Rolling Reissues 2021

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Antoinette Konan
Antoinette Konan
AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA

Reissue of Antoinette Konan's self-titled, electro-Baoulé blaster from 1986! This eponymous album features nothing more than her ahoko on the cover. The deceptively simple traditional percussion instrument transformed Ivory Coast’s Baoulé music scene when Konan deployed it against a roaring electrified backdrop of synth, bass guitar and drum machines. This album is a veritable UFO of instrumental force and contemporary pop sensibility landing in a boiling pot of diverse, creative characters inhabiting Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire).

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‘Let’s Take It To The Stage’ is basically an album of offcuts but it always sounded really coherent to me...probably my favourite

^^ sorry wrong thread

I agree, though!

Mr Bongo has a tracklisting for a cd of that Original Sound of Mali but I couldn't find a cd copy on their site.
Has that come and gone already or something?

I just now checked that soundoftheuniverse store link in the post: CD still in stock.

couldn't find it there when I looked. Looks like it is actually an older release getting a special coloured vinyl release. looks like it actually came out in 2017 from discogs. Looked ion there and they had cd copies but didn't see them on either MR Bongo the release label's page or that Sounds of the universe. maybe search engine needed another specific cos I just got taken to the 2 different vinyl versions

I'm still seeing it here: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/_19

That's where it says "CD in stock" and has excerpts of all tracks.

Original Sound of Mali? That's come up as a different cd on my computer.

Sorry! It's this of course: https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-original-sound-of-mali: limited edition blue vinyl, 2-LP, in stock. Orig release was a while back, but new pressing seems worth a new post.

Don't know this guy (or movie), but also did music for the awes Get Carter (then again, so much going on in that, don't remember the music) Must check some of his (incl. maybe this) on 'Tube:

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**Limited blue vinyl edition and deluxe gatefold, tip-on sleeve!! Expensive but worth it!!**

SUPER-RARE soundtrack to the 1974 crime thriller 'The Marseille Contract' scored by the great Roy Budd! First time EVER on vinyl!

The score is a prime example of Roy Budd’s signature action thriller jazz / crime sound but only ever had a release in France on 7” for promotional use. Undoubtedly one of Budd's greatest; tough, dark, tense, biting, orchestrated jazz-funk (check the incredible 'Jazz It Up'!) with some absolutely monster BREAKS - don't miss!

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Aw man the Get Carter score is sooo good, will check this out

for reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMhcf8eyiA

^yess also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrV3WB9YlZU

Wow! Any relation to Harold Budd?

A Record Store Day feature:

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Golden Age: 25 Years Of Signature Sounds
Artist: Various Artists
Format: CD
On January 29, 2021 Signature Sounds will release a double-album collection, celebrating 25 years as a record label. The 37-song compilation, Golden Age: 25 Years of Signature Sounds features Signature artists old and new like Josh Ritter, Lake Street Dive, Chris Smither, Eilen Jewell, Lori McKenna, Heather Maloney, The Suitcase Junket, and Winterpills. Labelpresident Jim Olsen writes, 'To celebrate 25 unpredictable years as a record label, we've put together a 37-song collection. The approach was to make it a really good sounding album, rather than just the biggest hits. We wanted to make it a really nice listen all the way through and showcase the artists to their best effect.' Described as 'The ultimate destination for independent-minded folk, Americana, roots and rock artists', Signature Sounds is based in Northampton, MA and has released over 175 albums of singer-songwriter, Americana, modern folk and rock music.
DISC: 1

1. Josh Ritter/Me & Jiggs
2. Eilen Jewell/Rain Roll In
3. Birds Of Chicago/Superlover
4. Chris Smither/Seems So Real
5. Kris Delmhorst/1000 Reasons
6. Winterpills/Freeze Your Light
7. Amy Rigby/Dancing With Joey Ramone
8. Joy Kills Sorrow/Was It You?
9. Heather Maloney /All In Your Name
10. Richard Shindell/Confession
11. Bridget Kearney/Wash Up
12. Barnstar!/Darling
13. The Sweetback Sisters/Looking For A Fight
14. Taylor Ashton/Straight Back
15. Sometymes Why/Glorious Machine
16. Redbird/Ships
17. Zoe Muth/Mama Needs A Margarita
18. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem/Joy Comes Back

DISC: 2

1. Lake Street Dive/You Go Down Smooth
2. Parsonsfield/Weeds Or Wildflowers
3. Erin McKeown/La Petite Mort
4. The Suitcase Junket/Beta Star
5. Crooked Still/Undone In Sorrow
6. Jeffrey Foucault/Everybody’s Famous
7. And The Kids/No Way Sit Back
8. The Mammals/Follow Me To Carthage
9. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer/Ordinary Town
10. Lori McKenna/Bible Song
11. Peter Mulvey/Sad Sad Sad Sad (And Faraway From Home)
12. Twisted Pine/Right Now
13. The Sacred Shakers/Taggin’ Along With Jesus
14. Mary Gauthier/Good-bye
15. Dustbowl Revival/Busted
16. Mark Erelli/Five Beer Moon
17. Jim Henry & Brooks Williams/Gender Bender
18. Philip B. Price/Whiskey Bells
19. Caroline Herring/True Colors

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Amancio D'Silva
Konkan Dance
THE ROUNDTABLE

LP
Reissue of guitar genius' Amancio D’Silva’s 1972 recording 'Konkan Dance'! The Roundtable reissue this lost long player which is one of the most beguiling examples of D’Silva’s blend of jazz, rock and Indian music. On these sessions Amancio is accompanied by an all-star line-up including Stan Tracey, Don Rendell, Alan Branscombe and Clem Alford. 'Konkan Dance'
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Sun Ra and His Outer Space Arkestra
A Fireside Chat With Lucifer
MODERN HARMONIC

LP, CD
While the most renowned track in this omniversal opus is the atomic expletive-filled, proto-hip hop classic 'Nuclear War,' there is so much more to this dark mysterious journey through the mind of Sun Ra.
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The Sun Ra Arkestra
Thunder Of The Gods (Coloured Vinyl Edition)
MODERN HARMONIC

LP
**Limited, coloured vinyl edition!**

A new Sun Ra LP touches ground in the earthly bins, 50 years after its creation!

Sun Ra and the Arkestra weren’t a traditional studio band, and every star in the vast galaxy of their discography reflects this. The origins of these records can be hard to pinpoint at times, but when it comes to Thunder Of The Gods, it’s a bit easier. “Calling Planet Earth – We’ll Wait For You” was discovered on tapes from Ra’s, Universe In Blue, believed to be recorded in ’71. The raucous title track and “Moonshots Across the Sky” are unearthed from the ’66 Strange Strings sessions.
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The Sun Ra Arkestra
The Antique Blacks
ART YARD

CD
In this album Sun Ra blends elements of free jazz, off-key synth explorations, and experimental theatre into an other-worldly concoction that doesn’t crop up anywhere else in the Arkestra’s massive discography.

Although Sun Ra wouldn’t have called Earth home, there were a couple of cities that proved to have considerable significance on him and his music, and Philadelphia was one of the places that he really felt in his element. The vitality you can hear on Antique Blacks is a testament to the unique energy of the community around The Foxhole Cafe in Philly.

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Klaus Schulze
Next of Kin
THE ROUNDTABLE

LP
Soundtrack to the 'ozploitation' classic 'Next of Kin' from '82 - a highly stylised psychological thriller scored by none other than ex-Tangerine Dream / Ash Ra Tempel drummer and German electronic music pioneer, Klaus Schulze. The music featured in the film is a unique hybrid of pulsing Giallo-moods and hypnotic 'Berlin-School' electronica.

This is the first time time these recordings have been made available. Remastered from the original master tapes

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Vis-A-Vis
Odo Gu Ahorow
WE ARE BUSY BODIESAFRICAN

LP
Reissue of the second, 1976 album by Ghanian group, Vis-A-Vis! Led by vocalist Isaac 'Superstar' Yeboah and featuring Sammy Cropper on guitar, Slim Manu on bass and Gybson 'Shaolin Kung-Fu' Papra on drums, Vis-A-Vis helped propel K. Frimpong to fame as one of Ghana's most popular stars of the 1970s. On some of Frimpong's albums, they also overlapped as part of his other recording band, the Cubano Fiestas.

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*Steve Reid* w Brandon Ross, whom I know from his work w Henry Threadrill and Harriet Tubman (jazz-rock-hip-hop power trio):

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New Life Trio
Visions Of The Third Eye
EARLY FUTURE RECORDS

LP+Download Code
Official super limited-edition bespoke independent press release of this SEMINAL and iconic, 1979, spiritual jazz classic!

Super-rare, spiritual jazz masterpeice from the legendary drummer Steve Reid with Brandon Ross on guitar and David Wertman on bass.

This stunning release includes a 20 page fanzine featuring an in-depth testimonial and interview with Brandon Ross, and an essay by Finders Keepers' Andy Votel, as well as archival photos, scores and reviews. ESSENTIAL!

This album was originally released on Steve Reid's own Mustevic Sound label in New York.

The hypnotic 'Empty Streets' featured on Soul Jazz Records' early Universal Sounds of America release. You may also recognise the cover art as the basis for our book/album project Freedom, Rhythm and Sound made with Gilles Peterson back in 2009.

More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/visions-of-the-third-eye

Back in stock:

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Trojan---The Story of Trojan Records
By Laurence Cane-Honeysett
TROJAN

Book
MASSIVE new book (300+ pages!)

A lavish, fully illustrated deluxe book, an official history, from the label’s archivist, historian Laurence Cane-Honeysett

Includes hundreds of photographs, record sleeves, labels and archive material, much of it not seen for many years.

More info:
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Coming in April, supposedly. No tracklist yet. Dunno the source of the hyper-capitalized notes below.

Following Recent Super-Deluxe Editions And Multi-Format Releases Of Classic Who Albums – ‘My Generation’, ‘Tommy’ And ‘Quadrophenia’, And The Success Of ‘Live At Fillmore’, We Follow With The Who Sell Out – This Set Shaping Up To Be The Most Superlative Of All…!!

Released In December 1967 – The Album Reflected A Remarkable Year In Popular Culture. As Well As Being Forever Immortalised As The Moment When The Counterculture And The ‘Love Generation’ Went Global, 1967 Produced Tremendous Musical Upheavals As “Pop” Metamorphosed To “Rock”.

Originally Planned By Pete Townshend And The Band’s Managers, As A Loose Concept Album Including Jingles And Commercials Linking The Songs Styled As A Radio London Broadcast – Born Out Of Necessity As The Band’s Managers Wanted A New Album And There Weren’t Enough Songs.

The Original Plan Was To Sell Advertising Space On The Album – Jaguar Cars, Coca-Cola Etc. The Jingles Pay Tribute To The Pirate Radio Stations And Expose The Myths Of ‘Pop-Culture’ And Mock Consumer Society – Way Ahead Of Their Time…

The Homage To Pop-Art Is Evident In Both The Advertising Jingles And The Iconic Sleeve Design – Created By David King (Art Director At The Sunday Times) And Roger Law (Who Invented Spitting Image) Producing Four Giant Images For Each Band Member – Odorono Deodorant, Medac Spot Cream, Charles Atlas And Heinz Baked Beans (Roger Apparently Caught Pneumonia From Sitting In The Cold Beans For Too Long).

Photography By Renowned Portrait Photographer David Montgomery (Rare Out-Takes Included)

The Album Is A Bold Depiction Of The Period In Which It Was Made – The Tail-End Of The ‘Swinging-60s’ Meets Pop-Art Mixed With Psychedelia And Straight-Ahead Pop Craft. It’s Glorious Blend Of Classic Powerful Who Instrumentation, Melodic Harmonies, Satirical Lyrical Imagery Crystallised For What Was Only The Group’s Third Album – The Ambition And Scope Is Unrivalled By The Who, Or Any Others From That Period.

Within The Bold Concept, Were A Batch Of Fabulous And Diverse Songs – I Can See For Miles (A Top Ten Hit) Is A Who Classic, Rael, A Townshend ‘Mini-Opera’ With Musical Motifs That Reappeared In Tommy And The Psychedelic Blast Of Armenia City In The Sky And Relax Are Among The Very Best Material Of The 1960s.

One Of The Most Extraordinary Albums Of Any Era – It’s The Who’s Last ‘Pop’ Album. Two Years Later Came Tommy – A Double Concept Album About A Deaf, Dumb And Blind Kid…

“We Were Hoping To Get Free Jaguars. We Got Fifty Tins Of Free Baked Beans”
Pete Townshend

Super-Deluxe Edition

Disc 1 – Original Mono Mix, Mono As & Bs And Unreleased Mono Mixes
Disc 2 – Original Stereo Mix And Stereo Bonus Tracks
Disc 3 – Studio Out-Takes, ‘Fly-On-The-Wall’ Versions Of Early Takes Of Songs From The Album Sessions, ‘Studio Chat’ Etc. – Previously Unreleased
Disc 4 – ‘The Road To Tommy’ Will Contain Stereo Mixes Of The Studio Tracks Recorded In 1968 – Some Previously Unreleased – Plus 1968 As And Bs Mono Mixes (All Tracks Remixed From Original 4 And 8-Track Session Tapes In The Who Vault)
Disc 5 – 14 Of Pete Townshend’s Original Demos – Previously Unreleased & Exclusive To This Set…

Bonus 7” Discs:

Track UK 45 Repro:
Decca USA 45 Repro:

112 Tracks – Many Unreleased!
80-Page, Hard-Back Full-Colour Book, Including Rare Period Photos, Memorabilia &
Track Annotation And New Liner Notes By Pete Townshend
Comments From From Pete Drummond (Radio Caroline DJ), Chris Huston (Talentmasters Studio), Richard Evans (Designer), Roy Flynn (Speakeasy Club Manager), Arnold Schwartzman (Designer) & Andy Neill (Who Biographer)

Nine Posters & Inserts, Including Replicas Of…

20” X 30” Original Adrian George Poster
Gig Poster – City Hall, Newcastle: The Who, Traffic, Tremeloes Etc.
Saville Theatre 8-Page Programme.
Business Card For The Bag O’ Nails Club, Kingly Street.
Fan Club Photo Of Group.
Flyer For Bath Pavilion Concerts Including The Who.
Crack-Back Bumper Sticker For Wonderful Radio London.
Keith Moon’s Speakeasy Club Membership Card
Who Fan Club Newsletter.

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Doctor my eyes!

once again, would love to just have the CDs without all that other crap

bag o nails business card aside

Appealing description: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nancy-sinatra-start-walkin-1965-1976 Also talks about her earliest singles, way before Lee, and I'm intrigued by this passing mention: In fact, the most substantial retrospective, 2011’s Cherry Smiles: The Rare Singles, was released on her own Boots label.

US release: March 12
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Cherry Smiles digital-only on Amazon, but nice price. Incl. "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone?"!

xgau sez:
As Rob Sheffield and I discussed on the Auriculum podcast that went up yesterday, Oh-OK’s miniscule catalogue is commercially available again—though also going fast and also, to be sure, streamable—The Complete Reissue. It comprises 17 songs where the long out-of-print 2002 CD dubbed The Complete Recordings somehow comprises 23. The CD was sequenced so the Athens band’s two legendary EPs occupy the first 10 tracks that lead into 13 live tracks; on the vinyl, four EP tracks are followed by five of the same live tracks before six EP tracks are followed by another two. There’s a sense in which this is a good idea, because the EPs are so legendary that the CD’s live stuff is experienced as a dropoff that’s less pronounced on the vinyl, in part because the material the compilers single out tends more finished and a closer match sonically—no male voices, for one thing. As a result the vinyl homes in more on the distinctly girlish voices of Lynda Stipe and Linda Hopper, who were in fact 19 and 22 when they convened in Athens G-A in 1981 but, crucially, sounded much younger. For further elucidation, I recommend the CD’s liner notes, written by Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell, our most auspicious collaboration primarily on the strength of Carola’s insights. Details get misty 20 years on, but figure I provide the biz context, which does the job, and Carola most of the many aesthetic apercus, which both sparkle and giggle. Here those liner notes are.
Also w links in original text of the above:
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MOTÖRHEAD and Germany… it was always a love affair.

Throughout the Grammy-Award winning band’s illustrious 40-year career, Germany never wavered in its loyal and fanatical support of MOTÖRHEAD’s untouchably loud rock ‘n’ roll, with the band regularly selling out tour after tour. And on December 5, 2012, at the Berlin Velodrom, MOTÖRHEAD played one of their biggest-ever German gigs to 12,000 delirious, delighted and demented MOTÖRHEAD fans during the Kings of The Road Tour.

The event was thankfully recorded, and on April 23rd, Silver Lining Music will proudly present Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin on CD with bonus DVD, double vinyl and via your favored streaming platforms.

Featuring Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee, Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin is a crowning, definitive statement as to the power the trio had long held. Theirs was a line-up which had spent decades cracking sound barriers, bending ears and decimating lawns worldwide, consistently delivering the Motörgospel to hundreds of thousands of fans, and this line-up was MOTÖRHEAD’s longest serving by a considerable distance (Phil joined in 1984, Mikkey in 1992, and the band played as a trio from 1995 until the band’s final show in 2015).

Throughout Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin their powerful synergy boots its way through the speakers with the boisterous charm and dirty, dangerous, sweaty gusto that was the Kilmister/Campbell/Dee trademark. From the unapologetically furious “I Know How to Die” to a deliciously raucous “Going to Brazil,” Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin is all about the thick, raw and liberating power of MOTÖRHEAD live, with longtime producer Cameron Webb bringing his mixing skills to the party as well as doing a 5.1 mix of the DVD. Further highlights include a favorably feral “Rock It,” a rudely raunchy “You Better Run” and a classic one-two haymaker of “Ace of Spades” and “Overkill.” The leading track from the album will be a cranium-cracking “Over the Top,” a song which must be as close to definitive of this band as you’ll ever find.

The whole night was captured by Herwig Meyszner, who has also produced concert films for the likes of Saxon, Exodus and Kreator, with a multi-camera no-shot-missed shoot that captures not just the energy onstage but the energy on the floor. In so many ways, Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin is a joyous celebration of Lemmy, Phil, Mikkey and this special night in Germany, and whether a collector completist or newbie to MOTÖRHEAD’s music, Louder Than Noise… Live in Berlin is a welcome reminder of what real rock ‘n’ roll is truly about.

Formats:

CD Album with Bonus DVD in Digipak [Worldwide]
Double Black Vinyl Album, 180 gm, in Gatefold [Available at Retail World Ex. US & CA and Worldwide via D2C]
Boxset [GSA Retail Exclusive and via D2C Worldwide Ex GSA], containing:
CD Album with Bonus DVD in Digipak
Double Black Vinyl Album, 180 gm, in Gatefold
Motörhead Branded Passport Cover
Digital Album & Streaming [Worldwide]

Track Listing:
I Know How to Die - Live in Berlin 2012
Damage Case - Live in Berlin 2012
Stay Clean - Live in Berlin 2012
Metropolis - Live in Berlin 2012
Over the Top - Live in Berlin 2012
Doctor Rock - Live in Berlin 2012
String Theory - Live in Berlin 2012
The Chase Is Better Than the Catch - Live in Berlin 2012
Rock It - Live in Berlin 2012
You Better Run - Live in Berlin 2012
The One to Sing the Blues - Live in Berlin 2012
Going to Brazil - Live in Berlin 2012
Killed by Death - Live in Berlin 2012
Ace of Spades - Live in Berlin 2012
Overkill - Live in Berlin 2012

MOTÖRHEAD:
Lemmy Kilmister – Vocals/Bass
Phil Campbell – Guitars
Mikkey Dee – Drums

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The Scissor Girls
by The Scissor Girls

A vinyl pressing of their handmade, self-released demo tape from 1992. From 1991 – 1996, the Scissor Girls reigned as the most jarring, intense, and unpredictable band, the centerpiece of the “Chicago no wave” scene. Their recorded legacy (two LPs, a 10”, and a handful of 7”s) is all highlights, but nothing else sounds quite as friendless and focused as these very first recordings. Seven pin-sharp, searing, precise songs. Limited to 500 copies. Full color old-fashioned "tip-on" sleeve with spot varnish and printed innersleeve.
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i'm excited for this:

Belong To The Wind marks Forager Records’ debut release: A lovingly curated collection of crooning psychedelic folk and soul songs gathered from American 45s of the 1970s. The compilation features 10 songs from 10 different acts, each with an indelible story of love, loss, loneliness, and an unrelenting desire to shake the confines of routine existence.

This LP aims to shed light on the more opaque cuts of these brooding artists. Many of these songs were recorded at the early stages of a career, at a time when experimenting and searching are pursued with reckless abandon. As a result, these songs are aggressively honest and uncompromising. Many have a distinct sense of the lo-fi DIY variety. Others are polished in production. Some are minimal, tentative and vulnerable. What all of these songs share, is a transportive quality. An uncanny ability to take a captive listener on a search for the soul, and a journey into the bellowing fields of easy reflection.

Sit back and enjoy a soft trip through the hazy milieu of a loner’s mind.

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Within A Few Degrees (W/DVD)
Artist: Bob Frank

Folksinger Bob Frank was born and raised in East Memphis. After serving a tour in Vietnam, Frank got his start in the music business as a contract writer for a Nashville publishing house, with a mandate to churn out commercial ditties for the country marketplace. He didn't find success in publishing but he did find a record deal and made his debut release in 1972 for legendary folk/blues/roots label Vanguard. Though he wouldn't have another release for 30 years, his songwriting output was unabated, and he created a huge library of home recordings. While he had all but disappeared from the music business, his songs were recorded by Jim Dickinson, Chris Ledoux, Gary McMahan, Jerry McGill and others. In the early 2000s, he formed his own label and began releasing a string of well-reviewed albums (A Little Gest of Robin Hood, Keep On Burning, World Without End, and more), and at the same time discovered that he had become a cult artist whose work and whereabouts were discussed by many a music connoisseur on the internet. Copies of his Vanguard album had become rare-an eBay treasure that might run you $100. In 2014, Light In The Attic teamed with Vanguard Records and re-released Frank's storied debut. This current release, Bob Frank - Within A Few Degrees, examines the story of that debut and the life of the songwriter afterward and includes never-before-released songs from the eras preceding and proceeding the cult Vanguard album. Bob died in 2019 at his home in El Sobrante, California, but not before sharing his thoughts on the titular film in this set: "I come off as just one more ordinary, fucked up mind!" He loved it.

From Don Giovanni:
Boston No-Wave Progenitors VITAMIN Discography
Recordings 1981
To Be Released April 16th
This release is the first time the collection has been made officially available.

"Vitamin was imbued with the type of self-belief that allows one to ignore all walls. I was a total fan the first time I saw them."
-Roger Miller, Mission of Burma (producer of the Vitamin studio session)

“Vitamin refused to ‘act like a band.' (Their performance was) a spontaneous demonstration. They fooled around, had fun on stage, stopped in the middle of songs, made things up [...] They’ve blown off firecrackers and shot hot dogs from canons. We decided to come to the interview prepared for insanity.” - Boston Rock Magazine, 1980.

For Immediate Release: Don Giovanni Records has announced the first official release of the discography from VITAMIN, the inspiring but poorly-documented band from the early 1980s Boston punk scene. Titled Recordings 1981, the collection is available for pre-order now, and will be released April 16th, 2021.

The track "Black Sheep" from the Roger Miller (of Mission of Burma) produced studio recording is available on all streaming platforms and Bandcamp now.https://vitamin1981.bandcamp.com/"> https://vitamin1981.bandcamp.com/

“We’re called VITAMIN, in case you didn’t know,” snarls vocalist / violinist / keyboardist Margie Politzer before the band rips into a set at The Rat, the recording of which is captured in this collection.

It was 1979 when Boston teenagers Jason Shapiro and Mike McGlinchey saw the open door of punk as it turned to art-punk and no wave, and scurried straight in. Shapiro was 14. McGlinchey was only a few years older. Neither had played an instrument for long when Vitamin formed.

Wide-eyed, the two took-in bands at Boston loft spaces and factory basements, hugely influenced by Pere Ubu label-mates The Girls, the absurdist band of art-school drop-outs. In time, they convinced The Girls ex-violinist, Margie Politzer, to join the band. Margie’s John Cale-inspired violin, her NYC origins and first-hand CBGBs experiences imbued the band with a new spirit. They finally added experienced drummer Chris Gill to complete the line-up.

Inspired by the no-wave impulse to tear rock apart and build something new from the blistering pieces, Vitamin’s sound was raucous and careening but playful, with a dash of conceptualism for good measure. Truly joyful noise.

While they existed in Boston at an inspired time for the underground, Vitamin didn’t last long. Margie left the band in the fall of 1981. Jason and Mike became increasingly influenced by the Boston hardcore scene. By 1983 they were no more. But their brief life stands as a difficult-to-top example of art-making for its own sake, and a document of youthful collective creation.

Jason went on to join glam band Celebrity Skin and is now a member of Redd Kross.

Including the band's studio recordings, as well as archival live recordings from several different performances, Recordings 1981 marks the first time the puzzle piece of Vitamin has properly been placed in the larger scope of the evolution of punk and art-rock. Extensive liner notes from Pitchfork contributing writer Jenn Pelly are included in the packaging, which give the brief but impactful history of the band the context it deserves.
Pre-order Recordings 1981 out April 16th 2021
trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ZJo-Bl8wM

xpanded Digital Editions of The Jacksons Studio Albums--Triumph, Victory, and 2300 Jackson Street - Out Friday, April 30

Martin Luther King & Barack Obama’s Speeches Featured on the “Can You Feel It” Remix Released Today

2LP Vinyl Reissue of The Jacksons Live! Coming Friday, March 26

New York, NY - March 19, 2021 - Epic Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce the second wave of titles in The Jacksons definitive album project. Expanded digital editions (featuring bonus tracks) of the group's last three Epic studio albums--Triumph (1980), Victory (1984) and 2300 Jackson Street (1989) --will be released Friday, April 30 and available for pre-order starting today. Each album comes with three ‘instant grat’ tracks when preordered.

As part of the project, an exciting new remix of “Can You Feel It” was created by producer/composer Greg Curtis (engineered by Jon Nettlesbey) and executive produced by John McClain:

Can You Feel It: The Jacksons X MLK Remix: Greg Curtis kicks off his production with a roaring drum line and bookends the mix with recordings from the late Martin Luther King’s acclaimed 1968 The Drum Major Instinct speech at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Midway, excerpts from the great Barack Obama’s first inauguration speech inspire. The production is capped with King’s words, “Free at last, Free at last; Thank God Almighty, Free at last.” Listen here.

The Jackson’s definitive album project:
The expanded digital releases of Triumph, Victory and 2300 Jackson Street are available alongside The Jacksons (1976), Goin' Places (1977) and Destiny (1978), released February 12. The six studio albums recorded by The Jacksons for Epic Records trace the group's spectacular leap from their Jackson 5 boy band roots to their role as avatars of an R&B/pop revolution (1976-1989). Each title includes the original album in its entirety, bundled with additional bonus tracks and may be ordered here:

https://TheJacksons.lnk.to/TriumphPR
https://TheJacksons.lnk.to/2300JacksonStPR
https://TheJacksons.lnk.to/VictoryPR

More details about these reissues:
https://www.legacyrecordings.com/the-jacksons-triumph-victory-2300-jackson-street-expanded-digital-editions/

Really enjoying Pierre Barouh's Le Pollen! Moody chanson stuff over 1982 production/contributions from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi, Yasuaki Shimizu, etc

Oh man---this announcement makes me think of those mega mega Stooges boxes----here's one for John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, and a link for the Ultimate Mix of "Mother" awaits you (admit I'm curious about the raw elements offered up on disc)
https://www.umgcatalog.com/news/john-lennons-transformational-and-influential-masterpiece-john-lennonplastic-ono-band-explored

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Amy Winehouse At The BBC, a 3LP/3CD collection chronicling many remarkable performances, will be released on May 7. Listen to the first 6 tracks now, including "Rehab" and "Take The Box" & be sure to pre-order the album digitally, on 3CD, or on 3LP.
https://amywinehouse.lnk.to/AtTheBBCPR?utm_source=dotmailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=99029_UMe%20Newsletter%20%284%2F2%2F2021%29_231803_US&dm_i=4YUZ,24ET,9J3W9,9QRD,1

Yall heard this? I haven't.

A Psychedelic Brazilian Holy Grail: José Mauro 'A Viagem Das Hora'

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Recorded in 1970 at Odeon studios in Rio de Janeiro: the same time and place as all the music he ever recorded, José Mauro's A Viagem Das Horas wasn't released until six years later, when label owner and producer Roberto Quartin licensed the tracks to fellow Brazilian label Tapecar, who curiously released the album with several tracks already released on Obnoxius. Finally, over half a century on, A Viagem Das Horas will be released with three never before heard tracks, "Rua Dois", "Moenda'' and "Variação Sobre Um Antigo Tema", as Mauro and Quartin had originally intended.
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/a-viagem-das-hora

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A Spitboy complete discography reissue, my mind can't take it.

https://spitboy.bandcamp.com/album/body-of-work-1990-1995

Seefeel reissues! vinyl package of EP tracks and a comp (multiple formats) of Warp and Rephlex albums and EPs titled Rupt and Flex 1994-96

oh, and an expanded Succour AND (Ch-Vox) (which I don't really know enough about to know whether I should be excited) and a live 12". Warp going all out with one of their less appreciated treasures; one loves to see it

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Duke Reid International Disco Series
The Complete Collection
Doctor Bird
Reggae, Ska and rocksteady, DJ, Dancehall, Essential classics

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The Complete Collection
Doctor Bird
Reggae, Ska and rocksteady, DJ, Dancehall, Essential classics!

3×CD DBCDDD75£17.00
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2. DISC 1: Alton Ellis – If I Could Rule The World
3. The Techniques & Ranking Trevor – You Don't Care *
4. The Paragons & Jah Stone – My Best Girl *
5. Phyllis Dillon – Get On The Right Track *
6. Alton Ellis – I Can't Stop Now
7. The Techniques & Jah Walton – Queen Majesty *
8. Joya Landis – Kansas City *
9. Alton Ellis – Ooo Wee Baby
10. Ken Parker – True True *
11. The Paragons & Jah Stone – Riding High / GT.195 *
12. John Holt – Ali Baba +
14. DISC 2: The Techniques & Ranking Trevor – Love Is Not A Gamble *
15. Alton Ellis – I Can't Stand It
16. The Sensations – Those Guys *
17. The Techniques – Travelling Man *
18. The Jamaicans – Peace And Love *
19. The Paragons & Jah Stone – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy *
20. Joya Landis – Moonlight Lover *
21. Alton Ellis & Ranking Trevor – You Make Me Very Happy
22. The Techniques – It's You I Love *
23. Phyllis Dillon – Don't Touch My Tomato *
24. Nora Dean – Barbwire +
25. Alton Ellis & Papa Ritchie – Breaking Up / Phantom In The Jungle
26. The Supersonics – Breaking Up Dub
28. DISC 3: The Sensations & Jah Stone – Baby Love / Westmoreland Flood *
29. The Techniques – You Don't Care (2nd Mix) *
30. Alton Ellis – Chatty Chatty People *
31. The Paragons – The Same Song *
32. Ken Parker – I Should Have Known *
33. Alton Ellis – Cry Tough
34. The Techniques & Jah Walton – I Wish It Would Rain *
35. The Melodians – You Have Caught Me *
36. John Holt – Stealing +
37. Alton Ellis – Remember That Sunday
38. Carl Bryan & The Supersonics – Red Ash +
39. The Jamaicans – Baba Boom Boom *
40. Jah Thomas & The Supersonics – Musical Best *

The first ever comprehensive collection of Treasure Isle discomixes, comprising virtually every 12” single issued, plus 4 previously unissued recordings from the vaults.

The dancehall phenomenon of the late Seventies resulted in renewed interest in the sounds and rhythms of rock steady and early reggae; a development that prompted noted producer Sonia Pottinger to revisit many of the classic recordings in Duke Reid’s legendary Treasure Isle catalogue that she now owned.

The Duke had been a dominant force on the Jamaican music scene during the Sixties and early Seventies, when he had produced an array of hugely popular sides from his famed Treasure Isle studio on Bond Street, Kingston. Upon his premature demise in 1976, Pottinger inherited the business, although it was not until the close of the decade that that the true value of Reid’s work began to be appreciated once more.
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The Complete Collection
Doctor Bird
Reggae, Ska and rocksteady, DJ, Dancehall, Essential classics!

3×CD DBCDDD75£17.00
In stock

2. DISC 1: Alton Ellis – If I Could Rule The World
3. The Techniques & Ranking Trevor – You Don't Care *
4. The Paragons & Jah Stone – My Best Girl *
5. Phyllis Dillon – Get On The Right Track *
6. Alton Ellis – I Can't Stop Now
7. The Techniques & Jah Walton – Queen Majesty *
8. Joya Landis – Kansas City *
9. Alton Ellis – Ooo Wee Baby
10. Ken Parker – True True *
11. The Paragons & Jah Stone – Riding High / GT.195 *
12. John Holt – Ali Baba +
14. DISC 2: The Techniques & Ranking Trevor – Love Is Not A Gamble *
15. Alton Ellis – I Can't Stand It
16. The Sensations – Those Guys *
17. The Techniques – Travelling Man *
18. The Jamaicans – Peace And Love *
19. The Paragons & Jah Stone – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy *
20. Joya Landis – Moonlight Lover *
21. Alton Ellis & Ranking Trevor – You Make Me Very Happy
22. The Techniques – It's You I Love *
23. Phyllis Dillon – Don't Touch My Tomato *
24. Nora Dean – Barbwire +
25. Alton Ellis & Papa Ritchie – Breaking Up / Phantom In The Jungle
26. The Supersonics – Breaking Up Dub
28. DISC 3: The Sensations & Jah Stone – Baby Love / Westmoreland Flood *
29. The Techniques – You Don't Care (2nd Mix) *
30. Alton Ellis – Chatty Chatty People *
31. The Paragons – The Same Song *
32. Ken Parker – I Should Have Known *
33. Alton Ellis – Cry Tough
34. The Techniques & Jah Walton – I Wish It Would Rain *
35. The Melodians – You Have Caught Me *
36. John Holt – Stealing +
37. Alton Ellis – Remember That Sunday
38. Carl Bryan & The Supersonics – Red Ash +
39. The Jamaicans – Baba Boom Boom *
40. Jah Thomas & The Supersonics – Musical Best *

The first ever comprehensive collection of Treasure Isle discomixes, comprising virtually every 12” single issued, plus 4 previously unissued recordings from the vaults.

The dancehall phenomenon of the late Seventies resulted in renewed interest in the sounds and rhythms of rock steady and early reggae; a development that prompted noted producer Sonia Pottinger to revisit many of the classic recordings in Duke Reid’s legendary Treasure Isle catalogue that she now owned.

The Duke had been a dominant force on the Jamaican music scene during the Sixties and early Seventies, when he had produced an array of hugely popular sides from his famed Treasure Isle studio on Bond Street, Kingston. Upon his premature demise in 1976, Pottinger inherited the business, although it was not until the close of the decade that that the true value of Reid’s work began to be appreciated once more.

Aside from re-releasing numerous classic Treasure Isle sides on 7” and a trio of “Hottest Hits” long players, Pottinger also had Treasure Isle sound engineer, Errol Brown, remix many of Reid’s most significant sides, updating the sound to fit the new dancehall style. The result was a series of 12” singles that saw issue in Jamaica on either the Treasure Isle or her own High Note label.

Virtually all of these recordings, along with four previously unreleased sides, feature on this essential collection. And with all but a few of the tracks making their CD debut, this 3CD set is a must for all fans of rock steady, dub and dancehall, as well as admirers of Duke Reid’s inimitable Treasure Isle sound.

* Tracks New To CD

+ Previously Unreleased Tracks
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-complete-collection

Oops, sorry for multiple pastes of same text!

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Mandala
Mandala
Mad About Records
LP Deluxe reissue in thick carton cover w/ OBI strip & insert

**Deluxe reissue of this extremely rare, privately-pressed Brazilian jazz/psych album!**

Mandala made only one eponymous album, recorded in 1971 but released only in 1976. A very rare and influential album, featuring future members of Grupo Um (Nazario and Zeca Assumpcao who also played with Hermeto and Egberto Gismonti) and Pau Brasil (Nelson Ayres) - two seminal bands from the Brazilian instrumental scene of the 80s. The sound is a mix of Jazz Fusion with a Brazilian footprint - with a dash of psychedelic atmosphere and the spiced influence of oriental music.
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/mandala-22-mandala

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Joe Gallardo & Sol
Sol
Mad About Records
LP
Reissue of this mega rare latin funk/psych monster inc. a killer version of Ray Barretto's Latin-jazz classic 'El Que Se Fue'!
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/joe-gallardo-sol

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Cosmic Discotheque Vol. 4: 12 Junkshop Disco Funk Gems from the 70sVarious Artists
Naughty Rhythm Records LP

Pulsating, electronic euro-funk, groovy space-disco, acid afro funk and more on this killer, oddball selection of tunes from the more eccentric end of the "disco" spectrum!
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/cosmic-discotheque-vol-4-12-junkshop-disco-funk-gems-from-the-70s

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Persian Underground: Garage Rock Beat & Psychedelic Sounds From The Iranian 60s & 70s SceneVarious Artists
Got It!
Amazing collection that gathers some of the rarest Persian 45s. Such an eclectic mix of styles, from garage rock to cool Persian beat, exotic rock&roll and astonishing prog/psych numbers. Featuring female drummer & singer Zangoleah with some killer garage / rockin' tracks, obscure bands like Takkhalha doing a fab cover of the Stones 'Play With Fire' and an amazing take on the Persian traditional song 'Mastom, Mastom', Golden Ring-styled beat by Big Boys, exotic Persian beat by Saeed and Tigers, terrific garage-beat by Ojubeha and the two sides of the Kambiz 45, probably the major discovery from Iran in the recent years and one of the few, if not the only truly Persian prog/psych 45s ever recorded.
1. Zangoleah - Uncle Chainmaker
2. Saeed - Avenue Of Love
3. Big Boys - I Was Thinking About You
4. Zangoleah - Springs
5. Takkhalha - Mastom, Mastom
6. Kambiz - Love Knowledge
7. Kambiz - Way To Life
8. Takkhalha - Rain & Rain
9. Ojubeha - Shirley
10. Takkhalha - Play With Fire
11. Tigers - Take Leila Away
12. Big Boys - Bartender
13. Zangoleah - Wish Map
14. Tigers - Koori Shin Baba
More info:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/persian-underground

That link is still broken, but this one works:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/studio-one-gro

Well, now it doesn't! Seems like the best way is to the site search Studio One Groups.

Here's some more:

Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984: Ghana Music Power House
Various Artists
ANALOG AFRICA

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2×LP£29.00
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CD + Book (200g)£20.00
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1. Kofi Psych - Ernest Honny
2. Dee Mmaa Pe - Joe Meah
3. Yeaba - CK Mann & His Carousel 7
4. Shakabula - Santrofi-Ansa
5. Tinitini - Seaboy & Nyame Bekyere
6. Ahwene Pa Nkasa - Joe Meah
7. Ernest Special - Ernest Honny
8. Africa - Seaboy
9. Medley - Nyame Bekyere
10. Say The Truth - Ernest Honny
11. Wonnin a Bisa - Black Masters Band
12. Egye Tu Gbe - Sawaaba Soundz
13. Fa W‘akoma Ma Me - CK Mann Big Band
14. Odo Mframa - Ernest Honny

For most of the 1970s Essilfie-Bondzie's Dix and Essiebons labels were synonymous with the best in modern highlife, and his roster was a who's-who of highlife legends. C.K. Mann, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Kofi Papa Yankson, Ernest Honny, Rob 'Roy' Raindorf and Ebo Taylor all released some of their greatest music under the Essiebons banner.

Essiebons Special features a selection of obscure workouts from some of the label's heaviest hitters. But in the course of digitising his vast archive of master tapes, Essilfie-Bondzie found a number of Afrobeat and Instrumental masterpieces tracks from the label's mid-70s golden age that, for one reason or another, had never been released. Those songs are included here for the first time.

More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/essiebons-special-197

Wow, that one's messed up too! I swear the page exists. Maybe this computer? Not having trouble with links to other sites, though.

Meanwhile

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Life Between Islands
Soundsystem Culture : Black Musical Expression In The UK 1973 - 2006
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS
3×LP£28.00
Expected 28 JanPREORDER
2×CD£13.00
Expected 28 JanPREORDER
1. Black Slate – Sticks Man
2. Dee Sharp – Rising To The Top
3. Asher Senator – One Bible
4. Cymande – Fug
5. Digital Mystikz – Misty Winter
6. Winston Curtis – Be Thankful For What You've Got
7. Trevor Hartley – It Must Be Love
8. Shut Up and Dance featuring The Ragga Twins – Java Bass
9. Brown Sugar – Black Pride
10. The Terrorist – RK1
11. Black Harmony – Don't Let It Go To Your Head
12. Pebbles – Positive Vibrations
13. The Ragga Twins – Ragga Trip
14. Janet Kay and Alton Ellis – Still In Love
15. Funk Masters – Love Money
16. Cosmic Idren – Compelled
17. Harry Beckett – No Time For Hello
18. Sandra Reid – Ooh Boy
19. Tabby Cat Kelly – Don't Call Us Immigrants
20. Brown Sugar – I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks

Soul Jazz Records new ‘Life Between Islands’ collection coincides with the launch of Tate Britain’s exhibition of the same name. This landmark exhibition explores the links between Caribbean and British art and culture from the 1950s to now.

Soul Jazz Records album, sub-titled “Soundsystem Culture – Black Musical Expression 1973-2006,” focuses on the most important Black British musical styles to emerge out of the distinctly Caribbean world of sound systems. The album features an all-star line-up including Dennis Bovell, Shut Up and Dance, Cymande, Digital Mystikz, Brown Sugar, Funk Masters, Janet Kay, Ragga Twins and more.

The album is a lightning-rod journey across Roots Reggae, Jungle/Drum & Bass, Jazz-Funk, Lovers Rock, Jazz, Dubstep and more. Much of Soul Jazz Records’ catalogue comes out of these genres and this album is partly an overview of some of Soul Jazz’s earlier releases (including Digital Mystikz’ long-deleted groundbreaking and now highly-collectible single, ‘Misty Winter’) alongside some choice rare and classic tunes that span over 30 years of sound system culture.

Many of the tracks represent how Black British artists defined their own identity with songs such as Brown Sugar’s righteous ‘Black Pride’, ‘I’m In Love with A Dreadlocks’ and Tabby Cat Kelly’s powerful ‘Don’t Call Us Immigrants’. Aside from being musically rooted in the distinctly Jamaican-born phenomenon of the sound system, much of this identity is also shaped by the triangular relationship of being British-born, of Caribbean heritage, and with an equal love of African-American Jazz, Funk and Soul, as evidenced with many Lovers Rock tunes reggae covers of American soul tunes (such as those of Jean Carn, William de Vaughan and Rose Royce featured here). This stateside influence can also be heard in groups such as the Funk Masters, a group formed by reggae radio DJ Tony Williams, whose jazz-funk music successfully crossed over into New York’s clubland, as well as the great Cymande, whose unique street-funk became staple material for numerous US hip-hop artists in the years that followed.

In the early 1990s, jungle and drum and bass artists took the essence of reggae’s soundsystem culture – MCs, dubplates, crews – and applied them to their own music, applying heavy reggae bass lines to intense double-speed drum breakbeats. At the forefront of this new movement were the duo Shut Up and Dance, working closely with The Ragga Twins, aka Deman Rocker and Flinty Badman, both MCs for North London’s infamous Unity reggae soundsytem. In the early 2000s, dubstep, spearheaded by Digital Mystikz, became the latest instalment in this ever-evolving soundsystem culture.

Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Life Between Islands’ shows how these many styles are interconnected. The album comes as a heavyweight triple vinyl (+ download), deluxe double CD with slipcase and digital release. Lloyd Bradley (author of the classic book on reggae ‘Bass Culture’, and ‘Sounds Like London’), provides the excellent sleevenotes, which are also accompanied with exclusive and striking photography.

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"There is probably no better or more appropriate way to celebrate the Tate Britain’s exhibition, Between the Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now, than with an accompanying compilation album. As with the art itself, music has all the possibilities to reflect its surroundings through an array of lenses limited only by the creator’s imagination. Hence this astutely conceived and compiled soundtrack is as beautiful and as varied as the art itself, offering stories of immigration and settlement that can exist without filters or outside interference, providing a vivid snapshot of one of the cornerstones of black British culture.” Lloyd Bradley

Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now is at Tate Britain 1 Dec 2021 until 3 April 2022.

Basil Kirchin
Abstractions Of The Industrial North
TRUNK RECORDS

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10"£20.00
In stock
1. Prelude & Dawn
2. Heart Of The North
3. The Observer
4. Conclusion
5. Neutral Background
6. Reflection
7. Packing Printing & Light Assembley
8. Research Laborator
9. Communication
10. Lunch Hour Pops
11. Heavy Machinery
12. Mind On The Run
13. Where To Go
14. Paranoia
15. Two And Two Are One (part 1)
16. Viva Tamlin Motown
17. The Lonely Ones
18. Pageing Sullivan
19. Interaction
20. Four Against Seven
**Repressed in replica 10" De Wolfe sleeve!**

Haunting melancholic, deep, avant garde British jazz from 1966 by the legend of British library music, Basil Kirchin!

Smog Veil Going Out of Business sale update:
To check links for these, view this as Webpage:
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Smog-Veil-Records-Clearing-The-Air-December-2021.html?soid=1102941868062&aid=n7HpJk6r1kw

Smog Veil Clearing The Air #180
December 2021

FINAL SALE! NEW WAREHOUSE FINDS!
continues until 12/31 only
55% off ALL releases on our site!
FREE U.S. SHIPPING

Thank you fans for the amazing response to our closing shop 55% OFF FINAL SALE!

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

While supplies last, everything on the Smog Veil web site is now 55% off! PLUS: free shipping in the USA!

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

Please note that all of the Peter Laughner box sets are sold out. You may still find them in the wild at your favorite record shop, online retailer, or by download and stream.

NO CODES NEEDED! DISCOUNT TAKEN AT CHECKOUT: 55% OFF THESE TITLES as well as ALL in-stock Smog Veil titles, HERE's LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE HAVE REMAINING IN STOCK:

WAREHOUSE FINDS--VERY FEW OF THESE REMAIN:

Easter Monkeys "Splendor of Sorrow" CD/DVD

Pagans "Blue Album" CD **NEW FIND!**

Guns double LP retrospective **NEW FIND!**

x_x "Albert Ayler's Ghosts Live at the Yellow Ghetto" LP

REGULAR STOCK, ACT QUICK FIRST COME FIRST SERVED ON THESE TITLES:

ADELE BERTEI'S PETER and the WOLVES book

CLEVELAND STEAMERS:
"Best Record Ever" LP
"Who's Next" CD
"Terminal" LP or CD
"Mega MAGA Moron" 7"

Chris Butler "Got It Togehter" CD

Ralph Carney & Chris Butler "Songs for Unsung Holidays" LP

Lair Matic Assembly 7"

Pink Holes 7" (pink vinyl, note that orange vinyl copies are sold out)

Mr Stress Blues Band "Live at the Brick Cottage 1972-1973" LP

Obnox "Bang Messiah" CD

Schwartz Fox Blues Crusade "Sunday Morning Revival" LP

If a link doesn't work, that means the release is sold out.

Thanks everyone, enjoy the holiday weekend!

Pretty sure it's their third album, not their second, but anyway, rejoice:

Australian trio Dirty Three began astounding / confounding listeners in 1992 and have not let up since. Violinist Warren Ellis (who is also a member of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds), guitarist Mick Turner and drummer's drummer Jim White make wholly unique post-rock that is as beautiful as it is unsettling.

Originally released in 1996, Horse Stories is Dirty Three's second album and arguably their best. Like the soundtrack to a postmodern Western, these wistful and feedback-ridden instrumentals are simply gripping.

Touch & Go's limited 25th Anniversary Edition surely won't last long. Don't sleep.

https://www.strandedrecords.com/collections/touch-go/products/dirty-three-horse-stories-2xlp?mc_cid=a00eca4a6f&mc_eid=0f24ac7b12

xp Reading Peter and the Wolves right now (and listening to the Laughner box) and I'd highly recommend, she's a great writer. Look forward to reading Why Labelle Matters, her other book.

Fuck yes, Dead Magick is shipping!