Rolling Reissues 2022

from February, but this rules, as does their more recent Merzbow & Masonna reissues

https://www.discogs.com/release/21992338-Merzbow-Hybrid-Noisebloom

https://urashima.bandcamp.com/album/hybrid-noisebloom

Oho, thanks!
With this year's American Clave Piazzolla set, mentioned upthread, out now on various streaming services:
https://astorpiazzolla.lnk.to/TheAmericanClaveRecordings?eml=2022June10/5728203/6011771&etsubid=33248291,
Nonesuch now reminds us of this, from last year:

Tom Service commemorates the centenary of the birth of Astor Piazzolla with a portrait of the great Argentine bandoneon player and tango composer, and explores his revolutionary style which changed the genre for ever. He also questions his legacy in today's Argentina.

We hear from Piazzolla himself in rare BBC archive material, as well as his widow Laura Escalada Piazzolla; his grandsons Daniel Villaflor Piazzolla, who runs the 'Fundación Piazzolla' and Daniel 'Pipi' Piazzolla, drummer in jazz band 'Escalandrum'. There are contributions, too, from the critic Fernando González, who translated Piazzolla's Memoirs into English and interviewed him for international publications; the pianist Pablo Ziegler, who performed with Piazzolla for 11 years in one of his Quintets; and amongst others, the singers Amelita Baltar, who premiered many of Piazzolla’s songs, and Elena Roger, who offers a new take of Piazzolla's music...

The first three albums by saxophonist Idris Ackamoor's band the Pyramids, plus a live disc, are being released as a 4CD or 4LP box tomorrow. I just found out about this today and immediately ordered the 4CD version.

https://idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com/album/aomawa-the-1970s-recordings

AOMAWA: The 1970s Recordings

A brand new 4LP box set bringing together the incredible 1970s recordings of Afrofuturism pioneers The Pyramids, led by saxophonist Idris Ackamoor. The set features the remastered LPs Lalibela, King Of Kings and Birth / Speed / Merging alongside the first ever vinyl issue of their live session for KQED TV in 1975. The accompanying 12-page 12”-sized booklet features extended interviews with The Pyramids by Francis Gooding and a host of unseen photos.

Lalibela (1973):
IDRISSA ACKAMOOR: Alto saxophone, Soprano saxophone, Bailophone,
Masenqo, Talking drum, Moroccan clay drum
MARGO ACKAMOOR: Flute, Piccolo, Percussion
KWAME KIMATHI ASANTE: Hagstrom bass, Ugandan harp, Ethiopian drum, Bamboo flute
MASAI: Soprano saxophone, Bamboo Flute, Percussion
MARCEL LYTLE: Drums, Percussion
HEKAPTAH: Conga drums, Osi drum, Percussion

King Of Kings (1974):
IDRIS ACKAMOOR: Alto saxophone, talking drum, bailophone,
one-stringed goge, Ethiopian drum, calypso box, vocals
MARGO ACKAMOOR: Flute, percussion, vocals
KWAME MIMATHI ASANTE: Hagstrom bass, Ugandan harp, percussion, vocals
HEKAPTAH: Conga drums, percussion, vocals
DONALD ROBINSON: Drums, bongos, percussion, vocals

Guest artists:
JEROME SAUNDERS: piano, percussion
CHRIS CHAFE: cello

Recorded in March, 1974 at Appalachia Sound Recording Studio, Chillicothe, Ohio
Engineer: Wayne Mitchell

Birth / Speed / Merging (1976):
IDRIS ACKAMOOR AKA BRUCE BAKER: Alto saxophone, Bongos, Ku Cheng, Bamboo flutes, Talking drum, Percussion, vocals
MARGO ACKAMOOR: Flute, Piccolo, Percussion, Vocals
KIMATHI ASANTE: Hagstrom bass guitar, Talking drum, Ugandan harp, Bamboo flutes,
Percussion, Vocals
HESHIMA: Acoustic bass, Vocals
AUGUSTA LEE COLLINS: Drums, talking drum, Percussion
KENNETH NASH: Congas, Bongos, Rosenbow, Percussion, Guatemalan stick drum, Vocals

Guest Artist:
MCHEZA NGOMA: vocals on ‘Aomawa’, steel drum on ‘Reaffirmation’,
Percussion on ‘Black Man And Woman Of The Nile’

Produced by Idris Ackamoor, Kimathi Asante and Heshima
Recorded in November, 1975 at His Master’s Wheels Studio
Recording Engineer: Jim Furman
Mixed at Different Fur Music
Mixing Engineer: John Vieria

THE PYRAMIDS: LIVE AT KQED, 1975

IDRIS ACKAMOOR: Alto saxophone, Bongos, Talking drum, 3-hole flute, Bamboo flute, Vocals, Percussion, Gongs, Cymbal tree, Bailophone, Vocals
MARGO ACKAMOOR: Flute, Vocals, Percussion
KIMATHI ASANTE: Hagstrom bass guitar, Talking drum, Percussions, Bamboo flute, Vocals
HESHIMA: Acoustic bass, Percussion
AUGUSTA LEE COLLINS: Drums, Talking drum, Percussion
MCHEZA NGOMA: Congas, Percussion

Wow--I've heard of them, have you heard them?

Meanwhile,

Four Classic Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Albums Set For CD & Vinyl Re-Release via @OmnivoreRecords
https://t.co/N3B4pGLOXE via @glidemag @MissingPieceGrp

— Cary Baker (@Conqueroo1) July 9, 2022

presumably the Modern Lovers records will also hit streaming? good news

Wow--I've heard of them, have you heard them?

I bought the box but haven't listened yet. Busy, busy, busy.

Pyramids albums are on Apple Music and probably other places too. Pretty good African jazz that sometimes gets downright free and fiery - playing under the sign of Coltrane.

Thanks---this is not a Reissue, but Rolling with thee vintage sounds at heart (prob been on other threads, but worth more exposure)

Cosey Fanni Tutti
Original Soundtrack Recordings from the film 'Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes'
CONSPIRACY INTERNATIONAL

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/L2FRS2pGUGFGaWM3SEVOUFY1ZDBvQT09/7b3fa378-8ef5-1d64-2310-87e5a5eace09.jpg

New LP (Coloured Vinyl)£26.00
Expected 16 Sep PREORDER
CD£14.00
Expected 16 Sep PREORDER

1. Cornet Lament
2. Four Bebe
3. Sirens
4. Delia Tones
5. Animals
6. Psychedelic Projections
7. Reverse Adrenalin
8. Snuff Chorus
9. Cosmic Static Noise Wasps
10. An Individualist
11. Ceiling of Sickening Sound
12. Dream Diner Party
13. Guitar (Twickenham Studio 3)
14. Labyrinthine
15. Tatum Ergo

**Former Throbbing Gristle member Cosey Fanni Tutti has researched the life and music of groundbreaking electronic composer Delia Derbyshire to make 'Original Soundtrack Recordings from the film ‘Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes’.**

In Cosey's own words:

"The music on this album includes the audio explorations and experiments that led to the creation of the finished soundtrack - the used and unused elements as I worked to find the ‘Delia’ sounds I felt best connected not only directly to her life experiences that influenced her music, but were expressive of, and representative of her. The compositions are inspired by my research of the Delia Derbyshire audio archive, Delia's original compositional notes and techniques which in combination with my admiration and love of Delia’s work provided a way to integrate her style and approach to music with my own. An alliance of our sensibilities."

For @aquadrunkard I reviewed "Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassette Tracks 1982-1992" @wewantsounds https://t.co/L6kayvSAxq pic.twitter.com/6ybOjrqf7x

— Observations of Deviance AntiFascist (@AtBestIsKorny) July 30, 2022

Photograph by Morris Engel, Boys with Boom Box, 14th Street, New York, 1983. pic.twitter.com/9KKjh1q67G

— Des (@desdelboy) July 30, 2022

Xp There was a box set of the Pyramids 70s lps a few years ago. I don't remember the KQED live set being included but could be wrong. I have it somewhere and should listen to it. I think it coincided with the band reuniting cos there were new lps/cds appearing at the time.
My brother had asked for a copy and I wound up getting one for myself too.

yeah just the 3 lps in a box, THey Play To Music Fire 1973-1976 and released in 2012
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/the-pyramids/they-play-to-make-music-fire-1973-1976/

I see this was put up on youtube around the time the They Play To Make Music Fire! box came out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLfekGPwavs
hope its not just about to disappear

THE BEST OF ROXY MUSIC

TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE HERE https://roxymusic.lnk.to/TBORM2022

50TH ANNIVERSARY UK ARENA SHOWS BEGIN OCTOBER 10, 2022

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE https://www.gigsandtours.com/tour/roxy-music

Marking the very first time an all-career-spanning Roxy Music collection has been made available on vinyl, The Best Of Roxy Music will be released this September 2, 2022 via Virgin / UMe.

This iconic collection of songs will be available on 2LP 180-gram black vinyl and limited yellow vinyl D2C exclusive editions. Both include restored and enhanced artwork, lyrics, and have been remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Pre-order The Best Of Roxy Music HERE.

Since their inception in 1972, multi-platinum Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Roxy Music have left an indelible mark on the worlds of music, fashion, and art, merging the three with a singular and astonishing vision that brought them immediate, global success. Today they are regarded as one of the most influential bands of all time, whose music and iconic imagery continues to inspire new generations of artists.

Arranged in reverse-chronological order, The Best Of Roxy Music track listing bookends their peerless recording career. The set opens with "Avalon" and "More Than This", two iconic compositions that propelled the band’s final album on to multi-platinum success. "More Than This" alone has garnered more than 123 million streams. Elsewhere, songs like "Love Is The Drug" and "Angel Eyes" pioneered a new fusion of rock and disco; "Do The Strand" and "Street Life" blurred the lines between genres, and "Re-Make/Re-Model"and "Virginia Plain" at once birthed and defined the art-rock movement and influenced more than one generation of aspiring young musicians - from St Vincent, Sex Pistols and Grace Jones, to Duran Duran, CHIC, Franz Ferdinand and countless others. Of course, also included are the all-time great ballads "Oh Yeah", "Dance Away" and "Over You" and their sensitive interpretation of John Lennon’s "Jealous Guy" – a UK No. 1 for the band in 1981. Intense and emotive, these 18 songs capture the wide-screen vision of Roxy Music’s restless creativity across eight classic studio albums, recorded between 1972-1982.

2022 is a landmark year. Celebrating both the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music’s ground-breaking self-titled debut album, and 40 years since their eighth and final studio record, Avalon, shot to No. 1 in the UK album charts on its release in 1982.

In celebration, Roxy Music will embark upon their first tour in over a decade. Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson will perform together on stage for the first time since their sold-out and critically acclaimed 2011 For Your Pleasure tour. 10 arena shows across North America will take place in September, before arriving in the UK on October 10, 2022 for three special dates in Glasgow, Manchester and London.

May 2022 saw the publication of Lyrics, the works of Bryan Ferry's evocative lyrics of aspiration and romantic longing, published in one collection for the first time. A celebration of one of the most innovative and influential recording artists in the history of recorded music.

In addition to the newly pressed The Best Of Roxy Music, each of Roxy Music’s eight studio albums are also reissued this year as special anniversary editions with a new half-speed cut, revised artwork and a deluxe gloss laminated finish. All albums are available HERE.https://roxymusic.tmstor.es/?utm_source=OriginalLink&utm_campaign=RoxyMusic20180125&utm_medium=genericlink&utm_content=&utm_umguk=www.roxymusic.co.uk%2F&lf=d79dfa3a035365e83f264f04986b8d96

The Best Of Roxy Music Track Listing

1. Avalon
2. More Than This
3. Jealous Guy
4. Over You
5. Same Old Scene
6. Oh Yeah!
7. Angel Eyeshttps://youtu.be/kOnde5c7OG8
8. Dance Away
9. Both Ends Burning
10. Love Is the Drug
11. Out of the Blue
12. All I Want Is You
13. Mother of Pearl
14. Street Life
15. Do the Strand
16. Pyjamarama
17. Virginia Plain
18. Re-Make/Re-Model

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
09/07 - Scotiabank Arena - Toronto, ON
09/09 - Capital One Arena - Washington, DC
09/12 - Madison Square Garden - New York City, NY
09/15 - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA
09/17 - TD Garden - Boston, MA*
09/19 - United Center - Chicago, IL
09/21 - Moody Center - Austin, TX
09/23 - American Airlines Center - Dallas, TX
09/26 - Chase Center - San Francisco, CA
09/28 - The Forum - Los Angeles, CA

U.K TOUR DATES
Oct 10 - OVO Hydro - Glasgow, UK
Oct 12 - AO Arena - Manchester, UK
Oct 14 - The O2 - London, UK

Not a reissue, an archival recording, but still, extremely good news:

https://transversales.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-paris-1971

A previously unreleased French radio session from 1971 by the Ahmad Jamal Trio with Jamil Nasser on bass and Frank Gant on drums. This was an absolutely killer group that made several of Jamal's best albums, including Outertimeinnerspace, Freeflight, and The Awakening, in this era. He was also switching back and forth between acoustic piano and Fender Rhodes, at times getting into some incredible trance zones. Really excited about this one.

I almost feel like this deserves a poll:

Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes

A 4CD box (deluxe version comes with a cassette and a 7") of music from John Hughes movies.

CD 1
Kajagoogoo – Kajagoogoo (Instrumental)
Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – If You Leave
Oingo Boingo – Weird Science
Furniture – Brilliant Mind
Dave Wakeling – She’s Having A Baby
The Flowerpot Men – Beat City
The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy
Dr. Calculus – Full Of Love
Lick The Tins – Can’t Help Falling In Love
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Six Days On The Road (Album Version)
Kirsty MacColl – You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby (Soundtrack Version)
Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson – Left Of Center
Pete Shelley – Do Anything (Soundtrack Version)
Carmel – It’s All In The Game
The Dream Academy – Power To Believe (Instrumental)
Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work
New Order – Elegia (2015 Remaster)

CD 2
The Beat – March Of The Swivelheads (Rotating Heads – Dub Version)
Nick Heyward – When It Started To Begin
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Tesla Girls
Big Audio Dynamite – BAD
Killing Joke – Eighties
The Specials – Little Bitch
Gene Loves Jezebel – Desire (Come and Get It) (US Club Mix)
Flesh For Lulu – Slide
Love And Rockets – Haunted When The Minutes Drag
Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)
Lords Of The New Church – Method To My Madness
The Jesus And Mary Chain – The Hardest Walk (Single Version)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses
General Public – Tenderness
The Blue Room – I’m Afraid
Belouis Some – Round, Round
Thompson Twins – If You Were Here
The Dream Academy – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental) 3.07

CD 3
Yello – Oh Yeah
Book Of Love – Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)
Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
Patti Smith – Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
Westworld – Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo
Divinyls – Ring Me Up
Topper Headon – Drummin’ Man
Billy Idol – Catch My Fall
The Association – Cherish
Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music For A Found Harmonium
Zapp – Radio People
The Blue Room – Cry Like This
Ray Charles – Mess Around
Joe Turner – Lipstick, Powder and Paint
Darlene Love – (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry
Marvin Gaye – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Perry Como With Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra And The Ray Charles Singers – Juke Box Baby
The Chordettes – Mr. Sandman
Ray Anthony And His Orchestra – The Peter Gunn Theme

CD 4
Lindsey Buckingham – Holiday Road
Emmylou Harris – Back in Baby’s Arms
Hugh Harris – Rhythm Of Life
Spandau Ballet – True
Propaganda – Abuse – Here
The Dream Academy – The Edge of Forever
Yello – Lost Again (Album Version)
Bryan Ferry – Crazy Love
The Rave-Ups – Positively Lost Me
Los Lobos – Don’t Worry Baby
Steve Earle – Continental Trailways Blues (Album Version)
The Revillos – Rev Up!
Boston – More Than A Feeling
Balaam And The Angel – I’ll Show You Something Special
The Rave-Ups – Rave Up/Shut Up
Pop Will Eat Itself – Beaver Patrol
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
Silicon Teens – Red River Rock

Very cool concept

It does deserve a poll!

Don't recall these guys, but do like some of the music of some of the bands they're compared to in the following, so here tis:

IF THESE TREES COULD TALK Self-Titled EP to be re-issued by Metal Blade Records on August 12

Available as a Digipak and on Vinyl

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the official reissue of the debut EP from Akron, OH’s IF THESE TREES COULD TALK. The first release from this instrumental post rock band was recorded in 2006 at NE Meadow Studios in Bath, OH and originally released independently by the band on September 27, 2006.

The self-titled release that has been out of print for over 10 years has been mastered for vinyl by Patrick Engel (Temple of Disharmony) and features brand new artwork and packaging.

IF THESE TREES COULD TALK self-titled EP is now available for preorder and will be available as a Digipak and with multiple vinyl variants.

TRACKLIST:
Malabar Front - 8:05

Smoke Stacks - 6:24

The Friscalating Dusklight - 4:32

Signal Tree - 5:24

The Death of Paradigm - 4:06

41°4'23n, -81°31'4w - 3:30

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 32:01:00

US Vinyl Variants:
Gold

Smoky Black

EU Vinyl Variants:

180g Black

Marbled Gold / Black Vinyl (ltd. 500)

Milky White (ltd. 500)

4.5/5 user rating AllMusic.com

“If These Trees Could Talk is a band with a slightly heavier sound which is often compared to bands like Joy Wants Eternity, Red Sparowes or even Explosions In The Sky at their heaviest. Highly recommended for fans of the bands mentioned and Post-Rock in general.” progarchives.com

“With a sound reminiscent of Mogwai and Russian Circles, the band’s delay-heavy sound is constantly exploring sonic peaks and valleys as the band’s three-guitar attack surrounds listeners in a swirling sea of sparkling sound.” postart.rocks

Lineup:
Tom Fihe – bass guitar

Jeff Kalal – guitar

Cody Kelly – guitar

Mike Socrates – guitar

Zack Kelly – drums

About the band:

... IF THESE TREES COULD TALK... have captured...the attention of celebrated chef Chris Santos, who in turn played the group for friend and Metal Blade label guru Brian Slagel.

...As part of inking a deal with Metal Blade, debut full-length Above the Earth, Below the Sky (2009) and its lauded successor Red Forest (2012) were re-issued...

Follow the band:

https://www.facebook.com/treescouldtalk

https://twitter.com/treescouldtalk

https://spotify.com/

http://www.youtube.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ifthesetreescouldtalk/

https://www.metalblade.com/ifthesetreescouldtalk/

Smog Veil has become known mainly or largely for reissues, the Laughner box etc., so I'll put this here:

Friends, fans, and associated rockers:

As you may recall, after years of bringing you the best, sometimes most obscure, and deeply researched music and stories of underground Cleveland, we felt we had reached some sort of plateau and decided to close the business.
While by and large this has been a positive experience for us, we were informed today by the label’s bank that our distributor, Amped Distribution/Alliance Entertainment has failed to pay us since mid-April of this year.
What that means in real terms is that, despite repeated written demands to the company to honor its obligations, we never saw any revenues after April 2022 for what was sold, even the meager digital monies that somehow was enough through the years to keep our lights turned on. You may have noticed that some of your favorite Smog Veil releases are no longer available for download or stream—well, we couldn’t continue a situation where fans are paying for the music and Amped Distribution/Alliance Entertainment isn’t paying the label.
Fortunately, we managed our past revenues in such a way that all the bands and licensors and everyone who worked for us were paid in a timely manner. Luckily in years past we had some amazing distributors who always paid us: Revolver, Forced Exposure, Get Hip to name a few. Entertainment One paid us every penny owed in a timely manner. But, since Amped Distribution/Alliance Entertainment failed to pay us, we weren’t able to pay ourselves.
Never fear, we’ve moved on to new challenges and new businesses, albeit, outside of independent music. We’ll be fine.
But, this has reiterated a very important lesson: support your local musicians and favorite bands, your favorite record shops, the local club owner, and have fun collecting records or streaming if that floats your boat. Independent record labels need your help and understanding of the hustle that labels have to go through just to have normal business practices. A recent tweet from Michaela (I withheld the last name) perfectly encapsulates this issue:
“Every musician I know who's out touring, releasing records & looking like their careers are going great...when we talk 1 on 1, every single one shares how financially, emotionally, logistically stressful & challenging it really is behind the scenes...I personally think the only way to keep on keeping on is through honesty & community.”

That’s a lesson apparently Amped/Alliance Entertainment hasn’t learned.

Thanks everyone again for the support through the years, keep on rocking!

Frank/Smog Veil Records

Joe Meek’s Tea Chest tapes finally reveal some of their secrets. Major stuff, with an amazing real-speed Telstar. The Telstar Story and The Heinz Sessions Vol. 1 are out on @CherryRedGroup. I’ve looked at them today for @theartsdesk: https://t.co/n9ZBsovVQL pic.twitter.com/3SyBwbzIMT

— Kieron Tyler (@MrKieronTyler) August 14, 2022

Good morning to everybody, but especially the person who left this in the little free library box up the street pic.twitter.com/6fDfq2KFbg

— Matthew Specktor (@matthewspecktor) August 20, 2022

With any luck this'll be in there tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/u6t8SFWaHI

— Jon Butcher (@JonButc80716822) August 20, 2022

Tinariwen Announce Reissue of Kel Tinariwen,
Cassette-Only Album Originally Released in 1992, Out November 4th via Wedge

Craft Recordings To Also Reissue Aman Iman: Water Is Life (2007) and Imidiwan: Companions (2009) For The First Time On Vinyl on November 4th

North American Tour Kicks Off September 9th

(Photo courtesy of Tinariwen)

Touareg collective Tinariwen are thrilled to announce the reissue of Kel Tinariwen, marking the project's first-ever official release since it appeared in 1992 locally in Mali on cassette, out November 4th via Wedge. In conjunction, they share its lead single and album closer, “Arghane Manine.” The track skips with percussion, grooving bass, and twangs of electric guitar. Across “Arghana Manine,” vocals call back and forth to each other. Kel Tinariwen will see release alongside two additional Tinariwen reissues, Aman Iman: Water Is Life and Imidiwan: Companion, out for the first time on vinyl the same day via Craft Recordings.

Listen to “Arghane Manin” by Tinariwen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EmR6VHliD8

A revelatory discovery in the Tinariwen archives, Kel Tinariwen is an early cassette tape recorded in the early 90s that never received a wider release, and sheds new light on the band's already rich history. Not having yet developed the fuller band sound they became internationally established with, Kel Tinariwen features their trademark hypnotic guitar lines and call-and-response vocals weaving in between raw drum machine rhythms and keyboard melodies that almost evoke an Arabic take on 80s synth-pop.

In the summer of 1991, four members of Tinariwen traveled to Abidjan in Ivory Coast to record the band’s first official release, Kel Tinariwen. They were Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, Hassan Ag Touhami aka ‘Abin Abin,’ Kedou Ag Ossad and Liya Ag Ablil aka ‘Diarra.’ The project was the brainchild of Keltoum Sennhauser, a painter, poet and songwriter of mixed parentage (her father was a Sonhrai, her mother a Touareg), who grew up partly in Bamako, partly in the Kidal region of north-eastern Mali, the homeland of all the members of Tinariwen. Like so many Touareg from that region, Keltoum and her family had been forced to emigrate by the droughts that tore the Touareg world apart in the mid-1970s and 1980s, as well as all the oppression and suffering that had followed independence in 1960. Keltoum became deeply involved in the Touareg struggle for freedom and self-determination and saw music in general and music of Tinariwen in particular as an essential part of that struggle.

Kel Tinariwen was never heard outside of the local community that traded cassettes back in 1992 - an activity that was important to the movement, as Keltoum explains: “I think the cassette played a crucial role as a tool of communication, a tool that was very dear to us. It served to raise awareness and awaken the consciences of those who felt that everything was already lost, or that we didn’t have the wherewithal to win our struggle. It allowed the Touareg world to develop its own conscience and move forward. In our milieu, the only thing that can make us question ourselves is music. Because we listen to a lot of music, we love music, we love poetry. We don’t read. We’re not a people who read. So, the only reading we have, about ourselves and about the outside world, is music.” Thirty years later, the album is finally seeing an official release, on vinyl, CD, and cassette to pay homage to its original format.

There's distinct parallels with the sounds found on this tape and the work uncovered in recent years by crate-digger labels such as Awesome Tapes From Africa, Sahel Sounds and Sublime Frequencies. Aman Iman: Water Is Life and Imidiwan: Companion are Tinariwen’s third and fourth studio albums respectively. It’s a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock’n’roll – a sound that critics have called “desert blues.”

Alongside Kel Tinariwen, Tinariwen are also reissuing Aman Iman: Water Is Life and Imidiwan: Companions - their third and fourth studio albums respectively. A blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock’n’roll –a sound that critics have called “desert blues.” Aman Iman: Water Is Life was Tinariwen’s third studio album, originally released in 2007, and recorded in Mali’s capital, Bamako. Produced by Justin Adams (Robert Plant’s guitarist and producer of the Tinariwen’s debut album The Radio Tisdas Sessions), and recording engineer Ben Findlay. The whole Tinariwen story breathes through its twelve songs, beginning with the first Touareg rebellion of 1963, which lies at the root of so much pain and trauma in the Malian Touareg mindset and which is vividly recalled by Ibrahim in his brooding song ‘Soixante Trois..’

Imidiwan: Companions was the band's fourth album, and it possesses all the elements that have made them so alluring; raw simplicity, melodic beauty, songs ranging from the epic and universal to the intimate and personal. The 13-track album, produced by Jean-Paul Romann, was recorded in Tessalit, the Malian desert village home of band members Ibrahim Ag Alhabib and Hassan Ag Touhami.

In advance of the three reissues’ release, Tinariwen will return stateside for a North American tour this September and October. After appearances at End of the Road, Manchester Psych Fest, and The Spree Festival in the UK, Tinariwen will kick off their North American tour in Chicago on Fri. Sept. 9th. Tickets are on-sale now and available at tinariwen.com/tour.

Pre-order Kel Tinariwen, Aman Iman: Water Is Life and Imidiwan: Companions Reissues

Kel Tinariwen Tracklist:
1. À L'Histoire
2. Khedou Khedou
3. Adounia Tarha
4. Matadjem Yinmexan
5. Awa Idjan War Infa Iman
6. Sendad Eghlalan
7. Sendad Eghlalan
8. Arghane Manine

Aman Iman: Water Is Life Tracklist:
1. Cler Achel
2. Mano Dayak
3. Matadjem Yinmixan
4. Ahimana
5. Soixante Trois
6. Toumast
7. Imidiwan WinakaliN
8. Awa Didjen
9. Ikyadarh Dim
10. Tamatant Tilay
11. Assouf
12. Izarharh Tenere

Imidiwan: Companions Tracklist:
1. Imidiwan Afrik Tendam
2. Lulla
3. Tenhert
4. Enseqi Ehad Didagh
5. Tahult In
6. Tamodjerazt Assis
7. Intitlayaghen
8. Imazighen N Adagh
9. Tenalle Chegret
10. Kel Tamashek
11. Assuf Ag Assuf
12. Chabiba
13. Ere Tasfata Adounia

Tinariwen Tour Dates:
Fri. Sept. 2 - Sixpenny Handley, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Sat. Sept. 3 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
Sun. Sept. 4 - Paisley, UK @ The Spree Festival
Fri. Sept. 9 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sat. Sept. 10 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar Cultural Center
Mon. Sept. 12 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Tue. Sept. 13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Thu. Sept. 15 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Fri. Sept. 16 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial Theatre
Sat. Sept. 17 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Mon. Sept. 19 - Berkeley, CA @ The UC Theatre
Tue. Sept. 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre
Wed. Sept. 21 - Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum Theater
Fri. Sept. 23 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk - Indoor
Sat. Sept. 24 - Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
Sun. Sept. 25 - Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
Tue. Sept. 27 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Thu. Sept. 29 - Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
Fri. Sept. 30 - Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere
Sat. Oct. 1 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Mon. Oct. 3 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Tue. Oct. 4 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
Wed. Oct. 5 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair Music Hall
Fri. Oct. 7 - Montreal, QC @ Rialto Theatre
Sat. Oct. 8 - Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall

(Kel Tinariwen Cover Artwork)

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From Numero:

Branko Mataja - Traditional Folk Songs of Yugoslavia

We've now made available for the first time in it's entirety, Branko Mataja's album Traditional Folk Songs of Yugoslavia. Branko Mataja created his glorious one and only LP by himself, at home. An entirely switched on, plugged in affair, every single note comes directly from Mataja’s fully customized guitar. All of which is to say that Traditional and Folk Songs of Yugoslavia sounds less like a dry history lesson in the folk music of Mataja’s homeland and more like an intimate, one to one communication between artist and listener. Earlier in 2022, Numero Group released “Over Fields And Mountains”, a compilation of Branko Mataja’s greatest hits, to great acclaim. (“An album of sublime, spooky beauty,” wrote The Guardian.) Now you can listen to the full album in its original sequence, and join the debate about whether or not we should have included Mataja’s epic rendition of “Tuzna Je Nedelja” (“Gloomy Sunday”) — was it just right, or too much?

And if digital isn't your thing, check out the physical LP compilation that dropped earlier this year. Read more about it over at The Guardian and if you need some recommendations for more, peep the YNFAH Playlist.

Album on many services:
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Three Lobed Recordings remasters Sunburned Hand of The Man's seminal album, Headdress, in honor of its 20th anniversary

Recorded 21 years ago this month as America transformed overnight, the album was the group's first proper vinyl release gaining them a nod from Pitchfork naming it Best New Music. Out October 28th, listen to "The Illness" now:

American Dreams Records Announce 40-Year Anniversary Reissue of ONO’s 1982 Debut
Kate Cincinnati out November 18, 2022

RIYL: Duma, Moor Mother, Gastr Del Sol, This Heat, Sun City Girls, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, The Pop Group, Buthole Surfers, Mort Garson, Clipping, Nurse With Wound
There are few groups as singular as ONO, and fewer still who can loop history into the present in such a visceral, immediate way””
–Bandcamp Daily

“This Chicago avant-garde group are one of the great bands, and their story is endlessly fascinating.” –Chicago Reader

“ONO are perhaps the Chicago underground’s most outré secret. The shapeshifting ensemble rarely surface in media discussion outside the Windy City – perhaps because they can’t easily be pegged… Whatever the case, ONO have toiled in obscurity for 40 years. That stretch of underrecognition should end”
–The Wire Magazine
...

American Dreams Records Announce 40-Year Anniversary Reissue of ONO’s 1982 Debut
Kate Cincinnati out November 18, 2022

RIYL: Duma, Moor Mother, Gastr Del Sol, This Heat, Sun City Girls, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, The Pop Group, Buthole Surfers, Mort Garson, Clipping, Nurse With Wound

September 13, 2022
For Immediate Release

ONO (the Chicago, IL based industrial avant-gospel group founded in the ‘80s) today announced that their 1982 debut full-length album, Kate Cincinnati, will be released for the first time digitally and on vinyl as a 40-year anniversary reissue out on November 18, 2022 via American Dreams.

For forty-two years and counting, the long-running experimental Chicago group ONO has been committed to—as their mission statement says—exploring gospel's darkest conflicts, tragedies and premises as an experimental, noise, and industrial poetry performance band, charting a defiant course through a sea of seemingly disparate influences. One of few Black bands taking part in the ‘80s industrial and experimental underground, ONO’s first album Kate Cincinnati is a crucial document, showcasing them as a trio composed of bandleader P. Michael Grego, multi-instrumentalist Ric Graham, and enigmatic frontperson travis. Kate Cincinnati was originally self-released in 1982 in an edition of 300 tapes alongside an accompanying libretto/zine. The trio traverse a variety of sonic environments - travis' singing, bass, and lap steel move effortlessly between gospel, blues, opera and noise suggestions; Graham plays a maelstrom of music on horn and guitar; Grego quietly orchestrates arrangements while adding keyboards, electronics, and percussion. This important archival release follows their acclaimed 2020 album Red Summer, which earned praise from Pitchfork, Treble, Post-Trash, The Chicago Reader, The Quietus and landed on numerous year-end lists including Bandcamp Daily, Artforum, Slug Magazine, Rough Trade, and The Wire Magazine.

With the reissue announcement, ONO shared a single edit of “I Wonder Why” available digitally for the first time ever. Of the track, P. Michael Grego provided the following statement: "We deconstructed 'Good Times' and 'I Want Your Love' by Chic for this song - travis changed the words. 'I Wonder Why' lightens the mood in between 'Kate Cincinnati' and 'Oppenheimer' - it was also a respite during our intense sets. I put together the music, and the others added layers on top."

Those who have seen ONO's recent concerts know their performances emphasize travis' striking stage presence and Grego's penchant for deconstructing soul and funk. travis may undergo costume changes, beat a trash can lid, shake chains, dance with audience members, and set off electronic rhythms, sounds, and noises; Grego conjures rich, throbbing basslines, plays keys, and layers samples on top of each other. Together they foreshadow full-frontal, all-ONO exploratory overlays. The title track on Kate Cincinnati is an early example of ONO's evocative performance style, with choral chanting, drum beats, speak-singing, and ambient saxophones—almost like blues meets New Music America. "I Wonder Why" and "Oppenheimer" merge gospel, punk and blues elements, and a characteristic, anthemic seething, combining socio-political incision, history, and religion: "10.5 million non-whites!" "Give me Jezebel!"

Links
ono1980.com
ono1980.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/onoband
american-dreams.zone

Out Now
DARK HORSE RECORDS RELEASES JOE STRUMMER 002:

THE MESCALEROS YEARS FEATURING NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD TRACKS

FIRST-EVER COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF STRUMMER’S WORK WITH HIS BAND THE MESCALEROS

NEW BOX SET INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS INCLUDING THE NEWLY DISCOVERED COVER OF “SECRET AGENT MAN”, “FANTASTIC”, & “OCEAN OF DREAMS”, FEATURING STEVE JONES FROM THE SEX PISTOLS, ALONGSIDE REMASTERED EDITIONS OF THE COMPLETE MESCALEROS CATALOG, EXCLUSIVE NEW INTERVIEWS, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN IMAGES, AND MUCH MORE

JOE STRUMMER 002: THE MESCALEROS YEARS

OUT NOW VIA DARK HORSE RECORDS

If you think you miss Joe Strummer now, by the time you get to the end of this boxset, you are really going to miss the guy. What an impact, what an amazing musician, what an amazing human being, a great artist, and this boxset perfectly captures the man, the music and the moment, I’m so glad this came out.

–HENRY ROLLINS

Today Dark Horse Records releases Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years, the first-ever comprehensive collection highlighting Strummer’s work with his post-Clash band, The Mescaleros. The collection includes remastered editions of all three of the band’s studio albums, plus 15 rare and unreleased tracks spanning the first demos Joe wrote for the Mescaleros, as well as the previously unheard cover of ‘Secret Agent Man’ from 2002 that was discovered in the Joe Strummer archives and was identified as one of the last songs he recorded, along with other unreleased tracks including ‘Fantastic’ and ‘Ocean Of Dreams’, featuring Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols on guitar, as well outtakes from Joe’s final sessions with the Mescaleros. This richly curated boxset was executive produced by Joe’s widow Lucinda Tait and produced by David Zonshine and features exclusive new interviews with Joe’s friends, collaborators and Mescaleros band mates, plus never-before-seen handwritten notes, lyrics, and drawings by Strummer taken from the Joe Strummer Archive. The release arrives everywhere today on 4 CD w/72-page book and 7 LP w/32-page book, special edition packaging and exclusive 12”x12” art print.

While best known as the front man for The Clash, Strummer produced some of the most exciting work of his career with The Mescaleros. “All that’s happening for me now is just a chancer’s bluff,” Strummer said during this period. “I learned that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I’m far more dangerous now, because I don’t care at all.”

Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years highlights this intense period of creativity from 1999-2002, collecting for the first time such extraordinary albums as Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (1999), Global A Go-Go (2001), and the posthumous Streetcore (2003), along with Vibes Compass, a brand-new compilation of 15 B-sides and rarities, spanning early demos of some of the first tracks Strummer wrote for The Mescaleros (such as “The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “X-Ray Style,” and “Techno D-Day,” as well as the previously unreleased “Secret Agent Man”) to the original recordings from Joe’s last ever sessions, including outtakes of “Get Down Moses,” “Coma Girl,” and the never-before-heard new song, “Fantastic.” All albums are remastered by three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Paul Hicks (The Beatles, John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie) especially for the release and are packaged with extensive new liner notes, unreleased images, and four reproduction lyric sheets and chord charts from the Strummer archive.

“There’s so much great music that Joe left us in his archive,” says Strummer’s widow and Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years Executive Producer, Lucinda Tait. “We started this work last year with ‘001’, so to focus on Joe’s work with The Mescaleros was the natural second step on ‘002’ because those songs he made with them just seemed to resonate so strongly and reinvigorated his connection with his audience at a level he hadn’t experienced since his days with The Clash.

“He was so excited to work with the Mescaleros and the reception he got from the press and fans was incredible, it gave him a whirlwind of energy and confidence and he was creatively fulfilled and happy.

“His words are so beautiful and honest and together with the Mescaleros some fantastic tunes were created and to listen to some of the tunes recorded as outtakes for me was really special.”

2022 marks twenty years since the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer. Punk poet, musician, composer, actor, and style icon, Strummer spent his life smashing musical and cultural boundaries both as the singer of The Clash and as a solo artist. His songs sound as urgent and vital today as when they were written. Calling out social injustices and giving a voice to the struggles of the working class, Strummer’s politically charged lyrics struck a chord with legions of fans and the press alike, with Rolling Stone calling The Clash “the greatest rock & roll band in the world.” He famously once said, “Without people, you’re nothing.” Through his art, Joe Strummer played his part in shaping the musical landscape of the world and with it left an unrivaled and timeless legacy.

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JOE STRUMMER

JOE STRUMMER 002: THE MESCALEROS YEARS

(Dark Horse/BMG)

Release Date: Friday, September 16

TRACKLISTING

Rock Art and the X-Ray Style

1. Tony Adams

2. Sandpaper Blues

3. X-Ray Style

4. Techno D-Day

5. The Road to Rock 'N' Roll

6. Diggin' The New

7. Nitcomb

8. Forbidden City

9. Yalla Yalla

10. Willesden To Cricklewood

Global A Go-Go

1. Johnny Appleseed

2. Cool ’N’ Out

3. Global A Go-Go

4. Bhindi Bhagee

5. Gamma Ray

6. Mega Bottle Ride

7. Shaktar Donetsk

8. Mondo Bongo

9. Bummed Out City

10. At The Border, Guy

11. Minstrel Boy (full-length version)

Streetcore

1. Coma Girl

2. Get Down Moses

3. Long Shadow

4. Arms Aloft

5. Ramshackle Day Parade

6. Redemption Song

7. All In A Day

8. Burnin' Streets

9. Midnight Jam

10. Silver and Gold

Vibes Compass

1. Time And The Tide

2. Techno D-Day (Demo)

3. Ocean Of Dreams (feat. Steve Jones)

4. Forbidden City (Demo)

5. X-Ray Style (Demo)

6. The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll (Demo)

7. Tony Adams (Demo)

8. Cool ‘N’ Out (Demo)

9. Global A Go-Go (Demo)

10. Secret Agent Man

11. All In A Day (Demo)

12. London Is Burning

13. Get Down Moses (Outtake)

14. Fantastic

15. Coma Girl (Outtake)

ABOUT DARK HORSE RECORDS

George Harrison’s passion for introducing the world to new music expressed itself in May of 1974 when he created his own new label – Dark Horse Records. The label contained a variety of talented artists on its roster, including George himself. Alongside Joe Strummer, the newly relaunched Dark Horse Records roster also includes Billy Idol, Leon Russell, Benmont Tench and others. For more information, please visit www.darkhorserecords.com.

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Universal is putting out an 8CD Humble Pie box, 1970-1975: The A&M Box Set, in December. Seven remastered albums and a disc of rarities. Track listing:

Disc One HUMBLE PIE
1. Live With Me
2. Only A Roach
3. One Eyed Trouser-Snake Rumba
4. Earth And Water Song
5. I’m Ready
6. Theme From Skint
7. Red Light Mamma, Red Hot!
8. Sucking On The Sweet Vine

Disc Two ROCK ON
1. Shine On
2. Sour Grain
3. 79th And Sunset
4. Stone Cold Fever
5. Rolling Stone
6. A Song For Jenny
7. The Light
8. Big George
9. Strange Days
10. Red Neck Jump

Disc Three PERFORMANCE: ROCKIN’ THE FILMORE
1. Four Day Creep
2. I’m Ready
3. Stone Cold Fever
4. I Walk On Gilded Splinters
5. Rolling Stone
6. Hallelujah (I Love Her So)
7. I Don’t Need No Doctor

Disc Four SMOKIN’
1. Hot ‘N’ Nasty
2. The Fixer
3. You’re So Good To Me
4. C’mon Everybody
5. Old Time Feelin’
6. 30 Days In The Hole
7. Road Runners ‘G’ Jam
8. I Wonder
9. Sweet Peace And Time

Disc Five EAT IT
1. Get Down To It
2. Good Booze And Bad Women
3. Is It For Love?
4. Drugstore Cowboy
5. Black Coffee
6. I Believe To My Soul
7. Shut Up And Don’t Interrupt Me
8. That’s How Strong My Love Is
9. Say No More
10. Oh, Bella (All That’s Hers)
11. Summer Song
12. Beckton Dumps
13. Up Our Sleeve
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Road Runner

Disc Six THUNDERBOX
1. Thunderbox
2. Groovin’ With Jesus
3. I Can’t Stand The Rain
4. Anna (Go To Him)
5. No Way
6. Rally With Ali
7. Don’t Worry, Be Happy
8. Ninety-Nine Pounds
9. Every Single Day
10. No Money Down
11. Drift Away
12. Oh La-De-Da

Disc Seven STREET RATS
1. Street Rat
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Music
3. We Can Work It Out
4. Scored Out
5. Road Hog
6. Rain
7. There ‘Tis
8. Let Me Be Your Lovemaker
9. Countryman Stomp
10. Drive My Car
11. Queens And Nuns

Disc Eight BONUS TRACKS (B-Sides & Rarities)
1. Big Black Dog (first A&M single)
2. Mister Ring (German B-side)
3. I Don’t Need No Doctor (edit)
4. Chopper (with The Blackberries)
5. You’ve Been In Love Too Soon (with The Blackberries)
6. Twist And Shout (with The Blackberries)
7. Don’t Change On Me (with The Blackberries)
8. The Outcrowd (B-side)
9. Funky To The Bone (from UK version of Street Rats)
10. Tell Me The Truth (previously unreleased)
11. Gimme Some Lovin’ (previously unreleased)
12. Illegal Smile (previously unreleased)
13. Hurts So Good (previously unreleased)
14. She Belongs To Me (instr/vocal/final vocal)

Also on Real Gone: new release of Little Beaver's excellent Party Down, back on vinyl-- https://t.co/lWdDQfmBmC https://t.co/xYsYHkypDY

— Don Allred (@0wlred) October 18, 2022

(but it's not on sale)

I can definitely recommend that Roland Haynes LP and both Awakening albums. And Doug Carn, obviously

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COIL'S QUEENS OF THE CIRCULATING LIBRARY TO BE RE-ISSUED BY DAIS RECORDS
THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL VINYL RE-ISSUE SUPERVISED BY THIGHPAULSANDRA
OUT JANUARY 13, 2023

Queens Of The Circulating Library stands alongside Time Machines and Nurse With Wound’s Soliloquy For Lilith as a post-industrial pinnacle of sensory-warping long-form drone. Crafted by the distilled duo of Thighpaulsandra and John Balance, the 49-minute piece unfurls in swirling, cyclical waves, tidal as much as textural, channeling the spirit of levitational minimalism pioneered by La Monte Young. Touted as the first part in "a continually mutating series of circulating musickal compositions” upon its initial release in 2000, the album remains a compelling case study in Coil’s exceptional capacity for mutation and extremes.

The theatrical introductory monologue delivered by Thighpaulsandra’s mother – a career opera singer, in her 80’s at the time of recording – sets the stage for a grandiose ascension. Written by Balance, the text is declamatory but dreamlike, refracted through megaphone echo: “Return the book of knowledge / Return the marble index / File under "Paradox" / The forest is a college, each tree a university.” As her voice fades, the lulling synthetic infinity deepens, congealing into transient crests of volume and haze, like slow-motion surf misting in moonlight.

Thighpaulsandra describes their aesthetic intention as a “bliss out,” static but shape-shifting, an amniotic drift towards an eternal vanishing point. A supreme sonic embodiment of the slogan on the sleeve of Time Machines, two years prior: "Persistence is all."

links etc.: https://mailchi.mp/leftfieldpr/coilqueens?e=32e64a6326

imho long pieces like this (a personal favorite) are really not suited to the vinyl medium

Maybe not, but then again, I'd never heard of it! Newsworthy anyway, and I'll look for it on CD etc.

the description above does it justice, it's very immersive (which is why chopping it up into 20-minute chunks does not appeal to me)

Yeah, I'll look for it online; thanks for the tip.

Anthony Braxton's News From the '70s is now on Bandcamp:

https://felmayrecordsjazzusa.bandcamp.com/album/news-from-the-70s-soo-duo-quartet

It features six tracks from between 1971 and 1976: a mixture of solo, duo, and quartet pieces. Most important from my POV is a duo between Braxton and Dave Holland (playing cello) that was part of the 1972 Town Hall concert but didn't fit on the double LP made from that show. But if you're a fan and (like me) think that era was kind of the peak of his work, the whole thing is a must-have.

Great news, thanks! Never heard this:

The Clouds

DFA reissues beloved cult classic from the early 2000s

First-ever vinyl release remastered and cut at 45 RPM by Bob Weston (LCD Soundsystem, Nirvana)
Super limited edition LP housed in a craft stock gatefold with a tipped in fold-out featuring lyrics, liner notes, and photos.

n 2003, The Coleman Center, an Alabama non-profit arts organization, welcomed Stuart Hyatt as an artist-musician in residence. The center, which encourages and supports projects that engage and reflect the unique surrounding community, invited Hyatt to explore local music.

Four weeks later, he emerged with The Clouds.

Hyatt, reckoning with the notion of mortality, had written and recorded songs with a variety of local citizens, social groups, and schoolchildren.

The result is a record that is plainly, if not stylistically, Americana – a patchwork of voices sown together by some simple songs about the one thing we all experience.

The original release was super DIY – Hyatt’s grandparents helped him assemble the packaging, which also somehow managed to score a Grammy nomination in the category. A copy of the CD somehow wound up in the DFA offices, where it was shared and beloved but still sat until 2020, when we decided it may finally be worth trying to re-release on vinyl.

That process took two years and an insane attention to detail, but the final product is part and parcel with the original project – a unique document of a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration.

links etc.:
https://mailchi.mp/riotactmedia/the-clouds-dfa-reissues-beloved-cult-classic-from-the-early-2000s?e=adc06515ce
Adcance track: https://thecloudsdfa.bandcamp.com/album/the-clouds

From Real Gone:

Here come those holidays, and if you’re like us, you could use some music to put some pep in your step. Enter one of the most beloved releases in our catalog, one that’s been out of print for about five years: THE METERS: A Message from the Meters—The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977. This 3-LP, 40-track set presents the A and B-side of every single that the world’s greatest funk band (organist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr., and drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste) cut for the Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. label, virtually their entire singles output (all but two co-produced by the late, great Allen Toussaint) save for a few odds ‘n’ ends issued mostly overseas. That means that you not only get every hit along with its hard-to-find B-side but also the rare single mixes, including the especially rare original mono single mixes of the 1968-1971 Josie sides (the first three LP sides are all mono; the last three, featuring the later Reprise and Warner Bros. singles, present all stereo single mixes). These songs represent the mother lode of New Orleans funk, classic tracks like “Sophisticated Cissy,” “Cissy Strut,” “Look-Ka Py Py,” “Chicken Strut,” “Hand Clapping Song,” “Hey Pocky A-Way,” and more. And, with liner notes by Bill Dahl featuring quotes from Nocentelli, Neville, and Porter, this 3-LP set offers probably the best retrospective to date of this enormously influential band. And how’s the sound? Well, after extensive and exhaustive tape research, we were able to come up with original tape sources for all but five of these single sides (all on superior-sounding black vinyl), and the remastering—by Mike Milchner at SonicVision—is tight! We’re selling this at the unmatched low price of $44.99…put a check mark next to the music lover on your Christmas list.

nice!

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Oriental Beat by Hanoi Rocks gets the redux treatment, officially mixed and revived from the original sessions, and released on March 17th on deluxe vinyl, CD and digital formats. The CD and vinyl come with the song lyrics, checked and approved by Michael Monroe.

Dubbed the “re(al) mix”, this 40th anniversary edition was mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studios in Finland in collaboration with the band. Vocalist Michael Monroe calls this release “the longest and slowest album project ever,” stating that “40 years in the making, it's not just a remix, but the REAL MIX supervised and approved by Hanoi Rocks”.

Recorded in London, UK in 1981, for 200 pounds a day, Oriental Beat was made during the height of the British punk + New Wave movement, when the band was hanging out with everyone from Phil Lynott to the Damned. Hanoi Rocks’ original drummer Gyp Casino says of Oriental Beat that: “Back in the days we gave heart, soul and a bit of pain to make this record something else” but the sound of the album, originally released in 1982, did not match their efforts at the time. Bassist Sami Yaffa called it “the worst sounding album of our career” and Michael Monroe said that “the producer of the album didn’t have a clue what the band was about and his mix of the album was horribly wrong”.

Oriental Beat’s original engineer Peter Wooliscroft, was not a rock producer, and according to Hanoi Rocks’ manager Richard Bishop he “tried to mix the album to sound like Spandau Ballet”. Released before the band could remix or rerecord it, as the label had run out of money, and the master tapes had gone missing, the band has always considered the original mix of Oriental Beat to be a “disaster”. With the tapes mysteriously showing up in the Universal vault recently, the band was finally able to mix and resequence the album the way they wanted it to sound.

Oriental Beat is a defining masterpiece made when Hanoi Rocks was about to explode onto the world scene and written at the absolute peak of lead guitarist Andy McCoy’s creativity as a songwriter. Rhythm guitarist Nasty Suicide says “only now, with stripping it down to the bare essentials and tweaking it to bring out what was really laid down it became our dream come true! THIS is what it's all about” as this definitive edition of Oriental Beat now fully displays the ultimate arrogance and attitude which defined the band. Monroe says: “now, 40 years after its original release in 1982, we finally got the album sounding as great as it deserves, with no overdubs or samples,” and McCoy adds that: “It's better now than ever. This is what it was meant to sound like. So enjoy it...Another shot of Hanoi Rocks”.

https://svartrecords.com/en/product/hanoi-rocks-oriental-beat-%E2%80%93-40th-anniversary-real-mix/10891

I had (might still have) the 2CD version of that Meters set. It's great.

Real Gone Music is also continuing their Holiday Hootenany vinyl sale: https://realgonemusic.com/collections/sale?rs_oid_rd=201919297551061
Adding a couple of Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes titles, Eddie Hazel's solo alb Game(sic), Dames, and Guitar Thangs---which I recall as disappointing, considering his P-Funk peaks, but maybe a few keepers---also Dusty Springfield's reemarkable The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971: a double LP, like Michael Nesmith's Different Drum: Lost RCA Victor Recordings. Also the unearthed "pysch classic" by Tintern Abbey, and overall quite a mixed bag. Would like to hear this:

Melvin Van Peebles: Watermelon Man (Green “Watermelon Skin” Vinyl Edition) LP Regular Version

In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and "godfather of black cinema" Melvin Van Peebles only made one studio film. 1970's Watermelon Man shattered conventions with its bitingly satirical story about a white couple, intolerant and obnoxious insurance salesman Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) and his seemingly liberal wife Althea (Estelle Parsons). One morning, Jeff awakens to discover that his skin color has changed from white to black-and it's not a result of his daily tanning routine. Unable to successfully change back, he learns what it's like to live in America as a black man, and his eyes are opened. The uncompromising Watermelon Man shocked audiences in 1970 and remains all too relevant today. Accompanying the scathing comedy was an original soundtrack composed by Van Peebles himself, then recording for A&M Records and about to take on Broadway with a pair of Tony Award-nominated musicals. The soundtrack to Watermelon Man was released on the small Beverly Hills label, preserving Van Peebles' enjoyably eclectic score - blending jazz, funk, rock, rhythm and blues, proto-rap, and even bluegrass - and the songs "Love, That's America" and "Soul'd on You" as well as a special appearance by Estelle Parsons on "Where Are the Children." All that and Ry Cooder, too: the slide guitar virtuoso, while uncredited, is said to have played the indelible slide parts throughout the album! Watermelon Man came to be overshadowed by Van Peebles' seminal follow-up Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and the album disappeared, too. But the time has never been more right to rediscover Van Peebles' prescient film and its killer soundtrack. Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records' first-ever vinyl reissue (and first reissue in any format) of Watermelon Man features remastered audio from Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision as well as an insert with on-set photos and liner notes by The Second Disc's Joe Marchese, with a green, "watermelon skin" pressing. "Love, That's America" was adopted decades after its original release as an anthem for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Now, it's your turn to discover this one-of-a-kind soundtrack from visionary filmmaker, writer, actor, songwriter, and musician Melvin Van Peebles.

Side One
1. Love, That’s America
2. Great Guy
3. Eviction Theme
4. Soul’d on You
Side Two
1. Where Are the Children
2. Erica’s Theme
3. Fugue #1
4. Fugue #2
5. Fugue #3

And this (Two is the title; it's one LP):

Three Man Army Two LP
Brothers Adrian and Paul Gurvitz were responsible for some of the most progressive hard rock sounds of the late '60s and '70s, first in The Gun, and later with Cream drummer Ginger Baker in The Baker Gurvitz Army. In between those two bands, though, was the one that was perhaps the best of the bunch; Three Man Army put out three records from 1971 to 1974 that would nestle nicely in your heavy British rock collection next to, say, Cactus and Jeff Beck's Truth and Beck-Ola records. 1974's Two was, confusingly, their third album, and it’s safe to say they saved their best for last. "Polecat Woman" kicks off the record with a Led Zep-like boogie stomp, "Today" is very Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, and "Flying" almost sounds like a harder version of Badfinger. But the highlight might be "I Can't Make the Blind See," which, with its orchestration and soulful vocals, almost sounds like a power ballad done by Traffic. This overlooked '70s hard rock platter gets a long-overdue vinyl reissue with a cobalt blue pressing limited to 1500 copies!
Side One

1. Polecat Woman
2. Today
3. Flying
4. Space Is the Place

Side Two

1. Irving
2. I Can't Make the Blind See
3. Burning Angel
4. In My Eyes

Alan Vega's Saturn Strip is also in the RGM sale---hadn't seen that about Hanoi Rocks, looks appealing. What's their best?

(I've never heard Three Man Army sound like Badfinger or Traffic, and don't particularly want to: those bands had their moments, but it's not how I think about Gurvitz rock)

(But I shouldn't hold label copy against them, must listen w/o prejudice.)

Uh-oh, just now saw this

Omnivore Recordings
Less Than Perfect Sale
Dec. 5-7
Limited Quantities
Reissues and Previously Unreleased

ello Omnivores,

While music is now available in many forms, we still love and prefer LPs and CDs. The only drawback is as things ship across the country to get to our warehouses, sometimes they arrive—in well, less than perfect condition. The vinyl and discs are fine, but the packaging may have a slight ding here or there. Rather than sending them to the scrap heap, we’re offering them at a discount to you!

Titles in this sale are priced at 50% off of their normal price. Move fast if you’re interested by going to www.omnivorerecordings.com/less-than-perfect and grab them at incredible prices. There is very limited stock on hand and when they’re gone they’re gone!

Remember, these are “less than perfect” on the outside, but it’s the same great music on the inside. If there’s something you’ve been meaning to pick up, this is the perfect opportunity to add selections to your collections. Again, quantities are extremely limited, so don’t delay!

Please note, the prices you’ll see in the webstore will have the discount already applied to them.