grace Jones sessions, there must be more stuff backed by Compass Point All Stars than just that track "Peanut Butter"? If not, what a waste of a great studio band! Sly & Robbie, Michael Chung (guitar), Uziah "Sticky" Thompson (percussion), Barry Reynolds (guitar), Wally Badarou (keyboards), Tyrone "Organ D" Downie (keyboards).

You have this, right? https://www.discogs.com/Larry-Levan-Featuring-Sly-Dunbar-Robbie-Shakespeare-Gwen-Guthrie-Wally-Badarou-Darryl-Thompson-Padlo/master/152068

Sorry, that’s Padlock

There’s these Japanese Island comps:

Dream Green Island - An 80's Dubdisco Collection From The Island Vaults

Dream White Island - An 80's Dubdisco Collection From The Island Vaults

I didn't have any of those, and I've managed to track down all three, some great stuff, thanks!

https://d1rgjmn2wmqeif.cloudfront.net/r/b/183389.jp

Strut kick off a brand new deal with the seminal independent black jazz and soul label Black Fire with ‘African Rhythms 1970-1982’, a comprehensive 2CD /3LP compilation of Oneness Of Juju, led by Plunky J. Branch. It's out today on all formats.

‘African Rhythms 1970-1982’ reprises a compilation released on Strut in 2001 and is newly remastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery. Both formats feature an indepth booklet featuring rare photos and a comprehensive interview with Plunky Branch within liner notes by Chris Menist.
24 tracks---more info & excerpts: https://strut.k7store.com/release/183389-oneness-of-juju-african-rhythms-1970-1982

Strut present the first ever compilation bringing together classics and rarities from the seminal spiritual jazz and conscious soul label Black Fire, spanning 1975 to 1993.

Formed by DJ and record producer Jimmy Gray in Richmond, Virginia, and following in the footsteps of other influential black-owned independent labels like Strata-East and Tribe, the foundation of Black Fire coincided with saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch returning to Richmond from New York to form Oneness Of Juju. The band’s ‘African Rhythms’ album in 1975 was the perfect fusion of jazz, deep African polyrhythms and empowering lyrics and bassist Muzi Branch, a trained artist, created the first of many Black Fire hand-illustrated sleeves for this release. The album set the tone for a series of landmark releases on the label including Oneness Of Juju’s ‘Space Jungle Luv’ (1976) and debuts from soulman Wayne Davis (1976) and early go go pioneers Experience Unlimited (1977). Gray continued to use his influence and strong A&R instincts to bring in more key artists – great jazz players like Byard Lancaster and Hamiet Bluiett, Ghanaian master percussionist Okyerema Asante and talented collectives including Southern Energy Ensemble and music / drama troupe Theatre West. Due to personal and cashflow issues, many releases had to be canned and only surfaced subsequently on CD releases during the early ‘90s.

‘Soul Love Now’ brings together some of the many highlights from the label onto one essential compilation. Opening with Theatre West’s powerful soul message ‘Children of Tomorrow’s Dreams’, the tracks include a Byard Lancaster recording with Tunde Kuboye’s Drummers Of Ibadan in Nigeria and Lon Moshe’s driving jazz dance classic ‘Doin’ The Carvin’ For Thabo’. Wayne Davis brings the explosive gospel rare groove ‘Look At The People’ while Plunky’s JuJu and Oneness Of Juju feature with three tracks spanning their career, including a storming previously unreleased version of the classic ‘African Rhythms’ recorded in DC in 1975. ‘Black Fire’ features extended sleeve notes with extended interviews with musicians from the label and includes a reprint of one of the three Black Fire magazines published by Jimmy Gray which predated the launch of the label.
Current release date: August 14
More info, audio: https://strut.k7store.com/release/190249-black-fire-soul-love-now-the-black-fire-records-story-1975-1993

I got promos on both of those and didn’t like them as much as I’d hoped I would. Black Fire was no Strata-East, let’s put it that way.

Pretty detailed, favorable review here, maybe I'll check it out:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/oneness-of-juju-african-rhythms-1970-1982/

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“Ace Of Spades” to Enjoy Exciting Anniversary Rebirth

Deluxe Collector’s Box-Set and Special 40th Anniversary Editions of “Ace Of Spades”
to Be Released on October 30th 2020

Watch a New Video for a Previously Unreleased, Live Version of “Ace Of Spades” Plus Preorders
here: https://motorhead.lnk.to/Aos40pr

Upon its release in 1980, the Ace Of Spades album was nothing short of a gamechanger for all forms of hard rock...Now, following on from last year’s fan and media acclaimed anniversary editions of the seminal Overkill and Bomber albums, comes the record that launched Motörhead into the stratosphere and carved their name into the walls of rock ‘n’ roll history forever; Ace Of Spades. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of this milestone album, it is being presented in new deluxe editions. There will be hardback book-packs in two CD and triple LP formats, featuring a previously unheard concert from the ‘Ace Up Your Sleeve’ tour, the story of the album and many previously unseen photos. Also, the album will be released as an ultimate fan, collector edition Ace Of Spades box set, containing a bevy of era-specific treasures and some 42 previously unreleased tracks!

The Ace Of Spades Deluxe box set contains:

The Ace Of Spades album, half-speed mastered and created from the original master tapes.
Two double-live albums of previously unheard concerts from the Ace Up Your Sleeve tour.
A Fistful Of Instrumentals: A 10” EP of previously unreleased, instrumental tracks from 1980.
The Good, The Broke & The Ugly. A double album of B-sides, outtakes and rare tracks.
Ace On Your Screens: A DVD compilation of rare TV appearances from 1980-81, a live concert from 1981 and a 5.1 audio mix of the original album.
The Ace Of Spades story. A 40 page book telling the story of Ace Of Spades through previously unpublished interviews with the people that were there. Includes never before seen photos and memorabilia.
The Ace Up Your Sleeve tour programme
The Motörhead Rock Commando comic.
A set of 5 poker dice that can be played on the game board inside the box set lid.
All encased in a classic Wild West dynamite box.
A limited edition 7" reproduction of the Dutch “Ace Of Spades,” with a previously unreleased instrumental version on Side B. (while stock last!)

In 1980, off the back of two essential albums, Overkill and Bomber the previous year, MOTÖRHEAD continued to get bigger, better, louder and faster by the second. This time, on Ace Of Spades they teamed up with producer Vic Maile and came up with twelve songs; each and every one of which crams a regular band’s ten minutes of playing into an average of three. The song titles alone made ears bleed: “Love Me Like A Reptile,” “Shoot You In The Back,” “The Chase Is Better Than The Catch” and “The Hammer” were a few examples. This landmark album saw the three amigos of Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke and Philthy Animal Taylor at the helm of the juggernaut that was MOTÖRHEAD, gaining phenomenal growth in popularity as they forged onward. The band’s and fans ideas, wants and inspirations, converged at a perfect tangent. Anyone disputing this fact need look no further than any heavy metal gig of the time and play ‘spot the MOTÖRHEAD T-shirt and jacket.’ They outnumbered anyone else by at least five to one. A statistic that is still accurate some forty five years since they first began!

The Ace Of Spades album release was a magical moment in rock’n’roll history, an album which had enormous global impact and continues to resonate and inspire people worldwide. Fans to this day still remember where they were when they first heard it, and it immediately inspired bands worldwide to absorb the album’s energy, speed, and attitude into their own work. Ace Of Spades is ground zero for thrash, speed metal, and punk / metal crossover.

See below for full details of the Ace Of Spades releases and be sure to visit www.iMotorhead.com for news and updates!

BOX SET TRACKLISTING

Ace of Spades
Side One
Ace Of Spades
Love Me Like A Reptile
Shoot You In The Back
Live To Win
Fast And Loose
(We Are) The Road Crew

Side Two
Fire Fire
Jailbait
Dance
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
The Hammer

A Fistful Of Instrumentals
Side One
Ace Of Spades (demo)
Hump On Your Back (demo)
Shoot You In The Back (demo)
Fast And Loose (demo)

Side Two
Dirty Love (demo)
Love Me Like A Reptile (demo)
Dance (demo)

Riders Wearing Black
Live At Whitla Hall, Belfast – 23rd Dec 1981

Side One
Ace Of Spades
Stay Clean
Over The Top
The Hammer
Shoot You In The Back
Metropolis

Side Two
(We Are) The Road Crew
No Class
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch

Side Three
Jailbait
Leaving Here
Capricorn
Too Late, Too Late

Side Four
Overkill
Bomber
Motörhead

Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974

8 CDs comprising Then Play On through Heroes Are Hard to Find, with bonus tracks and a live set. I'm excited! Especially as I can stop searching for some perfect LP copy of Mystery to Me that doesn't get overrun with distortion during "Emerald Eyes."

Milford Graves & Don Pullen: The Complete Yale Concert, 1966

First ever reissue of volume 1 -- volume 2 (aka Nommo) was reissued once in the mid-'70s on Milford's label.

Rhino Records will be releasing the first volume of "The Joni Mitchell Archives" on October 16. No track details yet, but it will be five CD's with liner notes from Cameron Crowe. An announcement should be forthcoming.

Almost ordered xpost The World of Keith Haring last night--hey, it's a Soul Jazz thing!--but last second thought to check youtube, and sure glad: some of it seems laughably lame, and pretty sure I would have thought the same at the time, in most cases (allowing for environmental variables). Some others were good for a while, but (this used to happen on the dance floor pretty often). Fab Five Freddy's "Change The Beat" could've been better if his voice weren't behind the beats or the beats were better---it's early Celluloid trying to get with the program, what can you say---although yes, sampled for "Rockit." And some of the best I already knew, so did you---nevertheless, these would be the keepers if I had 'em:

3. Pylon – Danger£0.99
6. John Sex – Bump and Grind It£0.99
8. The Girls – Jeffrey I Hear You£0.99
10. Talking Heads – I Zimbra (on CD version only)
12. Class Action – Weekend (Larry Levan Mix)
13. Adiche – Chuka-Ja (Get Ready)£0.99
15. The Golden Flamingo Orchestra – The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us
16. Gray – Cut It Up High Priest£0.99
19. Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice
That's almost half, better than I thought.

Although "Weekend" is mainly for the good-not-great Levan work, rather than the original songwriting/performance.

from bandcamp:

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Savage Young Krayolas’ is the surprise historic preservation effort of 2020. The recently unearthed space suit album pays tribute to the late Jett Bass, Sal Dana and Freddie Herman who perished in an unsanctioned time travel experiment. Egos and alter-egos combust as soon as the needle touches down -- a rock’n’roll requiem that bends time.

Box Records teams up with Saustex Records on this new 180 gram Vinyl, CD and digital collection that unearths the Krayolas 1980 debut album “that could have been.” This singular Texas act thunders with the fun bliss of then-contemporary acts such as Cheap Trick and Go-Go’s while echoing heroes The Dave Clark Five, Doug Sahm and early Kinks. Play it loud and revel in the carefree, antihero beginnings of these Chicano rockers on a collision course with fruterias, border beheadings and political piñatas.

Restored! Remixed! Remastered! For the first time the original 1970s and 1980 two-inch analog, multi-track source tapes are revealed complete with liner notes, including ‘I Just Wanna’ which pairs the Krayolas with Augie Meyers of the Sir Douglas Quintet on his Vox Continental combo organ.

releases November 27, 2020

More info, audio:https://thekrayolas.bandcamp.com/album/savage-young-krayolas

[Oops, overlooked:
When Elliott Smith's self-titled second album came out in 1995, it was ignored by the press but championed by artists from the Beastie Boys to Fugazi. To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elliott Smith, the Kill Rock Stars label is releasing a special deluxe package, which includes a new remastering of the original record; a coffee table book of previously unseen photographs by JJ Gonson with handwritten lyrics, and reminiscences from Smith’s friends and colleagues; and a bonus disc documenting the earliest known recording of Smith performing as a solo act. The set is a revelatory look at an under-appreciated work by an artist whose influence continues to expand seventeen years after his death.
credits
released August 28, 2020
More info, audio: https://elliottsmith.bandcamp.com/album/elliott-smith-expanded-25th-anniversary-edition
Also, vinyl of this is back in stock:
https://elliottsmith.bandcamp.com/album/either-or-expanded-edition

Azure Ray
Azure Ray (20th Anniversary Edition)
Flower Moon Records
16 January 2021
Twenty years ago this January, Azure Ray released their eponymous debut record featuring the hit songs “Sleep” & “Rise." To mark the special anniversary on January 16th 2021, Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink are releasing Azure Ray on vinyl for the first time. In addition to the album being mastered for vinyl, the band also uncovered an unreleased track from the original recording sessions which is included as a bonus track for the digital album.
The album will be available in three different colors including a Flower Moon Records exclusive bundle variant (Maria’s independent label which is now home to Azure Ray’s full catalog), and an independent record store version.

Limited to 100 copies, the exclusive FMR bundle includes a 100 page photobook curated by band which recollects the last 20 years and features never before seen private photos and stories detailing their pre-Azure Ray days, formation, recording and tours and with Bright Eyes, Moby and more.

Pre-order Azure Ray now at the Flower Moon Records Store

Taylor and Fink have been called “indie rock royalty” in more than one publication, and it’s not an undeserving title. After a brief stint with Geffen Records, barely out of their teens, the pair began touring and releasing independent records in 1998, a time when most indie rock clubs had never seen a girl walk into the door carrying her own guitar. While the pair started with a focus on rock, the untimely death of Taylor’s boyfriend quickly changed the duo’s relationship to music from release to catharsis, and Azure Ray rose from the ashes of grief. The duo fearlessly followed their hearts and pioneered a genre, what some affectionately dubbed “whisper core.” But to Maria and Orenda, there was no easy way to describe what they did. Their work was about alchemizing pain into beauty, heartbreak into art, loss to transcendence, a way to walk with the angels — and a style that has left a lasting impact even onmainstream music. Their songs are included on playlists by Phoebe Bridgers and Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift is an admitted fan, and one search on social media shows the comparisons of Swift’s new record with Azure Ray twenty years after their first release.

Bill Sullivan, former tour manager of The Replacements and co-owner of Minneapolis’s 400 Bar, said it best after watching the young duo calmly stare down a rowdy crowd until the last voice laid silent, then serenade a rapt crowd for hours with voices barely above a whisper. “That,” he said backstage, as he set out two shots of whiskey for the girls “was the most punk rock thing I’ve ever seen.”

Always looking forward, this special 20th anniversary package has given them time to reflect on their past.

Maria & Orenda say: “This is a very special anniversary for us, and we know it will be one for our long-time fans too. One thing is especially clear and that is how grateful we are to all of our collaborators, fans and supporters.Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We hope you will enjoy the book and hearing Azure Ray on vinyl for the first time!”

About Flower Moon Records:

Flower Moon Records was founded in 2016 by Maria Taylor (Azure Ray) and is now home to Taylor, Orenda Fink and Azure Ray’s complete discography. FMR has also released records from Radnor & Lee (actor/director Josh Radnor and Australian pop-folk singer Ben Lee), Taylor Hollingsworth (of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band), Louis Schefano (singer-songwriter, producer/engineer), as well as reissuing O+S and Art In Manilla’s catalog.

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Jay Dee aka J Dilla
Welcome 2 Detroit - The 20th Anniversary Edition
BBE
2x7" Deluxe Box Set BBEBG001SLP £100.00
Limited edition 12x7" box set with book
Expected 05 Feb
J Dilla’s classic 'Welcome 2 Detroit', reissued and presented in a deluxe 7” vinyl box set boasting instrumentals, two brand new interpretations by Azymuth and Muro, a stash of previously unreleased alternative mixes and studio outtakes pressed over 12 discs, plus a book revealing the album’s hidden story, told by those who were there!

More info, audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/welcome-2-detroit-the-20th-anniversary-edition

That's 37 tracks.

This will go w book of same title (prev. mentioned, out this month) written by compilers Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker:

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Cuba: Music and Revolution - Compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker
Culture Clash In Havana Cuba - Experiments In Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 1
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS
3×LP SJRLP461 £26.00
Expected 22 Jan
2×CD SJRCD461 £12.99
Expected 22 Jan
...album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) that explores the many new styles that emerged in Cuba in the 1970s as Jazz, Funk, Brazilian Tropicalia and even Disco mixed together with Latin and Salsa on the island as Cuban artists experimented with new musical forms created in the unique socialist state of Cuba.

The album comes as a heavyweight triple vinyl and deluxe double CD, complete with extensive sleeve notes, and is jam-packed with heavy bass lines, synth and Wah-Wah guitar funk combined with the heavyweight percussion, powerful brass lines and the all-encompassing Latin rhythms of Cuban music known throughout the world.

The album is released to coincide with the massive new deluxe large format book Cuba: Music and Revolution: Original Cover Art of Cuban Music: Record Sleeve Designs of Revolutionary Cuba 1959-90, published in November, which is also compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records), and which features the music and record designs of Cuba, made in the 30-year period following the Cuban Revolution.

The music on this album features legendary Cuban groups such as Irakere, Los Van Van and Pablo Milanés as well as a host of lesser known artists such as the radical Grupo De Experimentación, Juan Pablo Torres and Algo Nuevo, Grupo Monumental and Orquesta Ritmo Oriental, groups whose names remain largely unknown outside of Cuba owing to the now 60-year old US trade embargo which remains in place today and which prevents trade with Cuba – and thus most Cuban records were only ever available in Cuba or in ex-Soviet Union states.

The music on this album reflects the most cutting-edge of Cuban groups that were recording in Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s – who were all searching for a new Cuban identity and new musical forms that reflected both the Afro-Cuban cultural heritage of a nation that gave birth to Latin music - and its new position as a socialist state. Most of the music featured on this album have never been heard outside of Cuba.

Both Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker have been involved in Cuban music for more than two decades – Gilles Peterson with his many Havana Cultura projects for his Brownswood label and Stuart Baker with a number of Soul Jazz Records albums recorded in Cuba. This Soul Jazz Records album is released in conjunction with Egrem, the Cuban state record company, and has been put together after the many crate-digging trips that both compilers have made on the streets of Havana and beyond in Cuba stretching over a 20-year period, searching out rare and elusive original Cuban vinyl records.

More info, audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/cuba-music-and-revolution

Third Man Records has released Southeast of Saturn, a collection of music from Detroit’s space-rock/shoegaze/dream pop scene of the ‘90s. Stream the album or purchase standard black vinyl HERE. Exclusive limited edition copies of Southeast Of Saturn on Deep Space Dark/Aqua Wave colored vinyl are available in select independent record stores across the US and in UK/EU, as well as in both Nashville and Detroit storefronts. Watch a video on the making of the compilation HERE. links: https://mailchi.mp/thirdmanrecords.com/tmr-news-69221?e=ad0f175359

Wonder how similar that cuba lp is to Nu Yorica. are they parallel developments leading to similar sounds or is the difference in geography enough of an influence and is Nu Yorica more puerto rico.

CD booklet and/or book may deal w that.

Limited copies going fast - all deep funky spiritual jazz classics on Black Jazz!
Black Jazz in stock NOW! Doug Carn/Awakening/Walter Bishop/Roland Haynes/Kellee Patterson Albums on the Black Jazz label. My hand hurts after going back and forth through a list of thousands of albums for Uproxx ballot, so here's link to the press release:
https://souljazzrecordsltd.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/i/45CA31B5521C85302540EF23F30FEDED/1A4999040ECCC852C67FD2F38AC4859C

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SEX: Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die
Various Artists
STRANGER THAN PARADISE

2×LP STPR01LP £34.00
Black vinyl version
In stock
CD STPR01CD £11.00
In stock
**First time ever on vinyl, the legendary compilation taken from Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's infamous Kings Road, London ‘SEX’ shop jukebox!**

Compiled by SEX shop regular Marco Pirroni (Siouxsie & the Banshees/Adam & the Ants), 'SEX: Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die' is treasure trove of underground/outsider classics from the likes of The Sonics, Alice Cooper, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Screaming Lord Sutch And The Savages, Johnny Hallyday and more!

This brilliant debut release/edition from Stranger Than Paradise includes new updated artwork plus testimonials from Don Letts, Jon Savage, Paul Cook and more!
More info, audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/various-sex-too-fast-to-live-too-young-to-die

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Tokyo Dreaming
Various Artists
WEWANTSOUNDS

2×LP WWSLP40 £30.00
In stock
CD WWSCD40 £13.00
In stock
A superb, extensive exploration of Tokyo's cutting edge 80s sound through the music of cult Japanese label Nippon Columbia and its Better Days imprint - all selected by British radio presenter and DJ, Nick Luscombe.

The selection mixes electro, synth-pop, funk and ambient and features such artists as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mariah, Shigeo Sekito, Juicy Fruits, Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama and Yumi Murata. The tracklist includes many sought-after rarities and hidden gems which have never been released outside of Japan.
More info, audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/tokyo-dreaming

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Mogollar
Anatolian Sun Part 1
NIGHT DREAMER
LP ND009part1 £20.00
Expected 11 Dec PREORDER

Legendary Turkish psych innovators Mogollar grace the Night Dreamer label for a masterclass in the original Anadolu psych roots, cutting a compendium of their rawest hits and most-wanted psychedelic rock classics; including the J Dilla-sampled 'Halic'te Gunesin Batisi.'
More info, audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/anatolian-sun-part-1

Part 2, also an LP, will be released the same day---more info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/anatolian-sun-part-2