Rolling Reissues 2023

https://www.thewho.com/the-who-announce-super-deluxe-multi-format-release-for-whos-next-life-house/

WHO’S NEXT / LIFE HOUSE SDE – 10-CD/BLU RAY

Disc One: Who’s Next (Remastered)
Disc Two: Pete Townshend’s Life House Demos 1970 - 1971 – Part 1
Disc Three: Pete Townshend’s Life House Demos 1970 - 1971 – Part 2
Disc Four: Record Plant, New York Sessions, March 1971
Disc Five: OIympic Sound Studios, London Sessions 1970 - 1972
Disc Six: Singles & Sessions 1970 - 1972
Disc Seven: Live at the Young Vic, London 1971 – Part 1
Disc Eight: Live at the Young Vic, London 1971 – Part 2
Disc Nine: Live at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 1971 – Part 1
Disc Ten: Live at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 1971 – Part 2
BLU RAY: Who’s Next & 14 Bonus Tracks: Steven Wilson Mixes Atmos / 5.1 Mix / Stereo

CD ONE: WHO’S NEXT (Remastered)

Baba O’Riley
Bargain
Love Ain’t For Keeping
My Wife
The Song Is Over
Getting In Tune
Going Mobile
Behind Blue Eyes
Won’t Get Fooled Again

CD TWO: PETE TOWNSHEND'S LIFE HOUSE DEMOS 1970 - 1971 – PART 1

Teenage Wasteland (Demo)*
Too Much (Demo) *
Going Mobile (Demo)*
There's A Fortune in Those Hills (Demo)*
Love Ain't For Keeping (Demo)*
Bargain (Demo)*
Greyhound Girl (Demo)*
Mary (Alternate Mix) (Demo)**
Behind Blue Eyes (Demo)*
Time Is Passing (Demo)*
Finally, Over (Demo)**
Baba O'Riley (Original Demo)**

CD THREE: PETE TOWNSHEND'S LIFE HOUSE DEMOS 1970 – 1971 – PART 2

Pure And Easy (Home Studio Mix) (Demo)*
Getting In Tune (Alternate Mix) (Demo)**
Nothing Is Everything (Let's See Action) (Demo)*
Won't Get Fooled Again (Demo)*
Baba O'Riley (Demo)*
Song Is Over (2021 Remix) (Demo)**
Pure And Easy (Olympic Studios Mix) (Demo)**
Mary (Original Mix) (Demo)*
Baba O'Riley (First Editing Demo)**
Song Is Over (Original Demo)*

CD FOUR: RECORD PLANT, NYC SESSIONS MARCH 1971

Don’t Do It (aka Baby Don’t You Do It) [Take 2, Unedited, March 16, 1971]**
Won’t Get Fooled Again [Take 13, March 16, 1971]*
Behind Blue Eyes (Version 1) [Take 15, March 16, 1971]**
Love Ain't For Keeping [Take 14, March 17, 1971]*
The Note (aka Pure and Easy) [Take 21, March 17, 1971]*
I’m In Tune (aka Getting in Tune) [Take 6, March 18, 1971*
Behind Blue Eyes (Version 2) [Take 10, March 18, 1971}*

CD FIVE: OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON SESSIONS 1970-72

Pure And Easy*
I Don’t Know Myself [B-side with Unreleased Count-in]
Time Is Passing [Stereo Mix]**
Too Much of Anything [Original 1971 Vocal]**
Naked Eye [1971 Remake]**
Bargain (Early Mix)**
Love Ain't For Keeping (Unedited Mix)**
My Wife (Unedited Mix)**
Getting In Tune (Take 1 with Jam)**
Going Mobile (Alternate Mix)**
Song Is Over (Backing Track) [with Nicky Hopkins]**
When I Was a Boy**
Let's See Action (Unedited Mix)**
Relay (Unedited Mix) [Alternate Vocal]**
Put The Money Down [Remix with Original Vocal]*
Join Together [Unedited Remix]**

CD SIX: SINGLES & SESSIONS 1970-72

The Seeker (Original Single Mix)
Here For More [Original Single Mix]
Heaven And Hell [New Stereo Mix]**
Water [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Unedited Mix]**
I Don't Know Myself [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Unedited Mix]**
Naked Eye [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Unedited Mix]**
Postcard [Eel Pie Sound Studio – Original 1970 Mix]**
Now I'm A Farmer [Eel Pie Sound Studio – New Remix]**
The Seeker (Unedited Version)**
Water (IBC Version)**
I Don’t Know Myself (IBC Version)**
Let's See Action (Original Single Mix)
When I Was a Boy (Original Single Mix)
Join Together (Original Single Mix)
Relay (Original Single Mix)
Waspman (Original Single Mix)
Long Live Rock (Original Olympic Mix)

CD SEVEN: LIVE AT THE YOUNG VIC, LONDON – APRIL 26, 1971

Love Ain’t for Keeping*
Pure And Easy*
Young Man Blues*
Time Is Passing*
Behind Blue Eyes*
I Don’t Even Know Myself*
Too Much of Anything*
Getting In Tune*
Bargain*

CD EIGHT: LIVE AT THE YOUNG VIC, LONDON – APRIL 26, 1971

Pinball Wizard**
See Me, Feel Me**
Baby Don’t You Do It*
Water*
My Generation*
(I’m A) Road Runner*
Naked Eye*
Bony Moronie*
Won’t Get Fooled Again*

CD NINE: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971

Introduction**
I Can't Explain*
Substitute*
Summertime Blues**
My Wife*
Baba O'Riley**
Behind Blue Eyes*
Bargain*
Won't Get Fooled Again**
Baby Don't You Do It*
Magic Bus**

CD TEN: LIVE AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO – DECEMBER 12, 1971

Introduction To Tommy**
Overture**
Amazing Journey**
Sparks**
Pinball Wizard**
See Me Feel Me**
My Generation**
Naked Eye*
Going Down*

BLU-RAY AUDIO:

Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48kHz 24-bit)**
Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (48kHz 24-bit)**
Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96kHz 24-bit)*
Original 1971 Stereo Mix (96kHz 24-bit)

Baba O’Riley
Bargain
Love Ain’t For Keeping
My Wife
The Song Is Over
Getting In Tune
Going Mobile
Behind Blue Eyes
Won’t Get Fooled Again

Bonus Tracks: Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48kHz 24-bit) & Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (48kHz 24-bit)

The Seeker (Unedited Version)**
Here For More*
Now I'm A Farmer**
I Don't Know Myself (Eel Pie Sound Version)**
Water (IBC Version)**
Naked Eye (Olympic Sound Version)**
Pure And Easy**
Too Much of Anything**
Let's See Action**
When I Was a Boy**
Join Together (Unedited Version)**
Put The Money Down**
Relay (Unedited Version)**
Long Live Rock**

* Previously released with new remix
** Previously unreleased tracks

For me personally, I have been waiting around 40 years to hear some of this stuff...and some of it I didn't know existed (they re-recorded "Naked Eye" in 1971?!). The handful of tracks from the San Francisco show that I've heard are among my favorite recordings of anything by anyone ever.

Tarfumes, if you search for the comics artist/writer David Hine on Facebook you will see him sharing lots of tasty photos of this box (David wrote the graphic novel that's part of the package). Apparently Townsend is a bit of a comics fan - and the comics writer Peter Hogan worked at Eel Pie Publishing for a while (Peter tells a hair-raising story about Vivian Stanshall pulling a knife on him at the premiere of Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End).

Wow, thanks for the tip! Just checked out the photos -- very interested to read the whole thing.

I remember the graphic novel was announced at least a year ago, maybe two, and had an entry on Amazon and everything. I wondered why it disappeared, but maybe Townshend decided it would work best as part of this box rather than as a standalone item.

Trumpeter Woody Shaw's 1971 debut, Blackstone Legacy, getting reissued. It's a double LP with a total running time of 82 minutes, so it's never been on CD in full form — two tracks have between a minute and 90 seconds shaved off. I'm hoping there will be a download option.

Yeah, I have the 1999 Contemporary CD version of that and it shaves a little off of both "Lost and Found" and "New World".

That's the same CD I have, and I've never bothered to seek out or download a vinyl rip. I assume I'm probably missing some rhythm section vamping and/or a bass solo.

Today, Shimmy-Disc announces their forthcoming posthumous reissue of Bruce Haack's 1974 record, Captain Entropy, to arrive on August 25.

Captain Entropy, described as "a participation journey for elementary and high-school people — through the soul of space-ship earth — from principles of thermodynamics to folks like the American eagle," was created and totally performed by Bruce Haack. It's an electro-surrealist musical journey from the mind of "The Captain," capturing his inventive genius musically in tandem with tapping into the voice of his inner child. It displays innovative story-songs inspired by Haack's diverse musical interests and a love of Science and explorations of the Natural World, songs to excite the imaginations of listeners, both young and old.

This forthcoming reissue of Captain Entropy was remastered by Kramer for this Archival Reissue. The free digital download that comes alongside purchase of the vinyl also contains an exclusive additional 20 minutes of previously unreleased bonus material. The LP was originally released in 1974 on Dimension 5, the artist’s own label. This new reissue will be on limited edition hand-numbered Black Vinyl (limited to 555 copies), and on Clear Vinyl LP for Retail.

Captain Entropy - TRACKLISTING

SIDE 1:
01. Captain Entropy
02. Army Ants in Your Pants
03. Music
04. Mallangong

SIDE 2:
01. The Universal Unicycle Show (pedal it)
02. Walking Eagle
03. The American Eagle
04. Metric Conversion
05. Catfish

To introduce the new reissue, today, Shimmy-Disc unveils the record's first cut, Bruce Haack's "Music." The narrative-song teaches about 'a beautiful soundwave language,' merging science and history in sound, his musical crystallization of abstract thoughts into concrete feelings. It describes humans creating 'magic switching systems that change the shape of soundwaves.' Haack's vision was always of the future, where 'music is made by just thinking about it.'

In the original 1974 liner notes, Haack described the track as such: "An early soul-beat plus electronic 'strings' gives a space-capsule insight into where music is really at. Believe it or not, people used to scrape strands of animal tissue with hair from a horse's tail to make it."

As Kramer wrote on the forthcoming reissue and this new cut:

"Captain Entropy is not simply a brilliant work of art and a pioneering ingredient in the history of electronic music. It’s also a unique ‘kids’ record and the ideal introduction to Haack’s work for
listeners previously unaware of his extraordinary creations. Like Fred Rogers, everyone loves
Bruce Haack. His spirit is universal, and his musical output is as wide and as far-reaching as
Creation itself.

Haack's work had always focused on tinkering, inventing, innovating, and creating, but at its very core, everything he has done, from start to finish, is about music, with a prime focus on how music can teach, inform, illuminate, and explain what life and what being alive is all about. His connection to kids - and in helping them to understand how the world works - couldn’t be more clearly articulated than it is in Ryan Hover's video for 'MUSIC', premiering today. Bruce Haack truly cared about kids, about community, about culture, and about everything he saw and felt around him. The entire world was his home.

Haack was the consummate musician, but he was a composer first and foremost, and Shimmy-Disc is proud to partner with his estate in spreading the word about the sounds and visions of his life's work. This reissue LP is only the beginning. Captain Entropy is no ‘novelty’ release made solely for kids. This record, like everything else Bruce Haack ever created, is for Everyone."

- Kramer, July 2023

for pix, links, press contacts:
https://mailchi.mp/tellallyourfriendspr.com/legendary-producer-kramer-is-joyful-noise-artist-in-residence-2020-shimmy-disc-revives-l-first-release-let-it-come-down-lp-out-june-12th-552509?e=3d078fd008

From Real Gone Music:

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Little Richard: The Complete Atlantic & Reprise Singles LP
$ 26.99

ittle Richard’s one-of-a-kind career veered wildly from the sacred to the profane, but everything he did was profound; he was one of the greatest gospel AND rock and roll singers of all time. And you can scale the dizzying heights of both sides of the man’s mountainous talent on this 15-track collection, which brings his Atlantic and Reprise singles back to vinyl, almost all for the first time since they originally came out on 45s. Richard recorded and self-produced the Atlantic material in 1962 and leased it to the label for release the following year, right before his return to rock and roll with two triumphant UK tours. Only “Crying in the Chapel” has seen reissue since; the other three tracks (esp. the uptempo gospel numbers “Hole in the Wall” and “Travelin’ Shoes”) hit that glorious balance between spiritual fervor and emotional frenzy that only he could pull off. The Reprise material dates from 1970 to 1972 and was helmed by famed Specialty producer Bumps Blackwell as well as by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, and Quincy Jones (“Money Is” from the soundtrack to The Heist), with musical contributions by legendary Richard sidemen Lee Allen and Earl Palmer as well as folks like Travis Wammack. The non-LP side “Shake a Hand (If You Can)” is the rarity, but tracks like “Freedom Blues,” its B-side “Dewdrop Inn,” and “Mockinbird Sally” testify that Richard’s brilliance remained unabated. Mastered, like many of our Real Gone singles collections, by Aaron Kannowski, The Complete Atlantic & Reprise Singles features liner notes by Little Richard expert Bill Dahl, and comes in ruby red vinyl. A timely release to go along with the new Little Richard documentary!*
A1. Crying in the Chapel
A2. Hole in the Wall
A3. Travelin’ Shoes
A4. It Is No Secret
A5. Freedom Blues
A6. Dewdrop Inn
A7. Greenwood, Mississippi
A8. I Saw Her Standing There
A9. Shake a Hand (If You Can)
B1. Somebody Saw You
B2. Green Power
B3. Dancing in the Street
B4. Money Is
B5. Mockinbird Sally
B6. Nuki Suki

Also from Real Gone:

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Hamza El Din: Al Oud LP
$ 23.99

WEBSTORE EXCLUSIVE VARIANT IS LIMITED TO 1 PER CUSTOMER/HOUSEHOLD IF YOU PURCHASE MORE THAN 1 YOU WILL BE REFUNDED.

Hamza El Din: Al Oud (Metallic Tellus Edition) LP Real Gone Music Webstore Exclusive LIMITED TO 100 COPIES

Hamza El Din: Al Oud (Limited Clear Vinyl Edition) LP Regular Version

It’s fair to say that what Ravi Shankar did for the sitar, Hamza El Din did for the oud (the short-necked Arabian lute): bringing a little-known instrument to the attention of the West and popularizing it. Indeed, he ended up playing oud with everybody from the Grateful Dead to the Kronos Quartet to his one-time roommate Sandy Bull. But El Din’s gifts went beyond that of an oud virtuoso; he was also an accomplished singer and composer, and you will hear all of those talents on full display on this seminal album, released on Vanguard in 1965 soon after his star-making appearance at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival that attracted the attention of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Meditative, mesmerizing, and haunting, Al Oud features nine original compositions based on Nubian folk traditions; at first it’s the exotic sound of the oud that draws you in, but it’s the rhythmic pulse of the music and the expressive quality of El Din’s voice that keeps you riveted. Our first-ever American LP reissue of this classic record comes in a clear vinyl pressing limited to 900 copies, complete with original artwork featuring liner notes by Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, at the time Sudan’s Ambassador to the United Nations. A richly rewarding listen.

A1. CHILDHOOD (Assaramessuga)
A2. THE SPIRITS (Shortunga)
A3. GRANDFATHER’S STORIES (Annun Sira’)
A4. DID NURA REMEMBER? (Gillina Nura)
B1. THE MESSAGE BEARER (Hoi To Irkil Fa Giu)
B2. THE GONDOLA
B3. CALL FOR UNITY (Nuban Uto)
B4. THE FORTUNE TELLER (Kogosh)
B5. GREETING CARD (Abdin)

Deutsche Grammophon has reissued their Avant-Garde Series of LPs (1968-71) as a 21CD box.

https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/composers/the-avantgarde-series/the-avantgarde-series-2472

Various Artists The Avantgarde Series
Release on: 08/18/2023
The legendary DG Avantgarde vinyl series (1968-1971) is turning 55! In order to celebrate this occasion, the series is now released on 21 CDs for the first time. The Avantgarde series serves as a historical document for a time of radical change in musical thinking and the breaking of artistic boundaries. The question "What is music?" confronted many of the composers and musicians involved in the series, and the anti-authoritarian spirit of the 1960s and 1970s was a palpable influence. Deutsche Grammophon's Avantgarde Series reflects all the currents that thus arose, without aesthetic demarcations and across genres and instrumentations: large orchestral works stand alongside chamber music and solo forms, electronic music and improvisations.

The edition is presented in its original colourful designs by renowned graphic designer Holger Matthies, accompanied by a 186-page booklet with original commentaries (available in English & German) by composers and experts as well as photos of the artists from the DG archive.

Highlights include canon works by György Ligeti such as his choral work "Lux aeterna," Luciano Berio's "Sequenza V" with Vinko Globokar on trombone, a simultaneous recording of three works by John Cage, and some groundbreaking and monumental electronic works such as Luigi Nono's "Contrappunto dialettico alla mente" and Leo Küpper's "Automatismes sonores."

Tracklist:

CD 1
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI: String Quartet
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI: Quartetto per archi
TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI: Prelude for String Quartet

CD 2
MAURICIO KAGEL: Phantasie für Orgel mit Obbligati
JUAN ALLENDE-BLIN: Sonorités
GYÖRGY LIGETI: Volumina
Etüde Nr. 1 (»Harmonies«)

CD 3
DAVID BEDFORD: 2 Poems for Chorus on Words by Kenneth Patchen
GYÖRGY LIGETI: Lux aeterna
ARNE MELLNÄS: Succsim
MAREK KOPELENT: Matka

CD 4
VINKO GLOBOKAR: 1-5 Discours II
LUCIANO BERIO: Sequenza V
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN: Solo für Melodie-Instrument mit Rückkopplung
CARLOS ROQUÉ ALSINA: Consecuenza op. 17

CD 5
MAURICIO KAGEL: Match für 3 Spieler
Musik für Renaissance-Instrumente

CD 6
IMPROVISATIONEN: »... e poi?«
Quasiraga
Light Music
Ancora un trio
Credo

CD 7
BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN: Présence
Intercomunicazione

CD 8
JOHN CAGE: Atlas Eclipticalis & Winter Music
electronically amplified after Cartridge Music
DIETER SCHNEBEL: Glossolalie

CD 9
MAURICIO KAGEL: Hallelujah
DIETER SCHNEBEL: für stimmen (... missa est)

CD 10
GOTTFRIED MICHAEL KOENIG: Terminus II
Funktion Grün
ZOLTÁN PONGRÁCZ: Phonothese
RAINER RIEHN: Chants de Maldoror

CD 11
MAURICIO KAGEL: Der Schall

CD 12
GYÖRGY LIGETI: String Quartet No. 2
EARLE BROWN: String Quartet
WOLF ROSENBERG: String Quartet No. 3

CD 13
LUC FERRARI: Presque rien No 1
Société II

CD 14
LUKAS FOSS: Paradigm (“for my friends”)
LEJAREN HILLER: Algorithms I, Version I
Algorithms I, Version IV
ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ: Signals

CD 15
ROLAND KAYN: Cybernetics III
LUIGI NONO: Contrappunto dialettico alla mente

CD 16
FRANCO EVANGELISTI: Die Schachtel
HEINZ HOLLIGER: Der magische Tänzer

CD 17
CORNELIUS CARDEW: The Great Learning

CD 18
ROMAN HAUBENSTOCK-RAMATI: Symphonie “K”
VINKO GLOBOKAR: Étude pour Folklora II

CD 19
HEINZ HOLLIGER: Siebengesang
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN: Spiral

CD 20
SYLVANO BUSSOTTI: Cinque frammenti all’Italia
NICOLAUS A. HUBER: Versuch über Sprache

CD 21
LEO KÜPPER: L’enclume des forces
Électro-poème
Automatismes sonores

The cheapest price I've found is at grooves-inc.com, a German website — they want $103 and shipping to the US is free.

Just ordered that.

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From Luaka Bop on Bandcamp:

A deluxe, embossed 2 LP box set. Alongside a remastered version of PHAROAH, his seminal record from 1977, are two previously unreleased live performances of his masterpiece, “Harvest Time." Includes a 24-page booklet with rarely seen photographs and ephemera, as well as interviews with many of the participants and a conversation with Pharoah himself.

Includes digital pre-order of Pharoah. The moment the album is released you’ll get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
shipping out on or around September 15, 2023.

already streaming on there:
https://pharoahsanders.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-beginning-1963-1964

https://pharoahsanders.bandcamp.com/album/pharoah-sanders-quintet

More about the xpost original 1977 LP:

For those of you who already know this record, you’ll be surprised to learn its origin story. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the India Navigation producer Bob Cummins, and was recorded when he was at a crossroads in his career with a group so unlikely they were all never in the same room again. Among them was the guitarist Tisziji Muõz, who was in the process of becoming a spiritual guru, the organist Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, who would go on to co-write and produce “The Message,” and a classically trained pianist—his wife at the time, Bedria Sanders—who played the harmonium despite never having seen one. At times ambient and serene, at others funky and modal, Pharoah radically departed from his earlier work. And it became beloved. (You can read a little bit more about it on the site Pitchfork.)
We were working with Pharoah on this project last fall when he unexpectedly passed away. At first, it was hard to know what to do. We loved him, and the reason you do all of this is not solely for the music, but also for the person who made it. It’s their personality, their humor, and their wishes that drive you forward. So, we decided to go deep into the research. We set out to create something that showed Pharoah and his music in a new light.

Over the next few months, we’re going to share with you all the amazing things we found, many of which are the result of the extensive research we did throughout Europe and North America to support this release. We’re calling it The Harvest Time Project, and it will be based on his website at PharoahSanders.com/HarvestTime.

There, we’ll share the insights made by a dedicated research team, including essays by Harmony Holiday, Marcus J. Moore, and Pierre Crépon—whose writing appears in the box set—among many others. You can sign up to get updates.
As part of this, we’re also very excited to announce the live show The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders, a bespoke concert series featuring the original guitarist Tisziji Muñoz and a selection of different musical ensembles who will come together in different iterations to reinterpret the composition “Harvest Time.” Each performance will diverge from each other as much as Pharoah’s own wildly different performances.

The world premiere will take place at Le Guess Who? (Nov 12), featuring Irreversible Entanglements, Domenico Lancellotti, and special guest Tisziji Muñoz, under the musical direction of Joshua Abrams. And a special workshop performance will take place at National Sawdust (Oct 14), in honor of Pharoah's birthday.

In some ways, these live concerts will be a reflection of what Pharoah was able to achieve in the live versions of “Harvest Time,” which you find in this box set. Performed during a short but intense European tour that he took in the summer of ’77, they turn the original piece on its head.

Whether this album is new to you—or whether you’ve got a bootleg (or even an original) at home—Pharoah will never sound the same.

Love,

Luaka Bop

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wow that's great news! love that recording

There's a Chick Corea box coming out in November (on streaming services now): The Chick Corea Elektric Band: Complete Studio Recordings 86-91. Five LPs/CDs of the most garish, tasteless, fuzoid splatter you'll ever hear in your life. I'm tempted to review them just for horrified laughs.

kinda want to hear that. frank gambale!

Wow, Frank Gamble was in that? I only remember him in more of a Guitar World blues-rock vein, pretty hot. DO IT UNPERSON!

First Ash Ra Tempel album getting a reissue, thank god cuz originals are expensive as hell

https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/ash-ra-tempel-50th-anniversary-re-edition

just stunning
https://melodiesinternational.bandcamp.com/album/ill-show-you-how

Our next release, “I’ll Show You How” by the Cinnamon Soulettes is by far one of the most beautiful love songs we’ve ever heard. Close to no information is available about it other than it was published and released in the 1970s as a private press through the late legendary Seattle producer Kearney Barton. Unfortunately, most information the estate had was lost in a flood and none of the collectors and music historians from the PNW area we contacted, nor the University of Washington State who inherited a large part of Barton’s tape collection knew anything about the band or its mysterious songwriter “L. Leavy”. We are still searching for the band, anyone who knows anything, give us a shout! Mrs./Mr. Leavy, where are you..?

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“MEAT JOY were the DIY jewel of the Austin weirdo punk scene of the early 80’s—essential, uncategorizable, and entirely insane.” -Steve Shelley, SONIC YOUTH (US, 2022)

from Bandcamp: Meat Joy was difficult to categorize. They were a leaderless collective. Often
improvisational, they moved fluidly among many genres seeking joy and truth. Their sound was alternately queer and straight, dark and funny, heartfelt and biting. Loud soft fast slow beautiful ugly music, sometimes all in the same song.

Out October 13th, listen to "Another Pair" now:

Fans in Austin have two chances to see the reunited band play live:

October 19, 2023 at Cheer Up Charlie’s

October 21, 2023 at The Museum Of Human Achievement

more hype & info here:
https://riotactmedia.disco.ac/view-campaign-email/601f0be3-bc3b-4cf4-bb7e-fe9514ea3a05/100536/

50th Anniversary

https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/king-crimson-larks-tongues-in-aspic-complete-recording-sessions/

Talked to Darren Hill years ago about this and let him know I had to resort to buying a pirate copy. He was fine, didn't expect a legit reissue. Glad to see it finally is happening.

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Preorder now! This title will be available October 20th, 2023. Please note that orders containing any items that are on preorder will ship in full when all items are in stock.

“Red Rockers sound like they’ve been locked in a cupboard with the Clash’s first album for three years. Yeah, great isn’t it?”

- Lester Bangs

It sounded like nothing else released in 1982 – not Signals by Rush, Avalon by Roxy Music, the Cure’s Pornography, Rio by Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, Toto IV, Donald Fagan’s The Nightfly, nor Robert Plant’s Pictures At Eleven. It didn’t even seem akin to such ‘82 punk classics as the Circle Jerk’s Wild In The Streets, the Descendents' Milo Goes To College or Fear’s The Record. And it sure as hell didn’t sound like the Clash’s Combat Rock.

Rather, Condition Red, the debut album from New Orleans punk band Red Rockers, echoed the power, aggression, and highly charged political anger of the Clash’s early work. And deliberately so.

Eventually, the Red Rockers joined their inspirations on a few US tour dates, showing audiences how the Clash used to do things as they leaped about in spray-painted shirts before hammer and sickle-festooned amps, screaming about “Guns Of Revolution.” Both Creem and Rolling Stone featured them, the latter beknighting them “the American Clash,” telling of plans to tour Cuba and release a vicious new single called “Voice of America.” The song instead surfaced the following year as a B-side to massive MTV pop hit “China,” an echo of what Red Rockers had been just the year before and were no longer.

"The missing 24” master tapes were found in a garage by Johnny Colla from (Huey Lewis &) The News at Sandy Pearlman’s estate sale. Thanks to Cris Cohen they were returned to us. We were able to mix the 80’s out of the record and discovered a missing track that wasn’t included on the original 1981 release."

- Darren Hill (Red Rockers) 2023

Also available on CD!

INCLUDES:

Guns of Revolution • Teenage Underground • Peer Pressure • Can You Hear • Grow Up • Know What I Think • United We Stand* • Voice Of America* • Dead Heroes • Folsom Prison Blues • Condition Red • Hold On • White Law • Live Or Die • Missing In Action*

*LP bonus tracks

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-west-coast-pop-art-experimental-band-a-door-inside-your-mind-the-complete-reprise-recordings-1966-1968-4cd/

4 cd West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band compilation. have had the first one on my amazon wishlist since about 2005...

A major Airto Moreira/Flora Purim compilation coming in November...37 tracks on either 3 CDs or 5 LPs.

http://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/airto-flora-a-celebration-60-years-sounds-dreams-other-stories

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I have a bunch of Flora's 1970s albums but very little by Airto...might need to buy this.

BBE is also putting out the 4th volume in their J Jazz series in November:

https://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/j-jazz-vol-4-deep-modern-jazz-from-japan-nippon-columbia-1968-1981

From Real Gone Music:

Al Stewart Songs on the Radio Complete U.S. Singles 74-81 CD

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The Vietnamese Lunar New Year identifies 2023 as The Year of the Cat…and the timing couldn’t be better! Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are proud to announce a definitive, first-ever singles collection from legendary singer-songwriter Al Stewart. In 1976, Stewart took “Year of the Cat” to the top ten of the Pop and AC charts, inaugurating a run of timeless hits still heard on radio today. Now, for the very first time, each and every one of the British troubadour’s seminal A- and B-sides from his halcyon period has been brought together. Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981 brings together 20 tracks which catapulted the artist from folk clubs to the mainstream. Often in collaboration with producer-engineer Alan Parsons, Stewart bridged the gap between FM rock and AM pop. He brought his passion for historical events and flair for lyrical invention to these singles originally issued on the Janus and Arista labels, including “Nostradamus,” “Carol,” “On the Border,” “Midnight Rocks,” “Year of the Cat,” “Song on the Radio,” and the record-breaking, chart-topping “Time Passages.” And the B-sides (“Terminal Eyes,” “Sirens of Titan,” “A Man for All Seasons,” “Merlin’s Time”) are every bit as compelling as the A-sides! Every track is presented in its original U.S. single version (most of which are new to CD and not even included on Stewart’s massive The Admiralty Lights box set) as newly remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision. The deluxe 20-page booklet features Joe Marchese’s extensive interview with Al Stewart as well as rare photos and memorabilia. As a special bonus, the unique U.K. single edit of Al’s signature song “Year of the Cat” is also included. With vivid lyrics, captivating melodies, crisp guitars, and, yes, smooth saxophone, these Songs on the Radio celebrate the remarkable discography of a master musical storyteller. Limited edition of 2500…and they’re gonna go fast!

1. Nostradamus
2. Terminal Eyes
3. Carol
4. Sirens of Titan
5. Year of the Cat
6. Broadway Hotel
7. On the Border
8. Flying Sorcery
9. Time Passages
10. Almost Lucy
11. Song on the Radio
12. A Man for All Seasons
13. Midnight Rocks
14. Constantinople
15. Paint by Numbers
16. Optical Illusion
17. Running Man
18. Merlin’s Time
19. Indian Summer
20. Soho (Needless to Say)
21. Year of the Cat (UK Single Version)

Soul Jazz Records

Originally available as a very limited-edition (sold out) coloured vinyl for RSD23 and now available as a black double vinyl edition (gatefold sleeve, bespoke inners, download code) and also for the first time on CD.

Ships for rel date 22 Sep 2023

PRE-ORDER: Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul: A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971 - 83

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oul Jazz Records’ Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 draws upon the extensive links between black American gospel music and soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caeser, Dorothy Norwood, Andrae Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this period.

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Many of the most successful soul artists - from Aretha Franklin to Al Green, The Staple Singers to Sam Cooke - all drew upon their upbringing in the church for their musical inspiration. This album discusses how important the links between the black church and soul music were in creating soul music and spotlights some of the many important (and also little-known) gospel artists who walked this line between sacred music and soul, funk and disco in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul shows how sacred gospel music was at home with Stevie Wonder, Blaxploitation-style funk and produced music celebrated both in New York’s underground discos (The Paradise Garage, Studio 54, etc) and later sampled by the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Mary J Bilge.

REVIEWS

"Curated with an obvious passion and sense of history, Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul serves as the perfect intro to the funky spirituals that once served as the foundation for various schools of sound (Philly R&B, disco, soul) over the last 50 years" The Wire

Andrae Crouch & The Disciples – Satisfied
2. Shirley Caesar – Jesus Children Of America
3. The Meditation Singers – Trouble's Brewin'
4. The Clark Sisters – You Brought The Sunshine
5. Dorothy Norwood – Let Your Feet Down Easy
6. Shirley Caesar – Jesus Is Coming
7. Swan Silvertones – If You Believe Your God Is Dead
8. The Alvin Darling Ensemble – Is There Anybody Here ?
9. Roscoe Robinson – There's A Creator
10. Destiny – Nothing Can Stop Me Now
11. The Meditation Singers – Good Old Gospel Music
12. Keith Barrow – Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
13. Roscoe Robinson – Elijah
14. Dyson's Faces – Till I've Got This Feelin' Of Love
15. The Violinaires – The Upper Way
16. Leomia Boyd and The Gospel Music Makers – Higher in Jesus' Love
17. Keith Barrow – The Right Road Now

Anybody else pre-order that Luaka Bop Pharoah reissue? I got an notice that is shipped back on August 18th and that it should arrive by September 1st, but the tracking still shows that it's just sitting at the "label created" stage. I'm assuming it has to do with the 9/15 official release date, but wondered if anyone else saw the same thing.

Fwiw, I get that it's the USPS and not the labels, but I really hate getting a "Your order has shipped!" email when it's just the label and will still sit somewhere for weeks before it actually ships.

Lush’s 3 albums were reissued on vinyl last monrh

Fwiw, I get that it's the USPS and not the labels, but I really hate getting a "Your order has shipped!" email when it's just the label and will still sit somewhere for weeks before it actually ships.

Yeah, I ignore every email about something I've ordered until I get the one that says "Your order has been delivered!" And even those are bullshit sometimes — it can take two days for the USPS to actually put something in my PO box.

More from Real Gone Music (Sept. newsletter)

We have a trio of modern rock gems for you today, vinyl debuts all around!

Rooney (named after the principal in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) was formed in high school by singer-songwriter Robert Schwartzman, whose list of celebrity connections is long: brother to actor Jason Schwartzman, cousin to actor Nic Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. But it wasn’t just celebrity that turbocharged Rooney’s rise; songs like “Blueside,” “I’m Shakin’,” and “I’m a Terrible Person” blend power pop with British Invasion and punk influences to create a sort of rock and roll classicism in the best sense of the word. That’s why none other than Johnny Ramone selected them for the Ramones tribute album We’re a Happy Family, and why the band were tabbed to tour with such cult faves as Weezer, The Strokes, and The Donnas (they also appeared as themselves in the first season of The O.C.). That’s also why their 2003 self-titled debut (produced by Jimmy Iovine among others) sold a cool half million copies…but somehow it’s never been out on LP. Our Real Gone release of Rooney comes in gold vinyl housed inside a jacket with printed inner sleeve. Another one of those early aughts records that’s way, way overdue for wax.

Before Butch Walker produced and/or wrote for such huge acts as (gulp) Pink, Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, Weezer, Green Day, Katy Perry, and (double gulp) Taylor Swift, he fronted the fondly-remembered power pop trio Marvelous 3. Hey!Album actually first came out as an independent release in 1998, but the band re-recorded almost half of it when they signed to Elektra, who released it in 1999. The extra TLC proved well worth it, as the record scored a hit with “Freak of the Week” and introduced Walker’s hooky and sardonically self-deprecating songwriting to the masses (it also landed Marvelous 3 fashion spreads for Abercrombie & Fitch and Calvin Klein…they were, as the saying goes, easy on the eyes). This Real Gone reissue marks the FIRST time Hey!Album is making it to music retail on vinyl, and for its debut we’re pressing it pretty in pink vinyl, with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics. A ‘90s classic!

Want a little history lesson along with your thrash metal? The 1989 release Heresy from the German band Paradox was a full-fledged concept album, commemorating the 13th century Albigensian Crusade that sought to eliminate the heretical Cathar sect. And truly, no foe could withstand the twin guitar attack, soaring harmonies, and machine-like rhythm section of this band. Other like-minded members of this particular metal horde include Anthrax, Testament, and Exodus, but really, Heresy is a one-of-a-kind record, and a hard act to follow, as this was the last release from Paradox for eleven years. For its U.S. vinyl debut, we’ve pressed up a limited edition of 1000 copies in dark gray “inquisitor’s robe” vinyl, which comes in an album jacket with inner sleeve featuring lyrics. Thinking man’s thrash!

Grab these while you can and get ready…something very, very big is coming your way next week!

Real Gone Gordon and Gabby

That Paradox album really is good.

This too! The original, anyway, haven't heard the bonus tracks:

In celebration of his legacy, Shimmy-Disc has announced a remixed and remastered reissue of Allen Ginsberg's 1989 album of spoken-word pieces, entitled The Lion For Real, Re-born.

This forthcoming release, due November 3, finds Allen Ginsberg — the voice of a generation, fierce, gentle, profound and profane — paired with music created especially for his work, by some of the guiding lights of Jazz in the modern era: Mark Bingham, Bill Frisell, Arto Lindsay, Marc Ribot, and others. All masterfully coordinated and produced by the mad scientist of collaborations, Hal Willner.

First released as The Lion For Real in 1989, this time capsule surges forth into the now with 8 additional tracks never included on the original release. These are timeless works, a garden of eden on vinyl to wander through repeatedly, guided by the founding father of Beat Poetry. Graced by an irresistible coda co-written with Shimmy-Disc founder Kramer, his lyrical mantra of "Don’t Grow Old."

Damn! Here's the vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qct4pmWnBtk

Just seen this is happening
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/high-tide-the-complete-liberty-recordings-3cd-box-set/
do wish live audio or video footage would appear.
First lp is really really good anyway.

High Tide: The Complete Liberty Recordings, 3CD Box set
High Tide

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Released September 29, 2023.

• NEW REMASTERED 3CD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET FEATURING ALL OF THE RECORDINGS BY PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND HIGH TIDE.

• WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET FEATURING AN ESSAY AND A REPRODUCTION POSTER.

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• NEW REMASTERED 3CD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET FEATURING ALL OF THE RECORDINGS BY PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND HIGH TIDE.

• FEATURING THE ALBUMS ‘SEA SHANTIES’, ‘HIGH TIDE’ AND AN ADDITIONAL CD OF DEMOS AND STUDIO OUT-TAKES RECORDED IN 1969 AND 1970.

• REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.

• WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET FEATURING AN ESSAY AND A REPRODUCTION POSTER.

• REVIEWS AND FEATURES IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS, UNCUT, MOJO, RECORD COLLECTOR AND CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINES WITH COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES AND FANZINES.

Formed in London in 1969, High Tide featured the intense guitar playing of Tony Hill (formerly with The Misunderstood), the violin and keyboard skills of Simon House, bassist Peter Pavli and drummer Roger Hadden. The band was managed by Clearwater, also home to Hawkwind, Skin Alley and Cochise and were signed to Liberty Records soon after their formation. Their debut album, the stunning ‘Sea Shanties’ was recorded at Olympic studios and some of the heaviest gothic psychedelic rock record ever recorded. Issued in a striking sleeve designed by artist Paul Whitehead, the album is now regarded as a true classic of the era.

Their second album, ‘High Tide’, was recorded in 1970 and was another wonderful work. Despite their originality both critical acclaim and commercial success eluded the band and by the close of 1970 they had disbanded. Tony Hill would continue to plough his own musical furrow as one of Britain’s most original guitarists while Simon House would join the Third Ear Band before becoming a member of Hawkwind. Peter Pavli would go on to join author Michael Moorcock’s band Deep Fix.

Five decades on from their release, the two albums are now regarded by aficionados of this musical era as essential listening. ‘The Complete Liberty Recordings’ features both albums released on the label along with ten bonus tracks drawn from demos and studio out-takes from sessions in 1969 and 1970 and has been newly remastered from the original master tapes. The set features an illustrated booklet with an essay and a rare reproduction poster.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
Sea Shanties
Released as Liberty LBS 83264 in December 1969
1 Futilist’s Lament
2 Death Warmed Up
3 Pushed, But Not Forgotten
4 Walking Down Their Outlook
5 Missing Out
6 Nowhere

DISC TWO
High Tide
Released as Liberty LBS 83294 in 1970
1 Blankman Cries Again
2 The Joke
3 Saneonymous Bonus track
4 The Great Universal Protection Racket (Recorded at Morgan Studios 10 April 1970)

DISC THREE
Demos & Studios Sessions 1969 & 1970
1 Pushed, But Not Forgotten (demo) (Apple Studios March 1969)
2 Death Warmed Up (demo) (Apple Studios March 1969) 3 Dilemma (Apple Studios March 1969)
4 The Great Universal Protection Racket (Recorded at Olympic Studios 18 June 1969)
5 Time Gauges (Recorded at Olympic Studios 8 July 1969) 6 The Joke (first version) (Recorded at Olympic Studios May 1970)
7 Blankman Cries Again (first version) (Recorded at Olympic Studios May 1970)
8 Ice Age (Recorded in 1970)

Superior Viaduct is putting out several early Milford Graves titles on LP in November: Bäbi and the two live albums with Don Pullen, Nommo and In Concert at Yale University. There's also a 2LP set that combines both the live albums (the same way Corbett vs Dempsey combined them on CD a couple of years ago). The disc of bonus material that was on CvsD's CD reissue of Bäbi is not part of this run, though.

https://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/milford-graves

you alluded to it but just want to emphasize that it's all already available on CD and has been

Welllll...those CDs went out of print fast. A few online stores (Squidco, Wayside) might still have copies, but you'll have to do some searching.

Kirsty MacColl: See That Girl 1979-2000
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/kirsty-maccoll-see-that-girl-1979-2000/

CD 1: The Singles
They Don’t Know (03:01)
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (02:58)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (03:08)
See That Girl (02:57)
You Still Believe In Me (02:57)
Terry (03:56)
A New England (03:50)
He’s On The Beach (03:29)
Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl) (04:31)
Free World (Radio Version) (02:38)
Days (02:59)
Innocence (Remix) (04:02)
Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! (03:47)
Walking Down Madison (7″ Mix) (04:40)
My Affair (Radio Edit) (03:34)
All I Ever Wanted (Single Mix) (03:31)
Angel (Single Edit) (03:40)
Caroline (02:57)
Perfect Day (Kirsty MacColl & Evan Dando) (03:50)
Mambo De La Luna (Single Edit) (03:31)
In These Shoes? (03:39)

CD 2: 1979 – 1983
Turn My Motor On (02:27)
I Don’t Need You (02:56)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Truck Stop Swears He’s Elvis (03:08)
Nothing To Do (The Clock Goes Round Demo)* (02:19)
Falling For Faces (Demo)* (02:25)
The Real Ripper (Demo)* (04:13)
Teenager In Love (02:37)
Mexican Sofa (03:14)
Until The Night (03:50)
Over You (02:35)
Queen Of The High Teas (02:27)
Bad Dreams* (04:48)
Time* (03:45)
Sticked and Stoned (03:46)
Annie (04:30)
Camel Crossing (05:21)
Berlin (03:34)
Man With No Name* (03:28)
Lullaby for Ezra* (03:50)
Up the Grey Stairs* (06:38)
Roman Gardens (04:58)
Tracks 12-21 are the 1983 Polydor album ‘Real’, presented here complete and sequenced for the first time.

CD 3: 1983-1989
Terry (Extended Version) (05:20)
Quietly Alone (02:39)
One Little Lie (Demo)* (04:08)
A New England (Extended Version) (07:57)
Patrick (03:09)
I’m Going Out With An Eighty Year Old Millionaire (02:55)
Trouble With People (Demo)* (03:03)
Man Of Steel (Demo)* (02:59)
He’s On The Beach (Extended Version) (08:08)
Please, Go To Sleep (02:33)
You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby (She’s Having A Baby Version) (03:40)
Closer To God (03:53)
The End Of A Perfect Day (Original Demo Version) (03:23)
La Forêt De Mimosa (03:36)
Fifteen Minutes (03:12)
What Do Pretty Girls Do? (02:37)
Dancing In Limbo (02:51)
You And Me Baby (02:31)
Happy (02:33)
El Paso (03:46)
Still Life (02:57)

CD 4:
Innocence (The Guilt Mix) (04:09)
No Victims (Guitar Heroes Mix) (04:23)
Clubland (04:04)
Other People’s Hearts (03:37)
One Good Thing (03:37)
He Never Mentioned Love (03:50)
The Hardest Word (04:38)
My Way Home (04:30)
My Affair (Olive Groove Mix) (06:26)
All The Tears That I Cried (03:31)
A New England (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:55)
Innocence (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (04:10)
You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:28)
Fifteen Minutes / Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (05:40)
Happy (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (02:40)
Tread Lightly (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:15)
Train In Vain / Walking Down Madison (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (07:15)
Free World (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (02:30)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (Live At Glastonbury 26/06/92)* (03:35)

CD 5: 1993-1996
Soho Square (04:25)
Last Day Of Summer (04:20)
Can’t Stop Killing You (04:10)
Titanic Days (05:43)
Big Boy On A Saturday Night (03:56)
Angel (Stuart Crichton Piano Edit) (03:17)
King Kong (Demo) (03:56)
Dear John (Demo) (02:43)
Fabulous Garden (03:13)
Touch Me (03:36)
Free World (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, California 01/12/93) (02:43)
Miss Otis Regrets (Live at Belly Up, Solana Beach, California 01/12/93) (03:01)
Irish Cousin (04:49)
The Butcher Boy (03:57)
As Long As You Hold Me (Electric Version)* (04:39)
Eu So Quero Un Xodó* (03:15)
In These Shoes? (Demo)* (03:40)
Things Happen (Demo) (02:58)
Treachery (Demo) (a.k.a. Stalking A Fan)* (03:51)
Siempre Tu Rosa (Always Your Rose)* (02:35)

CD 6: 1999-2000
1. Mambo De La Luna (Mint Royale Mix) (05:36)
2. In These Shoes? (UR Crazy Remix) (06:04)
3. Good For Me (03:34)
4. Autumngirlsoup (03:54)
5. Us Amazonians (04:09)
6. Nao Esperando (04:04)
7. Wrong Again (04:20)
8. I Believe In Love* (02:47)
9. Sun On The Water (Demo) (04:07)
10. Here Comes That Man Again (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (05:10)
11. Head (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:50)
12. Celestine (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:45)
13. England 2 Colombia 0 (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:50)
14. Designer Life (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (02:40)
15. Days (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:10)
16. Walking Down Madison (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (06:25)
17. How Insensitive (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (03:25)
18. My Affair (Live at The Jazz Café, London, 12/10/99)* (08:30)

CD 7: BBC recordings 1981 – 2000
I Don’t Wanna Play House (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)* (03.35)
Queen Of The High Teas (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)* (02.30)
You Can Have My Husband (Something Else, BBC TV 23/10/81)* (02.10)
Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89) (03.41)
What Do Pretty Girls Do? (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89) (02.36)
Don’t Run Away From Me Now (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89 (02.56)
Still Life (BBC Radio 1 session for Nicky Campbell, 08/11/89 (03.05)
There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26/06/91) (03:48)
Walk Right Back (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26 June 1991) (03.37)
Darling, Let’s Have Another Baby (with Billy Bragg) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Nicky Campbell, 26 June 1991) (02.39)
Angel (Later… BBC TV 19 November 1992)* (04.10)
Can’t Stop Killing You (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)* (03.54)
Soho Square (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)* (04.13)
Bad (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 07/03/94)* (01.56)
My Affair (BBC Radio 1 Session for Simon Mayo, 07/03/94) (03.44)
16. Miss Otis Regrets (with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards) (Later… BBC TV 31 December 1994)* (03.13)
Caroline (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 16 February 1995)* (02.29)
Free World (BBC Greater London Radio Session for Peter Curran, 16 February 1995)* (02.46)
A New England (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 20/02/95) (03.29)
He’s On The Beach (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session for Kevin Greening, 20/02/95) (03.27)
Tread Lightly (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park 10/06/95) (04.18)
I Wanna Be Sedated (Live at The Fleadh, Finsbury Park 10 June 1995) (02.32)
In These Shoes? (Later… BBC TV 15/04/00)* (03.57)

CD 8: Other People’s Songs (Guest Appearances & Collaborations)
Peggy Seeger – Darling Annie (4.09)
Jane Aire & The Belvederes – Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (2.54)
Jools Holland & Kirsty MacColl – Shutting The Doors (4.22)
Tracey Ullman – You Broke My Heart in 17 Places (2.49)
Billy Bragg With Johnny Marr & Kirsty MacColl – Greetings To The New Brunette (3.30)
David Byrne – Make Believe Mambo (Orisa) (5.23)
Ewan MacColl – The Manchester Rambler (4.42)
Happy Mondays – Hallelujah (MacColl Mix) (2.39)
Mary Coughlan – Invisible To You (4.28)
Alison Moyet – Wishing You Were Here (3.57)
Holly Johnson – Boyfriend ’65 (3.08)
Kirsty MacColl & Billy Bragg – Darling Let’s Have Another Baby (2.39)
The Wonder Stuff – Welcome To The Cheap Seats (Naked Mix) (2.41)
Engine Alley – Song For Someone (3.46)
Anthony Thistlethwaite – Red Jeans (2.36)
Sharon Shannon & Kirsty MacColl – Libertango (4.23)
Chucho Merchán, Kirsty MacColl and Phil Manzanera – People Uniting (5.05)
Ghostland & Kirsty MacColl – Sail Away (3.14)
*Tracks marked * are previously unreleased recordings.

now THIS is what i'm talking about

https://www.strandedrecords.com/cdn/shop/files/luther-thomas-human-arts-ensemble-funky-donkey-vol-1-1973-lp_1024x1024.jpg
Luther Thomas Human Arts Ensemble - Funky Donkey Vol. 1 (1973) LP

Wewantsounds, in collaboration with Corbett vs. Dempsey, reissues one of the great albums out of the BAG galaxy recorded by Luther Thomas

From Sony Legacy:

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hollywood Bowl August 18, 1967
Live at The Hollywood Bowl: August 18, 1967 has never before been released or bootlegged. It captures the Jimi Hendrix Experience at a unique moment in their illustrious career. Before a sold out audience of 17,000 people, the Experience overwhelmed an unsuspecting audience with a superb show that encompassed his renditions of songs by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters as well as signature songs such as “Purple Haze” and “The Wind Cries Mary.” Out November 10th, the album is currently available for pre-order on CD, vinyl, and digitally.

Sorry not to get this in sooner. Omnivore is having one of their flash sales: albums by or featuring Peter Holsapple (ends tomorrow, the 28th)"
https://omnivorerecordings.com/holsapplesale/
The sessions with Chilton incl. a couple I'd want to keep, The Continental Drifters many more, as well it might, for inst with the Psycho Sisters. Vicki Petersen and Susan Cowsill, singing the best tracks. Also, despite not being a big seasonal music fan, I like a lot of The dB's & Friends' Christmas Time Again!, which has had tracks added several times over the years, and keeps getting better. Have not heard the PH Combo xmas alb, the solo, or duet set w Stamey.

Also on Omnivore--hadn't heard of this!

https://omnivorerecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Adams-Ferguson-Louisville-Sluggers-OV-514.jpg

Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson
Louisville Sluggers
Release date: May 12, 2023

Expanded reissue of the 2006 release from co-founders of NRBQ
In 1966, Terry Adams and Steve Ferguson, two musicians from Louisville, Kentucky, formed the New Rhythm And Blues Quartet after playing together in earlier bands. From the release of their 1969, self-titled debut, NRBQ became not only one of the greatest genre-defying bands on the planet, but also a band whose live shows were as unpredictable as they were unparalleled in the joy they brought their audiences. Although Ferguson left the band in 1971, he was never far away—periodically showing up at gigs (much to the delight of fans), and playing with Adams on various releases keeping their musical friendship alive and well.

The pair got together in the mid 2000s to re-explore that kinship. They brought along NRBQ drummer Tom Ardolino, Terry’s brother Donn (of The Whole Wheat Horns, whose work is prevalent on many NRBQ releases), and some other friends. Donn says in the album’s liner notes, “No outside producers. No time constraints. No budget influences. Just Terry and Steve and friends.”

Louisville Sluggers appeared in 2006 to the delight of the NRBQ faithful. In addition to originals from both Adams and Ferguson, the friends also explored the music they loved: Thelonious Monk, Jimmie Rodgers, Louis Armstrong, Hank Williams, and more. No matter the writer or influence, Louisville Sluggers was totally inventive, and a whole lot of fun.

Now, Louisville Sluggers returns, with updated artwork (retaining Donn Adams original liner notes) and four previously unissued bonus tracks including recordings of “Turkey In The Straw” and Allen Toussaint’s “Java.” This reissue expands the wonder and merriment of Louisville Sluggers for the new and old generations of fans of NRBQ and beyond.

CD / DIGITAL TRACK LIST:
PEANUT VENDOR
OUTER SPACE BOOGIE (Alternate Mix)
SAME TRAIN
MULE SKINNER BLUES (Take 1)
ICHABOD
PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE
IT’S TOO SOON TO KNOW
KNUCKLEHEAD
DUTCHESS COUNTY JAIL
SOUTH OF THE ORIENT
HI-HEEL SNEAKERS
TURKEY IN THE STRAW *
BLUE MONK
JAVA *
DUET FOR COUSINS *
HEY GOOD LOOKIN’
ICHABOD (Take 1) *
* Previously unissued bonus tracks.

my fave single album of Omnivore's ongoing NRBQ series is groovy speculative rowdy backyard Louisville s/t debut, finally reissued in 2018:

The return of their classic debut album!
The New Rhythm And Blues Quintet formed over 50 years ago, and after playing together for a few years, the band began recording with Eddie Kramer and inked a two-record deal with Columbia Records. Their eponymous debut appeared on shelves in 1969, featuring the band’s wide-ranging originals peppered with versions of songs from artists as wide-ranging as Eddie Cochran and Sun Ra, plus a co-write between the band’s Terry Adams and Jazz experimentalist Carla Bely. It was, and is, a wildly original and influential release.

For all of its stature, it’s hard to believe in its 49-year existence, it has never been reissued, nor ever appeared on CD or Digital. That changes in March when NRBQ is available once again, on CD (for the first time), Digital, and as a gatefold LP. Combining elements of the original, with additional photos and new liner notes from Jay Berman, the package has never looked, nor sounded better.

The band is still going strong, and this reissue follows hot on the heels of their 5-CD boxed set, High Noon – A 50-Year Retrospective, and last year’s critically acclaimed EP, Happy Talk.

Big Tina Turner compilation coming in November:

Tina Turner
Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
A Collection Of All Her Singles From 1975-2023
55 Tracks Presented Chronologically On 5-LP & 3-CD Sets With A Foreword From Bryan Adams

CD1
Whole Lotta Love
Acid Queen
Root, Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roller
Viva La Money
Sometimes When We Touch
Music Keeps Me Dancin’
Let’s Stay Together
Help
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Better Be Good To Me
Private Dancer
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Show Some Respect
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
One Of The Living
It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
Typical Male
Two People
What You Get Is What You See
Girls

CD2
Break Every Rule
Paradise Is Here
Afterglow
Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
Addicted to Love (Live in Europe)
A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe)
Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
The Best (Edit)
Steamy Windows
I Don’t Wanna Lose You
Look Me In The Heart
Foreign Affair
Be Tender With Me Baby
It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version)
Love Thing
Way Of The World

CD3
I Want You Near Me
I Don’t Wanna Fight
Disco Inferno
Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
Proud Mary
Goldeneye
Whatever You Want
On Silent Wings
Missing You
In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White)
Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
When The Heartache Is Over
Whatever You Need
Open Arms
Teach Me Again (with Elisa)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix)
Something Beautiful (2023 Version)

Laibach's Nova Akropola is being reissued as a 3CD set in December. Discs 1 and 3 are crucial — it's a great album, and they were incredible live back in the old days — but Disc 2 is probably pretty skippable.

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DISC ONE
1. VIER PERSONEN
2. NOVA AKROPOLA
3. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA
4. VOJNA POEMA
5. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (OUTRO)
6. DIE LIEBE
7. DRŽAVA
8. VADE RETRO
9. PANORAMA
10. DECREE

DISC TWO
LIVE IN EUROPE 1997-2020
1. VADE RETRO (LIVE IN LJUBLJANA, 1997)
2. NOVA AKROPOLA (LIVE IN ZAGREB 2019)
3. VIER PERSONEN (LIVE IN LJUBLJANA, 2019)
4. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA (LIVE IN SERBIA, 2021)
5. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (LIVE IN SERBIA, 2021)
6. DIE LIEBE (LIVE IN SKOPJE 2018)
7. DRŽAVA (LIVE AT LJUBLJANA CASTLE, 2020)

DISC THREE
LIVE IN LONDON 1985-1987
1. VIER PERSONEN (LONDON, 1985)
2. NOVA AKROPOLA (LONDON, 1985)
3. VADE RETRO (LONDON, 1985)
4. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA (LONDON, 1986)
5. DIE LIEBE (LONDON, 1985)
6. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (LONDON, 1985)
7. DRŽAVA (LONDON, 1985)
8. VOJNA POEMA (LONDON, 1985)
9. DRŽAVA (LET’S MAKE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE FIRST AGAIN!) (LONDON, 1987)

10CD or 10LP box: The Complete Obscure Records Collection

** Limited Collector Edition of 1.000 copies. Includes hand-numbered certificate, 10 LPs in faithful replicas of the original covers and polylined inner sleeves, a 80-page LP-sized book in English, all housed in a custom lavish linen box. ** In a very special Soundohm exclusive, we’re thrilled to announce pre-orders for the first ever box set gathering the entire ten album collection of Brian Eno’s Obscure Records, originally issued between 1975 and 1978. Containing the debut releases of Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, John Adams, David Toop, Max Eastley, Harold Budd, Christopher Hobbs, Jan Steele, and Simon Jeffes / The Penguin Café Orchestra, in addition to important works by John Cage, Tom Phillips, and John White, not to mention Eno’s seminal “Discreet Music”, the label’s output collectively amounts to a monument in the history of minimalist experimental music that has captivated audiences since it first appeared - a rare bridge between the avant-garde and popular realms. This remarkable collection, coming as a deluxe box set designed by Bruno Stucchi / dinamomilano, and issued by Dialogo in CD and vinyl editions completely remastered by Andrea Marutti - both including a book filled with rare photos, archival material and texts by, among others, Gavin Bryars, Bradford Bailey, David Toop, Max Eastley, Richard Bernas, and Tom Recchion - marks the first time this seminal series has received a complete repress on any format, with a number of the albums within having never been reissued on vinyl and/or CD since their original release. You can't get any better than this, simply a dream come true.

Mighty tempting... I have seven of those albums in one form or another already; it was one of those collector impulses that eventually subsided. Still haven't heard Machine Music, Ensemble Pieces or Voices and Instruments.

Think that the vinyl version comes with downloads?

Hmmm. Probably not.

In my latest newsletter, I write about three new South African jazz reissues:

South Africa '75