Rolling Reissues 2021

^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'
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/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.
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-sun-ra-arkestra-a-fireside-chat-with-lucifer

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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.
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-sun-ra-arkestra-thunder-of-the-gods

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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.

More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-sun-ra-arkestra-the-antique-blacks

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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

More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/next-of-kin

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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.

More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/odo-gu-ahorow

*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:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/by-laurence-canehoneysett

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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Reggae, Ska and rocksteady, DJ, Dancehall, Essential classics!

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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
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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

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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

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Emanative & Liz Elensky
The Volume Of The Light
Home Planet Recordings LP

Spiritual jazz drummer Nick Woodmansey aka Emanative and singer Liz Elensky find the point where jazz and soul cross electronic music on this stunning, debut album release for Emanative's own Home Planet Recordings. Features guest production and musical accompaniment from the likes of Rocketnumbernine, The Maghreban & Tamar Collocutor, DJ Khalab and the awesome Jessica Lauren!
More info, audioL
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-volume-of-the-light

Roger Webb
Au Pair Girls (Original Unreleased Soundtrack)
Trunk Records

Superb unreleased soundtrack from British 1972 sex comedy starring Gabrielle Drake (Nick Drake’s sister) and Rchard O’Sullivan (Gilbert O’Sullivan’s brother!). Brilliant music on many levels, 17 sexy tracks of swinging jet-set jazz, groovy scatty vocals - hell it must be good because it’s on Trunk Records!
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/au-pair-girls-original-unreleased-soundtrack

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Don Leisure
Steel Zakuski
Group Bracil

limited orange vinyl edition

Darkhouse Family's Don Leisure whips up instrumental hip-hop led journey through psychedelic USSR prog rock, disco and Soviet-era rare groove!
More info, audio:
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/steel-zakuski

Omnivore Recordings has combined all three volumes of their Buck Owens Complete Capitol Singles (1957-66, 1967-70, 1971-75) into a 6CD box. Gonna buy one later this week, once my Paypal account is topped up.

DISC 1:
COME BACK
I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
SWEET THING
I ONLY KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU
I’LL TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVING YOU
WALK THE FLOOR
SECOND FIDDLE
EVERLASTING LOVE
UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN
TIRED OF LIVIN’
ABOVE AND BEYOND
’TIL THESE DREAMS COME TRUE
EXCUSE ME (I THINK I’VE GOT A HEARTACHE)
I’VE GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW
FOOLIN’ AROUND
HIGH AS THE MOUNTAINS
MENTAL CRUELTY – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
LOOSE TALK – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE
BAD BAD DREAM
NOBODY’S FOOL BUT YOURS
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
KING OF FOOLS
KICKIN’ OUR HEARTS AROUND
I CAN’T STOP (MY LOVIN’ YOU)
YOU’RE FOR ME
THE HOUSE DOWN THE BLOCK

DISC 2:
ACT NATURALLY
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
WE’RE THE TALK OF THE TOWN – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
SWEETHEARTS IN HEAVEN – Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
LOVE’S GONNA LIVE HERE
GETTING USED TO LOSING YOU
MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT
TOGETHER AGAIN
I DON’T CARE (JUST AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME)
DON’T LET HER KNOW
I’VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL
CRYIN’ TIME
BEFORE YOU GO
(I WANT) NO ONE BUT YOU
ONLY YOU (CAN BREAK MY HEART)
GONNA HAVE LOVE
BUCKAROO
IF YOU WANT A LOVE
SANTA LOOKED A LOT LIKE DADDY
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS DEAR IS YOU
WAITIN’ IN YOUR WELFARE LINE
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
THINK OF ME
HEART OF GLASS
OPEN UP YOUR HEART
NO MORE ME AND YOU
WHERE DOES THE GOOD TIMES GO
THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU

DISC 3:
SAM’S PLACE
DON’T EVER TELL ME GOODBYE
YOUR TENDER LOVING CARE
WHAT A LIAR I AM
IT TAKES PEOPLE LIKE YOU (TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE ME)
YOU LEFT HER LONELY TOO LONG
HOW LONG WILL MY BABY BE GONE
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY
SWEET ROSIE JONES
HAPPY TIMES ARE HERE AGAIN
LET THE WORLD KEEP ON A TURNIN’ Buck Owens and Buddy Alan
I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER Buck Owens and Buddy Alan
I’VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND AGAIN
THAT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME (IF IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU)
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
ONE OF EVERYTHING YOU GOT
THINGS I SAW HAPPENING AT THE FOUNTAIN ON THE PLAZA WHEN I WAS VISITING ROME OR AMORE
TURKISH HOLIDAY

DISC 4:
WHO’S GONNA MOW YOUR GRASS
THERE’S GOTTA BE SOME CHANGES MADE
JOHNNY B. GOODE
MAYBE IF I CLOSE MY EYES (IT’LL GO AWAY)
TALL DARK STRANGER
SING THAT KIND OF SONG
BIG IN VEGAS
WHITE SATIN BED
WE’RE GONNA GET TOGETHER Buck Owens & Susan Raye
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY Buck Owens & Susan Raye
TOGETHERNESS Buck Owens & Susan Raye
FALLIN’ FOR YOU Buck Owens & Susan Raye
THE KANSAS CITY SONG
I’D LOVE TO BE YOUR MAN
THE GREAT WHITE HORSE Buck Owens & Susan Raye
YOUR TENDER LOVING CARE Buck Owens & Susan Raye
I WOULDN’T LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (IF THEY GAVE ME THE WHOLE DANG TOWN)
NO MILK AND HONEY IN BALTIMORE

DISC 5:
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
(I’M GOIN’) HOME
RUBY (ARE YOU MAD)
HEARTBREAK MOUNTAIN
ROLLIN’ IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARMS
CORN LIKKER
TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD Buck & Buddy
WHAM BAM Buck & Buddy
SANTA’S GONNA COME IN A STAGECOACH Buck Owens & Susan Raye
ONE OF EVERYTHING YOU GOT Buck Owens & Susan Raye
I’LL STILL BE WAITING FOR YOU
FULL TIME DADDY
MADE IN JAPAN
BLACK TEXAS DIRT
LOOKING BACK TO SEE Buck Owens & Susan Raye
CRYIN’ TIME Buck Owens & Susan Raye
YOU AIN’T GONNA HAVE OL’ BUCK TO KICK AROUND NO MORE
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
GET OUT OF TOWN BEFORE SUNDOWN
AIN’T IT AMAZING, GRACIE
THE GOOD OLD DAYS (ARE HERE AGAIN)

DISC 6:
THE GOOD OLD DAYS (ARE HERE AGAIN) Buck Owens & Susan Raye
WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN (I’LL BE THERE) Buck Owens & Susan Raye
ARMS FULL OF EMPTY
SONGWRITER’S LAMENT
BIG GAME HUNTER
THAT LOVING FEELING
ON THE COVER OF THE MUSIC CITY NEWS
STONY MOUNTAIN WEST VIRGINIA
(IT’S A) MONSTER’S HOLIDAY
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (B-Side Version)
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (A-Side Version)
LET THE FUN BEGIN
41ST STREET LONELY HEARTS’ CLUB
WEEKEND DADDY
LOVE IS STRANGE Buck Owens & Susan Raye
SWEETHEARTS IN HEAVEN Buck Owens & Susan Raye
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
RUN HIM TO THE ROUND HOUSE NELLIE (YOU MIGHT CORNER HIM THERE)
COUNTRY SINGER’S PRAYER
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH

I thought there was a drop in quality during Vol. 3, but it's worth streaming/cherrypicking.

71-75, that is, the digital promo, but looks like they've added tracks, so maybe an improvement; a lot of the earlier stuff is remarkable for sure.

I have the first volume and it's amazing. And I'm listening to the second volume now and will consider it worthwhile just for "I Wouldn't Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Dang Town)":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUI3Uc91mgk

Ha-ha, yeah, that's a keeper for sure, so bitter.

It gets better — the B-side is all about how much he hates Baltimore:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJXLwXP7ACE

Yes---cautionary tales.

dashed good guitar across most of it too I would assume

Oh yeah, you can def hear that Beatles, Byrds etc. were listening

This looks inflated to me, but haven't heard a lot of the bonus stuff:

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David Bowie 1970 rarities collected on new comp ‘The Width of a Circle’
Bill Pearis
Published: April 14, 2021

A new compilation of rare David Bowie material the artist recorded in 1970 is on the way. Named for The Man Who Sold the World's opening cut, The Width of a Circle is being billed as a companion piece to that album's 2020 "Metrobolist" reissue, featuring non-LP singles, alternate versions, and BBC sessions, including 21 never-before-released recordings.

More specifically, the two-CD set includes David Bowie and The Hype live performances from early 1970 -- The Sunday Show where he's introduced by John Peel and Sounds Of The 70’s -- as well as five songs by Bowie from The Looking Glass Murders (aka Pierrot In Turquoise) and 2020 Tony Visconti mixes of five tracks including "The Prettiest Star." There's also a 48-page book.

There's also a 10" vinyl The Width of a Circle EP being released, featuring 2020 Visconti mixes of "The Prettiest Star," "London Bye, Ta-Ta," "Memory of a Free Festival," and "Holy Holy."

Additionally, Rhino is releasing a picture disc version of The Man Who Sold the World that comes with a Bowie poster.

The Width of a Circle set and the two vinyl releases will be out May 26 via Rhino and are available for pre-order now. Check out the full tracklist for the two-CD set, as well as the artwork for the vinyl releases, below.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/david-bowie-1970-rarities-collected-on-new-comp-the-width-of-a-circle/

Another archival Swell Maps release, Mayday Signals, is out June 4 from Easy Action. Looks like a lot of it precedes the first LP. This is one of those bands where you would think the barrel would be empty, but apparently not? A comprehensive box set would be useful but maybe not cutup/random enough in spirit.