Rolling Reissues 2024

The endless churn of cultural excavation, recycling and mulching continues...

isn't it great?

From Metal Injection:

After two years of waiting, we actually have a (sort of) release date for the Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath box set! According to Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi in his New Year's greeting video, the box will see the light of day sometime this May. No word on if this also includes all the albums being available on streaming services, but here's hoping it does.

Martin sang for Black Sabbath between 1987 and 1991, and then again between 1993 and 1997. Martin's discography with the band includes The Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, Tyr, Cross Purposes, and Forbidden, all of which are largely unavailable on any format.

Are they good? I've never heard Sabs w/o Ozzy.

I'm not a fan but they have their defenders (except for Forbidden, which nobody likes).

You've never heard the Dio albums, Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules and then Dehumanizer and The Devil You Know (released as Heaven & Hell)? Dude, you're missing out. They're all really good and The Devil You Know is great; genuinely scary doom.

Your enjoyment of Tony Martin-era Sabbath, much as with Ian Gillian-era Sabbath, will depend greatly upon how much you are willing to listen to those albums as if they were made by any other band than Black Sabbath. Strictly as hard rock or metal records, most of them are at least pretty good. I definitely rep for Headless Cross and TYR. Just go into them as if you are hearing some lost late 80s metal band you've never heard before and forget the legacy of Sabbath and its impossibly high standards. Tough to imagine someone who loves metal not being at least somewhat moved by the title track of Headless Cross, to cite one example.

unperson otm about Dio era, though. Entirely different ball of wax there.

this was mentioned on the post fahey thread, very interesting compilation
https://n-t-s.bandcamp.com/album/european-primitive-guitar-1974-1987

NEW LIVE ALBUM FROM FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS

On July 23, 1968, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention took over the Whisky a Go Go for an all-night affair. Although bits and pieces were released by Zappa over the years, a full live album never happened, and the tapes sat in the vault for 56 years. Now all three sets by The Mothers are being released as Whisky a Go Go 1968, featuring brand new 2023 mixes on 3CD, 5LP and a 2LP highlights edition with liner notes by Joe Travers, Pamela Des Barres (The GTO’s), and an interview between Alice Cooper and Ahmet Zappa. The album be available digitally and on 3CD June 21st with the 5LP and 2LP edition coming July 12th!

This release compiles everything The Mothers of Invention played in their designated sets, complete and newly re-mixed from high-resolution digital transfers of the original master tapes. Yet another historic moment in time from the vault and a reminder of how special the original Mothers of Invention were.

Ahead of June 21st, the previously unreleased first single off the album "The Duke – Take 2 (Live at Whisky a Go Go, 1968)” is streaming now on all platforms!

Phil Mogg Shines His Misty Green and Blue Light on the Newly Expanded 180g 3LP Deluxe Edition of UFO’s 1977 Hard Rock Classic, Lights Out

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/phil-mogg-shines-his-misty-green-and-blue-light-newly-expanded-180g-3lp-deluxe-edition-ufo%E2%80%99s

CHILD BITE Releases Limited Ten-Year Anniversary Edition Of Strange Waste EP On Vinyl Via Housecore Records
Strange Waste fuses all walks of extreme from metal, noise, and hardcore without falling squarely into any of one those genres. A wholly bastardized hybrid of the Melvins, Dead Kennedys, Big Black, and System Of A Down, CHILD BITE's self-proclaimed “music for losers” is ugly, anxious, and dangerously habit-forming. Originally issue by Housecore Records as a double 7” in 2014, Strange Waste was captured at Russian Recording in Indianapolis, Indiana and produced by CHILD BITE. The 2024 edition features new cover art: an original painting commissioned by Brad Moore (Tomb Mold, Gatecreeper).

Comments vocalist Shawn Knight, "It's been a decade since this bad boy came out, and I think it's safe to say we're even more fucked up now after all of these years. Lots of good memories from around this time, like our first tours with King Parrot and Acid Witch. The music video with King Buzzo... I still don’t know how we pulled that one off. I managed to put my ego in check just long enough to hire surrealist Brad Moore to paint the new cover and I couldn't be happier with what he did for us. And it's our first time pressing a record with Waxwork; both vinyl variants they came up with are amazing.
trange Waste is limited to 300 copies (100 x Splatter vinyl, 200 x Butterfly vinyl). Order yours today at the Housecore Records webshop or Bandcamp.

Strange Waste EP Track Listing:

1. Still Fucked Up After All These Years

2. Garbage Odyssey

3. Sinking In Your Skin

4. Ancestral Ooze

5. Molestation of the Arts

6. Foreign Tissue Purge

7. Mongoloid Obsession

8. Obey The Wraith

9. In A Cloud Of Blood

10. Bog Infinity

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Paul McCartney and Wings’ One Hand Clapping, one of the most bootlegged live albums in musical history, is available for pre-order and releasing digitally on June 14th!

In August 1974, Paul McCartney and Wings headed to Abbey Road Studios for the filming of a video documentary and possible live studio album now known as One Hand Clapping. Despite overwhelming demand for newly recorded material from the biggest band in the world at that time, it was never officially released.

Filmed and recorded over four days and directed by David Litchfield, the release of One Hand Clapping is a historic moment for McCartney fans. Over the years, various parts of the album have been bootlegged with varying degrees of success. Some of the material has also appeared on official McCartney releases. However, June 14th will be the first time the audio for the film - plus 12 additional songs - have been officially issued. The release will feature the original artwork designed for the project and a TV sales brochure for the unreleased film at the time.

One Hand Clapping will be available in multiple formats, including an online exclusive 2LP + 7” package featuring an exclusive vinyl single of previously unreleased solo performances recorded on the final day of the sessions in the backyard of Abbey Road studios. These include the unreleased track “Blackpool,” The Beatles’ iconic “Blackbird,” Wings B-side “Country Dreamer,” and cover versions of Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock” (the first song Paul played to John Lennon when they met in 1957) and Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue” and “I’m Gonna Love You Too.”

The first single off the album, “Junior’s Farm,” is available now for streaming on your platform of choice. Originally released as a non-album single in 1974, this blazing version was recorded as part of the One Hand Clapping sessions BEFORE the single version was recorded!

Paul McCartney & Wings Official Music Videos

Check out all the Wings music videos in one place. Remastered in HD - up to 4K. Streaming now on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_bl1BP6bvU

Pentagram has signed to Heavy Psych Sounds Records for their first album since Curious Volume in 2015. Pentagram will also reissue their long outta print 1999 album Review Your Choices and 2001 follow-up Sub-Basement alongside the record, making the next year or so pretty Pentagram-heavy.

https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/pentagram-signs-to-heavy-psych-sounds-for-first-record-in-nine-years-reissues#:~:text=Pentagram%20has%20signed%20to%20Heavy,or%20so%20pretty%20Pentagram%2Dheavy.

i've been waiting decades for this one. CHBB, at last!

https://chbb.bandcamp.com/album/chbb

CHBB was a project by Beate Bartel and Chris Haas that developed from their collaboration in 1981,
while working on the self-titled album 'Liaisons Dangereuses‘. They released their music only on four limited cassettes.

This compilation presents the complete works of CHBB, including all recordings from their original cassettes alongside previously
unreleased tracks produced by both artists.

Omnivore Memorial Day Sale--today and Saturday, that's it. All of the stuff I knew they had, that I got from them---Chilton, Big Star, Richman, Modern Lovers, NRBQ, Lone Justice---and a lot more:
https://omnivorerecordings.com/memorialday/

xp Thanks for the CHBB reissue news/link, stir!
(On an EBM-adjacent note, enjoyed your appearance on the latest Belgian New Beat ep of Electronic Beats TV on YT)

Coming up from Omnivore:

Young Fresh Fellows
The Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest [40th Anniversary Edition]
Release date: June 28, 2024

Description
40th anniversary reissue of their classic debut, remixed from original 8-track tapes by Scott McCaughey.

Formed (conceptually) by Scott McCaughey and Chuck Carroll in Seattle in 1981, The Young Fresh Fellows, with the addition of Chuck’s mad-drumming cousin Tad Hutchison, began work on their debut effort in 1983. Friend Conrad Uno volunteered to produce and record the trio in his basement/garage Egg Studios (no money exchanged hands), and Uno’s fledgling label PopLlama Products insisted on pushing the record out into the world, beyond a small circle of friends. Starting with the magical success of this album, PopLlama would become a fixture in the still-floundering Seattle music scene and the home of bands including Fastbacks, The Posies, Dharma Bums, and The President Of The United States Of America (whose Uno-produced debut would go on to be certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA.)

Inspired by a 1960s single from Pacific Northwest Bell to promote tourism, the cover plays homage to that release, with sound bites as “narrator” from that original record (and now, either thankfully or regretfully, omitted from this cut-to-the-rock ’n’ roll-chase remix). The Fellows suddenly found themselves darlings of college radio, with an enthusiastic following, and admired by their peers. A bouncy, punky, jangly, and weirdly self-referential collection of songs, The Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest became a favorite of anyone who came upon it, including early proponents like Paul Westerberg, Ira Robbins, NRBQ, Rolling Stone, and Peter Buck.

Now, for its 40th Anniversary, YFF co-founder and songwriter/vocalist Scott McCaughey (R.E.M., The Minus 5, The Baseball Project) has remixed the album to (re)introduce it to the world. The idea was to put 40 years of music-making experience into the mix (push up the bass fader), without losing the naiveté and wonder that fueled its initial reception. The original album’s 15 tracks will be pressed on limited-edition, opaque Turquoise vinyl. The (now) double-CD and Digital programs include a bonus disc—Merry Croutons Mr. Gulp Gulp—an ultra-rare party-in-the-studio 1984 cassette release of about 200 copies.

Back on the road in 2024, The Young Fresh Fellows, with longtime line-up of Scott, Jim Sangster, Kurt Bloch, and newcomer John Perrin of NRBQ, will be crossing the country—from their hometown of Seattle through to Wilco’s Solid Sound festival in Massachusetts. The Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest will be ringing out on the stages and turntables of America!

2-CD / DIGITAL TRACK LIST:
DISC 1:
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PEST CONTROL
ALL MESSED UP
THINK BETTER OF ME
EMPTY SET TAKES A VACATION
TEENAGE DOGS IN TROUBLE
YOU CALL THAT LONELY?
VIEW FROM ABOVE
BIG HOUSE
POWER MOWERS THEME
GUS THEME
THIS LITTLE MYSTERY
A HUMBLE GUY
DOWN BY THE PHARMACY
THAT LETTER
YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS THEME
DISC 2:
DOWN BY THE PHARMACY (Xmas Version)
I’M NOT TRYING TO HURT YOU
FILET OF SOUL
SOMEONE I CARE ABOUT
THIS LITTLE MYSTERY
THE SHARING PATROL
IF I HAD A HAMMER
TOPSY TURVY THEME
I WISH I WAS YOUR MOTHER
SOMETIMES GOOD GUYS DON’T WEAR WHITE
YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS THEME
YOU CALL THAT LONELY?
TEENAGE DOGS IN TROUBLE
MERRY CROUTONS MR. GULP-GULP

LP TRACK LIST:
SIDE 1:
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PEST CONTROL
ALL MESSED UP
THINK BETTER OF ME
EMPTY SET TAKES A VACATION
TEENAGE DOGS IN TROUBLE
YOU CALL THAT LONELY?
VIEW FROM ABOVE
SIDE 2:
BIG HOUSE
POWER MOWERS THEME
GUS THEME
THIS LITTLE MYSTERY
A HUMBLE GUY
DOWN BY THE PHARMACY
THAT LETTER
YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS THEME
Cat: OV-549

:-) it was a lot of fun!

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Sorry to dump that post on top of yours, Craig D. Of course there was a warning, but I did it anyway.

Ha, no worries! Relating to Omnivore-reissued power-pop/power-punk, I listened to The Muffs' Happy Birthday To Me at work earlier today; RIP Kim Shattuck, what a great band.

Yeah, those Omnivore Muffs sets can be revelatory, with the prev unreleased *and* pre-fucked-with masters of previously released tracks (well tbf some of the latter may be post-fucked with, adjusted for modern ears, no longer by decree of suits or others trying to figure what kids of yesterday would go for).

Org Music reissues
Bad Brains’ legendary album
I Against I
on July 26, 2024
via LP, CD, Cassette

I Against I is the third studio album from Bad Brains, originally released in 1986 on SST Records, showcasing the band's unique fusion of punk rock, hardcore punk, reggae, and heavy metal influences.


The full-length remains influential to this day, inspiring countless bands with its innovative sound and uncompromising attitude.

This reissue marks the eighth release in the remaster campaign, re-launching the Bad Brains Records label imprint. It will be available in vinyl, CD, and digital formats.

A "Punk Note" edition of the vinyl will be available with alternate package artwork from designer John Yates (Stealworks), as a nod to Reid Miles and Francis Wolff, and their amazing work at the Blue Note label.

In coordination with the band, Org Music has overseen the restoration and remastering of the iconic Bad Brains’ recordings. The audio was mastered by Dave Gardner and pressed at Furnace Record Pressing.

Track List:

A1 Intro

A2 I Against I

A3 House of Suffering

A4 Re-Ignition

A5 Secret 77

B1 Let Me Help

B2 She’s Calling You

B3 Sacred Love

B4 Hired Gun

B5 Return to Heaven

Vinyl Variants:

Standard Black (available widely)

“Plutonium” Color (available widely)

“Punk Note” Edition on Black vinyl (available widely)

"Punk Note” Edition on Coke Bottle Clear (badbrainsrecords.com exclusive)
Exclusive vinyl variants are also available from Zia Records, Newbury Comics, Revolver, and Brooklyn Vegan.

Help us celebrate the return of this classic album, and please let us know what else you might need for coverage!

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Out Today:
Margo Guryan - Words and Music 3xLP
Witness to revolutions in jazz and pop, Margo Guryan earned her place in the songwriting pantheon and then some. That she was largely unknown for decades is not the stuff of crushed dreams, but a result of her own choices and priorities. From humble beginnings to the peaks of her 1968 baroque pop masterpiece Take a Picture and the collected Demos to the recent viral ubiquity of “Why Do I Cry”, Words and Music captures the entirety of Guryan’s career, featuring 16 previously unreleased recordings and a 32-page booklet telling the whole story.

The story of Margo Guryan is one of a woman who dug deep from an early age and was never afraid to change. With her keen feel for tone, phrasings, tension, presence, and lyrics that cut, her name today is synonymous with sophisticated songcraft and inimitable 1960s cool.Her ingenuity and technique set her in the tradition of chamber-pop icons like Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach while the bittersweet candor in her depictions of womanhood suggest a middleground between Carole King's pop-factory and singer-songwriter eras. But the understated rigor of Margo's artistic voice is all her own.

(Also CD, digital, streaming options)

from Real Gone Music:

You probably remember the 1994 album Born to Quit from Smoking Popes…it’s the one with the hit song “Need You Around,” which was “around” pretty much everywhere back then, including in the movie Clueless (for that matter, “Lucky Day” from this album was in Tommy Boy, “Mrs. You & Me” was in Angus, and “Gotta Know Right Now” in Boys)... If you like power pop hooks with heart, look no further…our release comes in pink & white “sunburn” vinyl to honor the front cover photo (put a shirt on, man!) inside a gatefold jacket.

From indie pop to guitar genius we go with Television guitarist and solo artist Tom Verlaine. His self-taught, jazz-influenced style, largely devoid of effects, and vibrato tone (oh, that tone!) makes any Verlaine solo unmistakably a Verlaine solo. That he was quite an accomplished, idiosyncratic songwriter is just a bonus. Real Gone Music is very, very proud to announce that we have arranged with the Verlaine estate to release Tom’s last three solo albums on LP, starting with his 1992 instrumental masterpiece Warm and Cool, which has never been released on vinyl in the U.S. Swirling within this album’s 14 compositions are hints of rock, jazz, country, surf, and even a little bit of the guitar noir found on Angelo Badalamenti’s soundtracks for David Lynch, all given brilliant new life in a fresh mastering for vinyl by long-time Verlaine collaborator Patrick Derivaz, who also played bass on the album. Simultaneously avant-garde and familiar-sounding, Warm and Cool is as contemporary and forward-thinking as any music coming out today, but—as the new liner notes by Verlaine’s life partner Jutta Koether point out—the album fits into a larger modern art and philosophical context. Indeed, reading Koether’s poetic love letter to her dear departed and listening to this gorgeous, daring music makes for a profound experience we are eager to share. Pink vinyl pressing to go with the artful choice of type hue on the front cover!

Finally, Fanny! Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to hear the best live band of the early ‘70s? We at Real Gone Music have been privileged and proud to release Fanny’s classic Reprise albums, each a tuneful testament as to why they were the first all-female band signed to a major label. But there has always been a piece missing from the Fanny fable; for while the band hooked up with big-time producers and engineers like Richard Perry, Todd Rundgren, and Geoff Emerick, their studio albums never really were able to capture the sheer excitement they could generate in concert. However, buried away in a vault thousands of miles away from their Los Angeles base there long lay a recording that could could provide the emphatic answer as to why these four ladies were the hottest ticket on the Sunset Strip during the early ‘70s. Now, over 50 years later, Live at Beat-Club ’71-’72 presents the two sets Fanny recorded for the German TV show, mastered by Mike Milchner of Sonic Vision from hi-res mono files taken from the original videotape. Aside from the incendiary and incredibly tight performances, what immediately becomes apparent is that all four of these women were powerhouses in her own right. June Millington’s stringbending Les Paul wizardry, her sister Jean’s driving, melodic bass lines and Janis Joplin-esque vocals, Nickey Barclay’s intricate yet somehow rocking keyboard work, and Alice de Buhr’s precise, piston-like drumming punctuated by ferocious fills—put together Fanny was an overwhelming display of talent, Yet somehow, as these shows reveal, live they were greater than the sum of their parts. That’s why getting these recordings released has long been a crusade for Alice, and why June tells the story in the accompanying liner notes (which feature contributions from June, Jean, and Alice) that the engineer who was assigned to do the transfers of all the Beat-Club material told her that their material was the best in the vault, better even than Hendrix. We are releasing this invaluable archival recording on juicy peach vinyl and on CD with a bonus track of the soundcheck to boot. Essential for a full understanding of ‘70s rock!

xp that's interesting to see, I had thought that Numero announced years ago that they were out of the CD game.

Most detailed description I've seen so far of new Ziggy Stardust box:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/06/13/david-bowie-rock-n-roll-star-box-set/74065693007/

More from Numero:

Out Now:
Master Wilburn Burchette - Opens The Seven Gates Of Transcendental Consciousness 1xLP
California mail-order mystic Master Wilburn Burchette was first known from his ads, hidden in the back pages of Fate Magazine, Beyond Reality, and Gnostica News. On his 1972 sophomore album, Burchette channels dreamy early music, druid folk, electric fingerstyle, psychedelic balladry, and new age ontology to create a visionary guitar technique all his own. This faithful reproduction includes the original 12-page full color instruction book for the secret method of piercing the psychic heart.

Vinyl / Digital / Streaming

Out Now:
Leon Bridges / Pastor T.L. Barrett - Like A Ship 1x7"
The 6th 7" in our latest round of Numero Classics cover series. This one is a Split 45 straight from the Heavens above. Leon Bridges effortlessly transforms Pastor T.L. Barrett's iconic "Like A Ship," updating the gospel soul classic with a southern soul twist.

Vinyl / Digital / Streaming

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Scientists - You Get What You Deserve (LP)
Bad vibes, habits, and breath collide on this ten-song pile up on the freeway to nowhere. Melting neo-grunge, swamprock, and noise punk in a cauldron of drug-addled psychosis, 1985's You Get What You Deserve continues Australia's prison-as-country tradition of unhinged lunacy in the face of cultural isolation. Nuke nostalgia, femme fatale sharpshooters, demolition derbies, and a vacation at Hell Beach await.

Pre-order: Release date is August 16th - Order will begin shipping in July.

Vinyl

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Super Djata Band - Volume 2 (LP)
Connecting Wasulu hunter music, griot praises, Senufo pastoral dances, Fula and Mandingo repertoire alongside Western psychedelia, blues and afro-beat, Zani Diabaté’s Super Djata Band was among Mali’s top orchestras of the 1980s. On their 1982 album, Diabaté enshrines himself within the pantheon of mythical West African guitarists, hypnotically picking through eight vivid compositions on his path to godhead status.

Pre-order: Release date is August 9th - Order will begin shipping in July!

Vinyl / Digital / Streaming

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Sandy Harless - Songs (LP)
Arriving as the hippy movement was discovering its peaceful easy '70s feelings, Sandy Harless' Songs LP is Chillicothe, Ohio's lone contribution to the Cosmic American Music movement. Financed from a 27-aquarium fish breeding business, the album shows its Appalachian roots with a tight weave of mountain folk, rural rock, and pastoral country. Real people music.

Pre-order: Release date is August 9th - Orders will begin shipping in July.

Vinyl / Digital / Streaming

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Alfonso Lovo
LA GIGANTONA

The son of a prominent Nicaraguan politician, Alfonso Noel Lovo was an obvious target when Sandinista rebels hijacked a Managua-bound flight from Miami in December of 1971, ultimately putting several rounds through the talented musician’s torso and hand. After several years, and as many surgeries, he would break ground on this psychedelic pastiche of Latin jazz and pan-American funk, recorded in his nation’s capital in 1976. The binary stars of the sessions would be the agile Lovo and percussionist Jose “Chepito” Areas, whose timbale work can be heard on watershed records by Carlos Santana, including the Latin-rock milestone, “Oye Como Va.” Lovo’s unreleased masterpiece, combining the talents of Nicaragua’s most notorious players, recalls at once the spiritual funkiness of Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi, the studio trickology of Lee “Scratch” Perry, and the dense propulsion of Billy Cobham’s Spectrum. Fusion begets confusion, as hand-plucked guitar melodies tumble into synthesizer meltdowns with wasted grace. More experimental than Jamaica’s heaviest dub plate, La Gigantona lays in a groove that is, at times, as deep in the pocket as it is in the clouds.
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Antena
CAMINO DEL SOL

1982, Brussels: The former au pair for Rick Wakeman of Yes and two of her teenage friends are at the doorstep of Les Disques Du Crepuscule, ready to cut an album with Gilles Martin. Living on busking wages and next door to Tuxedomoon, their work results in a contemporary bossanova record that would provide a missing link between Antonio Carlos Jobim and Kraftwerk. Camino Del Sol was issued and promptly forgotten, with Isabelle Antena moving toward jazz in Asia and the others returning to France. Twenty years later, it was findable only as a VG+ LP with a sticker price of $4.99. Intrigued by the striking cover’s sunlit patio furniture emptiness basking in the south of France, we scooped up Camino Del Sol and grouped the extant Antena recordings from that exceptional period by session. Our definitive 2LP reissue of the original five-song mini-LP adds the group’s first 12” (a cover of Jobim’s “Girl From Ipanema,” naturally), the Seaside Weekend 12”, compilation tracks, and two previously unissued cuts, recasting this short-lived combo’s forward-thinking milemarker as a modern-day masterstroke.
2xLP
$35.00

From Soul Jazz Records storefront, Sounds Of The Universe:

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/b1QybmRaZkRsTVZkZEJkNytYOUdUUT09/a1952595584-65.jpg

Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968 – 2019 Various Artists

From Dusk, through to Dawn. A collection of tracks to accompany the change of the fields, the coastline, the colour of the sky outside your window as you take your journey. From the compiler of ‘Music for the Stars (Celestial Music 1960-1979)’ comes the next collection from Brighton label Two-Piers. Featuring artists such as J.J Cale, Chris & Cosey, The B-52s, The Asphodells, Bob Lind, Linda Perhacs and the Menahan Steet Band.

Edward Hollcraft – South Bound Amtrak 716
2. J.J. Cale – Cherry
3. Bonnie Dobson – Milk & Honey
4. H.P. Lovecraft – Spin Spin Spin
5. The Rationals – Glowin’
6. Linda Perhacs – Hey, Who Really Cares
7. B-52’s – Deep Sleep
8. Nine Circles – Twinkling Stars
9. The Asphodells – Another Lonely City
10. Tangerine Dream – Love on A Real Train
11. Chris & Cosey – Dancing Ghosts
12. Johnny Harris – Fragments of Fear
13. Bill Frisell – 1968
14. Bob Lind – City Scenes
15. Tony Joe White – Rainy Night in Georgia
6. Menahan Street Band – There’s A New Day Coming
17. The Byrds – Goin’ Back
18. Earth, Wind & Fire – Drum Song
19. Leon Russell – Out in the Woods

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Elvin Jones & Richard Davis
Heavy Sounds
DECCA / VERVE
Recorded for Impulse in 1967, a session originally intended to be a trio date morphed into an 11 ½-minute duet on “Summertime” between drummer Jones and bassist Davis when the guitarist did not appear. The following day, saxophonist Frank Foster and pianist Billy Greene joined in to round out the rest of the cuts including “Elvin’s Guitar Blues,” which features Jones’ only recorded guitar performance.

This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. Expected Aug 08.

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Arthur Baker presents
Breaker's Revenge
Original B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics
SOUL JAZZ RECORDS
1. Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band – Scorpio
2. The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It's Just Begun
3. B.T. Express – Energy Level
4. James Brown – Get On The Good Foot
5. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
6. Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa
7. Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All
8. The Mohawks – The Champ
9. Herman Kelly & Life – Dance To The Drummer’s Beat
10. Spanky Wilson – Sunshine of Your Love
11. James Brown – Give it Up Or Turnit A Loose
12. Candido – Soulwanco
13. Arthur Baker – Breaker's Revenge
14. Manu Dibango – The Panther
15. Abaco Dream – Life and Death in G & A
16. The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
17. Mongo Santamaria – Cloud Nine
18. Edwin Starr – I Just Wanna Do My Thing
19. Badder Than Evil – Hot Wheels
20. Johnny Bristol – Lusty Lady
Compiled by legendary producer Arthur Baker, ‘Breakers Revenge’ is a near-definitive collection of original Funk, Soul, Latin, Disco and Electro classic tracks from 1970-1984.

These tracks, a combination of classics and obscurities, have all since become legendary to Breakdancers everywhere. First played at South Bronx block parties, community halls and park jams in the 1970s and 80s, spun endlessly by the first three major hip-hop DJs - Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa – and found in the record crates of any DJ of note ever since.

Seminal funk and soul tracks such as Dennis Coffey’s ‘Scorpio’, The Jimmy Castor Bunch’s ‘It’s Just Begun’, James Brown’s ‘Get on the Good Foot’, The Mohawks’ ‘Champ’ sit side-by-side here with the ground-breaking classic electro of Afrika Bambaataa’s ‘Planet Rock, and Arthur Baker’s own definitive ‘Breakers Revenge.’

Breakdancing has come a long way from its New York roots to its respected position as an art form today where, for the first time ever, it is to be featured in the Olympics held in Paris this August 2024.

The ‘breakbeat’ remains at the very heart of hip-hop, the mercurial funk, soul and disco tracks, always 100% guaranteed to get B-Boys, B-Girls and Breakdancers moving at any block party, with the percussive breakdown of each track the pinnacle soundtrack to any dance/battle between Breakdancers of any note.

Similarly these tracks have been sampled many 1000s of times over by every hip-hop artist and producer of note. KRS-ONE, Marley Marl, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Public Enemy, Eric B, The Fugees, Outkast, Mos Def, Main Source, Jungle Brothers, LL Cool J, De La Soul and, well, everyone!

Compiler Arthur Baker played a pivotal role in hip-hop history when in 1982 he produced Afrika Bambaataa’s seminal ‘Planet Rock’ (as featured here), introducing electronic instruments into hip-hop for the first time ever and in the process created electro. After ‘Planet Rock’, Arthur Baker went on to remix or produce every major artist of note – from New Order to the Rolling Stones, Al Green to the Pet Shop Boys.

This Soul Jazz Records vinyl release is presented as a deluxe gatefold double vinyl, with two bespoke inner sleeves and download code, the double CD comes in digi-case includes full notes and booklet. Both formats come complete with introduction by Arthur Baker, extensive sleevenotes, including track-by-track breakdown. by hip-hop historian JayQuan, and striking images from photographer Sophie Bramly.

“What I truly loved about early Hip-Hop was that the music thrown down by ‘Bam, Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jay and Kool DJ Herc was genre-less, multi-cultural, music from all ends of the world. This is the definitive collection, including all the classics (other than a couple that alas we couldn’t get the rights too), and some real hard to find obscurities.” Arthur Baker

REVIEWS:

Mojo Magazine - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Famed electro producer selects the breakdance tracks that matter before its Olympic debut in Paris.
Marries essential well-knowns with critical obscurities.

Record Collector Magazine: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
These are the breaks.
18 key tracks spun at the earliest parties by Kook Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa … early building blocks for KRS One, Public Enemy, De La soul etc.
Beautiful.

The Wire Magazine: an undeniably handsome package… simply gems that deserve a fresh airing.

************SPECIAL EVENT************

SORRY< THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT >

To launch the album there is a very special event with Arthur Baker in conversation with Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records) on Thu 27 Sep at 6.30pm at Sounds of the Universe.

You can buy tickets for this event NOW.

You can buy a ticket+ signed album (LP or CD) bundle or a ticket on its own. The album bundle guarantees you a special copy of the album signed by Arthur Baker which you can up at the event.

Space is limited and this event will sell out.

EVENT INFORMATION:

An Intimate Evening With Arthur Baker

Arthur Baker in conversation with Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records founder)

6.30pm Thurs 27 June at

Sounds of the Universe

7 Broadwick Street

Soho, London W1F 0DA

Before they achieved stardom the world over with “It’s Raining Men,” Weather Girls Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes Armstead made waves in the thriving San Francisco music scene as Two Tons o’ Fun (and, later, The Two Tons). The powerhouse duo began working with gender- and genre-defying artist Sylvester at Fantasy Records, singing background and lead vocals on many of his most memorable recordings. In 1980, they struck out on their own and teamed with legendary Motown veteran Harvey Fuqua (who had also helmed Sylvester’s beloved albums) for two remarkable LPs on his Honey Records imprint. Fusing disco, dance, soul, funk, and R&B with roof-raising, gospel-tinged vocals, both Two Tons o’ Fun and Backatcha put the extraordinary voices of “Queen of Clubland” Wash and Armstead out front. Now, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are proud to celebrate the Two Tons with a complete 2-CD anthology that serves as a companion to last year’s acclaimed Sylvester release, Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981. Two Tons o’ Fun’s Get the Feeling: The Complete Fantasy/Honey Recordings brings together, on 2 CDs, both of the Two Tons’ albums – the first of which features Sylvester himself in the band – plus a host of rare single versions, remixes, and extended versions. Among the highlights are the top five Dance smashes “Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven” and “I Got the Feeling” as well as such R&B and Dance hits as “I Depend on You” and “Never Like This.” Both albums have long been overlooked; their last CD reissue was more than thirty years ago in the U.K.; this collection marks both albums’ U.S. CD debut, while most of the bonus tracks are also new to worldwide CD. For the occasion, all audio has been newly remastered by Mike Milchner, and we are remastering the two albums straight from the original tapes, so this collection will offer a big sonic upgrade. The collection also contains a deluxe booklet featuring liner notes by The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese and unseen photos. With the return of Two Tons o’ Fun, only one exclamation is appropriate: Hallelujah!

Boy, do we have a lot of good stuff coming the next few weeks! Get the feeling!

Real Gone Gordon and Gabby