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Genre pick of the week Cover of Australian Carnage - Live At The Sydney Opera House by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis.

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Australian Carnage - Live At The Sydney Opera House

    In 2022, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis returned to their native Australia for 16 shows, taking their acclaimed 2021 album ‘Carnage’ on the road, along with songs from the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds catalogue. Three performances at the Sydney Opera House on December 16th, 17th and 18th were the climactic shows of an emotional trip, captured for a luminous new live album, ‘Australian Carnage - Live At The Sydney Opera House’.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Barry says: Performers don't come much more experienced or capable than the songwriting powerhouse of Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, and 'live At The Sydney Opera House' perfectly captures a striking string of live performances of their most seminal works, new and old. It's a must-have.

    TRACK LISTING

    SIDE A
    1. Bright Horses (Live At The Sydney Opera House)
    2. Carnage (Live At The Sydney Opera House)
    3. White Elephant (Live At The Sydney Opera House)
    4. Leviathan (Live At The Sydney Opera House)

    SIDE B
    1. Ghosteen (Live At The Sydney Opera House)
    2. Waiting For You (Live At The Sydney Opera House)
    3. Breathless (Live At The Sydney Opera House)
    4. Balcony Man (Live At The Sydney Opera House)

    The Black Angels

    Levitation Sessions (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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      The Black Angels debut a live set and film spanning their career recorded live at Carson Creek Ranch in Austin, Texas. Never released physically and only streamed for one weekend, this Double LP + DVD is the ultimate live release from the seminal psych rock outfit.

      "We decided to return to Carson Creek Ranch's 'River Stage', the former site of LEVITATION to bring it all back home. The setting lent itself well to the hot and humid Vietnam river delta feel we were trying to capture. In the early days we used to play along with the film “Apocalypse Now” and this brings it back full circle. - THE BLACK ANGELS

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Viet War
      2. Colors
      3. History
      4. Yellow Elevator
      5. Grab All You Can
      6. Here And Now
      7. Vermillion Eyes
      8. Young Men Dead
      9. Bad Vibes 
      10. Without A Trace (Naan)
      11. Lifesong
      12. Comanche Moon
      13. Science Killer
      14. Empires Falling (Spinning Wheels)
      15. Life Song
      16. Commanche Moon

      Dungen

      4 (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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        Featuring a new color scheme artwork, and including the fourteen minute "Samtidigt (Long Version)" previously available only as an exclusive tour 12", the expanded double LP edition arrives on aquamarine vinyl with an etching on the fourth side in an ultra limited run of 3500 copies worldwide.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Satt Att Se 
        2. Maleras Finest 
        3. Det Tar Tid 
        4. Samtidigt 1 
        5. Ingenting Ar Sig
        6. Likt / Fredag 
        7. Finns Det Nagon Mojlighet 
        8. Mina Damer Och Fasaner 
        9. Samtidigt 2 
        10. Samtidigt (Long Version)

        The Flaming Lips

        Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - Live At The Paradise Lounge, Boston Oct. 27, 2002 (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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          Three months after the release of their classic album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, the Flaming Lips played a small show at The Paradise Lounge in Boston for the local alternative radio station WBOS. The small crowd of competition winners and invited fans were treated to a 40 minute set that included “Do You Realize??” and “Fight Test”, plus covers of Pink Floyd’s “Lucifer Sam” and Beck’s “The Golden Age”. One feature of this show were the song intros by Wayne Coyne.This is the first release on vinyl and it’s on limited edition pink!

          Grateful Dead

          Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 3/2/1969 (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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            The fourth night of the famed Fillmore West run that produced the bulk of Live/Dead is an exceptional example, going back more than 54 years, of why you never miss a Sunday show. Opening with what would later be known as the Live/Dead suite, 3/2/69 demonstrates the Dead had not only not run out of steam after three magnificent shows, in many ways they surpassed the previous nights' wildly powerful music.

            Jesus Lizard

            Blue (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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              After Austin-based Scratch Acid disbanded, caterwauling vocalist David Yow and bassist David WM Sims moved to Chicago, where they formed The Jesus Lizard and proceed to make a glorious racket throughout the '90s

              Produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill and featuring new drummer Jim Kimball, 1998's Blue is their sixth and final studio album, and it's one of their most diverse, even delving into jazz (!) on "Until It Stopped to Die." But other tracks, like "And Then the Rain" and "Postcoital Glow," deliver TJL's trademark mix of menace and borderline psychosis; this band remains among the most defiantly uncommercial acts ever signed to a major label.

              TRACK LISTING

              1. I Can Learn – 3:10
              2. Horse Doctor Man – 3:58
              3. Eucalyptus – 5:59
              4. A Tale Of Two Women – 3:28
              5. Cold Water – 2:45
              6. And Then The Rain – 3:13 
              7. Postcoital Glow – 3:31
              8. Until It Stopped To Die – 3:56
              9. Soft Damage – 4:05 
              10. Happy Snakes – 3:00
              11. Needles For Teeth (Version) – 3:40
              12. Terremoto – 1:20

              Meat Puppets

              Forbidden Place (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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                Well, that AIN'T what happened here; the Meat Puppets's first album for London Records (home of their beloved ZZ Top) is actually one of their best. And, ironically, one of their most overlooked, for their new home's major label marketing muscle was no match for the grunge craze that swept the rock music scene in 1991 (of course, grunge gods Nirvana later gave them a hand up on their MTV Unplugged special). "Sam" kicks off Forbidden Places with frenzied vocals from the brothers Kirkwood and maintains the buzz with such highlights as the lyrical "This Day," the twisted southern rock boogie of "Open Wide," and the pickin' and head-spinnin' album-closing instrumental "Six Gallon Pie."

                TRACK LISTING

                1. Sam
                2. Nail It Down
                3. This Day
                4. Open Wide
                5. Another Moon
                6. That's How
                7. It Goes
                8. Whirlpool
                9. Popskull
                10. No Longer Gone
                11. Forbidden Places
                12. Six Gallon Pie

                Joni Mitchell

                Court And Spark Demos (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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                  Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's most commercially successful album of her career. This LP features the never-before-heard demos from the iconic album, including "Help Me" and "Raised On Robbery".

                  TRACK LISTING

                  1. Joni Mitchell - Piano Suite: Down To You / Court And Spark / Car On A Hill / Down To You (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
                  2. Joni Mitchell - People's Parties (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
                  3. Joni Mitchell - Help Me (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
                  4. Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
                  5. Joni Mitchell – Raised On Robbery (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
                  6. Joni Mitchell – Trouble Child (Sound Recording)

                  Mogwai

                  My Father My King (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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                    My Father My King’ was released originally as a single by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai in October 2001. The track, over 20 minutes long, is billed as a companion piece to the album ‘Rock Action’.

                    First time reissued on vinyl since original release in 2001.

                    Pressed on limited edition one-sided white vinyl.

                    Limited to 1500 copies for the UK & Ireland

                    TRACK LISTING

                    A1. My Father My King

                    Napalm Death

                    From Enslavement To Obliteration (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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                      The founding band of grindcore - Napalm Death are THE most influential band in the genre

                      Having sold millions of records worldwide and toured the globe they have forged the unlikeliest of careers. The classic debut album 'Scum' was only Earache Records 3rd ever release (MOSH003) and started the wave of grindcore and extreme bands that followed over the next 15 years.

                      The second studio album from Napalm Death 'From Enslavement To Obliteration" is the last to feature vocalist Lee Dorrian and guitarist Bill Steer and the first to include Shane Embury on bassist.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      1. Evolved As One
                      2. Its A MANS World
                      3. Lucid Fairytale
                      4. Private Death
                      5. Impressions
                      6. Unchallenged Hate
                      7. Uncertainty Blurs The Vision
                      8. Cock- Rock
                      9. Alienation
                      10. Retreat To Nowhere
                      11. Think For A Minute
                      12. Display To Me
                      13. From Enslavement To Obliteration
                      14. Blind To The Truth
                      15. Social Sterility
                      16. Emotional Suffocation
                      17. Practice What You Preach
                      18. Inconceivable
                      19. Worlds Apart
                      20. Obstinate Direction
                      21. Mentally Murdered
                      22. Sometimes
                      23. Make Way!
                      24. Musclehead
                      25. Your Achievement
                      26. Dead
                      27. Morbid Deceiver
                      28. The Curse
                      29. Scum 
                      30. Life?
                      31. Retreat To Nowhere
                      32. Internal Animosity

                      Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD

                      New Heart Designs Remix EP (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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                        In a truly unique collaboration, Turnstile team up with Toronto’s jazz ensemble/production team BADBADNOTGOOD to reimagine 3 songs from Turnstile’s critically acclaimed 2021 album GLOW ON. The collaboration brings new dynamics and groove to “Mystery”, “Alien love Call ft. Blood Orange” and “Underwater Boi” BADBADNOTGOOD has previously collaborated with Ghostface Killah, Tyler The Creator, Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat (earning Grammy nominations with Lamar and Thundercat) Turnstile is coming off an epic last 2 years which has seen them propelled to new heights with 3 Grammy nominations, Top 10 Alternative radio hits, rave reviews from major publications worldwide, multiple Late Night Television appearances and exponential tour growth. The band has continued a diverse run of festival appearances with main slot appearances on Coachella, Lollapalooza, Riot Fest, Furnace Fest and most recently Rolling Loud in Miami. 

                        TRACK LISTING

                        1. Mystery
                        2. Alien Love Call Ft. Blood Orange
                        3. Underwater Boi

                        U2

                        Under A Blood Red Sky (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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                          In celebration of the 40th anniversary of U2’s Under A Blood Red Sky (1983), the 2023 Black Friday vinyl campaign sees a newly remastered release of the iconic live album on limited edition red vinyl. Consisting of live recordings from three shows on the band’s ‘War’ tour, the album helped to cement U2’s reputation globally as one of the greatest live acts of all time. Featuring legendary live versions of ‘Gloria’, ‘I Will Follow’ and ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’, the album remains faithful to the original track list, but is newly remastered at the renowned studio Bernie Grundman Mastering. Includes double sided insert with credits and lyrics, plus a large 2-sided poster.

                          Various Artists

                          Judgement Night - Original Soundtrack

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                            Introducing the highly anticipated re-press of the Original Soundtrack "Judgment Night" exclusively for Record Store Day. Originally released in 1993, "Judgment Night" revolutionized the world of film soundtracks by bringing together an eclectic lineup of renowned rock and hip-hop artists. This reissue allows you to experience the iconic soundtrack in all its glory, preserving the raw, edgy sound that defined an era.

                            TRACK LISTING

                            Side A
                            1. Helmet & House Of Pain: Just Another Victim
                            2. Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul: Fallin’
                            3. Living Colour & Run-DMC: Me, Myself & My Microphone
                            4. Biohazard & Onyx: Judgment Night
                            5. Slayer & ICE-T: Disorder
                            Side B
                            1. Faith No More & Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.: Another Body Murdered
                            2. Sonic Youth & Cypress Hill: I Love You Mary Jane
                            3. Mudhoney & Sir Mix-A-Lot: Freak Momma
                            4. Dinosaur Jr. & Del The Funky Homosapien: Missing Link
                            5. Therapy? & Fatal: Come And Die
                            6. Cypress Hill & Pearl Jam: Real Thing

                            Various Artists

                            Light In The Attic & Friends (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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                              Double LP pressed on special limited edition ‘Smash Color’ wax. Non-Returnable. Featuring new cover art by renowned British artist Sophy Hollington. Booklet with track–by–track notes by Lydia Hyslop.

                              For more than 20 years, acclaimed reissue label Light in the Attic Records has shined a spotlight on some of music’s most unique — and often forgotten — voices. But reviving these long-out-of-print recordings is only half of the process. “We believe that an essential component of archival work, aside from simply honoring the music, is to seek ways in which to bring fresh perspectives, context, and reverence to the original artists and their work,” says LITAfounder, Matt Sullivan. Thus, LITA’s acclaimed cover series was born, in which contemporary acts pay homage to their favorite LITA artists and songs. Spanning more than a decade, 20 of these inspired cover songs will be available together for the very first time, exclusively for Black Friday (November 24) on the 2xLP Light in the Attic & Friends.

                              From Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band covering Detroit singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez and Mac DeMarco performing a song by Japanese icon Haruomi Hosono, to Iggy Pop & Zig Zags honoring funk queen Betty Davis, and Ethan & Maya Hawke covering country great Willie Nelson, these performances bridge the gap between generations, languages, and musical traditions.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              1. Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band - I'll Slip Away,
                              2. Sweet Tea - After Laughter (Comes Tears),
                              3. Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart - How Could You Let Me Go
                              4. Barbara Lynn - We'll Understand
                              5. BADBADNOTGOOD Feat. Jonah Yano - Key To Love Is Understanding
                              6. Iggy Pop & Zig Zags - If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up
                              7. Mozart Estate - Low Life
                              8. Leslie Winer & Maxwell Sterling - Once I Was
                              9. Ethan & Maya Hawke - We Don't Run
                              10. Gold Leaves - Won't You Tell Your Dreams
                              11. Swamp Dogg, John C. Reilly, Jenny Lewis & Tim Heidecker - The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea
                              12. Silas Short - You've Become A Habit
                              13. Mac DeMarco - Honey Moon
                              14. Cameron Bethany - Send It On
                              15. Roedelius - Le Chant Des Fauves
                              16. Roedelius - Same Old Man
                              17. Angel Olsen - Something On Your Mind
                              18. Mary Lattimore - Blink
                              19. Acetone - Plain As Your Eyes Can See
                              20. Steve Gunn & Bridget St. John - Rabbit Hills

                              The American Analog Set

                              For Forever

                                For Forever, The American Analog Set's 7th full length (and their first album in 18 years) has arrived after nearly a decade of writing and recording.

                                For Forever folds time and space. While the sounds and stories will be recognizable to fans, they arrive with considerable bruises incurred on the journey from Set Free until now.

                                For those unfamiliar with The American Analog Set, this should be a simultaneously dark and vibrant introduction. Troubled lyrics permeate throughout, and the accompanying sounds are occasionally damaged and snarling. Not all things languid and dreamlike from past records have been abandoned or forgotten, but the dreams represented here are darker.

                                While the previous eras of the band are referenced, they are carried forward and incorporated without a hint of patronizing nostalgia. For Forever is a document of a group that acknowledges their past while they advance into new territories and evolve.

                                This release is entirely new material and is not connected to the forthcoming Numero reissues of the band's first three records.


                                TRACK LISTING

                                A1 Camp Don’t Count
                                A2 Screaming For Vengeance
                                A3 Konika And Maliko
                                B4 Over The Jeans
                                B5 Long Limbs
                                B6 By The Bridle
                                C7 For Forever
                                C8 Mick Turner
                                D9 The Quiet Dark
                                D10 Gin Shakes
                                D11 Mountain

                                Arone Dyer X S T A R G A Z E

                                Arone X S T A R G A Z E

                                  arone x s t a r g a z e was recorded at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Netherlands by Sam Jones & Ira Helfferich, and the vocals were recorded at Polyphonic Workshop in Hudson, NY, by Aron Sanchez, a longtime collaborator and bandmate in Buke and Gase.

                                  The album is a smattering of work that Alec Bemis started writing as far back as 2016; little pieces here and there, and with the pandemic came the space and encouragement to compile this work, along with pieces from his other projects, Buke and Gase, and Mistresses.

                                  “For me, the fact that the instrumentation is comprised of unamplified analogue one-to-one-human-powered instruments traditionally reserved for classical music, plus the occasional electronic balustrade, is theme enough for me. Lyrically, my context is all over the place as I compiled work from 2016-2021, and have had many personal ups and downs through that time.

                                  The cover artwork, a piece by Lily Morris, felt appropriate as the songs alternately make me feel strong, sturdy, and capable, while also piled-upon with intended meaning and purpose. I’m not entirely sure I was successful at conveying what I wanted to, yet each song brings me to a very specific mind-set, or an incredibly personal moment. Since the music was completed without audience participation, in other words, since I’ve rarely performed these tunes in public, it has been impossible to separate these juxtaposed sentiments. I hope to find the overarching motif through the process of performing and adapting to it in the coming year.” Alec said about the album’s themes.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Yessiri
                                  2. Don't Say
                                  3. Spider Practical
                                  4. Reductions
                                  5. Define
                                  6. Sugar Friend
                                  7. Carwash
                                  8. Voicecream Abbrv.
                                  9. It's Over

                                  More mysteries from cult underground demigod Dean Blunt!  Blue Iverson is a band based in Los Angeles, featuring and produced by our spiritual leader. Note that at this stage no other details on band members have been released so it's very possible this is another one of Dean's many personal projects!

                                  "Hotep" was released on Benji B's Deviation records in 2017 and now gets repressed on Dean Blunt's World Music label. 

                                  The sound is free and instrumental; with a light and airy approach. Somewhere between Khruangbin, Surprise Chef and the modern jazz explored by Kamasi Washington. Rich with strings and mellow keys, punctuated by live bass and drums and recorded ever-so-slightly lo-fi.

                                  We have a very small number of copies to go around so move quick if you want in as these will not hang around long! 

                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                  Matt says: Dean Blunt continues to seek out and snaffle the hottest shit in the world. This one criminally passed us by in 2017, but thankfully Blunt's signed it to his crucial World Music label for a much needed repress. Lucky us!

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  Coy Boy
                                  Soulseek
                                  Nappytex
                                  Jenna's Interlude
                                  Fake Loathe
                                  Hush Money
                                  Kerosene Skunk Funk
                                  Who Shot Luscious Lyon?

                                  Catatonic Suns

                                  Catatonic Suns - EOY Bonus Disc Edition

                                    END OF YEAR BONUS DISC EDITION - BOTH FORMATS INCLUDE A 13 TRACK BONUS CD DISC 'A LIGHT AND A SCREAM'.

                                    Third album from Allentown/PA three-piece Catatonic Suns: their self-released sophomore LP “Saudade” from early '22 was a feat of sonic guitar haze and grunged out pop.

                                    The new album is a step forward in sound for the band, it sees them blend the underground psychedelia of the late 80s / early 90s Pacific Northwest with the shimmering shoegazery of Britain from the same time. Heavy and soft guitars, songs that soar, these new recordings verge on the epic.

                                    For fans of Screaming Trees, Nirvana, The Verve (early), Loop, Slowdive, and Ride.

                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                    Darryl says: Catatonic Suns are a psychedelic three-piece hailing from Pennsylvania, USA. Having released a couple of low-key releases (the mini-album ‘Aphelion’ in 2019 and a full length ‘Suadade’ in 2022) they’ve completely blown our minds with their new self-titled album.

                                    Featuring seven original tracks and a raucous amped-up Original Sins cover, ‘Catatonic Suns’ finds the band honing their sound to perfection. Pitched somewhere between the melodic grunge noise of Nirvana and the blissed-out shoegaze of Ride and Swervedriver, the Catatonic Suns have delivered an astonishing album.

                                    From the psych drenched opener “Deadzone” through to the huge eight minute swirling space-rock of “No Stranger” the band have created an epic wall of sound. Tracks like “Failsafe” and “Be As One” showcase the band's melodic side (either of these wouldn’t be out of place on the Verve’s ‘A Storm In Heaven’) whilst “Fell Off” and the aforementioned Original Sins cover “Inside Out” sees lead singer / guitarist Patrick Shields practically shredding his own vocal chords. Throughout all of this the rhythm section of Caleb Strobl (drums) and Jakob Christman (bass) keep things tight allowing the swirling guitar maelstrom to ride off into the sun.

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    1. Deadzone
                                    2. Slack
                                    3. Failsafe
                                    4. Inside Out (Original Sins Cover)
                                    5. Sublunary
                                    6. Fell Off
                                    7. Be As One
                                    8. No Stranger

                                    Deathcrash

                                    Less

                                      Recorded at the UK’s most remote studio in the Outer Hebrides, Less follows London slowcore band deathcrash's critically acclaimed 2022 album, Return with a statement in reduction that turns out to be as powerful and potent as it is tender and introspective.

                                      “The mission statement was to be super minimal,” says deathcrash singer Tiernan Banks. “Just simple and beautiful guitar parts and to be really bare. To be….less.”

                                      Swiftly following Return, the band initially had no plans to make a full length. “The last thing we felt like doing was making another album,” says bassist Patrick Fitzgerald. “It was like, ‘let's do this little EP that's aesthetically quite different and pared down’.” Less was always planned to be a statement in reduction but it soon became apparent that the songs the band were writing were significant, personal and, despite the intentions to strip things back, bigger. “As time went on, we started putting much more emotional weight into it and it became more important to us,” says Banks.

                                      The result is a record that is as powerful and potent as it is tender and introspective, with arrangements that manage to feel refined yet detailed and with a deep emotional resonance at the core of the record. Banks’ voice shifts from hushed whispers to guttural screams, one minute tapping into the kind of fragile beauty that artists like Elliott Smith managed so well, on tracks such as ‘Duffy’s’ before unleashing a doom metal growl in thundering unison with the band on ‘Empty Heavy’.

                                      STAFF COMMENTS

                                      Barry says: Effortlessly weaving together the brittle twinkling guitar of post-rock with crashing waves of distortion and cracked vocal musing, deathcrash have forged an album that's both disarming and hypnotic. Atonal progressions and uneven dynamic turns are offset beautifully with soft vocal harmonies and shining riffs.

                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      1. Pirouette
                                      2. Empty Heavy
                                      3. Duffy’s
                                      4. And Now I Am Lit
                                      5. Distance Song
                                      6. Turn
                                      7. Dead, Crashed

                                      Deathcrash

                                      Return - 2023 Repress

                                        “deathcrash’s Return is an embarrassment of musical riches that is only matched by the depth of evocations that haunt the record, its power both life-affirming and oddly absent, like a photo of a happier time that’s starting to fade. In its totality, Return feels like a keepsake for when the world truly ends” Loud and Quiet, 9/10 After selling 1000 copies in the first couple of months after its release, and after a slew of critical acclaim, deathcrash’s debut album ‘Return’ is back in stock. The re-press comes the same year as their second record ‘Less’ received broad support from Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan, Line of Best Fit and Loud & Quiet.

                                        First and foremost, deathcrash approached the task of putting together their debut album as music lovers. To all four members, a good album seemed to stamp out periods of their life, capturing a time, a feeling, a mood. This was their approach when trying to make whole two-years-worth of fragmented songwriting. Their songs may differ from each other in certain ways, but they manage to conjure similar feelings. ‘Return’ captures many of the difficult moments of the last couple years in the band members’ personal lives and yet, as a whole its complexity emerges as a beautiful and hopeful message. Amongst other things, writing the album was a cathartic process for the band, and so it can be for the listener too. The first parts of ‘Return’ came from quite a dark and jaded place. To get better can be a path marred by self-sabotage and a desire to hide. It can be easier to have no faith in something new, and rely on the comfort of an old feeling, even if it hurts. There is a reassurance in pain, a familiarity in its narrative. Return asks when things heal, where does the wound go? deathcrash recorded Return with their close friend and producer Ric James, who they’ve worked with since their early recordings. The album was recorded live, with an emphasis on dynamics, bringing together tense intimacy with atmospheric vastness. 

                                        TRACK LISTING

                                        Sundown
                                        Unwind
                                        Horses
                                        American Metal
                                        Matt’s Song
                                        Wrestle With Jimmy
                                        Metro 1
                                        Slowday
                                        Was Living
                                        What To Do
                                        Doomcrash
                                        The Low Anthem

                                        The Delines

                                        Christmas In Atlantis

                                          Recorded in 2022 for the BBC Gideon Coe show whom put The Delines previous album The Sea Drift as his best album of 2022. This is the band’s first Christmas track, and a classic Willy Vlautin one it is too, released just in time to battle it out for a Christmas Number 1. The single features two other exclusive tracks that will also not feature on the next album.



                                          TRACK LISTING

                                          Side A: Christmas In Atlantis 5:28
                                          Side B1: Waiting On A Bus Out Of Dallas (exclusive To Vinyl Only) 2:28
                                          Side B2: San Leandro Lament 3:27

                                          Earth

                                          Primitive And Deadly - 2023 Reissue

                                            For the first time in their diverse second act, they allow themselves to be a rock band, freed of adornment and embellishment. As much as Carlson’s guitar has always been the focal point of EARTH’s music, it’s been surrounded by consistently diverse instrumentation. Here the dialog between Carlson and Davies drumming remains pivotal, underpinned by the sympathetic bass of Bill Herzog (Sunn O))), Joel RL Phelps, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter) and thickened by additional layers of guitar from Brett Netson (Built To Spill, Caustic Resin) and Jodie Cox (Narrows). Perhaps the largest left turn on Primitive And Deadly, though, is the prominence of guest vocalists Mark Lanegan and Rabia Shaheen Qazi (Rose Windows) who transform the traditionally free ranging meditations of EARTH into something approaching traditional pop structures.

                                            On “Rooks Across the Gates,” a song stylistically the closest to the folk inspired modality of Angels Of Darkness, Carlson stretches out into some of his most lyrical playing to date, creating an almost symbiotic relationship between his performance and the vocals of old friend Mark Lanegan. “From the Zodiacal Light,” meanwhile, takes the late 60s San Franciscan/freaked-out jazz-rock transcendence of The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull and quickly re-appropriates that sound into a musky torch song for the witching hour.

                                            This contradictive tension between a band pushing itself ever-forward whilst surveying their history is reflected in the albums twin recording locales. The foundation of the record was laid in the mystic desert highlands of Joshua Tree, California where EARTH recorded hour after hour of meditations on each track's central theme at Rancho de la Luna. Upon returning to Seattle these were edited, arranged and expanded upon at Avast with the help of long-term collaborator Randall Dunn (who was previously at the helm for the Hex, The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull and Hibernaculum sessions).


                                            TRACK LISTING

                                            A1 Torn By The Fox Of The Crescent Moon
                                            A2 There Is A Serpent Coming
                                            B From The Zodiacal Light
                                            C1 Even Hell Has Its Heroes
                                            C2 Rooks Across The Gate
                                            D Badgers Bane

                                            The Goa Express

                                            The Goa Express

                                              Debut album from The Goa Express, led by Clarkey alongside his brother Joe and best friends Joey, Naham and Sam.

                                              They met as young teenagers in Burnley - growing up in the rural shadow of England's industrial north, music was a means of escape and a vessel for friendship. Their shared adolescent experiences shaped their collective attitudes and behaviours and, ultimately, the sound and spirit of their band. 6music playlists and Radio 1 support has followed along with a heavy touring schedule.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              Honey
                                              It's Never Been Better
                                              Good Luck Charm
                                              You're The Girl 
                                              Small Talk
                                              Can't Stay Quiet
                                              Better Than OK
                                              Talking About Stuff
                                              Portrait
                                              Prove It

                                              Emm Gryner is an award winning singer, songwriter, actor and best-selling author. Emm sang and played keyboards in David Bowie's band, and appears on numerous recordings, including his landmark 1999 SNL appearance, Bowie at The Beeb and Toy. Bowie's acclaimed Glastonbury 2000 documents her performance in front of more than 100,000 fans at Worthy Farm. With Trapper she shared arena stages with Def Leppard, and she also helped bring the first music video recorded in outer space to the world.

                                              Detroit radio formed the soundtrack of Emm's life and career and her brand new record is a celebration of that music. From Motown,jazz and pop, to Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac and the Doobies, Business & Pleasure is infused with the sunshine soul and stellar playing of the late 70s and early 80s. These songs, produced by Fred Mollin, written with poet Michael Holmes, and recorded with drummer Shannon Forrest (Toto), keyboardist Pat Coil (Michael McDonald), bassist Larry Paxton (Alison Krauss), and guitarists Tom Bukovac (Taylor Swift) and Pat Buchanan (Hall & Oates, Dolly Parton), embody a take on yacht rock that sails deep into the 2020s and introduce the world to a bold new character: a powerful woman whose passion, presence, conviction, humor and grace serves to unite the world in

                                              music, joy and love, once again.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1. Loose Wig
                                              2. Jack
                                              3. Valencia
                                              4. Summertime
                                              5. The Chance
                                              6. Queen
                                              7. The Second Coming
                                              8. Strangers And Saints
                                              9. Burn The Boats
                                              10. Don't Give In
                                              11. Real Love

                                              Harp

                                              Albion

                                                Bella Union are thrilled to release the long-awaited debut solo album Albion by Harp, the adopted name of Tim Smith, formerly the singer and principal songwriter of Texan legends Midlake, who is joined by his wife, Kathi Zung.

                                                The road to Albion might have been long and winding, and bumpy to boot, but the music Harp has created is steeped in sublime melody, mood, drama and detail, its ten songs and two mood-matching instrumentals framed by a mesh of acoustic/electric guitars, soft shades of keyboards and Smith’s gorgeous voice; in other words, the quintessence of what drew people in the first place to his work with Midlake.

                                                But Albion has starker, darker hues than Smith is typically renowned for, which lifts Albion to new heights in his canon; likewise, the level of personal revelation. These are songs about the human condition, from love - both lost and found – to faith, anxiety to joy, fear to acceptance, all couched in a highly distinct poetic language.

                                                Since leaving Midlake, Smith has performed just once, with Lost Horizons (at London’s Festival Hall in 2018), the collective co-founded by Bella Union boss (and former Cocteau Twin) Simon Raymonde, after Smith had contributed vocals and lyrics to “She Led Me Away” for the collective’s 2017 debut Ojalá. Smith subsequently went on to contribute vocals and lyrics for the track “Grey Tower” on Lost Horizons’ second album, In Quiet Moments. Those were all-too-rare sightings of Smith, but Albion’s day has come, and in a manner of speaking, in many aspects of his life, Smith has finally come home.

                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                Andy says: Tim Smith, genius song writer, from Midlake's golden, 'Van Occupanther' period FINALLY returns. It's been 12 long years but he's delivered an absolute classic. Apparently he became smitten with The Cure's 'Faith' and all things UK alt 80s, and so has combined those epic, lush production sensibilities with his own sometimes folk, sometimes Medieval and sometimes Celtic melodies. Add a touch of Roy Harper and echoes of early 70's folk/prog,(only in feel though, these are still proper "pop" songs) and the result is a deep, doomy but beautiful, melancholy, magical, masterpiece.

                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                1. The Pleasant Grey
                                                2. I Am The Seed
                                                3. A Fountain
                                                4. Daughters Of Albion
                                                5. Chrystals
                                                6. Country Cathedral Drive
                                                7. Shining Spires
                                                8. Silver Wings
                                                9. Seven Long Suns
                                                10. Moon
                                                11. Throne Of Amber
                                                12. Herstmonceux

                                                Khruangbin

                                                Live At Sydney Opera House

                                                  Khruangbin’s series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Across five releases, this series ignites both sides of Khruangbin’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances. Closing out this collection, Live at Sydney Opera House is a double LP of front-toback Khruangbin. Here, career-spanning songs like “A Calf Born in Winter”, “Maria También”, “So We Won’t Forget”, “Shida” and “Friday Morning” arrive in their full interplanetary glory, recorded at one of the most celebrated venues on earth, the Sydney Opera House.

                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                  Barry says: Continuing on from the striking visual aesthetic of the rest of the Khrangbin Live series, 'The Pink One' sees K-Bin performing a set of songs, perfectly at the legendary Sydney Opera House and here you too can feel like you were there. Lovely stuff.

                                                  Ledfoot

                                                  Black Valley

                                                    Album #5 from Ledfoot. It is a true pleasure to present ‘Black Valley’, the follow up to ‘White Crow’ which was awarded the Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) for best blues album in 2019. On his 5th album, Ledfoot invites us to a slightly different musical landscape. The signature sound of Ledfoot is still here of course, but ‘Black Valley’ takes a step aside from the typical gothic blues sound of Ledfoot, with a stronger singer/songwriter attitude and with lyrics and a sound closer to the murder ballad tradition. The lyrics are happy, positive and life embracing… no, just kidding… in solid Ledfoot tradition these brilliant lyrics explore the darker side of the mind. From ‘Broken eyes’: “Let's not talk about the future I don’t need it fucking with my mind I´m not chasing after rainbows I’m colorblind” As always with his 12 string guitar fitted with extremely heavy strings, played with a brass slide and steel finger picks, kicking his stomp box! Due to the ongoing pandemic there are no scheduled concerts, but Ledfoot plans to tour Europe as soon as restrictions are lifted.

                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                    1. Black Valley
                                                    2. Take Away The Hurt
                                                    3. Without Love
                                                    4. Broken Eyes
                                                    5. Poor Mans Lullaby
                                                    6. Angel Town
                                                    7. Crossed My Heart
                                                    8. This I Know
                                                    9. Falling Down 10. Slip Away

                                                    Los Campsinos!

                                                    No Blues - 10th Anniversary Edition

                                                      Los Campesinos! reissue their highly acclaimed fifth album NO BLUES for its 10th anniversary. The release includes newly remastered audio, updated artwork and an exclusive vinyl colourway for UK retail. Upon its original release NO BLUES was widely hailed as the band's best album, featuring some of their most infectious and life-affirming music to date.

                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                      For Flotsam
                                                      What Death Leaves Behind
                                                      A Portrait Of The Trequartista As A Young Man
                                                      Cemetery Gaits
                                                      Glue Me
                                                      As Lucerne/The Low
                                                      Avocado, Baby
                                                      Let It Spill
                                                      The Time Before The Last Time
                                                      Selling Rope (Swan Dive To Estuary)

                                                      Minor Threat

                                                      Out Of Step Outtakes

                                                        In January 1983, Minor Threat went into Inner Ear Studio for the first time as a five - piece (Brian Baker had moved from bass to second guitar and Steve Hansgen was now playing bass).

                                                        They had six new songs that would end up being the centrepiece of what became the ‘’Out of Step’’ 12" EP. The band had also decided to re-record the song "Out of Step" with some extra language to try to clarify the lyrics, as well as "Cashing In", a tongue-in-cheek song about the DC punk scene which they had only played live once.

                                                        After much debate, "Cashing In" was added as a hidden track on the original vinyl release though not listed on the cover or label. There was still blank tape on the reel, so they decided to record an instrumental with the working title, "Addams Family" and then recorded new versions of "In My Eyes" and "Filler" to hear what they sounded like with two guitars.

                                                        "Addams Family" ended up being used as a coda to "Cashing In", but the other two songs were never mixed and largely forgotten for over 35 years until the multitrack tapes were taken into the studio to be digitized in 2021.

                                                        Surprised by the discovery, Ian and Don Zientara mixed the two songs along with the complete take of "Addams Family". These outtakes are now being released on a 7" to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of ‘’Out of Step’’.


                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                        A Side:
                                                        In My Eyes
                                                        B Side:
                                                        Filler
                                                        Addams Family

                                                        Niecy Blues

                                                        Exit Simulation

                                                          South Carolina singer and producer Niecy Blues describes her songwriting process like an undertow: “I feel a strange pull, and let it carry me, following swirling leaves... whole days roll by, forgetting about the body.”

                                                          Their full-length debut, Exit Simulation, captures this sense of deep-rooted divination, cycling between simmering ballads, ghosted R&B, downtempo gospel, and looped vocal improvisations – often within the same track. The title is taken from a science fiction novel she read during the purgatory of the pandemic, alluding to a dimensional ideation of departure – “the permission to imagine leaving.”

                                                          Recorded in her current home of Charleston, she characterizes the album’s mood in terms both reflective and raw: an exploration of things suppressed, foundations beginning to crack, “talking myself off a ledge.”

                                                          The music of Niecy Blues transposes reverie and reckoning into emotive devotionals of keys, guitar, bass, synth, and bewitched voice, steeped in sacred atmospheres gleaned from a youth spent in a religious Oklahoma household: “My first experience with ambient music was church – slow songs of worship, with delay on the guitar... even if you don’t believe, you feel something.”


                                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                                          Barry says: Exit Simulating sings with the sort of rhythmic swing of a 90's R&B record, but swims and ripples with waves of ambient and Balearic influence, resulting in an album that's both wildly adventurous and intensely addictive. Thoroughly stunning work from Niecy Blues.

                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                          1. 1111
                                                          2. The Nite B4
                                                          3. U Care
                                                          4. Violently Rooted
                                                          5. Exit Simulation
                                                          6. Exits
                                                          7. Soma
                                                          8. Messages From Above
                                                          9. Lament
                                                          10. Violently Rooted Reprise
                                                          11. The Architect
                                                          12. Analysis Paralysis
                                                          13. Cascade

                                                          Phet Phet Phet

                                                          Shimmer

                                                            Shimmer’s tones are unexpected, the combinations of instruments far off the beaten trails of familiar genres. It’s not quite jazz, not quite neoclassical, not quite soul, but something all its own. Saxophone, clarinet, glockenspiel, cello, pedal steel, synths, guitar & human voice merge in ethereal counterpoints that nod to chamber music, while the rhythm section drives the whole thing forward with an uncanny propulsion that feels cool, self-possessed & hyper contemporary. & all the while Shimmer makes sure to keep one foot outside time—stepping alone toward the ageless inward horizon.

                                                            Its A-side contains four tightly orchestrated tracks recorded in Mexico City in 2023; the B-side is a single long experiment in texture, which Gilgore began writing at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and finished remotely in 2023. Think Jacques Brel’s “Je suis un soir d’été”. Think Chicago fusion à la Tortoise. Think the wall-of-sound production of David Axelrod. Think Steve Reich’s organs in polyrhythm. Think Arthur Russell’s neo-classical “Tower of Meaning”. Think them all at once, then forget all that & open yourself to something new. What I mean is: when Jarrett Gilgore plays what we call the instruments, he’s not playing instruments. When he plays what we call notes, he’s not playing notes. When he composes what we call songs, he’s not composing songs. Instruments, under his care, don’t do what they do in the hands of others. Music, in his hands, doesn’t assert particular messages or portray scenes. It disappears into.

                                                            The Polyphonic Spree

                                                            Salvage Enterprise

                                                              The phoenix symbolizes a new beginning. The fire burns off the last vestiges of the past as the bird spreads its wings and takes flight into the future. The Polyphonic Spree harness the flames of rebirth on their 2023 full-length offering, Salvage Enterprise. Led by frontman, founder, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and visionary Tim DeLaughter, the group embark on their next season. They’re reverent of their history, yet they’re also ready for an even brighter tomorrow.

                                                              “Across all of the music I’ve done, lyrically there’s a sense of desperation and a moment of convincing myself I’m going to make it through regardless of how the music dresses up,” notes Tim. “On this one, I struggled with the amount of vulnerability I was experiencing and was willing to share both musically and lyrically, but ultimately decided to let it play out. Now that it's done, I'm happy with the dance between the two. It’s a ‘rising-from-theashes’ record.”

                                                              Salvage Enterprise beckons complete immersion. Opener “Galloping Seas (Section 44)” affixes softly strummed acoustic guitar to an orchestral hum as Tim urges, “Hold on through the galloping seas.” “We’re all galloping through rough waters,” he says. “I tried to describe the process as well as I could and encourage people to keep their heads above the storm and the waves. Ride it out. It’s going to be okay. It starts off very calm and introspective, and you can envision where it’s going.”

                                                              Flute echoes over nimbly plucked guitar during “Shadows On The Hillside (Section 48)” as keys twinkle. A glorious harmony amplifies the nostalgia of “Hop Off The Fence (Section 49).” It concludes with “Morning Sun, I Built The Stairs (Section 52).” Optimism strains through his hopeful intonation, “I learned to fly, the more that I become a new reason, I want to try,” uplifted by boisterous horns and cinematic strings. It crashes into an Ennio Morricone-style crescendo bolstered even higher by operatic vocals.

                                                              “There is an arc of leaving the world behind, stripping your old self away, and becoming new again,” he offers. “You’re shedding off this old world, and you’re heading into the future. It’s an epic ending. You’ve made it. You’re going to be alright.” In the end, The Polyphonic Spree are the soundtrack to that light at the end of the tunnel.

                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                              1. Section 44: Galloping Seas
                                                              2. Section 45: Wishful, Brave, And True
                                                              3. Section 46: Give Me Everything
                                                              4. Section 47: Got Down To The Soul
                                                              5. Section 48: Shadows On The Hillside
                                                              6. Section 49: Hop Off The Fence
                                                              7. Section 50: Open The Shores
                                                              8. Section 51: Winds Of Summer
                                                              9. Section 52: Morning Sun, I Built The Stairs

                                                              Jonathan Rado

                                                              For Who The Bell Tolls For

                                                                R.I.Y.L. The Lemon Twigs, Foxygen, Richard Swift.
                                                                Jonathan Rado was 1/2 of the Jagjaguwar duo Foxygen.

                                                                One of the most in-demand producers in indie rock, and one half of Foxygen, Jonathan Rado’s recordings for The Killers, Father John Misty, The Lemon Twigs, Whitney, and Weyes Blood devour the canon, and return something distinctly modern. On For Who The Bell Tolls For, Rado’s first solo release in ten years, the producer unveils a refined version of his signature sound, intricately sculpted by anthemic maximalism and good old-fashioned studio magic.

                                                                The album is an exercise in mournful maximalism, transforming the mythos of American pop music into a vibrant meditation on death. The spirit of late producer Richard Swift Rado’s friend and mentor can be found across the collection, imbuing tracks like “Easier” with a tangible sense of loss, and Swift-ian turns of phrase. On other songs, such as the addictive “Don’t Wait Too Long,” Rado paints an arena-ready production with streaks of longing and hopelessness. In many ways, For Who The Bell Tolls For is a musical ode to Swift, nodding to the late producer’s legacy with homespun epics that straddle the line between joy and grief.

                                                                Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York and Sonora Recorders and Dreamstar II, Los Angeles, the album features appearances by Rado's frequent collaborators, including The Lemon Twigs, Brad Oberhofer, Andrew Sarlo, Jackie Cohen, and Kane Ritchotte. Despite this esteemed lineup and the gargantuan sound of the record, For Who The Bell Tolls For is a solo album at heart. Rado plays the studio like an instrument, his distinct voice present in every nook and cranny of the structure. This presence can be easily detected in every project that the artist touches, but it’s never sounded so honest, so shimmering, or so Rado as it does here.

                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                1. For Who The Bell Tolls For
                                                                2. Don’t Wait Too Long
                                                                3. Easier
                                                                4. Blue Moon
                                                                5. Farther Away
                                                                6. Walk Away
                                                                7. Yer Funeral

                                                                Slowdive

                                                                Everything Is Alive - Piccadilly Records AOTY Edition

                                                                  THE PICCADILLY RECORDS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2023.

                                                                  Everything Is Alive, Slowdive’s 5th record, is exactly what the title suggests: an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and the universal touch points within it.

                                                                  While there are parts of this record that could sit neatly next to the atmospheric quality of 1995’s Pygmalion; everything is alive also manages to break down the boundaries of what’s come before it. Spanning psychedelic soundscapes, pulsating 80’s electronic elements and John Cale inspired journeys, the album lands immediately as something made for 2023 and beyond.

                                                                  For a genre that is often thought of as divisive, and often warrants introspection, here Slowdive show their craft as the masters of it by pushing it outwards, beyond the singular; the end result being a record which feels as emotional and cathartic as it is hopeful.

                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                  Liam says: When Slowdive returned in 2014, there was a real sense of jubilation and satisfaction that the shoegaze legends were finally getting their well deserved dues and plaudits. However in the years following their return, the world's landscape changed significantly. Not just on a global scale, but also on a personal level for members of the band. 'everything is alive' was born during a heavy period of grief, which can be felt on the closer “The Slab” - a visceral and overwhelming wall of sound that you just want to crawl into for solace and to escape the troubles of the world.
                                                                  Despite these moments of sadness, there is real artistry in the way Slowdive manages to reflect on the human experience and how we navigate it throughout our lives. This in turn results in an absolute marvel of a record, with some of Slowdive's best work to date. Opener “Shanty” is an all-consuming shoegaze epic of colossal proportions, whilst the gorgeous “Prayer Remembered” is an atmospheric slice of ambient perfection that harks back to Slowdive's 1990 debut EP. The dreamy ”Alife” swirls amongst Rachel Goswell's ethereal vocals, which is then followed by the stripped back and vulnerable delivery of Neil Halstead on the exquisite and delicate “Andalucia Plays”. Then there's “Kisses”, the album's most 'pop' moment but also one of its best. Finally, we have the woozy headiness of “Skin In The Game” and the synth led and almost post-rock “Chained To A Cloud”, both of which just further emphasise the greatness of 'everything is alive'.
                                                                  With 'everything is alive', Slowdive are well and truly full of life. Whilst their 2017 self-titled felt like a celebration of their legacy, the poignancy and beauty of 'everything is alive' feels like Slowdive never left and we hope they stay with us forever.

                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                  1. Shanty
                                                                  2. Prayer Remembered
                                                                  3. Alife
                                                                  4. Andalucia Plays
                                                                  5. Kisses
                                                                  6. Skin In The Game
                                                                  7. Chained To A Cloud
                                                                  8.. The Slab

                                                                  Sonic Youth

                                                                  Live In Brooklyn 2011

                                                                    The final U.S. show, a triumphant and blistering bookend to the storied career of one of the most influential bands in rock music, featuring a unique and expansive eighty-five minute set list that spans Sonic Youth’s nearly three decade catalog. Mixed from multitrack by longtime live engineer Aaron Mullan and mastered and cut by Carl Saff.

                                                                    On August 12, 2011 Sonic Youth played their final US show on an outdoor stage overlooking the East River at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn. Fitting that their storied career would bookend with a panoramic view of New York City where it all began 30 years before, having left in their wake one of one of the most powerfully influential careers in rock music.

                                                                    Following incredible sets from Kurt Vile and Wild Flag, the band took the stage. As the sun went down over the city, Sonic Youth ripped through a 17 song set that spanned from deep cuts off their first studio album and highlighting many other albums all the way through to their last, like a band with everything to prove. Or as Brooklyn Vegan’s Andrew Sacher said at the time: “While most bands who are thirty years into their career are either fading away or living off of the nostalgia of their older material, Sonic Youth continue to sound and perform as fresh as ever.”

                                                                    Steve Shelley explains the uniquely career spanning set list of Live in Brooklyn 2011 and how it came to be, as well as the importance of outdoor NYC summer shows in Sonic Youth’s legacy:

                                                                    “This show was a culmination of a run of really special outdoor summertime shows in New York City for us, starting in ’92 with Summerstage in Central Park when we played with Sun Ra. For the Williamsburg Waterfront show I wrote out the set list to present to the band and it was a lot of material we hadn’t played in a while, a lot of deep cuts, so I wasn’t sure if everybody would feel like doing it. After worrying about which songs the band might say yes or no to, I threw those concerns out the window and I just made a list of songs that I thought would be a great set. We practiced the week of the show at our space in Hoboken and put the set together. First we’d try and make sure we had a guitar in the song’s tuning, then we’d try to remember the arrangement and try and put it together, sometimes re-learning bar by bar. In the end I think the whole song list made it through. Even as early as ’86 and ’87 we stopped playing ‘Death Valley 69’ and ‘Brave Men Run’ with any regularity. We’d just get excited about new material coming into the set and songs would get ‘retired’ and wouldn’t get played again for years. So on this particular night in Brooklyn a lot of those retired songs and deep cuts got dusted off and played for this show. It turned out to be a pretty special event with a really special song list.” The band would go on to fulfill a contracted festival run in South America a few months later but, by then, the group’s center was severed beyond repair and the festival appearances didn’t hold the same kind of weight.

                                                                    “The stage was facing the East River from the Williamsburg, Brooklyn waterfront, and I recall the sun going down in the west during our set. It was a pretty magical, if kinda weird day. Fitting, somehow, that our ‘last show’ should be in New York City, our home and where it all began…” Lee Ranaldo

                                                                    The Williamsburg Waterfront show would fondly become referred to as ‘The Last Show’ by fans and band alike, equally for its triumphant high energy performance, its unique and expansive set list and locale.

                                                                    Newly remixed and remastered, Live in Brooklyn 2011 is presented for the first time on 2xLP, 2Xcd, August 18, 2023.

                                                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                    Darryl says: The legendary Sonic Youth played an historic gig on the Williamsburg Waterfront overlooking the East River on August 12th 2011. It would prove to be their final U.S. show, and this double vinyl and double CD on Silver Current Records perfectly captures this raw and expansive 85 minute set.

                                                                    Heavy on songs from their early years Sonic Youth powered through these tracks like a band full of teenage energy. The fact that this show was their U.S. swansong after around 30 years together makes this blistering set all the more remarkable.

                                                                    Kicking off with the hypnotic “Brave Men Run (In My Family)”, before exploding into the sensational noise carnage of “Death Valley ‘69”. Sonic Youth continue to rip through the set with 80s classics; “Kotton Krown”, “Kill Yr. Idols”, “Eric’s Trip” and the awesome “Tom Violence” all dispatched with visceral vigour and punky power.

                                                                    Interspersed with three tracks from their last album ‘The Eternal’ along with a brilliantly brutal “Sugar Kane” they finish off proceedings with an apocalyptic version of “Inhuman” complete with feedback and wailing guitars and then it’s all over with the line “… with the power of love anythin’ is possible”.

                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                    1. Brave Men Run (In My Family)
                                                                    2. Death Valley ’69
                                                                    3. Kotton Krown
                                                                    4. Kill Yr Idols
                                                                    5. Eric’s Trip
                                                                    6. Sacred Trickster
                                                                    7. Calming The Snake
                                                                    8. Starfield Rose
                                                                    9. I Love Her All The Time
                                                                    10. Ghost Bitch
                                                                    11. Tom Violence
                                                                    12. What We Know
                                                                    13. Drunken Butterfly
                                                                    14. Flower
                                                                    15. Sugar Kane
                                                                    16. Psychic Hearts
                                                                    17. Inhuman

                                                                    Starsailor

                                                                    Four To The Floor - Music Box

                                                                      Warrington’s Starsailor have scored ten Top 40 Singles in the UK, with ‘Four to the Floor’ being taken from their second LP, ‘Silence Is Easy’. Recorded in Los Angeles and released on EMI Records in 2003, the Album charted at No.2 in the UK and went on to be become gold-certified, with ‘Four to the Floor’ becoming a hit in both the UK and Australia, as well as topping the Single charts in France.

                                                                      AllMusic described it as an Album of “heartfelt, melodic rockers” with an “overall aesthetic of cinematic pop romanticism”, to which The Guardian added that it was “hard not to be moved by its tenderness." Our version of the melody from this post-Britpop classic evokes its orchestral flourishes, so with hand on heart, be sure right from the start, that you can…have it all, whenever you are near - to this music box!

                                                                      Stereolab

                                                                      Aluminum Tunes [Switched On Volume 3] - 2023 Reissue

                                                                        Black vinyl version of the remastered compilation of Stereolab singles and rarities first issued in 1998.

                                                                        Screen printed gatefold sleeve.

                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                        1. Pop Quiz
                                                                        2. The Extension Trip
                                                                        3. How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight
                                                                        4. The Brush Descends The Length
                                                                        5. Melochord Seventy-Five
                                                                        6. Space Moment
                                                                        7. Iron Man
                                                                        8. The Long Hair Of Death
                                                                        9. You Used To Call Me Sadness
                                                                        10. New Orthophony
                                                                        11. Speedy Car
                                                                        12. Golden Atoms
                                                                        13. Ulan Bator
                                                                        14. One Small Step
                                                                        15. One Note Samba / Surfboard
                                                                        16. Cadriopo
                                                                        17. Klang Tone
                                                                        18. Get Carter
                                                                        19. 1000 Miles An Hour
                                                                        20. Percolations
                                                                        21. Seeperbold
                                                                        22. Check And Double Check
                                                                        23. Munich Madness
                                                                        24. Metronomic Underground (Wagon Christ Mix)
                                                                        25. The Incredible He Woman

                                                                        The Still Brothers

                                                                        The Still Brothers EP

                                                                          For fans of Khraungbin, El Michels Affair, Skinshape, The Shacks. Features the singles ‘Wake Up’, ‘The Deep’, ‘I Wanna Be With You’ and ‘It’s Not Over’. Supported Big Crown’s Surprise Chef on their 2023 UK Tour. Brooklyn duo The Still Brothers is a musical project of childhood friends Evan Heinze (The Shacks/Big Crown) and Andrew LeCoche (Ula Ruth). Heinze has toured with the likes of Khraungbin, Lee Fields and Cut Chemist, while LeCoche’s old band once opened for Paul Simon and Edie Brickell. A former student of Madlib’s uncle Jon Faddis, LeCoche has scored music for Netflix and Patagonia and sound design for Twitter, Patron, and Marvel. Signing to Lewis Recordings in 2020 the band’s first single ‘The Deep’ was instantly picked up by Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music who regularly plays it to this day. ‘Wake Up’ featuring the vocals of Marina B. spent six weeks on the BBC 6 Music playlist gaining support from Lauren Laverne, Gilles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Craig Charles, Huey Morgan, Cerys Matthews, Don Letts, Tom Ravenscroft and Guy Garvey. Lockdown didn’t slow down the band’s creativity with many tracks on their self-titled debut EP recorded remotely. 

                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                          Intro
                                                                          I Wanna Be With You
                                                                          Sungalz
                                                                          Rest Easy
                                                                          Easy, Easy
                                                                          Wake Up
                                                                          When Will I See U?
                                                                          It’s Not Over
                                                                          Ah Ha
                                                                          The Deep

                                                                          Third Man Books Present

                                                                          Maggot Brain (Issue #14)

                                                                            The Fall 2023 issue is jam-packed! Cover boy HARRY SMITH shines thanks to a cheeky, never-before published photo by Allen Ginsberg. We celebrate the life and work of the self-described “ethnopharmacologist” just in time for the release of John Szwed’s illuminating biography and Smith’s first one-person art exhibition, at the Whitney, with three killer, well-illustrated features (on his Anthology of American Folk Music, an interview by Marc Masters with Szwed, and a terrific dive into Smith’s relationship with fellow visual artist and filmmaker Jordan Belson by Raymond Foye). Also in this issue: Andy Beta on the reissue of a forgotten LOU REED record. Excerpts from two revelatory works—ANDY ZAX’s Extinctophonics, and CHRISTINA WARD’s Holy Food. Kathy Lindenmayer witnesses a show by BOYGENIUS. An archival interview with fabric arts pioneer and Bauhaus OG, ANNI ALBERS. An illustrated ADVANCE BASE tour diary by Owen Ashworth. Tamara Palmer considers the oddball career arc of ORBITAL. v Andy Beta goes deep on TETSU INOUE. Nate Lippens goes off on RENE RICARD and other obsessions. And Michelle Dove on CAT POWER’s sense of humor! Plus illustrations throughout by MARLY BEYER; and columns by LUCY SANTE, MIMI LIPSON, DWIGHT PAVLOVIC, and editor MIKE McGONIGAL; tributes to SIXTO RODRIGUEZ, ESP SUMMER, and PEE-WEE HERMAN; and the triumphant return of the UNSTAPLED column, with reproductions of a contemporary basketball fanzine.

                                                                            Legendary Dublin punk band formed in November 1978 by Maurice Foley (guitar/vocals), which had a number of iterations before disbanding in 1981. The Threat built up a following in Dublin and maintained a heavy reputation through the 1979 and 1980. Playing the legendary Dandelion on a couple of occasions towards the end of 1979 and became friendly with members of the Virgin Prunes and U2. Stano, another friend of the band, bought a synthesizer, purely as a sound generator, and joined them. As a nonmusician, his synth added noise and texture to the band's sound and brought out their experimental side.

                                                                            This "Lullaby in C" / "High Cost of Living" - their sole single - recorded in 1980 with Irish traditional musician Donal Lunny producing, providing his services for free. Lunny went on tour with Planxty before the recordings were completed. Impatient to get the single out, the band completed the work themselves with cover art from Dave Clifford of Vox fanzine. Self-financed, self-released and distributed by the band around Dublin with a few making it over the sea to Rough Trade. A second single was recorded in 1981 with the Virgin Prunes Danny Figgis producing but the mastertapes are lost to the midst of time. We've added a demo from Stano recorded in 1979.

                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                            Matt says: Allchival dig up this lost 7" from Dublin punks The Threat (me either). It's a great example of the slack, DIY, nihilistic sounds that emerged post 1977 serves to complete the underground history of this most prolific of eras.

                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                            Lullaby In C
                                                                            Above The Foggy Dew (Demo 1979)
                                                                            High Cost Of Living

                                                                            The Tubs

                                                                            Dead Meat

                                                                              London group The Tubs return to Trouble In Mind with their hotly anticipated full-length album entitled “Dead Meat”. The band were formed in 2018 from the ashes of beloved UK post-punk band Joanna Gruesome by former members Owen 'O' Williams and George 'GN' Nicholls. By incorporating elements of post-punk, traditional British folk, and guitar jangle seasoned by nonchalant Cleaners From Venus-influenced pop hooks and contemporary antipodean indie bands (Twerps/Goon Sax, et al).

                                                                              “Dead Meat” is resplendent in hi-fidelity strum & thrum, incorporating fleeting elements of post-punk and indie jangle, but the group’s penchant for trad British folk & Canterbury folk-rock takes a noticeable, caffeinated step forward. Echoes of Fairport Convention’s decidedly English chime cross swords with singer Owen Williams’ lyrics directing Bryan Ferry’s “thinking man’s libertine” persona into a more dolorous outlook. Many songs (like “Round The Bend” and “Duped”) soar with an urgent strum under Williams’ acerbic lyrics, recalling a younger fiery Richard Thompson. They languish in an aching, bitter resignation (of both the situations described & the protagonist’s place in it), particularly near the album’s second half. Others like the previously released “I Don’t Know How It Works”, “Two Person Love” and “Illusion” (re-presented here as “Illusion Pt. II” and all rerecorded from their original 7-inch versions) up the urgency, implying that the journey for the person described in each tune is not over & may be even more desperate than before. The band has never been tighter & more dynamic, often imperceptibly ratcheting up the tension, an extra guitar strum overdubbed, a barely audible organ/synth cranking under a chorus or bridge, or unexpected backups from current Ex-Vöid (and ex-Joanna Gruesome) vocalist Lan McArdle. The Tubs are poised to take over your stereo - there’s no point in resisting.

                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                              Martin says: Urgent, energised and utterly compelling debut from Joanna Gruesome offshoot; a motorised, razor sharp fusion of chiming guitars, folk stylings and punk fire that might just owe a lot to Hüsker Dü. Or, even if it doesn't, it scratches the same buzzsaw pop itch. "Wretched Lie", which closes the LP, is a nailed on classic.

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              1. Illusion Pt. II
                                                                              2. Two-Person Love
                                                                              3. I Don’t Know How It Works
                                                                              4. Dead Meat
                                                                              5. Sniveller
                                                                              6. Duped
                                                                              7. That’s Fine
                                                                              8. Round The Bend
                                                                              9. Wretched Lie

                                                                              Violent Femmes

                                                                              Violent Femmes - 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

                                                                                Teeming with teenage angst, punk sensibilities, and Violent Femmes’ own special brand of jittery folk-rock, the trio’s self-titled 1981 debut Violent Femmes became a cult favourite. Featuring the anthems “Blister in the Sun,” “Please Do Not Go,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” and “Add It Up.” This expanded 40th anniversary edition features a trove of rare demos, live tracks, and more.

                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                CD Tracklisting:
                                                                                Disc 1
                                                                                1. Blister In The Sun
                                                                                2. Kiss Off
                                                                                3. Please Do Not Go
                                                                                4. Add It Up
                                                                                5. Confessions
                                                                                6. Prove My Love
                                                                                7. Promise
                                                                                8. To The Kill
                                                                                9. Gone Daddy Gone
                                                                                10. Good Feeling
                                                                                11. Ugly
                                                                                12. Gimme The Car
                                                                                13. Girl Trouble (Demo)
                                                                                14. Breakin' Up (Demo)
                                                                                15. Waiting For The Bus (Demo)
                                                                                16. Blister In The Sun (Demo)
                                                                                17. Kiss Off (Demo)
                                                                                18. Please Do Not Go (Demo)
                                                                                19. Add It Up (Demo)
                                                                                20. Confessions (Demo)
                                                                                21. Prove My Love (Demo)
                                                                                Disc 2
                                                                                1. Special (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                2. Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                3. To The Kill (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                4. Never Tell (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                5. Break Song (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                6. Her Television (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                7. How Do You Say Goodbye (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                8. Theme And Variations (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                9. Prove My Love (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                10. Gone Daddy Gone (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                11. Promise (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                12. In Style (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                13. Add It Up (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)

                                                                                Vinyl Tracklisting:
                                                                                Disc 1 - Side A
                                                                                1. Blister In The Sun
                                                                                2. Kiss Off
                                                                                3. Please Do Not Go
                                                                                4. Add It Up
                                                                                5. Confessions
                                                                                Disc 1 - Side B
                                                                                1. Prove My Love
                                                                                2. Promise
                                                                                3. To The Kill
                                                                                4. Gone Daddy Gone
                                                                                5. Good Feeling
                                                                                Disc 2 - Side A
                                                                                1. Girl Trouble (Demo)
                                                                                2. Breakin' Up (Demo)
                                                                                3. Waiting For The Bus (Demo)
                                                                                4. Blister In The Sun (Demo)
                                                                                5. Kiss Off (Demo)
                                                                                Disc 2 - Side B
                                                                                1. Please Do Not Go (Demo)
                                                                                2. Add It Up (Demo)
                                                                                3. Confessions (Demo)
                                                                                4. Prove My Love (Demo)
                                                                                Disc 3 - Side A
                                                                                1. Special (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                2. Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                3. To The Kill (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                4. Never Tell (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
                                                                                5. Break Song (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                6. Her Television (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                Disc 3 - Side B
                                                                                1. How Do You Say Goodbye (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                2. Theme And Variations (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
                                                                                3. Prove My Love (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                4. Gone Daddy Gone (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                5. Promise (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                6. In Style (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                7. Add It Up (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
                                                                                7" Single
                                                                                Side A
                                                                                1. Ugly
                                                                                Side B
                                                                                1. Gimme The Car 

                                                                                Weezer

                                                                                SZNZ: Winter

                                                                                  In celebration of Weezer’s innovative SZNZ project - a collection of four EPs matching each season that have been made and released in real time throughout 2022 - the band is thrilled to share the final instalment, ‘SZNZ: Winter’.

                                                                                  Like SZNZ: Spring, SZNZ: Summer and SZNZ: Autumn before, the seasonal equinox on December 21 will arrive alongside a new Weezer EP. A stripped back, acoustic-leaning body of work, SZNZ: Winter encompasses the harrowing sadness that can so easily pair with the winter months.

                                                                                  SZNZ: Winter, the final part in Weezer’s four-EP song cycle, continues the narrative started on SZNZ: Autumn, SZNZ: Spring and SZNZ: Summer bringing Pagan myths, Shakespeare, Catholic rituals, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and more to life. Each SZNZ EP offers its own palette of colors, creatures, and emotions to explore. They were all created in real time, made in tandem with the season themselves. Once they’ve all been released on December 21, the EPs will create an incredible collection of some of Weezer’s best songs yet, no small feat for a band that never leaves the Zeitgeist.

                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  I Want A Dog
                                                                                  Iambic Pentameter
                                                                                  Basketball
                                                                                  Sheraton Commander
                                                                                  Dark Enough To See The Stars
                                                                                  The One That Got Away
                                                                                  The Deep And Dreamless Sleep

                                                                                  Various Artists

                                                                                  Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Incident At A Free Festival

                                                                                    “Incident At a Free Festival” is a tribute to the mid-afternoon slots at Deeply Vale, Bickershaw, Krumlin, Weeley, and Plumpton – early 70s festivals that don’t get the column inches afforded the Isle of Wight or Glastonbury Fayre, but which would have been rites of passage for thousands of kids. Bands lower down the bill would have been charged with waking up the gentle hippies and appealing to both the greasy bikers and the girls in knee-high boots who wanted to wiggle their hips. And the best way to do that was with volume, riffs and percussion.

                                                                                    Compiled by the venerated Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs of Saint Etienne, this is the heavier side of the early 70s they summarised on the acclaimed “English Weather” collection. There’s an air of menace and illicit thrills among tracks by Andwella, Stack Waddy and Leaf Hound (whose “Growers of Mushroom” album is worth well over £1,000). Bigger names include the rabble-rousing Edgar Broughton Band and kings of the festival freakout, Hawkwind. They are represented by their rare version of ‘Ejection’

                                                                                    For every mystical Tyrannosaurus Rex performance there was something like Atomic Rooster’s Tomorrow Night or Curved Air’s Back Street Luv to capture the spirit of the day and stir the loins of festival goers; the tracks on “Incident At a Free Festival” were inspired by both Chicago’s percussive wig-outs and the Pink Fairies’ anarchic spirit. The sounds were heavy and frequently funky, with a definite scent of danger. Their message was clear and simple: clap your hands, stamp your feet, hold on to your mind. 


                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                    1. Chasing Shadows - Deep Purple
                                                                                    2. One Way Glass - Manfred Mann Chapter Three
                                                                                    3. Hold Onto Your Mind - Andwella
                                                                                    4. Hot Pants - Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw
                                                                                    5. Do It - Pink Fairies
                                                                                    6. Tomorrow Night – Atomic Rooster
                                                                                    7. Taken All The Good Things - Stray
                                                                                    8. Out Demons Out - Edgar Broughton Band
                                                                                    9. For Mad Men Only - May Blitz
                                                                                    10. Back Street Luv - Curved Air
                                                                                    11. Ejection - Hawkwind
                                                                                    12. Meat Pies ’Ave Come But Band's Not ’Ere Yet - Stackwaddy
                                                                                    13. Lovely Lady Rock - James Hogg
                                                                                    14. Third World - Paladin
                                                                                    15. Taking Some Time On - Barclay James Harvest
                                                                                    16. Ricochet - Jonesy
                                                                                    17. Led Balloon - Steve Gray
                                                                                    18. Big Boobs Boogie - Slowload
                                                                                    19. Freelance Fiend - Leaf Hound
                                                                                    20. Confunktion - Dave Richmond 

                                                                                    Various Artists

                                                                                    Keb Darge Presents The Best Of Ace Rockabilly 14 Raw And Rare Rockabilly Tracks Hand-selected By Keb Darge

                                                                                      Legendary international DJ, Keb Darge, fell under the spell of this music when his Japanese girlfriend forced him to go down to a ‘Rockabilly’ night back in 1989. As soon as the DJ dropped the needle on Johnny Burnette’s ‘Rockabilly Boogie’ Keb was mesmerized. He was soon hunting down the hideously rare top tunes and slipping thousands of pounds into specialist collectors like Boz Boorer’s back pocket, when the legendary guitarist was not recording or touring with Morrissey. Of course, Keb was then taking these records and introducing them to new audiences in his DJ sets worldwide.

                                                                                      Although it has taken an age to persuade him, Keb has now applied his perfectionist compiling skills to pick 14 killers to grace this fantastic collection. Ranging from the bopping Glen Glenn’s ‘Blue Jeans and A Boy’s Shirt’ to the almost hillbilly Jimmy Johnson’s ‘All Dressed Up’. This is a must-have compilation not only for those who have been oiling their quiffs for decades, but also those wondering what this “rockabilly” is all about. Keb drops you in at the deep end with no easy-going fillers, and you’ll be glad he did.

                                                                                      Keb has written the sleeve notes and with cover art by the legendary Robin Banks – this album looks as good as it sounds. 


                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                      Side One
                                                                                      1. Blue Jeans And A Boy's Shirt - Glen Glenn
                                                                                      2. The Woman I Love - Gene Terry & His Kool Kats
                                                                                      3. Sweet Love - Orangie Ray Hubbard
                                                                                      4. Jello Sal - Benny Ingram
                                                                                      5. Lonesome Baby Blues - David Ray
                                                                                      6. Do Me No Wrong - Pat Cupp & The Flying Saucers
                                                                                      7. Cool Off Baby - Billy Barrix
                                                                                      Side Two
                                                                                      1. Let's Go Bopping Tonight –
                                                                                      Al Ferrier & His Bopping Billies
                                                                                      2. Jitterbop Baby - Hal Harris
                                                                                      3. Raw Deal - Junior Thompson With The Meteors
                                                                                      4. Nuthin' But A Nuthin' –
                                                                                      Jimmy Stewart & His Nighthawks
                                                                                      5. I'm Doing All Right - Jerry Hanson
                                                                                      6. Where There's A Will (There's A Way) –
                                                                                      Carl Trantham & The Rhythm All Stars
                                                                                      7. All Dressed Up – Jimmy Johnson 


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