Rolling Reissues 2020

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.

The Convertion song on there is one of my favorite Leroy Burgess things

picking up the King Diamond reissues and trying to get copies of the Mercyful Fate vinyl reissues that quickly sold out this year, but the places I order from seem to be out.

also kinda intrigued for the Decibel Napalm Death vinyl reissues.

xpost I liked some of that, but lost patience. Maybe I should try the whole thing again.

But also on YouTube, just now listened to xpost Soul Jazz Records’ new Black Riot: Early Jungle, Rave and Hardcore, which gets better and better, rollic-King, for the most part. Thanks to Gottpunch for the reminder on What Are You Listening to? 2020

Rilo Kiley Announce Release Of Rare Self-Titled 1999 Debut Album;

Rilo Kiley To Be Released On Vinyl & DSPs October 2nd;
Rilo Kiley have announced plans to re-issue their extremely rare self-titled debut album from 1999. The recording, originally pressed only on CD and sold exclusively at the band’s early shows, has been out of print since its original pressing 21 years ago. Rilo Kiley will be made available on limited edition vinyl and digital DSPs on October 2nd via Little Record Company, the label started by Rilo Kiley’s own Pierre de Reeder. The vinyl package includes gate-fold and colored vinyl.

The Los Angeles four piece arrived on the music scene in 1998 with their very first show at Spaceland in Silverlake. In the audience was comedian Dave Foley who was so impressed with their performance that he introduced himself and immediately encouraged them to record some of their music. Recalls Foley of this first encounter with the fledgling Rilo Kiley:

“January 1998, I was a young man, young compared to now, hanging out in L.A’s alt. rock club scene. One night in particular, I found myself at Spaceland, at the bar drinking when a band started playing. They were good, so good that I stopped fighting for the attention of the bartender and turned to see who it was. On stage was a very young, delightfully unpretentious group named Rilo Kiley. Between songs they were charming, smart and funny. During songs they were brilliant. After the set I introduced myself and learned that this was their first public performance. I was astonished. They invited me back to their rehearsal space for Thai food and to hear some songs they didn’t have room for in the set. Dreamily, I filled my belly with noodles and my head with one great song after another. I was in a full on, pop music fan swoon. Having decided to force myself into their lives, I suggested (insisted) that I should fund a demo recording. They relented. I also tried to talk them into changing the band's name. They were unrelenting. A lot of years have passed. I remain proud to know Rilo Kiley and grateful that I had the opportunity and ability to be of some help."

Some of the songs from that initial Foley-funded demo session formed the foundation for Rilo Kiley and the band handmade copies of the CD to sell at shows before signing to Barsuk Records and going on to release some of the most influential and acclaimed albums of the era.
Rilo Kiley tracklist:

Frug
Papillion
Always
85
Glendora
Teenage Lovesong
Sword
Asshole
Gravity

Jenny Lewis (vox, guitar, bass, keys), Blake Sennett (vox, guitar, keys), Pierre de Reeder (bass, guitar, keys, vox) & Dave Rock (drums).

https://www.rilokiley.com/

Just listened to Disc 1 of xpost soundtrack to Tim Lawrence's book, Love Saves The Day: A History of American Dance Culture, 1970-1979, and it's a trip, as expected. New to me: Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin's "Dibwe Diambula Kabanda" is a chattery, charming, caffeine come-all-ye, cruising into Chuck Mangione's "Land of Make Believe," with his fluegelhorn, Jon Faddis's trumpet, beats etc. gliding in and out of the orchestration around Esther Satterfield's calm vocal authority---all seems ready for Broadway in the wake of The Wiz, but why bother when we've already got this, for 12-plus painless minutes---will have to check more Chuck, but suspect context incl. anticipation of live James Brown etc. helps a lot---more than ditto: "We All Need Love," by Dominec Trioano, yes the guitarist for The James Gang and Guess Who, here vocalizing and maybe playing synth? Ultimately okay enough---wonder if Joe Walsh, Randy Bachman ever tried disco? Would like to hear.
Nary a wasted measure of the Jackson 5's epic, mostly (but not too)instrumental "Hum Along And Dance (Uncut Version): "Play it Tito!" Squealy balloon piglet guitar, or something: good! I'd never heard anything from their Dancing Machine etc. era.
Also hadn't heard Wilson Pickett's contributions to that era, like "Don't Knock My Love." Awesome, and although he doesn't sing on "Dont...Pt.2," instrumental's so fine, I don't miss him here quite so bad.
Fave find so far is Brainstorm's brave, hopeful "Lovin' is Really My Game (12" Version)": I love the boogie, but the boogie don't love me"---don't say that, yes it does!

From Lawrence's booklet: With generic boundaries yet to take root, the Jackson 5's "Hum Along and Dance" moved seamlessly between the Bronx, downtown and Brooklyn, the 15-minute version included here is this version's first legal release on vinyl. Brainstorm's "Lovin' Is Really My Game," played by Larry Levan when the Paradise Garage was still in its infancy, reminds us that disco, once it was let loose, could power its way through anything.

(And could keep going long after you weren't supposed to call it "disco" anymore.)

Sometimes, when blissmaster David Mancuso considered last dancers lingering too long in the Loft (his lower-case home, after all), he would play Gladys Knight & The Pips' "It's Time To Go Now," which ends Disc or Part 1. Realness continues at the earnest new beginning of 2., "Brother's Gonna Work It Out," as Willie Hutch or his representative tells a social problem that his business has gotta go too, not just the competition and equivalents in other markets---but hey, change can be fun, just listen to this, and dance along.
Charles Earland's answer is "Leaving The Planet," rising through stratspheres crowded as the streets, but nonstop.
Laura Lee's marching and stomping in a silver elevator, "(If You Want To Try Love Again), Remember Me," she appeals, commands. The Modulations' "I Can't Fight Your Love" has unusual-to-me combo of high voice appeals, gruff voice commands (both male), but we already got Ms. Lee and I'd cut straight from her to Margie Joseph's diamond "Prophecy," one of Nicky Siano's fave peak tracks.
After those two, the voices are more back in the total effect of the builds: Blue Magic have, to my ears re post-Motown 70s, an unusually rich, vivid blend of high male harmonies, here balancing on and in rolling folds of textured rhythm, in "Welcome To The Club." Then, two tours led by prodigal jazzers: Twennynone with Lenny White's "Fancy Dancer," where the details eventually get bigger and closer, almost distended, but not quite: like the original 12", or is it an effect of analog recording, digital remastering? I remember some of Columbia Records' early attempts at digitally remastering Miles Davis vinyl had the same effect (though some others *were* distended. Miroslav Vitous, Herbie Hancock, Airto Morieta and ricochet female voices go all around the town in a dynamic limo, through the shadows at times, basic groundclouds more often, but it is "New York" in the 70s, after all.
"Above And Beyond" is certainly the most sensitive Edgar Winter track I've heard: voices and synths guided through sunset-tinged blue skies by Tom Moulton's production.

From MVD Entertainment:

Johnny Thunders - Que Sera Sera: Resurrected

35th Anniversary 3CD Box Set featuring a remixed version with extra tracks, the live version, the original album plus a 36-page booklet

Coming September 11th
In 1985 Johnny Thunders went into the studio in London, to record his third and final solo album. He gathered friends Mike Monroe, Patti Palladin, John Perry, Wilko Johnson, Henri-Paul Tortosa, Nasty Suicide, JC Carroll,Stiv Bators, Glen Matlock and others, and the resulting album was christened Que Sera, Sera.

It wasn't all plain sailing - with Johnny it rarely was. Johnny had spent the previous two years in relative stability. He'd been gigging around the world, and between tours he was filming in France. Life was a series of nice apartments and hotels shared with his constant companions - his girlfriend Susanne and his manager Christopher.

Now circumstances meant he had neither. Without a new release, touring slowed, and his high-maintenance lifestyle led him to seek friend favors for somewhere to live. The major labels that Christopher hoped would provide financial support hadn't materialized.
In a row with Susanne, she complained that Johnny had never written a song for her. Johnny obliged, and along with new songs from his live set, he recorded "I Only Wrote This Song for You." Before the album was finished, as soon as he had a rough monitor mix of the song, he flew to Sweden to attempt a reconciliation.

Those remaining at the studio were left to put the pieces together. Patti Palladin oversaw the mixing with the engineer, and found there wasn't really enough for an album. Patti added "Tie Me Up" from the b-side of her Crawfish project, and "Blame It On Mom" was found from an earlier session. The title-track was actually an afterthought; recorded as a single 16 months later.

The album was well-received, and it got Johnny touring again, but there was always a sense that it could have been better, and that the guitar was restrained - in '85 many artists were seeking mainstream crossover. Two tracks were left off - Jerry Nolan's "Countdown Love" song was unused as he hadn't yet recorded it; and "Talk About You," a lengthy blues workout that didn't seem to fit.

With those two tracks in mind as bonus tracks for a reissue, Pat Collier, former Vibrators' guitarist, was asked to mix them. When the results came through, it became obvious that Pat should remix the whole album using today's technology and viewpoint.
n the multi-track tapes a few outtakes were discovered, and last year the Resurrected version was released as a Record Store Day double-vinyl with 5 bonus live tracks. After interruptions, the CD version was reappraised and expanded to a three-disc box set. The original album is included, reinstating "Tie Me Up" and the old, familiar mixes. Three live gigs were uncovered, and they became the live version of the album as a bonus CD.

Johnny Thunders' biographer, Nina Antonia, has written new notes with interviews for the 36-page booklet. It also includes lyrics and unseen photos from the recording sessions, the cover session and from one of the featured live gigs.

TRACKLISTS:

DISC 1: Resurrected: Alone In A Crowd, Countdown Love, Blame It On Mom, Talk About You, M.I.A., Little Bit Of Whore, Short Lives, I Only Wrote This Song For You, Cool Operator, Billy Boy, Endless Party, Que Sera Sera. Extras: Copy Cat, Blame It On Mom (outtake),Taking You Up Avenue D, Short Lives (outtake), I Only Wrote This Song For You (outtake), Cool Operator (first version)

DISC 2: Live in Europe: Geneva: Blame It On Mom, M.I.A., Cool Operator, Personality Crisis, Countdown Love, Little Bit of Whore, Amsterdam: Short Lives, So Alone, Sad Vacation, Too Much Junkie Business, Little Bit of Whore, Born To Lose, Chinese Rocks, Lyon: Countdown Love, Just Another Girl, Talk About You, Alone In A Crowd, It’s Alright (Blame It On Mom)

DISC 3: The original album: Short Lives, M.I.A., I Only Wrote This Song For You, Little Bit of Whore, Cool Operator, Blame It On Mom, Tie Me Up, Alone In A Crowd, Billy Boy, Endless Party, Cool Operator (Black Cat mix), Short Lives (Heavenly ver.), Short Lives (Johnny’s remix), Que Sera Sera

More info, audio, pre-order:
https://mvdshop.com/products/que-sera-sera

Okay, I did listen to xxxpost The World of Keith Haring again, and liked most of the other half much much much more than before---main thing might have been that I played it much louder this time. From June 2019, turns out, but hey. I'm gonna get it, probably.

Tracklisting for the Love Saves The Day feels a bit "songs that are mentioned in the book but haven't been comped before". I'll check it out though!

2019-released soundtrack for the second book is even better, and, unlike the first a 2020 release), you can listen to the whole thing on bandcamp:https://reappearingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/life-death-on-a-new-york-dance-floor-1980-1983

Meanwhile,

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/STllTy9FS2lCNG9ud2JuWUxJVy9wQT09/viralata-antonio-adolfo.jp

New edition vinyl reissue of his seminal Brazil/Funk/Jazz fusion CLASSIC LP: Antonio Adolfo's Viralata! Remastered from original tapes and on heavyweight 180 gm vinyl.

An essential album from Brazil's majorly progressive heyday of late seventies jazz-funk. Viralata is a sacred artefact of Brazilian music!

Joe Davis' Far Out label presents this classic album that includes the Brazil jazz dance classic track 'Cascavel' - a BIG Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge tune back in their Dingwalls days.

Viralata sits comfortably on the same pedestal as Azymuth's Light As A Feather and Joao Donato’s Quem É Quem, which is no co-incidence. All three keystone LPs were recorded and engineered by Toniniho, considered by many to be "the Brazilian Rudy Van Gelder" whose magic touches in the studio also helped to produce Marcos Valle's Previsão Do Tempo and Joyce's Água E Luz among many other holy grails and unassailable classics of soulful Brazilian music.

Antonio’s work has been widely performed by his legendary Brazilian contemporaries including Sergio Mendes, Emilio Santiago and Erasmo Carlos, but also by platinum-selling American icons including Stevie Wonder, Herb Alpert and Dionne Warwick. Following an early 70s spell of studying jazz in the USA, Viralata’s release in 1979 arrived at the height of a flourishing period of Antonio’s career. With his late 60s and 70s output following through on his influences of tropicalia, funk, MPB and easy listening, the almost entirely instrumental Viralata marked an apex for Brazilian jazz.
More info, audio: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/antonio-adolfo-viralata

BORIS ANNOUNCE SIX-VOLUME 'ARCHIVE’ SERIES

Boris will begin to archive past limited releases on their Bandcamp page.

Tomorrow, and over the course of several months, the archiving of Boris past limited releases will take place on their Bandcamp. They'll start off appropriately with the “Archive” series, 3 live album CD’s released in 2005 from the US label, “aRCHIVE”, limited to 600 copies that sold out immediately.

These 3 live albums were reissued as “Archive I” (Vol. 1, 2, & 3) along with “Archive II” (Vol. 4, 5, & 0) in 2014. Both sets of 3 CD’s each were limited rereleases of 1,000 copies, and thus quite difficult to obtain.

Boris’s early demo tape recordings, as well as a compilation of at the time unreleased live recordings spanning “Heavy Rocks,” “Akuma no Uta,” ”dronevil -final-, ”mabuta no ura,” up through “PINK” can be found on “Archive II”.

These 6 CD’s worth of material, labeled as Boris “Archive” Volume Zero to Five, are a total of 6 releases. Getting a glimpse at a piece of the band from the Boris Book of Genesis to the present, these are some precious recordings indeed.

Details for each Archive release can be found below. Look for more news and music from Boris in the near future.

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Boris Archive Volume Zero "Early Demo"

9 songs selected and compiled from 3 independently produced demo tapes, from the early period of Boris’s formation.
The final 10th track, “Soul Search You Sleep,” was recorded in 1996 during Boris’s first tour of the US west coast, and has been brought out of a long slumber to complete Volume Zero.
(Originally released on March 5, 2014. Included in Archive 2, limited to 1,000 copies)

1. Loudd
2. AYA
3. Spell Down
4. Nods
5. Scar Box
6. Mosquito
7. Matozoa
8. Deep Sucker
9. Water Porch
10. Soul Search You Sleep

Track 1,2 from 1st Demo 1993
Track 3,4 from 2nd Demo 1993
Track 5-9 from 3rd Demo 1994

Recording Engineered by Kokage
Mixed by fangsanalsatan

Track 10 Recorded at Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA. Mar 1st & 2nd 1996

Takeshi: Bass & Vocal
Wata: Guitar & Echo
Atsuo: Drums & Vocal
Nagata: Drums(Track 2,3,4,6,7,8,9)

Mastering: Soichiro Nakamura
Design: fangsanalsatan
Produced by Boris

—

Boris Archive Volume One "Live 96-98"

Originally released in 2005 from the US label “aRCHIVE,” limited to 600 copies which sold out immediately. Compiled from live recordings during Boris’s “Power Violence” period 1996 - 1998, including songs from the 1998 studio album “Amplifier Worship” and Archive Volume Zero “Early Demo.”
(Reissued as part of Archive 1 on March 5, 2014. Limited to 1,000 copies)

1. Huge
2. In Hush
3. Soul Search You Sleep
4. Vacuuum
5. Mosquito
6. Mass Mercury
7. Scar Box
8. Hama

Track 1,2 Recorded at Koenji 20000V 21st Dec 1996
Track 3,4,5 Recorded at Koenji 20000V 21st June 1996
Track 6,7 Recorded at Shinjuku Loft 4th Oct 1997
Track 8 Recorded at Koenji 20000V 2nd Aug 1998

Takeshi: Bass & Vocal
Wata: Guitar & Echo
Atsuo: Drums & Vocal

Re-Mastering: Soichiro Nakamura
Design: fangsanalsatan
Produced by Boris

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Boris Archive Volume Two "Drumless Shows"

Originally released in 2005 from the US label “aRCHIVE,” limited to 600 copies which sold out immediately. Includes 2 songs recorded live from Boris’s 1998 studio album “Amplifier Worship” and 1 song from “Early Demo,” all arranged for a drumless performance. The beginning of Drone Metal history in 1997.
(Reissued as part of Archive 1 on March 5, 2014. Limited to 1,000 copies)

1. Huge
2. Mosquito
3. Vomitself

Track 1 Recorded at Nagoya Music Farm 9th Aug 1997
Sound Engineer: Yukihito Okazaki (from ETERNAL ELYSIUM)

Track 2,3　Recorded at Koenji 20000V 8th Aug 1997

Takeshi: Bass & Vocal
Wata: Guitar & Echo
Atsuo: Drums & Vocal

Re-Mastering: Soichiro Nakamura
Design: fangsanalsatan
Produced by Boris

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Boris Archive Volume Three "2 Long Songs"

Originally released in 2005 from the US label “aRCHIVE,” limited to 600 copies which sold out immediately. A precious live recording from their early days, of Boris’s 1996 debut single song release, “Absolutego,” and “flood,” released in 2000, performed live together as “1 song, 1 production.”
(Reissued as part of Archive 1 on March 5, 2014. Limited to 1,000 copies)

1. Absolutego
2. flood

Recorded at Koenji 20000V 3rd May 2001

Takeshi: Bass & Vocal
Wata: Guitar & Echo
Atsuo: Drums & Vocal

Re-Mastering: Soichiro Nakamura
Design: fangsanalsatan
Produced by Boris

www.borisheavyrocks.com

—

Boris Archive Volume Four "Evil Stack Live"

Full set live recording that was broadcast on Japanese government-owned radio. The setlist is compiled from songs representative of their “Uppercase BORIS” distinction, including tracks from “Heavy Rocks” (2002) and “Akuma no Uta” (2003).
(Originally released on March 5, 2014. Included in Archive 2, limited to 1,000 copies)

1. Heavy Friends
2. Korosu
3. Ibitsu
4. Death Valley
5. Naki Kyoku
6. Furi
7. Akuma no Uta
8. Dyna-Sore
9. 1970

Recorded at NHK Tokyo 15th May 2003
Sound Engineer: Yasuaki Satake

Takeshi: Bass, Guitar & Vocal
Wata: Guitar & Echo
Atsuo: Drums & Vocal

Mastering: Soichiro Nakamura
Design: fangsanalsatan
Produced by Boris

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Boris Archive Volume Five "Pink Days"

Recorded live in New York during Boris’s 2006 US tour. Selections from “dronevil” "mabuta no ura" and “Akuma no Uta” combined with songs from “PINK,” during the period of its release that transmits wild enthusiasm; the songs in this full set recording could even be called their greatest hits.
(Originally released on March 5, 2014. Included in Archive 2, limited to 1,000 copies)

1. Blackout
2. PINK
3. Woman on the Screen
4. Nothing Special
5. ibitsu
6. Electric
7. A Bao A Qu
8. the evilone which sobs
9. Akuma no Uta
10. Just Abandoned My-Self
11. Farewell

Recorded at New York 31st May 2006
Sound Engineer: Randall Dunn

Takeshi: Bass, Guitar & Vocal
Wata: Guitar & Echo
Atsuo: Drums & Vocal

Mixing: fangsanalsatan
Mastering: Soichiro Nakamura
Design: fangsanalsatan
Produced by Boris

GIANT STEPS: 60th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available on September 18 as a 180-gram double-LP set and as a double-CD set and is available for pre-order now. Both versions include the newly remastered version of the original album plus eight alternate takes. The recordings come packaged in a replica of the original sleeve and labels used for the album’s first stereo pressing, and the packages, each with a booklet, include photos, never-before-seen images of Atlantic Records ephemera, original liner notes and new liner notes written by Grammy®-winning music historian Ashley Kahn. As a special bonus, fans who order the 2-LP set from Rhino.com will receive a limited edition 7-inch vinyl single disc featuring alternate takes of “Giant Steps” and “Naima.”

The other anniversary release is GIANT STEPS: 60th ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION, which will be available to download and stream on September 18. The 35-track collection includes the original album, eight alternate takes, and 20 additional outtakes, all of which are newly remastered. Until now, many of the outtakes were only available on the 1995 set: The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings.

Giant Steps was recorded in 1959 at Atlantic Studios in New York City. The album features Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Paul Chambers on double bass, Tommy Flanagan on piano, and Art Taylor on drums on all songs except for “Naima,” which features Jimmy Cobb on drums and Wynton Kelly on piano. It’s extraordinary to note that Coltranebegan principal recording sessions for Giant Steps less than two weeks after finishing his work with Miles Davis on Kind of Blue, which became the best-selling jazz album in history.

Considered a landmark in modern jazz improvisation, Giant Steps earned a rare honour in 2004 when the album was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry. It is well known for Coltrane’s exploration into third-related chord movements, which are now known as ‘Coltrane changes.’ Several compositions on the album have become jazz standards, including the ballad “Naima” (named for his wife) and the title track.

In the new liner notes that accompany the vinyl and CD sets, Kahn details the album’s origins and eloquently writes about its lasting impact, while interweaving quotes and commentary from Coltrane’s peers, critics and family. “And yet…Giant Steps is Exhibit A of how Coltrane’s obsession with the inner mechanics of music could not—and did not—impede his lyrical priority as a soloist, nor his compositional knack for inventing memorable, deeply entrancing melodies, says Kahn. “It never trips over its own intricacies, never loses sight that it is indeed music. The title track connects with an altogether hip, finger-snapping affect. “Cousin Mary” is a marvel of blues simplicity and smoky, late-night vibe; “Mr. P. C.” a burner fired by a toe-curling, R&B feel. “Naima” stands as one of Coltrane’s most wistful romantic statements, and “Syeeda’s Song Flute” one of his most playful. “Countdown” is a dizzying slalom down a mountainside, while “Spiral” thrills with a more relaxed energy, a gear-shifting exercise.”

“People like to talk about Giant Steps as a test for young horn players and how he’s breaking new ground with some of the pieces,’ says Ravi Coltrane, son of John, who was born in 1965 and grew up in Southern California and is one of many reed players who have spent countless hours with the music. “‘But it’s the accessibility that stands out for me. The accessibility, despite how challenging some of the material is. It’s still all very listenable and very joyful. John’s music is a joy to study and to play. It’s a joy to listen to.’”

Kahn concludes, “It remains one of the most talked-about albums of the modern era, a set of music all should have and absorb. It is music that has lived up to the grandiosity of its title: the first, yet not final, of John Coltrane’s fully realized statements, a point along a comet-like path of creative genius, an indelible marker on the timeline of popular music. It is a jazz classic recognized far beyond jazz circles. What more could a true artist hope to achieve?”

GIANT STEPS: 60th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION
LP and CD Track Listing:

Side One / CD 1
1. “Giant Steps”
2. “Cousin Mary”
3. “Countdown”
4. “Spiral”

Side Two / CD 1
1. “Syeeda’s Song Flute”
2. “Naima”
3. “Mr. P.C.”

Side Three / CD 2
1. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 1, Incomplete)
2. “Naima” (Alternate Take)
3. “Like Sonny” (Alternate Take)
4. “Countdown” (Alternate Take)

Side Four / CD 2
1. “Syeeda’s Song Flute” (Alternate Take)
2. “Cousin Mary” (Alternate Take)
3. “Giant Steps” (Alternate Version Two False Start)
4. “Giant Steps” (Alternate Take)

GIANT STEPS: 60th ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION
Track Listing

1. “Giant Steps”
2. “Cousin Mary”
3. “Countdown”
4. “Spiral”
5. “Syeeda’s Song Flute”
6. “Naima”
7. “Mr. P.C.”

The Outtakes
8. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 1, Incomplete)
9. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 2, False Start)
10. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 3, Incomplete)
11. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 4, Incomplete)
12. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 5)
13. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 6, False Start)
14. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 7, Incomplete)
15. “Giant Steps” (Alternate, Take 8)
16. “Naima” (Alternate, Take 1, False Start)
17. “Naima” (Alternate, Take 2, Incomplete)
18. “Naima” (Alternate, Take 3)
19. “Naima” (Alternate, Take 4, False Start)
20. “Naima” (Alternate, Take 5)
21. “Naima” (Alternate, Take 6)
22. “Like Sonny” (Rehearsal 1, False Start)
23. “Like Sonny” (Rehearsal 2, Incomplete)
24. “Like Sonny” (Alternate, Take 1, False Start)
25. “Like Sonny” (Alternate, Take 2, Incomplete)
26. “Like Sonny” (Alternate, Take 3, Incomplete)
27. “Like Sonny” (Alternate, Take 4, False Start)
28. “Like Sonny” (Alternate, Take 5)
29. “Like Sonny” (Alternate, Take 6, Incomplete)
30. “Like Sonny” (Alternate, Take 7)
31. “Countdown” (Alternate Take)
32. “Syeeda’s Song Flute” (Alternate Take)
33. “Cousin Mary” (Alternate Take)
34. “Giant Steps” Take 3 (Incomplete)
35. “Giant Steps” Take 6 (Alternate)

That's way more alternate takes than I need in my life.

John’s music is a joy to study and to play

it's sort of weird that he refers to his father as "John"

I dunno, how old was he when his father died? And whatever memories you might have, might well be subsumed by such a historical figure, presence...Can I get just the original album, with this latest remastering? Maybe with just a *few* alts? On CD or digital?

Re: that Richard & Linda Thompson box set (which actually has a few differences in the officially announced track list), Warner Music has apparently blocked Universal's sale of that set within the U.S. due to rights issues over Shoot Out the Lights.

As some may remember, Rhino Handmade (which was/is owned by Warner) released a two-disc reissue of that album ten years ago, which quickly went out-of-print as all Rhino Handmade releases typically have a very limited pressing.

Apparently this isn't a complete surprise - Universal and Warner have had a long drawn-out discussion about this for quite some time, but the box set's producers continued on with the project simply because those talks were going extremely slow and taking too damn long and the producers didn't want to delay things further.

The box set will still be available overseas as this deadlock only impacts U.S. distribution. Universal's own online store did have this available though, so I'm guessing it wasn't impacted by the rights issue, but the limited number of sets that were reserved for pre-orders have already sold out. Amazon.com doesn't list it, but Amazon.co.uk and elsewhere do, and some vendors like importcd's are appropriately enough importing any available stock. Reportedly more pressings will be made if the set sells very well, and that's presumably going to happen as pre-orders have already exceeded expectations.

I guess Shoot Out The Lights is tied up via Hannibal who where bound to Rykodisc who were bought by (and folded into) Rhino?

The box set will still be available overseas as this deadlock only impacts U.S. distribution.

In semi-related news, the Thelonious Monk album Palo Alto, containing a previously unreleased quartet live set from 1968, is not coming out in the US but is available in Europe. You can buy it from grooves-inc.com if you want (and you should; it's great). Importcds doesn't have it (yet).

Re: Giant Steps, I have a feeling that reissue will be completely redundant for most Coltrane fans. Before the market for physical media came crashing down to niche levels, that album had been remastered several times in a fairly short period of time, always from the original master tapes. There was the older (first?) CD release that also had many of those alternates, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's Ultradisc II reissue, and then a new CD remaster under Rhino's imprint that probably upgraded the old CD to the new mastering used for Rhino's Heavyweight Champion box set (though it's possible it's another new mastering by the same reissue team). Since then there's been good vinyl reissues cuts of that album as well.

Anyway, that Rhino box set also scooped up the remaining alternates. The booklet laments that more unreleased recordings have been lost forever due to the notorious Atlantic warehouse fire in 1978, which was similar to the 2008 Universal fire that wiped out who knows how many master tapes. Giant Steps was actually very, very lucky - copying from Wikipedia:

"Although master tapes of the material in Atlantic's released back catalog survived due to being stored in New York, the fire destroyed or damaged an estimated 5,000–6,000 reels of tape, including virtually all of the company's unreleased master tapes, alternative takes, rehearsal tapes and session multi-tracks recorded between 1948 and 1969. Atlantic was one of the first labels to record in stereo; many of the tapes that were lost were stereo 'alternates' recorded in the late 1940s and 1950s (which Atlantic routinely taped simultaneously with the mono versions until the 1960s) as well as almost all of the 8-track multitrack masters recorded by Tom Dowd in the 1950s and 1960s...Reissue producers and archivists subsequently located some tapes that were at first presumed 'lost', but which had survived because they had evidently been removed from the New Jersey archive years earlier and not returned. During the compilation of the Rhino-Atlantic John Coltrane boxed set, producer Joel Dorn located supposedly destroyed outtakes from Coltrane's seminal 1959 album Giant Steps...Atlantic archivists have since rediscovered other 'lost' material including unreleased masters, alternative takes and rehearsal tapes by Ray Charles, Van 'Piano Man' Walls, Ornette Coleman, Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz."

I guess Shoot Out The Lights is tied up via Hannibal who where bound to Rykodisc who were bought by (and folded into) Rhino?
That's my guess. I don't know the exact details of what happened to Rykodisc - it used to be a pretty great label - but from what I can tell, the former owner and co-founder has moved on to others while blogging every now and then about his former label, including some interesting stories about the Bowie catalog. (For example, RCA vastly undervalued its worth, a big reason why Bowie went shopping elsewhere.) I noticed that some of Rhino's reissues from a decade ago (like the 2008 remasters of the Replacements' Twin/Tone catalog) carry a Rykodisc logo, right when there wasn't really any more Rykodisc product, so I'm guessing that was when Warner acquired all things Rykodisc as well as existing licensing agreements that were still made out to Rykodisc.

I'd never heard of Pete Yellin (alto sax/flute) or the album Dance of Allegra until this week, but Mainstream reissued it on Bandcamp and I grabbed it. It's from 1972 and sounds uncannily like Miles Davis circa 1970/71, but a little more melodic. The band is Eddie Henderson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Kenny Barron on electric piano, Stanley Clarke on bass, Dom Um Romao on percussion and Billy Hart on drums, and it fucking rips.

https://peteyellin.bandcamp.com/album/dance-of-allegra

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2938675747_10.jpg

Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder! I posted about the Mainstream resurrection upthread, forgot to check more Yellin---he's on this sampler, as described at the end of the press release, which also has a link to excerpts:
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

― dow, Monday, May 11, 2020

From Smog Veil newsletter---think at least some of this has been released before? So I'll put it here"

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0075/9892/products/SV142_HarveyGold-ItsMessyVol1-frontcover-3000px_large.jpg?v=1595942833

(ships by Sept.18)
Harvey Gold "It's Messy, Vol. 1" CD
Describing the musical output of the eclectic Harvey Gold, a founding father of Tin Huey and Half Cleveland, Gold has offered, “We are what we eat and we’ve eaten a lot of different stuff.”
Careening from power pop, to electronic, to “West Akron Appalachian,” this solo album includes an emotional protest/love song in “The Fence,” a sizzling rocker with horns, “In Consideration of Joe Strummer,” a dark take on The Beatles’ “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” AND a nod to Vivian Stanshall with a Music Hall style tune about a hard-boiled egg, “Song For Joanne.” It’s even been suggested that the track, “March of the Elephants,” might be Gold’s instrumental sequel to his Huey’s opus, “Chinese Circus.”

So, he’d like to think he says it all in the title, “It’s Messy Vol. 1.”

Four songs are recorded with Half Cleveland, Gold’s band with mates from Tin Huey, Chris Butler and Bob Ethington.
Another four tracks are with Harvey in the Hall, comprised of Debbie Smith Cahan (Chi Pig), Ethington, and Gold—with a couple of those tunes aided by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and Byrd and Burrito Brother, Chris Hillman.
“Lemon Beazly” is an epic reunion of the three original members of Tin Huey: Michael Aylward, Stuart Austin, and Gold.
The rest of the album—well, someone mistakenly left him alone in a room with toys, so…

Of note: the song “The Fence” has been remastered for this release and everything Gold receives from it is donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Additionally, proceeds from the song “Eidola (inadvertently for Ralph)” go to Sweet Relief in memory of his dear collaborator and friend, Ralph Carney (who briefly appeared on “The Fence”).
More infor, audio:
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/harvey-gold-its-messy-vol-1-cd

Received my copy of The Stooges - Live At Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970. As with all live Stooges recordings, it sounds terrible, but at least there's interesting liner notes.

I also received the first two The Primevals albums directly from LTM. The reissues were from 2015, but I was not aware of them until recently. RIYL The Gun Club, Cramps, Crazy Horse, Eleventh Dream Day.I wrote about Sound Hole (1986) here.

Earlier I was talking about Compass Point in Nassau, and I recently finished Chris Frantz' book Remain In Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and Tina, and he gives a good snapshot of what it was like to work and stay down there, and talked about many of the artists who recorded down there, including their surprisingly close friendship with Robert Palmer and his wife. He talked about when James Brown attempted to record there in 1982. Most accounts were that it was Brown's ego that was the problem, but it was Robbie Shakespeare who put his bass in Brown's hands, said, "You play that bumbaclaat part" and walked out. With his 30 year trailblazing career at that point, he could be forgiven for assuming he'd get more respect than that, but to his credit, Brown came back the next day and was conciliatory with the musicians and open to listening to their ideas. The real problem was that he wanted to claim all the songwriting credits, and for Blackwell that was a no go and cut it off after the fourth day. Another big personality that didn't really mesh well at Compass Point was Lee Perry. "Bed Jamming" lol. One musician who everyone had great things to say about was Wally Badarou. His Echoes (1983) and Words Of A Mountain (1989) are long overdue for reissue. I'd think Grace Jones' third in her Compass Point trilogy, Living My Life (1982) would also get a deluxe treatment.

David Katz wrote a great piece on that era:
http://racketracket.co.uk/music/compass-point-story/

Thanks for all that! Will have to check out The Primevals, and prob Frantz book too, sounds better than expected.
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Brazil Funk Power - Brazilian Funk & Samba Soul
Limited Edition Record Store Day 7" Boxset
Soul Jazz Records

This release features some of the funkiest Brazilian music ever made - music by Jorge Ben, Banda Black Rio, Tim Maia, Toni Tornado, Cassiano performing some of the best tunes ever to come out of Brazil!

Classics from the superb 70s Afro-Brazilian Funk & Soul era of Brazil’s own Black Power Movement (‘Movimento Negro’) sit alongside a dancefloor-heavy selection of Samba Soul and Boogie, Afro-percussive Brazilian funk and more!

All tracks have been digitally re-mastered and the singles come housed in a thick, heavyweight deluxe card box.

This box set is a one-off pressing exclusively for Record Store Day.

Release Date
29 August 2020

1. Jorge Ben – Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro
2 Brasil Ritmo – Novo Dia
3 Azymuth – Manha
4 Donato & Deodato – Whistle Stop
5 Tim Maia – Gostava Tanto De Voce
6 Jorge Ben – Taj Mahal
7 Cassiano – Onda
8 Luiz Gonzaga Jr – O Comeco Da Festa
9 Novos Baianos – Tinindo Trincando
10 Dom Um Romao – Kitchen (Cosinha)

More Info & Audio:https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/press/ic6m0heocly9

I'm sure you must want to know this is coming out but not sure why it is.

Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Flaunt It, 4CD Deluxe Capacity Wallet

£19.99
Released October 9, 2020.

**LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS BADGE AVAILABLE WITH PRE-ORDER WHILE STOCKS LAST**

 Deluxe 4CD set showcasing one of the most notable albums of the mid-1980s, and the phenomenon that surrounded it.

 The Giorgio Moroder produced album, B-sides, remixes and rarities (including many never before on CD) PLUS A COMPLETE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE SHOW recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios in front of an invited audience.

 Includes the international hit singles ‘Love Missile F1-11’, ‘Sex Bomb Boogie’, ‘21st Century Boy’ and ‘Massive Retaliation’, plus remixes and versions.

 Produced with input from band members Tony James and Neal X.

 Material remastered from the original tapes.

In the mid-1980s, former Generation X founder Tony James pieced together a pop group like no other. Taking the greatest rock ‘n roll traditions and clichés and fusing them with a utopian vision of modernism, commercialism and the future, Sigue Sigue Sputnik brought together a previously unknown and inexperienced collection of would-be musicians and faces and turned them into the must-see band of the era. Under James’ strategic masterminding, Sputnik were hyped in the media before a note had been released, were courted by major labels and television stations, became regulars on London’s glittering social circuit and developed a reputation for chaos and grandiosity which appealed to the mainstream tabloid press as much as it did the music papers.

Working with studio legend Giorgio Moroder, the band crafted a club-oriented, electronic rock ‘n roll sound littered with immovable basslines, pop culture samples, familiar licks, self-glamorising lyrics and a futurist aesthetic. Marketing and advertising were warmly embraced – the album included paid-for adverts between tracks – and Sputnik resolutely insisted on their own brilliance, whether you liked it or not. THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT FROM THE ULTIMATE GROUP, they declared, and they weren’t far wrong.

This celebratory package brings together “Flaunt It” and its many remixes, B-sides and rarities, alongside a brilliant and chaotic live recording made at London’s Abbey Road Studios, providing the perfect counterpoint for the rule-bending studio manipulation found elsewhere. Sputnik’s star burned brightly, and their influence stretched into the late 1980s and 1990s as technology and globalisation

brought their crossover sound and bold visual aesthetic into the mainstream. This set is a must-have for fans of the band and 1980s pop culture, and for believers in a glittering future.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

FLAUNT IT
1. LOVE MISSILE F1-11
(RE-RECORDING PART II)
2. ATARI BABY
3. SEX-BOMB-BOOGIE
4. ROCKIT MISS U.S.A.
5. ADVERTISEMENT:
THE SPUTNIK CORPORATION
6. 21ST CENTURY BOY
7. MASSIVE RETALIATION
8. ADVERTISEMENT: THE SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK COMPUTER GAME
9. TEENAGE THUNDER
10. SHE’S MY MAN
11. ADVERTISEMENT: EMI RECORDS
BONUS TRACK
12. FROM THE GUTTER TO THE STARS

DISC TWO

REMIXES
1. TRAILER MIX
2. LOVE MISSILE F1-11 (7” SINGLE MIX)
3. LOVE MISSILE F1-11 (THE BANGKOK REMIX)
4. LOVE MISSILE F1-11 (DANCE MIX)
5. LOVE MISSILE F1-11 (EXTENDED ULTRA VIOLENCE VERSION)
6. LOVE MISSILE F1-11 (VIDEO MIX)
7. LOVE MISSILE F1-11 (JAPANESE REMIX)
8. LOVE MISSILE F 1-11 (WESTBAM REMIX SHORT VERSION)
9. MASSIVE RETALIATION (THE SUPER MASSIVE UK REMIX)
10. MASSIVE RETALIATION (SHUT UP DUB REMIX)
11. SEX BOMB BOOGIE (MAGIC FLUTE) 12. SEX BOMB DANCE

DISC THREE

REMIXES, RARITIES AND B-SIDES
1. HACK ATTACK
2. BUY EMI
3. DANCERAMA (1986 VERSION)
4. SUICIDE (LIVE IN LONDON SEPT’ ’86)
5. 21ST CENTURY BOY (EXTENDED T.V. MIX)
6. 21ST CENTURY BOY (GERMAN REMIX)
7. 21ST CENTURY BOY (DANCE MIX)
8. BUY EMI (£4,000,000 MIX)
9. SHE’S MY MAN (REMIX)

DISC FOUR

LIVE AT ABBEY ROAD
1. SEX BOMB BOOGIE
2. 21ST CENTURY BOY
3. TWIST & SHOUT
4. SHE’S MY MAN
5. SHOOT IT UP
6. JAYNE MANSFIELD
7. ROCKIT MISS U.S.A.
(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

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Brooklyn, New York (August 25, 2020) - Other Music, a documentary about the legendary NYC record store that closed in 2016 is available today in a wide digital release via Factory 25. The store helped launch the careers of countless indie stars and served as a cultural hub in New York City for 21 years. The film is now available on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Google Play, Kanopy, etc.

The film was slated to have a theatrical run in April which was cancelled just as Covid hit. The filmmakers made lemonade out of lemons by partnering with over 200 temporarily-shuttered record stores and theaters on a Virtual Cinema release, which raised over 25k dollars for those places in a time when it was desperately needed. Tickets to stream the film were sold via the partners with 50% of the proceeds going to the store or theater in need. The cancelled April theatrical release was planned for the week of Record Store Day, and this wide digital release coincides with the week of Record Store Day's rescheduled 'RSD Drops' event.

The film delves into the iconic New York City record store's influence with appearances by Tunde Adebimpe (TV On the Radio), Jason Schwartzman, Martin Gore (Depeche Mode), Matt Berninger (The National), Janeane Garofalo, Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) and more.

"It's a story about record stores, sure, but moreover it's about the power of community, and the changing face of our cities and towns and culture. The film is a joyous celebration of creativity and the people and places that matter in this life. And it feels all the more relevant today." - Josh Madell, Former Owner of Other Music

Other Music was an influential and uncompromising New York City record store that was vital to the city’s early 2000s indie music scene. But when the store is forced to close its doors due to rent increases, the homogenization of urban culture, and the shift from CDs to downloadable and streaming music, a cultural landmark is lost. Through vibrant storytelling, the documentary captures the record store’s vital role in the musical and cultural life of the city, and highlights the artists whose careers it helped launch including Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, William Basinski, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sharon Van Etten, The Rapture and TV On The Radio.

***THE DIRECTORS & SELECT INTERVIEW SUBJECTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRESS***

Contacts, trailer, other links in here:
https://forcefieldpr.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/j/7AD4BCF7B23E0C412540EF23F30FEDED/BF4BAE8F94987422F1E87EB810D8F10A