Rolling Reissues 2021

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The New Jazz Orchestra
Le Dejeuner Sur l'Herbe
Decca
LP Expected 10 September

If one were asked to pick an album that represented the best of British jazz in the 1960s, 'Le Déjeuner Sur l’Herbe' by the New Jazz Orchestra would be a serious contender. Recorded in September 1968, it draws together many of the key streams that had developed in British jazz in the preceding years, and also presages much of what was to come. Notwithstanding the line-up, which includes some of the very best British jazz musicians directed by an inventive and ingenious leader in Neil Ardley, the session features pieces written by the most distinctive jazz composers active in Britain at that time alongside idiosyncratic interpretations of works by John Coltrane and Miles Davis. And it’s all captured beautifully by engineer Howard Barrow and producer Tony Reeves and it features a stella cast of some of the greatest musicians, not just from that era or genre but beyond; Jack Bruce, who would become one of the founding members of Cream, Barbara Thompson, Ian Carr, Michael Gibbs, Dave Gelly, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Jon Hiseman, who went on to form one of the greatest jazz/progressive/rock bands – Colosseum.
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Don Rendell
Space Walk
Decca

LP 3568785 £30.00
Expected 16 Jul

A figure in British modern jazz for over half a century, Don Rendell was both active protagonist and key witness to the main developments in the music from its rise out of tiny clubs and back rooms on up to the most prestigious national stages. From his earliest performances in London’s West End and his work of the 50s and 60s — most not ably with the Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet — to the lower profile work of the 70s and 80s, his quite assurance and consistent performance marked him out as a highly respected figure among his peers. He is one of a handful of British artists to feature on Blue Note Records and appeared on some of the most distinctive and characterful British jazz albums by the likes of Michael Garrick, Stan Tracey, Amancio D’Silva, and Neil Ardley. Even though Rendell eschewed much of the free and electric fusion styles that came to the fore in the late 60s, in the main sticking to an acoustic sound with melody and rhythm at its heart, he similarly bridled at any notion that he was merely a ‘bopper’, a description he positively hated. In many ways, Space Walk was as much a valedictory as transitionary album for Rendell. It was his last for Denis Preston, the fabled producer behind Lansdowne Studios, described by Neil Ardley as a ‘rare Diaghilev like figure’ who steered many of the key figures of the British jazz scene into the studio when nobody else would record them.
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Journeys In Modern Jazz: Great Britain
Various Artists
Decca

New 2×LP (180 GRAM) + Download Code 5393589 £31.00
• 16-page 12x12" insert with 20,000 word essay detailing this crucial era of British jazz with track commentaries and artist biographies
• Vinyl audio remastered & cut by Gearbox Records
Expected 16 Jul
2×CD 5393586 £17.00
• 2xCD hard cover book includes a 20,000 word essay detailing this crucial era of British jazz with track commentaries and artist biographies
Expected 16 Jul

**Featuring amazing music from British jazz legends such as Don Rendell, Michael Garrick, Neil Ardley, Ian Carr, Dick Morrissey, Harry Beckett and more!**

A deep dive into the one of most collectable jazz catalogues in the world, a selection of some of the rarest and most sought-after recordings from the 60s and 70s, a time when British jazz began to find its own identity. Drawn from the iconic labels of Decca, Deram, Argo, EMI Columbia/Lansdowne Series, Fontana, Mercury and Philips.

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Impulse Records: Music, Message And The Moment
Various Artists
Impulse!

4×LP Box Set (2kg) 3567187 £160.00
• 4xLP box set is housed in a high-quality archival portfolio cast with a museum drop front.
• Magazine style booklet featuring original impulse! ads and artist photos
• Impulse! vinyl slipmat.
• Free UK shipping!
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2×CD 3567186 £20.00
In stock

UNBELIEVABLE new compilation of deep spiritual music by John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and other groundbreaking Impulse Artists.

"Orange and black. Fire and ebony. Fury and pride. Wearing its signature colors proudly and raising its exclamation point high, Impulse! Records was the go-to label for music that harnessed the searching and political stand-taking of the Sixties. Launched in 1961, Impulse grew to become an inherent part of the era’s velocity as well as its volume, pulling jazz into the age of Black Power, Afrocentricity, and Spiritual Expansion. In its balance of tradition and transition, it bridged the golden age of jazz, that brief window from the late Fifties to the Seventies when players representing every jazz era were alive and active—from Louis Armstrong to Albert Ayler, from the legends of lore to a new generation of energy players. Impulse treated all its musicians as innovators, revolutionaries even—from swing and bebop, to free and Afrofuturist. The performances on Impulse Records: Music, Message and the Moment draw their staying power from a wide embrace of styles and sounds, as well as a tight focus on a historic moment when the promise of change was in the air and the message of racial harmony was in the music. Today that music has lost none of its relevance: the promise still deferred, the message still on time."

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That Journeys in Modern Jazz compilation is very good. I'm gonna write it up for Stereogum next month. The Impulse one is good too but they put out a 4CD set called The House That Trane Built several years ago, to coincide with a book of the same name, that I like better.

Are they both introductions as well as summaries so aimed less at the connoisseur than somebody less familiar with the music? I know I got the book of House That Trane Built and think I got the box too.
Probably got something to make the more familiar listener want to buy. Not sure if tracklist programming is a lure any more assume it must be though. Listening experience must still rely on the disc for a lot of people not just individual tracks once the disc is ripped.

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In September 1968, Marion Brown, who moved to Europe two years earlier, recorded the soundtrack of the movie by Marcel Camus entitled 'Le Temps Fou' in the legendary Parisian studio Davout. The movie starring Nino Ferrer was released in 1970 under the title 'Un Été Sauvage'. Soon fallen into oblivion, 'Le Temps Fou' was printed in very few copies by the French arm of Polydor and is almost impossible to find in its original pressing. Finally, more than fifty years later, Le Tres Jazz Club has brought it back to life in a stunning replica edition for the joy of connoisseurs and new fans alike.
It was in Paris in 1968 that Marion Brown and Gunther Hampel made their first proper record together, Le Temps Fou, a soundtrack for filmmaker Marcel Camus' Un Été Sauvage, with McCall, Jackson, expatriate American bassist Barre Phillips and percussionist Alain Corneau. Both the film and the recording are scarce, so much so that Brown was unaware the LP had even come out. The French arm of Polydor did release the date briefly, and it's in demand among soundtrack and funk aficionados for the tune "Boat Rock," which, despite freewheeling collective horn improvisations, does have a relentless vibes-bass-drums backbeat. Yet the fragmentary, event-oriented freedom posed by Porto Novo is one precedent for this music, as is the loose, open framework of Hampel's own group at the time.

The title track has a catchy, singsong melody, slinky in a film-program manner, but quickly opens into a collective improvisation that breaks down into occasional solo and trio areas. Terse trumpet bleats and alto squeals are met with curt melodic snaps and clanks from vibes, McCall's sea-swells, Phillips' dusky sonata snippets, and Corneau's rattle of castanets and slide-whistle. Phillips' composition "Cascatelles" follows, initially a duo for bass and bass clarinet before it's ensnared by the seismic counterpoint of Brown and Jackson. McCall is simply huge, a force of nature even when his cymbal taps and tom rolls are at their lightest and most fleet. The alto-trumpet dialogue that closes the piece moves from slashes to aching contrapuntal beauty, a bluesy weight that takes Phillips' woody ignition to another level. "Ye-Ye" revels in collective textures similar to the title track, though without the tuneful opening – here, Brown skitters and bounces off Hampel and Jackson (at times even playing a second mouthpiece), building fierce, jagged glossolalia off tonal jabs and rhythmic tides. What's especially interesting about Le Temps Fou is how vastly it differs from Brown's work of the mid-60s, how much more openly it investigates tonal colors and lets dynamics create themselves. Brown's tone and phrasing are more mature, surefooted, and measured, but the main difference is in the rhythmic choices offered by Hampel and McCall (a very loose drummer schooled in bebop fundamentals), which have an openness that never becomes (as with brief Dutch association) antagonistic. - Paris Transatlantic

Marion Brown (as, bells) Gunter Hampel (vibes, bass cl, tree bells) Ambrose Jackson (tp, cow bells, tambour) Barre Phillips (b, castanetes, whistle) Steve McCall (dr, triangle, tambour) Alain Corneau (claves, cow bells)

https://letresjazzclub.bandcamp.com/album/le-temps-fou

Want this for sure:

IANNIS XENAKIS’ 100th anniversary ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS box sets (LP/CD) + download

Karlrecords is excited to announce a 5LP/5CD box set celebrating the 100th anniversary of Iannis Xenakis (on May 29th, 2022), one of the most influential 20th century avantgarde composers. As with La Légende d’Eer and Persepolis before, the tracks have been newly mixed by longtime zeitkratzer sound engineer Martin Wurmnest and mastered by Rashad Becker and now reveal their full sonic range and dynamics.

„This is the definitive Persepolis“ stated The Wire (May 2018, issue 411) and this will be true for the new sets as well.

Scheduled for release as part of the Perihel series curated by Reinhold Friedl in January 2022 and flanked by several performances across Europe in the Xenakis jubilee year (details tba), while preorder starts early December.

Formats:
# 5x 180gram LP incl. 4c insert and download code + booklet
# 5x Digipack CD + booklet
# Digital download

Listen to „Mycenae Alpha“:
soundcloud.com/karlrecords/iannis-xenakis-mycenae-alpha

Tracklist

I: EARLY WORKS
Diamorphoses (1957)
Concret PH (1958)
Orient Occident (1961)
Bohor (1962)

II: LES POLYTOPES I
Hibiki Hana-Ma (1969)
Mycenae Alpha (1978)
Polytope de Cluny (1972)

III: LES POLYTOPES II
Persepolis (1972)

IV: LES POLYTOPES III
La Légende d’Eer (1978)

V: LATE WORKS
Tauriphanie (1987-88)
Voyage Absolu Des Unari Vers Andromède (1989)
Gendy 3 (1991)
S.709 (1992)

Arg, there's only four of those pieces I don't already have. Intrigued by the remixes, though.

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This is a pre-order item. The box set will ship on or around the release date of August 20th, 2021. ONLY AVAILABLE TO SHIP WITHIN THE USA.

The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap is a first-of-its-kind multimedia collection chronicling the growth of the music and culture from the parks of the Bronx to solidifying a reach that spans the globe. The set includes 129 tracks on 9 CDs and a 300–page book with original design by Cey Adams, artist and founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings, as well as essays by some of hip-hop’s leading writers and critics and hundreds of photographs spanning decades of history. Through the music, writing, and extensive liner notes, the Anthology reveals the many trends within this multifaceted genre, its social and political implications, and its influence on popular culture.

The Anthology is the third major compendium produced by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings that tells the story of a defining era of music “of, by, and for the people,” following the Anthology of American Folk Music and Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology. It frequently highlights the objects and stories of hip-hop displayed in the National Museum of African American History and Culture galleries, offering perspective on the African American experience and its impact on American culture. Curation of the Anthology was headed by a committee including rappers Chuck D and MC Lyte; writers and scholars Jeff Chang and Mark Anthony Neal; early Def Jam senior executives-turned-cultural-advisors Bill Adler and Bill Stephney; artist and writer Questlove; and producer and educator 9th Wonder.
trailer

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

tracklist, more info
https://folkways.si.edu/smithsonian-anthology-of-hip-hop-and-rap?mc_cid=8c6fc85e0a&mc_eid=b45ecb38a9

The Getting The Fear reissue ^^^^^ is AMAZING by the way.

Well god dammit, this comes after I managed to track down Karlrecords' release of Persepolis -_- At least I should be able to pass that on without too much difficulty.

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Listen and Buy Here:
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Vigorous unreleased recordings of the influential Bahamian folk musician... shows off his dextrous fingerpicking and singing style"
- The Guardian
"Will effortlessly transport you to another place and another time... truly enthralling" - Americana UK
"There is an unabashed joy in Spence’s performance of all these songs... we can now share in some of that joy"
- The Riff

Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing is out now! The album is a collection of never-before-heard recordings from Bahamian guitar legend Joseph Spence (1910-1984), recorded by renowned recording engineer, documentarian, and producer Peter Siegel in 1965.

Sam Charters, the folklorist who first recorded Spence, wrote: "He was one of the rare musicians whose own abilities are so unusual that they, in turn, reshape the tradition from which they've come. It isn't possible to think of Bahaman music— and finger-picked acoustic guitar music— without thinking of Spence, and at the same time, there is no one like him."

Encore offers a look at a master at work, at the height of his powers and recorded with expert equipment. It includes two entirely new songs that Spence had never recorded before, as well as new settings of Spence classics. A brilliantly virtuosic guitarist who influenced everyone from Richard Thompson to The Grateful Dead, Ry Cooder, and Taj Mahal, Spence was infused with the spirit of improvisation. As he sang, lyrics tumbled over exclamations, swaying between guttural interjections and fast-rhyming patter.

A resoundingly gifted guitarist and a clever interpreter of tradition, Spence has cast a long shadow over the 20th-century folk revival, with his sparkling wit and creativity shining strong even today. He was one of the last of the Bahamian rhymers, heir to a working class tradition, but his music rang across the world long after his death in the 1980s. Today we have a chance to look back at him at the height of his musical craft, an artist full of curiosity and life.

You can purchase Encore, on CD/digital now, and pre-order the vinyl (out this fall). There's also a Spence bumper sticker designed by Darryl Norsen -- free with all vinyl pre-orders, and available for purchase separately!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56idw4IclOc

listened to the Spence (as a fan) and tbh it's... not very good

Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Shep Pettibone Master Mixes (4CD/two 2LP sets)

CD 1

GEORGE MICHAEL – HARD DAY (Shep Pettibone Remix Remastered)
DURAN DURAN – I DON’T WANT YOUR LOVE (Big Mix)
LEVEL 42 – LESSONS IN LOVE (Shep Pettibone Remix)
WHITNEY HOUSTON – SO EMOTIONAL (Edited Remix)
BELINDA CARLISLE – HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH (Heavenly Version)
THE B-52’S – SUMMER OF LOVE (Summer Party Mix)
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – HIP TO BE SQUARE (Dance Mix)
MIAMI SOUND MACHINE – BAD BOY (Shep Pettibone Remix)
CYNDI LAUPER – CHANGE OF HEART (12″ Extended Club Remix)
RUN DMC – IT’S TRICKY (Club Mix)
PAULA ABDUL – KNOCKED OUT (Pettibone 12″)
NARADA – DIVINE EMOTIONS [Shep Pettibone Single Remix)
CD 2

PET SHOP BOYS – WEST END GIRLS (The Shep Pettibone Mastermix)
ALISHA – BABY TALK (Extended Dance Mix)
THE FLIRTS – YOU AND ME (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
PHYLLIS NELSON – I LIKE YOU (12″ Extended Version)
NEW ORDER – BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE (Shep Pettibone 12″ Remix)
DEPECHE MODE – BEHIND THE WHEEL (Shep Pettibone Mix)
ERASURE – CHAINS OF LOVE (Unfettered Remix) (2009 Remaster)
KIM WILDE – YOU CAME (Shep Pettibone U.S. 7″ Version)
PSYCHEDELIC FURS – SHOCK (The Shep Pettibone Mix)
ELTON JOHN – I DON’T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT (The Shep Pettibone Mix)
THE COMMUNARDS – NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (Single Mix)
GLORIA GAYNOR – I AM WHAT I AM (12″ Extended Version)
CD 3

LISA LISA & CULT JAM WITH FULL FORCE – I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME (The Shep Pettibone Remix)
SANANDA MAITREYA – IF YOU LET ME STAY (The Shep Pettibone Mix)
FIVE STAR – ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH (The Shep Pettibone Remix)
POINTER SISTERS – GOLDMINE (12″ Version)
LIONEL RICHIE – LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL (12″ Vocal Version)
B B & Q – (I’M A) DREAMER (12″ Shep Pettibone Vocal/Long Version)
HOWARD HEWETT – STAY (After Midnight Mix)
GEORGE BENSON – TWICE THE LOVE (Club Love Remix)
THOMPSON TWINS – IN THE NAME OF LOVE ’88 (Railroad Mix)
LISA STANSFIELD – THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME (Shep Pettibone Mix)
PIA – DANCE OUT OF MY HEAD (The Dress-Down Mix)
CD 4

LEROY BURGESS – HEARTBREAKER (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
SINNAMON – THANKS TO YOU (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
THE JAMMERS – BE MINE TONIGHT (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
INSTANT FUNK – (JUST BECAUSE) YOU’LL BE MINE (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix) 2017 Remaster
AURRA – SUCH A FEELING (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
CAROL WILLIAMS – NO ONE CAN DO IT (LIKE YOU) (12″ Special Remix)
STEVE SHELTO – DON’T GIVE YOUR LOVE AWAY (Shep Pettibone Mix: Short Version)
SKYY – SHOW ME THE WAY (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
MIKE AND BRENDA SUTTON – DON’T LET GO OF ME (GRIP MY HIPS AND MOVE ME) (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
WEEKS AND CO. – IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR FUN (12″ Shep Pettibone Master Dub Mix)
THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA – OOH, I LOVE IT (LOVE BREAK) (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)
FIRST CHOICE – LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER (12″ Shep Pettibone Mix)

I got excited when I saw this announced, though peak excitement would've been 10-15 years ago. The "Love Break" mix is hard to come by on CD despite being it seems to me the canonical version.

Previously unreleased Bill Evans concert recordings:

For the first of two Record Store Day drops on June 12 (the second is on July 17), Elemental Music is releasing Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings as a three-LP set, mastered at 33⅓ RPM by Bernie Grundman and pressed at Standard Vinyl in Toronto. The album’s title is borrowed from Dutch producer Michiel de Ruyter’s LP series Jazz Behind The Dikes on Philips in the 1950s. De Ruyter served as an original co-producer on these Evans recordings. He is backed here by Eddie Gomez on bass and Marty Morell on drums...The trio can take a standard like “’Round Midnight” and essay it effortlessly, then turn in a lively take on more lighthearted material like “A Sleeping Bee."
On June 25, Craft Recordings releases another live LP from Evans, a two-LP set titled On A Friday Evening, a newly discovered live performance by Evans featuring Gómez on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums. The release captures the entire performance.

Craft is also bringing out an Evans box.
From https://downbeat.com/news/detail/lasting-impressions-of-bill-evans

Looking fwd to these previously unreleased Roy Hargrove/Marcus Miller performances:

Clothier recorded the shows in 2006 at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall and in 2007 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and the music was recently released as a two-album, full-packaged beauty for Record Store Day’s RSD Drop on July 17 with a limited run of 7,000 copies. (A two-CD version and digital edition will arrive on July 23.)

Feldman first heard the groove-, blues- and swing-steeped music at the home of jazz aficionado and producer Jacques Muyal in Geneva, Switzerland. It was 2016 and Feldman had just attended the jazzahead! conference in Bremen, Germany. He was immediately transfixed by the joyful interplay between the trumpeter and pianist. He heard Hargrove’s dynamic presence and piercing melodic phrasing through their take on Cole Porter’s “What Is This Thing Called Love,” his smoky tone on the ballad “This Is Always” and the emotive blues on his original “Blues For Mr. Hill.” He also fell in love with Miller’s sparkle on Jobim’s “Triste” and his dissonant edge on Dizzy Gillespie’s “Con Alma.” Together, the two were able to transform timeless music into a living transcendence. Not bad for shows that were performed without rehearsals or sound checks.
from https://downbeat.com/news/detail/the-harmony-of-roy-hargrove-and-mulgrew-miller

Shit, that's *Mulgrew,* yes, sorry!

This is one of my favorite records.
http://www.modernharmonic.com/j-ann-c-trio-the.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJqW2oO-7r0

^listened to that a couple of times last week, it's wonderful! Thanks

Creative Construction Company, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 CD

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Back in 1970, this AACM supergroup (Anthony Braxton on saxes, Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet and flugelhorn, Leroy Jenkins on violin, Muhal Richard Abrams on piano, Richard Davis on bass, Steve McCall on drums) assembled for a single concert which was released on two LPs (separately, not a double) by the Muse label. Only Vol. 1 was ever out on CD before, but now a Japanese label has combined them and remastered them.

A pretty amazing Fania Records compilation coming (I think I'm gonna buy it):

IT’S A GOOD, GOOD FEELING: THE LATIN SOUL OF FANIA RECORDS (THE SINGLES) CELEBRATES THE LEGENDARY LABEL’S ERA-DEFINING LATIN SOUL AND BOOGALOO SONGS
Spanning 1965–1975, the collection features single versions of 89 tracks from Ray Barretto, Joe Bataan, Ralfi Pagan, and Larry Harlow, among others, including rarities and B-sides

Craft Latino announces the release of It’s a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records (The Singles), a brand-new collection that showcases Fania’s era-defining output of boogaloo and Latin soul music. Spanning 1965–1975, the box set compiles 89 singles from such best-selling artists as Ray Barretto, Joe Bataan, Bobby Valentín, Ralfi Pagan, and Larry Harlow, plus rarities from 125th Street Candy Store, The Latinaires, The Harvey Averne Band, and Ali Baba, among many others.

Set for release on October 8th and available for pre-order today, It’s a Good, Good Feeling includes four CDs plus a bonus 7-inch single, all housed in a 60-page hardcover book, featuring extensive new liner notes by compilation co-producer and DJ Dean Rudland, as well as photos and ephemera from Fania’s archives. Helping to set the scene is a 7-inch single, which culls vintage promo tracks for “Symphony” Sid Torin’s radio shows on New York’s WEVD AM and FM. The famed DJ was an early champion of Latin music and helped to popularize the genre in the ’60s. Featuring newly remastered audio by the GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer, Paul Blakemore, It’s a Good, Good Feeling will also be available on digital and streaming platforms, while an abridged, 2-LP vinyl edition of the compilation offers 28 choice cuts and an eight-page booklet. A collectible orange-crush colored pressing (limited to 300 copies) and a commemorative T-shirt can be found exclusively at Fania.com. The first instant grat. single “Gypsy Woman,” Joe Bataan’s 1967 debut hit, is available to stream/download today.

In the ’60s, a unique musical moment was brewing in New York City, as young Latin American artists—many of them second-generation—found themselves split between the traditional music they grew up on and the rising sounds of soul, doo-wop, and R&B. They began experimenting in the clubs, blending Afro-Cuban beats, Latin jazz, and soul with predominantly English lyrics. The result was a delectable new genre with broad appeal that epitomized the cultural melting pot of New York. While boogaloo and Latin soul was a short-lived craze (peaking in the late ’60s and early ’70s), it popularized Latin music in America and established the careers of many internationally beloved artists.

Fania Records was founded just prior to the rise of boogaloo in 1964 by bandleader Johnny Pacheco and his lawyer, Jerry Masucci. Over the next few years, Fania would sign and nurture a variety of emerging Latin soul artists. As Rudland points out in his notes, “Fania was not the first label to release Latin soul, but they were vital within its rise, releasing important records, and its owners patently understood the opportunity it allowed the young label to expand quickly.”

Among their earliest signings were Willie Colón, Joe Bataan, Bobby Valentín, and Ray Barretto: four rising stars who were all eager to experiment with their sounds—and Fania gave them the freedom to do so. Colón, who became one of the label’s most celebrated artists, rarely strayed from traditional stylings but offered one foray into Latin soul with his debut single, “Willie Baby” (1967). Valentín, meanwhile, straddled the line stylistically, but scored several boogaloo hits for the label early on, including 1967’s joyful “Geronimo” and “Bad Breath,” as well as the anthemic “Use It Before You Lose It” (1968).

Barretto, who had already established himself—and the boogaloo sound—prior to signing with Fania, was known for such foundational hits as 1962’s “El Watusi.” Once he joined the burgeoning label, however, he recorded one of the genre’s most important albums, Acid (1968), which spawned such enduring singles as “A Deeper Shade of Soul” and “Mercy, Mercy Baby.” Latin soul regularly reflected the political tensions of the ’60s and Barretto, in particular, often delivered socially conscious messages in his songs, including the funky “Together” (1969) and “Right On” (1971).

Bataan, meanwhile, burst onto the scene in 1967 with a cover of The Impressions’ “Gypsy Woman”—the title track of his debut album. A year later, he followed with “Subway Joe,” which, Rudland argues, is “the pinnacle of Latin soul,” and scored an R&B crossover hit with a two-part cover of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles’ “It’s a Good Feeling” (subtitled “Riot” by Bataan). The artist also found broad success with emotion-filled ballads like “Sad Girl” and the epic “My Opera” (both 1969), as well as a dramatic cover of The Beatles’ “This Boy” (1971).

Taking the soul route even more directly was Ralfi Pagan, who scored a multitude of R&B hits in both English and Spanish, including sultry covers of Bread’s “Make It with You” (1971) and the Drifters’ “Up on the Roof” (1973), as well as the up-tempo “Wonderful Thing” (1974), and the reflective “Just for a Little While” (1975).

The man behind many of Pagan’s hits, as well as songs by Barretto, Bataan, and lesser-known Fania acts like the Latinaires and Ronnie Marks, was producer, songwriter, and musician, Harvey Averne. While Averne was not of Latin heritage, he was deeply entrenched in the scene and released several of his own albums and singles under a variety of monikers, including the swinging “Make Out” (Harvey Averne + 9, 1967), “The Micro Mini” (Harvey Averne and Group Therapy, 1967), and “Accept Me” (The Harvey Averne Dozen, 1968).

Larry Harlow was another white bandleader who found success in the Latin market, signing to Fania in 1965 and enjoying a long and prolific run with the label. While the majority of his work was more traditional fare, he did deliver several soulful tracks in the late ’60s with his Orquesta Harlow, including such funky cuts as “Mess Around” and “That Groovy Shingaling” (both from 1967’s El Exigente album) as well as a 1968 cover of Hugh Masekela’s “Grazin’ in the Grass.”

In addition to such legends as Louie Ramirez (featured alongside Bobby Marin as “Ali Baba” in this compilation) and Mongo Santamaría, the Fania All Stars also make an appearance on It’s a Good, Good Feeling. The supergroup—which, at the time included the likes of Bataan, Valentín, Barretto, Ramirez, and Colón, plus a handful of special guests—offered Fania an opportunity to showcase its talented roster. The two tracks here (“Richie’s Bag” and “Red Garter Strut”) are culled from the group’s 1969 live album, Live at the Red Garter, Vol.2, and feature vocals by the great Richie Ray.

By the mid-’70s, the popularity of boogaloo had widely given way to salsa—and Fania quickly rose to become a leader in the genre. While salsa ultimately proved to be the more enduring style, the success of boogaloo and Latin soul was instrumental in paving the way for its mainstream appeal. Many of the artists who found early fame with Latin soul records, meanwhile, would go on to enjoy thriving careers, including NEA Jazz Master Award-winner and International Latin Music Hall of Fame Inductee Ray Barretto, Joe Bataan, Bobby Valentín, and Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winner, Larry Harlow.

4-CD + 7” Tracklist:

Disc One
1.125th Street Candy Store – Silent Heart
2.125th Street Candy Store – Hey Girl
3.Bobby Valentín – Geronimo
4.Harvey Averne + 9 – Make Out
5.Willie Colón – Willie Baby
6.Bobby Valentín – Love Me So
7.Bobby Valentín – Bad Breath
8.Joe Bataan – Gypsy Woman
9.Joe Bataan – So Fine
10.Harvey Averne and Group Therapy – The Micro Mini
11.Harvey Averne and Group Therapy – The Think Drink “Spiked”
12.Joe Bataan – Ordinary Guy
13.Joe Bataan – Too Much Lovin’
14.Monguito Santamaría – Juicy
15.Ray Barretto – Mercy, Mercy Baby
16.Ray Barretto – Soul Drummers
17.Joe Bataan – Subway Joe
18.Joe Bataan – Special Girl
19.Joe Bataan – Magic Rose
20.Bobby Valentín – Use It Before You Lose It
21.Bobby Valentín – Funky Big Feet
22.Larry Harlow – Mess Around
23.Larry Harlow – That Groovy Shingaling

Disc Two
1.The Latinaires – Camel Walk
2.Bobby Quesada – Bataola Boogaloo
3.Joe Bataan – It’s a Good Feeling (Riot) Part 1
4.Joe Bataan – It’s a Good Feeling (Riot) Part 2
5.Ray Barretto – A Deeper Shade of Soul
6.Ralph Robles – Mercie
7.Joe Bataan – What Good Is a Castle - Part 1
8.Joe Bataan – What Good Is a Castle - Part 2
9.Orchestra Harlow – Grazin’ in the Grass (Una Miradita de Amor)
10.Ray Barretto – Hard Hands
11.Ray Barretto – Love Beads
12.The Harvey Averne Dozen – Accept Me
13.The Harvey Averne Dozen – Why Can’t We Really Be Free
14.Ali Baba (Louie Ramirez) – Ungawa
15.Ali Baba (Louie Ramirez) – Cookin’ with Ali
16.Monguito Santamaría – Hey Sister
17.Fania All Stars – Richie’s Bag
18.Fania All Stars – Red Garter Strut
19.Ralph Robles – Maybe
20.Joe Bataan – Sad Girl
21.Ray Barretto – Together
22.Ray Barretto – New York Soul
23.Ralfi Pagan – Who Is the Girl for Me
24.El Apollo Sound – Spinning Wheel

Disc Three
1.The Harvey Averne Band – Come Back Baby
2.The Harvey Averne Band – Stand
3.Ralfi Pagan – Don’t Stop Now
4.Joe Bataan – My Opera
5.The Harvey Averne Band – Lovers
6.The Harvey Averne Band – Love Never Stays the Same
7.Joe Bataan – When We Get Married
8.Monguito Santamaría – Crying Time
9.The Harvey Averne Band – Let’s Get Together This Christmas
10.Ray Barretto – Right On
11.Ronnie Marks – Some Lonely Heart (Vocal)
12.Ralfi Pagan – Make It with You
13.Ralfi Pagan – Stray Woman
14.Joe Bataan – So Young, Too Young
15.Joe Bataan – I’m Satisfied
16.Joe Bataan – This Boy
17.Joe Bataan – Johnny’s No Good
18.Ralfi Pagan – Baby I’m a Want You
19.Ralfi Pagan – Look at Her
20.Joe Bataan – Shaft

Disc Four
1.Joe Bataan – Cry
2.Joe Bataan – If I Were a King
3.Ralfi Pagan – My Dream
4.Ralfi Pagan – It’s Alright
5.Ralfi Pagan – Up on the Roof
6.Ralfi Pagan – The Gambler
7.Ralfi Pagan – Too Late
8.Ralfi Pagan – To Say I Love You
9.Joe Bataan – Latin Soul Square Dance
10.Joe Bataan – Call Me
11.Ralfi Pagan – Wonderful Thing
12.Butter Scotch – Try Just a Little Harder
13.Butter Scotch – Today
14.Ralfi Pagan – Didn’t Want to Have to Do It
15.W.R.L.C – Johnny’s No Good
16.W.R.L.C. – Blonde Latin Blues
17.Joe Bataan – I’m No Stranger
18.Ralfi Pagan – Just a Little While
19.Ralfi Pagan – Loneliest Loneliness
20.Ralfi Pagan – I Could Never Hurt You Girl

7” Single
Side A
1. Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid – Joe Bataan
Side B
1. Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid – Bobby Valentín

Wow, that does look pretty great, and I would appreciate having something so thorough.

If you want to go all digital:

https://craftrecordings.com/collections/various-artists-its-a-good-good-feeling-the-latin-soul-of-fania-records/products/its-a-good-good-feeling-the-latin-soul-of-fania-records

But as it is I'll likely do this one:

https://craftrecordings.com/collections/various-artists-its-a-good-good-feeling-the-latin-soul-of-fania-records/products/various-artists-its-a-good-good-feeling-the-latin-soul-of-fania-records-the-singles-4-cd-7-box-set

Hello!

At Rough Trade we are extremely proud to be reissuing two majestic albums from Scritti Politti's back catalgue - 1985's Cupid & Psyche 85 and 1999's Anomie & Bonhomie on both vinyl and CD format on August 13th. Both albums feature extensive new sleeve notes from Scritti Politti members Green Gartside and David Gamson. A third reissue of their 1988 album Provisions will follow later this year.

Both Cupid & Psyche 85 and Anomie & Bonhomie provide evidence of an extraordinary musical journey. After witnessing a show by The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned and The Heartbreakers in 1976, frontman Green felt as if he had been “given permission” to form a band. Scritti Politti was the result, a Camden-based, squat-dwelling collective who produced what he describes as “scratchy-collapsy” music, all tumbling drums, stumbling reggae basslines and tinny guitars.

Cupid & Psyche ‘85, released in the summer of 1985, was both a pop masterpiece and landmark in music production. Terrifyingly complex technology, embarrassingly expensive studio time and months of intensive work resulted in a brilliant, immaculate sound, described today by singer Green Gartside as “pyrotechnics of pointillist syncopation”.

Overseen by legendary producer Arif Mardin and featuring some of New York’s finest session musicians, Cupid & Psyche 85 took Scritti’s acute pop sensibility to new, glittering heights. It spawned five singles, all hits on one side of the Atlantic or the other: ‘Wood Beez’, ‘The Word Girl’, ‘Absolute’, ‘Perfect Way’ and ‘Hypnotize’.

Anomie & Bonhomie was originally released in 1999 and only on CD, never until now on vinyl. Eleven years after the previous album Provision, Scritti Politti erupted back into life recalibrated, re-evaluated, re-imagined and, eventually, rewarded. Anomie & Bonhomie is the heady results of this artistic rebirth. Illuminated by the band’s stylish pure pop spotlight and collaboration with Mos Def, Meshell Ndgeocello and Wendy Melvoin which gives the record a neon-lit, nocturnal shimmer. Hip Hop flourishes sit side-by-side with heart-hitting balladry, as truly touching melodies match moments of uncompromising musical grit with their emotional impact.

There's another Elvis set coming in November. It's only $45; I think I'm gonna grab it.

Elvis Presley Back in Nashville 4CD set

What turned out to be Elvis Presley’s final Nashville session brought music that was originally overlooked. The original recordings found their way on the holiday themed Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas (1971), the gospel He Touched Me (1972), Elvis Now (1972) and Elvis (1973). Yet, to hear this music, a half century after it was recorded – now wiped of overdubs – reveals some of the most compelling singing of Presley’s career. There may not be a better set of tracks in his catalog that benefits more from un-dubbing the masters. No longer weighted down, Elvis shines. Available on 4 CD’s.

DISC 1
THE COUNTRY/FOLK SIDES
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – takes 11-12
Amazing Grace
Early Mornin’ Rain
(That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Until It’s Time For You To Go
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – (unedited version)

THE PIANO RECORDINGS
It’s Still Here
I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen
I Will Be True

THE POP SIDES
Padre (2:34)
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
My Way takes 2-3 (Master)
I’m Leavin’
It’s Only Love
We Can Make The Morning
Love Me, Love The Life I Lead
Until It’s Time For You To Go - remake

DISC 2
THE RELIGIOUS SIDES
He Touched Me
I’ve Got Confidence
Seeing Is Believing
He Is My Everything
Bosom Of Abraham
An Evening Prayer
Lead Me, Guide Me
There Is No God But God A Thing Called Love
I, John
Reach Out To Jesus
Put Your Hand In The Hand
Miracle Of The Rosary

THE CHRISTMAS SIDES
O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
On A Snowy Christmas Night
Winter Wonderland
The Wonderful World Of Christmas
It Won’t Seem Like Christmas (Without You)
I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day
If I Get Home On Christmas Day
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees
Merry Christmas Baby – unedited
Silver Bells
I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day (remake)

DISC 3

It’s Only Love – takes 8 & 9
Love Me, Love The Life I Lead – takes 5 & 6
We Can Make The Morning – master with backing vocals
I’m Leavin’ – take 1
Johnny B. Goode – impromptu performance
Padre – takes 1 & 11
Lady Madonna – impromptu performance
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) - take 6
Are You Lonesome Tonight (fragment-impromptu performance)
I Will Be True – takes 1-2
It’s Still Here - takes 1 & 3
Help Me Make It Through The Night – takes 1-3
(That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me - take 1
Until It’s Time For You To Go – take 5
Early Mornin’ Rain – takes 1 &11
I Shall Be Released – impromptu performance
Don’t Think Twice, (It’s All Right) – remake
Put Your Hand In The Hand (3:19) – rehearsal and take 1
Amazing Grace – takes 1-2

DISC 4
THE RELIGIOUS OUTTAKES
Miracle Of The Rosary - take 1
The Lord’s Prayer (impromptu performance)
He Touched Me – takes 1-2
I’ve Got Confidence - take 1
An Evening Prayer – takes 1-2
Seeing Is Believing – takes 1,2 & 4
A Thing Called Love -take 3
Reach Out To Jesus – takes 1,2 & 9
He Is My Everything – take 1
There Is No God But God – takes 1-2
Bosom Of Abraham – takes 2-3

THE CHRISTMAS OUTTAKES
I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day – take 3
It Won’t Seem Like Christmas (Without You) – takes 1 & 6
If I Get Home On Christmas Day – take 3
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees – take 4
Silver Bells – take 1
I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day – take 4
Winter Wonderland – take 7
O Come, All Ye Faithful – take 2
I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day (remake) takes 1,4,5 &10

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For Immediate Release: Don Giovanni Records has announced the reissuing of the long out of print and highly sought after two album discography from late 1970's Indigenous metal band WINTERHAWK. The band's two albums Electric Warriors and Dog Soldier will be issued for the first time ever on CD and digital streaming platforms on October 22nd. The original private press vinyl copies of these albums currently fetch up to four-figures on the secondary resell markets.

The first single "Custer's Dyin'" from Electric Warriors is out now across all digital platforms, and Bandcamp.
Led by Cree Indian Nik Alexander on guitar and vocals, the band is riff heavy, as they were contemporaries of classic hard rock guitar gods such as KISS and Thin Lizzy, while heavily informed by the spirit, harmonics and thematic elements of the indigenous American-Indian communities. Native rhythms and chants are peppered in with the heavy fuzzed out power chords of mainstream rock of the era.

Drummer Alfonso Kolb writes in the liner notes of Electric Warriors:

Winterhawk was more than a band. It had a message. It was Nik’s plan to use the tool of music to bring this message to the youth through his lyrics combined with the type of music to grab their attention. Especially at that time a heavy rock n roll sound was the style he felt would best get the attention of Native kids. The music was loud, strong, powerful and fast. With Native chants and drum beats resembling traditional Native drums. Some critics say it had a 70’s sound, and to some degree it might have. But, there was no 70’s music like this. No music that I have ever heard before. I felt at the time I was involved with a new kind of style. I know there have been other bands before Winterhawk that have had this idea, but I had not heard of a band that was doing this style of music directed toward Native American kids.
Winterhawk has its place in the Native American music world. It has its meaning for our Indian people. I recommend that all Indians give it a listen along with non-natives. It was meant for all of us to hear, and to remind us that … We’re Still Here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMICN_mkrBI

https://winterhawk1979.bandcamp.com/album/electric-warriors

Fun vintage Latin pop---first track is too sing-songy for me so far, but all the rest are better, w variety ov distinctions (eventually, cool guitars show up, and reflective reeds after that---rhythm squad is always exuberant, never intrusive):

Leobardo Acosta Quintanar was born in Huetamo, Michoacán in 1925. He was a notable drummer, composer, arranger, and orchestrator.

In 1970, he recorded a last LP for Capitol with a small combo formed with some of his closest peers. The sound engineer for these sessions, Rogiero Silva, recalls that it happened in the night time. Leo was always very demanding in his studio hours with all of his musicians and that he did not tolerate mistakes or setbacks, but he was fully relaxed and enjoying this one very much. For this last LP, entitled “ACOSTA” but known as "El Leon”, all the compositions are originals, unlike his previous albums where the labels required him to record at least 6 songs that were hits on the popularity charts.

The genius of this album lies in Leo's ability to synthesise the influence of jazz and funk fusions with Latin rhythms, well dominated by him. The stand out “Rencorosa”, has strong influence of “Evil Ways” by Willie Bobo, via Santana. “Noches de Viaje” is a superb mid tempo funk, one of the best examples of its kind and the funny dialogues in “Carga Pesada“ denote the atmosphere of Leo's nightclub life, drum solo included. “Melodía de Amor Eterno" shows a more spiritual jazz side where the Hammond B3 by Mario Patrón and the... more
credits
released August 14, 2021

https://madaboutrecordslabel.bandcamp.com/album/leo-acosta-

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Woods Band s/t.
I foundout last night that the lp that I've been wanting to get a new remaster of for years actually got given the Eclectic treatment at the end of July. I'm really hoping that new remaster does mean that the sound of a tape being overstretched which the Edsel version sounded like has been corrected. I think the sound is a continuation of what Terry Woods had been doing with the 2nd Sweeneys Men lp Tracks of Sweeney but this is after the first lineup of Steeleye Span has happened. I thought Ashley Hutchings had formed taht band to try to continue some ideas that Sweeneys Men had explored including the shortlived lineup with the electric guitar of Henry McCullough so I need to have another look at why it was the Woods that left that early Steeleye line up and not the Priors

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-woods-band-the-woods-band-remastered-edition/

sorry, prematurely posted so here's the bumf from the Cherry Red/Eclectic website

· NEWLY REMASTERED EDITION OF THIS PROGRESSIVE FOLK-ROCK ALBUM FROM 1971

· WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & NEW ESSAY

· REVIEWS IN “UNCUT”, “MOJO”, “RECORD COLLECTOR”, “SHINDIG!”, “PROG” MAGAZINES

· COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES & FANZINES

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered edition of the 1971 self-titled album by THE WOODS BAND.

The Woods Band comprised TERRY WOODS (Vocals, Mandola, Concertina, Electric, Acoustic & Bass Guitar), GAY WOODS

(Vocals, Concertina, Autoharp, Dulcimer, Bodhran), ED DEANE (Electric, Acoustic & Bass Guitars, Keyboards) and PAT NASH (Drums and Vocals). Husband and wife Terry and Gay Woods had been members of the first line-up of Steeleye Span (also featuring ex-Fairport Convention member Ashley Hutchings, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior). The Woods’ departed that group shortly after the release of their debut album to form their own band.

After working with various musicians (including briefly the former King Crimson members Mike Giles and Ian McDonald), The Woods Band finally settled on a stable line-up when Ed Deane and Pat Nash joined the fold. In 1971 the Woods Band signed to the newly established Greenwich Gramophone Company (a “Progressive” imprint of song writer Les Reed’s Chapter 1 Records) and recorded their only album at Morgan Studios in September that year. Produced by former Colosseum bassist Tony Reeves, THE WOODS BAND featured both traditional and original material and utilised both traditional and electric instrumentation and took on more of a rock influence than the early Steeleye Span. Upon its release, the album was well received and The Woods Band undertook a series of concerts with their fellow label mates Samurai and Open Road and began to develop a cult following.

However, Greenwich Gramophone ceased operations in 1972 and this left the band without a recording contract and the Woods Band ended, leaving Terry and Gay Woods to continue recording and working as a duo. Terry Woods was later a member of The Pogues. This Esoteric Recordings edition has been newly re-mastered and features an illustrated booklet with a new essay.

Track Listing:

1. EVERY TIME
2. NOISEY JOHNNY
3. JANUARY’S SNOWS
4. LAMENT & JIG (inc. Valencia Lament & Apples in Winter)
5. DREAMS
6. AS I ROVED OUT
7. PROMISES
8. OVER THE BAR (inc. The Road to Athy)

Speaking of Cherry Red, I've already pre-ordered this Steppenwolf box set:

Steppenwolf: Magic Carpet Ride – The Dunhill / ABC Years 1967-1971, 8CD Box Set
Steppenwolf
£41.99

Released October 29, 2021.
• NEWLY REMASTERED EIGHT DISC BOXED SET FEATURING EACH ALBUM RECORDED BY THE LEGENDARY STEPPENWOLF FOR THE DUNHILL/ABC LABEL BETWEEN 1967 AND 1971
• WITH 26 BONUS TRACKS DRAWN FROM RARE SINGLES AND MONO MIXES
• INCLUDING THE ALBUMS ‘STEPPENWOLF’, ‘THE SECOND’, ‘AT YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY’, ‘EARLY STEPPENWOLF’, ‘MONSTER’, ‘STEPPENWOLF LIVE’, ‘STEPPENWOLF 7’ and ‘FOR LADIES ONLY’
• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL DUNHILL/ABC MASTER TAPES

Ltd. Ed---already sold out (for now?), both formats, but worth a read:

Faust
1971-1974
BUREAU B
Boxset contents: 'Faust', 'So Far', 'The Faust Tapes', 'Faust IV', 'Punkt' (1974 album that has never been released), 'Momentaufnahme I' (unreleased studio tracks), 'Momentaufnahme II' (unreleased studio tracks), and two 7" (both on CD8)

"There is no group more mythical than Faust." Julian Cope (Krautrocksampler)

A band's fame can be measured in the sum of myths, legends and stories which are conjured up in their wake. In which case, Faust have been playing in the Champions League for quite some time. Few bands have been as innovative, influential or as irrepressible as FAUST - the way they revolutionized the history of music in the space of just four years puts them right up there with The Velvet Underground. What began in a Hamburg (Sternschanze) bunker in 1970 would send shockwaves around the world. Here's how Stephen Morris (Joy Division/New Order) remembers it: "The first Krautrock record which made a lasting impression on me was the debut album by Faust. The transparent disc looked spectacular and the music was mindblowing, not songs as such, it was something absolutely unique, the polar opposite of everything the Rolling Stones, Beatles and the like were doing. It was right up my street."

This box is the first virtually complete collection of FAUST works from the years 1971-1974. In addition to the debut album, it includes the 1972 album So Far, the legendary 1973 Virgin UK release The Faust Tapes ("Some chose to play frisbee with the LP, others said it changed their lives" as Jean-Hervé Peron noted), Faust IV and, for the first time ever, the mythical, so-called "Munich album" Punkt, which Faust recorded at Giorgio Moroder's Musicland Studios in 1974. For one reason or another, this last album never saw the light of day - until now. The bonus albums Momentaufnahme I and Momentaufnahme II also feature unreleased material, simultaneously affording us a fascinating glimpse of Faust's creativity in their Wümme studio phase. Two 7-inch singles round off the Faust 1971-1974 compendium: Lieber Herr Deutschland is the demo recording they sent to Polydor in 1971, remarkably triggering a contract offer from the label who had something of a conservative reputation at the time. The track later resurfaced as the B-side to their single Baby, a song which had been rejected by the aforementioned label. The second 7-inch single in the box is a rerelease of So Far, the first FAUST single on Polydor, originally issued in 1972.

It is by no means overstating the case to assert that FAUST created and christened a genre (the name would prove emotive) in one fell swoop (track 1 on Faust IV). This box is no more and no less than the holy grail of Krautrock. Even 50 years (or perhaps all the more so) after they took their first musical steps in a bunker near Hamburg's Sternschanze station, Faust still sound revolutionary, timeless, irrepressible and, above all, unique.

Mastered from the original tapes, Faust 1971-1974 is available as a limited edition vinyl set (2,000 copies) and CD (1,000 copies).

Release Date
08 October 2021

7×LP Box set (2.2kg) £170.00
BUY
8×CD
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/19711974
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ImportCDs is offering pre-orders for $80.

I was wondering how much of the non 1st 4 lp material was retitled duplicates of material released elsewhere as Munich & Elsewhere , 71 Minutes, Peel Sessions, Bonus disc of IV (2006 remaster). If i have Wumme do I need this beyond it being a fresh transfer of source tapes plus a bit of bonus which I probably didn't have in current form.
Found the thread on Steve Hoffman and it looks like they haven't reused the material from the Reccommended compilations 71 Minutes and Munich and Elsewhere beyond 2 tracks from the latter which have been remastered from the source multitracks apparently.
Still, think I'm too broke to grab the box so hope some of this stuff is released separately

a photo of the box contents for both vinyl and cd
https://shop.tapeterecords.com/records/bureaub/faust-1971-1974.html

JUst found out that the Faust Tapes set from the forthcoming box is already up on Spotify. Not sure if an MP3 is a good guage of what a lossless media is like but it is there.

ANITA LANE

20TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF
SEX O’CLOCK

AVAILABLE ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME

LISTEN TO “HOME IS WHERE THE HATRED IS”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCUR7B5i-4Y

Lane’s work immortalises important themes of human experience, holding awkward and difficult feelings up to the light, to see them in all their imperfect beauty and wonder.” – The Quietus

Mute today announces details of the 20th anniversary reissue of Anita Lane’s second studio album, Sex O’Clock, set for release – for the first time on vinyl – December 10.

Initially released in 2001, work began with Anita Lane on the reissue before her untimely passing earlier this year at the age of 61. The album has long been considered under-appreciated with The Quietus recently asserting that Lane’s exploration of sexuality was way ahead of its time.

The album – honest, funny and often melancholic – features stand out tracks “The Next Man That I See,” “Do the Kamasutra” and an acidic cover of Gil Scott-Heron’s “Home Is Where the Hatred Is.” Recorded with long time musical partner Mick Harvey, the album was the final release in a solo career that began in 1988 with the release of the Dirty Sings EP.

Emerging from Melbourne’s post-rock scene, Anita Lane was one of the co-founders of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, co-writing “From Her To Eternity,” the title track of their debut album, and “Stranger than Kindness” from Your Funeral… My Trial. Arriving in London in 1980 with The Birthday Party, she’s credited with co-writing several of their tracks – “A Dead Song,” “Dead Joe” and “Kiss Me Black” – before re-locating to Berlin. There followed a series of collaborations that included work with Einstürzende Neubauten, Chrislo Haas, Gudrun Gut and Die Haut. Also of note are a memorable cover of “These Boots Were Made for Walking” with Barry Adamson and vocals for Mick Harvey’s first two Serge Gainsbourg albums, Intoxicated Man and Pink Elephants.

After her unexpected passing in April 2021, tributes were paid from around the world from a host of artists with Nick Cave remembering Lane as “the smartest and most talented of all of us, by far.”

SEX O’CLOCK TRACKLISTING
1. Home Is Where the Hatred Is
2. The Next Man That I See
3. Do That Thing
4. I Hate Myself
5. A Light Possession
6. I Love You, I Am No More
7. Like Caesar Needs a Brutus
8. Do the Kamasutra
9. The Petrol Wife
10. Bella Ciao

Further reading:
https://thequietus.com/articles/29144-anita-lane
Rolling Stone's Tribute:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/anita-lane-nick-cave-dead-1162241/
Scotland Herald's Tribute:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/19310322.obituary-anita-lane-nick-cave-collaborator-major-unsung-talent-time/

For more info, see mute.com

Will also be on CD

From Sounds Of The Universe:

Ritmo Fantasia: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie and House (1982-1992)

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The 21 track selection curated by Trujillo, a Venezuelan producer, DJ and record collector based in Berlin, explores the forgotten corners of the 1980s and early 90s Spanish music scene. Veering through early bleep and hip house, electro, boogie, Iberian pop and much more, it has broad appeal to both Balearic heads and diggers alike. Serendipitously, the cover art for the compilation is an original work by Yves Uro, a figurehead of Ibiza's party scene from the 70s and 80s and whose visionary poster artwork became representative of the White Isle.

Release Date
26 November 2021

3×LP £25.00
More Info & Audio
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/ritmo-fantasia-balearic-spanish-synthpop-boogie-and-house-1982199

Cuba: Music and Revolution Vol.2 Compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker
Culture Clash In Havana Cuba - Experiments In Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 2
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS

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...exactly the same vein as the much-acclaimed Vol. 1 - exploring the many styles that came out of Cuba in the 1970s as Latin and Salsa mixed with heavy doses of Jazz, Funk, and Disco to create some of the most dancefloor-friendly music every made!

The album comes as a heavyweight 3xLP and deluxe 2xCD set, 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.

Much of the music on this album is featured in the deluxe large format book ‘Cuba: Music and Revolution: Original Cover Art of Cuban Music: Record Sleeve Designs of Revolutionary Cuba 1959-90’, released by Soul Jazz Books and also compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records), featuring the music and record designs of Cuba, made in the 30-year period following the Cuban Revolution.

The music on this new album features a host of rarities from legendary Cuban artists such as Los Van Van, alongside Grupo De Experimentación, Farah Maria, Ricardo Eddy Martinez, Juan Pablo Torres, Grupo Sintesis and Orquesta Riverside, most of whose names remain largely unknown outside of Cuba but have long been favourite club tracks and secret-weapons in Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker's record boxes!

The music on this album reflects the most cutting-edge of Cuban groups that were recording in Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s – all searching for a new Cuban identity and new musical forms reflecting 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.

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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.

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REVIEWS of CUBA: Music and Revolution vol. 1:

"We already have a strong contender for 'compilation of the year'. Put together by devout crate-diggers and Cuban music enthusiasts Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records)" JUNO

"It's abundantly clear that these compilers are at the very top of their game. Everything here was previously unheard outside of Cuba, making this a feast for the curious" Vinyl District

"Priceless comp that goes far beyond Buena Vista!" UNCUT
More info, audio (excerpts of all tracks)
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XXp Anita Lane emerged from the Melbourne post-rock scene? Not the punk scene? I think she came to recognition from her relationship with and subsequent work with Nick Cave who I think she met at art school in the late 70s. Is that a typo for post-punk then? I just think there's like 20 years or something between the 2.

Out Now

909s & Sunshine: The Numero Guide to UK Rave. House, Garage, Breakbeat, Acid, Hardcore [1989-1997]
Numero goes straight to spotify, which keeps freezing on tracklist, but it's all on there and other services, looking good to this non-expert

is there a physical release or is this just a playlist?

Good question---may just be a playlist, considering the way it goes straight from Numero (who sent me an email hyping it) to Spotify (also on Apple etc). Sorry, I just assumed there was more.

Smog Veil Clearing The Air #179
November 2021

FINAL SALE!
starting now until 12/31 only
55% off ALL releases on our site!
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Well folks, it is time to sail on. Smog Veil has had an amazing run, we've released records by our favorite Northeast Ohio underground rock and rollers. We've appreciated all our fans have done for us. But, after 30 years we've decided, let's go out while the getting is good and while we're happy with what we accomplished.

We couldn't have made it this far if it wasn't for the fans, our team, and the amazing musicians that you've listened to on record and on stage. We hope over the years we kept your toes tapping!

So, this is the near to last goodbye. We'll send another newsletter next month, but let the warehouse clearing begin!

While supplies last, everything on the Smog Veil web site* is now 55% off!

Act quick, sales limited to supplies on hand and prior sales excluded! SALE STARTS NOW AND ENDS on December 31, 2021.

NO CODES NEEDED! DISCOUNT TAKEN AT CHECKOUT: 55% OFF THESE TITLES as well as ALL in-stock Smog Veil titles:

ADELE BERTEI'S PETER and the WOLVES

PETER LAUGHNER BOX SET

PETER AND ADELE POWER PAK

PLUS, ENJOY FREE SHIPPING IN THE USA.

We have less than 200 Peter Laughner box sets left in our warehouse and as there will be one and one only pressing. This will be the very last chance to grab these at an amazing price as all box sets will be sold by the end of the year.

OK--so the FINAL tour dates. Adele Bertei has announced a series of readings, accompanied by special guests at various stops, including Lucy Sante, and Mike Decapite. Here's the dates, mark your calendar:

w/Lucy Sante, Mike DeCapite
11/11 — L.A., Skylight Books
11/13 — San Francisco, The MakeOut Room
*To see all remaining stock of CLE (incl. Chris Butler solo, his album w Ralph Carney. Mr. Stress, Laughner box [vinyl only, CD sold out], Adele's book about him & related, Peter and The Wolves, etc. etc.---check here: https://www.smogveil.com/

Dang hadn't realised i'd completely missed the Peter laughner cd set.

Smog Veil says it's still out there "in the Wild," at several Ohio stores, prob online somewhere, like eBay at least. Some PL things on Spotify etc., and Amazon still has digital editions of The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs and Rock It Down, with various line-ups.
It was one of those legit boxes, that, by the time it finally came out, I had so much of it on boots and licensed (?) bits that I couldn't bring myself to buy it (though if I'd been more confident about my income...) Wasn't that thrilled by all the acoustic bedroom stuff on Take The Guitar Player For A Ride; I like him a lot better in bands (looks like at least some of that collection is YouTube).

Rock It Down has same "cover" (though digital) as box, might be a sampler.